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S. Tier
a hotbed
for Lyme
disease
New York state had
6,597 cases last year
Sarah Mearhoff
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK

What Linda Wales thought was a

boil from gardening 22 years ago was a
“bulls-eye” rash — the first sign of
what would become chronic Lyme dis-
ease.
Lyme diagnoses weren’t common in
the Northeast in the 1990s and Wales
went undiagnosed for seven years, de-
spite her severe chronic full-body pain
and fatigue.
“Sometimes it hurt so much I
couldn’t even pick up a coffee cup,”
said Wales, who lives in Millerton,
Pennsylvania and co-founded A Hope
4 Lyme, an Elmira-based nonprofit.
Horses at Allerage Farm were afflicted with a swallowing disease at an unusually high rate. PHOTOS BY PATRICK OEHLER/STAFF In her seventh year of illness, Wales
said she began showing Alzheimer’s

Mystery of sick foals

disease-like symptoms. It was soon
after that her chiropractor told her
what Lyme was and that her symp-
toms matched up. Several blood tests
later, it was confirmed.
Borne by ticks usually carried by
deer, Lyme outbreaks have reached
After a two-year study, answers pending from epidemic proportions in some coun-
ties of New York State — particularly
Cornell if disease is linked to natural gas well around the Southern Tier region and
the Hudson River valley.
New York State (other than New
Tom Wilber Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin | USA TODAY NETWORK “You don’t York City) had 6,597 cases last year,

W
hen foals on Jeff Gural’s
farm were born with a po-
tentially fatal illness, the
well-known casino magnate and
horse breeder suspected a nearby
natural gas well was a factor.
That suspicion, shared by scien-
tists, will soon be supported or dis-
counted by a Cornell University team
that has spent two years analyzing
the horses’ health and signs of chem-
ical exposure on a molecular level.
The study is scheduled for comple-
tion by early next year.
From early 2014 through early
2016, 17 foals at Gural’s farm in Brad-
ford County, Pa., were born with dys-
phagia, a neurological condition ren-
dering them unable to swallow prop-
erly. They aspirated milk while nurs-
ing, which could lead to pneumonia
and death if untreated.
See FOULS, Page 10A
according to data recently released in
know if the the New York State Department of
problem Health’s 2016 Communicable Disease
Annual Report. That’s up 59 percent
went away from 4,155 in 2006.
1 Columbia, 635.7, 11 times the
because the state average (391)
water was 2 Greene, 623.6, 11 times (297)
3 Putnam, 347.3, six times (344)
treated, air 4 Rensselaer, 310.1, five times (497)
emissions 5 Essex, 194.9, three times (75)
6 Ulster, 194.9, three times (351)
stopped, or 7 Otsego, 174.8, three times (106)
8 Broome, 149.6, three times (294)
it was just a 9 Orange, 140.6, two times (531)
matter of 10 Washington, 136.6, two times
(85)
chance.” In the Southern Tier, Tioga County
Martin Siegel had 131.4 diagnoses per 100,000 resi-
Jeff Gural’s attorney dents (65); in Tompkins, 122.9 (129);
Delaware, 119.4 (55); Schuyler, 110 (20);
Chemung, 108 (94); Chenango, 90.1
(44); Steuben, 69.7 (68) and Cortland,
51.6 (25).
The diseases are reported based on
the residence of the victim, but the
tick-borne illness could have been
picked up anywhere.

An endemic: Lyme’s spread over

the years

The disease wasn’t always so com-

monplace in the Southern Tier,
though. Just five years ago, in 2011,

Jeffrey Gural is the owner of Allerage Farm in Sayre, Pennsylvania. See LYME, Page 19A

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Sister Pearse, 91, co-founded Windsor monastery
George Basler
Special to Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
For the past 38 years, Transfiguration
Monastery in Windsor has opened its
doors to visitors looking for a break from
hectic everyday life to reflect, meditate
and renew their spiritual life.
And for many of those years Sister
Jeanne-Marie Pearse was a welcoming
presence who greeted visitors with a
feeling of warmth and “a gracious sense
of hospitality,” said Sister Mary Donald
Corcoran, co-founder of the monastery
and former prioress.
The 91-year-old Roman Catholic sis-
ter, who died Oct. 8, co-founded the
monastery in 1979 on 131 acres of former
farmland. She watched it grow, over the
years, from a trailer on the property to
three buildings: an office and chapel, a
retreat residence with six bedrooms,
and a small gift shop.
Many hundreds of persons come
each year for contemplation and re-
treats in the rustic surroundings.
Sister Jeanne-Marie was a visionary
force behind the growth. “She had a
great trust in God and confidence, if God
wanted us to go on, help would come,”
Sister Mary Donald said.
A call to faith
Helping to establish the Windsor
monastery was part of a spiritual jour-
ney that led Sister Jeanne-Marie from
the casual Christianity of her youth to
monastic life, first in Europe and then in
the United States.
A native of Rochester, her father,
Herman Pearse, was a noted surgeon
who went to Japan after World War II to
surgically help with skin grafts on vic-
tims of the atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
That work, and her father’s example
of compassion, had an enormous influ-
ence on Sister Jeanne-Marie, her sister,
Polly Gates, said. The influence could
still be seen many years later when she
organized Contemplatives for Peace, a
network of contemplative communities
who pray for forgiveness for the drop-
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ping of the atom bombs, and for divine
help so that it never happens again.
Gates said her older sister was “confi-
dent and articulate” from an early age.
After attending Bryn Mawr and gradu-
ating from Sarah Lawrence College, she
worked as a teacher in an Episcopal
boarding school for girls where she was
baptized into the Episcopal Church.
Like many young people, she was
searching for meaning, and she found
that meaning in the realization that
“what makes life important is a commit-
ment to God,” Sister Mary Donald said.
For a time, Sister Jeanne-Marie
worked as a social worker in Boston. It
was during this period that she began to
feel an increasing call to monastic life. A
main influence was the Society of St.
John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Mas-
sachusetts in whose chapel she heard
an inner voice saying, “You will be Sister
Jeanne-Marie.”
Friendships with monks at Mount
Saviour Monastery in Chemung County
then helped draw her to the Roman
Catholic Church. In 1965, she was re-
ceived into the church, following which
she went to France for training as a nov-
ice at the Benedictine monasteries of
Poyanne, Jouarre and Vanves.
The Order of St. Benedict dates from
the sixth century and is the oldest mo-
nastic order in the Western church.
While not cloistered in the traditional
sense, sisters follow the Rule of St. Ben-
edict that is based on the principles of
study, communal life, frequent prayer
and a commitment to work.
Sister Jeanne-Marie embraced these
principles as the foundation of her life.
“That was the beginning of a total re-
sponse to what God was calling her to
do,” said Mary Cooney, a longtime
friend.
A life’s goal
Gates remembered her older sister as
someone whose deep faith colored the
way she looked at both the beauty and
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Sister Mary Donald, left, and Sister
Placed. PROVIDED
laced. She had a great sense of humor
and made you laugh.”
From the day she entered monastic
life, Sister Jeanne-Marie felt her “call-
ing” was to establish a monastery in the
United States.
The goal was an ambitious one, and
Sister Jeanne-Marie had her setbacks.
A first attempt to organize a small mon-
astery in Boston failed after two years
because of a lack of vocations.
Following this disappointment, Sis-
ter Jeanne-Marie went to a monastery
in Italy to pray for guidance. There she
met Sister Mary Placid Deliard, a French
Benedictine nun, who received permis-
sion from her superiors to come to the
U.S. to help start a monastery. “Sister
Jeanne-Marie took it as a sign,” Sister
Mary Donald said.
The two came to the Syracuse Dio-
cese at the invitation of Bishop Frank
Harrison where they were joined by Sis-
ter Mary Donald, of St. Paul’s Monas-
tery in Minnesota.
Using donations from friends and a
loan from “a kind-hearted banker” who
did not require security, the sisters pur-
chased the property in Windsor after
being drawn to the location by its scenic
beauty and solitude, Sister Mary Don-
ald said.
Then, following the Benedictine mot-
to of prayer and work, they began to
support themselves. They raised money
in a unique way. Sister Mary Placid was
an outstanding French cook, so the
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three sisters began catering fancy
French meals of seven or eight courses,
wines and liqueurs.
“Everyone knew us as the nuns who
cook,” Sister Jeanne-Marie said with a
chuckle.
Not only did the dinners raise money,
they raised the monastery’s profile in
the community. By the time the dinners
stopped in the late 1980s, the monastery
was established as a spot that combines
monastic wisdom with flexibility.
“I am in awe of what the sisters were
able to accomplish,” Cooney said.
“When I was there for the groundbreak-
ing, there was nothing but brush. Now,
when you go out there, you see the
buildings they built, and all the people
they have ministered to.”
A love of solitude
In her own life, Sister Jeanne-Marie
was someone who could be outgoing,
welcoming guests to the monastery
with a manner that made them feel at
home. She had a sense of simple beauty
and could take a plain room, decorate it
with a bowl of flowers, and make it look
charming, her fellow sisters said.
At her core, though, she was some-
one who welcomed solitude. Besides
chanting the Divine Office four times a
day with her fellow sisters, she would
rise early in the morning to read and
pray over Scripture by herself. On Sun-
days, she would spend time at the her-
mitage, a small building on the property,
for quiet prayer.
“You are letting your worries drop,”
she once said. “It makes you look at
yourself and do some deep considera-
tion.”
Ill health meant she spent the last six
years of her life at a nursing home in
Scranton run by the Little Sisters of the
Poor. But she was remembered. Her
wake on Oct. 12 drew some 85 people
who saw her obituary in the newspaper
and came to pay their respects.
“She was a very sweet, loving person
who had a great concern for the emo-
tionally fragile,” said Sister Sheila Long,
the current prioress at Transfiguration
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Fake news: How Hollywood portrays the press

From the Staff
Chris Kocher
Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
When I’m watching a TV show or
film, I’m almost always willing to sus-
pend any disbelief.
After all, I’m a sci-fi/fantasy geek, so
my mind embraces a lot of wild and
strange possibilities. Ancient gods
causing mischief in modern-day Amer-
ica? Sure. A high school student who
kicks vampire butt? That sounds fun. A
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universe in a blue box? Bring it on!
There’s one thing, though, that al-
ways rankles me: an inaccurate portray-
al of journalists.
Too many stories involve soulless,
headline-hungry newshounds who are
there solely to move along a creaky plot.
If reporters like this exist in real life,
they are at the shallow end of the per-
sonality pool. I’d say that 95 percent of
the journalists I’ve met in my career
have been good people, and all of them
have been dedicated to the truth. Some
have been a little eccentric, sure, but
only a couple have been complete jerks.
But more than a few films just get the
entire journalism profession wrong.
One of the worst offenders is “Never
Been Kissed,” the 1999 Drew Barrymore
movie where her character works for the
(very real) Chicago Sun-Times. She’s 25
and is a copy editor with her own office
and secretary. If only! Then she breaks a
bunch of ethics guidelines by going un-
dercover as a high schooler and falling in
love with one of the teachers. Let’s not
even go there.
Another thing that always irks me is
when filmmakers or TV directors show
newspapers as plot points. Almost nev-
er do those pages look like something a
professional would create, and usually
what characters are looking to find is
right there in big letters on the front
page — even when it’s a story so insig-
nificant it would otherwise appear in-
side the section. I suppose no one wants
to see the movie’s heroes turn to page 8
to find what they’re looking for.
To be fair, sometimes Hollywood
does get it right. The best example is “All
the President’s Men,” the 1976 flick star-
ring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Red-
ford as intrepid Washington Post re-
porters Carl Bernstein and Bob Wood-
ward investigating the Watergate scan-
dal that led to President Richard Nixon’s
resignation. I know for a fact that many
I’m still not sure how
superstar reporter Lois
Lane can’t figure out
that Kent and Superman
are the same man.
college students went for journalism
degrees specifically because of Wood-
ward and Bernstein’s example.
Another good one: “The Paper,” di-
rector Ron Howard’s 1994 look inside
the fictional New York Sun. The film
shows a real understanding of how a
newsroom operates. Fueled by coffee,
deadlines and adrenaline, a metro edi-
tor (Michael Keaton), an editor-in-chief
(Robert Duvall) and a managing editor
(Glenn Close) try to get to the bottom of
an important story.
More recently, 2015’s “Spotlight”
chronicled the true story of how the
Boston Globe’s investigation team un-
covered sex abuse in the Catholic
Church, a series of stories that later won
the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
As best as it can in its 129-minute
running time, the film gives a real sense
of both the excitement and tedium of in-
vestigative journalism. Sometimes re-
porters uncover a meaningful fact or
source, but digging up the truth often
means looking through piles of public
records, making dozens of phone calls
and combing the streets for sources.
“Spotlight” also stars Keaton, this
time as dogged reporter Walter “Robby”
Robinson. A coincidence? I think not.
The pinnacle of journalism in other
media, of course, is Superman, whose
“day job” is in disguise as Clark Kent, a
reporter for the Daily Planet. It’s no co-
incidence that we used to have an old
phone booth here in the newsroom with
a Superman costume hanging inside.
He’s a guy who can track down a story at
lightning speed and also save the Earth
— not bad for a day’s work.
However, I’m still not sure how su-
perstar reporter Lois Lane can’t figure
out that Kent and Superman are the
same man. Maybe she’s too distracted
being worried about the next deadline
and whether she’ll make it. Or maybe it’s
all about the glasses. There’s a story that
needs more investigation.
Kocher is the community engage-
ment editor at the Press & Sun-Bulletin.
You can email him at ckocher@press
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If we’ve said it once, we’ll say it again.
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Chenango Valley Elementary

Buzz About You
Maggie Gilroy and Katie Sullivan
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
On Veterans Day, we honored those
men and women who’ve served their
country in the armed forces.
Here in the Southern Tier, there is a
group of volunteers who spend months
raising money and coordinating a trip
for local veterans to visit Washington,
D.C. for a daylong tour of the country’s
war memorials, free of charge.
Twin Tiers Honor Flight, part of the
Honor Flight Network, is a nonprofit or-
ganization created to honor America’s
veterans. Veterans are not charged for
any aspect of the trips, which include
airfare/busfare, meals, bus rental and
medical supplies. All costs are fully
funded by donations to the organiza-
tion, raised through annual campaigns,
spaghetti dinners and golf tourna-
ments.
The cost of an honor flight trip aver-
ages $70,000, according to Twin Tiers
Honor Flight.
“Nationwide, we lose thousands of
veterans every day,” said Nancy Kane,
director of the Twin Tiers Honor Flight.
“Most never got the welcome home they
deserved when they returned, and most
never see the memorials a grateful na-
tion has erected to honor their service.
We work year-round, year after year, to
raise enough money to take as many of
our local veterans to D.C. as we can.”
Bright and early on Nov. 11, Mission 6
made the trip — a two-day event this
year — bringing 23 veterans to national
monuments including the Vietnam
Wall, the Korean War Memorial, the Lin-
coln Memorial, Arlington National
Cemetery, the World War II Memorial,
the Air Force Memorial, the Navy Me-
morial and the Smithsonian Museum.
When they arrived home in Bing-
hamton, they were met with fanfare, a
celebration that has become as much a
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tradition as the trip.
Stepping off the bus, local honored
veterans are introduced by name, rank
and branch of service to the crowd of
family and friends waiting to receive
them home.
“We want people and businesses in
our community to understand that this
is more than a sightseeing trip,” Kane
said. “Veterans’ lives are transformed
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of the guardians and volunteers who
travel with them. Many veterans reen-
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for their service and sacrifices. For
some, the trip gives a sense of healing
and closure.”
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School students honor veterans
Veterans were also celebrated
throughout the Chenango Valley Cen-
tral School District. At Port Dickinson
Elementary School, veterans were invit-
ed to join the school for an assembly and
were also given special cards. At Che-
nango Bridge Elementary School, stu-
dents spoke about the history and
meaning of Veterans Day at an assem-
bly. The children wore red poppies, do-
nated by the American Legion Post 1194,
and continued the tradition of placing
small American flags across the school’s
front lawn.
Union-Endicott Central School
District honors alumni
The Union-Endicott Central School
District will honor six distinguished
alumni at its alumni dinner on Nov. 21 at
5:30 p.m. at U-E High School. The 2017
honorees are Dr. William Blazey, hu-
manitarian in medicine (class of ‘97);
Della Finney, children’s home advocate
(class of ‘62); Jennifer Musa, SUNY
Broome Ambassador to Haiti (class of
‘86); Pamela Portland Riddleberger,
education and community leader (class
of ‘92); Joshua Riley, public health law
activist (class of ‘99); and Dick Testa,
community activist (class of ‘61).
Blue Ridge Elementary students
sing at Binghamton Devils game
The Oct. 21 Binghamton Devils hock-
ey game opened with the Star-Spangled
Banner, sung by 28 Blue Ridge Elemen-
tary School students. The group broke
the ice as the first school chorus to open
a game with the National Anthem since
the Devils began operations in Bing-
hamton this year.
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Johnson Outdoor Gear, a division of
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The Binghamton branch of Johnson
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Jim Reyen, Business Director for the
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pride in this fact, attributing much of the
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vative management teams over the years,
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The problem disappeared after Chesapeake
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farm in spring 2016.
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vasive and is now gone seems more than coin-
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nearby soil, air and water?
The $240,000 study is funded through the
National Institutes of Health, an arm of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices and the nation’s medical research agen-
cy.
Much like canaries in a coalmine, horses
living near gas wells are “sentinels” to human
heath problems from toxic exposures, accord-
ing to the study proposal. Because horses are
especially well suited as an animal model for
human diseases, “results and conclusions ...
have relevance to individuals living or work-
ing in close proximity to [shale gas] opera-
tions,” the proposal states.
The outcome may carry monumental impli-
cations. Unresolved questions over health im-
pacts led to New York state’s ban on high-vol-
ume fracking in 2014.
In justifying the ban, state Health Commis-
sioner Howard Zucker cited a study showing
higher rates of heart and nervous system de-
fects in babies born to mothers who lived near
gas wells in Colorado. Though not conclusive,
this and other studies raised serious ques-
tions that dissuaded Gov. Andrew Cuomo
from approving fracking until more is known.
After he noticed fouls were sick, Gural installed a $40,000 filtration system for the farm’s water.
Gural is still trying to figure out what was
making his fouls sick.
‘Spent a fortune’
Much of the criticism about pollution from
gas wells has focused on water. Drilling a gas
well and applying high-volume hydraulic frac-
turing to crack bedrock and release gas can
contaminate wells through spills or aquifer
breaches.
Less has been reported on the invisible and
often odorless emissions continually steam-
ing from infrastructure after the well comes on
line. Those impurities rise from a mile or more
below the ground with the gas and are bled off
at wellheads and compressor stations or es-
cape through leaks in the system.
Chemicals associated with gas production
such as xylene, toluene and benzene can move
through ground and air and cross into placen-
tas and cause fetal exposure, according to the
study proposal. Others, including phthalates,
bisphenol A and ethylene glycol, are endo-
crine-disrupting chemicals and neurotoxins
that can affect reproductive cycles and fetal
and early childhood development.
While the focus remains on fracking and
shale gas development, there could be other
explanations for the horses’ illnesses, ranging
from wood smoke to insecticides to nutrition-
al insufficiencies to any number of harmful el-
ements that might end up in a water well due
to naturally occurring circumstances.
Gural installed a $40,000 filtration system
for the farm’s water in October 2015. Since
then, staff has also changed many other as-
pects of the horses’ environment, ranging
“Everybody from stable mats to nutritional programs.
Ten gas wells are listed in DEP records
wants to see, within five miles of Allerage. The closest one is
is fracking Struble 5H, drilled in March 2011 about 300
feet from the farm’s southern property line.
the problem? Production began after it was fracked in 2012,
according to DEP production records. Those
records also show the well shut down in spring
The only thing 2016, shortly after this news organization re-
we know for ported on the foals’ illnesses and the pending
study.
sure is that it’s “We’re just glad the problem is solved for
very abnormal now, and hopefully for good,” farm manager
Ashleigh Bennett said.
for that Meanwhile, Gural has dropped an appeal to
(dysphagia) to the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing
Board intended to press the Department of
happen. If it Environmental Protection to more thoroughly
test and track pollution in the farm’s water
happened once well.
or twice, but The DEP found water quality on the farm
had not substantively changed since before
for every horse drilling started.
to have that … Gural attorney Martin Siegel said Gural is
taking a wait-and-see approach. That Chesa-
it’s something peake shut down the well “just confounds the
case,” Siegel said. “You don’t know if the prob-
environmental.” lem went away because the water was treated,
Jeff Gural air emissions stopped, or it was just a matter
Horse breeder of chance.”
Gural said he spent “a fortune” treating the
horses at Cornell’s world-renowned veteri-
nary school, where foals and mothers stayed
in medically equipped stalls for weeks and
sometimes months under the care of Cornell
staff. “They told me I was the best customer,”
he added.
Gural is a conditional supporter of gas de-
velopment, though he is skeptical about the
way it’s regulated in Pennsylvania and the
lack of federal disclosure requirements.
It is not uncommon for a gas well to be tak-
en off line due to falling demand and weaken-
ing price, factors that tend to change over
time.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if they never start
that well up again,” Gural said. “Unless gas
prices go up considerably, why go (back to pro-
ducing) a well where your neighbor had a
problem?”
He added, “I don’t know what they are go-
ing to do.”
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Opinion
OUR OPINION
M-E high school works to stem cyberbullying
Twenty Maine-Endwell High School “ambassa-
dors” have been selected to work in a program to stem
cyberbullying.
This kind of bullying doesn’t mean stolen lunch
money, punches in the stomach or physical intimida-
tion. Cyberbullying can be much more damaging – it's
always present for the one being bullied.
“Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over
digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tab-
lets,” reports stopbullying.gov. The nastiness can take
many forms on social media. Intimidation, threats and
humiliation are hallmarks of this type of bullying. The
M-E program also emphasized sexual content, partic-
ularly the sharing of nude pictures intended to be pri-
vate.
M-E, teaming up with AT&T, the Tyler Clementi
Foundation and Siena College, introduced the
program to students at the high school on November
13. The program was brought to the high school by
Broome County Executive Jason Garnar and state As-
The path of our
great country
Your Turn
Dan Knight
Guest columnist
As I read the Opinion section in the Press& Sun-
Bulletin on Nov. 12, the essays of Basler, Gorman and
Schum all left me pondering what’s happened to this
once great country.
I wish everyone would take the time to read them.
Having also reached the four score years and ten
milestone some time ago, I have watched parental in-
volvement change to the detriment of the child and
the coming of the “me” generation. Those of us that
grew up during the depression learned quickly that to
survive people had to not only get along, but help
each other whenever possible. If we got into trouble
at school we were in trouble at home, parents sup-
ported the teachers and did not arrive at school with
their lawyers. We played Sand Lot baseball all sum-
mer and thanks to a few bruises and an occasional
bloody nose, learned to get along with each other.
Leadership qualities were being developed and
the ability to compromise for the good of all was
probably one of the greatest lessons that were
learned. We also knew
that if someone won
someone lost, but win
Since WWII we or lose, it was how you
played the game. Un-
have managed fortunately much of
to become an this has been lost over
the past two or three
imperialistic generations. It’s be-
nation ... come more important
to win at any cost than
to try to compromise and reach a decision that bene-
fits all. All too many of our political leaders seem to
believe that it’s acceptable to lie to us, if that’s what it
takes to keep their job and all of their “perks.”
We have a president that, unlike Teddy Roosevelt
who believed in a doctrine of “Speak softly and carry
a big stick,” continually bombards us with some of
his inane tweets and now is telling us that he trusts
Putin and not our own intelligence people.
Activists have led to the removal or defacement of
many monuments, as they offend a minority of peo-
ple, rather than learning from them to the benefit of
all. Powerful voting blocks in our Congress have
made it possible to own military weapons that can
kill or maim scores of people in a matter of four or five
minutes or less. Since WWII we have managed to be-
come an imperialistic nation that’s become involved
in every area of the world, while piling up a debt of 20
trillion dollars with another trillion in the works.
I find it hard to comprehend how we have been
able to change the character of our country from the
land of opportunity to what we are now in such a rel-
atively short time. Nov. 11 was Veterans’ Day, a day
when I take a few minutes to remember not only my
own time in the service in WWII, but the friends that
also served and what we were fighting for. I especial-
ly think about all of the men and women that have
served and those still serving in the Middle East, Asia
and Africa. The countless lives lost, maimed or men-
tally damaged and the families that mourn. The mon-
ey wasted that could have been much better spent
here at home solving our own problems.
I’ve read that the collapse of the once great Roman
Empire was partially due to the Roman Senate and its
ineffectiveness and corruption. I find myself asking
is Washington going down the same path.
Dan Knight is a Johnson City resident.
COMING MONDAY
Kathleen Parker: Mitch McConnell’s stunning words.
Amy Goodman: Trump’s COP-out on climate change.
Editorial Board
Neill Borowski, Executive Editor
Chris Kocher, Engagement Editor
www.pressconnects.com/opinion
bgm-letters@pressconnects.com
semblywoman Donna Lupardo.
We live in an era of negativism. This bile and hatred
spewing across the digital landscape emanates not
only from our nation’s capital but from computers in
dark basements in communities big and small.
Each day, one cannot avoid hearing the nasty din.
But some are fighting the hatred where they have in-
fluence.
Cheers to the Maine-Endwell district and its stu-
dents for taking on cyberbullies – those young hate-
mongers in the making.
Cyberbullying is not uncommon and far easier and
anonymous than the face-to-face variety. A Siena Col-
lege survey in 2016 found about one-in-four teens in
upstate New York said they had been victims of cy-
berbullies.
Why do they do it? Teens around Albany told the
Siena survey there are many reasons, including “phys-
ical appearance (42 percent), social awkwardness (34
percent), being thought of as gay (36 percent), the
A crowd of 250 people attended the Town of Fenton Planning Board meeting in September to listen to the
presentation by NG Advantage as it resubmitted it plan for a gas transfer station. JEFF PLATSKY/STAFF PHOTO
The natural gas debate
We’re not against gas,
we’re for common sense
Your Turn
Joel M. Luchun
Guest columnist
The recent opinion piece by Jennifer Conway,
CEO Binghamton Chamber of Commerce was any-
thing but a personal opinion. She teamed up with
Greg Biryla, director of “Unshackle Upstate NY,” a
strong pro gas lobbying group and spread NG Ad-
vantage talking points right off their website. We de-
serve more from our Chamber of Commerce.
There is a middle road between the extreme “anti-
everything environmentalist” and the ‘pro-every-
thing” gas proponents. The 800 families in the Town
of Fenton and the Village of Port Dickinson who op-
pose the location of this facility are not anti-pro-
gress Neanderthals.
We are not anti-gas, we are anti-location. We are
not misguided and we have done our homework as
attested to by the recent New York state Supreme
Court decision in our favor. Placing a high pressure
natural gas pipeline facility next to the Community
Park and a half mile away from our elementary
school defies common senses. There will be 150
trucks a day, each with the explosive power of 121
Tons of TNT, using this facility. The facts are:
z An explosion at this facility or a truck would
shatter glass throughout Port Dickinson Elementary
School’s classrooms filled with our children.
z The NYS First Responder Manual requires a one
mile evacuation radius for any major leak or fire.
This area includes over 500 homes as well as our
school.
z There is no viable evacuation plan for our ele-
mentary school.
Despite the picture that Ms. Conway tries to
paint, the rise and fall of the upstate New York econ-
omy does not rest on locating the compressor sta-
tion in the Town of Fenton. There are many rural
areas in Broome County where this facility can be
placed without endangering children and homes.
The Chamber of Commerce conveniently ignores
See COMMON SENSE, Page 14A
clothes they wear (29 percent), being un-athletic (24
percent), having a disability (20 percent) or being sex-
ually active (21 percent).”
Our heroes should be those who stand up to bullies
for those who are being victimized. And Maine-End-
well’s goal is producing those heroes.
"I've definitely seen it often and it's not fair for the
kids to go through it," 17-year-old senior Frankie Meyer
said in the story by reporter Maggie Gilroy. Meyer is
one of the ambassadors fighting cyberbullying.
One of the most troubling parts of Gilroy’s report
was this: “Maine-Endwell is the only area school to
feature the program.”
Why is this so?
Nearly every school today has anti-bullying pro-
grams. But cyberbullying is so pervasive, easy and of-
ten anonymous it needs to be addressed directly by ev-
ery school district.
Our opinion, from the editorial board of presscon
nects.com.
Misinformation in deriding
opposition to NG Advantage
Your Turn
Maureen Singer
Guest columnist
A recent Press & Sun-Bulletin op-ed piece written
by Jennifer Conway, CEO of Greater Binghamton
Chamber of Commerce, and Greg Biryla, director of
Unshackle Upstate NY, presented an inaccurate and
offensive perspective regarding the Town of Fenton
grassroots-funded coalition and our members of the
Chenango Valley School Board, both of whom op-
pose locating a “virtual pipeline” in the heart of our
community. The authors of the ill-conceived com-
mentary state that “we” defy common sense and
that we are “misguided,” additionally inferring that
we are part of a “well-funded special interest group.”
If we are misguided and defy common sense,
then I suppose we are in good company: State Sen.
Fred Akshar, Chenango Valley Superintendent Da-
vid Gill, the Broome County Planning Department,
Port Dickinson Mayor Timothy Burke, St. Francis of
Assisi parishioners and Town of Dickinson Supervi-
sor Michael Marinaccio also have expressed con-
cerns with this proposed project. The most common
thread is that this is a bad location.
If we are a “well-funded special interest group,” I
suppose we should stop holding rummage sales,
chicken barbeques, basket raffles and can-and-bot-
tle drives. Our community will be so thrilled to hear
that someone else is willing to foot the bill -- we just
need to know who that is.
If you genuinely believe that our community resi-
dents group and members of the Chenango Valley
Board of Education should be labeled a “special in-
terest-driven effort,” I’m not sure you have a clear
understanding of this term. Our community coali-
tion includes residents from young families to retir-
ees who have the same common goal -- to protect
our children and preserve the integrity of our com-
munity. We rely on fundraising activity to sustain
our effort. Perhaps the new interpretation of “special
interest” refers to parents and school personnel mo-
See MISINFORMATION, Page 14A
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We’re missing the point on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has been known as a day dedicated to
family. Everyone sits around the table and discusses
what they’re most thankful for; yet materialistic
America is now stating otherwise.
We live in society where materialism promises hap-
piness, yet after that 50 percent off purchase, we still
strive for that self-fulfillment of having the next best
thing. Not only does it tarnish the “give thanks” ideal
that the holiday was originally founded upon, but the
people who still yearn for the idealistic Thanksgiving
are ripped from the table, told to put on their name tags
and “sell, sell, sell.”
ABC7 wrote, “What stores are open, closed on
Thanksgiving,” which states that stores such as Home
Depot, Sam’s Club, etc. are deciding to temporarily
shut their door, and stores such as Macy’s, Toys R Us,
etc. open as early as 5 p.m.
Most stores only think of the economic aspect and
not how this holiday affects the workers and their fam-
ilies. The government should make Thanksgiving a
mandatory date that stores are required to close on.
The company’s success would continue on Black Fri-
day, and this time, not at the expense of their employ-
ees.
CHLOE WEIR
ENDWELL
Can gun laws get more rigid without
bypassing the 2nd Amendment?
In recent years, more so than ever before, gun con-
trol has become a controversial topic in the United
States. Some people feel their right to own a firearm
should not be taken away because of someone else’s
actions, while others completely disagree, and believe
there should be stricter laws on owning a gun.
I believe that making stricter gun control laws is out
of the federal government’s hands due to the Second
Amendment. I think it is up to the states to do some-
thing if anything more on gun control. New York state
already has the Safe Act in place which prohibits any
criminal and mentally ill person from purchasing a
firearm. The only thing I believe can be done is stop-
ping more of the illegal sales of guns on the black mar-
ket.
Making more laws won’t stop some from getting a
hold of guns; there are already laws against murder,
yet we see in the news everyday of a new killing.
ALEXIS WANCHISEN
ENDWELL
Veterans Day clinic a success at SUNY Broome
The Veterans Day clinic on Nov. 7 at SUNY Broome
was well attended and highly successful. SUNY
Broome offered, for no fee, the following dental hy-
giene care for veterans:
z Intra/Extra Oral Examination (oral cancer screen-
ing)
z Prophylaxis (cleaning — removal of tartar, stain
and plague)
z Charting — Peridontal/Dental
z Oral self-care instructions
z Fluoride Treatment
There were 33 SUNY dental hygiene students to ac-
commodate the veterans and all of the clinical activ-
ities occurred under the direct supervision of a li-
censed dentist.
A hand salute should be rendered to the dental hy-
giene students for their care and concern.
JOSEPH T. SULLIVAN
BINGHAMTON
Left’s right wing heroes are less than stellar
So-called progressive media pundits recently have
been falling all over themselves lauding Republican
Senators Bob Corker (Tenn.), Jeff Flake (Ariz), John
McCain (Ariz.), and Susan Collins (Maine) for having
the courage to “stand up” to President Trump.
Yet each one of them voted to confirm: (1) Jeff Ses-
sions for Attorney General, a man whose track record
demonstrated his intent is to return civil rights law to
the 1930s; (2) Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator, a man
whose track record demonstrated his intent is to un-
dermine the nation’s laws designed to protect our air,
water, and soil; and (3) Tom Price for Secretary of
Health and Human Services, a man whose track rec-
ord demonstrated his intent to destroy Social Security
and Medicare as we know it. (Interestingly enough,
Price’s grubby greediness, which was clearly evident
before his confirmation, continued in office and Presi-
dent Trump was forced to let him go).
More recently, each of these senators voted to va-
cate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule
that would have allowed consumers to sue their bank
or credit card company to resolve financial disputes.
When it comes to courage, talk is cheap. When
these bold, brave Republicans start voting consistent-
ly to protect the American people, perhaps, then they
will be deserving of some real admiration.
JONATHAN STRONG
ENDICOTT
Sen. Akshar an asset in fighting opioid abuse
I am glad that the state and local governments are
banding together along with other agencies to try to
come up with solutions to the drug epidemic in our
area. It’s important to get perspectives from experts
from many different fields throughout the state to
combat this horrible addiction problem. Including
money in the state budget and creating a substance
abuse center out of an empty facility is a good thing.
State Sen. Akshar has been instrumental in projects
like “Shed the Meds” and Narcan training throughout
the state. He has also been trying to increase addiction
coverage and treatment options for addicts, also
through educating our health professionals as to what
options and resources are available in our community.
Akshar has been a real advocate in helping to com-
bat this problem by co-chairing the Joint Senate Task
force on Heroin And Opioid Addiction. He seems to
have deeper insight to this problem and truly under-
stands to solve this crisis, it will take the help of the
entire community. That’s exactly what he’s trying to
do for us.
MARIA RUSSO
MAINE
Rich David the right person for the job
Rich David has been re-elected, now in office as
mayor since 2014.
Mayor David has many propositions for the City
and Town of Binghamton starting his new term.
What has Mayor David done thus far? As an attentive
politician he has had a tax decrease, added police of-
ficers to the force, and taken the blight from the area.
So is it the best for the area that Mayor David has
been re-elected? Yes.
He plans another tax decrease of 2.26 percent,
separate pension and health care funds, and adding
two more new officers to the force making a total of
nine added well in office. He has further plans to go
green and has implicated the actions to turn the city
hall roof into a “green roof ” to absorb water and de-
flect heat, lowering air conditioning costs.
Mayor Rich David has all intention to help this city
look better and feel safer and is on his way to making
it happen. I believe he was the best choice for mayor
for both Democrats and Republicans and he will fur-
ther help our community as a whole.
EMILY ROHN
BINGHAMTON
Free tuition program: Too many caveats
The college debt crisis has become a huge problem
throughout the United States. The free tuition is able
to aid a huge amount of students whose family’s an-
nual income is $125,000 or less while leaving others
in the dust.
Families under a certain amount of income receive
free tuition with a catch; the student has to work in
New York state for the same amount of years they
went to college. The major problems with this policy
is some people do not qualify for free tuition and still
struggle with college debt post graduation; on aver-
age of $28,950 per student. Also, it forces graduates
to work in New York state just because they were not
able to afford tuition. There should be a way to at
least lower the cost of tuition not just at a state level,
but nationally as well. Student loan debt is the sec-
ond highest consumer debt category and is essential-
ly hurting the economy because these graduates do
not have money to spend. Lowering/eliminating the
cost of college tuition would ensure fair education to
everybody, allowing every student to succeed with
no financial barriers.
KARA POCHKAR
ENDWELL
Can anything stop shootings? Not likely
Mass shootings are getting to be common-place;
in schools, churches, nightclubs, workplaces, any-
place where large groups of people assemble.
How did we end up here? The Second Amend-
ment? Radicalism? Terrorism? Copy-cats? Any
number of reasons.
Realistically there is nothing that can be done to
prevent it. After all, we are a country with the right to
bear arms. And we freely exercise that right.
Let’s face it, every time there is a mass shooting,
we get up in arms (pardon the pun) about more gun
control. And while the pro/con political arguments
take place, what do you think happens? The sales of
automatic weapons, adapter kits, and ammo soar out
of stock. To the point that there are now tens (or hun-
dreds) of millions of fire arms already in the public’s
hands.
So whatever crazies and terrorists are out there
among us, they are already well-armed and just wait-
ing for the time, place and opportunity to repeat the
carnage and make the headlines.
What can be done? Outlaw guns? Impossible. Arm
everyone? Just as bad. So don’t be surprised when it
happens again … and again.
That’s the price we pay for our Constitutional
Rights.
JOE PARIS
ENDICOTT
Binghamton’s success depends on education
The subject of socioeconomic status deciding
your future has been long seen in the country, but for
our area to what extent does this affect students?
Firstly you have to look at the median income for
families in the larger cities such as Vestal and Bing-
hamton. For Vestal the median is roughly $61,000
and Binghamton, $30,000
Secondly we have to look at the educational per-
formance of the students in their respective schools.
The state testing scores for grades 3-8 in math and
English for Vestal was at a 58 percent proficiency rate
for math and 54 percent for English. Binghamton on
the other hand, had 17 and 16 percent proficiency-met
rate for their students in math and English, respec-
tively. These results also predict the graduation rates
for the respective schools, Vestal: 93 percent, Bing-
hamton: 50 percent,
Improbability aside, the solution would be to bring
jobs back to Binghamton to strengthen the economy
and give Binghamton kids the opportunity they de-
serve. These issues are what is limiting the growth of
Binghamton and an attempt to fix the problem at the
root should be attempted because without success-
ful students to lead to a successful future, Bingham-
ton will fail to prosper.
AUSTIN MCCANN
JOHNSON CITY
Infrastructure,
tax caps, and
impact fees
Your Turn
Rich Purtell
Guest columnist
The economy in upstate New York has been suf-
fering and there have been many public risk/private
gain schemes such as “Start-up New York” to try to
jump start job growth by taking money from all tax-
payers and giving it to a few select businesses. This
hasn’t gone well, and the tide seems to be turning
with the public growing tired of these failing ven-
tures.
But we better watch out for a flip to private risk/
public gain. This has surfaced in California due to
Proposition 13, a tax cap, in conjunction with a need to
revitalize infrastructure. It’s a lower path of resis-
tance politically to hit new developments with high
assessments, called exactions or impact fees. Occa-
sionally there could be rationale for a high impact fee
if roads, water/sewer, and other services are already
stretched to their design limit such that a small
amount of add-on development requires a major up-
grade of services root and branch. But the reasoning
can be over-applied.
This infrastructure repair strategy is a Ponzi
scheme. The higher cost burden for newcomers
shackles the entrants from doing all they want to do.
Perhaps a church cannot hire enough staff or build to
the level they want to, due to impact fees. A new busi-
ness venture faces a higher risk of failing due to an
added cost burden in their early fragile phases.
New York, and many other states, face the same
perfect storm conditions as California – tax caps, in-
frastructure in need to repair/modernization, and
elected officials without the courage to assign the
proper cost burdens to the proper people.
While one might speculate the excess impact fee to
be a takings and therefore subject to judicial review
through state courts or even the U.S. Supreme Court,
there isn’t a lot of will for courts to over-rule local gov-
ernment zoning police power. The SCOTUS Koontz
vs. St Johns River Water Management District ruling
in 2013 was a sharp 5-4 decision, with the dissent
stating “... threatens to subject a vast array of land use
regulations, applied daily in States and localities
throughout the country, to heightened constitutional
scrutiny.” The SCOTUS clearly does not want to be-
come the ultimate zoning board of appeals.
Groups such as BOMA and NAHB need to get out in
front of this and begin to track impact fees through-
out the country. While the negotiation of the impact
fee might be seen as a business advantage for devel-
opers, so that secrecy for the price paid might be de-
sirable, the results of such secrecy would be for all de-
velopment to suffer from excessive cost burden.
Ponzi schemes are no less a fraud when executed
by the government instead of a private business.
Rich Purtell, Tioga County NY Libertarian Party
Chapter Secretary.
Misinformation
Continued from Page 13
tivated to provide safe environments for children?
Conway and Biryla claim the NG Advantage natu-
ral gas compressor project will inject $2.5 million in
local tax revenue. On what basis was this number de-
termined? Numbers that were provided directly from
the applicant -- NG Advantage, which just happens to
be a contributor to the Binghamton Chamber of Com-
merce? You may want to run those numbers again.
The reality is that thousands of individuals would
be subjected to adverse effects of this virtual pipeline.
The difference between our “special interest effort”
and that of the Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
“special interest effort” seems to be rather transpar-
ent. Our efforts are associated with preserving our
quality of life and ensuring the safety of our children.
The corporate/chamber “special interest” is the al-
mighty dollar. Evidently, they are willing to sell us out
at any cost.
We, the residents of this community, are the ones
who will be subjected to the adverse effects of this
project. It is far more relevant to consider the opin-
ions of those that reside in the Fenton/ Port Dickin-
son region.
Maureen Singer is a Town of Fenton resident.
Common sense
Continued from Page 13
that the Broome County executive, The Broome
County Planning Board, the Mayor of Port Dickinson,
state Sen. Akshar, the Chenango Valley School Board,
the CV Superintendent and over 800 families oppose
the location of this facility. This is our special interest
group: It is called a community.
I invite Ms. Conway and the Chamber of Com-
merce to meet with us and talk about our concerns.
Let’s not be afraid to exchange ideas. Let’s find a bet-
ter place for this facility and keep our community
safe. Our community only wants to protect our chil-
dren, homes and quality of life. If this makes this 70-
year-old grandfather and school board member a
“crazy wacko environmental activist, I proudly wear
that badge.
Joel M. Luchun is a Port Crane resident.

