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A FISH
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Lake trout are released from a transport tank into raceways at the New York State Fish Hatchery in Bath. The trout will eventually be released around the Finger Lakes. PATRICK OEHLER/STAFF PHOTOS

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One spends its early life at the bottom of
a stream or lake, searching for food and
dodging predators.
The other lives in a man-made concrete
tank shielded from most danger, its food de-
livered on a regular schedule.
Either might end up at the end of a fishing line, but
which is the more sporting quarry — wild trout or
hatchery-raised stocked trout?
Jim Laskaris, of Horseheads, prefers the latter.
Laskaris fishes all over New York at just about any
time of year, but he especially enjoys fishing for
stocked brown trout in several Southern Tier streams.
And the veteran angler will stack the sporting abil-
See TROUT, Page 8A
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
fish culturists, from left, Ken Osika, Charles Wlasniewski and
Adam Haley, lead fish to a suction hose at the Bath Fish
Hatchery on Sept. 8.
tion of nondescript buildings and concrete ponds.
But a closer look at the campus — which is open to
the public — reveals the stuff of angler dreams.
The facility, built in 1893, is one of 12 fish hatcheries
operated by the state Department of Environmental
Conservation.
It’s also the primary source for brown and rainbow
trout that are released into dozens of streams and
ponds across the Southern Tier — waters that in many
cases would otherwise be bereft of game fish.
Step inside the main building and you will immedi-
ately notice it’s cold and damp — and dark.
That’s by design, and not because someone forgot to
pay the utility bills. Trout like their water cold and their
See BATH, Page 9A

Why New Yorkers could lose under Trump tax plan

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ALBANY - New York leaders are rail-
ing against the latest federal tax over-
haul plan, saying it would disproportion-
ately hurt the state by eliminating the de-
duction of local and state taxes.
The tax plan released Wednesday in-
cludes what New York officials have
warned about all year: the elimination of
the law that lets New Yorkers deduct $68
billion from their federal income taxes
each year.
Because New York has high taxes and
high wealth compared to other states,
the state and California — which deducts
$101 billion a year in state and local taxes
— would take the biggest hit under the
plan championed by House Republicans
and President Donald Trump, a native
New Yorker.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo contended the
tax proposal might be illegal, saying it
would equate to double taxation.
“I believe it’s unconstitutional. I be-
lieve it’s illegal, and I would challenge it
as double taxation,” Cuomo, a Democrat,
told reporters Wednesday afternoon. “I
pay taxes to my state and local govern-
ment, you then want to tax me on the tax-
es that I paid to my state and local gov-
ernment. And it is a pure tax increase.”
Even some fiscal conservatives in
New York noted that the while some of
the tax changes would help the middle
class, such as cuts in federal rates and a
near doubling of the standard deduction,
the net outcome could be a negative for
New Yorkers — both for the middle class
and some of the rich, especially com-
pared to states with lower taxes.
Any savings in New York, particular-
ly in the New York City suburbs with
high taxes, would be negligible com-
pared to what other states may see, said
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pleasant ISAAC WINDES Iverson, a biology professor at Earlham
CRONKITE NEWS College in Indiana, who first identified
the Sonoyta turtle as a subspecies in the
THURSDAY WASHINGTON - It might not be sur- 1980s. “They need water, and the hydro
HIGH 70 | LOW 44 prising that an “aquatic desert” turtle period is decreasing.”
faces long odds in life, but environmen- Their aquatic nature can be seen in
Mostly cloudy talists and biologists still welcomed en- their webbed feet, he said.
and mild dangered species designation for the Doug Duncan, a fish biologist for Fish
Sonoyta mud turtle. and Wildlife, said the turtles face a num-
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ber of threats ranging from a low water
announced the designation, citing supply to climate change, warranting
REGIONAL threats from climate change to loss of protection under the Endangered Spe-
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Albany 66 39 s 70 44 s
Atlantic City 67 52 s 71 56 s have dwindled to as low as 100 turtles. iation caused by the small population,
Buffalo 65 43 s 72 50 s “The Sonoyta mud turtle is clearly in Iverson said.
Erie 66 47 s 72 53 s
Harrisburg 69 45 s 74 47 s danger of extinction,” Steve Spangle, a “Whenever you have a small popula-
New York City 68 53 s 72 57 s
Philadelphia 70 52 s 75 55 s
field supervisor with Fish and Wild- tion, there is a risk of genetic bottle-
Rochester 65 41 s 72 48 s life’s Arizona Ecological Services, said necks,” he said.
Scranton 67 41 s 73 45 s in a release announcing the listing. Environmentalists welcomed the en-
Syracuse 65 38 s 70 45 s
“Protecting it under the Endangered dangered designation, which has been
NATIONAL Species Act will marshal increased at- under consideration for 20 years and
Today Monday tention and the resources needed by was the subject of a lawsuit by the Cen-
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Albuquerque 78 54 s 79 54 s
Amarillo 78 60 pc 83 61 pc partners to improve and expand its Noah Greenwald, the center’s endan-
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Asheville 69 47 s 71 52 s
Aspen 57 35 sh 54 31 sh said. “there is a species down to just one pop-
Atlanta 75 59 pc 77 63 s The turtle, a subspecies of the Sono- ulation in the U.S. and just a few in Mex-
Austin 88 67 pc 90 74 pc
ran mud turtle, is found in northern ico, the protections are needed.”
Baton Rouge 89 71 c 85 72 t Mexico and in the Quitobaquito Springs Spangle said that with the designa-
Billings 58 38 c 49 32 pc
Birmingham 79 61 pc 78 66 s in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monu- tion, the U.S. will work with Mexico to
Bismarck
Boise
68 41 r
58 38 c
65 37 pc
58 37 pc
ment, its only natural habitat in the U.S. expand the populations and habitat. Iver-
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Bridgeport
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for the Quitobaquito snail and the des- given the circumstances,” and “Mexico
Casper 56 30 pc 46 27 r ert caper plant, according to the Na- is where the problem is.”
Charleston, SC 77 62 pc 77 64 sh
Charleston, WV 75 48 s 79 53 s
tional Park Service. Other groups of the turtle live in Mex-
Charlotte, NC 73 52 s 74 55 s The Sonoyta mud turtle is a dark, ico, but Iverson said their habitat there is
Chicago 71 58 s 81 63 pc
Cincinnati 74 49 s 78 54 s pocket-sized freshwater turtle that polluted, and water is pumped at an un-
Cleveland 73 48 s 80 55 s lives in permanent aquatic habitats and healthy rate.
Columbia, SC 79 57 s 78 59 s
Columbus, OH 73 47 s 78 53 s eats insects, snails, fish, frogs and “Hopefully by putting it on the list we
Concord 68 39 s 70 42 s some plants. They have a mottled pat- can get them to clean up their act,” Iver-
Dallas 88 69 s 92 74 pc
Dayton 71 47 s 76 52 s tern on their head, neck and limbs. son said of Mexican officials. He said
Daytona Beach 81 74 t 82 74 pc They must have land and water in close that despite the fact that Mexico has
Denver 71 43 t 61 39 pc
Des Moines 74 61 pc 83 67 pc proximity. more populations of the turtle, it’s likely
Detroit 68 49 s 75 54 s “That is the problem,” said John “the last to go will be the one in the U.S.”
Duluth 62 50 c 60 56 sh
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100s Fargo 65 50 r 66 49 pc
Flagstaff 69 41 s 66 38 s
90s
Great Falls 51 31 pc 35 25 sn
80s Green Bay 70 52 pc 77 61 pc
“As I’ve said from day one, eliminat-
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Jackson, MS
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Taxes ing the federal deduction for state and lo-
cal taxes will unfairly burden the over 3
40s Jacksonville 77 71 t 82 69 pc Continued from Page 1A million hardworking taxpayers in New
Juneau 57 36 s 56 43 pc
30s Kansas City 77 64 pc 84 69 pc York who claim the deduction,” said Rep
20s Key West 88 81 t 88 80 t Claudia Tenney, R-New Hartford, Onei-
10s Las Vegas 91 65 s 81 59 s
Lexington 75 49 s 78 54 s E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire da County, in a statement. “Until New
0s Little Rock
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Center, a fiscally conservative group in York completely overhauls its tax code,
-0s
-10s Louisville 78 55 s 81 59 s Albany. removing this provision will strip pri-
Memphis 83 65 pc 83 70 s “This much is clear: A couple falling marily middle- and low-income New
Miami 89 80 t 86 79 t
Ice
Milwaukee 69 58 s 77 63 pc well within the middle class by down- Yorkers of their only real tax relief.”
Minneapolis 67 56 r 72 65 t state standards — people, in most But Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, said
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New Orleans 85 75 pc 83 75 r cases, living paycheck-to-paycheck in the package would lower business taxes,
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
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84 67 pc
modest suburban homes— will realize and those help the economy and the mid-
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Orlando 84 73 t 82 73 pc
Phoenix 98 71 s 94 70 s counterparts in lower-cost, lower- “Our goal is to create good-paying,
Pittsburgh 69 45 s 75 49 s taxed states across the country,” he high-quality jobs while cutting taxes for
Portland, ME 68 45 s 68 45 s
Portland, OR 64 47 sh 65 45 pc wrote. “The net impact of the proposal the middle class,” Reed said in a Face-
Providence 68 47 s 70 47 s will be to shift a larger portion of the re- book post. “This can be done through in-
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New York and other northeastern and small business growth, as well as
states, as well as California.” lowering rates on businesses and invest-
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Salt Lake City 59 40 pc 55 37 pc In April, Cuomo’s office estimated ments.”
San Antonio 87 69 pc 88 74 pc
that if the deduction goes away, 3.3 mil- Part of Trump’s plan would be to elim-
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San Francisco 74 57 s 74 55 s lion taxpayers in New York would be inate the alternative minimum tax,
Seattle 60 48 sh 62 48 pc
affected. which was installed in the 1960s to tax the
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On Thursday, he said New York tax- rich. McMahon wrote that New York has
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the plan is approved -- with the biggest earning between $100,000 and $500,000 a
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Thursday near Buffalo. “result in a massive windfall for the
Some House Republicans from New wealthiest Americans and provide al-
York vowed to fight the elimination of most no relief to middle-class taxpayers
the federal deduction during negotia- who need it the most.”
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rience and knowing how to take care of

Binghamton man, 53, was themselves.

He taught Sienna how to drive, and
“insisted I learn how to change a tire,”
she said.

devoted husband, father He also taught them how to clean the

pool, how to fix the toilet or a leak in the
tub.
“He just kind of did everything,” Sa-
rah said.
Merrill never missed
his daughters’ events Creature of habit
More than anything, he was there.
A LIFE LIVED When the girls took dance lessons
KATIE SULLIVAN when they were younger, John would
drive straight from work in Norwich to
As a father of two, John be there to pick them up. He might be
Merrill frequently fielded late, Sarah said, but he’d be there.
requests to fix things, He never missed any of their school
whether it was something events — concerts, softball games, curri-
around the house, the culum nights, tennis matches, he’d be
brakes on the Hummer there.
his daughters helped him with, or their John took half days at work, to spend
friends’ iPhone screens. the rest of the day with the family. He
His response was always the same: “I went on field trips with them to pumpkin
worked on 18 million dollar airplanes. farms or to go apple picking or roller
Yes, I can fix it.” skating.
Sarcasm aside, John would drop ev- “I’d say number one (for John) was his
erything to lend a hand, as his family said family,” Amy said.
he was a selfless man who’d do anything His favorite day of the year, Sienna
for them. said, was Take Your Daughter to Work
John A. Merrill Jr., 53, of Binghamton, Day, when he showed his girls the tech
died Aug. 24, after “a long courageous lab and his office and got to teach them
battle with cancer,” according to his John Merrill, of Binghamton, and his wife, Amy, met on a blind date in 1994. PROVIDED PHOTO how things work.
obituary. There were also the traditions John
kept religiously in the Merrill household,
‘I can fix it’ mother's house before she died in 2011, not selfish at all.” like making ice cream in the summer
taking weekly trips to Ithaca to visit, fix and taking vacations in Cape May, New
Growing up in Newfield and later in up her computer and make sure her car At-home dad Jersey.
Ithaca, John’s sister, Betty Jo VanMeer- was running, and was a great resource On Fridays, the Merrills always had
haeghe, said her older brother was al- when local teens cracked their iPhone John’s typical work shift meant he movie night, Saturdays, they went out to
ways mechanically minded, a trait he in- screen. was working Thursday-Saturday and ev- dinner, and Sundays were a day for ice
herited from their father. “I can totally see him doing that,” Bet- ery other Sunday. On days he didn’t cream, no matter the season.
“He got excited about making things ty Jo said. “He wouldn’t want anyone to work, he was home with the young girls, “Even in the dead of winter, even if he
work,” she said. get in trouble.” cooking dinner and doing the laundry. didn’t want ice cream, we’d get ice
John Merrill Sr. worked as a truck John and his father often took trips to He also brought Sienna and Sarah to the cream on Sunday nights,” Sarah said.
driver, and from watching his father on truck garages together, John Merrill Sr. school where Amy worked every day so “He’d always go.”
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a fort in the woods out of cardboard and times,” Sarah said. “I think he liked when From their children’s infancy, John and Sarah; father, John Merrill Sr.
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‘Trash men’ are this toddler’s heroes

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FROM THE STAFF
KRISTEN COX ROBY
Ever since he was tall
enough to clamber onto
the table beneath our
living room window, my
son has made a weekly
ritual of watching and
waiting for the city workers he calls the
trash men.
The City of Binghamton, New York,
sanitation workers — two in back of the
garbage truck, one behind the wheel —
didn’t notice the then-2-year-old’s face
pressed against the window every
Thursday morning, the little hand fran-
tically waving. They certainly didn’t
hear him shouting “Hi! Hi!” from be-
hind the glass each week.
“They are so busy,” he told me once,
mournfully, after they’d driven away,
oblivious to their biggest fan.
The lack of attention on their part,
though, never stopped my toddler’s
weekly vigil. It became a part of our
weekly discourse: Their regular stops
outside our home gave us simple object
lessons on topics such as the passage of
time, the rewards of patience, and the
importance of hard work.
But most importantly, the sanitation
workers made my son happy. For him,
they were friendly faces that offered a
sense of constancy in what must often
seem a big and uncertain world for
such a little guy.
That the workers had no idea doesn’t
matter in the slightest.
Their presence and the surprisingly
big role it continues to play in my
now-3-year-old’s life has had me think-
ing for some time about the notion of
everyday heroes. But what resonates
most is the realization that, very often,
those whose actions make a permanent
dent in the emotional armor we wear
have no clue they’ve made such a big
difference in someone else’s life.
That’s because the heart of memory
— good and bad — beats in the details.
Take all of life’s embarrassing mo-
ments. I couldn’t recall the topic of half
the classes I took to earn my master’s
degree, but I can tell you in excruciat-
ing detail about that time I made a fool
of myself at a wedding a few years
back. (I won’t, though. Too embarrass-
ing. But my brain is more than happy to
remind me on a near-daily basis.)
I’m not alone in this sort of constant
self-castigation, of course. Every out-
post from HuffPo and Buzzfeed to Jeze-
bel and Reddit has tackled the question
of why we can’t seem to let go of life’s
little humiliations.
But what I see discussed far less
often is the flip side of this phenome-
non: that we also tend to hang on to
minuscule moments of kindness, empa-
thy, generosity. We find ourselves re-
calling with warmth and gratitude sim-
ple actions by friends and strangers
alike, sometimes years later.
If you ask me to number the small
moments of grace in my life, I’ll in-
clude the time a co-worker I barely
knew saw me, a recent Southern trans-
plant, with my car stuck in 3 inches of
snow in our parking lot. He got behind
the wheel and got me out — a hero, no
thanks required.
I’ll tell you about a woman who fer-
ried me home from the office when I
was too sick to work, let alone drive,
about a friend’s hand extended in silent
support during a moment of extreme
stress.
And I’ll cite the cashier at the Chi-
potle this week who said my glasses
were awesome, the person in front of
me at the coffee shop last week who
paid for my drink, the guy on Court
Street who called out, “Keep smiling,
beautiful!” as I walked by.
When was that last one? A year ago?
Doesn’t matter. I’ll remember it forev-
er.
I ran into that co-worker who res-
cued my car from the snow a few years
later at the copy machine.
“You know,” I told him, “I’ll never
forget that you did that for me.”
“Really?” he said, bemused. “I don’t
remember it at all.”
But back to Thursday mornings at
my house. At some point during the
past year, the city sanitation workers
began to notice the regular presence of
a certain little boy in a certain window
in a certain West Side street. Then they
began to look for him, too.
These days, not only do the guys in
back wave to my son before and after
they grab our refuse from the curb, the
driver honks his horn hello.
It’s my son’s favorite moment of the
week.
For all I know, there are 50 other
little kids along their route who give
them the heroes’ welcome. Maybe they
never spare the boy in the window at
Kristen Cox
Roby‘s son,
age 2,
waving to
the
sanitation
workers
outside the
house one
Thursday
morning.
KRISTEN COX
ROBY / STAFF
PHOTO
the white stucco house a second
thought. After all, they are so busy.
But for my son, they’re the friends
who come by once a week to say hello,
no matter what. They may never know
what pleasure a few waves and a few
honks of a horn bring to my boy’s life.
A little kindness, intentional or im-
pulsive, can make a lifelong impres-
sion.
Sure, he’s 3. He might not remember
this Thursday morning ritual forever.
But it will undoubtedly help shape his
lifelong sense of time, commitment and
expectation.
His mom, though, will count those
mornings and those workers explicitly
among her litany of gratitude: the sur-
prising, unearned, lovely and astonish-
ing moments of grace that we might
encounter any day. Maybe, if we make
kindness our default and if we’re very
lucky, we can give to others as many of
these moments as we receive in a life-
time.
That’s what I’ll do my best to teach
my son. But his curbside heroes have
already given him the best imaginable
head start.
Kristen Cox Roby is the content
strategist for the Central New York
Newspaper Group.

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Trout
Continued from Page 1A
ities of hatchery-raised trout against wild
trout any day of the week.
“I like to fish Cayuta Creek and I like to go
to the Cohocton River and fish, also the Gene-
see River,” Laskaris said. “I go all over to fish
for trout. My favorite is Cayuta Creek. They
have nice hatches that come out. I prefer the
stocked brown trout. They give you a really
good fight. The 2-year-olds are fantastic fish.
I prefer stocked browns over wild.”
The state Department of Environmental
Conservation raises millions of trout and oth-
er fish species at a network of 12 hatcheries
scattered around the state.
Many of those fish are released into
streams, lakes and ponds around New York.
The effort not only boosts opportunities for
anglers, it also bolsters the economy.
“A national survey on fishing in 2011 indi-
cated $1.9 billion was spent (in New York) on
hunting and fishing. I think that (estimate) is
extraordinarily low,” DEC Commissioner
Basil Seggos said.
“There are whole areas that rely on the
fishing economy. The fact that we show up in
the top 10 states across the board makes it a
significant issue to us,” Seggos said. “There is
fantastic spending upstate. The hatcheries
drive those numbers. If we didn’t have the
hatcheries, we would not see that massive
economic impact from the fishing industry.”
A time-tested program
New York’s hatchery system has been
around for more than 150 years, and last year
provided more than 8 million fish for stocking
across the state.
In fact, the Caledonia hatchery in Living-
ston County, established in 1864 and pur-
chased by New York state in 1870, is the oldest
existing hatchery in the Western Hemi-
sphere, according to DEC.
Southern Tier residents are probably most
familiar with the spring trout-stocking pro-
gram, and the cold-water fish make up a siz-
able chunk of the entire allocation.
In 2016, DEC stocked nearly 1.8 million
brown trout, 561,750 rainbow trout, 349,546
brook trout and more than 1.1 million steel-
heads around New York.
But the hatcheries also raise and stock oth-
er species — including landlocked, coho and
chinook salmon, walleyes, muskellunge and
tiger muskies.
Each hatchery has its own specialty, and
there is a lot of cross-pollination among facil-
ities to meet the stocking needs across the
state.
For example, the Bath Fish Hatchery pro-
vides the bulk of the trout that are released in
a nine-county region across the Southern
Tier, from Steuben to Broome County.
But the Bath hatchery also gets some of the
fish it stocks from other hatcheries, and also
provides fish to other facilities.
“We’re always coordinating with other
hatcheries. We get 2-year-old browns from
the Caledonia hatchery,” said Ken Osika,
manager of the Bath hatchery. “We are also
going to Lake Champlain to stock, or send fish
to Canadice and Hemlock lakes. Everybody
coordinates. There are a lot of phone calls go-
ing back and forth.”
In addition to brown trout, the Bath Fish
Hatchery raises lake trout, rainbow trout, and
hybrid rainbows that are a cross between wild
and hatchery fish.
DEC biologists determine where fish are
stocked and in what numbers based on the
best habitat conditions and also angler input.
But they also have to be careful not to dis-
rupt the existing ecosystem in the process, no
matter what anglers want, according to Web
Pearsall, DEC Region 8 fisheries manager.
“Some people like a walleye in every pot.
We have to be careful. We try to have bal-
anced fisheries,” Pearsall said. “We only
stock based on the resource potential of that
water. We can’t have everything. With high
profile predators, we have to be very care-
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Top 10 states for
spending on
fishing in 2011*
» Florida: $4.62 billion
» California: $2.27 billion
» Michigan: $2.42 billion
» Minnesota: $2.41 billion
» New York: $1.96 billion
» Ohio: $1.79 billion
» Texas: $1.54 billion
» North Carolina: $1.52
billion
» Wisconsin: $1.41 billion
» Virginia: $1.14 billion
» Sources:U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, U.S. Census
Bureau.
* Includes all expenditures,
such as license sales,
lodging, food, equipment,
etc.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fish culturists, from left, Haley and Aaron Day
release Lake trout from a transport tank into raceways at the Bath Fish Hatchery. PATRICK OEHLER/STAFF PHOTO
The life cycle of a
hatchery trout
stocked with trout.
“Trout stocking offers excellent opportu- Most of the brown trout that
nities for people to catch good quality fish, es- are stocked in Southern Tier
pecially on streams with marginal trout habi- waters are raised at the Bath
tat that would otherwise have few to no fish in Fish Hatchery:
them,” Mastroberti said. “Trout stocking on » Breeder trout kept at the
streams with wild populations of fish in them Randolph hatchery in
also creates a certain amount of buffer for the Cattaraugus County produce
wild fish, as the stocked fish often outnumber eggs that are collected and
wild fish and make it less likely to catch wild transferred to other
fish needed for continued reproduction.” hatcheries. About 550,000
Elmira’s Eldridge Park has many popular brown trout eggs arrive at
attractions, but fishing in Eldridge Lake is the Bath hatchery in late
one of the biggest draws, according to Mi- September or early October.
chael “Robby” Robertson, president of the El-
dridge Park Carousel Preservation Society. » The fertilized eggs are
While there are several fish species avail- kept in 32 incubator trays
able in the lake, the spring stocking of rain- until they develop into
The electronic fish transfer pump in action at the bow and brown trout always brings out ar- “eyed” eggs. When hatchery
fish hatchery in Bath. PATRICK OEHLER/STAFF PHOTO mies of anglers, Robertson said. staff can see the eyes
“Eldridge Lake is actually the oldest at- developing in the embryonic
ful.” traction in the park,” he said. “Today, just like trout, they know it’s time to
generations past, people young and old are move to the next phase.
A major investment able to enjoy the sport of fishing without hav- » The eyed eggs are
ing to travel far. We see families all the time transferred to troughs filled
DEC spends about $9 million a year oper- enjoying family time at the park, and making with water, where they will
ating its network of hatcheries, according to fishing a part of their day.” hatch and then stay until
Commissioner Seggos. they outgrow the space,
About 75 percent of that funding comes Committed to the future usually after a few months.
from the state’s Conservation Fund, which is They are then transferred to
fueled by the sale of sporting licenses. The In 2008, New York came close to pulling the inside raceways — long,
rest comes in the form of federal aid. plug on another longtime stocking program. narrow concrete containers
Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced the Then-Gov. David Paterson planned to re- that can hold thousands of
N.Y. Works program in 2014, the state has in- spond to a state budget crisis by closing the young fish.
vested another $15 million in capital improve- Reynolds Game Farm near Ithaca, even
ments at various hatcheries. though the game farm and state pheasant » Around February, the
The Bath hatchery has benefited from that stocking program were supported by the Con- young trout, which are now
expenditure and more investment is planned, servation Fund and not tax dollars. about four or five inches
Osika said. The Reynolds Game Farm is New York’s long, are transferred to
“We’ll have a structure built over our out- lone remaining pheasant-rearing facility, but outdoor raceways, fed by
side rearing ponds. They are out there, open Paterson backed off the plan in the face of a springs which keep the
to the predators — birds, mink, raccoons. It’s unified wall of opposition from sportsman water temperature around
a smorgasbord out there,” he said. “What groups and conservation organizations 47 degrees, even in winter.
we’ll have is large structures built over them across the state. » When the summer months
to keep animals out. That will start this fall No such scenario is likely with the state’s arrive, the trout are moved
and hopefully be done before winter. That will hatchery system and fish stocking program, again to rearing ponds,
be a great project. We lose a fair number of regardless of the state’s finances, Seggos where they will remain until
fish to predators every year.” said. the following March. By this
Southern Tier anglers appreciate the com- Not only does the state plan on maintaining time, most are between 8
mitment and believe the hatcheries and the program, but will work to make it even and 10 inches long and are
stocking programs are vital to the health of better in the future, he said. ready to be released.
sport fishing in New York. “People are enthused about New York fish-
“It gets people outdoors with the kids, and ing opportunities. When it comes to budgets » Prior to April 1, opening
there are those who fish to put food on the ta- — operating dollars as well as capital dollars day of trout fishing in most
ble,” said avid angler Mike Norton of Bing- — that’s money very well spent,” Seggos said. waters, and again in late
hamton. “The more we can do to promote the “I and the governor are firmly committed April, about 200,000 trout
sport the better, especially getting the young- to keeping the hatchery system running total are loaded into
er generation involved. Nobody likes to be strong, and do even better,” he said. I’ve seen stocking trucks, to be
“skunked” while fishing, so I think by stock- first hand as commissioner how the hatcher- released into designated
ing, it gives the younger generation a chance ies work and how important they are and how streams, lakes and ponds
to get hooked and enjoy the outdoors more.” imbedded they are into the whole network. I across the Southern Tier. The
Eric Mastroberti is a fly fishing guide in can’t see a future where DEC isn’t running at remaining trout are shipped
Tompkins County, and when he is fishing with least 12 at full clip.” to other hatcheries or
clients, he likes to take them to waters that are Follow @SGJeffMurray on Twitter. released in Seneca Lake.
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light dim, according to hatchery Man-

ager Ken Osika.
Inside the building is a maze of incu-
bators and concrete raceways that are
home to various species of trout from
the time they are eggs until they are
three or four inches long.
Outside are more raceways where
the trout are moved as they grow older
and bigger.
Nearby springs that feed the hatch-
ery keep the water in those raceways
well above freezing — even when the
temperature of the surrounding air
plunges.
In fact, that reliable water supply is
one reason the Bath hatchery has re-
mained in business while several other
state facilities closed.
“It’s all spring water. It comes out of
the ground at 47 degrees and about 1,300
gallons a minute,” Osika said. “It’s not
changed by the air temperature. In 1893,
that’s why they built the Bath hatchery Hundreds of young rainbow trout congregate in a raceway at the Bath Fish Hatchery. JEFF MURRAY / STAFF PHOTO
here. It’s so close to springs. There were
about 21 hatcheries at one point. They
shut down a lot of them in the late 1970s.” Information
The Bath Fish Hatchery raises brown
and rainbow trout, along with lake trout » To learn more about the Bath Fish
and hybrid rainbows that are a blend of Hatchery, call 607-776-7087, or go to
both wild and hatchery strains. dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7742.html.
Even at the tender age of three or
four months, those fish already take on
many of the behaviors of their elders. it. The building was reconstructed the
The wild rainbow trout scatter as hu- following year.
mans approach the raceways, while the One of the biggest improvements
domestic variety are conversely drawn over the years has been in the way the
toward visitors. fish are fed, Osika said.
The young lake trout, which as adults “Years ago they used slaughterhouse
will live in the gloomy depths of large waste. There was a building here that
bodies of water, already shun the bright had a walk-in cooler,” he said. “They
sunlight and gather in shadowy corners ground up the feed and ladled it out to
of their enclosures. the fish. It drew flies too. Now we have
About 550,000 brown trout eggs ar- high quality feed with very little waste.”
rive in Bath each September from the Fish waste is no longer discharged
Randolph hatchery. into water supplies. Instead, it’s spread
Of those, about 400,000 survive the onto nearby farm fields, giving farmers
year-and-a-half wait until they are ready free fertilizer and the hatchery a safe
to be released for fishing. place to dispose of waste.
That’s still a much lower mortality Even though they don’t have to work
rate than in nature, Osika said. Only for their food, the hatchery trout still
about 1 percent of wild trout survive know instinctively what to eat once they The Bath Fish Hatchery opened in 1893. PROVIDED PHOTO
from egg to adulthood, he said. are released into the wild, Osika said.
The Bath Fish Hatchery has under- Given a little time to adjust to their
gone numerous changes over the years new surroundings, hatchery trout can
as technology and fish cultivation meth- be just as challenging to catch as their “We’re busy year-round. When we lot in the winter, but if you are looking
ods have improved. wild cousins, he said. aren’t doing stuff with fish we are mak- for something to do, bring the family
The most dramatic change occurred The Bath Fish Hatchery is in opera- ing repairs, etc.,” Osika said. “There’s al- over.”
in 1955, when the main building burned tion year-round and is also open to the ways something to be done. We get a lot
down, taking about 1.3 million trout with public all year. of visitors in the summer. We don’t get a Follow @SGJeffMurray on Twitter.

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Feds, NY continue battle over ‘I Love NY’ signs

Highway administration
claims signs can cause
distractions to drivers
JON CAMPBELL
JCAMPBELL@PRESSCONNECTS.COM

ALBANY - Federal highway regula-

tors say they have “promises” from Gov.
Andrew Cuomo’s administration to take
down the controversial I Love NY signs
that now dot highways across the state.
But the state suggests that’s not the case.
Despite the latest federal comments,
the state Department of Transportation
claims it has not been ordered to take the
signs down — despite a 2014 request to
do just that.
So goes the latest round in the back-
and-forth battle over the omnipresent
blue signs, which are at the center of a
four-year stalemate between the Federal
Highway Administration and state DOT
that could lead to New York being
stripped of millions in highway funds.
Doug Hecox, a spokesman for the
Federal Highway Administration, or
FHWA, said this week his agency be-
lieves the state is working toward re-
moving the 514 signs.
“The FHWA believes the state is at-
tempting to make good on its promises to
remove these signs, but is considering
additional actions if necessary,” Hecox
said in a statement.
Asked about Hecox’s statement, state
DOT spokesman Joseph Morrissey said
they haven’t heard from the federal reg- Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration and the Federal Highway Administration have been battling over the large, blue “I Love NY” highway
ulators recently. signs that dot the state’s roadways, including here on I-90 East in Rotterdam, Schenectady County. JON CAMPBELL / ALBANY BUREAU PHOTO
He went a step further, claiming the
state has not been told to take the signs
down, though a 2014 letter from the website. about the signs, warning the state that “The sign designs and spacing seek to
FHWA appears to contradict that claim. Cuomo’s administration spent $8.1 the signage doesn’t comply with federal impress simple but memorable informa-
“We have not heard anything new million on the signage despite knowing rules and state law. tion for later recall without posing a dis-
from FHWA on this issue, nor have we the FHWA considered the signs illegal. He gave the state 90 days to craft a traction,” wrote Todd Westhuis, then the
been directed to take any signs down,” The state used emergency contracts and plan to take them down. DOT’s acting director of traffic safety
Morrissey said in a statement. paid overtime to get the signage up be- “We are requesting your office pro- and mobility, in a May 2014 response.
Federal regulators have long said the fore the July 4 holiday last year, while vide the FHWA New York Division Of- Should the federal government take
signs violate laws and rules regulating one contractor used an out-of-state sign fice with an explanation for the authority action against the state, highway fund-
what can and can’t be displayed on road- printer to meet the state’s deadline. for what we view as noncompliant signs ing could be at risk.
ways. The signs display web addresses State transportation officials, mean- and with a plan of action that details how The state receives more than $1.5 bil-
and use fonts and logos that aren’t al- while, have never publicly committed to the state will remove signs that are not in lion in federal highway funding each
lowed, and are also placed so close to taking down the signs, though there have compliance with the (federal rules) and year. But federal law requires states that
each other that they could cause distrac- been many private meetings and conver- an assurance that noncompliant signs receive such funding to following the
tion to drivers, according to the FHWA. sations between the state and FHWA on will not be erected in the future,” War- federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Con-
The signs, which are often grouped in the issue. den wrote then. trol Devices, which the FHWA says the
five and placed in rapid succession, are A letter from the FHWA to the state The state never provided such a plan, “I Love NY” signs clearly violate.
spread along highways and near airports DOT appears to run contrary to Morris- instead writing back to Warden to tout The FHWA could decide to withhold
all across the state. They tout the state’s sey’s claim that New York has never the state’s tourism industry — which the federal funding to the state as a result,
various tourism programs, including been “directed to take any signs down.” signs promote — and contend the signs though any penalty would likely be
Taste NY and the state’s parks, and the On April 8, 2014, FHWA Team Leader aren’t subject to federal rules for traffic capped at 10 percent of the state’s total
state’s I Love NY mobile application and Randy Warden wrote to the state DOT control devices. amount.

