Critics hail ‘Caesar’
A Knack for swimming
George Clooney stars in the new film, ‘Hail,
Caesar!,’ described as ‘wildly entertaining.’
AHS swimmer Thomas Knack qualified for
sectional competition on Wednesday.
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AMSTERDAM, N.Y.
Thursday
February 4, 2016
VOL. 135, NO. 145
Arts center on Main
Street may host new
clubhouse for youth
A grand entrance
New door not
the only change
at Amsterdam
Free Library
By JOHN PURCELL
Recorder News Staff
By JOHN PURCELL
Recorder News Staff
While the Amsterdam Free
Library has a noticeably new front
door, below the surface fresh offerings are beginning to blossom.
A new front door has been
installed with metalwork, showing a scene with two children
among a towering stack of books.
“It is absolutely gorgeous,”
Hemsley said. “It fits in perfectly
with the fabric of the building and
everyone that has seen it has had
nothing but positive things to say.
It’s one of the most beautiful
pieces of art in the city.”
Hemsley said the door is a
“visual symbol of all the worlds
you can explore” inside the
library.
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The new door at the Amsterdam Free Library.
The Creative Connections Arts
Center could be getting more
than a name change in a few
months if plans to establish community-based clubhouse at the
facility are implemented.
Last week, The Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Council of
Hamilton,
Fulton
and
Montgomery Counties, known as
HFM Prevention Council, was
awarded $250,000 of annual funding to create and operate a clubhouse in the city of Amsterdam.
The local clubhouse is part of a
statewide initiative establishing
seven facilities statewide to promote peer-driven support and
services in a non-clinical setting
for youth in recovery or at risk for
substance use disorders.
Ann Rhodes, executive director
of HFM Prevention Council, said
she worked with former mayor Ann
Thane to draft the grant application
and Thane had suggested utilizing
the arts center for the clubhouse.
“I think it would be a win-win,
because it gives us a great location and it gives the city a way to
keep this building,” Rhodes said.
“We would be great tenants and
take good care of the building.”
Fifth Ward Alderman and
Deputy
Mayor
James
Martuscello revealed the proposed location for the clubhouse
is the arts center at the Common
Council meeting Tuesday.
“I think it’s a good program —
it’s a plus,” Martuscello said. “I
thank mayor Thane and her administration for applying for this grant.
We have it, so now this administration will follow through.”
Rhodes said there has not been
any official approval to use the
building for the clubhouse if the
grant were awarded. In the grant
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CASA welcomes new director
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By EMILY DREW
Recorder News Staff
After five years as a paralegal
assistant, Johanna Ronquillo has
turned her sights toward helping
children in Montgomery and
Fulton counties.
As of Jan. 4, the 10-year
Amsterdam
resident began
as the Court
Appointed
S p e c i a l
Advocates
(CASA) program director,
run out of
Central Civico
in the city. She RONQUILLO
took over after previous director
Linda Burns decided to retire.
“It’s great,” Ronquillo said.
“We’re helping the community.”
Ronquillo, still learning the
ropes, heads the CASA program
for Fulton and Montgomery
counties. The federally funded
program helps to find children a
safe home environment by assisting in family court.
The program relies largely on
funding from local sponsors and
volunteers, who are sworn in by a
judge and must complete a 30hour training session and background check.
“The court appoints us neglected or abused children. If the
judge feels that something in the
home is wrong, they’ll send us a
petition and say, we want you to
investigate,” Ronquillo said.
“The priority is the children,”
she continued. “That’s our number one priority here. Make sure
Please see CASA,
Page 5
FITTING MOMENT
Amsterdam High School senior Callie Lindsay gets measured
by Marlene Wilson for her cap and gown on Tuesday at
Amsterdam High School. Wilson’s company measured seniors for their caps and gowns for the commencement ceremony in June. More photos on Page 6.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Today
AMSTERDAM
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2016
State of the State and Budget
Address will be presented in
the Common Council chambers of Amsterdam City Hall,
61 Church St., at noon. For
more information, call 315793-2716.
AMSTERDAM
The William B. Tecler Arts in
Education Magnet School will
hold a Fuel Up to Play Family
Night from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
AMSTERDAM
The Amsterdam Free Library
will hold a resume writing
course from 6 to 7:15 p.m.
AMSTERDAM
The support group sponsored by the National Alliance
on Mental Illness of
Montgomery, Fulton and
Hamilton Counties will meet
at the Riverfront Center, Suite
2390, second floor from 5:30
to 7 p.m. For more information, call Rebecca Cardinale
at 843-3261.
AMSTERDAM
The John J. Wyszomirski
Post 701 will hold a membership meeting at the clubroom,
123 W. Main St., at 7:05 p.m.
All veterans are invited. Free
food and refreshments will be
offered.
GLOVERSVILLE
The Shoeleather Express,
31 Spring St., will hold western square dancing workshops from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The cost is $7 per person.
New dancers welcome. For
more information, call Dennis
Viscanti at 225-1405.
MAYFIELD
The Paul Nigra Center for
Creative Arts, 2736 Route 30,
will hold a Dandy Dandelion
class from 6 to 8 p.m. Artist
Terri Salvione will show how
to use acrylics and various
The Johnstown Public
Library, 38 South Market St.,
will hold “Sweets For Your
Sweetie” from 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Attendees will create a mason jar prism candle
and chocolate candies. Preregistration is required and
seating is limited. For more
information, call 762-8317
NELLISTON
The Valley Alliance Church,
Route 5, will hold a free clothing giveaway from 9 to 11 a.m.
Doors open at 8:45 p.m.
Refreshments will be provided.
Sunday
HILDA COOPER CELEBRATES
100TH BIRTHDAY
Hilda Cooper, center, celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 12 at the Nathan Littauer Nursing Home
surrounded by her family and friends. Born Jan. 12, 1916, Cooper grew up in Sprout Brook. She married Aiden Jonas Cooper on Nov. 22, 1944. Together they had three daughters, Susan, Diane and
Bonnie Lou. She has four grandchildren and one great-grandson. Cooper was a teacher with
Canajoharie Central Schools. She started her career as a teacher in the Ames one-room schoolhouse. A party was given in her honor on her centennial birthday with cake for family, friends and
residents.
tools to capture the essence
of a dandelion. All materials
provided. Advance registration is required. The cost is
$25 per person. For more
information, log on to
www.pncreativeartscenter.org
or call 661-9932.
NORTHVILLE
The Red Rooster Cafe will
present Bob Cudmore who
discuss his new book “Lost
Mohawk Valley.” The program
Published Monday thru Saturday by McClary Media, Inc.
Kevin McClary
Publisher
Geoffrey Dylong
Associate Publisher
Brian Krohn
General Manager
Joe Ulrich
follows the congregate meal
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The meal, sponsored by the
Fulton County for Aging
includes meatloaf, mashed
potatoes, corn, white bread
and pie. February birthdays
will be celebrated.
Friday
AMSTERDAM
Saint Mary’s Institute, 10
Kopernik Blvd., will hold
Family Fun Night from 6 to 8
p.m. The events includes
food, entertainment and inflatables.
FONDA
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2016
State of the State and Budget
Address will be presented in
the Emergency Operations
Center at the Montgomery
County Office Building, 64
Broadway at 1 p.m. For more
information, call 315-7932716.
Saturday
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AMSTERDAM
The United Presbyterian
Church, 25 Church St., will
hold an open house for the
Littlest Angels preschool from
10:30 a.m. to noon.
Applications for spring and
fall 2016 will be accepted. For
more information, call Diane
at 843-6827.
AMSTERDAM
A mental health family support group will meet at St.
Mary’s Healthcare, 427 Guy
Park Ave, third floor, group
room D, from 1 to 3 p.m. The
group is open to family members and loved ones who are
caring for or supporting
someone with mental illness.
The facilitator is Mary Lou
Barry, of St. Mary’s
Behavioral Health. For more
information, call 841-7468.
AMSTERDAM
The St. Mikes Polish Club
will present the Polka Magic
Show with Lil Josh and
Happy Bob from 9 a.m. to
noon. Free admission. Food
will be available.
BROADALBIN
The Fulton County Music
Educators Association AllCounty Festival will be held at
Broadalbin-Perth High School
at 3 p.m. The high school
choir, junior high band and
elementary choir members
from eight districts will showcase their talents.
FONDA
The Fonda-Fultonville
Elementary School will hold a
Daddy-Daughter Princess Ball
for girls from pre-k to sixth
grade, from 6 to 9 p.m. Girls
may be escorted by their
father, grandfather, uncle, or
any other adult. The event will
feature a dessert bar, games,
dancing, a selfie station and
an appearance from Cinderella
and her friends. Tickets cost
$20 per couple and $5 for
each additional daughter.
GALWAY
The 8th annual “A Taste of
Chocolate” event will be held
in the Galway High School
cafeteria from 1 to 3 p.m.
Chocolate delicacies can be
purchased at the event. There
is no admission charge. The
sale is a fundraiser sponsored
by the Friends of the Galway
Public Library which raises
money for library expenditures
that are not included in the
general operating budget.
GLOVERSVILLE
The Gloversville Public Library,
58 E. Fulton St., will celebrate
“Take Your Child to the Library
Day.” There will be random
prizes, crafts and special story
times throughout the day.
JOHNSTOWN
AMSTERDAM
The Masonic Charities
Foundation of Amsterdam will
sponsor a Super Bowl
Sunday chicken and ribs barbecue from 1 to 5 p.m. at the
Masonic Temple, 34 Division
St. The cost is $11 for a rib
dinner, $10 for a chicken dinner, $8 for half-chicken and
$9 for rib only. For more information, call Wayne Brownell
at 829-5218.
MAYFIELD
The Paul Nigra Center for
Creative Arts, 2736 Route 30,
will host an introduction to
yoga class from 11 to 11:45
a.m. Walk-ins welcome. The
cost is $5. For more information, call Sue Nigra at 6619932 or log on to www.pncreativeartscenter.org.
TRIBES HILL
The Tribes Hill Volunteer Fire
Department will host its annual
Brooks Barbecue Super Bowl
Sunday dinner from 1:30 to 5
p.m. Drive-through, pick up and
delivery will be available. The
cost is $11 for a rib dinner and
$10 for a chicken dinner. Ribs
only will be $9 and half-chicken
$8. The dinners will include
potato, cole slaw, roll and
dessert. For more information,
call the fire department at 8297222 or Tom at 829-7083.
Monday
AMSTERDAM
The Amsterdam Free
Library, 28 Church St., will
hold a genealogy and family
tree creation class at 6 p.m.
To register, call 842-1080.
AMSTERDAM
The Amsterdam Free Library,
28 Church St., will host a Basic
Estate and Asset Protection
Planning workshop at 6 p.m.
Attendees will learn about the
importance of having documents in place such as wills,
health care proxies, power of
attorney, living will and trusts,
as well as what can happen
without them. Other topics
include how to protect assets,
long-term care insurance, and
Medicaid planning. To RSVP,
call John Kalil at 220-3076.
AMSTERDAM
A brain injury support group
will meet at St. Mary’s
Healthcare cafeteria, 427 Guy
Park Ave., at 6:30 p.m. The
guest speaker will be Paul
Dubois from Mountains to
Miracles Veterans Foundation.
For more information, call
Dave Hughes at 842-0457 or
Mickey LaCoppola at 8436527 or 866-3707.
Please see WHAT’S
HAPPENING, Page 3
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LOCAL
MEETING MINUTES
BABY PARADE
Inman Senior
Center
Photo submitted
Krista Caroline Catucci, of Amsterdam.
Pretty in pink
Krista Caroline Catucci, pictured at 18 months, is the daughter
of Christopher and Katie Catucci, of Amsterdam.
Maternal grandparents are James and Dawn Birch, Jr., of
Amsterdam.
Maternal great-grandparents are James and Charlotte Fabozzi,
of Amsterdam, and James Birch, of Corinth.
Paternal grandparents are John and Victoria Catucci, of
Amsterdam.
Paternal great-grandparent is Gerard LaPorte, of Amsterdam.
Absent military members encouraged
to complete election forms for 2016
The Montgomery County
Board of Elections encourages
military service members, their
eligible family members and
overseas citizens to submit a new
Federal Post Card Application
(FPCA) every January to ensure
they can participate in upcoming
federal elections.
The Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(UOCAVA) states that any service member, eligible family
member or overseas citizen may
be eligible to vote absentee. The
FPCA allows individuals to
apply to register to vote, request
an absentee ballot and/or update
contact information with the
Montgomery County Board of
Election office. The FPCA is the
primary method of communica-
tion
between
you
and
Montgomery County BOE. The
information provided on this
form is all board of election
office has to determine if individuals meet the state voter registration requirements, which election
materials to send and where and
how to send a ballot.
The form is available on the
Montgomery County website or
FVAP.gov. Hard copies are also
available at embassies and consulates, and military bases
around the world.
Once completed, do not forget
to print and sign the form before
submitting it the board of election office. And don't forget to
follow up with the board of election office to ensure registration
was received.
AREA NEWS IN BRIEF
FFCSD cancels
budget workshop
FONDA — The FondaFultonville Central School
District Board of Education
has cancelled the Audit
Committee meeting and the
budget workshop scheduled
Feb. 8.
The Fonda-Fultonville
Central School District will be
closed from Feb. 15 to Feb.
19 for winter break.
Zonta offering
education award
The Zonta Cub of
Montgomery-Fulton counties
is seeking applications for its
2016 Zonta Education Award.
high school students graduating in the current year, residing in Montgomery or Fulton
Thursday, February 4, 2016 / 3
counties and have been
accepted to an accredited
university, college or institute
are eligible to apply. Award
applications may be obtained
from high school guidance
offices. The deadline is
March 31, 2016.
d Peddler
Ol Wagon ’s
175 Church St. (Rt. 67), Amsterdam
Mon. thru Fri.: 9-5:30
Sat.: 9-5; Sun.: 9-2
Going Out Of
Businesss Sale
50% OFF
Entire Store
excluding consignment
Please use all gift certificates
as soon as possible
842-5000
The monthly meeting of the
Inman Center was held,
Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 10 a.m.
Board member Inge
Zimmerman conducted the
meeting, with Jo-Ann Gegzno
as note taker.
Committee reports given on
the kitchen, slush fund/building, sunshine, upcoming trip
to Branson, and the planning
meeting scheduled for Feb.
23 at 10 a.m. Members are
encouraged to attend and
give their input.
Old business regarding
Wilson Bickford/Christine
Mahoney painting class held
on Jan. 19 was reviewed.
Members commented on how
enjoyable the class was and
a profit was made from the
class and lunches served.
Also discussed was the success of the Jan. 24 baked
potato and salad bar. This
event was well attended and
delicious. Inge thanked all of
the volunteers. In addition,
the upcoming trip to the
Canadian Rockies Glacier
National Park for August
2016 was mentioned and a
sign up sheet is available.
New Business: a new coordinator for the center will be
announced soon. Pickleball is
back on Mondays and
Fridays. The next Wilson
Bickford painting class is
Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 10:30
a.m. March Lottery Tickets
are still available for sale,
please pick up and purchase
them. The tentative corned
beef fundraiser slated for
March 17 was reviewed. A
volunteer sheet was passed
around for a show of interest.
This is a big fundraiser for the
center and member participation is needed. The United
Way awarded the center a
one-time only grant for 2016
of $7,200. A confirmation letter is forthcoming and this
award is greatly appreciated.
The center will be closed on
Monday, Feb. 15.
For further information on
upcoming trips, classes or
events call the Inman Center
at 842-3815 or log on to
Inmanseniorcenter.org or
Facebook.
The next meeting is on
Tuesday, March 1 at 10 a.m.
What’s Happening
COLLEGE
ACHIEVEMENTS
The following students have
been named to the dean’s and
president’s lists for the fall 2015
semester at college:
Dean s List
• Anthony Noce of Hagaman,
who is majoring in mechanical
engineering at the University of
Massachusetts.
• Kayla Bogdan of Hagaman
who is enrolled in the five-year
master’s program for occupational therapy at Springfield
College. She graduated from
Amsterdam High School in
2015. She is the daughter of John
and Cindy Bogdan of Hagaman.
She is the granddaughter of
MaryAnn and the late John
Bogdan of Amsterdam.
• Christina Iannotti of
Amsterdam, who is majoring in
business at Siena College.
• Anna McConnell, of
Broadalbin, who is attending
Sage College.
President s List
•
Morgan
Shaw,
of
Amsterdam, who is majoring in
psychology at Siena College.
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AMSTERDAM
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Cranesville
Volunteer Fire Department will meet at 7 p.m.
JOHNSTOWN
The Fifty-Plus Club will hold a luncheon at
11:30 a.m. at the Shirley J. Luck Senior
Center, 109 E. Main St., to plan its annual
bizarre. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Tuesday
AMSTERDAM
The Century Club of Amsterdam, 130 Guy
Park Ave., will meet at 6 p.m. There will be a
potluck dinner, followed by a discussion of
upcoming meetings and how members and
the community can help. A short business
meeting will follow.
AMSTERDAM
The bereavement support group, Living with
Loss, will meet at St. Mary’s Healthcare, 427
Guy Park Ave., from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The group
meets in St. Mary’s board room. For more
information, call Amy S. Weinar at 843-5412.
BROADALBIN
The First Presbyterian Church, 54 West Main
St., will serve a Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner in preparation for the Lenten season, at 6
p.m. A free will offering will be taken for
Peaceful Acres Horses, Inc. The supper will
include homemade pancakes with syrup and
other toppings, bacon, sausage and beverages.
BROADALBIN
St. Joseph’s Church will host bingo in the
parish center at 7 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.
and tickets are sold at 6:15 p.m.
CANAJOHARIE
The Canajoharie-Palatine Bridge Chamber of
Commerce will meet at the Arkell Center at 6 p.m.
MAYFIELD
The Mayfield United Methodist Church, 19 N.
Main St., will serve a Shrove Tuesday pancake
supper from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The supper will
include all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage,
bacon, ham, coffee, tea and orange juice. For
more information call Sandy Aesch at 7256309.
843-1100
Early Deadlines
In Observance Of
Presidents’ Day
Publication Day
Deadline
Monday, Feb. 15th..........Friday, Feb. 12th at 12:00pm
Tuesday, Feb. 16th.........Friday, Feb. 12th at 12:00pm
Wednesday, Feb. 17th.....Friday, Feb. 12th at 2:00pm
The Office Will Be Closed
Monday, February 15th
4 / Thursday, February 4, 2016
LOCAL
In Memoriam
OBITUARIES
Carl Zanella
Sept. 28, 1914 - Feb. 4, 1996
Sadly missed, never forgotten.
Your Loving Son, Larry
Sandina Iannotti
February 4, 1994
In loving memory of
our mother and grandmother.
Always in our
thoughts and ever near.
Freddie, Barbara, Joey
and Families
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Firm and three
individuals pay
$1 million fine
for fraud
ALBANY (AP) — An upstate
New York construction company and three individuals have
paid just over $1 million to
resolve claims they defrauded
a government program
designed to benefit femaleand minority-owned contractors.
The settling parties are ING
Civil, Inc. in Watervliet and its
owner, Corey Ingerson; James
Beaudoin, former president of
Watervliet-based Rexford
Albany Municipal Supply
Company, Inc.; and former
salesman John Leary.
Federal officials said ING
Civil submitted false electronic
documentation to the city of
Cohoes in 2011 showing it had
satisfied its goals in the federal
Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise program.
That program is aimed at
providing opportunities for
businesses owned by socially
and economically disadvantaged individuals on projects
financed, at least in part, by
the federal government.
The project in question was
reconstruction of a bridge over
the Mohawk River.
Lottery numbers
ALBANY (AP) — Here are
the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the New
York State Lottery:
MIDDAY DAILY: 2-6-4
LUCKY SUM: 12
MIDDAY WINFOUR: 5-0-8-2
LUCKY SUM: 15
EVENING DAILY: 0-9-8
LUCKY SUM: 17
EVENING WINFOUR: 1-1-4-2
LUCKY SUM: 8
PICK 10: 1-6-7-12-14-1819-20-21-26-28-40-44-5660-64-68-74-77-79
Take 5: 7-8-15-25-31
Lotto: 13-14-20-34-41-49,
Bonus: 3
Powerball: 26-28-31-6067, Powerball: 23, Power
Play: 3
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Eleanor Jasper
February 3, 2016
Mrs. Eleanor Jasper, 92, formerly of Gay Lane, Amsterdam, New
York, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at the Stanton Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center in Glens Falls, New York.
She was born June 18, 1923, in Amsterdam, New York, a daughter
of the late Edward and Rose Wojtkiewicz Kozloski. She graduated
from the former Wilbur H. Lynch High School and lived in the area
until moving to Glens Falls last year.
Eleanor was an accounting clerk at the General Electric Company
in Schenectady, New York, for 38 years before retiring in 1980.
Mrs. Jasper was a member of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church,
its Rosary Society and Senior group. A winter resident of Florida, she
attended St. Matthew’s Church in Lake Worth, Florida. She was also
a member of St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary, the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 118 , the General Electric
Quarter Century Club and the General Electric Athletic Association.
She was married to Adolph Jasper on Oct. 6, 1946. He died Oct. 3,
1996. She was also predeceased by her sister, Norma Gumuka, and
her husband, Richard, in 2005.
She is survived by her nephew Dennis (Athena) Gumuka, Lake
George, New York, and their children Michael (Christina), Aiden and
Alexi, and cousins.
Relatives and friends are invited to the Mass of Christian Burial at
1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at St. Stanislaus Church, Cornell Street,
Amsterdam, New York with the Rev. O. Robert DeMartinis,
Celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Stanislaus Cemetery. There are
no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady
of the Angels Convent (Felician), 1315 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT
06082.
Please submit online condolences at www.jendrzejczakfuneral.com.
Jendrzejczak
FUNERAL
HOME
200 Church Street, Amsterdam, New York 12010
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Marie R. Greco
February 3, 2016
Marie R. Greco, 90, passed away peacefully on
Wednesday morning, Feb. 3, 2016, at St. Mary’s
Hospital.
Born on Feb. 16, 1925, in Amsterdam, the
daughter of the late Joseph and Laura Califano
Greco, she was a 1942 graduate of Wilbur H.
Lynch High School and later the Amsterdam
Business School. She was employed by the
General Electric Company for 10 years and later,
along with her sister owned and operated Card-OGRECO
Rama in Amsterdam for a number of years. Marie
was devoted to her family and her parish, Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel. She loved to travel and cherished her trips to
Italy, France and Disney. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Seniors
and years ago, enjoyed golfing. Her kind nature and wonderful
sense of humor will always be cherished by her family and friends.
Marie leaves her dear sister, Beatrice “Bea” Greco, of Amsterdam;
sister-in-law, Sylvia Greco; nieces, nephews, grandnieces and
nephews and a great-grandniece as well as cousins.
She was predeceased by her brothers, Joseph and Michael Greco.
Relatives and friends are invited to her Mass of Christian Burial
which will be celebrated Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 39 St. John St., with Father Lawrence
J. Decker as celebrant. Interment will be in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Cemetery, Amsterdam. It was Marie’s request there be no public
calling hours and in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Church Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 699,
Amsterdam 12010. Please visit her online guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com. Her care has been entrusted by the family to Betz,
Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Avenue,
Amsterdam.