I am an American We are One Nation
HE BRINGS MERCY IN BOAT AFTER STORM
Don Manley ferries residents to
fetch their possessions after Irma
Thaddeus Mast
Naples Daily News
USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA
Each week, this series will introduce you to an ex-
ceptional American who unites, rather than divides,
our communities. To read more about the American
profiled here and more average Americans doing ex-
ceptional things, visit onenation.usatoday.com.
Don’t call Don Manley a hero. He hates the word,
saying it is reserved for others facing greater chal-
lenges.
But for the people living in a flooded Southwest
Florida community, the term seems appropriate.
The Imperial River spilled its banks into a Bonita
Springs neighborhood after Hurricane Irma’s down-
pour, forcing feet of water into kitchens and living
rooms. Many homes were still damp from huge rain-
storms just a few weeks prior.
Locals escaped to shelters or sturdier homes as the
hurricane passed, returning to rivers instead of
streets. People wanted to get what little was left of
their belongings, wading through dangerous waters
with boxes of family photos and important docu-
ments.
The low-income area houses many Hispanic fam-
ilies, and immigration papers are vital to FEMA aid re-
quests.
Don Manley drove by the flooded area a day after
Irma hit and saw a boy floating down his street.
“I drove home, got my boat and went in the water,”
he said.
Manley spent days in the fishing boat, going up and
down the swamped streets. Locals stood patiently
near his boat trailer backed into Saunders Avenue,
waiting for Manley to take them home.
His boat returned loaded with boxes, totes and gar-
bage bags filled with people’s remaining treasures.
“If we’re 8 years old playing in dirty water in a boat,
our moms would give us hell,” he said. “And now, we’re
called heroes. Are you kidding me?”
It took more than a week of slowly receding flood
waters to make the boat unnecessary. However, Man-
ley went back to the neighborhood every day, trading
out his boat trailer for a crowbar. Scores of volunteers
like Manley now help residents gut their homes, toss-
ing furniture and drywall in 6-foot-tall debris piles on
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neighborhood, Don Manley got in his boat and
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the curb.
The gutting process will be long, Manley said. He’s
personally worked through about 15 houses in about a
week. More than 200 homes fill the flooded neighbor-
hood.
But Manley’s personal love and investment in the
area will keep him working through the end.
“People say, ‘Oh you’re wonderful,’ ” Manley said. “I
say, ‘No, I’m not. I do this because I’m selfish.’ This is
what I’m supposed to do.”
Q&A WITH DON MANLEY
What does it mean to you to be an American?
It means having the greatest freedom and oppor-
tunity in the world, but it also comes with the re-
quirements that we help those less fortunate.
What moment touched and motivated you to
launch this effort?
There are two moments. The first one is always
help those in need. But the moment that solidified it
for me was seeing a young man in an inner tube
floating down his road trying to get to his house to
save what meager possessions he had. That just
resonates in my mind, and I’ll never forget it.
What gives you hope or what concerns you?
What gives me hope is the people we’re helping.
Really, it’s more than hope. What gives me peace of
mind is knowing that this is going to be OK is Miesel,
who tells me, ‘I am saved. I am alive. God bless, I am
an American,’ and he’s had his house destroyed. And
he’s thankful. It doesn’t give me hope, it gives me
absolute knowledge that this is going to be OK.
What do you hope to accomplish through your
efforts?
I just want to give this small community the op-
portunity to return to normalcy. That’s the only thing
I hope to accomplish, to get them back to a normal
life.
DON MANLEY
Location: Estero, Florida
Age: 63
Profession: Retired, former owner of care centers
Mission: “If I can make this place a little better, I’ve
done my job. Wherever I happen to be.”
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Lyme matter where you live in New York State,

Continued from Page 1A
Broome County only had 30.9 Lyme di-
agnoses per 100,000 residents. And five
years before that, in 2006, only two per
100,000.
In Chemung County, the rate shot up
even faster. Within five years, Chemung
County’s rate of diagnoses rose from 7.9
to 108 from 2011 to 2016.
And in Tompkins County, even more
sharply: In 2006, the City of Ithaca’s
home county saw only two cases per
100,000 residents. In 2011, that rate shot
up to 142.8 cases per 100,000 residents.
This dramatic increase in occur-
rences, White said, is due to Lyme’s pro-
gressive spread throughout the north-
east region of the country since its first
suspected cases in the 1960s.
The disease is named after Lyme,
Connecticut, about two hours east of
the New York state-Connecticut border.
Over the decades, White said the dis-
ease has spread along the Hudson River
Valley, then westward across the state,
coinciding with the movements of deer
and other animal populations.
Today, the disease has extended west
past the Great Lakes, and as far north as
Maine and as far south as Virginia, ac-
cording to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Protection.
Every region of New York State has
been touched by the disease, from the
state’s highest rate of diagnosis in Co-
lumbia County, which saw 635.7 cases
per 100,000 residents in 2016, to Niag-
ara County, which saw no cases in 2016,
but five in 2015.
A New York State Senate Task Force
on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Octo-
ber report referred to Lyme Disease a
“ticking time bomb” — an “epidemic.”
Jennifer White, deputy director of
the Vector Borne Disease Unit with the
New York State Department of Health,
said she instead refers to the disease as
an endemic: “It’s here. We see it every
year.”
“The one thing we keep coming back
to year after year after year is that no
you need to be vigilant and protect your-
important to fully remove the tick prop-
erly.
self from tick exposure,” White said. “Once the tick has bitten, it’s mouth
“Regardless of county you’re in, if you’re parts have sort of little barbs on them
bitten by one tick, it could cause dis- that grasp well into the skin so they can
ease.” be harder to remove,” White said. The
She continued, “You may encounter Department of Health has videos on its
more [infected] ticks in a place like Co- website which show the proper way to
lumbia than, say, Niagara County, but remove attached ticks, and what to do
you can’t tell from looking at a tick if it’s after removal.
an infected tick or not, so you have to try
to protect yourself from getting tick A year-round fight
bites no matter where in New York State
you live.” White said the Department of Health
works year-round to spread this knowl-
Protecting yourself edge, saying residents often let Lyme
slip to the backs of their minds when the
With the presence of tick-borne dis- weather cools down and they’re not
ease spread throughout the entirety of wearing shorts and t-shirts.
the state, White said the Department of While most Lyme-causing tick bites
Health works year-round to protect res- Humans contract Lyme disease from occur in spring and early summer, when
idents from contracting the disease, infected ticks. SHUTTERSTOCK PHOTO easily missed, poppy seed-sized
testing ticks in the region for pathogens, nymphal ticks are active, White said
and raising awareness of the disease Lyme-carrying ticks can be active any
and how to prevent it. time of year when temperatures reach
“A lot of it relates to protecting your- about 40 degrees or higher.
self from where a tick would be,” White “The one thing we keep After spring, autumn is typically the
said. “If you’re walking on a trail, you coming back to year after state’s second, slightly lower “peak” tick
want to stay in the center of the trail and season, when adult ticks bite while resi-
try to avoid the brushy edges. If you’re year after year is that no dents take part in outdoor fall activities
raking leaves in your backyard, you like hiking, hunting, or even leaf-raking.
want to make sure that you’re not jump-
matter where you live in And ticks often can often even with-
ing in the leaf pile when you’re done be- New York State, you need to stand winter. In colder months, ticks are
cause there could be ticks in the leaf lit- dormant, but alive – often taking refuge
ter.” be vigilant and protect under an insulating blanket of snow to
In addition to keeping your distance yourself from tick survive. It’s cold, dry winters that can
from the arachnids’ favorite brushy effectively dwindle the population, and
spots, White said while outside, New exposure.” even then, White said there will be
Yorkers should cover up, wearing long Jennifer White stragglers.
pants and sleeves, tucking pants in to Deputy director of the Vector Borne Disease Unit With ticks surviving through the
socks, and donning hats. Repellents can winter, White said any month the tem-
also be an effective way to ward off perature reaches the magic 40-degree
ticks, White said. “Any tick that hasn’t yet attached to mark, ticks can once again become ac-
In addition, White stressed the im- your skin could be dislodged in the tive.
portance of performing regular tick shower, or you could see it when you un- “We’ve had some years where there
checks while outside and after coming clothe to get in the shower,” White said. was a really warm shot in February or
in. If ticks are just crawling on your But, “water will not kill the tick. something, and ticks can come out dur-
clothing, it’s easy to brush them off, Sometimes yes, by washing your hair, ing those stretches of time when it’s a
White said. you may dislodge it from your scalp. Or little bit warmer,” White said. “It’s a re-
Showering after coming inside is a if you feel anything while you’re in the minder to people literally year-round,
good way to rinse off any ticks that shower, you’d be wise to check it out, anytime we have temperatures above
could be crawling on your body, White see exactly what it is…but the water it- about 40 degrees or so, we really have to
said, but beware: Soap and running wa- self will not, the soap will not, kill the be vigilant about protecting ourselves
ter will not rid you of a tick that has al- tick.” from tick bites.”
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Nick Francesco
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Question: Hello Nick! Just had a
friend set up my new Dell Windows 10
desktop PC. When I go into Windows
updates and open advanced settings,
I’m confused about what I should set up.
I did activate “Give me updates for other
Microsoft products when I update Win-
dows.” Not sure about “Use my sign in
info to automatically finish setting up
my device after an update.”
I’ve read if I do this, I should have Bit-
Locker on (wherever that is). Next, they
want me to choose how updates are de-
livered (PCs on local network or PCs on
local and on the internet). Do I need ad-
vanced settings or can I just go into re-
start options and set that up, or manual-
ly check for updates? If I use restart op-
tions or use check for updates, do I still
need to choose how updates are in-
stalled and how they are delivered? I
only have one PC running Windows 10
and I turn on the computer only when I
need to use it, otherwise it is shutdown.
I assume if I automate updates, I would
have to leave it on.
Thanks,
— Ray, Rochester NY
Answer: Ray, are you saying that Mi-
crosoft’s completely opaque choices
without any documentation whatso-
ever are confusing? Huh ...
Let’s start with the short answer first:
You don’t have to do any of that stuff.
Now the longer answer:
“Give me updates for other Microsoft
products when I update Windows” — If
you are using other Microsoft products,
like Microsoft Office or SharePoint or
some such, checking this means you’ll
get those downloads at the same time
that Windows is updated. This is a mat-
ter of convenience, but since you always
want to keep all your products up-to-
date, this is good to have turned on.
“Use my sign in info to automatically
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date” — Some updates require you to re-
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order to finish installing the update,
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fo to automatically sign in after a re-
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doesn’t make the update process any
faster, but it does consolidate it all into
one continuous update.
BitLocker encrypts your hard drive so
that, if it’s ever stolen, the bad guys can’t
get your data. It has some issues, how-
ever. First is the fact that the recovery
key is not properly archived (security
geeks are gasping in outrage right now).
Without that key, your data are lost in
the event of a failure. With the recovery
key, BitLocker will not hinder the recov-
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body. If your computer is a member of
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(i.e. a home computer), you need to take
some additional steps to either 1) print
the recovery key(s) and store them in a
safe place or 2) save the recovery key to
a USB thumb drive and store the thumb
drive in a safe place. On a desktop, Bit-
Locker is usually unnecessary.
How updates are delivered: Again,
this is a choice that would be made by
the Systems Administrator of a corpo-
rate network. Ignore it.
Setting automatic updates is a really,
really good idea. Most of us are mere hu-
mans, and as such we forget, we pro-
crastinate, we screw up. Letting the
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ter choice. The problem with that is the
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out, or overnight one night a week, to
just let it run and update itself. Only you
know your schedule well enough to pick
the best time.
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Tesla’s Volatility Biotech on Sale
inflation is much more extreme, Basics Berkshire Hathaway owned sizable Buying into the electric-car
maker Tesla was one of my better
You may not have heard of the
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You may have heard Warren Coca-Cola, American Express, USG investments. I started watching it at CELG), but it recently sported a
ping 50 percent for at least con- Buffett’s name lots of times, such and American Airlines, among many $39 per share and finally jumped in market value greater than CVS
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his great wealth. Instead, he grew Berkshire Hathaway stock has aver- of the best big biotech companies,
time it might take you to read this fascinated by the stock market dur- indeed a volatile stock. After you
column. Imagine, for example, a aged annual gains of 20.8 percent sold, shares fell below $180 — with one of the best clinical pipe-
ing his Omaha, Nebraska, child- between 1965 and 2016 and is now lines. It markets a slate of top-selling
loaf of bread costing $10,000 one hood. He bought his first shares of only to surpass $380 in less than a
day — and then costing $1 million worth more than $460 billion (nearly year. Recently, shares were trad- drugs, including the most widely
stock at age 11, bought a 40-acre half a trillion dollars!). Buffett is leav- ing near $307. Many stocks can used first- and second-line multiple
a month later. farm while still in high school and myeloma drug Revlimid, the most
ing most of his own tens of billions be quite volatile, as can the entire
*** had earned more than $5,000 from stock market. The S&P widely used third-line multiple
to charity, and with Bill and Melinda
Q Is online stock trading safe?
How does it work? — N.C.,
delivering newspapers and other
activities by graduation.
Today Buffett heads up Berkshire
Gates, has been getting many other
billionaires to pledge to do the same.
500 index, which includes
500 of America’s big-
gest and best companies,
myeloma drug Pomalyst, pancreatic
cancer drug Abraxane and psoriasis
drug Otezla. Its recent sell-off is due
Syracuse, New York Fortunately for us, Warren to a key clinical miss, combined
Hathaway, a company he built dropped in value by more than
A Trading online via a reputable
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have security measures in place.
with his partner, Charlie Munger.
Berkshire is a collection of many
Buffett is not just a great investor,
but also a great teacher, offering
insights on how to be a success-
50 percent between late 2007 and
early 2009. That can freak out
investors who aren’t patient and
with slowing sales of major drugs
such as Abraxane and Otezla due to
new competitive threats, and reduced
It’s convenient and generally inex- companies that Buffett bought in ful investor in his educational company projections for 2020.
don’t understand that the stock
pensive, too, with many broker- their entirety, such as Dairy Queen, (and entertaining) annual letters to market has always (eventually) Yet there’s reason to like Celgene:
ages charging $7 or less per trade. GEICO, Fruit of the Loom, Benja- recovered from downturns. The Its collaborations with innovative
shareholders. You can read them biotech upstarts give it a plethora
Begin at the website of the min Moore, See’s Candies, NetJets, at berkshirehathaway.com, and S&P 500 has more than tripled
Pampered Chef, Duracell, Berk- since that 2009 low. of high-value assets in immuno-
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Tom Krisher
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DETROIT – A new report on recalls of
potentially deadly Takata air bag infla-
tors shows that automakers have re-
placed only 43 percent of the faulty
parts even though recalls have been un-
derway for more than 15 years.
The report, issued Friday by an inde-
pendent monitor who is keeping tabs on
the recalls, also shows that auto compa-
nies are only about halfway toward a
Dec. 31 goal of 100 percent replacement
of older and more dangerous inflators.
The slow completion rate comes even
though the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration began coordinat-
ing the recalls and phasing them in two
years ago. Before that, the automakers
were obtaining parts and distributing
them on their own. Normally automak-
ers fix 75 percent of vehicles within 18
months after a recall is announced.
The report brought criticism from a
U.S. senator in Florida, whose state has
seen three deaths caused by the prob-
lem and where automakers have fixed
41.7 percent of the 3 million affected in-
flators.
Takata uses ammonium nitrate to
create a small explosion and fill air bags
quickly in a crash. But the chemical can
deteriorate when exposed to high hu-
midity and temperatures and burn too
fast, blowing apart a metal canister de-
signed to contain the explosion. That
can hurl hot fragments into unsuspect-
ing drivers and passengers. At least 19
people have been killed worldwide and
more than 180 injured.
The problem touched off the largest
series of automotive recalls in U.S. his-
tory, with 19 car and truck makers hav-
ing to recall up to 69 million inflators in
42 million vehicles. It also brought a
criminal conviction and fine against Ta-
kata and forced the Japanese company
into bankruptcy protection.
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John Buretta says that as of Sept. 15,
automakers have recalled 43.1 million
inflators. Of those, only 18.5 million
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merge health system
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partment of Veterans Affairs is explor-
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NYC subway to use gender-neutral terms

Deepti Hajela
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK – When it comes to the

New York City subways, there’s no such
thing as ladies and gentlemen.
Conductors on subway trains have
been told to stop addressing passengers
as “ladies and gentlemen” when making
announcements about delays, detours
or other things, and instead use the gen-
der-neutral terms “passengers,” “rid-
ers,” and “everyone.”
The new train announcement scripts
are part of an effort by the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority to improve
communication with passengers frus-
trated with having to deal with a system
troubled with delays, mechanical fail-
ures and even derailments. Conductors
have also been instructed to give sub-
way riders more information about de-
lays, departing from a longtime practice
of making sparse announcements that
sometimes obscure the real reason a
train isn’t moving.
A lack of straightforward info, offi- When the No. 1 subway train pulls in to or out of the South Ferry Station in New York, there will be no more ladies or
cials say, can leave passengers wonder- gentlemen. Guidance issued by the MTA tells conductors to use gender-neutral terms instead. BEBETO MATTHEWS/AP
ing if they should ride it out, transfer
trains or get out and hail a cab.
“I have been in situations where they other greetings, Weinstein said. The us- ated the efforts.
said it’ll be moving shortly or momen- age will still be heard in recorded an- “I think it’s all about making the ex-
tarily,” subway passenger Judith Mosh nouncements until they are all phased The MTA also plans to perience more of a human one,” Rebecca
said as she waited for a train in a Man- out, he said. hold training sessions Bailin, campaign manager at Riders Al-
hattan station. “Sometimes momentari- In a segment on delays, the bulletin liance, a grassroots transportation ad-
ly means two minutes, sometimes it tells conductors to give “as much infor- for conductors on how vocacy group. “Sometimes you feel like a
means 20 minutes.” mation as is appropriate and in very to make announcements cog and nobody cares. I think perhaps
Knowing if a delay was likely to last plain language,” which includes giving with more information, more human in-
could help riders make alternative reasons for the delay and estimates for easier to understand by formation, this will help riders navigate
plans, she said. how long it will last, if the conductor speaking clearly and the system better.”
The new scripts were detailed in a knows. Rider Pat Goring appreciated the ef-
bulletin sent out to all train service per- “It all goes to this fundamental need slowly. forts toward clearer communication,
sonnel earlier this month and are the to make sure we’re getting people the in- but was still desperate to see the sys-
first substantial change to the “blue formation they need,” Weinstein said. mation about the various sites of inter- tem’s performance improved.
book,” which governs how to communi- “What it ultimately should come down est across the city, it makes their com- “It does count,” the Brooklyn resident
cate with riders, in almost 30 years, said to is a clearer, crisper, more informative mute brighter,” the bulletin said. said, “but just fix the trains.”
Jon Weinstein, MTA spokesman. way of speaking to our customers.” Some conductors in a pilot program The communication changes are part
The first part covered the greetings The conductors can also play tour will also get smartphones enabling of a broader plan the MTA leadership
used for passengers, replacing “ladies guide, and can now give announce- them to get information they can trans- announced in August, which would in-
and gentlemen” with the other neutral ments about certain places like the mit to riders as needed, Weinstein said. volve spending $836 million effort to fix
phrases, which follows a similar step Bronx Zoo, the Brooklyn Museum and The MTA also plans to hold training ses- problems in an aging system that oper-
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Obituaries
Deaths
Ingeborg T Belyea, age 92, Chenango Forks,
November 12, 2017, Thomas J Shea Funeral Home
Rudy G. Berger, age 96, Johnson City, October 22,
2017, Barber Memorial Home Inc.
Carolyn Garbade Borgmann, age 77, Hawthrone, FL
and formerly of Conklin, NY, November 11, 2017,
Thomas J Shea Funeral Home
David R. Butts, age 73, Bainbridge, November 17,
2017, Chase & Son Inc.
Gladys Rozina Cuillerier, age 91, November 13,
2017
Virginia Cutting, age 63, Johnson City, November
15, 2017, Aegis Cremation & Funeral Services
Ruth Evelyn Davis, age 80, Binghamton, October
10, 2017, Chase & Son Inc.
Geraldine Fisher, age 85, Horseheads, November
15, 2017, Aegis Cremation & Funeral Service
Robert James Furlong, age 90, November 11, 2017,
Shannon Funeral Home
Robert F. Gaffney, age 77, Conklin, November 15,
2017, Coleman & Daniels Funeral Home, LLC
Kathryn P. LaBore, age 62, Binghamton, November
12, 2017, Fischer-Scholder Funeral Home, Inc.
James K. Maume, age 58, Binghamton, November
13, 2017, Thomas J Shea Funeral Home
Daniel J. Morgan, age 73, Binghamton, November
08, 2017, Aegis Cremation & Funeral Services
Peter Plestis, age 90, Endicott, November 17, 2017,
Estey, Munroe & Fahey Funeral Home
James Howard Pursell, age 81, Owego, November
16, 2017, Estey, Munroe & Fahey Funeral Home
E Cynthia Richard, Vestal, November 14, 2017,
Aegis Cremation & Funeral Services
Audrey P. Roosa, age 80, Tunkhannock, PA,
November 17, 2017
Beverly J. Scarinzi, age 88, Kirkwood, November 16,
2017, Chase & Son Inc.
Oliver E. “Ollie” Short, age 73, Chemung, November
15, 2017, Lowery Funeral Home
Steven Slama, age 90, November 15, 2017, Allen
Memorial Home
Robert A. Smith, age 90, Vestal, November 15,
2017, Allen Memorial Home
Albert S. Travis, age 93, Johnson City, November
10, 2017, Chase & Son Inc
Mary Elizabeth VanValkenburg, age 92, formerly
of Afton, November 17, 2017, C.H. Landers Funeral
Chapel
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Belyea, Ingeborg Thea
Ingeborg Thea Belyea
92, of Binghamton,
NY, passed away on
November 12, 2017.
Ingeborg was born in
Potsdam, Germany on
February 21, 1925. She
was married to Frederick
S. Belyea in Berlin,
Germany on October
27, 1948; they were married for 64 years. Ingeborg
is survived by her daughters Carla Diana Belyea
and Inga Mary Fuerst; her grandchildren Jesse
Larson, Leah Cady, Bethany Hall, Kristina Fuerst,
Tommy Fuerst, Courtney Elliott and Shelby
Concepcion along with eight great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband Frederick
S. Belyea and her youngest daughter Kim Lorraine
Elliott. A Memorial Service will be held at 11am on
December 9, 2017 at Harpursville United Methodist
Church with a Luncheon to follow. In lieu of flowers
memorial donations may be given to The American
Heart Association. The family of Ingeborg Belyea
wishes to thank Lourdes Hospice for their in-home
care.
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Berger, Rudy G.
Rudy Berger, 96, was Butts, David R.
called by his Lord and David R Butts, "Buttsie",
Savior, Jesus Christ, on 73, Bainbridge, passed
October 22, 2017 to be away peacefully in his
reunited with the love of sleep at his home on
his life, Isabel. They were Thursday evening. David
blessed to have shared 75 was an avid hunter,
wonderful years together. fisherman and NASCAR
He was a lifetime member and dirt track race fan.
of SS. Cyril & Methodius David is survived by
Church. Rudy proudly served his country in WWII his devoted daughter,
as Staff Sargent of the B-24 overseas combat crew, Tess & Michael Savage and their children, Kalyb
where he received the Oak Leaf Cluster. He was an & Laura Poirer, Brendyn Savage, Madisyn Savage
active member of the American Legion and the Last and Schyler Savage; son, Jonathan & Peggy Butts;
Man’s Club. In his younger years, he bowled in a daughter, Lori & Ricky Lamb; son, Everett &
weekly League and enjoyed many weekends doing Teresa Butler and many other family members too
his favorite sport of fly fishing at his “secret fishing great in number to mention. David was predeceased
holes”, while we enjoyed the benefits of his many by many of his loved ones, most recently being his
great trout catches. He had a love for life and was brother, Don Butts, whom he was very close to. The
the stronghold of the family. Rudy was a dedicated family will receive friends on Wednesday, November
Husband and Father. He was kind, loving, caring 22, 2017 from 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm at Wm. R.
and passionate, to all that knew him. His love will Chase & Son Funeral Home, 737 Chenango Street,
forever be deeply held in the hearts of his daughters, Port Dickinson, NY 13901. A memorial service will
Carol (Bruce) Sims of Southampton, Bermuda be at 1:00 pm following at the funeral home with
and Nancy (Giorgio) Fani of Houston, Texas. He Rev. Kenneth Small officiating of Bethany United
will fondly be remembered by his Grandchildren, Methodist Church, Bethany, Pa. Burial will be in
Lindsey (Jason) Leman, Michael Sims and his Great the North Afton Cemetery. Those of us who knew
Grandchildren, Lucy and William Leman.
David will have all of his stories to remember him
A celebration of his life will be held on November 20, by and share, and for those not to familiar..."Eat my
2017 at SS. Cyril & Methodius Church, 148 Clinton shorts."
St., Binghamton, NY. Family will receive friends at
the church from 9:30 a.m. Mass will follow at 10
a.m. He will be laid to rest at the Slovak Catholic
Cemetery on Riverside Drive, following services. In
lieu of flowers/offerings, mass cards or contributions
can be made in memory of Rudy to SS. Cyril’s
church.
Davis, Ruth Evelyn
Ruth Evelyn Davis, 80,
passed suddenly after a
Borgmann, Carolyn brief illness on Tuesday,
Garbade October 10, 2017. She
Carolyn Garbade was predeceased by her
Borgmann, 77, formerly son, Karl F. Humphrey
of Conklin, NY passed III. She is survived by
away on Nov. 10, 2017. her children, Pamela
Carolyn was predeceased Humphrey-Evans (Chris
by her parents William Evans), Earl (Teri)
Dixon Sr. and Elice Cole, Humphrey, Laurie Crowell; brothers, Harold
brother William Dixon, Davis Jr. (Debra Harding), Robert (Shirley) Root;
Jr., ex-husband J. Robert sister, Jean LaVelle; 9 grandchildren, 24 great-
Garbade, daughter Kristine Garbade Duke and son grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
J. Richard Garbade. She is survived by her husband Ruth was a captain of the Chenango Volunteer
of 30 years Fred Borgmann, son Robert (Linda) Emergency Squad and a Medic with Superior
Garbade, step-sons Kurt, Eric and Frederick Ambulance. She was a past member of Glen Castle
Borgmann and step-daughter Trish (Paul) Prevete United Methodist Church. A memorial service will
as well as Grandchildren: Lauren (Eric) Patton, Dr. be held on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Ellie Garbade, Bob Garbade, John Garbade, Alicia at the Glen Castle United Methodist Church, 371
(Dr. Jason) Brustein, Eric Garbade, Jaclyn Prevete, Castle Creek Road, Binghamton, NY 13901 with
Evan Prevete and Thad Prevete. Also, Carolyn Pastor Jim Collins officiating. In lieu of flowers
enjoyed a special relationship with her cousin kindly consider memorial contributions to American
Marilyn Packer as well as many close friends in her Diabetes Association, 6390 Fly Road West Syracuse,
home Binghamton area. NY 13057 or the American Cancer Society, 13 Beech
Carolyn was a devoted Wife, Mother and Street, Johnson City, NY 13790.
Grandmother, ever doting on her Grandchildren,
of whom she was so proud. She spent limitless time
teaching them important life lessons all the while just
enjoying being in their presence. She also relished in
playing Liverpool Rummy with them, often until the
wee hours of the morning. Carolyn’s second love and
life’s passion were her German Shepherds. She was
the proud Owner/Operator of Von Adelhof Kennel Gaffney, Robert F.
and was widely recognized as one of the top breeders Robert F. Gaffney (aka
of pure-breed German Shepherds in the Eastern PaPa), 9/11/40-11/15/17,
United States and her clients were from all over this the most wonderful
country as well as parts of Europe. husband, father, and
Carolyn was a wonderful soul and will be sorely grandfather anyone could
missed by her family, friends and German Shepherds ever wish for, passed
alike. We wish you to Rest in Peace, until once again away peacefully with his
we are reunited, in eternal life. Carolyn’s family will family by his side after a
receive friends at Thomas J Shea Funeral Home Inc. couragous battle of Brain
at 137 Robinson St., Binghamton, NY on Friday Cancer diagnosed on
Nov. 24, 2017 from 11 am until 1 pm. Burial will be 9/27/17. He also battled Folicular Lymphoma from
at the convenience of the family. November 2015 to present. Bob is survived by his
wife of 53 years, Jane; daughters, Christine (Mike)
Koban, and Kimberly (Lee) Gaffney; son, Thomas
Cuillerier, Gladys Rozina Gaffney; 5 Grandchildren, Ashley, Kortney, Travis,
Our beloved mother, Kaitlyn, and Angela; 6 great grandchildren, Connor,
grandmother and great- Skylar, Ryder, Jordan, Remi, and Eva; brother, Jack
grandmother Gladys Gaffney; sister, Catherine Garner, and many nieces,
Cuillerier passed away nephews, and cousins. Bob served in the U. S. Army
Nov. 13, 2017 at Shands Military Police from January 1961 to January 1964,
Lake Shore Hospital in was a member of American Legion Post 1645, and
Lake City, FL at the age The New York State Retired Police Association.
of 91. Gladys is survived Bob retired from the Binghamton Police Department
by her daughters Karon in 2003 after 37 years from a job he loved and gave
Ann and Donna Marie, his all serving the public. He will be dearly missed
grand-children, great grandchildren, nieces, nephew, but never ever forgotten.
cousins and many friends. She was predeceased by R. I. P., we love you. A Memorial Service will be
her brothers William and Donald Rozina. Gladys held on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at
worked for many years for GE and the Binghamton the Coleman & Daniels Funeral Home, LLC, 300 E.
Arena. She eventually retired to the Advent Christian Main St., Endicott. The family will receive friends
Village in Dowling Park, FL where she volunteered at the funeral home from 4:00 p.m. until the time
her time and brightened many peoples lives. Gladys, of the service. In lieu of flowers, please consider a
you will sorely be missed. A memorial service will donation in Bob’s name to the Mercy House, 212
be held 10:30 Tues. Nov 21, 2017 at Bixler Chapel, North McKinley Avenue, Endicott, NY 13760.
Dowling Park, FL. In lieu of flowers, please consider
a gift to Camp Suwannee Campership Fund by
calling 386-658-5190.

