Seven nabbed in bust - Recorder

Deserving of recognition
Amsterdam homeless shelter renamed
for key organizer.
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Grinding it out
Canajoharie cagers fight hard in narrow win
over rival Fort Plain.
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Thursday
December 12, 2013
AMSTERDAM, N.Y.
Projects
receive
funding
Mohawk Valley tops
in round of awards
By HEATHER NELLIS
heather.nellis@recordernews.com
YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
Seven
75 CENTS
nabbed
in bust
Drug charges
lodged in county
In rattling off the major economic
development projects
awarded state funding
Wednesday, it took Amsterdam
Mayor Ann Thane a second to
put her finger on the last.
It’s a good problem to have —
all of Montgomery County’s priority
projects, and then some, are
set to receive funding under the
Mohawk Valley Regional
Economic Development
Council’s designation as a “top
performer” at the state’s annual
project award ceremony in
Albany.
“I’ve been working with the
council since it started three
years ago, and to finally get the
big prize, it’s very rewarding,”
said Thane.
The Mohawk Valley council
will receive $82.4 million in
grants, tax breaks and capital,
and nearly $4.5 million is dedicated
to Montgomery County.
The council was one of five to
get additional funding in its
award package.
Please see FUNDING
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tonight, lows
in the teens.
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MAKING MUSIC
The Marie Curie Institute of Engineering
and Communications in Amsterdam had
its annual holiday concert on
Wednesday. ABOVE: Music Director
Stephanie Tommasone leads the third
grade chorus. RIGHT: Emma Johnson
plays the piano. For more photos from
the concert, see Page 5.
Mark Perfetti/For the Recorder
By CAROLINE MURRAY
caroline.murray@recordernews.com
MAYFIELD — Exotic tigers,
leopards and a chimpanzee
named Tommy. No, the circus is
not in town.
On a stretch of land along
Route 30 in Fulton County, two
properties are at the center of
legal controversies involving the
animals kept there.
On Tuesday, an animal rights
group that filed a lawsuit in
Fulton County and two other
New York State Supreme Courts
petitioning a writ of habeas corpus
on behalf of four chimpanzees
was overturned.
According to a news release on
the Nonhuman Rights Project’s
website, the judges refused to
issue the writ to the chimpanzees
because they are not viewed as
“legal persons.”
This includes a 26-year-old
chimpanzee named Tommy, who
is currently residing at Patrick
Lavery’s trailer sales business in
the town of Mayfield.
In the release, the organization
said it anticipated the verdict in
the lower courts and would
appeal to the appropriate divisions
of the New York
Intermediate Appellate Courts.
If the appeal is successful,
Mayfield will find itself in the
middle of two separate lawsuits
involving residents possessing
exotic species — Lavery’s latest
battle over his chimpanzee and
Please see ANIMALS,
Page 2
By HEATHER NELLIS
heather.nellis@recordernews.com
GLEN — Seven people were
arrested by the Montgomery
County Sheriff’s Office today
after a six-month investigation
into drug sales.
Sheriff Michael Amato said one
was an inmate already jailed, and
the rest were picked up across
the county on warrants. Most of
them allegedly sold drugs to
informants during the six month
period, ranging from suboxone,
to pills, to heroin.
Undersheriff Jeffery Smith said
pills, marijuana, cash and a
Chrysler 300 were recovered in
the 6 a.m. sting, which was conducted
in cooperation with the
St. Johnsville Police
Department, Amsterdam Police
Department, and the State Police
Community Narcotics
Enforcement Team.
The arrests are detailed as follows:
• Joseph T. Palmeri, 30, of 432
Please see BUST,
Page 7
Mayfield monkey business heads through court
Photo submitted
In a screen grab from the Nonhuman Rights Project’s Facebook
page, Tommy, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, is shown in his cage in
Mayfield. A representative of the animal rights group took the
photo of Tommy on a visit to owner Patrick Lavery’s trailer sales
business. Lavery said that Tommy’s cage is 70 feet long, but the
group, which has filed a court action against Lavery, believes his
facility is too small for the chimpanzee.

2 / Thursday, December 12, 2013 LOCAL The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Animals from page 1
Steve Salton’s lawsuit involving his five
exotic cats.
How then, does one small town in
upstate New York find itself operating as
a part-time zoo?
Mayfield Code Enforcement Officer
Michael Stewart said there probably
aren’t a lot of municipalities that have
specific zoning laws or other regulations
regarding ownership of exotic animals,
especially if the residents are already
licensed by the state.
State Department of Environmental
Conservation spokeswoman Lori
Severino said licenses to collect, sell or
own wildlife are issued to state residents
for education, exhibition, scientific
research purposes or for the propagation
of non-endangered and non-threatened
species.
Both Mayfield residents have state
licenses but are currently embroiled in
custody battles with the law.
Tommy and his rights
Lavery’s operation, Circle L Trailer
Sales Inc., is located at 3032 Route 30.
According to the animal activists’ case,
Tommy was found in a small cage at the
back of a shed there.
Under a petition for a common law writ
of habeas corpus, the Nonhuman Rights
Project demanded the state Supreme Court
grant Tommy and the other chimps certain
fundamental human and legal rights.
They viewed Tommy and the three
other chimps as being “illegally
detained,” and wanted them released
from their current homes and placed into
a primate sanctuary selected by the North
American Primate Sanctuary Alliance.
“Sometimes you get an activist group
together and they just want to make real
bad publicity for everybody,” said
Lavery.
According to Lavery, the leader of the
project, Steven M. Wise, was not forthcoming
with Circle L Trailer employees
about his intentions the day he visited his
business.
Lavery said Wise led his employees to
believe that he was purchasing a trailer
and then asked to see the chimp.
Usually the public can only view
Tommy by scheduled appointment. He
claims that he had no knowledge of
Wise’s motivation that day.
“The only person that I have ever done
that for and it has come back to haunt
me,” said Lavery.
The NhRP did not return phone calls or
emails about the allegations.
He also said the project “lied” about the
conditions of his facility in its report.
According to Lavery, Tommy lives in a
cage 70 feet long, which is cleaned and
sanitized on a daily basis. Also, Tommy
has access to cable television and an
employee who converses and plays with
him.
Maintaining wildlife is not new for
Lavery. He said that he has owned chimpanzees
for 20 years and also rents reindeer
out for Christmas shows as a side
business.
“We rescued them with the understanding
that I wasn’t going to keep them (the
chimps), just long enough to find them
homes or facilities,” said Lavery.
He claims that Tommy is currently on a
waiting list for a sanctuary.
“I love Tommy, he is great chimp —
probably the best chimp I’ve had, probably
why he is still there.”
Backyard cats
Less than two miles down the road
from Lavery is Salton, who lives at 3240
Route 30 and has been involved in a state
Supreme Court case against the Mayfield
Zoning Board of Appeals since 2011,
when it was brought to the public’s attention
that Salton owned five exotic cats in
an area zoned residential.
At a 2011 board meeting, Salton’s
neighbor, Richard Travis, asked what
zoning regulations allowed Bengal tigers
and leopards to be kept in a residential
area.
He told the council he lives in the
Donjes Woods subdivision off Route 30,
directly behind Salton’s property and had
issues with the amount of noise the cats
made.
Over all, he was uncomfortable with the
idea of having the five cats live in a residential
area.
According to reports, the DEC said
Salton’s permits are contingent on the
fact that he uses the animals for exhibition
purposes. Salton said he takes
appointments by phone and shows off the
cats for a “donation.”
However, Mayfield’s zoning board
views his exhibition as an operating business.
The town’s zoning laws do not
allow businesses to run in residential districts.
Salton’s lawsuit argues against the
accusation that his cat exhibition is a
business.
Salton will face the New York State
Appellate Court in February in an
attempt to keep three tigers and two leopards
on his property.
The appeal intends to overturn the decision
made by Supreme Court Judge
Richard T. Aulisi affirming the Mayfield
Town Zoning Board of Appeals’ October
2011 ruling that Salton’s home occupation
requires application to the town
planning board.
Complaints have mounted regarding
Salton’s cats, but no one has made any
motion against Lavery’s chimpanzee,
Stewart said.
Lavery said he sympathizes with
Salton’s case because they are in similar
situations. Like Lavery, Salton claims
there is no room in any sanctuary for his
wildlife animals.
He said he does understand why neighbors
are upset about the dangerous animals,
though he has not talked to Salton
about it.
“I don’t really get involved in his business
about it. I do know him and I don’t
think he is doing anything wrong really,”
said Lavery. “He’s got a nice place for
them and takes excellent care of them.”
The law
According to Stewart, the village of
Mayfield has rules in place concerning
exotic and dangerous animals, but the
town of Mayfield does not.
“They are not allowed in the village.
Salton is not in the village,” said Stewart.
“I try to do my job based on the regulations.”
Stewart said the town is working on
passing a similar law to the village’s.
Officials have discussed the matter with
the town attorney, but have not moved
past this step.
The DEC is authorized by state law to
regulate the possession of wild animals,
said Severino. In order to avoid accidents
that occur between humans and dangerous
wildlife, the law makes it illegal to
own animals that are considered “dangerous”
as pets by the DEC.
Severino said there are exemptions for
certain permit holders, such as zoos, educational
or sanctuary facilities, and
research-related groups.
“Proper permits must be obtained and
certain conditions must be met in order
to legally possess wildlife,” said
Severino.
The DEC did not return phone calls or
e-mails asking the agency to elaborate on
the “certain conditions” that apply.
Both Salton and Lavery have the permits,
but the DEC also did not return
phone calls about follow-up inspections
of their properties.
Lavery said his facility is up to code and
if the Nonhuman Rights Project
approached him about an open sanctuary,
instead of filed a lawsuit, he would have
been more than happy to work with them.
“They were saying that chimps are
slaves. It’s not the chimps that are slaves,
it’s the person that owns the chimps,”
said Lavery.
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St. Johnsville store celebrates grand opening
By JOSHUA THOMAS
For The Recorder
‘We rescued them with the understanding that I wasn’t going to keep
them (the chimps), just long enough to find them homes or facilities. I
love Tommy, he is great chimp — probably the best chimp I’ve had,
probably why he is still there.’
—Patrick Lavery, Mayfield chimpanzee owner
ST. JOHNSVILLE — Over the
weekend, the St. Johnsville
Chamber of Commerce celebrated
the opening of a Bridge Street business
with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
JJ’s Sporting Goods, at 14 Bridge
St., opened on Nov. 9 after the location,
which sat vacant for a number
of years, received “a lot of tender
loving care,” according to Owner
John Swartz. Built in the 1920’s,
the two men completing the building’s
recent carpentry worked to
preserve the embossed metal ceiling,
while splitting the storefront
with dividing walls. It was also
quite a process, said Swartz, getting
the heating system working after
many years of inactivity.
Now, the spacious store is officially
open, and it’s full of a wide variety
of products. The store features a
camping and hiking area, a selection
of sleds, and the largest selection
of knives in Central New York,
including decorative knifes with
displays, samurai swords, commemorative
knives (including military
knives), zombie killing knives,
utility knives, and kitchen cutlery.
The store is also a Glock firearm
dealer with one of the largest selections
available locally. Swartz stated,
“our prices always match
Gander Mountain and Bass Pro,
and many times we’re under their
prices by a lot.”
Swartz, a retired airline pilot, said
a goal in opening the store was to
“supply a service to the community,”
which involves finding them
reasonable prices on items without
having to drive a long distance.
The store is open from 9 a.m. to 7
or 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The store may have lessened hours
on Saturday. On Sunday, Swartz
said the store will be open in the
afternoon, from about 1-4 p.m.
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At the opening of JJ’s Sporting Goods are, from left: Gail Murray,
Owner Judy Swartz, Owner John Swartz, Mayor Bernard Barnes,
Rebecca King and St. Johnsville Chamber of Commerce
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Amsterdam shelter named for key organizer
By ALISSA SCOTT
alissa.scott@recordernews.com
About three years ago, Sister Danielle
Bonetti got serious about addressing the
homeless problem in Amsterdam.
“She was kind of the driving force that
kept it on everyone’s minds that homelessness
is an issue,” said Janine Robitaille,
executive director of Interfaith Partnership.
“There was no real avenue in Amsterdam
to address the issue.”
Bonetti, the vice president of partnership
at St. Mary’s Healthcare, contacted
Robitaille in Albany in 2010, expressing
the need.
“They were seeing people in the emergency
room and Sister Danielle was persistent,”
Robitaille said. “She kept saying,
‘We need to do something. We need to
organize a team.’ And she committed herself.”
After a couple of years of renting homes,
Interfaith Partnership decided to buy a
house in Amsterdam to use as a shelter and
has operated out of 218 E. Main St. since.
But, Robitaille said, they needed Bonetti’s
initial push and continuous help throughout
the years.
When Robitaille learned Bonetti would
be moving to St. Louis to fill an elected
seat on St. Joseph’s congressional leadership
team, she knew she had to do something
for her.
“She’s just such a wonderful person, you
want to give something to her,” Robitaille
said. “I kept thinking, what can I give her?
Agift card? Like what do I do? So I
though, you know what, I would like to
name the house for her. I think it would be
meaningful to her and certainly meaningful
for us so that she will always be remembered.”
Wednesday afternoon, Robitaille gathered
Bonetti and a small group of supporters
at the shelter to announce the decision
to name the shelter Danielle’s House.
“It's been a privilege for me to see how
the shelter has grown and developed and it
just brings be great joy that it’s a stable
service in the community,” Bonetti said.
Robitaille said they decided to leave “sister”
off the name because it creates a religious
aspect and might turn people away.
The shelter, supervisor Tyler Rush said, is
especially important to the community during
the winter months. This weekend,
Company buys company
that bought out Quandt’s
HOUSTON (AP) — One of
the largest food supply companies
is buying one of its key
rivals, creating an even larger,
global distribution company.
Sysco is buying privately
held US Foods for about $3.5
billion in cash and stock.
When the deal closes, Sysco
expects the addition of US
Foods to boost its annual sales
by about 46 percent to around
$65 billion.
Sysco Corp. has a distribution
center in Halfmoon and
US Foods has an operation in
Clifton Park, both in Saratoga
County.
In October, US Foods purchased
Quandt’s Foodservice
Distributors of Amsterdam,
one of the region’s last independent
food service distributors.
Quandt’s is scheduled to
close its Amsterdam operation
early next year.
At the time of the Quandt’s
announcement, the approximate
110 employees were told
by US Foods representatives
that employment options could
exist for those willing to make
the drive to the Clifton Park
facility.
Sysco shares rose almost 10
percent Monday and hit their
highest point in decades.
Houston’s Sysco will pay $3
billion in common stock and
$500 million in cash. It will
also assume or refinance about
$4.7 billion in debt.
That puts the total value of
the deal at about $8.2 billion.
Sysco President and CEO
Bill DeLaney said that the two
companies have highly complementary
core strengths
including large product portfolios.
For the fiscal year that ended
in June, Sysco’s sales totaled
$44.41 billion.
It trucks food and cooking
Alissa Scott/Recorder staff
From left, Sister Danielle Bonetti, executive director of Interfaith Partnership Janine
Robitaille, and shelter supervisor Tyler Rush hold a sign announcing the new name
of the homeless shelter on East Main Street in Amsterdam. The house was named
after Sister Danielle for her efforts in getting it running.
supplies to about 425,000 customers
through 193 locations
in the U.S., Bahamas, Canada,
Ireland and Northern Ireland.
US Foods’ customers include
independent and chain restaurants,
health care and hospitality
companies, and government
and educational institutions.
Major stakeholders in the
company, based just outside of
Chicago, in Rosemont, Ill.,
include Clayton, Dubilier &
Rice LLC and Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co. LP.
Representatives from both of
those investment firms will
join Sysco’s board.
When the deal closes, US
Foods shareholders will own
about 87 million shares, or
about 13 percent, of Sysco’s
common stock.
The buyout has been
approved by the boards of
both companies.
Sysco said it expects the
deal, which is set to close in
the third calendar quarter of
2014, to immediately boost its
profit after adjusting for
acquisition-related costs and
expenses.
It’s also expected to create
annual cost savings of at least
$600 million after three or
four years.
Moody’s Investors Service
placed all of Sysco’s ratings,
including its investment-grade
“A1” long-term rating, under
review for possible downgrade.
Moody’s said that while the
deal makes sense and the price
seems fair, a downgrade is
likely given the amount of
debt Sysco will assume.
Sysco shares rose $3.31, or
9.7 percent, to close at $37.62.
The stock peaked earlier
Monday at $43.40, its highest
point since at least 1985.
It’s up 19 percent this year.
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weather reports suggest temperatures will
be below freezing and snow showers are
also expected.
“It gets colder and more [guests] tend to
show up,” Rush said.
Robitaille said the timing also plays a factor.
“Now you’re getting to the second week
of December and people who get Social
Security checks, sometimes they can make
it,” Robitaille explained, “but by the middle
of the month when their food stamps
are gone, we see an uptick.”
Last year, Danielle’s House served 67
guests during the season. The shelter has
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The protocol for entry, Rush said, has
stayed the same. Guests are asked to make
contact with the Department of Social
Services before knocking on the shelter’s
door. If their need for shelter is after hours,
arrangements can still be made.
“We contact the sheriff and the sheriff
contacts the DSS [worker] on call and they
screen the homeless guy or family just to
make sure they’re the right candidate for
the house,” Rush said.
From that point, the shelter supervisor —
Rush — and the client work together to
find a solution and help get them off the
streets beyond the shelter.
“We have not had people come back
through,” Robitaille said. “We have case
management and really our goal is to get
you placed. Tyler’s goal when you come in
is to find out why are you homeless, what
do you need to do to get housing. It’s the
client’s job and Tyler’s job to figure that
out.”
On top of waiting for clients to come in,
Rush also scopes out the abandoned buildings
and cemeteries — typical places to
find homeless people in Amsterdam —
Robitaille said.
“There’s so many abandoned buildings
around here and on this street alone, there’s
like 35,” Rush said.
“So he leaves a brochure and some food
and hopes people will try to get out of the
cold,” Robitaille added.
Bonetti said she’s just glad to see the shelter
working as well as she envisioned it.
“I think when you do something for the
sake of others,” Bonetti said, “God blesses
us and it becomes something great.”
To contact the shelter, call 842-3762.
Alissa Scott/Recorder staff
Pastor Marian Kostyk and Domna Swidersky make pierogies for the St. Nicholas Ukrainian
Catholic Church’s annual Christmas bazaar, which takes place this Saturday on Pulaski Street in
Amsterdam from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The annual event will feature a variety of Ukrainian food and art.
Jury finds Northville man guilty of assault
NORTHAMPTON — A 39-
year-old Northville man was
convicted by a jury
Wednesday of third-degree
assault for attacking an
Edinburg man in April.
Ajury found Donald R. Town
III of 221 N. Third St. guilty of
third-degree assault, a class A
misdemeanor. He faces up to
a year in jail and a $1,000 fine
when he’s sentence Feb. 13,
2014.
Town was arrested in April
after an altercation in his
home when he tackled his victim,
causing the man to suffer
broken bones, facial lacerations,
swelling and bruising.
The case was heard in
Northampton Town Court in
front of town Justice John
Farquhar. Fulton County
Assistant District Attorney
Amanda Nellis prosecuted the
case. Town, who did not testify
in the one-day trial, was
represented by Public
Defender Michael W.
Albanese.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Today
AMSTERDAM
The Amsterdam Lions Club will hold its regular
meeting at Bosco’s Restaurant at 3:30 p.m. All members
are urged to be present. Final plans will be
made for the party for the visually handicapped,
which will be held Saturday at noon at Nicolino’s
Restaurant on Route 30 in Perth. Santa will be
there.
AMSTERDAM
The NAMI/MFH Support Group will hold its
Christmas party and annual meeting at the Riverfront
Center Mall, Suite 2414, at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome
to join the support group for food, dessert and
music by Gary Van Slyke. For more information contact
Mary Lou Barry at 841-7468.
AMSTERDAM
St. Mary’s Healthcare Auxiliary will hold its
Christmas party at St. Mary’s Healthcare Cafeteria,
427 Guy Park Ave., at 6 p.m. Call Colleen Medwid
at 841-7136 for more information.
PERTH
The Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of
Commerce will hold a holiday business after hours
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Perthshire, 112 Perthshire
Drive, hosted by Bouchey & Clark Benefits Inc.
There will be hors d’oeuvres served and beverages
available. There is no charge for chamber members,
but there is a $10 admission fee for future members.
RSVP is required by calling the chamber at 725-
0641 or emailing membership@fultonmontgomeryny.org.
JOHNSTOWN
An evening immunization clinic will be held at
the Fulton County Public Health Office from 3:30
to 6 p.m. Parents should remember to bring their
children’s Social Security number. The fee for children
age birth to 18 is $2 per immunization.
Students with a college ID will be charged $2 for
MMR and the current market cost for tetanus. Call
736-5720 for an appointment.
JOHNSTOWN
The Fulton-Montgomery Community College
Musicians Club will sponsor a talent show from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. There is a $5 cover charge; $3 with student
ID. Proceeds are going to the United Way.
Friday
AMSTERDAM
Lord of the Harvest Church, located in the former
Riverfront Cinema in the Riverfront Center Mall
on Church Street, will host a Community Christmas
Concert at 6:15 p.m. The evening includes a concert
featuring classic Christmas songs played by
Theophilus, a local Christian band. After the concert,
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AMSTERDAM
Jubilee Fellowship at 349 Forest Ave. is having a
Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Special guests will be
the Amsterdam High School chorus. Amsterdam
native Dan Ryczek will be the featured soloist and
will also lead attendees in the singing of Christmas
carols.
GALWAY
Abook sale fundraiser will be held at the
Galway Public Library. The sale runs from 1 to 6
p.m. Members of the Friends of the Galway Public
Library may start shopping at 12:30 p.m. Non-members
join the group for $5 and get a free book. On
Saturday, sale hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The
library is located in the village of Galway at 5264
Sacandaga Road.
Saturday
AMSTERDAM
The Healing Touch Practice Group will meet at
St. Mary’s Healthcare Carondelet Pavilion
Auditorium, 380 Guy Park Ave., from 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. It’s open to all Healing Touch students,
practitioners and Healing Touch certified practitioners.
The cost is $10 per person and a 50 percent discount
to St. Mary’s Healthcare volunteers and associates.
Pre-registration is required. To register, call
Sister Rita Jean Dubrey at the SMH Center for
Complementary Therapies at 841-7146.
CANAJOHARIE
The Canajoharie Library’s seventh annual holiday
arts and craft fair will run from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.
CANAJOHARIE
The Canajoharie Moose, located at 205 Erie Blvd.,
will have a holiday craft fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
AMSTERDAM
The St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church,
located at 24 Pulaski St., will have its annual
Christmas bazaar from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
event will feature varenyky (pierogi), holubtsi
(golumki), kovbasa, sauerkraut, borshch and
home-made pastries. Ukrainian folk art will also be
on display.
GALWAY
The Galway United Methodist Church, at the corner
of Galway-Ballston Road and Route 147, will hold
its 20th annual holiday cookie sale. The public is invited
to purchase a variety of homemade holiday cookies
and treats at $8 per pound. The sale will begin at
10 a.m. and will continue until sold out. Various craft
items will also be available for purchase.
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annual holiday concert Tuesday. Horton was misidentified in a
photo published in The Recorder Wednesday.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Conference plans banquet, cantata
BROADALBIN — Christmas will come early to Sacandaga Bible
Conference as the Christian camp and retreat center hosts A
Sacandaga Christmas, the camp’s annual Christmas banquet and
free cantata Saturday.
The cantata, “The Star Still Shines,” by Claire Cloninger and
Robert Sterling, will be performed at Arthur Johnston Lodge at 7
p.m.
Refreshments will be served after the performance.
The banquet will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilltop Dining Hall.
The menu will include ham and a carved steamship round, along
with several festive side dishes.
There is no cost to attend the cantata.
The price for the banquet is $12 ($10 ages 7-11, $8 ages 3-6),
and reservations are encouraged.
Sacandaga Bible Conference is at 191 Lakeview Road,
Broadalbin.
For banquet reservations, call Sacandaga Bible Conference at
883-3713 or email office@sacandagabibleconference.com.
For more information, log on to www.sacandagabibleconference.com.
Cat food drive set for Saturday
TOWN OF AMSTERDAM — The Feline Guardian Angels will
host a dry and canned cat food drive on Saturday at Country
Feed on Route 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
All donated food will be distributed to feral cat colony caregivers
in the local area.
Also during this event, an FGA representative will sell
“Christmas for the Kitties” 50/50 raffle tickets. Prices are seven
tickets for $5 or one ticket for $1.
The drawing will take place Dec. 18 at 9:15 a.m. and will be
broadcast on WCSS 1490-AM. The winner will be announced on
the air during that time.
Half of the proceeds from the raffle will be retained by FGA to
be used to help offset the cost of spaying or neutering feral cats
in the area.
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The Marie Curie Institute of Engineering and Communications
in Amsterdam had its annual holiday concert Wednesday.
PHOTOS BY MARK PERFETTI • FOR THE RECORDER
The 4th and 5th grade chorus sings “Ode to Peace.”
Keyon Hernandez warms up on the metalophone.
Madison Bellamy assembles her
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The 5th Grade Orff Ensemble is led by Stephanie Tommasone.
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GOLDEN GLOBES
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP)
— These are the television
nominees for the 71st annual
Golden Globe Awards,
announced today by the
Hollywood Foreign Press
Association. The motion picture
nominees are on Page 12.
TELEVISION
• Series, Drama: “Breaking
Bad,” “Downton Abbey,” “The
Good Wife,” “House of Cards,”
“Masters of Sex.”
• Actor, Drama: Bryan
Cranston, “Breaking Bad”; Liev
Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”;
Michael Sheen, “Masters of
Sex”; Kevin Spacey, “House of
Cards.”
• Actress, Drama: Julianna
Margulies, “The Good Wife”;
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan
Black”; Taylor Schilling,
“Orange Is the New Black”;
Kerry Washington, “Scandal”;
Robin Wright, “House of
Cards.”
• Series, Musical or
Comedy: “The Big Bang
Theory,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,”
“Girls,” “Modern Family,” “Parks
and Recreation.”
• Actress, Musical or
Comedy: Zooey Deschanel,
“New Girl”; Lena Dunham,
“Girls”; Edie Falco, “Nurse
Jackie”; Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
“Veep”; Amy Poehler, “Parks
and Recreation.”
• Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Jason Bateman, “Arrested
Development”; Don Cheadle,
“House of Lies”; Michael J.
Fox, “The Michael J. Fox
Show”; Jim Parsons, “The Big
Bang Theory”; Andy Samberg,
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
• Miniseries or Movie:
“American Horror Story:
Coven,” “Behind the
Candelabra,” “Dancing on the
Edge,” “Top of the Lake,”
“White Queen.”
• Actress, Miniseries or
Movie: Helena Bonham Carter,
“Burton and Taylor”; Rebecca
Ferguson, “White Queen”;
Jessica Lange, “American
Horror Story: Coven”; Helen
Mirren, “Phil Spector”; Elisabeth
Moss, “Top of the Lake.”
• Actor, Miniseries or Movie:
Matt Damon, “Behind the
Candelabra”; Michael Douglas,
“Behind the Candelabra”;
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Dancing on
the Edge”; Idris Elba, “Luther”;
Al Pacino, “Phil Spector.”
• Supporting Actress,
Series, Miniseries or Movie:
Jacqueline Bisset, “Dancing on
the Edge”; Janet McTeer,
“White Queen”; Hayden
Panettiere, “Nashville”; Monica
Potter, “Parenthood”; Sofia
Vergara, “Modern Family.”
• Supporting Actor, Series,
Miniseries or Movie: Josh
Charles, “The Good Wife”; Rob
Lowe, “Behind the
Candelabra”; Aaron Paul,
“Breaking Bad”; Corey Stoll,
“House of Cards”; Jon Voight,
“Ray Donovan.”
Plateau getting socked with snow
BUFFALO (AP) — Another
round of lake-effect storms was
expected to dump an additional
12 to 18 inches of snow on
parts of western and northern
New York where some towns
already are buried from earlier
storms.
The National Weather Service
says bands of storms coming
off eastern Lake Ontario are
expected to drop up to 1 1/2
feet of snow today across the
Tug Hill Plateau area in northern
Oswego, southeastern
Jefferson and Lewis counties.
Meteorologists say that region
is reporting snowfall totals of
44 to 50 inches from lakeeffect
storms that began
Tuesday.
Some areas near the eastern
end of Lake Erie south of
Buffalo have received more than
2 feet of snow this week, and
forecasters say another foot or
more is likely by the times the
storms taper off Friday.
Louise A. Fox
December 11, 2013
Louise A. Fox, age 78, of Johnstown, passed away peacefully on
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at the Mountain Valley Hospice
House, Gloversville surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on April 11, 1935 in Northville, the daughter of the late
Walter Roblee and Pauline Richardson Roblee.
Louise was a graduate of Johnstown High School and was first
employed at Beechnut in Canajoharie and also worked for many years
at the Transportation Department of the Greater Johnstown School
District until her retirement. She was a member of the Sammonsville
Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary and was a Fulton County
Elections Inspector. Mrs. Fox enjoyed crocheting, needlepoint and was
an avid Nascar fan with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. as her favorite driver.
Survivors include her two daughters Debra Korona and her husband
Timothy of Perth and Shari Harwell of Lexington, Kentucky; four
grandchildren Adrienne Orende, Timothy (Randi) Korona, Jr.,
Christopher (Sara) Korona and Shawn Korona; four great
grandchildren Teegan, Maya, Camden and Beckett; two nephews Jeff
Roblee and Jim Roblee; special friends Brenda and Stanley Allen, Lois
Munson and Linda Dolan and her pets Speedy and Rueger.
She was predeceased by her husband William V. Fox, who she
married on November 5, 1971 and he passed on February 26, 2010 and
one brother Louis Roblee.
Funeral services will be conducted at 12 p.m. (Noon) on Saturday,
December 14 at the A.G. Cole Funeral Home, Inc., 215 East Main
Street, Johnstown with Rev. Dr. R.W. Williams officiating.
Visitation for family and friends will be on Saturday prior to the
service from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Fonda.
Contributions may be made in Louise’s memory to the Sammonsville
Volunteer Fire Department, 1362 State Highway 67, Johnstown, NY
12095 or to Mountain Valley Hospice, 108 Steele Avenue,
Gloversville, NY 12078.
Condolences to the family may be made by visiting our website at
www.agcolefuneralhome.com.
Marie Heiser Murray
December 10, 2013
Marie Heiser Murray, wife and mother, died on Tuesday, December
10, 2013 at Ellis Hospital.
Born October 1, 1930 to Stephen and Ann Gledhill Heiser, Marie was
raised in Amsterdam, NY and attended Jr. College in Massachusetts.
She was married to Richard R. Murray from September 1, 1951 until
his passing after 44 years of marriage. They proudly built their home
together and lived at 4 Bossi Lane in Guilderland where Marie stayed
until June of 2012, when she took up residence at Atria Crossgate in
Albany.