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Linda M. Januszewski-Billington
February 1, 2016
Linda M. Januszewski-Billington of Black Street
Ext., Johnstown, New York, beloved daughter, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, great-aunt, and dear friend
passed away on Monday, Feb. 1, with her loving
family at her side.
Born Sept. 18, 1951, in Amsterdam, New York,
she was the daughter of Helen J. Wozniak and the
late Edward Januszewski. Linda was a graduate of
the former Wilbur H. Lynch High School. She was
employed at Broadalbin-Perth High School for
BILLINGTON many years, working in the cafeteria until her
retirement. She also was employed at Off Track
Betting in Amsterdam. Linda was an animal lover who was especially fond of labs. She enjoyed attending the Saratoga Race Track and
loved going to dinner or movies with her friends. She will be remembered as a well-rounded individual with a fun loving free spirit who
was loved by all who had the pleasure of meeting her.
Linda is survived by her mother, Helen Wozniak-Januszewski; her
sister, Penny, and her husband, Dan Mycek; her niece, Heather (John)
Jacobs, and their children, J.D, Kaitlyn, and Michael; her nephew,
Darryl (Nicola) Mycek and their children Marisa and Nathaniel; her
nephew, Jason (Melissa) Mycek, and their children Julia and Eric; her
aunt, Diane Wozniak. Special friends, Rina, Dennis, Eva and Adrian
Mycek and Sara. Her extended family, brother-in-law, John Mancini;
nephew Frank (Maureen) Mancini and their children, Grace and
Zachary; special niece, Joyce (Paul) Nicholas and their children, Jesse
and Kurt Smith; nephew, Nicholas Mancini; niece Diana (Brian)
Gabriel; sister-in-law, Diane (Tom) Hojohn; niece, Tracy (Dr. Tony)
D’Addio and their son Dayton; niece, Hilarie (Michael) De Lima and
their children Camden and Parker. Survivors also include Linda’s best
ever life friends, Cheryl Alikonis, Claudia Politano (Al), George
Billington, Lee Horton, Sheila Goderie and the entire Goderie family,
Claudia Harrison, Kelly and Kathy Stangle. Many cousins survive as
well as the many more that the family apologizes if they missed they
know who they are. The family would like each of them to know that
they sincerely appreciate what you all meant to Linda over the years.
Linda was predeceased by her father, Edward Januszewski; her
uncle, Edward Wozniak, her aunt, Dorothy Karuzas and sister-in-law,
Amelia Mancini.
The family would like to give a special thank you to all the doctors
and all the special nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Family and close friends are invited to attend calling hours on
Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, from 4-7 p.m. at Betz, Rossi, & Bellinger Family
Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam, NY 12010. A
Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at 11 a.m.
at the funeral home. Those wishing to express their condolences to the
family may do so by signing our online guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com. Memorial Contributions may be made in Linda’s memory to
the Montgomery County SPCA, 1007 State Hwy 5S, Amsterdam, NY
12010.
BETZ, ROSSI & BELLINGER
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Kenneth L. Luft
February 1, 2016
Kenneth L. Luft, 77, of Amsterdam, New York, passed away
Monday morning, Feb. 1, 2016, at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New
York.
Born in Danube, New York, on April 21, 1938, he was the son of the
late Ernest and Florence Pickel Luft.
Ken received his education in the Fort Plain, New York, school system.
Ken was an honorably discharged United States Navy veteran, serving from 1955 to 1958.
Ken was a member of the Fort Plain VFW Post 3275.
He was a previous member of the Perth Central School Board of
Education and the Football Booster Club, Amsterdam High School
Football and Marching Band Booster Club. He was a youth baseball
coach and a Boy Scout Leader.
Ken enjoyed sports, including the Amsterdam Mohawks baseball
team, spending time outdoors and his pets.
He was employed at Coleco Industries, Consolidated Diesel, Art
Craft Concepts, and for the City of Amsterdam.
Ken is survived by his sister, Regina Yucheniewicz; his daughter,
Denise (Brian) Husky; two sons, Rodney (Kathy) Luft and Kenneth
W. (Cindy) Luft; granddaughters, Jennifer and Zoe Luft; grandsons,
Chris Luft, Victor Konifka, Jason Konifka, Joseph Meher IV, and
Kacey Luft; great-grandchildren, great great-grandchildren, nieces,
and nephews.
Ken was also predeceased by his son, Kevin Luft; a brother, Garland
Luft; and a sister, Carleta Weaver.
Relatives and friend are invited to call at the Riley Mortuary, Inc.,
110 Division Street, Amsterdam, New York, this Saturday from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Graveside services with military honors will be held this spring at
Fort Plain Cemetery.
To send online condolences to the family, visit www.rileymortuaryinc.com
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
LOCAL
Rain causes minor
flooding in county
Montgomery County experienced some flooded roads due to the
heavy rain Wednesday afternoon, although the problems were quickly remedied.
The Montgomery County Emergency Services sent out an alert yesterday around 2 p.m. letting drivers know a portion of Route 5 and
Martin Road in the town of Mohawk had some minor flooding due to
the heavy rain. Roads in Tribes Hill and the village of Canajoharie
were also flooded.
Emergency Services Director Jeff Smith said as of Wednesday
evening that there were no major floods.
“It’s mostly water runoff that’s causing these issues, and so far nothing has been serious. It’s just stuff that has to to be addressed,” Smith
said.
The state Department of Transportation crews cleared the minor
flood on Route 5 and Martin Road, and departments of public works
crews were working on other floods around the county.
Smith said the floods were mostly caused by runoff from surrounding hills and the partially frozen ground.
“When you get heavy rain, especially when some of the ground is
frozen, runoff is always a problem. It rains so hard the ditches just
can’t handle the amount of water running off the hills and down into
the low lying areas. It sometimes spills over onto the highway,” he
said, adding that the county is familiar with the problem and the local
DPW crews do a good job of handling it.
He warned drivers against trying to go through flooded roads, since
it is hard to tell the condition of the road beneath the water or how
deep the water goes. He said drivers should always turn around and
alert authorities to the issue.
“We never want anybody to drive through a flooded road.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s puddle buildup, or if it’s actually
flooded across the road. ... We encourage them to turn around, go back
and call 911 to report it. You never know what’s happened to the pavement or road underneath that water, so it’s dangerous,” Smith said.
— Emily Drew
CASA
Thursday, February 4, 2016 / 5
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
NY warns
taxpayers of
scammers posing
as tax officials
ALBANY (AP) — New York
state is warning residents
about scam artists posing as
state and federal treasury officials this tax season.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the
calls to taxpayers have been
reported over the past several
weeks. The scammers ask taxpayers to hand over their bank
account information, supply their
Social Security number or pay
tax penalties directly to them.
Officials say the state and
federal governments will never
call or email a taxpayer without
sending a letter first. They say
to be suspicious of emails supposedly from the government
demanding personal information, and warn residents not to
click on emails or links they
don’t trust.
last month.
The Democrat and Chronicle
of Rochester reports the
Monroe County Department of
Health says laboratory tests
confirmed that a highly contagious norovirus sickened
dancers and family members
attending the three-day event
held at the Rochester Riverside
Convention Center.
Health department officials
tracked down 300 of the approximately 700 people who were at
the venue from Jan. 8 to 10.
The agency says about 100
reported they had become ill.
say figure skating has experienced a 14 percent growth in
numbers over last year.
Besides the usual disciplines,
athletes also will compete in
several contemporary action
sports, such as slopestyle and
big-air features for skiers and
snow boarders, as well as winter bike events.
Cops: Jailed man
hid prescription
drugs in prosthetic
ROCHESTER (AP) — Health
officials say norovirus caused
scores of people to become ill
after they attended a dance
competition held in Rochester
LAKE PLACID (AP) — The
36th edition of the Empire
State Winter Games is set to
get underway.
A four-day torch run ends
Thursday evening when the
flame arrives for the Opening
Ceremony in the 1980 Herb
Brooks Arena at the Lake
Placid Olympic Center.
Competitions are set to take
place Friday through Sunday in
Lake Placid, Saranac Lake,
Tupper Lake, Paul Smiths and
Malone.
More than 1,800 athletes
have registered. Organizers
QUEENSBURY (AP) —
Authorities say a 40-year-old
man who lost a leg in a childhood accident has been caught
trying to smuggle prescription
drugs into an upstate New York
jail after being arrested for
assaulting his girlfriend.
The Warren County Sheriff’s
Office tells The Post-Star of
Glens Falls (bit.ly/1PkgSso)
that Terrance Seymour was
charged last week after his girlfriend said he beat her with the
stock of a rifle and held her
against her will for nearly 12
hours inside the home they
share in the town of Horicon.
Officials say corrections officers at the county jail discovered doses of the prescription
drug Suboxone hidden inside a
hollow in his prosthesis during
a search early Saturday.
who has one daughter, said.
Since much of her experience
has been in criminal law, rather
than family court, Ronquillo said
there has been something of an
adjustment period, especially
since Centro Civico is a not-forprofit organization that relies on
local sponsorship.
Already a month into the new
job, Ronquillo said that with
only one case on her desk at the
moment, much of her time has
been occupied by organizing the
Child
Abuse
Prevention
Awareness event — the program’s annual fundraiser.
Although working in the courts
and for nine years Adi Pediatrics
in the Riverfront Center has
made her familiar with a lot of
people, which makes reaching
out to the community easier, she
said the dynamics of the CASA
program and Centro Civico are
different.
“It’s my first event. I’m coming
out to the community. Even
though I’ve done all the courts
and I’m known, this is different.
Family court is very different
than criminal, but I’m loving it. I
love the kids, and it feels so good
at the end of the day helping. You
make one difference. It’s beautiful,” Ronquillo said.
This year’s fundraiser will take
place April 23 in the Centro
Civico parking lot. Where previous director Linda Burns used to
do a march through the city,
Ronquillo said she is planning a
5K race and carnival.
“I’m starting fresh. I’m starting
new,” she said, although children
can still expect a pinwheel garden.
Ronquillo is trying to secure
pony rides, a dunk tank and other
activities for the children to do
during the day. The Wishful
Thinking Foundation will host
activities and Fidelis Care will
have a booth.
The event will be open to the
public, and Ronquillo said anyone
who wishes to participate is welcome.
“Everyone’s willing to help,”
she said. “It will be my first big
event and hopefully people look
forward to it after, and we’ll see.
I’m still out there promoting, trying to see who’s going to help us.
It gives the kids a couple hours
something to do.”
Health dept. finds
cause for sickness
linked to dance
event
36th annual Empire
State Winter Games
begin Friday
from page 1
Make sure there’s food, make
sure they’re dressed, that they
took a shower, brushed their
teeth, that they’re in school, call
their pediatricians ... Just see
how they live, see how they’re
being treated, and see whether
they’re suitable to stay home or
should they go to foster
care?”Ronquillo said her five
years of local paralegal work
with the Montgomery County
Public
Defender’s
Office,
Francisco Law Firm and
Schwartz Law Firm, have helped
prepare her for taking over the
position.
Law, she said, has always been
her passion, and she had never
considered going into another
field.
“I was in court every day. I love
Library
being in court. That’s one of the
reasons why I took this job,” she
said.
Ronquillo will work closely
with local judges Philip Cortese
in Montgomery County, and
Edward Skoda in Fulton County.
She said she will also go to court
with her volunteers when needed. The CASA volunteers have to
complete reports to help the
judges decide the future of each
child’s case.
But, she said, first and foremost
is the well being of the children.
“A child does not ask to be
brought into this world. They
shouldn’t be in a home where
they’re being abused, or whatever situation is going on. If I can
help one child, it will mean a lot.
It’s all for the kids,” Ronquillo,
from page 1
She pointed to both children holding
keys and the globe on the bottom right corner having several keyholes in continents,
which she believes is to unlock the
“adventures and knowledge about the
world” available through the library.
The front entrance to the library was
closed off during the summer and into the
fall as the old front doors were removed
and replace with the artistically designed
doorway, crafted by William Bush, of
Bush Millwork, and his assistant, John
Miller.
Bush could not be reached for comment.
Hemsley did not remember exactly how
discussions of installing the new door
began with Bush, but she said the inside of
the former doors were dry-rotted halfway
up and beyond restoration.
“At that point it was either rebuild ones
that look exactly like the old ones, or kind
of put a piece of art on the building,”
Hemsley said.
Along with the front door being replaced,
all of the wood was scraped in the pressed
concrete around the front doorway that
stretches up to the second story windows.
Hemsley said there was very little rot
found in the wood surrounding the doorway and only some of the moulding had to
be replaced. The wood was coated with
materials to preserve it and then given a
fresh coat of paint.
An anonymous donor provided the funding to restore the front of the building and
install the door.
“Restoration takes 10 times more time
and usually more money than building
new, but we really want to try to preserve
the fabric of the building,” Hemsley said.
“The door is a newer door, but we really
felt that was the only part that we were
able to kind of dress up or accentuate. It
enhanced the building instead of taking
away from it.”
Below the first floor of the building there
have been some changes, which aren’t as
visual as the new door.
A section of the library’s basement was
cleared out to provide room for a new
“makerspace,” which provides hands on
learning through structured programing. A
sewing class met for the second time on
Thursday and there has also been a program about deconstructing a computer
tower.
“It’s basically a place where people gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of tools that they
might not have in their own home,”
Hemsley said. “We’re really hoping to
offer new forms of technology for people
to be able to learn and explore on.”
The library is conducting a survey right
now and Hemsley said “quite a few” people answers to one of the question is the
library should be a place where newer
forms of technology are offered for people
to be able to learn and use.
The library is planning to get a 3D printer, according to Hemsley, and it recently
purchased a green screen, along with an
iPad Pro that has video editing software.
She is planning to have the library host a
video contest for children in the spring.
The library will be looking to community members to teach or lead programming.
“I’m open to all suggestions,” Hemsley
said. “We’re constantly looking to add
more programming and offer things to the
community that they might not get anywhere else. While we don’t necessarily see
ourselves in the traditional sense as a community center, we are a community center.”
Focusing outside of areas where libraries
have historically served is something she
believes is vital for a library to remain connected to the community.
“Libraries in order to remain relevant,
especially nowadays, have to be able to
think outside of the box a little bit and they
have to be able to offer their community
things they might not find anywhere else,”
she said.
Sometimes offering something old
becomes a new experience again, too, such
as her thought to turn a portion of the basement into a darkroom for a photography
program.
“That’s almost a lost art now to have
somebody come and teach you how to
develop your photos,” she said.
This summer the library will be working
with John McKeeby, executive director of
the Schoharie River Center, to offer children a chance to perform their own experiments and activities.
The library is in the process of raising
funds to restore its roof, which is broken
out into three different sections. While the
addition to the building was built in the
early 1980s, the other two sections of the
roof are original and have an internal gutter system that needs to be checked.
Where the roof meets the building on the
section older section there is a two-tier
metal cornice work that has decayed,
according to Hemsley. She said tearing out
and redoing the cornice work is not feasible due to financial constraints, so the
metal could be coated to stop decay and
covered to protect it from the elements.
“We’ve been here for 113 years,”
Hemsley said, “We plan to be here for
another 100 years and we want to make
sure the building can stand up to that.”
6 / Thursday, February 4, 2016
LOCAL/STATE
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Groundbreaking for Schenectady casino to
open in 2017
SCHENECTADY (AP) — Builders of a riverside casino in
Schenectady say they will keep an aggressive construction
schedule as they plan for a 2017 opening.
Developers of the Rivers Casino & Resort held a ceremonial
groundbreaking on Wednesday along with local officials. The
casino operated by Rush Street Gaming will have 1,150 slot
machines, 63 gaming tables and a 163-room hotel.
Rivers was one of three casino granted licenses by the state in
December. The other casinos are being built in the Catskills and
the Finger Lakes.
Inmate who sparked 3-week manhunt
gets more prison time
PLATTSBURGH (AP) — A convicted killer already serving life
behind bars was ordered Wednesday to pay restitution and sentenced to additional prison time for his daring escape last year
from a maximum-security prison in northern New York.
David Sweat was shot and captured in June near the Canadian border after a three-week manhunt. On Wednesday, he was shackled
and surrounded by guards in Clinton County Court as he apologized
for scaring people in the community, some who left their homes.
Judge Patrick McGill ordered the 35-year-old to pay $79,841 in
restitution and serve 3 1/2 to seven years in prison for the escape
and a similar consecutive sentence for prison contraband. Sweat
pleaded guilty in November to three charges. McGill said Sweat
made “stupid choices.”
Sweat was already serving life in prison without parole for murdering a Broome County sheriff’s deputy in 2002 following the
burglary of a Pennsylvania gun shop.
He and inmate Richard Matt cut their way out of Clinton
Correctional Facility with saws that a prison worker smuggled to
them. Joyce Mitchell, a former civilian employee in the prison tailor shop who befriended the men, is now in prison.
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The Creative Connections Arts Center on East Main Street in Amsterdam could house a new youth
clubhouse.
Center
from page 1
go by April, according to Rhodes.
Rhodes’ plan is from after
school until around 6 p.m. the
clubhouse would meet the needs
of children in middle school and
high school who want to find
other kids who are sober and do
activities with other kids who are
sober. There is also support
planned for kids seeking help
with homework, along with having tutors available.
In the evening, the clubhouse
would be open to those who are
18 and older that desire a sober
peer group and are seeking sober
activities. She said this could be
people who are in college and
looking for sober socialization,
along with providing helps with
academics, career development
and job search efforts.
“There are a lot of young adults
who are already in recovery from
addiction,” Rhodes said, “so to
be able to support them to stay in
recovery, long-term recovery is a
proposal the building is suggested to be named the “Creative
Arts Clubhouse.”
“I know Ann (Thane) discussed
it with some of the council, but
we didn’t do any formal process
because we didn’t know that we
would receive the grant,” Rhodes
said.
Rhodes is scheduled to meet
with Mayor Michael Villa and
Martuscello later this month to
discuss establishing the clubhouse at the center.
Villa supported the proposed
location for the clubhouse and
said regular usage of the building
through new programs would be
a benefit.
“The good thing is now that
building will be staffed, it’ll be
occupied,” Villa said. “It won’t
be such an in-and-out type of
building anymore.”
The state Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services would
like to have the clubhouse ready to
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Rhodes said she has spoken to
Barbara Neznek about some of
the programs Neznek has held at
the center, such as 4-H, and is
looking to build upon existing
programming. Rhodes is also
hoping to collaborate with
Wishful Thinking, so the two
organizations could be supportive of each other.
“We don’t want to be competing
with anybody — we want to be
working together,” Rhodes said.
“I have utmost respect for the
people who run Wishful
Thinking, so that would be another important collaboration for us.”
Martuscello said while general
maintenance and repairs of the
building would be tapped from
the funding, the city would continue to plow the parking lot and
cut the grass.
Villa said there are some needed repairs at the building, such as
repairing an elevator, but the
awarded state funds could be
used to perform the work, along
with any other renovations needed at the facility.
Outdoor security cameras are
planned to be installed at key
locations and connected to the
Amsterdam Police Department,
so officers could remotely monitor activity outside of the facility.
“We are going to put a lot of
money into equipping the clubhouse, so we do need to be cautious in that way,” Rhodes said.
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consumers from
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Any New Yorker who has furiously tapped
keys on a computer or cellphone hoping to pick
up a hot ticket to see Mets Hall of Famer Mike
Piazza’s number retired or concerts by Taylor
Swift or Bruce Springsteen understands that the
game is rigged. No matter how fast our fingers
dance, we always seem to be shut out. And at that
point, the only option is to buy at a huge markup
from the scalpers who beat us out for the tickets.
Now a report by New York Attorney General
Eric Schneiderman titled “Why Can’t New
Yorkers Get Tickets?” is providing some answers.
According to the report released Thursday, an
average of only about 46 percent of tickets to topgrossing shows are available to the public
because blocks are reserved for preferred buyers,
like customers of a sponsoring company. But the
real issue is illegal software programs called
“bots,” operated by scalpers, that snap up all the
available seats before everyday fans can buy.
In one example in the report, 15,087 tickets
were bought by two bots on one day in 2014
for a series of 20 U.S. concerts by U2. And
often such tickets are resold by unlicensed brokers acting illegally, but through legal ticket
reselling platforms like StubHub.
New York used to have restrictive scalping
laws, particularly on how much prices could
be inflated above face value, but they were lifted in 2007. Lawmakers believed the move
toward online sales would lead to a freer market and a level playing field for purchasers.
Instead, scalpers began to use technology,
scooping the market clean of tickets before
fans could buy theirs.
Schneiderman’s report has some good suggestions, including prosecuting scalpers who
use bots and making ticket dealers submit
license numbers to use online resale platforms.
These measures should be adopted.
The game of getting tickets to a hot event is
always going to be tough, but it shouldn’t be
rigged.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Thursday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2016.
There are 331 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE:
In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be
the first president of the United States.
In 1861, delegates from six southern states that had
recently seceded from the Union met in Alabama, to
form the Confederate States of America.
In 1919, Congress established the U.S. Navy
Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
opened the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid.
In 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO)
came into existence.
In 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19,
was kidnapped in Berkeley, California, by the radical
Symbionese Liberation Army.
In 1976, more than 23,000 people died when a
severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
In 1983, pop singer-musician Karen Carpenter died
in Downey, California, at age 32.
In 1987, pianist Liberace died at his Palm Springs,
California, home at age 67.
In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found
O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole
Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
In 2004, The social networking website Facebook
had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark
Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.”
— The Associated Press
OPINION
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
No need for a new fire station in
the Town of Florida
Help Forever Friends Outreach
program to help cats
To the editor:
I am a resident of the Town of Florida, more specifically,
I live in the area that has been labeled “Schedule A.” I am
writing in regards to the recent news of the new firehouse
that the Town of Florida Fire Department plans on building
within the next year. As a recent homeowner and a taxpayer that resides in this town, the funding for this building
concerns me, and how it is going to affect my taxes.
In the article that was released in December 2015,
Supervisor Eric Mead stated that they have been planning
on building a new fire house for several months, yet the rest
of the town has had no knowledge about this. Shouldn’t a
purchase this large have been brought to the taxpayer’s
attention before anything was finalized? I surely would’ve
liked to have known. From my understanding, the Town of
Florida Fire Department already has two stations within the
town limits. The article does not state that this new “state of
the art” firehouse will replace either of the two pre-existing
buildings, so I am under the assumption that this will be the
Town of Florida’s third firehouse. Why is there a need for
three firehouses from one department? Also, why are they
building a fire house when Fort Hunter Fire Department is
only a mile away from where they are building?
After talking to several people, no one can give an
answer to why we need another firehouse when we already
have one. I want to ensure my safety as much as my neighbors do, but we have always been adequately protected
before and this just seems like an added on unnecessary
expense. It is true that in the article written, the Town
Board stated they had given $40,000 back to the taxpayers, but they also said that they gave Town of Florida Fire
Department a $50,000 increase to fund this project. Why
is the fire department getting more than half of the total
sum than what the taxpayers are getting? And in the larger picture of things, what is $50,000 really going to cover?
Buildings these days cost hundreds of thousands of dollars
to build, a "state of the art” building, I’m sure, will cost
well over a million dollars. Where is the money coming
from to build it—materials, labor, unforeseen occurrences,
mortgage payments, insurances, and all the other things
that go into constructing a building?