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DVD with Windows on it when you
upgraded, you can download a copy
MOVERS
New addition joins
McFarland Johnson
Melinda Swann has joined McFar-
land Johnson as an assistant airport
grants administrator.
Swann will assist with
the preparation and sub-
mission of federal and
state reimbursement
requests, as well as coor-
dinate documentation
Melinda and compliance with
Swann grant reporting require-
ments.
Swann graduated from Ridley Low-
ell Business & Technical Institute in
2012, where she majored in informa-
tion processing.
GM Broadcasting adds
new station to group
G M Broadcasting Inc. owners
Steve Gilinsky and Alex Palmieri,
operators of Magic 101.7 FM, have
added 102.5 The Vault, “Rockin Clas-
sic Hits” to their group.
Gilinsky and Palmieri have been
media sales specialists in the region
for several decades. They will continue
to work closely with the advertising
community locally and regional help-
ing them with solutions to grow their
businesses.
Dentist attends summit
in Maryland
Louis Giordano recently attended
the Invisalign GP Summit in National
Harbor, Maryland.
Giordano is a practicing dentist at
Giordano Family Dental and Southern
Tier TMJ & Sleep Therapy on Hooper
Road in Endwell.
The Summit took place Sept. 7 to 10.
This education event was filled with
sessions led by peers from leading
S U N D AY , O C T O B E R 1 , 2 0 1 7
directly from Microsoft
(microsoft.com/en-us/
software-download/windows10ISO).
Make sure you have your Windows
10 product key! You can get it by hold-
ing the Window key down (that’s the
key between the Ctrl and the Alt keys
on the lower left of the keyboard), and
pressing X. From the pop-up list, click
Command Prompt (Admin). You’ll be
asked if you’re sure — click Yes. At the
command prompt, type “wmic path
SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xO-
riginalProductKey” (exactly as you see
it here, but without the quotes, of
course). Write down your product key,
double-check it, check it again, and
keep it in a safe place.
Many people prefer to have all this,
or at least the reinstall, done by a repu-
table dealer. It’ll cost you some money,
but it’s never a bad idea to have a pro-
fessional do the reinstall.
Q: Nick, Recently you published an
article about virus/firewall protection
for Apple products. I have misplaced
the list and would greatly appreciate
your suggestions for protecting my
Mac laptop.
A: You recognize that Macs are
vulnerable in today’s world. Good for
you! Too many Mac people think
they’re safe; they’re not.
The easiest way to get protection
for your Mac is to dance The Security
Tango (http://SecurityTango.com/).
From the “Let’s Dance!” menu, select
“The Macarena.” Select the tools you
prefer, do the dance, and you’ll have
those programs installed to run reg-
ularly from now on.
Gentle Readers:
I get a lot of messages like the fol-
lowing:
There is a website I like to visit
every so often but they are screwed up
because they do something that causes
Microsoft to butt in with this message
to call a stupid phone number and it
locks on the message then I have 2
choices 1 call the stupid phone number
which I never do or 2 unplug my com-
puter and restart. Is there any way I
could program my computer to ignore
the false alarms? I know my computer
is not infected because I never order
anything online that would use my
credit card number on line.
These are ads that auto-run a fake
message. Most legitimate ad networks
cull them out quickly, but they keep
coming up with new tricks. Never,
ever call the number. Try hitting Alt-
F4 to close the window. If that doesn’t
work, rebooting is the only way to fix
it. Sorry.
Nick Francesco, a.k.a. Ask Nick,
offers simple answers for your comput-
er questions. Email questions to
QANDA@AskNick.com.
Invisalign practices, Invisalign’s latest
innovations and special workshops.
Giordano has been using clear align-
er tray therapy for the past 10 years.
“Now, because of the advanced In-
visalign technology and materials, we
are able to successfully treat the more
severe cases that, in the past, were
only treatable with full mouth braces,”
Giordano said.
Additionally, the new iTero Outcome
Simulator allows you to see today what
your smile will look like after treat-
ment.
Security Mutual names new
VP/assistant general counsel
Jeffrey M. Jacobs has joined Securi-
ty Mutual Life Insurance Co. as vice
president and assistant general coun-
sel. Jacobs will be providing legal
counsel and advice with respect to all
areas of company operations.
Prior to joining Security Mutual,
Jacobs was a partner in the law firm of
Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP, where his
career included a broad range of expe-
rience in corporate, regulatory and
municipal law.
Before entering private practice,
Jacobs served as in-house counsel for
information technology services and
software companies. Jacobs is a mem-
ber of the Broome County and New
York State Bar Associations, a member
of the board of directors and secretary
of the Broome County Council of
Churches, a member of the board of
directors of the Stillwater Children’s
Center, and a member of the board of
trustees and past president of the Fen-
ton Free Library.
Jacobs earned his juris doctorate
and graduated cum laude from Suffolk
University Law School in Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, and graduated cum laude
with a bachelor’s degree from the
State University of New York at Gene-
seo.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
NEILL BOROWSKI, EXECUTIVE EDITOR
CHRIS KOCHER, ENGAGEMENT EDITOR
V I OE PW IPNOI IONNT S WWW.PRESSCONNECTS.COM/OPINION
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OUR OPINION

New York stands with Puerto Rico

After Hurricane Harvey slammed
Texas and Irma swept through Florida,
has storm fatigue left the good people
of Puerto Rico forgotten? Hurricane
Maria slammed the island as a Cate-
gory 5 storm, destroying the power
grid, leaving residents without electric-
ity for months to come, and reducing
access to dwindling supplies of food
and water.
Not in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuo-
mo has announced the Empire State
Relief and Recovery Effort for Puerto
Rico. A drop-off site is located at the
Yonkers Armory, where items like
batteries, diapers and cases of water
are being collected to be shipped to the
island. Find out other ways to help at
ny.gov/PuertoRico. As well, a “Rock-
land To The Rescue” effort is collecting
aid for Puerto Rico. Former U.S. presi-
dents’ One America Appeal has extend-
ed its efforts to support Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Such outreach makes sense. For so
many of us, the island is a closely
linked homeland. The diaspora of the
1950s Great Migration, or even decades
before, are woven into New York’s
culture.
We can give, we can volunteer. But
we can, as a nation, do more.
On Thursday, President Trump final-
ly waived the Jones Act, mandates that
only U.S.-flagged vessels can transport
merchandise between U.S. coasts. Af-
ter Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the
Jones Act was lifted for a week, to en-
sure fuel could reach stricken areas.
Some say the Jones Act should be
scrapped all together — the perfect
storm of an actual storm along with
ongoing economic chaos may make this
the time to re-examine the rules that
govern the U.S. territory.
Other ramifications of the island’s
months-long recovery will reverberate
here: New York and other states must
prepare, when air transportation re-
sumes from Puerto Rico, to receive
families, especially young students,
whose lives and livelihoods were
washed away by Maria.
We also will lose, for now, what Puer-
to Rico provides. The island houses
some 50 pharmaceutical factories. The
Food and Drug Administration is warn-
ing of critical shortages of various
medications if the facilities cannot get
up and running soon.
Trump plans to visit the Caribbean
island next week. Earlier, the president
pointed to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis and
weakened infrastructure as he cited its
slow recovery. Such a review of recent
problems does not keep people alive as
their world crumbles around them.
Let’s focus on ways to help keep Puerto
Ricans safe from even more harm, not
ways to explain why the crisis is so bad.
Meanwhile, Cuomo accompanied a
relief flight last week, seeing for him-
self Puerto Rico’s devastation. After his
return, the governor announced the
state’s aid project, standing with elect-
ed officials and celebrities with links to
the territory.
“Puerto Ricans are American citi-
zens,” Jennifer Lopez reminded us, as
she pledged $1 million to the effort.
JetBlue has also pledged $1 million
worth of services for relief flights.
Please, give what you can to our
Puerto Rican neighbors.
This editorial originally appeared in
The Journal News.

YOUR OPINION YOUR OPINION

Level playing
field starts with
revamped tax code
YOUR OPINION
CLAUDIA TENNEY
American workers, farmers and
small business owners need a level
playing field. They need the govern-
ment off their backs and out of their
wallets. They need an economy that
works for them by creating opportuni-
ty for growth, innovation, and success.
However, this is far from what they have. Across
our region and throughout the country, hardworking
families in rural rustbelt communities are falling
behind as they see their paychecks stagnate, their
jobs shipped overseas and their taxes skyrocket.
While the well-connected receive bailouts and
kickbacks, small businesses see nothing but tax
hikes and increased costs. Against this backdrop, it
is harder than ever for Americans to find good-
paying jobs that match their skills and for small
businesses to grow and adapt to an ever-changing
economy.
Meanwhile, in Washington and Albany, it’s a dif-
ferent story. The money is flowing and politicians
are hard at work doling out tax breaks to their
friends and donors, single-handedly undoing the
vibrancy of our economy by handpicking winners
and losers. This status quo may benefit the wealthy
and well-connected, but the effects of this destruc-
tive crony capitalism have been stagnation and frus-
tration.
In New York, taxpayers are tired of paying
among the highest taxes in the nation, only to see
their hard-earned tax dollars squandered on corpo-
rate welfare schemes to lure in big businesses that
never come. Last year alone, the Empire State wast-
ed nearly $8 billion on “economic development”
programs like Start-Up NY, with little to show in
return. It’s exactly this type of wasteful spending,
built upon the foundation of a tax code that inher-
ently disadvantages the middle-class, which has
made our beautiful state unaffordable for many,
driving people and businesses away in record num-
bers.
As a small business owner, I have seen firsthand
how our tax code discourages American businesses
from growing and hiring, especially our small busi-
nesses. Worse yet, our tax code is riddled with spe-
cial interest loopholes that benefit the well-off at the
expense of hardworking New Yorkers.
We cannot afford to continue down this unsustain-
able path. It’s time to respect the American taxpay-
ers enough to put their needs first. That’s why
House Republicans have a plan to reform the tax
code, restore prosperity and renew the promise of
the American Dream for all.
First, simplifying our tax code is key to creating
jobs, leveling the playing field for American busi-
nesses and encouraging economic growth. We will
reduce the burden of excessive paperwork and
streamline reporting requirements, making filing
taxes as easy as filing out a postcard. Simplifying
the tax code will provide critical relief for people at
all income levels, so every taxpayer has a fair shot.
Next, to encourage growth for small businesses
(our largest job creators), we will reduce the tax
rate on small businesses operating as sole propri-
etorships or pass-through entities from 45 percent to
the 25 percent bracket. Currently, 95 percent of all
American businesses operate in these ways.
Our tax reform plan will create an estimated 1.7
million new jobs and, according to a study conduct-
ed by the bipartisan Tax Foundation, middle-income
families are expected to see nearly $5,000 more in
their wallets each year. With an estimated nine per-
cent long-term growth rate, this plan will build a
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Records — not rhetoric —
should lead choice for mayor
YOUR OPINION
TARIK ABDELAZIM
As a lifelong resident, a father, and
the owner of a southside home that
was flooded in 2011, I care deeply
about our future. It’s my love for this
community, and the joy of public ser-
vice, that compelled me to jump into
the mayor’s race in July.
We all want to feel safe, but our neighborhoods
face real threats: crime and drugs, blight and the
coming high cost of flood insurance premiums.
We face a lack of jobs, and dwindling opportunity.
Half our children live in poverty.
We are losing too many loved ones to the horrible
disease of addiction.
So who has the vision, leadership and experience
to address these complicated challenges?
Last year was the most violent in decades. Morale
in the police department is low, and turnover is high.
Rich’s approach isn’t working, and spending
$500,000 on license plate readers is not the solution.
I will pursue a different approach, investing our
limited resources in proven solutions that get at the
root causes of crime.
The project at the sewage treatment plant has
ballooned to $365 million under Rich David. Proper-
ty owners may soon see sewer rate increases of 200
percent or more because of his decisions. As mayor,
I will immediately call for an open public forum on
this project, lift the veil of secrecy, and start plan-
ning with property owners on the challenges ahead.
Rich knocked down 39 properties, left behind 39
vacant lots, and billed local taxpayers $725,000.
When I led the city’s fight against blight, we demol-
ished or rehabbed 90 blighted properties. After
demolition, we built new homes on the lots, or trans-
formed them to parks or gardens. How much did I
use in local tax dollars? Zero.
I helped lead the city’s recovery efforts through
three traumatic and disastrous floods. Rich failed
city residents during the only major snowstorm of
his term. His unilateral decisions were irrespon-
sible, and put the lives of motorists and city employ-
ees at risk.
YOUR OPINION
Change for the better in Endicott
CYNTHIA TOTOLIS
“Perception or Reality: Is Endicott Safe?” I was
better able to understand this concept after Chief
Patrick Garey clarified Endicott’s recent crime
statistics at a presentation at UEHS.
After the Chief walked us through these statis-
tics, he saved time to take questions from the floor.
At the end of the evening, I felt far more informed. I
also realized that we have a hard-working, effective
police force in our village.
I feel this concern about safety is timely in anoth-
er aspect. We need to safeguard our valued, long-
standing Endicott business communities. These
companies include BAE, IBM, i3 Electronics, and
several more. Many of these can be found on the
sprawling, well-kept Huron Campus, in updated
facilities with ample parking, and within walking
distance to several popular eateries. Others can be
found on Washington Avenue. These multiple busi-
ness communities deserve the safest possible work
environment.
And then, there are the newcomers.
I am thrilled that Binghamton University has
discovered what our technology facilities have to
offer. BU is a co-recipient of a $20,000,000 award
that was announced when Gov. Cuomo came to the
Huron Campus in April. A tour of their space by
Professor Mark Poliks was beyond impressive. This
Flex-Tech Alliance research with Corning, Inc. is
happening right here in Endicott.
Another Binghamton University professor has
also chosen Endicott over many other locales in
which to locate Sonostics, his cutting-edge company.
Binghamton mayoral candidate Tarik Abdelazim, left, and
Binghamton Mayor Richard David participate in the first
mayoral debate hosted by the Greater Binghamton Chamber
of Commerce. PHOTOS BY PATRICK OEHLER/STAFF
I helped create the Youth Bureau and significantly
expanded youth programs by using federal and state
grants. Rich dismantled the Youth Bureau his first
year, and significantly decreased funds for youth
programs.
I partnered with residents to improve our public
spaces and create new ones — Sunflower Park, Wal-
nut Street Park, Kennedy Park, Southside Commons,
and Columbus Park. Again, I didn’t use a single local
tax dollar to fund these neighborhood transforma-
tions.
On the other hand, Rich secretly tried to spend
almost $500,000 of our local tax dollars to pave over
the Metrocenter Courtyard to create 10 parking
spaces for one of his downtown friends. The commu-
nity stopped this reckless project, but not before Rich
wasted $70,000 to jackhammer the space barren.
I have consistently done more with less. I have a
track record of success, and a reputation of bringing
creativity, vision, and leadership to fix our problems,
serve our residents, and improve our neighborhoods.
We should not be celebrating the bare minimum.
We should be demanding and expecting so much
more. The future of our housing values, our neigh-
borhoods, and our city depends on it.
I have served my hometown with distinction be-
fore. It would be an honor, with your support on Nov.
7, to do it again.
Tarik Abdelazim is the Democratic candidate for
mayor of Binghamton.
So, what is happening here in Endicott? It’s good
news. Simply put, we have a business environment
that is attracting high-tech companies. Coming with
them is a workforce supporting our downtown areas,
on a daily basis.
What is Endicott doing to ensure that this trend
continues? For one, I do see evidence of municipal
codes being changed for the better. However, I feel
there is an ever-present need for urban planning
when villages go through changes. I also see the need
for marketing campaigns when investors are consid-
ering their options. And the basics should be a part of
this picture, too. I see the need for on-going beautifi-
cation programs, and long-range tree and streetscape
initiatives. People gravitate to a safe and well cared
for environment.
Supporting the village is “Endicott Proud,” a dy-
namic group of over 160 supporters, whose vision —
“to make Endicott a premier destination for profes-
sionals to live, work, and play, while enhancing the
quality of life for all residents” — is timely. I would
imagine that the Endicott Village Trustees and Mayor
Bertoni share this very same vision. In fact, for near-
ly two years Endicott Proud has consistently support-
ed the municipality with many endeavors.
At this point, I feel the leadership of our village
officials is crucial. On the one hand, they must con-
tinue to be supportive of those who already live or
work here. However, they must also make future
investors aware of Endicott’s assets.
There is no time like the present to market what
our vibrant community has to offer.
Cynthia Totolis is an Endicott resident.
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Climate change activists aren’t
alarmists; they’re alarmed
YOUR OPINION
ALBERT TRICOMI
On the weekend of
Sept. 16 , in the aftermath
of the two most fearsome
hurricanes in our time,
the Press’s editorial
board presented a tepid
recommendation, “Harvey, Irma, global
warming: We have to talk.” The set-up
for this editorial was the commentaries
of two climate change skeptics, John
Stossel, conservative columnist, and
Myron Ebell, Exxon-supported director
at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Strategically, both articles charac-
terize as “alarmist” the widespread
interpretation that these events are
best explained by the phenomenon of
“climate change.” They both call the
climate change model “exploitive”
because it sounds an alarm about an
ominously changing global climate
instead of calmly accepting such hurri-
canes as extreme swings within normal
weather patterns.
Here then is a case where the char-
acter of hurricanes Harvey and Irma is
not contested — neither their horrific
wind speed, nor their enormous mass,
nor their designation as a Category 4 or
5 storm. Only the explanation itself is
contested, for in that explanation lies
the “cause,” and if the cause is human
consumption of carbon-based fossil
fuels, which are heating the atmos-
phere, then we’d actually have to plan,
in fact, manage our fossil fuel con-
sumption instead of letting the free
market do its work .
The big news, however, is that Har-
vey and Irma signal an inflection point
because, whatever the underlying
cause, the sheer fact of these mon-
strous storms and the prospect of simi-
lar hurricanes to come means that
coastal cities will have to spend on
infrastructure. Miami and Miami
Beach will have to defend against the
enormous loss of coast real estate to
flooding. Houston will have to reconsid-
er whether it can continue its largely
unregulated, sprawling home-building
on a flood plain. If we don’t pay atten-
tion to what nature can do in the future,
we’ll have to pay attention to what it
has already done. With eyes open or
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
An approach to the anthem
that shouldn’t offend
One of our most valued freedoms is
that of freedom of expression. A de-
mocracy is a blend of many differences
of opinion. What is right or wrong will
vary at the whim of the ballot box. At
any given time there will be one group’s
treasure viewed by others as something
wrong that needs to be changed.
Using the National Anthem as a
point of expression offends segments
of our country yet it could become a
symbolic expression of the strength
and freedoms American’s cherish.
A thought: Establish the following as
a convention:
To highlight the freedom of expres-
sion we cherish, during the early por-
tion of the National Anthem, allow
those so moved to respectfully express
concern over some aspect of our soci-
ety they feel needs to change.
To highlight their identity and re-
spect as an American, for the last half
of the song have them transition into
the traditional expression of respect for
the totality of our country.
Perhaps this convention can become
a respected symbol of our unity,
strength and values, not an act that
trashes them.
HAL FISCHBECK
ENDWELL
Thanks for another
successful ‘Men Who Cook’
Our 15th Annual Men Who Cook
Amateur Chef Competition is in the
books.
With nearly 500 attendees enjoying
the great music and delicious food pre-
pared by our amateur chefs and local
bakeries, we want to shout out a thank
you for the overwhelming community
support on Sept. 2. We are indebted to
our chefs, judges, sponsors, donors,
attendees and volunteers for making
this the biggest and best Men Who Cook
to date.
We could not continue hosting this
event without the financial support of
Visions Federal Credit Union, Empower
Federal Credit Union, Lachman & Gor-
ton, Davidson Fox & Co., GHS Federal
Credit Union, Levene, Gouldin &
Thompson, Matco Electric, Dr. & Mrs.
Rigotti, Magic 101.7, WBNG, WICZ-40,
Humdingers, and our many business
patrons and partners.
This year we are honored to mark
our 90th year of serving our communi-
ty and with this has come a new head-
quarters on the east side of Bingham-
ton. The move will allow MHAST to
reduce its occupancy cost by more than
Appleton is considering whether to create its own climate change action plan, as outlined in
the Paris Agreement ratified internationally by other countries and by some U.S. cities such as
New York City. AFP/GETTY IMAGES
closed, nature will have its due.
Stossel and Ebell adhere to laissez-
faire market economics. Their wish to
deter government from inserting itself
into the market leads them to interpret
these extraordinarily destructive natu-
ral events in the most normative man-
ner possible. Thus Stossel states, “two
big storms don’t mean much.” Yet nei-
ther apologist confronts the facts that
earth’s great oceans are heating up,
increasing the ferocious energy of
developing hurricanes. At the same
time, the ice caps melt and the seas
rise, creating floods of biblical propor-
tions and crushing government debt.
If science is right, these conditions,
unredressed, will bring about repetition
50 percent, allowing us to invest in our
employees and direct services to our
community members. We have begun a
capital campaign to raise funds to as-
sist with the cost of renovating an exist-
ing structure. If you are interested in
learning more about our capital cam-
paign, please contact us at 607-771-8888.
KEITH W. LEAHEY, MSW
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MENTAL HEALTH
ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER
Uphill battle for those opposed
to gas compressor site
What is the truth? The residents of
Windsor and Forest Lake Pa. have re-
cently told what it is like to live next
door or down the road from a large
compressor station built by a large gas
company.
They have stated that it has ruined
the quality of life in their areas due to
the constant noise and truck traffic .
Residents of both of these communities
have warned Town of Fenton residents
not to allow a 12 unit compressor sta-
tion to be built in the residential area
that has been proposed. These ordinary
citizens have no reason to lie and have
not been forced to come forward.
There has been a campaign by thou-
sands of Fenton residents to try to get
this facility stopped from being built 1/4
mile from an elementary school, next to
the greatly used Port Dickinson Park
and adjacent to the Chenango River.
The DEC and FEMA should also be
concerned about the Chenango River,
wetlands and the fact that this site was
underwater back in 2011. Residents still
wonder what the real reason driving
such a project is because a town gov-
ernment is not listening to the very
people who put them in office.
Instead the residents need to combat
their own government along with a big
gas company — NG Advantage — using
much time, effort and money. Is this
fair? The majority of residents do sup-
port natural gas and job creation, but
this is not a safe place for such a facil-
ity and it needs to be moved.
Residents of Fenton and neighboring
communities need to contact their
elected officials and tell them exactly
how they feel.
KURT MOHNEY
BINGHAMTON
Is the proposed tax cut
really worth it?
As a Binghamton resident, I appreci-
ate that the mayor has proposed a very
slight reduction in my taxes. To be
honest, I also fear that this is a short-
sighted, election year action which does
and intensification of all these tenden-
cies. Since Stossel and Ebell’s com-
mentaries appeared, the Caribbean
has produced still a third blockbuster
hurricane, Maria, which has devas-
tated Puerto Rico. And, predictably,
there will be more.
Let Stossel and Ebell call climate-
change activists “alarmists,” but a
fitter description of them is
“alarmed,” in the sense that they
sound the alarm, alerting the people to
a clear and present danger, more like
Paul Revere crying out to his compa-
triots, “To arms! To arms! Global
warming is coming!”
ALBERT TRICOMI
VESTAL
not take the challenges facing our city
into account.
We have serious infrastructure
problems. Escalating health care costs
could once again put the city in a bind.
Pension costs are unpredictable. We
must always be worried about flood-
ing and, after last winter’s record
snow storm and a response that high-
lighted a lack of preparedness, we
clearly need to spend more on heavy
equipment and supplies so workers
may better tackle winter storms.
When we plan budgets in our
households, we use our money wisely
to make long-term, necessary im-
provements to our homes. We don’t
waste it or give it away just because
we can. It concerns me to think that
this is what Mayor David is doing with
our tax dollars and city finances. I
would much rather let Binghamton
keep my $42 a year to make necessary
investments to improve and protect
our city. Mayor David has a duty and
responsibility to ensure the financial
health of our city for the long-term.
MARGHERITA A. ROSSI
BINGHAMTON
Costly tax programs
need another look
Regarding the Sept. 21 story, “GOV-
ERNMENT GOUGING: Many taxes,
fees in New York not apparent, some
hidden,” a 2015 study by the New York
Affordable Reliable Electricity Alli-
ance documented that 25 percent of
the typical electricity bill is for taxes
and government fees.
Albany should take a holistic look
at electricity taxes in order rescind
and cut many of them back so that all
New Yorkers get a break from these
costly programs.
One program that clearly benefits
New Yorkers, however, is the zero-
emissions credit (ZEC) program that
the Public Service Commission put
into effect in 2016. The program rec-
ognizes the economic and environ-
mental benefits of the state’s upstate
nuclear power plants.
While it raises the cost of a typical
bill by 1 percent or so, it provides $2
billion in annual net economic bene-
fits to all of New York by preserving
thousands of good paying, middle-
class jobs which support families and
communities. New Yorkers would be
paying more in taxes and for a less
clean environment, without the ZEC.
PAUL STEIDLER
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, NEW YORK
AFFORDABLE RELIABLE ELECTRICITY ALLIANCE
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Forum to
discuss aging
in Broome
YOUR OPINION
CHRIS ROUNDS
How can we, work-
ing together, create a
welcoming community
for retired people in
Broome County?
I explored this ques-
tion in a series of opinion pieces a
couple of years ago. Since then a
small group of us have been meeting
to explore that issue. This fall, Ly-
ceum will offer an evening course:
“Aging and Community.” We’ll meet
on the fourth Tuesday of each month
from 7-9 p.m. at WSKG.
In those earlier essays I argued
that Binghamton and Broome County
offer a terrific setting for retirement
and aging. Housing is relatively cheap
and of excellent quality. In both urban
and rural settings, Broome County
offers prospective retirees access to
parks and walkable neighborhoods.
With a national climate that seems to
have gone haywire, ours is relatively
mild. Our cultural and recreational
resources are rich and varied … from
hiking and biking to opera and thea-
tre. Our community has so much to
recommend it to those looking for an
affordable place to retire and age.
And yet, there is a great deal more
that we could be doing to improve the
quality of life for our aging population
and to attract those seeking a retire-
ment haven. That’s what our group
will be exploring. We’ll begin by shar-
ing the experiences we’ve had in re-
tirement and the frustrations we face.
We’ll invite experts to join us for the
first hour of some two-hour meetings,
picking their brains and considering
their recommendations. We’ll reach
out to community leaders, encourag-
ing them, as they plan for the future,
to keep the needs of this growing
segment of their population in mind.
Our small group has identified a
series of themes that we’d like to ex-
plore in greater depth. One is housing.
Should we be aiming to stay put until
the end or look to alternative arrange-
ments like co-housing, retirement
communities or the like? What
choices are available now, and what
new options might we consider? A
second issue is transportation. We’re
all wedded to our cars, yet we know
that we are bound to become more
dependent on public transportation or
shared driving. How can we make
that work without breaking the bank?
A third major theme is health care,
especially as it relates to the last
years of a person’s life. How can we
keep members of our community safe
while maximizing their independence
and freedom of movement?
We do not have answers for these
questions, but we believe that, as a
learning community, we can find them
together. We know that our communi-
ty already enjoys a wealth of re-
sources and expertise to help us
through the challenging transitions
ahead. And we know that people in
other communities are experimenting
and learning on the way to creating
resilient communities in which to age.
Lyceum calls itself a “Life Long
Learning” organization. Come and
learn with us. Call Lyceum at 777-2587
and Google search “Binghamton Ly-
ceum.” You can also contact me:
chrisrounds45@gmail.com.
Rounds is a Johnson City resident.
Tax
Continued from Page 13A
stronger, fairer economy for all.
From day one, I have fought
against the elimination of the federal
deduction for state and local taxes
(SALT), and will work to ensure the
deduction is included in the final bill.
Currently, 30 percent of taxpayers
nationwide, and 62,530 in the 22nd Dis-
trict, claim this deduction making it
one of the most widely used in the
country. Until New York completely
overhauls its tax code, eliminating the
SALT deduction will strip primarily
middle- and low-income New Yorkers
of their only real tax relief. Addition-
ally, to provide the first significant
relief for Upstate property taxpayers
in a generation, I also championed the
Collins-Faso amendment.
The last president to tackle major
tax reform, Ronald Reagan, wisely
said, “You can’t be for big govern-
ment, big taxes, and big bureaucracy
and still be for the little guy.” It’s time
to stand up for the little guy and put
the taxpayers first. Now is our chance
to deliver real results, reform the tax
code and give everyone a fair shot to
achieve the American Dream. Hard-
working Americans deserve nothing
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
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NY officer’s death intensifies
scrutiny of herbal supplement
MARY ESCH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALBANY - Matt Dana was known
around the Adirondack Mountain town
where he grew up as a
promising young police
sergeant who worked
hard to root out narcotics
dealers. So it came as a
shock to friends and co-
workers when he died sud-
Matthew denly this summer and an
Dana autopsy attributed it to an
overdose.
It wasn’t from drugs, but from kra-
tom, an herbal supplement sold online
and in convenience stores, gas stations
and smoke shops.
“It was the talk of the town. People
were upset it was reported as an over-
dose,” said Paul Maroun, mayor of Tup-
per Lake in the central Adirondacks 110
miles northwest of Albany. “It’s not an il-
legal drug.”
Made from the leaf of a Southeast
Asian plant, kratom is touted as an ener-
gizer, potent pain reliever, and tool to
wean people with addictions off heroin
and other opioids. It’s also increasingly
used recreationally, with users describ-
ing it as stimulating like coffee at low
doses, and producing a sense of relax-
ation and mild euphoria at higher doses.
Dana’s death has resonated far be-
yond Tupper Lake, striking fear among
kratom advocates that it could be cited in
an ongoing federal review to get it
banned nationwide.
Six states already ban kratom, and the
federal Drug Enforcement Agency pro-
posed a ban last year, citing 15 previous
deaths from 2014 to 2016. But that pro-
posal was withdrawn after public oppo-
sition, including a letter signed by 62
members of Congress and a protest at
the White House organized by the Amer-
ican Kratom Association.
The DEA will decide whether to pro-
ceed with a ban after the Food and Drug
Administration completes an analysis of
the supplement. The FDA said there is no
specific timetable. Previously, the FDA
has warned consumers that kratom can
cause adverse health effects, including
severe withdrawal symptoms.
“This is very personal to a lot of
folks,” said Pete Candland, executive di-
rector of the American Kratom Associa-
An upstate New York coroner’s classification of a young police sergeant’s death as a kratom
overdose has sparked controversy among advocates of the herbal supplement who fear it
could fuel efforts to ban it. MARY ESCH/AP
tion, founded in 2014 to advocate for full
consumer access to the herb. “There are
so many people who feel kratom has lit-
erally saved their lives, whether it’s get-
ting them off an opioid addiction, reliev-
ing pain or helping with overall health
and well-being.”
Why the 27-year-old Dana was using
kratom is not clear. His obituary noted
that in addition to enjoying hunting and
fishing, Dana had been a bodybuilder.
YouTube videos by bodybuilders advo-
cate using kratom to increase energy
and “push through the pain.”
Advocates of kratom dispute the cor-
oner’s finding that it caused Dana’s death
from hemorrhagic pulmonary edema,
when there is blood and other fluid in the
lungs. The kratom association contends
other factors were at work in the 15 pre-
vious deaths cited by the DEA, and it has
requested the coroner’s report in Dana’s
case to have it reviewed by toxicologists.
Franklin County Coroner Shawn Stu-
art said that the only substance in Dana’s
system was a high level of kratom and
that his only physical ailment was the
edema. Stuart said Dana had been mak-
ing the powdered Red Vein Maeng Da
strain of kratom into a paste and eating
it.
Because kratom is classified as a di-
etary supplement, not a drug, it has not
been subjected to clinical trials docu-
menting health effects. But the FDA
urges health care professionals and
consumers to report any adverse ef-
fects to its online MedWatch program.
A 2014 alert from the FDA warned the
supplement could lead to respiratory
depression, vomiting, nervousness,
weight loss and constipation. And it not-
ed withdrawal symptoms may include
hostility and aggression.
Pulmonary edema wasn’t listed as
an adverse effect.
Whatever the cause, Dana’s death is
still being mourned as a loss to Tupper
Lake. High School Principal Russ Bart-
lett said he was the rare kid who comes
back to the tiny community after col-
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Pa. man
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
SCRANTON, Pa. - A Pennsylvania
man who acknowledged he was driving
drunk before a wrong-way crash that
killed five people apologized to the vic-
tims’ families before he was sentenced
to 18 to 36 years in prison.
Thirty-year-old Gennadiy Mananni-
kov, of Lake Ariel, was sentenced Fri-
day. He pleaded guilty in July to five
counts of homicide by vehicle while
driving under the influence in the Janu-
ary 2016 crash.
Before sentencing, he said poor
judgment put him behind the wheel.
“I’m not a bad person,” Manannikov
said. “I made a bad choice that night.”
State police said Manannikov drove
the wrong way on Interstate 81 in north-
east Pennsylvania for about 7 miles be-
fore colliding head-on with another ve-
hicle. Vinodchandra Patel, 68; Komal
Vyas, 30; and Shilpaben Patel, 29, were
pronounced dead at the scene. Bha-
veshkumar Patel, 42, died about a week
later. Also killed was a passenger in
Manannikov’s car, 32-year-old Ashley
Wheeler.
“I don’t think we’ve ever seen such a
tragedy,” Lackawanna County District
Attorney Shane Scanlon said.
He said the defendant had been
drinking at a restaurant and his blood-
alcohol content was nearly twice the le-
gal limit for driving.
Manannikov said he would change
places with any of the victims if he
could, a sentiment that his attorney
said he has expressed repeatedly. De-
fense attorney Terry McDonald said
his client took responsibility to spare
the victims’ families more pain. Mc-
Donald said his client has had insomnia
and struggles to forgive himself.
Judge Margaret Bisignani Moyle
said she believes Manannikov is re-
morseful and urged him to speak out
against intoxicated driving.
“You’re a 30-year-old man, and you
have to live for the rest of your life with
the horror of your actions,” Moyle said.
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the defendant a “sociopathic maniac”
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Location: Nicholtown community in Greenville, South
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Darian Blue said he would be Carolina
walking through Winn-Dixie grocery stores in 1980s Age: 37
Florida and his great-grandmother, born in 1908, would
suddenly pull him behind her. Profession: Minister and executive director of the Phillis
She’d tug at him and tell him to look down at the Wheatley Center
ground whenever a white person passed in an aisle. Mission: To bring his neighborhood out of poverty
“The years I spent with her, I was seeing the world
from her lens,” said Blue, now a reverend at Nichol-
town Missionary Baptist Church and the executive di-
rector of the Phillis Wheatley Center in Greenville. Darian Blue, a pastor at Nicholtown Missionary Baptist Church
“This went on through the ’80s and ’90s,” he said. “I and executive director of the Phillis Wheatley Center in
don’t think she ever felt the type of equality she hoped Greenville, S.C., is fighting poverty. JOSH MORGAN/USA TODAY
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Blue, 37, said people like his great-grandmother
went to the grave with racial scars so deep that they
struggled to recognize the changes he saw while grow-
ing up. Q&A WITH DARIAN BLUE
He sees similar scars in Greenville’s Nicholtown
neighborhood, where he moved five years ago to run What does it mean to you to be an American? minds, but they’re just diamonds in the rough. They
the Wheatley Center, a nonprofit that has been led by My great-grandma raised me. She was born in a time need someone to reach down and pick them up.
African Americans for nearly 100 years. that these United States were very segregated. See-
Poverty, Blue said, is the main problem in Nichol- ing the world from her lens was somewhat hard, What gives you hope or concerns you?
town, Greenville’s first black neighborhood estab- because for her, looking a white person in the face The rhetoric I hear now from the government, that
lished just before the Civil War. The community is was dangerous. You had to address all white people really concerns me. We see a spike in these hate
about 1.5 miles from the booming downtown business by “yes, sir” or “yes, ma’am.” Growing up, I didn’t groups ... and it’s just, at one point I thought we were
district. understand that because I felt like ... everyone was getting better, but we’re kind of going backwards, so
Blue expects downtown growth to push many long- equal, and I really didn’t understand racism at that that concerns me what I hear. ... I think white Amer-
time residents out of the neighborhood. To help them, point. I am passing on to my kids that the only time ica has to stand up against white America. I tell all
he is working with developers so they’ll get to know the you hold your head down is when you pray, when you my friends, if you say you’re really passionate and
homeowners. The hope is that developers can talk with pray to God out of reverence because there’s no one your heart is there, then you have a conversation
homeowners and leverage their stories into bigger human being greater than another. So when we pray, with that racist family member, that racist co-work-
sales, meaning more money for those who are being we bow our head in reverence to God. er. This is a battle for white America. White America
priced out of the neighborhood. has to heal white America. Black America can’t heal
But Blue and others also are working to keep people What moment touched and motivated you to white America. Hispanic America can’t heal white
in Nicholtown. launch this effort? America.
The Wheatley Center is undergoing renovations to So poverty is what I hate. Poverty is what led me and
add a cooking school, which Blue hopes will train a gen- still guides me to this day to put forth the effort and What do you hope to accomplish through your
eration of people to work at restaurants before owning make sure everybody has a good living. I’ve been in efforts?
their own. poverty. I know what it smells like. What it tastes Social justice, for one. Two is economic empower-
Blue is troubled that he still has to have tough con- like. ... If more people would open their eyes and ment. And I want to see education for minorities
versations about race with his children. He said the so- wouldn’t turn a blind eye to poverty, what we’ll see is skyrocket through the roof. There’s a direct correla-
lution for racial tension in society is found through that America can be better because there are great tion between education and economics.
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US faces off with
itself in gay skydiver
discrimination case
LARRY NEUMEISTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Before he died in a
wingsuit accident in Switzerland three
years ago, daredevil Donald Zarda filed
a lawsuit claiming he had been fired
from a skydiving instruction job after
telling a client he was gay.
Now, a federal appeals court in New
York is trying to decide whether U.S. an-
ti-discrimination law protects employ-
ees from being fired due to sexual ori-
entation.
One U.S. government agency, the
Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission, says, “Yes, it does.”
Another, the Department of Justice,
says, “No, it doesn’t.”
The rare face-off between two exec-
utive branch entities played out Tuesday
before an equally rare assembly of 13
judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals.
For about two hours, the judges pep-
pered the lawyers with questions about
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,
which bars employment discrimination
on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex
or national origin.”
Most federal appeals courts in the
past have ruled that “sex” means biologi-
cal gender, not sexual orientation. But a
federal appeals court in Chicago ruled
earlier this year that sexual orientation
was also covered by the law.
The case was brought after Zarda was
fired in 2010 from a skydiving job in Cen-
tral Islip, N.Y., that required him to strap
himself tightly to clients so they could
jump in tandem from an airplane.
In an attempt to put one female stu-
dent at ease about the physical contact,
he told her not to worry; he was gay.
“He was proud of being gay and in the
male workplace of the skydiving com-
munity. Jokes were often made that loos-
ened the tension of the experience and
jokes were often sexual,” said attorney
Greg Antollino, an attorney for Zarda’s
estate.
The school fired Zarda after the wom-
an’s boyfriend called to complain about
his behavior.
Zarda’s lawsuit was initially rejected
by a federal judge in Central Islip. A
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Title VII of the act does not cover sexu-
al orientation.
The full 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals then took the rare step of
agreeing to rehear the case as a group,
a step they usually take less than once a
year.
At the oral argument in the case
Tuesday, the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission and Justice De-
partment argued opposite sides of the Abbott Laboratories’ glucose monitoring device can be waved over a sensor worn on the arm
issue. to track blood sugar levels over time. ABBOTT LABORATORIES VIA AP
“You know we love to hear from the
federal government, but it’s a little
awkward for us to have the federal
government on both sides of this case,”
Circuit Judge Rosemary S. Pooler said.
A deputy assistant attorney general
FDA OKs continuous
with the Justice Department, Hashim
M. Mooppan, said the language of Title
VII makes it clear that it does not cover
sexual orientation.
blood sugar monitor
Circuit Judge Denny Chin ques- LINDA A. JOHNSON calibrate them and may get inaccurate
tioned whether court rulings made on ASSOCIATED PRESS readings, said Dr. Timothy Bailey, who
the issue over the last half century helped test FreeStyle Libre.
should be re-evaluated. U.S. regulators have approved the “We’re able to lower blood sugar safe-
“The landscape changes in terms of first continuous blood sugar monitor ly” with this technology, said Bailey, di-
the law, right? Marriage is different for diabetics that doesn’t need backup rector of the Advanced Metabolic Care
now,” Chin said. “Why can’t the same finger-stick tests. and Research Institute in California. He
be said about sexual orientation?” Current models require users to test receives consulting fees from various di-
Mooppan said Congress has the au- a drop of blood twice daily to calibrate, abetes device makers.
thority and could alter the law to in- or adjust, the monitor. The pain of fin- Too-high blood sugar levels can dam-
clude sexual orientation if it chose to ger sticks and the cost of testing sup- age organs and lead to heart attacks,
make the change. At one point, he noted plies discourage many people from strokes, blindness and amputations.
the wide latitude employers have to keeping close tabs on their blood sugar, Very low blood sugar can cause seizures,
control the sexual behavior of their em- which diabetics need to manage insulin confusion and loss of consciousness.
ployees. use and adjust what they eat. Abbott’s device was approved for
“They’re allowed to say if you cheat Abbott’s new FreeStyle Libre Flash adults with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and
on your spouse, you’re fired. They’re Glucose Monitoring System, approved should be available in pharmacies within
allowed to say if you’re promiscuous, Wednesday by the Food and Drug Ad- months. The company, based near Chi-
you’re fired. None of that is covered by ministration, uses a small sensor at- cago, did not disclose the price of the
Title VII,” he said. tached to the upper arm. Patients wave reader or the sensors.
Zarda was 44 when he died. a reader device over it to see the cur- Abbott’s system can’t be used with an
Bill Moore, a longtime partner of rent blood sugar level and changes insulin pump, a device worn against the
Zarda who is pursuing the lawsuit over the past eight hours. skin that allows users to inject insulin as
along with Zarda’s sister, said in a tele- Most of the 30 million Americans needed, but the company is planning im-
phone interview from his Dallas home with diabetes use standard glucose me- provements to eventually enable that.
that Zarda “would be shocked” that the ters, which require multiple finger Rival Medtronic this spring launched
lawsuit had gone so far since he was sticks each day and only show current a device in which the insulin pump auto-
seeking something “very small” to sugar level. More-accurate continuous matically responds to blood sugar
compensate him for lost wages. glucose monitoring devices are used by changes recorded by the sensor and ei-
A ruling is not expected for some about 345,000 Americans. ther withholds or injects insulin as need-
time. But most don’t do the finger sticks to ed.
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HOROSCOPE
Aries (March 21-April 19).
You’ve been more ambitious in
different stages of your life,
but right now you hardly
know what to want. Every-
thing comes with its own
challenges and life-altering
properties. Maybe it’s OK to
want nothing for a while.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). The
problem of the day will be a
common one, yet it’s still an
opportunity for you to meet
with uncommonly good help
and support. You’ll magically
find assistance that’s the best
fit for you.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Part
of learning a lesson is deciding
how you will handle similar
circumstances in the future.
You may not do exactly as you
decide, but look forward to
the test. You’re homing in on
the new you.
Cancer (June 22-July 22).
There’s something you want to
forget, but it’s not going to go
away by your just willing it so.
Instead, you need a replace-
ment thought or action to
gravitate toward. That will
start the change.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Young
children tend to react to
events as though each state of
things were the only way they
will be forevermore. Of course,
every state is temporary.
Knowing this is one way to get
past it with more grace.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It is
foolish to make decisions
based solely on logic and
intellect. Feelings have real-
world effects that are often
more impactful than any
intellectual reality.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The
tendency to ruminate on an
idea may very well be related
to biochemistry and not in any
way indicative of the actual
importance, relevance or
soundness of the idea.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Someone loves you deeply.
Remembering this will make
you feel braver, but experi-
encing it in real time will make
you feel more powerful.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
The internet is filled with
wonders and horrors, often on
the same page. Because you
can’t unsee what you’ve seen,
it’s more important than ever
(on a wild and wide-open kind
of day like today) that you
virtually play it safe.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
The psychic rules apply the
same as the rules of the phys-
ical world do. If you lean
toward things you don’t have,
you’ll topple. The way to
attainment is to stand straight,
open your arms and invite life
in.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
You’re so creative that it’s easy
for you to construct your
fantasy life. But instead of
looking wistfully into the
future, make now special by
BOBBY WOLFF ON BRIDGE honoring all you have.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). If
Q: I have been trying hearts. Should I rebid You have to guess wheth- the other person leaves, hangs
to learn New Minor Forc- two spades, introduce er to pass, drive to game up or in any way ends the
ing and thought the bid- my clubs, gamble on or rebid two no-trump, interaction before you give
ding problem presented no-trump or raise which is correct on val- the signals, don’t take offense
today (after I opened one hearts? ues but an unappetizing — nor take chase. It’s a test of
club and heard one spade A: You set a tough choice with 5-5 shape. I your confidence. Stand strong
and you’ll be impressive.
from my partner) was problem here. Rebidding would prefer to use Stay- Today’s birthday (Oct. 1).
perfect for a two-dia- the spades without extra man and rebid two Your kindness will be repaid
mond bid to show three length seems unattrac- spades, which for me immediately by the feeling of
spades and game-going tive, and three clubs suggests an unbalanced goodness inside you, and then
values. How am I miss- shows real extras. What hand with invitational later there will be an interest
ing the point of the con- does that leave? The call values and five spades. payment you can use to cover
vention? of two no-trump, which Q: With ♠ Q-J-8-2, ♥ 3, future acts of generosity. A
A: A little learning at least protects your ♦ A-Q-10, ♣ K-Q-9-4-2, I bonus in November: an award
can be a dangerous diamond king, seems too assume you would open or the sale of something you’ll
hardly miss. Romantic impulses
thing. New Minor is very much of a gamble. Given one club, planning to send you on a journey in
useful, but one must that partner is a passed rebid one spade. If your January.
distinguish two se- hand, though, I am sure partner responds one
quences, after your side,
for example, bids un-
I’d leave well enough
alone and pass out two
heart and the next hand
overcalls one spade, Scrabble Answer
opposed: one club — one
spade. If opener bids one
hearts.
Q: How would you bid
would you pass, rebid
one no-trump or rebid Jumble Answer
no-trump and responder with ♠ Q-J-9-6-2, ♥ 2, ♦ clubs?
rebids two diamonds, K-J-7-5-4, ♣ J-2, opposite A: You should not
this is New Minor to a strong no-trump, as- rebid one no-trump with
show values and ask suming that Stayman, an unbalanced hand. The
about spade support. Jacoby and Texas Trans- last thing you want to do
Q: When I held ♠ A- fers are all in your tool- is to encourage partner
Q-7-5-3, ♥ Q-4, ♦ K, ♣ box? to repeat his hearts —
Q-10-4-3-2, I opened one A: There is no easy unless he wants to. So the
spade in third seat. The way to consult partner if choice is to rebid clubs
next seat overcalled two you transfer to spades or pass.
diamonds, and my part- and hear your partner
ner joined in with two complete the transfer.