Obituaries
Furlong, Robert James
Left us to join the Lord on
Saturday, November 11,
2017, two weeks before
his 91st birthday.
Robert was predeceased
by his loving wife of 65
years, Dorothy Marie
(Noga) Furlong. He is
survived by his seven
children: Martin Furlong,
Albany, New York; Walter Furlong, Baltimore,
MD; Mary Furlong, Austin, TX; Patricia Furlong,
Bradenton, FL; Paul Furlong, Binghamton, NY;
Joseph Furlong, El Paso, TX; and Kathleen Glover,
Bradenton, FL. Robert is also survived by many
grandchildren and great-children.
Robert was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He served
in the US Army from 1945-1947, and attended
Manhattan College in New York City. Robert was
founder and past president of Furlong Insurance
Agency in Binghamton, New York. Robert had an
entrepreneurial spirit, and enjoyed founding multiple
other businesses before retiring to Bradenton, FL.
Robert is a member of St. Frances X Cabrini
Catholic Church, Parrish, FL. He was a member of
the Knights of Columbus.
A Mass was held at St. Frances X Cabrini Catholic
Church, 12001 69th St. E., Parrish, FL 34219 on
Thursday, November 16th at 10:30 AM. Burial
was at the Sarasota Veteran’s Cemetery at 1:00
PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
St. Frances X Cabrini Catholic Church, Parrish,
FL.Condolences for the family may be made online
at www.shannonfuneralhomes.com
LaBore, Kathryn P.
On Sunday, November 12 our beloved wife, mother,
and Nana, Kathryn P. LaBore, 62, of Binghamton
returned home to the Lord. She was predeceased
by her parents, Thomas and Hazel Slate; parents-
in law, James and Louise LaBore Sr.; sisters, Joyce
Fuller and Patricia Tallman; brother, Thomas Slate;
brother-in- law, James LaBore Jr and granddaughter
Kaitlyn Faith Simpson. She is survived by her
husband, Frank LaBore Sr.; her children, Hazel
Smith, Johnny Smith Jr., Katrina Whitehill, Frank
& Jeannie LaBore Jr, Eric LaBore, Kristy LaBore,
Samantha & David Watkins Jr.; Her grandchildren
that were the center of her world Cortney, Richie,
Seirra, Hannah, Loagin, Necia, Kaleb, Ethan,
Alizandra, Natalie, and Kaiden. Her great grandson,
Victor; sisters, Judy & Robert Shepard, Irine & Gerald
Page, Elizabeth & Leon Salisbury; brothers, Donald
& Vicky Tallman and Raymond & Ann Tallman;
many nieces and nephews. Kathryn was employed
at Ideal Senior Living Center for 14 years were she
loved her residents and considered them part of her
family. We would like to thank the Dr. Bipin Patel
and Dr. Mahmood Ahmed for the great medical care
given to our mother and wife. We would also like
to thank the nurses and staff on South Tower 5 at
Wilson Hospital especially Chelsea, Allison, Susan,
and Rita.
Funeral services will be held Monday, November 20,
2017 at 4:00 p.m. at the Fischer-Scholder Funeral
Home, Inc., 269 Chenango Street, Binghamton with
Pastor JJ Hefley officiating. The family will receive
friends at the funeral home Monday from 2:00 p.m.
until the time of service. Donations may be made in
Kathryn's memory to a charity of one's choice.
Smith, Robert A.
Robert A. Smith, 90, of
Vestal passed away at
home on November 15.
He was predeceased by:
his father H. William
Smith, his mother Jean
Smith, his brother Ray
Smith and his brother
Doug Smith. He is
survived by his loving
wife of 56 years, Barbara Smith, his sister Natalie
Smith of Melbourne, FL, his son David Smith and
his wife Nancy Smith of Endicott, his daughter
Diane Mancini and her husband Marc Mancini
of Horseheads, his son Jeffrey Smith of Vestal, his
nephew Steven Smith and his nephew Rob Smith
and several grandchildren and a great grandchild.
He was a physical education teacher in the Union
Endicott School District for 29 years, where he also
coached swimming and soccer. He was a member of
the YMCA for over 50 years. Upon retirement in
1989, he traveled the country with his wife, including
20 years of winters in Mesa, Arizona. He was an
avid bike rider, right up through this November.
He graduated from Syracuse University, and was
a huge sports fan. He loved Syracuse football
and basketball, and any team that was playing the
Yankees. In lieu of flowers, please send donations
to the Union Endicott Education Foundation at
UEEF@uek12.org. Calling hours will be at the Allen
Memorial Home, 511-513 E. Main St., Endicott on
Monday, November 20, from 4 to 6 pm.
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Maume, James K.
James “Jimmer”
Kevin Maume, 58, of
Binghamton, NY, went
peacefully to be with the
Lord on November 13,
2017. He is predeceased
by his father, James G.
Maume, who he missed
dearly and referred to
as “Big Jim”. Jimmer
is survived by his mother, Eleanor G. Maume,
his brother, Gerald P. Maume; sisters, Maureen
(Robert) McCarthy, Peggy (Maume) Daniels, and
Chrissy (Dan) Chiesa; many nieces, nephews and
cousins, especially his favorite cousin Maureen Lane
all of whom loved Jimmer dearly. Jimmer is leaving
behind many, many friends. Jimmer enjoyed so many
things about his life. He had a lifelong admiration
for the Binghamton Fire and Police Departments
and has a collection of badges, helmets, etc. to prove
it. They hang along side his medal for winning 3rd
place in the Special Olympics for running. Music
was very important to Jimmer and listening to Barry
Manilow or Neil Diamond always made him smile
and dance. He loved spending time at Sandy Pond,
but most of all, he loved his Mom and Dad.
Jimmer never thought of himself as different. His
smile could have been seen from space and he
generated such sweetness. He loved being a part of
his community, especially ACHIEVE.
Simply put, Jim loved everything about life. His love
was so strong he had no prejudices and everyone
knew they had a friend in Jimmer.
Jimmer will be so sorely missed. He is home with
his dad now, he so longed to see him again. He will
leave behind a legacy and an impact like no other.
Everyone who had the pleasure of meeting him was
undoubtedly better because of it. The family would
like to deeply thank the staff at ACHIEVE: Cutler
Pond, Chapin Street residence and River Side Drive
residence for their continued caring and support all
these years.
Calling hours will be held at the THOMAS J. SHEA
FUNERAL HOME, INC., 137 Robinson St,,
Binghamton on Monday, November 20, 2017 from
4pm until 7pm. A Funeral Mass in celebration of
Jim’s life will be held at 10am on Tuesday, November
21, 2017 at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church.
Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Johnson
City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
ACHIEVE, 125 Cutler Pond Road, Binghamton,
NY 13905.
Pursell, James Howard
James Howard Pursell,
81, passed away on
November 16th 2017, at
his home in Owego, New
York after a brief illness.
He was predeceased by
his parents, Howard
Lester Pursell and Doris
Mae (Yates) Pursell. Jim
is survived by his spouse,
the Rev. Richard Schaal, of Owego; his brothers,
Bruce Edwin Pursell, of Harrisburg, PA, and Alan
Craig Pursell, of Weed CA; his nephews, Craig
Alan Pursell and Thomas Howard Pursell. Jim was
employed by IBM in Owego, New York for thirty
years, where he rose rapidly to the position of senior
engineer, and worked as as systems engineer on
various DoD and NASA programs. He also served as
a NATO consultant in planning for future electronic
countermeasures needs. Jim was also the recipient
of several awards for excellence in engineering and
accolades for his skills in explanitory oratory. He
enjoyed a variety of interests including home design,
cooking, sailing, architechture, oil painting, and
geneaology. The family wishes to express special
thanks to Jim’s good friend and primary care giver,
Dr. Keith Nichols, and to a good friend and nurse,
Cathy Waterman and Lynda Helmer for their
extraordinary and compassionate care of Jim. They
also wish to thank the many doctors, nurses, friends,
and volunteers who cared for Jim. A celebration of
Jim’s life will be held on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at
12:00 Noon at the Estey, Munroe & Fahey Funeral
Home, 15 Park St., Owego, NY. Immediately
following the services friends and family will be
invited to continue the celebration with a gathering
at the Countryside Community Center, 9 Sheldon
Guilde Blvd., Owego, NY from 1:00 to 4 p.m. Burial
will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made in
James H. Pursell’s memory to the ACLU, C/O the
Gift Processing Department, 125 Broad Street, 18th
Floor New York, NY 10004, or St. John’s Episcopal
Church, C/O Debra Cole, 395 Back West Creek
Road, Berkshire, NY 13736. Condolences may be
made to Jim’s family at www.emfaheyfuneralhome.
com.
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Richard, E Cynthia
E Cynthia Richard
(Cynthia) 71, of Vestal,
died Nov. 14 at Wilson
Memorial Hospital after a
fall at home.
Born in Manhattan,
Cynthia moved to the
Binghamton area where
her interests included
shopping, enjoying
Chinese food and the company of her precious cats.
She will be missed by countless clients and friends
made while working for many years as a paralegal
at The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York -
Binghamton office.
Cynthia was predeceased by her brother William
and is survived by long-time friend and companion
Keith George Jr. of Endicott.
Arrangements are by Aegis Cremation & Funeral
Services. It was her wish that there be no services,
but please visit lasmny.org where you can get a sense
of how she always wanted to help others.
Scarinzi, Beverly J.
Beverly J. Scarinzi,
88, of Kirkwood, NY
passed away peacefully
on Thursday, November
16, 2017. She was born
March 3, 1929 to Carl
& Marion Terpenning
in Deposit, NY. She is
survived by her loving
husband of 65 years,
Arthur Scarinzi; sons, Philip & Toni Scarinzi and
Larry Scarinzi; brothers, Carl & Margie Terpenning,
Bloomington, Indiana, Charles & Rae Terpenning,
Oak Harbor, Washington. Beverly was predeceased
by her brother, Freeland Terpenning. She was loved
by everyone including by her 4 grandchildren; 5
great grandchildren. The family will receive friends
on Monday, November 20, 2017 from 10:00 am
until 11:00 am, the time of mass at St. Mary's of
Kirkwood, 975 US Rt. 11, Kirkwood, NY 13795.
Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, donations can be made in Beverly's memory
to the Alzheimer's Association at alz.org.
Short, Oliver E. "Ollie"
Oliver E. “Ollie,” “Shorty” Short, 73, of Chemung,
NY joined the angels on Wednesday, November 15,
2017.
Ollie was predeceased by his parents, Uriah and
Viola (Tennant) Short, siblings, Raymond, Melvin,
Mavis, Duane, and Phillip, mother- and father-in-
law, Dorothy (Howe) and Watkins Stables, and
brother-in-law Daniel Stables.
He is survived by his wife and best friend of 54
years, Betty Stables Short, beloved children and
their spouses, Kelly (John) McGowan of Elmira,
NY, Gary (Kim) Short of Waverly, NY, and Laura
(Marlon) Martin of Texas, grandchildren, Erinne
(Rory) Gibson, Matthew and Mitchell McGowan,
Michael and Jesse Short, and Danielle and Dayna
Martin, great-grandchildren, Felix, Vincent, and
Maxwell Gibson. Ollie is also survived by sister,
Yvonne Pollard, brother, Dale Short, brothers-in-
law, John, Jerald (Maureen) Stables, sister-in-law,
Bonita Greco, sister-in-law Lillian Short, and several
nieces and nephews.
Ollie worked for almost 30 years for the Elmira Star-
Gazette as a Production Director. He was also an
avid woodworker in his spare time, making hundreds
of hand-carved clocks.
A time of visitation will be held on Sunday, November
19, 2017 from 5:00pm to 6:30pm at the Jay E. Lowery
Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 225
South Main Street, Athens, PA 18810. A Memorial
Service will follow at 6:30pm at the funeral home
with the Rev. Linda Rogers officiating. There will
be a gathering of friends and family immediately
following the service at the Chemung Volunteer Fire
Department on Main Street, Chemung, NY.
Burial will be in Chemung Cemetery on Monday at
the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
Ollie’s memory to: the Chemung Volunteer Fire
Department, P.O. Box 138, Chemung, NY 14825.
(For those wishing to sign the E-guestbook, send
flowers, or condolences may do so by visiting www.
loweryfuneralhome.com)
In Memoriams In Memoriams
In Loving Memory Of
William A. Simms
1935 - 2001
Miss you and we think
of you all the time.
In Loving Memory Of Love,
Denise A. Rano
who passed away
Arlene & Norma
8 years ago today
A lot of memories are
still with us.
We Love You,
Nick, Chris & Ethan
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Obituaries
Slama, Steven
Steven "Steve" Peter
Slama, 90, formerly
of Endicott, NY, was
peacefully called home
by our Heavenly Father
on November 15, 2017.
He was predeceased by
Helen, his loving wife of
58 years; daughter Linda;
son Steven; grandson
Jeffrey; brother Andrew and John; sister Anna;
parents Frederick and Anna. He is survived by his
sister, Sister Paula; two daughters Nancy (Andrew)
Slawta and Theresa (Joe Johns) Mullineaux and
Penny Carmon; his grandchildren Matthew,
Rebecca, Randy, Rachelle, Michael and Kimberly;
great grandchildren Jack, Hannah, Elijah and Bowie;
brother and sister-in-law John and Nancy Gnan;
several nieces and nephews. He proudly served with
US Army during the Korean War as a member of
the Military Police. He was a member of the Knights
of Columbus Endicott Council 1839, honored to be
a Grand Knight for two terms, retired from IBM
Owego in 1984 and a member of Endicott Elk's
Lodge #1977. He enjoyed traveling extensively with
his wife, barbecuing for his family, playing cards,
camping, hunting and fishing. Heartfelt thanks to
the staff at Elizabeth Church Manor Nursing for
their exceptional care. Funeral services will be held
Monday 11 am at Allen Memorial Home 511-513
East Main Street Endicott with Father James Serowik
officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The
family will receive friends at the memorial home on
Monday from 10 am until service time at 11 am. In
lieu of flowers, the family requests you visit someone
in a nursing home or make a donation to Veterans
of America.
Travis, Albert S.
Albert S. Travis, 93, of
Johnson City, passed away
on November 10, 2017
with his daughter by his
side. He was predeceased
by his parents, Claude
& Marjorie Travis; wife
of 63 years, Janet; son,
Jeffrey, brother, Walter.
He is survived by his
loving daughter, Patricia; brother, Claude Jr. Grand
Rapids, MI; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Judith
& Robert Aitken, Palm Coast, FL; several nieces,
nephews and his cat, Purrl. In his youth Albert
was very active in the Boy Scouts and was an Eagle
Scout. He proudly served in the US Army during
WWII. He graduated from Westchester State
Teacher's College in PA and taught mathematics
for 24 years in the Binghamton School District. He
enjoyed many summers tutoring children from more
than 20 different countries at Camp Susquehannock
in Brackney, PA. He was a wonderful husband
and father. He enjoyed bowling, salmon fishing
with his brothers in Canada, watching Boston
Red Sox baseball, collecting baseball books and
doing Sudoku puzzles. A special thank you to Dr.
Ramanujan and Nancy Evans for many years of
wonderful care and to Assisted Living at Hilltop for
making him feel at home. Al was a longtime member
of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chenango
Bridge. A private graveside service will be held at
the family's convenience. In lieu of flowers, those
wishing may make memorial contributions to Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church, 216 Kattelville Road,
Binghamton, NY 13901 or the American Diabetes
Association, 6390 Fly Rd #2, East, Syracuse, NY
13057.
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VanValkenburg, Mary
Elizabeth
92, formerly of Afton,
passed away on Friday
morning, November 17,
2017 at James G. Johnston
Memorial Nursing Home,
Johnson City.
Mary was born on July
4, 1925, daughter of the
late Wesley and Ruth
(Schriver) Brundege in Cannonsville, NY.
She retired from NBT Bank in Bainbridge. Mary
enjoyed crafts, particularly sewing, crocheting,
knitting and embroidery. She was a gifted cook and
baker who delighted in preparing Thanksgiving and
Christmas meals for her family. She was devoted to
her family and will be dearly missed.
Mary is survived by: four daughters and sons-in-
law: Carol and Thomas Kopl of Endicott, Linda
and Robert Holic of Sangerfield, Phyllis and James
Kaufman of Endicott and Barbara and Lawrence
Rowe of Unadilla; 13 grandchildren, 21 great-
grandchildren, sister-in-law, Jean Stanton of Afton,
and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Mary was predeceased
by her husband of 60 years, Robert VanValkenburg;
son, Bruce VanValkenburg; great-granddaughter,
Emelyn Harper Murphy, and her siblings.
Friends are invited to call from 7:00-9:00pm on
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at C.H. Landers
Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St. Sidney, NY 13838.
Funeral services will be private and at the convenience
of the family. Burial will take place in Glenwood
Cemetery, Afton. In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations in Mary’s memory may be directed to
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny
Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Share condolences and memories with the family
online at www.landersfh.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H.
Landers Funeral Chapel, Sidney.
Warner, Sr, David A.
David A. Warner, Sr., 68, of Hallstead, PA passed
away, Thursday, November 16, 2017 at his home.
Born September 19, 1949 in Johnson City, NY, he
was the son of the late Clyde and Edith [Summers]
Warner. He served in the US Army during the
Vietnam War receiving National Defense Service
Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Overseas Service
Bar, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and
Sharpshooter Badge Rifle (M-16). He was employed
by Universal Instruments for more than 30 years as
a Software engineer. He was a member of the VFW,
Hallstead-Great Bend, enjoyed his family and the
outdoors, fishing, boating and swimming. Survivors
include his wife of 47 years, C. Marie "Rie" Warner
of Hallstead, PA, a daughter and son-in-law,
Brenda Warner Daniels (Jeffrey) of Hallstead, PA,
grandsons; Cole David Williams (Blake), Hunter N.
Williams (Carley Bennett), and Wesley F. Daniels
(Talitha Lucia), a great-grandson, Dax David
Williams, granddaughter, Victoria Edwards sisters
and brother-in-law, Nancy Warner of Conklin, PA,
Elaine Mullinnex of Binghamton, NY, Judy Cease
(Robert) of Binghamton, NY and brothers, John
Warner of Kirkwood, NY, and Gary Warner of
Binghamton, NY, nieces, nephews, cousins extended
family Donna Cooper, Jenna Burda, Kaelyn Burda
and Ariana Burda.
In addition to his parents, a son David A. Warner,
Jr., predeceased him in 1989.
Services: 11:00 am Monday at Bartron-Myer Funeral
Home, Inc., Montrose, PA.
Visitation: 3:00 to 5:00 PM on Sunday at the funeral
home. If desired: memorial contributions may be
made to; American Cancer Society Hope Lodge
Hospitality House, 1120 Goodman Street, South,
Rochester, NY 14620.
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VanValkenburgh, Neita-
Ann
64, passed away Monday,
November 14, 2017 after
a brief illness. After
graduating from Sidney
High School, she move to
Arizona for 17 years and
eventually moved back to
the area. She landed a job
at Penguin Books, where
she worked for 28 years. Most recently, she was an
employee at BAE Systems. Neita-Ann loved her
family more than anything. She was an avid reader
and really enjoyed cooking. She is survived by her
son Jordan (Samantha) Thornton, sister Connie
Okenica, brothers Steve (Dianne), John and Bill (Liz)
VanValkenburgh, as well as many aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews and loving friends. There will be no
service per her request. Contributions may be made
in her memory to a charity of one’s choice.
Wagstaff, Betty
Betty J. Wagstaff went
to join her Lord and
her parents, Orenious
Simpson and Mary Ashley
on Tues, November 14th,
2017 surrounded by
her children. Betty was
born March 14, 1936 in
Massena, NY. In 1953
she met her husband
and partner for life, Henry C. Wagstaff, Jr. who
predeceased her in 2015. She followed him through
his 23 years in the US Army which lead her to live
in many places around the world and they were
married for 63 years. She leaves behind her broher
Robert Simpson and prior to her passing lost several
brothers and sisters. She is survived by her children,
Deborah Benedict (Dave); Henry C. Wagstaff III,
Timothy Wagstaff, and Shannon Thompson (John).
Also 9 grandchildren whom she adored, Shannon
Supa Jones, Richard Supa, twins Colleen and Kelsey
McCabe, Mary Margaret Wagstaff, Heather Cartier,
Twins Rich and Chip Wagstaff, and Brian Wagstaff.
Also 7 great-grandchildren, Noah and Ashley
Cartier, Kennedy Jones (Oma's little homemaker),
Sophie Pelletier, and the youngest ones; Emmet,
Maddy & Owen Wagstaff. Betty is also survived by
several cousins, nieces and nephews. Special thanks
through her final journey to dear friend Rose Kolosna
and niece, Bev Flint. Betty led an interesting life with
many career choices; nursing school in Waynesville,
MO; surgical dept. at Waynesville Hospital, most
people will most remember Betty as a phlebotomist
at Wilson Memorial Hospital for many years. She
was also the first meter maiden for JCPD in 1986.
Later on in life she became quite the computer whiz
enjoying creative card making and photo albums
of her beloved family. Betty was a member o the
Amercian Legion Auxillary Post 0357 in Halltead,
PA and St. Martins Catholic church in Jackson, PA
where she and Henry resided. Betty also had many
friends through her adventures at Bingo. Betty wants
to say to her family at this time, "Do not be sad for
me today, be happy that i have gone home. I'll see
you all again in God's house." Services will be held
on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 3:30 pm for
family, and friends are welcome from 4:30 - 6:30 pm
at Coleman & Daniels, 300 E. Main Street, Endicott,
NY. Service will be officiated by Father Clarence
Rumble. In lieu of flowers the family requests that
donations be made to MERCY HOUSE, 212 N.
McKinley Ave., Endicott, NY 13760.
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Tiny houses are trendy, unless they’re next door

Some feel ‘fad’ could ruin
existing neighborhoods
Scott McFetridge
ASSOCIATED PRESS

DES MOINES, Iowa – As he tows a

96-square-foot house around Des
Moines, Joe Stevens is overwhelmed by
the intense, sometimes tearful support
he receives from churches, schools and
service groups for his plan to use the
trendy little structures to help homeless
people.
But when Stevens actually tried to
create a village of the homes in Iowa’s
largest city, the response was far differ-
ent.
“We got shot down,” said Stevens,
who leads a group that proposed erect-
ing 50 tiny homes on a 5-acre industrial
site north of downtown Des Moines. “It
was a sense of fear, uncertainty and
doubt, a kneejerk situation.”
Tiny homes have been promoted as
the solution to all kinds of housing
needs — shelter for the homeless, an af-
fordable option for expensive big cities
and simplicity for people who want to
declutter their lives. But the same pop-
ularity that inspired at least six national
TV shows about the homes often fails to
translate into acceptance when devel-
opers try to build them next door.
In at least a dozen cases across the
nation, neighbors organized to stop tiny
house projects, including in Charlotte,
North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee;
San Jose, California; Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Tallahassee, Florida; and Bend, Oregon.
Sometimes the efforts moved ahead de-
spite objections, but in many cases, the
communities were blocked.
The president of the American Tiny
House Association said opposition
arises even among people who feel an
affinity for the homes.
“People say, ‘Tiny homes are great
and cool, and you can put that village
anywhere but right across the street
from my subdivision,’ ” said Chris Ga-
lusha, who is also a Fort Worth, Texas,
area builder.
The current interest in small houses
follows a steady growth in the median
Eva Stough, right, holds her baby, Kaysen Griffin, as she returns to her tiny
house at a homeless encampment. PHOTOS BY ELAINE THOMPSON/AP
size of homes, from 1,200 square feet in
the 1940s to about 1,860 square feet in
this decade.
As home sizes spiraled up, tiny house
pioneers in the 1990s began promoting
the austerity and frugality of spaces
smaller than most garages. The idea
captivated millions of Americans, even
those who remain in more spacious ac-
commodations.
“It’s an aspirational lifestyle, and it’s
fun to watch people try to do something
difficult, which is to live contrary to the
general trend, which is more space,”
said Ben Keys, a real estate professor at
the University of Pennsylvania’s Whar-
ton School.
The opposition is often focused on
developments for homeless people, as
in Des Moines. But in many cases, it also
extends to tiny home communities de-
signed for the open market.
That’s what happened in Charlotte,
North Carolina, where a developer had
hoped to build 56 tiny homes near a
neighborhood filled with ranch houses
and split-levels. Opponents argued that
the tiny homes would clash with exist-
ing housing, cause traffic problems and
fail financially due to the cost of the 500
square-foot homes, which would be
priced at about $90,000.
“The tiny houses, we feel they’re a
fad,” said Robert Wilson, who helped
lead the opposition. “It’s a niche market,
and we think it is not less expensive.”
A similar story unfolded in the high-
desert resort city of Bend, Oregon,
where owners of a development in-
spired by author J.R.R. Tolkien’s vision
of a Middle Earth paradise were
shocked when they learned of plans for
a 22-lot tiny home development that
would wrap around many existing
houses.
“I think tiny homes are great and
people can enjoy them if they like, but
please don’t put them in our neighbor-
A row of tiny houses at a homeless
encampment stand near a full-size
home in Seattle.
“People say, ‘Tiny homes are
great and cool, and you can
put that village anywhere
but right across the street
from my subdivision.’ ”
Chris Galusha
Fort Worth, Texas, area builder
hood,” said Joanna White Wolff, who
fears existing home values could drop
by $100,000 if the tiny development
proceeds. “My home is my sanctuary,
and it’s going to be destroyed by differ-
ent thinking.”
Wolff and her neighbors are consid-
ering legal action to block the develop-
ment if city leaders approve the plan,
she said.
For his project to help the homeless,
Stevens arranged for high school and
college students to build the houses,
with donations to cover costs. But after
being thwarted in the search for a build-
ing site, the Des Moines group he heads,
called Joppa, turned to the nearby city
of Van Meter about locating the village
there.
“We’re not giving up because we real-
ly do believe this is an answer to a seri-
ous problem,” said Stevens, who noted
that about 250 people are typically
homeless in the Des Moines area.