Furthermore, looking at the larger picture in the future,
who is going to pay for all of the trucks, equipment, and
stuff that has to go in that fire house? Now I haven’t done
any extensive research, but in my opinion, my own vehicle costed me $25,000 for me to purchase; that is half of
what the town gave the fire department to start this project. Now I am going to guess that if it costs $25,000 for an
SUV off of the lot, it is going to cost at least a couple hundred thousand dollars for a fire truck. I’m sure that price
varies according to the size and style of the truck, just like
our cars, but if they are going to build a “state of the art”
building, I’m sure they are going to want to buy “state of
the art” fire trucks. Not only that, but I’m sure this firehouse will have more than one truck, so there goes another million dollars or more for just trucks. Now the town
has not only spent over a million dollars in constructing
the building, but over another million in fire trucks, and
we haven’t even gotten to the gear and equipment that the
firefighters have to wear and use—I’m sure that is not
cheap either. So now we are talking about a multi-million
dollar project that I feel should have been brought to our
attention because essentially it is our taxes that are going
to be paying for all of this.
Supervisor Mead stated at the end of that article that this
is to ensure our protection. We are already protected on this
side of town. There is already a fire house that already has
firefighters, fire trucks, gear and equipment in it. A fire
house that we have been paying our taxes to for years and
have never had to question our protection. These plans for a
new fire house, when we already have one, in my opinion,
seems like the town supervisor and the town board punishing the town and Fort Hunter Fire Department because they
were wrong in their accusations against Fort Hunter and lost
their lawsuit and had to pay. Shouldn’t they be trying to fix
what they’ve done wrong instead of making all of us pay for
it? This course of action is not to look out for our protection,
but rather seems like a conflict that has turned personal and
now everyone has to pay. I, for one, am not in favor of this
project, especially with so many questions left unanswered.
AMANDA ROBLEE
Town of Florida
To the editor:
Thank you for allowing us this opportunity to get the
word out about Forever Friends Outreach. Our organization offers assistance to our community and cat caretakers
in need for dealing with homeless or unwanted cats.
Forever Friends Outreach is a volunteer, non-profit
organization, 501(c)3, whose primary mission is to offer
affordable spay/neutering to the community to reduce the
overpopulation of homeless and unwanted cats.
We also work with and assist people with feral cat
colonies. We accomplish this through the nationally recognized method of TNR (trap, neuter, return). Feral cats are
humanely trapped, spayed/neutered by veterinarians and
returned to the location where they were trapped and fed
daily by cat caretakers. The cost of (TNR) spay/neutering
a feral cat is $65 and includes one year rabies vaccination
and one month flea treatment.
In addition to offering the spay/neuter program, our
goals for 2016 are expanding our services to include a
food bank and a medical fund for cats who are injured and
in need of veterinary care. We are looking for community
support to get the food bank and medical fund started and
keep it running.
Forever Friends Outreach was started five years ago by
three friends who love animals and had a desire to impact
the overpopulation of cats. Our hearts go out to the hundred of cats that are out there on their own, trying to survive.
These abandoned, stray and feral cats are scared and
starving, often suffering from injuries. We have 40 years
of experience working in the animal care field and working and volunteering at local shelters and advocating animal causes. We have spay/neutered over 2,200 cats
through our program.
There are several ways interested people can contribute
to our mission. If you would like to sponsor the cost of
spay/neutering a cat or would like to donate food items,
please contact us. We also ask for support of our fundraising efforts at our annual garage sale and annual spaghetti
dinner. Please look for our donation boxes located at businesses in our area. (If you would like to have a donation
box at your business, please let us know.) Every dollar we
receive goes directly to the care of the homeless and
unwanted cats spay/neutering and to feeding of the cats
once they are returned.
Together we can humanely reduce the cat overpopulation
in our community and diminish their unnecessary pain and
suffering. Forever Friends is an effective and affordable
way to achieve this goal, and we encourage the community to get involved with us.
Please let us know if you are in need of assistance with
feral cat colonies or need assistance with food. We can be
reached at 705-9022 or donations can be mailed to PO Box
81, Fort Hunter, NY 12069.
Sincerely,
TONI WEIL, DENISE DENNISON, LORI SMITH
Forever Friends Outreach
Amsterdam library hosting Kirk
Douglas film series
To the editor:
The Amsterdam Free and Public Library on Church
Street has started a Kirk Douglas Film Series of his movies
that perhaps one may not be familiar with—not the mainstream pictures that most people identify Douglas with.
This past Thursday, Jan, 28, the retrospect began with the
very first movie Kirk Douglas had a role in — “The
Strange Love of Martha Ivers.”
As many times as I’ve seen it on the TV, the impact of
seeing this movie on the screen is much greater, especially when about 15 minutes into the story, Amsterdams’ own
Douglas appears on the screen for the very first time in his
film career.
If anyone wants to touch on some of the upcoming pictures, they will be running for the next four weeks on
Thursday nights showcasing Douglas in various roles.
EMIL W. SUDA
Amsterdam
DOONESBURY CLASSICS ~ 1986 / By Gary Trudeau
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
POLITICS
Thursday, February 4, 2016 / 9
Plenty to debate tonight for Clinton, Sanders
WASHINGTON (AP) — The face-toface meeting between Hillary Clinton and
Bernie Sanders is rooted in an intensifying
debate over who understands the great
divide between rich Americans and everyone else.
The theme has long been key to the contest between Democrats, but with Martin
O’Malley’s exit from the race this week,
that contest is focused and dagger-sharp,
and it’s rooted in the emotional question of
which candidate would represent cashstrapped, everyday Americans. But the
real battle is for the votes of liberal
Democrats who will decide whether
Sanders or Clinton becomes the party’s
2016 presidential nominee.
The intensity is fed by the context: The
debate tonight comes after Clinton scored
a gossamer-thin victory in the Iowa caucuses. But a win is a win, and she wants it
to stay that way through the New
Hampshire contest Tuesday and beyond.
Sanders, though, is the heavy favorite on
his home turf in New England and not
willing to let the former secretary of state
chalk up a victory in New Hampshire as
she did in 2008.
Things to watch at the University of New
Hampshire, which will be on MSNBC:
WHOÕ S A REAL PROGRESSIVE?
Watch for Clinton and Sanders to take off
running on this topic, which intensified
over Twitter and in live appearances after
Monday’s Iowa caucuses.
Clinton claims she’s a “progressive who
wants to make progress,” a dig at what she
suggests are Sanders’ pie-in-the-sky ideas.
Sanders, a socialist, scoffs at that as the
height of hypocrisy. Most progressives he
knows, he tweeted, did not support the Iraq
war, while Clinton voted for it as a senator.
And he’s lately been going after her for
supporting President Barack Obama’s
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Earlier this week, he said she’s perhaps
progressive on “some days.”
Clinton shot back from the campaign
stage that the charge was a “low blow,”
saying she’s been “fighting the progressive
fight” for years, including her drive to
expand children’s health insurance.
Sanders sniped over Twitter on
Wednesday: “Most progressives that I
know don’t raise millions of dollars from
Wall Street” as Clinton, a former senator
from New York, has done.
CLASH OVER CASH
Look for Clinton on the defensive over
cash payments she’s received for speaking
engagements. She struggled with a question Wednesday about why she accepted
$675,000 for three speeches from
Goldman Sachs. “Well, I don’t know.
That’s what they offered.” She then said
she hadn’t yet committed to running for
president, suggesting that at the time,
accepting that much was politically okay.
The point, though, is whether she’s vulnerable to being influenced by big-money
interests who have compensated her so
handsomely. Clinton later said her record
shows that her public policy decisions
haven’t been influenced by outside interests on public policy. The question also
highlights her wealth in a race in which the
candidates claim to understand Americans
who struggle to pay bills.
WOOING YOUNG AND NEW VOTERS
Clinton acknowledged after Iowa that
she has “some work” ahead to appeal to
young and first-time voters whom Sanders
has been able to rally. Look for her to highlight her plans to make college more
affordable, help small businesses and
improve Obama’s health care law.
In Iowa, Sanders’ appeal with young voters was evident: More than 8 in 10
Democratic caucus-goers under 30 came
to support him, as did nearly 6 in 10 of
those between ages 30 and 44, according
to surveys at the precincts. Clinton got the
support of 6 in 10 caucus-goers between
ages 45 and 64, and 7 in 10 of those 65 and
over.
LOWERING EXPECTATIONS
Clinton finds herself on even shakier
ground in New Hampshire against
Sanders’ home-field advantage, and her
campaign has cast her as an underdog
against the Vermont senator.
“I know that they tend to favor their
neighbors,” she said on CNN’s “Situation
Room” this week. “That’s the pattern, the
history of the primary. And Sen. Sanders is
a neighbor.”
In 2008, Clinton won the New
Hampshire primary even though the
neighboring Massachusetts senator and
Democratic patriarch, Ted Kennedy, had
endorsed Obama.
LOOKING AHEAD
This is a nationally televised debate, so
Clinton and Sanders will be talking not
just to New Hampshire voters, but to
Democrats in coming primaries among
more diverse electorates.
After New Hampshire, the next-up primaries in Nevada and South Carolina are
tests for how well Sanders can perform
among Latinos, who are a strong presence
in Nevada, and African-Americans, who
make up a majority of South Carolina’s
Democratic electorate. In contrast, Iowa
and New Hampshire are both overwhelmingly white and allow Sanders to capitalize
on his strengths among urban white liberals and people on college campuses.
Listen for Clinton’s heavy emphasis on
Obama’s health law, which she says she
wants to build on while Sanders would
switch to a government-paid health system. She’s also likely to hammer Sanders
on his mixed record on gun control.
Santorum drops out, supports Rubio
Once a bromance, now a brawl: Trump and Cruz get testy
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. (AP) —
Once a bromance, now a brawl.
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz
cast aside any veneer of kindness
on Wednesday to trade insults
and accusations in a show of
hardball politics that demonstrated the stakes for both men in the
New Hampshire primary six days
away.
The billionaire mogul charged
the Texas senator with “fraud”
and called for a do-over of the
Iowa caucuses. That’s where
Cruz’s
unexpected
victory
exposed weaknesses in Trump’s
unorthodox, personality-driven
bid for the White House.
Cruz shot back with his fiercest
attack yet on the man who has
dominated opinion polls in New
Hampshire, suggesting the reality
star doesn’t like the reality of losing. He’s having a “Trumpertantrum,” Cruz told reporters.
“He’s losing it.”
The back-and-forth between
two candidates who once made of
a show of their rapport underscored the shifting dynamic in a
Republican race rattled by the
Iowa results.
Cruz’s campaign staff popped
champagne on the flight to New
Hampshire early Tuesday, proud
of stealthily out-organizing the
political novice. Trump appeared
to take the loss graciously
Monday night, but by Wednesday
morning he had turned.
“Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he
stole it,” Trump tweeted, and his
campaign accused Cruz of dirty
tricks in telling Ben Carson’s
supporters their man was dropping out and they should turn to
the Texan.
For all their bluster, the top two
were keeping a wary eye on
Iowa’s surprisingly strong No. 3.
In a blitz of new Hampshire
campaigning, Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio was casting himself as the
sole “unifier” in a deeply fractured party and the man best positioned to beat a Democrat in
November.
“When I am our nominee I can
bring this party together,” Rubio
told more than 300 people at an
athletic complex in Bow. “We
cannot win if we are divided
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas,
speaks during a campaign event
on Tuesday in Greenville, S.C.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks
during a campaign stop,
Wednesday, in Little Rock, Ark.
against each other.”
For Ohio Gov. John Kasich,
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,
New Hampshire increasingly
looked like a do-or-die proposition: Show some momentum or
pack it up. They hustled across the
state trying to prevent this from
becoming a three-man race.
Christie argued, rather hopefully, that the battle for establishment Republicans was down to
him and Rubio.
“He knows we have the best
ground game here. He knows we
have the most support from folks
like this,” Christie said.
The long-crowded field continued to shrink.
Rand Paul announced he was
dropping out, and that put a new
crop of voters up for grabs for the
other contenders. The Kentucky
senator had tried to improve the
GOP’s
popularity
among
younger voters and minorities.
But his appeal never broadened
much beyond the libertarianleaning Republicans who backed
the previous White House bids of
his father, Rep. Ron Paul.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick
Santorum, who won Iowa’s 2012
caucuses, ended his presidential
campaign Wednesday and endorsed
Marco Rubio for president.
“It is time to coalesce around
the strongest candidate who
will stand up for conservative
values, be a statesman on the
world stage, and has the ability
to win a general election,”
Santorum said in a statement.
Santorum, whose campaign
failed to gain traction and court
powerful donors, was a favorite
of evangelicals four years ago,
but garnered only 1 percent of the
vote Monday night in Iowa and
has long lagged in the polls in
other states.
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FEBRUARY 2016 EVENTS:
Thursday, February • 4th
6:00pm
Kirk Douglas Film Festival: My Dear
Secretary
6:00pm
Tech Thursdays: Resume Writing
Saturday, February • 6th
10:00am
Express Yourself at the Library: Dragon
Parade Puppet for Chinese New Year
Monday, February • 8th
10:30am
Preschool Story Hour: Annual
Preschool Story Hour Valentine’s
Day Friendship Party!
6:00pm
Genealogy & Family Tree Creation Class
6:00pm
Estate Planning Workshop
Tuesday, February • 9th
12:00pm
Knit & Crochet Group
Trump was far away — in
Arkansas — but still getting plenty of attention.
“Based on the fraud committed
by Senator Ted Cruz during the
Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz
results nullified,” he tweeted.
“Many people voted for Cruz
over Carson because of this Cruz
fraud,” Trump wrote.
Before Trump’s tweets on
Wednesday, Cruz spokesman
Rick Tyler told CNN the senator
had apologized personally to
Carson, though Tyler said the
Cruz team “as a campaign” never
alleged Carson was dropping out.
Carson, who is conspicuously
absent in New Hampshire, called on
Cruz to fire someone on his staff.
“If he does nothing about it that
means he agrees with it,” he told
Fox News.
Cruz offered no apologies.
Instead, he declared that his two
young daughters were better
behaved than Trump.
“I don’t know anyone who
would be comfortable with someone who behaves this way having
his finger on the button. We’re
liable to wake up one morning
and Donald, if he were president,
would have nuked Denmark.”
Cruz also talked immigration,
environment and foreign policy,
keeping to the high-octane rhetoric that has made some establishment Republicans recoil.
Daily Bridge Club
by Frank Stewart
Tribune Media Services
10 / Thursday, February 4, 2016
YOUR WORLD
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Cosby loses bid to dismiss sexual assault case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — As a sexual assault
case against actor Bill Cosby moves forward, a key
battle will be waged over explicit testimony he gave
in a deposition more than a decade ago.
Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill on
Wednesday rejected the testimony of a former suburban Philadelphia prosecutor who said he promised Cosby would never be prosecuted. The decision allows the case to move to a preliminary hearing on March 8.
Cosby, 78, was arrested in December and charged
with drugging and violating former Temple
University athletic department employee Andrea
Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in
2004. The TV star could get up to 10 years in prison
if convicted. He has not yet entered a plea.
At issue will be whether a civil deposition Cosby
gave can be used in the criminal case. In his deposition, Cosby admitted that he had affairs with
young models and actresses, that he obtained
quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex
with and that he gave Constand three pills at his
home. He said he reached into her pants but insisted it was consensual.
In 2005, then-Montgomery County District
Attorney Bruce Castor decided the case was too
flawed to prosecute. But Castor’s successors
reopened the investigation last year after Cosby’s
lurid, decade-old testimony was unsealed at the
request of The Associated Press. Dozens of other
women also came forward with similar accusations
that destroyed Cosby’s nice-guy image. This is the
only case in which he has been charged.
O’Neill issued his ruling after a hard-fought twoday hearing. He said witness credibility was a factor but he did not elaborate.
In another setback for the defense, the judge also
denied a request to disqualify newly elected
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele
from the case. Cosby’s lawyers had accused Steele
of making a “political football” out of Cosby during
his political campaign.
Cosby, who in his deposition called himself “one
of the greatest storytellers in the world,” remained
silent in court this week.
His lawyers tried to get the case thrown out with
help from Castor, who testified at the hearing that
he intended to forever close the door on prosecuting
the comedian. He said he considered his decision
binding on his successors.
Steele challenged Castor’s credibility and questioned whether the former DA ever made such an
agreement, since it was never put in writing on a
legal document. He argued that in any case, Castor
had no legal authority to make such a deal.
“A secret agreement that allows a wealthy defendant to buy his way out of a criminal case isn’t
right,” Steele told the judge.
The Associated Press
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, right, arrives for a court appearance Wednesday in Norristown, Pa. Cosby was arrested and
charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his
home in January 2004. A judge will decide whether to dismiss a
sexual assault case against the comedian over an unwritten
promise of immunity that a former prosecutor says he gave
Cosby’s now-deceased lawyer.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Poland reopens probe
into 2010 crash that
killed president
Paris attack leader said
he entered France in
group of 90
Automakers to recall 5M
vehicles for another air
bag problem
Report: It s ethical to
test embryos from DNA
of 3 people
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s
government opened a new investigation
today into the 2010 plane crash in
Russia that killed President Lech
Kaczynski, the twin brother of the chairman of the country’s ruling party.
The development could exacerbate
Poland’s already deeply strained relations with Russia and is likely to deepen
the ideological divide within Poland
between supporters of the conservative
and pro-Catholic government and a
segment of society that is liberal and
secular.
Party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and
others doubt the findings of state investigations by Poland and Russia, both of
which determined that the crash on
April 20, 2010, that killed 96 people was
an accident resulting from pilot error
and bad weather.
They have suggested that the crash
was instead an assassination, and while
their accusations are vague, they have
implicated Russian leader Vladmir
Putin, while also suggesting that thenPrime Minister Donald Tusk — now
head of the European Council — could
have been complicit.
Liberal opposition lawmakers say they
see no need for a new probe and are
satisfied that the crash was an accident.
Announcing the new probe today,
Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz
said the original investigation was riddled with “mistakes” and “abnormalities.” There will be 21 members of the
new commission, many of them engineers or other technical experts, and
four advisers from abroad.
Macierewicz made the announcement
in the presence of relatives of people
who died in the crash.
PARIS (AP) — The woman who tipped
police to the Islamic State commander
of the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris says he
told her he entered the Paris region
among a multinational group of 90
extremists still scattered in the area.
In an interview aired today by RMC
television, the woman identified only as
Sonia said Abdelhamid Abaaoud was
proud of the attack that killed 130 people. Sonia was with Abaaoud’s female
cousin when they picked him up from a
deserted stretch of road outside Paris to
take him to the hideout in Saint-Denis
where he ultimately died.
She said he told her he had entered
France without documents, among a
group of 90 that included both
Europeans and Arabs.
DETROIT (AP) — Another problem
has developed with automotive air
bags, this one resulting in recalls of 5
million vehicles.
Continental Automotive Systems says
in documents filed with the government
that moisture can get inside its air bag
control computers, causing the power
supplies to corrode and fail. If that happens, air bags may not inflate in a crash
or they could deploy without a crash.
Documents say Continental will notify
automakers, who will recall cars dating
to 2006. Already Honda, Fiat Chrysler
and Mercedes have issued recalls.
Automakers will replace the computers
at no cost to owners.
The announcement comes in the middle
of a recall crisis involving Takata Corp. air
bag inflators. About 24 million U.S. vehicles
are being recalled for that problem. It’s the
largest automotive recall in U.S. history.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Creating
babies from the DNA of three people —
a man and two women — one day
might prevent mothers from passing on
devastating genetic diseases, and
advisers to the government now say it’s
ethical to test under certain conditions.
At issue is a kind of DNA that children
can inherit only from mom, not dad:
genes that are inside the mother’s mitochondria, the energy factories in cells.
Britain last year became the first country
to allow use of a fertility technique to create embryos by swapping a mother’s
defective mitochondrial DNA with healthy
genetic material from a donor egg.
Now the Food and Drug Administration
is considering whether to allow that socalled mitochondrial replacement technique to be tested in the U.S. But it’s controversial, in part because such alterations
could be passed to future generations.
In a report requested by the FDA, the
prestigious Institute of Medicine said
Wednesday that it is ethical to do such
research if initial experiments follow certain strict safety steps. They must target
women at high risk of passing on a
severe disease — and limit the first pregnancy attempts to male embryos. That’s
because males can’t pass any mitochondrial alteration to their own children.
“Mitochondrial DNA disease can be
extremely devastating, and for the
women who are at risk of passing it on
to their children, they have no other
option by which to pursue having a child
that’s genetically related to them,” said
Jeffrey Kahn, a bioethicist at Johns
Hopkins University who led the Institute
of Medicine panel. “It is ethically acceptable to go forward, but go slowly and
with great caution.”
Lawmakers anxious to
hear from Shkreli, but
he s taking 5th
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from 32-yearold pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli
about severe hikes for a drug sold by a
company that he acquired.
But it’s unlikely the former CEO of
Turing Pharmaceuticals will answer
questions in his appearance today
before the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee.
Shkreli, who has been widely scorned
for hiking the price of a long-established
and potentially lifesaving drug by more
than 5,000 percent, says he’s exercising his Fifth Amendment right against
self-incrimination.
Shkreli is facing separate criminal
charges of securities fraud related to
another drug company.
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Deadline closing in to
cash unclaimed $63M
lottery prize
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With hours to
go and $63 million on the line, the mystery remains: Where’s the winning
California Lottery ticket and why hasn’t
somebody cashed it?
Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso said
Wednesday that even he wants to know
why the SuperLotto Plus winner let six
months pass without claiming the prize.
Whatever the reason, it won’t be a good
enough excuse if the 5 p.m. deadline
passes today and nobody produces the
ticket at a lottery office. “Unfortunately,
the rules are the rules,” Traverso said.
Unclaimed winnings automatically go
to the state’s schools.
Bob Elliott, of comic duo Bob and Ray, dies at 92
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Bob Elliott, half of
the enduring television and radio comedy team Bob
and Ray, has died, He was 92.
Elliott, father of actor-comedian Chris Elliott, died
Tuesday at his home in Cundy’s Harbor, Maine,
part of the town of Harpswell, Rick Gagne, director
of the Brackett Funeral Home, said Wednesday.
The cause of death wasn’t made public.
For nearly 45 years, until the death of Elliott’s comedy partner Ray Goulding, Bob and Ray entertained
millions of radio listeners and television viewers.
“He was the kindest, most gentle man I knew, and
obviously the funniest. He was a true renaissance
man,” Chris Elliott (“Groundhog Day,” David
Letterman’s “Late Show”) said in a statement on
behalf of the family.
Chris Elliott’s daughters are Abby Elliott, who
was a “Saturday Night Live” cast member for four
seasons, and actress Bridey Elliott.
Judd Apatow tweeted, “Go listen to Bob and Ray!
They are the funniest. Timeless, brilliant comedy.”
Bob and Ray practiced a gentle, quirky brand of
comedy that relied not on one-liners or boffo jokes
but rather a deadpan delivery that relentlessly skewered pomposity and seriousness.
The team won a prestigious Peabody Award in
1956. “They deal primarily in satire, that rare and
precious commodity,” the judges wrote. “Their aim
is deadly, their level is high, and their material is
fresh, original, imaginative, and terribly funny.”
Following Goulding’s death in 1990, Elliott
remained active as a solo performer, appearing regularly throughout the ‘90s on television and occasionally in films.
