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By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Columbia and Greene counties, officials are looking at the best ways to provide testing to residents.

Columbia County reported 102 active cases on Monday while Greene County reported

28 cases.

Greene County has been offering weekly testing clinics at the Greene County Office Building in Catskill since July, but is looking to hold a clinic on the mountaintop next month, Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, said Monday.

“Right now they have one planned for Dec. 2 from 3-5 p.m. in Hunter,” Linger said, adding he did not know the exact location.

The weekly clinics will continue each Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. as Public See TESTING A8

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Columbia County Deputy EMS Coordinator Greg Fox and Department of Health Director of Patient Services Liz Galle perform COVID-19 testing at a clinic in Chatham on Sunday, June 7.

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All civil and criminal jury trials across New York are postponed indefinitely as the COVID-19 pandemic surges across the nation, with increasing cases by the day statewide.

New jury trials and the summoning of new trial jurors are

halted until further notice, state Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said Monday.

“While we are very pleased with the progress we have made to reaffirm the right to a trial by jury in New York state, the time has come to pause our efforts,” she said Monday See JURY A8

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The exterior of Hudson City Court on Union Street.

Team effort to deliver holiday dinners

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

The COVID-19 pandemic will not get in the way of feeding those in need this Thanksgiving.

Some community dinners have been canceled and others changed to takeout and delivery.

Community Action of Greene County is seeing an increase in need with the cancellation of other dinners, Director Florence Ohle said.

“This year, with COVID, we weren’t going to do it but we reached out to the Department of Human Services and they weren’t doing one, Liam and Laura Singer at Avalon Longue said they weren’t going to do one, so it just felt like we had to do something,” Ohle said.

Community Action is partnering

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The Catskill Elks Lodge teamed up with Community Action to serve more than 100 Thanksgiving dinners to area residents in 2016.

with Avalon Lounge and the Catskill Elks Lodge to prepare meals this year,

Ohle said.

“Last year we delivered 111 dinners

throughout the entire county,” she said. “There were 184 requests for dinners as of Monday.”

“It’s a big undertaking,” Ohle said.

“This is something we feel very strongly about and are glad to do it for the community.”

The meals are distributed to senior citizens, low-income households and the homeless, Ohle said.

“We have quite a few homeless individuals that we are aware of in the motels that have no way to store food or prepare food in their room,” she said.

Community Action’s mobile food pantry visits the motels a couple times a week, Ohle said, adding that announcements for Thanksgiving dinners were distributed to these communities.

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Moderna Inc. said its covid-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in a preliminary analysis of a large late-stage clinical trial, another sign that a fast-paced hunt by scientists and pharmaceutical companies is paying off with potent new tools that could help control a worsening pandemic.

The highly positive readout comes just a week after a similar shot developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was found to be more than 90% effective in an interim analysis. Both shots rely on a technology called messenger RNA that has never been used to build an approved vaccine. Soon, millions of people around the world could be spared from illness by the Bloomberg photo by Adam Glanzman breakthroughs.

Moderna Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel.

A preliminary analysis of data from more than 30,000 volunteers showed Moderna’s moment when the pandemic’s Pfizer has said it didn’t receive vaccine prevented virtually all grip is tightening. The U.S. sur- any federal funding to develop symptomatic cases of covid-19, passed 11 million coronavirus its vaccine, though it has struck the disease caused by the coro- cases Sunday as Florida re- a supply agreement with the navirus, the company said in a ported the most new infections U.S. worth nearly $2 billion. since July and new cases in CaliOnce a vaccine is cleared, statement on Monday.

The rally in global shares fol- fornia hit a three-month high. distribution is expected to be a lowing the news represented Deaths and hospitalizations are significant challenge. Handling about $120 billion in market also rising. Europe has also seen some of the shots that are being value added to the MSCI All cases soar as much of the world studied is complicated: For exbraces for what is expected to be ample, Pfizer’s must be stored Country World Index. at ultra-cold temperatures until Only five participants who re- a dire winter.

While the results are prelimi- a few days before it is used, a received two doses of the vaccine became sick, compared with nary, both Moderna and Pfizer quirement that adds logistical 90 coronavirus cases in partici- are expected to seek emergen- hurdles for states that will be in pants who received a placebo, cy-use authorization from the charge of overseeing the inocuaccording to a review by an in- U.S. Food and Drug Administra- lation effort.

Moderna said on Monday dependent data safety monitor- tion if further study shows their ing board appointed by the U.S. vaccines are safe. In its state- that new stability data showed ment, Moderna said it could its vaccine is stable at refrigNational Institutes of Health.

The vaccine also appeared seek a go-ahead from regulators erator temperatures for 30 days, much longer than a previously to be effective in preventing in the coming weeks.

The company said it would estimated seven days. For lonthe most serious covid-19 infections. There were no severe expect an emergency autho- ger-term storage, it can be kept cases among people who got rization to be based on a final in freezers, though it doesn’t the vaccine, compared with 11 analysis containing 151 cases, need the special facilities rein volunteers who received pla- along with two months of safety quired for the Pfizer vaccine.

Both the Moderna vaccine cebo shots, according to Mod- follow-up data that U.S. regulators want to see. That final data and Pfizer’s are based on mRNA erna’s statement. technology designed to trans“The thing that got me the is expected later this month.

Cambridge, Mass.-based form the body’s own cells into most excited today was the severe disease,” Moderna Chief Moderna received $955 million vaccine making factories. Once Executive Officer Stephane from the U.S. Operation Warp injected, the vaccines instruct Bancel said in an interview. Speed program to develop cells to make copies of the coro“That for me is a game-chang- its vaccine, and the U.S. has navirus’s spike protein, stimuer.” agreed to pay up to $1.53 billion lating the creation of protective The results arrive at a to purchase supply of the shot. antibodies.

The analysis of Moderna’s data found no significant safety concerns, the company said. It said some participants had severe fatigue, muscle pain, joint pain and headaches after getting the vaccine, though the side effects were generally shortlived.

Bancel said the data safety monitoring board met at 10 a.m. on Sunday and he anxiously checked his email every five minutes until he heard in the early afternoon they had results, and got on a video call to hear them.The result “is a big milestone” for messenger RNA technology, Bancel said. “It shows that mRNA can be a drug.”

In vaccine trials, a certain number of volunteers -- a percentage of whom get a placebo -- have to get infected to determine if the vaccine works.

That’s easier to accomplish with the pandemic in the U.S. surging. The U.S. has recorded more than 100,000 new infections every day since Nov. 5, according to Johns Hopkins University data compiled by Bloomberg.

The same explosion of covid-19 cases that helped Pfizer get results for its vaccine trial on Nov. 9 helped speed Moderna’s trial. Moderna on Nov. 11 said its study had accumulated more than 53 infections, allowing a preliminary analysis to begin.

Infections were accumulating so fast in the trial that Moderna’s analysis ended up being based on 95 cases, the company said.

Bancel said at the rate cases are piling up Moderna should get the final 151 cases by the end of the month, allowing it to complete a final analysis and file for emergency use authorization.

Moderna’s final-stage trial started on the same day as Pfizer’s in late July. The company was slightly behind Pfizer largely due to structural differences in the studies. The two doses of Moderna’s vaccine are given four weeks apart; Pfizer’s two doses are given over three weeks.

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Former president Barack Obama got straight to the point during his interview with “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday night: It is time for President Donald Trump to concede, he said.

“A president is a public servant. They are temporary occupants of the office, by design,” Obama told correspondent Scott Pelley. “And when your time is up, then it is your job to put the country first and think beyond your own ego, and your own interests, and your own disappointments.”

“My advice to President Trump is, if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it’s time for you to do the same thing,” Obama said.

His remarks amounted to the former president’s most forceful statement yet condemning Trump’s failure to respect a peaceful transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden. During a wide-ranging interview, Obama also criticized Republicans “who clearly know better” for allowing Trump’s false claims of election fraud to go unchecked.

Since the race was called on Nov. 7 for Biden, Trump has not yet acknowledged losing to Obama’s former vice president.

Instead, Trump has tweeted unfounded complaints about a stolen contest, blocked the federal government from cooperating with Biden’s transition team, and waged an unlikely legal campaign that he claims, without evidence, will reveal widespread electoral fraud.

As judges and election officials have repeatedly struck down Trump’s lawsuits and rejected unfounded claims of fraud, his administration has made it easier for federal prosecutors to investigate those claims. Meanwhile, a number of Trump’s top political appointees in the federal government are, in their free time, searching for evidence in the battleground states that carried Biden to victory.

“I WON THE ELECTION!” Trump again bellowed to his Twitter followers before midnight on Sunday, in yet another post that drew a warning message from the social media app: “Official sources called this election differently.”

After Pelley asked what Obama would tell his successor during the last weeks of his administration, he echoed a message that he left behind for Trump in the Oval Office four years ago: Presidents should leave “instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them.”

During the nearly half-hour conversation, which coincided with the release of his new memoir, the former president also expressed his concerns about the divisions splitting apart the country - divisions that go beyond Trump’s presidency.

“I don’t see him as the cause for our divisions and the problems with our government,” Obama said of Trump. “I think he’s an accelerant, but they preceded him, and sadly are going to likely outlast him.”

During his own presidency, Obama said, a changing media landscape and the demonization of his leadership led to an increasingly partisan base of voters who created fractures and gridlock in Congress.

But that polarization nonetheless increased under Trump, Obama said. He specifically pointed to the Republican lawmakers who have supported Trump’s efforts to question election results - an act that Obama considers more troubling than a challenge from a leader known for his hatred of losing.

“It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration but democracy generally,” Obama said. “And that’s a dangerous path.”

Nearly four years ago, in contrast, the transition of power

largely occurred without a hitch.

As Pelley noted, Obama opened his new book, “A Promised Land,” by writing about leaving the White House behind to “someone diametrically opposed to everything we stood for.”

“That may be the one thing that Donald Trump and I agree on,” Obama responded. “He doesn’t agree with me on anything.”

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Tuesday, Nov. 17 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Greene County Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, Greene County Legislative Chambers, Room 403, 411 Main St., Catskill. Meetings are open to the public. Social Distance, masks required. n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Nov. 18 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. Ath-

ens Volunteer Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Cairo Town Board workshop 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Catskill Central School District Board of Education 6:30 p.m. CHS 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 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518943-2141 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill and virtually by dial in. Phone number: 1-866-5843084. Due to the holidays there is only one meeting in November n Coxsackie Village Special MeetingDRI Draft Application 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n D.R. Evarts Library Budget Vote and Election 2-8 p.m. Athens Firehouse, 39 Third St., Athens n Greene County Legislature meeting No. 11 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Catskill n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD Board of Education 5 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Thursday, Nov. 19 n Coxsackie-Athens Central School

District Board of Education 6:30 p.m. High School Library Virtual Public access will be available with livestream access link @ website cacsd.org

Monday, Nov. 23 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Tuesday, Nov. 24 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Greene County Legislature police reform and reinvention committee public meeting 6 p.m. location to be announced

Wednesday, Nov. 25 n Catskill Town Offices closed for

Thanksgiving

Thursday, Nov. 26 n Catskill Town Offices closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day; to reopen Nov. 30 n Coxsackie Town Offices closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day n Greene County Office Building closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day

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Police charge Athens man with drug possession

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

ATHENS — A village man was arrested by state police on felony drug charges Thursday, state police Troop F public information officer Steven Nevel said Monday.

Reginald Scantlebury, 32, of Athens, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell a narcotic drug, both class B felonies, and criminal use of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor, Nevel said.

A search warrant was executed Nov. 12 at Scantlebury’s home on Eb’s Lane. The search revealed Scantlebury was in possession of more than one ounce of cocaine, Nevel said.

Scantlebury was arraigned in Athens Town Court and released on his own recognizance.

His next court appearance is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nevel said.

The investigation and

GREENE COUNTY POLICE BLOTTER Editor’s Note: A charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.

STATE POLICE n Richard G. Bidwell, 53, of Ravena, was arrested at 8:46 p.m. Nov. 11 in New Baltimore and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Jordan K. Davis, 37, of Philmont, was arrested at 4:17 p.m. Nov. 12 in Athens and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor. He was released on his own recognizance. n Reginald S. Scanlebury, 32, of Athens, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Nov. 12 in Athens and charged with thirddegree criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell and criminal possession of narcotics, both class B felonies, and second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor. He was released on his own recognizance. n Stuart A. Klein, 33, of Red Hook, was arrested at 1:05 a.m. Nov. 13 in Coxsackie and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both with prior convictions and classified as class E felonies, and seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Deandre J. Scott, 32, of Mount Vernon, was arrested at 3:02 p.m. Nov. 12 in New Baltimore and charged with third-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a class E felony. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Ashley C. Ether, 33, of Acra, was arrested at 1:30 p.m.

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Eb’s Lane in Athens, where a village man was arrested on felony drug charges last week.

and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and manufacturing drug-related paraphernalia, both class A misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Derek C. Apa, 42, of Catskill, was arrested at 10:52 p.m. Nov. 13 in Athens and charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Kolleen E. Cormie, 30, of Clifton Park, was arrested at 10 p.m. Nov. 14 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Deven B. Hotaling, 21, of Philmont, was arrested at 7:55 p.m. Nov. 15 in Coxsackie and charged with thirddegree criminal possession of a weapon, a class D felony; aggravated family offense, a class E felony; seconddegree menacing, criminal mischief, second-degree aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child, all class A misdemeanors. He was held.

driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor; first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a class E felony; refusal to take a breathalyzer and unsafe movement of a stopped motor vehicle, both infractions. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Michael G. Hughes, 56, of Centerport, was arrested at 12:50 p.m. Nov. 9 in Jewett and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Shauna M. Trunzo, 33, of Roxbury, was arrested at 8:17 p.m. Nov. 6 in Lexington and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket.

State police arrested an Athens man on felony drug charges on Eb’s Lane on Thursday.

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GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE n Nicholas A. Miller, 31, of Catskill, was arrested at 9:08 p.m. Nov. 8 in Cairo and charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Harry F. Lockwood, 19, of Glenwood, was arrested at 6:15 p.m. Nov. 9 in Catskill and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. n Matthew C. Rivenburg, 37, of Cairo, was arrested at 11:36 p.m. Nov. 6 in Greenville and charged with

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Coat drive benefits two counties Former Greene County Legislature Chairman Frank Stabile Jr. had one big point he repeated time and again: The county would be virtually helpless without the work and time donated by volunteers.

Indeed, Stabile didn’t reserve his praise just for their dedication but also for their ingenuity. If there was a way to get a job done without costing taxpayer money and with a minimum of fuss, you could count on Greene County’s volunteers.

More praiseworthy is the involvement of anonymous donors and the addition of Columbia County.

Catskill Village Trustee Natasha Law recognized

a need in the community for warm winterwear and started a coat drive to serve both Catskill and Hudson. Coats from the next round of the drive were scheduled to become available Monday afternoon at Dutchman’s Landing in Catskill and Seventh Street Park in Hudson.

Law’s first clothesline of coats went up Nov. 5 in Catskill, followed by another installation Nov. 8 in Hudson. Law put out about 60 coats at each location. They went fast, showing without a doubt the need for warm clothing on both sides of the river.

This was a true humanitarian project that

covered two counties and two communities, and it could not have succeeded without help and donations from people who neither sought publicity nor asked for anything in return. One donor even purchased a shopping cart full of new coats to contribute.

We’re aware that COVID-19 is causing big problems for local residents facing unemployment and deficits in town and county budgets. But the work of everyone who led the coat drive or remained behind the scenes provided a little warmth in what could be a long, cold winter.

Frank Stabile Jr. would be proud.

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Abolish the electoral college (c) 2020,The Washington Post ·

Washington Post columnist Marc A. Thiessen noted last week that President Donald Trump had come very close to winning reelection. “A flip of just some 73,700 votes in those three states (Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia) and Trump would be making plans for a second term - and we would all be taking about a ‘red wave,’ “ he wrote.

Thiessen’s point was that Trump’s near miss makes him a viable candidate in 2024. We draw a different lesson: It is alarming that a candidate came so close to winning while polling more than 5 million fewer votes than his opponent nationwide. The electoral college, whatever virtues it may have had for the Founding Fathers, is no longer tenable for American democracy.

We write this with full awareness of the challenges of adopting a new system, with respect for many of the people who continue to argue against a switch, and with awareness that any change may have unintended consequences.

Right now, our presidential elections are conducted by 51 separate authorities, each with its own rules on registration, mail-in balloting and more. Each state

counts its own ballots, and each decides when recounts are needed. All of that would have to change if the president were chosen based on the national vote count. Additionally, electoral college math induces candidates to pay attention to voters in some small states who might otherwise be ignored.

But why should Iowa’s biofuel lobby get more of a hearing than, say, California’s artichoke lobby?

Small states already have disproportionate clout in our government because of the Senate, in which Wyoming’s fewer than 600,000 residents have as much representation as California’s 39.5 million. We see no particular reason voters in purple states such as Wisconsin should be valued more than voters in red states such as Mississippi or blue states such as Washington.

There are worries that direct election might encourage regionalism or third parties at the extremes of political discourse. Any switch to a national system would rightly trigger debates over runoffs or ranked-choice voting to ensure majority rule. And we recognize that the constitutional amendment that would be required isn’t about to happen.

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But it’s time to get serious about a change. Trump became president in 2016 despite earning 3 million fewer votes than Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Now, he has come close to winning re-election despite losing the popular vote by a far greater margin (though, by the time all the votes aren’t counted, it won’t be quite as close as when Thiessen wrote; Trump is now trailing in Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania by more than 90,000).