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Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Cell: 607-759-4760 / BPoto@Exitnys.com
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California may limit liability
of self-driving cars’ makers
Michael Liedtke
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO – California regula-
tors are embracing a General Motors
recommendation that would help mak-
ers of self-driving cars avoid paying for
accidents and other trouble, raising
concerns that the proposal will put an
unfair burden on vehicle owners.
If adopted, the regulations drafted by
the California Department of Motor Ve-
hicles would protect these carmakers
from lawsuits in cases where vehicles
haven’t been maintained according to
manufacturer specifications.
That could open a loophole for auto-
makers to skirt responsibility for acci-
dents, injuries and deaths caused by de-
fective autonomous vehicles, said Ar-
mand Feliciano, vice president for the
Association of California Insurance
Companies. For instance, manufactur-
ers might avoid liability if the tires on
self-driving cars are slightly underin-
flated or even if the oil hasn’t been
changed as regularly as manufacturers
suggest, he said.
“When is the last time you followed
everything that is listed in your car
manual?” Feliciano said.
The California DMV declined to com-
ment on its proposed regulations be-
cause they’re still being finalized.
Determining liability for self-driving
cars is just one of the many hurdles that
still must be addressed as dozens of
automakers and technology companies
expand their tests of robotic vehicles
cruising public roads scattered across
the U.S. Some of these companies are
hoping to deploy their self-driving vehi-
cles in ride-hailing services and eventu-
ally sell them to consumers within the
next few years.
As biggest testing ground for self-
driving cars, California is being viewed
as a bellwether for how other states
might sculpt their regulations down the
road.
The section addressing the limits of
automakers’ liability adopts much of the
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wording proposed in an April 24 letter to
the DMV from Paul Hemmersbaugh,
formerly chief counsel for the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
and now chief counsel for the General
Motors division overseeing self-driving
cars.
Consumer Watchdog, an activist
group frequently critical of business in-
terests, believes Hemmersbaugh plied
the connections he made at the Califor-
nia DMV while working at the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
to insert the clause that could make it
easier for self-driving carmakers to
avoid liability.
“It is the result of the ongoing and
troubling federal revolving door be-
tween the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration and the auto in-
dustry,” Consumer Watchdog officials
wrote in a letter sent Tuesday to the
DMV and the head of the transportation
department overseeing the agency.
Under current law, automakers can
still be held liable for faulty equipment
or other flaws in vehicles that require a
human driver, even if the owners
haven’t followed all the maintenance in-
structions.
That would change if the DMV’s pro-
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is, warned the Consumer Attorneys of
California, a professional association
of trial lawyers.
GM spokeswoman Laura Toole lau-
ded the “transparency” of the DMV’s
process. Dozens of parties also sub-
mitted comments and recommenda-
tions, leaving it to the DMV’s staff to
decide which to include in the agen-
cy’s proposed rules, she said.
In his April 24 letter, Hemmers-
baugh linked his recommendations to
concerns that self-driving carmakers
might be held responsible for all vehi-
cle problems “without taking into ac-
count the acts of intervening parties
and other factors that contributed to
an incident.”
Self-driving cars are being touted as
safer alternative to vehicles operated
by humans who get drunk or distract-
ed. But accidents are still bound to
happen, and some are likely to be
caused by equipment defects, said
Jacqueline Serna, legislative attorney
for the Consumer Attorneys of Califor-
nia. And when that happens, she said,
it should be left to the courts to draw
the lines of liability.
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to save salmon
is killing them
Keith Ridler
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOISE, Idaho – A relatively new
$13.5 million hatchery intended to
save Snake River sockeye salmon from
extinction is killing thousands of fish
before they get to the ocean, and fish-
eries biologists think they know why.
The Department of Fish and Game
in information released this week says
water chemistry at the Springfield
Hatchery in eastern Idaho is so differ-
ent from that in the central region that
the young fish can’t adjust when re-
leased into the wild.
“It’s not a disaster; it’s part of what
you experience when you open a new
hatchery,” Paul Kline, Fish and Game’s
assistant fisheries chief, said in a post
on the agency’s website.
Idaho Rivers United, an environ-
mental group, blasted the report as
more reason for removing dams on the
Snake River that impede salmon.
“Until we address main-stem sur-
vival, we’re missing the biggest oppor-
tunity for these amazing fish,” Kevin
Lewis, the group’s executive director,
said in a statement.
The main theory, officials say, is
that water at the Springfield Hatchery
has a high amount of dissolved miner-
als, called hard water, while the water
at Redfish Lake and the Salmon River
does not, making it soft water.
Young fish headed for the ocean
transition from living in fresh water to
salt water. Biologists say the addition-
al stress of trying to also adjust from
hard water to soft water could be kill-
ing the salmon.
Idaho officials say they plan on try-
ing various solutions, including re-
leasing fish directly into Redfish Lake
in the fall as pre-smolts, raising more
sockeye at the Sawtooth Hatchery in
central Idaho, and gradually softening
water as fish are transported from the
Springfield Hatchery to central Idaho.
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US Navy aircraft to join search
for missing Argentine submarine
The U.S. Navy said Saturday that it
is joining the search for an Argentine
navy submarine with a 44-person
crew that has been out of radio contact
for several days.
U.S. Southern Command has di-
rected the Navy to deploy a P-8A Po-
seidon to help in the search for the
submarine, which was on a routine
mission when it went missing. The
ARA San Juan was last heard from
Wednesday morning.
Honda recalls 900,000 minivans;
second-row seat may tip
Honda is recalling about 900,000 of
its Odyssey minivans because the sec-
ond-row seats could tip forward if not
properly latched.
The recall announced Saturday cov-
ers vehicles from the 2011-17 model
years. Honda says it has received 46
reports of minor injuries.
The company is working on a way to
repair the issue. Until then, Honda has
put instructions for properly latching
the seat on its website.
Trump delays new policy allowing
imports of elephant trophies
President Trump said he’s delaying
a new policy allowing trophies of Afri-
can elephants shot for sport to be im-
ported until he can review “all conser-
vation facts.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
had said Thursday that it would allow
such importation, arguing that en-
couraging wealthy hunters to kill the
threatened species would help raise
money for conservation programs. An-
imal rights advocates and environ-
mental groups criticized the decision.
Fireball ‘with glow of 100 full
moons’ lights up Arctic sky
A blazing fireball lit up the dark
skies over Arctic Finland for five sec-
onds, giving off what scientists said
was “the glow of 100 full moons” and
igniting attempts to find the reported
meteorite.
Finnish experts were scrambling to
calculate its trajectory.
Staff and wire reports
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AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young dead at 64
Sara M. Moniuszko
USA TODAY
Malcolm Young, the guitarist and co-
founder of Australian hard rock band
AC/DC, has died at age 64, the band an-
nounced Saturday in a statement.
“Today it is with deep heartfelt sad-
ness that AC/DC has to announce the
passing of Malcolm Young,” the state-
ment said. “He leaves behind an enor-
mous legacy that will live on forever.
Malcolm, job well done.”
Young died peacefully Saturday with
his family by his side, according to an
additional statement issued to Aus-
Accusations against Trump
don’t keep him out of fray
He mocks Franken but
stays mum on Moore
David Jackson
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – President Trump
just can’t help himself.
Despite the many women who have
accused him of inappropriate behavior
and a now-infamous tape of him talk-
ing about how to “grab” women,
Trump couldn’t help but go after Dem-
ocratic Sen. Al Franken over his sexual
harassment issues.
While Trump’s anti-Franken tweets
reflect his life-long penchant to
counterattack enemies, they also
opened the door for the president’s
critics to revive the many sexual mis-
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In polarized times, keeping it civil may call for some finesse
William Cummings
USA TODAY
This year, when Americans gather
with their families to gobble Thanks-
giving turkey, light the menorah or un-
wrap gifts under the Christmas tree, it
will be their first time doing it with
President Trump in the White House.
Whatever your opinion of the presi-
dent, it’s hard to deny that his first year
in office has cranked Americans’ polit-
ical passions (and political fatigue) up
to 11.
With emotions running high and
politics pervading everything from
tralia’s SBS broadcast network.
Young was born in Glasgow, Scot-
land, on Jan. 6, 1953. He helped form
AC/DC in Sydney, Australia, with broth-
er Angus in 1973. The band released its
debut album, High Voltage, in 1975 and
later became known for hits such as
Highway to Hell and Back in Black.
The band’s 1981 album For Those
About to Rock We Salute You was its first
to reach No. 1 in the United States.
Young was the band’s rhythm guitar-
ist until 2014, when his health began to
decline due to dementia, the symptoms
of which began appearing as the group
was making its 2008 album Black Ice.
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conduct allegations against him.
Others pointed out that Trump’s at-
tack on Franken — “just last week he
was lecturing anyone who would listen
about sexual harassment” — is in con-
trast to his more reticent comments
about Senate candidate Roy Moore of
Alabama, accused of propositioning un-
derage girls when he was a district at-
torney in his 30s.
During Trump’s recent trip to Asia,
White House spokeswoman Sarah
Huckabee Sanders said the president
believes that “if these allegations are
true, Judge Moore will do the right thing
and step aside.” Asked later by reporters
about Moore, Trump said, “I’ll stick with
the statement for now, but I’ll have fur-
“It’s perfectly fine
for you to redirect
the conversation.”
Lizzie Post
Co-president of the Emily Post Institute
Here’s how to
keep politics
off the table at
Thanksgiving
football to your coffee machine, how do
you keep the perfect political storm
from turning your holiday dinner into a
disaster?
Larry Sabato Jr., director of the Uni-
versity of Virginia’s Center for Politics,
said the topic is best avoided or even
banned at the holiday table.
“The nation is deeply polarized and
dug in, especially about Trump, and no
one is going to change their mind be-
cause of an argument at the dinner ta-
ble,” Sabato said. “Indigestion and last-
ing hard feelings are much more likely to
be the consequences.”
Sabato said he remembers heated
Young, also a vocalist and songwrit-
er, continued to contribute song ideas
when the writing process for the 2014 al-
bum Rock or Bust began; the siblings are
credited as co-writers throughout.
AC/DC was remarkably consistent
for more than 40 years with its mix of
driving hard rock and bluesy shuffles,
selling over 200 million albums, surviv-
ing the loss of its first singer, Bon Scott
(who died of acute alcohol poisoning in
1980), and creating one of the greatest
rock records ever in Back in Black, the
world’s second-best-selling album be-
hind Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
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have that spark in
music, marriage
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the country superstars say they’ve been
wanting to make for years. In Life
ther comment as we go down the road.”
Asked about what looks like selective
outrage, White House officials said
Trump and Moore deny the allegations
against them, calling them politically
motivated; Franken acknowledged the
claims of a woman who produced pho-
tographic evidence.
“Sen. Franken has admitted wrong-
doing, and the president hasn’t,” Sand-
ers said. “I think that’s a very clear dis-
tinction.”
As for Moore, Sanders said Trump
has “weighed in; he said, if the allega-
tions are true, he should step aside.”
Critics and political analysts cited
other factors: Moore is a Republican
who has Trump’s support, while Fran-
ken is a Democrat who has been an out-
See TRUMP, Page 2B
holiday moments with family about civ-
il rights and the Vietnam War in the
1960s and 1970s.
“No good came from holiday de-
bates,” he said. “I missed one Thanks-
giving dinner because of an argument
about race that produced my walk-out.
In retrospect, we should have set some
ground rules and let it go.”
Here are some tips from etiquette ex-
pert Lizzie Post, co-president of the
Emily Post Institute and great-great-
granddaughter of the institute’s epony-
mous founder.
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Malcolm
Young in
2000.
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spoken critic of the president.
Among those noting the different re-
actions: Hillary Clinton, who lost last
year’s election to Trump.
“Look at the contrast between Al
Franken, accepting responsibility, apol-
ogizing, and Roy Moore and Donald
Trump, who have done neither,” Clinton
told New York radio station WABC.
A month before Trump won the 2016
election, a tape surfaced of him discuss-
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Who wins and who loses
in the House’s tax bill
Herb Jackson
USA TODAY
The sweeping tax bill that passed the
House with only Republican votes
Thursday will cut what Uncle Sam col-
lects in taxes by $1.5 trillion over the
coming decade. But while some taxpay-
ers come out as clear winners, others
are losers, even within income groups.
For those making $50,000 to
$75,000 in 2023, for example, the Joint
Committee on Taxation said 36% would
get a tax break of $500 or more, and an-
other 19% would get a break of $100-
$500. But 19% would pay about the
same as they do now, 11% would pay
$100-$500 more, and 15% would pay an
extra $500 or more.
Here’s a look at some of the impacts:
Winners
❚ Heirs and heiresses: The bill raises
from $5.5 million to $10 million the ex-
emption in the estate tax next year, so
estates worth less than that would not
be taxed. The tax is repealed entirely in
six years. This change amounts to 10%
of the lost revenue, or $151 billion over
the coming decade.
❚ Corporations: The top tax rate
would drop from 35% to 20% on Jan. 1.
New equipment could be written off im-
mediately. And companies could con-
tinue to deduct state and local taxes.
❚ Retailers: A tax plan on which
House Republicans campaigned last
year called for a “border adjustment tax”
on imported goods, but retailers funded
an effective campaign portraying it as a
price increase on consumer goods and
kept it out of the final bill.
❚ Shareholders: The bill’s supporters
believe corporations will use tax relief to
buy equipment and expand, but econo-
mists also say much of the bonus will be
paid out as dividends that enrich stock-
holders, including pension funds.
❚ Low- and moderate-income tax-
payers with children and no deduc-
tions: They avoid any losses from the
bill’s elimination of deductions and
credits and would benefit from the in-
crease in the standard deduction from
$12,700 this year to $24,400 next year.
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ing groping women.
“When you’re a star, they let you do
it,” Trump said on a hot mike prior to
the taping of an Access Hollywood seg-
ment in 2005. “You can do anything.”
More than a dozen women have ac-
cused Trump of groping and kissing
them against their will; Trump has de-
nied every allegation.
After the Franken news broke this
week, including a 2006 picture of the
future Minnesota senator pretending
to fondle a woman who was asleep,
Trump took to Twitter.
Mocking Franken’s name in a mis-
spelling, the president wrote: “The Al
Frankenstien picture is really bad,
speaks a thousand words. Where do
his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
while she sleeps?”
Democratic consultant Lis Smith
said Trump only hurt himself by slam-
ming Franken.
“His desire to lash out against his
perceived enemies outstrips his ca-
pacity for being strategic,” Smith said.
Nicole Hemmer, an assistant pro-
fessor with the Miller Center of Public
Affairs at the University of Virginia,
described the Trump tapes as another
example of the president’s tendency to
project his own behavior onto others.
“He regularly goes after people for
things that he himself is guilty (or ac-
cused) of,” Hemmer said, noting that
he brought accusers of former Presi-
dent Bill Clinton to a debate the week-
end the Access Hollywood tape became
public. “It’s both about deflection and
diminishment: Look over there, not
over here.”
Politics is also at play, analysts said.
GOP presidential consultant Liz Mair
noted that before the Franken news
broke, critics were already hitting
Trump for his reticence about Moore.
In attacking Franken, she said, “he
wasn’t risking re-upping focus on his
own alleged misdeeds because that
was already well underway. He was, in
fact, taking a gamble he could redirect
attention to Franken, which I think has
actually worked to some degree.”
It’s also part of a time-tested strate-
gy, Mair said, to drive up the negative
views of his critics.
“In Trump’s ‘grade on a curve’ mind,
it’s worth the risk that people start
talking about his own alleged misbe-
havior to drive other people’s ratings
lower,” she said.
An increase in the child tax credit from
$1,000 to $1,600 and a new credit of
$300 each for a taxpayer, spouse and
non-child dependent — like a parent —
would offset the elimination of per-
sonal exemptions, which this year are
worth $4,050 each.
Losers
❚ The sick: The bill eliminates a de-
duction for medical and dental ex-
penses that exceed 7.5% of their in-
comes. In 2015, 8.8 million taxpayers
deducted $87 million.
❚ Disaster or fire victims: The de-
duction for losses from fires, floods or
disasters that exceed 10% would be
eliminated, except for losses covered
by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria
that were covered by a separate law
passed this year.
❚ Vacation communities: The bill
eliminates the deduction for mortgage
interest on second homes. That would
make it more expensive to own such a
home.
❚ Residents of high-tax regions:
Wealthy states such as New Jersey,
New York and California, as well as
pockets of suburbs around the coun-
try, could find that the loss of deduc-
tions eliminates any benefit from low-
er tax rates. The bill eliminates the de-
duction for state income taxes, caps
the property tax deduction at $10,000
and, on new mortgages, only allows a
deduction for interest on the first
$500,000 borrowed.
❚ College students: Student loan
interest would no longer be deductible.
And many universities offer free tu-
ition and a stipend to graduate stu-
dents who work as teachers or re-
searchers. Currently, only the stipend
is taxable, but the bill would make the
tuition a taxable benefit, too.
❚ Future generations: The $1.5 tril-
lion reduction in revenues will cause
some economic growth, but no study
has yet shown it would pay for itself.
That means it would most likely add to
the deficit — which was $666 billion
last year — unless the government
makes major spending cuts, which
have not been proposed.
Political talk
Continued from Page 1B
Don’t make politics an issue if it’s
not likely to come up anyway
If you want to keep politics out of
the holidays and are pretty sure your
family and friends aren’t going to bring
it up, it’s best not to be the one to
broach the subject.
“Don’t pre-emptively say things
like, ‘I don’t want to talk about poli-
tics,’ ” Post said. “Don’t overdo it if it’s
really just not going to be a huge issue.”
What about the relative you
know will probably bring it up?
Then there are the folks who always
love talking politics. Maybe they relish
the divisiveness, or maybe they really
enjoy talking to people of different po-
litical views, but whatever their mo-
tive, you don’t want to deal with it.
In that case, “you can absolutely
talk to any other individual guest or
family member that you feel you would
need to and say, ‘I know we’ve had
great political conversations in the
past, but this year I really don’t want to
engage in politics.’ ”
Don’t be afraid to change the
subject, as gently as possible
“Let’s say that politics do come at
the dinner table: It’s perfectly fine for
you to redirect the conversation,” Post
said. “We just advise that you don’t try
to correct or put down anyone while
doing it.
“So, rather than saying, ‘I don’t want
to hear that kind of talk,’ or ‘I think this
is stupid, I’m shutting it down,’ ” Post
suggests something like, “ ‘I would
really love to get away from politics at
the Thanksgiving table this year.’
“You want to redirect that conversa-
tion, and you want to do it pretty overt-
ly,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be
amazingly smooth; just pick some-
thing that you know the person you’re
talking to could speak about.”
What if someone keeps trying to
get you to take the bait?
If someone persists even after
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time to ask them why they won’t let it go.
Post recommends saying something
like, “ ‘Gee, you keep coming back to
this, and I know Grandma asked us not
to talk politics today. I’d be happy to talk
about this another day with you.’ ”
Or, you might ask, “ ‘Why are you so
concerned about getting me to agree?’ ”
If you’re hurt and feel you must
respond, try to do it privately
Sometimes it can be hard to just let
things go. If someone really gets you
riled up or offended, Post suggests wait-
ing to address the problem with the in-
dividual, rather than launching into a
debate at the table.
Post suggests saying something like,
“I know you and I have different beliefs,
but the phrase that you just said really
hurt me. I would love it if we could stay
away from that topic and really focus on
the things that you and I love about each
other.”
What if I’m the one who always
wants to talk about politics?
If politics is your thing, and you can’t
imagine spending a whole meal — let
alone entire days — without a good de-
bate, then you should be very honest
with yourself about why you’re going
there before you toss politics into the
holiday mix.
“If your goal is to — and we’ve learned
some people’s goal is to do just this —
make people frustrated and to rile them
up, I say, leave it. Don’t be that person,”
Post said. “Is your purpose to get Uncle
Tim to change his ideas? I don’t think
that’s going to work.”
On the other hand, if “you are genu-
inely interested in hearing the other
side’s point of view, and you want to
have a really good discussion or debate
about it, that’s different, and you might
test the waters with that.”
If your intentions are pure, and
you’re dying to know how certain family
members are interpreting the political
landscape, Post suggests saying some-
thing like, “ ‘I know people don’t love
talking politics at the holidays, but it’s
been really fascinating. Would you be
willing to get into it?’ ”
“That might invite the other person
into the conversation, rather than just
thrust it upon them,” Post said.
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anti-hate
speech
center
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SAN FRANCISCO – Executives from
Facebook, Snapchat and other tech or-
ganizations will help the Anti-Defama-
tion League develop guidelines aimed
at better rooting out online hate
speech.
The ADL’s new Center for Technol-
ogy and Society, which officially
launched last week at the group’s Nev-
er is Now! summit and is fueled by
grants from eBay founder Pierre Omi-
dyar, will lean on its new board mem-
bers to develop strategies for social
network platforms trying to tackle in-
cendiary rhetoric in an open forum.
“Now more than ever,
as anti-Semitism, Isla-
mophobia, racism and
other discrimination
has exploded online, it’s
critical that we are
bringing the best re-
Jonathan sources we can amass to
Greenblatt this fight,” CTS director
ADL FOR Brittan Heller said in a
USA TODAY statement.
The board forms as
rampant abuse on online platforms
has left Facebook, Twitter and others
scrambling to find ways to better patrol
their respective sites.
For example, Reddit, which since its
founding in 2005 has prided itself on
remaining an open forum for discus-
sion, recently moved to ban any sub-
reddit, or micro-community, threads
glorifying Nazism.
Twitter halted its user verification
program after being blasted for verify-
ing Jason Kessler, who organized the
“Fifty years ago, extremists were
hiding behind hoods and burning
crosses. Today, they’re hiding behind
avatars and burning up Twitter.”
Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO, Anti-Defamation League
“Unite the Right” protest in Charlottes-
ville, Va., that resulted in the death of a
protester. It later revoked the verified
status of Kessler and white nationalist
Richard Spencer.
The ADL’s new center has been ac-
tive since it was announced earlier this
year at the South by Southwest tech
conference in Austin. The center was
started with a $250,000 seed grant
from the philanthropic investment
firm Omidyar Network, which has
pledged another $1.5 million to support
the CTS.
CTS board members also include
current and former leaders from the
FBI, Reddit, Obvious Ventures, Cow-
boy Ventures, Nest and Bumble.
“Through the center, ADL is taking
the fight against hate to the front lines
of where it is today,” ADL CEO Jona-
than Greenblatt said in a statement.
“Fifty years ago, extremists were hid-
ing behind hoods and burning crosses.
Today, they’re hiding behind avatars
and burning up Twitter.”
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Andy Weir:
One scientific leap needed
for moon resorts
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Andy Weir
flops into a plush chair, pulls a lever to
recline and throws his arms out wide
as if to embrace his recently pur-
chased home on a Silicon Valley cul-
de-sac.
“Martian money!” says a beaming
Weir, 45, whose self-published 2011
book The Martian eventually sold
5 million English-language copies
and spawned a 2015 Ridley Scott
movie starring Matt Damon that has
earned more than $600 million
worldwide.
“The apartment I rented before
gave me a sweetheart deal because I
used to do the maintenance, but now I
live in this house, which is pretty cool,”
he says. “You could say my life has
changed dramatically.”
And things could well change some
more for the onetime software engi-
neer turned full-time writer. If The
Martian was his runaway version 1.0
hit, it remains to be seen if his 2.0 of-
fering vaults him into a new income
bracket or pegs him as a one-hit won-
der.
Weir’s new novel, Artemis, out now,
again takes to space to anchor a story
that features another inventive pro-
tagonist, this time a Saudi-born wom-
an who makes ends meet as a
smuggler.
Instead of Mars — where Damon’s
marooned astronaut character had to
find ways to science his way off the
barren planet — the setting now is the
moon and the vacation resort of Arte-
mis that is home both to rich tourists
and to a squalid underworld.
One scientific leap
As with The Martian, Weir says
Artemis is not only heavily researched
but also based on technology that ex-
ists today — with one notable
exception.
The price of shipping heavy things
to the moon such as nuclear reactors
— critical to turning the natural ore on
the moon into the metal used to build
the novel’s spherical habitats — is pro-
hibitive right now. If that plummeted,
Artemis the resort could be a reality,
Weir says.
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“Artemis is built on the conceit that
the price of putting mass into low-earth
orbit comes down to the equivalent of
what we see today with the airline in-
dustry,” he says, noting that his research
revealed that airlines spend about 16%
of their revenues on fuel.
Weir says that if the space industry
got that efficient, “putting a kilo of
freight into space would cost $35,” or a
lot less than one of today’s most cost-
effective delivery systems, Elon Musk’s
Falcon 9 rockets. SpaceX’s price list says
a Falcon 9 launch costs $62 million to
put 22,000 kilos into a low earth orbit,
or about $3,000 per kilo.
Speaking of Musk, Weir’s first tome
got significant lift by all the talk of Mars
colonization spearheaded by the Tesla
and SpaceX boss.
He might get lucky again with Arte-
mis, which lands as Musk is promising
to send tourists around the moon in his
rocket next year — and even has designs
for what he calls Moon Base Alpha,
which conjures images of Weir’s own lu-
nar city.
Being a self-proclaimed geek, Weir
dove into his Artemis world-building on
a granular level.
He’ll tell you that most of the rocks in
the lunar highlands are anorthite, which
when smelted (“which takes a lot of en-
ergy, hence the reactors”) produces alu-
minum for building.
He’ll rattle off the fact that Gen4 En-
ergy’s nuclear reactors would likely be
the smallest and lightest to get to the
moon.
And he can rattle off the precise con-
struction of the dome shells that make
up his world: “6 centimeters of hull, a
meter of crushed lunar rock, and anoth-
er 6 centimeters of aluminum.”
That sort of specificity, which was in-
tegral to the success of The Martian,
likely is why Artemis already is in Holly-
wood’s sights. The directing team of Phil
Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego
Movie, 21 Jump Street) has been
attached to direct a possible film
adaptation.
While the success of The Martian has
afforded Weir easy access to scientific
minds and institutions, he says he
actually conducts all of his research
online.
“People expect that I have this big
network of scientists, but it’s still faster
just to look stuff up online,” he says. “I
love all the science; the hard part is the
writing.”
Weir says he typically writes in the
daytime so that he can hang out with his
engineer friends at night. His goal typi-
cally is about 1,000 words a day, but that
varies.
Some days the words flow; others he
winds up playing with his cat or doing
some word-working. Despite his Mar-
tian lucre, the house he shares with his
new girlfriend is modest.
“I guess the only thing worth stealing
here is our TV,” he says, and the walls are
mostly bare except for a huge The Mar-
tian poster signed by the entire cast.
“You’re not going to see any Ferraris
here, no,” he says. “I still have my old
Mazda.”
‘I couldn’t handle the trip’
Another perhaps unexpected detail
from the Weir files is that he wouldn’t
take a trip to the moon if it were offered.
He hates to fly.
“I may write about brave people, but
I’m not one of them,” he says, adding
that he’ll have to take planes to promote
his new book. “I just load up on happy
pills. I think it would be neat to go to a
place like Artemis, but I couldn’t handle
the trip.”
That said, Weir hopes to return to his
lunar city many times over the coming
years. If Artemis is a hit, he plans to
write a series of thrillers all set on the
Earth’s grey satellite.
“What I love about this world I’ve
built is that it’s its own society without a
lot of external influences, like a frontier
town,” he says. “Plus, they’re on the
freakin’ moon!”
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MUSIC

Tim and
Faith: Still
side by side
Cindy Watts
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Tim McGraw pulled Faith Hill into a

quick hug and kissed her forehead as an
audience of country music fans and art-
ists cheered their performance of their
new single The Rest of Our Life at the
51st CMA Awards. Wearing a romantic
red gown and with her hair in loose
waves, Hill leaned into her husband and
waved before the
couple took a bow.
By noon the
next day, McGraw
had traded his
black cowboy hat
for a ballcap and
Hill swapped her
dress for a sweater
“The Rest of Our and a pair of jeans,
Life” is out. her hair pulled
back under a well-
worn hat, and the couple were excited
and relieved their performance was
such a hit.
“We were nervous,” McGraw conced-
ed, explaining the title track from the
couple’s new album is hard to sing and
the awards show was the first time they
had performed it live. “I was nervous
when it started, and then Faith came out
and we locked on to each other and we
were in our own little world at that
point.
“We were talking about it last night …
what is it about these shows that makes
you so unlike yourself?” Hill said. “We
did the same thing yesterday morning,
our routine. Then you’re driving to the
CMAs and you feel yourself change.”
“It’s like you lose control of your
body,” McGraw added.
The CMA moment was years in the
making. Available now, The Rest of Our
Life is an 11-song duets album the two
have dreamed of since their daughters
were young. The album’s accompanying
Soul2Soul world tour sold out 80 shows
in 2017 and more are booked in 2018.
The tour marks the first time in a decade
McGraw and Hill have toured together.
Hill deliberately stopped touring to raise
their three daughters. But now that the
girls are older — they are 20, 19 and 15 —

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the timing felt right for the couple to
move forward with their careers, side by
side.
“We both turned 50 in the year of the
tour, so we thought that was a great time
to do it because (laughs) when will we
get to do it again after turning 50?”
McGraw said with a laugh, Hill seated
beside him in a Music Row studio, look-
ing at him in mild disbelief. “We may
never get the opportunity to do it again.
We may not be able to do it again.”
“OK, stop,” she jumped in. “Are you
serious? Look at you,” she said, referring
to his toned frame.
The business piece of the puzzle fell
into place when McGraw and Hill signed
with Sony Music Nashville. Their new
record deals mark the first time in their
careers they are on the same label,
which McGraw said significantly sim-
plified the process of making the album.
“What I have found of both of them is
that as iconic as they are and as accom-
plished as they are, they’re just great
people,” said Sony Music Nashville
chairman and CEO Randy Goodman.
“This has been a labor of love project,
and it’s great stuff.”
The couple worked together to decide
on the 11 songs — McGraw said there
were supposed to be only 10 tracks but
that the couple added an extra to “shake
it all out.” They didn’t want a classic du-
ets album, but hoped to create a time-
less collection of songs that still sound-
ed “cool and fresh and interesting.”
“We didn’t want to get gimmicky with
it,” McGraw said. “We wanted to find
great songs and … songs that were told
from different perspectives.”
“That’s kind of like a marriage is,” Hill
added. “Life together is sometimes
when your friend, your best friend, your
husband or your wife is needing a little
extra help and you help carry the
weight. You just have to walk beside one
another.”
“And you fail at it sometimes,”
McGraw said.
“That’s right,” she agreed. “You re-
quire more help. I require more help, and
that’s just part of the walk through life
together.”
McGraw’s favorite tracks on the al-
bum include the romantic, cinematic
Cowboy Lullaby, the Lori McKenna and
Barry Dean co-written Damn Good at
Holding On and The Bed We Made,writ-
ten by McKenna, Liz Rose and Hillary
“When we went back on the
road ... it was kind of excit-
ing because our girls (have)
never seen me in that way.”
Faith Hill
Lindsey.
When Hill heard her husband tick off
the sexy song title, she snapped her
head around and beamed at him.
McGraw kept talking, calling it “a
unique way to talk about being passion-
ate about each other.”
“She was scared of what I was going
to say,” McGraw quipped.
“He just makes me smile,” Hill said,
looking at her husband. “I don’t have a
hole in my sweater, do I?”
“No, you don’t,” he replied.
Charlie Cook, vice president of coun-
try formats for Cumulus Media, said the
couple’s open adoration for each other
continues to endear them to their peers
and country music fans.
“I think that the fans see that they
love each other, both in casual situa-
tions and when they are on stage per-
forming,” Cook said. “Rest of Our Life
tells their story and one that everyone
aspires to in our personal lives.”
The couple are side by side in most
things in life — literally and figuratively.
McGraw said that even when they aren’t
touring together they still manage to
spend about 90% of their time with each
perform in Los
Angeles during
the Soul2Soul
tour.
KEVIN WINTER/GETTY
IMAGES
other. And when it came to raising their tary, our men and women have been
daughters, Hill said they agreed she fighting for this country and the democ-
would “step away” from touring to be racy of this country for so long … and it’s
home with them. McGraw was — and not so we can have citizens walk this
still is — consistently charting hit songs, free country in this democracy and be
and Hill said it was the best financial de- afraid they’re going to be shot up by
cision for their family for him to be the someone as if they were on the battle-
one to keep touring. In addition, the field.”
couple tried to stagger their big projects McGraw has been a hunter since he
so someone was always at home. Their was a child and said he loves the Second
goal, Hill said, was to give their girls “the Amendment, but that he is sure there
most normal childhood possible.” are reasonable programs that could be
“When we were there with them at instituted to work toward minimizing
school events or wherever, we were mass shootings.
their parents and truly known as Mr. “It starts with how we converse with
and Mrs. McGraw,” she said. “It’s very our friends and neighbors and then how
important to us that they have their own we elect people who are willing to talk
identity. When we went back on the instead of yell,” McGraw said. “It takes
road to do this tour, it was kind of excit- smart, thoughtful, pragmatic, common-
ing because our girls, they were young sense approaches to things. It takes
when we did the last one, and they’ve good ideas on both sides. And people
never seen me in that way.” have a right to express their opinions,
It was that devotion as parents — and but don’t yell your opinion at somebody
the increasing regularity of mass shoot- and put your fingers in your ears. (We
ings — that recently led Hill and need to) to get past this romantic ide-
McGraw to publicly call for gun control. alism and get to a point that’s good for
Country music fans typically are a con- everybody and not just a segment.”
servative audience that places a premi- McGraw said he and Hill, together for
um on the Second Amendment. Artists 21 years, feel fortunate for their success
in the genre often are hesitant to share at home and on stage. He said he “prob-
opinions that might conflict with their ably should have been kicked to the
fan base, but the singers view it as their curb” many times, and he’s thankful he
duty to start the conversation. and Hill are back on stage and still en-
“What struck me so hard after the Ve- joying life together.
gas shooting ... it’s when the doctors “We don’t take that lightly,” he said,
and nurses came out and said they had standing up at the end of the interview.
never seen wounds of this magnitude “I think there’s an obligation to do your
because these are the kinds of wounds best every night when you go out there.
that you see on a battlefield in war,” Hill You don’t always do that. You fail some-
said. “That is wrong, period. Our mili- times. But we appreciate what we have.”