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GARFIELD / By Jim Davis
DILBERT / By Scott Adams
JEFF MACNELLY’S SHOE / By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins
B.C. / By Mastroianni & Hart
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE / By Chris Browne
BLONDIE / By Dean Young & Denis LeBrun
MUTTS / By Patrick McDonnell
LUANN / By Greg Evans
Mother-in-law fight ring
DEAR ABBY: I am
dreading an upcoming
trip that includes a visit
to my husband’s mother, “Harriet.” She is
prone to “accidents”
when I visit, and I
always end up getting
hurt. Harriet’s “oops”
moments usually
By
involve my toes and
ABIGAIL
feet, although the last
VAN BUREN
time I was there she
managed to strike my
face.
I have taken the precaution of looking
up the phone number of the police department in her city, just in case she hits me
again. Is there a way to keep her at arm’s
length so she can’t get close enough to
punch me? In the 20-plus years I have
known Harriet, she has always been a
bully. She strikes out at me because I
stood up to her. — APPREHENSIVE IN
LOUISIANA
DEAR APPREHENSIVE: Because this
has gone on for 20 years, I’m inclined to
agree with your suspicion that these
“mishaps” haven’t been accidental. An effective way to prevent further injury would be
to avoid being in the same town with
Harriet. The next time your husband decides
to visit her, take a detour and let him deal
with his mother. She sounds like a handful.
DEAR ABBY: A 30-year-old relative of
mine has developed a “germ phobia.” She
constantly applies hand sanitizer and
avoids anyone who exhibits any kind of
symptoms. She refused to visit me when I
was in the hospital because she thought
she might catch something. She was not
always like this.
I love her dearly and have no idea what
has caused the problem. Is there anything
I can do to get her to give up some of the
precautions she’s taking — or does she
DEAR ABBY
need professional help? — WORRIED
RELATIVE IN TAMPA, FLA.
DEAR WORRIED RELATIVE: Because
you don’t know what has caused her health
concerns, I recommend you ASK her. Hand
sanitizers are popular because they claim to
kill 99 percent of germs and decrease bacteria on the skin. Every time someone opens
the door to a public building or presses an
elevator button it’s as though that person has
shaken hands with everyone who has been
there before, so using hand sanitizer seems
like good sense to me.
As to your relative not visiting you while
you were hospitalized, the reason doctors are
reducing the length of hospital stays and are
performing so many outpatient procedures is
to minimize the germs that patients are
exposed to in the hospital.
DEAR ABBY: I just think that as a
child, I have too many responsibilities to
take care of. My mother thinks I am stubborn and not able to take care of myself.
What do you think? — HELENA, AGE 9
DEAR HELENA: I think you have a good
mother. The way to teach children responsibility is to place some on their shoulders. If
you learn the lessons of independence your
mother is trying to teach you, with time
these chores will become easier and less
overwhelming. And you will thank her for
them later when you’re older.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van
Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and
was founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at
www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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BY FRANCIS DRAKE
King Features Syndicate
For Friday, Feb. 5, 2016
ARIES
(March 21 to April 19)
You make a great impression on
bosses and VIPs today. In fact, you
make such a great impression that
some of you might start up a
romance. Oh yes, issues are hot.
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
Discussions about politics and religion will be intense today. In fact,
everything is intense, even your
determination to travel somewhere
and "get away from all this."
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
This is a passionate day. There will
be passion for lovers and romantic
partners, as well as passion for financial arrangements and business
deals. Passion is passion.
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
A casual relationship might heat up
into something intense and committed today. Whatever you do, it will not
be in halfway measures. You're willing to go all the way.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Today you have a strong desire to
introduce improvements or make
reforms where you work. This is
nothing casual for you. You really
want to do this.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
Romance and love affairs are
intense, passionate and memorable
today. However, similarly, sports
events, the arts and playful activities
with children will be important.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
You are keen to make improvements to your home today, which is
why you are full of big ideas that you
intend to explore. Great. Just do it.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
Today you will be convincing with
everyone you talk to. This is a powerful day for those who sell, market,
teach, write and act. People will do
your bidding.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
When it comes to financial negotiations today, you know what you want,
and you're going to stick to your
guns. Quite likely, you will buy beautiful things for yourself and loved ones.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
This is an excellent day to buy
wardrobe items. (Hopefully, you waited.) No doubt you will find something
that is irresistible that you simply
must have.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
Secret love affairs will make your
heart go pitter-patter today.
Something hidden and behind the
scenes will be memorable for many
of you.
PISCES
(Feb. 19 to March 20)
Relations with a friend or a member
of a group are intense and meaningful today. Perhaps you will agree to
something important or will agree to
support each other in a solid way.
YOU BORN TODAY You are
insightful about whatever is going on
around you. You have an easy grace,
which you display if you choose. You
always mean business. This year you
have something important to learn. It
might not be apparent in the first half
of the year, but soon your efforts of
the past six years will manifest
results. Enjoy the outdoors more.
Birthdate of: Charlotte Rampling,
actress; Michael Sheen, actor; Don
Cherry, sports commentator.
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AT THE MOVIES
Friday
DJ Midnight Mike, 8 p.m., The Robin’s Nest, 230 Steve
Millers Road, Broadalbin.
Shane Acoustic, 8 p.m., 1854 Pub and Eatery, Historic
Broadalbin Hotel, 59 W. Main St., Broadalbin.
Saturday
Umphrey’s McGee, with special guest Tauk, 7:15 p.m.,
Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany
Molly Ringwald Revisits the “The Breakfast Club,” 7:30
p.m., Proctors Theatre, 432 State St., Schenectady. Call the
box office at 346-6204.
Karaoke with Tim the Tune Man, 8 p.m., 1854 Pub and
Eatery, Historic Broadalbin Hotel, 59 W. Main St., Broadalbin.
Sunday
C&W Country Classics, 2 p.m., The Robin’s Nest, 230
Steve Millers Road, Broadalbin.
Monday
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 7:30 p.m.
Times Union Center, Albany. (518) 487-2000.
February 12
Get The Led Out, the American Led Zeppelin, 8 p.m.,
Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany.
February 16
Il Volo, 7:30 p.m., Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany.
March 3
David Broza, 7:30 p.m., Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 30
Second St., Troy.
Celebrity birthdays
Feb. 4: Drummer John Steel of The Animals
is 75. Singer Alice Cooper is 68. Actor Michael
Beck is 67. Actress Lisa Eichhorn is 64. Country
singer Clint Black is 54. Singer Natalie
Imbruglia is 41. Singer Gavin DeGraw is 39.
Feb. 5: Actress Charlotte Rampling is 70.
Actress Barbara Hershey is 68. Actor
Christopher Guest is 68. Actor Tom
Wilkinson is 68. Comedian Tim Meadows
(“Saturday Night Live”) is 55. Actress Jennifer
BROKAW
Jason Leigh is 54. Actress Laura Linney is
52. Singer Bobby Brown is 47. Country singer Sara Evans is
45. Actor Jeremy Sumpter (“Friday Night Lights”) is 27.
Feb. 6: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is 99. Actor Rip Torn is 85.
Actress Mamie Van Doren is 85. Actor Mike Farrell is 77. NBC
news anchorman Tom Brokaw is 76. Singer Fabian is 73. Actordirector Robert Townsend is 59. Actress
Vocalist Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses is 54.
Singer Rick Astley is 50. TV host Amy
Robach (“Good Morning America”) is 43.
Singer Tinashe is 23.
Feb. 7: Actor Miguel Ferrer is 61. Actor
James Spader is 56. Country singer Garth
Brooks is 54. Comedian Chris Rock is 51.
Actor Jason Gedrick is 49. Actor Ashton
Kutcher is 38. Actress Deborah Ann Woll
NOLTE
(“True Blood”) is 31.
Feb. 8: Actor Nick Nolte is 75. Comedian Robert Klein is 74.
Actress Mary Steenburgen is 63. Author John Grisham is 61.
Singer Vince Neil of Motley Crue is 55. Actress Mary McCormack
is 47. Actor Seth Green is 42. Actor Jim Parrack (“True Blood”) is
35. Actress Cecily Strong (“Saturday Night Live”) is 32.
Feb. 9: Actress Janet Suzman is 77. Singer Carole King is 74.
Singer Barbara Lewis is 73. Actor Joe Pesci is 73. Actress Mia
Farrow is 71. Actress Judith Light is 67. Country singer Travis
Tritt is 53. Actress Julie Warner is 51. Actor
A.J. Buckley (“CSI: NY”) is 39. Actress Rose
Leslie (“Downton Abbey”) is 29.
Feb. 10: Actor Robert Wagner is 86. Singer
Roberta Flack is 79. “Good Morning America”
co-host George Stephanopoulos is 55.
Actress Laura Dern is 49. Actress Elizabeth
Banks is 42. Actress Emma Roberts
(“American Horror Story”) is 25. Actress
Makenzie Vega (“The Good Wife”) is 22.
WAGNER
Actress Chloe Grace is 19.
In this image released by Universal Pictures, George Clooney portrays Baird Whitlock in “Hail,
Caesar!.” The comedy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, opens Friday.
Coens’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’
is wildly entertaining
By KATIE WALSH
Tribune News Service
The Coen brothers’ latest comedy
“Hail, Caesar!” is a loving tribute
to the era of classical Hollywood,
meticulously crafted with layers of
reference, inside jokes, and tidbits
of history that will excite any film
buff. Not to fret if you haven’t
caught up with every episode of the
Hollywood history podcast “You
Must Remember This” (although
you should), “Hail, Caesar!” is
every bit as fun and entertaining
regardless of whether you’re picking up on every true life tale. The
Coens have created a film that is at
once a meta commentary on
Hollywood’s studio system, while
also indulging in the pure pleasure
of visual spectacle that marked
many films of this period.
With a star-studded cast, “Hail,
Caesar!” belongs primarily to Josh
Brolin, who plays Eddie Mannix, a
studio fixer at Capitol Pictures.
The real Eddie Mannix was a studio fixer at MGM Studios from the
1920s to 1940s, but that’s where
the obvious biographical element
ends. The stars with whom
Brolin’s Mannix tangles are lightly
fictionalized mashups of real
celebrities, with scrambled personal histories. Scarlett Johansson’s
DeAnna Moran is an Esther
Williams-esque swimming superstar, with a Brooklyn accent to beat
the best, and a pregnancy pickle to
rival Loretta Young’s.
The film follows a day in the
life of manic Mannix, as he rushes around the lot, putting out
fires big and small. The biggest
involves Baird Whitlock (George
Clooney), the star of the Biblical
epic “Hail, Caesar!” who’s been
drugged and kidnapped by a
shadowy organization known as
the Future (consider the paranoia
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This image released by Screen Gems shows Lily James in a
scene from “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
‘Pride and Prejudice
and Zombies’ is fun,
but lacks real bite
By KATIE WALSH
Tribune News Service
Author Seth Grahame-Smith has dined out on the winning
combination of stitching together two incongruous things, one
high-brow, one low, and letting the concept do the heavy lifting.
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” gave readers, and then
movie-going audiences, an axe-twirling Honest Abe. His other
literary soft-serve swirl hits theaters this weekend, in “Pride
and Prejudice and Zombies.” The cheeky adaptations offer a
chuckle at the title, but there’s not much else to sink your teeth
into. But while “Abraham Lincoln” resulted in a rather disastrous action flick, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” far outpaces its predecessor. The result is a post-modern genre mashup
of Austen, zombies and martial arts that ends up being rather
“exceedingly tolerable,” to quote Mr. Darcy.
The best thing the film has going for it is its knowing selfawareness, the winking at the unlikely pairing of mannered 18th
century aristocratic English society with the brutal and gory
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of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, and you
might be able to hazard a guess as to the
Future’s motives). The group of nefarious,
nebbishy intellectuals are a classic Coen
bunch of deadpan delights.
While Mannix tries to scare up a ransom
for Whitlock, he’s also working on the
career trajectory of country-fried cowboy
star Hobie Doyle (Alden Ehrenreich), and
his love life; battling off the twin terrors of
gossip columnists Thora and Thessaly
Thacker (Tilda Swinton); and trying to
contain DeAnna’s increasingly troubling
ambiguous marital status. “Hail, Caesar!”
while poking fun at old Hollywood, pays
tribute as well, by yielding to its sheer
entertainment. The film often pauses for a
moment of spectacle: a series of cowboy
tricks, a Busby Berkeley-style water ballet, and a showstopping musical number
by a bunch of randy sailors led by scenestealer Channing Tatum as Bert Gurney.
There are arch levels of irony in looking
back on the golden age with hindsight, but
this is coupled with moments of real subversiveness too. There are layers of meaning
that you could burrow inside and analyze
for days, but the film doesn’t require that for
it to be entertaining. The humor runs highbrow and low, with jokes about Marxism
existing side by side with goofball physical
comedy. Somehow, “Hail, Caesar!” manages to be both a love letter to and a gentle
skewering of Hollywood’s studio system, a
wildly entertaining romp through history
that also keenly reflects its present.
‘HAIL, CAESAR!’
3.5 stars out of 4
Cast: George Clooney, Josh Brolin,
Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Alden
Ehrenreich, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Rated: PG for moments of mild language, violence and sensuality.
In this image released by Universal Pictures, Scarlett Johansson, left, and Josh
Brolin appear in a scene from “Hail, Caesar!.”
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In this Nov. 22, 2015, file photo, Jonny Buckland, from left, Chris
Martin, Will Champion, and Guy Berryman of Coldplay perform in
Los Angeles. The British rockers will perform at halftime during
the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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of them: singing “Philadelphia
Freedom”
for
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salute to Motown and picking
participants for the 1986 show.
It finally dawned on the NFL in
the 1990s that halftime was a
massive missed opportunity.
For artists, it is a chance to perform before an audience whose
size cannot be duplicated. “It has
become kind of a bucket list item
for even the biggest acts in the
world,” Quenzel said.
Following Janet Jackson’s
unanticipated exposure, the NFL
ushered in a dinosaur era of big
rock acts like The Who, Paul
McCartney, Mick Jagger, Bruce
Springsteen and Tom Petty
whose best days were behind
them. McQuenzel has sought to
make the bookings more current.
One of his proudest moments
was hiring Bruno Mars in 2014
despite fears the singer wasn’t
well known enough, but the show
turned out well.
He encourages acts to invite special guests; Perry brought along
Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott and
some rhythmically-challenged
dancers in shark costumes.
Artistic statements are fine, but
Quenzel’s goal is strictly mercenary: to move from the end of the
first half to the beginning of the
second without anyone tuning out.
“We don’t micro-manage the
artists,” he said. “We try not to.
They understand our goals and
we understand their goals.”
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However, the feature film length stretches the thin
conceit too far. The story itself isn’t the pleasure —
that’s found in the unlikely, though apt, pairing of
Elizabeth Bennett and deadly weapons. As the sisters
stomp in slow motion into a party full of zombies, it’s
applause worthy because it looks so cool (thanks to
directing duties by Burr Steers). But that’s about it.
Austen upended the notion that women need to be
taken care of in marriage, arguing instead for independence and relationships of love. “Pride and
Prejudice and Zombies” extends that theme to zombie slaying, but doesn’t offer any radical new takes
on the topic. Ultimately, this wild, tongue-in-cheek
adaptation isn’t actually innovative — it’s just monsters and blood to spruce up a literary classic.
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text — the verbal jabs are now accented with body
blows, and the coupling offers a strange delight. For
every time that Keira Knightley bit her tongue and
repressed her emotions playing the feisty Elizabeth
Bennett in Joe Wright’s filmed version of the story,
here, Lily James gets to deliver a cathartic roundhouse
kick right to Mr. Darcy’s (Sam Riley) smug nose.
This version will most likely tickle fans of “Pride
and Prejudice” (or those who know some version of
it) more than the zombie maniacs. It’s not a great
zombie movie, but it is a fun reimagining of
Austen’s book, finding laughs in the recognition of
characters and quotes.
It follows the story rather closely, only this time,
the Bennett girls have trained in China in Shaolin
style martial arts at the behest of their father
(Charles Dance). Zombies are woven into the history of this version of England, and the warrior sisters
arm themselves with weapons on their way to a ball,
giggling over handsome Mr. Bingley (Douglas
Booth) while strapped to the gills.
The Bennett sisters engage in the agonies of
courtship in the same way as the book — there’s
just more shooting the heads off the undead.
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Super Bowl show can easily be
divided into two eras: Before
Michael Jackson and after. His
1993 performance established
halftime as something more than
an afterthought. With the fireworks and extras, Jackson proved
no gesture could be too big.
The NFL begins planning its
halftime show months in advance,
negotiating with chosen artists
and mapping out how things will
proceed, said Mark Quenzel, NFL
senior vice president in charge of
the halftime show. Following
Janet Jackson’s breast-baring
episode in 2004, the league has
maintained strict control.
“In some ways, it is the worst 12
and a half minutes of my year,”
said Quenzel, who watches from
the sideline hoping for no wind,
rain, electronic glitches or - shudder — wardrobe malfunctions.
By the time Katy Perry rode in
on a mechanical lion last year,
and soared away on a platform
designed to look like a shooting
star, she had rehearsed the show
some 40 times. “Anyone who has
ever done it has been scared,” she
said later. “You stay off the
Internet for five days afterward.”
The British band Coldplay steps
into the spotlight this weekend,
with an expected cameo by
Beyonce.
The lineup for the 1980 halftime
show — a salute to the Big Band
Era with the youthful singing
group Up With People — practically screams at anyone under age
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Ratings by the Motion Picture
Association of America are: (G)
for general audiences; (PG)
parental guidance urged
because of material possibly
unsuitable for children; (PG-13)
parents are strongly cautioned
to give guidance for attendance
of children younger than 13;
(R) restricted, younger than 17
admitted only with parent or
adult guardian; (NC-17) no one
17 and younger admitted.
OPENING IN HOLLYWOOD
THIS WEEK
“All Roads Lead to Rome”
— Sarah Jessica Parker plays
a New York college professor
who whisks her headstrong
teenage daughter off to
Tuscany, where multigenerational romantic complications
ensue. With Paz Vega, Claudia
Cardinale, Raoul Bova, Rosie
Day and Chiara Bassermann.
Directed by Ella Lemhagen.
(1:30) PG-13.
“The Choice” — A medical
student and a womanizer unexpectedly fall in love, marry and
settle down until one is forced
to make the decision of a lifetime in this adaptation of the
Nicholas Sparks novel. With
Benjamin Walker, Teresa
Palmer, Maggie Grace. Written
by Bryan Sipe. Directed by
Ross Katz. PG-13.
“Hail, Caesar!” — Backlot
comedy by the Coen brothers
about a movie studio “fixer”
during the twilight of
Hollywood’s Golden Age. With
Josh Brolin, George Clooney,
Scarlett Johansson. Written
and directed by Joel Coen &
Ethan Coen. PG-13.
“Misconduct” — A young
attorney (Josh Duhamel) is
caught between his firm’s senior partner (Al Pacino) and a
pharmaceutical mogul
(Anthony Hopkins). With Alice
Eve. Directed by Shintaro
Shimosawa. (1:46) R.
“Monday at 11:01 A.M.” —
Psychological thriller about a
young man caught in a time
loop of horror. With Charles
Agron, Lauren Shaw, Lance
Henriksen and Briana Evigan.
Written by Agron. Directed by
Harvey Lowry. (1:36) R.
“The Pack” — An Australian
family is terrorized when wild
dogs attack their farmhouse.
With Jack Campbell, Anna Lise
Phillips, Katie Moore. Written
by Evan Randall Green.
Directed by Nick Robertson.
(1:30) R.
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• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PG13): 1:30, 4, 7, 9:30 p.m.
• Kung Fu Panda 3 3D (PG): Noon, 2:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:25 p.m.
• Kung Fu Panda 3 2D (PG): 1, 3:15, 5:30, 8 p.m.
• Fifty Shades of Black (R): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 p.m.
• The Finest Hours 3D (PG13): 7, 9:30 p.m.
• The Finest Hours 2D (PG13): 1:30, 4 p.m.
• The Danish Girl (R): 4:15 p.m.
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (R): 1, 4 p.m.
• The Boy (PG13): 7:05, 9:35 p.m.
• The 5th Wave (PG13): 1:30, 4, 7, 9:30 p.m.
• The Revenant (R): Noon, 3:30, 7, 9:40 p.m
• Daddy’s Home (PG13): 7:10, 9:35 p.m.
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D (PG13): 1, 4 p.m.
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2D (PG13): 7, 9:40 p.m.
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG): 12:05, 2:10 p.m.
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Kung Fu Panda 3 2D (PG): noon, 2:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:25 p.m.
The Finest Hours (PG13): 1:30, 4, 7, 9:30 p.m.
Fifty Shades of Black (R): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (R): 1 p.m.
The 5th Wave (PG13): 4 p.m.
The Boy (PG13): 7:05, 9:35 p.m.
Ride Along 2 (PG13): 1:35, 4:05, 7:05, 9:35 p.m.
The Revenant (R): Noon, 3:30, 7:15 p.m.
Daddy’s Home (PG13): 2:20, 4:35 p.m.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG13): 1, 4, 7, 9:40 p.m.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG): 12:05 p.m.
“Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies” — Jane Austen’s
classic heroine Elizabeth Bennet
is now an expert at martial arts
and weaponry and must team
with zombie killer Mr. Darcy to
eradicate the undead. With Lily
James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston.
Written and directed by Burr
Steers. (1:48) PG-13.
“Regression” — A psychologist arrives in 1990 Minnesota
to help a man access his memories after being accused by
his daughter of an unspeakable
crime. With Emma Watson,
Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis.
Directed by Alejandro
Amenabar. (1:46) R.
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“Anomalisa” — Sad, beautiful, the wittiest film of the year;
directors Duke Johnson and
Charlie Kaufman, using stopmotion animation and working
from a script Kaufman originally
wrote and staged a decade ago,
transform the comedy of quiet
desperation into an occasion for
serious pleasure. (1:30) R.
“The Big Short” — Adam
McKay, with the help of Christian
Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan
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Gosling and Brad Pitt, has made
a very funny film about a very
serious situation, 2008’s global
financial collapse. (2:10) R.
“Carol” — Impeccably acted
by Cate Blanchett and Rooney
Mara as two women in love, with
an exquisite look captured by
cinematographer Ed Lachman,
“Carol” has been made under
the complete and total control of
Todd Haynes, a gifted director
who always knows what he’s
doing. (1:58) R.
“Creed” — In the hands of
director Ryan Coogler and star
Michael B. Jordan, what is
nominally a spinoff of the celebrated “Rocky” series plays like
a spiritual remake of the 1976
film that retells the original
story in the kind of involving
way one would not have
thought possible. (2:12) PG-13.
“45 Years” — Accomplished
British veterans Charlotte
Rampling and Tom Courtenay
conduct a master class in
understated acting that explores
what happens to a long-term
marriage when a disturbance in
the field shifts the ground under
everyone’s feet. (1:35) NR.
“The Good Dinosaur” —
The latest Pixar event is antic
and unexpected as well as
homiletic, rife with subversive
elements, wacky critters, and
some of the most beautiful
landscapes ever seen in a
computer-animated feature.
(1:40) PG.
“The Lady in the Van” —
Maggie Smith stars in this sharp
British comedy — written by
Alan Bennett, based on his play
and directed by Nicholas Hytner.
