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CATSKILL — After delaying hybrid learning for two days due to a positive COVID-19 case, the Catskill Central School District will begin offering hybrid learning Thursday. In the hybrid model, students are divided into two groups. Group A will attend school Mondays and Tuesdays and Group B will attend Thursdays and Fridays. All students will have virtual instruction on Wednesdays, when a cleaning crew will scour all buildings.

The crew will clean again on Saturdays. “I received clearance from the Greene County Department of Public Health to reopen our school,” Catskill Superintendent Ronel Cook said Tuesday. “I am pleased to inform you that hybrid instruction will begin on Thursday, Oct. 15, with students who are designated as Group B to receive in-person instruction.” About 63% of the student body, or 823 students, will be attending school using the hybrid model, with the remaining

483 students learning remotely for the first semester, Cook said. Tuesday’s announcement followed an Ronel Cook elementary school employee testing positive for COVID-19 Saturday. “I want to reassure you that I take the health and safety of our children and staff very seriously,” Cook said. “All buildings on campus have been thoroughly

cleaned and disinfected, in accordance with guidance from the New York state Department of Health and the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention].” One additional staff member was placed on quarantine after Greene County Public Health conducted contact tracing, Cook said. Staff and students undergo daily health screenings, including temperature checks, Cook said. In the event of future positive tests, the district will consult

with Public Health and make a decision about continuing inperson instruction, Cook said. “After consulting with the Greene County Public Health Department, a determination will be made for the best interest of our students’ and staff’s health, safety and well-being,” Cook said. “If there is a need to revert to full remote learning, then the district will shift to remote learning.” Greenville Central School had its first positive case, a See CATSKILL A8

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Carla Conley, of Utica, gave an impassioned speech in front of the state Capitol steps Wednesday demanding lawmakers change the state’s restrictive visitation policy and allow essential caregivers into nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Sen. Jim Tedisco, R-Glenville, addresses a crowd outside the state Capitol on Wednesday demanding the state release updated COVID-19 nursing home death numbers and allow essential caregivers into adult-care facilities to help with mental health issues and isolation.

ALBANY — Dozens of advocates and loved ones cried “Let us in” on the steps of the state Capitol for three hours Wednesday afternoon, demanding state officials permit essential caregivers into New York nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and to release updated virus death counts in

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adult-care facilities. Carla Conley, of Utica, shared the story of her elderly mother, Rosie Abraham, who died Oct. 4. “My mother Rosie lost her battle due to isolation, failure to thrive and neglect,” Conley said outside the Capitol on Wednesday. “My mother was starved to death. She was dehydrated.”

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ALBANY — A top Democrat weighed limiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s broadened emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic after the governor sent letters to select municipalities Wednesday threatening to withhold state funding unless the local officials effectively enforce state COVID-19 mandates. The mandates are in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The state sent a letter to government officials in New York City, Orange and Rockland counties, the town of Ramapo and adjoining village of Spring Valley in Rockland County on Wednesday requiring they enforce the state’s coronavirus mandates, including limiting crowds or capacity in buildings, social distancing or wearing face masks in public. Not enforcing Cuomo’s COVID-19 executive mandates violates Section 16 of state Public Health Law, especially in “red zones,” or area hot spots, that have

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appeared over the last several weeks in Orange and Rockland counties and Brooklyn.

State funding will be withheld from localities that fail to enforce the law, the governor said.

“If I had to do it over again, I would have taken over enforcement on day one,” Cuomo said Wednesday during a conference call with reporters. “The primary responsibility of the entire situation for local governments is enforcement. I don’t have the resources to do enforcement statewide.” The downstate clusters and microclusters are largely attributed to religious gatherings and ceremonies recently held by scores of New Yorkers in the ultra-Orthodox or Hasidic Jewish communities. “The enforcement from the local governments is very uneven, especially when it’s politically sensitive,” Cuomo said. “That’s what we’re running into with a lot of these ultra-Orthodox communities, who are also very politically powerful. Don’t kid yourself.” Schools within a 2.5-mile radius of state hot spots, or microclusters, are ordered closed. Schools that have See POWERS A8

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The sprint to find medical breakthroughs to contain covid-19 stumbled this week, as a pair of pharmaceutical giants working to develop treatments and vaccines suffered setbacks in the clinic. On Tuesday, Eli Lilly said that enrollment in a governmentsponsored clinical trial of its antibody therapy had been paused out of safety concerns. That came less than 24 hours after Johnson & Johnson said research on its experimental vaccine was paused after a study volunteer fell ill. The developments are likely to heighten worry that the pursuit of products to prevent and treat infections is moving too quickly. Regulators and drugmakers have faced questions about whether political pressure was overwhelming scientific rigor ahead of the presidential election on Nov. 3. Last week, President Donald Trump, trailing in the polls, touted antibody treatments as a cure, and his administration has pushed hard for the rapid approval of the treatments and a vaccine. However, the trial complications are happening in an environment of intense scrutiny, executives and industry observers said, and the highly public nature of the hunt for vaccines and treatments is magnifying events that in other studies would be considered routine. The U.S. has poured nearly $18 billion into Operation Warp Speed, its program designed to hasten the development of virus drugs and inoculations. Companies have been moving

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A heath worker prepares to inject the ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’, also known as ‘Sputnik V’, COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), into a patient’s arm in Moscow on Sept. 23, 2020.

at unprecedented speeds to develop complex and innovative products for a virus that has killed more than 215,000 Americans. The need to find viable treatments and ways to arrest the spread of the virus is becoming more pressing. Cases are climbing again in the U.S. and Europe ahead of what public-health officials have warned could become a dangerous winter with covid-19 circulating unchecked alongside seasonal influenza. More virulent outbreaks could spur the need for more economically damaging infectioncontrol measures. J&J’s vaccine was considered one of the frontrunners in the race for an inoculation. Along with rival shots made by Pfizer and partner BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, its safety and effectiveness is being studied in a large trial. Hope for the

shot’s effectiveness has been high, since it is expected to be delivered in a single dose. Some rival shots will require a second injection. J&J Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk said in an interview the company doesn’t know whether the person who was sickened had received the vaccine or a placebo. He said that J&J is sticking to its development timeline and plans to be able to produce 1 billion doses a year. “Everybody is anxious to get a vaccine to the pandemic, for the right reasons,” Wolk said, “but nobody is cutting corners or suggesting that there be undue pressure to make that happen.” The stakes in a vaccine trial are especially high, since inoculations are given to people of all ages, many of whom are otherwise healthy. Poland, of the Mayo Clinic, said he had never seen a vaccine trial under as

much scrutiny as the covid-19 trials. Wall Street analysts who follow the drug industry said pauses are a common feature of clinical trials, and earlier data on J&J’s vaccine and Lilly’s antibody treatment had been encouraging. A phase 3 trial of the AstraOxford vaccine candidate is also on hold in the U.S. after an unexplained illness, though studies elsewhere have been resumed. J&J shares declined 2.2% on Tuesday to close at $148.36 at 4 p.m. in New York. Eli Lilly shares ended the day down 2.9% at $150.08. Lilly’s drug is part of a promising class of therapies known as monoclonal antibodies, which top U.S. infectious-disease expert Anthony Fauci has called a bridge to a vaccine. Last week, the company asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to grant it an emergency-use authorization after data from earlier studies showed the drug could reduce hospitalizations. The National Institutes of Health is testing Lilly’s treatment in covid-19 patients in and out of the hospital. Preliminary data from the trial, known as ACTIV-3, isn’t yet available. Lilly is developing its antibody with Canadian biotechnology company AbCellera Biologics Inc. The treatment is similar to one being developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. that was given to Trump after he tested positive for coronavirus. He credited the Regeneron drug for his recovery and vowed to make it and Lilly’s treatment widely accessible.

Sen. Hirono grills Amy Coney Barrett for describing sexual orientation as a ‘preference’ Teo Armus The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — As Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced her second day of Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., grilled the judge on whether she would “vote to roll back hard-fought freedoms and protections for the LGBT community.” “I have no agenda,” Barrett replied. “I do want to be clear that I have never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference and would not discriminate on the basis of sexual preference.” That choice of words prompted swift pushback from some critics, who said that the phrase “sexual preference,” as used by Barrett, suggested that same-sex attraction is simply a choice - one that can be changed under enough pressure. Among those raising concern was Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, who accused the judge of using the phrase intentionally, instead of the more widely accepted “sexual orientation.” “It’s used by anti-LGBTQ activists to suggest that sexual orientation is a choice,” the senator said in an exchange that swiftly went viral. “It is not. Sexual orientation is a key part of a person’s identity.” Barrett was quick to apologize. “I certainly didn’t mean and would never mean to use a term that would cause any offense in the LGBTQ community,” she said. Plenty of figures on the left - including Democratic presidential nominee Joe

Biden and the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom Barrett is hoping to replace on the high court - have also used the phrase, which was considered acceptable as recently as a decade or two ago. But in a heated, highly polarized confirmation process that has brought questions of religion and gender into the forefront, LGBT advocates and Supreme Court watchers said her word choice may have been more telling than it seemed. As Hirono pointed out, part of the court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges rested on the idea that “sexual orientation is both a normal expression of human sexuality and immutable.” Just weeks earlier, two justices had said they do not support that ruling, which made same-sex marriage the law of the land. On Tuesday, some viewers said Barrett was deploying a kind of anti-LGBT dog-whistle that signaled she felt the same way - or, at least, lacked an understanding of the issues. By the time Barrett offered her apology, much of the Internet had already made a pointed analysis. In using an outdated phrase like “sexual preference,” which evokes smears like “the gay lifestyle,” she seemed to critics to be proving that President Donald Trump had made good on his promise to appoint a justice who would act on her socially conservative views. Charlotte Clymer, a writer and activist, noted that the phrase intentionally referred to homosexuality and bisexuality as a choice while “declining to recognize or affirm trans

people.” Conservatives soon shot back, complaining that neither Biden nor Ginsburg had faced criticism for their use of “sexual preference,” and pointing out that - until earlier on Tuesday - mainstream institutions like Merriam-Webster reportedly defined “orientation” and “preference” interchangeably. On Fox News, Tucker Carlson slammed Hirono, too, arguing that by her reasoning, gender was also a choice. William Leap, professor emeritus of anthropology at American University, told The Washington Post that the term is part of an evolving vocabulary where words regularly come in and out of favor. Like many others - “queer,” “homosexual,” even “gay” itself - the most correct phrase has changed as society has shifted from seeing same-sex attraction as a pathology to treating it as an aspect of identity like gender or race. In the early 1900s, doctors spoke of “sexual inversion” and “sexual anomaly” to refer to “inverts” who engaged in same-sex behavior, he said. But as those individuals pushed for legitimacy and the government and military attempted to start identifying them, “homosexuals” and their “sexual preference” became the most commonly

accepted terms. As people have moved further away from a clinical approach and intended to speak more affirmatively about sexuality, “preference” has become stigmatized in favor of “orientation,” Leap noted. But some resistance has remained, including on the Supreme Court. As Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern noted, Scalia declined to include the phrase “sexual orientation” in his dissents to the court’s first four rulings affirming gay rights. Instead, Barrett’s late mentor wrote about “homosexual ‘orientation’” — with scare quotes — or spoke of people who “engage in homosexual conduct.”

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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, on Tuesday said she expects Senate Republicans to force through the nomination process of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Those who oppose the nomination should be as vocal as possible to let Senate Republicans know their views, she added. “(Senate Majority Leader) Mitch McConnell sets the schedule, so he will call the vote when he chooses to,” she said in a video press conference Tuesday afternoon. “What we can do as Americans is raise our voices and be heard on this and let Mitch McConnell and the Republicans know that we do not want this kind of sham of a process.” Senate Republicans are rushing the process through, Gillibrand said, and nominating an “extremely conservative” judge who is “outside the mainstream.” The American people should have a voice in choosing the next Supreme Court justice, and that voice should be expressed through the Nov. 3 presidential election, she

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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. n Casey Seleman, 27, of Lanesville, was arrested at 10:40 p.m. Oct. 12 in Shandaken and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08%, driving while intoxicated, aggravated DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, all unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket.

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Gillibrand introduced Allie Marotta, a young New Yorker who lives with type 1 diabetes. Marotta is worried that she will not be able to keep the health insurance that pays for her insulin if the ACA is struck down by the Supreme Court, she said. Democrats have said they will leave no option unexplored in fighting Barrett’s nomination, or fighting the balance of the court with a Barrett confirmation.

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a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Sarah J. McCool, 44, of Coxsackie, was arrested at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in Cairo and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n John P. Reckner, 36, of Mechanicville, was arrested at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in Cairo and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class D felony. He was issued an appearance ticket.

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there’s a strong conservative majority on the Supreme Court when it begins hearing arguments Nov. 10 in Texas v. California — the upcoming lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act — one week after the election. The Supreme Court has held a conservative majority since Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was appointed to the court in 2018, but Chief Justice John G. Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005, has occasionally ruled with the court’s more liberal justices on certain issues. Roberts ruled alongside the court’s more liberal justices in 2012 to uphold the Affordable Care Act. Democrats fear a Barrett confirmation to the high court would result in the court ruling 5-4 in favor of striking down the ACA. “The reason (Senate Republicans) are working so quickly is because their goal is to seat a judge in time to rule on the fate of the ACA,” Gillibrand said. “The outcome of that case is a matter of life and death to countless Americans, and striking down the ACA would rip coverage from tens of millions

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added. In comparison to other procedures, the process to confirm Barrett to the nation’s high court is “rushed,” Gillibrand said. The day Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, Sept. 18, President Donald Trump announced he intended to fill her seat before the election. Eight days later, he officially nominated Barrett to fill the seat, and Senate hearings began Monday. “We don’t want this nomination to be rushed,” she said. “This judge is the wrong judge for this moment, given her record and previous statements, and this should wait for the American people to decide who the next president is going to be.” Barrett, who was appointed to serve on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals by Trump in 2017, has expressed what the Gillibrand calls “concerning” views on a number of issues, including LGBTQ+ rights, environmental issues, gun rights and the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Gillibrand said she believes Senate Republicans are rushing this nomination through because they want to ensure

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A good two weeks in the COVID battle Let’s take a moment to praise New York state’s achievement in holding COVID-19 infections at their lowest positivity rate in more than two weeks Sunday, including new cases in active coronavirus clusters and across the state as a whole. New York continues to battle multiple coronavirus clusters mainly centralized in Hasidic Jewish communities in Orange and Rockland counties, Brooklyn and some areas of Queens with tens of thousands of targeted, rapid diagnostic COVID-19 tests to identify and stop the spread of the disease. As Columbia County Health Department

Director Jack Mabb mused Monday, “We’re not really seeing what I would consider a spike at this point in time,” speaking about a jump in the number of positive COVID cases in the county. What we’re seeing instead are clusters, but overall, the state is doing very well. New York conducted more than 118,000 coronavirus tests Saturday, revealing a 0.96% infection rate. The state’s Sunday infection rate was 0.84%, excluding COVID-19 hot spots. Both positivity rates are the state’s lowest since Sept. 24. New York’s sophisticated testing mechanism allows more tests per day

than most states take each week. Geographic areas surrounding state virus clusters tested 5.7% positive Sunday. Health experts continue to tackle virus hot spots with unspecified community spread in Western New York. Other clusters, as we are painfully aware, persist at upstate colleges and universities. Attacking a cluster will be much easier than trying to tamp down an increasing statewide rate. Two weeks doesn’t sound like much of an accomplishment, but when weighed against the long-duration spikes and surges of the last seven months, it’s a small victory.

