To the finish line Easy work St. Mary’s Institute students race to reduce the cost of tuition. Marek’s two goals lift Broadalbin-Perth to shutout win in sectional opener. • Page 3 • Page 32 The Recorder Thursday A PORT JACKSON MEDIA PUBLICATION October 24, 2013 75 CENTS YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER AMSTERDAM, N.Y. �Obamacare’ questions answered By ALISSA SCOTT alissa.scott@recordernews.com Alissa Scott/Recorder staff Susan E. White, a program manager for Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home, answers questions about the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as “Obamacare,” for a room of about 10 insurance and health professionals Wednesday at Centro Civico in Amsterdam. There are still many locals who don’’t know that ““Obamacare”” and the Affordable Care Act are the same, Gayle Grajewski said. That’’s why Grajewski, an insurance enroller at St. Mary’’s Healthcare, and 10 others in the health and insurance fields met at Centro Civico in Amsterdam Wednesday night to debunk myths and further explain specifics. ““The population in this area, a lot of them don’’t have health insurance,”” said Susan E. White, a program manager at Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home. ““So we want to focus on this area. With us being down here, we’’re just trying to get the word out.”” The goal of the Affordable Care Act, signed into law in 2010, is to ““improve access to affordable health coverage for everyone and protect consumers from abusive insurance company practices,”” according to documents provided at the meeting. White helped organize the presentation and invited the public to attend, though the small crowd was made up of volunteers of the Court Appointed Special Advocates and employees of Centro Civico and St. Mary’’s Healthcare. The federal government has Please see ANSWERS, Page 7 ELECTION 2013 Board chairman facing challenge for new position By HEATHER NELLIS heather.nellis@recordernews.com Heather Nellis/Recorder staff Fonda-Fultonville Middle School student Mackenzie Christman signs a pledge to make the school drug-free and bully-free at a Red Ribbon Day event during lunch period Wednesday. The event took place because October marks anti-bullying and anti-drug awareness month. Red-letter day F-F students pledge to stop bullying, drug use By HEATHER NELLIS heather.nellis@recordernews.com FONDA —— Wednesday was Red Ribbon Day at FondaFultonville Middle School, and students pledged to create a bully-free and drug-free school. Students were encouraged to wear red, don the ribbons, and sign pledges during lunch period activities organized by teacher Laura Hayes-Bowles and school Guidance Counselor Paula Carnevale. Some volunteered to solve an anagram puzzle that spelled Please see PLEDGE, Page 7 A Canajoharie man is returning to politics for the first time in nearly 40 years to challenge Montgomery County’’s outgoing board of supervisors chairman for the District 3 legislator post. Democrat Roy S. Dimond faces Republican John W. Thayer in the Nov. 5 election. The voters’’ pick will represent the villages of Ames, Canajoharie and Palatine Bridge, the town of Root, and the eastern portion of the town of Canajoharie. Dimond, 59, took his first stab at politics upon his election to the Mohawk town council in 1977. He says he was the youngest councilman elected to that board, but after serving the four-year term, didn’’t pursue election again, until now. He’’s an operations supervisor for a DIMOND state department he declined to name. Thayer, 53, has been Root’’s supervisor for the past six years. He’’s finishing up his third twoyear term. He previously served half of a four-year term on the town council, vacating it upon his first election as supervisor. He’’s the proprietor of CCM Transmission. A fresh start Thayer opted to seek election as legislator instead of town Please see CONTEST, Page 7 Inside Heather Nellis/Recorder staff Parent Erika Fountain, standing at center, hands out ribbons to Fonda-Fultonville Middle School students during their lunch period Wednesday afternoon as part of Red Ribbon Day activities. Comics............................15 Classifieds ................21-24 Happenings ..............4-5, 8 Lottery numbers ..............5 Nation/world......................2 Obituaries ........................6 Opinion ......................10-11 Sports ........................25-32 Weekender ................16-20 THAYER Cloudy tonight, lows in the 30s • Page 12 A complete list of candidates seeking elected office in Montgomery County this year. • Page 5 2 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 YOUR WORLD The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Germany checks US over cell tap rumors Gold stars promote healthier eating BERLIN (AP) — The German Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the U.S. ambassador in the wake of allegations that American intelligence may have targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone. The ministry said Ambassador John B. Emerson is expected to meet this afternoon with Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who will “spell out the position of the German government.” The U.S. Embassy said it had no comment. Merkel’s government says she complained to President Barack Obama in a phone call Wednesday after receiving information her cellphone may have been monitored. The White House said it isn’t monitoring and won’t monitor Merkel’s communications, but conspicuously didn’t say that they were never monitored. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A nutritional rating system using gold stars affixed to price labels on grocery store shelves appears to have shifted buying habits, potentially providing another tool to educate consumers on how to eat healthier, according to a new study. The independent study examining a proprietary gold star system used in Maine-based Hannaford Supermarkets suggested it steered shoppers away from items with no stars toward healthier foods that merited gold stars. “Our results suggest that pointof-sale nutrition information programs may be effective in providing easy-to-find nutrition information that is otherwise nonexistent, difficult to obtain or difficult to understand,” the researchers wrote in the study, published last week in the journal Food Policy. It’s the most rigorous scientific study focusing on Guiding Stars, which was instituted in 2006 in Hannaford stores and is now licensed for use in more than 1,800 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and the University of Florida focused on the cereal aisle, where it can be challenging to make healthy choices amid conflicting health claims and a multitude of sugary offerings targeting children. Some Dems call for webmasters’ jobs WASHINGTON (AP) — The principal contractors responsible for the federal government’s trouble-plagued health insurance website say the Obama administration shares responsibility for the snags that have crippled the system. Executives of CGI Federal, which built the federal HealthCare.gov website serving 36 states, and QSSI, which designed the part that verifies applicants’ income and other personal details, are testifying today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The hearing comes as President Barack Obama’s allies are starting to fret about the political fallout. Democrats had hoped to run for re-election next year on the benefits of the health care law for millions of uninsured Americans. Instead, computer problems are keeping many consumers from signing up through new online markets. One House Democrat says the president needs to “man up” and fire somebody, while others are calling for signup deadlines to be extended and a reconsideration of the penalties individuals will face next year if they remain uninsured. On that point, a change in the timeline for signing up for coverage is underway, the White House said. Consumers have until Dec. 15 to apply for coverage that’s effective Jan. 1. Even though open enrollment lasts until March 31, people would face a penalty if they postpone buying coverage beyond mid-February. Calling that a “disconnect,” the White The Associated Press Candles and teddy bears are placed at Danvers High School prior to a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old math teacher on Wednesday, in Danvers, Mass. Ritzer was found slain in the woods behind the high school, and Danvers High School student Philip Chism, 14, found walking along a highway overnight, was charged with killing her. Teen charged in teacher’s death By JAY LINDSAY The Associated Press DANVERS, Mass. —— She had a bright smile, a penchant for pink and an admitted overenthusiasm for the subjects she taught. The lanky boy was just a decade younger, new to the school, with a pleasant manner but little to say. Sometime on their last day at the school together Tuesday, prosecutors say, teacher Colleen Ritzer and 14-year-old student Philip Chism crossed paths, and he killed her. Ritzer’’s body was later found in the woods behind Danvers High School, where she taught and Chism attended classes. And on Wednesday, Chism was being held without bail after being arraigned on a murder charge. Ryan Kelleher, who had Ritzer for algebra and played soccer with Chism, said none of it made sense. ““From what I know about him and seeing him every day, it just doesn’’t add up that he would do such a thing, unless this was all an act to fool somebody,”” said Kelleher, 17. Officials haven’’t released a cause of death or discussed a motive in the killing. A court filing said Ritzer and Chism knew each other from the high school, but it didn’’t elaborate. House said officials will soon issue policy guidance allowing consumers to sign up by the end of March without penalty. More cyber-bullying victims seek family WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Ball was a 15-year-old high school sophomore at Hernando High School in Brooksville, Fla., when a friend posted on Facebook: “I hate Sarah Ball, and I don’t care who knows.” Then there was the Facebook group “Hernando Haters” asking to rate her attractiveness, plus Blood found in a second-floor school bathroom helped lead investigators to Ritzer’’s body, after she was reported missing Tuesday. Investigators said in court documents that the arrest was made based on statements by the suspect, evidence from school surveillance cameras and corroborating evidence in multiple places. Chism’’s family and attorney did not comment. Chism had moved to Massachusetts from Tennessee before the start of the school year and was a top scorer on the school’’s junior varsity soccer team, said Kyle Cahill, a junior who also plays soccer. He said the team had been wondering where Chism was when he skipped a team dinner Tuesday night. ““We’’re all just a family. It just amazes me really,”” Cahill said. ““He wasn’’t violent at all. He was really the opposite of aggressive.”” The Boston Red Sox held a moment of silence for Ritzer on Wednesday at Fenway Park before Game 1 of the World Series. Hundreds of people later turned out for a candlelight vigil at the school parking lot, many wearing pink sweatshirts, bows or T-shirts in tribute to Ritzer and her favorite color. ““She supported all of us. We should be there to support her,”” said Danvers senior Courtney Arnoldy, 18, who had Ritzer for a teacher. an anonymous email calling her a “waste of space.” And this text arrived on her 16th birthday: “Wow, you’re still alive? 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LOCAL Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 3 SMI students race to keep tuition affordable at Amsterdam school By ALISSA SCOTT alissa.scott@recordernews.com Alissa Scott/Recorder staff Yvonne Ryan punches a hole in her daughter Katia’s bib after she completes a lap around St. Mary’s Institute in Amsterdam Wednesday for the school’s annual Race for Education. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Paving work means parking restrictions The city of Amsterdam announces the continuation of the milling and paving project for the following locations and dates: Oct. 28-Nov. 8 Broad Street from Florida Avenue to Center Street Florida Avenue from Hover Avenue to Broadway Oct. 30-Nov. 13 Cornell Street from Church Street to dead end Brookside Avenue from Elias to Becker streets There will be no parking on both sides of the above referenced streets from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday for dates indicated above. Hagaman trustees to meet Wednesday HAGAMAN — The village board of trustees will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Pawling Hall to award contracts for paving and replacing shingles on Pawling Hall. The board will also discuss amending the village’s insurance policy. Library to host chocolate event FONDA — The Frothingham Free Library will host its fourth annual Taste of Chocolate event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Cecelia’s Church Hall, located at 26 Broadway in Fonda. A basket raffle will take place, and there are several dozen available for viewing at the library. Raffle tickets cost $1 and can be bought at the library or at the church hall on Saturday. Adult event tickets are $5 and $2.50 for children. There will be more than 2,000 homemade chocolate items. Three miniconcerts will take place. The scheduled performers are Kris Berner, Cosby Gibson from the Bel-Aires, and Chuck Weiss. CARL STROCK Signs “From D’burg to Jerusalem; The Unlikely Rise & Awful Fall of a Small-Town Newsman.” Sat., Oct 26 Noon-2 The Book Hound 16 Main St., Amsterdam (518) 842-7504 Students at St. Mary’’s Institute in Amsterdam ran laps around the school Wednesday morning to help keep tuition affordable during the ninth annual Race for Education. Early childhood classes through students in grade eight began submitting the addresses of out-of-town friends and family members in September. Throughout the following weeks, they prepared letters seeking sponsorships for the race. In past years, the students have helped raise as much as $12,000, which has benefited not only tuition, but has helped purchase school supplies and funded educational programs and assemblies. By Wednesday at noon, they had already raised $6,000, with a goal of $10,000. Students decorated bibs to wear in the race, and as they completed a lap around the school, the quarter-mile mark, volunteers punched holes in the bibs. Volunteers in the older student race, grades four through eight, said they believe the highest number of laps was 22. ““I’’m just really trying to run 11 laps,”” Kateri Gullion, a fourth-grader, said. ““I just really want to break my record from last year.”” Later, as she got her 11th hole-punch, Gullion screamed with joy: ““I beat my record.”” Students and classes tallying the most laps will be rewarded with prizes like a pizza party with the principal, dress-down days where students don’’t have to wear their uniforms, and an ice cream party. ““This is just the best thing,”” said Reagan Perretta, a volunteer who has been helping out since her 10-year-old daughter was in early childhood classes. ““It brings the whole school together. It’’s fun to interact with the kids and it’’s so good for the school.”” After the race, students were given apples picked by alumni and the cores were saved for a student to take to a horse farm. 4 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 LOCAL The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. AHS set to host bilingual event ANNUAL Photo submitted ART SHOW Grace Gilbert and the members of her art class will present their second annual art show Saturday at St. Stanislaus School, 42 Cornell St., Amsterdam, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Above, from left, Janet Pazak, Virginia Wyzykowski, Kris Emeteris, Raymond Ciotto, Grace Gilbert and Phyllis Ripepi get together for a lesson on some painting during a recent session at her studio in preparation for the show. Broadalbin church group to have annual sale BROADALBIN —— The Broadalbin United Methodist Women will have its annual fall mission boutique at the church on North Main Street from Nov. 7 through 13. The boutique will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. Saturday hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. New and gently worn women’’s fashions in all size ranges and a wide variety of jewelry and acces- sories will be available, as well as Christmas gift items. Donations of gently used or new items are welcomed and may be brought to the church on Nov. 4, 5 and 6, or by pre-arrangement by calling 883-8156 or 883-3153. Volunteers to set up, sell or take down, are always welcome as well. Call the above listed phone numbers for more information. TOWN OF AMSTERDAM —— Students and parents are invited to attend ““Noche de Ciencias: Science Night”” from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Amsterdam High School, 140 Saratoga Ave. Noche de Ciencias is a bilingual event designed to promote knowledge about as well as interest in science, technology, engineering and math careers. The event is open to all students and parents, and pizza will be served. The event will include interactive, hands-on activities, as well as Spanish and English workshops for parents on college choice and financial aid. It is held in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month, and is presented by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Noche de Ciencias is part of a national initiative funded by the Society of Professional Engineers Foundation through a contract with the Naval Sea Systems Commons. The event is coordinated by the SHPE Rensselaer Student Chapter, made up of college students pursuing STEM degrees, and SHPE Professional Chapters, consisting of engineers, scientists and dedicated STEM supporters. Pre-registration is not required. For more information, visit the website: www.shpefoundation.org or by contacting Catalina Sposato via e-mail at sposac@rpi.edu. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Key club to collect canned goods FONDA — The Fonda-Fultonville High School Key Club will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Montgomery County Food Pantry in Tribes Hill Sunday and Oct. 31 in the villages of Fonda and Fultonville. The Key Club members will be going door to door during trick-or-treat hours. The Key Club will also be collecting for UNICEF those evenings. Any residents in these villages who want to donate should have the donation available on those nights. Club offers peace poster contest GALWAY — The Galway Lioness Club is sponsoring the Lions International Peace Poster contest with the Galway school district. The theme is: “Our World, Our Future.” Youths ages 11-13 are asked to participate by creating a poster, sharing their ideas about peace. Prizes will be awarded. The deadline for posters is Oct. 30. For more information, call Donna Sowle at 882-1347. 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I want to subscribe to The Recorder Name: Address: City: State: Zip: email: Phone: ( 00 00 ) Credit Card #_______________________________________________________ Exp.____________ Call 1-800-453-6397 The Montgomery County Public Health Department would like to remind residents to avoid tick bites, as ticks can spread Lyme and other diseases. When outdoors consider wearing long sleeves and pants. Wear light colored clothing so you can see ticks and remove them. Do daily tick checks on yourself, your children, and your pets. Consider the use of tick repellents. For more information visit www.co.montgomery.ny.us/publichealth. Village to flush hydrants NELLISTON — The village will start flushing hydrants at noon on Tuesday. Daily Bridge Club by Frank Stewart Tribune Media Services The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 5 LOCAL THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BALLOT ~ 2013 Nov. 5, 2013 General Election Candidates Councilman William Armitstead Councilman Rodney A. Young 4th Judicial District Justice of the Supreme Court Supervisor Robert S. Sullivan Supervisor Jeffrey J. Downes Clerk/Tax Collector Diane Ferguson Highway Super. Merrill Wojcik Highway Super. John A. Gross Highway Super. Robert D. Rhinehardt Council Paul A. Orzolek Council Frank T. Vainauskas Jr. Council Charles McMullen Council (unexpired) Christopher Hickey Council (unexpired) Bruce Ferguson Mark L. Powers Thomas D. Nolan Court Stan L. Pritzker County Executive Matthew L. Ossenfort Dominick Stagliano County Coroner District 1 Joseph M. Riley III District 2 Susan L. Quackenbush County Legislator D1 Martin Kelly D2 Brian D. Sweet D2 Thomas L. Quackenbush D3 Roy S. Dimond D3 John W. Thayer D4 Ryan B. Weitz D5 Terry A. Bieniek D5 Daniel P. Wilson D6 John M. Duchessi D7 Jeffrey P. Stark D7 Barbara S. Wheeler D8 Joseph M. Isabel D8 Vito L. Greco D9 Alexander S. Kuchis D9 Robert A. Purtell City of Amsterdam Controller (unexpired term) Matthew A. Agresta Irene Collins Common Council Ward 1 Kenneth R. Mazur Ward 1 Edward W. Russo Ward 2 Valerie C. Beekman Ward 3 Ronald J. Barone Sr. Ward 3 Debra S. Baranello Ward 4 David Dybas Ward 4 Diane M. Hatzenbuhler Ward 5 Richard J. Leggiero Town of Amsterdam Supervisor Thomas P. DiMezza Clerk Linda Bartone Hughes Tax Collector Kim S. Smith Highway Super. David R. Thibodeau Justice Deborah A. Slezak Justice Herbert D. Menge Councilman Bart A. Tessiero Councilman Kenneth J. Krutz Assessor Alyce J. Banewicz Town of Canajoharie Supervisor Herbert T. Allen Clerk/Tax Collector Laurie Vroman Highway Super. David A. Hodge Highway Super. James E. Homkey Highway Super. Scott Bowerman Town of Charleston Town of Florida Supervisor Eric M. Mead Clerk/Tax Collector Denise Dennison Clerk/Tax Collector Kathryn Hermance Clerk/Tax Collector Kim C. LaMont Highway Super. William G. Weller Highway Super. Douglas F. Hebert Justice Lois P. Carleo Justice Stephen M. Brown Councilmen Guy Robataille Councilmen Harold J. Alikonis Councilmen Thomas Krutz Assessor Donna L. Gray Town of Glen Supervisor Lawrence Coddington Clerk/Tax Collector Roxanne Douglass Highway Super. Dennis Mihuka Justice Linda Petterson Justice Erik Schnackenberg Council Thomas J. Murray Jr Council Kirk M. Field Town of Minden Supervisor Kenneth A. Smith Supervisor Robert V. Perry Supervisor Cheryl Reese Clerk/Tax Collector Janet I. Trumbull Highway Super. Albert Hayes Highway Super. Scott A. Crewell Council Stephen R. Heiser Council Thomas E. Yager Council Todd W. McFee Town of Mohawk Supervisor Wayne DeMallie Supervisor Edward Bishop Clerk/Tax Collector Kimberly Sullivan Highway Super. William D. Holvig Highway Super. Ronald G. Hinkle Council Mark Hoffman Council Janet L. Tyler Council Matthew S. Paton Council John Buccos III Town of Palatine Supervisor Sara K. Niccoli Supervisor Louis R. Capece Clerk Linda E. Logan Highway Super. Arthur A. Logan Justice Ronald J. Dygert Council Betty J. Sanders Council Shawn J. Cotton Town of Root Supervisor Gary A. Kamp Clerk Laur Sher Eriksen Highway Super. Donald W. Oeser Council Dominic G. Cuomo Council LuEmma Quackenbush Town of St. Johnsville Supervisor Wayne M. Handy Clerk/Tax Collector Lynn M. Stever Highway Super. Jeffrey A. Doxtater Highway Super. Maynard J. Baker Justice Bruce R. Dye Council Ronald R. Millington Council Susan M. Handy FIRE SAFETY DAY Members of the Tribes Hill Fire Department taught fire prevention tips to the students at Mom’s Morning Out Preschool in Fonda on Oct. 18. Preschool students practiced techniques like “stop, drop and roll,” learned about fire safety prevention measures, and interacted with the firefighters throughout the day. Above, Tribes Hill firefighter Lt. Chris Fernandez allows preschool student Reagan Webber to operate the water hose, while Tribes Hill