A delicately written, boisterously
performed movie about the difficult people who dare us to care
about them. (1:43) PG-13.
“Room” — Brie Larson excels
in a film able to give full weight
to both sides of the emotional
equation as it tells the story of a
young woman imprisoned for
years in a single room in a tiny
shed and the young son who
was born to her there and
knows no other world. (1:58) R.
“Spotlight” — The saga of
how the Boston Globe won the
Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for uncovering sexual abuse by Catholic
priests, the film is mightily
impressive not only because of
the importance of the story it
tells but also because of how
much effort and skill went into
bringing it to the screen in the
best possible way (2:08) R.
ALSO IN THEATERS
“Alvin and the Chipmunks:
The Road Chip” — A mix of
live action and CGI-animated
silliness that is harmless, zippy,
candy-colored fun. (1:26) PG.
“The Boy” — In an English
village, a young American
woman is hired to care for an
8-year-old, who appears to be
a life-sized doll. With Lauren
Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim
Norton. (1:38) PG-13.
“Concussion” — Will Smith
stars as a forensic neuropathologist who discovers the first case
of CTE, a football-related brain
trauma, and challenges the NFL
in his battle to reveal the truth.
With Alec Baldwin, Gugu
Mbatha-Raw, David Morse and
Albert Brooks. (2:03) PG-13.
“Daddy’s Home” — In its
best moments, it’s a sly expose
of the frailties of the contemporary male self-image and in its
lesser moments a simplistic
slapstick. This being a Will
Ferrell comedy, sometimes
those moments are one and
the same. (1:36) PG-13.
“Dirty Grandpa” —
Ambitious Zac Efron jeopardizes his upcoming marriage when
he reluctantly takes troublemaking grandfather Robert De Niro
to spring break in Florida. With
Aubrey Plaza. (1:42) R.
“The 5th Wave” — Four
deadly surges have left the
world ravaged and a teen must
trust a mysterious young man
to save her brother. With Chloe
Grace Moretz and Nick
Robinson. (1:52) PG-13.
“Fifty Shades of Black” —
Marlon Wayans spoofs a certain insanely popular erotic
BDSM romance. With Kali
Hawk, Mike Epps. Written by
Marlon Wayans and Rick
Alvarez. Directed by Michael
Tiddes. (1:32) R.
“The Finest Hours” — In
1952, the Coast Guard
attempts a daring rescue of an
oil tanker during a fierce
nor’easter in the frigid Atlantic
waters. With Chris Pine, Casey
Affleck, Ben Foster. Written by
Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy &
Eric Johnson. Directed by
Craig Gillespie. (1:57) PG-13.
“The Hateful Eight” — An
ultrawide bore, writer-director
Quentin Tarantino’s post-Civil
War picture, set largely in a
Wyoming roadhouse with a
blizzard raging outside, is not
so much a shoot-’em-up
(though the violence is outlandishly rough when it comes)
as a guess-’em-up. (2:47) R.
“The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay — Part 2” —
Earnest and acceptable though
it is, this fourth and concluding
part of the Jennifer Lawrencestarring futuristic epic doesn’t
end on the kind of high note it
deserves. (2:17) PG-13.
“In the Heart of the Sea” —
The whale is wondrous but the
drama not so much in director
Ron Howard’s ripping yarn
about men and the sea that’s
based on the true events that
in part inspired Herman
Melville’s classic “Moby-Dick.”
(2:01) PG-13.
“Intruders” — A young
woman turns the tables on
three criminals who invade her
home. With Beth Riesgraf, Jack
Kesy, Martin Starr, Rory Culkin.
Directed by Adam Schindler.
“Joy” — Writer-director David
O. Russell reunites with stars
Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley
Cooper and Robert De Niro in
this intergenerational story of a
young woman who founds a
business dynasty based on a
cleaning product. With Édgar
Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia
Madsen and Isabella Rossellini.
Story by Annie Mumolo and
Russell. (2:04) PG-13.
“Jane Got a Gun” — Natalie
Portman plays a frontierswoman who recruits her former fiance to help save her
family from a band of ruthless
outlaws. With Joel Edgerton,
Noah Emmerich, Ewan
McGregor. Directed by Gavin
O’Connor. (1:38) R.
“Kung Fu Panda 3” — Furry
martial artist Po journeys with
his long-lost father to a panda
paradise where he must train his
klutzy compadres to fight the evil
Kai. Voices of Jack Black, Bryan
Cranston, Dustin Hoffman,
Angelina Jolie. (1:35) PG.
“Norm of the North” —
Animated tale about a talkative
polar bear who travels to New
York City to stop a greedy developer from building condos in the
Arctic. Voices of Rob Schneider,
Heather Graham, Ken Jeong.
Directed by Trevor Wall.
“Point Break” — Inspired by
the 1991 surfer crime movie
about an FBI agent infiltrating a
gang of extreme athletes who
use their feats to pull off elaborate capers. With Edgar
Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Teresa
Palmer, Delroy Lindo and Ray
Winstone. Written by Kurt
Wimmer, story by Rick King &
W. Peter Iliff and Wimmer,
based on the 1991 film. (1:53)
PG-13. Warner Bros.
“The Revenant” — Leonardo
DiCaprio stars as an explorer
left for dead in the wilderness,
who fights for survival and a
return to his family. With Tom
Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and
Will Poulter. Written by Mark L.
Smith & Alejandro G. Inarritu.
Directed by Inarritu. (2:36) R.
“Ride Along 2” — Kevin Hart
and Ice Cube reunite for this
sequel to the 2014 comedy.
With Ken Jeong, Benjamin
Bratt, Olivia Munn, Bruce
McGill, Tika Sumpter. Directed
by Tim Story.
“Sisters” — As written by
Paula Pell and directed by
Jason Moore, the idea to apply
the structure of a teenage bestnight-ever party movie to a tale
of middle-aged adults tends to
smother stars Tina Fey and
Amy Poehler under comedic
complications and unnecessary
asides. (1:58) R.
“Star Wars: The Force
Awakens” — Though a definite
improvement on the last three
abortive “Star Wars” prequels,
this much-anticipated effort is
only at its best in fits and starts,
its success dependent on who
of its mix of franchise veterans
and first timers is on the screen.
(2:16) PG-13.
“13 Hours: The Secret
Soldiers of Benghazi” —
During the 2012 terrorist attack
on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya, elite ex-military
operatives bravely fight back
when plans go awry. With
James Badge Dale, John
Krasinski, Max Martini, Pablo
Schreiber, Toby Stephens.
Directed by Michael Bay.
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By RICK BENTLEY
The Fresno Bee
Strong personal story, political drama and action tale top
the Tuesday, Feb. 2, DVD releases.
“Freeheld,” Grade - 3 stars: The film based on the 2007
documentary short film of the same name looks at the battle by Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), a much heralded
New Jersey police lieutenant, and her registered domestic
partner, Stacie Andree (Ellen Page), to secure Hester’s pension benefits after Hester is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Hester’s health declines as she battles with the county’s
board of elected freeholders over whether domestic partners have the same rights as married couples.
Moore is brilliant as she plays Hester with great dignity,
courage and commitment, even in the final days.
The performance works so well because it’s not filled
with great bravado, despite this battle being so important
to same-sex couples. The strength comes from Moore
playing the role on a very personal level. It’s a story bigger
than one couple, but director Peter Sollett keeps pulling the
emotional moments back as a reminder that the majority of
stories of national importance start with ordinary people.
And it’s not just the very believable connection played
out by Moore and Page that makes the film work. Michael
Shannon is great in his role as Dane Wells, Hester’s police
partner who not only must deal with losing a person he
cares for deeply but also face the ugliness of the way
Hester’s sexuality is treated by fellow officers.
The script by Ron Nyswaner also has some problems.
The overall story lacks depth. Instead of showing what
these events mean in a broader context, Nyswaner just
keeps circling back to overplayed courthouse scenes.
“The Last Witch Hunter,” Grade - 1 star: The White
Queen seeks revenge on her killer. The lame plot has acting’s answer to drywall, Vin Diesel, playing the immortal
witch hunter Kaulder. Because of a truce forged years ago
with the witches, it doesn’t seem like he’s had a lot to do
except seduce flight attendants over the past few centuries.
“Our Brand is Crisis,” Grade - 2 stars: The effort by
director David Gordon Green and writer Peter Straughan
to turn the 2005 documentary of the same name into a
light comedy with touches of romance and political high
jinks leaves the fictional version a poor candidate in the
box office race. There is no way the drama of the real
election could be surpassed — or even matched — by a
fictionalized accounting. Green and Straughan’s efforts do
nothing more than water down the story.
ALSO NEW ON DVD FEB. 2
“Bridge of Spies”: Tom Hanks is a Brooklyn lawyer
thrust into the center of the Cold War.
“Show Me a Hero”: Oscar Isaac stars in this HBO
miniseries about a young mayor battling with social issues
that tear his city apart.
“Suffragette”: The film looks at ordinary women who
waged a war for voting rights in England at the beginning
of the 20th century.
“Extraordinary Tales”: Five of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales
are brought to life.
“Truth”: Veteran news producer and anchor come
under harsh scrutiny.
“Meadowland”: Couple falls apart after unimaginable
loss.
“Zoolander”: Original film is being released before
sequel hits theater.
“All Hallow’s Eve 2”: VHS tape reveals ghastly tales.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”: Classic Disney
animated film available on digital HD for the first time.
“For Better or For Worse”: Wedding coordinator,
divorce lawyer clash.
“My Boyfriends’ Dogs”: Each failed relationship
means a new dog for a woman.
16 / Thursday, February 4, 2016
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Notice of Complete Application
Date: 02/01/2016
Applicant:
Santos Construction Corp.
39 Gilliland Ave.
Amsterdam, NY 12010
Facility:
Randall Pit
State Route 5s, Ω mile east of
Randall NY
Town of Root, Montgomery
County
Application
ID:
4-273600008/00001
Permit Applied for: Article 23
Title
27
Mined
Land
Reclamation
Project Description: The company proposes to modify its permit to mine sand and gravel to
allow it to excavate 30 feet
below its current mine floor in a
7-acre area within its 60-acre
mine site. The excavation will
result in the formation of an
approximately 7-acre pond.
Availability
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are available for inspection during normal business hours at
the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at
the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment
be made with the contact person.
State
Environmental
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(SEQR)
Determination: Project is an
Unlisted Action and will not
have a significant impact on the
environment.
A
Negative
Declaration is on file. A coordinated review was performed.
SEQR Lead Agency:
NYS
Department of Environmental
Conservation State Historic
Preservation
Act
(SHPA)
Determination:
The proposed activity is not
subject to review in accordance
with SHPA. The application
type is exempt and/or the project involves the continuation of
an existing operational activity.
Availability
For
Public
Comment: Comments on this
project must be submitted in
writing to the Contact Person no
later than 03/05/2016
or 30 days after the publication
date of this notice, whichever is
later.
Contact
Person:
Angelo
Marcuccio, NYSDEC 1130 N
Westcott Rd., Schenectady, NY
12306 (518) 357-2069
FEB - 13 2/4
is hereby called to be held in the
School Gymnasium, 131 S.
Third Street, Northville, New
York 12134, on Tuesday, March
22 from 12:00 noon until 8:00
p.m. prevailing time for the purpose of voting on the following
proposition:
PROPOSITION
Shall the Board of Education be
authorized to: (1) reconstruct
various
District
buildings,
including site work, reconstruct
athletic fields, courts and facilities, and acquire original furnishings, equipment, machinery
or apparatus required for the
purpose for which such buildings are to be used, at a maximum cost of $7,500,000; (2)
expend such sum for such purpose; (3) levy the necessary tax
therefor (including the levy of a
tax to pay the interest on obligations when due), to be levied
and collected in annual installments in such years and in such
amounts as may be determined
by the Board of Education taking into State aid; and (4) in
anticipation of the collection of
such tax, issue bonds and
notes of the District at one time
or from time to time in the principal amount not to exceed
$7,500,000?
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, that the vote
upon such proposition shall be
New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that, pursuant to a resolution
adopted by the Board of
Education of the Northville
Central School District on
March 22, 2016, a special
meeting of the qualified voters
of the District be and the same
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Friday, or by calling the District
Clerk at (518) 863-7000 x4121,
or making such a request by
mail to the following address:
Northville Central School,
District Clerk, PO Box 608,
Northville,
NY
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District Clerk at least seven
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or on or prior to March 21, 2016,
if the ballot is to be delivered
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received by the District Clerk
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District Clerk from 9:00 a.m.
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on each weekday until the day
of the vote. Any qualified voter
may challenge the acceptance
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FEB-2 2/4,2/10,2/22,3/8/16
Rochester, NY 14614 Attorney
(s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a
Judgment of Foreclosure and
Sale Entered November 17th,
2015
I will sell at Public Auction to the
highest bidder at the lobby of
the Montgomery County Office
Building, 64 Broadway, Fonda,
NY 12068 on March 3rd, 2016
at 9:00 a.m. Premises known as
111 Firefly Meadow Road F/K/A
18 Hyney Hill Road, Fultonville,
NY 12072. Sec 99 Block 3 Lot
18. All that certain Tract, Piece
or Parcel of Land, lying and
being in the Town of Glen,
County of Montgomery and
State of New York Approximate
Amount of Judgment is
$411,434.42 plus interest and
costs. Premises will be sold
subject to provisions of filed
Judgment Index No 479-2010.
Douglas Landon, Esq., Referee
FEB-9
2/4,
2/11,
2/18,
2/25/2016
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME
COURT:
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
EVERBANK; Plaintiff(s)
vs.
BETH DEVITO; et al;
Defendant(s)
Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s):
ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court,
Suite 301, Fishkill, New York,
12524, 845.897.1600
Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on
or about December 7, 2015, I
will sell at Public Auction to the
highest bidder at the lobby of
the Montgomery County Office
Building, 64 Broadway, Fonda,
New York.
On March 7, 2016 at 11:00 am.
Premises known as 404 DIVISION ST, AMSTERDAM, NY
12010
Section: 39 Block: 14 Lot: 52
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL
OF LAND situate in the City of
Amsterdam,
Montgomery
County, New York. ALSO, all
that piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Amsterdam
Montgomery County, New York.
As more particularly described
in the judgment of foreclosure
and sale. Sold subject to all of
the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and
terms of sale. Approximate
amount
of
judgment
$140,379.60 plus interest and
costs. INDEX NO. 1193/10
JOHN L. KIRKPATRICK, ESQ.;
REFEREE
FEB-3 2/4,2/11,2/18,2/25/16
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME
COURT
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY Nationstar Mortgage,
LLC, Plaintiff against
James Francis Reid, Jr.; Valerie
Ann Reid, et al Defendants
Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein,
Such & Crane, LLP 28 East
Main Street, Suite 1800,
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SPORTS/WEATHER
Thursday, February 4, 2016 / 19
AUTO RACING NOTES
Stewart remains in
hospital with injury
By GEORGE DIAZ
Orlando Sentinel
NASCAR driver Tony
Stewart will begin his final
Cup season under an ominous
health watch.
The great driver known as
Smoke is hospitalized with a
back injury after driving an allterrain vehicle on Sunday. The
Stewart-Haas Racing team is
unsure of the extent of his
injuries, immediately fueling
speculation about whether
Stewart will be able to compete
in his last Daytona 500 on
February 21.
Team spokesman Mike
Arning told the Associated
Press that Stewart is under
evaluation at an undisclosed
hospital and able to move all
extremities. Arning indicated
that Stewart's condition will
not be updated again until
Thursday. Stewart is in a hospital on the West Coast.
“We have received word from
Stewart-Haas Racing of Tony
Stewart’s accident and injury,”
NASCAR chairman and CEO
Brian France said. “On behalf of
everyone at NASCAR, I wish
Tony a full recovery and look
forward to seeing him back in
our sport when he’s ready to
return.”
Stewart has not won a Cup
race since the 2013 season. He
finished 25th in the points standings in 2014 and 28th in 2015.
The injury apparently is unrelated to issues with a broken leg
that Stewart sustained in 2013,
causing him to miss a third of
the season.
—— —
Denny the Bachelor
Proof that this isn’t your
grandfather’s NASCAR can be
found by clicking onto your
TV: Wasn’t that Denny Hamlin
on “The Bachelor Live” the
other night? Skyping in from
his home in North Carolina,
Hamlin checked in and mixed
it up with Allison Williams, a
self-proclaimed Mark Martin
fan.
“Yeah, it was kind of an
impromptu thing,” Hamlin said
last week during a teleconference. “Obviously it was a great
experience for my girlfriend
and all of her friends. They
appreciated it. But, yeah, I
mean, when people ask if I
really watch it, I always say,
‘Who doesn’t want to watch 25
women scratch and claw their
way to one guy?’
“It’s interesting TV to say the
least, so it was cool to be on
there and, obviously, see that
those guys were fans. I know
when we went through, Chris
Harrison actually said, well, I
know him, ‘Put him through
right away,’ so it was cool that
he’s a fan. Obviously Allison
Williams, as well, appears to be
a pretty big fan. She was a fan
of Mark Martin in the day. We
know her dad was always a
huge race fan, so it obviously
trickled down to the next generation.”
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MONTREAL (AP) — The
Buffalo Sabres trailed the
Montreal Canadiens by a goal
heading into the third period.
That’s when they turned it on
— in a big way.
Jamie McGinn, Johan Larsson
and Brian Gionta all scored in
the final period and the Sabres
rallied for a 4-2 comeback victory over the slumping Montreal
Canadiens on Wednesday night.
“We just stuck with it,”
McGinn said. “We stayed positive. “We got shots to the net
and fortunately we found the
back of the net.”
Marcus Foligno also scored
for Buffalo, which played its
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Sabres down slumping Canadiens
first game since the All-Star
break and led 2-1 heading into
the final period. The Sabres,
who moved out of last place in
the Atlantic Division, are 6-4-0
in their last 10 games
Foligno’s goal was his fourth
of the season, and Larsson’s was
just his second in 48 games.
“It plays a big role in our wins
when we get that secondary
scoring going,” Gionta said.
“Foligno early on, Larsson with
a big one to go ahead. Stuff like
that is key.”
Dale Weise and Alex
Galchenyuk
scored
for
Montreal, which has lost four in
a row and is 1-8-1 in its last 10.
The Canadiens opened the season 19-4-3, but are 5-20-1 since.
The Canadiens were coming
off a 4-2 loss Tuesday night in
Philadelphia, so fatigue may
have been a factor in surrendering a rare third-period lead.
“I don’t know what to say,”
Weise said. “It’s the same thing
every game. We made a lot of
turnovers. There’s no excuse for
that. But we’ve got to find a way.”
Weise understands that fans
who thought the Canadiens
would contend for a Stanley
Cup this season grow angrier
with each loss as the team struggles without injured star goalie
Carey Price.
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The Associated Press
Montreal Canadiens’ Dale Weise scores past Buffalo Sabres goalie Robin Lehner as Sabres
defenseman Josh Gorges looks on during the second period Wednesday, in Montreal.
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SUPER BOWL NOTEBOOK
Furniture Row Racing
on different track for
Super Bowl showdown
The Associated Press
Denver Broncos free safety Darian Stewart speaks to reporters in Santa Clara, Calif.,
Wednesday,. The Broncos will play the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 Sunday.
Ward, Stewart participate
in Denver Broncos practice
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) —
The Denver Broncos began
final preparations for Super
Bowl 50 on Wednesday with
their two rehabbing starting
safeties limited but running
freely on the natural grass
inside Stanford Stadium.
T.J. Ward only slightly favored
his sprained left ankle, and
Darian Stewart appeared to be
running well on his sprained right
knee and without restriction.
Over at San Jose State
University, linebacker Thomas
Davis was a full participant at
the Panthers’ practice on grass
fields adjacent to Spartan
Stadium a little more than a
week removed from surgery on
his broken right forearm.
Denver’s starting safeties
were hurt in the second half of
the AFC championship game
with Shiloh Keo and Reggie
Bush finishing up in their place.
Coach Gary Kubiak said he
expects both to play Sunday.
“They’re listed as limited
today,” Kubiak said after practice. “But I think they’re right
where they need to be, working
toward game day. They need to
get their confidence as the week
goes on. But they took the step
they needed to take today.”
The only other Denver player
who was limited was right
guard Louis Vasquez (knee).
He, too, is expected to play
Sunday.
Defensive end Jared Allen, who
missed the Panthers’ win over
Arizona in the NFC championship game with a broken bone
in his right foot, was a limited
participant. No other Panthers
were limited or held out.
“Jared’s was really about
rest,” said Panthers coach Ron
Rivera. “He’s been going fullblast since we started, and the
doctors wanted to just make
sure. So he earned the rest.”
Stabler’s brain damage intrudes on fun
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
For a guy who loved a good
party, it’s
hard to imagine Ken
Stabler ever
thought he’d
be crashing
one this
week.
Not at this
Super Bowl,
the 50th
By
anniversary
version that
TIM
has been
DAHLBERG
carefully choreographed to
be a celebration of all things
NFL. Not in the Bay Area,
where Stabler has long been a
cult hero of sorts for leading the
Oakland Raiders to a Super
Bowl win 39 years ago.
The Snake might have liked all
the attention, had he lived long
enough to be here. There wasn’t
much he didn’t like in his life,
which ended last year at the age
of 69.
The official cause was colon
cancer. Turns out that Stabler’s
brain was scrambled, too.
The sad — though not especially startling — news led to some
awkward conversations
Wednesday between reporters and
players, both of whom would
have rather been talking about the
matchups between the Denver
Broncos and Carolina Panthers.
The biggest medical news this
week, after all, was supposed to
be Thomas Davis’ attempt to play
linebacker for the Carolina
Panthers with a broken arm.
Besides, to a group of finely
tuned athletes in their physical
prime, the thought anything
could happen to them seems little more than abstract theory.
Not enough to trade in the big
paycheck for. Not enough to
give up the sport they love.
“The game is so much a part of
who I am, so I can’t give up a big
part of me,” Denver linebacker
Brandon Marshall said. “I just
hope the game doesn’t one day
take away a big part of me.”
Unfortunately, it has taken a big
part of some former players.
Researchers at Boston University
told the New York Times that
CTE has been discovered in the
posthumous study of 90 of the 94
former NFL players it has examined. That includes former Giants
safety Tyler Sash, who died in
September at age 27 and whose
diagnosis was made public last
week.
The disease, which has been
linked to repeated brain trauma,
causes everything from memory
loss to dementia. It can only be
diagnosed after death, as was the
case with Hall of Famer Junior
Seau, who committed suicide at
the age of 43.
“We’ve now found CTE in former NFL players who played
every position except kicker,”
said Ann McKee, a professor of
neurology at Boston University
who is part of the study. “While
we know on average that certain
positions experience more repetitive head impacts and are more
likely at greater risk for CTE, no
position is immune.”
Incredibly, the NFL had to be
dragged kicking and screaming
into even having a debate on how
head hits can damage a player’s
long term health. It wasn’t until a
few years ago that the league
even acknowledged the possibility of a link between concussions
and brain damage, and even now
the NFL hasn’t gone far enough
to protect players, partially out of
fear to what a real crackdown on
head hits might do to the popularity of the game.
Meanwhile, there were 182
reported concussions during the
regular season that just ended, a
58 percent increase from a year
earlier.