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This week brought more ominous signs for Election Day. More than 11 million people have already voted, according to University of Florida elections expert Michael McDonald, which is wonderful. But for too many of them, voting was an ordeal, marked by long waits and faulty systems. That should be unacceptable in a democracy. On Monday, the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia, a state where polls show competitive presidential and U.S. Senate races, people had to wait for as long as 10 hours in seemingly endless lines. Vast numbers of voters stuck it out in an inspiring display of determination, but others understandably gave up, we hope to return another time. Hopes that this would be a one-day phenomenon were dashed when wait times again stretched for hours on Tuesday. Meanwhile, some Texas voters faced three-hour waits Tuesday, the first day of early voting in that state. Also on Tuesday, Virginia’s voterregistration system collapsed on the last day to register. There is good news behind

the bad: massive interest and turnout. Georgia’s secretary of state reported that a record 128,590 people voted early on Monday. This is a positive sign for democracy - but voters should not be punished for their enthusiasm. Technical glitches played a part in the delays, and social distancing requirements meant fewer voting machines could be fit into polling locations. But these factors were predictable. The states should have been better prepared. There is no excuse - none - for hours-long waits at the polls. Georgia in particular should have been ready after it struggled through a similarly disastrous primary election in June. While celebrating high voter interest, Georgia’s deputy secretary of state, who is responsible for administering elections, pointed out that her office had asked the legislature to expand the number of polling locations. Obviously, the legislature should have listened. And Republicans in Congress should not have blocked additional aid to states for running elections during a pandemic.

Yet, even now, it is not too late for states to devote more resources and change procedures in order to reduce the burden on staff and voters. Additional polling sites can be set up. More poll workers can be recruited. Existing polling locations can be expanded. More ballot drop boxes can be established, so people who distrust the U.S. Postal Service have more ways of casting their ballots except, of course, in localities where Republican officials continue to try to suppress the vote. A prime example is Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott, R, just restricted counties to a single drop-off location each. States that have not already done so should change their rules to allow election officials to process mail-in ballots before Election Day to avoid a crush of paper as officials try to tally votes. Along with a redoubled effort to make voting easier, states must intensify efforts to educate voters on how they can cast ballots. At this point, we can only hope the spectacle of 10-hour lines has not discouraged too many voters from even trying to turn out.

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I have some good news and some bad news. The good news: 52% of Americans support Joe Biden in the FiveThirtyEight poll average. The bad news: 42% support President Donald Trump. Why isn’t Trump losing by a whole lot more? How is it possible that so many still back him despite everything that has gone wrong? Trump is on track to be the first president since World War II to see a net loss of jobs during his term. Even worse, he has presided over the loss of 214,000 lives and counting from covid-19. That’s already nearly four times the U.S. fatalities in the Vietnam War, previously the nadir of presidential bungling. Even now, after having contracted covid-19 himself, Trump refuses to take the pandemic seriously. He keeps promising it will magically disappear of its own accord while holding rallies practically guaranteed to spread the disease. As if that weren’t reason enough to vote for Biden, there is also the fact that Trump has abused his power; he was even impeached for doing so. He has trafficked in racism and xenophobia. He has incited violence. He has kowtowed to dictators and trashed our alliances. He has welcomed Russian attacks on our elections. He has locked children in cages. He has called for his opponents to be locked up. In sum, Trump has made a strong case that he is the worst president in our history. Yet tens of millions of voters still support him. What are they thinking? I get that there are single-issue voters to whom Trump has a strong appeal - people who feel passionately about tax cuts, judges, abortion or Israel. There are also people for whom Trump’s boorishness, racism and xenophobia are not a turnoff but a selling point. (Studies show that appeals to prejudice were the most important factor in

United States have increased by 13.3% and hospitalizations by 9.8%. Trump’s claims to the contrary, we have done far worse during the pandemic than most wealthy countries. If we had the same death rate as Canada, 132,000 victims of covid-19 would still be alive. And it should go without saying that QAnon, whose adherents have been linked to numerous acts of violence, is a bane, not a boon. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., used to say: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” That’s no longer true. While irrationality and conspiratorial thinking exist on both the left and the right, the right in recent decades has been much more afflicted by an epidemic of “alternative facts.” This is not a new development: Conspiracy theories about fluoridation, Whitewater, Vince Foster’s death, John Kerry’s Swift boat service, Bill Clinton’s 1969 trip to Moscow and Barack Obama’s birth certificate predate the Trump presidency. But the rise of Fox News and Facebook allows “fake news” to spread much more readily - and Trump gives it the imprimatur of the Oval Office. It’s bad enough that the president lies so much; what’s worse is that so many think he is telling the truth. Unfortunately, even if Trump is defeated, a large portion of the country will continue to believe a lot of things that simply are not so - and a small but significant number could be led into violence by their lunatic beliefs. The disturbing plot by members of a right-wing militia to kidnap the governor of Michigan may be a taste of what is to come. As Francisco Goya warned, “the sleep of reason produces monsters.” Boot is the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a global affairs analyst for CNN.

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Decision based on inadequate information To the editor: We at the GCTA and the citizens of Greene County want to know how their (the Greene County Legislature’s) decision was made to condemn the buildings and what it was based on. Their statements publicly indicate that they thought the building was too dangerous to be repaired and about to collapse. We have concluded that this appears a complete misreading of the reports and is based on false assumptions. The Kaaterskill Engineering reports describe only two specific structural defect conditions that appear from their descriptions to be limited in scope and do not appear to make any recommendation for condemning the buildings. First, a 20 linear foot section at the top 3-4 courses have shifted slightly. That can be seen from the street, but appears to be minor shifting. There is no measurement of or observation in their reports of walls being out of column, bulging, or any

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buildings and build a new jail is based on misunderstanding of the engineering reports. We also hope and trust, that contrary to what we have heard from other concerned citizens in the county, the necessity of abandoning the old sheriff’s office and the old jail because it was of imminent danger of collapsing will NOT be used by the County as the excuse for “busting” the real estate tax cap to help pay for that unnecessary and oversized jail complex in Coxsackie. This communication is a direct caution to the County Administrartion and County Legislators, a warning, in fact, do not even try that! More details on our examination of the engineering reports to follow. WAYNE SHERIDAN PRESIDENT GREENE COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION CATSKILL

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Trump’s 2016 victory.) There are also, of course, many Trump voters who are convinced that he is the lesser evil, because Biden is supposedly plotting to turn the United States into a “large scale version of Venezuela,” even while suffering from “dementia.” They claim Biden is a “puppet” of the far left, even though he opposes Medicare-for-all, the Green New Deal, a ban on fracking, defunding the police, expanding the Supreme Court and other progressive ideas. The very fact that so many are so willing to believe such balderdash about Biden - a lifelong centrist who remains far more articulate and coherent than Trump - is a worrisome sign of how cut off from rational, factual discourse so much of the country has become. Many voters are still supporting Trump because they’re living in a hermetically sealed disinformation bubble that is impermeable to reality. A Pew Research Center survey makes clear the extent of the problem. Among those who get their election news primarily from Fox “News,” 86% say Trump is delivering the “completely right” or “mostly right” message about the pandemic, 78% that “the U.S. has controlled the outbreak as much as it could have” and 61% that Trump and his administration get the facts right about the coronavirus “almost all” or “most of the time.” Perhaps the most disturbing finding of all: 39% of Fox News viewers say that QAnon - an insane conspiracy theory that posits that Trump’s opponents are satanic child-molesters - is “somewhat good” or “very good” for the country. I’m sorry, these are not issues on which rational people can legitimately disagree. Trump’s covid-19 message - that, as he said Saturday, “it is disappearing” - is objectively false. In the past week, daily confirmed coronavirus cases in the

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John James Pollock, Jr. Mr. John James Pollock, New York Yankees fan in addiJr., 85, of Sylvania, passed tion to enjoying deer hunting, Wednesday evening, October 6, admiring nature, gardening, 2020 at East Georgia Regional flowers, and birds. He will be Medical Center. remembered for his generosJohn, known to most as Jack, ity and as a doting uncle. He is was born to the late John J., Sr. preceded in death by a brother and Evelyn Vosburg Pollock in Ross Vosburg Pollock and a sisGreat Barrington, MA. Upon ter Margaret Kathleen Pollock graduation from the Roeliff Jan- Canetto. sen High School with the Class He is survived by his siblings; of 1952, he attended Cornell William G. “Bill” and Jackie PolUniversity. Due to a lock of Sylvania, GA, family need, he withPatricia Evelyn and drew from school to George E. “Bud” Atoperate the family dairy wood, Mary Rachael farm. Jack continued Pollock and Leland to operate the family “Billy” Edelman, both dairy farm for over 30 of Hillsdale, NY, and years. In addition to Betsy P. and Mike the family farm, he also Thompson of Sylvania, was employed with the GA; brother-in-law, Pollock, Jr. Roeliff Jansen Central Frederick Joseph CaSchool District, later netto of Sebastian, FL; 11 niecthe Taconic Hills school District. es and nephews and spouses, There he faithfully served for 54 years as a school bus driver, 24 great nieces and nephews custodian, transportation di- and spouses, and 1 great-grand rector, and lastly as a courier. nephew. Funeral services will be held During this time he also was emon Saturday, October 10, 2020 ployed by the Town of Hillsdale in various capacities all while at 10:00am Screven Chapel of maintaining his other two em- Joiner Anderson Funeral Home ployments. In addition to work, with Rev. Carroll Gay officiating. he spent countless hours volun- Interment will be in the Hillsdale teering in his community; at the Rural Cemetery of Hillsdale, library, as a tutor, at hospice, NY. Upon Jack’s request, there and the food bank. He worked will be no services in Hillsdale, endlessly to fulfill the needs of NY In lieu of flowers the family asks contributions be made many people. In 2018, he relocated to Syl- to the Roeliff Jansen Historical vania, GA to be amongst other Society, PO Box 172, Copake family members and attended Falls, NY 12529. Peck and Peck the Buck Creek United Method- Funeral Home Copake Chapel ist Church. He enjoyed watch- will be in charge of interment. ing his nieces and nephews To send an online condolence, participate in their numerous please visit www.peckandpeck. activities. He also was an avid net

61 people who went to Canadian spin studio get coronavirus despite adhering to public health guidelines Antonia Noori Farzan and Siobhán O’Grady The Washington Post

When a spin studio opened in Hamilton, Ontario, in July, its owners took several measures to prevent a novel coronavirus outbreak. They removed about half the studio’s stationary bikes to allow room for social distancing, Elizabeth Richardson, the city’s medical officer, said Tuesday. Workers increased sanitation measures. Riders were asked to wear their masks into the studio and only remove them while exercising, in accordance with local rules. Now, despite appearing to have complied with public health regulations, at least 61 people linked to the studio have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Although Hamilton requires masks to be worn in most public settings, the law includes an exemption for anyone “actively engaged in an athletic or fitness activity.” In keeping with that policy, the studio, SPINCO, allowed riders to remove their masks once clipped into their bikes, and told them to cover up again before dismounting. In a recent Instagram post, SPINCO’s owners said they had been “hesitant” to reopen after getting the green light in July, and would not resume classes “until it is safe to do so.” Health officials have said the studio is temporarily closed and cooperating fully with the investigation. “We took all the measures public health offered, even added a few, and still the pandemic struck us again!’” the company wrote. SPINCO has more than a dozen locations across Canada. As of Tuesday, 44 cases linked to specific classes were detected, Richardson said. An additional 17 instances of “secondary cases” were found

among other contacts. The city will reexamine gym protocols, Richardson added Tuesday, but in the meantime, “what seems to be the case is that you need to wear that mask” even though government guidelines do not strictly require it. “It’s still a good idea to do it, in terms of keeping others safe,” she said. People should also avoid “classes where you’ve got that kind of yelling or coaching over music.” She declined to use the term “superspreader” to describe the event, but said it is a “very large outbreak.” “It is concerning that it is extended beyond the initial cases who were related to the classes but gone into of course their household contacts and other contacts,” she said. “We continue to look at what does it mean, what do we need to understand about exercise classes?” Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health, told reporters on Wednesday that the province is reviewing its recommendations for spin studios and other gyms in response to the outbreak. The outbreak offers is evidence of the dangers of people gathering indoors without masks, and health experts warn that cases could spike further in the coming months as winter weather sets in and outdoor gatherings and exercise classes will be harder to continue. In August, dozens of cases were linked to a Paju, South Korea, Starbucks where many customers did not wear masks. The store employees, who wore masks, were not infected. The outbreak prompted Starbucks to limit its indoor seating in the country and encourage masks among patrons.

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Travelers from three more U.S. states must self-quarantine, or isolate, for two weeks when arriving in New York to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus, officials said, as no states or territories were removed Tuesday from last week’s list. Ohio, Michigan and Virginia visitors must selfquarantine when arriving in New York, bringing the total to 36 states on a list that has fluctuated with a minimum 20 states since Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Govs. Phil Murphy, D-NJ; and Ned Lamont, D-Conn.; issued a tri-state executive order June 25. Travelers from states with more than a 10% positive coronavirus test rate, or a positive test rating higher than 10 per 100,000 resiPatti Sapone | NJ Advance Media dents over a seven-day average, must quarantine for 14 United Airlines takes precautions to keep customers and employees safe at Newark Liberty days when flying or driving airport during the coronavirus pandemic the day after New York, New Jersey and Connecticut’s into New York. Officials up- order went into affect Friday, June 26. date the list every Tuesday. “Our numbers overall the territories of Guam and in Hasidic Jewish commu- State coronavirus hospinities in Orange and Rock- talizations reflect a steady continue to remain steady, Puerto Rico. The governor has said outland counties, Brooklyn and increase from about 500 despite the microclusters of-state travelers remain the some areas in Queens with patients over the past two that have popped up in cergreatest threat to New York’s tens of thousands of tar- weeks, with about 70% of tain pockets of the state,” according to a statement low coronavirus infections geted, rapid diagnostic CO- the increase in daily hospital admissions largely hailfrom Cuomo late Tuesday and transmission numbers, VID-19 tests. New York conducted ing from state cluster areas afternoon. “Our strategy Cuomo has said, as the Euis to continue to identify ropean strain of COVID-19 94,932 coronavirus tests since early September. these clusters if and when infected the eastern sea- Monday, revealing a 1.2% Of the 118 new virus hosthey pop up, get even more board after landing in New infection rate, or 1,222 new pital admissions Monday, refined in our targeting and York and New Jersey airports positives. The positive test- 49 — or 42% — were from in February and March. ing rate in area hot spots was Brooklyn, Queens, Rockattack them as needed.” “As we go into the fall, and 4.13% Tuesday — up from Cuomo’s executive travel land, Orange and Broome advisory includes Alaska, Al- the numbers nationwide 3.7% Monday. counties, where the state is The “red zone” focus arabama, Arkansas, Colorado, are going up, we must work tracking recent cluster outDelaware, Florida, Georgia, to keep our numbers down eas in Cuomo’s Cluster Acbreaks. Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indi- — and that’s going to take tion Initiative are home to In June, the state averaged ana, Kansas, Kentucky, Lou- every New Yorker wearing 2.8% of the state’s popula128 new COVID hospital adisiana, Michigan, Minne- their masks, socially dis- tion, but represent 12.3% of missions per day, 94 new adthe state’s positive cases. tancing and being New York sota, Missouri, Mississippi, missions per day in July and Eleven New Yorkers died Tough to maintain our progMontana, North Carolina, from the coronavirus Mon- 69 new daily admissions in North Dakota, Nebraska, ress,” Cuomo said. Members of the state’s day, about flat from 12 fatali- August. The recent increase New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, in daily hospital admissions Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Coronavirus Task Force ties Sunday. The state reported 923 is primarily tied to cluster South Carolina, South Dako- continue to monitor the daita, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, ly COVID-19 infection rates hospitalized virus patients areas. The state peaked with Virginia, Wisconsin, West in state hot spots and micro- Tuesday — an increase of COVID hospitalizations Virginia and Wyoming and clusters mainly centralized 45 people from Sunday. April 12 with 18,825 patients.