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This bird is
too sexy for
Facebook
Website blocks woman’s
Christmas card images
Jane Onyanga-Omara
USA TODAY
LONDON – The quintessentially Brit-
ish holiday scene of a Christmas card
featuring a robin redbreast in the snow
was blocked from sale by Facebook after
it was deemed too risqué.
Jackie Charley, the artist behind the
picture, posted the image — as well as
others of a squirrel and a stag — on her
Facebook page late last month along
with the description “making history.”
“Hilariously, Facebook has blocked
my Christmas cards from becoming a
product in my shop due to their shame-
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item because we don’t allow the sale of
adult items or services (e.g. sexual en-
hancement items or adult videos).’
“Please judge for yourself! (Can’t stop
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me know.”
Facebook blocked the image of the
red- and orange-chested bird when
Charley tried to upload it to her crafts
page, The Guardian reported.
The 52-year-old artist, who lives in
Scotland, said: “There’s obviously noth-
ing in the images themselves which is
inappropriate,” The Guardian said.
“Similarly, there were no ‘trigger’ words
used in the cards’ descriptions that I’m
aware of. For instance, the robin card
was simply called ‘Robin,’ not ‘Robin
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The ban was lifted after the incident
garnered media attention.
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week, and occasionally we incorrectly
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Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, na-
ked and holding a trident in the Piazza
del Nettuno in the Italian city of Bolo-
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Mary Bowerman
USA TODAY
The U.S. Food and Drug Admini-
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has a digital ingestion tracking system
that can tell if medication was ingest-
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The Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
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first drug with a digital ingestion track-
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according to a statement from the
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The tablets, with a sensor embed-
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easier treatment of schizophrenia, bi-
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according to the statement. The pill’s
sensor sends a message to a wearable
patch, which then relays information
on digestion to a mobile application
that lets patients track their medica-
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With permission, caregivers and
physicians can also track the patient’s
medication through a web portal.
“Being able to track ingestion of
medications prescribed for mental ill-
ness may be useful for some patients,”
Mitchell Mathis, M.D., director of the
Division of Psychiatry Products in the
FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, said in a statement.
The tablets are not approved for use
with elderly patients, and the drug-
makers warn that those who have de-
mentia-related psychosis and are
treated with antipsychotic drugs are at
an increased risk of death.
The statement also cautions that
the drug cannot be used to track inges-
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that there may be delays in tracking.
Abilify was first approved by the
FDA to treat schizophrenia in 2002,
and the sensor on Abilify MyCite was
approved for marketing in 2012.
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Sports
Tough ending to one fine Tioga season
Connor Hutchinson had some stellar
plays including a 53-yard touchdown
completion. PATRICK OEHLER/STAFF PHOTO
Chenango Forks’ Matt McDonald looks for running room against Cheektowaga. PHOTOS BY JEFF MILLER / CORRESPONDENT
Forks advances to final
Fifth straight year Blue Devils play for state championship
Rob Centorani
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
A string of 35 consecutive Chenango
Forks points started when Kris Borelli
hit Jeremiah Allen with a 10-yard scor-
ing pass late in the second quarter.
That play gave the Blue Devils the
lead and they went on to a 48-28 Class B
state football semifinal victory over Sec-
tion 6’s Cheektowaga on a dreary and
rainy Saturday at Union-Endicott’s Ty
Cobb Stadium.
Forks (12-0) qualified for a state
championship game for the fifth
straight season. The Blue Devils will
play Section 1’s Pleasantville (11-1) at
noon Nov. 26 at the Carrier Dome. Pleas-
antville defeated defending state cham-
pion Glens Falls, 20-7 in Saturday’s oth-
er semifinal.
For the second straight week, the
Blue Devils used a drive late in the first
half to take the lead for keeps. Last
week, Borelli caught a throw-back pass
from Dan Crowningshield for a touch-
Kevin Stevens
Columnist
Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
“We did a good enough job some of
the time.,” was how coach Nick Aiello
put it.
In fact, Coach’s Tigers of Tioga Cen-
tral did a spectacular enough job early in
the final quarter to flip a dozen-point
deficit into a one-point advantage in
Friday’s Class D state football semifinal
against Maple Grove.
But come conclusion, the boys who
bused 3 1-4 or so hours to Union-Endi-
cott departed cheerily after a 32-27 vic-
tory fraught with drama and swings and
forceful body contact throughout.
Connor Borchardt makes a leaping
catch for Chenango Forks as Lamar
Reeves tries to defend on Saturday.
2100 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal
Those Red Dragons may not be especial-
ly large, but they matched whack-for-
thwack a Tioga squad that relishes the
sound and feel of plastic-on-plastic.
It boiled down to blunders, too many
on the Tigers’ part to get past a quality
opponent, particularly one so accus-
tomed to mid-November football.
Thrice Tioga gave away the football.
Another time, a Maple Grove punt block
spawned possession 16 yards from the
Tigers’ goal line and points were pro-
duced five plays later.
That block by 6-foot-3, 210-pound
Nick Fabrizio and his subsequent 1-yard
TD rush were part of a third quarter that
produced video footage that’d be cruel
and unusual to show Tioga’s boys in the
film room.
Too soon, is all. Too soon.
down on the final play of the half en
route to a 28-9 win over Homer.
On Saturday, after a 6-yard touch-
down run by Cheektowaga quarter-
back Keshone Beal put the Warriors
ahead, 14-13 with 3:49 left in the sec-
ond quarter, Forks took over at its 42.
A 12-yard run by Allen around left
end was followed by Borelli hitting
wide-open tight end Connor Bor-
chardt for 33 yards to Cheektowaga’s 7.
Allen was dropped for a 3-yard loss
that left Forks facing third-and-goal
from the 10.
Then Borrelli, named the Blue Dev-
ils’ MVP, dropped the snap, picked it
up and threw a short pass right to Al-
len, who barely made it into the right
side of the end zone. That gave Forks a
20-14 lead with 43.3 seconds left in the
first half.
Forks then drove 70 yards in 12
plays to start the third quarter. Allen
carried eight times on the drive for 31
yards, including a punishing run off
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played key role
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five plays into its next
go at the Dragons’ de-
fense, and then a fumble lost two plays
into a drive.
Maple Grove cashed in the latter on
the fourth quarter’s opening play, a 10-
yard rush by Fabrizio that he finished
with full horizontal extension across the
goal line before going belly-to-turf, and
it was a 26-14 game. That made for the
Dragons’ third consecutive touchdown.
But then?
Connor Hutchinson-to-Nick Klossn-
See STEVENS, Page 6C
Best in Upstate
John Moriello
Guest columnist
‘Faster you
run, faster
you’re done’
John Moriello, who has been an ar-
dent follower and commentator on
New York high school sports for dec-
ades, is writing a weekly column called
“Best In Upstate,” which is designed to
fly above all of the state sectional bor-
ders. You can reach John at
nysswa@gmail.com or @nysswa on
Twitter. He oversees the New York State
Sportswriters Association web page of
high school rankings.
My goal Saturday morning was to
dig up some interesting stories on dis-
tance runners at the finish line of a 3.1-
mile course.
I found several of those stories in
the form of Nathan Lawler (Pittsford
Mendon) and Hayleigh Palotti (Livo-
nia), who were able to defend state
championships close to home, and
Katelyn Tuohy (North Rockland), who
gave us a taste of her future greatness
by posting an ungodly good time —
17:51.4, for a course record in horren-
dous conditions.
Palotti entertained with her story of
being awoken at 3 a.m. on race day by a
mix of excitement and anxiety, but my
highlight turned out to be a three-sec-
ond sound bite from a seventh-place
finisher.
“The faster you run, the faster
you’re done.”
That was the wisdom dispensed by
Madison Relyea, a freshman from
Mayfield, around 40 miles northwest
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Hayleigh Palotti of Livonia heads to
the finish line to win the Girls Class C
State Cross Country Championship.
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LOCAL SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL PRO HOCKEY MENS COLLEGE HOCKEY (UNI) dec. Joey Galasso, 8-2. 165: Jon Jay GP W L OL SOL Pts NOTE: Two points are awarded for a
Chavez (C) pinned Dan Kelly, 5:00. 174: Taylor WB/Scr 14 11 2 0 1 23 win, one point for an overtime or
Maple Grove 32, Tioga 27 LEAGUE Cornell 6, St. Lawrence 1 Lujan (UNI) dec. Brandon Womack, 5-3. 184: Lehigh Val 17 10 5 0 2 22 shootout loss.
Class D State Semifinal Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, Binghamton 3 St. Lawrence ..... 0 0 1 - 1 Max Dean (C) dec. Drew Foster, 9-7. 197: Ben Charlotte 16 10 6 0 0 20 Friday’s Games
(at Union-Endicott) W-B/S 2 0 2 — 4 Cornell ..... 2 2 2 - 6 Darmstadt (C) pinned Jacob Holschlag, 1:38. Providence 14 7 5 2 0 16 Utica 7, Belleville 1
Tioga ..... 14 0 0 13 — 27 Binghamton 1 1 1 — 3 St. Lawrence (1-11-1): Jacob Pritchard 1-0. 285: Ben Honis (C) dec. Carter Isley, 8-4. Hershey 17 8 7 0 2 18 Hershey 4, Providence 1
Maple Grove ….. 6 6 8 12 — 32 First period: 1. W-B/Scranton, Haggerty 7 Cornell (7-0): Noah Bauld 3-0, Brendan Bridgeport 14 7 7 0 0 14 Springfield 4, Charlotte 0
First quarter (Aston-Reese, Czuczman), 0:12. 2. Bingham- Smith 1-1, Morgan Barron 1-0, Anthony An- SUNDAY’S EVENTS Hartford 17 6 8 2 1 15
Springfield 18 6 11 1 0 13 Rochester 4, Hartford 2
MG— Easton Tanner 29 run (pass failed). ton, Gignac 2 (MacDonald, Bastian), 11:58 gello 1-1, Trevor Yates 0-1, Kyle Betts 0-2, Ja-
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL WB/Scranton 4, Binghamton 3
T— Nick Klossner 14 pass from Connor (PP). 3. W-B/Scranton, DiPauli 7 (Blueger), red Fiegl 0-1, Alex Betts 0-1. North Division
Cornell at University of Massachusetts, 1 Lehigh Valley 5, Laval 2
Hutchinson (kick failed). 19:42. Penalties-Aston-Reese Wbs (high- Shots: C 46-16 GP W L OL SOL Pts
Owego at Elmira, 2 Toronto 15 11 4 0 0 22 Iowa 4, Grand Rapids 2
T— Trey Floyd 11 run (Floyd run). sticking), 10:39; Aston-Reese Wbs (hooking), Goalie: Arthur Brey (S) 40; Matthew Galajda
Clinton CC at Broome, 2 Rochester 15 9 4 1 1 20 Manitoba 6, Chicago 4
Second quarter 15:23.. (C) 15.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Laval 17 9 6 2 0 20 Stockton 4, Bakersfield 2
MG— Nash Nelson 71 run (run failed). Second period: 4. Binghamton, Kearns 2 Clinton CC at Broome, noon Belleville 17 8 8 0 1 17 San Diego 8, Tucson 3
Third quarter (Blandisi, Loov), 17:43 (PP). Penalties-Prow WOMENS COLLEGE HOCKEY COLLEGE WRESTLING Utica 14 6 7 0 1 13 Saturday’s Games
MG— Nick Fabrizio 1 run (Tanner run). Wbs (tripping), 8:11; Trotman Wbs (slashing),
Fourth quarter Cornell 5, Brown 1 New York State Intercollegiates at Cornell, 9a B-Devils 14 5 8 1 0 11 Syracuse at Toronto, 4 p.m.
11:19; Aston-Reese Wbs (delay of game), Cornell ..... 2 3 0 - 5 Black Knight Invitational at West Point, all Syracuse 14 4 7 1 2 11 Ontario at San Jose, 4:15 p.m.
MG— Fabrizio 10 run (pass failed). 17:04; Strait Bng (boarding), 20:00..
T— Klossner 58 pass from Hutchinson (Tan- Brown ..... 0 1 0 - 1 day Western Conference Charlotte at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.
Third period: 5. W-B/Scranton, Johnson 2 Cornell (4-3): Madlynne Mills 1-1, Grace Gra- HS VOLLEYBALL Hartford at Utica, 7 p.m.
ner Hollenbeck kick). (Blueger, Summers), 9:55. 6. W-B/Scranton, Central Division
T— Klossner 53 pass from Hutchinson (run ham 1-0, Sarah Knee 1-0, Diana Buckley 1-0, State B Championship GP W L OL SOL Pts Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Thomas 4 (Smith, Simon), 12:08. 7. Bingham- Willow Slobodzian 1-0, Kristin O’Neill 0-3, at Glens Falls Civic Center, 2 Manitoba 17 10 5 1 1 22 Grand Rapids at Rockford, 7 p.m.
failed). ton, MacDonald 5 (Blandisi, Loov), 15:33 (PP).
MG— Fabrizio 29 run (run failed). Amy Curlew 0-1, Kendra Nealey 0-1. State D Championship Cleveland 13 6 4 2 1 15 Rochester at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Penalties-Loov Bng (hooking), 4:42; Sprong Brown (1-8): Sena Hanson 1-0, Cara Najjar at Glens Falls Civic Center, 2 Milwaukee 14 8 6 0 0 16 Texas at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Individual statistics Wbs (tripping), 12:28; Sprong Wbs (delay of
Rushing — MG, Tanner 14-105, Fabrizio 20- 0-1, Sam Donovan 0-1. LOCAL BASKETBALL Iowa 16 8 6 2 0 18 Bakersfield at Stockton, 9 p.m.
game - faceoff violation), 14:30; Tinordi Wbs Shots: C 33-19. Binghamton at Reading, 4 Rockford 15 8 7 0 0 16 Tucson at San Diego, 10 p.m.
100, Nelson 9-87. Tioga, Floyd 12-91, Nick (fighting), 14:30; Baddock Bng (instigating,
Klossner 8-54, Justin Rockwell 7-19, Hutchin- Goalie: Marlene Boissonnault (C) 18; Calla Grand Rap 17 8 8 0 1 17 Sunday’s Games
fighting, misconduct - instigating), 14:30; Isaac (B) 28. Chicago 14 4 9 1 0 9 Hershey at Providence, 1:05 p.m.
son 7-15, Max Johnson 2-3, DeMario Cham- Summers Wbs (high-sticking), 14:38; Thomas MONDAY’S EVENTS Springfield at Bridgeport, 3 p.m.
bers 1-(-2). Pacific Division
Wbs (tripping), 16:21.. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GP W L OL SOL Pts
Passing — MG, Tanner 7-for-17, 69 yards, 1 Shots: W-B/Scranton 4-6-8-18. Binghamton
COLLEGE WRESTLING Lehigh at Cornell, 7 Tucson 12 8 2 2 0 18
Laval at Manitoba, 3 p.m.
int. Tioga, Hutchinson 7-for-16, 164 yards, 1 Syracuse at Toronto, 4 p.m.
13-6-15-34. Power plays: W-B/Scranton 0-2; Cornell 30, Northern Iowa 10 Stockton 14 9 4 0 1 19 Chicago at Rockford, 5 p.m.
int.
Receiving — MG, Carson Crist 2-48, Zach
Binghamton 3-8. Goalie: W-B/Scranton, At Ithaca PRO HOCKEY San Ant
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Ontario at San Jose, 6 p.m.
DeSmith 8-0-1 (34 shots-31 saves). Bingham- 125: Mike Russo (C) dec. Jay Schwarm, 10-4.
Fischer 3-13, Nelson 1-8, Fabrizio 1-0. Tioga, ton, Appleby 2-3-0 (18 shots-14 saves). Ref- AHL San Diego 14 6 7 1 0 13
Klossner 7-164. 133: Chaz Tucker (C) pinned Jack Wagner,
eree: Referees-Terry Koharski, Michael Shee- 3:54. 141: Yianni Diakohimalis (C) dec. Josh Eastern Conference San Jose 12 5 6 0 1 11
han. Linesmen: Matt Brady, J.P. Waleski. A: Alber, 5-2. 149: Max Thomsen (UNI) maj. dec. Atlantic Division Bakersfield 13 5 7 1 0 11
4,897. Jonathan Furnas, 10-1. 157: Paden Moore Ontario 11 4 6 0 1 9

NATIONAL SCOREBOARD
NFL Cleveland 118, L.A. Clippers 113, OT
Toronto 107, New York 84
Western Conference
Sunday, Oct. 29: Vancouver 0, Seattle 0, tie
Fordham 20, Bucknell 9
Framingham St. 48, Curry 14
Charleston Southern 82, SC-Upstate 72
Elon 84, Concordia-St. Paul 62
Kevin Kisner
Andrew Landry
67s-68p-65- 200 -12
70p-64s-67- 201 -11
All Times EST Chicago 123, Charlotte 120 Monday, Oct. 30: Portland 0, Houston 0, tie Lehigh 38, Lafayette 31 Gardner-Webb 119, Warren Wilson 81 Vaughn Taylor 67p-66s-68- 201 -11
AMERICAN CONFERENCE San Antonio 104, Oklahoma City 101 Second leg Penn 29, Cornell 22 Middle Tennessee 75, Tennessee St. 65 Aaron Wise 68p-69s-65- 202 -10
Minnesota 111, Dallas 87 Eastern Conference Stony Brook 20, Maine 19 Mississippi St. 79, Florida A&M 48 Zach Johnson 70p-68s-64- 202 -10
East Sacramento 86, Portland 82 Texas 28, West Virginia 14 Mount St. Mary’s 84, North Florida 81 Tyler Duncan 68p-70s-64- 202 -10
W L T Pct PF PA Sunday, Nov. 5: New York 1, Toronto 0, To-
Denver 146, New Orleans 114 ronto advances on away goals Towson 29, Rhode Island 10 SIU-Edwardsville 80, Stetson 76 Brian Stuard 67s-68p-67- 202 -10
New England 7 2 0 .778 257 195 Brice Garnett 65s-69p-68- 202 -10
Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 184 196 Phoenix 122, L.A. Lakers 113 Sunday, Nov. 5: New York City FC 2, Colum- UCF 45, Temple 19 St. Francis (Pa.) 83, Longwood 56
Saturday’s Games Villanova 28, Delaware 7 The Citadel 79, High Point 77 Stephan Jaeger 68s-69p-66- 203 -9
Miami 4 5 0 .444 137 224 bus 0, Columbus advances on aggregate 4-3 Brian Harman 69p-68s-66- 203 -9
N.Y. Jets 4 6 0 .400 201 222 L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, late Western Conference Wagner 28, Sacred Heart 15 UCF 75, William & Mary 64
Yale 24, Harvard 3 VMI 78, Presbyterian 58 Ted Potter, Jr. 68s-68p-67- 203 -9
South Utah at Orlando, late Thursday, Nov. 2: Seattle 2, Vancouver 0, Se- William McGirt 70s-68p-65- 203 -9
W L T Pct PF PA Boston at Atlanta, late attle advances on aggregate 2-0 SOUTH Vermont 80, Coastal Carolina 67 Johnson Wagner 67s-69p-67- 203 -9
Jacksonville 6 3 0 .667 226 134 Golden State at Philadelphia, late Sunday, Nov. 5: Houston 2, Portland 1, Hous- Alabama 56, Mercer 0 Wake Forest 72, Quinnipiac 55 Michael Thompson 68p-68s-67- 203 -9
Tennessee 6 4 0 .600 222 253 Houston at Memphis, late ton advances on aggregate 2-1 Alabama A&M 21, Kentucky St. 13 Winthrop 106, Central Penn College 65 Bud Cauley 72p-63s-68- 203 -9
Houston 3 6 0 .333 236 241 Milwaukee at Dallas, late Conference Championships Alabama St. 16, MVSU 10 Wofford 96, Bob Jones 65 Kelly Kraft 70p-65s-68- 203 -9
Indianapolis 3 7 0 .300 179 280 Sacramento at Portland, late Auburn 42, Louisiana-Monroe 14 MIDWEST Blayne Barber 67p-67s-69- 203 -9
Home-and-home
North Sunday’s Games Bethune-Cookman 29, Florida A&M 24 Butler 82, Furman 65 Sung Kang 66p-69s-68- 203 -9
W L T Pct PF PA Eastern Conference
Washington at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Charleston Southern 20, Liberty 19 Cent. Michigan 103, Eureka 68 Ben Silverman 67p-67s-69- 203 -9
Pittsburgh 8 2 0 .800 227 165 First leg Chattanooga 10, ETSU 3 E. Michigan 76, Howard 66 C.T. Pan 68s-65p-70- 203 -9
Indiana at Miami, 5 p.m.
Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 190 171 Tuesday, Nov. 21: Toronto at Columbus, 8 Clemson 61, The Citadel 3 Evansville 66, Binghamton 61 Nicholas Lindheim 67s-70p-67- 204 -8
Golden State at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
Cincinnati 3 6 0 .333 149 182 p.m. Duke 43, Georgia Tech 20 Fort Wayne 67, Ill.-Chicago 51 Kevin Streelman 69p-68s-67- 204 -8
Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Cleveland 0 9 0 .000 143 240 Chicago at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Second leg E. Kentucky 14, St. Francis (Pa.) 10 N. Iowa 82, Chicago St. 44 David Lingmerth 68s-69p-67- 204 -8
West Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29: Columbus at Toronto, East Carolina 48, Cincinnati 20 Northwestern 82, La Salle 74 Hunter Mahan 70s-66p-68- 204 -8
W L T Pct PF PA 7:30 p.m. Florida St. 77, Delaware St. 6 Seattle 102, Detroit 71 Hudson Swafford 65p-71s-68- 204 -8
Kansas City 6 3 0 .667 253 208 Monday’s Games
Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m. Western Conference Georgetown (Ky.) 36, Baker 33 SOUTHWEST Henrik Norlander 68s-69p-67- 204 -8
Oakland 4 5 0 .444 196 214 First leg Georgia 42, Kentucky 13 Brandt Snedeker 67s-67p-70- 204 -8
Denver 3 6 0 .333 166 239 Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m. Bradley 71, UTSA 69
Tuesday, Nov. 21: Seattle at Houston, 10 p.m. Georgia Southern 52, South Alabama 0 Houston 68, Liberty 66 John Huh 71s-68p-65- 204 -8
L.A. Chargers 3 6 0 .333 167 172 Minnesota at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Matt Kuchar 69s-68p-68- 205 -7
Utah at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Second leg Hampton 20, Howard 17 FAR WEST
Thursday, Nov. 30: Houston at Seattle, 10 Jackson St. 7, Alcorn St. 3 Russell Knox 67p-70s-68- 205 -7
NATIONAL CONFERENCE L.A. Clippers at New York, 7:30 p.m. Cal St.-Fullerton 77, Bethesda 35 Braden Thornberry 72p-64s-69- 205 -7
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. p.m. James Madison 31, Elon 3 Utah Valley 80, UC Davis 71 Joel Dahmen 64p-71s-70- 205 -7
East MLS Cup Kennesaw St. 52, Monmouth (NJ) 21
W L T Pct PF PA Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m. Washington St. 83, Idaho St. 62 Tyrone Van Aswegen 68p-70s-67- 205 -7
Philadelphia 8 1 0 .889 283 179 Washington at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9: at highest seed, 4 p.m. Lindsey Wilson 63, Southeastern (Fla.) 49 Weber St. 73, James Madison 65 Cameron Percy 69s-69p-67- 205 -7
Dallas 5 4 0 .556 233 205 Atlanta at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Memphis 66, SMU 45 Patton Kizzire 66s-69p-70- 205 -7
Washington 4 5 0 .444 207 232 Boston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Miami 44, Virginia 28 USA Today Women’s Top 25 Poll Josh Teater 68s-67p-70- 205 -7
Morehead St. 21, Davidson 14
N.Y. Giants 1 8 0 .111
South
150 238 Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NC A&T 24, NC Central 10
The top 25 teams in the USA Today preseason
2017-18 women’s college basketball poll,
Martin Flores
Trey Mullinax
67s-72p-66- 205 -7
70p-69s-66- 205 -7
W L T Pct PF PA Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. College Football Playoff Rankings Norfolk St. 45, Morgan St. 32 with first-place votes in parentheses, 2016-17 K.J. Choi 69p-68s-69- 206 -6
New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 268 165 Nov. 14, 2017 North Carolina 65, W. Carolina 10 records, points based on 25 points for a first- Ben Martin 71p-66s-69- 206 -6
Carolina 7 3 0 .700 213 180 Record Old Dominion 24, Rice 21 place vote through one point for a 25th-place Greyson Sigg 69p-67s-70- 206 -6
Atlanta 5 4 0 .556 197 179 1. Alabama 10-0 Presbyterian 31, Gardner-Webb 21 vote and final ranking: David Hearn 67s-70p-69- 206 -6
Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 173 208 NHL 2. Clemson 9-1 Richmond 27, William & Mary 20
Record Pts Pvs
Retief Goosen 67s-70p-69- 206 -6
All times EST 3. Miami 9-0 Samford 26, Furman 20 Tom Hoge 67s-69p-70- 206 -6
North 4. Oklahoma 9-1 1. Connecticut (25) 36-1 789 3
W L T Pct PF PA Savannah St. 34, SC State 10 Fabian Gomez 72s-66p-68- 206 -6
EASTERN CONFERENCE 5. Wisconsin 10-0 2. S. Carolina (7) 33-4 719 1 Corey Conners 69p-69s-68- 206 -6
Minnesota 7 2 0 .778 217 165 South Carolina 31, Wofford 10 3. Baylor 33-4 687 6
Detroit 5 4 0 .556 244 210 Atlantic Division 6 Auburn 8-2 Southern Miss. 66, Charlotte 21 Chesson Hadley 67s-69p-70- 206 -6
7. Georgia 9-1 4. Mississippi State 34-5 678 2 Rob Oppenheim 72s-66p-68- 206 -6
Green Bay 5 4 0 .556 204 207 GP W L OT Pts GF GA UT Martin 24, Tennessee Tech 0 5. Notre Dame 33-4 648 5
Chicago 3 6 0 .333 150 194 8. Notre Dame 8-2 Virginia Tech 20, Pittsburgh 14 Jim Herman 67s-68p-71- 206 -6
Tampa Bay 19 15 2 2 32 77 47 9. Ohio St. 8-2 6. Texas 25-9 608 14
Toronto 20 13 7 0 26 73 63 MIDWEST Stewart Cink 69s-69p-68- 206 -6
West 10. Penn St. 8-2 7. UCLA 25-9 582 13 Roberto Diaz 70p-67s-70- 207 -5
W L T Pct PF PA Ottawa 18 8 4 6 22 62 59 Drake 52, Jacksonville 7 8. Ohio State 28-7 575 10
L.A. Rams 7 2 0 .778 296 162 Detroit 20 10 8 2 22 60 54 11. Southern Cal 9-2 Ken Duke 68p-69s-70- 207 -5
12. TCU 8-2 Indiana 41, Rutgers 0 9. Stanford 32-6 548 4 Bronson Burgoon 69s-68p-70- 207 -5
Seattle 6 3 0 .667 211 165 Boston 18 7 7 4 18 48 56 N. Dakota St. 20, Illinois St. 7 10. Louisville 29-8 504 12
Arizona 4 5 0 .444 155 223 Montreal 20 8 10 2 18 51 68 13. Oklahoma St. 8-2 Troy Merritt 68p-70s-69- 207 -5
14. Washington St. 9-2 Northwestern 39, Minnesota 0 11. Oregon 23-14 479 16 Brandon Harkins 66s-72p-69- 207 -5
San Francisco 1 9 0 .100 174 260 Florida 18 7 9 2 16 59 65 Notre Dame 24, Navy 17 12. Duke 28-6 442 15
Buffalo 19 5 10 4 14 45 68 15. UCF 9-0 Sam Ryder 68s-71p-68- 207 -5
Sunday’s Games 16. Mississippi St. 7-3 Ohio St. 52, Illinois 14 13. Maryland 32-3 380 8 Brendon de Jonge 67p-67s-73- 207 -5
17. Michigan St. 7-3 Oklahoma 41, Kansas 3 14. Florida State 28-7 334 7 J.J. Henry 70p-68s-70- 208 -4
Baltimore at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Metropolitan Division 15. West Virginia 24-11 272 20
Arizona at Houston, 1 p.m. 18. Washington 8-2 Purdue 24, Iowa 15 Chris Stroud 71p-67s-70- 208 -4
GP W L OT Pts GF GA 19. NC State 7-3 Reinhardt 39, Concordia (Mich.) 10 16. Missouri 22-11 249 NR
Tampa Bay at Miami, 1 p.m. New Jersey 19 11 5 3 25 63 60 Nate Lashley 67s-71p-70- 208 -4
20. LSU 7-3 S. Dakota St. 31, South Dakota 28 17. Oregon State 31-5 246 9 Jonathan Randolph 72p-67s-69- 208 -4
Washington at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Columbus 20 12 7 1 25 59 51 18. Tennessee 20-12 229 NR
Jacksonville at Cleveland, 1 p.m. 21. Memphis 8-1 SE Missouri 21, Murray St. 10 Martin Laird 70s-69p-70- 209 -3
Pittsburgh 21 11 7 3 25 58 73 22. Stanford 7-3 19. Marquette 25-8 218 NR
Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. NY Islanders 18 10 6 2 22 66 59 Valparaiso 8, Dayton 7 Xinjun Zhang 68s-71p-70- 209 -3
23. Northwestern 7-3 20. DePaul 27-8 156 18 Scott Stallings 71s-68p-71- 210 -2
L.A. Rams at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Washington 20 10 9 1 21 58 65 W. Illinois 28, S. Illinois 14 21. Oklahoma 23-10 151 21
24. Michigan 8-2 Wisconsin 24, Michigan 10 Ryan Armour 69s-70p-71- 210 -2
Kansas City at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. NY Rangers 20 9 9 2 20 63 67 25. Boise St. 8-2 22. South Florida 24-9 109 NR
Philadelphia 20 8 8 4 20 56 56 Youngstown St. 38, Missouri St. 10 Keith Mitchell 67p-69s-75- 211 -1
Buffalo at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. 23. Michigan 28-9 100 NR Bubba Watson 71p-64s-76- 211 -1
New England vs Oakland at Mexico City, MX, Carolina 17 7 6 4 18 50 50 The College Football Playoff Selection Com- SOUTHWEST 24. Miami (Fla.) 24-9 80 19
Arkansas St. 30, Texas St. 12 Padraig Harrington 71p-67s-74- 212 E
4:25 p.m. mittee will issue weekly rankings each Tues- 25. California 20-14 79 NR Beau Hossler 70p-69s-75- 214 +2
Cincinnati at Denver, 4:25 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE day, with the final rankings being announced Iowa St. 23, Baylor 13 25. Washington 29-6 79 11
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Central Division Sunday, Dec. 3 (Noon EST). The playoff semi- Kansas St. 45, Oklahoma St. 40 Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 70; North
Open: Indianapolis, San Francisco, Carolina, finals will match the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 4 Louisiana Tech 42, UTEP 21 CME Group Tour Championship
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina State 67; Kentucky 59; Syracuse 53;
N.Y. Jets seed, and No. 2 will face No. 3. The semifinals Mississippi St. 28, Arkansas 21 Arizona State 43; Quinnipiac 27; Drake 18; Par Scores
St. Louis 20 14 5 1 29 66 52
Monday’s Games Winnipeg 19 12 4 3 27 64 51 will be hosted at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Northwestern (Iowa) 55, Langston 7 Gonzaga 18; Virginia 17; Purdue 15; Kansas Saturday
Atlanta at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. Nashville 18 10 6 2 22 55 55 Bowl on Jan. 1, 2018. The championship game Sam Houston St. 53, Houston Baptist 33 State 10; LSU 8; Florida Gulf Coast 7; Georgia At Tiburon Golf Club
Thursday, Nov. 23 Dallas 20 10 9 1 21 58 61 will be played on Jan. 8, 2018 at Atlanta. TCU 27, Texas Tech 3 Tech 7; Michigan State 7; South Dakota State Naples, Fla.
Minnesota at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Minnesota 18 9 7 2 20 55 48 Texas Southern 24, Ark.-Pine Bluff 10 6; Nebraska 5; Temple 5; Dayton 4; Indiana 4; Purse: $2.5 million
L.A. Chargers at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Chicago 19 9 8 2 20 59 52 Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll FAR WEST Middle Tennessee 2; Texas-Arlington 2; Vir- Yardage: 6,570; Par: 72
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m. Colorado 17 9 7 1 19 60 57 The Amway Top 25 football poll, with first- Arizona St. 40, Oregon St. 24 ginia Tech 2; Boise State 1; Elon 1; Villanova 1. Third Round
Sunday, Nov. 26 place votes in parentheses, records through Colorado St. 42, San Jose St. 14
Pacific Division Fresno St. 13, Wyoming 7 Kim Kaufman 70-72-64- 206 -10
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Nov. 11, total points based on 25 points for Women’s College Basketball Scores Michelle Wie 72-68-66- 206 -10
Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA first place through one point for 25th, and Montana St. 31, Montana 23 Saturday
Los Angeles 19 11 6 2 24 58 46 N. Colorado 42, Cal Poly 0 Ariya Jutanugarn 68-71-67- 206 -10
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. previous ranking: EAST Suzann Pettersen 67-70-69- 206 -10
Vegas 18 11 6 1 23 64 56 UMass 16, BYU 10
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Calgary 19 11 8 0 22 58 62 Record Pts Pvs Drexel 63, Bucknell 54 Stacy Lewis 72-68-67- 207 -9
Miami at New England, 1 p.m. 1. Alabama (63) 10-0 1575 1 Utah St. 38, Hawaii 0 Karine Icher 67-72-68- 207 -9
San Jose 17 10 7 0 20 44 38 Hartford 60, Hofstra 49
Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m. 2. Miami (Fla.) 9-0 1465 6 Weber St. 35, Idaho St. 7 Austin Ernst 71-67-69- 207 -9
Vancouver 19 9 8 2 20 48 53 Harvard 70, Sacred Heart 62
Chicago at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Anaheim 18 8 7 3 19 52 52 3. Clemson 9-1 1406 4 Holy Cross 83, Rider 56 Lexi Thompson 71-67-69- 207 -9
Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Edmonton 20 7 11 2 16 50 64 4. Wisconsin 10-0 1395 3 Manhattan 57, St. Francis Brooklyn 54 Jessica Korda 69-68-70- 207 -9
Jacksonville at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
Denver at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Arizona 22 4 15 3 11 54 85 5. Oklahoma
6. Auburn
9-1 1386
8-2 1250 10
7 COLLEGE New Hampshire 65, Wagner 53 Pernilla Lindberg
Sung Hyun Park
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Penn 55, Lafayette 42
New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for 7. Georgia
8. Ohio State
9-1 1184
8-2 1076 11
2 BASKETBALL Penn St. 60, Providence 51 Amy Yang
Jenny Shin
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73-67-68- 208 -8
Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. overtime loss. Top three teams in each divi- St. Bonaventure 70, E. Michigan 51
9. Notre Dame 8-2 947 5 USA Today Men’s Top 25 Poll Jin Young Ko 71-69-68- 208 -8
sion and two wild cards per conference ad- SOUTH
10. Southern Cal. 9-2 917 14 The top 25 teams in the USA Today preseason Charley Hull 70-70-68- 208 -8
vance to playoffs. Charlotte 51, UNC-Asheville 47
11. Penn State 8-2 912 13 2017-18 men’s college basketball poll, with Eun-Hee Ji 69-70-69- 208 -8
Saturday’s Games
NBA Calgary 5, Philadelphia 4, OT 12. Central Florida 9-0 910 12 first-place votes in parentheses, final 2016-17
records, points based on 25 points for a first-
Chattanooga 71, Presbyterian 51
Coastal Carolina 57, UNC-Wilmington 41
Pornanong Phatlum 70-68-70- 208 -8
Arizona 3, Ottawa 2, OT 13. Oklahoma St. 8-2 902 15 In-Kyung Kim 70-67-71- 208 -8
All times EST 14. TCU 8-2 814 9 place vote through one point for a 25th-place Coppin St. 68, Mount St. Mary’s 54 Cydney Clanton 73-68-68- 209 -7
EASTERN CONFERENCE Dallas 6, Edmonton 3 15. Washington 8-2 642 8 vote and previous ranking: Furman 78, Kennesaw St. 59 Anna Nordqvist 70-69-70- 209 -7
Winnipeg 5, New Jersey 2 16. Washington St. 9-2 587 20 George Mason 57, SE Missouri 38 Nelly Korda 70-66-73- 209 -7
Atlantic Division Florida at Los Angeles, late Record Pts Pvs
17. Memphis 8-1 509 19 1. Duke (20) 28-9 774 13 Jacksonville 69, Nicholls 61 Sarah Jane Smith 66-69-74- 209 -7
W L Pct GB Carolina at Buffalo, late 18. Michigan 8-2 394 22 Longwood 84, Mass.-Lowell 82 Shanshan Feng 70-73-67- 210 -6
Boston 14 2 .875 — Toronto at Montreal, late 2. Michigan St. (9) 20-15 747 NR
19. Mississippi St. 7-3 373 18 3. Kansas 31-5 723 4 Northwestern 71, UT Martin 63 Candie Kung 70-72-68- 210 -6
Toronto 10 5 .667 3½ N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, late 20. South Florida 8-1 361 21 SC State 65, Winthrop 37 Brooke M. Henderson 70-70-70- 210 -6
Philadelphia 8 6 .571 5 4. Kentucky 32-6 678 5
Chicago at Pittsburgh, late 21. LSU 7-3 282 25 5. Arizona (2) 32-5 654 7 St. Francis (Pa.) 79, Old Dominion 68 Minjee Lee 69-71-70- 210 -6
New York 8 7 .533 5½ Minnesota at Washington, late 22. N.C. State 7-3 271 24 Marina Alex 68-71-71- 210 -6
Brooklyn 6 9 .400 7½ 6. Villanova 32-4 623 8 MIDWEST
Colorado at Nashville, late 23. Stanford 7-3 206 NR 7. Florida (1) 27-9 549 10 Cincinnati 73, Miami (Ohio) 62 Lydia Ko 67-71-72- 210 -6
Southeast Division St. Louis at Vancouver, late 24. Michigan St. 7-3 179 16 8. Wichita St. 31-5 543 21 DePaul 86, Saint Louis 78 Ha Na Jang 71-66-73- 210 -6
Boston at San Jose, late 25. West Virginia 7-3 171 NR 9. North Carolina 33-7 515 1 E. Illinois 79, Evansville 52 Madelene Sagstrom 68-68-74- 210 -6
W L Pct GB Sunday’s Games Caroline Masson 69-66-75- 210 -6
Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech 94; 10. West Virginia 28-9 458 11 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Akron 63
Washington 9 6 .600 — N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 5 p.m. 11. Southern Cal 26-10 396 NR Cristie Kerr 75-70-66- 211 -5
Orlando 8 7 .533 1 Northwestern 67; Arizona 54; Boise State 40; Green Bay 55, S. Dakota St. 41
Colorado at Detroit, 6 p.m. 12. Miami (Fla.) 21-12 383 NR So Yeon Ryu 72-71-68- 211 -5
Miami 7 8 .467 2 South Carolina 33; Iowa 16; Kentucky 16; Illinois 74, Bradley 62 Azahara Munoz 67-72-72- 211 -5
Charlotte 5 9 .357 3½ Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. 13. Cincinnati 30-6 349 22 Jackson St. 87, Chicago St. 69
Army 14; San Diego State 11; Iowa State 9; 14. Notre Dame 26-10 305 20 Brittany Lincicome 70-68-73- 211 -5
Atlanta 3 12 .200 6 Florida at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Troy 5; Ohio 2. Kent St. 81, SE Louisiana 60
Los Angeles at Vegas, 8 p.m. 15. Minnesota 24-10 303 NR Jeong Eun Lee 73-70-69- 212 -4
N. Illinois 96, W. Illinois 94 Megan Khang 72-70-70- 212 -4
Central Division Monday’s Games 16. Louisville 25-9 295 14
Amway Top 25 Fared 17. Xavier 24-14 284 18 Purdue 79, Lamar 64 Moriya Jutanugarn 70-72-70- 212 -4
W L Pct GB Arizona at Toronto, 7 p.m. South Dakota 62, Wichita St. 48 Wei-Ling Hsu 70-70-72- 212 -4
Calgary at Washington, 7 p.m. Thursday 18. UCLA 31-5 275 9
Detroit 10 5 .667 — No. 20 South Florida 27, Tulsa 20 19. Gonzaga 37-2 242 2 Toledo 79, Louisiana-Lafayette 55 Mo Martin 70-69-73- 212 -4
Milwaukee 8 6 .571 1½ Columbus at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Youngstown St. 73, Loyola of Chicago 49 Sei Young Kim 68-69-75- 212 -4
Saturday 20. Northwestern 24-12 208 NR
Cleveland 9 7 .563 1½ Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m. 21. Purdue 27-8 167 15 SOUTHWEST Katherine Kirk 74-72-67- 213 -3
Indiana 8 8 .500 2½ New Jersey at Minnesota, 8 p.m. No. 1 Alabama 56, Mercer 0
No. 2 Miami 44, Virginia 28 22. Saint Mary’s 29-5 152 NR Abilene Christian 82, Idaho 72 Jaye Marie Green 70-70-73- 213 -3
Chicago 3 10 .231 6 Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 23. Seton Hall 21-12 139 NR Rice 67, Houston Baptist 45 Peiyun Chien 66-73-74- 213 -3
Tuesday’s Games No. 3 Clemson 61, The Citadel 3 Tiffany Joh 74-70-70- 214 -2
WESTERN CONFERENCE No. 4 Wisconsin 24, No. 18 Michigan 10 24. Baylor 27-8 107 12 Stephen F. Austin 105, Howard Payne 35
Vancouver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 25. Alabama 19-15 82 NR TCU 82, Texas State 58 Lindy Duncan 69-78-68- 215 -1
Southwest Division Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m. No. 5 Oklahoma 41, Kansas 3 Sun Young Yoo 72-74-69- 215 -1
No. 6 Auburn 42, Louisiana-Monroe 14 Tulsa 76, UMKC 52
Montreal at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 76; Vir- Jodi Ewart Shadoff 71-73-71- 215 -1
W L Pct GB No. 7 Georgia 42, Kentucky 13 ginia 57; Butler 43; Missouri 35; TCU 32; FAR WEST
Houston 12 4 .750 — Arizona St. 106, Sacramento St. 58 Jacqui Concolino 74-74-68- 216 E
No. 8 Ohio State 52, Illinois 14 Rhode Island 31; Providence 21; Wisconsin 21; Carlota Ciganda 73-73-70- 216 E
San Antonio 10 6 .625 2 No. 9 Notre Dame 24, Navy 17 Colorado 67, Miami 61
Maryland 20; Oakland 19; Oklahoma 19; Jennifer Song 70-74-72- 216 E
Memphis
New Orleans
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8
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MLS No. 10 Southern Cal vs. UCLA, late Michigan 13; Texas 13; Oregon 12; Virginia Hawaii 84, N. Arizona 68
Milwaukee 58, CS Northridge 50
In Gee Chun 73-72-72- 217 +1
Dallas 2 14 .125 10 Playoff Glance No. 11 Penn State vs. Nebraska, late Tech 12; Creighton 6; Southern Methodist 6; Mi Hyang Lee 72-73-72- 217 +1
No. 12 UCF 45, Temple 19 Georgia 3; Georgia Tech 3; Arkansas 2; Har- New Mexico 86, New Mexico St. 75 Alena Sharp 75-74-69- 218 +2
All Times EST San Diego St. 59, Cal St.-Fullerton 58
Northwest Division Kansas State 45, No. 13 Oklahoma State 40 vard 2; Florida St. 1; Nevada 1; South Carolina Jing Yan 75-71-72- 218 +2
Knockout Round No. 14 TCU 27, Texas Tech 3 UCLA 82, Baylor 68 Angela Stanford 70-75-73- 218 +2
W L Pct GB 1.
Eastern Conference No. 15 Washington vs. Utah, late Danielle Kang 72-72-74- 218 +2
Minnesota 10 5 .667 — Wednesday, Oct. 25: New York 4, Chicago 0 Ayako Uehara 71-72-75- 218 +2
Denver 9 6 .600 1 No. 17 Memphis 66, SMU 45 Men’s College Basketball Scores
Thursday, Oct. 26: Columbus 0, Atlanta 0,
Portland 8 7 .533 2 Columbus advanced 3-1 on penalty kicks
No. 19 Mississippi State 28, Arkansas 21
No. 21 LSU at Tennessee, late
Saturday GOLF Brittany Altomare
Lizette Salas
72-76-72- 220 +4
74-73-73- 220 +4
Oklahoma City 7 8 .467 3 EAST The RSM Classic Par Scores
Utah 6 10 .375 4½ Western Conference No. 22 NC State at Wake Forest, late Beatriz Recari 71-74-75- 220 +4
Wednesday, Oct. 25: Vancouver 5, San Jose Fairleigh Dickinson 94, Kean 55 Saturday Olafia Kristinsdottir 70-74-76- 220 +4
No. 23 Stanford vs. California, late
Pacific Division 0 George Washington 65, Hampton 57 At Sea Island Golf Club Aditi Ashok 71-75-75- 221 +5
No. 24 Michigan State 17, Maryland 7
Thursday, Oct. 26: Houston 1, Sporting Kan- Georgetown 83, Md.-Eastern Shore 57 Nicole Broch Larsen 72-73-76- 221 +5
W L Pct GB Texas 28, No. 25 West Virginia 14 Sea Island, Ga.
sas City 0, OT Manhattan 73, Harvard 69 Gaby Lopez 79-72-71- 222 +6
Golden State 11 4 .733 — Navy 79, Bryant 71 Purse: $6.2 million Mirim Lee 73-77-73- 223 +7
L.A. Lakers 6 10 .375 5½ Conference Semifinals Saturday’s College Football Scores s-Seaside Course: 7,005 yards, par-70
Penn 99, Penn State Brandywine 40 Angel Yin 72-75-76- 223 +7
L.A. Clippers 5 9 .357 5½ Home-and-home EAST p-Plantation Course: 7,058 yards, par-72 Jane Park 71-76-77- 224 +8
Phoenix 6 11 .353 6 Seton Hall 82, NJIT 53
First leg Albany (NY) 15, New Hampshire 0 South Alabama 68, Maine 46 Third Round (Played on Seaside Ryann O’Toole 75-79-71- 225 +9
Sacramento 4 11 .267 7 Eastern Conference Bryant 38, Duquesne 29 Gerina Piller 77-75-73- 225 +9
St. Bonaventure 72, Jackson St. 58 Course)
Friday’s Games Monday, Oct. 30: Toronto 2, New York 1 CCSU 42, Robert Morris 14 Texas Tech 75, Boston College 64 Morgan Pressel 74-75-76- 225 +9
Tuesday, Oct. 31: Columbus 4, New York City Colgate 35, Georgetown 10 Austin Cook 66p-62s-66- 194 -18
Indiana 107, Detroit 100 Wagner 71, American U. 70 Chris Kirk 63p-70s-64- 197 -15 Ally McDonald 75-78-73- 226 +10
Miami 91, Washington 88 FC 1 Columbia 24, Brown 6 SOUTH Brian Gay 65p-64s-69- 198 -14 Brittany Lang 75-77-74- 226 +10
Brooklyn 118, Utah 107 Dartmouth 48, Princeton 44 Belmont 93, Houston Baptist 88 J.J. Spaun 67s-70p-62- 199 -13 Sandra Gal 78-72- WD