Marie was a member of Lynnwood Reformed Church, owned a
ceramic studio for several years, was a member and past president of
the Hammond Organ Society and was a past EMT, board member and
life member of the Western Turnpike Rescue Squad.
Marie is survived by her daughter and son in law, Jane and Louis
Pfaffenbach, her son and daughter in law, James and Alice Murray and
four grandchildren, Carrie and Luke Pfaffenbach and Stephen and
Kathleen Murray.
Marie was also predeceased by many loyal and loving canine
companions.
Calling hours will be held on Friday evening from 6:00-8:00 pm at
the DeMarco-Stone Funeral Home, 5216 Western Tpk. (Rt. 20) in
Guilderland.
Funeral services will begin on Saturday, 9:00 am at Lynnwood
Reformed Church, 3714 Carman Rd.
Burial will follow the services at Fairview Cemetery in Amsterdam.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated in her memory to
the Richard R. Murray Animal Shelter, C/O Guilderland Animal
Hospital, Dr. Michael Casler, RD 2, Mc Cormacks Corners, Altamont,
NY 12009 or to the American Theater Organ Society, Hudson
Mohawk Chapter, C/O Proctors Theater, 432 State St. Schenectady,
NY, 12305.
In Memoriam
Carmella Marcellino
December 12, 1986
Gone but not forgotten.
Love,
Children & Grandchildren
A. G. Cole
Funeral Home, Inc.
215 East Main Street
Johnstown, NY 12095
762-3919
Lottery numbers
ALBANY (AP) — Here are
the New York Lottery numbers
selected Wednesday:
MIDDAY DAILY: 8-7-5
LUCKY SUM: 20
MIDDAY WINFOUR: 8-3-7-9
LUCKY SUM: 27
EVENING DAILY: 2-0-4
LUCKY SUM: 6
EVENING WINFOUR: 0-3-0-8
LUCKY SUM: 11
PICK 10: 3, 7, 9, 13, 14, 20,
24, 30, 35, 36, 50, 58, 61,
62, 63, 64, 65, 72, 73, 74
TAKE FIVE: 3, 13, 16, 22, 28
POWER BALL: 1, 10, 13, 18,
19. POWERBALL: 27
LOTTO: 1, 8, 15, 17, 26, 56;
BONUS: 19.
OBITUARIES
William (Bill) Childs
December, 1 2013
William (Bill) Childs, 87, Wilmington, NC a former resident of
Amsterdam, NY passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013 surrounded
by his loving family. Born August 10, 1926 in Amsterdam, NY he was
the son of the late George and Edith (Hayes) Childs. He was the
beloved husband of Shirley (Smith) Childs. Together they shared 61
years of marriage.
Bill attended St Mary’s Academy and graduated from Amsterdam
High School.
He served in the US Navy as a Pharmacist’s mate on the USS Repose
stationed in the North Pacific during World War ll.
He retired from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
He was predeceased by his parents and brother, Dr. David Childs. Bill
is survived by his loving wife Shirley; his daughters Kathy Childs and
Debbi (Childs) Duncan and her husband Michael ; his beloved grandson,
Brad Duncan all of Wilmington, NC ; his brother in laws David
Smith (Lynn); Cecil Smith (Sally); Robert Smith (Carol); and sister in
law Linda Hanlon and several very special nieces and nephews.
Bill had an extraordinary appetite for life, and used it to sample
everything that was put before him. But his overriding passion in life
was the care for and teaching of children. He was the happiest when in
the company of children, those of his extended family and friends. In
turn, the children were the beneficiaries of his laughter, his generosity,
and his ability to introduce them to a world of excitement and the
mysterious. To them, Bill was an awesome superhero, an adult they
could trust, befriend, and never disappoint.
While living in Amsterdam, Bill treasured his time spent playing golf
and having coffee with his friends.
Internment will take place at a later date.
Regina M. Pawlowski
December 7, 2013
Regina M. Pawlowski, 90 of Hillcrest Spring Adult Home,
Amsterdam, New York passed away Saturday, December 7, 2013 at
Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, New York.
Regina graduated from the former Wilbur H. Lynch High School and
the Amsterdam School of Commerce.
Most of her career was spent at the Britell Agency, Inc. where she
was the longtime Treasurer and part owner before retiring.
Regina was a member of St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary and St.
Stanislaus Church.
Regina was the daughter of the late Andrew and Catherine Pawlowski.
She was also predeceased by her sister, Stella Crady and Rachel Cisek
and by her brother, Ted Pawlowski, and her dear friend Bill Hamm.
She is survived by her niece Henrietta Slosek and great niece
Deborah Slosek Fuller; nephew Robert Pawlowski and great niece
Christine Roiland and great nephew John Pawlowski; additional great
nieces and great nephews; a godson David Piurek and several cousins.
The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 14, 2013
at the Jendrzejczak Funeral Home, 200 Church Street, Amsterdam,
New York followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. at St.
Stanislaus Church with Rev. O. Robert DeMartinis, Celebrant.
Interment will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery.
The family will receive relatives and friends from 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 13, 2013 at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St.
Stanislaus Church, 46 Cornell Street, Amsterdam, New York 12010.
Please submit on-line condolences at www.jendrzejczakfuneralcom.
Jendrzejczak
FUNERAL HOME
200 Church Street, Amsterdam, New York 12010
518 843-2550 • www.jendrzejczakfuneral.com
George Podmajersky
December 8, 2013
George Podmajersky, 90, of Fultonville, N.Y. passed away on
December 8, 2013 at Ellis Hospital.
He was born in Little Falls, N.Y. to the late Paul and Katarina
Podmajersky on December 31, 1922. George was a 1940 graduate of
Fultonville High School, a 1947 graduate of Syracuse University with
a Bachelors Degree in Accounting. George joined the U.S. Air Force
in 1942 earning a First Lieutenants’ rank and served with the 444th
Bomb Squadron during WWII, the European Theatre, until 1945.
After serving his country he worked for the NYS Dept. of Taxation
and Finance until his retirement in 1978.
George is survived by his sister, Olga Podmajersky; brother; John
Podmajersky and several nieces and nephews.
He is predeceased by not only his parents but also his brothers, Paul
Podmajersky, and Edward Podmajersky, who was killed in active duty
during the Korean War, sisters, Anna Holdorf, Elizabeth Radic, and
Mildred Podmajersky.
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at
2:00 P.M. at the Chapel at Jackson and Betz Funeral Home with Rev.
Nancy Pullen to officiate.
Relatives and friends are invited to a calling period from 4-7 on
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at the funeral home.
An interment will take place at Maple Ave Cemetery.
Contributions can be made in George’s memory to the Fultonville
Reformed Church, P.O. Box 454, Fultonville, N.Y., 12072.
Please visit and sign the family’s guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com.
JACKSON & BETZ
FUNERAL HOME
15 Main Street, Fultonville, NY 12072
518-853-4224 • www.bbrsfuneral.com

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Funding from page 1
“Our region and the Capital
District were the last two to get
the ‘top performer’ designation,
and I’m obviously pleased it happened
this time around,” said
Montgomery County Economic
Development and Planning
Director Ken Rose.
The bulk of the funds are
geared toward the city of
Amsterdam, including $1 million
for a senior housing project on
the South Side, nearly another
million dollars to retrofit its
downtown hotel, and $600,000
for the fourth phase of its sewer
system improvements.
Best of all, it’s mostly capital
dollars.
“That’s huge for us,” Thane
said. “In the past [awards], projects
have gotten a lot of tax credits
or loans. But this time, it’s
capital dollars, and that’s what
these businesses want, and it’s
what the city certainly wants
when making our infrastructure
improvements.”
The village of Fultonville
scored $400,000 for a flood mitigation
project, and several
upcounty projects also fared
well, including a waterfront
campground in St. Johnsville,
and a brewery in Fort Plain.
Posing Montgomery County’s
12 awards against the more than
40 for Oneida County, Thane
half-joked she’d rather have the
problem of listing as many in the
latter.
Some of the major projects
awarded there include $3.25 million
for continued development
of the Marcy Nanocenter, and $5
million for Utica’s Harbor Point
project.
“But, I don’t envy them,
because it’s part of our region,
and their projects will be truly
transformational for our entire
region,” Thane said.
She said the nano project is particularly
promising, because it
creates a triangle of nano-centered
locations between Marcy,
Albany and Malta.
“We’re right in the center of it,”
Thane said. “It will have impact.
It will take time, but it will.”
Rose said he has no cause for
complaints.
“We got everything we asked
for,” he said.
The following is a breakdown
of Montgomery County’s projects:
• Hampton Inn and Suites project
in Amsterdam, will receive
$880,000 in Empire State
Development grants toward a
$5.8 million plan to transform the
America’s Best Value Inn. The
project will create 25 jobs, and
retrofit the existing 125-room
hotel with an indoor pool and
waterslide.
• Deer Run at River Ridge in
Amsterdam is recommended to
receive $1 million in Empire
State Development grants. The
$20.75 million project is expected
to create 70 jobs.
The 120-bed assisted living
facility includes plans for four
three-unit senior housing complexes
to be built next to the
existing skilled-nursing facility.
The land is already purchased,
and buildings would afford all
the required modern amenities,
according to the council’s report.
• GIANT Solutions in
Amsterdam’s Clock Tower will
receive two awards — a $30,000
grant and $50,000 in Small
Business Assistance funds. The
engineering firm will expand and
upgrade its network test equipment
for wireless providers, and
create two new positions.
• Mohawk Lifts in Amsterdam
will receive $250,000 to create
nine jobs in its $3 million project,
which seeks relocation a mile
away from its current 1910 factory.
• Village of Canajoharie water
system improvements, $600,000,
Community Development Block
Grant funds to implement
improvements to the local water
system. The project will benefit
2,208 people, 53 percent who are
low- and moderate-income.
• Village of Fultonville flood
mitigation project, $400,000 in
grant funds to install flood control
gates and two drainage culverts
that extend under the state
Thruway.
• Mohawk Valley Tourism
Waterfront Development is a
resort and campground facility
proposed at the site of the former
St. Johnsville Industrial Park
near the Mohawk River. The $1.5
million project would create 20
jobs, and is recommended to
receive $200,000.
The council’s report says the
grounds will have 125 sites consisting
of riverfront, cabins,
deluxe pull-through and back-in
sites, as well as tent sites.
Amenities will consist of familystyle
bathhouses, laundry facilities,
and riverfront area for recreational
use.
Plans also have two large playgrounds,
outdoor field games, a
state-of-the-art horseshoe-shaped
swimming pool, hot tub and
splash park. The main building
will house an eatery named Old
Lock 33, after the original Erie
Canal lock, and will also include
hands-on educational exhibits for
tourists to learn about the history
and culture of the area, as well as
an area for indoor games.
• St. Johnsville Marina expansion,
$150,000 for improved
services, including construction
of a bathhouse to supplement the
Erie Canal RV Resort &
Campground proposal.
• Erie Canal Distillers was
endorsed to receive $10,000. The
$184,700 project calls for the
creation of 15 jobs, and the use of
an existing manufacturing facility
in Fort Plain.
The following projects were
approved in Fulton County:
• The town of Broadalbin
received $500,000 for the development
of a park off Route 29.
The 29-acre site will be developed
to provide a wide range of
recreational facilities, including
baseball, softball and soccer
fields and a basketball court.
Other facilities will include a
pavilion and playground area,
access roads and parking.
•The city of Johnstown was
granted $200,000 to assist owners
of mixed-use buildings to
complete commercial and residential
renovation projects along
Main Street.
Education chief due at forum on reforms
BUFFALO (AP) — New York Education Commissioner John King
Jr. is due in Buffalo for the latest in a series of forums on the
Common Core, teacher evaluations and other reforms.
Today’s forum with King and Regents Robert Bennett is scheduled
to begin at 6 p.m. at WNED-TV, which will broadcast the hour-long
session live.
In the audience will be members of the District Parent Coordinating
Council and representatives from area school districts.
Members of the general public, chosen by lottery, will fill any
remaining seats.
King has been traveling the state defending his department’s implementation
of more rigorous learning standards and assessments.
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Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Officer Erik Krug, left, awaits processing of suspects arrested
Thursday in a drug bust. Also shown from left are suspects Cara DeAraujo of Amsterdam, who
was charged with conspiracy, Antonio Aponte of Amsterdam, and Scott M. Lathers of Minden, who
were both charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance.
Bust from page 1
Eacker Road, Palatine, was charged with thirddegree
criminal sale of a controlled substance in an
incident involving heroin.
• Scott B. Dunbar, 33, an inmate, was charged
with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance
in an incident involving heroin.
• Joshua Leach, 30, of 6 Chestnut St., Apt. 2,
Amsterdam, was charged with third-degree criminal
sale of a controlled substance in an incident
involving suboxone.
• Scott M. Lathers, 40, of 6717 Route 5S, Minden,
was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a
controlled substance in an incident involving pills.
• Antonio Aponte, 38, of 373 Locust Ave., Apt. 2,
Amsterdam, was charged with third-degree criminal
sale of a controlled substance in an incident
involving heroin.
• Monica Bonet, 33, of 373 Locust Ave., Apt. 2,
Amsterdam, was charged with third-degree criminal
sale of a controlled substance in an incident
involving heroin.
• Cara DeAraujo, 30, of 6 Chestnut St., Apt. 2,
Amsterdam, was charged with fourth-degree conspiracy.
All were transported to the sheriff’s office and
processed, and transported to respective town
courts for arraignment, and remanded to jail.
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MINEOLA (AP) — A woman
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Year after Newtown, gun control groups keep hope
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) —
Having already lost her 6-year-old
son, Nicole Hockley insists she
won’t lose the fight to reduce gun
violence — no matter how long it
takes.
She is among a group of “accidental
activist” parents brought
together one year ago by almost
unthinkable grief after the
Newtown school massacre. The
shootings were so horrific that
many predicted they would force
Congress to approve long-stalled
legislation to tighten the nation’s
gun laws.
They did not.
A divided Congress denied
President Barack Obama’s calls
for changes. The national gun
lobby, led by the National Rifle
Association, is arguably stronger
than ever. And surveys suggest
that support for new gun laws is
slipping as the Newtown memory
fades.
A new Associated Press-GfK
poll finds that that 52 percent of
Americans favor stricter gun laws,
while 31 percent want them left as
they are and 15 percent say they
should be loosened. But the
strength of the support for tighter
controls has dropped since
January, when 58 percent said gun
laws should be tightened and just
5 percent felt they were too strong.
After a year of personal suffering
and political frustration,
Hockley and other Newtown parents
are fighting to stay optimistic
as their effort builds a national
operation backed by an alliance of
well-funded organizations working
to pressure Congress ahead of
next fall’s elections. The groups
are sending dozens of paid staff
into key states, enlisting thousands
of volunteer activists and
preparing to spend tens of millions
of dollars against politicians
who stand in the way of their
goals.
It may well take time, they say,
to counter the influence of the
NRA on Capitol Hill.
“I know it’s not a matter of if it
happens. It’s a matter of when.
This absolutely keeps me going,”
says Hockley, who joined a handful
of Newtown parents in a private
White House meeting with
Vice President Joe Biden this
week. “No matter how much
tragedy affects you, you have to
find a way forward. You have to
invest in life.”
Hockley’s son Dylan was among
26 people shot to death — including
20 first graders — last Dec. 14
inside Sandy Hook Elementary.
The shooter, 20-year-old Adam
Lanza used a military-style assault
rifle in the Friday-morning attack
that ended when he killed himself.
The shootings profoundly
changed this small Connecticut
community and thrust gun violence
back into the national
debate. Led by Obama, gun control
advocates called for background
checks for all gun purchasers
and a ban on assault
weapons and high-capacity
ammunition magazines.
Hockley and other Newtown
parents hastened into action, privately
lobbying members of
Congress for changes. New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s
organization, Mayors Against
Illegal Guns, has spent roughly
$15 million this year on advertising
to influence the debate. And
former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords, who was shot in the head
while meeting with constituents in
2011, launched a national tour
calling for background checks.
Yet Congress has enacted no
new gun curbs since the Newtown
shooting.
The inaction in Washington
underscores the ongoing potency
of the NRA and other gun rights
groups, opposition from most
Republicans and the reluctance of
many Democrats from GOP-leaning
states to anger voters by further
restricting firearms.
Nearly eight months since the
Senate rejected expanded background
checks for gun buyers —
the year’s foremost legislative
effort on the issue — Majority
Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., hasn’t
found the five votes he would
need to revive the measure. He
has said he won’t revisit the bill
until he has the 60 votes he would
need to prevail.
Says Connecticut Gov. Dan
Malloy: “I was repulsed by the
inability of the Congress of the
United States to deal with reality.”
But there is little sign of resentment
or resignation from the most
prominent gun control groups.
They’re re-doubling their efforts
before next fall’s elections.
The head of Bloomberg’s organization
says that the billionaire
New York mayor is installing paid
staff in more than a dozen states
expected to take up gun control
legislation next year to complement
a robust Washington lobbying
operation and television ads.
“In 2012, the mayor spent about
$10 million or so dipping his toe
in the water. I guess we’ll find out
what the whole foot looks like in
2014,” said Mark Glaze, Mayors
Against Illegal Guns’ executive
director.
Giffords’ also promises to be a
major player, despite health limitations.
Her group, Americans for
Responsible Solutions, has created
a nonprofit and political action
committee on pace to raise more
than $20 million before the
midterms, according to group officials.
“You can’t have 20 first-graders
murdered in their classroom, and
have a country that’s done nothing
about it and just think the issue’s
going away,” says Giffords’ husband,
former astronaut Mark
Kelly. “We’re going to keep the
press on.”
Hockley belongs to a group
called Sandy Hook Promise,
which recently started a campaign
to recruit 500,000 parents nationwide
to join its effort before this
week’s anniversary. They’re
enlisting the help of celebrities
such as including Sofia Vergara,
Ed O’Neill and Alyssa Milano.
Yet there’s division even among
like-minded groups over whether
to push for background checks or
a less-contentious mental health
bill.
Sandy Hook Promise is now
focusing more on mental health.
Bloomberg is pushing aggressively
for background checks. And
Giffords’ group wants both,
although Kelly says he has low
expectations for background
checks in the short term.
Like other Newtown parents,
Mark Barden is undeterred.
“We’re trying to change the culture,
and you don’t do that in a
couple of months or a couple of
years even,” says Barden, who
lost his 7-year-old son Daniel in
last year’s shooting. “All my eggs
are in this basket from now on. I
have an obligation to my little
Daniel.”
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Obama, Castro handshake likely won’t change a thing
By PETER ORSI
The Associated Press
HAVANA — It was the
briefest of moments, just seconds,
two presidents shaking
hands and exchanging pleasantries
amid a gaggle of world
leaders together to honor the
late Nelson Mandela.
It would hardly have been
noteworthy, except the men
locking hands in Johannesburg
were Barack Obama and Raul
Castro, whose nations have been
mired in Cold War antagonism
for more than five decades.
Asingle, cordial gesture is
unlikely to wash away bad
blood dating back to the
Eisenhower administration. But
in a year that has seen both
sides take small steps at
improving the relationship, the
handshake stoked talk of further
rapprochement.
“On the one hand you shouldn’t
make too much of this.
Relations between Cuba and the
United States are not changing
tomorrow because they shook
hands,” said Geoff Thale, a
Cuba analyst at the Washington
Office on Latin America, a
U.S.-based think tank.
He contrasted the moment to a
2002 development summit
where then-Mexican President
Vicente Fox asked Fidel Castro
to leave to avoid having him in
the same room as U.S. President
George W. Bush.
“What’s really striking here is
the contrast,” Thale said. “It’s a
modestly hopeful sign, and it
builds on the small steps that
they’re taking.”
Not everyone was so happy
about it.
“Sometimes a handshake is
just a handshake, but when the
leader of the free world shakes
the bloody hand of a ruthless
dictator like Raul Castro, it
becomes a propaganda coup for
the tyrant,” said Ileana Ros-
Lehtinen, a Cuban-American
congresswoman from Florida
who until January 2013 was
chairwoman of the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Obama and Castro’s encounter
was the first of its kind between
sitting U.S. and Cuban presidents
since Bill Clinton and
Fidel shook hands at the U.N.
in 2000.
It came as Obama greeted a
line of world leaders on his way
to the podium for a speech at
the memorial.
Obama also had a cheek-kiss
for Brazilian President Dilma
Rousseff. The two have clashed
over reports the National
Security Agency monitored her
communications, leading the
Brazilian leader to shelve a
state trip to the U.S. earlier this
year.
In another potentially uneasy
exchange, Obama briefly greeted
Afghan President Hamid
Karzai, whose refusal to sign a
security agreement with the
U.S. before year’s end has irritated
the administration.
Obama adviser Ben Rhodes
said the handshakes were not
planned in advance and didn’t
involve any substantive discussion.
“The president didn’t see
this as a venue to do business,”
he told reporters traveling back
to Washington aboard Air Force
One.
By shaking Castro’s hand,
Obama sent a message of openness
that echoes a speech he
gave at a Democratic fundraiser
in Miami last month.
“We have to continue to
update our policies,” he said
then. “Keep in mind that when
The Associated Press
In this image from TV, U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul
Castro at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, in the rain for a memorial service for former
South African President Nelson Mandela Tuesday. The handshake between the leaders of the two
Cold War enemies came during a ceremony that focused on Mandela’s legacy of reconciliation.
(Fidel) Castro came to power, I
was just born. So the notion that
the same policies that we put in
place in 1961 would somehow
still be as effective as they are
today in the age of the Internet
and Google and world travel
doesn’t make sense.”
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When several Latin American
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year-old employee of the City
Historian’s Office. “I hope that
relations grow closer.”
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avoid duplication of services, while providing a large
and much needed state incentive aid package ($19 million
over 14 years) to offset tax differentials and stabilize
the tax base. For our children, a merger would increase
educational programs, maintain and expand shrinking
extra-curricular and athletic programs, and provide
greater access to electives and facilities. Additionally, a
merger provides needed building improvements, reimbursed
95 percent by the state. In the merger, districts
would retain their elementary schools, middle school
would be in Northville and high school would be in
Mayfield. Bus runs would be under an hour. After all,
door to door, the schools are only 10 miles apart.
In recent past, declining enrollment and revenue as well
as rising costs resulted in Northville’s program loss of
$913,200, according to the Northville Business Office.
“Holding the line” has meant a decline in quality of programming
and enrichment of educational experience.
Cuts in staffing and programs prohibit valuable opportunities
offered to previous students. Elementary students in
Northville have art and music once every eight days,
which is only three times a month. At the middle school
level, there are no technology classes for sixth grade and
foreign language (Spanish only choice) isn’t available
until eighth grade. There are no more field trips or jazz
band. Moreover, this year Northville lost a technology
teacher, a science teacher, and a band director to other
districts paying higher salaries. We cannot keep quality
personnel if we continue to shrink them to .4 and .5 and
require them to travel between districts. The bleed on
educators at the expense of students must stop.
Voting is from noon until 8 p.m. in the lobby of the
high school gym for Mayfield and in the gym for
Northville. According to the state Education Department,
to be eligible to vote, you must be 18 years old and have
lived in the district for the past 30 days. Don’t miss this
important opportunity to be the voice of our children’s
future. Our kids, their future, vote yes.
LOUISE K. SIRA,
Mayfield
Merger makes sense
To the editor:
As a taxpayer of the Northville Central School District,
I feel obligated to address the Northville Central
School/Mayfield Central School merger issue. In my
opinion, too many people are looking at this issue on an
emotional level, i.e., no more Northville Falcons, no
more varsity games at Northville, no more high school
concerts and musicals at Northville. Not being a native
of Northville, I feel very safe in stepping back from the
emotional side of the issue to focus on the practical matters
that the voters of the two districts are facing.
A merger will allow the Northville students to experience
restoration of programs and services that have been
cut or eroded through budgetary constraints. These programs
and services include some athletic teams, some art
and music and the services of occupational and speech
therapists. Though not essential to the basic educational
program, these are essential to the overall well rounded
development of students. The more experiences they
have in high school, the more likely they are to succeed
in college and in the work force.
Another major issue is that of transportation. I have
heard many people express concerns about busing students
the 10 miles distance between the two existing
facilities. There are many students in this state who are
bused greater distances. It is likely that many people
who are reading this letter survived school bus transportation
of this magnitude many years ago.
As for money matters, the merger incentive aid and the
increased building aid on new projects as well as on
existing debt is a huge factor that both districts must consider.
Yes, NCS District residents, your school tax bill
will increase slightly in order to equalize your tax burden
with comparably assessed Mayfield properties within the
new district. Recent tight budgets in Northville have
resulted in district residents enjoying the county’s lowest
school tax rates while the student program suffered.
If the merger fails, taxes will not go down. Without a
substantial increase in state aid, taxes will have to
increase well above the imposed tax cap in order to
restore cut programs and services affording our students
the best possible educational experience. Which brings
me back to the true emotional issue which is: what is
best for students, not what is best for sports, musical and
concert spectators.
Remember to vote Jan. 7.
CARL INGALLS,
Northville
Support the merger plan
To the editor:
Like many others, I moved into the NCS district after I
retired and was living on a fixed income. I never thought
much about our property taxes until I noticed how much
they were increasing year by year.
After serving on the Community Advisory Committee,
the committee charged to develop a school merger plan,
it was obvious to me that the only way to keep school
taxes down was to support the Northville-Mayfield
merger. We need the financial benefits that come with it.
But what about the education of our kids? Didn’t others
support the schools where my kids grew up? Don’t we
have an obligation to make sure that future generations
are offered a well-rounded education and are prepared to
join the work force?
Unfortunately, without the merger, we will continue to
lose programs. Enrollment and course offerings will continue
to decline, sports and other extra-curricular programs
will be cut, and we’ve already lost a lot. I recently
heard a mother say that her sixth grade child had three
study halls each day because the electives that he could
take were so limited. Do you remember what a waste of
time study halls were?
So I urge you all to do the right thing. Fortunately, in
this case doing the right thing will help taxpayers and the
kids by keeping our taxes down and at the same time
ensuring that the programs that have already been cut
will be restored.
Vote yes on Jan. 7.
MARY ANN EVANS,
Northampton
Merger numbers fail Northville
To the editor:
After reading all the information on the merger study, I
find it difficult to believe that Northville will benefit
financially from this merger.
1. After talking to the state comptroller’s office, they said
that mergers that work have a difference of 10 percent or
less in tax rates or one of the schools is closed. Mayfield
has a tax rate of 48.8 percent higher than Northville. You
have one guess as to who will make up this difference.
2. Northville taxes will increase next year by $186.76
per thousand of assessed value while Mayfield will go
down $654.64. That is to make up the difference in the
tax rates.
3. The incentive aid over the next 14 years is being
used to equalize the tax rates. What happens when this
aid runs out?
4. Page 6 of the study cuts six elementary positions in
Northville. How is that going to help prepare the students
for the new common core standards? The school
says they have no intention of cutting these positions,
but that will increase our tax burden beyond the $186.67.
5. Remember all rates are only projection and estimates
by the study team and are dependent upon the new
school board using these projections and estimates. The
new board could say “let’s cut Mayfield’s decrease in
half and raise Northville’s by another $300 per thousand.”
They could also say raise Northville by the 48.8
percent difference and we could use this incentive aid to
enhance programs and put aside some for the future.
Lastly, think twice about agreeing to this merger. It’s a
loser for Northville.
GUY POULIN,
Northville
The sons are getting it done
To the editor:
A lot of credit should be given to the Sons of the
American Legion in Broadalbin. The sons are a supportive
organization of the American Legion, originated to
do exactly that, support the legion or parent organization.
Since their charter was established, they have done
exactly that, successfully organizing events, raising
money, donating not only to the legion but to the local
and surrounding communities and various organizations
and reinvesting in the Legion. Last year in one event
they raised $8,000 for the Middleburg Fire Department
and flood victims. This year was $10,000, some of
which they donated out of their own account, for the
Fort Plain Fire Department and flood victims.
They have never asked, expected or received money
from the legion, the parent organization, for their own
personal needs or account, as it should be. They put in
countless hours of dedication and work to be successful
in whatever they do and never pat themselves on the
back or boast of their success.
As with many organizations they have many members
but only a handfull that does all the work. I choose not to
mention names as I may leave someone out which is not
my intent or fair to them, but the few who are the foundation
of the sons, know who they are as do many others.
So, guys, you deserve more than you get and a whole
lot of “thanks” from everyone as the legion is indebted
to you. Maybe you could add one more commitment to
your busy schedule and give other supportive organizations
classes and lessons on how to successfully organize
events, raise money, donate and be humble while doing
it. Thanks, guys, from all.
DAVE ANDERSON,
Broadalbin
When the woods were free
To the editor:
I remember when a venison roast in the oven, fish frying,
grandfather trapping beaver and camping in West
Canada country was recreation and free for folks year
round that didn’t have much money. Relatives had line
camps for trapping and shelter in big range country by
Siamese ponds.
DEC rangers could fine me up to $2,500 for storing
equipment, boats and shelter on state land. They said
modern ways are better and only one permit a year for
trappers and hunters. (I disagree.)
Why are those nice ladies dressed in white drawing the
curtains? I wanted to watch the sun come up over
Speculator Mountain. I don’t care. I’m real tired. I’m
going to rest and sleep and go back to Otter Lake and
camp and fish when a permit wasn’t required back when
the woods were free for everyone.
I don’t think lawyers, DA or judge understand, they
said something about plead guilty and plea bargain and
would send the bill later.
Wilderness forever. I don’t think so.
LEWIS N. PAGE SR.,
Speculator
Thank you for your support
To the editor:
To the voters of Northampton:
We would like to thank you, the voters of the town of
Northampton, for the support you gave us during this
past election. Many of you welcomed us into your
homes and businesses and listened to what we had to
say. Some of you educated us with good suggestions
about what you would like to see over the next four
years.
We appreciate those who let us put signs in their yards,
signed our petitions, wrote letters to the editor, supported
us financially, ran our website, served as poll watchers,
and helped us in other ways.
We take seriously the faith that you have shown in us.
As in every election we know that there are those who
did not support us. We pledge to do our best for all the
residents of Northampton over the next four years. We
look forward to working together to unite Northampton
and move the town forward.
JIM GROFF, DARRYL ROOSA AND ART SIMMONS,
Northampton
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The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. FOOD Thursday, December 12, 2013 / 11
The Associated Press
This Nov. 11 photo shows raspberry and cream cheese stuffed biscuits in Concord, N.H.
A do-ahead breakfast to bake
By ALISON LADMAN
The Associated Press
With all those presents to open,
nobody wants to spend Christmas
morning in the kitchen. So to keep
you where you belong on the big
morning, we created this easy raspberry
and cream cheese stuffed
breakfast biscuit that is fast and
easy to assemble. It also can be
prepped a week or more in
advance, then frozen. Just bake it
Christmas morning right from the
freezer.