Trump to award wrestling icon FUNERAL DIRECTORS Dan Gable Medal of Freedom By Jennifer Jacobs Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to award Olympic wrestling champion Dan Gable the Medal of Freedom, honoring his storied career as an athlete, coach and motivational speaker, people familiar with the matter said. Gable, 71, is a beloved figure in his native Iowa, where polls show the president to be neck-and-neck with Democratic nominee Joe Biden just weeks before Election Day. Trump is scheduled to speak at a campaign rally in Des Moines on Wednesday evening. After racking up two NCAA national championships at Iowa State University, Gable went on to win the 1971 Pan American Games, two world championships and the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Following the string of victories, Gable went on to join the coaching staff at the University of Iowa, where he posted a record 355 wins — including 15 national team titles — from 1976 to 1997. He served as the head Olympic coach for U.S. wrestlers at the 1980, 1984 and 2000 competitions, leading his athletes to seven gold medals. Gable — who was raised in Waterloo and now lives in Iowa City — has authored multiple books drawing on his wrestling expertise as well as his personal life story, which

was shaped by the murder of his sister as a teenager. His iconic status in Iowa has drawn the attention of multiple political candidates over the years as they sought to gain traction in the first-in-the-nation caucuses. But Gable has largely resisted politics and withheld his sought-after endorsement — a level of neutrality that has contributed to his popularity in Iowa. In 2015, Gable appeared on stage at a Trump rally. He wore an Iowa wrestling hat and held the Trump campaign’s signature red “Make America Great Again” hat in his hand. “I’m very happy to be kind of neutral,” Gable said as he stood on stage next to the future president. He

added that he was at the event for “an education purpose” but that he liked Trump’s slogan. The plan for the award comes after a group of lawmakers calling themselves the Congressional Wrestling Caucus — including Ohio Republican Jim Jordan and Iowa Democrat Dave Loebsack — sent a letter to the president in August requesting that Gable receive the nation’s highest civilian honor, saying he “defined greatness as an athlete and a coach.” (c)2020 Bloomberg News Visit Bloomberg News at www. bloomberg.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Saturday was such a beautiful day to celebrate the autumn season. The trees are ablaze with color, especially the Blazing Sumac. Such a vibrant red! We sat outside and had a wonderful day for the last full day of my Yard Sale to support my church. I want to announce that I made my goal of $1,000 to give to Pastor. Sunday was quite chilly, so we sat on the porch bundled up in blankets. Now it’s time to get ready for winter. Due to the Covid 19 protocols and to ensure the safety of all our participants and staff, we regret to inform the community that Hope Restoration Church will be cancelling our Thanksgiving dinner for 2020. Our prayer is that everyone continue to stay safe and we are looking forward to serving our community again in 2021. Thank you for understanding. Windham residents take note...on Election Day there will be a very important proposition that needs your support. As you know, we have a wonderful Ambulance team, and they need a new home. I don’t know how many are aware, but the Windham Ambulance is on call for other locales, also, including the town of Jewett. Add the Ski Slope to this, and you’ll find they are very busy. The town has proposed building a new location for them at the site of the Waste Water treatment plant. Along with the garage, a community center would be added. As you know, I am president of the WAJPL Golden Agers, and our current meeting place is downstairs in the Town Hall in Hensonville. Our membership has outgrown the hall, and there is just no place to park. Imagine 40 Senior Citizens walking along the streets of Hensonville to get to their meeting, then going down a flight of concrete steps to get

to their meeting hall. The new building would have ample parking and be all on one floor. Windham NEEDS a community center. The residents NEED a place that can hold more than 100 people. Please, for the Ambulance and the Senior Citizens. vote YES to build the new building. When it’s built, WAJPL members will have an open house and invite you all to share in the best food in Greene County. As I mentioned, the Yard Sale is over and I made my promised donation of $1,000 for my United Methodist Church. That’s a lot of $1 items gone! Thanks to all who participated. To those who did not, I really did not expect you to. As many are not attending church, we are struggling to pay the bills. So, if the Spirit moves you to donate, don’t let me stop you. If you could think of a fundraiser, please do it. Let’s keep our church in our lives. Speaking of Church, I will be giving the Messsage on Sunday the 18th and the 25th at the Sandy Plains Church — just over the Sandy Plains Bridge in South Cairo. If you have been staying home, please make an effort to come. It’s only one hour for the Lord. I’m still working on a blood drawing center in Hensonville. We really need a facility on the Mt. Top so we don’t have to go all the way to Catskill. Almost time to turn the clocks back. That means no more evening dinners in Jewett, have to change to lunch. If you know Norwood Tompkins, send him a card for his 85th birthday. Sympathy to the family of Peter Weiss and to the family of Richard Harty on his sudden passing. Feel better Barbara Rion and prayers for daughters Lisa and Crissy. Please continue prayers for John LoPresti, and Clarence and Jeanne Soule. They are

appreciated by all family members. John is making slow progress.

AS I REMEMBER IT As we see the demise of our hotels and landmarks, it has been fun to read the ads in the Old Catskill Mountain Cook Book. To read of stores I never knew about (BRANDOW’S New Store of Luxuries Brandow Building Windham, New York) Does anyone know where the Brandow building was? The names I have come across that I wish I had while I was writing my way uptown. Do you remember my mentioning Miss Ada Smalling and her car with the rumble seat? She also contributed a recipe for a Mock Angel Cake. Mrs. B.G. Brockett was a prolific baker, including Ginger Puffs and Apple Congress cake. We have recipes from Mrs. Horace Maben, Hitchcocks, Steele, Mrs. Ferris Thompson, of the Thompson House, contributed Peppermints. Mrs. C.R. Tibbals must have been a good cook as her name appears many times: Favorite pudding, Lemon Jelly, and maybe most interesting — Popped Corn pudding: 3 cups milk, 2 cups popped corn, 2 eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter and salt. Scald milk, and pour over popped corn which has been finely chopped, and let stand 1 hour. Add eggs, slightly beaten, sugar, butter and salt and stir until well mixed, then turn into buttered pudding dish. Bake in slow oven 25 minutes or until firm. Serve hot with thin milk and maple sugar. Most of the recipes were for cooks. No step by step instructions, just ingredients and how to cook it. I will be going over more in the future. My trip down Main Street will begin again next week, and I can’t wait until we get to Miller Bros.

Farmers’ Market on Oct. 24 By Christine Dwon For Columbia-Greene Media

Sammi Simpfenderfer’s family and friends had a wonderful bridal shower for her on Oct. 4 at Brandywine. It was lots of fun when the men joined too. Dixie Baldrey, now living up near Saratoga, came to visit a few friends at the Lexington Municipal Building on Oct. 5. Was so nice seeing her and we all enjoyed the visit very much. Mary and Steve Palazzolo and a couple of friends stayed at lovely cabins in Woodgate for a few days last week. They were checking on the snowmobile trails for the much anticipated snowmobiling season. Pastor Tom will be preaching at the Lexington/West Kill UMC in Lexington on Oct. 18. Please note the Sunday worship services begin at 9:30 a.m. Masks, social distancing observed and hand sanitizer provided. Please bring your own Bibles. Sunday services are also posted on Facebook. Happy birthday to Charina Falke on Oct. 18. Oct. 19 is Kathleen Hilbert’s birthday. Best wishes to all. Greene County Senior Nutrition Program menu for the week of Oct. 18 – Oct. 23 is as follows: Monday—American Goulash, green beans, fruit cocktail; Tuesday—Chef’s Choice, cauliflower, vanilla mousse; Wednesday—Birthday celebration—Baked chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach puff, birthday cupcake; Thursday— Ham and cheddar quiche, hash browns, peas and carrots, fresh fruit; Friday—Vegetable lasagna, fresh salad with red kidney beans, Italian green beans, fresh fruit. All persons over 60 and spouses are invited to participate. Suggested donation

for noon-time meal is $4. The menu is subject to change based on product availability and circumstance. The menu will be the meal that is delivered to all Greene County homebound meal clients. Please make sure you sign up at least a day in advance if you wish lunch from any of the nutrition sites. If you have signed up and become unable to pick up your meal, please call the site as soon as you can to cancel. This helps to reduce food waste. Since we are still under COVID guidelines, centers are not open for congregate meals but take-out only. Centers are closed on legal holidays and inclement weather. Mountain Top Senior Service Center is located at the Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett, 518-263-4392. The last Lexington Farmers Market for the season will be held starting at 10 a.m. Oct. 24 under the pavilion at the Lexington Municipal Building, 3542 Route 42, Lexington.

This Farmers Market, with the usual vendors, will also include the Holiday Market that was held the past few years at the Community Hall in West Kill in December. Start your holiday shopping early! Masks, social distancing required, and no pets allowed. Don’t miss this last market — stock up with all those goodies from the local vendors. Lexington/West Kill UMC Administrative Council will meet at 5 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Lexington church hall. Masks and social distancing required. Oct. 31 — Halloween night — turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed because Eastern Standard Time returns Nov. 1 Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Nov. 3 the annual Election Day, Turkey Dinner and Oyster Stew at the Lexington/West Kill UMC will not be held this year. Please treat each other with compassion, courtesy, dignity, respect and kindness. All lives matter.

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The people living in Elka Park and Platte Clove have the good fortune to drive by this little church almost every day. This week’s tidbit is for those going west on County Route 16, passing by that small Catholic church at 660 Platte Clove Road. As you read this, keep in mind that even 50 years ago, religions were quite separate, also true among Christians. The three significant Christian religions on the mountain top were Catholic, Protestant, and Methodist, but today we happily unite more than yesteryear. Enjoy the story. The following is from the 1963 edition (condensed) of the mother church’s fall vacation bulletin, the Immaculate Conception Church in Haines Falls; Ms. Clara Lackey is the author. Clara Lackey was a life-long, well-respected (Catholic) businesswoman in Tannersville. Clara ran a busy insurance company on the property where Mama’s Burgers is today, 6067 Main St. THE BUILDING OF THE ELKA PARK CHURCH, by Clara Lackey. “Once upon a time, there was a little shed-like church building alongside the road leading to Platte Clove. It had just about completely outlived its usefulness as a meeting place. It had become entirely inadequate to accommodate the

ever-increasing congregation and the ever-growing needs of the day.” At that time, a summer resident, Mr. Francis H. Lewis, often took his morning walk past the church. “Mr. Lewis was a very fine gentleman, a Protestant, indeed, and one known among his intimate friends for his many beneficences.” Mr. Lewis talked with Father Keefe, the pastor of the mountain top Catholic churches. Mr. Lewis had seen the clear devotion of the country people attending Mass at Elka Park, and it seemed their faith deserved a better house of worship. Mr. Lewis wished to replace that old church with a new one and told Father of his wishes. Father Keefe met with local carpenter Arthur Showers, giving him the details of a little chapel, he had admired while visiting France. Showers told Father the job would be about $6,000 (about $155,000 today). Mr. Lewis was ready to give the entire amount; however, Father Keefe felt that the parishioners should be given the opportunity to contribute toward it. The two men worked together, and the parishioners raised $1,000 with Mr. Lewis paying the remaining $5,000. The Elka Park church was dedicated on May 20, 1913, by Bishop Thomas Burke of Albany. The article told that the Elka Park Club catered a

celebration dinner for Father Keefe, following the services. It was said Elka Park Club printed a little booklet with a picture of Saint Francis de Sale Church, painted in light colors with dark trim and surrounded by rough, rocky, and untamed landscape, much different than today’s setting. If the photo is ever found I’ll gladly share it with you. Saint Francis de Sales is the only church in the parish with bells. The three bells, a gift of Jacob Hasslocher (long-time Elka Park resident), were cast in Troy, NY, in 1912, and named St. Elizabeth (the largest), St. George, and St Agnes, after his wife and parents, respectively. The following is from a Yonkers, New York, The Herald Statesman newspaper, dated May 26, 1913. “St. Francis de Sales was selected as patron of the new Catholic church recently dedicated by Bishop Burke. It is a pretty frame edifice and will afford ample accommodation for all the Catholics of that district, having a seating capacity of 400. St. Francis is situated about a mile from Elka Park, on the old Catholic church site, which was moved across the road and used as a school. The church has a beautiful set of chimes presented by Mr. Hasslocher, the RoesslerHasslocher Chemical Company, president of the Elka Park Association.

Mountain Top residents are keeping busy By Abby and Gabby For Columbia-Greene Media

PRATTSVILLE — As always, we thank our doctors, nurses, all healthcare workers, and essential workers. You are appreciated. Good news from the West Coast — Oregon. The Chatfield sisters, Judy and Janet, say the fires in their area are under control and the air is smoke free. So happy for them. The autumn is beautiful there and is Judy’s favorite time of year, and their “Gala” apples abundant, resulting in spiced apple chips, applesauce, pies and other apple dishes. Their fortunate family and friends have been recipients of the bounty. The ladies’ vegetable garden was also very productive this year, unlike around here. Judy continues to make blocks for her Covid-19 quilt and hope she sends pictures when it is done. Stay well Janet, Judy and GiGi. Jeff Breigle is to be congratulated on his promotion within the Department of Conservation. Jeff has always been generous with his knowledge of wildlife, both flora and fauna, in our area. Congratulations Jeff and thanks for your educational help in the past. Wife Lana, Jeff and daughters Laura and Adrianne are dabbling in poultry farming, well if

you can have a farm with just eight chickens. They are getting eggs daily and it was apropos that the first egg was laid on Labor Day. If any of you have had truly fresh eggs, you will have noticed a difference in color and texture and taste. Previous Prattsville resident Steve Ramundo recently made a visit to Prattsville. He was delivering some crafting/sewing items donated by wife Kathy for the benefit of our veterans. Kathy and Steve are both retired and enjoying their free time. In the past, they had a three month extended tour of parts of the United States. That is what retirement is all about. Diana and Arnold Jaeger were at Shelly and Elliott Brainard’s taking advantage of the abundance of grapes on the Brainard vines. Wonder if it will be jelly or, with the fires in California destroying so many vineyards, will it be wine? Johannes and Marianne Krauss spent time at a road race in Limerock a few weekends ago. Marianne said it was the first and last of the year for Johannes and he did place 3rd and that is nothing to complain about. Hey Baker girls (Stephanie and Samantha) the name of the mystery squash purchased at RSK Farms

was called Sunshine. Samantha, you probably did have it right in the many examples you were able to come up with on your iPad. Get your winter vegetable supplies now at RSK Farms. It is a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach when visiting their farm stand. A brisk trade was taking place there on Sunday. We need more local vendors and you are encouraged to support them. Families with children are using Conine Field for safe and healthy activities. Miranda Briggs, with mom Connie, had Miranda and Curtis’ children, Dean, Kinsley and Addison, and Shannon Brainerd Holdridge was also there with her children Avery and Alexandra, and other friends were there for a fresh air afternoon. Dog walkers, walkers, fishermen and women, athletes, and play groups were all using Conine Field for some outdoor recreation. The athletes had to set up one of the soccer goals that Wednesday’s wind had blown over. Happy Birthday to McKenzie Constable on Oct. 19. Time to wish Joanne Dunphy a Happy Birthday on Oct. 21. Diana and Arnold Jaeger can forward our Happy Birthday wishes to granddaughter Ursula Jaeger on Oct. 23 out in the mid-West.