There is no easy solution to the
biggest problem the sport faces,
just as there is no sure way to
tell which players will be eventually be affected by the hits
they take. Immediate concussion
symptoms are one thing, but it
can take years for long-term
issues to emerge and there is no
way to diagnose CTE without
cutting the brain open.
“That could be a game changer, if they can diagnose it early,”
said Margaret Goodman, a neurologist and former chief ring
physician for the Nevada
Athletic Commission. “The
problem now is we have very little hard evidence to tell someone
they shouldn’t be playing.”
That should be troubling to
men who make a living launching themselves at other men on
the field. It should be scary to
parents who must decide
whether to let their child play
football when the risks are just
starting to become known.
Even still, it may not have mattered to someone like Stabler, who
led such a wild life off the field
that anything that happened on it
was tame by comparison. Now,
though, the growing body of
knowledge about head injuries did
cause one modern day player to
hang up his spikes last year after
his rookie season with the 49ers.
Chris Borland studied the evidence before him and decided it
simply wasn’t worth the risk, no
matter what fame and fortune he
could gain plying his trade as a
linebacker in the NFL.
Borland may never know
whether it was the right decision.
But at least he can sleep well at
night knowing he didn’t take a
chance with the only brain he has.
“Will this change football forever?” asked Goodman. “I already
think it has to some degree.”
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
The Denver-based Furniture
Row Racing team is in a precarious position among the teams it
competes against in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
While other Sprint Cup teams
— the majority of them based in
the Carolinas — will most likely
be cheering for the Panthers in
Sunday’s Super Bowl, Furniture
Row Racing will be rooting for
its hometown Broncos.
“Denver is our town, the
Broncos are our football team
and the excitement level is peaking at our Furniture Row race
shop for the big game,” team
president Joe Garone said.
“When we qualified for our
Super Bowl — the championship four at Homestead, John
Elway (Broncos executive vice
president/general manager) sent
a tweet wishing us good luck.
It’s our turn to reciprocate.
“We love Charlotte, the racing
hub of NASCAR, but for a few
hours on Super Bowl Sunday the
NFL team from Charlotte will be
our adversary,” Garone added.
“We won’t divulge names, but
along with the champion Cup
driver there are some other rabid
Broncos fans residing in the
Charlotte area.”
Reigning Sprint Cup champion
Kyle Busch is also a Broncos
fan and was at the AFC championship game.
FUTURE SURGERY FOR
PEYTON: Peyton Manning has
faced scrutiny over almost every
part of his body in his 18-year
career, from his surgically
repaired neck to the bottom of
his foot. On Wednesday, the
five-time MVP shared that a
doctor told him a couple of
years ago that he faces a hip
replacement in his future.
“I said: ‘Doc, I didn’t ask you
if I was going to have a hip
replacement. I didn’t need to
know that right here at age 37,
but thanks for sharing. I look
forward to that day when I am
52 and have a hip replacement,”’ Manning said.
The quarterback, who missed
the 2011 season after a series of
spinal fusion surgeries, said he
doesn’t know if he faces more
surgeries on his neck. Manning
said he does his best to try to
prevent injuries where possible
with stretching and wearing a
special shirt to help his posture.
“The hip part was true,”
Manning said. “I can’t remember which doctor told me that. I
have seen a lot of doctors. He
was nice enough to share that
information with me. ... As those
things come along later in life
for me, I will try to handle them
and try to have a good plan
when those are around.”
SHUFFLING PANTHERS:
Ron Rivera remembers the
Chicago Bears and their Super
Bowl shuffle of the 1985 season
only too well.
So he is pretty happy that his
Carolina Panthers didn’t steal a
page from his Bears with a
music video.
The Bears just celebrated their
30th reunion of their big Super
Bowl season of 1985 last week,
and Rivera said their video came
out after their quest for a perfect
season ended with a regular-season loss in Miami. He said it
seemed like a pretty fun idea at
the time, especially since the
PEYTON MANNING
Bears did the video for charity.
“But if our guys want to do
something like that, I’d be concerned about it,” Rivera said.
“The thing about it is you really
do try to eliminate the distractions. Things only become a distraction when people talk about
it in a certain fashion, so what
we’ve tried to do is embrace situations and circumstances and
make them ours.”
Rivera said moving on eliminates something from becoming
an issue or distraction.
“That’s our intention, that’s our
attitude,” Rivera said. “We’re
going to stick true to who we
are.”
STILL AN EXPENSIVE
SEAT: As game day gets closer,
ticket prices for the Super Bowl
on the secondary market are
dropping.
The average ticket price sold
on StubHub is down from
$5,037 on Tuesday to $4,936 on
Wednesday. The cheapest ticket
available for the game at Levi’s
Stadium has fallen from $3,090
to $2,805.
Prices are higher than the past
two years. The average ticket to
last year’s game in Arizona
between New England and
Seattle went for $4,222, with
prices the previous year for the
game in New Jersey between
Denver and Seattle going for
$2,516.
More than a quarter of the tickets sold for this year’s game, 27
percent, have been to buyers
from California. Fans from the
states of the two teams are next
up with 10 percent of ticket buyers from North Carolina and 9
percent from Colorado.
GETTING THE WORD
OUT: A national group that works
to prevent domestic and sexual
violence is using some stealth
marketing to draw attention to
their new (hash)BeAModelMan
campaign while the NFL is in San
Francisco.
Futures Without Violence says
it is working with filmmaker
Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s The
Representation Project to use a
projector to display messages on
the sides of buildings at night,
including a hotel the league has
been using for its own branding.
The messages include the
phrase, “Treat women and girls
with respect,” and a quotation
from Pro Football Hall of Famer
Terry Bradshaw speaking out
against domestic violence.
Futures Without Violence has
been critical of the NFL’s handling of domestic violence cases
involving players.
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
SPORTS
Thursday, February 4, 2016 / 21
COMMENTARY
Sixers GM Hinkie
sees Colangelo as
co-worker not boss
Golden State
Warriors guard
Stephen Curry
(30) moves away
from Washington
Wizards guard
Garrett Temple
(17) and center
Nene (42),
Wednesday, in
Washington.
By MIKE SIELSKI
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Associated
Press
Curry lights up Wizards for
Warriors’ eighth straight win
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Following one of his worst
offensive games this season,
reigning NBA MVP Stephen
Curry stopped thinking about
basketball and recalibrated his
mind. It worked out just fine.
Curry was all systems go
Wednesday night as he made
11 3-pointers and scored 51
points to lead the Golden State
Warriors past the Washington
Wizards 134-121 for their
eighth straight victory, which
came in spite of a monster performance from John Wall.
Wall scored a season-best 41
points in the shadows as Curry
shot 13 of 14 for 36 points in the
best first half of his career. After
scoring just 13 points Sunday at
New York, Curry was in a zone,
tying Gilbert Arenas and
Michael Jordan for the Verizon
Center record and reaching 50
for the second time this season.
“The shots that you know
feel good go in, and some of
the shots that you’re like, ‘Oh
that’s off,’ they end up going
in,” Curry said. “It’s a fun feeling, and you want to ride that
until you can’t anymore.”
Curry looked human when he
missed seven of 10 shots during the third quarter but was
dominant most of the night as
the Warriors (45-4) matched
the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers
for the best 49-game start in
NBA history.
“It’s like Kobe (Bryant) when
he had 81,” Wall said. “He
couldn’t miss. You keep defending the best way you can. We
challenged some shots.”
Curry’s 5 of 17 shooting performance against the Knicks
was all forgotten by the end of
this game. Not like coach
Steve Kerr was worried.
“I didn’t know Steph was in a
slump,” Kerr said. “Steph’s
never in a slump.”
Curry made his first six shots
from the floor and was feeling
it, especially from 3-point territory. He came one 3 short of
tying the single-game record,
and though it was on his mind,
he didn’t start popping shots
just to reach it as the game got
out of hand.
“I was kind of searching but
not trying to force with where
the game was,” Curry said.
“You can’t mess around with
the basketball gods trying to
chase a record if the game
doesn’t call for it.”
The game called for plenty of
baskets because of 18 Golden
State turnovers, including seven
from Curry. Kerr said that needs
to change if the Warriors want to
defend their NBA title.
Thomas scores 17 as Celtics
stave off Pistons rally, 102-95
BOSTON (AP) — As
one of the NBA’s top
defensive teams this
season, the Celtics
have inevitably found
themselves with some
big leads.
They’re still mastering
how to play with those
cushions.
Isaiah Thomas had 17
points and seven
assists to help Boston
hold off the Detroit
Pistons 102-95 on
Wednesday night.
Detroit fell behind by
as many as 24 in the
third quarter before cutting the deficit to seven,
but the Celtics strung
together enough late
baskets to preserve the
win.
Avery Bradley added 15
points for Boston, which
has won six straight
home games and seven
of eight overall.
“It’s hard to play up,”
Celtics coach Brad
Stevens said. “You play
a little bit more free
when you’re down. But
we need to play well all
the time.”
Reggie Jackson led
the Pistons with 17
points. Andre
Drummond added 16
points and 13 rebounds.
THUNDER 117,
MAGIC 114
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)
— Russell Westbrook
posted his third straight
triple-double with 24
points, a career-high 19
rebounds and 14
assists as Oklahoma
City held off Orlando.
Many of those turnovers turned
into points for Wall, who shot 17
of 25 and added 10 assists to set
the tone for the Wizards (21-26),
who led early but never got closer than two after the first quarter.
“I was just being aggressive
and doing whatever shots I
had,” Wall said. “It was just a
fast-paced game. (I was) also
attacking the basket and getting
to the rim a little bit.”
Wall was doing all those
things, but Curry was doing it
all. He finished 19 of 28 and 11
of 26 from 3 but was still kick-
Kevin Durant hit a 3pointer with a half-second left to cap a 37point performance and
give the Thunder their
fifth straight win.
SPURS 110,
PELICANS 97
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
LaMarcus Aldridge
scored 36 points and
San Antonio improved
to 27-0 at home this
season by beating New
Orleans.
The Spurs have won
36 in a row at home
overall, dating to last
season.
HORNETS 106,
CAVALIERS 97
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
(AP) — Jeremy Lin
scored 24 points and
Charlotte ended
Cleveland’s five-game
winning streak.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
had 11 points and 13
rebounds for the
Hornets, who overcame
a nine-point halftime
deficit.
HEAT 93,
MAVERICKS 90
DALLAS (AP) — Chris
Bosh scored 20 points,
Dwyane Wade bounced
back with 18 after
matching the worst
shooting half of his
career and Miami beat
Dallas.
PACERS 114,
NETS 100
NEW YORK (AP) —
C.J. Miles had 27
points, Paul George
scored 17 and Indiana
sent Brooklyn to its fifth
straight loss.
ing himself for the turnovers
more than reveling in the points.
“It’s one of those games I
think I had probably three of
them that I shouldn’t have had
— just a couple lazy passes,
telegraphed passes,” Curry
said. “It happens, but it’s frustrating because when they happen, that’s when they got back
in the game and you don’t want
to give them any life with transition or easy fast-break opportunities where we can’t get our
defense set and I was the culprit plenty of times.”
From the far end of the Wells
Fargo Center court, where he
had been pressing the flesh of
several season-ticket holders,
Sam Hinkie weaved his way forward and through the tunnel
behind the 76ers’ bench.
It was more than an hour until
the start of the Sixers’ game
Saturday against the Golden
State Warriors, a thrilling threepoint loss that inspired a sellout
crowd to make the arena shudder with sound, but Hinkie had a
different sort of setting in mind.
He shuffled along the sideline
and down the tunnel, cutting
through the players’ weight
room, turning left down a hallway, entering a lounge that had
bottled waters and little bags of
potato chips lined up on serving
tables. He had found perhaps the
quietest spot in a building that
was already humming, the perfect place to do what he had
been loath to do before the
Sixers hired Jerry Colangelo as
their chairman of basketball
operations: talk on the record.
That Hinkie, the team’s general
manager, has been more accessible to the media since
Colangelo’s arrival is no coincidence. If limiting his remarks to
a few press conferences each
year was feasible when the
Sixers were just a young, overmatched team trying to rebuild,
it became impossible after Jahlil
Okafor was filmed fighting on a
Boston street early Thanksgiving
morning. The video’s publication sparked the revelation of
other troubling incidents involving Okafor, all of which Hinkie,
aside from a brief press release,
refused to address publicly.
The Sixers hired Colangelo
less than two weeks later, sending a message that Colangelo —
the longtime patriarch of the
Phoenix Suns; the head of USA
Basketball; a colossus in the
sport — had come strutting into
town to clean up Hinkie’s mess.
He would show the 38-year-old
novice GM what it really took to
build a winning NBA franchise
and, failing that, find someone
else who already knew. Hinkie,
though, spoke of Colangelo less
as a mentor than as a colleague
and co-worker on equal footing
with him, a daring stance for
someone who is supposed to be
fearing for his future.
“He’s already proven to be
helpful,” Hinkie said. “I’d be
surprised if he can’t be at least
as helpful, if not more helpful,
over time. I think he’s brought a
different perspective that’s been
good. I think he’s brought a different level of gravitas and experience. Our discussions have
been richer because he’s been
here. I don’t see that changing.”
He was asked if he saw
Colangelo’s presence as a threat
in any way.
“In what sense?”
In the obvious sense:
Colangelo has power. He has his
own perspective. And even after
all those productive discussions,
he might eventually decide that
Hinkie should no longer be the
Sixers’ general manager.
“I’m a big believer in the meritocracy of ideas,” Hinkie said,
“and your idea had better stand
up to scrutiny from all sides.
You’d better know your opponents’ arguments better than they
do if you want to truly understand what’s best. So I don’t
mind the thought that there
might be debate about any particular topic.”
The implication there is rather
profound. For all the presumptions over the power he apparently has lost, Hinkie is unafraid
to disagree with Colangelo. And
that if the price of that disagreement turns out to be his job,
Hinkie still can put his head on
his pillow at night with his mind
at peace.
“I’m principled,” he said, “and
it’s a really deep principle of
mine that you be willing to
speak truth in the face of dissension all the time. You can anticipate I will continue to recommend what I think is best and be
willing to defend why.”
Whether Hinkie’s conviction
will lead to a kind of creative,
symbiotic tension with
Colangelo that helps the Sixers
evolve into an elite team is, of
course, an open question. Since
becoming the Sixers’ chairman,
Colangelo has been up front
about his condition for accepting
the position: He wouldn’t have
done it if he didn’t come with
significant decision-making
authority. “I think you’ve seen
some of that already,” Hinkie
said.
An example: On Christmas
Eve, having lost 30 of their first
31 games, the Sixers traded two
second-round draft picks to the
New Orleans Pelicans for point
guard Ish Smith. Smith had
played 25 games for the Sixers
last season, but the team had
declined to re-sign him, choosing instead to count on Tony
Wroten, T.J. McConnell, and
Kendall Marshall. The trade,
then, was regarded as a concession by Hinkie to Colangelo —
that the new alpha dog in the
Sixers’ front office had finally
forced Hinkie to admit his mistake.
Hinkie said Saturday that he didn’t need to be persuaded to surrender those two picks to reacquire
Smith: “We learned a lot over six
or seven weeks of the season. I’m
big on, when you get new information, you factor it in. If that
changes the decision, it changes
the decision.” But he did describe
the Smith trade as a “collaborative” process, an acknowledgment
that Colangelo had played a role
in it.
“He has a way about him,”
Hinkie said. “He has an economy of words that I like. He has a
directness in what he says and
when he speaks, and when he
does, you often learn a little
something. He’s seen lots of situations. He’s hard to ruffle, in
part because he’s seen so many
situations.”
That’s why Colangelo is
employed, to bring the Sixers
experience and wisdom and
credibility, and Hinkie understands only a fool wouldn’t at
least listen to Colangelo’s ideas
and recommendations. But Sam
Hinkie still has his principles,
some of which he won’t compromise even for a colossus, and
as his words Saturday in that
lonely lounge made clear, he can
send a message, too.
22 / Thursday, February 4, 2016
SPORTS
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS
AREA SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Amsterdam seventh
graders victorious on
dramatic buzzer shot
Yandeel Vazquez connected
on a long jump shot at the
buzzer to give the Amsterdam
seventh grade boys modified
basketball team a thrilling 40-39
come-from-behind victory over
Gloversville in a Foothills
Council finale for both teams
Wednesday at Lynch Literacy
Academy.
Amsterdam trailed by as many
as 15 points in the contest.
Vazquez finished with 10 points.
Also, James Shatas tallied nine
points, seven rebounds and four
blocked shots, Paris Banks added
nine points and Carson Cotugno
finished with six points. Also,
Trevon Joyner played an outstanding game on defense
according to coach Joe Bellardini.
Amsterdam seventh grade
modified players this year
include Paris Banks, Kyle
Bottisti, Lorenzo Bottisti, Carson
Cotugno, C.J. Durinick, Jacob
Gomez, Matthew Hughes, Evan
Iannuzzi, Trevon Joyner, Jesus
Rivera, James Shatas, Yandeel
Vazquez and Tommy Ziskin.
Amsterdam eighth
graders cruise to
finish unbeaten
Tyler Safran and Caydren
Graveley scored 10 points
apiece and Osvaldo DeJesus
chipped in with nine points to
lead the unbeaten Amsterdam
eighth grade modified basketball team to a 51-30 victory over
Gloversville in a Foothills
Council finale for both squads.
Damian Colon added six
points and Marcus Jackson and
Jake Greco had four points
apiece. Also, Nic Hernandez,
Michael Rocas and Jake
Palczak each had two points.
Amsterdam finished its season
with a 13-0 record and was 251 over a two-year period.
The Scott Beatty-coached
Amsterdam eighth grade team is
comprised of Nicholas Antonelli,
Anthony Blazquez, Damian
Colon, Osvaldo DeJesus,
Caydren Graveley, Jacob Greco,
Sebastian Greco, Nicolas
Hernandez, Marcus Jackson,
Joshua Melville, Corey Motyl,
Jacob Palczak, Brandon Ribot
Diaz, Michael Rocas, Tyler Safran
and Jeffrey Santiago.
Rams,
Alex Cooper/Recorder staff
Amsterdam swimmer John Sawitski competes in the 100 yard freestyle during a meet against
Guilderland-Voorheesville on Wednesday, at Lynch Literacy Academy in Amsterdam.
Swim,
from page 24
for Knack, who added a couple of races — including the
100-yard butterfly — to his
repertoire this season.
“That’s what I wanted this
year,” Knack said. “I just started swimming the fly this year,
really, so last year I didn’t really have that chance. And normally, I’m the person who
swims the 500(-yard freestyle)
every meet, so I don’t usually
get the chance to do the shorter
events.”
Regulations limit a swimmer
to two individual events at sectionals, and Knack will compete in his two best — the 500yard freestyle and 100-yard
breaststroke — when the
Section II championship meet
opens Feb. 11 at Shenendehowa
High School, with goals of
breaking five minutes, 20 seconds in the 500 free and 1:08 in
the 100 breaststroke.
Knack is one of five Rams to
post an individual qualifying
time for sectionals, a number
Spagnola is extremely happy
with considering Amsterdam
has only nine swimmers and no
seniors on the team.
“We have a fairly small team,
but we have a lot of kids who
made sectionals,” Spagnola said.
“We’re really proud of that.”
Alex Cooper/Recorder staff
Amsterdam swimmer Sam Phetteplace competes during the
match against Guilderland-Vorheesville on Wednesday, at
Lynch Literacy Academy in Amsterdam.
Wednesday was Amsterdam’s
last dual meet of the season,
and with the low numbers, the
Rams (2-6-1) didn’t even field
an entry in three of the 11 races.
Junior A.J. Mercado picked up
Amsterdam’s lone win of the
day, sprinting to victory over
G-V’s Trevor McHugh in a
tight finish in the 100 freestyle.
Spagnola also praised freshman John Sawitzki as a swimmer whose made huge amounts
of progress this season.
“He’s not just a great swimmer, he’s a great kid who pushes so hard,” Spagnola said.
“I’m excited to see him in the
future.”
With the regular season out of
the way, all that’s left for the
Rams is the hope for a solid
effort at next weekend’s sectional championships.
“We’re hoping for a good
turnout this year,” Knack said.
“We’ve got more people and
we’ve got some strong swimmers.”
Contact ADAM SHINDER
at adam.shinder@
recordernews.com
from page 24
Tonight, Amsterdam is back at 100 percent
and the Lady Rams have their chance against
the Lady Indians as the teams face off for the
Foothills Council championship at 6 p.m.
inside the Glens Falls Civic Center.
Amsterdam (14-5, 12-1 Foothills), hasn’t
lost a league game since that Dec. 14 setback.
Fedullo finished the regular season as the
leading scorer in the Foothills Council at 18.7
points per game, and the only time she’s
failed to reach double digits this season was
against Glens Falls — when she played barely seven minutes.
Glens Falls (16-3, 12-1), needed a secondhalf comeback Monday night for a 38-31 win
over Hudson Falls to claim the North
Division championship. The Lady Indians are
led by a dynamic pair of sisters, 5-foot-11
junior Lucy Tougas and 6-foot-1 freshman
Sophie Tougas, who combine to score nearly
60 percent of the Lady Indians’ points.
“Glens Falls is a very good team,”
Amsterdam coach Eric Duemler said after
Monday’s 63-37 win over Broadalbin-Perth.
“The sisters are very good, obviously, and
they’ve got players around them who can
shoot. It’s a challenge.”
Here are some things to watch in tonight’s
Foothills Council title tilt:
MORE MILESTONES: There was plenty
of program history to be had for Amsterdam
in Monday’s win over Broadalbin-Perth as
Fedullo passed Amy Jo Stewart as the
school’s all-time leading scorer and Duemler
earned his 200th coaching win. Another milestone could be in sight for Fedullo with a big
game tonight. The junior — after some careful checking of her career scorelines — has
970 points in nearly three full varsity seasons,
putting her 30 away from becoming the first
Amsterdam girl to ever cross the 1,000-point
barrier. She’s scored 30 or more points in a
game twice this season, including a careerhigh 37 Saturday in a win over John F.
Kennedy in the Bronx.
DEVINE INTERVENTION: While the loss
of Fedullo was certainly a major blow to the
Lady Rams in their December loss to Glens
Falls, the common absence in both that game
and the 2015 league championship game was
Amsterdam point guard Kaitlyn Devine. The
senior was on vacation for last year’s title game
and was still nursing a sprained ankle in
December that kept her out of the lineup until
last week. Her presence in the lineup adds speed
and athleticism that should give Amsterdam a
boost in transition and give the Lady Rams
more versatility in how they deal with the
Tougas sisters on defense.
BOMBS AWAY: The wide-open Glens
Falls Civic Center is notoriously unfriendly
for shooters, and while neither team is particularly reliant on the 3-pointer — Amsterdam
has made 69 shots from beyond the arc this
season, compared to 59 for Glens Falls — if
either team gets hot from 3-point range it
could make a major difference, particularly if
Amsterdam can stretch the floor with either
Brady Santiago or Maria Lomanto.
THE OTHER INDIANS: Sophie and Lucy
Tougas are a sensational combination for
Glens Falls, but if they take up too much
attention, the rest of the Lady Indians can do
some damage. Caitlin Hogan is the team’s top
outside shooter (25 3-pointers), and scored 14
points in the December win over Amsterdam.