And if you don’t care for raspberry,
use any jam you prefer.
Strawberry, apricot or even fig
would be delicious. If you go with
fig, consider adding some chopped
ham at the same time as the jam.
RASPBERRY AND CREAM
CHEESE STUFFED BISCUITS
This breakfast biscuit is simple
enough to assemble Christmas
morning, but also can be prepped
in advance. To do so, assemble as
directed, then cover tightly with
plastic wrap and freeze. When
ready to serve, bake at 400 F for 25
to 30 minutes, or until golden
brown and cooked through.
Daily Bridge Club
by Frank Stewart
Tr i b u n e M e d i a S e r v i c e s
Start to finish: 40 minutes (20
minutes active)
Servings: 16
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup heavy cream
2 eggs
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted
butter, cut into small cubes
1 cup (8 ounces) raspberry jam
4 ounces cream cheese, room
temperature
2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
If cooking immediately, heat the
oven to 400 F.
Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan
with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk together
the flour, baking powder, baking
soda, salt and sugar. In another
bowl, whisk together the buttermilk,
cream and eggs.
Stir the butter cubes into the flour,
flattening them and breaking them
up slightly. Gently stir the buttermilk
mixture into the flour and butter.
It should make a shaggy dough
with clumps of butter clearly visible.
Dollop half of the mixture into
the prepared pan, patting it with
slightly dampened hands to cover
the bottom of the pan.
Spread the jam over the surface,
coming to just a 1/2 inch from the
edge. Dot small dollops of cream
cheese over the jam. Dollop the
remaining biscuit dough over the
top, then sprinkle with turbinado
sugar. Place the pan in the freezer
for 10 minutes. (If not cooking
immediately, cover tightly with
plastic wrap and freeze.)
If cooking immediately, bake for
15 to 20 minutes, or until golden
brown and cooked through. Serve
warm.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES
Train collides with
vehicle in Virginia
WAVERLY, Va. (AP) — An
Amtrak train on its way to
Boston struck a vehicle in rural
Virginia that police said
attempted to drive around a
crossing bar, destroying the car
and injuring the driver.
Amtrak said the train did not
derail and none of its 46 passengers
was injured in the
crash, which occurred around 6
a.m. today in Waverly, a community
about 50 miles southeast
of Richmond.
Virginia State Police Sgt.
Michelle Anaya said the driver
of the vehicle, Untron Drew,
was taken by med-flight to
Richmond with injuries she
said weren’t life threatening.
Sentence teen’s
fatal DWI stirs ire
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)
— A North Texas teen from an
affluent family was sentenced
to probation this week after he
killed four pedestrians when he
lost control of his speeding
pickup truck while driving
drunk, a punishment that outraged
the victims’ families and
left prosecutors disappointed.
The 16-year-old boy was sentenced
Tuesday in a Fort Worth
juvenile court to 10 years of
probation after he confessed to
intoxication manslaughter in
the June 15 crash on a dark
rural road.
Prosecutors had sought the
maximum 20 years in state
custody for the Keller teen, but
his attorneys appealed to state
District Judge Jean Boyd that
the teenager needed rehabilitation
not prison.
Health coverage
disparities emerge
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)
— The slow rollout of a new
federal health insurance marketplace
may be deepening differences
in health coverage
among Americans, with residents
in some states gaining
insurance at a far greater rate
than others.
The demarcation may be as
simple as Democrat and
Republican.
Newly released federal figures
show more people are
picking private insurance plans
or being routed to Medicaid
programs in states with
Democratic leaders who have
fully embraced the federal
health care law than in states
where Republican elected officials
have derisively rejected
what they call “Obamacare.”
On one side of the political
divide are a dozen mostly
Democratic leaning states,
including California, Minnesota
and New York. They have both
expanded Medicaid for lowerincome
adults and started their
own health insurance
exchanges for people to shop
for federally subsidized private
insurance.
On the other side are two
dozen conservative states,
such as Texas, Florida and
Missouri. They have both
rejected the Medicaid expansion
and refused any role in
running an online insurance
exchange, leaving that entirely
to the federal government.
Union embraces
Ukraine protesters
BRUSSELS (AP) — Two
weeks ago, the European
Union’s foreign policy chief was
at a summit in Lithuania, wooing
Ukraine’s president with
offers of preferential dealings
with the world’s largest trade
bloc. This week, she stood in
Kiev’s Independence Square
with protesters bent on ousting
the same man.
The EU is seeking to bounce
back after Ukraine rejected a
deal with Europe in favor of a
rival alliance with Russia. What
had been a policy of courting
President Viktor Yanukovych
has become a more nuanced
campaign to work both sides of
the escalating dispute.
6-year-old in hot
water over a kiss
CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) —
Officials at a Colorado school
where a 6-year-old boy was
suspended for kissing a girl
have dropped the term “sexual
harassment” from the boy’s
record, instead calling the
behavior misconduct.
The change was made after
the boy’s parents and the principal
met to discuss the issue.
The girl’s mother, Jade
Masters-Ownbey, told the
Canon City Daily Record on
Wednesday that the school district
did a great job protecting
her daughter from repeated
harassment from the boy.
First-grader Hunter Yelton
was given a two-day suspension,
with a sexual harassment
infraction on his discipline
record. The boy’s mother,
Jennifer Saunders, insists the
punishment was too harsh.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Nominees for the 71st annual
Golden Globe Awards, announced this morning in Beverly Hills,
Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:
MOTION PICTURES
• Picture, Drama: “12 Years a Slave,” “Captain Phillips,”
“Gravity,” “Philomena,” “Rush.”
• Picture, Musical or Comedy: “American Hustle,” “Her,”
“Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Nebraska,” “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
• Actor, Drama: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”; Idris Elba,
“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”; Tom Hanks, “Captain Phillips”;
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”; Robert Redford,
“All Is Lost.”
• Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”; Sandra
Bullock, “Gravity”; Judi Dench, “Philomena”; Emma Thompson,
“Saving Mr. Banks”; Kate Winslet, “Labor Day.”
• Director: Alfonso Curon, “Gravity”; Paul Greengrass, “Captain
Phillips”; Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”; Alexander Payne,
“Nebraska”; David O. Russell, “American Hustle.”
• Actor, Musical or Comedy: Christian Bale, “American
Hustle”; Bruce Dern, “Nebraska”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf
of Wall Street”; Joaquin Phoenix, “Her.”
• Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Adams, “American
Hustle”; Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”; Greta Gerwig, “Frances
Ha”; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Enough Said”; Meryl Streep, “August:
Osage County.”
• Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips”; Daniel
Bruhl, “Rush”; Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle”; Michael
Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”; Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers
Club.”
• Supporting Actress: Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”; Jennifer
Lawrence, “American Hustle”; Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”;
Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”; June Squibb, “Nebraska.”
• Animated Film: “The Croods,” “Despicable Me 2,” “Frozen.”
• Screenplay: Spike Jonze, “Her”; Bob Nelson, “Nebraska”; Jeff
Pope and Steve Coogan, “Philomena”; John Ridley, “12 Years a
Slave”; Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, “American
Hustle.”
• Original Score: Alex Ebert, “All Is Lost”; Alex Heffes,
“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”; Steven Price, “Gravity”; John
Williams, “The Book Thief”; Hans Zimmer, “12 Years a Slave.”
• Original Song: “Atlas” (music and lyrics by Chris Martin, Guy
Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion), “The Hunger
Games: Catching Fire”; “Let it Go” (music and lyrics by Kristen
Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez), “Frozen”; “Ordinary Love”
(music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. and
Brian Burton, lyrics by Bono), “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”;
“Please Mr. Kennedy” (music and lyrics by Ed Rush, George
Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen and Ethan
Coen), “Inside Llewyn Davis”; “Sweeter Than Fiction” (music and
lyrics by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff), “One Chance.”
Today's Forecast
Forecast for Thursday, Dec. 12
Toronto
25° | 18°
Partly
Cloudy
Rochester
22° | 17°
Buffalo
22° | 15°
Cloudy
PA.
Showers
CANADA
Watertown
21° | 9°
Syracuse
22° | 16°
Binghamton
20° | 13°
Thunderstorms
Mohawk Valley forecast
VT.
Lake Placid
12° | 1°
Albany
22° | 16°
MASS.
Montauk
29° | 28°
New York
27° | 26°
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Rain
Flurries
City/Region
High | Low temps
Snow
N.H.
Ice
Weather Underground • AP
Tonight: Aslight chance of snow showers. Mostly
cloudy, with a low around 18. Southwest wind 9 to 16
mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation
is 20 percent.
Friday: Aslight chance of snow showers before 4 p.m.
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Northwest wind 15
to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of
precipitation is 20 percent.
Friday night: A slight chance of light snow after midnight.
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. Northwest
wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable. Chance
of precipitation is 20 percent.
Saturday: Snow. High near 20. East wind 5 to 8 mph.
Chance of precipitation is 80 percent.
Saturday Night: Snow. Low around 13. Chance of
precipitation is 80 percent.
Sunday: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 24.
Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.
Sunday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 25.
Moon
phases
First
Jan. 8
Full
Dec. 17
Last
Dec. 25
New
Jan. 1
Hi Lo Prc Otlk
Albany 31 15 .04 Cldy
Anchorage 25 15 Clr
Atlanta 55 33 Clr
Atlantic City 36 17 PCldy
Austin 57 31 Cldy
Baltimore 38 22 PCldy
Boston 32 22 Clr
Buffalo 26 12 Snow
Burlington,Vt. 29 08 .01 PCldy
Cheyenne 36 28 Clr
Chicago 20 03B .01 Cldy
Cincinnati 34 07 PCldy
Cleveland 26 10 .17 Cldy
Denver 37 15 Clr
Detroit 24 05 Cldy
Fargo B01 05B .02 Cldy
Honolulu 82 74 .01 PCldy
Houston 53 37 Cldy
Indianapolis 30 02 Clr
Jackson,Miss. 57 31 Clr
Jacksonville 66 47 Clr
Juneau 35 27 1.03 Snow
Kansas City 25 07 Clr
Key West 81 74 .01 Cldy
Las Vegas 53 35 PCldy
Little Rock 47 25 Clr
Los Angeles 73 51 Clr
Louisville 38 12 Clr
Lubbock 43 21 Cldy
Memphis 46 24 Clr
Miami Beach 84 72 .04 Cldy
Milwaukee 17 02B Cldy
Mpls-St Paul 01 04B Cldy
Nashville 48 18 Clr
New Orleans 52 45 Clr
New York City 33 24 PCldy
Norfolk,Va. 47 29 Clr
Oklahoma City 42 16 Clr
Omaha 12 06 Clr
Orlando 84 60 PCldy
Philadelphia 35 23 PCldy
Phoenix 72 55 Cldy
Pittsburgh 30 10 Cldy
Portland,Maine 30 10 .01 Clr
Portland,Ore. 41 25 Rain
Across the nation
Temperatures indicate yesterday’s high and overnight low to 8 p.m.
National forecast
Forecast highs for Thursday, Dec. 12
Wintry Mix In The Northwest
Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy
Fronts
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The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. LIFESTYLE Thursday, December 12, 2013 / 13
Liquor producers experiment with exclusive booze
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
There’s something different about
the gin and tonics they mix at
Rickhouse bar on San Francisco’s
Kearny St. And it tastes a lot
like... exclusivity.
Its real name is Quinetum, but
its game is selling customers on
the idea of seeking out bars that
serve up cocktails with hard-tofind
ingredients.
Quinetum is a cordial from
Hendrick’s Gin. Don’t feel bad if
you’ve never heard of it. That’s
kind of the idea. Quinetum is sold
exclusively to a few bars around
the country. And Hendrick’s isn’t
the only brand making a pitch to
the cocktail cognoscenti.
Tanqueray Gin last year reintroduced
its Malacca version marketed
nearly exclusively to bars,
and Absolut has its Absolut Craft,
a collection designed exclusively
for bartenders.
“Everybody likes to feel like the
thing that’s sitting in front of them
that they just paid money for is
special,” says Justin Burrow, proprietor
of Captain Foxheart’s Bad
News Bar & Spirit Lodge in
Houston, which has Tanqueray’s
limited production Malacca gin in
the bar.
“If you can tell them that they’re
drinking something that maybe
only 20 percent of the drinking
population is getting to try, that
adds value in the eyes of the consumer,”
he says. “It makes them
happy.”
Malacca, based on an old recipe
by company founder Charles
Tanqueray, was first introduced in
general release in the ‘90s but was
dropped as the company focused
on Tanqueray 10. But bartenders,
including Burrow, began asking
for a re-release as their supplies
dwindled. “It made the best Tom
Collins. It did things that the
London Dry gins wouldn’t do,”
says Burrow.
Abatch of 100,000 bottles was
made and though some of those
bottles were allocated to stores,
most was earmarked for bartenders.
Hendrick’s Quinetum, meanwhile,
is available at about two
dozen bars around the country.
And at Rickhouse, you need to
know to ask for it. The cordial,
released this year, was created by
Hendrick’s Gin Master Distiller
Lesley Gracie, who was inspired
by the work of Thomas Whiffen,
a mathematician and chemist who
promoted the use of quinine in the
19th century.
“The thought was to make
something that is entirely complementary
to Hendrick’s Gin so that
both of the liquids elevate each
other into great cocktails,” says
Jim Ryan, Hendrick’s brand
ambassador.
Only 4,000 bottles were made in
the first batch, with 2,400 going
to the United States. The cordial,
4 percent alcohol by volume, contains
cinchona succirubra bark
(the source of natural quinine),
orange blossom, wormwood and
holy thistle, as well as lavender
and orange distillates.
It’s meant to be used as an ingredient,
not drunk alone, and can be
used to kick up a cocktail or, for a
low-alcohol option, simply mixed
with ice, soda and a garnish of
lime.
For vodka drinkers, there’s
Absolut Craft, a limited edition
series developed in partnership
with United Kingdom bartender
Nick Strangeway. Herbaceous
Lemon is a combination of macerations
and distillations with
lemon myrtle, lemon thyme and
lemon grass; Smokey Tea blends
macerations and distillations of
pine shoots, bitter orange, ginger
and clove, with a base of Lapsang
souchong tea.
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Six geezers laying? Holidays bring on song botches
By LEANNE ITALIE
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Milk and spiders?
Nine lazy Hansons? Sleep in
heavenly peas?
It’s that time of year: holiday
music time. And with holiday
music comes all the strange and
twisted things we sometimes think
we’re hearing.
Mondegreens, the moniker for
misheard words in song, aren’t
restricted to holiday standards, of
course, but the old-timey language
of some seems to serve as a
botched-lyric magnet.
Lest you think funny turns on
song lyrics are the stuff of childhoods,
Missy O’Reilly knows otherwise.
She’s an actress, comedian
and co-owner of Planet Rose, a
karaoke haven on Manhattan’s
Lower East Side.
“I’m the biggest Christmas nerd,
so I’m always encouraging people
to sing Christmas music,” she said.
“Some people are really surprised
when they see what the real words
are.”
Look no further than Snopes.com
for handy examples submitted by
readers of the website that collects
and debunks urban legends, folklore,
myths, rumors and misinformation.
Noting that mondegreens
aren’t parody, but words we actually
think we’re listening to, Snopes
keeps a list of holiday gems.
For “The Twelve Days of
Christmas,” there’s “Ten lawyers
leaving” and “Nine lazy Hansons.”
Later we’ve got “Six geezers laying,”
along with “a paltry tin-affair
tree.” Those are in lieu of lords a-
leaping, ladies dancing, geese a-
laying and the obligatory partridge
in a pear tree, fyi.
If ever you’ve made it to the
The Associated Press
This Dec. 4 photo shows the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York. It’s that time of year: holiday music time. And with holiday
music comes all the strange and twisted things we sometimes think we’re hearing. Mondegreens, the moniker for misheard words in
song, aren’t restricted to holiday standards, of course, but the old-timey language of some seems to serve as a botched-lyric magnet.
fourth verse of “Winter
Wonderland,” you’ll be relieved to
know it doesn’t include “Later on
milk and spiders, as we dream by
the fire,” but rather: “Later on we’ll
conspire ...” And that snowman
you may or may not build in the
meadow? You should pretend he’s
“Parson Brown,” not “sparse and
brown,” or “parched and brown.”
Just sayin’.
There are most definitely no
“peas” in “Silent Night,” but
“heavenly peace.” In “Santa Claus
Is Comin’ to Town,” the big guy in
red does this: “making a list,
checkin’ it twice.” Not this: “making
a list, of chicken and rice.”
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Sometimes, O’Reilly said, an
entire holiday song is one big
what?! She was thinking of the
haunting yet beautiful — to the
ears of some critics — “Fairytale
of New York,” co-written by Shane
MacGowen of the Celtic punk
group The Pogues.
An Irish immigrant recalling a
Christmas Eve stay in a New York
City drunk tank tells of an inebriated
older cellmate whose rendition
of a traditional ballad spins the
thickly brogued narrator
(MacGowen) into a raunchy imagining
of a debauched life with the
old ditty’s female character.
“It’s a beautiful, beautiful song
but people are always confused by
what the words are,” O’Reilly said.
“It’s really hard to decipher the
words.”
Not to get all wonky, but the song
isn’t really a mondegreen. Grant
Barrett, co-host of the public radio
show on language, “A Way with
Words,” defines mondegreens this
way, explaining they can happen
for poetry and other spoken language
as well:
“You’re mishearing where one
word ends and another word
begins. This is called misdivision.
And sometimes you’re mishearing
a word itself. It sounds like another
word to you, and so you try to
match that sound up with a word
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fits into the plot, if there is one.
And that’s called reanalysis,” he
said.
Don’t mind him. He’s a lexicographer,
and he claims he has no
mondegreens of his own.
“I misremember,” said Barrett, in
San Diego. “That’s different. I
always joke that I know the first 10
percent of thousands of songs and
that’s it.”
The word mondegreen, he said,
can be traced to Sylvia Wright and
a column she wrote in Harper’s
Magazine in 1954 titled, “The
Death of Lady Mondegreen.”
Wright discovered that for years
she had botched the last line of the
first stanza of the Scottish folk
ballad “The Bonnie Earl o’
Moray.”
How it goes, with spellings based
on updates of antiquated English:
“They have slain the Earl of
Moray, and laid him on the green.”
What she heard: “They have slain
the Earl of Moray, and Lady
Mondegreen.”
Babes are little mondegreen
machines. Paula Werne, who
works at a holiday theme park in
Santa Claus, Ind., had one in her
son, John, who is now 22.
As a tot of 3 he took to singing
“Jolly Old Saint Nicholas” to his
stuffed animals out of a Christmas
songbook, mom said. Only he
turned “Christmas Eve is coming
soon; now you dear old man,” into
“dirty old man.”
Them’s fightin’ words in Werne’s
town, but she and her husband let it
go. “It was too cute and he was so
happy that he knew all the words,”
Werne said. “By the next year, he’d
figured it out. I still sing it that way,
though.”
Russell Rabut doesn’t have any
mondegreens, but he is one.
The 22-year-old senior at San
Diego State University, majoring
in — what else, English — plays
rhythm guitar in a band called The
Mondegreens. He took the name to
his band mates, all high school
friends from Chico, Calif., after a
fellow student in a creative writing
class mentioned it.
“I had never heard of it before.
It’s a very beautiful word and it’s
cool how it came to exist,” he said.
“It just seems like such an eloquent
irony, that existing art can spin
something poetic by accident.”

The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. YOUR LIFE Thursday, December 12, 2013 / 15
GARFIELD / By Jim Davis
DILBERT / By Scott Adams
JEFF MACNELLY’S SHOE / By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins
B.C. / By Mastroianni & Hart
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE / By Chris Browne
BLONDIE / By Dean Young & Denis LeBrun
MUTTS / By Patrick McDonnell
LUANN / By Greg Evans
Some common sense for bikers
DEAR ABBY: As the
education director of
the East Bay Bicycle
Coalition, I work hard
to encourage safe and
courteous cycling for
everyday transportation
in Northern California.
There are a number of
points I would like to
By
address to “Caring
ABIGAIL Reader, Sacramento,
VAN BUREN Calif.” (Sept. 13).
“Caring” described
seeing bicyclists run
stop signs, not wear protective gear, texting/talking
on cellphones, and suggested
a greater enforcement of the law. Rolling
through stop signs is, indeed, just as illegal
as it is while driving a vehicle, except
in Idaho where cyclists may treat stop
signs as yields. I encourage all cyclists
and drivers to come to a complete stop at
signs and signals, even when turning
right, and especially when pedestrians are
present.
Talking or texting on a cellphone while
biking isn’t currently illegal in the state of
California. I feel that using cellphones
while biking is an unsafe practice, and I
encourage cyclists (or drivers) to simply
pull over before making or taking a call.
Helmets are required gear only for bicyclists
under the age of 18 in California. As
an adult, I choose to wear one when I’m
biking. However, it is not illegal for an
adult to bike without a helmet.
You said in your response that people
who cycle at night should avoid wearing
dark clothes to increase their visibility,
but clothes color alone has been shown to
have little or no effect on visibility in dark
conditions. During low-light times of day
like dawn or dusk, wearing bright or fluorescent
clothes is a good strategy, but at
night bicyclists should rely on lights and
reflectors to be seen.
DEAR ABBY
The law in California stipulates that
bicyclists must have a white headlight, a
red rear reflector and yellow or white
reflectors on their wheels or spokes as
well as on their pedals, shoes or ankles.
However, I also recommend adding to
these required items: a red rear light, and
additional lights and reflectors at the
front, rear and sides of the bike, or on
one’s clothing or helmet. Highlighting
one’s silhouette with lights and reflectors,
and applying them to moving parts of
one’s bike or body, will increase visibility
substantially after dark.
Abby, thanks for your attention to these
issues. — ROBERT PRINZ, OAKLAND,
CALIF.
DEAR MR. PRINZ: You’re welcome.
And thank you for kindly sharing your
expertise with my readers.
DEAR ABBY: Last year, my 40-year-old
stepson, “Rod,” gave his father a beautiful
robe for Christmas. The problem is, we
had given the robe to Rod for Christmas
several years ago. I didn’t say anything at
the time, but, of course, I recognized it
because I was the one who had bought it
for him.
Should I have said anything? Or was I
right to have played dumb (which is what
I did)?
Rod has “saved” other presents we have
given him and regifted them to us years
later. This man has a high-paying job and
isn’t hurting for money. I think what he’s
doing is insulting. I have suggested not
exchanging gifts, but he ignores me. What
can I do about this in the future? —
“RECYCLEE” IN THE SOUTH
DEAR “RECYCLEE”: Rod may have
forgotten that he got the robe from you. As I
see it, you have two choices. You can be
offended, or you can turn it into a joke. For
this Christmas, give him the robe back.
BY FRANCIS DRAKE
King Features Syndicate
For Friday, Dec. 13, 2013
ARIES
(March 21 to April 19)
Business and commerce are
favored today. Look for ways to boost
your income or make a little money
on the side. It’s a good day to apply
for a job as well.
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
Today the Moon is in your sign,
dancing with lucky Jupiter. This
makes you optimistic and fortunate.
It’s a busy day, but it’s fun busy.
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
Something going on behind the
scenes ultimately could lead to a better
job or more money for you. It’s
possible. Keep your options open,
and listen to good advice.
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
Aconversation with a female friend
might boost your spirits, because
shared laughter and a common
understanding feel so good. Of
course, you are part of this equation.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Although personal details about
your private life might be made public
today, somehow you won’t mind.
Quite likely, it’s something flattering
that puts you in a good light. (One
hopes.)
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
Grab every opportunity to travel or
do something different today. At the
very least, be a tourist in your own
city, because you want some adventure
and you want to learn something
new.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
Don’t hesitate to ask for what you
HOROSCOPE
want today, because others are likely
to say “yes.” You might even ask for
money.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
Enjoy social outings with others,
especially partners and close friends.
Do something different. This is a
great day to travel or go somewhere
you’ve never been before.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
At work, you can ask for help from
others, for more equipment or even
for an increased budget. You might
not get it, but the odds are in your
favor. Never hurts to try.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
Saucy flirtations, parties, movies,
sports events and fun times with others
will please you today. Take a long
lunch. Today’s a good date day.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
This is a feel-good day at home.
Family discussions will go well. You
might be able to expand something
or make big plans for the future.
PISCES
(Feb. 19 to March 20)
Because you’re in a positive frame
of mind, all your communications with
others will be more successful today.
This is especially helpful for those of
you who write, sell, market, teach
and act.
YOU BORN TODAY You are a perfectionist.
You see both the broad
strokes and the details. You are
insightful, thoughtful and caring. You
understand the human condition. You
take a long-range view of things and
are faithful to your goals.
Perseverance is one of your major
strengths. In the year ahead, a major
change might take place, perhaps as
significant as what occurred around
2005.

Weekender
16 / The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Thursday, December 12, 2013 www.recordernews.com
The Calendar
Today
F-MCC Talent Show, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Fulton-Montgomery
Community College, Route 67, Johnstown.
Trailer Park Boys, 8 p.m., Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton
Ave., Albany.
Friday
Holly & Evan, 6:30 p.m., Cafe Nola, 617 Union St.,
Schenectady.
Brian Regan, 8 p.m., Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave.,
Albany.
Saturday
Mountain Snow & Mistletoe, 8 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster
Street, Albany.
AT THE MOVIES
Sunday
Mountain Snow & Mistletoe, 2 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster
Street, Albany.
Donny and Marie: A Broadway Christmas, 6:30 p.m.,
Times Union Center, 51 S. Pearl St., Albany.
The Wooten Brothers, 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster
Street, Albany.
December 20
Christmas With the Rat Pack, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432
State St., Schenectady.
December 21
Christmas With the Rat Pack, 2 and 8 p.m., Proctors,
432 State St., Schenectady.
The Associated Press
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Martin Freeman, left, and John Callen in a
scene from “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.”
Waking the dragon
New ‘Hobbit’ breathes fire into trilogy
By JOCELYN NOVECK
The Associated Press
December 22
Christmas With the Rat Pack, 2 p.m., Proctors, 432
State St., Schenectady.
December 26
Badfish, 7 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146,
Clifton Park.
Please see CALENDAR,
Page 18
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email them to news@recordernews.com or send
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Celebrity birthdays
VAN DYKE
FRIDAY: Actor Dick Van Dyke is 88. Actor
Christopher Plummer is 84. Guitarist Jeff “Skunk”
Baxter (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan) is 65. Actor
Steve Buscemi is 56. Singer Amy Lee of
Evanescence is 32.
SATURDAY: Actress Patty Duke is 67. Actress Dee
Wallace is 65. Bassist Cliff Williams of AC/DC is 64.
Actress Cynthia Gibb (”Fame”) is 50. Actress
Vanessa Hudgens (“High School Musical”) is 25.
SUNDAY: Actor-comedian Tim Conway is 80. Actor
Don Johnson is 64. Actor Michael Shanks
(“Stargate SG-1”) is 43. Actor Stuart Townsend (“Queen of the
Damned”) is 41. Actor Adam Brody (“The O.C.”) is 34.
MONDAY: Singer Benny Anderson of ABBA is 67. Singer-guitarist
Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is 64. Actor Sam Robards is 52. Actress
Amanda Setton (“The Mindy Project,” “Gossip Girl”) is 28. Actress
Anna Popplewell (“The Chronicles of Narnia” films) is 25.
TUESDAY: Actor Ernie Hudson is 68. Actor-comedian Eugene Levy
is 67. Actor Bill Pullman is 60. Director-producer Peter Farrelly
(“There’s Something About Mary,” “Dumb and
Dumber”) is 57. Actress Milla Jovovich is 38.
WEDNESDAY: Guitarist Keith Richards of The Rolling
Stones is 70. Director Steven Spielberg is 67. Actor
Ray Liotta is 58. Actress Katie Holmes is 35. Singer
Christina Aguilera is 33.
THURSDAY: Actress Cicely Tyson is 79. Actor Mike
Lookinland (“The Brady Bunch”) is 53. Actress
Jennifer Beals is 50. Actress Kristy Swanson is 44.
Actress Alyssa Milano is 41.
RICHARDS
Sleeping dragons, as we know
from our childhood literature,
eventually awaken. If they didn’t,
there wouldn’t be a story. So
it’s hardly news that in the second
installment of Peter
Jackson’s “Hobbit” trilogy, the
dragon rouses from his slumber.
What IS news: the franchise
wakes up, too.
Die-hard fans might disagree,
but to many, the first film, last
year’s “The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey,” took way
too long to get going and then
dragged for much of its 169
minutes. “I do believe the worst
is behind us,” noted Bilbo
Baggins at the end of that film,
to which some of us wanted to
reply: “Well, we hope so.”
“The Hobbit: The Desolation
of Smaug” is not much shorter
— 8 minutes, to be exact — but
it feels brisker, lighter, funnier.
The characters are more varied,
more interesting; We’ll take a
comic turn by the entertaining
Stephen Fry over another Orc
any day. There’s even an added
romantic subplot.
The whole enterprise, it must
be said, involves a huge dollop
of cinematic hubris. J.R.R.
Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” after all,
is a book of some 300 pages.
With these three films, a prequel
to his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy,
Jackson devotes about two
film minutes to each page.
Imagine if they did that with
Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” The
movie would have been 40 hours
long.
On the other hand, the first
“Hobbit” installment brought in
some $1 billion. So it’s rather
beside the point to argue with
Jackson’s approach.
Happily, “Smaug” is vastly
better from the get-go. Instead of
The Associated Press
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Evangeline
Lilly, left, and Orlando Bloom in a scene from “The Hobbit: The
Desolation of Smaug.”
a drawn-out intro, we get right
to the action, which is of course
the quest of Bilbo (Martin
Freeman, himself livelier and
funnier) and the band of
dwarves, led by Thorin
Oakenshield (a suitably noble
Richard Armitage) to reclaim the
kingdom of Erebor, under the
Lonely Mountain, from the
frightening dragon Smaug.
As always, trouble takes many
forms: not only the menacing
Orcs, but giant spiders with
sticky webs, too. Then there are
the elves, who come to the rescue
at an opportune time but
then imprison Bilbo and his
mates. (Gandalf — the always
grand Ian McKellen — has other
business, and leaves for long
stretches.)
Lee Pace is fun as the campy
and authoritarian Thranduil,
leader of the elves. His son
Legolas (Orlando Bloom, back
from “The Lord of the Rings”)
is talented as ever with a bow.
And he has a love interest:
Tauriel, a newly invented character,
played with spunky sweetness
by Evangeline Lilly.
Tauriel, it turns out, has a soft
spot for the dwarf Kili, a rather
hunky Aidan Turner. (”He’s
quite tall for a dwarf,” she says.
“But no less ugly,” retorts
Legolas.)
Bilbo, ever bolder, helps the
dwarves escape their jailers in a
terrific scene — involving barrels,
river rapids, and an endless
supply of Orcs — that rivals a
Busby Berkeley dance number.