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PAPER COLLAGE Liz Innvar PAPER COLLAGE Liz Innvar through November 7 There is something distinctly special about Liz Innvar’s meticulously crafted collages: they are upbeat and accessible without sacrificing their elegance and complexity. They have a musicality, each composition like a song with intonation, clarity and purpose. They have “weather”—the shapes are buoyant but textured offering the viewer a nuanced and personal view of a deeply sensitive perspective on a seaside landscape, private meditation of a solitary vase or a quietly bursting bouquet of flowers. To be moved by a work of art, one must find tenderness or vulnerability in the work and Liz Innvar gives us both. —Robert Tomlinson, Director, Kaaterskill Gallery Catskill Mountain Foundation Artist’s Statement There are a lot of moving parts to collage preparation. There is a long gestation period from the blank page to the finished product. I start with a variety of sume papers, as it is a very absorbent paper which bleeds through to the reverse

side in unanticipated and often delightful ways. The paint of choice is always gouache. I love this kind of paint for the quality of its colors and the degree to which you can control its opaque nature. The paint is applied with sponges, house paint brushes, and bamboo brushes. The layering of paint can include additions of conte crayon, oil crayon, colored pencil or lead pencil. The idea

in this phase is to create a palette of finished papers that are linked by texture , color and or landscape theme. I like to keep the landscape theme very open ended and simple. For example one idea I had was our flowering tree season here in the northeast U.S. Another idea might be the month of September in upstate NY. I will begin a collage once I’ve accumulated at least 20 sheets

of painted papers that are fixed with polymer resin. Cutting and layering the paper can take a very long time as I don’t commit to anything until I’m sure the piece is ready to be fixed in place. There’s lots of iterations of the image and it’s very useful taking pictures as the piece develops. Once I’m satisfied with the composition I will then glue the papers together by hot ironing the papers so the resin will fuse the composition in place. This process reminds me of the days when I would sew my own clothes except here I’m also making the fabric as well as piecing it together. The collage ends up feeling very much like a “thing” and it’s the “thing-ness” that I want you to experience. —Liz Innvar KAATERSKILL FINE ARTS GALLERY Hunter Village Square 7950 Main Street • Hunter Gallery hours: Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. More Information at 518 263 2060 www.catskillmtn.org

ART OMI Education Sisyphus, Will Ryman. 2017 Bronze, granite. Photo by Bryan Zimmerman. October 17th Kids’ Workshop This Saturday, we will visit Sisyphus (2017), a 16-foot tall bronze sculpture by multi-media artist, Will Ryman. Titled after The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus (1913-1960), Sisyphus is a figure of Greek mythology who was forever condemned to repeat the same task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. This piece, with Sisyphus, Will Ryman. 2017 Bronze, granite. Photo by Bryan its hand-built appearance and Zimmerman. mighty bronze material is all groups with a maximum the materials needed to create at once playful and bold, lively child:teacher ratio of 6:1. your own works of art on site at and monumental. After studyMasks, social distancing, Art Omi! Detailed project cards ing this massive sculpture upclose, kids will use air-dry clay and hand washing/sanitizing provide fun facts and thoughtful prompts that will get you to form their own expressive protocols will be in effect. Please read our health and drawing, sculpting, and seeing busts that represent an imagsafety protocols carefully bethe world in new ways. Suitable ined character and accompafore registering. for ages 6-10 but fun for the nying story. whole family! All workshops require NEW! Pick up your very own $25 pre-registration. To register: Available for purchase at the https://artomi.z2systems. Explore Box when you visit the Benenson Center beginning com/np/clients/artomi/even- park! Explore the Sculpture & October 3rd! The Benenson tRegistration.jsp? Ages 5-12 Architecture park with this Center is open seven-days-a(children MUST be 5 years old portable art box containing week from 10AM - 5PM. to attend). Workshops are limited to 12 two multi-media projects! InUpcoming: Expressive participants with a minimum spired by Sarah Braman’s Day of two teachers. Children will Trip, and Will Ryman’s Pac Drawing with Ever Baldwin Every Tuesday, November be divided into two or three Lab, each box contains all of

3 - December 22 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Newmark Gallery Ages 11-14 In this course we will build expressive drawing skills while working from observation using still life, the figure, and the gallery architecture and exhibitions at Art Omi as references. Using a variety of drawing materials, we will explore fundamental two-dimensional art principles such as perspective, value, form and texture, while working towards developing a personal artistic “voice”. Our studio time will consist of quick sketches and drawing games, viewing work by contemporary and historical artists, and extended individual projects. No experience necessary! This program is limited to eight participants. Social distancing measures will be implemented in the gallery space and students and staff will be required to wear masks during the class. Each student will be provided with their own set of materials that will not be shared amongst the group. Shared facilities (sinks and bathrooms) will be cleaned and sanitized before and after each class. Register Now!

Witless ‘Irresistible’ throttles fine cast By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

If the 1972 Robert Redford vehicle “The Candidate” helped formulate the modern political satire, the new “Irresistible,” starring Steve Carell, slaughters it. Flaccid, clumsy and witless, “Irresistible” throttles what should have been a decent ensemble of performers with contrasting but complementary styles. It takes really smart writing and wily zingers to score with this kind of movie in the Trump age. But it feels as though writer-director Jon Stewart didn’t even try, figuring he had a solid comic actor in the lead role and a talented supporting cast including Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis and Rose Byrne. Released at the start of Richard Nixon’s second term as president, “The Candidate” broke ground for subtly depicting the absurdities of a national campaign with Redford in an ideal role — Hollywood’s golden boy playing a political

Steve Carell and Mackenzie Davis in “Irresistible”.

golden boy whose naivete could be exploited. “The Candidate” had a brain and a heart, and the hero was genuinely interesting and likable. With a few exceptions, though, the characters in “Irresistible,” including Carell, are shallow and preening, annoying to listen to, no fun to watch and pretty incompetent. The most bewildering fact is that “Irresistible” can’t hold a candle to Stewart’s taut first feature, “Rosewater” (2014), a superior political film that tells

the true story of BBC journalist Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-born Canadian citizen, who was interrogated and tortured in 2009 by the Revolutionary Guard for smuggling footage of anti-government riots to the BBC. In “Irresistible,” Democratic political operative Gary Zimmer (Carell), disgraced by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 defeat in the presidential election by Donald Trump, seeks redemption. Gary sees a way out of his funk when he watches Col. Jack Hastings (Cooper) deliver a rousing

pro-immigrant speech in a small Wisconsin town. Conveniently, Gary easily persuades Jack to run for mayor of the town, even though Jack is a Republican and Gary is a Democrat. Gary’s answer: “Jack is a Democrat and just doesn’t know it.” Just as conveniently, the campaign gets national attention and big-money contributions roll in. Stewart tosses in a couple of lame subplots: Blustering Gary is smitten by Jack’s beautiful daughter Diana (Davis), who he sees for the first time with her arm up a cow’s backside; and the appearance of Gary’s political nemesis Faith Brewster (Byrne, badly made up as a blonde and encouraged to act as evil and odious as is humanly tolerable. The unimaginative plot is further undermined by clumsy editing, feeble dialogue delivery and a ludicrous “surprise” ending that makes nonsense of everything we’ve just seen.

CALENDAR LISTINGS OCTOBER 15 Intuitive Tarot Readings with Deidre Rolon Thursday, October 15, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Come have a beer and receive a tarot reading at Hudson Brewing Company! It’s a crazy time we’re living in, and we all could use some guidance. 15 minute readings are $20 each, call to reserve your spot! Social distancing measures and masks are required. $20, Thursday, October 15, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., https://www.facebook. com/events/638415780394585? Hudson Brewing Company, 99 South 3rd Street, Hudson, 518-6975400 www.hudsonbrew.com

OCTOBER 16 Legends by Candlelight Ghost Encounters Friday, October 16, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Check out a new spin on an old favorite! The highlight of Clermont’s fall season is back! Join us on October 16, 17, 23 and 24 for Legends by Candlelight Ghost Encounters. Guests will find themselves at a special lecture given by Clermont’s curator when something goes wrong and the spirits of the house are released. Ghosts will emerge from Clermont to tell their stories of love, loss, success and failure. Some ghosts are scary, and some are funny, but all the stories they tell are true! Visitors will be seated on the lawn of Clermont surrounded by the flickering specters of Jack-o’-lanterns. Please bring your own lawn chair and/or blanket, and since we’ll be outdoors, be sure to dress for the weather! Tickets go on sale for this event on Sunday, October 4, 2020. Three encounters will be given each night at 6, 7a nd 8 p.m. **Advance tickets are required for this event and no walk-ins will be allowed. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-12. To reserve your tickets or for more information please call (518)5374240. We usually sell out, so please reserve your spots soon! Please note Clermont follows all NYS Department of Health guidelines for safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. Masks and social distancing will be required of all visitors until these guidelines are lifted by New York State Parks. $5 – $12, Friday, October 16, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., https://www.friendsofclermont.org/events Clermont State Historic, 1 Clermont Avenue NY

OCTOBER 17 Family Explorer Tour Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Learn about the artistic adventures of Frederic Church while taking a journey of your own! Discover Olana’s designed landscape and unique architecture on an outdoor walk filled with family-friendly discussion and activities. 1/4 mile, EASY. For families with children ages 5 and up, $25 per family (up to four people) If you have more than four people in your family or would like further information, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938. Photo: Beth Schneck Photography $25, Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., https://www.olana.org/ family-explorer/ Olana, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, 518-828-1872 www.olana.org Virtual Dalmatian Day 2020 Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Due to Covid-19, the Museum’s Dalmatian Day event is now a VIRTUAL Dalmatian Day event! We have many activities planned online, including a livestream, an online auction, exciting Dalmatian and dog-themed products in our online shop, fun photos and videos about Dalmatians, various entertainment, and of course, fire safety! There will be a live Q&A session with Molly the Museum Dog: type in your questions during this session and learn all about this local celebrity. There will be a virtual visit to the firehouse that you will not want to miss! Molly will also show you her athletic side during her agility program. Lots of other Dalmatians will be dropping in from all over the world to say “hi,”, and we will also host some great entertainers during the program. Enjoy story time live with Molly the Museum Dog, as she shares a tale from the firehouse with you. Most importantly, Molly will present multiple fire safety education programs for the viewers. We believe teaching fire safety and prevention is crucial to the safety and well-being of the

children in our community, and the US Fire Administration (USFA) agrees. This agency found that fire setting, which children often do out of curiosity, can be curtailed in a community by providing fire safety education for children throughout the year. Virtual Dalmatian Day will help us to teach and reinforce fire safety and prevention concepts, which in turn will make our children and our community safer. To participate in these events, visit the Virtual Dalmatian Day 2020 page on our website: https://www. fasnyfiremuseum.com/virtualdalmatian-day-2020/ Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/375230616834638 Your Own Home Autumn Vision Saturday, October 17, 10:30 a.m. Rejuvenate and create new vision with healing sound vibrations, essential oils, and rolling hills in full Autumn color. Join Glendy Yeung for a morning of rejuvenation in nature – bathing in healing sound vibrations from tuning forks, crystal archemy bowls, chimes, and more with rolling hills and open fields in full Autumn color as the backdrop. $17 – $49, Saturday, October 17, 10:30 a.m., https://www.eventbrite. com/e/autumn-vision-create-anew-vision-w-sound-sight-scenttickets-122099393573 Won Dharma Center, 361 Route 23, Claverack, https://www.wondharmacenter. org/ Historic Hudson – In Person Tour Saturday, October 17, 1 p.m. The City of Hudson is much more than a quaint town in the Hudson River Valley. Founded by Quakers in 1785, Hudson quickly grew to a major commercial center and almost became the capital of New York State. Hudson offers the finest “Main Street” in New York and features examples of every architectural style since the late 18th century, including two of the rarest, Adam and Egyptian Revival. Our walking tour will explore the diverse social history, architecture, and people of this Upstate urban center. Stops could include: Promenade Hill, Nantucket Houses, sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the most notorious Red Light district north of Times Square, and locations associated with Thomas Jefferson, Ma Brown, Charles Dickens, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jack “Legs” Diamond, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lieutenant William H. Allen, who was killed by pirates. MEETING LOCATION – AT THE LARGE GAZEBO, LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF UNION STREET & WEST COURT, IN FRONT OF THE HISTORIC COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE. $20 – $30, Saturday, October 17, 1 p.m., https://www.bigonion.com/ tour/historic-hudson/ City of Hudson, Warren Street, Hudson Legends by Candlelight Ghost Encounters Saturday, October 17, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Check out a new spin on an old favorite! The highlight of Clermont’s fall season is back! Join us on October 16, 17, 23 and 24 for Legends by Candlelight Ghost Encounters. Guests will find themselves at a special lecture given by Clermont’s curator when something goes wrong and the spirits of the house are released. Ghosts will emerge from Clermont to tell their stories of love, loss, success and failure. Some ghosts are scary, and some are funny, but all the stories they tell are true! Visitors will be seated on the lawn of Clermont surrounded by the flickering specters of Jack-o’-lanterns. Please bring your own lawn chair and/or blanket, and since we’ll be outdoors, be sure to dress for the weather! Tickets go on sale for this event on Sunday, October 4. Three encounters will be given each night at 6 , 7 and 8 p.m. **Advance tickets are required for this event and no walk-ins will be allowed. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-12. To reserve your tickets or for more information please call (518)5374240. We usually sell out, so please reserve your spots soon! Please note Clermont follows all NYS Department of Health guidelines for safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. Masks and social distancing will be required of all visitors until these guidelines are lifted by New York State Parks. $5 – $12 , Saturday, October 17, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., https://www.friendsofclermont.org/events Clermont State Historic, 1 Clermont Avenue NY

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Conley last visited her mother in person March 6, and was prevented from seeing her mother because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. State adult-care facilities were closed to visitors in mid-March to prevent additional spread. New York nursing homes resumed limited visitations Sept. 15 for facilities without COVID-19 for at least 14 days — a revision to the previous 28-day guidelines set by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. At the time, the state’s updated guidance allowed eligible visitation in about 500 of the state’s 613 nursing homes. Advocates argued essential caregivers must be allowed into adult-care facilities. “I saw my mother every single day; I fed her, my father fed her,” Conley recalled, adding nursing home staff and aides assured Rosie’s family she was doing well and properly eating and drinking. Rosie broke her leg last December, which left her unable to walk. “My mother died from severe dehydration — sepsis from a [urinary tract infection] they didn’t catch,” she added. “A pressure ulcer on her backside that would turn your stomach. If I could show you the pictures I took of my mother on Sept. 27 after seven hours of fighting to get her to an emergency room — she looked dead.” State lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle spoke during Wednesday’s rally or were in attendance to show support for the message, including Deputy Senate Minority Leader Joseph Griffo, R-Rome; Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon, D-Utica; Sen. Jim Tedisco, R-Glenville; Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, D-Albany; Assemblyman Phil Steck, D-Colonie; and Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti, D-Greenburgh. Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin, a former assemblyman of seven years who represented Columbia County, spoke with his former legislative colleagues Wednesday. “[Gov. Cuomo] can’t count to 12,000, but I bet he can count the dollars on the check

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health, safety and well-being,” Cook said. “If there is a need to revert to full remote learning, then the district will shift to remote learning.” Greenville Central School had its first positive case, a middle-school teacher, Oct. 2. Sixth-grade students switched to virtual learning and returned to in-person

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continued to operate also risk losing state aid and were sent a similar letter from the governor’s office Wednesday. “If they don’t, we will withhold funding,” Cuomo said of enforcement in school districts. “I don’t like to do that, budgets are tough all across the board. I don’t know how else to get them to actually do the enforcement

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Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean, who has been a prominent figure at the head of the fight for the state to release updated COVID-19 nursing home death counts, speaks at a rally Wednesday to encourage lawmakers to change New York’s visitation policy through the pandemic to allow essential caregivers into adult-care facilities.

from the book sales,” said McLaughlin, referring to the recent publication of the governor’s new book about the pandemic. “We are on the side of the angels,” McLaughlin said. “Isolation kills. Defiance is key with this governor. He is a thug. “This Legislature is not getting its job done.” Tedisco and Assemblyman Ron Kim, DQueens, sponsored legislation to establish an independent, bipartisan investigation with subpoena power to examine the handling of COVID-19 in state adult-care facilities and nursing homes. New York has reported more than 6,600 nursing home deaths since the pandemic struck in March, but the state has only tallied the deaths of those who died in the homes, not hospitals. Critics have said the current figure doesn’t provide a full picture of the issue.