Taylor Scarincio provides a strong inside
presence, with Emma Bayle and Emilie
Moses both capable of adding crucial points
as well.
CONTROLLING THE PAINT: With the
Tougas sisters and Scarincio, Glens Falls
doesn’t lack for size and the ability to get into
the paint. Amsterdam’s Autumn Duemler and
Giuliana Pritchard have been a terrific defensive duo at the bottom of the Lady Rams’ 3-2
zone this season. They’ll need to control the
rebounding matchup on defense and chip in
some timely points on offense if the Lady
Rams want to win tonight.
FEBRUARY 4
BOYS BASKETBALL
Foothills Council championship, Glens Falls Civic
Center, 7:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Foothills Council championship, Amsterdam vs. Glens
Falls, Glens Falls Civic
Center, 6 p.m.
FEBRUARY 5
BOYS BASKETBALL
Cobleskill-Richmondville at
Fonda-Fultonville, 6:30 p.m.
Foothills Council
crossovers, TBA
WAC crossovers, at FultonMontgomery CC, TBA
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Fonda-Fultonville at
Cobleskill-Richmondville,
6:30 p.m.
WAC crossovers, at FultonMontgomery CC, TBA
Foothills Council
crossovers, TBA
FEBRUARY 6
BOYS BASKETBALL
WAC crossovers, at FultonMontgomery CC, TBA
GIRLS BASKETBALL
WAC crossovers, at FultonMontgomery CC, TBA
WRESTLING
Amsterdam at Section II
Division 1 Class 2
Championships, Burnt HillsBallston Lake HS, 10 a.m.
Fonda-Fultonville,
Canajoharie-Fort Plain at
Section II Division 2 Class 2
Championships, Tamarac
HS, 10 a.m.
Galway at Section II
Division 2 Class 3
Championships, Whitehall
HS, 10 a.m.
FEBRUARY 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
Bishop Maginn at
Amsterdam, 7:30 p.m.
WAC Cup, at FultonMontgomery CC, TBA
GIRLS BASKETBALL
WAC Cup, at FultonMontgomery CC, TBA
FEBRUARY 10
BOYS BASKETBALL
Section II seeding meeting,
10 a.m.
Local,
from page 24
with 15 and 11 points,
respectively.
MEN'S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Herkimer County CC 63,
Fulton-Montgomery CC 60
Patrick Dorrian led a balanced effort with 13 points as
the Generals topped F-MCC.
Justin Harley and Tru
Garland added 11 points
apiece for HCCC, with Harley
also grabbing 13 rebounds.
Ayodele Akinmola scored a
game-high 24 points,
Barceem Dukes put up a
double-double with 11 points
and 14 rebounds and Dylan
O'Connor scored 10 points
for the Raiders.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Fulton-Montgomery CC 68,
Herkimer County CC 49
Rylie Smith led four Lady
Raiders in double figures with
14 points, and F-MCC used a
65-43 rebounding advantage
to notch a win over Herkimer.
My'eesa Grant added 13
points and grabbed 17
rebounds for F-MCC. The
Lady Raiders also got 10
points apiece from Torri
Richard and Sabriana
Francks.
The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
THE SCOREBOARD
Thursday, February 4, 2016 / 23
BASKETBALL
ON THE AIR
NBA standings
Heat 93, Mavericks 90
Pacers 114, Nets 100
Women’s scores
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto
33 16 .673
—
Boston
29 22 .569
5
New York
23 28 .451
11
Brooklyn
12 38 .240 21 1/2
Philadelphia
7
42 .143
26
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta
29 22 .569
—
Miami
28 22 .560 1/2
Charlotte
24 25 .490
4
Washington
21 26 .447
6
Orlando
21 27 .438 6 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland
35 13 .729
—
Chicago
27 21 .563
8
Indiana
26 23 .531 9 1/2
Detroit
26 24 .520
10
Milwaukee
20 31 .392 16 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio
41
8 .837
—
Memphis
29 20 .592
12
Dallas
28 24 .538 14 1/2
Houston
26 25 .510
16
New Orleans
18 30 .375 22 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 38 13 .745
—
Portland
24 26 .480 13 1/2
Utah
23 25 .479 13 1/2
Denver
19 31 .380 18 1/2
Minnesota
15 36 .294
23
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Golden State
45
4 .918
—
L.A. Clippers
32 17 .653
13
Sacramento
21 28 .429
24
Phoenix
14 36 .280 31 1/2
L.A. Lakers
10 41 .196
36
MIAMI (93)
Deng 4-9 6-7 15, Bosh 10-23 0-1 20,
Stoudemire 2-4 2-2 6, Dragic 3-10 0-0
7, Wade 6-19 6-8 18, Winslow 2-6 0-0 4,
Green 0-2 3-5 3, McRoberts 1-3 0-0 2,
Udrih 4-7 0-0 8, Whiteside 5-5 0-0 10.
Totals 37-88 17-23 93.
DALLAS (90)
Parsons 4-13 3-3 12, Nowitzki 10-21 67 28, Pachulia 4-7 2-5 10, Barea 4-12 00 11, Matthews 4-10 0-0 9, Anderson 27 0-0 5, Felton 4-12 3-4 11, McGee 2-5
0-0 4. Totals 34-87 14-19 90.
Miami
21 26 27 19 — 93
Dallas
21 25 19 25 — 90
3-Point Goals—Miami 2-15 (Dragic
1-2, Deng 1-2, Green 0-1, McRoberts
0-1, Winslow 0-1, Wade 0-1, Udrih 0-1,
Bosh 0-6), Dallas 8-20 (Barea 3-6,
Nowitzki 2-2, Anderson 1-2, Parsons
1-3, Matthews 1-5, Felton 0-2).
Fouled
Out—None.
Rebounds—
Miami 63 (Whiteside 9), Dallas 52
(Pachulia
15). Assists—Miami 18
(Dragic 7), Dallas 18 (Felton,
Pachulia, Barea 4). Total Fouls—
Miami 20, Dallas 16. Technicals—
Dallas Coach Carlisle.
Flagrant
Fouls—Anderson. A—20,385 (19,200).
INDIANA (114)
George 6-18 3-4 17, J.Hill 3-3 0-0 6,
Turner 4-11 1-2 9, G.Hill 4-8 3-3 13,
Ellis 5-7 0-0 11, J.Young 3-6 0-0 8,
Allen 6-12 0-1 12, Miles 10-15 3-3 27,
S.Hill 2-4 2-2 7, Robinson III 1-3 2-2 4,
Whittington 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 44-88 1417 114.
BROOKLYN (100)
Johnson 7-12 2-2 20, T.Young 6-12 4-6
16, Lopez 6-13 9-14 21, Sloan 4-12 3-4
11, Ellington 6-12 2-2 16, Bargnani 1-2
0-0 2, Larkin 1-4 1-2 3, Bogdanovic 39 0-1 7, Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Robinson 1-3
0-0 2, Karasev 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-82
21-31 100.
Indiana
26 36 25 27 —114
Brooklyn
23 20 34 23 —100
3-Point Goals—Indiana 12-24 (Miles
4-7, G.Hill 2-2, George 2-4, J.Young 25, S.Hill 1-2, Ellis 1-3, Robinson III 01), Brooklyn 7-23
(Johnson 4-5,
Ellington 2-8, Bogdanovic 1-3, Lopez
0-1, Larkin 0-1, Brown 0-1, Sloan 0-4).
Fouled
Out—None.
Rebounds—
Indiana 48 (Allen 8), Brooklyn 55
(T.Young 14). Assists—Indiana 23
(George 6), Brooklyn 25 (Johnson 9).
Total Fouls—Indiana 20, Brooklyn 20.
Technicals—Brooklyn
defensive
three second. A—13,311 (17,732).
EAST
Albany (NY) 63, UMBC 39
Army 84, Lafayette 57
Binghamton 54, Stony Brook 47
Bucknell 60, American U. 54, OT
Buffalo 51, Ohio 43
Caldwell 80, Nyack 62
Duquesne 73, UMass 64, OT
Fordham 76, George Washington 69
Hartford 75, Mass.-Lowell 70, OT
Holy Cross 70, Colgate 61
Lehigh 76, Loyola (Md.) 68
Maine 63, Vermont 51
Old Westbury 77, St. Joseph’s (LI) 43
Rhode Island 62, La Salle 52
Rutgers-Camden 59, Stockton 44
Temple 55, SMU 35
SOUTH
Barton 69, Mount Olive 64
Belmont 99, Morehead St. 71
Bryan 70, Columbia (SC) 50
Columbus St. 73, Clayton St. 64
Davidson 68, George Mason 63
E. Kentucky 70, Tennessee St. 66
Emmanuel (Ga.) 78, Erskine 68
Emory & Henry 71, Hollins 48
Limestone 59, North Greenville 39
Lincoln Memorial 81, Brevard 44
Milligan 69, Bluefield 59
Shaw 75, Virginia St. 48
South Florida 82, Cincinnati 49
Tulsa 55, East Carolina 54
UConn 96, Tulane 38
VCU 52, St. Bonaventure 47
Virginia Union 90, Livingstone 81
MIDWEST
Ball St. 78, Akron 71
Cent. Michigan 66, E. Michigan 65
Miami (Ohio) 55, Kent St. 52
Michigan St. 85, Michigan 64
Olivet 67, Kalamazoo 50
Ripon 62, Carroll (Wis.) 53
SE Missouri 96, Murray St. 59
Saint Louis 73, Richmond 48
Toledo 80, W. Michigan 68
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 87, Kansas St. 52
Cent. Arkansas 80, SE Louisiana 58
Houston 64, UCF 55
Oklahoma St. 71, Oklahoma 69
FAR WEST
Boise St. 63, Utah St. 58
Colorado St. 70, San Diego St. 54
San Jose St. 66, Fresno St. 64
UC Santa Barbara 79, Cal St.Fullerton 49
UNLV 57, New Mexico 48
Wyoming 84, Air Force 56
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Tuesday’s Games
Boston 97, New York 89
Houston 115, Miami 102
Toronto 104, Phoenix 97
Portland 107, Milwaukee 95
L.A. Lakers 119, Minnesota 115
Wednesday’s Games
Atlanta 124, Philadelphia 86
Charlotte 106, Cleveland 97
Indiana 114, Brooklyn 100
Boston 102, Detroit 95
Oklahoma City 117, Orlando 114
Golden State 134, Washington 121
San Antonio 110, New Orleans 97
Miami 93, Dallas 90
Utah 85, Denver 81
Chicago 107, Sacramento 102
Minnesota 108, L.A. Clippers 102
Today’s Games
New York at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.
Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.
Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Memphis at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Denver, 9 p.m.
Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
Timberwolves 108,
Clippers 102
MINNESOTA (108)
Prince 3-7 2-2 8, Dieng 4-6 4-5 12,
Towns 7-16 2-2 17, Rubio 1-6 6-7 8,
Wiggins 12-21 4-4 31, Rudez 3-3 0-0 8,
LaVine 7-14 1-3 17, Muhammad 1-2 22 4, Miller 1-2 1-1 3. Totals 39-77 22-26
108.
L.A. CLIPPERS (102)
Pierce 1-5 0-0 3, Mbah a Moute 3-4 02 7, Jordan 7-8 4-10 18, Paul 6-14 6-6
22, Redick 1-9 2-2 5, Johnson 4-9 1-2
12, Crawford 5-15 10-10 21, Rivers 2-4
0-0 4, Prigioni 1-3 0-0 2, Aldrich 1-1 22 4, Stephenson 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 33-75
25-34 102.
Minnesota
27 26 23 32 —108
L.A. Clippers 27 28 19 28 —102
3-Point
Goals—Minnesota
8-17
(Wiggins 3-5, Rudez 2-2, LaVine 2-4,
Towns 1-3, Rubio 0-1, Miller 0-1,
Muhammad 0-1), L.A. Clippers 11-32
(Paul 4-9, Johnson 3-8, Mbah a Moute
1-1, Pierce 1-3, Crawford 1-4, Redick
1-4, Rivers 0-1, Stephenson 0-1,
Prigioni 0-1). Fouled Out—Johnson.
Rebounds—Minnesota 49 (Towns 12),
L.A. Clippers 44 (Jordan
15).
Assists—Minnesota 24 (Miller, Rubio
7), L.A. Clippers 20 (Paul 8). Total
Fouls—Minnesota 24, L.A. Clippers
22. Technicals—Paul, Rivers 2.
Ejected— Rivers. A—19,060 (19,060).
Bulls 107, Kings 102
CHICAGO (107)
Snell 4-6 0-0 9, Gibson 5-9 2-3 12,
Gasol 6-16 2-2 16, Rose 6-15 9-10 21,
Moore 9-16 2-4 24, Portis 4-8 0-0 8,
McDermott 4-10 1-2 11, Hinrich 1-2 00 3, Brooks 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 40-88 16-21
107.
SACRAMENTO (102)
Gay 5-13 2-2 12, Cousins 12-25 6-11 30,
Cauley-Stein 1-4 0-0 2, Rondo 3-9 0-0
6, Belinelli 7-14 1-2 18, Casspi 4-7 0-0
10, Collison 8-11 3-4 19, Koufos 0-1 0-0
0, McLemore 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 42-88 1219 102.
Chicago
34 26 20 27 — 107
Sacramento
25 32 18 27 — 102
3-Point
Goals—Chicago
11-21
(Moore 4-5, Gasol 2-2, McDermott 26, Hinrich 1-1, Snell 1-2, Brooks 1-3,
Portis 0-1, Rose 0-1), Sacramento 620 (Belinelli 3-7, Casspi 2-3,
McLemore 1-2, Rondo 0-1, Gay 0-2,
Collison 0-2, Cousins 0-3). Fouled
Out—Gay. Rebounds—Chicago 57
(Gasol 13), Sacramento 49 (Cousins
11). Assists—Chicago 26 (Rose 9),
Sacramento
21 (Rondo 9). Total
Fouls—Chicago 21, Sacramento 19.
Technicals—Portis, Chicago defensive three second, Casspi. A—17,317
(17,317).
Jazz 85, Nuggets 81
DENVER (81)
Gallinari 5-16 12-14 24, Faried 5-8 4-5
14, Jokic 3-9 1-2 8, Mudiay 3-10 3-6 9,
Harris 4-9 2-2 11, Barton 5-8 0-0 10,
Lauvergne 0-4 0-0 0, Nurkic 1-3 3-4 5,
Foye 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 26-70 25-33 81.
UTAH (85)
Hayward 5-12 6-6 16, Favors 7-14 2-4
16, Gobert 5-8 2-4 12, Neto 3-9 2-2 10,
Hood 3-12 1-2 8, Booker 4-5 0-1 8,
Johnson 2-5 0-0 6, Burke 1-4 0-0 2,
Ingles 0-0 0-0 0, Green 0-1 0-0 0, Lyles
3-4 1-1 7. Totals 33-74 14-20 85.
Denver
23 23 17 18 — 81
Utah
21 19 21 24 — 85
3-Point
Goals—Denver
4-18
(Gallinari 2-7, Jokic 1-2, Harris 1-5,
Foye 0-1, Barton 0-1, Lauvergne 0-2),
Utah 5-22 (Neto 2-4, Johnson 2-5,
Hood 1-6, Green 0-1, Burke 0-2,
Hayward 0-4). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Denver 52 (Barton 10),
Utah 47 (Favors 11). Assists—
Denver 11
(Mudiay 6), Utah 14
(Hayward 5). Total Fouls—Denver
19, Utah 19.
Flagrant Fouls—
Gallinari. A—19,461 (19,911).
Spurs 110, Pelicans 97
NEW ORLEANS (97)
Gee 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 11-22 6-7 28, Asik
3-4 0-1 6, Cole 7-17 0-0 14, DejeanJones 3-7 0-0 8, Holiday 8-18 4-4 20,
R.Anderson 4-9 2-2 10, Douglas 1-6 00 3, Cunningham 2-3 0-0 4, Ajinca 2-2
0-0 4. Totals 41-90 12-14 97.
SAN ANTONIO (110)
Leonard 11-17 3-4 26, Aldridge 12-20
12-12 36, West 6-10 2-2 14, Parker 1-2
0-0 2, Green 6-12 0-0 16, Ginobili 2-8 00 6, Mills 3-6 0-0 8, Diaw 0-2 0-0 0,
K.Anderson 0-3 0-0 0, McCallum 0-0 00 0, Simmons 0-0 0-0 0, Butler 1-1 0-0
2. Totals 42-81 17-18 110.
New Orleans 27 18 34 18 — 97
San Antonio
30 23 30 27 —110
3-Point Goals—New Orleans 3-19
(Dejean-Jones 2-5, Douglas 1-4,
Cunningham 0-1, Gee 0-1, Davis 0-1,
Cole 0-1, R.Anderson 0-2, Holiday 04), San Antonio 9-15 (Green 4-8, Mills
2-2, Ginobili 2-3, Leonard
1-2).
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New
Orleans 51 (Asik 11), San Antonio 40
(Green 7). Assists—New Orleans 21
(Cole 9), San Antonio 30 (Parker 8).
Total Fouls—New Orleans 23, San
Antonio 13. Technicals—San Antonio
Coach Popovich. A—18,418 (18,797).
Warriors 134,
Wizards 121
GOLDEN STATE (134)
Barnes 5-11 1-1 12, Green 3-5 6-9 12,
Bogut 1-2 0-4 2, Curry 19-28 2-3 51,
K.Thompson 8-19 2-2 24, Iguodala 3-7
1-4 9, Barbosa 1-5 2-2 4, Speights 4-9
0-0 8, Livingston 4-5 1-2 9, Rush 1-2 12 3. Totals 49-93 16-29 134.
WASHINGTON (121)
Porter 3-6 3-4 9, Dudley 1-4 2-2 5,
Gortat 4-8 1-2 9, Wall 17-25 4-6 41,
Temple 2-9 3-3 8, Beal 8-17 1-1 18,
Nene 3-7 6-10 12, Sessions 5-6 1-2 12,
Gooden 0-3 0-0 0, Neal 3-6 0-0 7, Eddie
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 46-91 21-30 121.
Golden State 43 31 29 31 — 134
Washington
28 32 32 29 — 121
3-Point Goals—Golden State 20-42
(Curry 11-16, K.Thompson 6-13,
Iguodala 2-4, Barnes 1-4, Barbosa 0-1,
Rush 0-1, Green 0-1, Speights 0-2),
Washington 8-23 (Wall 3-3, Sessions 11, Neal 1-2, Dudley 1-2, Temple 1-5,
Beal 1-7, Gooden 0-1, Porter 0-2).
Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—
Golden State 63 (Green 10),
Washington 48 (Gortat 8). Assists—
Golden State 35 (Green 12),
Washington 26 (Wall 10). Total
Fouls—Golden State 24, Washington
22.
Technicals—Wall.
A—20,356
(20,308).
Thunder 117,
Magic 114
ORLANDO (114)
Harris 7-14 0-2 15, Gordon 1-10 0-0 2,
Vucevic 8-16 0-0 16, Payton 3-11 0-0 6,
Oladipo 13-19 8-8 37, Hezonja 6-10 0-0
16, Fournier 2-4 2-2 7, Frye 1-4 0-0 2,
Smith 6-7 0-0 13. Totals 47-95 10-12 114.
OKLAHOMA CITY (117)
Durant 12-25 7-8 37, Ibaka 4-11 1-1 9,
Adams 3-7 1-2 7, Westbrook 10-18 4-4
24, Waiters 2-6 4-6 8, Singler 2-4 0-0 5,
Payne 3-5 3-4 9, Kanter 6-8 0-0 13,
Morrow 2-8 0-0 5, Collison 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 44-93 20-25 117.
Orlando
32 33 29 20 — 114
Oklahoma City 32 34 30 21 — 117
3-Point
Goals—Orlando
10-23
(Hezonja 4-6, Oladipo 3-5, Smith 1-1,
Fournier 1-3, Harris 1-4, Frye 0-2,
Gordon 0-2), Oklahoma City 9-27
(Durant 6-12, Kanter 1-1, Singler 1-3,
Morrow 1-4, Westbrook 0-1, Payne 02, Ibaka 0-2, Waiters 0-2). Fouled
Out—None. Rebounds—Orlando 46
(Oladipo, Harris 7), Oklahoma City
58 (Westbrook 19). Assists—Orlando
25 (Payton 6), Oklahoma City 25
(Westbrook 14). Total Fouls—
Orlando 18,
Oklahoma City 17.
Technicals—Oladipo,
Payton,
Orlando defensive three
second.
Flagrant Fouls—Smith. A—18,203
(18,203).
Celtics 102, Pistons 95
DETROIT (95)
Morris 4-17 5-6 15, Ilyasova 6-11 2-4
16, Drummond 6-11 4-6 16, Jackson 59 4-4 17, Caldwell-Pope 2-6 0-0 4,
S.Johnson 4-13 0-0 11, Jennings 2-8 12 5, Tolliver 1-4 0-0 3, Baynes 0-3 4-6 4,
Hilliard 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 32-85 20-28 95.
BOSTON (102)
Crowder 5-12 2-3 12, A.Johnson 2-4 00 4, Sullinger 6-11 0-0 12, Thomas 7-17
1-2 17, Bradley 7-15 0-0 15, Smart 4-10
0-0 12, Turner 4-8 6-6 14, Olynyk 3-10
0-0 6, Jerebko 2-5 0-0 4, Zeller 2-4 2-2
6. Totals 42-96 11-13 102.
Detroit
16 20 24 35 — 95
Boston
27 29 22 24 — 102
3-Point
Goals—Detroit
11-34
(Jackson
3-6,
S.Johnson
3-10,
Ilyasova 2-3, Morris 2-6, Tolliver 1-4,
Hilliard 0-1, Caldwell-Pope 0-1,
Jennings 0-3), Boston 7-21 (Smart 47, Thomas 2-4, Bradley 1-2, Jerebko 01, Crowder 0-3, Olynyk 0-4). Fouled
Out—None. Rebounds—Detroit 62
(Drummond 13), Boston 55 (Olynyk
7). Assists—Detroit 18 (Jackson 7),
Boston 28 (Thomas 7). Total Fouls—
Detroit 18, Boston 24. A—17,297
(18,624).
SPORTS TODAY
1948 — After landing the first double
axel in Olympic competition, Dick
Button becomes the first American to
win the Olympic gold medal in figure
skating. Gretchen Fraser becomes
the first American woman to win the
Olympic slalom.
1960 — Bill Russell grabs 51
rebounds — the first NBA player to
reach 50 — in the Boston Celtics’ 124100 victory over the Syracuse
Hornets 106,
Cavaliers 97
CLEVELAND (97)
James 10-21 3-5 23, Love 4-12 2-2 12,
Thompson 2-4 0-0 4, Irving 10-17 5-5
26, Smith 5-14 0-0 14, Mozgov 2-2 0-0 4,
M. Williams 2-7 0-0 5, Shumpert 1-4 12 4, R.Jefferson 1-1 0-0 3, Varejao 1-1
0-0 2. Totals 38-83 11-14 97.
CHARLOTTE (106)
Kidd-Gilchrist
5-14
1-2
11,
Ma.Williams 5-7 3-3 16, Zeller 3-7 0-0
6, Lin 7-13 8-11 24, Batum 3-8 3-3 10,
Lamb 3-10 0-0 7, Kaminsky 7-8 0-0 15,
Roberts 2-4 4-4 8, Hairston 1-3 0-0 3,
Hawes 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 39-79 19-23 106.