(Side note: These dwarves are
Please see ‘HOBBIT,’
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Jackson defends
faster film speed
NEW YORK (AP) — Has Peter
Jackson reflected on the massive
chunk of his life that he’s
devoted to Hobbits?
The 52-year-old New Zealand
director still has another movie to
go, so he can be forgiven for not
wanting to ponder too deeply the
16 years he’s already spent in
the service of J.R.R. Tolkien.
The journey has largely been a
smooth one. Each “Lord of the
Rings” film was received rapturously,
averaging about $1 billion
a pop, and the trilogy culminated
in the Oscar steamrolling of “The
Return of the King.”
But when Jackson turned his
attention to Tolkien’s first book,
“The Hobbit,” things got bumpier.
When Jackson and Warner
Bros. opted to make “The
Hobbit” three films, a feeling of
Hobbit overdose began to surround
the project. The first film
didn’t enjoy nearly as warm a
response from critics or filmgoers.
“An Unexpected Journey”
made another $1 billion, but it
was derided for its innovative
use of 48 frames-per-second,
double the industry standard.
But the 48 fps wasn’t well
received. Critics said the film
seemed overamplified and that
the increased clarity yielded a
discombobulating hyper-realism
that contrasted poorly with the
set design.
With “The Desolation of
Smaug,” Jackson hopes to be
righting the “Hobbit” ship. But
he’s resolutely sticking with 48
fps as the definitive way to see
the movie: “It’s by far the best
way to see it,” he says.
‘Hobbit’
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awfully durable.) Further entertainment
comes in Lake-town,
led by a greedy Master (the
engaging Fry) and his underling
Alfrid (Ryan Gage, also fun).
It should be noted that Jackson
has again shot his film at 48-
frames-per-second, double the
standard speed, to make things
look sharper. But this time, the
fanfare is gone; critics were not
even shown the film at the faster
speed. Jackson clearly doesn’t
want the technique to dominate
the discussion.
In any case, it all comes down
to the climactic confrontation
with the dragon; Unfortunately,
the film sags somewhat here. It’s
fun to hear Benedict
Cumberbatch, as Smaug, hurl
seething epithets at Bilbo, and
Freeman is at his most pluckily
adorable. Still, they really could
have shortened this confrontation
by a good 20 minutes.
But what’s 20 minutes when
you’re taking nine hours to tell a
story? Onward to the third installment.
Jackson is back on track.
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of
Smaug,” a Warner Bros. release,
is rated PG-13 by the Motion
Picture Association of America
for “extended sequences of
intense fantasy action violence,
and frightening images.” Running
time: 161 minutes. Three stars
out of four.
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MOVIE SHOWTIMES
Emerald Cinemas
136 Perth Plaza, Amsterdam
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D
(PG-13): Noon, 3:30, 7:05, 9:30 p.m.
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2D
(PG-13): 1, 2, 4:30, 6, 8 p.m.
• Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas (PG-13):
12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10, 9:25 p.m.
• Frozen 3D (PG): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35 p.m.
• Frozen 2D (PG): 7:10, 9:25 p.m.
• The Book Thief (PG-13): 1:15, 4, 7:15
p.m.
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-
13): 1, 4, 7, 9:30 p.m.
• Delivery Man (PG-13): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35,
7:10, 9:35 p.m.
• Thor: The Dark World 2D (PG-13): 1:30,
4, 9:30 p.m.
• Thor: The Dark World 3D (PG-13): 7 p.m.
• Last Vegas (PG-13) 1:30, 4 p.m.
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (R): 7:05
p.m.
The Movieplex
236 N. Comrie Ave., Johnstown
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(PG-13): Noon 1, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 6, 7:05, 8,
9:30 p.m.
• Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas (PG-13):
12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10, 9:35 p.m.
• Out of the Furnace (R): 1:30, 4, 7, 9:30
p.m.
• Frozen (PG): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10, 9:35
p.m.
• Homefront (R): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10,
9:35 p.m.
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-
13): 1, 4, 7:15, 9:30 p.m.
• Delivery Man (PG-13): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35
p.m.
• Thor: The Dark World (PG-13): 7 p.m.
Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ a spoonful of sugar
By JAKE COYLE
The Associated Press
For most scribes who have
toiled in the movie industry,
portraying Hollywood as a
healing paradise is roughly
equivalent to regaling a lobster
of the soothing properties
of a boiling pot of water.
Hollywood has always, and
probably will always, chew
up authors. From “Sunset
Boulevard” to “In a Lonely
Place” to “Barton Fink,”
we’ve often had the writer’s
perspective on the painful
life of movie scripting. Now,
in Disney’s “Saving Mr.
Banks,” we have the studio’s.
No one, needless to say,
winds up face down in a
swimming pool in the Disney
version.
“Saving Mr. Banks,” directed
by John Lee Hancock (a
sure studio hand of inspirational
tales like “The Blind
Side” and “The Rookie”), is
based on the true story of the
tug of wills between “Mary
Poppins” author P.L. Travers
(Emma Thompson) and Walt
Disney (Tom Hanks). Finally
drawn by Disney’s money
and years of entreaties to
adapt her books, the extremely
particular British writer
arrives in mythic 1961 Los
The Associated Press
This image released by Disney shows Tom Hanks as Walt
Disney, left, and Emma Thompson as author P.L. Travers in
a scene from “Saving Mr. Banks.”
Angeles like a dark cloud
indignant of sunshine.
She peers warily at “Los
Ang-uh-lees,” as she calls it,
from the back window of the
limo that’s been sent to pick
her up. Her chipper driver
(Paul Giamatti) is infuriatingly
American. She flinches
when he calls her home
“Inger-land” and, worse, says
“no problemo.”
It’s just the start of the
unpleasantness for Travers,
who recoils at the thought of
handing over her very precious
characters — “my family,”
she says — to Disney.
When she arrives in a hotel
room strewn with baskets
and stuffed animals, she
faces a giant Mickey doll in
the corner, telling him he can
stay there “until you learn the
art of subtlety.”
She doesn’t treat Disney
much better, nor her wouldbe
collaborators: writer Don
DaGradi (Bradley Whitford)
and the songwriting Sherman
brothers, Robert (B.J. Novak)
and Richard (Jason
Schwartzman). She is resolute
in keeping sentimentality,
trite showmanship or
dancing penguins from her
tale.
The Disney team are puppy
dogs, obedient but pleading
with big eyes to be let off the
leash. As the mustached
Disney, Hanks (well-suited
for the part, belying only the
slightest hint of Disney’s
strong-arm side) absorbs her
contempt for his “silly cartoon”
with a quick wince.
But he’s equally dauntless in
the certainty of his mission, a
zealot for the fantasy of storytelling.
They’re all flummoxed
by her demands, like
not having red in the film:
“I’ve simply gone off the
color,” says Travers.
“Saving Mr. Banks,” a
Disney movie about a Disney
movie (timed for the 50th
anniversary of “Mary
Poppins”), is a feature film
advertisement not just for the
Mouse House, but for the
Hollywood dream factory.
Just as Travers is eventually
won over by her Hollywood
adversaries, the strong sentimental
pull of “Saving Mr.
Banks” overwhelms, too.
“Saving Mr. Banks,” a Walt
Disney Pictures release, is
rated PG-13 by the Motion
Picture Association of
America for “thematic elements
including some unsettling
images.” Running time:
126 minutes. Three stars out
of four.
Calendar from page 16
December 27
John PIzzarelli Quartet, 8
p.m., The Egg, Lancaster
Street, Albany.
December 28
Savion Glover & Jack
DeJohnette, 8 p.m., The
Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany.
December 30
moe., 7:30 p.m., Palace
Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave.,
Albany.
December 31
moe., 8 p.m., Palace
Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave.,
Albany.
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church
24 Pulaski Street, Amsterdam, NY
Saturday, December 14th, 10:00am-4:00pm
• Varenyk y (P iero g i )
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• Kov b asa & S a u e r k ra u t
• B o r s cht ( B e e t s o u p )
• Homemade Pa st r ie s
• U k rainian Fol k A r t
This is a very
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1/4 - NYC Boat Show ........................ ........................ $ 55
1/25 - NYC Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 55
1/4 - Body Worlds Exhibit, NYC . . . . . . . . . $ 85 (A) $ 79 (C)
FEBRUARY
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55
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THEATER
7/26 - The Lion King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 160 Cinderella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... $ 145
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Holly & Evan, 9 p.m.,
Saratoga City Center, 522
Broadway, Saratoga
Springs.
January 4
Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam,
7:30 p.m., The Egg,
Lancaster Street, Albany.
January 9
James Van Praagh, 9
p.m., Proctor’s Theatre,
432 State St., Schenectady.
January 11
Albany Symphony
Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.,
Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton
Ave., Albany
January 12
Schenectady Symphony
Orchestra, 3 p.m.,
Proctor’s Theatre, 432
State St., Schenectady.
Trombone Shorty &
Orleans Avenue, 7:30
p.m., The Egg, Lancaster
Street, Albany.
January 15
War Horse, 7:30 p.m.,
Proctor’s Theatre, 432
State St., Schenectady.
January 16
War Horse, 1:30 and 8
p.m., Proctor’s Theatre,
432 State St., Schenectady.
January 17
Section 8, 6:30 p.m.,
Upstate Concert Hall, 1208
Route 146, Clifton Park.
War Horse, 8 p.m.,
Proctor’s Theatre, 432
State St., Schenectady.
January 18
War Horse, 2 and 8 p.m.,
Proctor’s Theatre, 432
State St., Schenectady.
Stigmata, 6:30 p.m.,
Upstate Concert Hall, 1208
Route 146, Clifton Park.
Ellen Sinopoli Dance
Company, 8 p.m., The
Egg, Lancaster Street,
Albany.
Christmas Concert
at
Jubilee Fellowship
349 Forest Avenue, Amsterdam
(former Noteworthy Christmas center)
Soloist Dan Ryczek
Guests – Amsterdam High School Chorus
Christmas Carol Singing
December 13th at 7pm
Dessert reception following service
January 19
War Horse, 1 and 6:30
p.m., Proctor’s Theatre,
432 State St., Schenectady.
Gorilla Battle of the Bands,
4 p.m., Upstate Concert
Hall, 1208 Route 146,
Clifton Park.
January 23
Dark Side of the Moon, 8
p.m., Proctor’s Theatre,
432 State St., Schenectady.
January 26
Dream Carver, 3 p.m., The
Egg, Lancaster Street,
Albany.
January 31
Sesame Street Live: Elmo
Makes Music, 10:30 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m., Palace
Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave.,
Albany.
Sonny Landreth & Cindy
Cashdollar, 8 p.m., The
Egg, Lancaster Street,
Albany.
February 1
Sesame Street Live: Elmo
Makes Music, 10:30 a.m.,
2, 4:30 and 5:30 p.m.,
Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton
Ave., Albany.
Rock of Ages, 3 and 8
p.m., Proctor’s Theatre,
432 State St., Schenectady.
Drum Battle, 7:30 p.m.,
The Egg, Lancaster Street,
Albany.
February 2
Sesame Street Live: Elmo
Makes Music, 1 and 4:30
p.m., Palace Theatre, 19
Clinton Ave., Albany.

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THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 12, 2013
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Friends (In
Stereo) Å
Friends (In
Stereo) Å
The Middle (In The Middle (In House Patient speaks his mind
Stereo) Å Stereo) Å uncontrollably. Å
House “Here Kitty” Nursing
home worker feigns illness.
News Channel Access Hollywood
(N)
13 Live at 10
That ’70s
Show Å
That ’70s
Show Å
The Cleveland King of the
Show Å Hill Å
Cops Reloaded
Å
TBS
Seinfeld “The
% P Limo” Å
Seinfeld (In
Stereo) Å
Seinfeld “The
Letter” Å
Family Guy
“Total Recall”
Family Guy (In Family Guy
Stereo) Å “Farmer Guy”
The Big Bang
Theory
The Big Bang
Theory
Ground Floor
(N)
The Big Bang
Theory
Conan (N) Å
The Pete Holmes
Show
Conan Å
CBS6 News
WRGB & & (N) Å
CBS6 News
(N) Å
CBS Evening
News/Pelley
Two and a Half The Big Bang
Men
Theory (N)
The Millers
(N) Å
The Crazy
Ones (N)
Two and a Half Elementary A hedge fund
Men (N) manager is murdered. (N)
CBS6 News
(N) Å
Late Show With David Letterman
(N) (In Stereo) Å
The Late Late Show With Craig
Ferguson (N) Å
Modern Family
Å
WXXA ( _
Modern Family The Big Bang
“Hawaii” Theory Å
The Big Bang
Theory Å
The X Factor “Results Show”
Elimination. (N) Å
Glee The club faces a diffi cult
decision. (In Stereo) Å
News10 at
10:00 (N)
News10 at
10:30 (N)
TMZ (N) (In
Stereo) Å
The Wendy Williams Show
“Patti Stanger” Å
Seinfeld “The
Abstinence”
Family Guy (In
Stereo) Å
News10 at
WTEN * * 6:00pm (N)
ABC World
News
Wheel of Fortune
(N) Å
Jeopardy!
(N) Å
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
“Home” (N) Å
Grey’s Anatomy “Get up, Stand Scandal Everyone struggles with News10 at
Up” (N) Å
consequences. (N) Å
11:00pm (N)
Jimmy Kimmel Live Carey
Mulligan; Scott Foley. (N)
Nightline
(N) Å
Comics
Unleashed
BBC World
WMHT + $ News Å
PBS NewsHour (N) (In Stereo)
Å
WMHT Member Favorites Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å Tavis Smiley
(N) Å
Nightly Business
Report
The This Old
House Hour
News Channel NBC Nightly
WNYT ` ` 13 Live at 6 News (N)
Entertainment omg! Insider
Tonight (N) (N) Å
The Sing-Off Eight groups
perform their favorite hit. (N)
Sean Saves
the World (N)
The Michael J. Parenthood Drew asks Crosby
Fox Show for advice on girls. (N) Å
News Channel The Tonight Show With Jay
13 Live at 11 Leno (N) (In Stereo) Å
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
(In Stereo) Å
CSPN . ∑ Key Capitol Hill Hearings Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. (In Stereo) Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. (In Stereo) Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. (In Stereo) Capitol Hill
Two and a Half Rules of
WCWN / ( Men
Engagement
Dr. Phil (In Stereo) Å
The Vampire Diaries Damon
asks Stefan to help fi nd Elena.
Reign “Fated” Kenna reveals
Diane’s plan to Catherine. (N)
CW15 News at How I Met Your The Arsenio Hall Show (In
Ten (N) Mother Stereo) Å
’Til Death (In
Stereo) Å
The Office
“Jury Duty”
Rules of
Engagement
Without a Trace A pregnant
WYPX 4 % woman disappears. Å
Without a Trace The search for
a boy continues. Å
Criminal Minds Unusual
murders in Los Angeles. Å
Criminal Minds The team
investigates disappearances.
Criminal Minds “Coda” Reid
connects with an autistic child.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
“Jones” (In Stereo) Å
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hunt for a con man’s killer.
Law & Order:
Criminal Intent
HSN 5 / Trish McEvoy Cosmetics Beauty Report With Amy Beauty Report With Amy Electronic Gift Connection Electronic Gift Connection Highgate Manor Home Korres Beauty Korres Beauty
QVC 6 , Great Gifts Philosophy: Beauty Dennis Basso Home Clarks Footwear Mally: Color Cosmetics
TWC 7 A TWC Weather Scan Weather reports. TWC Weather Scan Weather reports. TWC Weather Scan Weather reports.
ESPN 8 9 SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å College Football Awards From Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (N) Bowl Mania (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å SportsCenter
ESPN2 9 : Around/Horn Interruption High School Basketball 30 for 30 Wider World This Is Sportscenter Å Olbermann (N) (Live) Å Olbermann Å Baseball Ton.
MSGPL : 4 Aqueduct 30 The Game 365 Pregame NHL Hockey: Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators. (N) (Live) Sabres Post The Game 365 NHL Hockey: Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators. NHL Hockey
TNT ; 2 Castle “Den of Thieves” Castle “Food to Die For” NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Brooklyn Nets. (N) (Live) Å NBA Basketball: Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers. (N) (Live) Å In NBA
USA < > Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU White Collar “Digging Deeper” Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU White Collar “Digging Deeper” Law & Order
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What will NBC do for a ‘Sound of Music’ encore?
By FRAZIER MOORE
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — NBC’s halls
are alive with the sound of
sequels.
After the triumph of last week’s
“The Sound of Music Live!”
NBC understandably is now planning
more live musicals.
This is welcome news for anyone
who likes seeing a network
get off the beaten path. Few
observers have failed to cheer
NBC for raw ambition in presenting
a live musical more than a
half-century after the previous one
aired. Attaboys even came from
the loudest critics of the broadcast
and its leading lady, Carrie
Underwood, who played Maria.
“I think we can do this again —
and again and again,” NBC
Entertainment Chairman Robert
Greenblatt told The New York
Times this week, while allowing,
“There may be a little bit of a phenomenon
to the first one of these.
Who knows what happens Year 2,
3 or 4?”
Who indeed? Can the interest,
excitement and nearly 19 million
viewers scored by “The Sound of
Music Live!” be matched a year
from now by another such TV
event? Or was “Music” a onenote
wonder?
The answer might lie in determining
why so many viewers
tuned in.
Was it Carrie Underwood who
served as the big draw?
Was the main attraction “The
Sound of Music” itself, a Rodgers
and Hammerstein classic that,
largely thanks to its 1965 film
version, is one of the most recognized
and popular family entertainments
in the world?
Or did the audience simply rally
to the anything-could-happen
unpredictability of live TV, something
no viewer had experienced
with a musical since Eisenhower
was president?
Odds are, all three reasons help
explain why “The Sound of
Music Live!” made such a splash.
But a year from now, can NBC’s
follow-up strike a similar chord?
What manner of star could equal
Underwood’s drawing power?
And, maybe most important of
all, is there any other musical that
could grab the attention “The
Sound of Music” automatically
claims?
Although NBC isn’t saying
which musicals may be under
consideration, it’s easy enough to
play a guessing game.
Maybe “Peter Pan” or “The
Music Man” (though both have
been revived as filmed TV productions).
Perhaps mega-star Hugh
Jackman could reprise his triumphant
performance in a TV
revival of Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!”
(Except his 1998 Royal National
Theatre appearance was filmed
and has previously aired.)
What about “Mame” with Cher?
Bette Midler in “Hello Dolly”?
Reba McEntire in “The
Unsinkable Molly Brown”?
But do any of these projects
come close to “The Sound of
Music Live!” and its provocative
appeal, as it dared to reimagine —
and, in the minds of some fans,
tamper with — the film version
held sacred by so many?
In short, is there another filmed
musical everyone has seen and
has such deep feelings for?
Of course. It’s time for NBC’s
star-studded staging of “The
Wizard of Oz Live!”
Sign Lea Michele of “Glee” to
play Dorothy. Meryl Streep as the
Good Witch. Anne Hathaway as
the Wicked Witch. Tina Fey as the
Wizard. Neil Patrick Harris as the
Scarecrow. Alan Cumming as the
Tin Man. Will Ferrell as the
Cowardly Lion.
“The Wizard of Oz,” with Judy
Garland as Dorothy, reigns as a
piece of pop culture that viewers
would be thrilled or outraged —
but most important, compelled —
to see restaged for live TV. They
would watch with bated breath for
technical screw-ups (beware that
flying house and melting witch!).
They would scorch the
Twitterverse with comments, flattering
and snarky.

20 / Thursday, December 12, 2013 WEEKENDER The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Bacharach calls musical of his songs a ‘valentine’
By MARK KENNEDY
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — A few years ago, Kyle
Riabko found himself in the most intimidating
of places on Earth for a young
singer-songwriter.
First, he was in the home of Burt
Bacharach, a songwriter who has three
Academy Awards and eight Grammys.
Second, Riabko was performing songs
for the master himself. Third, what he
was playing were a few of Bacharach’s
own songs with his personal spin.
“It was a very nerve-racking experience:
Going to a legend’s house and sitting
him down and playing him his
music by you,” Riabko says. “There
were a lot of sweaty palms involved.”
Somehow he survived the session and
even walked away with Bacharach’s
respect.
“He impressed me very much with his
musicality, with his sensibility and the
way he was handling the songs,” says
Bacharach.
More important, Riabko got the green
light to continue tinkering with
Bacharach’s impressive catalog as the
26-year-old built it into a cool new
musical the 85-year-old icon would like.
“One thing that I realized about Burt
early on was he has such a deep respect
for melody,” says Riabko, a singer and
The Associated Press
This publicity photo released by Richard Kornberg & Associates for the new musical
“What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined,” shows co-conceiver Karl
Riabko, left, and composer Burt Bacharach. The show is currently performing off-
Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop in New York.
actor who appeared on Broadway in
“Spring Awakening” and “Hair.” He
conceived the Bacharach show with
David Lane Seltzer.
“My strategy was always to infuse a
sense of style that was very personal to
me within the music but also to maintain
and always respect those melodies,”
he says. “I maintained them because I
feel like that is the work that we’re celebrating
here.”
What emerged is “What’s It All
About?” a stripped-down and hauntingly
emotive show now at New York Theatre
Workshop in which Riabko leads a
small cast through some two dozen of
Bacharach’s songs, including
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,”
“Walk on By” and “Say a Little Prayer.”
Riabko’s orchestrations have stripped
down the songs and rebuilt them, making
the familiar new, and he bleeds
together different choruses to make connections
between diffuse songs.
“Burt’s written so many damn hits,
you can’t do it any other way,” says
Riabko, laughing. “You have to smash
them all together.”
He and six performers — who all play
instruments — move through the 90-
minute show effortlessly under the
direction of Steven Hoggett, creating a
big neo-folk kiss to Bacharach.
“Hats off to Kyle. It’s pretty incredible
stuff he’s done,” says Bacharach, who
has been tough on anyone reworking his
material. “This was like a valentine that
was being given to me by Kyle.”
The two men first worked together at
the Los Angeles workshops of
Bacharach’s musical he wrote with
Steven Sater, “Some Lovers,” that
would go on to premiere at The Old
Globe in San Diego.
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By JEFF KAROUB
The Associated Press
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Like the rare, maybe mythical man who only reads Playboy for the
articles, some must surely claim to watch “Nashville” solely for the
music.
That’s no
crime — those
who aren’t much
for sudsy nighttime
soaps
would do well to
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ABC show’s
songs on “The
Music of
Nashville:
Original
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Season 2,
Volume 1.”
While the storylines
strain
credulity, these
sonic underpinnings
hold the
show together
— as should be
the case with a
series set and
filmed in Music City.
The actors sing their own parts, and the leads, Hayden Panettiere and
Connie Britton, do fine jobs at the mic. Yet the true revelations are found
in the musical chops of others, such as Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio.
“The Music of Nashville” runs the gamut from the slick and sassy
(“Can’t Say No to You,” “Trouble Is”) to tender, deeper cuts (”Why
Can’t I Say Goodnight,” “This Town”). Still, less can be more: The
acoustic, demo-like take of “Ball and Chain” sung by Palladio and
Bowen on the show is preferable to the Stetson and rhinestone-laden version
on the soundtrack by Britton and Will Chase.
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The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. CLASSIFIED Thursday, December 12, 2013 / 21
LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY COURT,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PETITION AND NOTICE
OF FORECLOSURE
Index No. 20120917
In the matter of the Foreclosure of
Tax Liens by Proceeding In Rem
pursuant to Article Eleven of the
Real Property Tax Law by the
count of Montgomery
The Above-captioned proceeding is
hereby commenced to enforce the
payment of delinquent taxes or
other lawful charges which have
accumulated and become liens
against certain property. The
parcels to which this proceeding
applies are identified on Schedule A
(the date of filing of the List of
Delinquent Taxes) of this Petition,
which is annexed hereto and made
a part hereof. This document serves
bath as a Petition of Foreclosure
and a Notice of Foreclosure for purposes
of this proceeding.
Effect of filing: All Persons having
or claiming to have an interest in
the real property described in this
petition is hereby notified that the
filing of this petition is hereby notified
that the filing of this petition
constitutes the commencement
by the Tax District of a proceeding
in the court specified in the caption
above to foreclose each of the tax
liens therein described by a foreclosure
proceeding in rem.
Nature of proceeding: This proceeding
is brought against the
real property only and is to foreclose
the tax liens described in
this petition. No personal judgment
will be entered herein for
such taxes or other legal charges
or any part thereof.
Persons affected: This notice is
directed to all persons owning or
having or claiming to have an
interest in the real property
described in this petition. Such
persons are hereby notified further
that a duplicate of this petition
has been filed in the office of
the Enforcing Officer of the Tax
District and will remain open for
pubic inspection up to and including
the date specified below as
the last day for redemption.
Right of redemption: Any person
having or claiming to have an interest
in any such real property and
the legal right thereto may on or
before said date redeem the same
by paying the amount of all such
unpaid tax liens thereon, including
all interest and penalties and other
legal charges which are included in
the lien against such real property,
computed to and including the date
of redemption. Such payments
shall be made to Shawn J.
Bowerman, Montgomery County
Treasurer, County Annex Bldg. PO
Box 1500, Fonda, New York 12068.
In the event that such taxes are
paid by a person other than the
record owner of such real property,
the person so paying shall be entitled
to have the tax liens affected
thereby satisfied of record.
Last day for redemption: The last
day for redemption is hereby fixed
as the 21st day of February 2014.
Service of answer: Every person
having any rights, title or interest in or
lien upon any parcel of real property
described in this petition may serve a
duly verified answer upon the attorney
for the Tax District setting forth in
detail the nature and amount of his or
her interest and any defense or
objection to the foreclosure. Such
answer must be filed in the Office of
the County Clerk and served upon
the attorney for the Tax District on or
before the date above mentioned as
the last day for redemption.
Failure to redeem or answer: In the
event of failure to redeem or
answer by any person having the
right to redeem or answer, such
person shall be forever barred and
foreclosed of his or her right; title
and interest and equity of redemption
in and to the parcel described in
this petition and judgment in foreclosure
may be taken by default.
Dated: 10/23/13
Enforcing Officer
Shawn J. Bowerman
Montgomery County Treasurer
State of New York
County of Montgomery SS
I, Shawn J. Bowerman, being duly
sworn, depose and say: I am the
Enforcing Officer for the County of
Montgomery. I have read this
Petition which I have signed, and
I am familiar with its contents. The
contents of this Petition are true to
the best of my knowledge, based
upon the records of the County
Clerk. I do not know of any errors
or omissions in this Petition.