Crossword Answer
Weathervanes had many shapes and sizes
TERRY AND KIM KOVEL
The recent floods in
Houston and the hurri-
cane in Florida show how
important weather, rain
and wind are to everyday
life now and in the dis-
tant past. Weathervanes
told the direction of the
wind and aided in fore-
casting the weather. The
earliest known weather-
vane was used as early as
48 B.C. in Greece. It was
in the shape of a god: half
man, half fish. The first
American weathervane
was used in Albany, N.Y
in 1656. The best-known
early weathervane is the favored design was a remembered American
rooster put on a Boston reminder of a popular Girl as a horse who tried
building in 1742. During sport, the race horse. It her best in every race.
the mid-1700s, makers took $18,150 to buy this Q: When did Judith
created weathervanes in Fiske & Co. ”American Leiber start making her
many shapes, including a Girl” horse and sulky jeweled purses? I have
Native American, ban- molded copper weather- my mother’s purse,
ner, rooster and even a vane at a James Julia which looks like a pile of
dove of peace for Presi- auction. Like many books. Is it valuable?
dent Washington’s home weathervanes, it has a A: Judith Leiber
in Mt. Vernon. bullet hole made when purses were first made in
By the 1800s, weather- someone used it for tar- 1963. She sold the compa-
vanes were featured on get practice. The weath- ny and the name in 1993,
many roofs as decora- ervane honored a famous but she continued design-
tions as well as useful racehorse who raced ing until 2004. Her jew-
additions. The Goddess from1868 to 1875. She eled handbags in great
Liberty and the Amer- died in the middle of an condition sell for hun-
ican eagle were new important race. The race- dreds of dollars. The pile
designs celebrating the track built a statue of the of books purse has sold
new country. But another horse, and the country for $700.
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How to use tech to get a good night’s rest

PERSONAL TECH cially when used in a way is up? Or how that reports. age sleep.
KIM KOMANDO thoughtful and methodi- digital compass can point Another is the Sleep » Fitness watches:
cal way. Here’s some tech west? That’s all your ac- Time app, which uses a Sign up for any race, and
Most of haves at night. including apps, trackers, celerometer, and it can similar cycle-based you’ll find hundreds of
us know There is an entire gadgets, and special also determine whether alarm. Sleep Time also runners synchronizing
about “cir- branch of medical sci- smart mattresses that your body is moving has a catalog of “sound- their fitness watches.
cadian ence, called polysomnog- may help you catch more around. The app gathers scapes,” which replicate But they’re not just for
rhythms” raphy, that helps diagnose Z’s. data based on your move- the noise of a natural en- athletes: Millions of reg-
and the sleep disorders, and it’s » Sleep apps: Sleep ments and gives you a re- vironment, like a beach ular people are investing
“sleep cycle.” We have a hard to say whether a free apps are handy because port at the end of each cy- or a rainforest, helping in high-tech watches to
basic idea of REM, and app can rival a specialist’s you can download a sleep cle. you to fall asleep as well help them track their
know it’s not best to wake advice. As researchers at app onto your smart- Perhaps the most help- as wake up. steps, monitor their
up during a “deep sleep.” the University of Wash- phone. No need for extra ful feature is the alarm Soundscapes can be heart rates, and improve
But all of this was aca- ington wrote in a report hardware. Sleep apps use clock. Just set a window of helpful for people with their sleep patterns.
demic. It’s not like you can entitled, “Consumer Sleep your phone’s “accelerom- time that you want to insomnia. Some people There are lots of ad-
watch yourself sleep. Technologies: A Review of eter” to figure out what wake up, and the app will live in noisy buildings or vantages to fitness
Alarm clocks have always the Landscape” put it: your body is doing. You determine when you’ve neighborhoods, and they watches: A wristwatch
been set for a certain “These technologies have place the phone near your entered your “lightest” need an auditory alter- feels very natural on
time, and that time has the potential to both im- body in bed. The phone sleep. Unlike an old radio native to all those honk- your body, so you don’t
nothing to do with how prove and impair collec- will detect when you toss clock, the alarm tones are ing horns and slamming have to share a bed with
deeply you’re snoozing. tive and individual sleep and turn, and it will make gentle and soothing, draw- doors. The Relax Melo- your phone. If you’re ac-
A wave of technology is health depending on the an educated guess about ing you effortlessly from dies app offers a range tive, you’re already
helping everyday people method of implementa- what sleep stage you’re in. your dreams. of subtle sounds, such as downloading your data
understand their uncon- tion.” In other words, the How does it work? The A popular option is the music, ambient noise, or so you can add your
scious lives. Thanks to so- jury is still out. accelerometer is a device Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock, “meditation sessions.” sleep report along with
phisticated apps, watches, Still, many people be- inside your phone that de- because of its sensitive All of these soundscapes miles run and calories
and even mattresses, you lieve that the right tech- tects which way it’s ori- movement detection, its are designed to put the burned.
can independently adjust nology can positively af- ented. Ever wonder how range of low-key alarms, listener in a restful The market is sat-
the way your body be- fect sleep patterns, espe- your phone knows which and its easy-to-read sleep mood and even encour- urated in fitness
watches, but the two
dominant brands happen
to make sleep tracking
easy: Fitbit is still the
best-known name,
thanks to its early devel-
opment and sleek de-
signs. Like a phone app
or high-quality sleep
monitor, Fitbit detects
your movements while
you sleep.
Curiously, Apple
Watch doesn’t have a
sleep-tracker built into
the device, but you can
download the app of
your choice from the
iTunes store.
» Sleep trackers:
Sleep trackers are ev-
erywhere ,and they
come in a range of de-
signs: Some are panels
that you stick under
your bed. Others are
bracelets, sculptures,
and even a glowing
sphere. Unlike your
phone, the trackers are
specifically designed to
study your sleep pat-
terns, and as unobtru-
sively as possible.
Each device uses “ac-
tigraphy” to document
your physical move-
ments during the night.
For example, the Beddit
Sleep Monitor is a long
white strap that you can
fasten to your bed-
sheets.
» Smart beds: The
idea of a smart bed may
seem like science fic-
tion. If you’re willing to
spend the extra money,
these high-tech mat-
tresses can change their
firmness based on your
physical needs.
The leading brand is
Sleep Number, whose
mattresses are famous
for changing their firm-
ness. Sleep Number uses
a matrix of smaller
pockets, which inflate
and deflate as the night
wears on.

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PHILADELPHIA - Xavier Totti
moved to the mainland United States
from his native Puerto Rico 43 years ago.
He is still asked routinely if he is “legal,”
and when he mails packages to relatives
back home, he has to fill out an interna-
tional form.
So, the 65-year-old anthropologist was
not surprised by a Morning Consult-New
York Times poll that showed more than
half of Americans don’t realize that
Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory — and that
its residents are U.S. citizens.
“By now, it’s sort of comical, but it
makes me feel second-class, like you
don’t belong,” said Totti, who lives in
New York City.
Many Puerto Ricans share that view
— a sentiment reinforced by what critics
say has been a slow federal response to
the humanitarian crisis that descended
on Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
devastated the island.
“The response from Congress … has
been almost as if Puerto Rico did not ex-
ist,” said Jose Cruz, a political scientist at
the University at Albany-State Univer-
sity of New York. His mother and sister
live on the island.
President Donald Trump’s response
“has been inadequate,” Cruz said. “He
should have been there last week. Puerto
Rico is not a priority.”
As if to bolster that assessment,
Trump fired an early-morning Twitter
barrage Saturday against San Juan May-
or Carmen Yulin Cruz, who had accused
the administration Friday of “killing us
with the inefficiency” since the storm.
“Such poor leadership ability by the
Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto
Rico, who are not able to get their work-
ers to help,” Trump wrote in a series of
tweets from his golf club in New Jersey.
“They want everything to be done for
them when it should be a community ef-
fort.”
Critics seized, in particular, on his use
of the word “them.” A photograph of the
mayor, chest-deep in fetid water as she
used a bullhorn to call out to victims, was
all over social media — as were images
of Trump hitting golf balls.
“She has been working 24/7,” tweeted
“Hamilton” star and creator Lin-Manuel
Miranda, who is of Puerto Rican descent.
“You have been GOLFING. You’re going
straight to hell.”
For her part, the mayor tweeted back
photos of herself talking with rescue
workers, wading through floodwaters
and comforting an elderly woman.
“The goal is one: saving lives,” Mayor
Cruz wrote. “This is the time to show our
‘true colors.’ We cannot be distracted by
anything else.”
The president is slated to visit the is-
land on Tuesday. On Friday, Trump
pledged to help Puerto Ricans in the re-
covery, saying the island “is totally un-
able” to handle the catastrophe and add-
ing that things are going “as you know,
really well.”
“We’ve made tremendous strides,”
Trump said. “We have to rebuild. If you
look at it, the electric is gone, roads are
gone, telecommunications is gone. The
real question is what is going to happen
later.”
Trump announced the visit after be-
ing criticized for going days without
tweeting about the Puerto Rican crisis.
When he did mention it on Monday, he re-
ferred to the island’s “broken infrastruc-
ture & massive debt,” its old electrical
grid being “in terrible shape” and “bil-
lions of dollars owed to Wall Street and
the banks which, sadly, must be dealt
with.”
Rep. Nydia Velazquez, a New York
Democrat who was born in Puerto Rico,
said earlier this week that she was “of-
fended and insulted” by Trump’s tweet.
She and other members drew parallels
Airmen with
the
Connecticut
Air National
Guard’s
103rd Airlift
Wing secure
the cargo
bay as they
prepare to
depart for
Puerto Rico
with one of
the unit’s
C-130H cargo
aircraft
Friday in
East Granby,
Conn. SEAN D.
ELLIOT/THE DAY
VIA AP
between the federal government’s re-
sponses to Maria and Hurricane Katrina
in New Orleans in 2005.
“This is Katrina 2017. Let there be no
misunderstanding about that,” Illinois
Democrat Luis Gutierrez said Wednes-
day.
Last week, Trump cleared the way for
more supplies and funds to get into Puer-
to Rico by lifting for 10 days the federal
restrictions on foreign ships delivering
cargo — a period that some Latino mem-
bers of Congress argued should last at
least a year.
Puerto Ricans have been recognized
as U.S. citizens for a century. A majority
of them — roughly 5 million — live in the
United States, while an estimated 3.4
million live on the island. Puerto Ricans
living on the mainland can vote for presi-
dent in the general election every four
years, yet residents of the island cannot,
nor do they have voting representation
in Congress.
Latino members of Congress have
been among the most vocal and outraged
over what they have called a delayed re-
sponse. Eight lawmakers, many of them
Latino, sent a letter to the Department of
Homeland Security, linking Puerto Ri-
co’s current crisis to larger problems
with federal oversight. They urged the
agency to relax shipping restrictions for
a longer period of time, and asked that
Puerto Rico not be held responsible for
sharing recovery costs under normal
federal rules.
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico
on Sept. 20 as a Category 4 storm, the
strongest to hit the island in a century. At
least 16 people have died. Nearly every-
one on the island was left without power
and most are without water.
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in
August 2005, leaving more than 1,800
people dead, and causing damage esti-
mated at more than $175 billion. Then-
President George W. Bush was criticized
for what some saw as a slow federal re-
sponse to the humanitarian crisis in New
Orleans that followed the natural disas-
ter.
Florida Democrat Darren Soto refer-
enced the prior storm in urging Trump to
visit sooner. “Don’t let this be another
Katrina,” the congressman said.
“The people of Puerto Rico are dy-
ing,” Soto said. “They’re out of food.
They’re out of gas. These are American
citizens. They pledge allegiance to our
flag. They pay taxes.”
On Friday, Cruz, the San Juan mayor,
lashed out over Acting Homeland Secu-
rity Secretary Elaine Duke’s comment
declaring the federal response “a good
news story.”
“Damn it, this is not a good news sto-
ry,” Cruz told CNN. “This is a people-are-
dying story.”
On Thursday, White House Press Sec-
retary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said
that Trump is actively monitoring recov-
ery efforts and that the “full weight” of
the federal government is engaged to get
food, water, health care and other re-
sources to people in need.
“Our message to the incredible people
of Puerto Rico is this: The President is
behind you,” Sanders said. “We all are —
the entire country. … We will not let you
down.”
Carmen Febo San Miguel, a doctor in
Philadelphia and executive director of
Taller Puertorriqueno, said she followed
media coverage of hurricanes Harvey,
Irma and Maria over the past month, in-
cluding a telethon for victims of Harvey
that raised millions of dollars, and won-
dered where such efforts were for her
home.
“If Puerto Rico was a state in the Unit-
ed States, the response would be very
different,” said Febo San Miguel, whose
organization uses art to promote devel-
opment within the Philadelphia Latino
community. “We are compatriots. This
situation has brought to the surface in a
very clear way how Puerto Ricans are
treated as not American citizens.”

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Rethinking farming: Program

encourages conservation work
BILL WELLOCK
THE CITIZENS’ VOICE

SHAVERTOWN, Pa. - Andy Zagata

has been farming for decades, so he was
apprehensive about changing the way he
works the land.
An incentive program from the Lu-
zerne Conservation District convinced
the 69-year-old to try something new.
The Luzerne Conservation District
wants more farmers to adopt conserva-
tion practices, and it has $30,000 to help
convince them.
There are a variety of conservation
techniques for farming. This particular
program offers incentives for no-till
planting and planting cover crops. Farm-
ers who adopt the techniques can re-
ceive $50 to $80 per acre planted using
the practices.
Since trying no-till planting and cover
crops through an earlier offering of the
program, Zagata has adopted the meth-
ods on a wider scale.
“It’s a learning curve. We’ve done a
few things wrong to begin with, but as we
go along in the program, our crops are
improving, the soil is becoming easier
and more mellow to work. The ground is Farmer Andy Zagata checks his corn crop on a property in Huntington Twp, Pa., near Shickshinny. The 69-year-old part-time farmer benefited
holding moisture more. Our crops seem from incentives as part of a Luzerne Conservation District conservation farming program. CHRISTOPHER DOLAN/THE CITIZENS’ VOICE VIA AP
to be improving,” he said.
No-till planting is a method of sowing
seeds that avoids plowing and overturn- term financial benefit because they’ll An analysis by the Penn State College out $30,000 or $40,000 on a gamble. We
ing the soil. For example, Zagata uses a have improved soil health and improved of Agricultural Sciences showed that started slow, worked our way into it, and
seed drill that cuts a strip of soil about an production of those croplands.” adoption of these methods is more wide- we’re well satisfied with it.”
inch-and-a-half wide for his corn seed The district has offered the program spread than even farmers themselves He and his son Drew rent about a doz-
and then covers the seed again. before. It’s part of an ongoing effort to reported. That study showed that farm- en farms in the western part of Luzerne
Planting cover crops is planting an ad- improve local waterways, and the ers generally under-reported how much County to grow corn, hay and oats, and
ditional crop in the ground after harvest- streams and rivers they flow into, all the they had used many of the conservation small grains when they’re not working
ing the primary crop. The new plants way to the Chesapeake Bay. techniques that organizations seeking to construction.
keep the soil stable through the fall and Farmers can apply once for specific improve water quality promote, such as Zagata has heard a variety of opinions
sometimes as far as into the next spring acreage. For example, if someone previ- nutrient management plans, dairy ma- about the techniques.
until planting is ready to begin again. ously applied for the program for 20 nure storages, barnyard runoff controls A younger farmer he spoke to has also
“These are highly effective and rela- acres on his or her farm, they can’t apply and stream bank fencing. adopted the practices. Some older fel-
tively low-cost conservation practices again for that land. But the same person Zagata first used no-till planting and lows, he said, still want to plow and till a
that not all farmers have tried. So we’re can apply again for other acreage that cover crops on about 25 or 30 acres. He few fields. And some fields may be well-
trying to provide this incentive and show wasn’t planted with the methods. now uses no-till planting on about 175 suited for plowing. It’s all part of the
them the benefits of these practices, The money for the program origi- acres and cover crops on about 100 acres things a farmer must consider for busi-
with the idea and the hopes that they’ll nates with the federal government, but of those acres. ness.
see enough benefits and they’ll continue comes to the district through the state’s “Everything you do is something new, “It’s almost a field-by-field and farm-
to carry them on without incentives into Chesapeake Bay special projects grant. and when (you) start gambling a lot of by-farm decision. There’s no 100 percent
the future,” said conservation district Farmers have adopted the agricul- money on something new, you’ve got go right way or wrong way to do anything,”
Director Josh Longmore. “Because ture practices the incentive program slow,” Zagata said. “If you’re investing he said. “It’s a personal decision, and it’s
they’ll find that there’s not only a conser- promotes and other management prac- $300 or $400 an acre to plant an acre of also an economic decision, and it’s an en-
vation benefit, but there’s also a long- tices on their own, Longmore said. corn, even on a small scale, you can’t lay vironmental decision.”