Cornell wrestling upsets N. Iowa
From Staff Reports
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
Cornell University won seven match-
es to win its ninth straight dual meet, a
30-10 victory over No. 10 Northern Iowa
at Newman Arena Friday. The margin of
victory was Cornell’s largest against a
ranked opponent since 2014, when it
swept No. 16 Virginia, 34-0.
Big Red sophomore Chaz Tucker, ju-
nior Jon Jay Chavez and freshman Ben
Darmstadt earned pins at 133, 165 and
197 pounds, respectively. Tucker pinned
Devils falter in third period, suffer loss
From Staff Reports
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
The Binghamton Devils lost to visit-
ing Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 4-3, on Fri-
day at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Me-
Moriello
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of Albany in Section 2, after she compet-
ed in the girls Class D race.
And, yes, being done quickly was
more important than usual Saturday at
Wayne Central School, which was host-
ing the New York State Public High
School Athletic Association cross coun-
try championships in temperatures that
only made it above freezing for the last
few of the eight races. On top of that, the
course was a mess, torn up first by the
Section 5 meet a week early and then
turned into quicksand by a mid-week
deluge. For good measure, there was
also a coating of snow on the ground.
In short, it was nothing like the so-
called pre-state meet held on the same
course in searing heat not quite two
months earlier as a preparation for the
championships. The medical treatment
area was packed at times that day by
runners who’d raced full-throttle for too
long in conditions that were too hot.
There was little need for the medical
staff Saturday since unseasonable cold
takes less of a toll. In fact, most people
in the sport will tell you they prefer the
chilly, less pristine conditions.
“Cold weather, hot weather, messy
courses, hills, no hills. That’s what dis-
tinguishes cross country,” fourth-year
Mendon head coach Chris Compson
said. “The last thing I want is a mani-
cured golf course.”
Add Relyea to the list of those not put
off by the snow since that’s a sign that
the nordic ski season, her winter sports
passion, is on the way. Nordic skiing
happens to be a great training tool for
distance runner since it’s a cardio sport
that works different muscle groups.
For Relyea, it should also be a chance
to meet some new people. The Mayfield
girl was more lonely than the Maytag re-
pairman from those television commer-
cials half a lifetime ago because she lit-
erally had no teammates this fall.
TV HIGHLIGHTS
Subject to change and/or blackouts.
AUTO RACING
3 p.m.
NBC — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
Series, Ford EcoBoost 400
CFL
1 p.m.
ESPNEWS — Playoffs, Eastern Confer-
ence final
4:30 p.m.
ESPNEWS — Playoffs, Western Confer-
ence final
FIGURE SKATING
10:30 p.m.
NBCSN — ISU Grand Prix Series, In-
ternationaux de France
GOLF
1 p.m.
ABC — LPGA Tour, CME Group Tour
Championship
1:30 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour, The RSM Classic
HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
Jack Wagner in 3:54.
Chavez pinned Iowa’s Dan Kelly in
the final seconds of the second period,
and Darmstadt took down his opponent
in 1:38.
Cornell’s Mike Russo used two four-
point turns to beat No. 19 Jay Schwarm
in a 10-4 decision in the 125 weight class.
Teammates Yianni Diakohimalis (141)
and Max Dean (184) also earned deci-
sions against ranked opponents.
Penn State too much for BU
Top-ranked Penn State continued its
morial Arena.
Binghamton’s Bracken Kearns scored
the lone goal in the second period, tying
the score 2-2. That goal was assisted by
Viktor Loov and Joe Blandisi.
The Devils could not maintain the tie,
allowing two Penguins goals in a 2:13
Nathan Lawler’s individual titles the past two seasons helped Pittsford Mendon
to a pair of second-place finishes. TINA MACINTYRE-YEE/ USA TODAY SPORTS
Mayfield fielded a small varsity team
a year ago, when Relyea placed sixth in
the state meet as an eighth-grader, but
June graduation and attrition left her as
a team of one this fall. She could train
alongside members of the school’s boys
team during the week, but she was on
her own when it came to wearing the
school’s blue and gold on the start line at
the Saturday invitationals.
“It was helpful to be a part of team
and have that support, but I was still
running on my own in races,” Relyea
said. “I miss being out training with the
team, but it doesn’t feel any different
when I’m racing.”
That is one aspect of the sport that
makes cross country different than
most. Individual achievement is not
only permissible, it’s required if the
team is going to succeed. Every point in
the scoring that a fast individual perfor-
mance saves is a point that improves the
team’s standing.
Few have trimmed points off a team
score as consistently as Mendon’s Law-
ler the past few seasons of a dominating
career in Section 5. He was the Vikings’
No. 4 runner on the 2014 state Class B
championship team and the race’s over-
all No. 2 finisher a year later when Men-
don successfully defended. His individ-
ual titles the past two seasons helped
Mendon to a pair of second-place fin-
MSG+ — NYSS Thunder Rumble Division
NBA
6 p.m.
YES — Golden State at Brooklyn
NBA G-LEAGUE
3 p.m.
MSG — Lakeland at Westchester
NFL
1 p.m.
CBS — Kansas City at N.Y. Giants
4 p.m.
FOX — Buffalo at Los Angeles
4:25 p.m.
CBS — New England at Oakland
8:20 p.m.
NBC — Philadelphia at Dallas
NHL
5 p.m.
MSG+ — N.Y. Islanders at Carolina
7 p.m.
MSG — Ottawa N.Y. Rangers
TENNIS
Noon
ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Nitto World
pressconnects.com z SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2017 z 3C
unbeated streak with a 40-2 win over
Binghamton University at the Events
Center Friday.
BU junior Joe Nelson opened the
dual with a 7-4 decision at 125 pounds.
He defeated Penn’s redshirt freshman
Devin Schnupp.
Penn won the next nine matches.
Senior Corey Keener, ranked No. 15,
tied the score 3-3 with a 10-4 decision
over Jacob Nicholson, and No. 1 Bo
Nickal earned a 15-6 major decision
over No. 14 Steven Schneider of the
Bearcats to close out the dual.
span in the third period to take a 4-2
over Binghamton. Adam Johnson
scored the first goal and Christian
Thomas scored the second.
The Binghamton Devils will host
Rochester on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.
ishes, and the irony of Mendon finish-
ing second as a team these past two
years despite his first-place perfor-
mances wasn’t lost on Lawler.
“My freshman year I was all about
the team. I was our seventh guy (for
much of the season) so I didn’t have
any individual goals,” he said after
posting a time of 15:58.2, Saturday’s
fastest of the day. “But then my sopho-
more year I started developing into one
of the top runners in the state and I had
both on my mind.
“In the end, the most important
thing is the team because we’ve won
sectionals six years in a row now. If last
week I’d won individually but the team
hadn’t won, I wouldn’t have been hap-
py.”
Next up for Lawler will be a bid for
the best of both worlds at the college
level. Lawler and Ithaca’s Silas Derfel,
who captured the boys Class A cham-
pionship Saturday, committed to Syra-
cuse University, which has risen to the
top of the sport in Division I.
Given the wealth of talent Syracuse
has stockpiled, Lawler will once again
have to work his way up the ranks.
“I always like a challenge and I’m
excited to get there,” he said.
Based on his racing resume, count
on him to get there ahead of the rest of
the pack.
Tour Finals
RUGBY
Midnight
NBCSN — English Premiership, Exeter
vs. Harlequins
SOCCER
9:30 a.m.
FS1 — Bundesliga, Schalke vs. Hamburg
11 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League, Watford vs.
West Ham
11:50 a.m.
FS2 — Bundesliga, Werder Bremen vs.
Hannover
TENNIS
1 a.m.
ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Nitto World
Tour Finals
COLLEGE MEN’S
BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
YES — Monmouth at Virginia
2 p.m.
ESPNU — Puerto Rico Tipoff, fifth-place
game
Five score as
Cornell women
shock Brown
From Staff Reports
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
Five players scored goals for the
Cornell women as the Big Red (4-3)
won on a road hockey game at Brown
Friday night, 5-1.
Diana Buckley got things started 12
minutes, 20 seconds into the first peri-
od when she intercepted a pass from a
Brown skater and scored. Just four
minutes later, Grace Graham found the
back of the net to make it 2-0 in the Big
Red’s favor.
Senior captain Sarah Knee scored
off a pass from Kristin O’Neill six min-
utes into the second period. After scor-
ing just four goals in her first three sea-
sons for the Big Red, Knee has already
recorded three goals this year.
At the 14:36 mark of the second pe-
riod, Maddie Mills scored to bring the
Big Red’s lead to 4-0. O’Neill got her
second assist after stealing the puck
and found Mills. The freshman is now
on a four-game goal streak and a five-
game point streak.
Brown went on to score about a
minute later to avoid the shutout. Wil-
low Slobodzian scored on a poweplay
goal for Cornell to round out the scor-
ing. Both O’Neill and Mills earned
credit on the assists.
Marlene Boissonnault saved 18 of 19
shots to earn the win.
Bauld’s hat trick puts men’s
team well ahead of Brown
Noah Bauld had a hat-trick as Cor-
nell won, 6-1, at home over St. Law-
rence Friday and improved to 7-0 to
start the season.
Anthony Angello and Brendan
Smith each had a goal and an assist for
the Big Red. Jacob Pritchard scored St.
Lawrence’s (1-11-1) only goal of the
game.
Matthew Galajda saved 15 of 16
shots for Cornell while Arthur Brey
saved 40 shots for St. Lawrence.
Cornell hosted Clarkson on Satur-
day.
Paul Groover contributed.
Forks
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the left side for 11 yards that gave Forks
a first down at the Warriors’ 19.
One play later, Matt McDonald
scored off the left side and Dan Crow-
ningshield’s PAT had Forks ahead, 27-
14.
The Blue Devils scored two more
touchdowns before the third quarter
ended — a 43-yard burst down the left
sideline by Borelli and a 3-yard plunge
by McDonald that made it 41-14.
Borelli threw for 127 yards and two
TDs and rushed for 77 yards and a TD.
Allen had 158 rushing yards and three
TDs — two coming on the ground. Bor-
chardt caught three passes for 82
yards.
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3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Hall Of Fame Tipoff, Naismith
Bracket, third-place game
4:30 p.m.
FS1 — W. Carolina at Minnesota
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — Hall Of Fame Tipoff, Naismith
Bracket, championship game
ESPNU — Puerto Rico Tipoff, third-place
game
6 p.m.
SNY — Boston University at Connecticut
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Charleston Classic, third-
place game
7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — Puerto Rico Tipoff, champi-
onship game
9:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — Charleston Classic, champi-
onship game
COLLEGE WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL
1:30 p.m.
ESPN — Maryland at UConn
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Noon
ESPNU — MEAC Championship
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BRIEFS
Goffin ousts Federer in ATP
Finals semifinal comeback
LONDON – David Goffin ended Rog-
er Federer’s bid for a seventh ATP Fi-
nals title by stunning the favorite 2-6,
6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals on Saturday.
The Belgian claimed the biggest win
of his career and qualified for the final
on Sunday, when he will face Grigor Di-
mitrov or Jack Sock. They play later
Saturday.
Federer looked to be heading to-
ward his 11th final at the elite season-
ending tournament when he cruised
through the first set, but Goffin took
advantage of a drop in his play to level.
Despite having lost all six of his pre-
vious encounters with Federer, Goffin
was able to execute better in the decid-
ing set, breaking in the third game and
producing a nerveless display of serv-
ing to seal victory.
Truex posts top practice speed
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Martin Truex
Jr. has topped the leaderboard in the
final practice of the season and proven
again why he’s the favorite to win his
first NASCAR championship on Sun-
day.
Truex hit 171.195 mph on Saturday at
Homestead-Miami Speedway, the best
of the four championship drivers.
Truex is the only one of the four that
has yet to win a Cup championship. He
has led the Cup Series in nearly every
measurable category and is a seven-
time winner this year.
Truex won’t have team owner Bar-
ney Visser in attendance because
Visser is recovering in Colorado from a
heart attack and surgery.
Kyle Busch, the 2015 series champ,
was sixth (169.492), 2012 champ Brad
Keselowski was 11th (168.824) and 2014
champion Kevin Harvick was 18th
(166.795).
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was a solid sev-
enth in practice, but an engine change
will drop the two-time Daytona 500
champion to the rear of the field for his
final NASCAR Cup race.
—Wire Reports
Miami overcomes UVA to stay unbeaten
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Malik Rosier threw three touchdown
passes and ran for another score, and
USA TODAY No. 2 Miami pulled off its
biggest comeback in five years by hold-
ing off Virginia 44-28 on Saturday to ex-
tend the nation’s longest winning streak
to 15 games.
Jaquan Johnson had an interception
return for a touchdown for Miami (10-0,
7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 3
College Football Playoff), which went on
a 30-0 run in the second half to remain
unbeaten. The Hurricanes erased a pair
of 14-point deficits, and had lost 15 con-
secutive games in which they trailed at
any point by such a margin.
But the defense got a pair of fourth-
down stops in Virginia territory in the
fourth quarter, and the Hurricanes fin-
ished off their first 7-0 home regular
season since 1988.
Travis Homer rushed for 96 yards
and a touchdown for Miami, which
looks to close out a perfect ACC regular-
season slate at Pittsburgh on Friday. The
Hurricanes already had a spot in the
ACC championship game against Clem-
son on Dec. 2 secured.
Kurt Benkert was brilliant for Vir-
ginia (6-5, 3-4), completing 28 of 37
passes for 384 yards and four touch-
downs.
No. 1 Alabama 56, Mercer 0: Jalen
Hurts passed for 180 yards and three
touchdowns in a little more than a quar-
ter and Alabama cruised.
The Crimson Tide (11-0, No. 1 CFP)
raced to a 35-0 halftime lead in what
amounted to a tuneup for the team’s
biggest game. Now, Alabama heads to
No. 6 Auburn with the winner of the Iron
Bowl facing No. 7 Georgia in the South-
eastern Conference championship
game in Atlanta.
Hurts led Alabama to touchdowns on
each of his four possessions, complet-
ing all seven of his attempts and run-
ning for 30 yards.
No. 3 Clemson 61, Citadel 3: Kelly
Bryant threw for 230 yards and three
touchdowns and was out of the game
before halftime as Clemson comfortably
remained in the playoff race.
The lower-division Bulldogs were out
of this one quickly. After Bryant’s 14-
yard touchdown pass to T.J. Chase on
the offense’s 26th play, Clemson (10-1,
No. 2 CFP) led 28-0.
Bills hope for jump-start
Sal Maiorana
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
USA TODAY NETWORK
Three ...
1. Will Nathan Peterman be able to
jump-start the passing game? Coach
Sean McDermott clearly believes he
can, and that’s why he made the
switch from Tyrod Taylor this week.
The Bills rank 26th in the league in av-
erage yards gained per possession at
26 yards. By comparison, the top-
ranked Patriots average 39.8 yards per
possession. What that shows, obvi-
ously, is the Bills have been unable to
put sustained marches together, and
much of that is on the quarterback be-
cause he’s the conductor orchestrating
it all. McDermott is banking on Peter-
man being able to push the ball down-
field more often — and more effective-
ly —than Taylor. What will be ultra-in-
teresting is whether Peterman can get
the wide receivers more involved, as
opposed to Taylor who lived off check
downs to backs and/or tight ends. WR
Kelvin Benjamin has to become a focal
point now.
2. How will the offensive line fare
against a stout Chargers front line?
Peterman’s success or failure could
very well hinge on how his protectors
perform against a Los Angeles defense
that ranks fourth in the NFL in sacks
with 29, including a combined 18 from
the defensive ends, Joey Bosa and
Melvin Ingram. Cordy Glenn is not ex-
pected to play, again, so rookie Dion
Dawkins will be at left tackle while
Jordan Mills will continue at right
tackle. Interesting, Mills is having a
fairly decent year in pass protection
according to Pro Football Focus. This
will be a vital situation to watch be-
cause the Bills haven’t faced a team
that can get after the passer from both
sides the way the Chargers can. This is
a game where LeSean McCoy could
have a big effect, which would certain-
ly help Peterman.
3. Can the Bills defense get its act
together? Over the last two weeks,
Hurricanes running back Travis Homer reaches for the pylon against Virginia in
the second half on Saturday. STEVE MITCHELL/USA TODAY SPORTS
No. 4 Wisconsin 24, No. 18 Michigan
10: Alex Hornibrook’s 24-yard touch-
down pass to A.J. Taylor in the third
quarter broke open a defensive slugfest,
Kendric Pryor scored on an end-around
and Wisconsin beat Michigan to remain
undefeated.
The Badgers (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten, No. 5
CFP) padded their playoff resume by
winning a grinding, physical matchup
against the Wolverines (8-3, 5-3, No. 24
CFP).
No. 5 Oklahoma 41, Kansas 3: Okla-
homa’s Baker Mayfield threw for 257
yards and three touchdowns, leading
the Sooners (10-1, 7-1, No. 4 CFP).
He threw TD passes to Rodney An-
derson and Marquise Brown in the first
half, then Mark Andrews late in the
third quarter, which prompted insults
between Mayfield and the Jayhawks.
At one point, Mayfield lewdly
grabbed his crotch while cursing across
the field, and another time he yelled to
fans behind his bench: “You have one
win! Go cheer on basketball!”
No. 6 Auburn 42, Louisiana-Mon-
roe 14: Darius Slayton’s 50-yard scoring
catch late in the first half gave the Tigers
(9-2, No. 6 CFP) the lead and Auburn
pulled away.
Philip Rivers might show the Bills how a good quarterback plays in today’s game
with the Los Angeles Chargers. LOGAN BOWLES/GETTY IMAGES
Buffalo has been putrid. It went from
ranking third in the NFL in run defense
to 22nd. That’s right, a drop of 19 places
in just two weeks, but that’s what hap-
pens when you get carved up for 492
yards and nine touchdowns on the
ground. The Chargers have not run very
well this season, though their top back,
Melvin Gordon, can certainly get on a
roll, and rookie Austin Ekeler is coming
on quickly. The key for the Bills will be to
tackle better than they have. According
to Pro Football Focus, they had a com-
bined 37 missed tackles the last two
games, almost unheard of in the NFL. If
the Bills can stop the run, Chargers QB
Philip Rivers will be playing behind a
banged up offensive line, so there may
be opportunities to get after the 36-
year-old Rivers. One thing to watch is
the Chargers’ inability to get big gains.
When Rivers throws 20-plus yards
downfield, his adjusted completion per-
centage is just 26.5 percent, 33rd out of
35 qualifying QBs. However, he loves
throwing the slant to WR Keenan Allen,
something CB Tre’Davious White MUST
be aware of.
Kam Martin scored two touchdowns,
one rushing and one receiving, in the
third quarter. Nick Ruffin scored on a
45-yard interception return in the
fourth. Despite a sluggish first half, Au-
burn’s final production was still impres-
sive: 317 yards rushing and 552 total
yards.
No. 7 Georgia 42, Kentucky 13: Nick
Chubb and Sony Michel led a dominant
running game and Georgia 10-1, 7-1
Southeastern Conference, No. 7 CFP)
bounced back from its first loss of the
season.
Chubb rushed for 151 and two touch-
downs, including a 55-yard burst down
the sideline to seal the victory early in
the fourth quarter. Michel rambled for
87 yards and three scores, most notably
a 37-yard TD that sent the Bulldogs into
the half with a 21-6 lead.
No. 9 Notre Dame 24, Navy 17: Bran-
don Wimbush threw for 164 yards and
two touchdowns and ran for a score as
Notre Dame rallied in the rain and wind.
Wearing throwback uniforms with
the name Rockne on the back of every
player’s jersey and helmets designed to
evoke the leather tops from the era of
Knute Rockne, one of the Fighting Irish’s
most famous names, Notre Dame (9-2,
... and Out
McDermott made the bold move to
switch from Taylor to Peterman at a
time when the Bills are sitting in the
sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC at
5-4. It’s a decision that could prove to be
brilliant if Peterman rewards McDer-
mott’s faith and gets more out of the of-
fense than Taylor did. Or, it could blow
up in the first-year coach’s face if the
first-year quarterback implodes. If Pe-
terman’s debut couldn’t come at home,
this is a good place for it to take place,
the 27,000-seat StubHub Center which
could be half-filled by Bills fans. Also,
the Chargers defense, outside of its pass
rush, is not overly efficient and the Bills
should be able to run, which in turn
would help Peterman, especially in the
play-action game. My sense is that Pe-
terman is a better fit in Rick Dennison’s
offense than Taylor, so if the line can
hold up and the receivers get open, Pe-
terman will have a chance. He’ll play
well, but not well enough.
MAIORANA’S PICK: Chargers 24,
Bills 20.
No. 8 CFP) kept its slim national cham-
pionship hopes alive heading into their
regular-season finale next Saturday at
Stanford.
No. 12 UCF 45, Temple 19: McKenzie
Milton threw four touchdown passes
and ran for a score as Central Florida
comfortably took care of business head-
ing into a showdown with rival USF.
The Knights (10-0, 7-0 American Ath-
letic conference, CFP No. 15) turned
three Temple turnovers inside the Owls’
25 into 17 first-half points, taking a 31-10
lead when Gabriel Davis stretched
across the goal line for a 5-yard touch-
down reception with 2:36 left in the sec-
ond quarter.
The AAC East Division will be decid-
ed on Black Friday in Orlando, Florida,
when No. 20 South Florida (9-1, 6-1) vis-
its UCF.
No. 17 Memphis 66, SMU 45: Darrell
Henderson rushed for 147 yards, includ-
ing two long touchdowns, and Riley Fer-
guson threw for 320 yards and two
scores as Memphis claimed the Amer-
ican Athletic Conference West Division
championship.
In addition to his throwing TDs, Fer-
guson scored on three runs as Memphis
(9-1, 6-1, No. 21 CFP) won its sixth
straight and claimed a spot in the con-
ference’s Dec. 2 championship game.
No. 19 Mississippi State 28, Arkan-
sas 21: Nick Fitzgerald threw a 6-yard
touchdown pass to Deddrick Thomas
with 17 seconds remaining, and Missis-
sippi State survived a lackluster perfor-
mance and four fumbles to earn a win.
The Bulldogs (8-3, 4-3 Southeastern
Conference) won at least eight games in
a season for the fourth time in coach
Dan Mullen’s nine years with the vic-
tory.
Texas 28, No. 25 West Virginia 14:
Sam Ehlinger threw two touchdown
passes and Texas became bowl eligible
under first-year coach Tom Herman
with a win over West Virginia in a game
in which the Mountaineers lost quarter-
back Will Grier to injury.
Grier left the game in the first quarter
with an injured throwing hand when he
landed awkwardly as he dove for the
end-zone pylon on a run. The middle
finger of his right hand was bent back-
ward and he did not return for the
Mountaineers (7-4, 5-3 Big 12).
The Longhorns (6-5, 5-3) qualified
for a bowl for the first time since 2014.