Shawn J. Bowerman,
Montgomery County Treasurer
Sworn before me this 23rd day
of October, 2013
Ellen M LaComb
Notary Public
State of New York
Qualified in Montgomery County
No. 01LA6192022
Commission Expires August 25,
2016
Attorney for Tax District:
Douglas E. Landon
Montgomery County Attorney
3 Market Street
Amsterdam, New York 12010
TOWN OF AMSTERDAM
272001 SBL 38.7-1-11
CERT 4.00
Marotta Kristine M
45 Fort Johnson Ave
FR FT 70.00 DP 254.20
272001 SBL 38.12-1-2
CERT 9.00
Nethway Marilyn
22 Fort Johnson Ave
FR FT 120.00 DP 110.00
272001 SBL 38.12-1-24
CERT 11.00
Tambasco Robert
30 Prospect St
FR FT 100.00 DP 210.00
272001 SBL 38.12-2-36
CERT 14.00
Green Dorothy V
7 Lower Lepper Rd
R/O LD Terra Corporation
FR FT 125.00 DP 190.00
272001 SBL 39.9-1-10
CERT 18.00
Fiorillo Gary
57 East Main St
R/O Taleb Mohammed
FR FT 140.80 DP177.90
272003 SBL 25.7-1-14
CERT 19.00
Watrobski Phillip P
Green Acres Ln
FR FT 25.00 DP 112.00
272003 SBL 25.7-1-27.11
CERT 20.00
Watrobski Phillip
Green Acres Ln
FR FT 50.00 DP65.00
272003 SBL 25.11-2-32
CERT 25.00
Belfance Sonia M
87 N Pawling St
FR FT 72.00 DP200.00
272003 SBL 25.15-2-6
CERT 26.00
Hasenfuss Robert
26 Church St
FR FT 58.80 DP 214.00
272089 SBL 24.12-1-11
CERT 49.00
Diana Ana L
Lorraine Blvd
FR FT 50.00 DP125.00
272089 SBL 24.12-1-12
CERT 50.00
Diana Ana L
Lorraine Blvd
FR FT 50.00 DP125.00
272089 SBL 24.12-1-19
CERT 51.00
Blackwwod James T
134 Lorraine Blvd
FR FT 100.00 DP 250.00
272089 SBL 24.16-1-12.2
CERT 72.00
Rose Industries, LLC
Wallins Corners Rd
FR FT 281.50 A1.90
272089 SBL 24.20-1-25
CERT 73.00 Slimrod Ventures
4908 Sthwy 30
FR FT 320.00 DP1658.00 A
16.80
272089 SBL 25.9-1-16
CERT 77.00
Trinity Church Evangelic
Harrower Ave
FR FT 326.00 DP 70.00
272089 SBL 25.10-2-46
CERT 82.00
Trinity Church Evangelic
Off Midline Rd
DP 350.00 A .80
272089 SBL 25.13-1-26.12
CERT 83.00
Cino Management
Wallins Corners Rd
FR FT 200.00 A 1.40
272089 SBL 25.18-3-11
CERT 87.00
Diana Ana L
Midline Rd
FR FT 100.00 DP 150.00
272089 SBL 26.-1-21.11
CERT 88.00
Marshall Peter
306 Morrow Rd
FR FT 431.00 A 48.20
272089 SBL 26.-1-45
CERT 89.00
Hassfurter Clarence B
273 Hammondtown Rd
FR FT 61.50 DP186.00
272089 SBL 26.-1-48.1
CERT 91.00
Delos Richard R
263 Hammondtown Rd
FR FT 100.00 A 4.10
272089 SBL 38.-2-2
CERT 99.00
Merkle Louis J
394 Antlers Rd
FR FT 335.00 DP179.00
272089 SBL 40.4-2-22
CERT 114.00
Stears Timothy J
330 Sthwy 67
FR FT 183.30 A 2.90
272089 SBL 40.6-3-35
CERT 118.00
Kinder Jeffrey A Jr
176 Northern Blvd
FR FT 50.00 DP 243.40
272089 SBL 56.-2-1
CERT 128.00
Pine Scott Mike Linda
Railroad Off
DP 1980.00 A 50.00
272089 SBL 57.-2-60
CERT 141.00
Barone Frank D
278 Robb Rd
FR FT 370.00 A 4.20
272089 SBL 73.2-1-1
CERT 150.00
Ropeter Robert
146 Krutz St
FR FT 300.00 A 1.80
TOWN OF CANAJOHARIE
272203 SBL 63.13-1-18
CERT 154.00
Flint Robert W Jr
159 Erie Blvd
FR FT 142.00 DP 144.70
272203 SBL 63.17-2-1
CERT 155.00
Stubley John P
47 Ridge Rd
R/O Stubley John P
FR FT 90.00 DP 125.00
272203 SBL 63.17-3-31.1
CERT 156.00
Tamsett Sarah
141 Otsego St
FR FT 220.90 DP 291.00 A .76
272203 SBL 63.17-4-3
CERT 157.00
Stubley John Patrick
Off Ridge Rd
DP 191.40 A 30
272203 SBL 63.18-1-39
CERT 159.00
Nice & Easy Properties LL
172 Moyer St
FR FT 75.00 DP 74.50
272203 SBL 63.18-2-10
CERT 160.00
Wanzer Donald
94 Maple Ave
FR FT 50.00 DP 194.80
272203 SBL 63.62-1-12
CERT 163.00
Mitchell Stanley
145 Mohawk St
FR FT 101.00 DP 79.00
272203 SBL 63.62-1-18
CERT 164.00
Van Wie Kenneth
8 Walnut St
DP 74.00
272203 SBL 63.62-1-21
CERT 165.00
Fitzgerald Edward
70 Cliff St
R/O Pearl Todd M
Booker Jamie L
FR FT 60.00 DP 71.00
272203 SBL 63.62-1-24
CERT 166.00
Rodriguez Amy
82 Cliff St
R/O
EquityTrustCompanyCustodi
FR FT 99.50 DP 72.80
272203 SBL 63.62-1-35
CERT 169.00
Van Wie Kenneth
Cliff St
FR FT 30.00 DP 250.00 A.17
272203 SBL 63.63-1-35
CERT 172.00
VanGorder Terry
40 Cliff St
FR FT 39.00 DP 89.00
272203 SBL 63.63-1-54.1
CERT 174.00
Petty James A
53 W Main St
FR FT 65.00 DP 125.30
272203 SBL 63.63-2-3
CERT 175.00
Flint Robert W Jr
43 Cliff St
FR FT 70.90 DP 224.10
272203 SBL 63.63-2-6
CERT 177.00
Flint Robert W Jr
9 Otsego St
FR FT 100.00 DP 124.50
272203 SBL 63.64-2-24
CERT 181.00
Schnettler Marcia
70 Montgomery St
FR FT 60.00 DP 155.00
272203 SBL 63.70-1-34
CERT 182.00
Fowler Joseph
31 Highland Pl
FR FT 60.00 DP118.50
272203 SBL 63.70-2-14
CERT 183.00
Nestle Gary E
33 Reed St
FR FT 55.00 DP185.00
272203 SBL 63.71-1-3
CERT 185.00
Wockenfuss Aimie P
34 Moyer St
FR FT 123.00 DP 105.00
272203 SBL 63.71-2-6
CERT 187.00
Wanzer Donald A
24 Wheelock St
FR FT 45.00 DP 107.50
272203 SBL 63.71-2-27
CERT 189.00
Fowler Joseph C
87 Moyer St
FR FT 106.90 DP201.60
272203 SBL 63.72-2-19
CERT 193.00
Fostor Susan J
32 Prospect St
FR FT 50.00 DP102.00
272203 SBL 63.72-2-28
CERT 195.00
Kent Karen E
73 Maple Ave
FR FT 78.00 DP277.40
272289 SBL 62.-1-42
CERT 199.00
Perez Jorge L
Happy Hollow Rd
DP 1280.00 A 24.70
272289 SBL 62.-1-44
CERT 200.00
Perez Jorge L
Off Rouse Rd
DP 1190.00 A 9.70
272289 SBL 77.-2-13
CERT 205.00
Borchert Timothy
Clinton Rd (Rear)
A 10.00
272289 SBL 77.-2-15.11
CERT 206.00
Borchert Tim
282 Marshville Rd
FR FT 672.20 A 10.00
272289 SBL 77.-2-15.12
CERT 207.00
Borchert Timothy A
282 Marshville Rd
FR FT 2635.00 A139.10
272289 SBL 77.-2-17.2
CERT 208.00
Borchert Timothy A
Dunckel Rd
FR FT 172.30 DP 231.00
272289 SBL 78.-1-54
CERT 214.00
Borchert Timothy A
Marshville Rd (Rear)
A 4.40
272289 SBL 79.-1-28
CERT 217.00 Haig Stephen C
6485 Sthwy 10
R/O Estate of Stephen Haig
A 1.07
272289 SBL 92.-2-5.2
CERT 219.00
Estate of Robert C. Diefe
St Hwy 163
FR FT 17.70 DP175.70 A .50
272289 SBL 93.-3-2
CERT 224.00
Gross Roberta A
329 Dygert Rd
FR FT 474.70 A 3.10
272289 SBL 94.-1-3.111
CERT 225.00
O’dell Jeffrey
497 Dygert Rd
FR FT 200.00 A 4.37
272289 SBL 108.-1-54
CERT 237.00
Chapman Richard H
330 Buel Rd
FR FT 1725.00 A112.00
272289 SBL 110.-1-19
CERT 242.00
Anderson William
562 Mapletown Rd
FR FT 160.00 DP150.00
TOWN OF CHARLESTON
272400 SBL 100.-2-34
CERT 269.00
Lynaugh Daniel
Reynolds Rd
FR FT
1.03
72400 SBL 114.-2-4
CERT 278.00
Squadrito Anthony
696 Brand Rd
FR FT 817.10 A 7.00
272400 SBL 114.-4-19
CERT 285.00
Harmon Jennifer
30.00 DP 1097.00 A
322 Burtonville Rd
FR FT 350.00 A 5.00
272400 SBL 128.-1-21.1
CERT 294.00
Stoliker Jeffrey P
Sara Lib Rd
FR FT 1972.00 A 111.50
272400 SBL 135.1-1-48
CERT 303.00
Debbold Kerrianne
1902 Sthwy 162
FR FT 132.00 A 1.58
272400 SBL 138.-1-15
CERT 314.00
Sawyer Robert G
2184 Burtonville Rd
FR FT400.00 DP400.00 A 3.00
272400 SBL 141.-1-28
CERT 321.00
Asquith Philogene
Sthwy 162
FR FT 210.00 A1.67
272400 SBL 141.-3-10
CERT 323.00
Shastany Mark
Toback Rd
FR FT 440.00 A 3.50
TOWN OF FLORIDA
272600 SBL 37.19-1-9
CERT 328.00
Majewski Lissette
117 Maple Ave
FR FT 120.00 DP 117.00
272600 SBL 53.8-1-22
CERT 332.00
Douglas Darlene H
119 Queen Ann Rd
FR FT 100.00 DP 147.00
272600 SBL 54.-1-54
CERT 336.00
Gottier Carl
Mcgraw Rd
FR FT 50.00 A 100.00
272600 SBL 54.-1-55.11
CERT 337.00
Gottier Carl E
Ft Hunter Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
FR FT 1375.00 A 103.60
272600 SBL 54.-1-56.112
CERT 338.00
Gottier Carl
Ft Hunter Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
FR FT 1203.00 A162.30
272600 SBL 54.-3-1
CERT 339.00
Gottier Carl E
Sager Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
FR FT 1928.00 A 103.10
272600 SBL 70.-1-25.11
CERT 342.00
Gottier Carl E
Fort Hunter Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
FR FT 1690.00 A 102.20
272600 SBL 70.-2-8.2
CERT 343.00
Gottier Carl E
Off Fort Hunter Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
A 20.40
272600 SBL 70.-3-11
CERT 344.00
Gottier Carl E
Snooks Cor Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
FR FT 2855.00 A 77.60
272600 SBL 70.-3-19.1
CERT 345.00
Gottier Carl E
Fort Hunter Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
FR FT 2965.00 A 92.30
272600 SBL 70.-4-1
CERT 346.00
Gottier Carl E
Snooks Corners Rd
R/O Agnes Dawn
Gottier Charlie E
FR FT 2870.00 A 156.00
272600 SBL 86.-3-10.2
CERT 359.00
Jablonski David
Off Youngs Corners Rd
A1.60
272600 SBL 86.-3-11
CERT 360.00
Jablonski David
Youngs Corners Rd
FR FT 251.40 A 2.10
272600 SBL 87.-1-31
CERT 362.00
Valenti Gregory L
536 Belldons Rd
FR FT 100.00 DP 200.00
272600 SBL 87.-1-32
CERT 363.00
Schaufelberg Josephine
174 Langley Rd
FR FT 230.00 DP 205.00 A1.24
272600 SBL 87.3-1-18
CERT 367.00
Schaufelberg Josephine
166 Langley Rd
FR FT 132.50 DP 210.00
272600 SBL 87.3-1-30
CERT 369.00
Oremus Michael J II
Sthwy 30
FR FT 81.00 DP 176.00
272600 SBL 89.-1-9.2
CERT 373.00
White Christine
604 Pattersonville Rd
FR FT 125.00 DP 162.00
272600 SBL 102.-1-4
CERT 378.00
Jablonski David M
593 Youngs Corners Rd
FR FT 278.00 A 1.10
272600 SBL 102.-1-6
CERT 379.00
Jablonski Lisa
328 Youngs Corners Rd
FR FT 564.50 A 2.20
272600 SBL 102.-1-27
CERT 381.00
Gardner Charles
278 Power House Rd
FR FT 87.50 A 1.20
272600 SBL 117.-2-8.111
CERT 385.00
Kiernan Owen
Millers Corners Rd
R/O Savoie Randy
FR FT 711.00 A 13.20
272600 SBL 117.9-1-40
CERT 392.00
Dziedzic Robert J
Woods Rd
R/O Dearborn Melissa
Bartlett April
FR FT 60.00 DP 90.00
272600 SBL 117.9-1-41
CERT 393.00
Dziedzic Robert J
Woods Rd
R/O Dearborn Melissa
Bartlett April
FR FT 65.00 DP 90.00
272600 SBL 129.-2-1.111
CERT 401.00
Starke Brian E
564 Mc Kinney Rd
R/O Savidge Mildred A
Starke Brian E
FR FT 1472.50 A 146.00
272600 SBL 129.-2-3.5
CERT 404.00
Van Wormer Richard H
Peck Rd
FR FT 283.00 A 5.10
272600 SBL 129.-2-18.111
CERT 407.00
Kiernan Owen
310 Peck Rd
FR FT 2428.00 A 97.70
TOWN OF GLEN
272801 SBL 35.16-2-11.1
CERT 412.00
Blazquez Marcelo
26 Riverside Dr
FR FT 63.90 DP 281.00
272801 SBL 35.16-2-40
CERT 414.00
Mcmurray Caroline
11 Union St
FR FT 72.50 DP 150.00
272801 SBL 35.16-3-3.2
CERT 415.00
Dufel Brenda S
Union St
FR FT14.00 DP56.50 A .02
272889 SBL 35.-4-3
CERT 429.00 Moore Harold E
3411 Sthwy 5S
FR FT 85.00 DP 150.00 A .29
272889 SBL 35.-4-4.2
CERT 430.00
Moore Harold E
Sthwy 5S
FR FT 75.00 DP150.00
272889 SBL 36.-3-4
CERT 431.00
Fultonville Hospitality G
123 Riverside Dr
FR FT 100.00 DP 264.00
272889 SBL 36.-3-5
CERT 432.00
Fultonville Group Hospita
127 Riverside Dr
FR FT 150.00 A 1.10
272889 SBL 36.-3-6
CERT 433.00
Fultonville Hospitality G
127 Riverside Dr
FR FT 317.00 A 3.30
272889 SBL 36.-3-14
CERT 434.00
Cheifs Property Holdings
218 Riverside Dr
FR FT 1023.00 A19.89
272889 SBL 36.-6-1
CERT 435.00
Vrooman Gilbert
268 Riverside Dr
FR FT 940.00 A 11.50
272889 SBL 50.-3-2.1
CERT 437.00
Burke James R
Sthwy 5S

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FR FT 415.00 A1.00
272889 SBL 50.-3-2.21
CERT 438.00
Burke James R
106 Old River Rd
FR FT 300.00 A 4.59
272889 SBL 50.-3-2.22
CERT 439.00
Burke James R
Old River Rd
FR FT 350.00 DP 140.00 A .60
272889 SBL 51.-1-44
CERT 445.00
Anderson Andrew A
205 Lusso Rd
FR FT 320.00 DP 130.00 A
1.02
272889 SBL 52.-2-18.3
CERT 446.00
Kiernan Owen
StHwy 5s
FR FT 100.90 A131.40
272889 SBL 66.-6-3
CERT 448.00
Beddig William H Trustee
536 Argersinger Rd
FR FT 546.80 A 3.10
272889 SBL 67.-4-18
CERT 451.00
Murphy Stephen J
Argersinger Rd
FR FT 400.70 A 6.80
272889 SBL 68.-2-9
CERT 455.00
Christiano Richard A Jr
Fisher Rd
FR FT 200.00 A 2.00
272889 SBL 82.-3-22
CERT 461.00
Green Herbert P
Burley Rd
FR FT 225.00 A 5.50
272889 SBL 82.-3-23
CERT 462.00
Green Herbert P
130 Burley Rd
FR FT 225.00 A 5.40
272889 SBL 99.-3-25
CERT 473.00
Tambasco Robert M
Hyney Hill Rd (Rear)
A 6.30
272889 SBL 99.-3-26
CERT 474.00
DeWolfe Burns Susan
Hyney Hill Rd (Rear)
FR FT 50.20 A 19.70
272889 SBL 99.-3-27
CERT 475.00
DeWolfe Burns Susan
Hyney Hill Rd (Rear)
FR FT 170.00 A 2.00
272889 SBL 99.-3-29
CERT 476.00
DeWolfe Burns Susan
Hyney Hill Rd (Rear)
A 2.00
272889 SBL 100.-1-12.51
CERT 477.00
Oduwa Diana Ramsey
Oduwa Court (private)
FR FT 350.10 A 3.60
TOWN OF MINDEN
273001 SBL 45.8-1-2
CERT 485.00
Ramos Louis
18 Lipe Ln
A.69
273001 SBL 45.16-1-3
CERT 492.00
Wagner Paul
126 Reid St FR
FT60.00 DP 130.00
273001 SBL 45.16-1-14
CERT 493.00
Rouse Jerry
104 Reid St
FR FT 83.00 DP 216.00
273001 SBL 45.16-2-9
CERT 497.00
Upstate Properties,LLC
99 Reid St
FR FT 50.00 DP 70.00
273001 SBL 45.16-2-18
CERT 499.00
Sunlight Recycling Co., L
83 Reid St
FR FT 39.00 DP 169.00
273001 SBL 46.9-1-3
CERT 506.00
Ramos Louis
14 Clyde St
FR FT 65.00 DP 97.00
273001 SBL 46.13-2-47
CERT 510.00
Petty James
8 Goodrich Ave
FR FT 100.00 DP 150.00
273001 SBL 46.37-1-25
CERT 517.00
Ramos Louis
10 Orchard St
FR FT 90.00 DP 103.00
273001 SBL 46.37-1-64
CERT 522.00
Holm Valerie
West St
FR FT 68.00 DP 32.00 A .05
273001 SBL 46.38-1-43
CERT 523.00
Wilder Gina
7 Crouse St
FR FT 44.30 DP 64.00
273001 SBL 46.45-1-20
CERT 527.00
Franco Ubirajara B
15 Prospect St
FR FT 67.00 DP 103.10
273001 SBL 46.45-1-22.1
CERT528.00
Many USA, LLC
63 Center St
FR FT 58.00 DP 87.50 A .12
273001 SBL 46.45-1-30
CERT 529.00
Many USA, LLC
25-27 Washington St
FR FT 54.00 DP 54.00
273001 SBL 46.45-2-25
CERT 532.00
Diotte William R
58-60 Division St
FR FT 99.20 DP 92.00
273001 SBL 46.46-2-45
CERT 536.00
Christensen Noel
84 Canal St
R/O County of Montgomery
FR FT 28.00 DP 130.00
273001 SBL 46.46-3-3
CERT 537.00
Gilanyi Armand
51 Mohawk St
FR FT 90.00 DP 147.00
273001 SBL 46.53-1-15
CERT 546.00
Ramos Louis
215-217 Main St
FR FT 55.00 DP 106.00
273001 SBL 46.53-2-17
CERT 548.00
Ramos Louis
165-167 Main St
FR FT 100.00 DP 47.00
273001 SBL 46.53-2-37
CERT 550.00
Lewis Pamela J
1 Dairy St
FR FT 45.50 DP 109.00
273089 SBL 7.-2-23
CERT 554.00
Nice & Easy Properties LL
River Rd
FR FT 930.00 A 14.10
273089 SBL 8.-3-28
CERT 558.00
Looman Wayne C
Wayne C
1005 River Rd
FR FT 291.00 A 1.50
273089 SBL 12.-1-8
CERT 562.00
Cook Bradford
7755 Sthwy 5S
FR FT 250.00 A 1.90
273089 SBL 12.-1-11.2
CERT 563.00
Muldoon Lisa
Oldick Rd
FR FT 447.40 A 2.40
273089 SBL 12.-1-12.29
CERT 565.00
Parkinson Robert A
479 Oldick Rd
FR FT 250.00 A 5.10
273089 SBL 13.-2-4.1
CERT 571.00
County of Montgomery
Sanders Rd (Rear)
R/O Brown Stephen & Emelie
Lemak Richard & Marie
A 19.00
273089 SBL 29.-1-9
CERT 582.00
Shults Martin B
304 River Rd
FR FT 840.00 A 3.30
273089 SBL 29.-1-43.2
CERT 584.00
Shults Martin
River Rd
A 9.10
273089 SBL 29.-1-52.2
CERT 586.00
O’Cassidy Hannah
Sthwy 5S
FR FT 618.90 A 7.10
273089 SBL 44.-1-30.2
CERT 592.00
Thomas Kelly L
381 Freysbush Rd
FR FT 282.00 DP147.00 A .44
273089 SBL 44.-1-38.1
CERT 596.00
Masi Kathy H
385 Brookmans Corners Rd
FR FT 538.10 A 5.30
273089 SBL 44.-3-1
CERT 597.00
Lopez Luis
Sthwy 80
FR FT 880.00 A 123.50
273089 SBL 44.-3-2
CERT 598.00
Lopez Luis
829 Sthwy 80
FR FT 198.00 DP 115.00
273089 SBL 45.-1-9
CERT 599.00
Pettit Ronald J Jr
152 Pickle Hill Rd
FR FT 427.40 A1.20
273089 SBL 45.14-1-17
CERT 612.00
Koval Carolyn
315 Sthwy 80
FR FT 385.00 A 2.20
273089 SBL 60.-1-24.1
CERT 616.00
Mancini Leo G
Hessville Rd
273089 SBL 60.-1-25
CERT 617.00
Lewis Ramona
Hessville Rd
R/O Lewis Ramona J
Jones Teresa L
FR FT 375.00 A 2.00
273089 SBL 61.-1-15.2
CERT 619.00
Burke James R
Sthwy 163
FR FT 521.10 A 86.80
273089 SBL 76.-1-3
CERT 627.00
Cook Bert
340 Youngs Rd
FR FT 244.00 A 1.40
TOWN OF MOHAWK
273201 SBL 35.12-2-21
CERT 642.00
Wilder Susan A
59 E Main St
FR FT 22.00 DP 200.00 A .10
273289 SBL 20.18-1-22
CERT 664.00
Moyer Kenneth R
2575 Sthwy 30A
FR FT 90.00 DP175.00 A .37
273289 SBL 35.11-5-13
CERT 678.00
Roberson Christoher
Sthwy 334
FR FT 49.00 A .12
273289 SBL 35.11-5-20
CERT 679.00
Perkins Hazel M
1235 Sthwy 334
FR FT 50.00 DP116.00 A .13
273289 SBL 35.14-1-3
CERT 680.00
Johnson John R
3586 Sthwy 5
FR FT 172.00 A 1.00
273289 SBL 36.-1-17.1
CERT 682.00
Lang Jennifer
111 Walter Butler Ln
FR FT 156.00 A 6.90
273289 SBL 36.-4-2
CERT 687.00
Dingman Delos G
324 Old Trail Rd
FR FT 1640.00 A 11.20
273289 SBL 37.-6-19.2
CERT 693.00
Pine Scott
126 Old Trail
FR FT 234.50 DP 221.40 A .74
273289 SBL 37.15-1-23
CERT 702.00
Nelli James P
128 Pine St
FR FT150.00 DP130.00 A .32
273289 SBL 37.18-1-4
CERT 704.00
Howland Frank
Mohawk Dr
FR FT40.00 DP400.00 A .36
273289 SBL 37.18-1-7
CERT 705.00
Howlan Frank
Mohawk Dr
FR FT 40.00 DP400.00 A.35
273289 SBL 37.18-1-26
CERT 706.00
Howlan Frank
Mohawk Dr
FR FT 40.00 DP400.00 A .36
273289 SBL 49.-2-24
CERT 709.00
Kent Rudolph F Jr
Off Oswegatchie Rd
A 10.52
273289 SBL 49.-2-47
CERT 710.00
Dillenbeck Sr Charles
Oswegatchie Rd
FR FT 1800.00 A 129.60
273289 SBL 50.-2-26
CERT 711.00
Cook Ronald
4268 Sthwy 5
FR FT 200.00 DP200.00 A .80
273289 SBL 65.-2-1
CERT 712.00
Kent Rudolph F Jr
Off Horning Rd
A6.03
273289 SBL 65.-2-16
CERT 714.00
Diana Ana L
Sthwy 5
FR FT 570.00 A 1.40
273289 SBL 65.-2-30
CERT 716.00
Kent Rudolph F Jr
Off Sthwy 5
DP 1960.00 A 72.40
TOWN OF PALATINE
273401 SBL 46.10-3-31
CERT 721.00
Donovan Steven
9 W Main St
FR FT 60.00 DP 155.00
273401 SBL 46.10-5-44
CERT 725.00
Scott John J Jr
5 Berthoud St
FR FT 50.00 DP 112.50
273401 SBL 46.14-4-22
CERT 726.00
Carpenter David L Jr
Enoch St (Rear)
DP 315.00
273401 SBL 46.15-2-6.12
CERT 728.00
A& E Imports Inc
Off Dygert Rd
R/O A & E Imports
FR FT276.30 DP513.90 A.90
273403 SBL 63.9-2-27
CERT 740.00
Salerno Anthony
71 W Grand St
FR FT 66.00 DP 155.00
273403 SBL 63.10-2-6
CERT 741.00
Fulton Riverside LLC
7 W Grand St
FR FT 80.00 DP 173.10
273489 SBL 11.-1-9.1
CERT 743.00
Smith Stephanie
Sthwy 67
FR FT 280.00 A 1.30
273489 SBL 16.-1-45
CERT 752.00
Saltsman Marian S
Sthwy 67
FR FT 75.00 DP 75.00
273489 SBL 17.-1-43.112
CERT 754.00
Candidus Edwina
410 H Gray Rd
FR FT 1641.00 A 255.20
273489 SBL 30.-1-9.1
CERT 755.00
Estate of Mary L. Mykel
2054 Wagners Hollow Rd
FR FT 91.00 DP 347.00
273489 SBL 30.-4-12.1
CERT 759.00
Garoutsos Vasilios
Sthwy 5 (Rear)
A 2.00
273489 SBL 48.-2-1.1
CERT 773.00
Watson Keith T
1178 Hickory Hill Rd
FR FT 806.00 A 2.90
273489 SBL 48.-2-4
CERT 774.00
Coso Family Trust
Dillenbeck Rd (Rear)
DP 700.00 A 5.30
273489 SBL 48.-3-1.21
CERT 776.00
Mattice Justin
695 Oswegatchie Rd
FR FT 250.20 A 9.50
273489 SBL 48.-3-1.25
CERT 777.00
Pawlaczyk Walter A
Oswegatchie Rd
FR FT 250.20 A 9.10
273489 SBL 49.-1-19
CERT 783.00
Kent Rudolph F
Krutz Rd
FR FT 1710.00 A 100.10
273489 SBL 63.-1-16.11
CERT 788.00
Berg Roseann
237 Mckinley Rd
FR FT 671.00 A 5.10
273489 SBL 63.-1-20
CERT 789.00
The Shults Farm Corp
Mckinley Rd
FR FT 850.00 A 10.30
273489 SBL 63.-1-21
CERT 790.00
Shults Charles
Sthwy 5
FR FT 120.00 DP 140.00
273489 SBL 64.-1-22.19
CERT 792.00
Parrino Thomas M
552 Brower Rd
FR FT 679.30 A 3.30
273489 SBL 64.-1-22.24
CERT 793.00
Cary Deborah
Brower Rd
R/O Van Nostrand Christopher
FR FT 50.00 A 2.10
273489 SBL 64.-1-50
CERT 794.00
Beckett Sheila
Sthwy 5
FR FT 500.00 A 5.20
273489 SBL 65.-1-1.11
CERT 795.00
Kent Rudolph
Horning Rd
FR FT 1953.00 A133.30
273489 SBL 65.-1-1.12
CERT 796.00
Mattice Pamela
681 Oswegatchie Rd
FR FT 200.00 A 2.20
273489 SBL 65.-1-10
CERT 798.00
Kent Rudolph F
Horning Rd
FR FT 1465.00 A 61.10
TOWN OF ROOT
273600 SBL 66.-1-56
CERT 802.00
Carpenter David L Jr
Sthwy 5S
FR FT 155.00 DP 95.00 A .33
273600 SBL 66.9-1-4
CERT 806.00
Hayes James W Sr
4234 Sthwy 5S
FR FT150.00 DP150.00 A .52
273600 SBL 66.9-1-16
CERT 808.00
Moore Donna A
117 Argersinger Rd
FR FT 160.00 A 1.22
273600 SBL 80.11-1-2
CERT 813.00
Terwilliger Russell
5090 Sthwy 5S
FR FT150.00 DP125.00 A .43
273600 SBL 96.-2-15.2
CERT 827.00
Lapi Anthony
Hilltop Rd
FR FT 185.00 A 4.00
273600 SBL 96.-2-28
CERT 828.00
Lapi Anthony
508 Hilltop Rd
FR FT 185.00 DP 93.00 A .40
273600 SBL 111.-1-32.1
CERT 830.00
Cole Robert J
Mapletown Rd
FR FT 540.00 A 52.30
273600 SBL 112.-1-26
CERT 837.00
Miller Wade
381 Flat Creek Rd
FR FT 178.00 DP 249.00
273600 SBL 113.-1-21.1
CERT 839.00
Chieco Frank J
1367 Sthwy 162
FR FT 1039.10 A 105.30
273600 SBL 113.-6-6
CERT 843.00
LaRocca Vincent
Lynk St
FR FT 205.00 A 9.80
273600 SBL 113.10-1-13
CERT 844.00
Burke Robert
1136 Brand Rd
FR FT 145.00 DP 125.00 A .34
273600 SBL 124.-1-39.22
CERT 855.00
Lamberty Norleen
Off Putman Rd
DP 767.10 A 2.00
273600 SBL 125.-1-27.1
CERT 856.00
DeYoung Leonard
S Green Rd
FR FT 300.00 A 7.00
273600 SBL 132.-1-13
CERT 858.00
Hazzard Edward
1658 Latimer Hill Rd
FR FT205.00 DP215.00 A1.00
273600 SBL 132.-1-14
CERT 859.00
Hazzard Edward E
1654 Latimer Hill Rd
A 7.10
273600 SBL 132.-1-42
CERT 862.00
Briant Susie J
413 Melick Rd
FR FT 1146.00 DP135.00 A
2.60
273600 SBL 133.-1-34.111
CERT 865.00
Garbowski Edward J Sr
Shafer Rd
FR FT 1332.00 A 52.60
273600 SBL 133.-1-35
CERT 866.00
Garbowski Edward J Sr
Shafer Rd
FR FT 910.20 A
36.00
273600 SBL 133.-1-37
CERT 867.00
Garbowski Edward J Sr.
Shafer Rd
FR FT 591.20 A 25.10
273600 SBL 139.-1-16
CERT 872.00
Pelletier Raymond M
249 Crosby Rd
FR FT 1760.00 A 52.84
273600 SBL 139.-2-2
CERT 873.00
Turco James R
2127 Carlisle Rd
FR FT150.00 DP134.00 A .46
273600 SBL 140.-1-27.11
CERT 874.00
Lemp Edward R
1196 Corbin Hill Rd
FR FT 2545.00 A 122.50
273600 SBL 140.-3-3
CERT 875.00
Goodie Debra
159 W Corbin Hill Rd
FR FT 609.20 A12.60
TOWN OF ST. JOHNSVILLE
273801 SBL 8.16-1-14
CERT 887.00
Countryman Deborah
23 Sanders St
FR FT 58.00 DP100.00
273801 SBL 8.44-1-15
CERT 889.00
Groff Gregory M
9 William St
FR FT 91.00 DP 50.00
273801 SBL 8.44-1-25
CERT 891.00
Christensen Anton
17 John St
FR FT 36.00 DP 73.00
273801 SBL 8.44-2-18
CERT 892.00
Wormsley Barry K
13 Center St
FR FT 84.00 DP 62.00
273801 SBL 8.44-4-35
CERT 897.00
Christensen Anton
Mary Ellen
9 Roth St
R/O Swick Charles
DBA JTMAC Industries
FR FT 33.80 DP 120.00
273801 SBL 9.9-1-38
CERT 915.00
Veeder Anna
39 Monroe St
DP 100.00
273801 SBL 9.13-1-1.1
CERT 917.00
Pangaea LLC
12 New St
FR FT 255.00 A1.31
273801 SBL 9.13-1-1.2
CERT 918.00
Pangaea LLC
New St
FR FT 333.80 A 4.40
273801 SBL 9.45-2-43
CERT 919.00
Smith Marian
5 Ann St
FR FT 50.00 DP 100.00
273889 SBL 3.-2-7
CERT 928.00
Battisti Paul
407 Clay Hill Rd
FR FT 374.00 A 2.55
273889 SBL 4.-1-8
CERT 932.00
Walrath Byron C
103 Shuster Rd
FR FT 1040.00 A 42.40
273889 SBL 4.-1-45
CERT 935.00
Walrath Byron C
Mill Rd
FR FT 1750.00 A 112.60
273889 SBL 4.-1-46
CERT 936.00
Walrath Byron C
Crum Creek Rd
FR FT 510.00 A 103.00
273889 SBL 7.-1-4
CERT 942.00
Dolan Anthony
117 Hillabrandt Rd
FR FT 171.00 A1.00
273889 SBL 8.11-1-12
CERT 949.00
Holcomb Christopher
7711 STHWY 5 W
FR FT 185.40 A 4.10
273889 SBL 8.11-1-29
CERT 951.00
Swank Joseph E
7773 STHWY 5 W
FR FT265.00 DP160.00 A.75
273889 SBL 9.-1-4.11
CERT 953.00
Bellen Darren J
Vedder Rd
FR FT 587.20 A 9.00
273889 SBL 9.-4-29
CERT 956.00
Newland Corp
Matis Rd
FR FT 200.00 A 5.80
273889 SBL 9.-4-30
CERT 957.00
Christensen Ann
Matis Rd
FR FT 200.00 A 5.80
273889 SBL 9.-5-31
CERT 960.00
Peterson Jean Mueller
STHWY 5 E
FR FT135.00 DP 220.00
273889 SBL 9.10-1-6
CERT 962.00
Jaehn Gifford Nancy
STHWY 5 E
DP 100.00
273889 SBL 9.10-1-13
CERT 963.00
Oeser Joan
7436 STHWY 5 E
FR FT 100.00 A 4.00
NOV-24, 11/14, 11/28, 12/12

The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. CLASSIFIED Thursday, December 12, 2013 / 23
LEGALS
NOTICE OF Qualification of
AVALON DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
Authority filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/13. Office
location: Montgomery County.
LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on
6/15/12. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to c/o
Corporation Service Co., 80 State
St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE
addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Secy. of State, Div. of Corps, John
G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal
St., Ste. 4 Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
LEGALS
NOV-47, 11/28, 12/05, 12/12,
12/19, 12/26, 1/02/2014
FATTORIA DI LIMONE LLC,
Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY
on 09/09/2013. Office loc:
Montgomery County. SSNY has
been designated as agent upon
whom process against the LLC
may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: 248 McKinley Road;
Palatine Bridge, NY 13428.
Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
NOV-13 11/7, 11/14, 11/21,
11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2013
RECORDER CLASSIFIEDS
(518)843-1100
1-800-453-6397
LEGALS
INDEX NO.: 2013-83. Filed
Date: 12/03/2013.
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
AND NOTICE.
MORTGAGED PREMISES: 25
LINCOLN AVE., AMSTERDAM,
NY 12010.
(BL #: 1264-40).
Plaintiff
designates
Montgomery County as the
place of trial; venue is based
upon the county in which the
mortgaged premises is situate.
STATE OF NEW YORK.
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY
OF MONTGOMERY.
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
Plaintiff,
-against-
LEGALS
LAWRENCE SNAGG A/K/A
LAWRENCE B. SNAGG, if living,
and if dead, the respective heirs at
law, next of kin, distributees,
executors, administrators,
trustees, devisees, legatees,
assignors, lienors, creditors and
successors in interest, and generally
all persons having or claiming
under, by or through said defendant
who may be deceased, by
purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise
of any right, title or interest
in and to the premises described
in the complaint herein, and their
respective husbands, wives or
widows, if any, and each and
every person not specifically
named who may be entitled to or
LEGALS
claim to have any right, title or
interest in the property described
in the verified complaint; all of
whom and whose names and
places of residence unknown,
and cannot after diligent inquiry
be ascertained by the Plaintiff,
THE UNITED STATE OF AMERI-
CA, THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW
YORK STATE DEPARTMENT
OF TAXATION AND FINANCE,
Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-
MONED to answer the Complaint
in this action and to serve a copy
of your answer, or, if the
LEGALS
Complaint is not served with this
Summons, to serve a notice of
appearance on the attorneys for
the Plaintiff within 20 days after
the service of this Summons,
exclusive of the day of service (or
within 30 days after service is
complete if this Summons is not
personally delivered to you within
the State of New York). In case of
your failure to appear or answer,
judgment will be taken against
you by default for the relief
demanded in the Complaint.
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24 / Thursday, December 12, 2013 CLASSIFIED The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
LEGALS
copy of the answer on the attorney
for the mortgage company
who filed this foreclosure proceeding
against you and filing
the answer with the court, a
default judgment may be entered
and you can lose your home.
Speak to an attorney or go to
the court where your case is
pending for further information
on how to answer the summons
and protect your property.
Sending payment to your mortgage
company will not stop this
foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERV-
ING A COPY OF THE ANSWER
ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COM-
PANY) AND FILING THE
ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF
ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
THE OBJECT of the above
captioned action is to foreclose
a Mortgage to secure $
68,478.00 and interest, recorded
in the Office of the Clerk of
Montgomery on October 3,
2011, at Instr. No. 2011-44037,
covering premises known as 25
Lincoln Ave., Amsterdam, NY
12010- BL #: 1264-40.
The relief sought in the within
action is a final judgment directing
the sale of the premises
described above to satisfy the
debt secured by the Mortgage
described above. The Plaintiff
also seeks a deficiency judgment
against the Defendant and for any
debt secured by said Mortgage
which is not satisfied by proceeds
of the sale of said premises.
TO the Defendant
LAWRENCE SNAGG, the foregoing
Summons is served upon
you by publication pursuant to
an Order of the Hon. JOSEPH
M. SISE of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York,
Montgomery County, dated on
November 21st, 2013.
The property in question is
described as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL
OF LAND, situate, lying and
being in the City of Amsterdam,
Montgomery County, New York,
bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the
northerly margin of Lincoln
Avenue fifty (50) feet westerly
from the corner formed by intersection
of the northerly margin of
Lincoln Avenue and the westerly
margin of Chestnut Street, and
Running from said point of
beginning N. 35 degrees 50’ W.
fifty (50) feet along the northerly
margin of Lincoln Avenue;
Thence N. 54 degrees 10’ E.
one hundred (100) feet;
Thence S. 35 degrees 50’ E.
fifty (50) feet;
Thence S. 54 degrees 10’ W.
one hundred (100) feet to the
place of beginning.
Dated: New Rochelle, N.Y.
November 26, 2013.
McCABE, WEISBERG & CON-
WAY, P.C.
By: Leroy J. Pelicci, Jr., Esq.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
145 Huguenot Street, Ste. 210
New Rochelle, NY 10801
p. 914-636-8900
f. 914-636-8901
HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN
FORECLOSURE
NEW YORK STATE LAW
REQUIRES THAT WE SEND
YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE
FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOS-
ING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL
TO RESPOND TO THE SUM-
MONS AND COMPLAINT IN
THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION,
YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME.
PLEASE READ THE SUM-
MONS AND COMPLAINT
CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD
IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN
ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL
LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN
ADVICE ON HOW TO PRO-
TECT YOURSELF.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
AND ASSISTANCE.
The State encourages you to
become informed about your
options in foreclosure. In addition
LEGALS
to seeking assistance from an
attorney or legal aid office, there
are government agencies and
non-profit organizations that you
may contact for information about
possible options, including trying
to work with your lender during
this process. To locate an entity
near you, you may call the toll-free
helpline maintained by the New
York State Banking Department at
1-877-226-5697 or visit the
Department's website at
www.dfs.ny.gov.
FORECLOSURE RESCUE
SCAMS
Be careful of people who approach
you with offers to "save" your home.
There are individuals who watch for
notices of foreclosure actions in
order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's
distress. You should be
extremely careful about any such
promises and any suggestions that
you pay them a fee or sign over your
deed. State law requires anyone
offering such services for profit to
enter into a contract which fully
describes the services they will perform
and fees they will charge, and
which prohibits them from taking any
money from you until they have completed
all such promised services.
DEC-17 12/12, 12/19,
12/26/2013, 1/2/2014
NOTICE OF Formation of Log
and Timber Homes Realty, LLC
Office Location: Montgomery
County, NY. Articles of
Organization filed with the
Secretary of State of New York
(“SSNY”) on 12/02/2013. SSNY
is designated agent of LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served, and SSNY shall
mail process to Log and Timber
Homes Realty, LLC, 39 Walnut
St., Canajoharie, NY 13317.
Purpose: any lawful purpose.
DEC-15, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26,
1/2, 1/9, 1/16
Notice of Formation of
Adirondack Home Health Service
LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of
Org. filed Secretary Of State
(SSNY) 9/5/13. Exist date:
9/5/13. Office location: Fulton
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process to
Adirondack Home Health Service
LLC, 144 Bellen Road,
Broadalbin, NY 12025. Purpose:
provision of home health services.
NOV-42, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5,
12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2013
Notice of Formation of Merv’s
Auto Repair, LLC, Art. of Org. filed
Secretary of State (SSNY)
10/17/13. Office location:
Montgomery County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process to
Matthew Moller, 15 Green Acres
Lane, Hagaman, NY 12086.
Purpose: any lawful activities.
NOV-43 11/28, 12/5, 12/12,
12/19, 12/26/2013, 1/2/2014
Notice of formation of The
Haven Tee Room, LLC. Articles
of org. filed with Secretary of
State of NY (SSNY) on 11/04/13
Office location: Montgomery
County. SSNY is designated as
the agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served.
DEC-2 12/5, 12/12, 12/19,
12/26/2013, 1/2, 1/9/2014
NOTICE OF Formation Windy
Hill Restorations, LLC: Arts. Of
Org. filed with SSNY 10/08/13.
Off. Loc. Montgomery Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC on
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to: c/o
The LLC, 25 W Grand Street,
Palatine Bridge, NY 13428.
Purpose: all lawful activities.
NOV-49 11/28, 12/5, 12/12,
12/19, 12/26/2013, 1/2/2014
LEGAL NOTICE
READYJET TECHNICAL BUILD-
ING, L.L.C. has filed Articles of
Organization with the NYS
Secretary of State on November
14, 2013. Offices are located in
Fulton County with a principal
LEGALS
business address of: One Warren
Street, Johnstown, New York,
12095. The Secretary of State is
designated as agent of the limited
liability company upon whom
process against it may be served.
The address within or without this
state to which the secretary of
state shall mail a copy of any
process against the limited liability
company served upon him or her
is One Warren Street, Johnstown,
New York, 12095. The character
or purpose of the business of this
limited liability company is any
lawful purpose. The name and
business or residence addresses
of the initial members are: Mark
Farrington, One Warren Street,
Johnstown, New York, 12095.
NOV-50, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12,
12/19, 12/26, 1/2
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Name of LLC: NEW LIFE
RENTAL ENTERPRISES, LLC
The Articles of Organization were
filed with the NY Secretary of
State (SSNY) 11/26/13. The
office of the LLC is located in
Montgomery Co. SSNY is designated
as the agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of any
process to the LLC at: c/o PERS-
ING & O’LEARY, LLP, 10 Century
Hill Dr., Ste 3, Latham, NY 12110.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
DEC-16, 12/12,12/19/13, 01/26,
01/2, 01/9, 01/16/14
RODRIGUEZ & RODRIGUEZ,
LLC, Arts. of Org. file withe the
SSNY on 10/01/2013. Office
loc:Montgomery County.SSNY
has been designated as agent
upon whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to P.O. Box 905,
Amsterdam, NY 12010.
Purpose:Any Lawful Purpose.
NOV-41 11/21,11/28, 12/5,
12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2013
RONALD R. MARSH, MD,
PLLC
Notice of formation of Ronald R.
Marsh, MD, PLLC, a limited liability
company (the “LLC”).
Articles of Organization filed with
the Secretary of State of NY (the
“SSNY”) on 11/12/13. Office
location: Montgomery County.
The SSNY has been designated
as agent of the LLC, upon whom
process against it may be
served. The SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process to the LLC,
119 Holland Circle Drive,
Amsterdam, New York 12010.
Purposes: any lawful activity.
NOV-39 11/21, 11/28, 12/5,
12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2013
SOUTHSIDE SPECIALITIES
AND IMPORTS, LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State
(SSNY) 10/29/2013. Office in
Montgomery Co. SSNY desig.
agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process to 56
Bridge St., Amsterdam, NY
12010, which is also the principal
business location. Purpose:
Any lawful purpose.
NOV-40 11/21, 11/28, 12/5,
12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2013
NOTICE OF Formation of
Limited Liability Company.
Pursuant to Section 206 of the
New York Limited Liability Law.
The name of the limited liability
company is THE SUNDAR NADI
GROUP, LLC. The Articles of
Organization were filed with the
Secretary of State on November
6, 2013. The office of the Limited
Liability company will be located
in Montgomery County. The
Secretary of State is designated
as agent of the Limited Liability
Company upon whom process
against it may be served. The
address to which the Secretary
of State shall mail a copy of any
process against the Limited
Liability Company served upon
him or her is: The Sundar Nadi
Group, LLC, c/o Sean P. Ryan,
M.D., 166 Locust Avenue,
Amsterdam, NY 12010. The
Limited Liability Company is
formed for any lawful business
purpose or purposes.
NOV-32, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5,
12/12, 12/19, 12/26

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WANTED TO BUY
ALWAYS-BUYING-COMPLETE
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Music-items, photographs, paintings,
coins, books, records, attic
items, bottles, military, vintage clothing,
antiques, unusual items. 518-
842-5449
APPLIANCES &
FURNITURE
18-PIECE GLASS punch bowl set
$15.00, food processer/juicer
$25.00, Farberware electric broiler
and rotisserie $25. Call Perth 842-
6529
APARTMENTS FOR
RENT
1 BEDROOM, 251 Guy Park
Avenue. 973-207-2103.
186 CHURCH St., 2 1/2 BR Section
8 OK $600. First moonth+security.
Freshly painted. No pets. (518) 843-
5269 leave message.
1, 2 AND 3 BEDROOM apartments
in Amsterdam. Starting at $500
Security and first month’s rent. No
smoking. No Pets. (518)842-0600
2 BEDROOM large eat-in kitchen,
large LR, separate entrance, excellent
condition, references required,
first month rent plus security.
Amsterdam (518) 542-7046
3 BEDROOM upper. Swan Street.
Very nice. $550/month +
security/references. No dogs.
(518)491-1221. Amsterdam.
3 BEDROOM, remodeled w/appliances,
W/D hook-ups, off-street
parking, mature persons, lease,
security, no pets. (518)842-0427
3 BEDROOM. Second floor. Offstreet
parking, appliances.
$550/month. 86 Bunn Street.
(518)221-9333.
44 JAMES St, 2rd floor, 3 bedroom,
$600 First month plus security.
Section 8 OK. Freshly painted. No
pets(518) 843-5269.
LOWER 2 BEDROOM, $500 per
month plus security, Jackson St.
518-365-1758
NICE ONE bedroom. Excellent area.
Refrigerator, range, carpet, washer/dryer
hookups. References. No
pets. (518)843-3635.
NICE, CLEAN one bedroom apartment
in Hagaman. For one or two
people. No pets. $550/month
(518)441-7123
SPACIOUS AND bright 1st floor 3
BR. 1st floor laundry h/u, jetted tub,
dishwasher, large deck off kitchen, 2
car garage. 72 Lincoln Ave.
$850/month. 866-3070
WE OFFER 1-4 bedroom apartments
from $425-$600. Apartments
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MISC. FOR SALE
AGWAY 22” hi-wheel rotary mower,
very good condition, $100 (315)369-
6067. Old Forge
BIG CHOICE crane game. Very
good condition. $1295. Excellent
money maker for store or bar.
(518)842-4269.
BUILD A Wall, Stabilize a bank, 15
gabions, brought for $85, selling for
$60. (518) 548-5183
CASE 1740 Uniloader SkidSteer w/
Steel Tracks. Diesel Motor. $4,500.
(315)357-5093. Inlet
CRYSTAL CHANDELIER style
table lamps, 2 small crystal ceiling
lamps. New in box. Large Blue
Tiffany style floor lamp. (518)843-
0016
CUISINART FOOD processor
w/attachments, recipe book and
instructions, seldom used, asking
$75. call 842-8362
CUISINART
FROZEN
Yogurt/Icecream maker
two one quart units $45. Decorator
trunk sets. (518) 843-0016
DEPARTMENT 56 Christmas
Village New England series, whole
set $70 or will sell as individual
pieces (518) 843-4294
DINING ROOM Table w/6 chairs
$50, 82’ wheel horse tractor, (518)
843-0570
EARTH WOODSTOVE w/blower
and inside pipe. Very good condition,
$800. (315)369-6067. Old
Forge
FIBER OPTIC 4 foot christmas tree,
easy to set up $10.(518) 843-2643
FREEZE UPRIGHT, skill circular
saw, Call Bob (518) 281-4546
GE OFFICE/DORM refrigerator
32”H New condition $125, 2 pot coffee
unit 12 cup $40, Sunbeam
upright grill tabletop $30 (518)843-
0016
JC PENNEY metal bistro chairs,
bronze w/padded seats. Excellent
condition. $30/both. (315)369-6067.
Old Forge
LONG 6-DRAWER dresser w/mirror
$30. Tall 4-drawer dresser $30.
Round kitchen table w/4 chairs $30.
Washing machine $100. (518)573-
5309.
MISC. FOR SALE
MITSUBISHI TV. 50” projection tv
w/stand. Excellent condition. FREE.
(315)939-3283. Forestport
P61 HARMAN Pellet Stove $1900.
You take out Call (518) 843-3641
PORTABLE GENERATORS: 4,000
watts-$200; 5,000 watts-$450. 10”
Delta Unisaw, $650. Call (315)580-
2340. Raquette Lake
ROCKOLA COIN operated jukebox.
Very good condition. $995.
(518)842-4269.
TROY BUILT 8hr electric start snowblower
$400, Toro 8hr electric start
snowblower $400, both like new
runs great.(518) 843-9703
UPRIGHT PIANO Good condition.
Needs tuning, (518) 843-4432 You
transport Amsterdam NY
VERMONT CASTINGS Radiance
vent free propane gas fireplace
heater. Green cast iron. 35,000 BTU
w/thermostat. $695. (315)896-2306;
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XBOX 360 Rockband drum set
includes drums and sticks new in
original box. Asking $60. *82 882-
6193
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CHRISTMAS SALE at High Rollers
4313 State Highway 30 Amsterdam
Friday December 13. 12pm-6pm.
Dollar items, Crafts, Jewelry,
Antiques, Etc. (518)843-0783
FARM PRODUCTS
TRACTOR BLADE 3 point Hitch 7ft
$600 (OBO) (518)522-1653
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CARS FOR SALE
2004 DODGE Stratus $1999/OBO
160K New Timing Belt/Water Pump.
Eager to sell ASAP to pay for new
car's taxes. 779-1061. Amsterdam
2005 HYUNDAI Tuscon. 4 cyl.,
130K, needs muffler and brake
work. Great for around town. $2,000
OBO. (315)942-2534. Boonville.
‘93 FORD ESCORT 4-cylinder automatic.
New tires/batteries.
49,000/original. No rust.
$3,700/OBO. 1999 Jeep Wrangler
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AUDI 4 rubber floor mats. Like new.
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2001 CHEVY Blazer. 142,000 miles.
Runs well. $2,500. (315)725-0876,
Old Forge.
2001 CHEVY Tahoe 4x4. Runs
great. Excellent plow truck. $2,800
OBO. (315)768-4426. Whitesboro.
2004 FORD Ranger, 4x4, standard
5-speed. HD Suspension, fiberglass
bed. Good mechanically, new rear
brakes, some rust. $3,500.
(315)369-3078. Old Forge
2006 GMC 2500 HD, 4x4 w/Fisher
v-plow, tow pkg., System 1 ladder
rack. Remote start, power
windows/locks. $12,500. (315)369-
3291. Old Forge
2007 FORD F-150 XLT Super Crew.
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box, 88K, Excellent condition.
$15,500. (315)369-5398. Old Forge
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2007 YAMAHA Grizzly 4x4 like new,
runs great, low hours, back rack,
wench. $3500. (518) 883-5065
SNOWMOBILES
1996 POLARIS 230 Indy Lite. Runs
well, good condition. 2,000 miles.
Good sled for kids. $500. (315)357-
4352. Inlet
1999 SKIDOO SE Touring $2250.
Call (518)729-7334 Rotterdam.
2007 YAMAHA Phazer FX. 2-cyl., 4-
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26 / Thursday, December 12, 2013 SPORTS The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Boys, from page 32
Division of the Western
Athletic Conference.
“I was rusty, and with the
mouth guard I had to breathe differently,
so it was pretty tough,”
Sala said. “It was a challenge, but
I was able to prosper tonight.”
Sala’s entrance to the game was
marked by the senior scoring 10
straight Canajoharie (2-1, 2-1
WAC) points to open the second
quarter — and he didn’t stop there.
Sala also had eight points during
the Cougars’ 14-2 run that helped
them open up an eight-point lead
in the second half and provided a
huge boost to a team that struggled
to finish chances close to the basket
Wednesday night.
“I knew as soon as he came
back, he was gonna make a difference
in the ball game,”
Canajoharie coach Phil Schoff
said. “I didn’t think he’d be that
hot that early in the ball game,
but he’s the type of kid that has
so much fire, so much competitiveness.
He wanted to be on the
court for the past eight weeks.”
Dillan Veeder scored 12 of his
14 points in the second half and
Josh Gonzalez chipped in 13
points for Canajoharie as the
Cougars took control of the game
late in the third quarter, then held
on as the Hilltoppers (1-3, 1-2)
chipped into the lead throughout
the final eight minutes.
Down as many as eight, Fort
Plain did rally to tie the game at
50-50 with 3:51 to play when
Kiernan Briggs — who scored a
team-high 19 points — drove the
baseline for a layup, but
Canajoharie’s Zach Folts leaked
into the open court on the ensuing
inbounds play for an easy layup
that put Canajoharie up for good.
“Canjo played great. They
made big shots every time they
needed one,” Fort Plain coach
Casey Russom said. “The Sala
kid played real well, made a lot
of big shots for them, but our
boys played hard. We’re young,
and I liked the way they battled
— especially the way they battled
back in the fourth quarter.”
Between the 19 points — including
five 3-pointers — from Briggs
and 15 points off the bench from
Eric Orologio, the Hilltoppers
managed to keep Canajoharie
within striking distance in the closing
minutes, but a 3-point play
from Veeder with 30.4 seconds left
and a key rebound by Gonzalez off
a missed Veeder free throw in the
closing seconds helped the
Cougars run out the clock on the
win — even if it came in a slightly
different fashion than usual for
Canajoharie, which relied on the
outside shooting of Sala and Colin
Davis when Gonzalez, Folts and
Zach Ouderkirk were struggling in
the post.
“They shut down the middle, so
we had to be a perimeter shooting
team,” Sala said. “That’s the
good part about this team — we
can play down low, but we can
also shoot if we need to.”
While Fort Plain will take on
Galway Friday night,
Canajoharie is faced with a key
matchup at home against a
Saratoga Central Catholic team
that has jumped to the top of the
WAC North in the opening weeks
of play. With the Cougars needing
to make up ground after last
week’s season-opening overtime
loss to Northville, Schoff said the
Cougars must play a more complete
game than they did
Wednesday night.
“We were stagnant. We were
one step behind every play,” he
said. “We weren’t anticipating
like I thought we would be. We
weren’t really jelling inside like
we usually are. We haven’t really
played Canajoharie basketball to
our ability yet in the three games
we’ve had.”
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Fort Plain's Eric Orologio tries to make a move around Canajoharie's Zachary Ouderkirk during their
game on Wednesday night.
Girls, from page 32
were up 20-5 early in the second quarter.
Dainara Veeder scored eight of her 10
points in the first half, and Canajoharie
had defenders shadowing Fort Plain’s
Boyer and senior guard Haley Kilmartin
all over the court, frustrating the duo early
on in the contest.
“I was nervous in the beginning,” said
Kilmartin, who did not attempt a shot until
there was 2:37 to play in the first half.
“It’s tough when they’re playing a triangle-and-two
like that, and face-guarding
you,” she said.
But Fort Plain steadily chipped away at the
Lady Cougars’ lead. The Lady Hilltoppers
had their deficit down to eight points at halftime,
two by the end of third quarter, and
they took the lead for good with more than
five minutes left in the game.
“They did a super job of getting back in
the game,” said Canajoharie head coach
Joe Fowler. “They never (mentally) left
the game. ... They just don’t give up.”
The Lady Cougars helped Fort Plain’s
cause. After its fast start, the home team
committed 15 turnovers in the second half,
and allowed Boyer and Kilmartin to score
a combined 22 points in the second half.
“We calmed down and the anxiety was
out of our system,” said Boyer. “We started
playing a lot smarter.”
After getting itself out to a big lead
against its archrival, Fowler said his team
was “too hyper” in the second half.
“We’re still a young team with a lot of
juniors,” he said. “We have to learn how to
win.”
“I think their inexperience did show a little
bit,” said Fort Plain head coach Phil Karker.
“But you still have to give them a tremendous
amount of credit (for how they played
at the beginning). They played so hard and
Joe has done a great job with them.”
Fort Plain outscored Canajoharie in the
fourth quarter, 20-9, as the Lady
Hilltoppers made 10 free throws in the
Dave Wojeski/For The Recorder
LEFT: Fort Plain’s Abby Boyer and Shirley Soren double team Canajoharie’s Jenelle Dillenbeck as she tries to move the ball
up the court during their game on Wednesday night. RIGHT: Fort Plain's Haley Kilmartin has the ball knocked away by
Canajoharie's Dainara Veeden as she tries to get off a shot.
final stanza.
“We just really wanted to win,” said
Kilmartin, who had 11 points and five
rebounds. “We had a lot of heart today.”
The Lady Hilltoppers’ senior duo also
got some critical help. Junior forward Bri
Florian had five points, eight rebounds and
five blocks, while sophomore guard Soren
Shirley had five points and six steals.
“They definitely stepped up big and took
some pressure off Haley and me,” said
Boyer. “They did a really nice job.”
Karker agreed, adding that sophomore
guard Kendra Trembley and freshman
Cheyenne Munson added key plays at crucial
moments.
“And,” he said, “Haley and Abby were
Haley and Abby.”
For Canajoharie, Jenelle Dillenbeck had 10
points and four steals, while Jordyn Logan
had six points and seven steals. Veeder had
five steals to go along with her 10 points.
Fowler said his team will grow from
Wednesday’s disappointment, while
Karker said his team wants to use its victory
as a springboard into the rest of its season.
Staging a double-digit comeback with
their backs against the wall could only
help the Lady Hilltoppers, Karker said.
That such a victory came against his
team’s top rival was an extra bonus for
Fort Plain. Karker jokingly compared the
teams’ rivalry to the Civil War since
“everyone out here is probably related in
some way,” and said he was not surprised
the matchup had produced another memorable
game.
“It’s always going to be a close game, no
matter what,” said Karker. “One team
could be the Class C champion and the
other could not have a win in 20 games —
but it’s still going to be a close game.”
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Amsterdam wrestlers cruise past CBA
ALBANY — With only three weight
classes contested, the Amsterdam High
School wrestling team rode a wave of 12
forfeits to a 78-9 victory over Christian
Brothers Academy in the Rams’ Big 10
opener Wednesday night.
Brailin Santana scored the lone win in a
contested match for Amsterdam (2-0, 1-1
Big 10), pinning CBA’s Fritz Pierre in 3:04
at 170 pounds. In addition, Monty
Carmona, Brandon Lapi, John Rivera,
Mashland Santiago, Marcus Torres, Chris
Garrison, Dom Santiago, Evelio Homs,
Jorge Rivera, Chris Velasquez, Adam Tatun
and Scott Moore collected forfeit wins.
Brenden Ward scored a pinfall victory for
CBA at 132 pounds, while Dennis Riley
won a 9-6 decision over Amsterdam’s
Brian Swank at 145 pounds.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Western Athletic Conference
Mayfield 51, Galway 35
Jordan VanNostrand led the way with 14
points as the Panthers eased past Galway.
Lucas VanNostrand added 11 points and
Todd Briggs chipped in nine points for
Mayfield (3-1, 2-1 WAC).
Mike Mattice scored 13 points and Dan
Diaz added seven points for Galway (0-4,
0-2).
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Mayfield 55, Middleburgh 46
Julie Hampton hit four 3-pointers on her
way to a team-high 20 points, and the
Lady Panthers roared in the second half to
charge past Middleburgh.
Alex Shledon added 18 points for
Mayfield, which scored just 12 points in
the first half before surging to outscore
Middleburgh 43-23 over the final two
quarters. Kaylee Bumpus chipped in 10
points and Cailey Meca scored seven
points for Mayfield.
Amanda Roney had a game-high 21
points and Carley Ryan scored 15 points
for Middleburgh.
BOYS BOWLING
Big 10
Amsterdam 4, Schenectady 3
Brendan McGillin fired a 729 series with
a high game of 286 to lead the Rams past
Schenectady.
Marc LaBahn added a 246-675 series and
Billy McGaffin had a 233-630 series for
Amsterdam.
Nick Barnes’ 237-643 led the way for
Schenectady.
Western Athletic Conference
Middleburgh 3, Canajoharie 1
William Miaski rolled a 237-649 and
Hunter Guest added a 227-609 to lead
Middleburgh to a win over Canajoharie.
Ryan Weaver bowled 236-591 and
Dakota Montayne chipped in with a 236-
572 to lead Canajoharie.
GIRLS BOWLING
Western Athletic Conference
Middleburgh 3, Canajoharie 1
Caroline Shultes tallied a 183-495 and
Taylor Dolan had a 173-454 to help
Middleburgh defeat Canajoharie.
Kiara Putnam shot 220-537 and Amy
Reedy added a 173-438 to lead
Canajoharie.
—Staff report
Kelly, from page 32
“We know we have the possibility of
doing good things,” Orapello said.
Hurley said that he had been impressed
with the Rams this season, calling the
club a much-improved one compared to a
season ago.
“Their guards are playing great,” said
Hurley. “And he’s (Orapello) really starting
to put his stamp on the program and
you can see that.”
Progress was evident Tuesday night,
when the Rams almost scored an upset
victory against Catholic Central. Playing
one of the Big 10’s top teams, Amsterdam
lost a 63-57 decision and was down two
points with 90 seconds to play.
“We didn’t get the win, but we did a lot
of things that were better than before,”
Orapello said.
“We showed a lot of heart,” AHS senior
guard Andrew Rouse said.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
After graduating so much talent from
last season’s team, Hurley said that he
expected a transition period for this season’s
bunch.
He was wrong; his team already looks
like a top contender in the Big 10, as
sophomore guard Dyaire Holt has led the
Flying Horses to a perfect start and a big
early-season victory against Christian
Brothers Academy.
“The one thing we try to always do is
play hard. That’s the first thing we try to
instill — and we played really hard
against [CBA],” Hurley said.
After being something of an afterthought
a season ago because of star forwards
Javion Ogunyemi and Jerrell Reid,
Holt has emerged as the early-season
leader for the Big 10’s player-of-the-year
award. After being “third fiddle” a year
ago, Holt registered 24 points for
Hurley’s squad against CBA.
“Now, he’s the focal point of our team,”
Hurley said.
Helping Holt out has been junior guard
Zach Radz, who has scored in double figures
in each of the Flying Horses’ games.
“We go as those two guys go,” Hurley
said.
But Troy has more than two guards.
While its stable of forwards is not as
imposing as last year’s group, guys like
6-foot-8-inch sophomore Jack McLaren
— “He’s a potential Division I player,”
Hurley said — and 6-foot-3-inch senior
Justice Walston have helped Troy get off
to its strong start.
“But we’re still putting the pieces together,”
cautioned Hurley. “This is a new team, a
new style. They’ve been playing great, but
we need to get a lot better.”
Friday night’s opposing coach had a different
take on the status of Hurley’s
rebuilding operation.
“He’s reloaded,” Orapello said.