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OBITUARIES
Deaths
Marcie Angel, age 65, of Remsenburg , September
22, 2017, Werner Rothwell Funeral Home
Dorothy A. Bastiano, age 93, of Pompano Beach,
FL, September 8, 2017, Coleman & Daniels Funeral
Home, LLC
Glenn E. Bennett, age 90, of Johnson City,
September 28, 2017, Barber Memorial Home, Inc.
Robert Edward “Bob” Briggs, age 88, of East
Athens , September 30, 2017, Lowery Funeral Home
Michael Arthur Chergosky, age 84, of Melbourne ,
September 20, 2017, Ammen Family Cremation and
Funeral Care
Robert F. Clark, Jr. , age 63, of Laurel Springs, NJ,
September 26, 2017, JA McCormack Sons Funeral
Home
Evelyn Cox, age 96, of Chenango Bridge, September
29, 2017, JA McCormack Sons Funeral Home
Dennis H. Davenport, age 62, of Harpursville, NY,
September 28, 2017, Osterhoudt-Madden Funeral
Home
Gordon L. Haight, age 83, of Vestal, September 28,
2017, Aegis Cremation & Funeral Services
Robert D. Hemenway, September 10, 2017
John Hendrickson, age 63, of Susquehanna,
September 29, 2017, Hennessey’s Funeral Home
Gerald “Gerry” Hess, age 88, of Apalachin, New
York, September 27,2017, Estey, Munroe & Fahey
Funeral Home
Danny George Katchuk, age 56, of Endicott ,
September 26, 2017, Savage-DeMarco Funeral
Service
David Paul Kocik, age 56, of Binghamton,
September 15, 2017, Scott Funeral Home
Todd C. Martin, age 39, of Apalachin, September
25, 2017, Thomas J Shea Funeral Home Inc
Donna Joy Edwards McClain, age 60, September
12, 2017, Weaver Funeral Home
Bastiano, Dorothy A.
Dorothy Agnes Bastiano,
passed away peacefully
on September 8, 2017.
She was 93. Dorothy
was predeceased by her
parents, Frank & Grace
Reisert of Maybrook,
NY; her baby sister;
and her husband of 65
years, Richard Anthony
Bastiano, D.D.S. of the Valley Dental Group of
Endicott, NY; Forest Lake, PA; Port St. Lucie, FL;
and Pompano Beach, FL. Dorothy was an avid
golfer and a member of the En-Joie Golf Course for
many years. She was a nurse during World War II
and a world traveler. Dorothy also enjoyed skiing at
Greek Peak, swimming, knitting, and volunteering
at O.L.G.C. School and at local nursing homes.
She was a devote Catholic and the family belonged
to Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish of Endicott.
She is survived by her children; Janice Delles and
husband Ronald, Dr. Richard A. Bastiano and
wife Debi, Anne Marie McGlochlin and husband
Scott, and Nancy Dougan and husband Jeff. She
was cherished by her grandchildren, Kelly Elliott
and husband Dave, Lisa Cohen and husband Shauli,
Andrew and Aaron Bastiano, Dustin McGlochlin,
and Jared McGlochlin and wife Crystal. Dorothy
had several great grandchildren, Ryan, Grace, and
Blake Elliott, Ethan and Victor Bastiano, Kayla and
Corey McGlochlin, and Ya’arah Cohen. The family
wishes to thank, Valrie Collier, her sister, Brenda
McDuffie, and Kiki Kapoukatis for the tender care
our mother received over the past years. A Funeral
Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, October 7, 2017
at 12:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church,
701 W. Main St., Endicott. The Rev. Edward Zandy
will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery,
Friendsville, PA. The family will receive friends at
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church from 11:30 a.m.
until the time of the Mass. In lieu of flowers, please
consider a donation in Dorothy's memory to the
Alzheimer's Association of Southeast Florida, 3323
West Commerce Blvd., Suite 260, Fort Lauderdale,
FL 33309.
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Debrah McGeehin, age 89, of Endwell, September
25, 2017, J F Rice Funeral Home
Frederick Eugene (Gene) Merrall, of Chesapeake,
Virginia , September 27, 2017, Foster Funeral Home
Rob Miller, age 42, of Endicott, September 22,
2017, Grand Strand Funeral Home and Crematory
Norene Robbins, age 87, of Binghamton,
September 28, 2017, DeMunn Funeral Home
Desiree (Desi) Saunders, September 27, 2017, Wm
G Miller and Son Funeral Home Inc
Desiree (Desi) Saunders , of Poughkeepsie ,
September 27,2017, Wm G. Miller Funeral Home
Virginia E. Schuller, age 93, of Windsor, September
07, 2017, Chase & Son Inc
Christopher M. Snyder, age 49, of Afton, March 1,
2017, Osterhoudt-Madden Funeral Home
Patricia Taylor, age 78, of The Villages, FL,
September 24, 2017, All Faiths Cremation Society
Stanley Titcomb, age 86, of Endicott, September
27, 2017, Allen Memorial Home
Ralph J. Vlasak, age 64, of Endwell, September 23,
2017, Leon Pucedo Funeral Home, Inc.
Joyce E. Ward, age 85, September 28, 2017, Allen
Memorial Home
Alta Wilkins, age 91, of Apalachin, September 29,
2017, Allen Memorial Home
Beatrice (Betty) V. Woodmansee (Robinson), age
90, of Johnson City, September 27, 2017, Barber
Memorial Home, Inc.
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Bennett, Glenn E.
90, passed away
peacefully on Thursday,
September 28, 2017.
He is predeceased by
his parents Victor and
Marjorie Bennett; wife
Doris Bennett and loving
dog Sweetie. He is
survived by his devoted
wife Helen; daughter
Cheryl and Luis Castillo; son Curt and Yvonne
Bennett; grandchildren Mike and Jill Castillo,
Karen and Lance McIlvain, Jenny Castillo; 4 great
grandchildren; sisters Audrey Adams and Phyllis
Richards; step daughter Christine Grubham; step
daughter Dennis Grubham; and God-son Douglas
Milks. Glenn was an Air Force Veteran of WWII
where he was an airplane and engine mechanic
which later created a love for airplanes. He would
always stop and look at any airplane flying by and
enjoyed going to airshows. Glenn was a member
in many associations including the American
Legion #758 (Johnson City) for 62 years, the Air
Force Association, the Wings of Eagles to just
name a few. He was a generous and caring man
who loved his family. As the kids were growing up,
you could find him outside playing with them and
being a part of whatever activity they were involved
with. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday
at 12:00pm, noon, at the Barber Memorial Home,
Inc., 428 Main St, Johnson City. Entombment will
be in Riverhurst Cemetery. The family will receive
friends on Monday, from 11:00am until the time of
the service at Barber Memorial Home. In lieu of
flowers, donations can be made in Glenn's memory
to the charity of your choice.
Davenport, Dennis H.
Dennis H. Davenport, 62, of Harpursville, NY
passed away on Thursday September 28, 2017. He
was predeceased by his mother, Shirley Davenport,
father, Harold Davenport and sister, Sharon Rhodes.
He is survived by his daughter, Christie Bunker
and Dale Grover, girlfriend, Susan Riegel and her
children; Joseph (Rachel) Riegel, Brian Riegel, 7
grandchildren; Harley, Alycia, Megan, Haylee,
Shanna, Joey and Danika. Denny is also survived
by 2 sisters; Karen Rhodes, Debbie Davenport many
nieces, nephews, cousins, close friends and his softball
family. He was an avid hunter, softball pitcher and
player. His granddaughter and best friend Harley
was his pride and joy, who he taught pitching. The
family will receive friends at Osterhoudt-Madden
Funeral Home 69-71 Main Street Harpursville,
NY Saturday October 7, 2017 from 1-3 PM. In lieu
of flowers donations can be directed through the
family. Online condolences may be made at WWW.
OMADDENFH.COM.
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Briggs, Robert Edward "Bob"
Robert Edward “Bob” Briggs, 88, of East Athens,
PA, passed away peacefully at Sayre Health Care
Center on Saturday, September 30, 2017 following a
period of declining health.
He was born on June 1, 1929 in Binghamton, NY,
the son of the late Norris, Sr. and Maude (Haner)
Briggs.
Bob grew up and attended school in the Conklin,
NY area. He joined the service during the Korean
War, proudly serving his country in the US Army.
He was employed with Binghamton State Hospital in
the kitchen, retiring in 1984 after 30 years of service.
Before his beloved wife, Betty, passed in 2003, the
couple loved to visit their hometown in Greene, NY
and take short day trips. He loved watching TV,
especially his weekly polka shows, western movies,
and wrestling. Bob enjoyed shopping, and doing
word find puzzle books.
He is predeceased by his beloved wife, Betty (Swingle)
Briggs in 2003 and son, Richard Briggs.
Robert is survived by his brother, Norris Briggs, Jr.
of Conklin, NY, his friends and caregivers Frances
King Simko of East Athens, PA, her daughter, Linda
Rogers of East Athens, PA, and their families, and
his housekeeper or “Cleaning Lady” as he named
her, Virginia VanDyke of Greens Landing, PA.
Fran and Linda would like to express their thanks
and gratitude to those who were so helpful and
kind, Wanda Foote, CNRP, Diane Cron, RN, Anja
Miller, Director of Hospice and the Staff of Hospice,
and All the Staff at the Sayre Health Care Center, it
was comforting for us to know that Bob had you as
his extended family.
At Bob’s request, a private service will be held.
Arrangements are under the care of Jay E. Lowery
Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Athens,
PA.
Burial will be in Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, PA,
where Bob will be laid to rest with his beloved wife,
Betty.
(For those wishing to sign the E-guestbook, or
send condolences may do so by visiting www.
LoweryFuneralHome.com)
Cox, Evelyn
Evelyn Gallagher
Cox, 96, formerly of
Chenango Bridge, died
Friday September 29,
2017 at Good Shepherd
Fairview Home. She
was predeceased by her
husband of 65 years
John R. “Coxie” Cox,
her brothers and sister-
in-law John and Eileen Gallagher, William “Pete”
Gallagher; her sister and brother-in-law Marjorie
and Jerry Hughes. She is survived by her children
Kathleen and William Tyler, Philip and Marsha Cox,
Mary Ellen and Kenneth Burley, David and Janet
Cox, Denis and Keri Cox; 10 grandchildren and
15 great grandchildren; her sister-in-law Josephine
Gallagher; several nieces and nephews. She was a
member of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Hillcrest
and was a retired secretary at Seton Catholic Central
High School. The family wishes to thank the staff
at Good Shepherd Fairview Home for the quality
care given to Evelyn. A Funeral Mass will be
offered at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Chenango
Street, Hillcrest, Tuesday at 10 a.m. Burial will be
in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City. The family will
receive friends at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral
Home, 141 Main Street, Binghamton, Monday from
4 to 6 p.m. Expressions of sympathy in her name may
be made to the L.P. Gallagher Family Foundation
(Scholarship Program for Catholic Education), C/O
Seton Catholic Central High School, 70 Seminary
Avenue, Binghamton, NY 13905.
Hendrickson, John
John A. Hendrickson, 63 of Susquehanna, PA was
called away to be with the Lord on Friday, September
29, 2017.
He was predeceased by his parents George
Hendrickson and Emma Brown; and step mother
Margaret Bovee.
John is survived by his loving wife Rose (Alinio)
Hendrickson; son Mark Hendrickson and Trish;
daughter Jennifer and Richard Grausgruber; three
sisters Sandy Morey, Barbara Pollizi, and Viola
McConnell; three grandchildren Angelica Brink,
Alyssa Monks, and Grace Ann Hendrickson; several
nieces, nephews, extended family members and close
friends.
John was a veteran of the United Sates Army
serving in Bamburg, Germany and later in his life
he served the PA Army National Guard. Following
his time in the service he became a truck driver by
trade and a Teamster by blood. He was a member
of the Canawacta Rod and Gun Club, the NRA,
Masonic Freedom Lodge of Thompson, PA, and
the American Legion Post 86 of Susquehanna, PA.
He was proud to serve the Susquehanna Borough as
Councilman, Emergency Management Coordinator
and Past Mayor. Most important to John was his
family who will miss him dearly.
A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, October
3, 2017 at 11 am at the Hennessey’s Funeral Home,
747 Jackson Ave. Susquehanna, PA with Pastor
Gary Day officiating.
Interment will be held in the Evergreen Cemetery,
Susquehanna, PA.
The family will receive friends at the Funeral Home
on Monday, October 2, 2017 from 5 to 8pm.
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Clark, Jr. , Robert F.
On September 12, 1954
in Binghamton, NY, Dr.
Robert F. and Helen
K. Clark were blessed
with the birth of their
son Robert F. Clark, Jr.
On September 26, 2017
the Lord called his son
home. Bob now resides
in Heaven celebrating his
spiritual rewards and praising his God forever. He is
predeceased by his parents, Dr. Robert F. Clark and
Helen K. Clark. He is survived by his brother Mark J.
Clark; nephew Adam J. Clark and sister-in-law Rita
C. Clark; Aunt Eileen; Sr. Anne L. Clark, Latham,
NY; Aunt Rita Finn-Pereira, Cupertino, CA; Uncle
and Aunt E.G. (Jerry) and Alice Clark, Indian Trail,
NC; Aunt Eleanor Hess Clark, Endicott; Aunt Ellen
O’Neill, Christiansburg, VA; and many cousins
scattered around the country. Two brief marriages
were in Bob’s past to Shari Holtgren, Huntington,
W.VA., and Terry Sullivan, Philadelphia, PA. Bob
led a full and fulfilling life. At St. John the Evangelist
Grammar School he embraced scholastics while
enjoying Boy Scouts and the C.Y.O. High School
at Catholic Central saw Bob graduate with honors,
excelling in math and science. At Clarkson College
he earned a coveted degree in Chemical Engineering.
Through all this studying, Bob was able to cultivate
a passion for rock and roll music and New York
sports teams, especially the Yankees and Knicks.
He also enjoyed General Motors vehicles. A twenty
year career in chemical engineering started at Air
Products Corp. in Michigan in 1976. It ended as
Plant Manager for Purolyte Corp. in Philadelphia.
A personal desire changed his career path to teaching
in 1996. Students enjoyed him, his wit, wisdom and
genius. For the next twenty years Bob truly loved
his time in the Camden, New Jersey Charter School
System. He was accomplished, highly decorated and
twice voted “Teacher of the Year”. The children
he taught High School math were a big part of his
life and represented an extended family in Bob’s
big beautiful heart. Bob’s nuclear family of Mom,
Dad and Brother were the primary focus of his
unbounded love. That later extended to nephew
Adam and sister-in-law Rita. He enjoyed a spirited
debate anytime about social, political, spiritual or
sports issues. He enjoyed a trip to the Jersey Shore,
holidays and special events with family, a good cigar
and cold beer and especially his beloved Cadillacs.
His wonderful and loving neighbors and friends Tom
and Marie and George and Ellen at his South Jersey
home became irreplaceable parts of his life also.
Bob always and forever wrapped his arms around
his Roman Catholic faith. Very active at St. John’s
in Binghamton and St. Lawrence in Lindenwold,
NJ. As an Altar Boy, usher, teacher and volunteer.
He was also a trustee and parish council member at
St. Lawrence. Bob loved and celebrated his Irish
heritage. He stood for and saluted with pride his
country and its flag. Bob gloried in music of many
types but mostly rock and roll attending hundreds
of live performances at all venues around our great
nation. He routinely could name and artist or song
after hearing only one or two notes. He loved sports
and participated annually in “The Clark Classic
Golf Tournament” with family and friends. Taken
so soon from us Bob is reunited with his parents in
God’s presence. He was a loving, devoted, faithful
and caring man who gave wholly of himself to
all and any that touched his life. Bob will be and
already is truly mourned and missed, especially by
his little brother and best friend Mark who shared
so much during the journey along the path of life.
Peace and love be with you Bob. God’s blessings
with dignity and honor to Robert F. Clark, Jr. A
Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Vincent de Paul
Blessed Sacrament Church, Clubhouse Road, Vestal,
Monday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in St. Augustine’s
Cemetery, Silver Lake, PA. The family will receive
friends at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home,
141 Main Street, Binghamton, Sunday from 1 to 3
p.m.
Kocik, David Paul
David Paul Kocik, 56,
of Lake Placid, FL,
formerly of Binghamton,
NY, passed away on
September 15, 2017 at the
Good Shepherd Hospice
House in Sebring, FL.
David worked in the
air conditioning and
maintenance fields. He
was an avid fisherman and sports fan, following the
Yankees, NY Giants and Syracuse University. He
loved weekends cooking, boating and playing poker
with his friends and family.
David was preceded in death by his sister, Karen.
He is survived by his loving wife of 18 years Helen,
mother, June Kocik (Fisk), father Joseph Kocik
(Alice) sister; Terry Staudt (Steve Crapser), brother,
Scott (Shari Coontz), step-sisters; Michelle Mayes
(Daniel) and Maria Elena (and husband Chris
Agnew), step-brother; Nicholas English (Nancy),
several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews
and his three dogs; Wylie, Jack and Molly. A service
to celebrate his life was held on Saturday, September
23, 2017 at St. James Catholic Church, Lake Placid,
FL. A memorial service will be announced at a later
date.
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Hemenway, Robert D. Martin, Todd C.
Robert D. Hemenway Todd Charles Martin 39, of Apalachin, NY passed
Born Sept. 22nd, 1925 away September 25, 2017. He is loved and survived
Departed as a Sailor in by his parents Timothy and Linda Martin. He is
the storm on the morning predeceased by his brother Timothy H. Martin, both
of Sept.10th 2017. are together in heaven now. There will be no services
Survived by Brother at this time.
Richard & Sister Sally,
nieces & nephews and
daughter Janie. Saunders, Desiree (Desi)
During his career he Desiree (Desi) Saunders,
worked at Ansco, GAF, Anitec. He was a WWII a Poughkeepsie NY
Veteran serving with McCarthy's Navy in the Pacific, native and currently a
Speaker Chairman with SW Florida DESA, U.S. Binghamton NY resident,
Power Squadron Member & Educator. He enjoyed passed away on September
sailing with wife Beverly, friends & family from Lake 27, 2017. She was born
Ontario to the Bahamas. on February 5, 1957, the
Military Funeral Service will be held on board daughter of Charles and
the USS Slater in Albany, N.Y. Sunset Service at the late Barbara Galgoul
Crescent Yacht Club Chaumont, N.Y. Montanino. Desiree is
Memorial Donations may be made to the U.S.S survived by her husband and partner of 16 years,
Slater in Albany, NY. 518-431-1926 Kevin Saunders. In addition to her husband and
father, Desiree is survived by her father- and mother-
Hess, Gerald "Gerry" in-law William and Irene Saunders of Johnson City,
Gerald “Gerry” Hess, NY. Other survivors include her brother James
88, of Apalachin, passed (Rose) Montanino of Poughkeepsie, NY, her
away on Wednesday, sister Deborah Delpino of Poughkeepsie, NY, her
September 27, 2017. sister Cheryl (Biagio) Bamonte of Poughkeepsie,
Gerry is survived by his NY, her brother Peter (Tina) Montanino, Sr. of
wife of 60 years, Lorraine Poughkeepsie, NY, her sister Angelique (Charles)
Hess; three children and Hardison of Shirley, NY, her sister-in law Cheryl
their spouses, Kathleen (Ken) Yacovoni of Johnson City, NY, her sister-in-
Greer, Steven and law Wendy (Tom) Serino of FL, and sister-in-law
Sommer Hess, Alan and Jennifer (Dan) Fenton of Columbus, OH. Desiree is
Angelina Hess; two granddaughters, Rachel and also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins,
Emily Greer. Gerry graduated from Bergenfield aunts, uncles, and extended family. Desiree was a
High School, Bergenfield, NJ and was a veteran of homemaker and loving wife who had a huge heart,
the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. After always seeing the best in people and trying to help
the service, he graduated from Newark College of others. She was the Godmother to her nephew,
Engineering, Newark, NJ. Gerry proudly retired Peter Montanino, Jr. Calling hours will be held on
after 33 years of service from IBM. He was an active Tuesday, October 3, 2017 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm at
member of the First Presbyterian Union Church the Wm. G. Miller and Son Funeral Home, Inc.,
having served as an elder and member of the choir. 371 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. A
Gerry volunteered with the Waterman Conservation mass will be held on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at
Center and enjoyed teaching the youth about nature. 11:00am at St. Mary's Church, 231 Church Street,
He also volunteered with AARP as a tax consultant Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Entombment will follow
for the elderly. Funeral services will be held on at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Community
Monday, October 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Mausoleum. To send an online condolence or
Presbyterian Union Church, Owego. The family for directions, please visit our website at www.
will receive friends Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the wmgmillerfuneralhome.com.
Estey, Munroe & Fahey Funeral Home, 15 Park
St., Owego. Memorial contributions may be made
in Gerald Hess’s memory to Fred L. Waterman Schuller, Virginia E.
Conservation Education Center, 403 Hilton Road,
Virginia Elizabeth
Apalachin, NY 13732 or a charity of one’s choice.
Schuller, 93, long standing
Condolences may be made to Gerry’s family at www.
resident of Windsor and
emfaheyfuneralhome.com.
Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church. She
McGeehin, Debrah was born on July 20, 1924
Debrah McGeehin, 69, of Endwell passed away on to her parents, Thomas
Monday, September 25, 2017 surrounded by several & Mary Mathis. She
caring and loving friends. She was predeceased was predeceased by her
by her mother, Mary McGeehin. Debrah was a parents; husband, Fred
member of Calvary Community Church, Johnson Schuller; brothers, John, George, Joseph, Andrew
City. At Debrah’s request, there will be no calling and Francis; sister, Anna Laga. She is survived by her
hours or funeral service. Entombment will be at nieces, Diane & David Yow, Carole & Don Litchko,
Vestal Hills Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, Sandra & Jim Lee; nephew, David & Emilie Laga;
those wishing may make memorial contributions several other nieces and nephews. Virginia retired
to Calvary Community Church or a charity of your as a bookkeeper for over 30 years at the Sheltered
choice. Online condolences can be left at www. Workshop. She was known for having an amazing
jfricefuneralhome.com. analytical memory, sewing, knitting beautiful gifts
and a fantastic cook. The family will receive friends
from 9:00 am until 10:00 am on Monday, October
2, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church,
Robbins, Norene Windsor, NY. A funeral mass will follow at the
Robbins, Norene of church at 10:00 am. Burial will be in the family plot
Binghamton Beloved in Riverside Cemetery, Windsor. In lieu of flowers,
mother, grandmother and donations can be made in her memory to Our Lady
sister, Norene Robbins, of Lourdes Catholic Church, 594 Kent Street,
87, was released from Windsor, NY 13865.
earthly limitations and
her soul lifted up on
September 28, 2017.
Norene was a caring and
compassionate soul, she
loved with all her heart. Those she loved always
knew how much they were loved. She was a longtime
member of First Congregational Church and was an IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM
avid reader, quilter and knitter.
She was predeceased by her husbands, Mark
Perkett and Allan Robbins and her parents;
Oliver and Alice Pope. Norene is survived by her In Loving Memory Of
Shawn P. Flint
children, Deborah and Richard Fletcher and Jeffrey
Robbins, both of Hillcrest, grandchildren; Matthew 5/22/1980 - 10/01/2009
8 years now!
Fletcher, Kimberly and Edward Sakowsky, great
grandchildren; Justice Fletcher, Kathleen Pierce and Love and Miss You,
Mom & Colleen
Hunter, Colton and Brayden Sakowsky. She leaves
behind sister and brother-in-law, Linda and David
Excell, Chenango Forks, niece, Heather Excell,
nephew; Steven Excell, great nieces and nephew;
Kathryn, Timothy and Abigail Proppe. In Loving Memory Of
Memorial services will be held 1:00 pm, Sunday, Mary Joan Ragard
October 1, 2017 at First Congregational Church, 02/27/1932 - 10/01/2016
30 Main Street, Binghamton with the Reverend It's been 1 year since
Arthur Suggs officiating. Memorial contributions you left us. You are
in Norene’s name may be made to the Alzheimer’s missed and loved every
Association of Central New York, 441 West day. Tom came to you
Kirkpatrick Street, Syracuse, New York 13204. To and Papa on July 5th,
forward condolences please visit www.demunn.com. we miss him dearly too.
Arrangements for the family are directed by the You are all together
DeMunn Funeral Home. In Loving Memory Of now, hope you're
Mary Theresa “Terri” behaving your selves but
Make charitable donations. Koehler we know better!!
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OBITUARIES
Snyder, Christopher M.
A Memorial Mass will be
offered for Christopher
M. Snyder, 49 of Afton
who passed away on Wed.
March 1, 2017, on Sat.
Oct. 7, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.
at St. Francis of Assisi
Church, 1049 Chenango
Street Hillcrest. Memorial
Contributions in his
memory may be made to an Educational Fund for
his children c/o Mike & Judy Snyder 808 River Rd.
Binghamton, NY 13901. Online condolences may
be made at: www.omaddenfh.com.
Taylor, Patricia
Patricia Field Taylor,
a resident of The
Villages, Florida, died
on September 24, 2017 in
Ocala Regional Medical
Center at the age of
78. Born the daughter
of the late Paul Eugene
Field and the late Hazel
McKnight Field on
March 17, 1939 in Oneonta, NY, she was raised in
the tiny upstate hamlet of Morris, NY. Her love of
learning, evident early on, motivated her throughout
life. An exceptional student, she graduated Syracuse
University Cum Laude with a BS in Nursing in 1961.
While attending university, she met and married her
first love and life-long partner Robert R. Taylor,
Jr. a classmate at Syracuse, who himself went on
to medical school as she began her career as a wife,
mother, and nurse. Together they lovingly raised
three children: Robert R. Taylor III, MD (Beth);
Paul J. Taylor (Marianne), and Sharon “Shara” L.
Taylor, MD (Phil Rabinowitz, MD).
While her husband served in the U.S. Army as a
Neurologist, she brought her progressive views
to her work as a school nurse on the base in
Frankfurt Germany. There, in 1971, she earned a
commendation from the Department of the Army for
piloting programs in human sexuality and drug abuse
awareness for their schools. After the family’s return
to the States, her talents for business management
became clear as she managed her husband’s
neurology practice and in 1988 earned her MBA
from SUNY Binghamton. Starting as a volunteer
who successfully reorganized their coffee shop and
gift store, she advanced to be an administrator for
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, NY.
Subsequently, she became a licensed nursing home
administrator rising to Chief Administrator of a large
nursing home in Binghamton, NY. After retirement,
she relocated to Florida with her husband.
Ever devoted to family and friends, she delighted
in being with them while entertaining, vacationing,
celebrating life events, and golfing. A constant
contributor to her communities, she volunteered
with many organizations including the Junior
League, Planned Parenthood, and the Vestal United
Methodist Church. The Rotary Foundation of
Rotary International named her a Paul Harris
Fellow for her contributions and leadership. She
actively participated in The Villages branch of the
American Association of University Women. An
avid reader her entire life, she participated in many
book discussion groups and was a crossword expert.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her
brother: Eugene “Duff” R. Field, her sister: Pauline
Sandra Schopinsky, and her step-father Lloyd C.
Geisler.
Survivors include her children and their spouses;
six grandchildren: Jessica Herreria and her husband
Robert, Grace Taylor, Eliana Rabinowitz, Jeffrey
Rabinowitz, Gregory Taylor, and Marie Taylor;
Sisters-in-law Sharon “Sherri” Anderson and
Nancy Field; brother-in-law Dick Schopinsky; and
generations of nephews, nieces, and cousins.
Memorial Services will be held at North Lake
Presbyterian Church in Lady Lake Florida on
Thursday September 28th at 11:00 am and Saturday
October 21st at 11:00 am at Vestal United Methodist
Church in Vestal, New York. In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations be made to Operation
Homebound www.operationhomebound.wordpress.
com or to Vestal United Methodist Church Music
Fund, 328 Main Street, Vestal, New York 13850.
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Titcomb, Stanley
Stanley C. Titcomb, age
86, of Endicott, NY,
passed away on September
27, surrounded by family.
He was preceded by his
wife Virginia (Kistner)
Titcomb of Endicott,
NY; parents Oliver and
Mildred (Carpenter)
Titcomb of Larchmont,
NY; daughter Virginia of Ithaca, NY. He is survived
by his sons David Titcomb of Binghamton, NY;
Paul Titcomb of Capitola, CA; Andrew Titcomb
of Carlsbad, CA; seven grandchildren; six great
grandchildren; extended family and many dear
friends. Stanley had a successful career, working at
IBM for 35 years after obtaining a master’s degree
from Syracuse University and a doctorate from
Purdue. He will be remembered as a true gentleman
and devoted husband who enjoyed playing bridge
with his wife and traveling the world. He was a
dedicated father teaching his children how to fish,
sail, golf and camp. Funeral Services for Stanley will
be held on Monday at 12 PM at the Allen Memorial
Home, 511-513 East Main Street, Endicott, with
Pastor Mark Kimpland of The Endwell United
Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in
Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City. The family will
receive friends on Monday from 11 AM until service
time at 12 PM.
Vlasak, Ralph J.
Ralph J. “Birdman”
Vlasak, 64 passed away
on Saturday, September
23, 2017 with his wife and
son at his side. Ralph is
survived by his loving wife,
of over 32 years, Helen
(Corcoran), devoted and
caring son, Matthew,
both of Endwell and
his son, Brian, brothers Kenneth (Vicki) Spokane,
WA, Gerald (Chun) Powell, OH, Edward (Marilyn)
Williston, VT, Leon (Sharon) Dover Foxcroft, MA,
brothers-in-law Michael (Kitty) Baldwinsville, NY,
Thomas (Karen) Endicott, NY, James, Durham,
NC as well as many nieces and nephews. He is also
survived by “his girl” Molly (beagle) and many
loving and caring friends too numerous to list. He
was predeceased by his parents Fred and Winnie
Vlasak and his father-in-law and mother-in-law,
James and Evelyn Corcoran who loved him as their
own son. Ralph’s favorite pastime was being outside
enjoying nature. He was an avid birdwatcher,
enjoyed gardening, tending to the yard, fishing,
hiking, golfing and cooking on the grill. Ralph
was a “jack of all trades”, was always working with
his hands and had the ability to build, fix or repair
anything that he set his mind to. He would always
look for rainbows after rain showers and call us out
to view the beautiful sunsets. He had a kind and
gentle soul and will be sadly missed. Ralph retired
from IBM after 30 years, furthered his education
and continued to work for six more years as a PC
LAN Tech. Ralph was very active in the community
including PTA, American Cancer Society, Chow
(yearly walks), a judge for many years for Odyssey
of the Mind, a member of the AA “Nooner” group
and a member of the Masons, Chapter #399, Maine,
NY. He was a gymnast in his younger days and also
taught gymnastics to many young people.
His favorite place to vacation was Cape May, New
Jersey. The three of us were very fortunate to go
there in May of this year to celebrate his birthday.
Being together, enjoying the beach, the ocean and
the beautiful surroundings was such a blessing.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October
3rd from 10 to 11am with a funeral mass immediately
following at the Church of the Holy Family in
Endwell, NY. Interment will be held at a private
service in Vestal Hills Memorial Park at a later
date. In Ralph’s memory, please feel free to make a
donation to a charity of your choice.
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Ward, Joyce E.
Joyce E. Ward, 85, of
Union Center, passed
away to join her husband
and dance partner of
50 years, Claude, on
Thursday, September 28,
2017. She is survived by
her daughter, Michelle
Adrian (Daniel) Endicott,
and two grandchildren,
Cory and Casey Adrian. Also survived by a very
special niece, Priscilla Burgin (John) Chenango
Bridge, and two great nephews Steven Nestoryak
and Sean Henry.
Joyce was a homemaker and worked various jobs
throughout her life before retiring from Sanzo
Specialties in Union to become a full-time grandma.
A special thank you to her dear friend, Jane Putrino,
who was always there to lend an ear and her neighbors
who were always there to lend a helping hand.
Funeral Services will be private. The family will
receive friends at the Allen Memorial Home, 511-
513 E. Main St., Endicott on Monday evening from
4-6 pm.
In lieu of flowers, put the tea kettle on the stove, a
batch of cookies in the oven, and remember her with
family and friends. It was the simple things in life
that made her happy.
Wilkins, Alta
Alta Virginia Brewster
Wilkins, 91, of Apalachin,
passed away peacefully
surrounded by her loving
family at home on Friday,
September 29, 2017 after
an extended illness. Born
May 10, 1926 to Seward
and Mable Brewster of
Poughkeepsie, NY. Alta
graduated from Arlington High School in 1944
and attended Edgewood Park Junior College. She
married Robert Wilkins on August 1st 1953. She is
predeceased by her parents, husband, Robert; sister
Dorothy Nyce; brother Donald Brewster, and special
high school friend, Sandy Anderson, all of Dutchess
County NY. Alta is survived by her daughters, Karin
(Luis) Tosado of New York and Sandy (Marion)
Olshefski of Endicott. Grandchildren, Julie (Larry)
Stone of Endicott, Cathy (John) Fiacco of Newark
Valley, Danielle Tosado, Michael Tosado of New
York. Great-grandchildren Farrah, Felicia and
Johnny Fiacco; nephews, Scott (Clo) Brewster,
David Wilkins and Charlie Wilkins; nieces Donna
(Pete) Menconeri, Patricia Etter and Mary Ellen
Gregory; several great nieces and nephews; as well as
several dear friends and neighbors who's friendship's
she cherished. Funeral Services for Alta will be held
on Tuesday at 1 PM at the Allen Memorial Home,
511-513 East Main Street, Endicott with Pastor
Bruce Green officiating. Burial will be in Riverside
Cemetery, Endicott. The Family will receive friends
at the Allen Memorial Home on Tuesday from
12 PM until Service time at 1 PM. Expressions of
sympathy in Alta's memory may be made to Lourdes
Hospice 4102 Old Vestal Road, Vestal, NY 13850.
Woodmansee (Robinson),
Beatrice (Betty) V.
Mrs. Beatrice (Betty)
Woodmansee, aged 90,
of Johnson City, NY,
went to join her heavenly
family after an extended
illness on Wednesday,
September 27, 2017. She
was predeceased by her
parents, Charles J. and
Hazel V. Williams Robinson, her loving husband
Francis H. Woodmansee; brothers, James, Paul,
and Charles Robinson; sister Alice Phelps. She is
survived by her brother, Wayne Robinson and Nhien
of NY; son, Frann and wife Nora Woodmansee of
NC; daughter, Sharon and husband Jerry Frost of
FL; grandchildren: Shane Woollett and fiance Edith
of NY (Liam and Gage); Chad Woollett and wife
Colleen of NC (Betsy and Nic); Aaron Woodmansee
& fiance, Lisa of NY; step-grandchildren: Tiffany
and husband Keith Kuenzli (Samantha and
husband Billy Wilson and Joshua); Chris and wife
Denise Skinner of NC (Jacob and Claire Marie);
great grandchildren: Jonathan Kolba and Elise of
NC. The family has requested a private ceremony
and burial. Memorial can be made to your favorite
charity, no flowers please. Arrangements by the
Barber Memorial Home, Inc, Johnson City, NY.
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Immigrants line up to renew
work permits as program ends
People brought to US
as children have until
Thursday to file
AMY TAXIN AND ASTRID GALVAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - The line stretches
down the block before the sun rises in
Los Angeles, made up of immigrants
seeking help to renew their work per-
mits under a program that has shielded
them from deportation but is now near-
ing its end.
Ivan Vizueta, 25, of Long Beach, Cali-
fornia, brought a folding chair and music
to pass the time while waiting to renew
his papers and get a new two-year permit
that lets him work for a plumbing com-
pany and earn nearly double the amount
he made at his old job. The lines have
been a regular occurrence in recent
days, with some people camping out as
early as 3 a.m.
“I have to do this so I have another two
years of safety,” said Vizueta, who was
brought to the country nearly two dec-
ades ago from Mexico and hopes to run
his own plumbing business someday.
For immigrants like Vizueta, it’s a
race against the clock as they rush to re-
new their permits ahead of a looming
Oct. 5 deadline set by the Trump admini-
stration. After that date, no one can re-
new under a program that has let nearly
800,000 immigrants brought to the Unit-
ed States as children work even though
they lack legal papers.
The work permits have been a lifeline
for many young immigrants who have
been educated in American schools and
know no other home than the United
States. The program created by Presi-
dent Barack Obama in 2012 also protect-
ed these immigrants, many of them in
their 20s, from being deported to coun-
tries they hardly remember. Critics call
it an illegal amnesty program that is tak-
ing jobs from U.S. citizens.
When President Donald Trump re-
scinded the Deferred Action for Child-
hood Arrivals program in September, he
gave Congress six months to draft a
more lasting fix. Democratic leaders
and Trump said they have reached a deal
People wait in line Thursday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles for
help with renewing work permits for the expiring DACA program. PHOTOS BY AMY TAXIN/AP
to protect the immigrants, but Congress
has since turned its focus to overhauling
the tax code. Democratic congressional
leaders say they are waiting on the White
House to craft a legislative proposal.
Meanwhile, immigrant advocates
around the country have been urging the
Trump administration to extend the
Oct. 5 deadline and holding legal clinics
and donating money to help immigrants
cover the $500 renewal fee.
Jesus Perez of Phoenix says he’s not
sure he would have been able to come up
with the cash in time to renew were it not
for the financial help of an advocacy
group that is among several giving finan-
cial aid and helping people fill out their
paperwork in time. The 30-year-old fa-
ther of three, with one on the way, was
just approved to buy a home but can’t
complete the purchase until his renewal
comes through.
“You’re in limbo,” said Perez, who
works at a car wash and hopes to open his
own business soon.
Tight deadline
In Las Vegas, fewer than 30 people
have asked for a service provided by the
Immigration Clinic at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, causing alarm
Oscar Gaytan is at the Coalition for Humane
Immigrant Rights to renew his work permit.
among organizers who are fearful immi-
grants are staying in the shadows or
waiting too close to the deadline. The
government must receive the renewal
paperwork by Oct. 5, meaning it needs to
be sent in most cases by this weekend.
“If you are not at the post office with
an express mail envelope in your hand on
the morning of Oct. 2, you are too late,”
said Michael Kagan, director of the Las
Vegas clinic.
Only immigrants whose permits are
expiring before March 5, 2018, are eligi-
S U N D AY , O C T O B E R 1 , 2 0 1 7
ble to apply for renewals. Those whose
permits expire after that date will not be
able to renew. The government esti-
mates there are about 154,000 recipients
whose permits expire between Sept. 5,
2017, when the Trump administration an-
nounced the end of the program, and
March 5.
The United States Citizenship and Im-
migration Services said Friday that it
had received 39,400 renewal applica-
tions since Sept. 5. The agency said it
aims to have a 120-day turnaround to
complete the applications.
High demand
At the Coalition for Humane Immi-
grant Rights in Los Angeles, advocates
have helped about 40 immigrants a day
renew their permits for free. Immi-
grants began lining up outside before
dawn to ensure they were seen quickly,
as some have had to wait until the after-
noon or the next day for assistance be-
cause of the demand, said Jorge-Mario
Cabrera, a spokesman for the organiza-
tion.
Maria Moreno, 23, lined up at 3 a.m.
outside the group’s offices on a recent
morning to renew under the program,
which has made it easier for her to work
as a cashier and attend college to eventu-
ally become a special education teacher.
She said her parents brought her to this
country from Mexico when she was 10
months old.
“I’ve been here all my life,” said Mo-
reno, who lives in Los Angeles. “I’ve nev-
er been back there, and I’m hoping not to
go.”
Oscar Gaytan, a 22-year-old history
and Chicano Studies student at Univer-
sity of California, Los Angeles, also was
among those waiting in line. He said his
permit under the program is valid until
the end of next year but was stolen from
his gym locker, forcing him to refile pa-
perwork.
Gaytan said he hopes to go on to be-
come a professor or immigration lawyer
after graduation but knows he’ll need a
work permit to do so.
“When Trump rescinded DACA, I was
pretty upset,” said Gaytan, who was
brought here from Mexico when he was
4. “But I feel like everything happens for
a reason — so hopefully Congress acts.”
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San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, right, hugs Esperanza Ruiz as she arrives at a temporary government
center at the Roberto Clemente stadium Saturday in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. PHOTOS BY JOE RAEDLE, GETTY IMAGES
Trump: Puerto Rican
mayor is ‘nasty’ to him
President blasts U.S. territory official, says feds doing ‘fantastic job’
Oren Dorell and Doug Stanglin
USA TODAY
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO Presi-
dent Trump blasted the increas-
ingly critical mayor of this capital
city Saturday for “poor leadership
ability” in not being able to “get
their workers to help” in hurri-
cane relief, saying the federal gov-
ernment is doing a “fantastic job.”
The president said San Juan
Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz had
been “complimentary” to him
only a few days ago but “has now
been told by the Democrats that
you must be nasty to Trump.”
He said the mayor and “others”
on the island “want everything
done for them.”
In a series of tweets, he also
slammed “Fake News CNN and
NBC,” which he said “are going
out of their way to disparage our
great First Responders as a way
to ‘get Trump.’ ” He said the re-
ports were not fair to responders
or their efforts.
Five hours later, a second set of
tweets from Trump set a some-
what softer tone: “To the people
of Puerto Rico: Do not believe the
#FakeNews! #PRStrong,” the
president tweeted. “We must all
be united in offering assistance to
everyone suffering in Puerto Rico
and elsewhere in the wake of this
terrible disaster.”
Cruz, in emotional appeals on
TV on Friday, has become the
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Naranjito. Ten days after Hurricane Maria
struck, drinking water remains scarce.
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washing clothes. CARRIE COCHRAN, USA TODAY NETWORK
“Such poor leadership
ability by the Mayor of San
Juan, and others in Puerto
Rico. ... They want every-
thing to be done for them.”
President Trump, in a series of tweets
Cohn: People don’t care if rich get richer
Downplays how tax
plan affects Trump
Heidi M. Przybyla
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Top economic
adviser Gary Cohn rebuffed
questions about whether Presi-
dent Trump’s tax plan would
benefit the wealthy — and in-
sisted that Americans only care
about their own tax bills, not the
president’s.
At a White House briefing
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Drama draws
from real-life tech
RODDY BLELLOCH, SPECIAL FOR USA TODAY
face of Puerto Rican officials
distraught about what some
charge is an insufficient re-
sponse by the U.S. government
to the crisis from Hurricane
Maria, which has killed at least
16 people on the island.
While Trump described the
federal response as “amazing,”
Cruz publicly called on the
president to speed up the deliv-
ery of food, water, medicine and
fuel and “to make sure some-
body is in charge that is up to
the task of saving lives.”
“I will do what I never
thought I was going to do. I am
begging, begging anyone who
can hear us to save us from dy-
ing,” Cruz said Friday. “If any-
body out there is listening to us,
we are dying, and you are kill-
ing us with the inefficiency.”
Cruz, in a Saturday appear-
ance on MSNBC’s AM Joy, said
it wasn’t just her saying the is-
land needs help. Army Lt. Gen.
Jeffrey Buchanan, the Wash-
ington Post reported, said Fri-
day that there was a lack of
people and assets to assist the
island.
“(A) three-star general (is)
saying we don’t have enough,”
she said. “So it’s not only me.”
Cruz said she wouldn’t be
“distracted by small comments,
by politics, by petty issues. This
is one goal, and it is to save
lives. That’s all that matters.
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Thursday, reporters asked Cohn
why Trump promised that
wealthy Americans such as him-
self would not benefit from a tax
plan that — in reality — could ac-
tually net him and his family mil-
lions of dollars in savings.
Cohn refused to repeat
Trump’s Wednesday claim that
the wealthy wouldn’t benefit. In-
stead, he said U.S. taxpayers only Gary Cohn, director of the National
Economic Council, talks at a briefing
care about their own Thursday. DREW ANGERER, GETTY IMAGES
pocketbooks.
“What the American people ment,” Cohn said. “A typical fam-
are concerned about is their fi- ily earning $100,000 with two
nancial position ... (and) how children ... they can expect a tax
much do they get to keep versus cut of about $1,000. That’s where
how much they send the govern- we’re headed.”
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IN LIFE
Lovato’s latest album is
a very personal snapshot
JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP
Tillerson:
U.S., North
Korea are
in direct
contact
Doug Stanglin
Dialogue
@dstanglin sought
USA TODAY with Kim
about
For the first time, the Trump
administration acknowledged
missile,
Saturday that it is in “direct nuclear
contact” with the North Korean
government and has asked
tests,
Pyongyang whether its leaders secretary
would like to discuss their mis-
sile and nuclear tests.
of state
says
“We are probing, so stay
tuned,” Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson told reporters in Beij-
ing when asked how the U.S.
might start a dialogue with
North Korean leader Kim Jong
Un.
“We ask, ‘Would you like to
talk?’ We have lines of commu-
nications to Pyongyang — we’re
not in a dark situation, a black-
out. We have a couple, three
channels open to Pyongyang,”
he said.
The secre-
tary spoke to
reporters at the
residence of the
U.S. ambassa-
dor to Beijing
after meeting
with President
Xi Jinping and
other Chinese
leaders.
According to
an Associated Press report in Secretary
August, the U.S. and North Ko- of State Rex
rea had been engaged in quiet Tillerson
discussions for months with looks at
regular diplomatic contact be- Chinese
tween the U.S. envoy for North President
Korea policy and a senior North Xi Jinping
Korean diplomat at the coun- during a
try’s U.N. mission. meeting at
The public acknowledge- the Great
ment of contact with Pyong- Hall of the
yang follows increasingly sharp People in
verbal exchanges and personal Beijing on
insults between the two coun- Saturday.
tries in recent weeks over ANDY WONG, POOL
North Korea’s latest nuclear
and missile threats.
The exchanges have included
threats by North Korea to test a
hydrogen bomb in the Pacific
and to shoot down U.S. military
aircraft off its coast. The U.S.
administration has threatened
a swift response.
President Trump referred to
Kim Jong Un as “little Rocket
Man” and tweeted last week
v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B
As he unveiled his new tax plan
in Indianapolis on Wednesday,
Trump said that there is “very lit-
tle benefit for people of wealth”
in his new plan.
After Trump’s speech, multiple
news reports outlined the possi-
ble ways in which the wealthy
and Trump stand to substantially
gain from the proposed plan.
The benefits to the wealthy will
ultimately come out of Social Se-
curity and Medicare, said Sen.
Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top
Democrat on the Senate tax-writ-
ing committee. “What they give
with one hand, they just take
away with the other.”
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that the North “won’t be around
much longer” if it keeps issuing
threats.
Tillerson would not say if the
North Koreans had responded to
the U.S. overture for talks.
“We can talk to them,” he said.
“We do talk to them.” Asked if the
lines of communication run
through China, he said, “We have
our own channels.”
The secretary said it was im-
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Asked if the appeal for calm
should apply to President Trump,
Tillerson replied: “I think every-
one would like for it to calm
down.”
Beijing adamantly opposes
steps that could bring down
Kim’s government but appears
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In the face of pointed criticism
from the mayor and other Puerto
new U.N. penalties that would
substantially cut foreign revenue
for the isolated North.
On Thursday, Beijing ordered
North Korean-owned businesses
and ventures with Chinese part-
ners to close by early January,
days after it said it would cut off
gas and limit shipments of re-
fined petroleum products, effec-
tive Jan. 1. China made no
mention of crude oil, which
makes up the bulk of Chinese en-
ergy supplies to North Korea and
is not covered by U.N. sanctions.
China has banned imports of
North Korean coal, iron and lead
ore, and seafood since early Sep-
tember. Still, Washington hopes
China will exert even greater
pressure.
China argues that sanctions
alone cannot solve the impasse
and has urged Washington to cool
its rhetoric and open a dialogue
with North Korea. But the North
is coming closer to having a nu-
clear-tipped missile that could
strike America and says it will
only discuss the weapons pro-
grams if the U.S. abandons its
“hostile policy” toward the
North.
Rican officials, Trump unleashed
the series of tweets Saturday
morning, saying “Such poor lead-
ership ability by the Mayor of San
Juan, and others in Puerto Rico,
who are not able to get their
workers to help. They want ev-
erything to be done for them
when it should be a community
effort. 10,000 Federal workers
now on Island doing a fantastic
job.”
Trump also said he and first la-
dy Melania Trump will be travel-
ing to Puerto Rico and possibly
the U.S. Virgin Islands, which
were also battered by hurricanes
Irma and Maria. Trump said that
in the Virgin Islands, “people
(are) working hard.”
Five hours later, he came back
in another series of tweets: “De-
spite the Fake News Media in
conjunction with the Dems, an
amazing job is being done in
Puerto Rico. Great people!”
host Monty Hall dies
that has seen four hosts and three
Jayme Deerwester networks. Deal, which originally
@jaymedeerwester aired on NBC until 1976, also ran
USA TODAY on ABC and in syndication before
returning to network TV 2009 on
CBS with host Wayne Brady.
Iconic game-show host Monty Contestants came dressed in
Hall has died at 96. goofy costumes in hoping of
His agent, Mark Measures, catching Hall’s eye and a chance
confirmed to USA TODAY that to trade prizes for better ones,
Hall, who co-created and prompting Hall to ask,
presided over Let’s Make “Do you want Door No. 1,
a Deal from 1963 to 1986, No. 2 or No. 3?”
died Saturday of heart Hall was nonchalant
failure. about dealing with the
Hall, who was born in litany of loony types who
Winnipeg in 1921 and paraded across his stage.
graduated from the Uni- “I’m a people person,”
versity of Manitoba, he said on the PBS docu-
worked as an entertainer mentary series Pioneers
and sportscaster in To- Monty Hall of Television. “And so I
ronto before heading FREMANTLEMEDIA don’t care if they jump
NORTH AMERICA
south to New York in on me, and I don’t care if
1955 to host the NBC ra- they yell and they faint-
dio show Monitor. His next gig, ed — those are my people.”
the CBS TV game-show Video One of the first inductees to
Village, led him west to Los Ange- the Game Show Hall of Fame, he
les, where he would create Deal also received a lifetime-achieve-
with Stefan Hatos. ment Emmy in 2013.
Together, they turned barter-
ing and kitsch into a TV franchise Contributing: Associated Press
Trump followed that up with bring this recovery to Puerto Ri-
praise for Puerto Rico Gov. Ricar- co,” Rosselló said.
do Rosselló and Congresswoman “The only way for this to work
Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon. is to stress collaboration. I am
Rosselló said Saturday that he committed to collaborating with
only heard about Trump’s morn- everyone,” he said. “This is a mo-
ing tweets when a reporter read ment where we have to serve the
them to him but has spoken mul- people of Puerto Rico.”
tiple times in recent days to the The death count is 16, but
president, as well as Vice Presi- “based on the devastation it will
dent Pence. likely go up,” Rosselló said.
“He has reiterated his commit- Rosselló said the number of
ment and that we are a priority,” open gasoline stations has in-
Rosselló said at a news confer- creased from 450 four days ago to
ence. “And he has shown that 714. He said 11 regional staging
whenever we have asked, he has areas have been receiving food
delivered.” and water across the island, and
He began his remarks by telecommunications has been re-
stressing the importance of coop- stored in several key municipal-
eration between local and federal ities, including San Juan.
authorities. He also said stockpiles of fuel
“We want to stress the unity of have increased to 600,000 barrels
purpose that federal government, of diesel and 722,000 barrels of
DOD (Department of Defense), gasoline.
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ities are trying to establish to Stanglin reported from McLean, Va.