Lawmakers, officials, advocates and family members have repeatedly called for an independent investigation and for the state Health Department to release an accurate count. State Health Department Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker did not answer or provided vague responses to questions during a bicameral hearing Aug. 3 about how many coronavirus-positive nursing-home patients were transferred to and died in New York hospitals, citing frequently changing numbers as the pandemic continues. Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean, who had family members die from COVID-19 in New York adult-care facilities and has previously spoken at state Republican forums about the issue, led Wednesday’s rally. Dean’s in-laws, Mickey and Dee Dean, both of New York City, died from COVID-19 in their separate downstate adult-care facilities,

which Janice did not name, two weeks apart. “We need to make sure there’s a safe way to see our loved ones,” Dean said from a podium in front of the Capitol steps. “They’re dying because they’re not seeing their loved ones, they’re not eating properly and this is something we need to address right now.” Cuomo has repeatedly brushed off questions about state nursing home deaths, labeling the requested probe a political ploy by Republicans attacking Democratic states, which initially had higher COVID-19 outbreaks when the pandemic first ravaged the nation this spring. New York is ranked 46th out of 50 U.S. states for its percentage of confirmed, reported coronavirus deaths in adult-care facilities. The governor suggested officials examine other state nursing home deaths related to COVID-19 as the virus has spread nationwide, and continues to increase in dozens of states. The state reports 25,605 confirmed COVID-19 fatalities to date, or 33,316 counting suspected virus deaths. “This was a pure political attack,” Cuomo said on the subject Monday. “The simple fact is, yes, people passed away in nursing homes. That’s where the virus preyed on people, and we are No. 46 out of 50 states — 46 out of 50 in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes. So if somebody’s concerned about ‘Well, you had a lot of nursing homes deaths,’ we had a lot of deaths, period.” The state Health Department absolved itself in a self-published report July 6 on COVID-19 fatalities in nursing homes and found staff and visitors brought the virus into the facilities. “There are 45 other states that are more likely for you to be looking at,” Cuomo added. “I don’t have any new information, unless Dr. Zucker does.” Zucker did not provide new information about the nursing home numbers in question Monday. “I’m a Democrat — this is not political,” said famed civil rights attorney Michael Sussman, of Sussman Law Office in Goshen. “This is about fundamental human rights.” For more on this story, visit hudsonvalley360.com.

instruction Wednesday, District Superintendent Tammy Sutherland said. “Sixty-three students and three staff members were instructed to quarantine,” Sutherland said. “Staff were able to telework and students attended school remotely so that there was no disruption to the educational process.” Many staff members opted to be tested, Sutherland said. “While no one was required to receive a COVID-19 test, many staff members chose to

proactively get tested,” she said. “The district appreciated the efforts of the Greene County Department of Health in providing on-site COVID testing for interested staff members.” The district will consult with Public Health in the event of future positive cases, Sutherland said. “The district will continue to work with the local health department and assist with contact tracing efforts in the event of another COVID positive case,” Sutherland said. “The

Department of Health determines who needs to quarantine and, based on that information, we will shift our learning models accordingly.” The remaining Greene County school districts — Cairo-Durham, Coxsackie-Athens, Windham-Ashland-Jewett and Hunter-Tannersville — have reported no positive cases, according to the state’s COVID Report Card. Hudson City School District did not adjust its schedule after an elementary student tested

positive Sept. 28. “At this time, the Columbia County Department of Health has not advised the district to alter operations in any way and the school building will remain open as scheduled,” according to the district website. The student had not been in school or on a school bus, according to the district’s website. Ichabod Crane also did not make any changes when a middle-school student tested positive Oct. 5, according to the county Health Department.

“Because the student has not been in a school building since [Sept. 15], we have been advised by the Columbia County Department of Health that there is no need to change our operations,” according to the district website. “This means school buildings will continue operating on their normal schedule and there is no district impact at this time.” Chatham had an elementary-school teacher test positive, according to its COVID Report Card.

they need to do. “We’re withholding funding until the matter is resolved to our satisfaction,” he added. “We do not know at this time when that will be, but we are commencing holding funding from those schools.” The decision was met with criticism by state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris, D-Queens. “Is he going to label them anarchist jurisdictions, too?” Gianaris posted on Twitter minutes after the governor’s announcement Wednesday. “If this threat

is implemented and desperately needed funds are withheld, the Legislature should reconvene immediately and revoke emergency powers.” The state Health Department fined concert promoter In the Know Experiences $20,000 Wednesday for the company’s involvement in the July Chainsmokers concert in Southampton, for violating the Public Health Law for holding a nonessential gathering and failure to enforce mask-wearing. More than 2,150 people attended the event, which

exceeds the state’s maximum number of 50 people allowed at one gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have worked too hard throughout this pandemic to keep infection rates low utilizing proven public health measures, and we must ensure that they stay in place,” state Health Department Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said. “If they do not, enforcement is always an

option. We will take whatever measures we can to protect the public health of all New Yorkers.” New York conducted 108,691 coronavirus tests Tuesday, revealing a 1.1% infection rate, or 1,040 new positives. The positive testing rate in area hot spots was 6.29% Wednesday — up from 4.13% Tuesday. Seven New Yorkers died from the coronavirus Tuesday, down

from 11 fatalities Monday. The state reported 923 hospitalized virus patients Tuesday — an increase of 15 people. The number has steadily increased for more than two weeks, with about 70% of the increase in daily hospital admissions largely hailing from state cluster areas since early September. For more on this story, visit hudsonvalley360.com.

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HUDSON — The Greenville boys and girls both picked up two Patroon Conference cross country wins on Tuesday’s Patroon Conference. The Spratan boys defeated Hudson, 15-incomplete and Chatham, 25-30. Chatham topped Hudson, 15-incomplete. The Spartan girls defeated Hudson and Chatham by the same 15-incomplete score. Results: Boys 1. Russell (G), 17:57; 2. Metcalf (G), 19:14; 3. Maxwell (Ch), 19:23; 4. Jeralds (Ch); 5. Kosich (G). Girls 1. Fitzmaurice (G), 18:39; 2. Hopkins (Hud), 22:34; 3. Kappel (G), 23:43; 4. Wank (G), 24:07; 5. Pettit (G), 24:56.

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Los Angeles Lakers players kneel during the national anthem before Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Sept. 30 in Orlando, Florida.

LeBron James and Lakers take lead in NBA activism for social justice

Steinbrenner upset with Yankees’ early exit Erik Boland Newsday

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Andrew Greif Los Angeles Times LeBron James stood in front of a Lakers backdrop in the NBA’s bubble near Orlando, Fla., after his first game of the season restart back in July, listening to a question asked thousands of miles away from Los Angeles: What had he hoped to accomplish? The Lakers star answer revealed less about the evening’s exhibition and more about what

he and the NBA hoped to accomplish in the next three months. “First of all,” James began, “I want to continue to shed light on justice for Breonna Taylor and to her family and everything that’s going on with that situation.” For the next 13 minutes, James called for Louisville police officers to be arrested in the death of Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician killed when officers entered her

home on a “no-knock” warrant as she slept. He discussed Black Lives Matter and the change he wanted to see in America. Basketball barely was broached. Just as his answers reflected the fraught backdrop — the combination of a pandemic and a national reckoning on racism — in the bubble, James also foreshadowed the way players and See JAMES B6

Injury-riddled Syracuse ready for matchup with Liberty Field Level Media

Rex Culpepper likely will be under center as Syracuse steps out of ACC action for the only time this season Saturday, hosting non-conference foe Liberty. Second-year starter Tommy DeVito likely was lost for the season last week after sustaining a left leg injury while being sacked for the fifth time in the Orange’s 38-24 loss to previously winless Duke. While Syracuse coach Dino Babers officially hasn’t committed to starting Culpepper against the Flames (4-0), there is some familiarity with the redshirt senior. Culpepper has appeared in all four Syracuse games this season, completing 8 of 19 passes for 113 yards with a touchdown and an interception. “I think that we can run our offense with him, and we will continue to run our offense,” Babers said. “Now we’re going to always have wrinkles. We’ll have wrinkles to try to move the football. But as far as changing what we do, we shouldn’t be drastically changing what we do with Rex behind center.” Injuries are taking their toll on Syracuse (13), which will be without preseason All-American defensive back Andre Cisco for the remainder of the season. Cisco collided with a teammate during pregame warmups prior to the Orange’s 3720 victory over Georgia Tech on Sept. 26. He

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Syracuse Orange quarterback Rex Culpepper (17) passes the ball against the Duke Blue Devils during the fourth quarter at the Carrier Dome on Saturday.

sustained a knee injury and hasn’t played since. “Football’s physical, and that’s the part that makes it different from other sports. It’s the

part that you embrace,” Babers said. “We understand that people are going to get hurt and that next guys have to step up. It’s what makes

the game unique. We accept that part of it.” Moreover, linebacker Geoff Cantin-Arku scored on a fumble return but later exited the contest with an undisclosed injury. While the Orange forced four turnovers to boost their total to a nation-leading 14 through four games, the team was outgained 645-286 in total yards. Syracuse’s ground attack mustered just 28 yards on 23 carries in the loss. The bright spot continues to be Taj Harris, who boosted his team-leading totals in catches (17), receiving yards (338) and touchdowns (three) while reeling in six for 138 yards and a score against the Blue Devils. Liberty kept its perfect start intact with three special teams touchdowns in a 40-7 romp over Louisiana Monroe on Saturday. Treon Sibley recovered a dropped snap in the end zone and blocked another punt attempt that was recovered by Chancellor Smith for a score. Demario Douglas had a 38-yard punt return that led to the Flames’ first touchdown and returned another 73 yards for a score in the fourth quarter. “We brought everything we’ve got,” Sibley said, per The News & Advance. “We wanted to show that we’re not going to be played with on special teams and we’re going to make plays.” Liberty’s defense held the Warhawks to 198 total yards of offense, highlighted by 11 threeand-outs on 14 offensive possessions.

Bell’s days with Jets have ended as team cuts unhappy running back Manish Mehta New York Daily News

Le’Veon Bell became the latest Jets player to get the ax from a dysfunctional organization lost in the wilderness. Hours after the Daily News broke the news that Gang Green was trying to trade the disgruntled star running back, the team chose to release him after being unable to move him. In the end, general manager Joe Douglas, who stumbled through his first full offseason with a series of curious decisions, got back no compensation for one of the game’s best dual threats of the past decade. “After conversations with

Le’Veon and his agent and exploring potential trade options over the past couple of days,” Douglas said in a statement released Tuesday night, “We have made the decision to release Le’Veon. The Jets organization appreciates Le’Veon’s efforts during his time here and we know he worked hard to make significant contributions to this team. We believe this decision is the best interests of both parties and wish him future success.” Bell is finally freed from Adam Gase, who repeatedly disparaged the player behind the scenes after attempting to persuade team brass not to sign the perennial Pro Bowler

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Le’Veon Bell of the New York Jets runs with the ball against the Arizona Cardinals at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

in free agency last year. The Jets, who gave Bell a

four-year, $52.5 million deal, will absorb a $15 million

dead cap charge in 2020 and $4 million more in 2021, according to spotrac.com. The former Steelers Pro Bowler pocketed $28 million in 17 games with the Jets. “Got a lot to prove,” Bell tweeted after the team announcement that he was getting cut. “I’m ready to go.” Sources told the News earlier Tuesday that Gang Green was shopping Bell with the hope of trading him sooner rather than later. The Gase-Bell marriage was destined to fail after the head coach refused to adjust his offense to the player’s strengths. Along the way, Gase blathered on about how his plan was “in pencil,”

while forcing Bell to conform to his offense. Gase’s stubbornness and ego carried the day. Meanwhile, Douglas, who did little to nothing to help Sam Darnold, stripped his young quarterback of one of the few weapons that he actually did have. While the teams with young quarterbacks across the league added weapons, Douglas bizarrely let a home-grown weapon that was developing chemistry with Darnold walk in free agency (Robby Anderson), put his support behind an injury-prone under-achiever (Breshad Perriman) and cut See JETS B6

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ML Baseball MLB POSTSEASON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7) American League (All Games on TBS) x-if needed Tampa Bay 3, Houston 0 At San Diego Sunday: Tampa Bay 2, Houston 1 Monday: Tampa Bay 4, Houston 2 Tuesday: Tampa Bay 5 Houston 2 Wednesday: Tampa Bay (Glasnow) vs. Houston (Greinke), 8:40 p.m. x-Thursday: Tampa Bay vs. Houston, 5 p.m. x-Friday: Houston (TBD) vs. Houston (TBD), 6 p.m. x-Saturday: Houston (TBD) vs. Houston (TBD), 8:37 p.m. National League (Fox or FS1) x-if needed Atlanta 2, Los Angeles 0 At Arlington, Texas Monday: Atlanta 5, L.A. Dodgers 1 Tuesday: Atlanta 8, L.A. Dodgers 7 Wednesday: L.A. Dodgers (Urias) vs. Atlanta (Wright), 6 p.m. Thursday: L.A. Dodgers (TBD) vs. Atlanta (TBD), 8 p.m. x-Friday: L.A. Dodgers (TBD) vs. Atlanta (TBD), 9 p.m. x-Saturday: Atlanta (TBD) vs. L.A. Dodgers (TBD), 4:30 p.m. x-Sunday: Atlanta (TBD) vs. L.A. Dodgers (TBD), 8:15 p.m.