We believe that Trump’s election was a sad event for the nation; his re-election would have been a calamity; we hope Thiessen is wrong about 2024. But we would be making this argument no matter which party seemed likely to benefit. If Democratic nominee John Kerry hadn’t lost Ohio by just 120,000 votes in 2004, he would have won an electoral college victory despite trailing President George W. Bush by 3 million votes in the national count. That would have been a problem, too.

Americans are not going to be satisfied with leaders who have been rejected by a majority of voters, and they’re right not to be. It’s time to let majority rule.

WASHINGTON — You might think, given that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has just been buttressed with a sixth conservative justice, that the mood of the keynote speaker at the Federalist Society’s annual convention would be jubilant. Triumphant, even.

Not Justice Samuel Alito Jr., who helps anchor the conservative end of this very conservative court. Alito’s address — one of several he has delivered to the conservative lawyers group, but this time done via streaming video — was, instead, suffused with grievance.

About efforts (unsuccessful) to prevent federal judges from belonging to the Federalist Society. About politically correct pressure on law school campuses that exposes students to “harassment and retaliation if they say anything that departs from the law school orthodoxy.”

About a friend-of-thecourt brief by five Democratic senators suggesting that the court might need to be “restructured,” calling it “an affront to the Constitution and the rule of law” — comparing it to a tank pulling up outside a courthouse in an authoritarian regime.

He lamented that the Second Amendment had been treated as “the ultimate second-tier constitutional right.” He asserted that “you can’t say that marriage is the union between one man and one woman. Until very recently, that’s what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now it’s considered bigotry.”

He suggested a gay couple that sought a wedding cake from a baker who opposed same-sex marriage had nothing to complain about: They got a free cake from another baker and “celebrity chefs have jumped to the couple’s defense.”

It was a distillation of conservative victimhood, perhaps unsurprising from a talk-radio host, remarkable from a sitting justice, even if it did not particularly depart from his written work.

And even more remarkable because it was delivered at precisely the time when legal conservatives, through ghoulish good luck (the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just before the election) and unbridled hardball

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MARCUS (preventing Merrick Garland’s confirmation in 2016; ramming through Amy Coney Barrett’s), are in the ascendance.

Last year’s Federalist Society keynote, before a cheering, packed audience, featured Justice Brett Kavanaugh. His anodyne theme, in his first public remarks since the confirmation battle, was gratitude. “I will always be on the sunrise side of the mountain,” Kavanaugh pledged. “I will always be not afraid.”

Alito saw no sunrise, and much to fear, in particular about how “the covid crisis has served as a sort of constitutional stress test.”

He warned ominously that “the pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty.” Alito wrapped that caution in caveats: that his message should not “be twisted or misunderstood,” that “I am not diminishing the severity of the virus’s threat to public health,” that “[I am not] saying anything about whether any of those restrictions represent good public policy.”

But he was, inescapably.

For Alito, the pandemic response illuminates the unfortunate “dominance of lawmaking by executive fiat rather than legislation,” in particular the emergence of a powerful administrative state. “Every year, administrative agencies acting under broad delegations of authority churn out huge volumes of regulations that dwarfs the statutes enacted by the people’s elected representatives,” he complained. “And what have we seen in the pandemic? Sweeping restrictions imposed, for the most part, under statutes that confer enormous executive discretion.”

To which I say: thank goodness. As Alito himself acknowledges, “broad

wording may be appropriate in statutes designed to address a wide range of emergencies, the nature of which may be hard to anticipate.”

And where he is taken aback by what he describes as “the movement toward rule by experts,” I think most of us, watching the flailing pandemic response and the alarming current trajectory, are grateful for such expertise, not fearful of it. We need more Faucis, more empowered, not fewer.

Alito also perceives, as part of the pandemic response, a disturbing disregard for religious liberty. “It pains me to say this, but in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right,” he said.

Alito cited pandemic “restrictions that blatantly discriminated against houses of worship.” I wouldn’t defend every rule governors or state health officials have adopted — for instance, Nevada’s seeming indulgence of casinos over churches, which the Supreme Court let stand. The difficult question is whether and how much courts are going to second-guess this kind of line-drawing in the face of an undoubted emergency.

But Alito’s suggestion that “religious liberty is in danger of becoming a second-class right” is inconsistent with reality. In particular, it is inconsistent with the reality on his own court. Notwithstanding Alito’s accusations, the majority has been extraordinarily and increasingly solicitous of claims of infringement on religious freedom — and with Barrett’s addition is poised to become even more so.

In three of three cases last term, the court ruled solidly in favor of religious institutions — carving out a broad exemption from federal anti-discrimination laws for employees of religious institutions, requiring that state aid to private schools must include religious ones and upholding a Trump administration rule that exempted an order of Catholic nuns from having to arrange contraceptive coverage for employees.

Justice Alito, your side is winning. From my vantage point, that’s the constitutional stress test that should worry us all.

Ruth Marcus’ email address is ruthmarcus@washpost.com.

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Rebecca L. Beazley Rebecca L. Beazley, 41, of Nutmeg.

Ravena, passed away at MemoPublic calling hours will be rial Sloane Kettering in Manhat- held on Wednesday from 4:00 tan on November 13, 2020.

- 7:00 pm at Millspaugh CamShe was born in erato Funeral Home, Hudson, a daughter of 139 Jefferson Hgts., Lawrence J. Kilmer and Catskill. A ritual by the the late Barbara Hock Ladies Auxiliary will Kilmer. She married be conducted at 6:45 Sean Beazley on Nopm. A private funeral vember 3, 2007. Reservice, conducted by becca was a member Preaching Elder Peggy of the Ladies Auxiliary Phillips, with interment of the Catskill Fire Deto follow will be atpartment and a lifelong tended by her family.

Beazley member of the First ReFace coverings must formed Church of Catskill. be worn, and social distancing In addition to her father of may limit capacity in the funeral Catskill, Rebecca is the wife of home.

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Nancy Ann Bates Nancy Ann Bates, 79, of Poughkeepsie and Edward Germantown, passed away Bates Jr. of Germantown; one November 14, 2020 at grandchild, Lyanna the Norhern Dutchess Bates and several niecHospital in Rhinebeck. es, nephews and cousBorn in Valatie, NY, she ins. was the daughter of the Funeral services will late Edson and Nettie ( be held Thursday, 11 Stribeck ) Folmsbee Sr. AM at the Raymond E. Before retiring, NanBond Funeral Home, cy was a Custodian for Valatie. Friends are in35 years for the Milroad vited to attend calling School in Red Hook. hours from 5 -7 PM, Bates Over the years, she met Wednesday at the fuand was loved by many children neral home. Burial will be in the during her time there.

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Lonnie R. Hoyt Sr. Lonnie R. Hoyt Sr., 81, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2020 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 18, 1938 in Hudson, the son of David and Anna (Madison) Hoyt. In 1956 he entered the Army and served until 1958.

Lonnie was a painter by trade, and also owned and operated the Once Around Antique Shop in Greenport.

No yard sale was safe, as he would search out the bargains, antiques and treasures. When not searching for treasures, he could be found hunting or fishing with his family. A member of the Hudson VFW and the Moose Club. He will be remembered for his avid storytelling,

and his flirtatious personality.

Lonnie is survived by his three sons, Lonnie Jr. and his companion Sherry, Robert and his wife Martha, and Ricky and his fiancé Tina Florio. His three grandchildren, Kacie Hoyt, Robert Hoyt Jr., and Melissa Hoyt. Seven great grandchildren, along with several nieces, nephews and many cousins.

He was predeceased by his loving wife, Jennie (Snow) Hoyt in 2013, his grandson Lonnie Hoyt III, and granddaughter Heather Hoyt.

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Kenneth J. Graham Sr. Kenneth J. Graham Sr., 64, of South Cairo, NY passed away on November 15th, 2020 in Albany, NY. Born on April 8th, 1956 he was the son of the late Patrick and Sandra Graham.

Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 40 years Doris M. Graham, children Kenneth (Nicole) Graham Jr, and Daniel Graham, and granddaughter Teagan. Also survived by his brothers Keith, John, and Tom. Kenneth served his country proudly in the US Navy.

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He was an avid bowler, NY Yankee’s fan, and also enjoyed playing cards and horseshoes.

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Alexander James Mathes Sr. Alexander (Sandy) James Mathes Sr, 81, of Davie, Florida, peacefully went home on November 14, 2020 at the Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care Facility of Memorial West Hospital, Hollywood, Florida. Sandy was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on February 15, 1939, the youngest son of Max and Evelyn (Lawson) Mathes. When Sandy was a young boy his family moved to Climax, NY. He graduated from the Greenville Central School in 1957. A fond memory was dancing with his favorite teacher Mrs. Muriel Falkey.

Sandy owned both Rocky Tavern (Climax, NY) and Alexander’s Banquet House (Ravena, NY) before moving to Florida, where he became a District Manager with the fast food chain Taco Viva,

and later a manager with the Ken- and Philip (Melissa) Sopris, Alexny Rogers Roasters Restaurant andra Sutherland, John and Evan in Las Vegas, NV before retiring Bakerian, Jarett and Kyle Mathes and returning to Florida. and Katelyn Mathes; four great With no preplanning, Sandy grandchildren, and many nieces enjoyed hopping in his and nephews. car and driving straight Sandy is predethrough from Florida to ceased by his wife, New York to visit family Frieda (Friday) Prift of 34 and friends, traveling to years, his parents, Max Vegas and betting on the and Evelyn Mathes, horse races. brother Robert (Joan) Sandy is survived by Mathes, sister Rosalie his six children includ(John) Furhman and Luing sons, Alexander lu Cary Seaburg mother Mathes (Renee) Sandy Mathes of his children Sandy, Jr., Jeffrey Mathes, Sheryl, Tammy, ElizaEric Mathes; daughters Sheryl beth and Jeff.

Mathes, Tammy (Mike) SutherThe family would like to offer a land, Elizabeth Bakerian; thirteen special thank you to Eva Mathes, grandchildren: Thomas, Molly Eric’s mother, for the care she and Grace Mathes, Kent (Caro- extended during his last year; as line), Amanda, Adam (Kristen), well as the staff at Oakmonte Vil-

lage Assisted Living and Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care Facility of Memorial West Hospital.

A small service for the family, officiated by Pastor Rick Snowden will be held at the Coxsackie Riverside Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Sandy may be made to the Community Food Pantry, and mailed to 961 Route 54, Hannacroix, New York, 12087.

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Patricia A. Zagraniczny Patricia A. Zagraniczny, 61, of Castleton, passed away November 12, 2020 at Albany Medical Center. She was born in Hudson, on May 21, 1959 the daughter of Helen (Geoffrey) Dykeman and the late David Dykeman.

She worked as a manager in a medical office prior to starting a family. Patty was a caring, loving person, who would take care of anyone in need. Animals also held a special place in her heart

having just rescued two puppies three months ago. She was also a huge Disney fan, and an avid collector of Disney memorabilia.

Her and her husband John enjoyed traveling, especially to Hawaii. Above all else she was devoted to her family and her faith.

Patricia is survived by her loving husband, John, her son Jonathan Melius and his wife Nicole, her daughter Abigail Zagraniczny and her significant other Mat-

thew, two grandsons Colton and Jackson. Also her mother Helen Dykeman and her brother David Dykeman and his wife Maureen.

In addition to her father she was also predeceased by her two infants, Jordan and Emily and her sister in law, Reggie Zagraniczny.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 12:00pm from Bates & Anderson- Redmond & Keeler Fu-

neral Home, 110 Green Street, Hudson. Interment will follow in St. Thomas Cemetery in Churchtown. Visitation hours will also be on Friday from the funeral home and will begin at 10:00am. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a local animal rescue or shelter of one’s choice.

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Cuomo: NY ready to tighten COVID rules

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised the possibility Saturday of implementing additional heightened COVID-19 restrictions in New York as new cases, hospitalizations and deaths steadily increase as the pandemic rages with doubledigit infection rates in more than 25 U.S. states and territories.

The state Coronavirus Task Force and Cuomo’s top aides consider science and COVID-19 data when establishing new pandemic rules to help curb the expected spread of the virus through the fall and winter.

“If the numbers go up, and they’re increasing, then you have to restrict activity,” Cuomo said Saturday afternoon during Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a pandemic briefing in a conference call with reporters. Manhattan on Sept. 9. Courtesy of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Office “... It’s human behavior, and if those numbers go up, we stand metropolitan area, and that is a The governor also further ready to tighten the valve.” problem,” Cuomo said. “If you responded to President Donald New York and New Jersey have infection all around you, Trump’s comments late Friday restricted bars, restaurants, the probability is you are going afternoon that New York would gyms and other liquor-licensed to get infected, and we have in- not be receiving a coronaviestablishments to indefinitely fection all around us.” rus vaccine once it becomes shutter at 10 p.m. each night, New York’s pandemic regu- available. A COVID vaccine except for curbside food pick- lations threaten to be more re- is on the horizon after private up customers. strictive than other states, but drugmaker Pfizer World HeadPrivate gatherings are also re- the governor said the stricter quarters, based in Manhattan, stricted to 10 people in the state, rules have prevented higher in- announced Nov. 9 that early including in private residences. fections to date. tests on its experimental COThe new rules went into effect “Their infection rate is dou- VID vaccine were 90% effective Friday night. ble, triple, quadruple what our and could be available by year’s “It’s a pure consequence of infection rate is,” Cuomo said. end. actions,” Cuomo said. “Some “If anything, we’re erring on the Pharmaceutical company people offer a false choice — I side of more aggressive.”

Moderna made a similar anwant no restrictions, but I want Cuomo suggested school dis- nouncement Monday. to take no precautions. That is tricts in the downstate metroThe president’s threat is not an option in life.” politan area remain open, and further retaliation against his Cuomo continued talks with that a region consider the spe- home state, Cuomo said. five governors of neighbor- cific positivity rate of each dis“He was rejected by New ing Northeastern states this trict before a widespread shut- York — he bet a few weeks ago weekend on the heels of the down — especially if a school’s he was going to win the state new controversial mandates to infection rate remains low, or of New York in this last elecimplement symmetrical COV- below the state’s microcluster tion; he lost by a huge margin,” ID-19 guidelines to discourage red zone threshold of 4%.

Cuomo said. “He’s unhappy residents from traveling across New York City Mayor Bill that the prosecutors in New state lines for different restric- deBlasio has suggested all city York are investigating him and tions. school districts will close within there’s a chance he could be inAs of Monday afternoon, the coming days as the city’s dicted for tax fraud by New York Cuomo had not announced any coronavirus infection rate nears prosecutors. That makes him additional COVID-19 restric- 3%. City districts set the thresh- unhappy.” tions. old with the state before classes In late September, Cuomo “There’s numerous topics resumed in September. announced the state’s Clinical that we’re dealing with,” he “Since the 3% was set, we Advisory Task force, comprised said. “Part of it is looking at the have become more sophisti- of scientists and global health information and the data. We cated and have more capac- experts, would independently have an issue of airports and ity than we had at that time,” review the safety and efficacy travel, and what can I do legally Cuomo said. “If the school is of any FDA-approved vaccine and constitutionally and what not spreading the virus or if the to build confidence in New can we enforce practically.” school was a much lower posi- Yorkers to get the two-dose imOut-of-state and interna- tivity rate than the surrounding munization. Seven other states, tional visitors from states and area, then the school is not part including Connecticut, Californations with surging COVID-19 of the problem.” nia, West Virginia and Oregon, infection rates continue to land Schools within a virus mi- set up similar independent vacin New York, increasing the crocluster, across the state have cine panels to review the FDA’s chance for community spread the testing capacity to “test out” approval process. across the state, Cuomo said. of mandated closure within a The reviews do not include Neighboring Pennsylvania’s red zone to allow the school to testing the vaccine, and will not coronavirus infection rate in- continue to operate. Closing delay the administration procreased to about 9.6% Satur- schools makes it more difficult cess. day, with 6.8% positive in New for parents and caregivers to go The vaccine could be availJersey and 4.8% in Connecticut to work and the delivering of able to the public by April, — three states thousands of free meals to children.

Trump also said Friday. people commute to and from “Closing the schools has “That’s four months,” New York each day. ancillary consequences that Cuomo responded Saturday.

“People go back and people don’t often think of,” the “We can’t have the numbers increasing for four months ... forth all day long within the governor added.

We’ve only been at this for eight months.”

The statewide infection rate, including microclusters, increased to 2.9% on Saturday of more than 184,000 conducted diagnostic tests. New York microclusters that persist with precautionary or target yellow, orange and red zones throughout Broome, Onondoga, Erie, Monroe, Chemung, Rockland and Orange counties and parts of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in New York City, reported 4.8% positivity rate, up from 4.6% on Friday.

Twenty-four New Yorkers died from the virus Friday.

Hospitalizations increased 51 virus patients Saturday to 1,788 people.

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Honeyford Memorial American Legion Post 110 held a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 at the Catskill Cemetery. Pictured from the left are Post member John Rusack, WWII; guest speaker Peter Markou, Vietnam; and Commander of Honeyford Memorial American Legion post 110 Tom Andreassen, Vietnam.

State Agricultural Commissioner announces new efforts to bring fresh food to veterans in need ALBANY — New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced new efforts to help New York’s food insecure veterans access healthy New York State foods through the Nourish New York program. Building on the State’s outreach to veterans during round 1 of Nourish New York, the Department of Agriculture and Markets and Division of Veterans’ Services are working to expand their work to all regions of the state.

Through the veterans’ food box program, regional food banks across New York will partner with regional veterans’ groups to distribute food purchased with the second round of Nourish New York funding.

“Our veterans are committed to protecting our country and keeping us safe, and we must return the favor by making sure they have the resources, skills, and security they need and deserve,” said Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. “With the upcoming holiday season and as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to make sure all New Yorkers, and particularly our veterans, have access to fresh, healthy food options. This new effort, as part of our Nourish New York program, will provide veterans with local food and help to ensure they are given the resources and opportunities to succeed and live healthy and safe lives.”