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He’s wavered on role
in gerrymandering
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@richardjwolf
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WASHINGTON The building
blocks of the American political
system go on trial at the Supreme
Court on Tuesday, and it’s not
speculative to suggest Justice An-
thony Kennedy represents the
deciding vote. He claimed that
role 13 years ago.
The issue is whether state leg-
islators can choose their voters,
rather than the other way around,
every 10 years by drawing elec-
tion districts with partisan impu-
nity. In 2004, four justices said
yes, four no; Kennedy said maybe.
The result was another decade
of partisan gerrymandering. Re-
publicans capitalized in 2010 by
gaining control of both houses in
25 states, which they used to
draw districts that have favored
their side ever since. In 2012,
they won 53% of the vote but 72%
of the House seats in states where
they drew the lines.
Now comes a new case from
Wisconsin, one of the most pur-
ple states in the 2016 presidential
election. President Trump won
the state by a single percentage
point. But thanks to maps drawn
by Republicans in 2011, the GOP
emerged with a 64-35 advantage
in the state Assembly and a 20-13
edge in the state Senate.
That partisan display, Justice
Antonin Scalia wrote for the win-
ning side in the 2004 case from
Pennsylvania, isn’t something the
federal courts should fix. Kenne-
dy agreed in that specific case but
issued a warning for the future.
“If courts refuse to entertain
any claims of partisan gerryman-
dering, the temptation to use par-
tisan favoritism in districting in
an unconstitutional manner will
grow,” he wrote.
People vote Nov. 8 in Madison, Wis. The Supreme Court will
hear a case Tuesday on the state’s districts. AMBER ARNOLD, AP
Grow it has, and not only by
Republicans. Democrats’ redraw-
ing of congressional district lines
in Maryland has been challenged
in another case pending at the
Supreme Court. Republicans’
line-drawing skills have prompt-
ed similar lawsuits in North Car-
olina and Pennsylvania.
Unlike past challenges to parti-
san gerrymandering, the Wiscon-
sin case also comes with
suggestions for ways to measure
the burden placed on voters — in
this case Democrats — who were
purposefully scattered among
some state legislative districts
and packed into others to mini-
mize their clout. Kennedy basi-
cally asked for those suggestions
13 years ago.
“That no such standard has
emerged in this case should not
be taken to prove that none will
emerge in the future,” he said. “If
workable standards do emerge to
measure these burdens ... courts
should be prepared to order
relief.”
QUOTING THE MAN HIMSELF
When lawyers for the voters chal-
lenging Wisconsin’s maps filed
their main Supreme Court brief
last month, they quoted Kennedy
41 times, beginning with their
opening paragraph: Partisan
maps “penalize citizens” because
of their “association with a politi-
cal party, or their expression of
political views,” he said in 2004.
They have reason to be hope-
ful. In the past, Kennedy has la-
mented political polarization and
gridlock — conditions made
worse by the election of hard-
right and hard-left partisans who
disdain comity and compromise.
Two years ago, he cast the de-
ciding vote in letting voters take
Arizona’s redistricting process
away from the legislature and as-
sign it to an independent com-
mission, such as the one
Kennedy’s home state of Califor-
nia already had.
Cornell Law School professor
Michael Dorf, a former Kennedy
law clerk, said the justice isn’t shy
about courts weighing in on polit-
ical matters.
“He is pulled to the idea that
challenges to the machinery of
democracy ... should be justicia-
ble,” Dorf said. And Kennedy
most likely sees partisan gerry-
mandering as “a kind of cheating.
It think it offends his sense of fair
play.”
On the other hand, the 81-year-
old justice lamented in 2013 that
the courts should not have to de-
cide major issues best left to the
political branches.
“A democracy should not be
dependent for its major decisions
on what nine unelected people
from a narrow legal background
have to say,” he said.
A ‘POLITICAL THICKET’
The question of unelected judges
making political decisions has
confounded the court for dec-
ades. In a 1946 opinion on wheth-
er political districts should be
roughly equal in population, Jus-
tice Felix Frankfurter said courts
“ought not to enter this political
thicket” and instead should rely
on Congress or state legislatures
to fix what’s broken.
Only in the 1960s did Chief
Justice Earl Warren write the fi-
nal chapter in that debate, ruling
that state legislative districts as
well as those for Congress must
achieve the principle of one per-
son, one vote.
But the question in gerryman-
dering cases is different: It’s not
about the vote itself but its rela-
tive weight in picking winners
and losers. Challengers in Wis-
consin contend that when Demo-
crats are packed into the districts
their candidates win and sprin-
kled into a greater number of dis-
tricts their candidates lose, the
system is rigged against them.
A federal district court ruled
2-1 last year that those districts
discriminated against Democrat-
ic voters “by impeding their abili-
ty to translate their votes into
legislative seats.” It demanded
that the legislature draw new dis-
trict lines by this November for
use next year, but the Supreme
Court — with Kennedy’s approval
— blocked that requirement by a
5-4 vote.
Arguing for Wisconsin on
Tuesday will be Solicitor General
Misha Tseytlin — another of Ken-
nedy’s former law clerks. His
brief, which quotes Kennedy 33
times, refers to gerrymandering
as a “centuries-old status quo”
and warns that any ruling against
it would have to rely on one or
more of the mathematical formu-
las devised by opponents. The re-
sult, he says, would be that in
many states, “any displeased vot-
er ... can file a lawsuit in federal
court.”
flooding during Hurricane Har-
vey caused multiple explosions is
under criminal investigation.
The Houston Chronicle re-
ported that the Harris County
district attorney’s office con-
firmed Friday it had opened a
criminal investigation into Arke-
ma’s actions before the explo-
sions. In late August authorities
evacuated a 1.5-mile radius
around the plant in Crosby, about
25 miles northeast of Houston.
First responders are suing the
company, claiming they were left
vomiting and gasping for breath
because of fumes.
GUARD GUILTY OF BEATING
INMATE, PLANTING EVIDENCE
A former Florida prison guard
has been found guilty of assault-
ing an inmate and planting evi-
dence in a failed attempt to claim
self-defense.
Willie Walker is facing up to 10
years in prison after being con-
victed Friday in federal court of
violating the inmate’s rights.
The Panama City News-Herald
reported that in March 2015,
Walker, 58, sprayed a Gulf Cor-
rectional Institution inmate with
a chemical agent and struck him
repeatedly, breaking his nose and
causing a head wound that need-
ed stapling. Officials said Walker
planted a homemade knife.
MORMON LEADER REAFFIRMS
STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
A top Mormon leader reaf-
firmed the religion’s opposition to
same-sex marriage Saturday dur-
ing a church conference — and
reminded followers that children
should be raised in families led by
a married man and woman.
The speech by Dallin H. Oaks, a
member of a governing body
called the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles, followed a push in re-
cent years by The Church of Je-
sus Christ of Latter-day Saints to
uphold theological opposition to
gay marriage amid widespread
social acceptance while trying to
foster an empathetic stance to-
ward LGBT people.

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Absences Kevin Johnson IRAQI MILITARY MOVES TO

of usual USA TODAY
attendees
mean no WASHINGTON As the newly in-
awkward stalled FBI director, it was Chris-
topher Wray’s party.
situations But guests gathered in the
occur courtyard of the J. Edgar Hoover
Building on Thursday for Wray’s
formal installation as the eighth
director of the venerable bureau
spent at least part of the time
scanning the crowd for potential-
ly uncomfortable encounters in-
volving a few highly anticipated
guests.
The president and past direc-
tors of the FBI traditionally at-
tend such celebrations.
President Trump was notice-
ably absent. So the awkwardness
of possible confrontations with
the FBI director he fired, James
Comey, and the former director
ISOLATE KURDISH REGION
Iraq’s military began taking
control Saturday of the interna-
tional borders of the northern
Kurdish region.
The move is part of the central
government’s stepped-up efforts
to isolate the Kurds after their
vote favoring independence this
past week.
A Kurdish official at the Turk-
ish border crossing said the bor-
der was operating normally
Saturday but described the situa-
tion as “tense.”
“When we need we can do next.” FBI Director On Friday evening, Iraq insti-
Wray, who graduated from Chris Wray tuted a flight ban that halted all
people to go Yale Law School in 1992, left the speaks at his international flights from the ter-
where others fear Justice Department in 2005 to installation ritory’s airports.
join the law firm of King & Spal- ceremony
to tread, we turn ding, where he represented major Thursday in RIGHTS GROUPS URGE END
to you again and corporations in state and federal Washington. TO CRACKDOWN ON GAYS
investigations. ANDREW HARNIK, AP

now leading an investigation that
continues to shadow his admini-
stration, Robert Mueller, never
materialized.
Comey, who was abruptly dis-
missed by Trump in May, and
Mueller, who was Comey’s prede-
cessor, also did not attend the
low-key yet warm, welcoming
ceremony for the 50-year-old di-
rector.
Mueller is a special counsel
leading an investigation into Rus-
sia’s interference in the 2016
presidential election and possible
collusion with Trump campaign
associates.
Hundreds of people filled the
sun-splashed courtyard. Agency
staffers crowded the overlooking
concourses where Attorney Gen-
eral Jeff Sessions, who endorsed
Comey’s removal, called Wray
again.”
New FBI Director Christopher Wray,
to staffers gathered Thursday at the
J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington
“right for the time” and his instal-
lation a “good day for America.”
“It’s not about him but about
security, justice and the law,” Ses-
sions said. “He has no hidden
agendas.”
Wray, former chief of the Jus-
tice Department’s Criminal Divi-
sion, where he worked under
Comey during the George W.
Bush administration, invoked the
name of each of his predecessors,
including Comey and Mueller,
saying that “today’s FBI builds on
that remarkable history.”
“I get up every day fired up to
come to work,” Wray said. “I get
up every day fired up to see what
He also was personal attorney Two international rights
to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie groups called on Egyptian au-
in the so-called Bridgegate scan- thorities Saturday to halt their
dal in 2013. crackdown on people suspected
But the new director said he of homosexuality following the
never lost his affinity for the Jus- waving of the LGBT rainbow flag
tice Department and the FBI. at a recent concert in Cairo.
During the 9/11 attacks, Wray Human Rights Watch and Am-
was among the cadre of top feder- nesty International also urged
al officials who worked for days Egypt, a majority-Muslim coun-
from offices in the building where try of 95 million people, to call off
he will now occupy the director’s the anal examination of people
suite. suspected of homosexuality to
“When we need people to go determine whether they were en-
where others fear to tread, we gaged in same-sex relations.
turn to you again and again,” he They said the practice amount-
said, looking to staffers gathered ed to torture and called it “abhor-
on the concourses. rent” and scientifically unsound.
“The threats we face are sig- Homosexuality is taboo in
nificant, the premium on vigi- Egypt, though it is not explicitly
lance doesn’t stop. prohibited by law.
“This very moment means the
world to me,” he said. Staff and wire reports
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SUNDAY

DEMI LOVATO
POURS HERSELF
INTO NEW
MUSIC, NEW
CHALLENGES
‘Tell Me You Love Me’
is a snapshot of where
the singer is right now
Maeve McDermott | USA TODAY

T
here’s no quicker way to revive
a sleepy pop star than to tell
her she sounds like Adele.
When we caught up with
Demi Lovato, she had just come from a
crack-of-dawn appearance on Good
Morning America to advocate for Hur-
ricane Harvey relief and show off her
new Fabletics activewear line.
Yet, even Disney Channel veterans
get tired sometimes, and beneath Lo-
vato’s unfailingly polite demeanor
there was probably a 25-year-old who
needed a nap. But she brightened at
the comparison with the big-voiced
British diva on her new song, You
Don’t Do It For Me Anymore, a
soaring highlight on her forth-
coming album, Tell Me You Love
Me (out Friday).

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Under and pop-culture milestones: steen previews
his residency on
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Tuesday (with
DVD/BLU-RAY an official open-
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starring Casey Affleck and 12.) The show,
Melbourne, Australia,
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education and infrastructure
MICHAEL B. SMITH AND ALEX GONZALEZ, USA TODAY
on Tuesday. USA TODAY’s
Brian Truitt calls the film “a
thought-provoking, singu-
larly special masterpiece
about love, mortality and
how our heart keeps beat-
ing even after it stops.”
TUNE IN ABC’s Black-ish
returns on Tuesday at 9 p.m.
ET/PT.After witnessing a histori-
cally inaccurate Columbus Day
play at his twins’ school, Dre
(Anthony Anderson) is inspired
to hire Aloe Blacc to write a
song about Juneteenth.
Broadway, runs
through Feb. 3 at the Walter
Kerr Theatre. The Boss will
perform music and read
excerpts from his best-selling
memoir, ‘Born to Run.’
GO TO Blade Runner 2049
opens Friday. Ryan Gosling
stars as a young blade runner
who discovers a secret that
leads him to track down Rick
Deckard (Harrison Ford), who
has been missing for 30 years.
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‘Art
helps
people’
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“That’s, like, the best compli-

ment ever,” Lovato says.
Lovato’s career has been de-
fined by her role-model status.
She’s a mental health and body-
positivity advocate whose “be
yourself at all costs” attitude
pours from her biggest hits, from
Cool for the Summer’s winking
sexuality to her unapologetic new
single, Sorry Not Sorry.
The differences between her
2015 album, Confident, and her
forthcoming release are clear in
their representative titles. Writ-
ten after several public breakups,
including from longtime boy-
friend Wilmer Valderrama, Tell
Me You Love Me is a snapshot of
twentysomethings’ relationships,
including the sexting, friends
with benefits and late-night calls
so prevalent in modern dating.
“I’m single, and I’m 25 years
old, and I’m living by myself, and
so I wanted to write about it,” she Demi Lovato performs in August on ABC’s Good Morning America at Rumsey Playfield in New York City. WIREIMAGE
says. “Some of the perks include
not taking life, or anything, too
seriously, and just having fun. day she prefers to focus on her
And then sometimes it gets new charity project, which fosters
lonely.” artistic projects for refugees.
As for the songs’ subjects, Lo- “I’m working with Global Citi-
vato confirms that the characters zen and we’re working together
and experiences in her music to help displaced people and refu-
aren’t fiction. gees in Iraq,” she says. “We’re
“I don’t think that any of my working to put together an art
songs are necessarily ‘made up,’ ” system so that it can help them
she says. “I relate to all of them heal and use music, or whatever
through personal experiences. art form they want.
There are times when there are “Art helps people, and we’re
people that I write about and I putting together an initiative to
don’t want it to sound too obvi- work together to help people be
ous, so I’ll disguise it a little bit.” able to express their emotions
“And for the most part, my fans sites from hunting down details through art.”
know what’s up,” she adds. on her love life, with paparazzi After inspiring fans by speak-
Considering the press’ near- snapping her holding hands with ing candidly about her mental
obsession with Lovato’s sex-posi- a woman at Disneyland this health struggles, she hopes to
tive songwriting, lyrics like “lucky Lovato addresses the Democratic National Convention at Wells month. similarly tackle perceptions of
for you, I got all these daddy is- Fargo Arena in Philadelphia last summer. ROBERT HANASHIRO, USA TODAY When a recent Huffington Post refugees and other displaced
sues” seem designed to raise eye- article slammed Lovato for refus- people.
brows. Lovato plans to take her comfortable with the cameras is more about Simply Complicated’s ing to talk about her sexuality, “What I don’t think people
soul-baring a step further with a knowing in those moments when intimate details, fans can expect she clapped back on Twitter, reaf- realize is that these people have
documentary arriving on You- I’m being vulnerable, or when I’m the documentary to address her firming that her personal busi- gone through so much and
Tube Oct. 17 called Demi Lovato: opening up, I know that it’s going sexuality. After Cool for the Sum- ness is just that. they’re just like us,” she says.
Simply Complicated. to help someone who may be go- mer hinted at her same-sex expe- “If you’re that curious about “I think it’s important to re-
Spending months with a film ing through the same thing I am,” riences, questions about her my sexuality, watch my documen- member that they’re human, and
crew wasn’t always easy for Lova- she says. “So just keeping that in sexual preferences became com- tary. But I don’t owe anybody no matter what their religion or
to, but as she explains, she feels mind, in the back of my head, monplace in interviews. And anything,” she wrote. skin color or what type of person
she owes it to her fans to be when you’re filming is while Lovato has stayed vague Lovato also has spoken openly they are, they’re human and it’s
honest. important.” about how she labels her sexual- about her mental health struggles important that we do whatever
“Some of the ways that I got While Lovato wouldn’t share ity, that hasn’t stopped gossip in the past, but it’s clear that to- we can to help them.”

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TRENDING
Technical
glitches, low
funds mar
health care
sign-ups
Health Shefali Luthra
care site Kaiser Health News
helpers:
Training While health care uncertainty
process roils Washington, the rest of the
country is coasting toward Oba-
is ‘a new macare season.
circle of Open enrollment is just about
a month away. But the current
Dante’s landscape is marked by funding
hell’ cuts and other White House ef-
forts to pull back on Affordable
under Care Act outreach, which has led
Trump some people to brace for what
they foresee as the toughest sea-
White son yet.
House And the latest wrinkle: In
states that use the federal mar- “It used to be … you Based on interviews with navi- But even as navigators from a Pedro Rojas
ketplace, healthcare.gov, many got the impression gators as well as advocates and number of states report prob- holds a sign
navigators — non-profit groups experts who work with their or- lems, others say their experiences directing
and workers who receive federal they were trying to ganizations, when these prob- haven’t differed from other years. people to an
funding to help consumers enroll help you. Now it lems arise, they compound an Adam VanSpankeren, a Wis- insurance
— are hitting snags completing a seems, passively, this already uphill climb to sign peo- consin-based navigator, said he company
mandatory certification course. is not their priority.” ple up for ACA health coverage. faced a few bugs in completing where they
Those credentials are required “I don’t know how much icing his training, but nothing unusual. can sign up
before they can formally advise Randal Serr, of Take Care Utah, a Salt we need on this cake, but it’s When he sought technical sup- for health
consumers or organize educa- Lake City-based navigator organization more icing on the cake,” said port, he said, he received quick coverage
tional events about getting Shelli Quenga, director of pro- and thorough help. Amalia Ben- under the
coverage. Take Care Utah, a navigator or- grams for the Palmetto Project in venutti, a Georgia-based insurer, Affordable
To be sure, the training — ganization based in Salt Lake South Carolina, whose federal reported a similar encounter. Care Act in
which involves buggy, not-so-us- City. “Now it seems, passively, grant was cut by more than 50%. “There has always been the oc- 2015 in
er-friendly software — has never this is not their priority.” He re- Software problems are occur- casional odd bug with a particular Miami. JOE
been a smooth process. ported that he has experienced ring more frequently than in the module not saving or the site RAEDLE, GETTY IMAGES

But this year, many say they’re
experiencing more technical
glitches and — in a critical shift —
getting less help from the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Ser-
vices, the federal agency tasked
with supporting them.
“It used to be … you got the im-
pression they were trying to help
you,” said Randal Serr, director of
firsthand the slow responses to
these technical difficulties.
Despite repeated requests
from Kaiser Health News, CMS
did not provide comment for this
story.
Chief among complaints are
repeated error messages and lost
or unsaved work after sections of
the training are completed.
past at her organization, Quenga
said. Meanwhile, she said, it can
take weeks before CMS resolves
the issue — a delay she didn’t re-
call experiencing in previous
years. On top of the funding cuts
and the administration’s mes-
sages that undermine enroll-
ment, it’s “a new circle of Dante’s
hell,” she said.
crashing — the interface is a bit
clunky — but nothing that I
would describe as more restric-
tive or onerous than previous
years,” VanSpankeren said.
Kaiser Health News, a non-profit health
newsroom whose stories appear in
news outlets nationwide, is an editori-
ally independent part of the Kaiser
Family Foundation.
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Quarterback carries
12 times for 183 yards
and three touchdowns
ROB CENTORANI
RCENTORANI@PRESSCONNECTS.COM
Union-Endicott defeated visiting Hor-
seheads, 33-12 in a Section 4 Football
Conference non-division game Saturday.
Records/up next
Horseheads (1-4) will travel to Cor-
ning on Friday. U-E (5-0) is at Vestal on
Friday.
Turning point
Late in the second quarter of a score-
less game, the Tigers faced a fourth-
and-3 from its 41. U-E opted to go for it
and senior quarterback Devon Hogan
found a huge hole on the left side for a
15-yard gain.
Hogan scrambled for 23 yards on the
next play to Horseheads’ 21. Three plays
later, on a designed run, Hogan started
left, found a crease and scored from 11
yards out. Bailey Dupuy’s extra point
made it 7-0 with 1:06 left in the first half.
The Tigers then dominated the third
quarter, scoring 21 points, including a
touchdown run and a touchdown pass by
Hogan.
Key plays
Horseheads put together a splendid
drive on its opening possession, moving
from its 34 to U-E’s 1. Quarterback Jack
Chalk rushed for 16 yards and completed
two passes for 31 yards on the drive.
Chalk’s 19-yard completion to Josh Tolpa
gave the Blue Raiders’ first-and-goal
from the 4. Chalk’s 4-yard rush set up a
fourth-and-goal from the 1.
Chalk then handed off to Gavin El-
ston, but U-E’s Danny Quinones was un-
blocked and tackled Elston for a 2-yard
loss as U-E took possession on its 3.
To open the second half, U-E drove 69
See U-E, Page 5C

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BEST OF UPSTATE
JOHN MORIELLO

John Moriello, who

has been an ardent
follower and commenta-
tor on New York high
school sports for dec-
ades, is writing a week-
ly column called “Best in Upstate,”
which is designed to fly above all of
the state sectional borders. You can
reach John at nysswa@gmail.com or
@nysswa on Twitter. He oversees the
NYSSWA web page of high school
rankings.
Years of careful observation have
taught me there are three sure signs
of autumn’s arrival, and none have to
do with that pile of leaves in my yard:
» My favorite burger joint and ice
cream stand start closing an hour
earlier.
» A friend residing in Central New
York sends me at least two Syracuse
University athletic department pocket
calendars in the mail.
» My email account receives help-
ful suggestions that I find another line
of work because I know nothing about
ranking New York’s best high school
football teams.
Well, my waistline certainly doesn’t
need late-night burgers and frozen
custards, my online calendar already
has all the SU games and those of a
dozen other colleges listed via the
Elmira’s Charlie Mahon is tackled by Binghamton’s Ty Wooden on Saturday at Ernie Davis Academy. ANDREW LEGARE / STAFF PHOTO marvels of technology, and I agree
that I’m not authoritative when it
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Fortunately, Neil Kerr is very good
at sorting through scores and teams’
records each Sunday. The retired
Syracuse sportswriter, the same per-
son who sends me those SU pocket
calendars each autumn, has been in
charge of football rankings for the
New York State Sportswriters
Patriots rally from 20-point deficit to win on final play Association for nearly 50 years.
His work, which for more than four
decades was distributed in an eight-
ANDREW LEGARE Binghamton coach Mike Ramil said at midfield with 51 seconds left. Rags- page weekly newsletter mailed to
ALEGARE@PRESSCONNECTS.COM when asked if he had been part of a game dale made an acrobatic, diving catch for reporters, coaches and hardcore fans
such as this one. “It’s this team. This a 27-yard gain to put the ball at Elmira’s but now resides on our website, is