ANSWERING THE CALL
After a lackluster effort on the boards
this past Friday against Schenectady, the
Rams dominated the glass in Tuesday’s
loss to Catholic Central.
The raw numbers were pretty, as AHS
outdid Catholic Central in total rebounds,
43-31. But the percentages were even better
for the Rams, which grabbed 81 percent
of available rebounds on their defensive
end of the court and 41 percent of
available rebounds on Catholic Central’s
defensive end of the court.
Rodriguez, who made his season debut
Tuesday and had a pair of rebounds in
seven minutes of action, said the Rams
had not done much different in Tuesday’s
contest.
“I guess we were just playing harder?”
he said. “I really don’t know.”
Junior forward Marcus Pritchard led the
Rams with 10 rebounds, seven of which
came on the offensive glass. Sophomore
guard Bryan Stanavich grabbed seven
rebounds, Rouse had six boards and junior
guard Anferny Aponte collected five
caroms.
FIRING AWAY
After Tuesday’s loss to Catholic Central,
Orapello did not fault his team’s heart —
but he did have a bone to pick with its
brain.
With their drives to the basket, the
Rams had gotten the Crusaders into significant
foul trouble — two Catholic
Amsterdam’s
Anferny Aponte
attempts a layup
against Catholic
Central’s Brian
Brooks during their
Big 10 boys basketball
game on Tuesday
night. Amsterdam will
play at Big 10 power
Troy on Friday
evening.
Dave Wojeski/
For The Recorder
Central players fouled out in the contest,
including one who was disqualified in the
third quarter — by the fourth quarter. But
in the game’s final minutes, the Rams
abandoned their slashing game and
instead fired away long-range shots.
“It wasn’t supposed to be that way,”
said Orapello. “But we just got into that
mode.”
In all, the Rams made 5 of the 30 shots
they took from 3-point territory. Rouse
said the Rams were simply taking what
the Crusaders were giving them.
“I mean, it is a lot of 3s, but we had a
lot of open looks,” said Rouse. “We didn’t
have a lot of crazy 3s. ... We had a lot
of open looks and we need to capitalize
on those.”
During the Rams’ 1-2 start, the play has
been inconsistent, but the team’s propensity
for shooting 3-pointers has not
waned. The club has averaged 24 3-point
attempts per game through Tuesday’s
loss, but AHS has only made 22.2 percent
of its deep shots.
That team percentage is slightly misleading
in a generous way. With sophomore
guard Kory Bergh’s 10-of-30 line
taken out of the equation, the rest of the
Rams have only made 6 of 42 (14 percent)
of their 3-pointers.
AROUND THE LEAGUE
After their 18-point loss to the Rams,
the Albany Falcons have rebounded with
a pair of hard-fought victories. The
Falcons downed La Salle Institute by two
points and Bishop Maginn by five. Senior
Jahmr Jordan has averaged 17 points per
game in the wins. ... In a rebuilding year,
LSI may have found its go-to scorer in
Tuesday’s loss to Albany. After he scored
a single point in his team’s first game, the
Cadets’ Ryan Bielauc erupted for 29
points against the Falcons. ... At present,
Troy’s Holt is the top scorer in the league
with an average of 23 points per game.
Catholic Central’s Mack is right behind
him at 22.5 points per game.
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M’s and Mets spend
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baseball.
Seattle is spending, adding
two-time All-Star Corey Hart
and Logan Morrison to go
along with Robinson Cano.
The New York Mets also are
flashing big bucks, striking a
deal with pitcher Bartolo
Colon after signing Curtis
Granderson.
Away from the formal meetings,
the Mariners added a pair
of first baseman-outfielders
with pop, reaching agreement
on a one-year deal with Hart
and acquiring Morrison in a
trade with the Miami Marlins.
Hart confirmed he had agreed
to the deal in a text to The
Associated Press. The deal is
still pending what should be a
closely monitored physical.
Hart missed last season following
surgery on his right knee.
Morrison was acquired for
relief pitcher Carter Capps,
according to a person with
knowledge of the deal. The person
spoke to the AP on condition
of anonymity because the
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After giving outfielder Curtis
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40-year-old Colon, raising
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more than $87 million this offseason.
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Pittsburgh agreed to a $5 million,
one-year contract with
right-hander Edinson Volquez,
also pending a physical. The
30-year-old Volquez went 9-12
with a 5.71 ERA this year
while splitting time between
San Diego and the Los Angeles
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Earlier on Wednesday, the
Pirates and right-hander
Charlie Morton agreed to a $21
million, three-year contract
that avoided salary arbitration.
Also at the meetings, Matt
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“For the time being they are
not going to move him,” Dave
Stewart said after meeting with
Los Angeles GM Ned Colletti.
Mike Scioscia, manager of
the rival Angels, said he’s
counting on a healthy Albert
Pujols, limited to 99 games and
64 RBIs by a foot injury that
ended his season in mid-
August.
“He’s taking batting practice.
He feels very strong physically,”
Scioscia said. “I think the
foot will be a non-issue.”
Detroit finalized a $10 million,
two-year contract with outfielder
Rajai Davis, Houston
acquired right-hander Anthony
Bass from San Diego in a deal
that also sends a player to be
named or cash both ways, and
Oakland sent left-hander Jerry
Blevins to Washington for
minor league outfielder Billy
Burns — the Athletics’ fifth
trade in 10 days.
Utilityman Jerry Hairston Jr.
said he is retiring.
MLB executive vice president
Joe Torre said talks on
expanded video review next
season are continuing with
the unions for umpires and
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(AP) — During his 13-year
career as an All-Star catcher,
Mike Scioscia earned a reputation
for being as tough as anyone
when it came to blocking home
plate.
But in a sport filled with nostalgia,
even Scioscia wouldn’t mind
seeing a few modifications.
“I think everyone is in agreement
that the mindless collisions
at home plate where a catcher is
being targeted by a runner, that
needs to be addressed,” the Los
Angeles Angels manager said.
“When I was growing up as a
kid in Philadelphia, it was a
badge of honor. You were expected
to hang in at the plate, and the
runner was expected to do everything
he could to tag the plate.
We’re going back 40 years ago,
but the mindset has changed a
bit.”
Major League Baseball said
Wednesday it intends to eliminate
home plate collisions by
2015 at the latest.
Not everyone is pleased.
Pete Rose, who famously flattened
Ray Fosse to score the winning
run in the 1970 All-Star
game, was bowled over.
“What are they going to do
next, you can’t break up a double
play?” Rose said in a telephone
interview with The Associated
Press after MLB announced its
plan Wednesday.
“You’re not allowed to pitch
inside. The hitters wear more
armor than the Humvees in
Afghanistan. Now you’re not
allowed to try to be safe at home
plate?” Rose said. “What’s the
game coming to? Evidently the
guys making all these rules never
played the game of baseball.”
New York Mets general manager
Sandy Alderson, chairman of
the rules committee, made the
announcement at the winter
meetings, saying the change
would go into effect for next season
if the players’ association
approved. Safety and concern
over concussions were major factors
— fans still cringe at the
thought of the season-ending hit
Buster Posey absorbed in 2011.
“Ultimately what we want to do
is change the culture of acceptance
that these plays are ordinary
and routine and an accepted part
of the game,” Alderson said.
“The costs associated in terms of
health and injury just no longer
warrant the status quo.”
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Banned for life in 1989 following
a gambling investigation,
Rose insists Fosse was blocking
the plate without the ball, which
is against the rules. Fosse injured
a shoulder, and his career went
into a downslide.
“Since 1869, baseball has been
doing pretty well,” Rose said.
“The only rules they ever
changed was the mound (height)
and the DH. I thought baseball
was doing pretty good. Maybe
I’m wrong about the attendance
figures and the number of people
going to ballgames.”
Alderson said wording of the
rules change will be presented to
owners for approval at their Jan.
16 meeting in Paradise Valley,
Ariz. Details must be sorted out,
such as what should happen if a
catcher blocks the plate without
the ball.
“The exact language and how
exactly the rule will be enforced
is subject to final determination,”
he said. “We’re going to do fairly
extensive review of the types of
plays that occur at home plate to
determine which we’re going to
find acceptable and which are
going to be prohibited.”
Approval of the players’ union
is needed for the rules change to
be effective for 2014.
“If the players’ association were
to disapprove, then the implementation
of the rule would be
suspended for one year, but could
be implemented unilaterally after
that time,” Alderson said.
The union declined to comment,
pending a review of the
proposed change. Some players
spoke up on Twitter.
“No more home plate collisions?!
What is this? NFL quarterbacks
are catchers now?”
Oakland outfielder Josh Reddick
wrote.
“Nothing better than getting run
over and showing the umpire the
ball. Please don’t ban home plate
collisions,” Pittsburgh rookie
catcher Tony Sanchez posted.
Discussion to limit or ban collisions
has intensified since May
2011, when Posey was injured as
the Marlins’ Scott Cousins
crashed into him at the plate.
Posey, San Francisco’s All-Star
catcher, sustained a broken bone
in his lower left leg and three torn
ligaments in his ankle, an injury
that ended his season.
Posey returned to win the NL
batting title and MVP award in
2012, when he led the Giants to
their second World Series title in
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New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) shoots over
Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson (22) in the second half at
Madison Square Garden in New York, Wednesday. Anthony
scored 30 points as the Knicks defeated the Bulls 83-78.
Knicks blow big
lead but edge Bulls
NEW YORK (AP) — The
huge lead was gone, and the
New York Knicks were in danger
of a loss that would have
hurt far more than their two
straight blowouts.
“From a mental standpoint, if
this game would have got
away from us, ain’t no telling
what would have happened,”
Carmelo Anthony said.
It didn’t, thanks to Amare
Stoudemire’s biggest moment
of the season.
Anthony had 30 points and
10 rebounds, Stoudemire made
the tiebreaking jumper with
2:35 left, and New York pulled
out an 83-78 victory over the
Chicago Bulls on Wednesday
night after blowing a 23-point
lead.
Stoudemire finished with 14
points and nine rebounds for
the Knicks, who ended a twogame
losing streak but made it
harder on themselves than necessary
with some sloppy second-half
offense.
Stoudemire was a catalyst in
a 19-0 second-quarter spurt
while playing on both nights of
back-to-back games for the
first time this season. He was
playing restricted minutes and
was forced to sit out some
games earlier this season following
summer knee surgery,
but has progressed past that
and was on the court for nearly
30 minutes.
He had scored 17 and 15
points in the previous two
games, but this time his
improved play resulted in a
victory.
“It’s great in order to be out
there playing in a desperation
game down the stretch,”
Stoudemire said. “It feels good
to be back on the court, I’d tell
you that much. A lot of hard
work has been put in to be in
top shape.”
Mike Dunleavy Jr. scored 20
points for the Bulls, who have
lost three straight and five of
six. They are having a dreadful
time scoring, topping out at 75
points in their previous two
games and barely surpassing
that in this one.
Joakim Noah had 12 points
and 11 rebounds in his return
after missing a game with a
bruised right thigh, but Luol
Deng missed his third straight
game with a sore left Achilles
for a team already without
Derrick Rose and Jimmy
Butler.
“We got them. We tied them.
We just couldn’t get over the
top,” Dunleavy said. “We
couldn’t break through.”
The Knicks were without
Raymond Felton, who was
resting a sore left hamstring
and could be out for what
coach Mike Woodson said
would “probably be a little
while.” Fellow starting guard
Iman Shumpert joined him
among the injured in the third
quarter after bruising his left
knee during a collision.
The Knicks led by 12 points
at halftime and were cruising
in the third quarter before committing
five turnovers in less
than 2 minutes late in the period,
allowing Chicago to pull
within 68-54 heading to the
fourth.
The Bulls then held the
Knicks to three field goals in
the first 9-plus minutes of the
fourth quarter, outscoring them
20-6 to tie it at 74 on Noah’s
follow shot with 3:39 remaining.
Stoudemire broke the tie
with his jumper, and Anthony
made it 78-74 with two free
throws with 1:29 to go before
Chicago turned it over to end
the comeback hopes.
“We just couldn’t get good
shots,” guard Kirk Hinrich
said. “We had some
turnovers, some bobbles. I
feel responsible for a lot of
those times.”
Former Celtics coach Doc Rivers
returns to Boston with Clippers
BOSTON (AP) — Doc Rivers
made his way down the hallway
that goes past the locker rooms at
the TD Garden, stopping every
few feet to shake hands or give a
hug to another old friend.
He had just gotten to the concourse
where a gaggle of about
40 reporters was waiting for him
when a fan yelled out, “Love
you, Doc!”
The coach who led the Celtics
to the 2008 NBA championship
returned to Boston on Wednesday
night for the first time since taking
over the Los Angeles
Clippers, and the fans welcomed
him back without any bitterness
over his departure. Rivers
received a spontaneous cheer
when he walked out onto the
court during warm-ups, a bigger
one when he was introduced
before the opening tip and another
after a video between the first
two periods.
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It’s going to be emotional in that
building.”
Rivers took over a team that
was on its way to the bottom, losing
a franchise-record 18 games
in a row in his third season while
trying to position itself for the
lottery. But that summer, despite
drawing the No. 5 pick in the
draft, general manager Danny
Ainge acquired Kevin Garnett
and Ray Allen, teaming them
with Paul Pierce in a New Big
Three that won the NBA title in
their first year together.
The Celtics returned to the
NBA Finals two years later, but
then Allen left for Miami and
with Pierce and Garnett getting
older Ainge decided it was time
to start over. Rivers was traded to
the Clippers for a 2015 firstround
draft choice, and the two
remaining stars were sent to the
Brooklyn Nets for a package of
players and picks.
“It would have been real hard to
go through the whole re-build
thing again,” Rivers said. “I was
thinking at the time it was time to
go. It was just time.”
If there were any hard feelings,
they weren’t visible at
Wednesday night’s game, which
the Clippers won 96-88.
“I was basically useless for the
first 18 minutes of the game, I
thought,” an emotional Rivers
said after the game. “It was nice.
It didn’t surprise me. You’ve got
to live here to understand that. (It
is) an amazing fan base, it really
is. And I just want everything to
go well for them.”
Rivers waved to acknowledge
the cheering fans during warmups,
and walked toward the
Celtics bench to greet a few
familiar faces at the scoring table.
Between the first and second
periods, a video was shown on
the scoreboard that showed clips
of him facing Ainge as players,
posing with Red Auerbach and
getting drenched with orange
Gatorade after winning the 2008
championship.
It ended with the words, “Thank
you, Doc!”
Many of the Clippers applauded,
as did the Celtics assistant
coaches and training staff and the
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The Associated Press
Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan speaks during a media availability at their NFL football training facility,
Wednesday, in Ashburn, Va. Kirk Cousins will start for the Washington Redskins on Sunday, and Robert Griffin III will be the
inactive No. 3 quarterback behind Rex Grossman.
Shanahan sits RG3
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — It
takes quite the sales job to
explain why a medically
cleared Robert Griffin III won’t
play for the rest of the season.
Embattled Washington
Redskins coach Mike Shanahan
realized that and gave it his best
shot Wednesday, speaking passionately
at times in a 28-
minute news conference that
included references to the
team’s “circus atmosphere” and
insistences that the move isn’t a
ploy to get himself fired.
The upshot is that Griffin will
be the inactive third quarterback
for the Redskins’ final
three games, behind starter Kirk
Cousins and backup Rex
Grossman. Shanahan’s reasoning
is that he fears Griffin, who
has taken a pounding in recent
weeks, will get hurt, and that
would ruin the franchise player’s
offseason — a reversal of
Shanahan’s oft-stated position
that Griffin needed as much
game experience as possible
and would play to the end of the
season.
“You’ve got to take a look at
the risk and reward,” Shanahan
said. “And with Robert I
thought that his hits were piling
up on him, giving him his toll,
and I was afraid that we would
set him back.”
Griffin, who publicly clashed
with Shanahan at times this
year, clearly wasn’t happy with
the decision. He gestured,
shrugged and shook his head
throughout his turn at the podium,
and he declined to answer
when asked if he believes
Shanahan’s rationale for the
benching, saying: “At this
point, I just have got to leave it
up to Coach.”
“I expressed my desire to
play,” Griffin said. “Of course, I
want to be out there and finish
the season with my guys, see it
through. He explained to me his
reasoning, and at the end of the
day Coach’s decision is what
we go with.”
Asked if he’d rather play for a
different coaching staff next
year, Griffin said: “I think that’s
the general misconception, that
players in our locker room want
people gone.”
Still, the move only serves to
stoke the turmoil surrounding
the Redskins (3-10) in general
and Shanahan in particular. The
team has lost five straight, giving
the coach his third season of
double-digits losses in four
years in Washington. It appears
increasingly unlikely he’ll
return for the final year of his
five-year, $35 million contract.
Shanahan went into great
detail about his decision to sit
Griffin, to the point that he
made a quote that he no doubt
wishes he could re-word
because it will rank high in alltime
Redskins infamy: “What
I’m trying to do is be as honest
as I can. And I don’t normally
do that.”
Shanahan conceded for the
first time that his decision to
keep an obviously injured
Griffin in last year’s loss to
Seattle cost the Redskins the
game. Griffin had major knee
surgery a few days later and
was sidelined for all of the offseason
practices, the kind of
vital development work that
Shanahan says he doesn’t want
Griffin to miss for a second
straight year.
Shanahan said he first
broached the topic of benching
Griffin with owner Dan Snyder
last week, even though the
coach has contractual say-so
over all personnel decisions. He
said both Snyder and general
manager Bruce Allen offered
their “100 percent” support.
Shanahan cited that consensus
as evidence that he’s not trying
to get fired. If he should resign,
he would forfeit the final year’s
salary of his contract.
“Somebody said, ‘Hey, the
reason why you’re going with
Kirk is you’re trying to get fired
and get a year left on your contract,”’
Shanahan said. “If I
want to try to get fired, I’m not
going to call up Dan Snyder and
ask his opinion on a player
(when) I don’t have to. And if
he says no, I’m not going to go
in that direction.”
Shanahan said he doesn’t discuss
most player moves with
Snyder, but he did so this time
“because we’re going to have a
circus atmosphere any time you
make a decision like that.”
Nevertheless, Shanahan,
whose regular season record is
24-37 in Washington, again
conceded he might not return
for a fifth season.
“I don’t know until I sit down
with Dan,” Shanahan said.
“Then we’ll find out what I
think. I’ll give him my opinions,
and he’ll give me his opinions.
Maybe we just hit it off
and everything and I get that
12-, 15-year contract.”
“Well, maybe three-year,” he
added with a smile. “Whatever
it is. That’s where grown men
talk at the end of the year and
you find out, ‘Hey, what’s the
best way to go?”’
Philbin helps Dolphins amid bullying scandal
JOE PHILBIN
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins coach
Joe Philbin maps out his team’s hourly schedule
months in advance,
begins most interview
sessions by praising
that day’s practice, and
reads postgame lockerroom
speeches from
index cards.
He prefers the predictable,
and working
from a script. But when
this season strayed from the planned outline,
and a bullying scandal accelerated the team’s
tailspin, Philbin responded with steady leadership
that has won praise from his players and
assistants — and kept Miami in the playoff race.
“Joe Philbin has done a phenomenal job to
get us to this point,” offensive coordinator
Mike Sherman said.
Given the Dolphins’ disarray six weeks ago,
it’s remarkable they’re 7-6 and in contention
for the AFC’s final wild-card berth heading
into their game Sunday against New England.
Tackle Jonathan Martin left the team Oct. 28
and alleged he was harassed daily by teammates,
including guard Richie Incognito, who
was suspended. The resulting furor threatened
to divide the locker room during a stretch
when the Dolphins were playing poorly.
Sherman, a former head coach at Green Bay
and Texas A&M, empathized with the challenge
Philbin faced.
“I never had to endure what he’s had to
endure with the distractions that we had,”
Sherman said. “You have no idea what a task
that is to keep a team together and not splinter
amid the adversity. I have to give Joe Philbin
tremendous credit for the focus that he demanded
from all of us to stay on task. We wouldn’t
be in this position if he wasn’t able to pull us all
together, coaches and players alike.”
Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who knows a
thing or two about off-the-field distractions,
credited Philbin for steady improvement by
the Dolphins despite the scandal.
“I think the media blew a lot of that out of
proportion — all the hype and everything,”
Belichick said. “But that didn’t derail them in
any way. They’ve been on track. If you watch
them play on film, you wouldn’t have any
sense that whatever else has been in the media
has affected the team. They’ve just gone out
there and played very, very competitively
every week.”
The season could yet unravel, sending the
Dolphins to a losing record for a fifth consecutive
year. The findings of NFL investigator
Ted Wells might implicate coaches and staff.
But Miami also could make the playoffs for
the first time since 2008, which would be an
improbable achievement given the state of the
franchise only a month ago.
The Dolphins appeared doomed after an
embarrassing prime-time loss against previously
winless Tampa Bay dropped them to 4-
5. Amid the swirl of scandal and scrutiny of
their workplace, players found comfort in
Philbin’s stoic demeanor.
“He has been a good leader — even-keel the
whole way,” tackle Bryant McKinnie said.
“You don’t want to see somebody distressed.
If they always look the same all the time, you
never know if they’re up or down. Sometimes
that’s a good thing.”
I was 8-6 after the Sunday
afternoon games but lost both
the Sunday
and Monday
night games
to finish the
week at 8-8.
In my opinion
any week
.500 or better
against the
spread is a
success in
this crazy
season! Here
is the NFL
playoff picture
after 14
weeks:
In the AFC if the season ended
By
RICK
JOBIN
JOBES KNOWS
Safe play
to take
Broncos
after week 14 these would be
the six playoff teams in order by
seed: Broncos (11-2), Patriots
(10-3), Bengals (9-4), Colts (8-
5), Chiefs (10-3) and Ravens (7-
6). The Dolphins (7-6), Chargers
(6-7), Jets (6-7) and Titans (5-8)
are all still in the hunt.
In the NFC if the season ended
after Week 14 these would be
the six playoff teams in order by
seed: Seahawks (11-2), Saints
(10-3), Eagles (8-5), Lions (7-
6), Panthers (9-4) and 49ers (9-
4). The Cardinals (8-5), Bears
(7-6), Cowboys (7-6) and
Packers (6-6-1) are all still alive.
All teams not mentioned have
officially been eliminated from
the playoffs and will be jockeying
for draft position over the
last three weeks. Leading the
battle for the No. 1 overall pick
in the 2014 NFL draft are the
Texans (2-11), Redskins (3-10),
Falcons (3-10) and Vikings (3-
9-1).
I’ll be back on Saturday with
the remaining 15 games on the
schedule.
Record against the spread:
Week 14: 8-8
Season: 103-96-8
(Last 8 weeks: 63-48-4)
Denver (-10 1/2) vs. San
Diego
The 11-2 Broncos host the 6-7
Chargers on Thursday night.
These teams met five weeks ago
in San Diego and the Broncos
won 28-20. Denver was favored
by seven points in that game.
The Broncos are 7-0 straight
up and 5-1-1 against the spread
at home this season. The
Broncos are averaging an amazing
42 points a game at home
this season and they’ve won
their seven home games by the
following margins: 22, 16, 32,
16, 24, 10 and 23 points.
The Chargers are 3-4 straight
up and 3-3-1 against the spread
on the road this season.
Although they had a nice 41-38
road win over the Chiefs three
weeks ago, they have three bad
road losses this season against
the Texans (2-11), Redskins (3-
10) and Raiders (4-9).
The Chargers need this game to
keep their wildcard hopes alive
but the Broncos also need this
game to stay a game ahead of the
Patriots and maintain their hold
on the home field advantage
throughout the AFC playoffs.
Wes Welker (concussion) will
likely miss this game for the
Broncos but Manning still has
plenty of weapons without him. I
think the safe play here is to take
the Broncos minus the points.
Denver 38, San Diego 24

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NBA standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 10 14 .417 —
Toronto 7 13 .350 1
Brooklyn 7 14 .333 1 1/2
Philadelphia 7 16 .304 2 1/2
New York 6 15 .286 2 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 16 6 .727 —
Atlanta 11 11 .500 5
Charlotte 10 12 .455 6
Washington 9 11 .450 6
Orlando 7 15 .318 9
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 19 3 .864 —
Detroit 10 13 .435 9 1/2
Chicago 8 12 .400 10
Cleveland 8 13 .38110 1/2
Milwaukee 5 17 .227 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 17 4 .810 —
Houston 15 7 .682 2 1/2
Dallas 13 10 .565 5
New Orleans 10 10 .500 6 1/2
Memphis 10 11 .476 7
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Portland 18 4 .818 —
Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 1/2
Denver 13 8 .619 4 1/2
Minnesota 11 11 .500 7
Utah 5 19 .208 14
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 15 8 .652 —
Phoenix 12 9 .571 2
Golden State 13 10 .565 2
L.A. Lakers 10 11 .476 4
Sacramento 6 14 .300 7 1/2
———
Tuesday’s Games
Indiana 90, Miami 84
Cleveland 109, New York 94
San Antonio 116, Toronto 103
Brooklyn 104, Boston 96
Oklahoma City 101, Atlanta 92
Minnesota 121, Detroit 94
Milwaukee 78, Chicago 74
Phoenix 114, L.A. Lakers 108
Wednesday’s Games
Orlando 92, Charlotte 83
L.A. Clippers 96, Boston 88
Minnesota 106, Philadelphia 99
San Antonio 109, Milwaukee 77
Oklahoma City 116, Memphis 100
New Orleans 111, Detroit 106, OT
New York 83, Chicago 78
Utah 122, Sacramento 101
Golden State 95, Dallas 93
Today’s Games
L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 8 p.m.
Houston at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.
New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 8
p.m.
Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Utah at Denver, 9 p.m.
Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Warriors 95,
Mavericks 93
DALLAS (93)
Marion 5-10 1-2 12, Nowitzki 7-14 4-5
21, Blair 2-8 0-0 4, Calderon 7-15 1-1
18, Ellis 8-20 5-6 21, Crowder 3-6 0-0 6,
Dalembert 0-4 0-0 0, Carter 4-9 0-0 9,
Larkin 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 37-88 11-14 93.
GOLDEN STATE (95)
Barnes 6-16 4-4 17, Lee 7-16 1-2 15,
Bogut 3-5 0-0 6, Curry 13-25 1-1 33,
Thompson 3-14 2-2 11, Speights 0-2 1-2
1, Green 4-5 0-2 9, Douglas 1-3 0-0 3,
Bazemore 0-0 0-0 0, Armstrong 0-0 0-
2 0. Totals 37-86 9-15 95.
Dallas 23 32 17 21 — 93
Golden State 16 28 22 29 — 95
3-Point Goals—Dallas 8-23
(Nowitzki 3-6, Calderon 3-9, Marion 1-
2, Carter 1-3, Ellis 0-1, Crowder 0-2),
Golden State 12-28 (Curry 6-11,
Thompson 3-9, Green 1-1, Douglas 1-
3, Barnes 1-4). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Dallas 51 (Marion, Blair
9), Golden State 58 (Bogut 18).
Assists—Dallas 24 (Ellis, Calderon
5), Golden State 20 (Curry 10). Total
Fouls—Dallas 15, Golden State 18.
Technicals—Golden State defensive
three second. A—19,596 (19,596).
Jazz 122, Kings 101
UTAH (122)
Jefferson 7-9 3-4 20, M.Williams 3-8
0-0 8, Favors 6-9 5-5 17, Burke 4-8 2-2
11, Hayward 7-15 2-2 17, Burks 7-11 0-
1 17, Kanter 4-7 0-0 8, Garrett 3-5 0-0
6, Evans 4-8 1-1 9, Rush 3-4 0-0 9,
Gobert 0-2 0-0 0, Lucas III 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 48-89 13-15 122.
SACRAMENTO (101)
D.Williams 6-11 1-2 13, Thompson 3-
8 5-5 11, Cousins 7-14 7-11 21, Thomas
7-13 5-5 20, McLemore 1-8 1-2 4,
Outlaw 2-6 2-2 6, Thornton 4-11 2-2 11,
Ndiaye 1-1 0-0 2, Fredette 4-6 4-4 13,
McCallum 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-78 27-33
101.
Utah 26 32 38 26 —122
Sacramento 23 23 26 29 —101
3-Point Goals—Utah 13-23 (Jefferson
3-4, Rush 3-4, Burks 3-4, M.Williams 2-
5, Hayward 1-1, Burke 1-4, Garrett 0-
1), Sacramento 4-13 (Fredette 1-1,
McLemore 1-2, Thornton 1-3, Thomas
1-3, D.Williams 0-2, Outlaw 0-2).
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Utah
43 (Favors 7), Sacramento 49
(Cousins 11). Assists—Utah 35 (Burke
9), Sacramento 13 (Thomas 7). Total
Fouls—Utah 27, Sacramento 20.
Technicals—Cousins, Sacramento
Coach Malone, Thomas. A—15,198
(17,317).
Knicks 83, Bulls 78
CHICAGO (78)
Dunleavy 7-24 3-3 20, Boozer 6-10 0-0
12, Noah 3-5 6-8 12, Hinrich 3-11 3-4
11, Snell 1-7 1-2 4, Teague 2-7 3-4 7,
Gibson 2-6 8-8 12, Mohammed 0-2 0-0
0, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-72 24-29
78.
NEW YORK (83)
Anthony 9-21 11-12 30, Martin 0-3 3-4
3, Bargnani 4-10 0-1 8, Prigioni 2-9 0-
0 6, Shumpert 0-2 0-0 0, J.Smith 2-8 2-
2 7, Stoudemire 7-11 0-0 14, Udrih 4-5
0-0 8, Hardaway Jr. 3-7 0-0 7. Totals
31-76 16-19 83.
Chicago 17 15 22 24 — 78
New York 15 31 22 15 — 83
3-Point Goals—Chicago 6-21
(Dunleavy 3-11, Hinrich 2-5, Snell 1-4,
Teague 0-1), New York 5-19 (Prigioni
2-7, Anthony 1-3, Hardaway Jr. 1-3,
J.Smith 1-5, Bargnani 0-1). Fouled
Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 55
(Boozer 12), New York 46 (Anthony
10). Assists—Chicago 12 (Noah 4),
New York 17 (Anthony 4). Total
Fouls—Chicago 19, New York 21.
Technicals—Stoudemire. A—19,812
(19,763).
BASKETBALL
Pelicans 111,
Pistons 106 (OT)
DETROIT (106)
Jo.Smith 5-15 0-2 11, Monroe 13-22 2-
7 28, Drummond 5-9 0-0 10, Caldwell-
Pope 1-5 0-0 2, Jennings 10-23 1-2 25,
Singler 1-5 6-8 8, Stuckey 7-16 6-6 20,
Siva 0-0 0-0 0, Harrellson 0-1 2-2 2,
Jerebko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-96 17-27
106.
NEW ORLEANS (111)
Aminu 4-10 3-4 11, Anderson 6-18 6-6
22, Ja.Smith 8-14 6-8 22, Gordon 5-9 2-
2 14, Holiday 8-14 1-2 19, Evans 4-7 6-
6 14, Rivers 1-7 1-2 4, Morrow 0-2 0-0
0, Amundson 2-3 1-2 5, Withey 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 38-84 26-32 111.