Commissioner Ball said, “The new initiative to feed veterans through our Nourish New York program is a winwin, helping to get healthy, delicious food on the table for a critical part of the New York State community, while supporting our farmers at the same time. During such a challenging year, and during the holiday season, it is important to give back as much as we can to our veterans who

are too often overlooked, and who have given so much to us. I’m proud that this program will help to fill in some of those gaps for veterans in all corners of our state.”

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State has stepped up in many ways to support food insecure veterans. In addition to this new effort, a team comprised of New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and New York City Department of Veterans Services staff members has worked hard over the past several months to identify local partners who can coordinate and distribute food to New York’s veteran communities, helping hundreds of thousands of meals to be distributed to veterans across New York State in Brooklyn, Buffalo, and the Bronx.

The Hello Fresh company signed up for Governor Cuomo’s COVID Philanthropic Fund, ultimately pledging to donate a total of 200,000 healthy meals to New York’s veterans. In partnership with New York State, the Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, and the Black Veterans for Social Justice group, 8-10,000 meals have been packed and distributed each week since June to food insecure veterans throughout New York City. To date, Hello Fresh has served 125,000 meals to veterans in the metro New York City area.

For Thanksgiving, Hello Fresh is also donating 1,000 turkey meals for veterans.

Additionally, the State has helped to connect the Western NY Heroes organization and area food bank FeedMore WNY in Buffalo, partnering together to provide over 27,600 Nourish New York food boxes and USDA food boxes to veterans in the area.

In the Bronx, partnerships were built with the State, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., BronxWorks, the

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Heights Senior Center, and Commissioner James Hendon of New York City Veterans Services. Food donations were launched six weeks ago with pallets of food from Baldor’s Foods, one of the largest food distributors in Hunts Point, and Evangel Church in Astoria. To date, over 8,000 meals have been provided. The Food Bank for New York City has also provided 1,200 USDA food boxes each week to veterans in the Bronx.

According to the NYS Health Foundation, New York State is home to the fifth-largest veteran population in the United States, with 838,000 veterans, most over the age of 65. Unfortunately, across the United States, veterans have almost twice the rate of food insecurity as non-veterans, and 22% have probable diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or major depression.

Nourish New York was first announced by the Governor in April 2020 in response to the financial hardships New York’s dairy farmers were facing with the loss of key markets and the significant, increased demand New York’s food banks were seeing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This critical program helps people who are food insecure to access the nourishment that they need, while providing a market for farmers to sell their products. As of this week, more than 17.1 million pounds of New York State dairy, fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, and more have been purchased and provided to 835,908 households. Learn more at https://agriculture. ny.gov/NourishNY. Veterans can to go https:// feedingnys.org/our-memberfood-banks/ to get connected with their local food bank and learn how to get Nourish New York food on their table.

It’s never too late — or too soon — to stop smoking.

That’s the message from the American Cancer Society on the annual observance of the Great American Smoke Out, which takes places this year on Nov. 19. Of course, there is nothing magical about the third Thursday in November; breaking nicotine dependence is not easy, no matter what actual day a stout heart and a determined mind set out to do it. But especially now, when the last eight months of the COVID virus have zeroed in so conclusively on the connection between healthy lungs and a healthy life, there are compelling reasons to take the challenge.

Here are a few pointers: The key to breaking nicotine addiction is being able to deal with intense cravings and the irritability, anxiety, and restlessness that are common symptoms of withdrawal. There are three types of FDA approved medications designed to help make withdrawal manageable: n Nicotine replacement products (NRT) work by taking the edge off cravings and by gradually weaning the person off nicotine. NRT patches, gum, and lozenges come in “step-down” doses and are available over-the-counter.

NRT nasal spray and inhaler require a prescription from a doctor or dentist. It is safe, and even recommended, to use more than one form of NRT at a time. For example, a person wearing the patch who experiences a strong urge to smoke can take an NRT lozenge or piece of gum.

It is not true that if a smoker

“slips up” with a cigarette while wearing the patch, it will cause serious or fatal results. n Chantix is the brand name for the prescription drug Varenicline. Chantix works by blocking the nicotine receptors in the brain, which takes away the satisfaction associated with cigarettes and reduces the desire to smoke. Another unique feature of this medication is that smokers are instructed to continue smoking in the first week after starting it. This has the psychological effect of reducing anxiety and feelings of loss. Abstinence begins the second week, when the drug has begun to take effect and the desire to smoke may already be on the wane. n Wellbutrin and Zyban are brand names for the drug Bupropion, an anti-depressant approved to help with smoking cessation. This drug helps to calm the restlessness associated with withdrawal and is often prescribed in combination with NRT products.

The most effective treatment combines medications with some form of counseling or support. With the whirlwind of modern life, it is rare these days to find an actual in-person cessation group, but there are a number of highly-rated resources available online and as apps to download. These programs are free and allow individuals to customize a plan based on personal factors such as level of dependence, level of motivation, severity of withdrawal, physical and emotional conditions, and living environment. All of them offer on-going support in various forms such message

boards, chat rooms, text messages, and tools for tracking progress.

Among those ranked most effective are: n Become an EX: www.becomeanex.org n Quit Net: www.quitnet. com n Freedom From Smoking: www.ffsonline.org n NYS Smokers’ Quitline: www.nysmokefree.com Phone: 1-866-697-8487 Special Note: For a limited time, the Quitline is now providing a free 3 month supply of nrt gum. Get yours today!! n LIVESTRONG MyQuit Coach: available for iPhones n Smoke Free: available for iPhones and Android phones A list of these and other recommended online and app resources along with a full description of each is available on our website: www.rvwtobaccofree.org Breaking nicotine addiction is a marathon, not a sprint. It takes practice to become a smoker—beginner’s cough is the body’s attempt to repel the toxic mix being inhaled—and it take practice to treat and overcome dependence. Now is a good time to start talking with your doctor, lining up a coach, getting your support team in place, and start practicing to become an ex.

The Healthcare Consortium is a non-profit organization with a mission of improving access to healthcare and supporting the health and well-being of the residents in our rural community. The agency is located at 325 Columbia St. in Hudson. For more information: visit www. columbiahealthnet.org or call 518-822-8820.

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are invited to make a float, the more the better. For information and to register as a participant, call Brian Feml at 518-821-6511 or Pam Brent at 518-947-4147.

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CAIRO — The Cairo Public Library will co-sponsor Managing Personal Finances in Tough Times 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 23. During these challenging times, many Americans are facing job loss or reduced working hours, increased child care and other household costs, and additional financial hardships. This free program will cover focusing on what you can control, evaluating spending, looking for ways to increase income, and building an emergency fund. Theresa Mayhew, CCE Columbia Greene Counties Resource Educator, is the presenter. Sign up at http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/managingpersonal-finances?utm_ source=cairo&utm_ medium=etc&utm_ campaign=personal%20 finances.

CAIRO — The Cairo Public Library will co-sponsor Adopting a Zero-Waste Lifestyle 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 30.

Adopting a zero-waste or voluntary simplicity lifestyle will not only help the environment by taking waste prevention to the max, it can also make you feel good. Simple living enables you to focus on experiences rather than things. Additionally, choosing to not purchase an item (by buying used or going without) saves all of the energy that goes into producing that item in the first place. This free workshop will look at strategies and tips individuals and families can adopt to reduce their waste output by cultivating more fulfilling and mindful lifestyles that help protect the planet. Theresa Mayhew, CCE Columbia Greene Counties, Resource Educator, is the presenter. Sign up at http:// ccecolumbiagreene.org/ events/2020/11/30/adopting-a-zero-waste-lifestylewebinar.

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CAIRO — Cairo’s Christmas Light Parade will be held Nov. 28 on Main Street in Cairo. Lineup begins at 4:30 p.m. with the parade kick off at 5:30 p.m. Line up by Hannaford and Oak, Birch and Cedar streets. Parade ends at Railroad Avenue. The tree lighting, trophies and music on the front lawn of the Cairo Town Hall. Hosted by the Cairo Hose Company and Cairo Hose Ladies Auxiliary. All are asked to participate, classes, families and organizations

COXSACKIE — The Village of Coxsackie Parade of Lights/Fireworks will begin at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4. The parade will start from Appleblossom Lane and end at CoxsackieAthens School on 24 Sunset Boulevard. Fireworks will take place after the parade.

DEC. 5 TANNERSVILLE — The Mountain Top Arboretum hosts Holiday Centerpieces with Natural Materials at 10 a.m. Dec. 5 as a webinar.

Holiday decorations with natural materials bring a sense of authenticity and charm that you won’t find anywhere else. Join us virtually as we build mixed green holiday centerpieces. We will craft with pinecones, berries and branches collected from the Arboretum. There is no charge. Sign up for the webinar at www.mtarboretum. org. For information, call 518589-3903.

DEC. 7 CAIRO — The Cairo Public Library will co-sponsor Safeguarding Against Identity Theft 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 7. Identity theft is a serious crime that can have devastating results in terms of how it can disrupt your financial security, credit history and reputation, and potentially take a great deal of time, money and effort to resolve. This free program will cover how to protect your personal information (and your family’s) so that you’re not a victim of identity theft. It will also address the steps you need to take if your personal information is used without your permission. Theresa Mayhew, CCE Columbia Greene Counties Resource Educator, is the presenter. Sign up at http://ccecolumbiagreene. org/events/2020/12/07/safeguarding-against-identitytheft.

DEC. 8 PRATTSVILLE — The American Legion Auxiliary Virgil E. Deyo Unit 1327 in Prattsville is raffling off Christmas Baskets of Cheer to support veterans and their causes. Tickets are $1 for one; $5 for six tickets. The drawing will be held Dec. 8. For information and tickets, call 518299-3219 or gurleyrv@gmail. com.

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Year-end 2020 tax tips Here are some things to consider as you weigh potential tax moves before the end of the year.

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DEFER INCOME TO NEXT YEAR Consider opportunities to defer income to 2021, particularly if you think you may be in a lower tax bracket then. For example, you may be able to defer a year-end bonus or delay the collection of business debts, rents, and payments for services in order to postpone payment of tax on the income until next year.

ACCELERATE DEDUCTIONS Look for opportunities to accelerate deductions into the current tax year. If you itemize deductions, making payments for deductible expenses such as medical expenses, qualifying interest, and state taxes before the end of the year (instead of paying them in early 2021) could make a difference on your 2020 return.

MAKE DEDUCTIBLE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS If you itemize deductions on your federal income tax return, you can generally deduct charitable contributions, but the deduction is limited to 60%, 30%, or 20% of your adjusted gross income (AGI), depending on the type of property that you give and the type of organization to which you contribute. (Excess amounts can be carried over for up to five years.) For 2020 charitable gifts, the normal rules have been enhanced: The limit is increased to 100% of AGI for direct cash gifts to public charities. And even if you don’t itemize deductions, you can receive a $300 charitable deduction for direct cash gifts to public charities (in addition to the standard deduction).

BUMP UP WITHHOLDING If it looks as though you’re going to owe federal income tax for the year, consider increasing your withholding on Form W-4 for the remainder of the year to cover the shortfall. The biggest advantage in doing so is that withholding is considered as having been paid evenly throughout the year instead of when the dollars are actually taken from your paycheck.

MAXIMIZE RETIREMENT SAVINGS Deductible contributions to a traditional IRA and pre-tax contributions to an employer-sponsored retirement plan such as a 401(k) can reduce your 2020 taxable income. If you haven’t already contributed up to the maximum amount allowed, consider doing so. For 2020, you

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BARTHOLOMEW can contribute up to $19,500 to a 401(k) plan ($26,000 if you’re age 50 or older) and up to $6,000 to traditional and Roth* IRAs combined ($7,000 if you’re age 50 or older). The window to make 2020 contributions to an employer plan generally closes at the end of the year, while you have until April 15, 2021, to make 2020 IRA contributions. (*Roth contributions are not deductible, but Roth qualified distributions are not taxable.)

HAUPPAUGE — Joan Cusack-McGuirk, president/ CEO of Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall, and New Windsor resident, was named chair of the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet). Her two-year term expires July 2022. NorMet represents hospitals in seven counties in the Hudson Valley. It advocates for reasonable and rationale healthcare regulation and legislation.

NorMet is a division of the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State (SHANYS), which oversees lobbying activities for NorMet and its sister organization on Long Island.

Cusack-McGuirk began her career more than 40 years

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ago as a nurse, eventually rising to senior vice president and chief nursing officer before being appointed to her current position. Under her leadership, the hospital has earned numerous awards and accreditations,

including Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

This recognition is the gold standard for nursing excellence. Additionally, under Cusack-McGuirk’s leadership, MSLC is certified as a Great Place to Work for four consecutive years and has been named in the top five percent of hospitals in the nation for clinical excellence according to a national report by Healthgrades. The hospital is among Fortune’s top 25 Best Workplaces in Healthcare for 2020. MSLC is also a verified level III Trauma Center, with significant accolades from the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association,

including the Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for the 11th consecutive year and Mission Lifeline Gold Award.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business Fellows Program, she holds a master’s degree from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from SUNY New Paltz. She is an active member of regional and state healthcare policy associations, and locally, she serves the Orange County Chamber, Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation, and Rotary Club of Greater Newburgh, among others.

AVOID RMDS IN 2020 Normally, once you reach age 70 and a half (age 72 if you reach age 70 and a hal after 2019), you generally must start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from traditional IRAs and employersponsored retirement plans.

Distributions are also generally required to beneficiaries after the death of the IRA owner or plan participant. However, recent legislation has waived RMDs from IRAs and most employer retirement plans for 2020 and you don’t have to take such distributions. If you have already taken a distribution for 2020 that is not required, you may be able to roll it over to an eligible retirement plan.

WEIGH YEAR-END INVESTMENT MOVES Though you shouldn’t let tax considerations drive your investment decisions, it’s worth considering the tax implications of any year-end investment moves. For example, if you have realized net capital gains from selling securities at a profit, you might avoid being taxed on some or all of those gains by selling losing positions. Any losses above the amount of your gains can be used to offset up to $3,000 of ordinary income ($1,500 if your filing status is married filing separately) or carried forward to reduce your taxes in future years.

Tim Bartholomew is an Investment Representative with Greene Investment Services located at the Bank of Greene County. Please call 518-943-2600 ext. 2153 with your comments or questions.

Deadline extended to use the IRS Non-Filers portal ALBANY — The IRS recently announced that their NonFilers Portal will now remain open until Nov. 21. The Portal allows eligible people who do not file a tax return to claim the federal stimulus payment (EIP) announced in the spring of 2020. The Portal is available at https://www.irs.gov/ coronavirus/non-filers-enterpayment-info-here.

This extension does not apply to federal benefit recipients who still need to claim a stimulus payment for an eligible child.

Eligible people who miss the deadline can still claim the stimulus payment as a credit on their 2020 federal income tax return. To do so, however, they must wait until next year and file a return.

Taxpayers cannot claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and other tax credits through the Non-Filers Portal. They must file a tax return

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to receive payment for those credits. Anyone who filed or plans to file a 2018 or 2019 tax return should not use the Portal.

IRS Free File is also closing soon. Free File is available to electronically prepare and file a 2019 tax return. Online filing is only available until midnight on October 15. Returns can only be printed until October 20. Free File is located at https://www.irs.gov/filing/ free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free .

If you have questions about income tax issues, the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) may be able to help. The Clinic’s services are free of charge.

You can call the LASNNY Legal Line at 833-628-0087 and ask for our LITC. The Clinic does not generally provide tax preparation services.

NYSAPLS advancing new minimum technical standards for land surveying industry ALBANY — The New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors (NYSAPLS) announced its plan to advance a draft set of new minimum technical standards (MTS) for the land surveying industry in New York state. The new MTS are designed to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the public and to maintain integrity and high standards of skill and practice in the land surveying profession.

The MTS are also intended to facilitate increased uniformity and ensure that surveys are performed and documented in accordance with best practices. The draft MTS adds specific responsibilities and accountability for licensed land surveyors

in the preparation of land surveys in New York State.

“On behalf of the profession, it’s important for us to advocate for these changes to uphold the high standards that all land surveyors must meet. We are constantly assessing the industry and evolving to ensure that we are meeting our clients’ needs and expectations and, when necessary, improving the services that we deliver,” said Roy Garfinkel, PLS, NYSAPLS Vice President and Adhoc MTS Committee Chair.

Specifically, the MTS will be aligned with the Rules of the New York Board of Regents, and is intended to serve as a frame of reference by both the public and

practitioners as to what constitutes good practices.

Any new standards should help facilitate consumer awareness and knowledge for those who utilize the services of professional land surveyors. The standards should likewise encourage the exercise of proper individual skill, professional discretion and good judgement in fulfilling the legal and contractual requirements of any survey.

NYSAPLS will be holding an association-wide vote beginning Sept. 23 that will allow each member of NYSAPLS to weigh in with their support or opposition to the standards. Should the majority of members vote in support, NYSAPLS will

move forward to work with its counsel and the New York State Board of Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology to determine which items may ultimately be included in statute, regulation, or professional guidance. NYSAPLS acknowledges this will be a lengthy process, so as to successfully accommodate the distinct needs of all stakeholders.

The MTS Committee would like their intent to be clearly understood that this vote by the NYSAPLS membership is to allow a pursuit of legislation of all or parts of the proposed MTS and that the vote will not alter or revise any standing codes of practice or professional guidelines in any way.

Shepherd Communication and Security chosen as Master Value-Added Reseller in New York ALBANY — Shepherd Communication and Security (SC&S) was selected as the Master Value-Added Reseller (MVAR) in New York State for SelectaDNA criminal detection technology. The announcement was made

by CSI Protect, the exclusive distributor of SelectaDNA technology in North America.