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STREAKS American League BATTING Longest current batting streak ... 10, Bogaerts, Bos, Sep 15 to Sep 27. Longest season batting streak ... 22, Abreu, ChW, Aug 16 to Sep 9. PITCHING Longest current winning streak ... 7, Glasnow, TB, Aug 25 to Oct 6. Longest current losing streak ... 6, Allard, Tex, Aug 16 to Sep 12. Longest winning streak, season ... 7, Bieber, Cle, Jul 24 to Sep 6; Glasnow, TB, Aug 25 to Oct 6. Longest losing streak, season ... 6, Allard, Tex, Aug 16 to Sep 12. TEAM Longest current winning streak ... 3, TB, Oct 9 to Oct 12; Tex, Sep 25 to Sep 27. Longest current home-win streak ... 4, TB, Oct 6 to Oct 12. Longest current road-win streak ... 2, Min, Sep 19 to Sep 20; Bos, Sep 26 to Sep 27. Longest current losing streak ... 3, LAA, Sep 25 to Sep 27; Tor, Sep 27 to Sep 30; Min, Sep 27 to Sep 30. Longest current home-loss streak ... 3, Min, Sep 27 to Sep 30. Longest current road-loss streak ... 3, KC, Sep 18 to Sep 20; Tex, Sep 21 to Sep 23; LAA, Sep 25 to Sep 27. Longest winning streak, season ... 10, NYY, Sep 9 to Sep 19. Longest home-win streak, season ... 9, Oak, Aug 4 to Aug 21. Longest road-win streak, season ... 10, Cle, Aug 8 to Aug 29. Longest losing streak, season ... 9, Det, Aug 11 to Aug 20; Bos, Aug 10 to Aug 18. Longest home-loss streak, season ... 6, Det, Aug 11 to Aug 24; KC, Sep 1 to Sep 6; Bal, Aug 16 to Aug 21. Longest road-loss streak, season ... 8, Bal, Sep 9 to Sep 23. National League BATTING Longest current batting streak ... 12, Stevenson, Was, Sep 18 to Sep 27. Longest season batting streak ... 18, Freeman, Atl, Aug 14 to Sep 4. PITCHING Longest current winning streak ... 7, Fried, Atl, Jul 30 to Sep 18. Longest current losing streak ... 7, Corbin, Was, Aug 15 to Sep 24. Longest winning streak, season ... 7, Fried, Atl, Jul 30 to Sep 18; Darvish, ChC, Jul 31 to Sep 4. Longest losing streak, season ... 7, Corbin, Was, Aug 15 to Sep 24. TEAM Longest current winning streak ... 6, Atl, Sep 30 to Oct 12. Longest current home-win streak ... 4, Atl, Sep 30 to Oct 7. Longest current road-win streak ... 3, Atl, Sep 20 to Oct 12. Longest current losing streak ... 3, Phi, Sep 25 to Sep 27; NYM, Sep 26 to Sep 27; SF, Sep 25 to Sep 27; Mil, Sep 27 to Oct 1; SD, Oct 6 to Oct 8; Mia, Oct 6 to Oct 8. Longest current home-loss streak ... 4, ChC, Sep 19 to Oct 2. Longest current road-loss streak ... 3, Phi, Sep 25 to Sep 27; NYM, Sep 26 to Sep 27; Mil, Sep 27 to Oct 1. Longest winning streak, season ... 9, LAD, Sep 24 to Oct 8. Longest home-win streak, season ... 11, LAD, Aug 12 to Sep 4. Longest road-win streak, season ... 6, Col, Jul 25 to Aug 8. Longest losing streak, season ... 8, Pit, Sep 9 to Sep 16; Ari, Aug 19 to Aug 26. Longest home-loss streak, season ... 6, Pit, Aug 7 to Aug 20. Longest road-loss streak, season ... 9, Pit, Sep 11 to Sep 25.

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7 3 0 6 — 16 7 14 7 14 — 42 First Quarter TEN—AJ.Brown 16 yard pass from Tannehill (Gostkowski kick), 12:45. BUF—McKenzie 3 yard pass from Js.Allen (Bass kick), 6:02. Second Quarter TEN—D.Henry 1 yard rush (Gostkowski kick), 13:54. BUF—Bass 43 yard field goal, 8:35. TEN—Tannehill 10 yard rush (Gostkowski kick), 0:16. Third Quarter TEN—Jo.Smith 4 yard pass from Tannehill (Gostkowski kick), 1:49. Fourth Quarter BUF—Yeldon 22 yard pass from Js.Allen (Beasley pass from Js.Allen - failed), 10:00. TEN—D.Henry 9 yard rush (Gostkowski kick), 3:57. TEN—Jo.Smith 7 yard pass from Tannehill (Gostkowski kick), 1:59. A—8,403. TEAM STATISTICS BUF TEN First Downs 23 25 Total Net Yards 370 334 Rushes-Yds 22-95 34-139 Passing 275 195 Sacked-Yds Lost 1-10 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 29-46-2 21-28-0 Punts 2-64.0 3-42.7 Punt Returns 1-(-1) 2-40 Kickoff Returns 6-138 2-35 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-97 Penalties-Yards 10-56 6-46 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Time of Possession 32:24 27:36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-BUF, Yeldon 7-52, Singletary 11-25, Js.Allen 4-18. TEN, D.Henry 19-57, Tannehill 4-42, McNichols 9-28, D.Evans 2-12. PASSING-BUF, Js.Allen 26-41-2-263, M.Barkley 3-5-0-22. TEN, Tannehill 21-28-0-195. RECEIVING-BUF, S.Diggs 10-106, Beasley 6-53, G.Davis 5-58, McKenzie 4-7, Yeldon 1-22, A.Roberts 1-16, Knox 1-15, Singletary 1-8. TEN, AJ.Brown 7-82, Jo.Smith 5-40, Firkser 3-19, Raymond 2-26, C.Hollister 1-12, Westbrook-Ikhine 1-7, D.Henry 1-6, McNichols 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS-BUF, None. TEN, None

Big inning, stellar defense put Rays up 3-0 on Astros Field Level Media

Joey Wendle and Hunter Renfroe each drove in two runs in the sixth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays moved within one win of their second World Series appearance with a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday in San Diego. Randy Arozarena had a double and two singles to become the first rookie with four three-hit performances in a single postseason. Renfroe and Kevin Kiermaier each made a pair of sterling defensive plays for the top-seeded Rays, who seized a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series. They can punch their ticket to the World Series for the first time since 2008 with a win over sixth-seeded Houston in Game 4 on Wednesday. Jose Altuve belted a solo homer in the first inning before his third error in two games opened the door to Tampa Bay’s five-run sixth. Altuve’s throwing error on a potential double-play ball put two runners aboard and led to the departure of starter Jose Urquidy (0-1). Yandy Diaz greeted Enoli Paredes with a single to load the bases before Wendle ripped a two-run single to left field to give the Rays a 2-1 lead. A pair of hit batsmen produced another run before Renfroe’s pinch-hit blooper to shallow right field off Brooks Raley plated two more runs and boosted Tampa Bay’s lead to 5-1. Astros manager Dusty Baker said of Altuve’s spate of errors, “We’re giving him all the support that we can. Nobody feels worse than Jose, because he takes it very seriously and takes it to heart. ... “You can go on a defensive slump the same way you go through an offensive slump. Then

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Transactions BASEBALL National League Atlanta Braves - Activated 3B Johan Camargo. Placed LF Adam Duvall on the 10-day IL.

FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals - Added DB Prince Amukamara to the practice squad, protected him. Protected TE Evan Baylis, DE Michael Dogbe, G Koda Martin. Removed WR Jaron Brown from the practice squad. Atlanta Falcons - Activated DB Tyler Hall from the practice squad. Added LB James Burgess to the practice squad. Placed DT Marlon Davidson on IR/COVID-19 list. Protected QB Kurt Benkert, DE Austin Edwards, WR Chris Rowland, and DT Chris Slayton. Baltimore Ravens - Protected DB Terrell Bonds, G Will Holden, LS Nick Moore, and DB Nigel Warrior. Buffalo Bills - Activated DB Dane Jackson and LB Andre Smith from the practice squad. Carolina Panthers - Protected DT Woodrow Hamilton, DB Natrell Jamerson, DE Austin Larkin, and DB Kenny Robinson. Chicago Bears - Protected QB Tyler Bray. Cincinnati Bengals - Protected G Shaq Calhoun, DT Kahlil McKenzie, DB Torry McTyer, and WR Stanley Morgan Jr.. Cleveland Browns - Added TE Jordan Franks and T Timon Parris to the practice squad. Protected DB Elijah Benton, DT Joey Ivie, RB John Kelly, and K Matt McCrane. Removed TE Kyle Markway from the practice squad. Dallas Cowboys - Signed QB Garrett Gilbert. Denver Broncos - Added DB Chris Cooper to the practice squad. Protected LB Josh Watson and DT Sylvester Williams. Detroit Lions - Added WR Victor Bolden to the practice squad. Protected QB David Blough, TE Isaac Nauta, and DB Dee Virgin. Removed RB Tavien Feaster from the practice squad. Green Bay Packers - Added WR Kalija Lipscomb to the practice squad. Placed TE Josiah Deguara on IR. Houston Texans - Placed LB Benardrick McKinney on IR. Protected DT Corey Liuget, C Greg Mancz, and DB Jonathan Owens. Indianapolis Colts - Added DB Christian Angulo to the practice squad. Protected K Matt Gay and WR Marcus Johnson. Removed LB Jonas Griffith from the practice squad. Jacksonville Jaguars - Added NT Carl Davis Jr. to the practice squad. Protected TE Ben Ellefson, LB Joe Giles-Harris, DB Doug Middleton, and TE Eric Saubert. Kansas City Chiefs - Placed RB Anthony Sherman on IR/COVID-19 list. Las Vegas Raiders - Added DB D.J. White to the practice squad. Los Angeles Chargers - Reverted DE Joe Gaziano and RB Troymaine Pope to the practice squad. Los Angeles Rams - Placed DB Jordan Fuller on IR.

the physical becomes mental.” Rays manager Kevin Cash added about Altuve’s defensive struggles, “It is surprising to see that, but you do what you can to make the most of the opportunities your opponent presents you.” Michael Brantley led off the bottom of the sixth with a homer on the first pitch from Ryan Yarbrough (1-0), who exited after allowing two runs on three hits in five-plus innings. Three relievers bridged the gap to Aaron Loup, who worked out of an inherited bases-load jam in the eighth inning. Diego Castillo walked two but retired the side in the ninth for his second save of the series. Altuve opened the scoring with his fourth homer of the

postseason and second in the first inning over the past three days. It also boosted Altuve’s career postseason home run total to 17, tying George Springer for the most in franchise history. Kiermaier made a leaping grab at the wall on Alex Bregman’s bid for a homer to end the first inning, and his diving catch on Carlos Correa’s sinking liner may have prevented a pair of runs in the third. Kiermaier, however, exited the game with a left hand contusion after he was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. The Rays later announced Xrays on the hand were negative, and Kiermaier said postgame that he would be OK. Renfroe, who stayed in the game as Kiermaier came out,

made a sliding catch in right field to end the seventh inning and another for the second out in the eighth, the latter with the bases loaded and one out. Renfroe said of the eighthinning grab, “I knew I had a good chance to catch it. I got a good jump on it and was able to see if far enough to get the glove underneath it. If I wasn’t going to there, I was gonna block it any way possible.” Baker said of the Astros’ series outlook, “It’s a steep mountain to climb, but it’s not impossible. We just have to tighten our belts, put our big boy pants on and come out fighting.”

Braves edge Clayton Kershaw-less Dodgers to claim 2-0 lead in NLCS

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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tuesday began with some jarring injury news and ended with the wouldbe tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning stranded 90 feet from home. Either could have devastated them. Their bottom line as they left Globe Life Field was indisputably grim: They are down two games to none to the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series, and they can’t say for certain whether their ace will pitch again in 2020. But enough significant, encouraging things happened in the late innings of Game 2 - an 8-7 loss in which the Braves nearly coughed up a seven-run lead - to change something in the air around the Dodgers. It was in their body language. It was in their voices. “We were one swing - one anything from tying that ballgame,” shortstop Corey Seager said. “This is a long series.” Maybe the Dodgers can still get the ball to Clayton Kershaw in Game 4 with a chance to tie the series. And maybe his ailing back will permit him to take it. If such a thing is to occur - and right now, the Braves, undefeated this postseason and in total command of this series, must be considered unbeatable until proven otherwise - its genesis will have been the final few innings of Game 2. Down 7-0 entering the bottom of the seventh, the Dodgers - outscored to that point by a 12-1 margin in the series - began awakening. The catalyst: getting to face the soft underbelly of the Braves’ bullpen. Seager smashed a threerun homer off A.J. Minter in the seventh. Max Muncy blasted a two-run bomb off Josh Tomlin in the ninth. That forced the Braves to call upon closer Mark Melancon whom they had hoped to avoid, seeing as how he had also pitched in Game 1 - and a two-out, RBI triple by Cody Bellinger brought the

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go-ahead run to the plate. Only when Melancon got AJ Pollock to ground out sharply to third could the Braves exhale. “That’s a powerful team there,” Braves Manager Brian Snitker said of the Dodgers. “Until you make the 27th out, you never feel good against a team like the Dodgers.” “For us to be able to get Melancon in the game [after] we were down 7-0 was big,” Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts said. “To see some other arms we haven’t seen was good. There’s definitely some momentum we can take into tomorrow.” The Dodgers may long wonder how things might have been different if Kershaw had made his scheduled start Tuesday, instead of forcing them to turn to rookie right-hander Tony Gonsolin. Wouldn’t seven runs have been enough to win behind their ace? Instead, the team announced about six hours before first pitch that he was being scratched with back spasms, an injury that has plagued him at various times over the past few years, including as recently as July. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered. The Braves juggernaut at

this point appears close to unstoppable - Tuesday’s late stumble notwithstanding. The win was their seventh in a row this postseason, by a combined margin of 3713. Even after their bullpen made a mess of the final few innings, their staff ERA for this postseason is 1.61. The Dodgers’ enviable starting pitching depth afforded them the luxury of lining up five legitimate starters for Games 1-5 - a tangible advantage given this year’s unusual format, featuring games on as many as seven straight nights, with no days off. Instead, the Dodgers decided to keep roles nebulous, perhaps bringing some of those starters into games in relief and/or deploying them less as starters than as openers. That way, the thinking went, those pitchers could affect more than just the game they were assigned to start. But that strategy assumed that a healthy, thriving Kershaw - enjoying, by all measures, a resurgent season at 32 - could be counted on not only to perform well, but to eat innings in Game 2, thus limiting the workload on everyone else. With Gonsolin’s fifthinning exit, Kershaw remains the

only Dodgers starter to record an out past the fifth inning this postseason. The next 48 hours or so are likely to be consumed with speculation about Kershaw’s condition and his prospects for taking the mound. Already, the Dodgers have said they will start 24-yearold lefty Julio Urías in Game 3. If Kershaw can’t go in Game 4, presumably that assignment would go to right-hander Dustin May. May, however, threw 12/3 innings of relief in Game 1 - part of the Dodgers’ strategy of creative deployment. With Kershaw down, that no longer seems so smart. On the other hand, if Kershaw does return for Game 4, suddenly the Dodgers are just a win in Game 3 away from being right back in the series. The Braves haven’t announced their Game 4 starter, but the leading candidates are a pair of 22-year-old rookies: Bryse Wilson or Huascar Ynoa. Neither is Clayton Kershaw. Game 5, if it is necessary, would present another tough decision for the Braves, one that would look a lot different if they were up 3-1 rather than tied 2-2: whether to bring back ace lefty Max Fried on short rest. Was Tuesday’s late-inning near-comeback a sign that the Dodgers, baseball’s best team in the regular season, had finally awakened? Or was it just empty calories? The next couple of days will tell. The Dodgers have built a regular season dynasty, claiming eight straight NL West titles, often by huge margins, and Kershaw, a three-time Cy Young Award winner and future Hall of Famer, has epitomized their enduring excellence. But the first seven of those division titles were followed by postseason disappointment, each seemingly more painful than the last. And more often than not - and whether fairly or not - Kershaw was the emblem of that futility.