Swimmers shine in state finals
Andrew Legare
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
Horseheads coach Mark Miles and
Owego Free Academy coach Jason
Westervelt both said this weekend’s
New York State Girls Swimming and
Diving Championships at Ithaca College
was perhaps the best in program histo-
ry.
For Elmira Notre Dame junior Cather-
ine Craig, there was no doubt she had
the meet of her high school career Fri-
day and Saturday at Ithaca College’s
Athletics and Events Center, taking sev-
enth in the 100-yard breaststroke and
14th overall in the 200 individual med-
ley.
Throw in a 10th-place diving finish
from Watkins Glen’s Alexis Castellaneta
on Friday and some solid Saturday
swims from the likes of Chenango Val-
ley, Maine-Endwell and Ithaca and it
adds up to a pretty impressive final
weekend of the season for Section 4.
The top two finishes belonged to Hor-
seheads. Maddy Rogan, a junior, placed
sixth in the 100-yard freestyle champi-
onship final Saturday and joined Maris-
sa Telech, Kennidi TenEyck and Sophia
Verkleeren in taking sixth overall and
fifth among public schools in the cham-
pionship race of the 200 freestyle relay.
Horseheads also had a 12th-place fin-
ish from its 200 medley relay team and a
13th-place finish from the 400 relay.
Also for the Blue Raiders, Verkleeren
took 14th in the 100 backstroke.
“It was a fantastic weekend for us,”
Miles said. “It was the best state meet
maybe we’ve ever had, but definitely
during my tenure it’s the best meet
we’ve ever had. We finished ninth place
overall (in the team scoring) and our
goal was top 10 as a team, so we’re ec-
static about that.”
Horseheads ended up ninth among
public schools with 94 points while
Owego finished seventh with 106. Pitts-
ford, from the Rochester area, was the
top team with 291 points.
“I think this is our best state meet for-
ever,” Westervelt said. “We did a good
job setting ourselves up for today on Fri-
day (during prelims). We just swam
some of our best times. Our relays
placed what we could. Be safe. Have
safe swims today and still place in the
top 10.”
Owego capped its weekend by seeing
Summer Pierce, Emma Stephenson,
Emma French and Katie Shoen place
seventh among public schools in the
400 freestyle relay. In the 200 freestyle
relay, Shoen, Jennifer Scott, French and
Pierce placed ninth overall and eighth
among public schools.
Pierce added an eighth-place overall
finish and sixth-place public schools ef-
fort in the 100 butterfly and placed 10th
among public schools and 19th overall in
the 200 individual medley. Shoen took
10th overall and ninth in public schools
in the 50 freestyle.
“These are the most top-10 finishes
we’ve had as a team ever,” Westervelt
said. “It was kind of one of our goals was
to get in the top 10 this year and next
year try to move up into the top five. Ev-
erybody that is on the Owego team is
back next year. I have no seniors.”
Shoen is just a sophomore, leaving
her with two more years to get even fast-
er.
“I think it was just unbelievable,” she
said of the team’s effort. “I couldn’t
imagine placing in the top 10 in both of
our relays and one of my individuals. It’s
insane.”
Rogan lowered the Horseheads 100
freestyle school record of 52.41 she set
in prelims with an effort of 51.99 sec-
onds Saturday. Northport’s Chloe Ste-
panek, named the meet’s Outstanding
Competitor, won in 49.93.
“I was really excited about that time,”
Rogan said. “I didn’t know I could quite
go under 52 and I just scooted under.
But still, it’s a 51. I was shocked. I really
wanted to stay in the top 10, if not im-
prove, and sixth place, I moved up two
spots and that was really exciting.”
Rogan said she just put everything
she had into the race, given it was her
final individual event of the season.
“She swam out of her mind today,”
Miles said.
Rogan and her teammates came back
and produced a time of 1:38.09 in the
200 freestyle relay, matching the school
record they established in preliminar-
ies.
“We were ecstatic with that,” Miles
said. “We came in and talked about each
girl had their own job to do and each one
of them did it. We already started talk-
ing about next year and how we think
we can go even faster.”
Verkleeren lowered her school back-
stroke record of 58.82 set in preliminar-
ies to 58.32 with her effort in the conso-
lation finals.
Owego Free Academy swimmers Katie Shoen, Jennifer Scott, Emma French and
Summer Pierce pose with their medals after they finished eighth among public
schools in the 200-yard freestyle. PHOTOS BY ANDREW LEGARE / STAFF
Pierce swims in the 100 butterfly finals Saturday at the New York State Girls
Swimming and Diving Championships at Ithaca College.
Horseheads’ 400 relay of Lindsay
McCawley, Cassidi Ten Eyck, Rogan and
Verkleeren posted a time of 3:40.39 in
the consolation finals.
Pierce’s sixth-place time in the 100
butterfly was 56.98, up just a tick from
her prelim swim of 56.70. In the IM, she
was 19th-fastest overall Saturday in
2:11.32, but because she was in the top 10
among public schools swimmers in pre-
lims she took a medal for 10th place.
“I’m really excited with how I placed,”
she said. “My times, I wish they were a
little bit faster, but I can’t change it now.
I couldn’t be happier with two top-10 in-
dividual finishes and our relays did
great.”
Pierce said she might have been
thinking too much about the possibility
of moving up in the ranks in the IM.
“I think my nerves got the best of me
because I definitely was nervous going
in,” she admitted. “Being able to move
up, I was excited I could and I think I had
too much excitement and got in and
overswam it. But 10th place, I’ll take it.”
Shoen also took 10th place with her
time of 24.64 in the championship race
of the 50 freestyle. She finished the pre-
lim in 24.31. In the 100 butterfly bonus
race, she had a time of 1:01.43 to place
30th.
“I did a little worse than (Friday in the
freestyle),” she said. “I felt better. It was
just I breathed too much at the end, but
I’m still glad I got the place that I got.”
She was more enthused about Owe-
go’s two relays. The Indians posted a
time of 1:39.39 in the 200 freestyle relay
and ended the meet in 3:38.66 in the
400 relay.
“I think we just really wanted it and it
was our goal from the beginning to get
top 10 in both of the relays,” Shoen said.
“We’ve had that goal since last year and
I think we just wanted it so bad that we
all came together and pulled it out.”
Craig joined her sister, Molly, in earn-
ing a podium finish at the state meet.
Last year Molly Craig placed fourth in
the 200 individual medley and seventh
in the 500 freestyle as a senior.
Catherine Craig started Saturday by
swimming the IM in 2:08.44, an im-
provement from her swim of 2:09 in the
prelims. She lowered her school record
in the breaststroke to 1:04.55 on Satur-
day after finishing in 1:04.90 on Friday.
“It’s really exciting,” she said. “I im-
proved both of my times and I improved
my seed in the IM and I dropped almost
half a second in the breaststroke.
“I’m proud that I raced well and it just
shows putting so many hours into the
pool really pays off. It’s good to see
something come out of that.”
Last year Craig placed 14th in the
breaststroke in her first state meet. As
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the season went along, she thought
she had a chance to make it to the
championship race this year.
“It’s just an all-out swim,” she said
of Saturday’s performance. “It’s just
pretty much everything you have and
no holding back.”
Also on Saturday, Maine-Endwell’s
Iris Incitti, Molly Olzinski, Brianna
Owen and Laura Sarkisian took 25th
overall in the 200 medley relay
(1:51.89). In the 200 freestyle relay, M-
E’s Sarkisian, Alexis Hussar, Incitti
and Maria Pignatelli took 26th in
1:41.34 after swimming to a 1:41.15 pre-
lim effort. Olzinski took 27th in the 100
breaststroke (1:07.92).
Chenango Valley’s Paige Lettera
placed 28th overall in the 200 IM
(2:12.67) and 20th in the 100 butterfly
(59.79). Teammate Katie Schultz took
18th overall in the 500 freestyle
(5:08.53) and CV’s Lindsey Rice was
19th in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.01). In
the 400 freestyle relay, CV’s Lettera,
Marlaina Giurastante, Taylor Poten-
ziano and Schultz took 25th (3:41.12).
Ithaca’s Elise Nishii-Kim, Chloe
Giovannoni, Willa Royce-Roll and De-
lia Ablard placed 22nd in the 400 free-
style relay (3:38.61).
In action from Friday, Castellaneta
led Section 4 divers with a score of
459.40 to finish 10th.
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Ithaca’s Derfel
takes second
in Federation
championship
Andrew Legare
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
Ithaca High senior Silas Derfel fin-
ished second in the boys race Saturday
to lead Section 4 runners at the New
York State Federation Cross Country
Championships at Bowdoin Park in
Wappingers Falls.
Derfel, the state public schools
champion in Class A, finished the 3.1-
mile race in 15 minutes, 57.4 seconds.
Mason Gatewood of Saint Anthony’s
won in 15:52.4.
Parker Stokes of Maine-Endwell
placed fifth in 16:03.1. Devin Wood-
worth of Horseheads ran to 28th place
(16:41.4), Evan Whittaker of Trumans-
burg was 53rd (16:59.5) and Nathan
Bowers of Owego was 60th (17:05.5).
Ithaca placed eighth in the team
standings with 293 points. Burnt Hills-
Ballston Lake won with 80.
Also for the Little Red, Ben Supron
was 88th (17:23), Noah Mattice was
117th (17:33.6), Cade Eells was 119th
(17:34.4), Alexander Simpson was
124th (17:37), Marco Van Wijt was
245th (19:23.3) and Scott Smith was
254th (20:22.8).
Katelyn Tuohy of North Rockland
won the girls race in 16:52.4, with Kel-
sey Chmiel of team champion Sarato-
ga Springs a distant second in 17:32.5.
Alison Otis of Maine-Endwell fin-
ished 30th in 19:26.4 to lead Section 4
runners. Madison Klein of Horseheads
was 33rd (19:29.9) and Lizzy Rayle of
Ithaca was 37th (19:38.4).
Ithaca finished 10th in the team
standings with 287 points. Also for the
Little Red, Quinn Howe placed 40th
(19:39.3), Zoe Wilkie Tomasik was
102nd (20:33.9), Anona Pattington was
105th (20:36.3), Margo Lee was 152nd
(21:15.2), Ingrid Comella was 162nd
(21:29.4) and Amy Milner was 177th
(21:45.9).
Binghamton’s Emily Pogson fin-
ished 81st (20:17.6) and Deposit/Han-
cock’s Kelsey Young was 113th
(20:41.9).
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Blocked punt hurts Tioga’s chances
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As Tioga’s football team was grab-
bing a two-point lead in the first half of
its 32-27 Class D state semifinal football
loss to Maple Grove on Friday night, the
Tigers’ Tanner Hollenbeck lined a pair of
38-yard punts.
Hollenbeck wisely used the artificial
turf at Union-Endicott to his advantage.
The Red Dragons were watching, not
only in the first half but on film during
the week.
“When you get late in the season like
this, when you get teams this evenly
matched, special teams play such a big
part of it and I don’t think everyone pays
as close attention to them as they
should,” Maple Grove coach Curt Fisch-
er said. “Not saying they didn’t, but we
thought all week we could block a punt.
It happened at the right time.”
After a three-and-out on the first
possession of the second half, Hollen-
beck went in punt formation. Two Red
Dragons burst in on Hollenbeck and
Nick Fabrizio blocked the kick, giving
the Red Dragons possession on Tioga’s
16.
“Yes (we noticed how low Hollen-
beck’s punts came out in the first half)
and we noticed it on film,” Fischer said.
“We just thought if we could break a
seam, we could get to it.”
Tioga coach Nick Aiello took some
blame.
“On that one, I didn’t call for extra
protection,” he said. “The other ones I
had a tight end in and on that one, I
didn’t. Sure enough, they got it.”
Fabrizio scored from a yard out four
plays later as Maple Grove took a 20-14
lead.
Quality coverage
Maple Grove quarterback Easton
Tanner completed 7 of 17 passes for 69
yards, numbers that could have been
better if not for a handful of drops.
But Tioga’s secondary made some big
plays in coverage, including three by
Stevens
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er happened.
Hutch had a few plays he’d like to
grab back, but two he’ll gleefully keep
were those that ascended the Tigers
from the brink of down-and-out to not
only a shot at this thing — but the
darned lead! Four minutes after they’d
dropped 12 in arrears!
On the fourth play of the fourth quar-
ter, Tioga responded to third-and-10 by
prudently instructing Hutchinson to
send a pass deep-middle to Klossner,
who ran under the football behind a de-
fender and completed a 58-yard scoring
play. Tanner Hollenbeck canned the PAT
and it was 26-21, spurring some serious
revitalization through the visitors’
bleachers.
Yes, visitors. Maple Grove’s point to-
tal was displayed under “Tigers” on the
scoreboard.
So be it.
Five plays after the big score, Tioga
recovered a Maple Grove fumble at the
Tioga lost by five point in a state
semifinal match against Maple Grove.
“For both teams, I think we
were so evenly matched, it
was the turnovers,
honestly.”
Curt Fischer
Maple Grove’s head coach
senior DeMario Chambers in the second
quarter. Twice, Tanner tried to throw
deep to Fabrizio on the right side and
Chambers broke up both of those plays,
to go along with an interception on the
final play of the half.
Night and day
On their first three possessions, Tio-
ga gained 139 yards and scored two
touchdowns.
“They came out really strong,” Fabri-
zio said. “They were really fast at the be-
ginning. That first drive, I was amazed
how fast they were.”
But after the fast start, the Tigers’ of-
fense sputtered until the fourth quarter.
The ensuing six possessions after Trey
Floyd’s 11-yard scoring run early in the
second quarter went: 2 yards, punt; mi-
nus-3 yards, punt; 6 yards, punt; mi-
nus-5 yards, punt; 18 yards, punt; 22
Tigers’ 46-yard line, further firing up the
Tioga County faithful. Only this time,
following one first down, first-and-10
became first-and-17 and then first-
and-22 from the Tigers’ 47-yard line.
And so?
Hutchinson drops, cranks and fires
deep to Klossner, who was zooming on a
mostly left-to-right path, ran past and
behind a defender to receive the football
and proceeded in to complete a 53-yard
touchdown.
Tigers 27, Red Dragons 26.
“When you’re down two touch-
downs, there’s one guy you want to get
the ball to, and that’s him,” Aiello said of
the 5-7, 150-pound senior blur. “That
second touchdown especially, the track
he had on that ball was something pret-
ty special and gave us the go-ahead
score at the time.
“Yeah, he had a big day for us and
that’s what we expect out of him.”
Big, as in seven receptions for 164
yards big.
Said Maple Grove coach Curt Fischer:
“Well, I lost a lot of sleep this week, let’s
just say— and then it came to fruition
tonight. He is just unbelievable.
yards, lost fumble.
During that stretch, Tioga went
from leading 14-6 to trailing, 26-14.
Keen eye calls it
Fischer, Maple Grove’s 25th-year
head coach, has overseen a pile of foot-
ball and so is in a fine position to sum
up what he witnessed Friday.
“It was a great game, it really was,”
he said. “For both teams, I think we
were so evenly matched, it was the
turnovers, honestly. Both teams had
some crucial turnovers that swayed
the game. And there were just some
huge plays.
“To me, it was just a shame to see
somebody lose that game. I’m glad we
won, obviously, but what a hell of a
team over there.”
The outcome marked the Red Drag-
ons’ fourth state semifinal victory and
second in as many years.
Senior power mattered
Tioga Central’s 12th-graders can
take satisfaction in their lead role
transforming the Tigers from a 3-7
team in 2016 to a 9-2 state semifinalist
a year later.
“I was on them big-time after last
year that they needed to be the leaders
of this team and they stepped up, even
exceeding my expectations. Just a
special group,” Aiello said.
Pattern halted
With the Tigers’ loss, this season
brings the first since 2012 that Section
4 will not be represented by multiple
teams in state championship games in
the Carrier Dome.
The last time a Section 4 squad flew
solo on Week 13, Maine-Endwell won
its second of four consecutive champi-
onships, 42-12 over Glens Falls.
Chenango Forks opposes Cheekto-
waga in a Class B semifinal at 3 p.m.
Saturday.
Kevin Stevens and Rob Centorani
contributed.
“I thought last week, we played an-
other No. 5 that was super-fast and just
as shifty. But this guy — Uh! — I never
want to see him again. I hope he’s a sen-
ior.”
Four plays and 53 yards later, howev-
er, the lead was Maple Grove’s courtesy
of Fabrizio being gift-wrapped space to
zip 29 yards for a TD with 5:50 remain-
ing.
Those were the final points of Week
12 for the Dragons, who’ll conclude their
season in the Carrier Dome.
Tioga closes 9-2, a year removed
from a head-scratching 3-7 season.
But how’s this for something signifi-
cantly more painful, long-term, anyway,
than losing a state semifinal football
game.
How about losing football?
“The shame for us right now, in total
honesty, we’re in danger of not even
having football next year, our numbers
are so bad,” said Fischer, who has over-
seen the program for 25 seasons. “But
the kids that we do have work so hard, I
can’t tell you how awesome it is for them
because right now, we’re in a real crisis.
“We’re starting the season next year
Pirelli World
Challenge
returns to
WGI in 2018
Andrew Legare
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
USA TODAY NETWORK
Watkins Glen International will
host the season finale for the Pirelli
World Challenge next year, it was an-
nounced Friday.
The three-day event will be held
Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 on the road course’s
3.4-mile circuit. The sports-car week-
end will include GT, GTS and Touring
Car races, featuring doubleheader
sprint races. The finale will include 50-
minute sprints in the GT and GTS
classes along with a 40-minute feature
for Touring Car classes.
This will mark the Pirelli World
Challenge’s first event at Watkins Glen
since 2010. The series, produced by
WC Vision, made its Glen debut in 1992
and returned there from 1996 to 1998
and from 2007 to 2010.
“We couldn’t be more excited to
welcome Pirelli World Challenge com-
petitors, officials, leadership and fans
to Watkins Glen International in 2018,”
Michael Printup, WGI’s president, said
in a press release. “This series features
fantastic wheel-to-wheel racing
across a wide spectrum of sports-car
classes and our fans are in for a treat
on Labor Day weekend next year.”
Watkins Glen is the final event of 10
scheduled for the series next year. Pi-
relli World Challenge’s schedule has
also added a race at Portland Interna-
tional Raceway from July 13-15.
This year’s Pirelli schedule show-
cased 26 auto manufacturers and 44
models of cars, including Acura, Audi,
Aston Martin, Bentley, Cadillac, Chev-
rolet, Ferrari, Ford, Lamborghini,
McLaren, Mercedes, Nissan, Panoz
and Porsche.
“Adding an historic racing facility
such as Watkins Glen International to
conclude our 2018 Pirelli World Chal-
lenge makes for an outstanding season
finale weekend,” Greg Gill, WC Vision
president and CEO, said in a press re-
lease from the series. “As the rumors of
this date and venue surfaced, the feed-
back from the drivers, teams and
sponsors has been overwhelmingly
positive. Watkins Glen International
will be a great backdrop to crown our
2018 champions.”
In 2016 and 2017, Watkins Glen
hosted Verizon IndyCar Series races on
Labor Day weekend, but the sides
dropped a contracted 2018 race. Prin-
tup said in October the Labor Day
weekend was not a good fit for either
party.
Watkins Glen’s 2018 schedule is
highlighted by the Monster Energy
NASCAR Cup Series weekend from
Aug. 2-5. Also on the schedule is the
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Cham-
pionship from June 28 to July 1. Other
events include the SCCA Majors Super
Tour from June 22-24 and the U.S.
Vintage Grand Prix from Sept. 7-9.
Watkins Glen International renewal
customers can purchase tickets and
camping for the Pirelli weekend from
Jan. 4-9. Tickets will be available to the
general public starting Jan. 10. For
ticket information, visit theglen.com.
Follow @SGAndrewLegare on Twit-
ter
with 19 kids.”
This program has no junior varsity,
rather modified as a feeder. And the
Dragons revisit a situation that prompt-
ed a merger with Chautauqua Lake for
the 2014 and 2015 seasons, each of
which resulted in state-playoff appear-
ances.
And so, with that hanging over the
Dragons’ helmets, wouldn’t that make
success next weekend in the Dome
against Cambridge extra special. Those
two had at it in last autumn’s Class D fi-
nal and needed two overtimes before
Cambridge celebrated a one-point win.
As for Tioga? That’s a program head-
ed in a more positive direction with re-
gard to numbers. Aiello said this season
marked the first in 10 or so that the Ti-
gers fielded a JV. A boost from below, to
go with returners from a young line …
“We’ve got some core kids back who
were part of this ride and I know they’ll
want to carry it on,” said the coach
whose Tigers have collected six of the
last seven Section 4 championships and
each time knocked off a Section 3 oppo-
nent to open state playoffs.
Anybody choose to count them out?
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Do It!
GIFTS FOR THE
TRAVELER
ON YOUR LIST
Gadgets, comfortable
pillows, luggage all
useful when on the road
Beth J. Harpaz
AP TRAVEL EDITOR

NEW YORK – What’s in your bag

when you take a trip? What gadgets,
tools and comfort items are essential?
The Associated Press crowd-
sourced that question on a Facebook
thread as fodder for a holiday gift
guide for travelers. We heard from
folks around the world, from millenni-
als to retirees, from frequent-flying
business travelers to once-in-a-while
vacationers. Here are their recom-
mendations, plus a few of our favor-
ites.

Gadgets

» A universal travel adapter that

converts electric current around the
world. The travel store Flight 001 has a
“5-in-1” color-coded adapter, $35.
» Portable chargers to keep devices
running on the road. Anker’s Power-
Core 26800 , $48, can charge an
iPhone more than six times. For hikers
and beach bums, Anker’s PowerPort
Solar Lite, $51, was deemed the best
solar charger by The New York Times’
Wirecutter product-testing company. Trtl travel pillow (here connected to a backpack) supports the head and neck with a system of ribs inside a soft
» The Tile, $35, to keep track of be- fleece, in a design that is very different from traditional U-shaped travel pillows. AP
longings. Attach the Tile to an object
like keys or bags, or tuck it inside a
passport case or wallet, and you can Packing and luggage » Colorful luggage tags. Sleep
locate the item with Bluetooth tech- » Luggage. For inexpensive and
nology. For outdoor gear, try Tile » Compression storage bags so serviceable, Target and Costco; stur- » Travel pillow. The new trtl travel
Sport. packed clothes take up less room. No dy and sensible, L.L. Bean; stylish, pillow looks like a neck wrap rather
» Tiny Bluetooth speakers, like the vacuum needed for Roomier Life Roll- upscale and durable, Tumi. For orga- than the traditional U-shape. It sup-
$28 Oontz , to fill a hotel room or vaca- Up Space Saver Bags, $16 on Amazon: nized hipsters, the $220 Nomatic ports the head and neck with a system
tion rental with music. The air is expelled through an open- backpack/duffel bag . For day bags, of ribs inside a soft fleece, $30.
» Power strip or cube tap (a cube- ing when they’re rolled up. Bagallini, LeSportsac and REI’s $33 » Ear plugs and contoured sleep
shaped adapter with multiple outlets) » Packing cubes and ultralight ny- compressible Sea To Summit Ultra- masks that don’t crush eyelids and
to charge multiple devices in hotel lon packing bags for organizing. Sil Daypack . For high-tech, Blues- lashes.
rooms and airports. Flight 001’s Spacepak bags , $42 and mart smart luggage includes a built- » Bose noise-canceling headphones
» Headlamp for hiking, reading and up, have dual compartments to sep- in weight scale, a GPS tracking de- : expensive at around $350, but the
crafting. Or the mini Lumio lamp and arate dirty and clean clothes, and also vice, a battery to charge a phone and brand of choice for frequent fliers.
battery pack, which opens and closes have air vents for compression. laptop, and autolock activated by
like a book, $150. » Hand-held scale to weigh bags. cellphone. See GIFTS, Page 2D

Not even Wonder Woman can save ‘Justice League’

Movie tips balance
in wrong direction
Lindsey Bahr
AP FILM WRITER
It’s hard not to feel a little bad for the
DC Comics films at this point.
They have the unenviable task having
to form an identity in the shadows of the
films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
which are usually good and rarely un-
watchable, and the continued glow of
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy,
which are seeming more and more like
transcendent anomalies as we get deep-
er into this never-ending cycle of super
humans crowding our multiplexes. DC
got off to a rocky start and then Patty
Jenkins went and made a very good
“Wonder Woman.”
And yet somehow it is no surprise that
“Justice League “ tips the balances back
in the wrong direction. Although mar-
ginally better than “Batman v Super-
man” and “Suicide Squad,” director Zack
Snyder’s latest is still a profound mess of
maudlin muscles, incoherent action and
jaw-droppingly awful CGI. It is big, loud,
awful to look at and oh-so-dumb.
With Superman (Henry Cavill) dead,
and the world facing yet another devas-
tating threat (yawn) this time at the
hands of some ancient creature named
Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds) and his
army of giant alien mosquitoes, which
look like Saturday morning Power Rang-
ers villains, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Ben
Affleck) and Wonder Woman/Diana
Prince (Gal Gadot) go in search of some
new recruits: Barry Allen/The Flash (Ez-
ra Miller), a quippy “kid” who’s excited to
join the team; Arthur Curry/Aquaman
Starring in "Justice League" are, from left, Ezra Miller (The Flash), Ben Affleck
(Batman) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman). AP See ‘JUSTICE’, Page 2D

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Ray Fisher plays Cyborg in "Justice League." AP PHOTOS
‘Justice’
Continued from Page 1D
(Jason Momoa) who talks like a surfer
bro and looks like a Nordic bodybuilder
with ombre locks and fishermen’s knits;
And Victor Stone/Cyborg (Ray Fisher),
who is still in the sulky “why me” phase
of his superhero career.
There are some good moments,
thanks in large part to the addition of
Miller, whose quick, self-deprecating
humor (likely the result of Joss Whe-
don’s script and reshoot work) and gen-
eral liveliness steals scenes away from
his brawnier and moodier counterparts.
But everything else about “Justice
League” feels labored, from a preposter-
ous underwater battle that comes out of
nowhere and the camaraderie between
the superheroes that never clicks into
place, to Batman’s lumbering gait (does
Gifts
Continued from Page 1D
» White noise machines like Lectro-
Fan , $35.
Comfort, hygiene, beauty and
fitness
» Travel-size toiletries: toothpaste,
sunscreen, deodorant, mouthwash, lo-
tion, antibacterial wipes, hand sanitiz-
er, lip balm, perfume, tissues. Gift a
Birchbox subscription for $10 a month
and the recipient will get five samples
of personal care and beauty products
per delivery for hair, skin and style, all
in TSA-compliant sizes for carry-on liq-
uids and gels not exceeding 3.4 ounces.
» Toiletry bag that can be hung up
upon arrival.
» Soaragami armrest divider , $30.
Have fun explaining it to the stranger
on the plane sitting next to you in
coach.
» Travel yoga mats.
» Inflatable Ten Toes stand-up pad-
dleboard, $500 and up.
» Bike helmets that fold flat. Morph-
er helmets are certified safe in the Unit-
ed States and Canada by the Consumer
Product Safety Commission, $149.
Practical and fun
» To make a hotel room or vacation
rental homey, a flat-folding mesh laun-
Jason Momoa stars as Aquaman
in"Justice League."
the batsuit weigh 300 pounds?) and Su-
perman’s mouth which looks a little…off.
It’s likely because the production had to
digitally remove Cavill’s “Mission: Im-
possible 6” mustache for re-shoots. After
experiencing this unnaturally altered
face on the big screen, it seems like the
worst possible compromise.
And never has it been so obvious that
the character of Wonder Woman is now
being presented through a man’s eyes.
The trtl travel pillow supports the head and neck with a system of ribs inside a
soft fleece. AP PHOTOS
By attaching the Tile hardware to an
item you don't want to lose, you can
use Bluetooth to locate the item.
Review: “Justice League”
eg (out of four)
» Rated: PG-13 (sequences of sci-fi
violence and action)
» Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill,
Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller,
Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons,
Diane Lane. Directed by Zack Snyder.
Warner Bros., 121 mins.
Snyder chooses on multiple occasions to
let the shot linger on Gadot’s figure,
whether panning up her legs unneces-
sarily to get to a normal scene of dialogue
or making sure that the camera is there
to capture the moment when her skirt
flies up in an action sequence. It is, quite
frankly, gross and a wildly disappointing
departure from what Patty Jenkins was
able to accomplish with the character
earlier this year.
The Flight 001 mini-bar kit has tiny
glass bottles and metal flasks for
storing your favorite ingredients.
There’s even an attempt to humanize
the potential destruction with a random
impoverished Eastern European family
struggling to defend their homestead.
The story focuses in on the family’s
young daughter, who, in braided pigtails
picks up a can of bug spray as a defense.
You’d think that this might come back
and provide an opportunity for her to a)
see and be inspired by Wonder Woman
in action or b) at least get saved by her. It
would be so obvious. But they don’t even
meet.
It’s just a tiny example of how “Justice
League” feels like a bunch of disconnect-
ed moments with no governing theory
behind it other than the fact that this
movie has to come at this time to intro-
duce audiences to characters whose
stand-alone movies have already been
promised to shareholders.
It’s not too late to re-think this whole
thing and start over. Just keep Gadot
around, please.
dry hamper; plastic, fold-out flower
vase and 2-cup travel kettle for boiling
water.
» For cocktails on the road, Flight
001 sells a $65 mini-bar kit with tiny
glass bottles, metal flasks, stir spoon,
funnel and recipe booklet. The vials are
sized to be TSA-compliant, but remem-
ber that it’s not legal to drink your own
booze on an airplane.
» Rain ponchos that fold into tiny
flat squares.
» Disposable underwear.
» Pashmina or cotton print scarf, for
warmth, modesty or even as a picnic or
beach blanket.
Gift cards etc.
» Surprise someone in a destination
with a bottle of Champagne or flowers
in their room, helicopter tour, dinner
cruise, show tickets or attractions pass.
» Give air travel using the new Sky-
hour website or app. One Skyhour costs
$60 and is worth an hour of flight time.
Recipients can search for and book
flights, just like they would on any
booking site. More than 350 airlines
participate.
» For Disney fans, the Gift of Disney
Vacations program can pay for an expe-
rience, ticket or entire vacation at a
Disney park.
» Kindle or iTunes gift card.
» Priority Pass membership for air-
port lounges.