As MVAR, SC&S is responsible for the development and management of a statewide Certified Dealer network to continuously increase market share of SelectaDNA technology across New York State. SC&S is also providing all technical, sales and marketing support to Certified Dealers.

SelectaDNA utilizes universally unique forensic ID codes to stealthily mark and detect criminals, along with irrefutably linking them to specific crime scenes. The technology has produced reductions in crime averaging 40% to 86%. It has been in use for more than a decade in thirty-plus year and is now available in the United States.

The technology’s primary application for the electronic

security industry is the Criminal Tagging System (CTS).

The CTS integrates with intrusion, access control and video surveillance systems, and can be activated via panic button, money, clip, remote CCTV operators or automatically with sensors.

We’re pleased to be chosen to lead the introduction of this proven crime-fighting technology in New York State,” said Richard Ruzzo, managing partner of SC&S. “The capabilities of this technology are significant and will play a major role in further deterring criminal activity in New York State.”

“After an exhaustive search and review process, Shepherd Communication and Security was the clear and obvious choice to serve as the Master Value-Added Reseller for New York State,” said Joe Maltese, executive vice president of CSI Protect. “This partnership will accelerate our geographic reach and sales growth throughout New York State by providing security companies with proven technology that’ll enhance crime prevention outcomes

for their clients.”

The technology was recently endorsed by the New York State Sheriffs’ Association, which will be utilizing SelectaDNA for its Criminal Suppression Initiative (CSI).

The goal of the CSI effort is to aid sheriff offices’ efforts to combat burglary, robbery, theft and unauthorized access. It is also endorsed by the Law Enforcement Exchange.

The co-founder, and current board member, of Milestone Systems, Henrik Friborg Jacobsen, is a major supporter of SelectaDNA technology and is Chief Advisor to CSI Protect as well as an investor in the company.

Shepherd Communication and Security has proudly served its customers in the Upstate NY region since 2007. With three branches, 24x7 monitoring, numerous awards and technical certifications Shepherd Communication and Security is ready, willing and able to protect its customers home and businesses with best in class fire, surveillance , access control and perimeter alarm systems.

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and Security where our team is “Always on Guard”.

SelectaDNA is the global leader in criminal detection technology – with a full range of property, infrastructure and offender marking solutions, using a completely secure and unique synthetic DNA technology. SelectaDNA, which is water-based and non-toxic, is proven to reduce theft and burglaries by up to 86%. SelectaDNA not only reduces crime but also enables law enforcement to scientifically link criminals to specific crime scenes and secure convictions.

CSI Protect is headquartered in Tequesta, Fla., and is the exclusive provider of SelectaDNA criminal detection technology in the United States and Canada — providing full-service crime-fighting expertise to prevent and reduce crime, as well as aid law enforcement in the efficient, accurate identification and apprehension of criminals. For more information, visit www.CSIprotect.com.

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More than a dozen local and county Greene County cases set for trial will be affected by the delay.

“We are hoping that these trials will be underway relatively soon so we don’t have a huge backlog,” Greene County District Attorney Joseph Stanzione said Monday. “That’s a real setback for us. It creates hardships. We want to get these trials completed, we want to get people sentenced if they’re convicted and if there are people in jail and they have a right to maintain their innocence, we don’t want to keep them in jail longer or that status any longer than they need to be.”

Sitting grand juries will continue operating for now, DiFiore said, because of their critical importance to the criminal justice system.

Stanzione expressed concern about the state’s decision

not to summon new grand jury panels, which are used when a person is arrested on a felony offense. Greene County’s grand jury panel has served since August and will continue through Dec. 3.

“The question is, what happens on Dec. 3?” Stanzione said. “We cannot get another grand jury panel. If we have no grand jury, we cannot move forward on any felony cases and we also have speedy trial time periods to worry about.

We only have so much time to indict and move forward with cases.”

Since July the county’s 23-member grand jury has met in the downstairs portion of the county’s Emergency Medical Services control center at 25 Volunteer Drive in Cairo, which is large enough for the group to safely hold socially distanced proceedings.

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restrictions comes on the heels of the state COVID-19 infection rate hovering around 2.8% for the past several days, with consistently increasing numbers of New Yorkers in statewide hospitals combating virus complications. The state reported 1,968 COVID patients in the hospital Monday — an increase of 123 people from the day before.

Rising virus numbers within the state’s 10 regions include 1.8% positive in the North Country — down from 2.5% Friday; 2.3%, up from 2% in the Capital Region; and the state’s highest numbers in Western New York at 5.2% positive, down slightly from 5.6% new infections Saturday.

The state Unified Court System expanded in-person operations in phases through the summer, with criminal and civil cases resuming around the state this fall.

“With the COVID metrics clearly trending in a negative direction, and with Thanksgiving and the year-end holidays fast approaching, it would not be wise or prudent for us to continue scheduling jury trials and summoning large numbers of jurors, lawyers, litigants and witnesses into our courthouses at this time,” DiFiore said. “Of course, we will continue to closely monitor the COVID metrics, we will make all necessary adjustments in response to the data, and we look forward to resuming grand jury and petit jury operations when the time is safe to do so again.”

The court system tried 47 cases to verdict since early September, with another 12 cases brought to trial in New York City within the last month.

Officials successfully hold some court proceedings virtually, Czajka said, such as legal conferences.

“That can save time and money,” he said. “But there are no alternatives to juries. There are no alternatives to actual appearances in court.”

In-person proceedings will be severely limited at the county and state levels, similar to delays and restrictions put in place when the virus first hit the state in March and April. State courthouses have implemented several new safety measures in place to bolster virtual court offerings, including remote trials, hearings, conferences and alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, sessions, DiFiore said.

“We have made great progress on both tracks, and we have significantly increased our virtual capacity,” she explained. “With each passing week, we have become more facile and fluent in the virtual world ... and we have been successful in resolving thousands of family, matrimonial, commercial, civil, housing and criminal matters.”

The state’s Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s Courts issued a new report Monday outlining

but said she had to stand outside in the rain to wait.

Because Lagatta relies on others for transportation, other testing sites are less feasible, she said.

“They have to find more places to do this,” she said.

“I don’t need this at my age.

I should be relaxing and not worrying about this stuff. It’s not fair that I have to go crazy every week to try and go someplace. It should be easier.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not been focused on upstate communities such as Greene County, Lagatta said.

“He’s the one that wants the testing and he’s not following through on it up here,” she said. “In New York [City], you can go on any block and get a test. He doesn’t take care of us up here.”

In May and June the county had traveling clinics that visited Catskill, Coxsackie, Cairo, Greenville and Windham.

Inclement weather will be a factor heading into the winter months, Linger said.

“We can’t just put a tent up in the snow,” he said. “We

have to have an indoor place for people to come in or a large parking lot where it will not impede businesses there.”

Elderly residents or individuals with limited transportation access should contact Public Health about the best place to be tested, Linger said.

“We’re not the only ones in the county that can test,” he said, adding that a different site might be more convenient.

Albany Med EmUrgentCare in Coxsackie is offering COVID-19 testing. Price Chopper offers testing at select locations, which do not include Catskill. The grocery store chain’s Chatham location has COVID-19 testing.

Greene County Public Health is also deciding the best way to use rapid tests provided by the state, Linger said.

Rapid tests take about 15 minutes and require special equipment to read them, Linger said.

“We were given four machines,” he said. “We can do about 16 tests an hour with those machines.”

Public Health will decide on implementing the rapid tests at routine clinics or to stockpile them for outbreaks, Linger said.

The county can send up to 50 tests to the state lab, Labcorp, before switching to Quest, which has a longer wait time, Linger said.

Columbia County has upcoming walk-up clinics Tuesday and Dec. 1 from 9-11 a.m. outside the former John L. Edwards Primary School.

Earlier this year, the county offered testing at ColumbiaGreene Community College and the Chatham Fairgrounds.

“What I think we’re going to be doing is trying to be more

consistent,” Columbia County Health Department Director Jack Mabb said Thursday, referring to testing clinics. “We go a couple of Tuesdays, then we miss a Tuesday. Part of the problem is just staffing.”

It can be a struggle to meet testing demands as cases increase, Mabb said.

“This thing has really exploded,” he said. “We have two things that are working against each other. So when the numbers explode, my staff gets extra busy, and we’re working well past four, well into evenings and on weekends, and at the same time more people want to get tested so those things kind of work against each other.”

which is typically apple pie or pumpkin pie, Ohle said.

The dinners, which have been distributed for about five years, also include a donation of pumpkin bread from Potters Table, Ohle said.

To register for the dinner or to volunteer, call 518-9439205. Volunteer applications are also available at cagcny. org.

Matthew 25 Food Pantry is holding its annual Thanksgiving basket giveaway Saturday at 10 a.m. Tickets can be picked up at the pantry or reserved by calling 518-9435890.

Matthew 25 founder and executive director Patti Dushane will be giving out 108 turkeys this year, she said.

Despite some COVID-19 changes, operations at the pantry have continued as usual, Dushane said.

“It doesn’t matter what goes on, people still got to eat,” she said.

The pantry increased its

hours when the pandemic hit and is seeing an uptick in requests as the holidays draw near, Dushane said.

Hope’s Mission of Greene County will be offering takeout or delivery dinners at the First Reformed Church in Coxsackie from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Call 518-731-8989 to register.

Catskill Ecumenical Council will have its annual Thanksgiving baskets for families living in the Catskill Central School District. To register, call Community Action at 518943-9205 before Nov. 20. Baskets will be distributed Nov. 24 at Community Life Church.

Across the river, the First Presbyterian Church in Hudson will continue its annual tradition of nearly 40 years by serving those in need on Thanksgiving Day. The dinners will be by delivery only and can be reserved by calling 518-828-4275 or emailing firstpresbyterianchurchhudson@gmail.com.

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afternoon in a video message, which appears on the nycourts. gov homepage. “We are taking these steps in response to the increasing COVID positivity rate, the growing number of communities experiencing COVID-19 clusters, the advice of our epidemiologist who has reviewed our relevant data, and the governor’s latest directive significantly restricting inperson gatherings in commercial and residential settings.”

Jury and bench trials in progress will be allowed to proceed through completion, said DiFiore, chief judge of the state Court of Appeals.

Newly commenced bench trials and hearings will proceed virtually unless otherwise approved by a state deputy chief administrative judge. No new, prospective grand jurors will be summoned until further notice.

One criminal trial was held in Columbia County Court since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It concluded last week.

“The backlog is unavoidable,” Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka said.

“We have not put a significant dent into the backlog that arose from the last shutdown.

It’s a major issue — it’s a major problem for all of the law enforcement, but we will deal with it.”

Czajka expects the trial pause will impact the timetable of dozens of Columbia County cases.

“It has effectively exacerbated the situation,” he said, “because cases that might otherwise be resolved without a trial may now not be resolved without a trial because defendants have learned that delaying matters may [be] to their benefit.

“Exacerbating the situation even more is very, very few of them are in jail because of bail

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Health re-evaluates, Linger said.

“The plan was to continue with Wednesdays, originally, but I guess there have been some complaints about people who had to drive in the dark now that it is dark at 5 p.m.,” Linger said. “So they are re-evaluating that. I’m not sure if any decision has been made countywide.”

Cairo resident Rose Lagatta, 95, wants to see more testing options available.

Lagatta has relatives in The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation and Greene Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and needs to be tested once a week to visit them.

“It is an inconvenience,” she said. “I at least want to be with my family and be able to go see them.”

Lagatta has gone to the county’s weekly testing clinic

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The dinner was also advertised to senior citizens in the Greene County Department of Human Services’ Round Table News.

Community Action is seeking volunteers to prepare meals at the Elks Lodge and to deliver meals throughout the county.

Meals will be delivered beginning at 11 a.m. Thanksgiving Day throughout the county, with each driver delivering about 10 to 15 meals, Ohle said. Ohle estimated deliveries take about 90 minutes on average.

Monetary donations to purchase the food are also being accepted, Ohle said.

The dinners include turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and corn with sides of rolls, pickles and olives and a dessert,

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recommendations and best practices to develop a successful virtual court system.

Czajka is concerned about the efficacy of virtual hearings, and court officials adequately assessing witness credibility digitally.

“That’s difficult to do without observing their demeanor in person,” Czajka said. “We have not had any criminal hearings virtually, and I have my doubts as to whether or not that’s even possible, but I will defer to the judges of the county or to the chief and local judges.”

Twin County officials remain concerned lacking highspeed internet or broadband connectivity will pose additional hurdles to virtually continue court business pending a second coronavirus shutdown.

Several attorneys who live in Columbia County have struggled to have substantial internet connection for virtual proceedings.

“It will have its impact, especially in the local courts,” Stanzione said. “...It’s not fair to keep a defendant in jail because we can’t have a hearing.

We need to be fair across the board.”

Stanzione expects the greatest connectivity problems in the county’s majority rural communities — especially mountaintop municipalities such as Lexington and Prattsville, which lack cellphone coverage for several miles.

The Greene County DA is most concerned about the necessary manpower to hold virtual hearings, which are expected to take longer for attorneys, clients and court officials to communicate with each other.

“It takes a quite a bit longer to work our way through a hearing,” Stanzione said. “My staff is working many more hours, which they’re happy to do. They work as late as they have to work to get the job done.”

OTHER TESTING SITES WellNow Urgent Care, with locations in Hudson and Albany, is offering traditional COVID-19 testing and antibody testing.

For traditional COVID testing at SUNY Albany, call the state’s COVID-19 hotline 1-888-364-3065 to make an appointment for drive-thru testing.

Rite Aid is offering testing at its locations in Colonie and Kingston. CVS has testing services at two locations in Albany on New Scotland Avenue and Central Avenue, as well as in Kingston.

Walgreens has testing services in Albany and Troy.

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The Section II Executive Committee, with input from NYSDOH, NYSED, NYSPHSAA, School Administrators, Athletic Directors, Sport Coordinators and Section II Officials, has made the decision to begin the winter sports season on December 14 in accordance with the Governor and NYSDOH approvals.

The high risk ports will not be given approval to start until the NYSDOH approves them for competition.

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Hudson boxing trainer Todd Smith (right) works with Jamer Jones during a sparring session at the Cus D’Amato KO Gym in Catskill.

Michael Cunningham: Dustin Johnson’s record Masters week shows he can be the dominant guy

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Dustin Johnson was winning tournaments not long after he earned his PGA Tour card in 2008. He won his first major championship in 2016. After Johnson crushed the field with the best-ever performance at the Masters, he showed he can be the one dominant golfer in an era when that’s hard to do.

Johnson grew up in South Carolina, about an hour away from Augusta, dreaming of winning the Masters. He did it with a brilliant performance that included scores of 65 in the first and third rounds. In the end, a Masters held in the fall with no fans produced a conventional champion.

Johnson is the first world top-ranked player to win it since Tiger Woods in 2002.

“I know 2020 has been a really strange year, but it’s been good to me,” Johnson said. “I’ve played some good golf.”

Johnson finished at 20-under par on Sunday to best the record 18 under posted

by Woods in 1997 and matched by Jordan Spieth in 2015. Johnson started the day with a four-shot lead and won by five over Cameron Smith and Sungjae Im. They had a brief opening early in the round but, after that, Johnson sucked the drama out of the day with five birdies and no bogeys over five of his final 13 holes.

Soon after Johnson finished his round of 68 on Sunday, Woods, last year’s winner to Johnson’s runner-up, draped the green jacket on his shoulders. Since Woods won 14 of 45 majors entered from 1997-2008, several golfers have enjoyed brief stays at the top of golf. Now it’s

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Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) dribbles the ball in game five of the second round against the Los Angeles Lakers of the 2020 NBA Playoffs at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Sept. 12.

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2019 Masters champion Tiger Woods presents Dustin Johnson with the green jacket after winning The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National GC on Sunday.

Johnson’s turn, and there’s a chance he’ll be there longer.

Johnson joins the short list of multiple major winners still in prime age. Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka each have won four. Jordan Spieth has three. Johnson,

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If the Nets can get James Harden, they have to do it.

Immediately.

Stars don’t become available for trade every day, let alone a superstar, let alone a superstar on Harden’s

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Giants keep playoff hopes alive in NFC East with win over the Eagles Charles McDonald New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Big Blue is right back in the hunt in the NFC East after beating the Eagles Sunday for a second-consecutive win.

Everything was working early for the Giants and they carried the momentum to a 2717 win over the visiting Eagles on Sunday.

The win snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Eagles, dating back to November 2016.

The Giants raced out to a 14-3 lead in the first half at MetLife Stadium off the strength of their ground game. Daniel Jones, as he has many times this season, was lethal on the zone read plays that were called for him. Jones ran untouched into the end zone on a 34-yard zone-read keeper early in the first quarter. Running back Wayne Gallman scored the first of his two touchdowns early in the second quarter.

Jones completed 21-of-28 passes for 244 yards and added 64 yards on the ground on 9 carries. Most importantly he did not turn the ball over after coming into the game with 13 turnovers on the season (nine INTS and four lost fumbles).

Philadelphia scored a touchdown early in the third quarter when running back Boston Scott, who has made a name for himself

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New York Giants running back Wayne Gallman (22) leaps over linemen to score a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles during the first quarter at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

in recent outings against the Giants, scored on a 56-yard touchdown run. A two point

conversion cut the Giants lead from 14-3 to 14-11.

The Giants offense did something they haven’t done much of this season after Scott’s touchdown run: they immediately answered.

Jones hit two chunk passes to Sterling Shepard and Golden Tate before Gallman punched in his second touchdown of the day to build a 21-11 lead. Gallman finished with 53 yards on 18 carries.