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ne of Section 4’s top football ri-
valries took a turn for the dra-
matic Saturday afternoon, with
Binghamton scoring on the
game’s final play to beat Elmi-
ra, 33-32, at Ernie Davis Academy’s Mar-
ty Harrigan Athletic Field.
Senior quarterback Daniel Crowley
zipped an 8-yard touchdown pass over
the middle to senior Jaylin Ragsdale as
the clock expired to cap the Patriots’
comeback from a 20-point deficit with
four minutes remaining.
“We’ve won close games before,”
team knew it could be special. We’ve
been having a tough time trying to be
special, but they found a way to be spe-
cial today.”
Crowley scored on a 4-yard run to
bring Binghamton (2-3, 2-1 Section 4
Class AA) within 32-20 with 3 minutes,
53 seconds remaining.
The Patriots recovered a fumbled El-
mira snap on the next play from scrim-
mage, leading to a 3-yard touchdown
scamper from Crowley with 3:02 to go.
After forcing an Elmira punt follow-
ing one first down, the Patriots took over
19-yard line. Following an incomplete
pass, Connor Ackerson caught an 11-
yard pass. Another incompletion with 3
seconds left was followed by the win-
ning throw on a slant pattern.
Elmira fell to 1-4 overall and 1-1 in
Section 4 Class AA. Last year, the Ex-
press beat Binghamton in the regular
season before falling to the Patriots, 36-
28, in overtime in the sectional final.
“Frustrated,” Elmira coach Jimmy
McCauley said. “I feel like we’ve given
See PATRIOTS, Page 3C
both eagerly awaited and heavily
scrutinized. And rarely is it success-
fully second-guessed because Neil is
adept at combining relevant history
with recent results and projecting
where football and basketball teams
might be by the end of their seasons.
In the latter stages of the boys
basketball playoffs, Neil and I will
look at results of sectional champi-
onship games and state qualifiers to
calculate the percentage of higher-
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FOOTBALL
Susquehanna Valley 29, Owego 22
Susquehanna Valley ..... 7 14 8 0 - 29
Owego ….. 8 8 0 6 - 22
First quarter
SV— Jarred Freije 7 run (Jarred Freije kick),
7:24.
O— Safety, SV punter downed in end zone,
2:50.
O— Tyler Phelps 57 run (kick failed), 17.2.
Second quarter
SV— Kyle Leonard 2 run (Maxwell Huffman
pass from Jarred Freije), 9:52.
O— Luke Kiballa 6 run (Luke Kiballa run),
4:19.
SV— Daniel Matthews 17 pass from Jarred
Freije (run failed), 3.6.
Third quarter
SV— Edwin Lavin 35 pass from Jarred Freije
(Jarred Freije run), 6:42.
Fourth quarter
O— Tyler Phelps 3 run (kick failed), 10:20.
Rushing — SV, Joe Hoskins 9-79, Kyle Leon-
ard 6-17, William Sheridan 3-2, Bertrand Dure
7-18, Jarred Freije 15-45, Edwin Lavin 1-(mi-
nus-9), Mitchell Knapp 1-9. Owego, Luke Ki-
balla 16-74, Dustin Dann 5-19, Jason Kithcart
2-(minus-1), Zach Miner 2-3, Tyler Phelps 5-
55, Jyzaiah Race 5-21, Gio Fabi 3-10.
Passing — SV, Jarred Freije 3-7, 109 yards.
Owego, Tyler Phelps 8-14, 70 yards, int.
Receiving — SV, Daniel Matthews 1-17,
Daniel Wager 1-57, Edwin Lavin 1-35. Owego,
Kobe Bogart 4-49, Zach Miner 2-11, Jason
Kithcart 1-1, Justin Peacock 1-9.
Norwich 48, Chenango Valley 13
Chenango Valley ….. 0 0 6 7 - 13
Norwich ….. 14 20 7 7 - 48
First quarter
N— Drew Walsh 50 run (Mike Trevisani kick)
N— Walsh 2 run (Trevisani kick)
Second quarter
N— Eric Conant (Trevisani kick)
N— Conant 19 run (kick failed)
N— Grant Wessels 1 run (Trevisani kick)
Third quarter
N— Walsh 93 kick return (Trevisani kick)
CV— Anthony Forbidussi 1 run (pass failed)
Fourth quarter
N— David Berger 6 run (Trevisani kick)
CV— Brady Hope 12 run (Forbidussi kick)
Rushing — CV, Anthony Forbidussi 15-102,
Nathan Aylward 5-60, Zachary Wood 12-54,
Zaphir Hill 3-16, Brady Hope 6-15, Connor
Paugh 1-4, Nathan Klein 1-2. Norwich, Drew
Walsh 14-199, Eric Conant 7-48, David Berger
5-34, Jacob Davis 3-23, JT Vinal 2-16, Zach
Mills 3-11, Justin Bates 3-2, Grant Wessels 1-1.
Passing — CV, Anthony Forbidussi 1-10, (mi-
nus-4 yards), int. Norwich, Thomas Parrella
5-6, 65 yards.
Receiving — CV, Michael Godbay 1-(mi-
nus-4). Norwich, Michael Carson 3-44, Ty Ri-
fanburg 2-21.
Deposit/Hancock 34, Delhi 13
Delhi ….. 0 7 0 6 - 13
Deposit/Hancock ….. 14 12 0 8 - 34
First quarter
D/H—James Bowie 36 pass from Darren
Shaver (N/A pass from N/A)
D/H— Shaver 28 int. return (run failed)
Second quarter
Del— Mike Scarimbolo 25 pass from Nate
Craft (N/A kick)
D/H— Shaver 66 run (kick failed)
D/H— Jackson Miller 2 run (pass failed)
Fourth quarter
D/H— Shaver 30 run (Miller run)
D— Scarimbolo 1 run (no PAT attempt)
Rushing — Delhi, Mike Griswold 1-(mi-
nus-9), Nate Craft 8-29, Eric Bullo 9-16, Mike
Scarimbolo 5-39, Warren Pardee 2-6, Bryce
Bracchy 2-1. D/H, Darren Shaver 8-134, Jack-
son Miller 14-177, Cooper Hall 5-21, Austin
Lenio 2-14, Raymond Rynearson 1-(mi-
nus-15).
Passing — Delhi, Mike Griswold 6-16, 49
yards, 2 ints.; Nate Craft 1-5, 20 yards. D/H,
Darren Shaver 4-9, 71 yards; Raymond Ry-
nearson 0-1.
Receiving — Delhi, Will Branigan 3-19, Nate
Craft 2-30, Mike Scarimbolo 1-20. D/H, Austin
Lenio 1-17, James Bowie 2-39, Jackson Miller
1-15.
Tioga 41, Groton 6
Groton ….. 0 0 0 6
Tioga ….. 14 14 7 6
First quarter
T— Nick Klossner 33 run (Tanner Hollenbeck
kick)
T— Trey Floyd 30 run (Hollenbeck kick)
Second quarter
T— Klossner 14 run (Hollenbeck kick)
T— DiMario Chambers 39 run. (Hollenbeck
kick)
Third quarter
T— Trey Floyd 5 run (Hollenbeck kick)
Fourth quarter
T— Max Johnon 2 run (kick failed)
G— 16 pass (pass failed)
Rushing — Groton, N/A. Tioga, Max John-
son 7-108, Trey Floyd 8-83, Justin Rockwell
9-78, Nick Klossner 5-62, Connor Hutchinson
3-(minus-9), DiMario Chambers 3-49, John
Worthing 6-18, Owen Wanck 2-11, Tanner
Hollenbeck 3-18, Alex Quinn 6-33.
Passing — Groton, N/A, 10-19, 149 yards.
Tioga, Connor Hutchinson 0-2.
Receiving — Groton N/A.
Lansing 7, SVEC 6
S-VE/Candor ….. 0 0 0 6 - 6
Lansing ….. 0 7 0 0 - 7
Second quarter
L— Darryl Fleming 32 run (Garrett Bell kick)
Fourth quarter
SVEC—Thomas Llewellyn 60 int. return (pass
failed)
Rushing — SVEC, Evan Barnett 6-14, Chris-
tian Haynes 7-12, Cameron Doane 5-8, Wil-
son Cooper 1-(minus-3). Lansing, Darryl Flem-
ing 16-111, Joe Miller-LaBar 19-91, Luke Wins-
low 9-21, Garrett Bell 4-6.
Passing — SVEC, Cameron Doane 2-10, 48
yards. Lansing, Garrett Bell 3-7, 12 yards.
Receiving — SVEC, Nathan Mack 1-30,
Cameron Fitzgerald 1-18. Lansing, Joe Miller-
LaBar 2-11, Darryl Fleming 1-1.
Sidney 44, Oxford/G-MU 8
Sidney ..... 16 14 6 8 - 44
Oxford/G-MU ..... 8 0 0 0 - 8
First quarter
S— Brandon Evans 3 pass from Darren Smith
(Ethan Finch run)
S— Ethan Finch 14 pass from Darren Smith
(Liam Matthews pass from Darren Smith)
OG— Mickenson Clune 21 run (Mickenson
Clune run)
Second quarter
S— Liam Matthews 9 pass from Darren
Smith (Reggie Jimenez run)
S— Liam Matthews 31 pass from Darren
Smith (run failed)
Third quarter
S— Brandon Evans 20 pass from Ethan Finch
(run failed)
Fourth quarter
S— David Gannon 9 run (Lucas Tanner run)
Rushing — Sidney, Tanner Gifford 2-22, Da-
vid Gannon 5-35, Ethan Finch 7-42, Reggie
Jimenez 4-34, Brandon Evans 1-0, Liam Mat-
thews 1-5. OG, Jake Smith 1-(minus-1), Mick-
enson Clune 24-139, Dakota Freidel 9-73,
Paul Baker 12-36, Daren Law 1-2, Aidian In-
graham 2-7, Jake Ingraham 1-3.
Passing — Sidney, Darren Smith 11-15, 167
yards, int.; Ethan Finch, 2-3, 23 yards. OG, Da-
ren Law, 0-2.
Receiving — Sidney, Liam Matthews 4-72,
Ethan Finch 4-55, Lucas Tanner 1-18, Brandon
Evans 3-22. OG, None.
Notes: Sidney improved to 5-0; Oxford/G-
MU fell to 0-4.
FIELD HOCKEY
Maine-Endwell 6, Sidney 0
Maine-Endwell ….. 5 1 - 6
Sidney ….. 0 0 - 0
Maine-Endwell: Anna Castaldo 3-0, Ju-
lianne Zunik 2-0, Sam Palmer 1-1, Val Palmeri
0-1, Allie L’Amoreaux 0-1.
Sidney: None.
Shots-penalty corners: S 8-6; M-E 9-10.
Saves: Makayla Phillips (S) 9; N/A (M-E) N/A.
BOYS SOCCER
Maine-Endwell 2, Elmira 1
Elmira ….. 1 0 0 0 - 1
Maine-Endwell ….. 0 1 0 1 - 2
Elmira (8-2-1): Noah Sperduto 1-0.
Maine-Endwell (7-4): Jamieson Pitts 1-1,
Raeli Foster 1-0.
Shots-corners: E 9-4; M-E 15-5.
Saves: Corey Templar (E) 8; Matt Darpino (M-
E) 5.
Notes: Raeli Foster one-timed a pass from Ja-
mieson Pitts for the winning goal, scoring
from 30 yards out with 8:50 left in the second
overtime.
Oneonta 7, Susquehanna Valley 1
Oneonta ….. 3 4 - 7
Susquehanna Valley ….. 0 1 - 1
Oneonta: Tanner Beang 2-0, Eamon Ge-
raghty 1-0, Matt Shultz 1-0, E.J. Kavrazonis
2-0, Alex Brannan 1-0.
Susquehanna Valley: Dan Ulma 1-0.
Shots-corners: O 13-16; SV 3-2.
Saves: Ethan Sussman (SV) 10; Brad Morell
(O) 2, Aben Carrington (O) 0.
Seton Catholic Central 5, Norwich 2
Seton Catholic Central ….. 2 3 - 5
Norwich ….. 0 2 - 2
Seton Catholic: Bernie Pawlawski 1-2, Park-
er Kondrop 2-1, Mojouk Ajak 1-0, Leo Galla-
gher 1-0.
Norwich: Mjuni 2-0.
Shots-corners: SCC 12-3; N 5-5.
Saves: Gio Garufi (SCC) 3; Dakota Franklin
(N) 5.
Vestal 4, Owego 2
Vestal ..... 4
Owego .... 2
Vestal: Joe Gashinsky 2-0, Corey Barr 1-0,
Nate Parsons 1-0, Dan Mansfield 0-2.
Owego: Cameron Neira 1-0, Nick Mispawa
1-0, Hunter Gonzalez 0-1.
Shots-corners: N/A.
Saves: N/A.
Dryden 3, Southern Cayuga 1
Thursday’s game
Dryden ….. 3 0 - 3
Southern Cayuga ….. 1 0 - 1
Dryden: Felix Abel-Ferretti 3-0.
Southern Cayuga (5-4): Antonio Valdez
1-0.
Shots-corners: D 8-4; SC 8-2.
Saves: Ortiz (D) 6; Colin Rejman (SC) 6.
GIRLS SOCCER
Groton 8, Southern Cayuga 0
Groton ..... 8
Southern Cayuga ..... 0
Groton: Natalie Bell 2-0, Maddie Coombs
1-0, Maggie Ossit 1-0, Lauren Reeves 1-0,
Sophia Bell 1-0, Britanny Stanley 1-0, Kelsey
Murdock 0-1.
Southern Cayuga: None.
Shots-corners: N/A.
Saves: N/A (G) 1; Evelyn Valdez (SC) 2, Lilly
Colton 5 (SC).
Tioga 6, Newfield 0
Newfield ….. 0 0 - 0
Tioga ….. 3 3 - 6
Newfield: None.
Tioga: Destini Sweet 3-1, Bailey Elston 1-0,
Mackenzie Macumber 1-0, Eve Wood 1-0,
Emily Polo Rankin 0-2, Mikayla Rafferty 0-1,
Audra Jaye 0-1.
Shots-corners: N 5-0; T 47-12.
Saves: Autumn Hunsinger (N) 27, Caitlin
Howell (N) 4; Kylie Zimmerman (T) 5, Aubrey
Nichols (T) 0, Madison Howey (T) 1.
Delhi 2, Bainbridge-Guilford 0
Delhi ….. 0 2 - 2
Bainbridge-Guilford ….. 0 0 - 0
Delhi: Olivia Wakin 1-0, Lindsey Whitbeck
1-0, Logan Bruce 0-1.
Bainbridge-Guilford: None.
Shots-corners: D 10-6; B-G 4-4.
Saves: Kaitlynn Finch (D) 4; Megan Palmatier
(B-G) 9.
Lansing 2, Union Springs 1
Lansing ….. 1 1 - 2
Union Springs ….. 0 1 - 1
Lansing (4-0-2): Gwen Gisler 1-1, Abby Jones
1-0.
Union Springs (0-5-0): Emma Lutkins 1-0,
Ava Mills 0-1.
Shots-corners: L 13-6; US 8-3.
Saves: Lena Gisler (L) 6; Morgan Lupo (US) 8.
Waverly 3, Elmira Notre Dame 0
Waverly ….. 0 3 - 3
Elmira Notre Dame ….. 0 0 - 0
Waverly (11-0): Kayla Kromelbein 2-0, Cas-
sandra Bowman 1-0, Elle Nittinger 0-1.
Elmira Notre Dame (9-3): None.
Shots-corners: W 15-6; END 6-0.
Saves: Zoe Mennig (W) 3; Taylor Gray (END)
7.
SWIMMING
Lansing 94, Waverly 89
Thursday at Waverly
200-yard medley relay: Lansing (Marin Al-
len, Caroline Dennis, Grace Kadlecik, Meghan
Matheny) 2:02.16; 200 freestyle: Katie Barr
(L) 2:15.57; 200 individual medley: Abigail
Durgin (W) 2:31.17; 50 free: Kadlecik (L)
25.03; Diving: Matheny (L) 240.65; 100 but-
terfly: Kadlecik (L) 1:02.02; 100 free: Sophia
Desisti (W) 1:12.46; 500 free: Mackenzie
Stark (L) 5:56.96; 200 free relay: Lansing
(Barr, Matheny, Dennis, Kadlecik) 1:48.61; 100
backstroke: Rachel Shambo (W) 1:33.46;
100 breaststroke: Durgin (W) 1:17.09; 400
free relay: Lansing (Barr, Stark, Libby Weav-
er, Marin) 4:10.19.
TENNIS
Chenango Valley 5, Sus Valley 2
At Susquehanna Valley
Singles: Kelly Smith (CV) def. Jenna Yezzi 7-5,
7-5; Alexa Attleson (CV) def. Camille Mastro-
nardi 7-6, 6-3; Katerina Retzlaff (CV) won by
forfeit; Katie Mach (CV) def. Sara Figura 6-3,
7-5.
Doubles: Amber Adams/Jocelyn Jackowski
(SV) def. Linsey Reardon/Claire Harvey 6-2,
6-3; Rebekka Stewart/Kianah Rodriguez (SV)
won by forfeit; Ellen Buckley/Kailyn Edwards
(CV) def. Kayla Henry/Sha-Diamond Evans
6-2, 6-4.
Records: SV 2-9; CV 4-6.
Owego 7, Maine-Endwell 0
At Maine-Endwell
Singles: Natalie Braman def. Audrey Burke
6-2, 2-6, 10-8; Ella Kopalek def. Kristina Haller
6-3, 6-4; Lauren Angelone def. Genevieve Pic-
ciano 4-6, 6-4, 10-8; Kayla Hankey def. Zoe
Murray 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Hannah Kelley/Anne Marie Mantei
def. Stephanie Muggeo/Mari Pasquale 6-1,
6-0; Annamae Joyce/Amy Huang def. Elise
Westcott/Rachael Rosenstein 6-2, 6-3; Rachel
Raftis/Grace Riddleberger def. Patricia Thom-
as/Alyona Dwyer 6-0, 6-3.
Records: M-E 1-11; Owego 7-5.
Chenango Forks 6, Elmira ND 1
At Elmira Notre Dame
Singles: Cassandra Pinataro def. Madeleine
Meier 6-1, 6-0; Hannah Benscoter def. Chloe
Stemermen 6-0, 6-1; Colleen Samsel def. Lucy
Kaffenbarger 6-1, 6-3; Gianna Rullo def. Mad-
die Wirth 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles: Izzy Milazzo/Hannah Mahon (END)
def. Jordan Meeker/Sarah Simonis 6-2, 6-0;
Sydney Fendick/Violetta Maystruk def. Mary
Zwirko/Angie Liriano 7-5, 6-2; Catie Lally/Ka-
tie Zimmerman def. Alexandra Meier/Evalynn
Dean 6-0, 6-0.
Records: CF 11-0; END 6-6.
Ithaca 7, Elmira 0
At Elmira
Singles: Asha Duhan def. Sarah Manning
6-0, 6-0; Fiona Botz def. Ashley Ross 6-2, 6-0;
Jisoo Ha def. Olivia Patricelli 6-2, 7-6; Adele
Giovannoni def. Isabella Robbins 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles: Frances Cannon/Nile Gossa-Tse-
gaye def. Elaine Beltran/Mary Lares 6-0, 6-1;
Sarah Kuntz/Kelsea Mitchell def. Kaitlyn
Klaiber/Arianna Johnson 6-3, 6-3; Anna Co-
hen/Kasia Fadeeva def. Rachel Squires/Jac-
quelyn Wandell 6-1, 6-2.
Records: Ithaca 10-1; Elmira 2-10.
Union-Endicott 5, Corning 2
At Union-Endicott
Singles: Connie Hou (C) def. Cailey Haynes
6-2, 6-2; Brianna Harmon (U-E) def. Maddy
Wozniak 6-2, 6-4; Abigail Madigan (U-E) def.
Megan Pesansky 6-0, 6-0; Alexis Harris (U-E)
def. Olivia Colonna 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Claire Hirst/Alexzeya Brooks (U-E)
def. Skylar Treadwell/Holly Boersen 6-1, 6-2;
Siera West/Gabrielle Gance (U-E) def. Nicole
Dunlap/Jessica Pesansky 6-0, 6-1; Gina Lan-
dry/Riley Davis (C) def. Dana Gordon/Isabelle
Homan 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5).
Records: Corning 7-5; U-E 10-0.
Owego 4, Seton Catholic Central 3
At Owego
Singles: Natalie Braman (O) def. Anna Kor-
chak 6-3, 6-2; Amamda Bucko (SCC) def. Ella
Kopalek 6-2, 6-0; Rose Kane (SCC) def. Lauren
Angelone 6-4, 7-5; Kayla Hankey (O) def. Imisi
Ademoyo 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles: Trinity Fauci/Kristiana Kourtelos
(SCC) def. Hannah Kelley/Anne Marie Mantei
7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Annamae Joyce/Amy Huang (O)
def. Bridget Martin/Angelica McCann 4-6,
7-5, 7-6, (7-2); Rachel Raftis/Grace Riddle-
berger (O) def. Molly Speicher/Valerie Crow-
ley 6-0, 6-3.
Records: SCC 10-1; Owego 8-5.
Union-Endicott 7, Johnson City 0
Thursday at Union-Endicott
Singles: Cailey Haynes def. Rhiannon Reid
6-0, 6-1; Brianna Harmon def. Breona Bogart
6-0, 6-0; Abigail Madigan def. Tessa Converti-
no 6-0, 6-0; Alexis Harris def. Jasmine Kham-
phanthirath 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Claire Hirst/Isabelle Homan def.
Haley Mangini/Precilaire Joseph 6-1, 6-1; Ga-
brielle Gance/Siera West def. Maia Tripp/Tasia
Robinson 6-2, 6-0; Meghan Walton/Kayla Da-
vis def. Alana Samounty/Ariana Lucas 6-0,
6-1.
Records: U-E 9-0; JC 0-12.
Vestal 5, Owego 2
Thursday at Owego
Singles: Angelique DeRouen (V) def. Natalie
Braman 6-1, 6-3; Ella Kopalek (O) def. Anika
Mott 6-3, 6-4; Cate Reynolds (V) def. Lauren
Angelone 3-6, 6-4, 10-7; Elizabeth Hartley (V)
def. Kayla Hankey 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: Shreya Nippani/Eeshah Ahmed (V)
def. Hannah Kelley/Anne Marie Mantei 6-1,
6-1; Annamae Joyce/Amy Huang (O) def.
Alexa Slyman/Aina Carty 4-6, 7-5, 10-3; Cath-
erine Hampp/Priya Kaneria (V) def. Grace Rid-
dleberger/Rachel Raftis 6-0, 7-6.
Records: Vestal 7-3; Owego 6-5.
VOLLEYBALL
S-VE 3, Odessa-Montour 0
Game scores: 25-9, 25-19, 25-15.
Odessa-Montour: N/A.
Spencer-Van Etten (3-8): Jamie Sayre 3 ac-
es, 3 kills, dig; Lindsey Greene 3 aces, 13 kills,
dig; Alexis Smith 4 aces, 13 assists; Tara Per-
kins 3 aces, kill, 2 digs; Lauren Chiusano 2 ac-
es, kill, 2 blocks.
JV: O-M, 2-0.
Union Springs 3, So. Cayuga 0
Game scores: 25-15, 25-12, 26-24.
Union Springs: Amber Black 3 aces; Lily Ver-
non 2 kills, ace; Brittney Meade 2 kills; Aimee
Krydatus 2 kills; Jaide Cummings 4 assists.
Southern Cayuga: Ashleigh Hinman 8 aces,
3 kills; Bailey Mudge 6 assists.
JV: US, 3-0.
Walton 3, Afton/Harpursville 0
Game scores: 25-2, 27-25, 25-9.
Walton (7-2): Jamie Klein 15 aces; Claire
Locker 5 aces, 3 assists; Aislynn Drumm 4
kills; Lizzie DeFalco 3 kills, 3 assists; Romancy
Snider 2 blocks; Gretchen Decker 3 digs.
Afton/Harpursville (0-5): Stefanie Allen 2
aces, 4 assists, kill; Tori Johnson 2 aces, dig;
Oliviah Harris-Morris 2 aces, 2 assists, 3 kills;
Madison Baker 4 kills, ace.
Dryden 3, Groton 0
Game scores: 25-17, 25-12, 25-19.
Groton: Courtney Parr 4 aces, assist, kill;
Christie Smith 2 aces, assist; Kristen Pollack
ace, kill.
Dryden: Erin Harkenrider 2 assists, 4 kills;
Bailee Cotterill 2 aces, 5 kills; Jessica Mobs 2
aces, 8 assists; Jordan Babcock 4 digs; Bry-
anna Frost 10 assists.
JV: Dryden, 2-0.
Delhi 3, Sidney 1
Game scores: 26-24, 18-25, 22-25, 20-25.
Delhi: Alyssa Mason 6 kills; Hannah Baxter 4
kills, 3 blocks; Kendra Ackerly 3 aces; Jess Da-
vis 30 digs.
Sidney: Alyssa Hawkins 2 aces, kill, 2 digs;
Makayla Hurd 4 aces, kill; Juliet Gagliardo 2
kills, 2 assists; Baylee Jones 3 aces, 2 kills.
Candor 3, Newfield 1
Game scores: 21-25, 25-10, 25-14, 25-13.
Newfield (1-8): Atavia Denmark 6 aces, 20
digs; Lucaya Clarey 5 digs, 3 kills, ace.
Candor (8-2): Bailey Rogers 3 aces, 9 kills, 11
digs; Shaylin Heidl 10 kills; Braelyn Hornick 2
aces, 22 assists; Caley Cole 5 aces, 11 digs.
LOCAL BOWLING
At Midway Lanes
Men’s top scores: Tom Cunningham 749;
Steve Lane 748; Mike Heath 737; Clay Atwa-
ter 279, 735; John Sponable 288, 731; Clay
Atwater 279, 728; Nick DiRose 289; Rocky
Anderson Jr. 279; Dick Harvey 279; John Ap-
plegate 279; Mike Cwynar 279; Todd LaForce
278; Jay Vymislicky 276; Brandon Kelly 274.
Women’s top scores: Becky Gensler 243,
686; Kelly Lapicola 635; Sarah Krager 266,
615; Kate McNeill 609; Sue Shaw 245, 603;
Marilyn Avondet 602; Brittany Gates 232.
SUNDAY’S EVENTS
COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Cortland at Ithaca, 1
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
Vermont at Binghamton, 1
COLLEGE WOMEN’S TENNIS
Broome at Onondaga, 1
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
New Hampshire at Binghamton, 1
MONDAY’S EVENTS
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Broome at County College of Morris, 7
HS FIELD HOCKEY
Section 4
Marathon at Afton, 4:30
Walton at Harpursville, 4:30
Sidney at Deposit/Hancock, 4:30
HS BOYS SOCCER
STAC
Elmira at Seton Catholic Central, 4:30
Johnson City at Union-Endicott, 7
IAC
Marathon at Moravia, 4:30
Dryden at Union Springs, 4:30
Waverly at Newark Valley, 4:30
Southern Cayuga at Groton, 4:30
Newfield at Odessa-Montour, 4:30
S-VE/Candor at Trumansburg, 4:30
Watkins Glen at Elmira Notre Dame, 4:30
Whitney Point at Lansing, 7
MAC
Unatego at Delhi, 4:30
Walton at Greene, 5
Non-league
Unadilla Valley at Norwich, 4
Windsor at Afton/Harpursville, 4:30
HS GIRLS SOCCER
STAC
Susquehanna Valley at Binghamton, 7
MAC
Greene at Bainbridge-Guilford, 4:30
Non-league
Whitney Point at Tully, 4:30
HS TENNIS
STAC
Johnson City at Susquehanna Valley, 4
HS VOLLEYBALL
MAC
Delhi at Greene, 6:30

NATIONAL SCOREBOARD
NFL Friday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 0
MLS Amway Top 25 schedule
Friday’s Games
Chowan 10, Johnson C. Smith 7
Elon 6, Albany (NY) 0
St. Francis (Ill.) 42, St. Ambrose 19
St. John’s (Minn.) 21, Bethel (Minn.) 13
All Times EDT Cleveland 10, Chicago White Sox 1 EASTERN CONFERENCE Faulkner 48, Webber 21 St. Norbert 61, Knox 17
No. 5 Southern Cal lost to No. 16 Washing-
AMERICAN CONFERENCE Houston 3, Boston 2 W L T Pts GF GA
ton State 30-27 Ferrum 17, NC Wesleyan 7 St. Scholastica 14, Northwestern (Minn.) 7
East Toronto FC 18 5 8 62 67 33
Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 0 NY City FC 16 8 7 55 52 38 No. 13 Miami (Fla.) beat Duke 31-6 Florida 38, Vanderbilt 24 St. Thomas (Minn.) 57, Augsburg 25
W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 50 37 Texas 5, Oakland 3 Atlanta UFC 15 8 7 52 66 35 Saturday’s Games Florida St. 26, Wake Forest 19 St. Xavier 24, Taylor 20
New England 2 1 0 .667 99 95 Minnesota 6, Detroit 3 Chicago 15 10 6 51 57 41 No. 1 Alabama vs. Mississippi, late Furman 56, ETSU 35 Tiffin 31, Northwood (Mich.) 28
Miami 1 1 0 .500 25 37 Kansas City 2, Arizona 1 Columbus 14 12 5 47 48 47 No. 2 Clemson at No. 12 Virginia Tech, late. Georgetown (Ky.) 38, Cumberland (Tenn.) Trine 44, Concordia (Ill.) 7
N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 52 72 L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 5 New York 12 11 7 43 46 42 No. 3 Oklahoma did not play. Next: Oct. 7 vs. 28 Valparaiso 27, Stetson 24
Saturday’s Games Montreal 11 14 6 39 49 52 Iowa State Georgia 41, Tennessee 0 Wabash 33, Wooster 28
South Georgia Tech 33, North Carolina 7 Waldorf 39, Valley City St. 35
W L T Pct PF PA Boston 6, Houston 3 Orlando City 10 13 9 39 38 51 No. 4 Penn State beat Indiana 45-14
Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 86 69 N.Y. Yankees 2, Toronto 1 New England 11 15 5 38 48 58 No. 6 Washington at Oregon State, late Grove City 21, Waynesburg 14 Wartburg 34, Coe 7
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 89 51 Baltimore at Tampa Bay, late Philadelphia 9 13 9 36 40 43 No. 7 Michigan did not play. Next: Oct. 7 vs. Hampden-Sydney 37, Bridgewater (Va.) 27 Washburn 35, Pittsburg St. 20
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 53 90 Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, late D.C. United 9 17 5 32 30 52 Michigan State Hendrix 48, Sewanee 42 Westminster (Mo.) 54, Martin Luther 6
Houston 1 2 0 .333 53 74 Detroit at Minnesota, late No. 8 Georgia beat Tennessee 41-0 Huntingdon 38, Brevard 10 William Penn 34, Avila 7
Arizona at Kansas City, late WESTERN CONFERENCE No. 9 Ohio State at Rutgers, late Jacksonville 56, Guilford 21 Winona St. 37, Upper Iowa 7
North W L T Pts GF GA
W L T Pct PF PA Oakland at Texas, late No. 10. Wisconsin beat Northwestern 33-24 Juniata 42, McDaniel 41, OT Wis.-Oshkosh 37, Wis.-Whitewater 20
Vancouver 14 10 6 48 47 43 Kennesaw St. 38, North Greenville 34 Wis.-River Falls 30, Wis.-Eau Claire 7
Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 64 50 Seattle at L.A. Angels, late Sporting KC 12 6 11 47 37 23 No. 11 TCU did not play. Next: Oct. 7 vs. West
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 51 54 Sunday’s Games Virginia Limestone 56, Mars Hill 49, 2OT Wisconsin 33, Northwestern 24
Seattle 12 8 11 47 45 37
Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 33 60 Houston (McHugh 4-2) at Boston (Sale 17-8), Portland 13 10 8 47 53 47 No. 12 Virginia Tech vs. No. Clemson, late Louisville 55, Murray St. 10 SOUTHWEST
Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 56 76 3:05 p.m. FC Dallas 10 9 12 42 42 42 No. 14 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, late Lycoming 34, Wilkes 7 Arkansas 42, New Mexico St. 24
West Oakland (Mengden 2-2) at Texas (Hamels Real Salt Lake 12 14 5 41 46 52 No. 15 Auburn vs. 24. Mississippi State, late Marist 31, Davidson 9 Cent. Oklahoma 53, Emporia St. 52
W L T Pct PF PA 11-5), 3:05 p.m. Houston 10 10 10 40 50 43 No. 17 South Florida beat East Carolina 61- Maryville (Tenn.) 48, Greensboro 6 Missouri Western 65, Northeastern St. 17
Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 93 57 Toronto (Anderson 4-4) at N.Y. Yankees San Jose 11 14 6 39 33 56 31 Memphis at UCF, ccd. Navy 31, Tulsa 21
Denver 2 1 0 .667 82 64 (Montgomery 9-7), 3:05 p.m. Minn United 9 15 5 32 40 59 No. 18 Louisville beat Murray State 55-10 Mercer 49, VMI 14 S. Nazarene 42, Henderson St. 24
Oakland 2 1 0 .667 81 63 Seattle (Paxton 12-5) at L.A. Angels (Bridwell Los Angeles 7 17 7 28 40 61 No. 19 Utah did not play. Next: Oct. 7 vs. Millsaps 20, Rhodes 19 FAR WEST
L.A. Chargers 0 3 0 .000 48 67 9-3), 3:07 p.m. Colorado 7 18 5 26 27 46 Stanford NC State 33, Syracuse 25 Black Hills St. 50, NM Highlands 40
NATIONAL CONFERENCE Baltimore (Gausman 11-11) at Tampa Bay No. 20 Florida beat Vanderbilt 38-24 Rochester 28, Becker 10 Cent. Washington 62, Simon Fraser 0
East (Snell 4-7), 3:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games No. 21 San Diego State vs. Northern Illinois, Samford 35, The Citadel 14 Colorado Mines 41, Fort Lewis 7
W L T Pct PF PA Chicago White Sox (Volstad 1-1) at Cleveland FC Dallas 0, Orlando City 0, tie late Shaw 23, Elizabeth City St. 17 Dixie St. 15, Western St. (Col.) 12
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 77 68 (Tomlin 9-9), 3:10 p.m. New York at Toronto FC, late No. 22. LSU vs. Troy, late South Florida 61, East Carolina 31 Weber St. 25, Montana St. 17
Dallas 2 1 0 .667 64 62 Detroit (Sanchez 3-6) at Minnesota (Colon 6- Atlanta United FC at New England, late No. 23 West Virginia did not play. Next: Oct. Stevenson 65, Misericordia 7 Wyoming 45, Texas St. 10
Washington 2 1 0 .667 71 60 14), 3:10 p.m. D.C. United at Columbus, late 7 at TCU Trinity (Texas) 26, Birmingham-Southern 20
N.Y. Giants 0 3 0 .000 37 70 Minnesota United at Houston, late Tuskegee 28, Lane 23
Arizona (Ray 15-5) at Kansas City (Vargas 18- No. 24. Mississippi State at No. 15 Auburn,
South 10), 3:15 p.m. NY City FC at Chicago, late late Virginia Union 28, St. Augustine’s 7 NHL
W L T Pct PF PA Montreal at Colorado, late Wesley 49, S. Virginia 0 EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlanta 3 0 0 1.000 87 66 No. 25. Florida State beat Wake Forest 26-19
National League Vancouver at Sporting KC, late West Georgia 37, North Alabama 23 Atlantic Division
Carolina 2 1 0 .667 45 40 Portland at San Jose, late Westminster (Pa.) 24, Thomas More 21, OT
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 46 41 East Division Saturday’s College Football Scores GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, late EAST Widener 28, Lebanon Valley 20 Toronto 7 5 2 0 10 23 17
New Orl. 1 2 0 .333 73 78 W L Pct GB Sunday’s Game Albright 34, King’s (Pa.) 31 MIDWEST Florida 6 4 1 1 9 21 15
North x-Washington 97 63 .606 — Seattle at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Alma 30, Kalamazoo 10 Boston 6 4 2 0 8 15 17
W L T Pct PF PA Miami 76 84 .475 21 Alfred 21, Buffalo St. 3
Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 102 81 Tuesday, October 3 American International 19, St. Anselm 0 Ashland 38, Davenport 0 Ottawa 5 3 2 0 6 20 18
Atlanta 71 89 .444 26 Detroit 7 2 4 1 5 21 26
Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 72 62 New York 69 91 .431 28 Minnesota United at Atlanta United FC, 7 Amherst 31, Bowdoin 14 Augustana (Ill.) 24, Elmhurst 19
Detroit 2 1 0 .667 85 63 p.m. Aurora 20, Wis. Lutheran 14 Tampa Bay 6 2 4 0 4 14 19
Philadelphia 65 95 .406 32 Army 35, UTEP 21 Buffalo 6 1 4 1 3 12 20
Chicago 1 3 0 .250 61 104 Assumption 54, LIU Post 20 Baker 65, Peru St. 42
Central Division Baldwin-Wallace 52, Marietta 24 Montreal 7 1 6 0 2 12 26
West
W L T Pct PF PA W L Pct GB
WNBA Bloomsburg 28, Millersville 21
Boston College 28, Cent. Michigan 8 Bemidji St. 56, Minn.-Crookston 0 Metropolitan Division
L.A. Rams 2 1 0 .667 107 75 Finals Benedictine (Ill.) 20, Rockford 17
x-Chicago 92 69 .571 — Bridgewater (Mass.) 28, Westfield St. 9 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Seattle 1 2 0 .333 48 59 (Best-of-5, x-if necessary) Benedictine (Kan.) 76, Cent. Methodist 7
Milwaukee 85 76 .528 7 Case Reserve 35, St. Vincent 14 NY Islanders 7 5 0 2 12 16 10
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 56 76 St. Louis 83 78 .516 9 Los Angeles 2, Minnesota 1 Catholic 20, Coast Guard 14 Buffalo 27, Kent St. 13
Sept. 24: Los Angeles 85, Minnesota 84 Carthage 55, Carroll (Wis.) 20 New Jersey 7 5 1 1 11 25 12
San Fran. 0 3 0 .000 51 76 Pittsburgh 73 87 .456 18½ Colgate 21, Cornell 7 Carolina 7 5 2 0 10 21 15
Thursday’s Game Cincinnati 67 94 .416 25 Sept. 26: Minnesota 70, Los Angeles 68 Columbia 28, Princeton 24 Central 35, Simpson (Iowa) 17 Philadelphia 7 3 1 3 9 19 17
Green Bay 35, Chicago 14 Sept. 29: Los Angeles 75, Minnesota 64 Dean 10, Nichols 3 Chicago 55, Cornell (Iowa) 10 Columbus 8 4 3 1 9 25 24
West Division Oct. 1: Minnesota at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. East Stroudsburg 33, Cheyney 13 Concordia (Mich.) 65, Lindenwood (Ill.) 0
Sunday’s Games NY Rangers 6 3 2 1 7 13 13
New Orleans vs Miami at London, 9:30 a.m. W L Pct GB x-Oct. 4: Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Fairmont St. 34, Virginia-Wise 6 Concordia (Moor.) 27, Gustavus 17 Pittsburgh 7 3 3 1 7 20 27
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m. x-Los Angeles 102 58 .638 — Fitchburg St. 24, Mass. Maritime 17 Dakota St. 20, Jamestown 14, OT Washington 6 1 5 0 2 8 21
Dakota Wesleyan 55, Midland 21
Carolina at New England, 1 p.m. y-Arizona
y-Colorado
92
87
68
73
.575 10
.544 15
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Franklin & Marshall 17, Muhlenberg 14
DePauw 31, Ohio Wesleyan 30 WESTERN CONFERENCE
Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll Gettysburg 28, Moravian 14
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. San Diego 71 90 .441 31½ Harvard 41, Georgetown 2 Defiance 34, Earlham 14 Central Division
San Francisco 63 98 .391 39½ The Amway Top 25 football poll, with first- Dickinson St. 40, Presentation 17
Buffalo at Atlanta, 1 p.m. place votes in parentheses, records through Houston 20, Temple 13 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
L.A. Rams at Dallas, 1 p.m. Husson 28, Endicott 7 Doane 39, Briar Cliff 10 Minnesota 6 4 2 0 8 11 14
Friday’s Games Sept. 23, total points based on 25 points for Drake 27, Butler 16
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 4 first place through one point for 25th, and Ithaca 24, Hobart 21 Colorado 6 4 2 0 8 20 12
Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. James Madison 20, Delaware 10 Ferris St. 59, Wayne (Mich.) 17 Dallas 5 3 2 0 6 16 13
Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 2 previous ranking: Findlay 47, Walsh 3 Chicago 5 3 2 0 6 19 12
N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. Washington 6, Pittsburgh 1 Lafayette 10, Holy Cross 7
Record Pts Pvs MIT 35, Merchant Marine 7 Fort Hays St. 38, Lindenwood (Mo.) 35 St. Louis 7 3 4 0 6 18 20
Philadelphia at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. Miami 6, Atlanta 5 1. Alabama (59) 4-0 1570 1
San Francisco at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Mercyhurst 24, Gannon 22 Franklin 69, Manchester 19 Nashville 5 2 2 1 5 15 17
Colorado 9, L.A. Dodgers 1 2. Clemson (4) 4-0 1499 2 Grand View 38, Mid-Am Nazarene 24 Winnipeg 6 2 3 1 5 15 19
Oakland at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Kansas City 2, Arizona 1 3. Oklahoma 4-0 1443 3 Middlebury 37, Colby 6
Indianapolis at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. Montclair St. 18, Kean 15 Hastings 38, Concordia (Neb.) 18
Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 3 4. Penn St. 4-0 1328 4 Heidelberg 36, Muskingum 13 Pacific Division
Monday’s Games San Francisco 8, San Diego 0 5. Southern Cal 4-0 1306 5 Mount Ida 28, Gallaudet 21
NY Maritime 49, Alfred St. 6 Hillsdale 56, Kentucky Wesleyan 0 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games 6. Washington 4-0 1277 6 Edmonton 7 6 1 0 12 31 18
Pace 20, Bentley 17 Hope 42, Olivet 20
Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 0 7. Michigan 4-0 1152 8 Los Angeles 6 4 1 1 9 21 16
8. Georgia 4-0 1089 12 Penn St. 45, Indiana 14 Illinois Wesleyan 14, Wheaton (Ill.) 10
MLB San Diego 3, San Francisco 2
St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6 9. Ohio St. 3-1 1066 9 Pittsburgh 42, Rice 10 John Carroll 72, Wilmington (Ohio) 14 Vegas
Vancouver
6 3 2 1 7
7 3 3 1 7
23
24
19
30
American League 10. Wisconsin 3-0 1029 10 Plymouth St. 16, Worcester St. 6 Kansas St. 33, Baylor 20
N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, late Lake Erie 16, Alderson-Broaddus 15 San Jose 4 3 1 0 6 15 9
East Division Pittsburgh at Washington, late 11. TCU 4-0 985 15 Shepherd 49, Concord 20 Anaheim 6 3 3 0 6 16 20
12. Virginia Tech 4-0 877 13 Shippensburg 37, Lock Haven 6 Lake Forest 41, Macalester 26
W L Pct GB Atlanta at Miami, late Arizona 5 1 3 1 3 16 20
13. Miami (Fla.) 2-0 727 14 Springfield 42, Norwich 3 Lakeland 60, Concordia (Wis.) 14 Calgary 6 1 5 0 2 16 25
x-Boston 93 68 .578 — Arizona at Kansas City, late Lindsey Wilson 56, Cincinnati Christian 7
y-New York 91 70 .565 2 14. Oklahoma St. 3-1 687 7 Susquehanna 38, Dickinson 7
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late 15. Auburn 3-1 664 16 Loras 49, Nebraska Wesleyan 42 Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 78 82 .488 14½ Trinity (Conn.) 17, Williams 9
Sunday’s Games 16. Washington St. 4-0 574 18 Luther 36, Buena Vista 14 N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 1
Baltimore 75 85 .469 17½ Tufts 37, Bates 17
N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 1-2) at Philadelphia 17. South Florida 4-0 522 17 Mac Murray 19, Greenville 6 Montreal 3, Florida 1
Toronto 75 86 .466 18 Union (NY) 28, Morrisville St. 27
(Pivetta 7-10), 3:05 p.m. 18. Louisville 3-1 505 20 Maryland 31, Minnesota 24 Carolina 3, Washington 1
Ursinus 21, Johns Hopkins 17
Central Division Pittsburgh (Brault 1-0) at Washington (Gon- 19. Utah 4-0 437 21 McKendree 28, SW Baptist 7 Toronto 4, Detroit 2
W. New England 27, St. Lawrence 24, OT
zalez 15-8), 3:05 p.m. 20. Florida 2-1 345 22 Millikin 30, North Park 15 Saturday’s Games
W L Pct GB W. Virginia St. 34, Glenville St. 28
San Diego (Perdomo 8-11) at San Francisco 21. San Diego St. 4-0 315 25 Minn. St.-Mankato 47, Concordia (St.P.) 10 Columbus 3, Pittsburgh 0
x-Cleveland 101 59 .631 — WPI 45, Maine Maritime 0
y-Minnesota 84 76 .525 17 (Cueto 8-8), 3:05 p.m. 22. LSU 3-1 221 23 Missouri Valley 31, Culver-Stockton 7 Ottawa at Montreal, late
23. West Virginia 3-1 184 NR Wesleyan (Conn.) 31, Hamilton 9
Kansas City 79 81 .494 22 Atlanta (Fried 1-1) at Miami (Urena 14-7), 3:10 Monmouth (Ill.) 34, Lawrence 0 Detroit at Toronto, late
24. Mississippi St. 3-1 132 19 West Chester 27, Kutztown 21
Chicago 66 94 .413 35 p.m. Morningside 48, Northwestern (Iowa) 20 Tampa Bay at Nashville, late
L.A. Dodgers (McCarthy 6-4) at Colorado (An- 25. Florida St. 0-2 104 11 SOUTH
Detroit 63 97 .394 38 Alabama A&M 27, Ark.-Pine Bluff 14 Mount St. Joseph 35, Hanover 20 Dallas at Minnesota, late
derson 6-6), 3:10 p.m. Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 100; Mount Union 43, Ohio Northern 14 Boston at Chicago, late
West Division Arizona (Ray 15-5) at Kansas City (Vargas 18- Ave Maria 48, Edward Waters 35
Duke 93; North Carolina State 54; Memphis Bethune-Cookman 24, Savannah St. 12 N. Dakota St. 38, Missouri St. 11 Winnipeg at Calgary, late
W L Pct GB 10), 3:15 p.m. 44; Kansas State 27; Minnesota 15; Wake For- North Central (Ill.) 43, Washington (Mo.) 24 Arizona at San Jose, late
Milwaukee (Davies 17-9) at St. Louis (Marti- Bowie St. 64, Fayetteville St. 31
x-Houston 100 61 .621 — est 15; Central Florida 13; Stanford 12; Texas Brockport 52, Cortland St. 38 Otterbein 49, Capital 42 Edmonton at Vancouver, late
Los Angeles 79 81 .494 20½ nez 12-11), 3:15 p.m. Tech 11; Iowa 9; Oregon 9; Tennessee 7; Geor- Quincy 31, Robert Morris-Chicago 17 Anaheim at Los Angeles, late
Cincinnati (McGuire 0-1) at Chicago Cubs Campbell 38, Morehead St. 0
Seattle 77 83 .481 22½ gia Tech 6; Navy 6; South Carolina 6; Texas Campbellsville 43, Bethel (Tenn.) 37, OT Ripon 55, Grinnell 0 Sunday’s Games
Texas 77 83 .481 22½ (Montgomery 7-8), 3:20 p.m. A&M 4; Colorado 3; Appalachian State 1; Rose-Hulman 48, Anderson (Ind.) 23
Carnegie-Mellon 45, Bethany (WV) 14 Washington at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Oakland 74 86 .463 25½ Maryland 1; Troy 1. San Diego 23, Dayton 7 N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Carson-Newman 31, Catawba 18
Siena Heights 30, Missouri Baptist 0 San Jose at Vegas, 8 p.m.
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BRIEFS
Cavs owner gets ‘vile’
voicemails after LeBron’s
‘bum’ tweet
CLEVELAND - Cleveland Cavaliers
owner Dan Gilbert said he received
“vile, disgusting” voicemails after
LeBron James called President Don-
ald Trump “a bum” on Twitter.
Gilbert said he was flooded with
phone messages. The NBA’s most
celebrated player criticized Trump
for rescinding a White House invita-
tion to Golden State’s Stephen Curry
to honor the team’s NBA champi-
onship.
Gilbert said on CNBC’s “Squawk
Box” on Friday that he had not told
James about the voicemails. The own-
er said he was unnerved by an “ele-
ment of racism” that he didn’t “realize
existed in this country this much.”
NFL suspends Bears LB
Trevathan two games for hit
CHICAGO - The NFL has suspend-
ed Chicago Bears linebacker Danny
Trevathan for two games for his
frightening hit against Green Bay
Packers receiver Davante Adams.
The league announced the punish-
ment on Saturday. Trevathan has
three business days to appeal the
suspension.
Adams was taken off the field on a
stretcher in the third quarter Thurs-
day night after getting hit in the head
during a tackle by Trevathan. The
game was delayed while medical per-
sonnel tended to Adams.
Trevathan was called for an unnec-
essary roughness penalty following
Adams’ 8-yard catch but was not
ejected.
Joe Tiller, Purdue’s winningest
football coach, dies at 74
Joe Tiller, the winningest football
coach in Purdue history, has died at
74.
The school said he died Saturday in
Buffalo, Wyoming. The Harness Fu-
neral Home said he died at home of
natural causes.
Tiller coached the Boilermakers
from 1997 to 2008 and had a record of
87-62. He led the previously down-
trodden program to 10 bowl games,
including the 2001 Rose Bowl.
TV HIGHLIGHTS
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts.
AUTO RACING
2 p.m.
NBCSN — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series,
Apache Warrior 400
DRAG RACING
2 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA, AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals
finals
GOLF
Noon
GOLF — LPGA Tour, New Zealand Women’s Open
NBC — PGA Tour, Presidents Cup
3 p.m.
GOLF — Web.com, Tour Championship
2 a.m. (Monday)
GOLF — European PGA Tour, British Masters
MLB
3 p.m.
SNY — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia
YES — Toronto at N.Y. Yankees
TBS — To be announced
NBA
6 p.m.
NBA — Preseason, Atlanta at Miami
NFL
9:30 a.m.
FOX — New Orleans vs. Miami
1 p.m.
CBS — Buffalo at Atlanta
4 p.m.
FOX — N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay
4:25 p.m.
CBS — Oakland at Denver
8:20 p.m.
NBC — Indianapolis at Seattle
ROWING
11 p.m.
NBCSN — FISA World Championships, A Finals
SOCCER
6:55 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League, Arsenal vs. Brighton &
Hove Albion
7:30 a.m.
FS2 — Bundesliga, Freiburg vs. Hoffenheim
9:10 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League, Everton vs. Burnley
9:30 a.m.
FS1 — Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin vs. Bayern
Munich
11:25 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League, Newcastle United vs.
Liverpool
Noon
FS2 — Bundesliga, Cologne vs. RB Leipzig
1 p.m.
ESPN — MLS, Seattle at Philadelphia
WNBA
8:30 p.m.
ESPN — Finals Game 4, Minnesota at Los Angeles
(if necessary)
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
1 p.m.
ESPNU — Texas at Oklahoma
6 p.m.
ESPNU — Florida at Georgia
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
3 p.m.
ESPNU — North Carolina at Georgia Tech
Cornell’s offense struggles in loss
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ITHACA - Grant Breneman scored
all three touchdowns in Colgate’s 21-7
win over Cornell on Saturday, passing
for two and running in the other from
eight yards out.
The freshman completed 13 of 21
passes for 119 yards and carried the
Elmira’s Max Temple is dragged down by Binghamton’s Fendi Deadwyler on Saturday. ANDREW LEGARE / STAFF PHOTO
Patriots
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ourselves a chance to succeed, but
we’re not getting the job done. We’re
going to make sure we look at the film
and evaluate everything and make
sure we are getting the job done.”
Stage set for big finish
The left-handed Crowley competed
13 of 28 passes for 196 yards and two
touchdowns, with the first scoring toss
also good for 8 yards to Ragsdale.
Crowley ran for 55 yards and three
touchdowns on 11 carries. Ragsdale
caught six passes for 97 yards.
The first half ended at the same goal
line where Binghamton scored the
winning touchdown, only this time Pa-
triots running back Mose Hill was
ruled just short of the end zone on a run
from the 2. That play left Elmira with a
16-6 halftime lead.
Hill finished with 153 yards on 24
carries for the Patriots and was the
only Binghamton running back to get a
carry.
Elmira extended its lead to 32-12
with 6:39 left after a 5-yard touchdown
run from Charlie Mahon. That fol-
lowed a 4-yard scoring run from Crow-
Moriello
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ranked teams that win and advance to
the next rounds. He routinely has
more than 90 percent of the games
picked correctly, and he’s even more
accurate in lacrosse.
So how does the process of compil-
ing rankings work?
Firstly, what we post each week in
a total of 13 sports during the school
year are rankings rather than polls
because no actual voting takes place.
Even with the technology available
today, no one person can monitor ev-
erything happening from Niagara
Falls to Plattsburgh to the Hamptons
on the eastern tip of Long Island, so
there’s no sense asking helpers in
Rochester to give input on teams from
Albany that they wouldn’t see until the
NYSPHSAA semifinals, if at all.
Neil is the editor for football, boys
basketball and boys lacrosse. I handle
ice hockey, and a variety of others are
in charge of the remaining sports.
Each editor collects feedback from a
network of regional helpers on Sun-
day morning, and then it’s up to the
editor to piece the reports together
and hammer out the rankings in each
class.
Basketball and hockey are exam-
ples of sports in which teams routine-
ly play outside their section, which
helps paint a picture of the relative
strength of teams, leagues and re-
gions. On the other hand, teams in
football and some other sports can be
locked into schedules that barely
allow them to play outside their
league let alone against teams from
ball 16 times for another 25 yards. Thom-
as Ives caught his first touchdown pass
of the season, scoring on a seven-yard
pass over the middle in his first game in
three weeks. Breneman found Malik
Twyman for a seven-yard TD in the
fourth quarter, capping the scoring.
Even without T.J. Holl — the national
leader in tackles with 52 through four
ley with 8:37 to go.
Ashley runs wild again
The lone touchdown of the third quar-
ter came on a 5-yard run from Elmira’s
Airihk Ashley, who scored on runs of 65
and 54 yards in the first quarter. Ashley
finished with 273 yards on 25 carries.
Mahon added 91 yards on 26 carries.
Last week against Horseheads, Ash-
ley rushed for 201 yards and three touch-
downs on 19 carries in a 56-19 victory.
Rule No. 10
Following the victory, Ramil talked
about the resiliency shown by his play-
ers.
“These kids just kept believing,” he
said. “They kept believing, they didn’t
get down on themselves. That’s the big-
gest thing. They understood rule No. 10.”
And what is that rule?
“You play with who you’ve got,” Ra-
mil said. “You can’t wish for other peo-
ple; you play with who you’ve got.”
Express unable to close it out
Elmira not only lost a fumble that led
to a Binghamton touchdown during the
Patriots’ late surge, the Express also lost
a chance at a third-down conversion on
its final possession when quarterback
Greg Beach mishandled the ball on
another section or organization.
For years before the NYSPHSAA
began its state football championship
games in 1993, Neil frequently prefaced
his rankings in the newsletter with a
reminder: “If you want to be the best,
you have to play the best.” New York is
tricky in that respect because there are
four significant governing bodies — the
New York State Public High School
Athletic Association (by far the larg-
est), Catholic High School Athletic
Association, Public School Athletic
Association and Association of Indepen-
dent Schools.
Basketball will play down to a single
statewide champion in each class as
representatives of the four organiza-
tions come together in the Federation
tournament. But that’s not the case in
most other sports, so people are left to
debate whether the PSAL football
champion or the CHSAA lacrosse
champion is better than the team taking
home the NYSPHSAA trophy, hence the
continued interest in our rankings long
after the NYSPHSAA began conducting
playoffs in many sports 30 or more
years ago.
And that’s where experience is so
valuable. People such as Neil and girls
cross country editor Dan Doherty,
who’s been coaching cross country for
40 years, are able to factor in both the
history of schools under consideration
and the quality of their competition. On
top of that, they can also measure the
level of enthusiasm the regional hel-
pers have for certain teams.
It’s why Neil listened to me before
the first football rankings in 2015 when
I told him Aquinas would probably be
the NYSPHSAA Class AA champion.
It’s also why he listened last fall when I
was still suggesting late in the regular
season that Alexander in Section 5
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games — who suffered a lower body in-
jury last week, the Raiders (2-3) inter-
cepted Cornell’s Dalton Banks four
times, allowed just 59 yards rushing and
kept Big Red winless at 0-3.
Banks completed 22 of 43 passes for
239 yards as Cornell outgained Colgate
in total yards 298- 270 in its home opener,
but was sacked nine times.
third-and-6. Elmira was forced to punt
into the wind on the next play and Bing-
hamton took over at the 50-yard line af-
ter a 15-yard boot.
Mistakes also were costly for Elmi-
ra’s defense in crunch time.
“Overall just not answering the bell,”
McCauley said. “There’s a time when the
defense has to step up and get a stop.
There’s a time when the offense has to
keep the drive alive. It’s not one person,
not one thing. We’ve got to have some
people step up into some roles for us.
You let a good team like Binghamton
hang around, things like that will hap-
pen.”
Potential lasting impact
This was the type of game that can lift
one team to bigger and better things
while haunting the losing side.
McCauley said Elmira will get back
to work Monday and correct its mis-
takes heading into Friday’s road game
against Ithaca.
Binghamton, which hosts Johnson
City on Friday, is in position to finish as a
top seed for the Section 4 Class AA semi-
finals.
“It’s an important win,” Ramil said.
“Once again, it gives us control of our
own destiny going to the playoffs. That’s
what we wanted.”
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didn’t need to be ranked in Class D. I
was dead-on in the first instance and
completely wrong in the second, since I
gave too much weight to Alexander’s
league schedule and not enough weight
to how good the team actually was.
That’s often where Steve Grandin,
the other more or less “full-time” con-
tributor in the NYSSWA operation,
comes in. Besides compiling a lot of
data for us during the year and doing
regional ratings for some of the eastern
sections of the state, Steve is our last
line of defense on Sunday nights before
we finalize that week’s rankings.
He’s the guy most likely to point out
that we might have two teams in the
wrong order based upon results against
a common opponent several weeks
earlier or that a schedule that looked
dubious when the season began was
turning out to be better than we thought
because the teams the school defeated
went on to beat some decent programs.
And that brings me back to the email
I received Wednesday, less than an
hour after the third set of 2017 weekly
football rankings was released. The
writer was inquisitive rather than hos-
tile, but he nevertheless wondered how
it could be that his favorite school —
unbeaten at the midpoint of the season
— couldn’t crack the top 25.
The answer could be found in their
schedule: Two wins against teams at the
bottom of one of a historically weak
large-school league, an impressive win
against an opponent playing an equally
suspicious schedule and a victory
against a normally respectable foe
that’s in the midst of rebuilding.
If you think that’s going to get the
job done, just remember Neil’s mantra:
“If you want to be the best, you have to
play the best.”
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Judge launches No. 52 in win