Detroit 28 23 23 22 10 — 106
New Orleans 29 28 26 13 15 — 111
3-Point Goals—Detroit 5-21
(Jennings 4-10, Jo.Smith 1-3,
Harrellson 0-1, Stuckey 0-2, Caldwell-
Pope 0-2, Singler 0-3), New Orleans 9-
23 (Anderson 4-12, Holiday 2-3,
Magic 92, Bobcats 83
HOCKEY
NHL standings
Los Angeles 1 0 2 — 3
Toronto 0 1 0 — 1
First Period—1, Los Angeles,
Doughty 6 (Richards, Carter), 10:30
(pp). Penalties—Holland, Tor (holding),
8:59.
Second Period—2, Toronto, Franson
1 (Kessel, Gardiner), 14:30 (pp).
Penalties—Stoll, LA (slashing), 7:59;
Nolan, LA, major (fighting), 10:48;
McLaren, Tor, major (fighting),
10:48; Mitchell, LA (interference),
13:07; Doughty, LA (slashing), 14:03;
Voynov, LA (roughing, high-sticking),
16:13; Lupul, Tor (slashing,
roughing), 16:13.
Third Period—3, Los Angeles,
Carter 8 (Voynov, Nolan), 9:40. 4,
Los Angeles, Clifford 3 (Toffoli,
Richards), 18:01. Penalties—van
Riemsdyk, Tor (cross-checking),
19:47.
Shots on Goal—Los Angeles 8-8-7—
23. Toronto 11-10-18—39.
Power-play opportunities—Los
Angeles 1 of 2; Toronto 1 of 3.
Goalies—Los Angeles, Jones 4-0-0
(39 shots-38 saves). Toronto, Bernier
9-9-2 (23-20).
A—19,375 (18,819). T—2:31.
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ORLANDO (92)
Afflalo 6-18 3-3 16, Davis 8-17 0-0 17,
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Vucevic 4-9 4-4 12, Nelson 6-16 2-2 17,
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Oladipo 5-10 0-0 10, Nicholson 4-9 0-0 Boston 31 21 8 2 44 86 62
10, Moore 5-9 0-0 10, Maxiell 0-2 0-0 0, Montreal 32 19 10 3 41 85 71
Harkless 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-90 9-9 92. Detroit 32 15 9 8 38 87 85
CHARLOTTE (83)
Tampa Bay 30 17 10 3 37 85 76
Taylor 3-8 1-2 8, McRoberts 5-7 0-0 Toronto 32 16 13 3 35 87 90
11, Jefferson 4-10 2-2 10, Walker 4-18 Ottawa 32 12 14 6 30 92 105
2-2 10, Henderson 3-14 5-5 12, Zeller 5- Florida 32 10 17 5 25 73 106
7 0-0 10, Sessions 3-11 3-3 9, Adrien 1- Buffalo 31 7 22 2 16 53 92
1 2-2 4, Gordon 3-8 2-2 9. Totals 31-84
Metropolitan Division
17-18 83.
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Orlando 16 27 24 25 — 92 Pittsburgh 32 21 10 1 43 98 71
Charlotte 18 24 20 21 — 83 Washington 31 17 12 2 36 98 90
3-Point Goals—Orlando 7-19 (Nelson Carolina 32 13 13 6 32 75 91
3-7, Nicholson 2-6, Davis 1-1, Afflalo N.Y. Rangers32 15 16 1 31 70 84
1-4, Moore 0-1), Charlotte 4-17 New Jersey 32 12 14 6 30 73 82
(Gordon 1-2, Taylor 1-2, McRoberts Columbus 31 13 15 3 29 78 86
1-3, Henderson 1-3, Sessions 0-3, Philadelphia 31 13 15 3 29 70 85
Walker 0-4). Fouled Out—None. N.Y. Islanders32 9 18 5 23 80 111
Rebounds—Orlando 61 (Vucevic 14), WESTERN CONFERENCE
Charlotte 45 (Jefferson 11). Assists—
Central Division
Orlando 18 (Nelson 6), Charlotte 23
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Gordon 2-5, Rivers 1-1, Morrow 0-1, (Gordon 5). Total Fouls—Orlando 17, Chicago 34 23 6 5 51 129 93
Aminu 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Charlotte 14. A—11,377 (19,077).
St. Louis 29 20 6 3 43 100 67
Rebounds—Detroit 58 (Drummond
Minnesota 33 18 10 5 41 78 77
11), New Orleans 58 (Ja.Smith 16). College Top 25
Colorado 29 20 9 0 40 83 68
Assists—Detroit 17 (Jennings,
Dallas 29 14 10 5 33 83 86
Stuckey 4), New Orleans 23 (Holiday
Wednesday
Winnipeg 32 14 14 4 32 83 90
8). Total Fouls—Detroit 19, New 1. Arizona (10-0) beat New Mexico Nashville 31 14 14 3 31 71 89
Orleans 22. Technicals—New State 74-48. Next: at Michigan,
Pacific Division
Orleans defensive three second. A— Saturday.
GP W LOTPts GF GA
14,517 (17,188).
2. Syracuse (9-0) did not play. Next: Anaheim 34 22 7 5 49 108 87
at St. John’s, Sunday.
Los Angeles 32 21 7 4 46 88 63
San Jose 31 19 6 6 44 103 78
Thunder 116,
3. Ohio State (9-0) beat Bryant 86-48.
Next: vs. North Dakota State, Vancouver 33 18 10 5 41 88 81
Phoenix 30 17 8 5 39 97 94
Grizzlies 100
Saturday.
4. Wisconsin (11-0) beat Milwaukee Calgary 30 11 15 4 26 79 100
OKLAHOMA CITY (116)
78-52. Next: vs. Eastern Kentucky, Edmonton 32 11 18 3 25 89 109
Durant 6-12 5-5 18, Ibaka 6-14 0-0 12, Saturday.
Perkins 0-1 0-0 0, Westbrook 7-12 11- 5. Michigan State (7-1) did not play. NOTE: Two points for a win, one
11 27, Roberson 2-3 2-2 7, Lamb 7-9 1- Next: at Oakland, Saturday.
point for overtime loss.
1 18, Adams 1-2 1-2 3, Collison 2-2 1-2 6. Louisville (8-1) did not play. Next:
Tuesday’s Games
5, Jackson 6-10 4-4 17, Fisher 1-2 1-2 vs. Western Kentucky, Saturday. Buffalo 2, Ottawa 1, SO
4, Jones 2-4 1-4 5, Thabeet 0-0 0-0 0. 7. Oklahoma State (8-1) did not play. Washington 6, Tampa Bay 5, SO
Totals 40-71 27-33 116.
Next: vs. Louisiana Tech, Saturday. Florida 3, Detroit 2, SO
MEMPHIS (100)
8. Duke (7-2) did not play. Next: vs. N.Y. Islanders 3, San Jose 2, SO
Prince 2-6 0-2 4, Randolph 5-12 7-12 Gardner-Webb, Monday, Dec. 16. Columbus 5, New Jersey 4
17, Koufos 3-10 6-6 12, Conley 7-13 4-4 9. UConn (9-0) did not play. Next: Los Angeles 6, Montreal 0
20, Bayless 5-10 1-2 11, Franklin 2-6 2- vs. Stanford, Wednesday, Dec. 18. Nashville 4, N.Y. Rangers 1
2 6, Leuer 5-14 5-5 17, Miller 3-8 1-1 9, 10. Villanova (9-0) did not play.
St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1
Calathes 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 34-81 26-34 Next: vs. La Salle, Sunday.
Chicago 6, Dallas 2
100.
11. Kentucky (8-2) did not play.
Phoenix 3, Colorado 1
Oklahoma City 25 32 32 27 — 116 Next: at No. 18 North Carolina,
Boston 2, Calgary 1
NFL standings
Memphis 22 20 31 27 — 100 Saturday.
Edmonton 5, Carolina 4, OT
Wednesday’s Games
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 9-18 12. Wichita State (9-0) did not play.
Los Angeles 3, Toronto 1
East
(Lamb 3-4, Westbrook 2-5, Durant 1- Next: vs. Tennessee, Saturday.
Chicago 7, Philadelphia 2
W L T Pct PF PA
1, Roberson 1-1, Fisher 1-2, Jackson 13. Kansas (6-3) did not play. Next:
Anaheim 2, Minnesota 1
New England 10 3 0 .769 349 287
1-4, Ibaka 0-1), Memphis 6-15 (Leuer vs. New Mexico, Saturday.
Today’s Games
Miami 7 6 0 .538 286 276
2-3, Miller 2-4, Conley 2-5, Franklin 0- 14. Baylor (8-1) did not play. Next:
Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 226 337
1, Bayless 0-2). Fouled Out—Koufos. vs. Northwestern State, Wednesday,
Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Buffalo 4 9 0 .308 273 334
Rebounds—Oklahoma City 48 (Ibaka Dec. 18.
Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
South
7), Memphis 44 (Randolph 8). 15. Oregon (8-0) did not play. Next: Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
W L T Pct PF PA
Assists—Oklahoma City 22 vs. Illinois, Saturday.
Toronto at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
y-Indianapolis 8 5 0 .615 313 316
(Westbrook 9), Memphis 17 (Conley 16. Memphis (6-1) did not play. Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Tennessee 5 8 0 .385 292 318
9). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 27, Next: vs. UALR, Friday.
Colorado at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 201 372
Memphis 25. A—16,345 (18,119). 17. Iowa State (7-0) did not play. Carolina at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Houston 2 11 0 .154 250 350
Next: vs. No. 23 Iowa, Friday. N.Y. Islanders at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
North
Timberwolves 106,
18. North Carolina (6-2) did not play. Boston at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
W L T Pct PF PA
Next: vs. No. 11 Kentucky, Saturday. Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Cincinnati 9 4 0 .692 334 244
76ers 99
19. Florida (7-2) did not play. Next:
Friday’s Games
Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 278 261
at No. 16 Memphis, Tuesday.
New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA (99)
Pittsburgh 5 8 0 .385 291 312
20. Gonzaga (9-1) did not play. Next: Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Turner 6-16 0-0 13, Young 7-13 2-2 16,
Cleveland 4 9 0 .308 257 324
vs. South Alabama, Saturday. Edmonton at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Hawes 7-12 2-3 20, Wroten 8-13 3-4 20,
West
21. Colorado (9-1) did not play. Next:
Thompson 2-2 1-1 5, Anderson 5-8 4-4
W L T Pct PF PA
vs. Elon, Friday.
Ducks 2, Wild 1
16, Allen 1-3 0-0 2, Brown 2-3 0-0 4,
x-Denver 11 2 0 .846 515 345
22. UMass (8-0) did not play. Next:
Davies 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 1-3 0-0 3.
Minnesota 0 0 1 1 Kansas City 10 3 0 .769 343 224
vs. Northern Illinois, Saturday.
Totals 39-74 12-14 99.
Anaheim 0 2 0 2 San Diego 6 7 0 .462 316 291
23. Iowa (10-1) did not play. Next: at
MINNESOTA (106)
First Period—None. Penalties— Oakland 4 9 0 .308 264 337
No. 17 Iowa State, Friday.
Brewer 4-13 0-0 10, Love 9-21 7-8 26,
Cooke, Min (unsportsmanlike conduct),
8:03; Getzlaf, Ana (unsports-
East
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
24. Missouri (9-0) did not play. Next:
Pekovic 9-15 2-2 20, Rubio 5-12 9-10 21, vs. Western Michigan, Sunday.
Martin 1-9 3-4 5, Cunningham 3-7 2-2
manlike conduct), 8:03; Brodin, Min
W L T Pct PF PA
25. San Diego State (7-1) did not
8, Barea 0-5 2-3 2, Shved 0-2 0-0 0,
(holding), 19:27.
Philadelphia 8 5 0 .615 334 301
play. Next: vs. Southern Utah,
Mbah a Moute 2-6 0-0 4, Hummel 4-6
Second Period—1, Anaheim, Grant 2 Dallas 7 6 0 .538 357 348
Wednesday, Dec. 18.
0-0 10. Totals 37-96 25-29 106.
(Cogliano, Winnik), 2:37. 2, Anaheim, N.Y. Giants 5 8 0 .385 251 334
Philadelphia 39 22 20 18 99
Perry 21 (Lindholm, Getzlaf), 13:27. Washington 3 10 0 .231 279 407
College scores
Minnesota 20 28 30 28 106
Penalties—Brodin, Min (holding
South
3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 9-20
EAST
stick), 3:05.
W L T Pct PF PA
(Hawes 4-5, Anderson 2-3, Williams Canisius 69, Buffalo 55
Third Period—3, Minnesota, New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 343 243
1-2, Wroten 1-3, Turner 1-4, Brown 0- George Washington 70, Boston U. 60 Pominville 15 (Suter, M.Koivu), 3:48 Carolina 9 4 0 .692 298 188
1, Young 0-2), Minnesota 7-20 Merchant Marine 78, Coast Guard 76, (pp). Penalties—Lovejoy, Ana Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 244 291
(Brewer 2-3, Hummel 2-3, Rubio 2-3, 2OT
(boarding), 3:00.
Atlanta 3 10 0 .231 282 362
Love 1-6, Barea 0-2, Martin 0-3). Niagara 83, Davidson 72
Shots on Goal—Minnesota 10-7-7—24.
North
Fouled Out—Wroten. Rebounds— Old Westbury 81, Brooklyn 70
Anaheim 11-14-6—31.
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 43 (Anderson, Turner Penn St. 68, Duquesne 59
Power-play opportunities— Detroit 7 6 0 .538 346 321
8), Minnesota 57 (Love 15). Assists— Princeton 78, Rutgers 73
Minnesota 1 of 1; Anaheim 0 of 2. Chicago 7 6 0 .538 368 360
Philadelphia 22 (Brown 6), William Paterson 103, Rowan 63 Goalies—Minnesota, Harding 16-5-3 Green Bay 6 6 1 .500 316 326
Minnesota 23 (Rubio 7). Total
SOUTH
(31 shots-29 saves). Anaheim, Hiller Minnesota 3 9 1 .269 315 395
Fouls—Philadelphia 25, Minnesota Coppin St. 91, UMBC 71
12-4-4 (24-23).
West
15. Technicals—Philadelphia defensive
three second. A—13,450 (19,356). Jacksonville St. 63, Alcorn St. 52
x-Seattle 11 2 0 .846 357 205
Fairfield at Belmont, ppd.
A—15,252 (17,174). T—2:24.
W L T Pct PF PA
King (Tenn.) 85, Tusculum 66 Blackhawks 7, Flyers 2 San Francisco 9 4 0 .692 316 214
Arizona 8 5 0 .615 305 257
Spurs 109, Bucks 77 Louisiana Tech 93, Northwestern St.
71
Philadelphia 1 1 0 — 2 St. Louis 5 8 0 .385 289 308
SAN ANTONIO (109)
UCF 79, Howard 64
Chicago 0 5 2 — 7
Leonard 3-8 7-8 13, Duncan 9-12 3-3 UNC Greensboro 75, Claflin 70
First Period—1, Philadelphia, x-clinched playoff spot
21, Ayres 0-0 0-0 0, Parker 7-11 1-1 15,
MIDWEST
Voracek 5 (Timonen, Giroux), 12:31 y-clinched division
Green 4-8 0-0 10, Ginobili 2-3 0-0 4, Bethany Lutheran 60, St. Mary’s (pp). Penalties—Simmonds, Phi,
———
Diaw 4-11 1-1 9, Belinelli 5-8 1-2 11, (Minn.) 51
major (fighting), 1:47; Brookbank,
Thursday’s Game
Mills 4-7 0-1 9, Bonner 2-7 0-0 5, Bowling Green 79, North Dakota 69 Chi, major (fighting), 1:47; Kruger, Jacksonville 27, Houston 20
Joseph 5-10 0-1 10, De Colo 1-3 0-0 2. Carleton 76, Bethel (Minn.) 74 Chi (holding stick), 12:08; Bollig, Chi
Sunday’s Games
Totals 46-88 13-17 109.
Concordia (Moor.) 68, Augsburg 57 (high-sticking), 13:41; Timonen, Phi Green Bay 22, Atlanta 21
MILWAUKEE (77)
Gustavus 71, St. John’s (Minn.) 47 (holding), 19:34.
Baltimore 29, Minnesota 26
Middleton 1-7 0-0 2, Udoh 1-4 0-0 2, Marian (Wis.) 72, Edgewood 60 Second Period—2, Chicago, Keith 2 Kansas City 45, Washington 10
Henson 2-6 0-0 4, Knight 2-7 4-4 8, N. Dakota St. 73, Notre Dame 69 (Sharp, Kane), :43 (pp). 3, Chicago, Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 6
Mayo 1-4 0-0 3, Antetokounmpo 5-8 5- Ohio St. 86, Bryant 48
Shaw 10 (Bollig, Oduya), 1:22. 4, Miami 34, Pittsburgh 28
8 15, Ilyasova 3-16 1-2 8, Wolters 7-15 Olivet 108, Illinois Tech 50
Chicago, Handzus 3 (Kruger), 5:27 Philadelphia 34, Detroit 20
4-5 18, Ridnour 3-10 1-2 7, Raduljica St. Thomas (Minn.) 75, Hamline 52 (sh). 5, Philadelphia, Downie 3 Cincinnati 42, Indianapolis 28
4-7 2-2 10. Totals 29-84 17-23 77.
Wis.-La Crosse 62, Wis.-Oshkosh 54 (B.Schenn, Streit), 6:11 (pp). 6, New England 27, Cleveland 26
San Antonio 32 31 29 17 — 109
Wis.-Platteville 71, Wis.-Eau Claire Chicago, Versteeg 5 (Saad, Hossa), N.Y. Jets 37, Oakland 27
Milwaukee 16 24 14 23 — 77
56
9:44. 7, Chicago, Toews 13 (Sharp, Denver 51, Tennessee 28
3-Point Goals—San Antonio 4-17
Wis.-River Falls 70, Wis.-Stout 64 Hossa), 14:15. Penalties—Saad, Chi San Francisco 19, Seattle 17
(Green 2-5, Bonner 1-4, Mills 1-4, De
Wis.-Stevens Pt. 79, Wis.-Whitewater (hooking), 4:27; Rinaldo, Phi (tripping),
7:18; Hartnell, Phi (roughing), Arizona 30, St. Louis 10
San Diego 37, N.Y. Giants 14
Colo 0-1, Ginobili 0-1, Belinelli 0-2),
Milwaukee 2-15 (Mayo 1-3, Ilyasova 1-
67
14:15.
New Orleans 31, Carolina 13
4, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Ridnour 0-1,
Wisconsin 78, Milwaukee 52
Third Period—8, Chicago, Seabrook
Monday’s Game
Middleton 0-1, Wolters 0-2, Knight 0-3).
FAR WEST
3 (Handzus, Versteeg), 1:05. 9, Chicago 45, Dallas 28
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—San
Arizona 74, New Mexico St. 48
Chicago, Sharp 15 (Kane, Hossa),
Today
Antonio 60 (Duncan 16), Milwaukee 47
BYU 100, Prairie View 52
9:33 (pp). Penalties—Morin, Chi San Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m.
(Henson, Antetokounmpo 8). Assists—
Denver 80, Colorado St. 70
(boarding), 2:12; Hartnell, Phi (goaltender
interference), 6:32; Rosehill, Philadelphia at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 15
San Antonio 25 (Parker 5), Milwaukee Montana 69, Idaho 58
16 (Wolters 7). Total Fouls—San Utah Valley 62, Weber St. 59
Phi (roughing), 9:13; L.Schenn, Phi Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Antonio 21, Milwaukee 18. A—11,987
(elbowing), 9:13; Meszaros, Phi San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
(18,717).
TRANSACTIONS (cross-checking), 10:09; Rosehill, Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Clippers 96, Celtics 88
Phi, misconduct, 15:29; Bollig, Chi, Chicago at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
misconduct, 15:29; Coburn, Phi, misconduct,
Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
17:07; Morin, Chi, served by Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
L.A. CLIPPERS (96)
Dudley 3-9 2-2 9, Griffin 7-16 4-4 18,
Sharp, minor-misconduct (roughing), New England at Miami, 1 p.m.
Jordan 2-3 1-6 5, Paul 8-16 6-8 22,
17:07.
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
W.Green 3-6 0-0 8, Ja.Crawford 7-14 5-
Shots on Goal—Philadelphia 10-7- N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 4:05 p.m.
6 21, Jackson 0-3 0-0 0, Collison 3-7 4-
13—30. Chicago 6-11-6—23.
Arizona at Tennessee, 4:25 p.m.
6 10, Jamison 1-2 0-2 3, Hollins 0-0 0-
Power-play
opportunities— New Orleans at St. Louis, 4:25 p.m.
0 0. Totals 34-76 22-34 96.
Philadelphia 2 of 5; Chicago 2 of 7. Green Bay at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.
BOSTON (88)
Goalies—Philadelphia, Emery 3-6-0 (18 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.
J.Green 10-23 6-6 29, Bass 6-12 5-7 17,
shots-12 saves), Mason (1:05 third, 5-4).
Monday, Dec. 16
Sullinger 5-13 0-0 10, Jo.Crawford 7-
Chicago, Raanta 5-0-1 (30-28).
Baltimore at Detroit, 8:40 p.m.
17 5-6 20, Bradley 3-8 0-0 8, Faverani
A—21,144 (19,717). T—2:33.
0-1 0-0 0, Lee 0-2 0-0 0, Wallace 1-2 0-
0 2, Pressey 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks 1-1 0-0 2.
Kings 3, Maple Leafs 1 AMERICA’S LINE
Totals 33-80 16-19 88.
L.A. Clippers 20 19 27 30 — 96
NFL
Boston 23 22 19 24 — 88
Favorite Points Underdog
3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 6-17
Today
(Ja.Crawford 2-2, W.Green 2-3,
BRONCOS 10.5 (56.5) Chargers
Jamison 1-2, Dudley 1-3, Griffin 0-1,
Sunday
Collison 0-1, Paul 0-2, Jackson 0-3),
FALCONS 6 (51.5) Washington
Boston 6-17 (J.Green 3-7, Bradley 2-2,
49ers 5.5 (41.5) BUCS
Jo.Crawford 1-4, Wallace 0-1, Sullinger
Cards 3 (41.5) TITANS
0-3). Fouled Out—Lee. Rebounds—L.A.
Saints 5.5 (47.5) RAMS
Clippers 50 (Paul, Griffin 7), Boston 54
(Bass 12). Assists—L.A. Clippers 20
Seahawks 7 (41.5) GIANTS
(Paul 9), Boston 20 (Jo.Crawford 9).
BROWNS 1 (45.5) Bears
Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 17, Boston
COLTS 6 (45.5) Texans
23. A—17,587 (18,624).
Bills 2 (43.5) JAGUARS
Patriots 2.5 (45.5) DOLPHINS
Alley aces
BOWLING
Scores by league
Fifth Ward Women
Brenda Corey 237-570.
Wednesday Nite Wildcats
Linda Sweet 200-529, Amanda Shafer
184-476.
WOMEN
Brenda Corey 237 154 179 570
Kathy Bryk 157 213 188 558
Cindi Holik 168 190 169 527
Bea Abraham 178 178 169 525
BASEBALL
American League
NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired
RHP Kyle Haynes from Pittsburgh to
complete an earlier trade.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired
OF Billy Burns from Washington for
LHP Jerry Blevins.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Granted
RHP Thad Weber his release and
announced he signed with NC Dinos
(Korean).
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS —
Announced the retirement of 3B
Jerry Hairston Jr.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed
to terms with RHP Charlie Morton on
a three-year contract and RHP
Edinson Volquez on a one-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS — Signed F
Chris Douglas-Roberts from Texas
(NBADL). Waived F James
Southerland.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS —
Signed C Hilton Armstrong from
Santa Cruz (NBADL).
NBA Development League
DELAWARE 87ERS — Named
Larry Meli chief operating officer.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Fined Dallas CB Orlando
Scandrick $21,000, for a helmet-tohelmet
hit on Chicago WR Brandon
Marshall and Dallas DE George
Selvie $21,000, for a hit below the
knees against Chicago QB Josh
McCown in a Dec. 9 game.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Activated
DE Edgar Jones off the injured
reserve/return list.
Golf
European PGA Tour, The Nelson Mandela
Championship, first round, at Mount Edgecombe,
South Africa, Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.
Asian Tour, Thailand Championship, second round,
at Bangkok, Golf Channel, 11:30 p.m.
Men’s college basketball
FAU at DePaul, FS1, 9 p.m.
NBA basketball
L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn Nets, TNT, 8 p.m.
Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers, TNT,
10:30 p.m.
NFL football
San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos, NFL
Network, 8 p.m.
Prep basketball
Whitney Young (Ill.) at Apple Valley (Minn.), ESPN2,
7 p.m.
Soccer
UEFA Europa League, Swansea City at St. Gallen,
FS1, 1 p.m.
UEFA Europa League, Anji at Tottenham, FS1, 3
p.m.
Women’s college basketball
Kentucky at DePaul, FS1, 7 p.m.
Eagles 4.5 (51.5) VIKINGS
PANTHERS 11 (40.5)
Jets
Chiefs 4 (41.5) RAIDERS
COWBOYS NL (NL) Packers
Bengals 3 (40.5) STEELERS
Monday
LIONS 6 (48.5) Ravens
———
College Football
Favorite Points Underdog
Saturday
Navy 12.5 Army
December 28
Pinstripe Bowl
Bronx, NY
Notre Dame 16 Rutgers
FOOTBALL
College bowls
Saturday, Dec. 21
New Mexico Bowl
At Albuquerque
Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado
State (7-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Las Vegas Bowl
Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal
(9-4), 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
At Boise, Idaho
Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-
5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
New Orleans Bowl
Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
(8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 23
Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), 2
p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 24
Hawaii Bowl
At Honolulu
Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-
4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 26
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
At Detroit
Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh
(6-6), 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Poinsettia Bowl
At San Diego
Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah
State (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 27
Military Bowl
At Annapolis, Md.
Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5),
2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Texas Bowl
At Houston
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 6
p.m. (ESPN)
Fight Hunger Bowl
At San Francisco
BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 9:30
p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 28
Pinstripe Bowl
At New York
Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6),
Noon (ESPN)
Belk Bowl
At Charlotte, N.C.
Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina
(6-6), 3:20 p.m. (ESPN)
Russell Athletic Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1),
6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
At Tempe, Ariz.
Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-
5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 30
Armed Forces Bowl
At Fort Worth, Texas
Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-
4), 11:45 a.m. (ESPN)
Music City Bowl
At Nashville, Tenn.
Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech
(7-5), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Alamo Bowl
At San Antonio
Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45
p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl
At San Diego
Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech
(7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 31
AdvoCare V100 Bowl
At Shreveport, La.
Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-
5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
At El Paso, Texas
Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2
p.m. (CBS)
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6),
4 p.m. (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A Bowl
At Atlanta
Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 8
p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Jan. 1
Heart of Dallas Bowl
At Dallas
UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4),
Noon (ESPNU)
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4),
Noon (ESPN2)
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina
(10-2), 1 p.m. (ABC)
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m.
(ESPN)
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State
(12-1), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

Bold decision
Redskins coach Mike Shanahan decides
to sit RG3 for the rest of the season.
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One focused coach
Philbin helps Dolphins amid
bullying scandal.
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www.recordernews.com Thursday, December 12, 2013 Page 32
TOWN OF AMSTERDAM —
Friday night’s Big 10 road game
sends the Amsterdam Running
Rams basketball
team to the
home court of
the top team in
the league —
and perhaps in
Section II.
But Rams junior
forward
Hector
By
MICHAEL
KELLY
BIG 10 BLOWOUT
AHS not
intimidated
by Troy’s
resume
Rodriguez said
at Wednesday’s
practice at
Amsterdam
High School
that his club is
not letting the Troy Flying Horses’
resume get to it.
“We’re going to go in there and
play with intensity, play our hardest,”
said Rodriguez. “This is a different
game, so we’re not worried
about the past.”
Recent history favors Troy. Head
coach Rich Hurley’s squad is coming
off a Section II Class AA title
and pasted the Rams twice last season.
AHS head coach Tony
Orapello said his team is “being
realistic” about its chances heading
into Friday’s tilt with the 3-0
Flying Horses, but that the 1-2
Rams are not looking to leave the
Collar City with a loss.
Please see KELLY,
Page 27
Dave Wojeski/For The Recorder
Amsterdam’s Kory Bergh passes
the ball off behind Catholic
Central’s Raquis Harris during
their game on Tuesday night.
Fort Plain’s
Jon Calbert
makes a pass
as he is
guarded by
Canajoharie’s
Josh
Gonzalez
during their
game on
Wednesday
night.
Dave Wojeski/
For The
Recorder
Grinding it out
Sala helps Canajoharie top rival Fort Plain, 64-61
By ADAM SHINDER
adam.shinder@recordernews.com
FORT PLAIN — Held out of the first
two games of the 2013-14 boys basketball
season while nursing an injury suffered at
the tail end of the soccer season,
Canajoharie senior guard Logan Sala was
Lady Hilltoppers rally
past Canajoharie 50-41
By MICHAEL KELLY
michael.kelly@recordernews.com
CANAJOHARIE — It was
only their second game in
Western Athletic Conference
North Division play, but the second
half of Wednesday’s contest
against Canajoharie carried an
air of desperation for the Fort
Plain Lady Hilltoppers.
Behind by double figures
early in the first half and needing
a victory to avoid digging
themselves too much of a hole
in the standings, Fort Plain
roared back for a 50-41 victory.
Abby Boyer led the comeback,
as the Lady Hilltoppers
senior forward compiled 26
points and 17 rebounds — and
got to enjoy one big sigh of
relief following the game.
“If we lost this one, we’d be
in tough shape for winning the
league,” said Boyer. “This is a
good win and gets our confidence
back up.”
Fort Plain (2-2, 1-1) has a big
game looming Friday with
Galway and could not afford
an 0-2 start in league play —
yet it was Canajoharie (3-2, 2-
1) that came out ready to play.
The Lady Cougars had an 11-
point lead after one quarter and
Please see GIRLS,
Page 26
chomping at the bit to finally get on the
court — though probably not too hard,
considering it was an issue with his teeth
that kept him out in the first place.
Wednesday night, in his first game coming
back from having his two top front
teeth driven into his gums as the result of
a collision in an Exceptional Seniors soccer
game, Sala came off the bench and
gave the Cougars a needed spark against
Fort Plain, hitting four 3-pointers on his
way to a game-high 20 points that led
Canajoharie to a 64-61 win on another
wild night in the nip-and-tuck North
Please see BOYS,
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Dave Wojeski/For The Recorder
Fort Plain's Abby Boyer is surrounded by Canajoharie’s Ariannah
Logan, left, and Alexis Kane as she tries to get off a shot during
their game on Wednesday night.