Carson Wentz and the Eagles drove down the field and scored a touchdown with a short run by Corey Clement, but they strangely decided to go for two and failed to convert, giving them a four-point deficit instead. Giants kicker Graham Gano ended up hitting a field goal that gave the Giants a 24-17 lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

To ice the game, Jones heaved a long pass to wide receiver Darius Slayton, who made a perfect adjustment on the ball. To close their final meaningful offensive drive, Gano hit another field goal to seal the Giants third win of the season.

The Giants are now 3-7 on the season and control their destiny to a playoff berth in the horrific NFC East. Big Blue is now 3-2 in division play. It seemed improbable at the start of the season, but Joe Judge has a chance to guide the Giants to the playoffs in his first season as the team’s head coach.

The Eagles fell to 3-5-1, 2-2 in the division.

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NFL Week 10: Drew Brees is getting an MRI, and the NFC East is getting ridiculous Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

Ten weeks in, seven weeks to go if the coronavirus allows, and the end of the NFL regular season is within sight. We still have no clue what the league will look like at the end of the December. One month ago, who would have thought the Seattle Seahawks would be in a dogfight for a playoff spot? Or that Tua Tagovailoa would be making the Miami Dolphins a burgeoning force in the AFC? Or that the MVP front-runner might be Kyler Murray?

We may not know the answers now, but at least we know some of the questions.

Who is going to claim the AFC’s last playoff spot? The Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns and Dolphins are all 6-3 and outside their division lead.

Who is going to beat Pittsburgh? The Steelers remain unbeaten more than halfway to a perfect season after throttling the Cincinnati Bengals.

They are not an overwhelming juggernaut, but their formula of Ben Roethlisberger feeding passes to a fleet of excellent wideouts and a defense that steals the ball is awfully hard to beat.

But then again, who knows?

The complexion of the league, after all, can change in the time it takes a football to travel about 52 yards in the air. Drew Brees is ailing, Murray is a magician, and here is what to know.

• Drew Brees got hurt, and it’s not clear when he’s coming back. Late in the second half of the New Orleans Saints’ 27-13 victory over the depleted San Francisco 49ers, Brees absorbed a massive hit from defensive end Kentavius Street. After halftime, Jameis Winston emerged as New Orleans’s quarterback. The Saints labeled Brees questionable to return with a rib injury.

He stood on the sidelines with his helmet on, but the injury may have been serious.

At halftime, after trying warmup tosses, Brees approached Coach Sean Payton and said, “Hey, I don’t feel like I’m capable of playing.”

“Probably the first time in 15 years where it was significant enough he felt like he couldn’t function in the second half,” Payton said in a postgame video news conference.

Brees will receive an MRI exam and an X-ray to determine the severity of his injury.

The Saints may be handing their six-game winning streak to Winston, the former No. 1 overall pick who signed a oneyear, $1.1 million contract this offseason. He piloted them to a victory in the second half, completing 6 of 10 passes for 63 yards and, crucially, zero interceptions.

The Saints with Winston would be different, but not necessarily worse and maybe better. Brees’s arm strength has diminished over the years,

and this season he essentially abandoned throwing deep.

Brees had attempted 12 passes thrown at least 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage entering Week 10, according to Pro Football Focus, which ranked 32nd in the NFL. While Winston would be less efficient and present a turnover risk, he would unlock deep passing that had been lacking from Payton’s offense.

Payton called Winston “extremely bright” and said he has picked up the offense quickly despite limited reps.

Few quarterbacks in NFL history can diagnose a defense and throw to the proper place like Brees, but Winston may be able to make some of the difference with a stronger arm.

(And so long as he throws it to the amazing Alvin Kamara, the Saints should be fine.)

• Kyler Murray is magic, and DeAndre Hopkins made an all-time catch. There is no more exciting or devastating tandem than Murray and Hopkins, and they combined Sunday for the play of the year, a breathtaking Hail Mary that lifted the Arizona Cardinals to a 32-30 victory over the Buffalo Bills.

With 10 seconds left and trailing 30-26, Murray took a shotgun snap at the Buffalo 43-yard line. He dropped back and curled to the left to evade pressure, back to his own 45.

Falling out of bounds to his left, he heaved the ball from the 50 to two yards deep in the end zone.

Waiting there was Hopkins, bracketed by two defenders with another Bills defensive back closing in at full speed.

All four men leapt. Hopkins’s arms rose above the others, and in a sea of hands Hopkins snared the ball and held on as he crashed to the turf.

The victory pushed the Cardinals to 6-3, tying them with the Los Angeles Rams and Seahawks in the NFC West. More than that, it created an all-time memory for the franchise.

• The Patriots are not dead yet. It will be a slog for New England to get back into a crowded AFC playoff race, especially with its division no longer rife with doormats. But the Patriots showed life Sunday night with a rain-soaked, 23-17 upset of the Ravens, almost exactly one year after the Ravens dominated them in what seemed like a seachange result.

The Patriots may have found an identity. They smashed the Ravens with power running, relying on second-year running back Damien Harris, an emerging star out of Alabama who rushed 22 times for 121 yards. It helped that the Ravens played without injured defensive lineman Calais Campbell and lost run-stuffing tackle Brandon Williams during the game. Still, the victory did not appear fluky - the Patriots manhandled a team that rightly prides itself on being a bully.

The Ravens are now three games behind the Steelers in the AFC North and will have to hold off a raft of contenders for a wild-card spot. Last year was a joyride for Baltimore. This season will be a battle, especially after it lost tight end Nick Boyle, a sneakily huge part of the offense, to what appeared to be a serious knee injury.

• Russell Wilson’s MVP candidacy is fading. And it may be at the hands of his own defense. The Seahawks’ third loss in their past four games, a 23-16 defeat against the Rams, was their most troubling yet.

The Rams dominated them on offense and defense, and those seemed to be related.

Wilson threw two interceptions, lost a fumble and took three sacks. Under pressure to create points while the Rams carved through Seattle’s anemic defense, Wilson forced throws and tried to make plays that weren’t there.

If the season ended today, the Seahawks would be the last team in the NFC playoff field. Wilson gives them a chance to win any game they play, but he needs more help than he’s getting.

• The NFC East is a special kind of mess. With November more than half over, every team in the division has either two or three wins. In games outside the division, NFC East teams are 2-23-1. One of them will host a playoff game, which promises to be glorious.

The Philadelphia Eagles are in the lead at 3-5-1, but they may be the division’s most broken team after a listless, 2717 loss to the New York Giants.

Carson Wentz has regressed, and Coach Doug Pederson’s offense lacks coherence; the Eagles’ leading receiver Sunday was reserve tight end Richard Rodgers, who caught four passes for 60 yards. Their next five games come against the Browns, Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Saints and Cardinals; it’s hard to see where the wins are coming in that stretch.

The Washington Football Team, which is 2-7 with a 2019 first-round quarterback rotting on the bench, received a heroic performance from Alex Smith in his first start since he suffered a catastrophic leg injury two years ago, only for his 390 yards and game-tying touchdown drive to get erased

by Detroit Lions kicker Matt Prater’s 59-yard, game-winning field goal at the buzzer, which was enabled by Chase Young’s roughing-the-passer penalty.

The Giants may actually be the lone feel-good story. The roster is playing hard for firstyear coach Joe Judge, and New York has won two games in a row for the first time this season. (Both wins were against NFC East teams, but still.) The Giants are 15-43 in their past 58 games, and they are probably the favorite to host a playoff game. What a country.

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go around in Tampa Bay. Say this for the Buccaneers: They didn’t let the Saints beat them twice. The beating they took last Sunday night was the kind of loss that could cause a season to crumble, but they rebounded to beat the Panthers, 46-23, after Ronald Jones II flipped the game with a lightning-bolt, 98-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

One takeaway is that Tom Brady can keep his receivers happy even with Antonio Brown seeing more snaps.

Brown caught seven passes for 69 yards, Mike Evans caught six for 77 and a touchdown, and Chris Godwin had six catches for 92 yards. When throwing to those wideouts, Brady went 19 for 25 for 238 yards.

It wouldn’t be new for Brady to suffer a seemingly destabilizing loss on the way to the Super Bowl. In 2014, the Kansas City Chiefs destroyed Brady’s Patriots, 4114, in a Monday night game, a shellacking so severe that it spawned Bill Belichick’s “on to Cincinnati” catchphrase.

Four months later, the Patriots won the Super Bowl. Just two seasons ago, Brady put up 10 points in a Week 15 loss to a middling Steelers team on the way to another title.

None of those losses were as bad as the thumping Brady’s team took last week. The Bucs aren’t necessarily a Super Bowl team. Coach Bruce Arians isn’t Belichick. But the Bucs have a quarterback who knows to how to bounce back, and they showed Sunday that one loss or having to share receptions isn’t what will stop them.

• Nick Chubb is back - and he’s smart. After missing four games with a knee injury, Chubb returned and ran for 126 yards and a touchdown in the Browns’ windswept, 10-7 victory over the Houston Texans. His best play came when he didn’t score. Up by three on his own 40 with less than a minute left, Chubb took a handoff and burst through the line. The Texans gave only half-hearted chase - the only way they could win would be to let Chubb score, get the ball back and hope for a miracle.

Chubb learned his lesson from Todd Gurley, who earlier this season failed to go down at the 1. Chubb slowed down at the 10 and ambled out of bounds just before the goal line, sealing the game and breaking the hearts of bettors who had the Browns giving 3½ points.

“I got a call from the coaches, from Baker [Mayfield] to not score, get a first down to end the game,” Chubb told reporters. “So that’s what I did. Luckily the run was a little longer, because I didn’t think about it until the last 10 yards.”

While the Browns’ offense has often scuffled, Chubb and defensive end Myles Garrett, who registered his 10th sack, may be enough to drag 6-3 Cleveland into the playoffs.

• Packers left tackle David Bahktiari got paid. A 29-yearold staple on Aaron Rodgers’s blind side, Bahktiari became the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history when he signed a four-year contract that pays him an average of $23 million per season. The news broke during the Packers’ 24-20 victory over Jacksonville, which was far harder than it should have been.

“He’s an elite player at an elite position,” Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst told Green Bay reporters on a video news conference. “We thought it was important to lock him up.”

It will be worth watching to see if more teams take an aggressive tack in re-signing their players during this season. Gutekunst noted that locking in Bahktiari now will allow the Packers to more easily negotiate the financial difficulties of 2021, when the loss of revenue from a pandemic season is likely to shrink the salary cap.

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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) catches a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown in the closing seconds of the game against the Buffalo Bills at State Farm Stadium on Sunday.

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DeAndre Hopkins caught a 43-yard scoring pass from Kyler Murray with two seconds remaining to give the host Arizona Cardinals a stunning 3230 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

Murray scrambled to his left and heaved the ball into the end zone. Hopkins made a leaping grab while surrounded by three defenders.

Murray threw for 245 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 61 yards and two more scores on 11 carries. He became the fourth quarterback in NFL history to score a rushing touchdown in five consecutive games. Hopkins finished with 127 receiving yards on seven catches. Kenyon Drake added 100 rushing yards on 16 carries for the Cardinals (6-3).

Josh Allen threw a 21-yard scoring pass to Stefon Diggs with 34 seconds remaining to put Buffalo on top prior to the Cardinals’ Hail Mary pass.

Allen threw for 284 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions. He also led his team with 38 rushing yards on seven carries and caught a touchdown pass.

Saints 27, 49ers 13 Alvin Kamara scored three touchdowns and host New Orleans overcame the loss of Drew Brees to defeat San Francisco.

Kamara rushed for two touchdowns and caught Brees’ final pass of the game for a second-quarter touchdown as the Saints (7-2) won their sixth consecutive game.

Brees did not play in the second half because of a rib injury and Jameis Winston and Taysom Hill played in his place.

Buccaneers 46, Panthers 23 Tom Brady threw for three touchdowns and scored on a run and running back Ronald Jones II burst free for a 98-yard touchdown scamper as visiting Tampa Bay bounced back for a victory against Carolina at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The Buccaneers (7-3), who racked up 544 yards of total offense, swept the season series from Carolina, both times following a loss to the New Orleans Saints by beating the Panthers. Brady, who was coming off one of the worst performances of his 21-year career, was 28-for-39 for 341 yards.

The Panthers (3-7) lost their fifth consecutive game despite quarterback Teddy Bridgewater’s two touchdown passes.

He was 18-for-24 for 136 yards and an interception before exiting with a knee injury on a fourth-quarter sack with about five minutes left.

Patriots 23, Ravens 17 Rex Burkhead caught two touchdown passes, one on a throw from receiver Jakobi

Meyers, as host New England recorded a victory over Baltimore at Foxborough, Mass.

Cam Newton passed for one score and rushed for another as New England (4-5) won its second straight game. Newton completed 13 of 17 passes for 118 yards, and Damien Harris rushed for a career-best 121 yards on 22 carries as the Patriots prevailed in a heavy rainstorm.

Dolphins 29, Chargers 21 Tua Tagovailoa tossed two touchdowns and improved to 3-0 as a starter in leading host Miami past Los Angeles.

Miami (6-3) won its fifth straight game as Tagovailoa completed 15 of 25 passes for 169 yards and no interceptions. Tagovailoa outdueled fellow rookie quarterback Justin Herbert, who was selected sixth in the 2020 NFL Draft – one spot after Tagovailoa.

The Chargers (2-7) are in last place in the AFC West, and Herbert is 1-7 as a starter. Herbert completed 20 of 32 passes for 187 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

Rams 23, Seahawks 16 Malcolm Brown rushed for two touchdowns as Los Angeles moved into a three-way tie for first place in the NFC West with a victory against visiting Seattle in Inglewood, Calif.

The Rams (6-3) pulled even with the Seahawks (6-3), who have lost three of their past four games, and the Arizona Cardinals (6-3), who defeated the Buffalo Bills.

Packers 24, Jaguars 20 Aaron Rodgers threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to help host Green Bay defeat pesky Jacksonville at Lambeau Field.

Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Davante Adams had scoring receptions for the Packers (7-2), who lead the NFC North.

Rodgers finished 24 of 34 for 325 yards and one interception, his third of the season.

Keelan Cole Sr. returned a punt 91 yards for a score as the Jaguars (1-8) suffered an eighth straight loss. Jacksonville rookie Jake Luton, making his second career start in place of injured Gardner Minshew II (thumb), was 18 of 35 for 169 yards, with one touchdown and one interception in mid-30-degree weather.

Steelers 36, Bengals 10 Ben Roethlisberger passed for a season-best 333 yards, including four touchdowns, as Pittsburgh remained undefeated by routing visiting Cincinnati.

While the Steelers’ run game sputtered, totaling only 44 yards, Roethlisberger was 27 of 46 with scoring passes to rookie Chase Claypool (two), Diontae Johnson and JuJu Smith-Schuster. Pittsburgh (9-0) was not assured Roethlisberger would be available until Saturday because of COVID-19 contact tracing protocol.

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Increasingly bleak outlook for 2020-21 college basketball season as virus rages on Mike Anthony The Hartford Courant

The outlook for being able to stage a safe and successful 2020-21 college basketball season becomes bleaker by the day.

It’s not time to give up and cancel it.

There’s no need to lose hope, entirely.

We’re not there yet.

But this project is headed in the wrong direction as we inch closer -- less than a couple of weeks, now -- toward tip-off of what we expected to lend joyous distraction to the hellishly trying few months ahead.

A question to which no one has the answer: Is it possible, or even responsible, to squeeze college basketball into a COVID-19 equation of rising virus numbers, two-week program shutdowns, a winter’s arrival and more?

Virus contraction records are being set statewide and nationwide. Thanksgiving gatherings are bound to compromise mitigation efforts. School districts are ending in-person learning. The entire UConn campus was put under quarantine before completion of a semester. Our own governor, having recently taken heavy regulatory action in areas of sport and business, is even in quarantine now.

College basketball and its outstanding people are operating amid disruption, apprehension and massive scheduling challenges. And we’re still far removed from the widespread distribution of a vaccine.

Everything is messy. We’re living in a state where 100 of 169 cities and towns are under a “red-alert.” We’re living at a time when there’s a smartphone app that will tell you if you’ve come within six feet of someone who has tested positive for the virus.

This feels like a science fiction movie.

I look into the murky coronavirus crystal basketball and I can’t see a season -- not one that represents anything we’re used to, anyway -- though I hope we come away with one.

It’s March again. Or still. Actually, in many ways it’s worse.

The NCAA pulled the plug on its national tournaments and ended the 2019-20 season on March 12.

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limited him this year. He still managed three top 10 finishes, including a tie for fifth at the Houston Open the week before the Masters. That raised the possibility Koepka might challenge at Augusta, but he finished tied for seventh.

McIlroy won his four majors from 2011 to 2014 and none since, though he’s been in contention several times. He couldn’t get back in this Masters after shooting 75 to open while several others went low.

McIlroy won four tour events in 2019, none this year.

As McIlroy started fading

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no-brainer: Harden plus Kevin Durant plus Kyrie Irving on the same team equals a championship contender. It’s a trio of unstoppable scorers and playmakers, each with three years left on their contracts, something you’d only see in a video game.

There’s a word for it: It’s called a dynasty.

You give up what you must to make that happen, and Brooklyn has a track record of doing so already.

The Nets turned D’Angelo Russell into an All-Star, then shipped him to the Warriors to usher in the Durant and Irving era. They “mutually agreed to part ways” with Kenny Atkinson -- who played as big of a role as anyone in building

There were 1,600 reported cases in the U.S. at the time.

There have been 10.7 million reported cases in the U.S. since.

March Madness went dark mostly out of anticipation of the virus sweeping the nation. It did. We’re now living through what was feared.

And we’re gearing up for the start of competition at a time of even more discouraging circumstances. Connecticut’s positivity rate was 6.4% on Friday, when a one-day record 2,746 new positive cases was announced.