Sabathia and bull pen solid, but Red Sox win over Astros sends Yanks to wild card game
PETE CALDERA
USA TODAY SPORTS

NEW YORK - The clinching party was

still on hold at Fenway Park when Aaron
Judge launched No. 52 this year — a tre-
mendous solo home run that reached the
back of Yankee Stadium’s left field
bleachers.
With his club still in play for a division
title on the second-to-last day of the sea-
son, Saturday afternoon, Yankees man-
ager Joe Girardi’s attention was split be-
tween the on-field action and the Astros-
Red Sox score.
“About as close as I’ve ever watched,’’
Girardi said of the out-of-town score-
board.
Shortly after Aroldis Chapman closed
out a 2-1 win against the Blue Jays, Girar-
di and the Yankees finally ran out of hope
for that longshot AL East title.
Boston’s 6-3 victory sewed up the divi-
sion in Game 161, leaving the Yankees to
host the Minnesota Twins in a one-game,
AL wild card on Tuesday night. The win-
ner advances to the Division Series
against the Cleveland Indians.
“Just play our game, keep winning ev-
ery pitch,’’ Judge said after the Yanks
learned their October itinerary.
It would’ve taken wins by the Yanks
(91-70) on Saturday and Sunday and
losses by the Red Sox to force a one-
game playoff at Yankee Stadium for the
division crown.
But due to that scenario, Girardi re-
placed scheduled starter Jaime Garcia
with veteran lefty CC Sabathia, who di-
aled in 5.2 scoreless innings — complet-
ing a splendid regular season, possibly
his last in pinstripes.
“(This is) a great clubhouse, one of the
best I’ve been in in a long time,’’ Sabathia
said in assessing the Yanks’ capability of
moving deep into October. And not sur- Blue Jays’ pitcher Marcus Stroman reacts as Yankees’ Aaron Judge, right, rounds the bases with a home run during the fourth inning Saturday at
prisingly, Judge is still his MVP candi- Yankee Stadium . The Yankees won 2-1 and will head to a wild card game Tuesday. BILL KOSTROUN/AP
date.
“That’s my guy, I think he deserves
it,’’ Sabathia said. “A couple of days ago, “Pretty incredible accomplishment,’’ from getting a run on the board,’’ Judge “It was loud off the bat,’’ Robertson
we wouldn’t be in this position (to poten- Judge said after a long pause. “But I said. “Especially against a tough pitcher said of Josh Donaldson’s wind-influ-
tially claim the division) without him.’’ don’t have much to say about it now. I’m like Stroman, with the kind of stuff he enced sacrifice fly. “I really thought that
Judge sent a charge into the crowd of just focused on trying to win and to help has.’’ he hit it out of the park or pretty close.
39,457, blasting a Marcus Stroman 2- the team out.’’ Girardi called it another “wow’’ mo- Glad the wind was blowing in.’’
and-0 fastball through the wind, travel- Judge also has 15 homers and 32 RBI ment in the dugout, but overall, “I just Starlin Castro’s RBI single made it 2-0
ing an estimated 484 feet. in September, the most homers in any love the way this group is playing. I’m lead in the fourth off Stroman (13-9), but
And that shot also made another im- calendar month by a Yankee since Roger proud of the guys in that room and what soon the scoreboard showed Boston with
pression in the record book. Maris hit 15 in June of 1961. they’ve accomplished.’’ a five-run lead — on the way to locking
Judge now has 33 home runs this year And Judge’s 52 homers tied him with Chad Green’s 1.2 scoreless innings up the East.
at Yankee Stadium, surpassing Babe Mickey Mantle in 1956 for the eighth- followed Sabathia (14-5) and David Rob- Girardi, though, believes his club
Ruth — who hit 32 in 1921 at the Polo most home runs in one season by a Yan- ertson had to wriggle out of Tommy gained from being battle-tested down
Grounds — as the most by a Yankee in kee. Kahnle’s first-and-second jam in the the stretch. “In a sense, they (were) elim-
one season at home; they moved into the Yet, in belting his second-longest eighth, which included two strikeouts ination games for us,’’ leading into Tues-
original Stadium in 1923. homer of the year, “the satisfaction came and one scare. day’s winner-take-all wild card.

Giants safety Landon Collins: Mets’ Harvey

Why I took a knee for anthem
ART STAPLETON
USA TODAY SPORTS
EAST RUTHERFORD - Landon Col-
lins was one of three Giants players who
took a knee as the national anthem
played before last Sunday’s game
against the Eagles.
More than 200 players across the Na-
tional Football League participated in
some sort of protest by sitting or kneel-
ing during the pregame ritual.
The Giants linked arms in solidarity
while Collins, Damon Harrison and Oliv-
ier Vernon knelt next to one another and
in line with their teammates on the side-
line in Philadelphia.
Here, in his own words, is why the 23-
year-old Collins believed taking some
sort of action was the right thing to do, as
told to The Record and NorthJersey
.com:
“I was absolutely conflicted. I love
this country. The emotions overwhelmed
me. I was crying as I got down on my
knee. I didn’t feel like I was disrespecting
my country and all those who have
served, but at the same time, I didn’t
want to let anyone down. I didn’t want to
let my Uncle Rock down. He fought in
war for this country, and we were lucky,
he came home.
Some people don’t come home. That’s
what I was thinking about, and it’s heart-
felt - the person that ran through my mind
was my uncle who was in the Army. I
looked up to him when I was [a teenager],
he was always around, and I was think-
ing of his sacrifice. It was very hard - I re-
spect everybody who fights for us as the
United States of America, and I feel
strongly about that.
I’m a football player. If I could, I would
fight for my country, but I’m being honest
- I’m not built that way. I respect those
who are and those who do. When I talk to
guys in the military, they say, ‘Man, we
wish we could do what you do,’ and I say
to them, ‘I wish I had the heart to do what
y’all do.’
When we met with Mr. Mara [John, the
Giants’ co-owner and team president], it
was a heart-to-heart [Wednesday night].
Everyone in the room was all about com-
ing to an understanding about what we
should do and how we should react to
New York Giants safety Landon Collins high fives fans before a game against the Detroit
Lions at MetLife Stadium. BRAD PENNER/USA TODAY SPORTS
what President Trump was saying about
us, and our feelings. What we are feeling
matters.
Mr. Mara was sincere with everything
he said, that if we felt that we should take
a knee again, take a knee, and that he
would support us. When the owner says,
‘I got your back,’ that definitely means
something. I don’t want to bring any neg-
ativity, but if the president’s attacking us,
we’ve got to protect our shield.
Once Trump said what he said, it kind
of clarified what we should do. At the
same time, there’s many different ways
we could have protested what he said.
But I can honestly say, I believed it was
the best way at the time to get the point
across. I feel like the president is telling
us not to do something that he doesn’t
like. Not for the world, he’s speaking for
himself, and I feel a responsibility to say
something, to do something.
I knew there would be a reaction, and
I tried to prepare for it. Like, maybe 10
people told me to stand up, but out of
those 10, I had 50 people saying: ‘I got
your back.’ So they said I kind of did the
right thing, but at the same time, I’m
not trying to divide this country.
We’re in sports. You look into the
stands, and every culture is in the
stands, literally. There’s not a culture
that’s not out there in those stands.
Sports are supposed to bring us togeth-
er. I’m more of a behind the scenes guy
as a football player. I come here to
work, I come to play football and I do
what I love to do.
We’re just trying to get something
seen and understood and viewed from a
different perspective. We have a voice.
We’re trying to put our voice out there so
people can see it. By being one of the
guys who took a knee, I know I have tak-
en that responsibility now. Whatever I
decide to do going forward, I think the
message has been sent and I’m proud of
that message, for sure.”
aiming to build
shoulder
strength
MATT EHALT
USA TODAY NETWORK
PHILADELPHIA - Matt Harvey’s
season ended with a dud Friday night as
the righty allowed four runs in four in-
nings in a 6-2 loss to the Phillies.
Harvey finished this season 5-7 with
a 6.70 ERA, the highest ERA of any Mets
pitcher with at least 70 innings, accord-
ing to the Elias Sports Bureau.
The righty will now ready for a criti-
cal offseason, and Harvey reiterated
several times that he will focus on build-
ing strength in his right shoulder.
“The shoulder, I don’t think it’s quite
back to its full strength,” Harvey said.
“I can look forward to a normal offsea-
son being healthy, and being able to
strengthen the shoulder back up and get
into a long toss program and really to
get the strength back.”
Harvey’s shoulder was not as strong
as it needed to be following his surgery
for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome last year.
Harvey attempted to pitch through the
weakness earlier this year, but ulti-
mately landed on the disabled list with a
stress injury to the scapula bone in his
right shoulder. He missed almost three
months with the injury.
“Throughout this process of coming
back from Thoracic Outlet, it’s just
been curveball after curveball of differ-
ent feelings and different strengths,”
Harvey said. “I think it’s new for a lot of
people and something I tried to push
through some uncomfortable times of
pain and weaknesses. I think I put my-
self in a hole throughout that process.”
Mets manager Terry Collins has said
that Harvey’s velocity should stabilize
as the shoulder strength improves, and
Harvey displayed better velocity in his
last few starts. Harvey is planning to
work with trainers provided by his
agent, Scott Boras.
“I finally have no pain in my shoulder
and I feel like we did a lot of good things
throughout the year,” Harvey said. “I
think what’s best is a good offseason of
getting everything back together and in
order for spring training.”
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Penalties, tackles plague Orange

N.C. State wins
4th-straight game,
33-25 over Syracuse
KYLE GLASER
ASSOCIATED PRESS

RALEIGH, N.C. - Nyheim Hines

rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown
and Jaylen Samuels and Reggie Gallaspy
each ran for a score, and North Carolina
State held off a late rally to defeat Syra-
cuse 33-25 on Saturday afternoon.
The Wolfpack (4-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast
Conference) racked up 256 rushing
yards and never trailed on the way to
their fourth consecutive victory. They
are 2-0 in the ACC for the first time since
2006.
“We’re trying to build a legacy,” Hines
said. “We’re the first (N.C. State) team to
go 2-0 in ACC in 11 years. That was a point
of emphasis.”
Ryan Finley completed 20 of 33
passes for 186 yards and threw a 20-yard
touchdown to Stephen Louis. Samuels
racked up 111 total yards, 74 rushing and
37 receiving.
N.C. State scored on its first five pos-
sessions and led 26-7 at halftime. The Or-
ange (2-3, 0-1) rallied to cut the deficit to
26-17 in the fourth quarter, but the Wolf-
pack put it away with a 10-play, 65-yard
drive capped by Hines’ 1-yard touch-
down run.
Eric Dungey tried to rally Syracuse
back with a touchdown pass and two-
point conversion run to make it 33-25
with 4:39 left, but it was too little, too late.
N.C. State’s Cole Cook recovered the Or-
ange’s onside kick attempt and the Wolf-
pack ran out the clock, including a key
fourth-and-1 conversion on a sneak by
Finley.
“We’ve got to find a way to start fast-
er,” Syracuse coach Dino Babers said.
“You can’t spot (teams) leads like that
and then expect to run them back down Syracuse receiver Steve Ishmael tries to find room to roam in the second half against the North Carolina State at Carter-Finley Stadium. The
in their venues with their crowds behind Wolfpack won 33-25. ROB KINNAN/USA TODAY SPORTS
them.”
Dungey passed for 385 yards and ran
for 44 yards and two scores for Syracuse. three sacks and nine tackles for a loss. nents this year, including 30-plus points Up next
Ervin Philips made 17 catches for 188 in back-to-back weeks.
yards, both career highs, and Steve Ish- The takeaway N.C. State: The Wolfpack showed no Syracuse: The Orange return home to
mael made six catches for 120 yards and sign of a hangover from last week’s upset face Pittsburgh after back-to-back road
a touchdown. Syracuse: The Orange continue to of then-No. 11 Florida State. They games.
Syracuse hampered itself with 12 pen- struggle to get stops defensively. They jumped out to a big early lead and never N.C. State: The Wolfpack have a short
alties for 93 yards. The Orange’s offen- have allowed 34.8 points per game let the Orange get the ball back in a posi- week and play host to No. 20 Louisville on
sive line had a long day, as well, allowing against Football Bowl Subdivision oppo- tion to tie or take the lead. Thursday.

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Inside Giants’ tight end
Engram’s 1st month in NFL
ART STAPLETON
USA TODAY SPORTS
TAMPA, Fla. - In what has been quite
the blur, Evan Engram is nearly one
month into his rookie season, one game to
go before the first quarter of that cam-
paign is over.
The Giants’ tight end took a look
around the locker room Friday afternoon
and shook his head at the reminder of
how fast his introduction to the NFL has
gone.
Big Blue has not started this season
the way everyone hoped, losing its first
three games. Suddenly, championship
aspirations have been replaced by a
sense of urgency and the realization of
long odds to reach the playoffs for the
second straight year.
For Engram, the Giants’ first-round
pick, the reality of three consecutive
losses makes his transition to the pro
game sting, even with acknowledgement
that his arrival as a playmaker has seem-
ingly been equally smooth.
“There’s definitely pressure to per-
form, you feel it,” Engram told The Rec-
ord and NorthJersey.com at his locker.
“But everything’s starting to slow down a
little bit in the game, getting used what’s
being asked of me. It’s been hectic, we’ve
been trying to fight back, it’s been real
competitive, and hopefully we can turn
this around in our favor and get on a run.”
When the Giants take the field inside
Raymond James Stadium, in theory,
they’ll be the desperate team looking to
save a season on the brink. But in the mid-
dle of the chaos this past week, from the
overarching criticism of Odell Beckham
Jr.’s “dog” touchdown celebration to the
controversy involved in anthem protests
league-wide, Engram has observed quiet
leadership and a resolve from veterans
that have brought calm.
“We’re 0-3, but I look around, and ev-
erybody’s still working really hard. No-
body’s blinking. Nobody’s panicking,”
Engram said. “We’re just chasing our
first win, putting our heads down and we
know our run’s coming.”
Engram found himself in a different
role last season at Ole Miss, which came
out of the gates with such high expecta-
tions before stumbling. He was a locker
room leader asked to set the tone mental-
ly and emotionally as a four-year starter
and two-year captain.
“My last year in college last year, we
did not do as well as we expected, and I
was that guy everybody was looking to
on how to respond each and every day
when things aren’t going our way,” En-
gram said. “I just feel from our leaders
here now, I’ve been in their shoes with
my previous team, it’s been unbelievable
Why the Jets’ offense
has overachieved early
ANDY VASQUEZ
USA TODAY SPORTS
The Jets’ offense was supposed to be
putrid this year.
The expectations began low in the off-
season after the Jets cut receivers Bran-
don Marshall and Eric Decker. They got
even lower in the preseason, when Quin-
cy Enunwa was lost for the year to a neck
injury.
New offensive coordinator John Mor-
ton was going to preside over an offense
with seemingly no offense. It looked like
the offense was going to be one of the
worst in the league, perhaps one of the
worst in NFL history.
It hasn’t quite worked out that way.
Through three games the Jets’ offense
has looked, well, competent.
They’re averaging 17.3 points
through the first three games. It’s not
great — 22nd best in the league, to be ex-
act — but it’s nowhere near as bad as the
dire projections. And compared to the
crosstown Giants, who are averaging
only 12.3 points per game even with
weapons including Odell Beckham Jr.
and Marshall, the Jets are a point-scor-
ing machine.
Three games is a small sample size.
But the Jets’ offense has decidedly ex-
ceeded expectations as they prepare to
host Jacksonville on Sunday.
Josh McCown’s unexpectedly strong
play is a big reason for the Jets’ offen-
sive success. But a lot of the credit
should also go to Morton and general
manager Mike Maccagnan.
Before this season, Morton had never
called plays at the NFL level. This could
have and probably should have been an
overwhelming situation for the long-
time NFL assistant. But since the mo-
ment he walked into the Jets’ facility,
he’s been comfortable with how he want-
ed to run his offense and how he’s inter-
acted with his players.
“There’s a sense of purpose with ev-
erything that we do,” Bryce Petty, the
Jets’ backup quarterback, said. “Wheth-
er it’s going into a meeting or coming out
to practice, we know the standard that he
wants, because that’s the way he lives.
Giants tight end Evan Engram breaks a tackle by Lions’ Glover Quin as Tavon Wilson watches
from the ground during a game earlier this season, in East Rutherford, N.J. JULIO CORTEZ/ AP
how guys have stuck together with the
thought that this thing isn’t over yet, and
we’re gonna get our first win.”
At 23, Engram has not disappointed
since his arrival. His selection at No. 23
overall was a head-turner as the Giants
opted not to make a move up to draft O.J.
Howard - considered the most complete
tight end in the Class of 2017 coming out
of Alabama - and passed on Cedar
Grove’s David Njoku, who went 29th to
the Browns.
Drafted 19th by the Buccaneers, How-
ard will be someone the Giants’ defense
will have to keep an eye on. Engram ex-
pects to forever be compared to Howard
and Njoku, both of whom he developed a
friendship and respect during the pre-
draft evaluation process.
Njoku caught his first touchdown two
weeks ago. Howard has been primarily
used as a blocker in two-TE sets with
Cameron Brate. Meanwhile, Engram has
made an impact as a playmaker within
the Giants’ offense, even if the overall
production for the unit has yet to be good
enough.
His 13 catches and 138 yards are in the
Top 10 league-wide at the position (tied
for seventh and ninth, respectively).
He’s the only rookie included in that
group.
“You want to be looked at as one of the
Offensive coordinator John Morton instructs
wide receivers on pass patterns. Jets coaches
and players say Morton has been a very vocal
coach. CHRIS PEDOTA/USA TODAY SPORTS
He’s passionate about being successful,
which I think is something that anybody
and everybody can respect.”
That passion translates to intensity on
the football field. It was immediately ap-
parent in offseason workouts: Morton is
a vocal coach. He screamed his way
through practices. By the time training
camp rolled around, Morton appeared to
be losing his voice.
“It took us a second to get used to be-
cause him and [former offensive coordi-
nator] Chan [Gailey] are about polar op-
posites as far as how they approach [be-
ing vocal], which is totally fine,” Petty
said. “Each guy has been very successful
in doing what they do. But I think it’s
been great for us.”
“He’s nuts,” center Wesley Johnson
said with a laugh. “It’s good. We’re a
young team so we have high energy. And
his attention to detail keeps us focused.
We need that.”
Through three games, the Jets’ of-
fense has scored a long passing touch-
down — a 69-yard connection from
McCown to Robby Anderson — and had
the creativity to utilize defensive line-
man Lawrence Thomas as a fullback.
Morton also has a sense of humor —
which occasionally comes out during
press conferences — that helps him con-
nect with his players.
“It’s good as a coordinator because
best tight ends in the league, not just the
rookie class, so I pay attention to what
everyone’s doing,” Engram said. “You
come across stat lines, watching film of
other guys to get better, see what some
of the good tight ends in this league
have done against the defenses we’re
going to be going up against. I catch up
with the other guys through that [proc-
ess], not really comparing myself to
them every week.”
The Buccaneers are without line-
backer Kwon Alexander and both Pro
Bowl stars, linebacker Lavonte David
and safety T.J. Ward are listed as doubt-
ful. That should leave the middle of the
field open for the Giants to attack, and
you can bet Engram will be a part of
that plan.
“The team performance definitely
overshadows every individual perfor-
mance I’ve had so far, especially with
me. If we’re not winning, it’s, I’m not do-
ing enough,” Engram said. “I can go out
and catch three touchdowns, but if we
lose, it’s not really enjoyable. So, defi-
nitely love going out there making
plays for my team, going out there mak-
ing plays and have big numbers and do
what I can to help this team out, but the
losing overshadows all of that. I hope I
can do something to help change that
Sunday.”
I’ve been around guys that will just in-
stall the plays and it gets boring,” veter-
an running back Matt Forte said.
“Sometimes you have to motivate your
players. Sometimes stuff can get rou-
tine to them. So it’s good to have a lot of
energy like that.”
“He definitely does a great job of
managing work and when he can light-
en the mood and get everyone laugh-
ing,” quarterback Christian Hacken-
berg said. “But I think his attention to
detail, that’s what really carries over
into the games. And with how young
this team is for the most part, especial-
ly on this side of the ball, I think it’s
good for us.”
That youth is why Maccaganan
made some critical moves just before
the start of the regular season that
changed the complexion of the Jets’ of-
fense.
Up until the final week of the presea-
son, the Jets’ offense was devoid of
weapons and experience in its receiv-
ers room. But Maccagnan changed that
when he dealt Sheldon Richardson to
Seattle for Jermaine Kearse and a 2018
second-round pick. The pick seemed
like the important part of the deal at the
time — Kearse was just an average re-
ceiver. But he’s become the Jets’ most
potent weapon.
Through three games he’s had 14
catches for 165 yards and two touch-
downs — putting the 27-year-old on
pace for the best season of his career.
The Jets also signed newly-released
veteran receiver Jeremy Kerley.
Before adding Kerley and Kearse,
the Jets had only one receiver who had
ever caught a touchdown. Now they
had two guys who instilled a sense of
calm for the young receivers, including
rookies ArDarius Stewart and Chad
Hansen.
“It’s been huge because those guys,
just from a professionalism standpoint,
what they bring … to that group, and to
that room and to our team is helpful,”
quarterback Josh McCown said. “Time
will tell, but I believe for us we’ve had
some good things happen and very im-
portant to have those two guys on our
roster. Those are two acquisitions for
us and I think something we definitely
got better in that and I think we can
push ourselves to the limit of what we
can do because we have guys like that.”
We’ll begin to find out more about
what that limit is on Sunday.
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Earnhardt
rises as
NASCAR’s
conscience
DAN GELSTON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DOVER, Del. - Retirement Dale has
been Blunt Dale. As his final season
ticks away, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has
grabbed a bullhorn and demanded
change — in 140-character bursts, on
his podcast and through the media — on
matters big and small in NASCAR.
He referenced John F. Kennedy in a
tweet and was the first driver to take a
stand on NASCAR’s place in the nation-
al anthem debate. He angered fellow
veteran drivers when he suggested
they may have to accept pay cuts. And
he chided NASCAR for allowing driv-
ers to blow out their tires in victory cel-
ebrations and for parking drivers on pit
road during an entire practice.
Earnhardt stands up for NASCAR —
and isn’t shy about telling the sanction-
ing body when it needs to stand down.
Oh, and it’s not over in seven weeks
after he is done racing.
He is headed to the broadcast booth
and will join NBC Sports Group’s cov-
erage of stock car racing next year. Ju-
nior unleashed with a live mic for 20
Cup races next season should make for
must-see TV for race fans.
Worried about sponsors or alienat-
ing a dwindling fan base, most drivers
don’t have the desire or clout to speak
out on much more than if the car felt
loose or tight headed into a turn.
Not Earnhardt. He opines on the
sport each week on his “Dale Jr Down-
load” podcast, and on his latest episode,
he took aim at the “same tired stigma”
NASCAR has faced over its racial and
political overtones. When two race
team owners threatened to fire em-
ployees who refused to stand for the na-
tional anthem, Earnhardt, who has 26
career victories, including the 2004 and
2014 Daytona 500, said he refused to
judge athletes who take a knee in pro-
test.
“I don’t always claim to be right,”
Earnhardt said, “but I think in transpar-
ency in conversation and compassion
you can learn from others. There is
only one way to sort of do that and that
is by communication and sharing. I
have always sort of been eager in a
sense to know more and to learn more
and to try to understand both sides.”
Earnhardt’s farewell season went
off the rails early and he’ll end his ca-
reer without a Cup championship. He
hasn’t won this season and is 22nd in the
standings headed into Sunday’s race at
Dover International Speedway.
But the disappointment on the track
hasn’t squelched his candor on the is-
sues that affect the sport.
“I have just always been pretty
transparent,” he said.
Of late, Earnhardt has spoken out on:
» The national anthem: “No surprise
to me everyone at the track stood and
addressed the flag during the anthem,
which I think will continue. But I also
understand that the man next to me, if
he wants to do something different,
that’s his right. I might not agree with
everything somebody does, but it’s
their right to have that opportunity to
do that. I can’t take that away from
them, and I don’t want them taking it
away from me.”
» Blown tires: “I have been kind of
waiting all this time for NASCAR to
eventually say, ‘Look, you know we
would just rather you guys not blow the
tires out.’ They talk about not wanting
to be the ‘fun police;’ being the ‘fun po-
lice’ is not on the radar of their damn
problems.”
» Parked drivers: “Missing practice
is plenty of punishment. No need to
bust out the dunce hat.”
» Driver salaries: “Drivers are hav-
ing to sort of understand that change is
coming down the pike. If it hasn’t hap-
pened to them yet, it’s going to happen
to them. And the young guys, they don’t
know any better. They want to race and
they’re taking whatever they can get.
That’s a good change for the owners.
That’s a shift that’s going to be better
for the sport and get those salaries into
a realistic range for how much money
we have from corporate America.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr., right, signs for a
fan before practice for race at Dover
International Speedway. NICK WASS/AP
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Guatemala’s grit and grandeur

Trip to Central American hometown brings back memories

MANUEL VALDES ASSOCIATED PRESS

y childhood home is gone and so is the Chinese res-

M taurant next to it. But my street in the urban center

of Guatemala City remains its bustling old self. ♦
Buses growl and spit exhaust. Cars race down the narrow one-
way street. Stores sell everything from wedding gowns to
candy. But the paint is worn away from some of the buildings, a
sign that the years have taken a toll. ♦ I left this street in the
gritty Zona 1 neighborhood more than 20 years ago as my fam-
ily moved north to the U.S. Eventually we settled in Seattle, the
city I now happily call home. A recent trip back — my first in
ABOVE: An indigenous woman walks on the street where the Santa Catalina arch is
five years — was to see relatives and show my girlfriend the located in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Established in 1543 as the territorial
capital of the Spanish crown and abandoned after a series of earthquakes, the
country where I spent my first decade. I wanted to show her colonial city is home to preserved and colorful churches and mansions from the era
and now is a tourist center. AP PHOTOS
Guatemala’s contrasts: its chaotic center, its poverty and mis-
TOP: Temple I, also known as Temple of the Great Jaguar, is seen during a sunny day in
ery, as well as the beauty of its people, its historic grandeur and northern Guatemala's Tikal National Park. The sprawling park in northern Guatemala is
one of the country's top travel attractions, showcasing the Mayan civilization's
natural splendor. ♦ I needed to see it again too. See TRIP, Page 2D engineering feats.