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CITY OF HUDSON, NEW YORK PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Board of the City of Hudson, New York will conduct public hearings on October 27, 2020 at 6 p.m. on a Site Plan application from 735 Columbia Street, LLC (Tax ID #110.52-2-64) to convert an existing auto service center into a bar, restaurant and brewery with an event space; and on a Conditional Use Permit application and site plans from A. Colarusso and Son Inc. 175 South Front Street (Tax ID #109.15-1-1) for road improvements and commercial dock operations. The Public Hearing shall be conducted via video/teleconference and so there will be no physical meeting location in order to ensure the health, safety and welfare of City of Hudson residents. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/88924300276?pw d=SG05M3c0QVZ5ZT d X d E 9 Y Z 0 V v Z W YrUT09 Meeting ID: 889 2430 0276 Passcode: WeMeet98! Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) Meeting ID: 889 2430 0276 Passcode: 828453073 Find your local numb e r : https://us02web.zoom. us/u/kdnXDDkJ5A The youtube channel is Hudson City Zoom Meetings. The Meeting is being held in accordance with the New York State Public Officers Law and Executive Order 202.1 ("EO 202.1") issued on March 12, 2020 and Executive Order 202.15 issued on April 9, 2020, by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, which suspended Article 7 of the Public Officers Law, to the extent necessary to permit any public body to meet and take such actions authorized by the law without permitting in public in-person access to meetings and authorizing such meetings and public hearings to be held remotely by conference call, video conference or similar service. Public comment shall be permitted and all persons participating shall be entitled to be heard. Help Capsule, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/27/20. Off. loc.: Greene Co. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom proc. may be served & shall mail 342 Amber St., Staten Island, NY 10306. Purp.: any lawful. Kiskatom Fire District Notice of Budget Hearing BE ADVISED THAT THE KISKATOM FIRE DISTRICT WILL HOLD A BUDGET HEARING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020 AT 7:00 PM. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE KISKATOM FIREHOUSE, 4838 ROUTE 32, CATSKILL. Donald MacCormack District Secretary Notice of Formation of ARTHURâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S POINT FARM LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Secy. of State on 09/29/2020. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 118 Eagle Rock Road, Ghent, NY 12075. No registered agent. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Flint Law Firm P.C., 75 Main Street, P. O. Box 363, Chatham, NY 12037, (518) 392-2555

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Coach K, Blue Devils open practice with freshmen aching to play Chip Alexander The News & Observer

Duke’s DJ Steward is one of those guys who never seems to lose his smile. “Unless,” he said, “I’m really, really locked in.” For Steward and the Blue Devils that will come Wednesday when the first official basketball practice of the 2020-21 season begins and it’s locked-in time. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will have a team that should have impressive speed and versatility, not to mention freshmen such as Steward aching to get their minutes and play. Krzyzewski will make the call on who plays and who sits and he’ll have myriad options with this team. For every Jordan Goldwire, a senior guard who started 15 games last season, there’s a Steward or a Jeremy Roach pushing to get on the court. Goldwire, Wendell Moore Jr., Matthew Hurt, Joey Baker — they’ve been there, been hardened by playing in ACC games, in the national spotlight. But there are the freshmen — Steward, Roach, Jalen Johnson, Mark Williams, Jaemyn Brakefield, Henry Coleman III. There’s Patrick Tape, the graduate transfer who played at Columbia. “It will definitely be fluid,” Steward said Tuesday on a media call. “There’s 11 players who can play, potentially play big minutes. The starting lineup can pretty much change game to game. You just never know. “We’re a deep team that can pretty much play in transition. We can play really fast and also make shots, as well. We’re going to be able to make a lot of shots.” And the advice from the upperclassmen? “That the competition rises,” Steward said. “When we start practice the competition level is going to rise. “Every game is going to be hard. We’re the hunted. So we also have to be

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Titans return with dominant win over Bills in rare NFL Tuesday game Mark Maske The Washington Post

Don’t ever let another NFL coach drone on about the need for a good week of practice. The Tennessee Titans made a surprisingly impressive return to the field after suffering the NFL’s first novel coronavirus outbreak and barely practicing for two weeks. They kept their record unblemished by dominating the Buffalo Bills, 42-16, on Tuesday night in Nashville. “All the credit goes to the players for sticking together to executing the plan to going from Zoom meetings to driving into the building to leaving the building and going back and forth . . .. I’m never going to question this football team,” Titans Coach Mike Vrabel said. “I’m never going to question the effort. I’m never going to go into a game questioning how we’re going to do. I expect us to win and play with great effort.” The Titans’ coronavirus issues caused the league to postpone their previous game and push this game back from Sunday. That created the NFL’s first Tuesday game since 2010 and only the second since 1946. The Titans last had played a game Sept. 27. “Honestly I felt really good coming in,” quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. “There was great energy in the locker room. I think guys were excited to go out and play. It’s been a long couple of weeks, ups and downs: We’re playing. We’re not playing. We’re practicing. We’re not practicing. Zoom. In the building. Out of the building. It’s just been a roller coaster in every which way. But our guys believe in each other. We stuck to the process . . .. We felt prepared.” There was no way for most others to know what to expect, but the Titans made it work. Tannehill threw for three touchdowns, two of them to tight end Jonnu Smith, and ran for another. Tailback Derrick Henry added two rushing touchdowns. Cornerback Malcolm Butler had two interceptions of passes by Bills quarterback Josh Allen to set up two of the Tennessee touchdowns. The Titans upped their record to 4-0 and handed the Bills, now 4-1, their first loss of the season. “I learned a long time ago

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Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) tosses Buffalo Bills cornerback Josh Norman (29) to the field during the second quarter at Nissan Stadium on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn.

the definition of a pro is they make the hard look easy,” Vrabel said. “So whatever situation we’re presented with, we’ve got to all come together and make the best decision for the team each and every time. Our coaches and our players prepared, and the players responded.” Vrabel once was a respected player for the New England Patriots during their dynasty. Now he’s becoming one of the league’s better head coaches. He led the Titans to the AFC championship game last season. Now he has had to lead them through this season’s complicated issues, and he announced after Tuesday’s triumph that every member of the organization would receive a game ball. “You don’t all of a sudden galvanize when things are bad,” Vrabel said in a video news conference. “I think that that’s a testament to these players and what we’ve tried to build here. You don’t always say, ‘Oh, there’s a [mess]. We better galvanize.’ You stay tight throughout, and then you hope that the fundamentals and your core beliefs and core values can take over when things get difficult.”

The Titans have had 24 members of their organization, including 13 players, test positive for the coronavirus since Sept. 24. Their facility was closed for 11 days before reopening Saturday. The building was closed again temporarily after another positive test was returned Sunday morning. The Titans were allowed by the NFL to conduct an outdoor practice later Sunday. But the playing of this game was not certain until the Titans had no positive tests returned Tuesday morning. “Saturday was a walkthrough,” Tannehill said. “Sunday, we were able to get closer to live speed. We had coaches playing some [defensive back] spots so it wasn’t quite full action there. Monday was a day-beforethe-game walk-through.” The league and the NFL Players Association have been reviewing the Titans’ outbreak. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier Tuesday that review was not about potential disciplinary measures but about safety. CBS said on its broadcast that it had been told by Goodell that no one on the Titans had willingly violated protocols. But Titans players said they’d

noted the comments by outsiders that the team should face discipline or even be forced to forfeit games. “We were under a lot of heat,” Tannehill said. “Honestly I didn’t quite understand it why we were under such heat. But we stuck together, believed in each other and knew that guys in our building, on our team were all we needed.” If the Titans were upset and motivated, it showed in their play. Henry knocked Bills cornerback Josh Norman completely off his feet with a shove to Norman’s shoulder on a first-half run, much to the delight of those on the Tennessee sideline and the fans in the stands. “Personal things that were said against our team [and] our guys really felt uncalled for,” Tannehill said. “So yeah, we were getting a little ticked off about how we’ve been treated, how we’ve been looked at over the past couple weeks. We really just stuck together through that process and believed in each other and wanted to come out and play our game.”

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Syracuse junior safety Andre Cisco announced Tuesday night that he is declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft. The preseason All-American intercepted 13 passes in 24 games for the Orange. He had one interception in two games this season before being

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“We invested a lot of time, energy, money into the team last offseason and we all felt that we had a team that can win a championship and we failed to do that. We didn’t even come close,” the managing general partner said Tuesday afternoon on the Michael Kay Show on ESPN Radio. “So right now, all I can do is apologize to our fans. They deserved a better outcome than they got. Period.” Steinbrenner, who signed Gerrit Cole to the richest contract ever for a pitcher (nine years, $324 million) last winter, expected more than a Division Series round exit in five games at the hands of the Rays, just like his fan base. “I understand it,” Steinbrenner said of fans’ anger. “They deserve better than the results they got this year.” Steinbrenner hinted at possible offseason organizational changes – but not,

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the cord on one of the most dynamic NFL weapons not so long ago without getting anything in return. J-E-T-S. Bell, who endured a nightmarish first season with Gase, took to social media Sunday to “like” tweets about his poor deployment after getting targeted just once in a 20-point loss to the Cardinals that dropped the Jets to 0-5. By then, it was over. Bell knew that he never wanted to play for Gase again. “I know he’s frustrated that we haven’t won,” Gase said Monday after Bell had one target in a 30-10 loss to the Cardinals. “It wasn’t necessarily the plan of not

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coaches would spend the coming months reframing basketball conversations. Their broader discussions of social justice on topics including voter suppression, police brutality and systemic racism would become sharply focused on those problems. “Two years ago, you think you would have been interviewing NBA people about racism and racial equality and to be able to say it openly and confidently and to put ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the court?” Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce said. “Those things were impossible in any sport two years ago because of the difficulty to confront racism and racial equality. The necessary side of having these conversations has at least gotten us to this point. “First and foremost we have to address it. Second, we have to make sure that people understand and are affected and are impacted and bothered by it. Now that we have this huge amount of support, what can we do?” Dr. Harry Edwards, the sports sociologist who has advised athletes on activism for six decades, said the advocacy in the bubble fit into what he called the “fifth wave” of athletes’ activism,

injured prior to a game against Georgia Tech on Sept. 26. According to The Daily Orange, Cisco tore an ACL when he collided with teammate Ed Hendrix during pregame warmups. Syracuse coach Dino Babers has refused to divulge the nature of the injury but told reporters on Monday that Cisco would

miss the rest of the season. Syracuse.com reported that Cisco underwent surgery Tuesday for the lower-body injury he sustained last month. Cisco didn’t discuss the injury during his 91-second video announcement on Twitter. “This is something I’ve been

unsurprisingly, in regard to the two public faces of the organization: manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman. “Aaron Boone will be back next year, that’s just a fact,” said Steinbrenner, who earlier in the interview expressed his support for the club’s controversial decision, which backfired, to go with an opener in Game 2 against the Rays. Is he as pleased overall with Cashman, who joined the club as an intern in 1986 and has been its GM since 1998? “Yes,” Steinbrenner said. “I mean, obviously, I’ve known Brian forever. I know the people that work under him respect him and Boone respects him. It’s been good and we’re just going to have to keep plugging away.” Still, Steinbrenner said he is very much aware of the franchise’s World Series drought – one title in the last 20 years (2009) – saying club decision makers are brought in “every year we don’t win a world championship” to

discuss, and explain, the reasons why. “It’s going to happen again,” Steinbrenner said. “We’re going to look at everything we do and the people we have and there may be changes, there may be no changes...We are going to be looking at everything; what we could have done different, what we can do different going forward.” Steinbrenner did not rule

targeting him in the pass game. It just kind of ended up being that way with how they were they were playing us. So that’s what it is. I mean, just try to find ways to move the football. That’s all we’re trying to do, and it doesn’t always go exactly as planned.” “I hate that’s the route that we go with all this,” Gase added about Bell’s decision to express his frustration by liking tweets from others. “Instead of just talking to me about it but seems the way that guys want to do it nowadays.” It was ironic given that Gase has spent years whining and complaining about players for team failures rather than accepting any ownership. Gase claimed this summer that he would better utilize the best weapon at his disposal after his failures last

one defined by their keen understanding of their power, and how to wield it. Edwards was not surprised to learn that the Milwaukee Bucks, after sitting out an August playoff game as a protest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., made a public statement only after reaching Wisconsin’s attorney general and lieutenant governor by phone, asking how they could help. Their strike led to a league-wide walkout that paused games for three days and ended with the NBA and its owners committing to turn their arenas into voting centers, and the creation of a social justice coalition. One of the strongest stances taken this summer came in the WNBA, where players wore T-shirts urging Georgians to vote out incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream who said she opposes the Black Lives Matter movement. “Even though none of these players, none of these leagues, are in the social justice business, this stuff has come over the stadium wall, through the pavilion, through the locker room, and they must be intelligently managed because they can be neither eliminated nor avoided,” Edwards said. “And this will not be the last time.” The NBA collectively spent its summer preparing its response for the next time, with teams and players

dreaming of since I was 8 years old, and I’m beyond grateful for the opportunity even under the unfortunate circumstances,” Cisco said in his announcement video. “I’ve given this school everything I got, and this community gave it back tenfold. I can’t wait to make ya’ll proud.”