We know more about the virus. We are better prepared, all around. Still, the upward wave we are riding figures to be the worst yet, and it coincides with an effort to allow 300-plus Division I college basketball teams to play on vacated campuses here or in “bubbles” there.

College basketball scheduling is one of the most complicated endeavors in all of sports. Toss in a pandemic’s uncertainty and you have coaches and athletic directors running around in circles at the 11th hour and beyond. Logistics alone, this is a bear of an undertaking.

By all accounts, the teams in our state are doing everything right, working as hard as they can to prepare, trying to protect student-athletes they’re charged with protecting and even the public at large.

UConn players and staff members are tested for COVID three times a week. The men’s team had a positive case, announced Nov. 5, and won’t practice again until Nov. 19. The Huskies, one of four Big East teams forced into a two-week shutdown in recent months, are scheduled to play Central Connecticut Nov. 25 at Gampel Pavilion.

Do you think that game is going to be played? I don’t know. Most important to UConn, coach Dan Hurley noted, are the games that are going to be A) the safest; and B) most likely to take place: Big East games.

Maybe there’s a way to make the conference season come together. There is hope, no certainty.

The sport is bound to run into the complications UConn is currently experiencing.

A two-week shutdown isn’t a two-week effect. That team loses games. Obviously so do the opponents scheduled for that window. Rescheduling successfully -- potentially dozens of teams and hundreds of games -- at a time that already requires the most careful planning feels like something between improbable and impossible.

There are also safety issues. Forget the obvious ones tied to the virus, for a moment. A team can’t be expected to come off a two-week shutdown and remain prepared to actually compete. Do we want teams with players out of focus and out of shape sustaining injuries that would be far less likely in the framework of proper training and practicing?

The policies in place are so stringent -- as they must be -- that they handcuff programs as much as they protect players.

Every effort will be made to save a season and the NCAA Tournament and its billions of dollars in revenue. The future of college athletics might be at stake. This is a profoundly serious issue on so many fronts.

But we’re trending toward the untenable and the Ivy League, once again, has set a tone. The Ivy was the first to cancel postseason tournaments in the spring, the first to cancel fall sports and the first to cancel winter sports.

I don’t expect the quick domino effect of March. I’m not calling for it. I just can’t get a clear vision for how this will go off without disruptions that threaten to ruin a season before it picks up steam and feels like it fits.

March 2020 stunk. November 2020 stinks, too. Plans can’t be expected to stick.

You’re left with hope.

The UConn women are scheduled to face Quinnipiac Nov. 28 at Mohegan.

“We go to practice every day and we prepare as if this was any other year, with the understanding that it’s not,” Geno Auriemma said. “But we’re going to do what we need to do to make it work. Until when?

Until we realize that -- you know what? -it’s not in our best interest, the players’ best interest, specifically, to move on. So until then, I have great confidence.”

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Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on social media on Sunday afternoon.

Because of that, and another positive test within the program, Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack said the school would be pausing all team activities. Wildhack did not name the other individual who tested positive.

“Per our COVID safety protocols, following (Boeheim’s) positive test we conducted an additional round of testing for all members of the basketball program. From that testing we learned that one other member of the program has tested positive. As such, we made the decision to pause all basketball-related activities,” Wildhack said in a released statement.

“We are following all CDC guidelines and ACC protocols, and working closely with the Onondaga County Department of Health, to mitigate further transmission of the virus. All members of the basketball program will be tested again, multiple times, over the next week,” he added.

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Syracuse Orange head coach Jim Boeheim.

Boeheim, 75, has been the head coach at Syracuse since 1976 and owns 964 career victories. He’s helped guide the program to five Final Four berths (1987, ‘96, 2003, ‘13, ‘16) in the NCAA Tournament.

The coach said he’s currently asymptomatic.

“Following our most recent testing, I was informed that I tested positive for COVID-19.

I immediately began my isolation period at home,” Boeheim said in a released statement. “I am not experiencing any symptoms at this time, and will continue to monitor my health closely as advised by the medical staff.”

Syracuse is schedule to open the 2020-21 season on Nov. 27 against visiting Bryant in a nonconference contest. Further positive tests could force that game off the schedule.

granted, the official start date will be pushed to Jan. 14, 2021, still pending approval to compete.

Section II President Joe Sapienza has guided the Executive Committee with the focus on the Section II mission statement. The mission statement includes: ‘Our primary goal is to provide safe, quality experiences which foster sportsmanship for our student-athletes, coaches, fans and school communities.’

“The section’s goal through all of this is to is to be able to provide a safe opportunity to participate for all of our sport offerings,” Sapienza said.

“This decision has been made with an understanding of the many challenges school districts and those involved in interscholastic athletics will face. With the guidance we currently have and the commitment to a high level of compliance with that guidance, we can safely

provide this opportunity to our member schools, Section II Executive Director Ed Dopp said. “We understand that for a variety of reasons some school districts may opt out of our winter sports offerings.

In those cases, we respect and support the individual district decision.”

The Winter 2020-21 season is scheduled to run through Feb. 28. The season will focus on regular season play, primarily with league

competition. Reduced and condensed sectional competition will only take place if NYSPHSAA is offering NYPHSAA state championships. If there are no state championships, Section II will encourage and support leagues to engage in league culminating events, all of which would conclude by Feb. 28.

It is the hope and goal of Section II that Winter Sports will be able to complete a good portion , if not all, the

maximum allowable contests.

Should there be interruptions or a need to shut down, the Section will address those circumstances at that time. With the Fall 2 season running from March 1-April 30, and Spring Sports running from May 1-June 30, it is likely that winter sports, if postponed, will not have additional opportunities.

in majors, Spieth surged. In 2015, he won the Masters and U.S. Open and was runnerup by a stroke to Jason Day at the PGA Championship. Spieth has won one of the past 20 majors, the 2017 British, with two other top-5 finishes. This year Spieth tied for 71st at the PGA, missed the cut at the U.S. Open and tied for 46th at the Masters with three rounds over par.

Johnson is pulling away from those rivals. He’s ranked fifth or better in the World Golf Ranking for five straight years.

His 14 tour victories over that time include the 2016 U.S. Open and four FedEx Cup playoff events, including the 2020 Tour Championship.

Yet he had a reputation for

fading on the final day of majors. Johnson had at least a share of the lead after 54 holes four previous times without winning. He gave back three strokes at the 2010 U.S. Open, one at this year’s PGA Championship and fell out of a tie at the US. Open in 2015 and 2018.

This time Johnson never gave back his advantage. It was down to one stroke when he made consecutive bogeys at No. 5 and Im, who’d birdied Nos. 2 and 3, made par. But Johnson birdied No. 6 while Im posted consecutive bogeys. Smith, playing one group ahead, never got closer than two strokes to the lead.

“D.J. has just an amazing ability to stay calm in tough moments,” Woods said. “And

in order to win this event, and we all know as past champions how hard it is, the emotions we have to deal with out there.

There’s no one more suited to that, I think, than D.J.” Johnson will return to Augusta in April to defend his title, assuming his health and pandemic conditions allow it.

He’ll have several foes trying to knock him off top.

There’s Koepka, McIlroy and Spieth. There’s also Bryson DeChambeau, who won the U.S. Open in September by six strokes for his first major title. DeChambeau tied for 34th at the Masters.

As usual, there’s a wave of talented young golfers coming up from behind. One of them, Colin Morikowa, bested

Johnson by two strokes at the PGA Championship in August. Im, 22, became the thirdyoungest player to finish in the top 5 in his Masters debut (Woods and Spieth were 21).

Woods, who will be 45-years old next month, proved at last year’s Masters that he can’t be dismissed. He showed his age this year. The long day of golf on Saturday, necessitated by weather delays, took a toll on his balky back. While Johnson was besting his Masters scoring record, Woods was shooting a 76 that included a ghastly 10 at the par-3 12th.

No golfer on tour now will come close to Woods’ 15 major championships. He was so much better than his peers during his prime. Now the top

players are bunched together and the fields are deeper, in part because Woods inspired thousands of kids to pick up clubs.

Phil Mickelson, 50, is next with five majors. McIlroy and Koepka are one behind. For years, Johnson had been the best among the group with one major championship.

Now he’s got two and an even stronger claim as the best player in the world.

“Obviously the first major’s the hardest, but then I would say the second one is just as hard,” Johnson said. “They are all difficult to win.”

Johnson made it look easy on Sunday at Augusta. It was a sign that his stay at the top of golf can be a long one.

Brooklyn into an attractive free agent destination -- to pave the way for Steve Nash.

They chose not to re-sign Rondae Hollis-Jefferson last summer, opting instead to let him go to Toronto, and didn’t bring Jeremy Lin back last season, either.

In Brooklyn, all is fair in love and war, except war, in this instance, in the business of basketball. This offseason was always going to be full of unpopular decisions. The only question was the subject of that decision: For a long time, it was Wizards star Bradley Beal. Brooklyn just might oneup itself.

It’s going to cost the Nets everything they have.

A deal for Harden starts and ends with running Brooklyn’s pockets. That means it’s a Nets clearance sale on Aisle 5, and everyone except Irving, Durant and DeAndre Jordan must go.

Nets players, both privately and publicly, have come to grips with the gravity of this upcoming offseason -- a pivotal window in the life cycle of a franchise transitioning from pretender to contender. Dinwiddie often joked about the reality both in-person and on social media. For some in the Nets’ locker room, it has been less of an “if” and more of a when and where.

Caris LeVert has been viewed as the most untouchable of the Nets’ young stars -- but there is no Harden-toBrooklyn deal that isn’t headlined by LeVert to the Rockets.

And Dinwiddie. And Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, and every pick or prospect Houston wants in return.

A deal for Harden, oddly enough, would simplify matters for the Nets next season.

Duos get the job done -- as evidenced by the newly crowned NBA champions -- and trios

make for dynasties, but four cooks are way too many for any NBA kitchen. The Nets’ biggest issue last season were players settling into their roles, learning how to play alongside Irving and where to pick their spots with fewer shots available across the board.

When building around stars, clear and defined roles are the name of the game.

That means big men who run, block, dunk and pass. It means guards and wings who shoot threes and defend multiple positions. Those quality role players historically take pay cuts and sign on minimum contracts with championship contenders.

The NBA’s trade moratorium is not lifted until Monday at noon, which means teams can’t officially submit trades to the league office just yet. That hasn’t stopped the wheels from turning: The Lakers and Thunder, for example,

have already agreed on a deal that sends Dennis Schroder to Los Angeles.

If a deal isn’t already done behind the scenes, Brooklyn should heed the age-old adage: opportunity likes speed.

The Nets’ best offer isn’t the best on the market. Two other teams have the capacity to blow them out of the water.

Both scenarios include Harden going to Philadelphia -- one scenario sending Ben Simmons to Houston; the other sending Simmons to the Warriors and a bevy of young players and draft assets, including Golden State’s No. 2 pick in Wednesday’s NBA Draft, to the Rockets.

The Nets have an opportunity to leverage Harden’s interest in them to get a deal done when the NBA’s trade moratorium lifts Monday at noon. Remember, it wasn’t too long ago when the interest in stars going to Brooklyn was

an absolute zero.

Four years ago today, the Brooklyn Nets were the furthest thing from a dream free agent destination. They were the NBA’s laughingstock, a 20win organization whose previous leadership dealt its young talent and draft assets for farpast-their-prime Celtics stars.

The Nets swung big on Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry, struck out and paid the humbling price: years at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings without their own draft picks to rebuild.

In Brooklyn, the days of build through the draft are long gone. The Nets’ future is right now.

And it looks like James Harden sees it, too.

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3038 Main Street LLC. Filed 6/3/20. Office: Columbia Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: 6506 Smith Circle, Valatie, NY 12184.

Purpose: General.

62 South Beech Ridge LLC. Filed 10/14/20.

Office: Greene Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: 151 Mott St #21, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: General.

Air 1 Properties LLC. Filed with SSNY on 8/14/2020.

Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 425 Neptune Ave Apt 6b Brooklyn NY 11224. Purpose: any lawful ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Darshan Projects LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law THE UNDERSIGNED, being a natural person of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and acting as the organizer of the limited liability company hereby being formed under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York certifies that: FIRST:The name of the limited liability company is: Darshan Projects LLC SECOND: To engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law provided that the limited liability company is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

THIRD: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is COLUMBIA. FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: Rodenhausen Chale & Polidoro LLP 55 Chestnut Street Rhinebeck, NY 12572 I certify that I have read the above statements, I am authorized to sign these Articles of Organization, that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that my signature typed below constitutes my signature.

Victoria Polidoro (signature) Rodenhausen Chale & Polidoro LLP , ORGANIZER 55 Chestnut Street Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Filed by: Victoria Polidoro 55 Chestnut Street Rhinebeck, NY 12572 BUDD MODERN MECHANICAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/11/20. Office: Columbia County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 47 Rockview Rd, Hillsdale NY 12529 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Cannavision Property Consultants LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/25/2020. Cty: Columbia. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 23 Adams Dr., Hillsdale, NY 12529. General Purpose

the SSNY on 10/07/2020. Office loc: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Erin Koen, 75 Bridge Street, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

COLUMBIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NOTICE OF MEETING Please take notice that there will be a meeting of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation Board held on November 24, 2020 at 8:30am, to consider all matters presented to the Board for consideration.. Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, the meeting will not take place in-person. In accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 202.1, the meeting will be held via Zoom. The public will have an opportunity to hear the meeting live and provide comments. Comments can also be provided via email before and during the meeting to mtucker@columbiaedc.com.

Please check the meeting Agenda posted on the CEDC’s website w w w. c o l u m b i aedc.com for further instructions to access the virtual meeting and for updated information Dated: November 17, 2020 Sarah Sterling Secretary Columbia Economic Development Corporation CRAZY By Design LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/27/20.

Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, PO Box 659, Greenville, NY 12083. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

DRIFTING WOODEN CHICKEN LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/15/2020.

Office loc: Greene County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Daniel N. Kaufman, 1654 Schoharie Turnpike, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Easy Winds Unltd, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/13/2020. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 800 Third Ave 11th Fl NY NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful

LEGAL NOTICE OF Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC): Hemlock Builders, LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/16/20.

Office Location: Greene County.

US Corporation Agents, Inc has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: Hemlock Builders, LLC PO Box 54 Elka Park, NY 12427. Purpose: Any lawful acts or activities.

Liquid Moon LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/16/20. Office: Columbia County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 331 Roundtop Road, Germantown NY 12526. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

The Greenport Board of Fire Commission will make an annual appointment for the positions of Fire District Treasurer and Fire District Secretary, individually, at the Annual organizational meeting of the Greenport Fire District on January 4, 2021, 7:30PM, at the District office located 216 Green Street, Hudson, NY, 12534.

Appointment to each position shall be for a term of one (1) year, with duties commencing immediately upon appointment at said Annual organizational meeting.

Interested candidates shall submit a letter of interest containing their name and position of interest to the Secretary of the Greenport Fire District, P.O. Box 41, Hudson, Makersville Consign- N.Y., 12534, no later ment LLC. Filed with than December 16, SSNY on 10/16/20. Of- 2020. fice: Greene County.

SSNY designated as Chris Pierro agent for process & shall mail copy to: 355 District Secretary Main St, Catskill NY 12414. Purpose: Any NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Greenlawful. port Fire District is seeking bids for propNn 92 Broad St LLC erty maintenance serArts of Org. filed SSNY vices for the 2021 9/25/20.

Office: year. Services to be Greene Co. SSNY de- awarded shall be for 1) sign agent of LLC snow plowing & salting upon whom process 2) building janitorial may be served & mail services 3) lawn care & to 96 Westbrook Ave weed trimming. There Midland Park, NJ are three fire stations 07432 General Pur- in the Greenport Fire pose District subject to provision of these servicNotice is hereby given es.

The Greenport that the fiscal affairs of Board of Fire Commisthe Taconic Hills Cen- sion will consider bids tral School District for offering full or partial the period beginning services, inclusive of on July 1, 2019 and all three stations or ending on June 30, partial station cover2020, have been ex- age. amined by an independent public accoun- Bidders shall be able tant, and that the ex- to provide the bid serternal audit prepared vices from January 1, by the independent 2021 until December public accountant has 31, 2021. Successful been filed in my office bidders must provide where it is available as proof of required insua public record for in- rance coverage upon spection by all inter- notification of a bid ested persons. Pursu- award. Bids should deant to §35 of the Gen- tail the service offering, eral Municipal Law, the station(s) covered, fregoverning board of the quency of service, and Taconic Hills Central itemized bid price.

School District may, in its discretion, prepare Inspection of the a written response to premises, if desired, the report of external may be requested by audit by independent email to the Greenport public accountant and Board of Fire Commisfile any such response sion, at greenin my office as a public p o r t 2 4 5 6 c o m record for inspection mish@gmail.com. Bids by all interested per- will be accepted in sons no later than person, or by mail, to January 15, 2021. the Secretary, GreenAshley Goodacre, Ta- port Fire District, PO conic Hills Central Box 41, Hudson, NY, School District Clerk, 12534, no later than November 13, 2020.

7:00PM on December 16, 2020.

Evolution Site Services, LLC is processing a new application for a (195’ AGL) 1234 ft AMSL Guyed Antenna Tower to be located at 43° 45’ 41.60� N, 75° 57’ 31.90�

W. Per FAA requirements the structure will not be obstruction marked and lit. The physical address of the proposed structure is 0.12 NM West of Route 92. Interested persons may submit specific comments regarding environmental concerns at FCC's Submit Pleading Portal: www.fcc.gov/wireless/support/antenna-structureregistration-asr-resources/filing-request-environmentalreview and complete the online application provided at the referenced site. Please use File Number: A1178053 to refer to this specific application. Comments are sought regarding any environmental concerns about this project. Interested persons may file a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) within 30 days after the date on which the information related to this project has been posted on the above referenced FCC site. The FCC strongly encourages interested parties to file Requests for Environmental Review online at https: www.fcc.gov/wireless/support/antenna-structure-registration-asr-resources/filing-request-environmental-review. However, Paper Copy requests can be made at the following address: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, ATTN: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.