November life: Wind, birds, frost and deer
The Great Outdoors
Rick Marsi
Guest columnist
Two days in a November life …
Day 1: A cold front blows through in
the night. Wind pierces bare branches. It
moans around corners. It howls in pro-
tective nooks between house and ga-
rage. It is here in these cul-de-sacs
where it swirls piles of oak leaves, dump-
ing them for me to rake up.
Wind makes the night long. One feels
vulnerable, even though the house is
warm and its log walls impervious to
gusts of this nature.
Morning finally comes. I see jays in
the yard, on the ground, after sunflower
seeds. For the first time, after watching a
million jays, I note they feature two dif-
ferent types of color: pale purple on the
neck and back; bright blue on wings and
tail.
A stiff wind continues through late
Social Security options for divorced spouses
Savvy Senior
Jim Miller
Columnist
Q: As a divorced woman, am I entitled
to my ex-husband’s Social Security
benefits? I was married for 14 years and
would like to know how this works.
A: Yes, you may very well be eligible
for divorced spouses Social Security
benefits if you meet certain criteria.
Here’s how it works.
A divorced spouse can collect a Social
Security retirement benefit on the earn-
ings record of their ex-husband (or ex-
wife) if you are at least age 62, were mar-
ried for at least 10 years, are unmarried,
and are not eligible for a higher benefit
based on your own earnings record.
In order to collect, your former spouse
must also be at least 62 and eligible for
Social Security benefits. But, he doesn’t
have to be receiving them in order for
you to collect divorced spouse’s bene-
fits, as long as you’ve been divorced for
at least two years.
CALENDAR
SUNDAY
Concerts & Tour Dates
Devinne Meyers at Binghamton Brewing
Co., 7:30-9:30 p.m., Binghamton Brew-
ing Co., 15 Ave. B, Johnson City.
Tenor Tyler Nelson and pianist Joel
Harder Concert, 7:30-9:30 p.m., An-
derson Center Chamber Hall, Bingham-
ton.
Education
Kid’s Paint Class, Noon-12:30 p.m., Che-
nango Arts Council, 27 West Main St.,
Norwich.
Silk Scarf Dyeing Class, 2-4 p.m., Che-
nango Arts Council, 27 West Main St.,
Norwich.
Food & Wine
All you can eat Breakfast, 8-11 a.m.,
American Legion Post 1645, 177 Rob-
inson St., Binghamton.
Fundraising & Charity
Bingo, 6-9:15 p.m., American Legion
Post 1645, 177 Robinson St., Bingham-
ton.
Rockin Ray’s/Every Dog’s Dream Pork
BBQ/Pie& Bread Sale, 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m.,
Vestal Elks Lodge 2508, 2071 Vestal
Parkway, Vestal.
Holiday
6th Annual Artsian Holdiay Marketplace
at Temple Concord, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Tem-
ple Concord, 9 Riverside Drive, Bingham-
ton.
Kids & Family
Pancakes for Puerto Rico, 8 a.m.-noon,
American Legion Post 80, 76 Main St.,
Binghamton. $10 adults, $5 children
(4-12) , children 3 and under free.
Other & Miscellaneous
St Cyril Church Hall Indoor Yard Sale, 11
a.m.-4 p.m., 148 Clinton Stree, Bingham-
ton, NY, Binghamton.
Outdoors & Recreation
Triple Cities Hiking Club, Hike 6 hilly
morning. Driving through town, I watch
a flock of 30 starlings trying to fly into the
wind. A gust blows them into disarray.
They blow around helter-skelter, like
flecks of pepper tossed in the air. Sun
glints on the river, blinding and glaring,
even when viewed through tree leaves
that have yet to fall.
Back home, a nuthatch pair spirals
down a column-shaped maple on the
way to a sunflower feeder. They both
work their way down the trunk upside
down.
At dusk, a wild turkey glides — look-
ing as big as a cargo plane — over tree-
tops from woods in the back toward our
hollow below.
Sunset doesn’t disappoint. It begins
with intermingled horizontal bands of
light blue, dark gray and pink. As twilight
deepens, the pink bands grow more and
more brilliant. Then that burst of deep
orange. I retreat, knowing darkness is
near.
Day 2: Hard frost greets the morning
Even if your ex is remarried, it won’t
affect your right to divorcee benefits, nor
will it affect your ex’s retirement bene-
fits or his current spouse’s benefits.
Benefit amount
A divorced spouse can receive up to
50 percent of their ex’s full Social Securi-
ty benefit, or less if they take benefits be-
fore their full retirement age – which is
66 if you were born between 1943 and
1954. To find out your full retirement age
and see how much your benefits will be
reduced by taking them early see
SSA.gov/planners/retire/retire-
chart.html.
Keep in mind though, that if you qual-
ify for benefits based on your own work
history, you’ll receive the larger of the
two benefits. You cannot receive benefits
on both your record, and your ex’s work
record too.
To find out how much your retirement
benefits will be, see your Social Security
statement at SSA.gov/myaccount. And
to get an estimate of your ex’s benefits,
miles at Chenango Valley State Park.
Meet 1 pm at Home Depot lot near 17C,
Johnson City.
www.triplecitieshikingclub.org
Sales & Retail
Showplace Flea Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Showplace at the Binghamton Plaza, 33
W. State St., Binghamton.
MONDAY
Education
Basic Computer Class, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court
St., Binghamton.
Garden of Hope: LGBTQ 101 by Pride
and Joy Families, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Taber-
nacle United Methodist Church, 83 Main
St., Binghamton.
Oil painting Class, 1-4 p.m., Your Home
Public Library, 107 Main St., Johnson
City.
Food & Wine
Free Community Dinner, 5 p.m., Conklin
Ave, First Baptist Church, 269 Conklin
Ave., Binghamton.
Roast Beef Dinner, 4:30-6 p.m., Brees-
port United Methodist Church, 110
Church St., Breesport. $9.
Health & Wellness
How May I Help You, 1-2 p.m., Broome
County Public Library, 185 Court St.,
Binghamton.
Medicare Seminar, 10-11 a.m. and 2-3
p.m., George F. Johnson Memorial Li-
brary, 1001 Park St., Endicott.
Medicare Seminar, 10-11 a.m., Riverdale
Banquet Hall, 2901 Watson Blvd., Endi-
cott.
TOPS Chapter 389, 6:15 p.m., North-
minster Presbyterian Church, 711 Farm-
to-Market Road, Endwell.
Kids & Family
Story Time for Ages 3-6, 3:30-4:30 p.m.,
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court
St., Binghamton.
Roberson International Folk Dancers,
7:30-9:30 p.m., First Ward Senior Center,
226 Clinton, St., Binghamton.
Organizations and
pressconnects.com z SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2017 z 3D
A juvenile red-tailed hawk. RICK MARSI /
CORRESPONDENT PHOTO
— mid-20s. Only the second hard frost in
a mild fall. As I drive down a rural road in
the afternoon, an immature red-tailed
hawk lifts off a dead branch and flaps
low across a mowed field. My impres-
sions: very large and very brown.
Late afternoon brings a doe to the
yard, very tame. I note the black that
rims the inside of her ears, the even
deeper black of her muzzle and eyes.
Fifteen mourning doves feed on the
call Social Security at 800-772-1213.
You’ll need his Social Security Number to
get it.
Divorced survivor
You also need to know that if your ex-
spouse dies, and you were married for 10
or more years, you become eligible for di-
vorced survivor benefits, which is worth
up to 100 percent of what your ex-spouse
was due.
Survivor’s benefits are available to di-
vorced spouses as early as age 60 (50 if
you’re disabled). But, if you remarry be-
fore 60 you become ineligible unless the
marriage ends. Remarrying after age 60
will not affect your eligibility.
Also note that if you are receiving di-
vorced spouses benefits when you ex-
spouse dies, you will automatically be
switched over to the higher paying survi-
vor benefit.
Switching strategies
Being divorced also offers a switching
Meetups
Binghamton Depression Bipolar Sup-
port Group, 7 p.m. Unitarian Universalist
Church, 183 Riverside Dr, Binghamton.
Free. 239-4624.
Performing Arts
Firehouse Jazz Session, 7-9 p.m., Schorr
Family Firehouse Stage, 46 Willow St.,
Johnson City. $10.
Salsa/Bachata, 7-8:30 p.m., Broome
West Senior Center, 2801 Wayne St.,
Endwell.
TUESDAY
Concerts & Tour Dates
Dinner Karaoke, 6:30-10 p.m., Punks
Place, 21 Mill St., Candor.
Film
Movie Night: Big Eyes, 6-8 p.m., Your
Home Public Library, 107 Main St., John-
son City.
Food & Wine
Wings and Things, 5:30-7:30 p.m., VFW
Glen A Warner Post 1371, 207 Main St.,
Owego.
Health & Wellness
Introduction to Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,
Broome County Public Library, 185 Court
St., Binghamton.
Tops 1204, 9-11:30 a.m., Johnson City
Senior Center, 30 Brocton St., Johnson
City.
Kids & Family
Community Breakfast, 8-11 a.m., Erin
Methodist Church, 52 Church Road, Erin.
Toddler Storytime, 10-11 a.m., Your
Home Public Library, 107 Main St., John-
son City.
Nightlife & Singles
Team Trivia with Hey Mr. DJ, 8-10 p.m.,
Bawka’s Tavern, 299-301 Conklin Ave.,
Binghamton.
Organizations & Meetups
Knitting Group, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Broome
County Public Library, 185 Court St.,
ground. They blend with the soil, gray on
brown. Then they erupt, surprised by my
quick step. From calm to panic, always
graceful, wings whistling (which adds
excitement to their vigorous flapping).
I walk to the edge of the woods at
dusk. Dozens of opened acorns crunch
under my feet beneath a spreading white
oak. I hear leaves rustling in the woods. It
is too late for squirrels and turkeys to be
about. Deer are descending the hill.
As darkness comes on, they become
even more invisible than normal in a No-
vember forest. A flicking white tail gives
one away. Then I’m discovered. One deer
stands and stamps, then walks forward a
step, then stops again. Then a nasal
shriek, and the deer bounds two or three
strides up the hill.
I retreat from the woodland edge, as
cold sets in quickly with clear skies over-
head. Pink and blue streaks slowly fade
on the southwest horizon.
To follow Rick Marsi’s outdoor ex-
ploits, visit rickmarsi.com.
strategy that can help boost your bene-
fits if you were born on or before Jan. 1,
1954. Here’s how it works. If you worked
and are eligible for benefits on your own
earnings record, you could file a “restrict-
ed application” with Social Security at
age 66 to collect a divorced spousal ben-
efit, which is half of what your ex gets.
Then, once you reach 70, you stop re-
ceiving the ex-spousal benefit and
switch to your own benefit, which will be
32 percent higher than it would have
been at your full retirement age.
Unfortunately, as a result of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2015, this option is
not available if your birthday is Jan. 2,
1954 or later.
Divorced widows (and widowers) also
have switching options regardless of
your birthday. If, for example, you are
currently collecting Social Security re-
tirement benefits on your own record,
and your ex-spouse dies, you can switch
to survivor’s benefits if the payment is
larger.
Binghamton.
Other & Miscellaneous
Bingo, 4-9:30 p.m., Endicott American
Legion, 1305 Riverview Drive, Endicott.
Weekly Swing Dance, 7-10 p.m., Rexer’s
Karate Academy, 105 Washington Ave.,
Endicott. $3.
WEDNESDAY
Concerts & Tour Dates
Dirt Farm, Chip’s Bar, 500 Chapel St.,
Windsor.
Odd Man Out, 9 p.m.-23, 1 a.m., Excalib-
er, 1613 Oliver Road, New Milford, PA.
The Short Change Band, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.,
Hitchin Post Tavern, 1474 Route 7, Port
Crane.
Wreckless Marci, 9 p.m., Jumbo’s No.1,
1577 Conklin Road, Conklin.
Fundraising & Charity
Bingo, 6-9:30 p.m., American Legion
Post 1645, 177 Robinson St., Bingham-
ton.
Health & Wellness
Interfaith Blood Drive, Noon-5 p.m., All
Saints Episcopal Church, 475 Main St.,
Johnson City.
Line Dancing, 1305 Riverview rd, Endi-
cott. $5. Open dance 5-6 p.m., beginner
6-7 p.m., intermediate 7:30-8 p.m., ad-
vanced at 9 p.m.
Vinyasa (Flow) Yoga, 5:30-7 p.m., High-
lands Community Center, 25 Lee Circle
Drive, Johnson City. $60.
Holiday
Free Thanksgiving Dinner, 5:30-7:30
p.m., Frist Church of Christ, 1980 Upper
Front St., Binghamton.
Organizations & Meetups
Widows/Widowers of So. Tier Social
Breakfast, 8 a.m., Denny’s Restaurant,
4024 Vestal Parkway E, Vestal.
Outdoors & Recreation
Triple Cities Hiking Club, Hiking Lite at
Jones Park, Vestal. Call 786-9888 for
details. Meet 10 am at Jones Park.
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REVIEW
In ‘Wonder,’ a sincere message
movie that’s soaked with empathy
Film is clear and
straightforward
Jake Coyle
ASSOCIATED PRESS
It’s hard for us cynical souls to walk
into a movie advertised with the tagline
“Choose kindness” and not shudder in
trepidation. What sentimental hooey is
this? What new hellish circle of cheese
awaits now?
And yet Stephen Chbosky’s “Won-
der,” despite its Hallmark Card appear-
ance, is far from the “Clockwork Or-
ange”-like exercise in emotional ma-
nipulation some might fear. Even the
most pessimistic of us may actually
find it charming and genuinely affect-
ing.
Based on R.J. Palacio’s 2012 YA nov-
el, “Wonder” is about a 10-year-old boy,
Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay, with
heavy makeup), with mandibulofacial
dysostosis or Treacher Collins Syn-
drome. His parents (Julia Roberts,
Owen Wilson) have homeschooled him
up until now but believe it’s time for
him to enter 5th grade and middle
school — a lion’s den if ever there was
one, especially for a gentle, socially iso-
lated boy with facial deformities de-
spite 27 healing surgeries.
They, along with his older sister Via
(an excellent Izabela Vidovic), live
(where else?) in brownstone Brooklyn,
the epicenter of inspirational tales
about precocious pre-teens. Auggie is
comfortable around the neighborhood
in his astronaut helmet (Halloween is
his favorite holiday because of its cos-
tume-covered anonymity) but the
prospect of school petrifies him. His
first experiences aren’t reassuring, ei-
Coming to terms with
the dreaded drudgery
Psychological Fitness
Dr. Art Frenz
Guest columnist
We love to get excited about our
special projects, whether they are of
a personal or a professional nature.
We may think of how great it will
be to get a college or graduate degree,
marry our best friend, have our first
child, remodel the kitchen ourselves
or to join a gym and get back in shape.
Or we may be thrilled to start our own
business, secure a large grant or
launch an important research pro-
ject.
For many of us, there can come a
time with any of these ventures when
we ask ourselves, “What were we
thinking?”
Perhaps we were not thinking so
much about the endless studying, the
marital disconnects, the sleepless
nights with a crying baby, the frus-
tration of scraping wallpaper or the
dread of exercising before or after
work. And we may not have thought
enough of the extra hours it takes to
run a business, the effort involved in
writing a grant, or the monotony of
collecting and analyzing research da-
ta.
What did you expect?
Sometimes we underestimate
how challenging certain pursuits can
be. We can be taken by surprise, not
realizing that any meaningful en-
deavor, even if it is one that we volun-
tarily choose, believe in and love, is
likely to include a good measure of
drudgery.
We may not be prepared for the
degree of monotony, repetitive rou-
tines, boredom and frustration that
can be part of the process. We may
expect that making the right choice
will safe us from the dreaded drudg-
ery.
But the drudgery may appear. It
may feel boring, dull, bland and emp-
ty. There may be no feelings of joy,
pleasure, fun or excitement. We may
feel that we’re going through the mo-
tions, repeating the same monoto-
nous tasks without a sense of mean-
ing or purpose.
Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts star in "Wonder." AP
Review: “Wonder”
eee (out of four)
» Rated: PG (thematic elements including bullying, and some mild language)
» Starring: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Mandy Patinkin. Directed
by Stephen Chbosky. Lionsgate, 113 mins.
ther. A legitimate science whiz and
self-declared “Star Wars” fan, he’s
nicknamed “Barf Hideous.” Later, ru-
mors spread that just touching him will
spread the plague.
The movies, a superficial medium by
nature, often put irregular appearances
under a harsh microscope. Seldom do
we see stories like Auggie’s given a
close-up. But when they have, the re-
The boredom and frustration can
lead to feelings of hopelessness and
self-doubt. The pot of gold at the end
of the rainbow that we envisioned
may seem like a sad joke. We may
want to give up.
Many who have accomplished
things of significance will tell you
that they are quite familiar with the
many faces of drudgery. They will tell
you that they have been there and
probably expect to be there again.
But they have learned how to best re-
gard it and work with it to come out
on the other side.
First, we can try to expect drudg-
ery and not be shocked by it. A long
journey, no matter how wonderful
the destination, is likely to have some
darkness along the way. We can try to
let go of the fear of the dry spells. We
can try to relax in the middle of them
and accept them as a normal part of
the process. We can try to allow
them, trust them and roll with them
instead of fighting them.
The value of drudgery
To take it one step further, we
might even try to find value in the
phases of drudgery. Maybe practic-
ing monotonous steps over and over,
even if without passion or pleasure,
is a valuable way to master a skill or
technique. Think of a professional
dancer, rehearsing the same steps
time after time.
Perhaps there’s value in the bland-
ness of drudgery as it provides a
needed contrast which allows mo-
ments of excitement and joy to be ex-
perienced. There can be no fore-
ground without a background to dis-
tinguish it. The dull moments allow
the bright ones to shine through.
Finally, maybe periods of drudg-
ery offer us an opportunity to prac-
tice how to persevere, how to stick
with something that we know is im-
portant even if we’re not feeling it at
the moment. Knowing that we have
the ability to persevere through truly
tough times not only builds our self-
confidence but gives us hope for
challenging times ahead.
Art Frenz is a clinical psychologist
in private practice in Vestal. Visit his
website at artfrenzphd.com.
sults have often been moving and
memorable — like David Lynch’s “The
Elephant Man” and Peter Bogdanov-
ich’s “Mask.”
“Wonder” adds to that lineage but
it’s not entirely focused on Auggie’s
tribulations. As the film progresses, it
begins to abruptly shift perspectives,
reconsidering the point of view of vari-
ous characters in Auggie’s orbit.
MUSIC REVIEW
"If All I Was Was Black" is the latest release by Mavis Staples. AP
Staples in fine form as album
chronicles America’s divide
Gregory Katz
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mavis Staples, “If All I Was Was
Black” (Anti/Epitaph)
Mavis Staples seems to grow in stat-
ure the longer she keeps chronicling
America and its contemporary woes.
Her constant frame of reference – the
civil rights movement of the 1960s, and
her family’s proud role as musical path-
finders in those tumultuous years — is
useful as she addresses today’s troubled
racial waters.
In her third major collaboration with
songwriter and producer Jeff Tweedy of
Wilco, Staples examines the American
scene, 2017, and finds it wanting in kind-
ness and compassion. Musically,
though, she has found a delicious, bass-
heavy groove, slow and easy and per-
fectly suited for the confident, wise
voice of a veteran singer who has been
performing since 1948.
“If All I Was Was Black” is overtly po-
litical. Tweedy, lead writer on the pro-
ject, says it would feel wrong not to face
After we first experience Auggie’s
joys and hardships at school (one, it’s
worth noting, is populated by some
dream educators, including Mandy Pa-
tinkin as a principal and Daveed Diggs
as a teacher), we see the encounters
from the other side. After Auggie’s first
friend (Noah Jupe) betrays him when
he thinks Auggie is out of earshot, we
get his story. After Via feels overshad-
owed by her brother, we follow her own
struggles in losing a now too-cool
friend. She joins the drama club. And
we get the backstory of the school bully
(Bryce Gheisar), too, revealing parents
from whom he learned his behavior.
The result is a clear and straightfor-
ward message movie, soaked it empa-
thy. It tenderly evokes both the crush-
ing pain of being shunned and the sav-
ing grace of a much-needed friend – for
Auggie and for everyone. It’s a sincere
and valuable lesson in putting yourself
in someone else’s shoes.
It’s not that a tear-jerker like “Won-
der” isn’t shot through with sentiment,
but it kind of miraculously avoids be-
coming mawkish. Chbosky, a novelist
turned filmmaker, has previously
shown his delicate touch depicting the
hardships and joys of life’s early pas-
sages in the teen tale “The Perks of Be-
ing a Wallflower.”
Late in the film, Via is part of a pro-
duction of “Our Town,” and there is in
Chbosky’s film a touch of Thornton
Wilder and a feel for the honest every-
day rhythms of life. There are plenty of
movies in which the fate of the world
hangs in the balance, but “Wonder”
sticks close to the daily problems of
childhood, working through them with
sensitivity. It’s not as easy as saying
“choose kindness,” but it is that simple.
what is happening in the United States
head on. “We Go High,” for example,
builds on a notable phrase from a Mi-
chelle Obama speech. It’s a record that
describes an America where “people are
dying, bullets they’re flying.”
Some of the more gospel-tinged
songs, reflecting the underlying opti-
mism in much of Staples’ work, include
a spiritual call for more loving in the
world. “We’ve got work to do” is repeat-
ed on the chilling conclusion of “No
Time for Crying,” an eloquent song that
calls for action rather than simply de-
nouncing what’s gone wrong. And she’s
ready to see her own faults, admitting
on “Try Harder” that there is evil within
her, that it would be foolish to pretend
she is above reproach.
The pairing with Tweedy works ex-
tremely well. The music is deeply felt,
the presentation understated, the guitar
work, particularly on the climactic “All
Over Again,” elegant and supportive. At
78, Staples has never sounded more
contemporary.
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Q: Where do you stand
on leading from three
cards (either from honor-
third or from three small
cards) in partner’s suit?
Does it matter whether
you are defending a suit
or no-trump?
A: In the old days,
players would lead an
honor from honor-third
and top from three small.
I hope those days are
gone; lead low from both
holdings. The first is way
too likely to cost a trick
when declarer has a stop-
per such as king-jack
third or ace-jack third.
The second will confuse
partner about the count
in the suit -- which may
be critical to your partner.
The honor position will
normally be clearer than
the count at the end of the
first trick. This is why
MUD (middle, up, down)
is such a bad idea; it con-
fuses both issues.
Q: In a standard two-
Crossword Answer
over-one system, dealer
starts with one diamond.
Say responder has game-
forcing values with a
four-card major and five
clubs. When is it correct
for responder to bid one
of the major, and when is
it correct for responder to
bid two clubs?
A: You may not get
unanimous agreement
here, but my personal
style as responder with
clubs and a major is al-
ways to bid the minor un-
less you want to play the
4-3 major fit. So I might
introduce a four-card
major with three of the
top four honors, but not a
suit with one top honor.
With something in be-
tween, I’d look at my
overall strength and club
quality. The better the
hand, the more likely I’d
be to bid clubs.
Q: Do you like using
computerized deals, and
do you suppose that we
receive wilder distribu-
tions with them than if
we hand-dealt the
boards? The suits never
seem to split for me when
using pre-dealt hands.
A: There is an underly-
ing point in what you say,
but you have drawn a
false conclusion from it.
Hand-dealt cards are not
as thoroughly shuffled,
and thus they tend to pro-
duce flatter shapes than
they should. Additionally,
I suspect that whenever
suits don’t split, you re-
member it and give addi-
tional weight to that in-
stance. I like the fact that
everyone plays the same
hands — often all around
the country. We have
computers to thank for
that.
Email bobby-
wolff@mindspring.com.
Original Thanksgiving meal was different
Thinking about
Thanksgiving dinner on
Thursday? If you want to
copy the menu used by
the Pilgrims, you can’t eat
turkey. Historic letters
written by the Pilgrims
describe Thanksgiving in
1691, mentioning the
guests, the foods and the
activities. The Wampa-
noag Indian guests at the
celebration brought veni-
son to eat. The English
Pilgrims say they brought
fowl, which probably
meant ducks or geese
that were migrating dur-
Scrabble Answer
ing the fall. There also
was mention of cider.
Turkeys were not men-
tioned for the celebration,
although they were eaten
at other times. Also avail-
able and known to be part
of the American Indians’
food were cod, eels, corn,
beans, onions, turnips
and spinach. Later letters
mention fish, lobster,
clams, berries, pumpkins
and squash.
There was no sweeten-
er for cranberries to make
sauce, but boiled, baked
or raw cranberries were
eaten. In some countries
today, pumpkin soup is
made from a squash that
is not the same as the
pumpkin we decorate for
Halloween. The word’s
meaning must have
changed, and we are not
sure what plant was used.
Q: I have a deep-blue
Biskra vase made by R.
Lalique. It’s about 11 1/2
inches high. Someone
wants to buy it. I’ve done
research but am hoping to
get some advice about the
price someone would ex-
pect to pay for it. It’s been
HOROSCOPE
Aries (March 21-April 19).
Your heart is generous, and
there’s a symmetry that
forms out of your kindness.
It’s as though your kindness
draws its own mirror image
as it goes, to breathtaking ef-
fect.
Taurus (April 20-May 20).
You’ll delight people. You’ve
a grand sense of showman-
ship and presentation, but
you’ll use it judiciously so as
not to steal attention from
those who believe they need
it, which would foster jealou-
sy.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). It’s
as if you can vividly feel the
vibes of a person you’re close
to. When the words you hear
are different from the feeling
with which those words are
being said, go with the feel-
ing. It won’t lie.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). If
you’re still not sure what you
want to do with your day,
don’t let that stop you. Just
move. An intelligence will
take over — the knowing un-
der the knowing.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). A
dream can pull you through
hard times or boring mo-
ments. A dream can fuel you,
give you direction, stir up
some joy. A dream can be the
bond of a relationship. And
the best part is that it costs
nothing to dream.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Your energy will be robust.
You don’t want this to go to
waste. That’s why communi-
cation is so important. Ask
questions, even if it seems
that you should already know
or the answer should be ob-
vious.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Na-
ture is where it’s at. It will be
interesting to watch how
things grow and thrive, how
other types of beings com-
municate, how other kinds of
life adapt to challenges or
suffer, as the case may be.
Nature will be your great
teacher.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Before you move forward
with a purchase, you need to
learn something. The time
for learning is before the
money is exchanged, of
course. This is when there is
the greatest incentive for
both parties to be open to
careful listening.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). One person helping can
create a whole culture of
helping. Furthermore, the
neatness, attitude and gen-
eral contribution of one per-
son will make a big differ-
ence. That one person is you,
of course.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
The sea goat for which your
sign is named is part mam-
mal, part fish. It surfaces to
breathe and then submerges
to live, love, eat and fight.
Similarly, today you’ll take a
cleansing breath in one world
to do work in another.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Someone is on the fence. A
nudge could tip this situation
either way. Do you really
want to take that chance? If
you care a lot about where
this lands, a big gesture will
be needed, not a little push.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). A
good mood meets fine tim-
ing and easy circumstances.
You’ll be given special treat-
ment, and there are no
strings attached to this, ei-
ther. It’s just your luck today.
Jumble Answer
in storage for some time,
so the inside grooves of
the fern leaves need
cleaning, but there are no
chips.
A: Biskra vases were
made by Lalique about
1932. They were made in
several different colors,
including blue, pale
green, red, yellow amber
and opalescent. The vas-
es have sold at auction for
several thousand dollars.
A large blue vase like
yours sold for over $8,000
recently.
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Keep mooches, spies off your wi-fi network and files

Tech Talk
Kim Komando
People love to mooch
wi-fi. they don’t mean any
harm. They just find an
unprotected signal and
sign on. Why not? It’s
free, and nobody will even
know. Your neighbor
won’t mind if you steal a
little broadband to watch
Netflix, right?
But criminals also love
unsecured wi-fi, and they
do mean harm. They use
your network to attack
your gadgets and steal
your personal informa-
tion. They download ille-
gal files through your rou-
ter, making you vulnera-
ble to a police investiga-
tion. To add insult to
injury, intruders slow
down your connection,
causing buffering, and
making it harder for you to
finish online tasks.
Still, it may not be
mooches causing a pokey
connection.
“Wardriving” has been
going on for years. Hack-
ers drive around hunting
for an unprotected wi-fi
network that they can ex-
ploit. How do you protect
against such random at-
tacks?
Here are a few tips for
securing your wi-fi router
against unauthorized
hitchhikers.
» Check for connect-
ed gadgets: Time to look
at your network. First,
you’ll want to log into your
router’s administration
console. Basically, you are
“logging into” your router,
the same way you’d log
into any computer. Every
router has a different way
of doing this, so check
your manual for specific
instructions.
Make sure your device
is connected to your rou-
ter; it doesn’t matter
whether this is through a
wireless connection or by
cable. Open a browser and
type in the router’s IP ad-
dress. The IP address is a
set of numbers and the
default depends on your
router’s manufacturer.
The common ones are
192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1, or
192.168.2.1.
Check the DHCP Client
List or Attached Devices
section that shows what
gadgets are connected to
your router. Typically,
they are listed by IP ad-
dress, MAC address and/
or Name. Once you’ve sur-
veyed this list of connect-
ed gadgets, figure out
which ones belong to you.
You should recognize the
name of your main com-
puter, and your tablet or
smartphone should have
the name of the manufac-
turer or model.
If you can’t make sense
of the list, or you can’t
identify certain devices,
simply turn off each gadg-
et one by one. You can
also disable each gadget’s
wi-fi. For tracking purpos-
es, jot these network de-
tails down or take a quick
pic using your smart-
phone so you can refer-
ence them later. If you’ve
switched everything off
and still see unknown
gadgets, you know you
have a culprit.
Now, there’s a much
simpler way: You can use
the aptly named Wireless
Network Watcher. This
free program gives you a
list of gadgets connected
to your wi-fi network. You
can quickly fire it up
whenever you want to
check or just leave it open
for real-time monitoring.
Easy.
» Encrypt your con-
nection: You may find in-
truders, or you may not.
Either way, you can pro-
tect your Wi-Fi connec-
tion (and your personal
data) by encrypting your
connection.
Every router on the
market offers several en-
cryption options. One
type to avoid is “WEP,”
which is outdated and
easy to circumvent. In-
stead, look for any en-
cryption that starts with
“WPA2,” the most recent
being “WPA2-PSK AES.”
The WPA2 family of en-
cryption should protect
your router from any run-
of-the-mill hacker.
It’s possible that your
network is already en-
crypted, yet outsiders are
still accessing your Wi-Fi.
If so, change your pass-
word immediately. You
can also reset your router
to factory settings (con-
sult your manual) and set
up your wi-fi signal from
scratch.
This will mean chang-
ing the default password,
enabling encryption,
picking a new SSID and
turning off any remote
management features.
Just remember, if you
change your encryption
password, you’ll have to
update the password on
all your devices as well.
Even WPA2 encryption
isn’t perfect. Cyber-secu-
rity experts recently dis-
covered a massive Wi-Fi
hack called KRACK.
» Fence out your
guest network: Friends
and family always want to
use your wi-fi. They ask
politely, phone in hand
because they hate to burn
up their data plans when
they can just use your
connection. Instead of
handing them your real
password, use your rou-
ter’s “Guest Network.”
This feature lets you
share your Internet con-
nection with your guests
while keeping them off
your main network, pre-
venting them from seeing
your shared files and ser-
vices. To avoid confusion
with your main network,
set up your guest network
with a different network
name (SSID) and pass-
word.
Although the guest
network is available to
guests, maintain the
same level of security as
your primary network.
This means developing a
strong password and re-
stricting access to your
shared files and devices.
Make sure that “local ac-
cess” is set to “off,” which
will prevent guests from
tampering with your sys-
tem.
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CHEF PIERRE
PAR BAKED FROZEN WHOLE 16/20 CT. RAW 10” READY TO BAKE
DINNER ROLLS STRAWBERRIES OR EZ PEEL TAIL-ON PUMPKIN OR
30/2 OZ. DELUXE MIXED FRUIT SHRIMP APPLE PIE
5 LBS. 2 LBS. 46 OZ.

$5 99 $1199 31/40 CT. COOKED PEELED &

DEVEINED TAIL-ON SHRIMP
2 LBS. $13.99
$12 99 10” CREAM PIES CHOCOLATE,
BANANA OR COCONUT
27 OZ. $5.99
$4 49
TOWN & COUNTRY KING’S HAWAIIAN KITCHEN BASICS KEN’S
VEGETABLE SALAD OIL SWEET DINNER ROLLS STOCK SALAD DRESSING
128 OZ. 24 CT. ALL VARIETIES ALL VARIETIES
32 OZ. 32 OZ.

$4 99 OCEAN SPRAY JELLIED

$4 99 3 $5 $3 99
FOR

CRANBERRY SAUCE
14 OZ. 3 FOR $4
LIBBY’S DOMINO HELLMANN’S DURABLE FOIL
SOLID PUMPKIN OR EXTRA FINE MAYONNAISE 1/2 SIZE
PUMPKIN PIE MIX GRANULATED SUAGR 30 OZ. STEAMTABLE PANS
29-30 OZ. 4 LBS. CLUB PACK
20 CT.

GOLD MEDAL
2 $5 DOMINO CONFECTIONERY OR
$1 69 2 $5 $8 99
FOR

FOR

ALL PURPOSE FLOUR BROWN SUGARS

10 LBS. $2.99 2 LBS. $1.99

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