In ‘American Made,’ a new (but the same) Tom Cruise

JAKE COYLE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
There are basically two kinds of Tom
Cruise performances, and both can look
pretty similar on the surface. Each likes
sunglasses, going fast and smiling big.
He never exactly loosens up or slows
down — the most unfathomable thing of
all in Cruise’s world. But most of Cruise’s
best and most interesting performances
(”Magnolia,” “Jerry Maguire,” “Collat-
eral,” “Eyes Wide Shut”) have allowed
some chink in the well-tanned armor,
some hint of darkness underneath the
rakish boyscout, some hollowness in the
soul of America’s ageless action-movie
avatar.
Cruise’s latest is the smart, zippy
“American Made,” a movie that plays
very much like your type-A Tom Cruise
movie before it yanks the rug out from
beneath you and reveals the B-movie
Cruise we’ve been missing. It’s a fiend-
ishly perfect vehicle for Cruise that re-
Tom Cruise and Sarah Wright Olsen star in "American Made." AP turns him to the cockpit, 31 years after
“Top Gun,” and it simultaneously re-
minds us of his preternaturally winning
movie-star charisma while subtly decon-
structing it.
Doug Liman, the film’s director, has
shown a rare knack for intelligently
packaging A-list personas in kinetic ka-
leidoscopes. He did it in “Mr. & Mrs.
Smith” with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,
in “Bourne Identity” with Matt Damon
and in his last film with Cruise, “Edge of
Tomorrow,” the time-warped science
fiction that proved a movie maxim: You
just can’t kill Tom Cruise.
In “American Made,” a loosely true
tale set in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s,
Cruise plays Barry Seal, a TWA pilot
whose on-the-side smuggling of Cuban
cigars brings him into the orbit of the
CIA. An officer named Shafer (Domh-
nall Gleeson) turns up, and offers him a
job taking surveillance photos and mak-
ing government payoffs to the likes of
Panama’s Manuel Noriega in Central
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A painter works underneath the Santa Catalina arch in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Established in 1543 as the territorial Temple I at Tikal, Guatemala's largest Mayan ruins park and a
capital of the Spanish crown and abandoned after a series of earthquakes, the colonial city is home to preserved and colorful UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spread over 220 square miles,
churches and mansions from the era and now is a tourist center. Tikal encompasses thousands of structures in addition to a
primary tropical forest and a variety of wildlife. Temple I has
become a symbol of Guatemala.

Trip
Continued from Page 1D

Antigua Guatemala
We visited my child-
hood street just long
enough to snap pictures,
then headed out. While a
pilgrimage to my home-
town was important for
me, I usually tell first-
time visitors to Guatema-
la to skip the capital city
and head straight to Anti-
gua Guatemala. It’s reach-
able from the Guatemala
City airport by shuttle
(about $30) or taxi (prices
vary but we paid $50). The
ride is 45 minutes to two
hours depending on traf-
fic.
Antigua was estab-
lished in 1543 as the Span-
ish territorial capital. Af-
ter a series of earth-
quakes, it was largely
abandoned, then rebuilt.
Its charms include grand
colonial buildings and
churches, large markets,
cobblestone streets, vi-
brantly painted buildings,
traditional and high-end
restaurants, bars and
even a microbrewery,
perfect for visitors like
me from the beer-loving
Pacific Northwest. Visi-
tors can also arrange for
shuttles and guided tours
to nearby coffee farms
and the volcanoes that
tower above the city. Vol-
cano tours can range from
a six-hour trip to two-day
excursions. Two volca-
noes are active and travel-
ers can often get close to
the lava flow.
There are hotels in ev-
ery price range. We
splurged on Porta Hotel
($140 a night), where old
colonial homes have been
converted into a sprawl-
ing estate with a restau-
rant, pool and small work-
out room.
The city fills up for cel-
A colorful cemetery in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, has graves carrying symbols of the Mayan
and Catholic faiths. Chichicastenango is also famed for an expansive local crafts market.
ebrations of Catholic holi-
days, including elaborate
processions during Holy
Week between Palm Sun-
day and Easter.
The beach
Guatemala has just a
sliver of coast on the Car-
ibbean. But on the Pacific
side, there are miles of
black sand beaches that
fade into powerful surf.
Among the closest
beaches to Antigua is
Monterrico, a small and
sleepy town about 2.5
hours away. Daily shut-
tles from Antigua are
around $20. We rented a
small automatic car for
$40 a day.
The beach was lined
with homes, medium-
sized hotels, hostels and
restaurants. Our hotel,
Cafe Del Sol, was split into
a beachfront building
with some small rooms, a
restaurant and bar, and a
larger complex with big-
ger rooms and two pools.
Our room ($60 a night)
was simple, spacious and
air-conditioned. We most-
ly lounged in hammocks
and braved the waters,
though they are rough and
best suited for experi-
enced swimmers.
Tikal National Park
I wanted my return to
Guatemala to jumpstart a
new chapter in my life. I
knew the place for it, too:
Tikal National Park in
northern Guatemala.
We opted for a 40-min-
ute flight there for $230.
The bus from Guatemala
City is cheaper but takes
over eight hours.
There are group tours
and private tours. We
hired a private guide for
about $90. The site is in
the jungle, so visitors
should bring water,
though various stands sell
beer, water and snacks.
Guatemala is also in the
zone for mosquitoes car-
rying the Zika-virus, and
Lake Atitlan, in Guatemala's western highlands, is surrounded
by volcanoes Tomilan and Atitlan. Tourists can spend a day
shuttling on local boats between the lake's small towns, each
of which has a particular character.
insect repellent didn’t
completely ward them off
in Tikal or at the beach.
Among the sights we
witnessed was a chicken
sacrifice performed by an
indigenous group.
As the excavated ruins
of a once-grand Mayan
city-state, Tikal displays
the brilliance of my an-
cestors, with towering
temples, government
buildings, housing for the
ruling class. Its leaders Iglesia de San Pedro, one of the oldest churches in Antigua,
maintained power Guatemala, is lit up at night. The city boasts one of the best
through violence and by collections of Spanish colonial buildings in the Americas and is
keeping its people well- a popular destination for tourists. AP PHOTOS
fed. Our guide explained
that deforestation likely
contributed to the disap- “Star Wars: A New Hope” air. The setting sun paint-
pearance of this mighty was filmed here, depict- ed the nearly cloudless
civilization, because Ti- ing the planet where the sky a light pink.
kal’s rulers razed the for- Rebellion is based. I chugged the last of
est to build the stone tem- From the top of the my lukewarm beer and
ples. temple, we could see the decided this was the place
The park’s central pla- jungle, seemingly end- — as a tourist in the moth-
za is flanked by two tem- less, stretching to the ho- erland — to ask my girl-
ples. You can climb wood- rizon, with the temple friend to marry me. She
en steps to the tops of two tops visible above the said yes, and a new chap-
of them, one at the grand green canopy of trees. ter began.
plaza and another, called The sounds of birds and
Temple IV. A shot from other critters filled the

‘AMERICAN MADE’ of ill-considered policies

Cruise
Continued from Page 1D
America. “We’re building
nations down there,” says
Shafer, giddy.
Seal, eyeing his own
plane and eager to perma-
nently switch off “auto-pi-
lot,” jumps at the chance
and doesn’t stop giggling
at his good luck. “I do tend
to leap before I look,” he
says in a video diary that
plays occasionally
through the film. “Maybe
I should have asked a few
more questions.”
Blithely, even charm-
ingly ignorant of the dan-
gerous and ethically ques-
tionable terrain he’s en-
tering, Seal is soon cheer-
fully smuggling
enormous amounts of co-
caine back to Arkansas
for Pablo Escobar’s Me-
dellin Cartel. On both
sides of the law, things es-
calate quickly. Seal and
his family (Sarah Wright
Tom Cruise stars as Barry Seal in a scene from "American Made." AP
Olsen plays his wife),
can’t spend their money
fast enough. They run out
of closet space and back-
yard holes for all the cash
coming in.
The CIA’s missions
grow more audacious, too.
Seal becomes the govern-
ment’s clandestine ex-
porter of AK-47s to the
Nicaraguan Contras, who
in turn are eventually
flown back to Seal’s Ar-
kansas base for military
training. Seal greets them
all with an easygoing grin:
“Hola, amigos!”
It’s an increasingly ab-
surd circle of drugs, guns
and money, all ostensibly
eee(out of four)
» Rated: R (language
throughout and some
sexuality/nudity)
» Starring: Tom Cruise, Sarah
Wright, Domhnall Gleeson.
Directed by Doug Liman.
Universal Pictures , 117 mins.
for the fight against “ene-
mies of democracy.” The
ironies mount, topping out
with Nancy Reagan’s war-
on-drugs plea to “say no”
while her husband’s se-
cret efforts to arm mili-
tants is fueling one of the
most powerful drug car-
tels in the world.
Like a handful of re-
cent movies such as “War
Dogs” and “War Ma-
chine,” “American Made”
is a farce of American in-
ternational ambition run
amok. Here are the comi-
cal on-the-ground results
from all the way up the
command chain. Presi-
dents, beginning with
Jimmy Carter and run-
ning up to Arkansas Gov-
ernor Bill Clinton make
cameos throughout
“American Made.”
It’s both a tribute to and
a joke on American oppor-
tunism that the cavalier
decisions of politicians
can so easily and so over-
whelming benefit (up to a
point) a thrill-seeking pi-
lot who can’t say no. The
crescendo comes with
Seal, fleeing the DEA,
crash lands in a suburb
and escapes on a kid’s
bike, all the while covered
in a white powder of coke.
Finally, a fresh and unfa-
miliar method of escape
for Cruise.
“American Made,”
written by Gary Spinelli,
has glossed up the story,
of course. Seal’s life
wasn’t nearly so shiny as
it is as played by Cruise.
But then again, whose is?
S U N D AY , O C T O B E R 1 , 2 0 1 7
You can’t sneak up
on great blue heron
GREAT OUTDOORS
RICK MARSI
I’ve never set out to ha-
rass a blue heron, but the
truth is, it happens some-
times. The harassment is
mild, but if herons could
talk, they would no doubt
complain raucously.
It always occurs in a similar manner. I
am kayaking on a river. It can be any riv-
er, because great blue herons are surely
on it. Boasting bayonet beaks and garden
hose necks, these long-legged wading
birds continue to grow in numbers. Now
common along local rivers, they stalk
shallows for minnows and other live
prey they can swallow.
When not hunting, they flap slowly
over the water, necks tucked like a snake
poised to strike.
Known to be wary, great blues almost
always see you before you have a clue
they are there. When they do, they de-
part, lifting off with a loud primal croak.
Because of this shyness, boaters don’t
often get very close. However, some
boaters — myself included — view get-
ting close as a challenge.
I wrote recently about sneaking up on
a green heron by hunkering motionless
in my kayak, while, with help from the
current, I slipped into close photo range.
I’ve employed this technique with
great blues as well. The problem is these
birds stand 4 feet tall. It feels, as I’m
drifting, they are looking straight down
in my boat. Few are the times I’ve been
able to get within range.
Instead, I’ve watched their posture
grow increasingly rigid as they sense
something isn’t quite right. Then their
necks start to stretch for the sky. Then
those great wings unfold. Then they
croak as they exit the scene.
Sometimes, they’ll fly hundreds of
yards downstream. Sometimes, they’ll
flap across the river, landing on a branch
overlooking the water.
Once in a blue moon, a heron stands
fast. The last time it happened, I thought
I had won, but I hadn’t.
At the 40-yard mark, I was sure this
great blue would take off. It didn’t. At 25
yards, it was me who got nervous. Still
standing its ground? Could it be I would
soon find myself under heron attack?
When the distance had narrowed to an
CALENDAR
SUNDAY
ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS
Common Thread: a collaborative art exhibi-
tion by Martine Barnaby, Kim Hayden and
Kellie Smith, 1-4 p.m., The Maine Space Gallery at
the Janet W. Bowers Museum, Corner of Route 26
and Nanticoke Road, Maine.
CONCERTS & TOUR DATES
The Eternal Moon Concert, 7:30 p.m., Watters
Theater, Fine Arts Building, Binghamton University,
Vestal.
FESTIVALS
Most Holy Rosary Oktoberfest- Day 3, 11 a.m.-3
p.m., Most Holy Rosary Church, 2596 MAIN St.,
Maine.
FOOD & WINE
Pancake Breakfast, 8-11 a.m., American Legion
Post 1700, 305 Maple St., Endicott. $7.00 per per-
son; Children 5 and under free
Sip and Sing with Dana LaCroix, 4-6 p.m.,
Uncorked Wine and Chocolate Loft, 205 State St.,
Binghamton. $15.
MUSEUMS & ATTRACTIONS
Jimays Flea Market, 6 a.m.-3 p.m., Jimays Flea
Market, 1766 Conklin Roaad, Conklin. $20 vendor
fee, $1 parking fee.
OTHER & MISCELLANEOUS
Goats Milk Luxury Bath and Body Bar (CF339),
2-5 p.m., Jablon Studios, 10 Alice St., Binghamton.
$49 plus, $20 supply fee. Call 778-5012 to register.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Triple Cities Hiking Club, Hike 4 steep miles at
the Binghamton Brick Yard. Meet 1 pm at Home
Depot lot closest to 17C, Johnson City.
www.triplecitieshikingclub.org
PERFORMING ARTS
The Fantasticks, 2-4 p.m., Sidney High School, 95
W. Main St., Sidney. $12 adult, $10 senior/student.
SALES & RETAIL
Rummage Sale at Temple Concord, 10 a.m.-2
p.m., Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Drive, Bingham-
ton.
MONDAY
BUSINESS & NETWORKING
Leading Millennials in the Workplace, 9 a.m.-
noon, SUNY Broome Community College, 901
Front St., Binghamton. $49.
EDUCATION
It's hard to get this close to a great blue
heron. RICK MARSI / CORRESPONDENT PHOTO
amazing 10 yards, I came to this conclu-
sion: The heron photo of a lifetime was
about to be taken.
I took aim. I focused. I pressed down
with my right index finger. The result:
a most deafening quiet. No clicking, no
whirring, no flashing of numbers. My
camera’s battery had died.
It was then I realized why the heron
had waited. Representing all the great
blues I had bothered in the past, it
would exact a class-action revenge.
We were now at a range I’d call eye-
ball-to-eyeball. The heron’s were larg-
er — black pupil with bright yellow iris.
Just when I thought it might not ever
happen, the bird snaked its neck into
hunting position, speared a minnow
and then lifted off. When it did, I ex-
pected a noisy rebuke, but the heron re-
fused to oblige. Sometimes, it is said (it
applied in this case), silence speaks
louder than croaking.
To follow Rick Marsi’s outdoor ex-
ploits, visit rickmarsi.com.
Niu Changhong will be one of the performers
at the “Eternal Moon” concert at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday at the Watters Theater in Binghamton
University’s Fine Arts Building. PROVIDED
How to Sell Your Parents’ Home (FI056), 6:30-9
p.m., SUNY Broome, 907 Front St., Binghamton.
$39. Call 778-5012 to register.
FILM
Monster Movie Nights, 6 p.m., George F. John-
son Memorial Library, 1001 Park St., Endicott.
FOOD & WINE
Spaghetti Dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post
1700, 305 Maple St., Endicott. $6, meat extra.
FUNDRAISING & CHARITY
Bingo, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Johnson City Senior Center,
30 Brocton St., Johnson City.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Beginning Golf (Adults), 5:30-8:30 p.m., Legends
Golf Center, 130 Dimmock Hill Road, Binghamton.
$99.
Emotions, Energy & Your Health (WE322), 6-8
p.m., SUNY Broome Community College, 901 Front
St., Binghamton. $39. Call 778-5012 to register.
Functional Fitness, 6-7 p.m., SUNY Broome, 907
Front St., Binghamton. $60.
Home Schooler Skating (Ages 7-17), 9:30-10:30
a.m., SUNY Broome Community Collge Ice Center,
901 Upper Front St., Binghamton. $59 includes
skate rental.
Mice on Ice (Ages 3-6), 8:30-9:30 a.m., SUNY
Broome Community Collge Ice Center, 901 Upper
Front St., Binghamton. $59, includes skate rentals.
TOPS Chapter 389, 6:15 p.m., Northminster
Presbyterian Church, 711 Farm-to-Market Road,
Endwell.
Women-N-Weights, 7-8 p.m., SUNY Broome
Community College, 901 Front St., Binghamton.
$60.
KIDS & FAMILY
Story Time for Ages 3-6, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Broome
County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton.
How to donate your
body to science
SAVVY SENIOR
JIM MILLER
Q: What can you tell
me about body donation
programs? With little to
no savings, I’m looking
for a free or cheap way
to dispose of my body af-
ter I die.
A: If you’re looking to eliminate
your funeral and burial costs, as well as
help advance medical research, donat-
ing your body to science is a great op-
tion to consider. Here’s what you should
know.
Body donations
It’s estimated that each year, at least
20,000 people donate their whole body,
after death, to medical facilities
throughout the country to be used in
medical research projects, anatomy
lessons and surgical practice.
After using your body, these facili-
ties will then provide free cremation –
which typically costs $600 to $4,000 –
and will either bury or scatter your ash-
es in a local cemetery or return them to
your family, usually within a year or
two.
And, just in case you’re wondering,
your family will not be paid for the use
of your body. Federal and state laws
prohibit it.
Here are a few other things you need
to know and check into, to help you de-
termine whether whole-body donation
is right for you:
» Acceptance rules: Most body do-
nation programs will not accept bodies
that are extremely obese, or those that
have infectious diseases like hepatitis,
tuberculosis, H.I.V. or MRSA. Bodies
that suffered extensive trauma won’t
be accepted either.
» Organ donation: Most programs
require that you donate your whole
body in its entirety. So if you want to be
an organ donor (with the exception of
your eyes), you won’t qualify to be a
whole body donor too.
» Special requests: Most programs
will not allow you to donate your body
for a specific purpose. You give them
the body and they decide how to use it.
» Memorial options: Most programs
require almost immediate transport of
ORGANIZATIONS & MEETUPS
Notice of Public Informational Meeting Town
of Dickinson, 5:30 p.m., Dickinson Town Hall, 531
Old Front St., Binghamton.
Town of Dickinson Town Board Work Session,
5:30 p.m., Town of Dickinson Town Hall, 531 Old
Front St., Binghamton.
OTHER & MISCELLANEOUS
Beginning Harp, 6-8 p.m., SUNY Broome, 907
Front St., Binghamton. $79
Beginning Stained Glass Mosaics: Mirror
(CF315), 6-8 p.m., Jablon Studios, 10 Alice St.,
Binghamton. $89 plus $25 supply fee. Call 778-5012
to register.
Roberson International Folk Dancers, 7:30-9:30
p.m., First Ward Senior Center, 226 Clinton, St.,
Binghamton.
PERFORMING ARTS
Craig Russell, 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m., Carol’s Coffee &
Art Bar, 177 Front St., Owego.
TUESDAY
CONCERTS & TOUR DATES
Devinne Meyers at Binghamton Brewing Co.,
7-9 p.m., Binghamton Brewing Co., 15 Ave. B,
Johnson City.
Dinner Karaoke, 6:30-10 p.m., Punks Place, 21 Mill
St., Candor.
EDUCATION
Close to Mandarin and China, 6-8 p.m., SUNY
Broome Community College, 901 Front St., Bing-
hamton. $89
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Hatha Yoga I: Release from Tension, 5:30-7
p.m., Highlands Community Center, 25 Lee Circle
Drive, Johnson City. $60.
Introduction to Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Broome
County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton.
TOPS 1204, 9-11:30 a.m., Johnson City Senior
Center, 30 Brocton St., Johnson City.
NIGHTLIFE & SINGLES
Team Trivia with Hey Mr. DJ, 8-10 p.m., Bawka’s
Tavern, 299-301 Conklin Ave., Binghamton.
OTHER & MISCELLANEOUS
Basics of Crochet, 6-7:30 p.m., SUNY Broome
Community College, 901 Front St., Binghamton.
$69.
Town of Fenton Conservation Advisory Com-
mittee (CAC) Meeting, 6 p.m., Fenton Town Hall,
44 Park St., Port Crane.
Weekly Swing Dance, 7-10 p.m., Rexer’s Karate
PRESS & SUN-BULLETIN • 3D
the body after death, so there’s no funer-
al. If your family wants a memorial ser-
vice they can have one without the body.
Or, some programs offer memorial ser-
vices at their facility at a later date with-
out the remains.
» Body transporting: Most programs
will cover transporting your body to
their facility within a certain distance.
However, some may charge.
What to do
If you think you want to donate your
body, it’s best to make arrangements in
advance with a body donation program
in your area. Most programs are offered
through university-affiliated medical
schools. To find one near you, the Univer-
sity of Florida maintains a list of U.S.
programs and their contact information
at Anatbd.acb.med.ufl.edu/usprograms.
In addition to the medical schools,
there are also private organizations like
BioGift (BioGift.org) and Science Care
(ScienceCare.com) that accept whole
body donations too. Some of these or-
ganizations will even allow organ dona-
tion because they deal in body parts as
well as whole cadavers.
If you don’t have Internet access, you
can get help by calling the National Fam-
ily Service Desk, which operates a free
body donation referral service during
business hours at 800-727-0700.
Once you locate a program in your
area, call and ask them to mail you an in-
formation/registration packet that will
explain exactly how their program
works.
To sign up, you’ll simply need to fill
out a couple of forms and return them.
But, you can always change your mind
by contacting the program and remov-
ing your name from their registration
list. Some programs may ask that you
make your withdrawal in writing.
After you’ve made arrangements,
you’ll need to tell your family members
so they will know what to do and who to
contact after your death.
Send your senior questions to: Savvy
Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK
73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim
Miller is a contributor to the NBC
Today show and author of “The Savvy
Senior” book.
Academy, 105 Washington Ave., Endicott. $3.
PERFORMING ARTS
Beginner East Coast Swing, 7-8 p.m., SUNY
Broome Community College, 907 Front St., Bing-
hamton.
WEDNESDAY
CONCERTS & TOUR DATES
Beach Bum Trivia Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Kristo-
fors, 1224 Campville Road, Endicott.
FUNDRAISING & CHARITY
BINGO, 6-9:30 p.m., American Legion Post 1645,
177 Robinson St., Binghamton.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Line Dancing, 1305 Riverview rd, Endicott. $5.
Open dance 5-6 p.m., beginner 6-7 p.m., interme-
diate 7:30-8 p.m., advanced at 9 p.m. For questions
contact Mary Jo Leonard at 245-9986.
Vinyasa (Flow) Yoga, 5:30-7 p.m., Highlands
Community Center, 25 Lee Circle Drive, Johnson
City. $60.
KIDS & FAMILY
Yoga with Maggie, 10-10:30 a.m., Broome Coun-
ty Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton.
NIGHTLIFE & SINGLES
Line Dance Lessons, 7-11:30 p.m., Touch of Texas,
1240 Upper Front St., Binghamton.
ORGANIZATIONS & MEETUPS
Widows/Widowers of So. Tier Social Break-
fast, 8 a.m., Denny’s Restaurant, 4024 Vestal
Parkway E, Vestal.
OTHER & MISCELLANEOUS
How to Install Ceramic Tile, 6-9 p.m., Vestal Tile
Distributors, 412 Prentice Road, Vestal. $39.
Knitting Basics and More, 6-7:30 p.m., SUNY
Broome Community College, 901 Front St., Bing-
hamton. $69.
Line Dancing, 6-10 p.m., postal code 13760,
United States, Main St., Endicott. $5.
PERFORMING ARTS
Isadora Duncan Modern Dance Class, 4-5:30
p.m., The Dancer’s Studio, 19 S Washington St.
Second Floor, Binghamton.
Line Dancing, 6-10 p.m., American Legion Post 82,
1305 Riverview Road, Endicott.
Open Mic Night at Bill’s Restaurant in Owego -
Hosted by Marian Tewksbury, 6-9 p.m., Bill’s
Restaurant, 53 S Depot St., Owego.
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‘The Walking Dead’ reaches 100th episode milestone

LISA MARIE PANE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SENOIA, Ga. - For seven sea-
sons, AMC’s “The Walking
Dead” has explored a world
where the dead roam the earth
while the living seek safety —
almost more from other hu-
mans than from the zombies
trying to tear into their flesh.
There are characters whose
faith is tested but find their grit
and fierceness. There are those
who are kissups and latch them-
selves onto leaders, their will to
survive stronger than their
pride. Then there are those who
seize a newfound power to ter-
rorize and bully. Through it all,
it’s often difficult to discern the
difference between who’s good
and who’s evil, something that
evolves and can change from
moment to moment.
And now, as the show ap-
proaches its 100th episode — the
kickoff to Season 8 that
launches on Oct. 22 — the char-
acters are on the verge of war, a
battle pitting character Rick
Grimes and his band of loyalists
against Negan and the Saviors,
mixed in with a few other com-
munities whose allegiances
sometimes shift without warn-
ing.
For a full day this spring,
AMC invited a small group of
journalists to the set to talk with
the actors and crew involved in
the show. Everyone took pains
to avoid revealing what was in
store in the next season.
The main filming location is
on a sprawling lot tucked behind
this small south Georgia town
where most of this new world
has sprouted: Raleigh Studios, a
constantly evolving set on 140
acres where all sorts of imagi-
nary communities have been
created from scratch.
The Heap — an actual mound
of trash filled with all sorts of
debris and cars no newer than
2010 (the year the world is said
to have died) — was created in
just three weeks to serve as the
domain for Jadis (played by Pol-
lyanna McIntosh), who speaks
in an odd clipped form of Eng-
lish and switches allegiances as
fast as character Michonne can
lop off a head with her Katana.
The Hilltop, ruled over by
drunkard and chauvinist Greg-
ory (played by Xander Berke-
ley), took nearly four months to
Lennie James plays Morgan Jones, left, and Andrew Lincoln is Rick Grimes in "The Walking Dead." The eighth
season premieres on Oct. 22. AP
create, its 18th century archi-
tecture brick exterior conceal-
ing an interior that is basically a
shell, devoid of any walls. Alex-
andria, the gated community
supposedly in northern Vir-
ginia, is an actual subdivision
that four real families call home
and have to stay clear of the film
crews that flock there six
months out of the year.
The first season was shot
largely in Atlanta. By the sec-
ond season, Raleigh Studios in
Senoia — about an hour south of
Atlanta — had been created in
this town of about 4,000.
Not only does it allow the
show to create and keep the
communities that make up “The
Walking Dead,” but it can be
constantly reinvented. The spot
where Gabriel’s church once
stood? It was torn down and be-
came the dirt circle where Sea-
son 6 ended with Rick and his
crew kneeling before Negan,
the spot where beloved charac-
ters Glenn and Abraham were
slain at the end of Negan’s
barbed-wire covered bat.
And now? It remains vacant.
“This is pretty much hallowed
ground,” said Tom Luse, the
show’s executive producer, as
he gave a group of journalists a
tour of the studio grounds. It
was a tough scene to shoot, he
said, and it was even tougher to
lose not only two beloved char-
acters but two actors among a
crew that considers itself tight-
knit.
“I don’t know if we’ll shoot
here again,” Luse said, adding
later: “This is a shrine.”
Virtually everything is shot
on the site. One exception: The
Kingdom, which is shot at Tyler
Perry’s studios at nearby Fort
McPherson.
One of the biggest advan-
tages and challenges? The grass
and shrubs. “Greens help hide a
million sins,” Luse said. But
they also have to ensure it
doesn’t get trimmed or mowed
too often. “We have to constant-
ly recreate that dead look.”
The show is based on comics
created by writer Robert Kirk-
man and artist Tony Moore. The
comics are still going strong
with more than 165 issues so far.
In some cases, the TV show mir-
rors how it plays out in the com-
ics; in other instances it veers
off on its own course. Even a few
characters not seen in the com-
ics find their way on the screen,
including Daryl Dixon (played
by actor Norman Reedus), a
crossbow-wielding character
who has proved to be one of the
show’s most popular.
Gale Anne Hurd, an execu-
tive producer, attributes much
of the cast’s comradery to An-
drew Lincoln, who plays lead
character Grimes, a sheriff who
emerged from a coma to find
the zombie apocalypse has
turned the world upside down.
“We work and live in a bub-
ble. And it’s great that’s the case
because no one has changed,”
Hurd said. “That’s what is spe-
cial about this show. Not one per-
son from the (original) cast all of
a sudden thinks they’re some
sort of superstar and has a big
trailer or an entourage. They’re
still in two banger trailers.”
When did it start to dawn on
them when the show would be-
come a huge success and en-
dure? For Hurd, it was fairly
early: Season 2. The characters
had escaped to a sprawling farm
outside of Atlanta. There was
comfort, apparent safety and
places nearby to raid for weap-
ons, food and other assorted ba-
sics.
“The second season was one
in which with people arguably
could say OK, it slowed down,
they’re at the farm, it was fo-
cused significantly on charac-
ter development and the fan-
dom grew,” Hurd said. “And in
my mind knowing that there
was action to come and there
were bigger worlds, more
worlds, more characters that if
we were building viewers in
Season 2 that it was the kind of
trajectory that made for a show
that could endure.”
Greg Nicotero, special ef-
fects guru who has not only
made his mark on the show by
creating the zombies who lurch
and prowl the world but also is
co-executive producer and oc-
casional-director, called this
season’s premier its most pro-
pulsive — a word used repeated-
ly by the cast and crew as they
began taping Season 8.
Season 7 was known for seg-
mented episodes that narrowly
focused on one character or
community. It was described as
a tough season to get through,
the actors missing the chance to
interact with a variety of col-
leagues and feeling isolated.
Cast and crew say the feel for
Season 8 is different. The pace
will be accelerated and even the
way it’s filmed will feel differ-
ent, though no one would even
come close to betraying those
nuggets fans crave to divine
which characters might die and
how the war will play out.
But they do note that there
will be moments that pay hom-
age to all the previous seasons
— and to their loyal fans.
“There’s gonna be some mo-
ments that people who have
watched the show from the be-
ginning will see and be like, ‘Oh,
OK, I see what they’re doing
here’ by paying tributes to spe-
cific moments over the last sev-
en years,” Nicotero said.

Curtain goes up on a documentary-rich New York Film Festival

JAKE COYLE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Ninety-
nine feature films will dot
the sparkling lineup at the
55th New York Film Festi-
val, which kicks off
Thursday night with Rich-
ard Linklater’s “Last Flag
Flying.” There is no way,
really, to take as a whole
an 18-day festival that will
include new films from
Todd Haynes, Woody Al-
len, Agnes Varda, Claire
Denis, Greta Gerwig and
Hong Sangsoo.
But the common de-
nominator at the sober-
eyed New York festival
has always been quality,
as discerned through an
especially global outlook.
The only currency that
matters at the Film Soci-
ety of Lincoln Center’s an-
nual uptown event is the
movies, themselves — not
red carpets (they’re typi-
cally short and perfunc-
tory), not prizes (there
aren’t any) or even Oscar
buzz. The New York Film
Festival generates a lot of
conversation by keeping
the noise at bay.
“I see a lot of things
shifting in the film festi-
val world, and they’re
shifting for reasons that
have to do with things oth-
er than the art of cinema,”
says Kent Jones, the festi-
val’s director. “We’re 55
years old now and we’ve
always stuck to our mis-
sion. And I think that
means a lot to the audi-
ences and the filmmak-
ers.”
The festival’s main
slate, its most curated se-
lections, numbers 25
films this year. Most of
them (”Lady Bird,” “Call
Me By Your Name,”
“Mudbound,” “The
Bryan Cranston, from left, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne appear in a scene from “Last
Flag Flying.” LIONSGATE VIA AP
Square”) have been
plucked from the stand-
outs of Sundance, Cannes,
Telluride and other festi-
vals.
But this year’s festival
is also intent to play by a
different set of rules than
other major international
film festivals. The main
slate is light on world pre-
mieres, a much-sought
designation for promi-
nent entries elsewhere.
Others will play in a dif-
ferent format: Arnaud
Desplechin’s “Ismael’s
Ghost” will screen in a di-
rector’s cut that differs
from the version that
opened the Cannes Film
Festival in May.
There will still be sev-
eral much-watched pre-
mieres. Allen’s “Wonder
Wheel,” the 81-year-old
filmmaker’s second film
for Amazon Studios, is the
closing night film. A “re-
turn to form” is often said
of Allen’s later works but
the gala slot is a clear sign
of belief in Allen’s latest.
Set in 1950s Coney Island,
it stars Kate Winslet, who
will also sit for a staged
conversation at the festi-
val.
Opening the festival is
“Last Flag Flying,” a road
trip reunion of three for-
mer Navy men (Bryan
Cranston, Steve Carell,
Laurence Fishburne) who
are something like older,
grown-up versions of the
main characters in Hal
Ashby’s “The Last Detail”
(1973). In Linklater’s film,
which Lionsgate and Am-
azon will release Nov. 3,
the trio reunites to bring
home the dead son of Ca-
rell’s character, a young
soldier killed in Iraq.
“I thought it was such
an interesting portrait of
middle age, and I hadn’t
done a lot of that, although
I’m there myself, age-
wise,” said the 57-year-old
Linklater, whose career
(”Boyhood,” “Before Sun-
rise,” “Dazed and Con-
fused”) has often chroni-
cled seminal stages of life.
“It was fun to deal with
these themes of memory
and past experience and
reuniting with old friends,
comrades: What does that
mean? How are we the
same? How are we
changed? These are big
questions in all of our
lives,” said Linklater.
“There’s nothing like an
impromptu reunion with
people who you went
through something with a
long time ago to make you
examine your own life.”
Linklater has a gift for
giving thoroughly
planned, minutely de-
tailed scenes an easy natu-
ralism. Chloe Zhao’s sen-
sational sophomore fea-
ture, “The Rider,” goes
further in blending fiction
with nonfiction. A deeply
heartfelt heartland elegy,
it stars real Sioux cow-
boys in South Dakota’s
Pine Ridge Reservation,
following a rodeo star
(Brady Jandreau) forced
to contemplate quitting.
Including Zhao, a third
of the films in the main
slate are directed by
women — many of which
rank among the class of
the festival. Zhao is just
starting out but Agnes
Varda, the 89-year-old
French filmmaking leg-
end, has been at it for dec-
ades. Her “Faces/Places,”
which she co-directed
with the much younger
photographer JR, chroni-
cles the unlikely duo trav-
eling the French country-
side, looking — and find-
ing — chance encounters
that they then memorial-
ize with massive photo-
graphs JR pastes across
buildings, barns and other
structures.
The festival’s docu-
mentaries as a whole are a
vibrant, varied bunch,
teaming with big person-
alities like Joan Didion,
Steven Spielberg and
Jane Goodall.
“Odds are, if you just
walked into something at
the multiplex, it might not
be that good,” said Jones.
“The average documen-
tary is good. The films
that we’re showing, as far
as I’m concerned, are well
above average. I think it’s
possible to be so much
faster and more fluid with
documentary filmmaking
than it was in the pre-digi-
tal age. There’s a richer
sense of character in a lot
of documentaries that I
see than in the average
fiction movie.”
One case in point in Re-
becca Miller’s tender and
intimate character study
of her father, the play-
wright Arthur Miller. Just
as personal is Travis Wil-
kerson’s “Did You Wonder
Who Fired the Gun?”
wherein Wilkerson inves-
tigates a tragedy in his
family’s past. His great-
grandfather killed a black
man in 1946 Alabama in a
crime that went unpun-
ished.
Alex Gibney’s inquiry
into the past in “No Stone
Unturned” is more jour-
nalistic. He calls it “a
hardcore criminal inves-
tigation.” The documen-
tary peers into the 1994
Loughinisland murders in
Northern Island, where
six men were gunned
down in a pub.
Initially scheduled to
premiere at April’s Tribe-
ca Film Festival, the film
was postponed at the last
minute due to legal con-
cerns around naming the
suspects. “We won the ar-
gument,” Gibney said af-
ter a recent screening,
saying his film was little
changed.
The tale is just one of
the thousands of unsolved
murders from the Trou-
bles, the 30-year conflict
that ended in 1998. But for
Gibney, the story of
Loughinisland is a micro-
cosm of how injustice gets
buried after times of
great violence.
“We’re hoping that the
police will finally bring a
case. I just can’t believe
that they haven’t al-
ready,” said Gibney.
“There has to be some jus-
tice.”
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