Fuzzybuttz Grooming Studio NY LLC. Filed 6/3/20. Office: Columbia Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: 6506 Smith Circle, Valatie, NY 12184. Purpose: General.

that the Greenport Fire District is soliciting letters of interest to the position of Fire District Treasurer and Fire District Secretary, respectively, for the 2021 year.

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 541 Route 20 Cairo, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 2, 2020 Office Location: Greene County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Derek Aloisi, 541 County Route 20, Cairo, NY 12413. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Fairlawn Hunter LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/8/20. Office location: Greene County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 101 Allen St, CATSKILL NO. 75 Ste 1B, NY, NY 10002. NOTICE BRIDGE STREET LLC, Purpose: any lawful GIVEN Arts. of Org. filed with activity.

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Chris Pierro District Secretary Notice of formation Allen Street Apartments LLC for any lawful purpose. Articles of Org. filed w/ NY Sec’y of State (NS) 10/27/20.

NS designated as agent upon whom process served & shall mail service of process to principal business location 35 S Franklin St Athens Greene County NY 12015.

Notice of formation of BEI ACRES, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) June 9, 2020. Office location: Columbia Co., NY; SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 23 Fordham Road, Valatie, NY 12184.

Purpose: any lawful activity. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date.

Notice of Formation of S.BUZZ GROUP LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/16/20. Office location Greene SSNY desg. As agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served SSNY mail process to 550 VanHEREBY derbilt Ave., Apt. 811 Brooklyn, NY, 11238.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Hillside Lawn Care LLC, Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/07/2020.

Location: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to 20 Mystery Court, Unit 2141, Athens, NY 12015. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of The Greenhaus I, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the NY Dep of State on 9/17/20. Office location: Greene County, NY. NYS Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon which process may be served. The NYS Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 80 Birch Hill Dr., Cairo, NY 12413.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY J&G BRYANT, LLC FIRST:The name of the Limited Liability Company is J&G BRYANT, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") SECOND:The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on September 9, 2020.

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

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is Juanita M. Bryant, 6 Hamm Road, Hudson, NY 12534.

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

Dated: October 22, 2020 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534

Notice of Qualification of VR NE HOLDINGS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/20. Office location: Greene County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/16/18.

Princ. office of LLC: 390 Interlocken Crescent, Broomfield, CO 80021. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., WilmDE 19808. ington, Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: VR NE Holdings, LLC is the employing entity for Hunter Mountain employees

Trespassing, hunting and fishing are strictly forbidden on all properties owned by Sunnyview Farm LLC. Property is patrolled and violators will be prosecuted.

Notice to Small, Minority and Women’s Businesses Iseler Demolition, Inc., 7840 Portland Ave, Port Hope, MI 48468, Ph# 989/428-4216 Fax # 989-428-4689, iseler@iselerdemolition.com is seeking qualified disadvantaged, small, minority or women’s businesses for the Coxsackie, Greene County NY Elevated Water Tower Demolition project for subcontracting opportunities in the following areas: water tower concrete foundation removal, underground water line work and site restoration, NY Labor rates and Davis Bacon wages are applicable.

All interested and qualified small, minority and women’s businesses should contact Lisa Pleiness, IN WRITING via fax or email, to discuss the subcontracting opportunities by 11/24/20. Proposals will be evaluated uniformly and objectively with subcontracts being awarded to the lowest responsible bidder considered to be appropriately qualified by the prime contractor. All negotiations must be completed prior to the bid opening date of 12/01/20, 2:00pm

Publication Notice: 521 Warren LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/30/2020. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 522 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: real estate and general business purposes.

Publication Notice:

522 Union LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/30/2020. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be NOTICE OF OR- served.

SSNY shall GANIZATION OF LIM- mail process to 522 ITED LIABILITY Union Street, Hudson, COMPANY NY 12534. Purpose: 681 WOLF HILL COM- real estate and general PANY LLC business purposes.

FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability SECTION #206 Company is 681 WOLF HILL COMPANY LLC The Gentleman’s Hemp (hereinafter referred to LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) as the “Company�)

10/6/2020. Cty: ColumSECOND: The Articles on bia. SSNY desig. as agent of Organization of the upon whom process Company were filed against may be served & with the Secretary of shall mail process to S 7th State on October 19, St.., Hudson, NY 12534.

General Purpose 2020.

THIRD: The County within the State of New The Town of New BalYork in which the of- timore is seeking applifice of the Company is cants for the Planning Board and Zoning located is Columbia. of Appeals FOURTH: The Secre- Board tary of State has been where annual training required.

Please designated as agent is upon whom process send letter of interest against the Company or resume outlining exmay be served. The perience to Supervisor Ruso, 3809 post office address to Jeff which the Secretary of County Route 51, HanState shall mail pro- nacroix, NY 12087, jrucess is Alexandra s o @ t o w n o f n e w b a l t i or call McCormack, 48 West more.org, 70th Street, New York, (518)756-6671 Ext. 7 for information by DeNY 10023.

FIFTH: The Company cember 24, 2020. is organized for all law- Troy Red Tail LLC. ful purposes, and to do Filed 10/13/20. Office: any and all things nec- Columbia Co. SSNY essary, convenient, or desig. as agent for incidental to that pur- process & shall mail to: pose.

Donald Larosa, 81 Dated: October 22, Worth St, NY, NY 2020 10013. Purpose: GenFREEMAN HOWARD, eral.

P.C. 441 East Allen Street SUPREME COURT OF P.O. Box 1328 THE STATE OF NEW Hudson, New York YORK 12534 COUNTY OF GREENE

The People’s Farm, LLC filed for articles of organization and was formed on 9/25/2020.

It was formed in Columbia County New York and the principle business location is 900 County Route 5 East Chatham, New York 12060. The registered agent of The People’s Farm, LLC is Angus Van Beusichem contactable at 36 Main Street Chatham, NY 12037. The People’s Farm, LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. The character and purpose of the business is agriculture and farming.

Index No.: 20-0276 Date Summons filed: May 26, 2020 Plaintiff designates Greene County as the place of trial SUMMONS Plaintiff resides at: 510 Big Woods Road Freehold, New York 12431 TRACY A. NEMEC, Plaintiff, -againstMAREK NEMEC, Defendant ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiffs Attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the

state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Veronia M. Kosich, Esq. 24 Hamburg Road Catskill, New York 12414 P h o n e No.:518-943-5050 Dated: March 23, 2020

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The basis of venue is: Plaintiff's Residence TRACY A. NEMEC, Plaintiff, -againstMAREK NEMEC, Defendant

Reuse To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiffs Attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

UpSkill Learning LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/16/20.

Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 795 Columbus Ave #7F, New York, NY 10025. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT LEGAL NOTICE The resolution published herewith has been adopted on the 23rd day of May, 2018, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Taconic Hills Central School District at Craryville is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty (20) days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution.

A complete copy of the bond resolution summarized herewith is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the School District Clerk of the School District for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

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The stage is set for a hectic, trade-filled NBA draft on Wednesday. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors have been shopping the top two picks over the last few weeks, while stars like James Harden, Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook have all emerged in recent trade rumors.

With the NBA bracing for a flurry of activity on draft night and a rushed free agency period that opens Friday, here’s an early look at how the lottery might play out.

Note: This mock draft considers team needs and lineup fits while assuming that each team will pick at its current spot.

1.Minnesota Timberwolves: LaMelo Ball, Illwarra Hawks If Minnesota were drafting on pure fit, shooting guard Anthony Edwards would work most effectively alongside point guard D’Angelo Russell and center Karl-Anthony Towns. But draft analysts have rallied to Ball’s side in recent weeks, in part because his size and playmaking ability combine to give him perhaps the highest ceiling of any player in this class. If Ball goes first, it’s possible that Minnesota traded the pick to a team in need of a lead guard or selected him with plans to trade him down the road.

Ball’s skeptics will note that his unconventional route to the NBA included stops in Lithuania and Australia, and that he has yet to prove he can be a dependable winner since his days as a Southern California high school phenom.

2.Golden State Warriors: James Wiseman, Memphis With Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson back healthy, the Warriors want to add pieces that will help restore them as title contenders. This pick has been mentioned in a wide range of deals for veterans, but Wiseman is the logical play if Golden State stands pat. The Warriors have a hole inside, and Wiseman projects as an athletic twoway center. If Wiseman’s college career didn’t end after three games because of NCAA eligibility issues, he might very well have emerged as the consensus top pick.

3.Charlotte Hornets: Anthony Edwards, Georgia Charlotte’s youth movement is plugging along, and the physical Edwards would fit cleanly as a starting shooting guard next to Devonte’ Graham. Edwards was inconsistent during his one-and-done season at Georgia, but he looked like a future all-star on his best nights. The Hornets have been rumored as a possible trade partner for Westbrook, and they have plenty of bad contracts to make a deal work. If Charlotte takes the Westbrook plunge, it could shift its draft focus to a frontcourt talent such as Onyeka Okongwu or Obi Toppin.

4.Chicago Bulls: Deni Avdija, Maccabi Tel Aviv

New Bulls executive Arturas Karnisovas has long been known for his international scouting prowess. The 6-foot-9 Avdija is the top international player in this class thanks to his feel, ballhandling ability and intelligence. Chicago also needs a talent infusion in the backcourt, and it could select guard Tyrese Haliburton at four or explore trading up by dangling Wendell Carter Jr. or one of its other recent lottery picks. How radically Karnisovas shakes up the mish-mashed roster he inherited will be one of this offseason’s biggest questions.

5.Cleveland Cavaliers: Obi Toppin, Dayton The knock on Toppin, 22, is that he’s significantly older than his lottery contemporaries and that he’s all offense, no defense.

Mired in an aimless rebuild, Cleveland has plenty of raw talent already on hand and could use a dependable frontcourt scoring option as it seeks to wean itself off Kevin Love and his regrettable contract. After an ugly season that saw former coach John Beilein’s abrupt departure, Toppin could help the Cavaliers reset their culture.

6.Atlanta Hawks: Onyeka Okongwu, USC Atlanta is eager to make a playoff push, and center isn’t the position of greatest need after a trade deadline deal for Clint Capela. Haliburton might make sense here as a plug-and-play option in the backcourt, or the Hawks could add a defensive-minded wing like Patrick Williams or Isaac Okoro.

Even so, Okongwu, a quality rim protector and interior scorer, might be the most intriguing prospect on the board and could prove to be this class’s best big man. The 6-9 center has drawn comparisons to Bam Adebayo and could serve as an understudy to Capela early on. If Okongwu pops in year three as Adebayo did, he could be an ideal interior partner for Trae Young.

7.Detroit Pistons: Killian Hayes, Ulm The Pistons’ depressing roster is lacking in long-term backcourt pieces, and new GM Troy Weaver should consider trading for Westbrook or moving up to take a flier on Ball. If those bigger swings don’t work out, Hayes would give Detroit fans some muchneeded hope. The 19-year-old Frenchman spent last season playing professionally in Germany, and he projects as a lead guard capable of scoring and orchestrating the offense at a high level.

8.New York Knicks: Tyrese Haliburton, Iowa State New coach Tom Thibodeau won’t have any patience for drafting projects. That could play to Haliburton’s favor, as he’s viewed as one of the most NBA-ready lottery prospects after two seasons at Iowa State. While he isn’t necessarily an athletic marvel, Haliburton is smart, controlled, efficient and blessed with good size. He should be able to play off RJ Barrett on offense and live up to Thibodeau’s demands

on defense.

9.Washington Wizards: Patrick Williams, Florida State After Washington finished 29th in defensive efficiency, it’s easy to envision the Wizards targeting Okongwu with the ninth pick or a trade to move up. Failing one of those scenarios, Washington’s biggest need is wing depth. Williams could fit in as a complementary piece around Washington’s veteran scoring options while providing some defensive versatility as well. If he’s off the board, Okoro could also make sense as a defensive-minded forward.

10.Phoenix Suns: Devin Vassell, Florida State The Suns have been linked to interest in trading for Paul, and a deal could require they part with one of their young wings.

In an ideal world, Vassell would plug in as a three-and-D floor-spacer for Paul and Devin Booker. If center Deandre Ayton continues to progress, a long-awaited return to the playoffs would be on the table.

11.San Antonio Spurs: Isaac Okoro, Auburn Here’s hoping the Spurs smash the reset button by trading LaMarcus Aldridge, DeMar DeRozan and any other veteran who might be ready for a new home. San Antonio has a developing core of youngsters that is mildly intriguing, but it is unlikely to find a star to add the mix at No. 11. Okoro is a familiar player type in San Antonio: a promising defensive prospect with good size who needs to improve as a shooter.

12.Sacramento Kings: Aaron Nesmith, Vanderbilt For the first time in years, Kings fans can look forward to a draft knowing that Vlade Divac isn’t in charge. New GM Monte McNair arrives from Houston and inherits a roster with underwhelming options at almost every position. Nesmith could make sense as a knockdown shooter if Sacramento trades Buddy Hield or loses Bogdan Bogdanovic in free agency.

13.New Orleans Pelicans: Kira Lewis, Alabama Zion Williamson’s arrival inflated expectations for the Pelicans, but they are still in the early stages of building around their 2019 top overall pick. If the Jrue Holiday trade rumors come to fruition, Lewis’s quickness and shooting ability would make him a more natural point guard option than Lonzo Ball.

14.Boston Celtics: Aleksej Pokusevski, Olympiacos The Celtics will enter the season as one of the East’s top contenders, and they are unlikely to find a player with the last lottery pick who will earn major rotation minutes as a rookie. Boston could stash Pokusevski overseas for a year or trade the thin 7-foot developmental prospect to a team intrigued by his potential.

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A Notre Dame celebration was reckless, but can it teach us about COVID-19 spread?

David Wharton Los Angeles Times

Fans began to abandon their seats at Notre Dame Stadium near the end of the fourth quarter, shuffling toward the field as if drawn by magnetic attraction. The crowd -- mostly students, once sitting in socially distanced intervals throughout the stands -- soon congealed, shoulder-to-shoulder, in the first few rows.

Their football team was staging an improbable comeback against top-ranked Clemson and everyone wanted to be near the action. There was an electricity, a tension that was unleashed when the fourth-ranked Irish won in double-overtime.

It was the school’s first win over a No. 1 team in 27 years.

“You saw a couple kids jump onto the field,” said John Esposito, a senior at the university. “After that, the flood gates opened.”

National television showed thousands of students swarming onto the turf. The celebration was familiar to fans of college football but, in a time of pandemic, it was troubling as well. A local health official at the stadium that night watched in dismay.

“A lot of hugging and high-fiving and screaming,” said Mark Fox, deputy health officer for St. Joseph County (Ind.). “From a public health standpoint, it’s not what I would recommend.”

The scene last Saturday in many ways encapsulated a worrisome football season, with the novel coronavirus sidelining star players and forcing games to be postponed each week. There was widespread pushback and opprobrium on social media.

“I can understand why people would be upset,” said Brandon Hardy, a recent graduate who returned for the game. “It was one of those things where you make a decision in the moment.”

But as the days pass and the furor subsides, infectious disease experts see a potential silver lining. They wonder if some good may come from what transpired in South Bend.

Football wasn’t the only cause for spontaneous celebration last weekend as the announcement of Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election sparked mass gatherings in cities across the country. But the situation at Notre Dame was different.

The nation’s future was not at stake. And university administrators had advance warning that emotions might spill over.

The Clemson-Notre Dame game was more than just a matchup of top-5 teams; it was the final home game before students depart for a winter break that will extend until February. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick posted a video message beforehand.

“We will have millions tuning in around the country to watch this game,” he said. “Let’s show how the best student fans in the country support their team with class and passion.”

Students required a negative test result earlier in the week to receive a ticket and were reminded to wear masks to the stadium. School traditions were altered: Seniors attending their final game would have to forgo the joyous ritual of throwing marshmallows around the stands and wait until both teams exited before taking a customary photo on the field. The university assigned extra staff to keep everyone in line.

“Be smart,” Swarbrick said. “Be safe.”

The stadium was limited to about 14% of its capacity, with 11,011 spectators dispersed in small, carefully spaced groups, but there was reason to suspect that students might disregard protocol.

Though the university had suffered a campus-wide outbreak earlier in the semester, its

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Fans storm the field after Notre Dame defeated Clemson, 47-40, in double overtime at Notre Dame Stadium on November 7 in South Bend, Indiana.

president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, attended a controversial White House ceremony in October at which guests sat close together with few wearing masks. In the wake of the event, announcing the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, Jenkins and others tested positive, eliciting anger at a Catholic school that claims to hold itself to high standards.

“Our president broke the rules,” senior Samantha Munson said. “There have been so many jokes about him ... I don’t know if anyone cares about his opinion.”

Though marshmallows were a rarity on Saturday, other signs of trouble arose after the game began, notably bands of students who departed their pre-arranged groups to move freely about the stands.

“The ushers tried their best to tell people to go back to their seats,” Esposito said, “but people kind of clumped together.”

An expanding crowd, clad mostly in green, had formed at one end of the stadium by the time a Notre Dame touchdown tied the score, 33-33, in the final minute of regulation. By then, other students had made their way down to the brick wall that separates the stands from the field.

The excitement -- and the horde -- continued to swell as both teams exchanged touchdowns in the first overtime. Munson heard talk of storming the field if the Irish won.

“I could hear guys yelling it,” she said. “It got so much louder and kids started inching forward.”

On the turf below, ushers and police formed a loose ring around the field, but it was obvious there weren’t enough of them.