Cleveland
23 35 17 22 — 97
Charlotte
23 26 33 24 — 106
3-Point
Goals—Cleveland
10-28
(Smith 4-9, Love 2-7, R.Jefferson 1-1,
M. Williams 1-2, Shumpert 1-2, Irving
1-4, James 0-3), Charlotte 9-27
(Ma.Williams 3-5, Lin 2-4, Kaminsky
1-2, Lamb 1-3, Hairston 1-3, Batum 16, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-1, Roberts 0-1,
Hawes 0-2). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Cleveland 36 (Love 12),
Charlotte 56 (Kidd-Gilchrist 13).
Assists—Cleveland 16 (James 6),
Charlotte 26 (Lin 8). Total Fouls—
Cleveland
19,
Charlotte
14.
Technicals—Smith, Hawes. A—19,189
(19,077).
Hawks 124, 76ers 86
ATLANTA (124)
Bazemore 4-7 2-2 12, Millsap 3-11 3-4
10, Horford 3-4 1-2 7, Teague 4-12 0-0
10, Korver 2-3 0-0 5, Muscala 4-5 4-7
12, Sefolosha 5-7 1-2 12, Schroder 4-10
4-5 12, Hardaway Jr. 5-8 2-2 13, Scott
6-10 0-0 13, Patterson 2-4 0-0 5, Mack
4-8 1-1 9, Tavares 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 4892 18-25 124.
PHILADELPHIA (86)
Covington 3-9 0-1 6, Noel 5-5 0-1 10,
Okafor 5-10 0-0 10, Smith 3-9 1-2 7,
Stauskas 5-7 5-5 17, Grant 0-4 0-0 0,
Canaan 4-10 0-0 11, Thompson 2-7 2-2
7, McConnell 1-5 0-0 2, Landry 3-7 0-0
6, Marshall 0-3 0-0 0, Sampson 2-4 1-1
5, Holmes 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 35-84 10-14
86.
Atlanta
27 31 30 36 — 124
Philadelphia 17 25 20 24 — 86
3-Point
Goals—Atlanta
10-20
(Teague 2-4, Bazemore 2-4, Sefolosha
1-1, Scott 1-1, Patterson 1-2, Millsap 12, Korver 1-2, Hardaway Jr. 1-3,
Mack 0-1), Philadelphia 6-27 (Canaan
3-6, Stauskas 2-3, Thompson
1-4,
Landry 0-1, McConnell 0-1, Holmes 01, Sampson 0-1, Smith 0-2, Marshall
0-2, Grant 0-2, Covington 0-4). Fouled
Out—None.
Rebounds—Atlanta 61
(Scott 9), Philadelphia 43 (Noel 7).
Assists—Atlanta 28 (Hardaway Jr.,
Horford 4), Philadelphia 27 (Smith
7). Total
Fouls—Atlanta 12,
Philadelphia 20. Technicals—Atlanta
defensive three
second. A—10,429
(20,318).
College scores
EAST
Albany (NY) 79, UMBC 73
American U. 69, Bucknell 55
Army 84, Lafayette 81, OT
Boston U. 83, Navy 72
George Washington 79, Davidson 69
Illinois 110, Rutgers 101, 3OT
Lehigh 71, Loyola (Md.) 66
Mass.-Lowell 85, Hartford 83
Seton Hall 79, Marquette 62
St. Bonaventure 83, Saint Joseph’s 73
Stony Brook 76, Binghamton 51
VCU 88, La Salle 70
Vermont 85, Maine 68
Villanova 83, Creighton 58
SOUTH
Charlotte 92, NC A&T 72
Coastal Carolina 69, Presbyterian 66
Florida 87, Arkansas 83
Gardner-Webb 79, High Point 74
George Mason 78, Richmond 74
Longwood 80, Campbell 79
Miami 79, Notre Dame 70
UNC
Asheville
63,
Charleston
Southern 55
Virginia 61, Boston College 47
MIDWEST
Albion 67, Calvin 66
Alma 68, Adrian 63
Aquinas 72, Lawrence Tech 71
Augsburg 83, Hamline 73
Baker 94, Evangel 73
Beloit 86, Illinois College 71
Cardinal Stritch 66, Roosevelt 63
Concordia (Moor.) 60, Carleton 45
Concordia (Wis.) 73, Marian (Wis.)
72
Cornerstone 94, Siena Heights 53
Davenport 97, Michigan-Dearborn 55
Hope 94, Olivet 58
Illinois St. 78, Loyola of Chicago 70
Indiana Tech 95, Marygrove 82
Iowa 73, Penn St. 49
Kansas 77, Kansas St. 59
Lakeland 87, Edgewood 83
Madonna 78, Northwestern Ohio 68
Maryland 70, Nebraska 65
Mississippi 76, Missouri 73
N. Iowa 57, Evansville 54
St. Thomas (Minn.) 87, Gustavus 72
Trine 78, Kalamazoo 66
Viterbo 77, Silver Lake 55
W. Illinois 83, Nebraska-Omaha 76
Wichita St. 76, S. Illinois 55
William Penn 88, Grand View 82, OT
Wis.
Lutheran
73,
Milwaukee
Engineering 70
Wis.-Eau Claire 78, Wis.-River Falls
56
Wis.-La Crosse 74, Wis.-Stout 67
Wis.-Oshkosh 79, Wis.-Platteville 72
Wis.-Whitewater 72, Wis.-Stevens Pt.
51
Xavier 90, St. John’s 83
SOUTHWEST
Texas Tech 63, Oklahoma St. 61, OT
FAR WEST
Arizona 79, Washington St. 64
CS Northridge 73, UC Riverside 71
San Jose St. 65, Fresno St. 53
UC Irvine 78, Cal Poly 72, OT
Washington 95, Arizona St. 83, OT
BASEBALL
Remaining free agents
NEW YORK (AP) — The 75 remaining free agents (q-did not accept
qualifying offer):
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON (1) — Craig Breslow, lhp.
CLEVELAND (3) — Gavin Floyd,
rhp; Ryan Raburn, dh; Ryan Webb,
rhp.
DETROIT (3) — Joe Nathan, rhp;
Alfredo Simon, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp.
KANSAS CITY (4) — Jonny Gomes,
of; Jeremy Guthrie, rhp; Franklin
Morales, lhp; Alex Rios, of.
LOS ANGELES (6) — David
DeJesus, of; David Freese, 3b; Matt
Joyce, of; Mat Latos, rhp; David
Murphy, of; Shane Victorino, of.
MINNESOTA (4) — Blaine Boyer,
rhp; Neal Cotts, lhp; Brian
Duensing, lhp; Torii Hunter, of.
OAKLAND (1) — Barry Zito, lhp.
SEATTLE (1) — Joe Beimel, lhp.
TAMPA
BAY
(1)
—
Grady
Sizemore, of.
TEXAS (4) — q-Yovani Gallardo,
rhp; Ross Ohlendorf, rhp; Drew
Stubbs, of; Will Venable, of.
TORONTO (3) — Mark Buehrle,
lhp; Jeff Francis, lhp; LaTroy
Hawkins, rhp.
———
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHICAGO (6) — Chris Denorfia, of;
q-Dexter Fowler, of; Dan Haren,
rhp; Tommy Hunter, rhp; Austin
Jackson, of; Fernando Rodney, rhp.
CINCINNATI
(4)
—
Burke
Badenhop, rhp; Sean Marshall, lhp;
Manny Parra, lhp; Skip Schumaker,
inf-of.
COLORADO (1) — Justin Morneau,
1b.
LOS ANGELES (4) — q-Howie
Kendrick, 2b; Joel Peralta, rhp;
Jimmy Rollins, ss.
MIAMI (2) — Don Kelly, 3b; Casey
McGehee, 3b.
MILWAUKEE (1) — Kyle Lohse,
rhp.
NEW YORK (4) — Tyler Clippard,
rhp; Eric O’Flaherty, lhp; Bobby
Parnell, rhp; Juan Uribe, 3b.
PHILADELPHIA (5) — Chad
Billingsley, rhp; Jeff Francoeur, of;
Aaron Harang, rhp; Cliff Lee, lhp;
Jerome Williams, rhp.
PITTSBURGH (3) — A.J. Burnett,
rhp; Corey Hart, 1b; Aramis
Ramirez, 3b.
ST. LOUIS (2) — Matt Belisle, rhp;
Randy Choate, lhp.
SAN DIEGO (2) — Clint Barmes, ss;
Josh Johnson, rhp.
SAN FRANCISCO (5) — Jeremy
Affeldt, lhp; Marlon Byrd, of; Tim
Hudson, rhp; Tim Lincecum, rhp;
Marco Scutaro, 2b.
WASHINGTON
(5)
—
q-Ian
Desmond, ss; Casey Janssen, rhp;
Nate McLouth, of; Matt Thornton,
lhp; Dan Uggla, 2b.
MLB calendar
Feb. 3-19 — Salary arbitration hearings, Phoenix.
Feb. 18 — Voluntary reporting date
for pitchers, catchers and injured
players.
Feb. 23 — Voluntary reporting date
for other players.
March 1 — Mandatory reporting
date.
March 16 — Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers
and pay 30 days termination pay
instead of 45 days.
March 30 — Last day to request
unconditional release waivers on a
player without having to pay his full
2016 salary.
April 3 — Opening day. Active rosters reduced to 25 players.
July 12 — All-Star Game, San Diego.
July 15 — Last day to sign for amateur draft picks subject to deadline.
July 24 — Hall of Fame inductions,
Cooperstown, N.Y.
Aug. 1 — Last day to trade a player
without securing waivers.
Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40
players.
November TBA — Deadline for
teams to make qualifying offers to
their eligible former players who
became free agents, fifth day after
World Series.
November TBA — Deadline for free
agents to accept qualifying offers,
12th day after World Series.
Dec. 1 — Collective bargaining
agreement between MLB and players’ association expires.
Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer
2017 contracts to unsigned players.
Dec. 5-8 — Winter meetings,
National Harbor, Md.
TELEVISION
College basketball
Ohio St. at Wisconsin, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Tulsa at Temple, ESPNU, 7 p.m.
South Florida at Cincinnati, CBSSN, 8 p.m.
UCF at Tulane, ESPNEWS, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Northwestern, BTN, 9 p.m.
UConn at Memphis, ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Murray St. at SE Missouri, ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Oregon, FS1, 9 p.m.
Utah at Oregon St., ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Portland at Pepperdine, ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Golf
European PGA Tour, Omega Dubai Desert Classic,
first round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Golf
Channel, 6:30 a.m.
LPGA Tour, Coates Golf Championship, second
round, at Ocala, Fla., Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
PGA Tour, Waste Management Phoenix Open, first
round, at Scottsdale, Ariz., Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
NBA basketball
New York at Detroit, TNT, 8 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, TNT, 10:30 p.m.
NHL hockey
N.Y. Islanders at Washington, NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles, NBCSN, 10 p.m.
Women’s college basketball
Iowa at Indiana, BTN, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at South Carolina, SEC, 7 p.m.
Mississippi St. at LSU, SEC, 9 p.m.
HOCKEY
NHL standings
Sabres 4, Canadiens 2
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W LOTPtsGFGA
Florida
50 30 15 5 65 140 110
Tampa Bay
50 28 18 4 60 133 118
Detroit
50 25 17 8 58 123 127
Boston
50 26 18 6 58 150 135
Ottawa
51 23 22 6 52 144 161
Montreal
52 24 24 4 52 140 142
Buffalo
51 21 26 4 46 118 138
Toronto
49 18 22 9 45 118 137
Metropolitan Division
GP W LOTPtsGFGA
Washington
48 35 9 4 74 160 109
N.Y. Rangers 50 27 18 5 59 144 132
N.Y. Islanders 48 26 16 6 58 135 121
Pittsburgh
49 25 17 7 57 127 125
New Jersey
51 26 20 5 57 117 120
Carolina
52 23 21 8 54 124 139
Philadelphia 48 22 18 8 52 113 129
Columbus
52 19 28 5 43 134 168
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W LOTPtsGFGA
Chicago
54 34 16 4 72 149 123
Dallas
51 32 14 5 69 167 136
St. Louis
53 29 16 8 66 130 128
Colorado
53 27 23 3 57 144 144
Nashville
51 24 19 8 56 129 132
Minnesota
50 23 18 9 55 124 120
Winnipeg
50 22 25 3 47 129 145
Pacific Division
GP W LOTPtsGFGA
Los Angeles 50 31 16 3 65 135 115
San Jose
49 26 19 4 56 144 132
Anaheim
48 23 18 7 53 104 113
Arizona
50 24 21 5 53 133 152
Vancouver
50 20 19 11 51 122 139
Calgary
49 22 24 3 47 130 147
Edmonton
51 20 26 5 45 127 150
Buffalo
1 0 3
—4
Montreal
0 2 0
—2
First Period—1, Buffalo, Foligno 4
(Girgensons,
Franson),
5:10.
Penalties—Buffalo bench, served by
Deslauriers (too many men), 9:00.
Second Period—2, Montreal, Weise
12 (Pacioretty, Subban), 3:19 (pp). 3,
Montreal,
Galchenyuk
12
(Plekanec),
11:04.
Penalties—
Larsson, Buf (hooking), 2:11;
Plekanec, Mon (hooking), 4:08;
Fleischmann, Mon (slashing), 15:02.
Third Period—4, Buffalo, McGinn 11
(Ristolainen, Eichel), 7:34 (pp). 5,
Buffalo,
Larsson
2
(McCabe,
Franson), 11:46. 6, Buffalo, Gionta 7
(R.O’Reilly), 19:47 (en). Penalties—
Gilbert, Mon (tripping), 7:00.
Shots on Goal—Buffalo 11-10-11—32.
Montreal 12-9-14—35.
Power-play opportunities—Buffalo 1
of 3; Montreal 1 of 2.
Goalies—Buffalo, Lehner 2-3-0 (35
shots-33 saves). Montreal, Condon 1315-4 (31-28).
A—21,288 (21,287). T—2:31.
Referees—Dan O’Halloran, Kevin
Pollock. Linesmen—Steve Miller,
Kiel Murchison.
NOTE: Two points for a win, one
point for overtime loss.
Tuesday’s Games
Toronto 4, Boston 3, OT
New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers 2
N.Y. Islanders 5, Minnesota 3
Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2
Pittsburgh 6, Ottawa 5
Florida 5, Washington 2
St. Louis 1, Nashville 0
Dallas 5, Winnipeg 3
Chicago 2, Colorado 1
Edmonton 5, Columbus 1
Los Angeles 6, Arizona 2
Anaheim 3, San Jose 2
Wednesday’s Games
Buffalo 4, Montreal 2
Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1
Calgary 4, Carolina 1
Today’s Games
Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7:30
p.m.
New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Arizona at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Flames 4,
Hurricanes 1
Carolina
1 0 0
—1
Calgary
1 2 1
—4
First
Period—1,
Calgary,
D.Hamilton 7 (Monahan, Giordano),
10:26 (pp). 2, Carolina, Lindholm 8
(Skinner, Rask), 10:44. Penalties—
Hainsey, Car (cross-checking), 9:52;
McClement, Car (tripping), 14:32;
D.Hamilton, Cal (holding), 17:29.
Second
Period—3,
Calgary,
Giordano 12 (Monahan, D.Hamilton),
11:32 (pp). 4, Calgary, Gaudreau 21
(Monahan,
Hudler),
12:10.
Penalties—Stajan, Cal (hooking),
5:04; Bennett, Cal (slashing), 8:07;
Di Giuseppe, Car (hooking), 10:21;
Stajan, Cal (slashing), 19:53.
Third Period—5, Calgary, Monahan
15
(Gaudreau,
Hudler),
2:47.
Penalties—Nash, Car (slashing),
11:00; Stajan, Cal (interference),
16:17.
Shots on Goal—Carolina 8-6-15—29.
Calgary 11-9-4—24.
Power-play opportunities—Carolina
0 of 5; Calgary 2 of 4.
Goalies—Carolina, Lack 9-10-3 (24
shots-20 saves). Calgary, Ramo 17-171 (29-28).
A—18,895 (19,289). T—2:22.
Referees—Jon
McIsaac,
Mike
Leggo. Linesmen—Lonnie Cameron,
Mark Wheler.
Lightning 3,
Red Wings 1
Detroit
0 1 0
—1
Tampa Bay
0 2 1
—3
First Period—None. Penalties—
Pulkkinen, Det (slashing), 16:12.
Second Period—1, Tampa Bay,
Brown 5 (Coburn), 1:23. 2, Detroit,
Nyquist 14 (Tatar, Quincey), 5:06. 3,
Tampa Bay, Johnson 6 (Kucherov,
Hedman), 6:30 (pp). Penalties—
Datsyuk, Det (tripping), 6:08; Boyle,
TB (holding), 11:03; Nyquist, Det
(roughing), 18:32; Nesterov, TB
(roughing), 18:32.
Third Period—4, Tampa Bay,
Kucherov 21 (Palat), 3:23 (pp).
Penalties—Nyquist, Det (holding
stick), 2:24; Killorn, TB (tripping),
5:39; Helm, Det (roughing), 6:40;
R.Callahan, TB (roughing), 6:40.
Shots on Goal—Detroit 10-8-7—25.
Tampa Bay 4-15-4—23.
Power-play opportunities—Detroit 0
of 2; Tampa Bay 2 of 3.
Goalies—Detroit, Mrazek 18-10-4 (23
shots-20 saves). Tampa Bay, Bishop
20-14-3 (25-24).
A—19,092 (19,092). T—2:26.
Referees—Dan O’Rourke, Kelly
Sutherland. Linesmen—John Grandt,
Jay Sharrers.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed
to terms with OF Andrew Brown on a
minor league contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to
terms with 1B Dae-Ho Lee and C
Steve Lerud on minor league contracts.
National League
NEW YORK METS — Agreed to
terms with RHP Jeurys Familia on a
one-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES —
Traded LHP Jesse Biddle to
Pittsburgh for RHP Yoervis Medina.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS — Recalled F
Mike Dunleavy from Santa Cruz
(NBADL).
HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned
F/C Donatas Motiejunas to Rio
Grande Valley (NBADL).
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled
Fs James Ennis and Jarell Martin
from Iowa (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB
Javier Arenas to a reserve/future
contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed
TE John Peters to a reserve/future
contract.
NEW YORK JETS — Named Brant
Boyer special teams coordinator.
Signed RB/KR Dri Archer to a
reserve/future contract.
WASHINGTON
REDSKINS
—
Signed DL Ziggy Hood to a
reserve/future contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL — Suspended Calgary D
Dennis Wideman 20 games for physical abuse of an official.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled
F Jayson Megna from Hartford
(AHL).
Taking it slow
Big night for Stephen
Ward, Stewart participate in
Broncos practice.
Curry lights up Wizards for Warriors’
eighth straight win.
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Sports
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Page 24
G-V swimmers down
Amsterdam at Lynch
Rams sophomore Knack qualifies for sectionals
By ADAM SHINDER
@RecorderShinder
Alex Cooper / Recorder staff
Amsterdam swimmer Nick Davilla competes in the 100 yard fly during the match against
Guilderland-Vorheesville on Wednesday, at Lynch Literacy Academy in Amsterdam.
Thomas Knack’s role for the
Amsterdam High School boys
swimming and diving team tends
to be that of a distance specialist,
so it’s not often that he hops in
the pool for a sprint race.
The sophomore did just that
during Wednesday afternoon’s
meet
against
GuilderlandVoorheesville at Lynch Literacy
Academy, when he took to the
starting block for the 50-yard
freestyle with a very particular
goal in mind.
Knack didn’t win the race — he
ended up third behind G-V’s
Joseph Gravino and Jeremy
Collison as part of a meet that
Amsterdam lost, 95-42 — but it
Sweeney lifts
Mayfield past
OESJ, 55-54
was his time that mattered most.
Knack hit the wall in 25.58 seconds, nearly a full second under
the qualifying standard of 26.50
seconds to reach the Section II
Division 2 championships.
On its own, it’s a satisfying
result. For Knack, it meant a bit
more, as the time means he’s
reached the qualifying standard
for sectionals in all eight individual races this season.
“The fact that Thomas made
sectionals in absolutely everything is awesome,” Amsterdam
coach Nancy Spagnola said.
“He’s only in 10th grade and he’s
doing so well.”
Reaching the sectional standard
in every event was a major goal
Please see SWIM,
Page 22
Lady Rams at
full strength
for title game
Wolfpack’s win streak
snapped at 18 games
Amsterdam meets GF
tonight at Civic Center
ST. JOHNSVILLE — Jay Sweeney
scored 19 points, and the Mayfield
held
LOCAL ROUNDUP Panthers
off a late charge
from
the
Oppenheim-Ephratah-St.
Johnsville Wolfpack to claim a 55-54 win
and end OESJ's season-opening 18-game
win streak in Western Athletic Conference
boys basketball action Wednesday.
Brendan Gifford added 17 points and
Tommy Gates scored 12 for Mayfield,
which knocked down nine 3-pointers en
route to the win.
Mayfield trailed 25-22 at halftime, then
surged to a double-digit lead by outscoring
OESJ 25-12 in the third quarter before
holding on as the Wolfpack rallied in the
final minutes.
AJ Hayes led OESJ (18-1, 11-1 WAC)
with 17 points, Dylan Klock scored 15 and
David Anselmo contributed nine points.
Canajoharie 65, Northville 40
Mike Hartlieb dominated the low post
with a game-high 24 points as the Cougars
overpowered Northville.
Alex Hayes added 17 points and Lucas
Sossei chipped in eight points for
Canajoharie.
Danny Reidell scored a team-high 20
points and Michael Kalkbrenner scored 11
for Northville.
Fort Plain 51, Galway 49
Jon Calbet poured in 19 points and Ryan
Delaurie chipped in with 18 points to help
Fort Plain hold off Galway.
Galway used a 17-11 fourth quarter sprint
to make the game close.
Quinn Smith scored 16 points and Thor
White and Tony Commissiong chipped in
Please see LOCAL,
Page 22
By ADAM SHINDER
@RecorderShinder
The Amsterdam Lady Rams have been
waiting a while to be at full strength for
another shot at the Glens Falls Lady
Indians.
Amsterdam has lost its last two
matchups against Glens Falls, but were
missing key players both in last year’s 4940 loss in the Foothills Council girls basketball championship game and this past
Dec. 14, when junior star Nina Fedullo
was knocked out of the game late in the
first quarter after she received a cut above
her right eye as the result of a collision
with Glens Falls’ Sophie Tougas and the
Lady Rams went on to lose, 65-43.
Please see RAMS,
Page 24
Buzzer Beater
Lisa Banta/For The Recorder
Yandeel Vazquez is congratulated by his Amsterdam seventh grade modified
teammates after he drilled a last-second shot to give the Rams a 40-39 victory over Gloversville Wednesday at Lynch Literacy Academy. In the background celebrating is the Amsterdam eighth grade modified basketball team.
For more, please see page 22.
Alex Cooper/Recorder staff
Amsterdam’s Gabriella Catena, right,
drives to the basket as Rome Free
Academy’s Emilee Finley (10) defends
during a recent game at Amsterdam
High School.