Cisco was projected to get picked among the first two rounds prior to the injury. Cisco led the nation with seven interceptions as a freshman in 2018 and followed up with five in nine games last season. He missed three games in 2019 due to a lower-body injury.

out tweaks in the coaching staff or elsewhere organizationally. “We have not sat down yet to discuss anything about coaches, anything about players,” Steinbrenner said. “As I said, the pro scouting meetings haven’t even begun yet . Our focus has been 2020, but we will get into all that as we always do. And we will look to see if there’s any places we need to improve, and

we won’t be afraid to make a change.” Roster changes occur with every team and the Yankees won’t be different. Among the biggest offseason questions facing them is how much will Steinbrenner greenlight in terms of spending – given the losses incurred by the Yankees and every other club in this COVID-19 shortened season – and how much of whatever that total will be go toward keeping some of their own free agents, DJ LeMahieu and Masahiro Tanaka among them. “Well, we’ll see,” Steinbrenner said. “It depends what kind of money is going to be required to be spent based on what we look at and decide needs to change. But there’s no doubt we sustained significant losses this year, more so than any other team in baseball. It’s been a crazy year, but we’re just going to have to see what we really feel we need and what that’s going to cost, and we’ll go from there.” Of LeMahieu specifically,

Steinbrenner said: “I think I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t recognize what a contribution he made to the club, how good of a player he is. So I recognize both of those things. I’ll leave it at that.” Though his more famous – and boisterous – father typically referred to any season that ended without a title as “a failure,” Hal would not go to that extreme. “The reality is, I look at the successes of any season and the failures of any season,” Steinbrenner said. “Overall, our objective was to win a world championship. We failed in that endeavor. Does that mean the entire season was a failure? No, I don’t think winning 10 in a row was a failure. And last year I don’t think winning (103) games was a failure. I know people disagree with me on that, but I look at the season as a whole. We failed in our objective, but there were positives and there were successes along the way.”

season. Bell, arguably the NFL’s most lethal dual threat with the Steelers, averaged a career-low 3.2 yards per carry. Bell’s total production dipped by 21% from his final season in Pittsburgh. His usage dropped by 24 percent He rushed for 863 yards with 66 receptions for 500 yards in his brief stay with the Jets. Gang Green tried to move Bell before the trade deadline last year, but found no takers because he was unwilling to restructure his contract. The Jets were looking for a late-round pick and perhaps a middling player this time, according to sources, but found no takers. Interested teams were concerned about assuming the $8 million injury guarantee for 2021 in his current contract, according to a source.

Bell told friends after last season that he would likely request a trade if things continued to go south this season, sources said. He also expressed uneasiness about Gase’s weekly game plans last year without complaining. Asked the day after the season whether he wanted Bell back as his starter in 2020, Gase oddly quipped: “Ask Joe (Douglas) tomorrow.” “My personal experience with Le’Veon has been very positive,” Douglas said in January. “He’s done everything we’ve asked him to do as a person (and) as a teammate. ... He’s one of our best workers. He’s one of our best teammates. He connects and engages with everybody. So, I can’t say enough positive things about Le’Veon.” “Le’Veon brought energy to his teammates,” Douglas

added in January. “The goal is for Le’Veon next year to have more production on the field.” A rejuvenated 28-year-old Bell came to training camp in phenomenal shape with designs on proving that he could still be a difference maker. Gase gave more lip service in camp about how he was determined to get Bell more involved in the passing game. “I feel like we can find better ways to get him the ball to help him create more explosive plays,” Gase said at the time. “We can get him in space better than what we did last year. I think there was a lot of good that did in the receiving game last year. But I don’t think we ever really gave him enough space to work. Because that’s his game. If he gets space to work, he’s going to make a

guy miss ... I think we really got to use the whole gamut and find as many different ways to get him the ball in space as possible.” It was more mumbo jumbo by the fast-talking coach. Very little changed. Along the way, Gase and Douglas further insulted Bell, who mentored James Conner in Pittsburgh, by waxing poetic about how 37-year-old Frank Gore would be a great example for rookie La’Mical Perine. In the end, Gase did what so many people thought he would do: Marginalize one of the best players in the NFL. Bell joins Jamal Adams, Robby Anderson and a list of fortunate others no longer a part of the NFL’s biggest circus.

intertwining themselves with various social-justice efforts. In June, James helped launch the nonprofit “More Than A Vote” to fight voter suppression in states including Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Twenty-one arenas, including Staples Center and the Forum, will serve as voting centers. In August, the NBA said owners could collectively contribute $30 million annually for a decade to fund its newly created NBA Foundation with a mission “to drive economic empowerment for Black communities through employment and career-advancement.” Rep. Karen Bass, the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, spoke virtually with the Clippers in September about the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and how they can raise awareness about police-reform legislation. Chris Paul, president of the players’ union, said this month that more than 90% of NBA players had registered to vote. “We need to get people out to vote. I urge you to,” Lakers guard Danny Green said, days before his team’s championship. “Can’t emphasize it enough. That’s what’s more important.” Though the Hawks were one of eight teams not invited to the bubble because they had been eliminated from playoff contention, Pierce was nonetheless “extremely busy” working the

phones this summer. As chair of a new committee of the National Basketball Coaches Assn. focused on racial justice, Pierce sought to use coaches’ influence to shape nonpartisan policy reform and build inroads into their communities. He said it was as united as he’d seen the league since commissioner Adam Silver banned former Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life in 2014 for making racist comments. Everyone wants to identify tangible steps, Pierce said, but there is no playbook for tackling systemic racism. Coaches’ plans to connect with grassroots organizations in their communities have been difficult to implement, Pierce said, because coronavirus restrictions limited coaches’ natural strengths: gathering and rallying groups. “It’s really how can we join in on the positive side, the solution side, of creating equality in our league and being a model of equality, where we have to internally address some areas of concern that we may have and then also rally together and come up with creative ways to be a model?” Pierce said. “I think our handling of the NBA with the COVID situation has been tremendous. I would like to see our handling of racial equality and opportunity be tremendous, as well.” Not every plan has gone smoothly, nor has every

sentiment been lauded. The George Floyd bill passed the Democrat-held House in June but has stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate. As quickly as Wisconsin’s legislature reconvened for a special session days after the Bucks’ action, lawmakers went home without taking up police reform bills. Local election officials in Miami and Milwaukee opted against using the arenas as voting sites, despite the urging of the teams. In September, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said that athletes, among others, should promote trust of police rather than “fanning the flames of hatred,” and challenged James to contribute to a reward for an attacker who ambushed a pair of deputies. James declined to address the comments but said he never has condoned violence. When players such as Carmelo Anthony and teams including the Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder asked Edwards this summer for ways they could use their visibility to combat racism, he suggested channeling their energy on mobilizing voters to elect candidates who could help under-represented voices get “a seat at the table.” Indeed, much of the NBA’s social justice response is centered on November’s election. But progress on social justice requires more than a vote, Edwards said.

“It’s about follow through,” he said. “The name of the political game is the same as the name of the game on the court and on the field: You can’t go on the court, jump center, and then just relax. “We can’t put people at the table who are going to listen to us and then we just walk away because it’s no longer basketball season or because we’re dispersed all over the country and no longer in Orlando anymore. What are we going to do?” As the Lakers left the bubble this week, more than three months after arriving, they carried the franchise’s 17th title into an outside world that has calmed little, if at all, since they entered their seclusion. It was why, as confetti shaped like the championship trophy settled at his feet Sunday in a mostly empty arena, James said he had not yet accomplished all he had set out to do. “We know we all want to see better days, and when we leave here we got to continue to push that,” James said. “Continue to push (against) social injustice, continue to push (against) voting suppression, continue to push (against) police brutality, continue to push (against) everything that is opposite of love. If we can continue to do that, all of us, America will be a much better place, which we all love this country.”

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New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman (left) and owner Hal Steinbrenner watch live batting practice during summer camp workouts at Yankee Stadium on July 16.

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Cross-dressing causes fracture in a solid marriage Dear Abby, My husband and I have been together for 11 years, married for eight. We have been through a lot together, which has served to strengthen our marriage. My husband is my Prince Charming and my happily forever after. DEAR ABBY Recently, he has discovered that he likes wearing women’s clothes. It started with him wearing women’s underwear under his clothes, which didn’t bother me. I even bought him a few pair I liked. It has progressed quickly. He assures me that he isn’t gay, he does not want to become a woman or want to dress in women’s clothes full time. However, some of his behaviors have changed, and his wearing women’s clothing has increased. When I tried discussing my concerns with him, he said I was being irrational. We fought, and I thought we had worked some things out, but he still has an attitude. I’m terrified that this is the beginning of the end of my marriage, and I don’t want to lose him. But I also don’t know just how much of this I can accept or how far he wants to go. He says if I can’t accept it, he will stop doing it. But we will both know that he has that desire, and I don’t want to stifle something that seems to mean so much to him. I have no one I can talk to about this, Abby. Please help. Struggling In Florida

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Take the opportunity to learn all you can about cross-dressing. More men than you may think engage in it, and the majority are heterosexual. An excellent support group for cross-dressers and wives of men who need (not “LIKE”) to cross-dress is The Society for the Second Self (Tri Ess). Its website is tri-ess.

org. Go there and you will find the support and answers you’re looking for. Keep the lines of communication with your husband open and honest. Only the two of you can determine how to navigate through this. For many couples, it’s not necessarily a deal-breaker. Dear Abby, When I was 21, I got pregnant with “Earl,” a guy who had nothing to his name but a bicycle. It was three weeks after we met. Earl was 24. Two years later we split. I was working and he was a stay-at-home dad, and I couldn’t stand it. Five years later, I married a very wealthy man, moved to another country and lived a life of luxury. Thirteen years later we split. I left our small island and moved back, still well off on my own. Earl was my rock and is a totally different man now. Sixteen years later, I have fallen head over heels for him. He has become everything I’ve always wanted. Our son wasn’t crazy about it at first (he’s 18), but now loves it. Earl’s mother said she knew it would end up this way. My parents have reservations. Do you think we have a fighting chance? New Expat In Nevada Earl is not the person he was and, frankly, neither are you. Do the two of you have a fighting chance? Absolutely. However, before marrying anyone again, it is important that you discuss this with an attorney and have in place a signed prenuptial agreement. While it may not seem romantic, it’s the intelligent thing to do.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — It’s never too late to do the right thing, and you may realize that you’ve waited long enough. Get in touch with all concerned parties. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Say what you have to say, and move on. You have little time to spend on preludes and epilogues. A businesslike approach is best. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Get in touch with all those who have a vested interest in what you are doing these days, because a major change is about to take place. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Someone reaches out to you today — but is it for the right reason? Be careful that you don’t think too much before offering assistance. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Think twice before doing what comes most naturally today, as someone isn’t likely to think it’s appropriate. Try to find a balance. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may find yourself on the wrong side of a major decision today — and you’ll have no one to blame but yourself. Did you do your homework? GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re in a much better position to see what lies just ahead than almost anyone else in your circle. Be sure to warn everyone in time! CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You will want to make sure that you are ready to receive what someone is offering. This involves more than just your point of view. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You must be sure that you’ve prepared for all eventualities today. Fail to acknowledge a single possibility — and that’s the one that will cost you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You should be able to fulfill a loved one’s every expectation today, and even go a little further, perhaps. The result will please you. COPYRIGHT 2020 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

UNBLOCK DENIED Both vulnerable, South deals NORTH ♠952 ♥ KQJ8 ♦ 9763 ♣54

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are always thinking, thinking, thinking and coming up with one unusual idea after another — and sometimes your ideas add up, in the opinion of others, to something controversial or even dangerous. You have such power over language that you are able to express virtually anything in any way you like — and you can adopt almost any point of view and argue any side of an issue because your expressive powers are so keen. Words and language combined will surely be your ticket to greatness. Like many Libra natives, you have a keen sense of humor, but your ability to laugh stops with you. You are simply incapable of laughing at yourself, even when you are the butt of other people’s jokes. Indeed, that is the point! You cannot abide any kind of attention other than praise — even when that attention is, as they say, “All in fun.” Also born on this date are: Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher and writer; Virgil, ancient Roman poet; P.G. Wodehouse, writer and humorist; Ncuti Gatwa, actor; Penny Marshall, actor and director; Brennan Mejia, actor. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’re in no mood for a fight, though you may be drawn into one if you’re not careful to remain firmly neutral — no matter what is said. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You can rise above any sort of conflict today and deal only with those who are of like minds. You can come up with a big plan in no time.

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Horoscope

WEST ♠ Q 10 7 6 3 ♥7 ♦ 10 8 5 4 ♣KQJ SOUTH ♠AK84 ♥ 10 9 3 ♦ AKQJ ♣A7

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Opening lead: King of ♣ Routine auction to a routine contract, but the play and defense are far from routine. South ducked the opening club lead as East

contributed the 10 but won the club queen continuation perforce. There were only seven top tricks and the heart suit was the only place to look for more, so South led the 10 of hearts at trick three. East held up his ace on the first heart, but he won the second round of hearts as West cleverly discarded the jack of clubs. East was able to run off four club tricks to defeat the contract by two tricks. South would have done one trick better by cashing out his winners after East ducked the first heart. South, however, could have done much better and made his contract. Can you spot how? South needed a club blockage in any event, or the defense would have at least four club winners to go with the ace of hearts. South should have won the first club and started on hearts. West would not be able to discard two clubs. Should East duck the second heart also, hoping to give West a chance to discard both high clubs, declarer would have nine tricks without risking another heart. (Bob Jones welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this newspaper or to Tribune Content Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove Dr., Suite 175, Addison, TX 75001. E-mail: tcaeditors@tribpub.com)

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Thursday, October 15, 2020 B7

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B8 Thursday, October 15, 2020 Close to Home

Free Range THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

Level 1

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

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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

10/15/20 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: GLADE PRONG CASHEW EYEFUL Yesterday’s Answer: The beachgoers didn’t appreciate the seagulls’ obnoxiously loud and — “FOWL” LANGUAGE

Heart of the City

Dilbert

B.C.

For Better or For Worse

Wizard of Id

Crossword Puzzle

DOWN 1 Curtain holder

Andy Capp

Bound & Gagged

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Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

2 Rabbit __; TV antenna 3 Herr’s wife 4 Go higher 5 Exhausted 6 Frog’s cousin 7 Nylons 8 Invigorate 9 Faucet 10 Doesn’t __ for; dislikes 11 Perched atop 12 Lion’s hair 14 Overexerts 21 Baseball scores 25 Small number 26 Stimulant 27 Too trusting 28 Toys that fly 29 Removes apple skins 30 Carpets 31 Gladden 32 Did a fall chore 33 Ingrid Bergman or Ann-Margret 35 Powerful wind 38 Small sofa 39 Completely deficient in

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

41 Weep 42 Landowner’s paper 44 Deteriorated 45 Leased 47 Wood for bowling pins 48 Puts two and two together 49 Flow out slowly

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50 Calcutta attire 52 Half a sextet 53 Metal corrosion 54 “Cool!” in past decades 55 Leslie Caron Oscar-winning film 59 On the __; fleeing

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

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ACROSS 1 NFL official 4 __ crow flies; in a straight line 9 Bathtub ring, e.g. 13 Rower’s items 15 Piece of silverware 16 Dad 17 Word of disgust 18 Stop 19 Thin-faced golf club 20 Cave in 22 Actor Hackman 23 Mom’s sister 24 Sticky stuff 26 Heartless 29 Hewlett-Packard machines 34 Take __; put forth effort 35 First aid kit roll 36 Perry Mason’s field 37 Holes in the ground 38 Roomy 39 Fishing spot 40 Second person 41 Composer Porter’s namesakes 42 Old-fashioned 43 Saves for future use 45 Move back; withdraw 46 Bread for a Reuben 47 Submissive 48 To boot 51 Abandoning 56 Pushing up daisies 57 Explode, as a volcano 58 Actor __ Patrick Harris 60 “How __ you!”; cry of outrage 61 Church walkway 62 Very excited 63 Fail to grip the roadway 64 Lugged 65 Allen or McGraw

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