“We were a mob,” student Keleb Mehari said.

“They just couldn’t stop us.”

Unlike the NBA and NHL, college football did not return to action in a bubble. Unlike early golf tournaments and regular-season baseball, some college games have welcomed spectators in limited numbers.

As a result, scores of athletes have been infected and more than 50 games have been postponed or canceled. The Southeastern Conference called off its four biggest matchups this weekend, including the Alabama-LSU game. An unidentified player required hospitalization at Utah, a team hit so hard by the virus that its scheduled visit to UCLA on Saturday also had to be canceled. The

Pac-12 entered this weekend having cancelled as many football games as it had played (four).

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence served as a highly visible reminder of the crisis last weekend, pacing the sideline in a mask, unable to play after testing positive in October. Though no longer contagious, he had not completed the required cardiac tests to rule out long-term health effects.

Lawrence and his teammates hurried off the field at game’s end, doing their best to avoid the onrushing crowd. Dr. David Eisenman, director of UCLA’s Center for Public Health and Disasters, saw clips on television.

“All those people crowded together, cheering and yelling,” he said. “It made me nervous, for sure.”

Eisenman understands there are no easy answers to living with the novel coronavirus. He recalled the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, when public health officials unsuccessfully preached abstinence. Only later, when promoting safe sex, did they see a reduction in cases.

“We need to have the same principle in mind here,” he said. “We do need to be able to celebrate. We do need to be able to gather.”

Eisenman is talking about safe practices such as wearing masks, social distancing and limiting gatherings to small groups. If anything, he faults Notre Dame for allowing so many people into the stadium. But he and others hope the postgame celebration can serve as a lesson.

Given the rising case numbers in St. Joseph County, officials expect that at least some fans at the game were infected. The university had previously planned to test all students early this week in anticipation of winter break; those tests were delayed until Thursday to allow for cases that might develop from the Clemson game.

In this way, Saturday night might help researchers better understand the dynamics of coronavirus transmission in mass, outdoor settings.

A Stanford team recently used statistical methods to link more than 30,000 additional cases and at least 700 additional deaths to 18 of President Trump’s reelection rallies, but additional scientific literature related to protests and marches has been largely scattered and inconclusive. Now experts have the potential for a natural scientific

experiment with a large, identifiable sample to examine.

“We need this kind of information,” Eisenman said. “If you see a huge spike, that tells you something. If you don’t, that tells you something else.”

St. Joseph County officials plan to work with the university to conduct contact tracing on students who test positive, searching for clues as to their movements last weekend. Experts say it will take significant effort to capture necessary details: Did the infected students wear masks on the field? Did they attend one of the parties that sprang up around campus later?

“You need to know a lot,” said Dr. Larry Chang, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “It’s a difficult thing to do.”

Chang hopes that college football will learn from the Notre Dame game when it comes to allowing thousands of spectators into stadiums.

“You have to create structural situations where you minimize incidents like this,” he said. “We can’t rely on individual students to make the right decisions.”

Notre Dame students knew there could be a lag in testing, that a negative result several days before the game could not guarantee they would be uninfected at the stadium. Still, they wore masks and felt safe.

“A lot of people have confidence in the protocols,” Munson said. “I wasn’t worried at all.”

Any hesitance about rushing the field evaporated the moment the Irish secured a 47-40 victory. When administrators saw the crush of bodies, they quickly radioed staff to let the students spill out of the stands.

“We were afraid people might be hurt or injured in the rush,” said Paul Browne, vice president for public affairs and communications.

“You could say we called an audible.”

Blue-jacketed ushers could be seen waving futilely or merely stepping aside as fans poured over the shoulder-high wall in waves, leaping to ground and sprinting toward the center of the field.

“It was kind of a far drop but I didn’t even feel it,” Esposito said. “It was like walking on air.”

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly had warned his players in advance, telling them to head for the locker room if they won, but there was no avoiding the throng that, by most estimates, lingered for 15 to 30 minutes as loudspeakers blared, imploring fans to exit the venue.

The next day, Jenkins, the university president, issued an angry letter that focused on the risks posed by the parties rather than the game. Students were threatened with “severe sanctions” for future misbehavior and told that next semester’s registration would be put on hold if they failed to take a coronavirus test before departing for the semester.

Munson got a worried call from her parents, who asked: “What were you doing?”

Like other students interviewed, the senior expressed no regrets. Football is a very big deal at Notre Dame and she explained to her family that the Clemson game now ranks among the highlights of her college career.

“I think my dad got it,” she said. “I don’t know if my mom did.”

In the days since the game, the Irish players have been tested four times; there were no positive results as of Friday evening. With his team now ranked second in the nation, Kelly said he does not spend much time worrying about infections.

“But the virus is as the virus is, right?” he told reporters. “It’s out there and you never know.”

The prognosis for college football gets iffier every week Mark Bradley The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

ATLANTA — Full disclosure: I doubted there would be college football in 2020. Wrong again. The ACC has slogged through more than two months, the SEC through seven weeks. So far as we know, there has been no documented case of the virus being spread, player-toplayer or team-to-team, during a game. That’s an accomplishment.

But it’s November and the weather has turned colder, and we were reminded this week that, as much as we’ve tried to run from COVID-19, we can’t quite hide.

The SEC postponed four of its seven weekend games. The Big Ten canceled Ohio State-Maryland. Fifty hours before kickoff, the ACC announced that Pittsburgh’s game at Georgia Tech had been postponed until Dec. 12. Among FBS schools, 15 games that were supposed to be staged Saturday were scrubbed.

The Big Ten -- which decided not to play football until deciding that it would -- has seen two Wisconsin games canceled, as opposed to postponed. A third cancellation could leave the Badgers, favorites to win the Big Ten West, ineligible for the conference title.

The Pac-12, which also reversed a decision not to play, waited until last weekend to get going. Two of its six opening games were canceled.

Two more were canceled in what

was supposed to be Week 2. Utah, which played for the league title last year, has seen its “regular season” chopped to four games. As of Friday morning, Cal was scheduled to play Arizona State on Saturday. That game was canceled. The Bears are now set to face UCLA Sunday.

On Thursday, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby told SiriusXM Radio there has been discussion about pushing back the College Football Playoff and the New Year’s Six bowls. Said Bowlsby: “I don’t know if I see us playing a championship game in February, but you just never know. These are unusual times, and things that might not otherwise be acceptable have to be considered in this kind of circumstance.”

Over the past four weekends, only once has Georgia played when it thought it would. The Bulldogs were supposed to face Kentucky on Oct. 24. That game was pushed back a week because of SEC schedule-juggling. The Florida game in Jacksonville came off as scheduled, though not as hoped. This week’s Missouri game was postponed at 10:52 EST Wednesday. The makeup date could be as late as Dec. 19, providing Georgia isn’t playing for the SEC title that day. Or the game might never be played. With four postponements in a week, the SEC has fallen into a logistical tangle.

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conferences started on time. The Big Ten and Pac-12 said they were out, but the sight of the ACC, SEC and Big 12 playing in September shamed the two holdouts into reconsidering. But now we ask: With all the cancellations/postponements, might the Big Ten and Pac12 have gotten it wrong after actually getting it right?

On Wednesday, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said he’d been telling those who’d ask: “Let me get through the games of Thanksgiving, and I’ll feel comfortable.” Then Sankey said: “Obviously, that’s changed. I have to acknowledge (being) troubled by what’s happened this week with our postponements.”

The pandemic worsens by the day. A week ago, U.S. daily cases broke the 100,000 mark for the first time. On Thursday, new cases soared above 150,000. This dwarfs anything we saw back in March/ April, when the nation essentially shut down. We also saw in the spring that a shutdown carried a heavy cost, economic and otherwise, of its own. Nobody is eager to close all schools and churches again. But if the virus continues to rage, and the vaccine remains only a possibility, what’s the alternative?

The folks who run college football had a lot of time to think about what, come the fall, they should do. Unlike the NBA and NHL and

college basketball, football wasn’t in-season when the virus hit. (Baseball was in spring training.) College administrators were having three Zoom calls a week to discuss strategy and protocols. They spent so much time figuring out a way they might play -- and we’ve seen it work, though not all the time -- that the philosophical component got tamped down. They stopped asking, “Do we NEED to play?”

Financially, they did. We’ve already seen the cost of not having football played before packed stadiums. Power Five schools have had to drop other sports, and that came only after the NCAA Tournament was canceled. Football is on the 2020-21 fiscal year. The economic state of collegiate sports will get only worse.

And the greatest fear -- that players would get really sick -- hasn’t come to pass. Players have tested positive, yes, but it’s believed none has required hospitalization.

Coaches have tested positive, done their time in quarantine and resumed coaching. Still, with COVID spiking as never before, we should look beyond football programs.

Most schools have allowed a certain number of fans at games, most of which are played outdoors. We’re approaching Thanksgiving, which means more people will be traveling and clustering than at any time since this began. At such a moment,

is it in the interest of public health to stage anything that will bring more than a handful of people to a single place?

Among those who oversee the college game, some optimism remains. (Sankey: “I’m shaken but not deterred.”) As strange as it sounds, college football might benefit if colleges themselves opt not to reconvene after Thanksgiving.

Then football players could essentially bubble up on campus for three weeks, which athletic departments would love. The date to remember is Dec. 20, when the CFP picks its field of four.

As for the playoff: There will be controversy. There’ll be fewer “data points” for the committee to consider. There’ll have been no significant out-of-conference games.

Would a 9-1 non-SEC champ, which Texas A&M could be, trump an 11-1 non-ACC champ, which could describe Notre Dame? Would either/ both be preferred over an 8-0 Ohio State? What of a 7-0 Oregon?

Those are the discussions college football bigwigs hope they’re having as Christmas draws night. Those same folks also know the road to Dec. 20 might not be navigable. It’s a minor miracle the sport has gotten this far. For it to go the distance, a major miracle will be required.

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Holidays this year inspire thinking outside the gift box Dear Abby, With the holidays fast approaching, I’m starting to think about shopping. Honestly, I’m tired of shopping for adults who don’t need anything. Finding gifts for them becomes more daunting each year. I think gift cards and direct money are tacky ChristDEAR ABBY mas presents.

Do you think it would be odd to ask my adult children and other family members to select a charity they would like me to donate to instead of buying them gifts that just take up more room? This year has been hard on many people financially, but most of my family members are lucky enough to still be working through everything that has happened. I think charities could use a boost.

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

I am sure they could. Your idea is terrific, and it reminded me of a letter I printed many years ago, which I have edited because of space limitations. Read on: Dear Abby, Like many families, we have wrestled with the “What do we get for people who have everything?” dilemma. Last year, our family finally hit upon a solution. We discussed it with our grandparents. They agreed it would be more charitable for us to give something to people who lack everyday necessities, so we adopted a battered children’s shelter.

Those little ones are truly refugees. They need everything from toothbrushes and hairbrushes to baby formula and diapers — not to mention toys and games.

To our delight, our neighbors got involved in our project, too. For weeks, on Thursdays,

neighbors would leave donations in a sack by their mailbox, and we would pick them up. Our goal was for every child in that shelter to wake up on Christmas morning to find packages of necessities and a few playthings.

The project created so much excitement among our neighbors that we collected enough for two shelters.

There were pillows, socks, underwear, bath products, cold medicines, books, towels, baby clothes, etc.

Each child also got a large gift basket, including a nonbreakable tree ornament to help him or her remember this holiday.

The cost was small when spread over so many families, but the rewards couldn’t have been greater. We felt our project embodied the true spirit of Christmas. It sensitized our children to the needs of others all year long.

Because it was one of the best holidays we have ever had, we’re repeating the drive again this year. When people join together, everyone CAN make a difference.

Santa’s Helpers In Phoenix Your signature describes you fittingly. With that in mind, I hope readers will be sensitive to the needs of charities in their local communities this year. Because monies that would ordinarily have been donated to local charities may have been diverted in other directions, many charities are having difficulty raising enough to meet their budgets. Remember, folks, charity begins at home — and by that I mean the communities in which you dwell.

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Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you consider yourself wellrounded and multitalented, and even when young, you no doubt thought highly of your budding abilities — which are, to say the least, diverse. Others may call you a “know-it-all,” but the fact of the matter is that you tend to know more than most about most things — especially in the professional arena.

You run the risk at times of ignoring those closest to you — family, friends and loved ones who have pledged their lives to you in some way. You must never forget who you are and where you came from — nor must you ever forget those who have tied their wagons to yours.

You can never be truly content, regardless of professional success, if you do not have a full and committed personal life.

Also born on this date are: Lauren Hutton, actress; Daisy Fuentes, actress and TV personality; Danny DeVito, actor and producer; Lorne Michaels, producer; Gordon Lightfoot, singer and songwriter; Martin Scorsese, filmmaker.

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

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You are likely to be given free rein today to do that which has been forbidden in the past. You may have to ask yourself, “What’s going on?”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Time is of the essence today. Be sure you approach all assigned tasks with the right attitude, or your efficiency will surely suffer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — It’s quality

that counts most today, not quantity — but don’t think that “too little” won’t come back to haunt you eventually.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — That which comes to you naturally today may seem easy at first, but later on, it’s going to be something you may wish you’d never acquired.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’ll be fighting more than one uphill battle today — but none of them is likely to be your fault. Still, your leadership counts for much.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You will want to arrange your day according to expectations — but you must be willing to rearrange things if expectations are thwarted.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — If you give someone a choice today, you’ll want to stick with that choice. You can’t throw in an additional element and expect results!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Confusion may result in miscommunication today — but it can be quickly corrected as long as you are in a position to see things as they are.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Your version of certain past events may come under some scrutiny today by those who have ulterior motives. In the end, you’ll be vindicated.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You must complete your part of a project before others can get started with theirs, so by all means, keep track of time and don’t delay!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You must be sure that you’ve completed all assigned tasks today before you indulge in anything that is just for you alone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Getting from here to there will involve much more than a simple “reservation” today, as you will choose to make the journey in an unusual way.

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Goren bridge WITH BOB JONES ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ ANSWERS Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:

As dealer, what call would you make?

♠AJ7♥7♦J764♣AK752

A - Charles Goren would have opened 1S, but most good players today would open 1NT. We like it!

Right-hand opponent opens 1H. What call would you make?

Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold:

A - Double, or 2C intending to double 2H at your next turn if they bid that? We like Double right now, as the auction may be too high for us to double later.

♠A985♥A76♦52♣A764

Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold:

A - Do not bid 4H! Partner has a bad hand, remember. Bid 3H now, and double next if they don’t stop bidding.

♠ A 8 7 ♥ A K J 7 4 ♦ 7 ♣ A 10 9 5

Right-hand opponent opens 2D, weak. What call would you make?

Partner opens 2H, weak, and right-hand opponent bids 3D. What call would you make?

Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ A K J 7 4 ♥ 8 6 ♦ 6 3 ♣ A Q 10 6

A - As opposed to the last question, this hand can double later at any level. Bid 2H now.

SOUTH 1♠ ?

Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold:

What call would you make?

♠Q42♥J3♦KQ♣AKQ874

With the opponents passing, you open 1C and partner responds 1S. What call would you make?

A - We would rebid 2NT with a sure heart stopper. Bid 3C with this hand.

Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ K 10 8 6 5 ♥ J 10 ♦ K Q 10 ♣ A Q 6

WEST Pass

NORTH 2♠

EAST Pass

A - We know players who would look for a game with this hand. We think game is unlikely and looking for it might lead to a minus score. Pass.

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E-mail: tcaeditors@tribpub.com)

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Daily Maze

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 B7

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B8 Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Close to Home

Free Range THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

Level 1

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

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Heart of the City

Dilbert

B.C.

For Better or For Worse

Wizard of Id

Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1 Cabin wall piece 4 As likely __; probably 9 Trudge 13 One in Berlin 15 Surgical abdominal opening 16 __ about; praise wildly 17 Shut in anger 18 Pack rat 19 Kiln 20 Caffeine or Ritalin 22 __ a one; none at all 23 Move about stealthily 24 Not positive: abbr.

26 Foolhardy 29 Chests of drawers 34 Spruce up a house 35 Self-composure; dignity 36 Floor pad 37 Signal a cellphone tower 38 Camel features 39 Advice to Nanette 40 Apple sampler 41 Family of Clinton’s VP 42 Terra-__; clay for plant pots 43 Lifesavers 45 Man of the cloth 46 Plus 47 Problems 48 Fail to be discreet 51 In a different way 56 Boo-Boo Bear’s pal 57 Kansas export 58 Building sites 60 Dentist’s directive 61 Gall 62 “This tastes awful!”

63 Dorm furnishings 64 Look of contempt 65 Sorority letter

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Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

5 Flower stem 1 ofScotia 7 deadly sins 67 __ 7 Sign of the future 8 Rhubarb characteristic 9 Fork parts 10 Mauna Loa’s output 11 Talk __; discuss 12 Refuse to admit 14 “When Irish Eyes Are __” 21 Has to 25 Suffix for Nepal or Japan 26 Higher berth 27 Unsuspecting 28 Chardonnay & sidekick Imogene Chianti 29 Semicircular roofs 30 Shreds 31 Be a drama queen 32 Angry speeches 33 Ermine variety DOWN 35 Happy cat’s 1 Guitarist Paul sound 2 Gets rid of a 38 Square dances squeak 39 In a boisterous 3 Pesky insect way 4 Give confidence to

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Non Sequitur

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39 Pistol Small cards 41 42 Work team 44 Cruise ship rooms 45 Bellhop 47 Interlace 48 “Liquor not supplied,” for short 49 Easy gait

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49 50 Flat-bottomed Middle-__; 45-65, perhaps 52 Now and __; occasionally 53 __ and there; in various places 54 Broth or chowder 55 Engrave 59 Jet __; personal watercraft

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

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