firefighter Paul Slansky operates the engine. The event was in recognition of National Fire Prevention Month during October, which had agencies all across Montgomery and Fulton counties participating. Snowplowing F E E B T S A O HAM& R Dinner Winter will be here before you know it! Now accepting new commercial and residential plowing accounts. • Snowplowing • Loader Service • De-Icing 24/7 - Fully Insured No sidewalks or small driveways please Landscaping & Tree Service DAVE’S Photo submitted 518-843-1841 TAKE-OUT ONLY Saturday, October 26, 2013 Time: 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm Cranesville Church 2.5 Miles East of Amsterdam (Corner of Cranes Hollow Road) $10.00 Each Dinner 101 Erie St., Amsterdam (along bike trail) Meet the “A” Team for safety. The only “A” rated hospital for safety in the Capital Region. Because of their expertise, compassion and unwavering commitment to excellence, our staff has made St. Mary’s in Amsterdam the only hospital in the Capital Region to receive an “A” rated patient safety score. We are proud to receive the “A” rating from the Leapfrog Group, a national company committed to measuring and comparing hospital performance in order to improve hospital safety across the country. Every day, in every way, our medical staff and associates do their very best to keep our patients safe and secure before, during and after their stay at St. Mary’s; protecting patients from infection, injuries and errors.That’s why we call our people the “A” Team. St. Mary’s may not be the biggest hospital in the region, but we’re big on the health and well-being of our patients. Visit ChooseStMarys.com to learn more about how our “A” Team is making St. Mary’s in Amsterdam the hospital to choose for excellence in patient safety. ChooseStMarys.com 6 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 OBITS/STATE The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. OBITUARIES STATE NEWS IN BRIEF Lucy Teresa Crandall Stephanie ““Fannie”” Masto October 10, 2013 October 23, 2013 Lucy Teresa Crandall, 86, passed away peacefully in her Flagler Beach, FL home on October 10, 2013, after battling cancer for two years. Lucy was born January 22, 1927 in Schenectady, NY to the late Elmer and Elizabeth Larmour. Lucy was married to George Crandall (1923-2008) September 24, 1944. They were married for 63 years. She had five beautiful children. Lucy's hobbies included gardening, cooking, entertaining friends, fishing, racquetball and playing cards. She was industrious; always busy doing things for others. She will be most remembered for her zeal in the Christian ministry. For nearly 70 years, and up until the day of her death she was actively taking advantage of any opportunity to share Bible truth with as many as possible, including God Jehovah's promises regarding a resurrection of the dead to perfect life in paradise on earth (John 5:28, 29, Psm 37:9-11). Lucy is survived by her sister Rosie Epting of Glenville, NY; her children Lester I. Crandall (Wells, NY), George S. Crandall, III (Wells, NY), Dawn E. Marczak (Delanson, NY), and Aaron Joshua Crandall (Flagler Beach, FL). Lucy is predeceased by her son Jon Crandall, and her husband George. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm, Sat., Oct. 26, 2013 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 100 Whiteview Pkwy, Palm Coast, FL. In lieu of flowers the family requests gifts of condolence to be made to Jehovah's Witnesses, 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Stephanie "Fannie" Masto, 89, formerly of Bayard Street, Amsterdam, passed away Wednesday morning October 23, 2013 at the Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amsterdam. She was born in Amsterdam, NY on December 3, 1923 the daughter of the late Stephen and Angelina Calucci Picciocca. Stephanie was a lifelong Amsterdam resident and was a 1940 graduate of Amsterdam High School. MASTO Stephanie was employed by various glove mills in Amsterdam over the years with extended stays at the Earl Noone and Rose Snell shops. More importantly to ““Fannie”” was her life as a devoted wife and loving mother who took great pride in her responsibilities as a homemaker and caretaker for her family. Her love of family extended to her close relationships with her brothers and sisters and her joy in spoiling her nieces and nephews and later in life their children. She was a communicant of the former St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Amsterdam. She was a member of the church Altar Rosary Society and the St. Agnello Club. ““Fannie”” enjoyed bingo, well winning bingo, and was an avid card player. But mostly she enjoyed her friends and relatives and the wonderful times they shared together over a lifetime in Amsterdam. Many of her wonderful times included the years when she and her husband, Howard, Sr., co-owned and operated The Beachcomber on Sacandaga Lake, where old friends and new friends came each summer to create new memories. Stephanie was predeceased by her beloved husband Howard Masto Sr. who she married on November 19, 1950 and who passed away on May 5, 1990. She was also predeceased by her cherished son, David G. Masto on September 28, 1979. David’’s loss left a void in Stephanie’’s heart that would never be filled. Survivors include her dear son, Howard Masto Jr. and his wife Susan of Schenectady, NY and her three favorite (and only) grandchildren, Gregory, Stephen and Matthew Masto also of Schenectady, NY. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and great nieces and great nephews as well as brothers and sisters-in-law all of whom she had a close and valued relationship. She was preceded in death by her seven siblings, Sam Picciocca, Jennie Agresta, Julia Martuscello, Mary DeMeo, Anthony Picciocca, John Picciocca, and Theresa Bilinski. The family wishes to thank the hard working aides and nurses of Capstone Center. Their care and affection for Fannie will always be remembered. During her last several years, many people provided support and comfort in her time of need. Stephanie’’s son, Howard would like to express his gratitude to everyone, but would especially like to thank his cousins Donna Bull and Ro Sinicropi, his aunt, Laura Brach, and his mom’’s in-home caregivers Lynda Spagnola and Sue Russo for their constant dedication to Stephanie’’s quality of life. Funeral services will be held on Saturday October 26, 2013 at 10:15 A.M. at the Betz, Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Ave, Amsterdam followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:15 A.M. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Amsterdam with Father Lawrence J. Decker as celebrant. Interment will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Amsterdam. The family will receive relatives and friends on Friday October 25, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to G.A.V.A.C. or to Capstone. Please sign the family guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com Patricia (Pat) A. Testa October 23, 2013 Mrs. Patricia (Pat) A. Testa, 76, of Amsterdam passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer. Pat was born on January 4, 1937. Pat was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Adamson Doane. Pat was born in Greenwich and raised in Troy. She moved to Amsterdam in 1953 when she married Anthony M. Testa. They married on May 17, 1953 and recently celebrated their beautiful union of 60 years. Pat dedicated her life to her family, always putting her children, grandchildren, and great children first. Pat was lovingly called "Nonny" by those who loved her. Pat was known as the backbone of the family, living by the motto, "family first". She taught her family the importance of strength, loyalty, bravery, honesty and love. Pat enjoyed reading novels, doing puzzles, shopping, crocheting, and watching the NY Yankees. Her loving family includes her beloved husband, Anthony "Tony" M. Testa. Her dedicated daughters, Marjorie Hoefs and her husband Robert, Elizabeth Muldoon and her husband Joseph and a daughter in law Jeanne Testa. Her grandchildren Jennifer (Mike), Janelle (Michael), Bobby (Sarah), T.J., Adam (Abby), Michelle; step grandchildren Josh and Marcy; great grandchildren, Anthony, Bella, Kayli, Ben, Emma, Madison, and Keegan; step great grandchildren, Norah, Luci and Theo. She is also survived by a brother in law, several sisters in law, nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by a son, Thomas Testa who passed away in 2011, and brothers, George Doane and John Doane. It was Patricia's wishes that there will not be formal calling hours or a funeral, the family will be having a private service. In the spring, family and friends will be invited to a celebration in memory of her beautiful life. Family and friends who wish to make a contribution in her memory may do so to the St. Jude Children’’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN. Please visit the family's online guest book at www.brbsfuneral.com BETZ, ROSSI & BELLINGER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME 171 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam, NY 12010 518-843-1920 • www.brbsfuneral.com THE NEWS IN BRIEF State screens domestic violence video ALBANY (AP) — The state Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence has produced a new video and public service announcement intended to advise New Yorkers on ways to help someone they believe is in an abusive relationship. The messages feature singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant and emphasize not ignoring the problem. OPDV Executive Director Gwen Wright says the message is to let the person know you’re there for them. Resources are available regardless of age, gender, background or sexual orientation. State officials also are urging victims to register at www.nyalert.gov to receive alerts when Family Court orders of protection are served through the new Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification Network. It’s now available in Manhattan, Staten Island and all counties outside New York City. Human remains found in state park ULYSSES (AP) — Authorities say they’re investigating the discovery of human remains in a state park in the Finger Lakes region. State police tell local media outlets that the remains were found Wednesday in a wooded area in Taughannock Falls State Park in the Tompkins County town of Ulysses, 43 miles southwest of Syracuse. State police and state park police are working with Binghamton University’s Anthropology Department in an effort to identify the remains. BETZ, ROSSI & BELLINGER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME 171 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam, NY 12010 518-843-1920 • www.brbsfuneral.com Linda M. Ware October 20, 2013 Linda M. Ware, 59, of Hagaman passed away peacefully at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady on October 20, 2013. She was born in Bath, Maine on December 6, 1953, the daughter of the late Fredrick and Betty Merwin Ware. Linda is a life time resident of the area and worked for the former Wards Product Co. She married the late James L. Hill on October 31, 1986. Their union lasted a beautiful 24 years until his passing in 2011. They lived in Carlisle, NY most of their years together, spending their last 12 in Hagaman. She is survived by her sisters Barbara Soto, Alice Miller, and Carol Baun, brothers, Donald, Eddie and Harry Ware along with several nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters in law. She is predeceased by her siblings Fred Ware and Joan Ware. A Committal service for Linda will take place at the Gerald B.H. Solomon, Saratoga National Cemetery. Cremation will take place at Vale Cemetery Crematorium in Schenectady, NY. Please visit the family’’s online guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com BETZ, ROSSI & BELLINGER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME 171 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam, NY 12010 518-843-1920 • www.brbsfuneral.com Obituaries may be viewed online at www.recordernews.com Law gives boomers hepatitis C tests ALBANY (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law that requires hospitals and other health care providers in New York to offer hepatitis C tests to baby boomers. Between 3 million and 4 million people in the United States have hepatitis C, a blood-borne disease that causes liver damage and is blamed for 15,000 deaths a year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people born between 1945 and 1965 are five times more likely to have it than people of other age groups. Beginning next year, people born between 1945 and 1965 must be offered a hepatitis C screening test or diagnostic test when they are a patient at a hospital, clinic or a doctor’s office. NY settles probe of mortgage firm fees ALBANY (AP) — New York financial regulators say they’ve settled an investigation into Prospect Mortgage discount fees with a $3 million penalty. The Department of Financial Services says the Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based company has also agreed to pay more than $427,000 in refunds to 270 New York homeowners. Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky said Wednesday their examination showed the company charged borrowers for interest rate discounts that never materialized from 2008 to 2011. Prospect has a nationwide network and about $7 billion in new loans last year. The company didn’t initially reply Wednesday to requests for comment. The agreement also cites other violations. It says Prospect will file quarterly reports for three years showing its compliance steps. Man charged with animal cruelty COBLESKILL (AP) — A 65year-old man is facing animal cruelty charges after baiting and trapping four cats belonging to a neighbor. Troopers arrested Donald Brown of Cobleskill on four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. A state police investigation revealed that Brown committed the crime approximately two weeks ago. Troopers did not indicate the current status of the cats or how seriously they were harmed. Brown was arraigned in Cobleskill Town Court and released on his own recognizance. He’s due back in court at a later date. Lottery numbers ALBANY (AP) — Here are the New York Lottery numbers selected Wednesday: MIDDAY DAILY: 1-2-5 LUCKY SUM: 8 MIDDAY WINFOUR: 0-2-5-7 LUCKY SUM: 14 EVENING DAILY: 4-4-1 LUCKY SUM: 9 EVENING WINFOUR: 0-5-9-4 LUCKY SUM: 18 PICK 10: 5-14-19-26-28-2936-44-46-47-48-53-56-6061-63-64-73-79-80 TAKE FIVE: 1-5-25-28-34 NEW YORK LOTTO: 4-5-1221-52-58 BONUS: 14 NEW YORK STATE POWERBALL: 3-23-31-34-47 POWERBALL: 13 The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Contest Pledge Answers from page 1 supervisor because he thinks he’’s had more impact at the county level for taxpayers. He cited the Montgomery-OtsegoSchoharie Solid Waste Management Authority as an example. ““We paid MOSA millions of dollars through subsidy of the waste stream and GAT payments, but it’’s reduced greatly in recent years,”” said Thayer, who served as MOSA’’s chairman until stepping down last year. He pointed out in 2008, the county paid out $1.8 million for gross annual tonnage requirements. This year, however, the county paid $80,000 in shortage fees. ““I think the legislature is providing a fresh start,”” Thayer continued. ““Hopefully there will be no preconceived notions when the legislators sit down for the first time, and we will see some free thinking, and the ability to discuss different agenda items or issues we’’re looking at.”” Thayer said there are a lot of unanswered questions in terms of the new government’’s operation, such as committee structure, rules of procedure, and establishing a relationship with the new county executive. Thayer said his ideal is to change the existing climate at committee meetings, some of which currently last between five and 10 minutes. ““It partly hasn’’t changed this year because of the change in government. There is a lot of criticism that the current board of supervisors is letting everything pass on to the legislature. Some of it’’s founded, some of it’’s unfounded. But the work being done is not always visible,”” Thayer said, adding he’’s been actively meeting with Fulton County officials on multiple subjects, including solid waste. Dimond also used the phrase ““fresh start”” in talking about the new form of government. ““If you have a new form of government, and put the same people in, it’’s not really new,”” Dimond said. ““We need new blood, and new ideas. I want to help put the county into some new direction.”” ““If it was as economically strong as we’’d like, I wouldn’’t be running,”” Dimond added. ““I’’m a strong candidate with three college degrees and a lot of experience in public policy and budgeting. I can offer new perspective.”” One of his degrees is in public administration. ““Government is a public service, and we as public servants provide specific services to the Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 7 LOCAL Photo submitted This image provided by Montgomery County shows Legislative District 3. people in need,”” Dimond said. ““People who know policy making know there are different ‘�customers.’’ One is the taxpayers. Another is colleagues, or department heads. We need to be providing customers with the best possible policy.”” ““The best public policy is one made exclusively for taxpayers, not for government employees or elected officials. That’’s where I’’ll keep my focus at,”” Dimond added. Economic development Some of Dimond’’s ““new perspectives,”” as he called it, are in the realm of economic development. He thinks the county should work on increasing its tax base with both industry and home construction. He said that’’s a two-pronged effort of lobbying state representatives for relief, and giving the county employees the direction to do things differently, and the tools they need to do their jobs. ““We’’re losing population, we’’re losing industry, and we have a decaying tax base,”” Dimond said. ““My solution would affect all three. We need to lower our taxes, but I don’’t think we can cut our way out of it.”” Dimond said he’’d like to see the housing industry flourish, and increase the volume of seasonal residences. ““We need to lobby the state to remove the inheritance tax, so people aren’’t afraid they’’ll lose everything they want to pass on to their families if they build houses here,”” Dimond said. He also said he wants to see new industry by capitalizing on assets like the county’’s three Thruway exits. ““There are a lot of missed opportunities,”” Dimond said. As an example, he cited this year’’s statewide ballot proposal that, if approved, will allow up to seven casinos in three areas of the state, one of which includes Montgomery County. ““Why isn’’t anyone talking about this? Why isn’’t anyone from page 1 ““report it.”” ““We want to remind them not to be bystanders,”” said Bowles. ““A lot of kids see it, but don’’t say anything until it’’s too late.”” Student Haiden Argersinger said he’’s been bullied before, but it doesn’’t happen anymore. When it did, his friends used to step in to help. ““There is a little bit of bullying, but for the most part, this is a really nice school, and people try to help each other,”” Argersinger said. ““I think it’’s good what we’’re doing here, though, because it’’s better to do something before there’’s a problem, than trying to fix a problem that’’s already there.”” School Principal Elizabeth Donovan said Wednesday’’s events mark just one day in the month-long participation of anti-bully and antidrug use awareness month. ““Every day this week we’’re focusing on the dangers of drugs, and next week it’’s anti-bullying. We’’re going to have a mix-it-up day to get them to sit with different kids at lunch, and break down some cliques.”” developing a pitch for that?”” Dimond asked. ““I’’m not necessarily a proponent of gambling, and I’’m not saying it’’s something I would support without first taking an extensive look at it, but we have three Thruway exits here, and it’’s something that should be explored.”” Thayer agrees that economic development is a priority. ““I have a tremendous desire to be involved in the economic development portion of county government, because that’’s where the greatest potential is for changing the cost of government for property owners,”” Thayer said. Thayer said he’’d like the legislature to be ““more supportive”” and ““more involved”” with its economic development department. He said he’’s met regularly with the industrial development agency during his tenure as chairman, and would have liked to see more of his fellow supervisors there. ““The board of supervisors would usually back off, and let things happen. Well, economic development isn’’t one of those things you just let happen. The new legislature needs to move forward and bring economic development into the county, and bring a different atmosphere to our meetings,”” Thayer said. Specifically, Thayer said the legislature needs to discuss what the assets are, and what needs work. ““What is our employee pool? What are our schools doing? I don’’t want to detract from anything, but we need to be aware of everything we have offer,”” he said. Thayer said the county also needs to reach out to its neighbors, and not just those to the north in Fulton County. ““This regional approach needs to be expanded upon. We can’’t rely on a countywide economic plan. We need more than any single county can provide on its own. It’’s not just Fulton County we need to be talking to. We have to work with everyone —— Herkimer, Otsego and Schoharie, too.”” Loopie s Pub SUNday Oct. 27th Wine & Spirits Tasting Noon to 6 pm $10 Wine Tasting & Snacks $20 Psychic Readings (20 min) Call to make appointment Thursday Oct. 31st Halloween Party Prizes for Best Costume! Judging begins at 9 pm 829-8000 410 Mohawk Drive, Tribes Hill, NY from page 1 stressed the importance of spreading information about the new health care law to get everyone on board. The more people who follow the law and obtain health care, the less everyone will pay for their premiums, White said. ““If you have a car that’’s $20,000, and only you pay for it, well you’’re paying $20,000,”” White said. ““But if you get 20,000 people, you’’re only paying $1.”” The new regimen began Oct. 1 and open enrollment for Medicare began Oct. 15, running until Dec. 7. Since Oct. 15, ““navigators”” with Nathan Littauer have successfully registered four people. While the number seemed low to the rest of the group, she said it actually is significant. A navigator is an insurance enroller and can be assigned to help patrons apply for health insurance under the new law. Once registered in a government portal, identifying information will generate different options of health care to choose from. White said there is also an option to log on to my.ny.gov and apply without the help of a navigator or call the enrollment hotline, though the website has had several glitches in its early stages. Navigators are helpful, she said, because they don’’t have a bias toward health insurance selection. One concern identified among the group were potential loopholes in the system —— what if people just don’’t register for health care? Then, the group members said, they would be in the same situation they are currently in. White explained that after enrollment is over, and after a three-month lapse in health coverage, people will be fined —— $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, or 1 percent of a person’’s gross income, whichever is more. During the next couple of years, fines will continue to increase. The projected amount for 2015 is a $2,000 fine. The penalty will be taken out of what would have been refunded during tax season, White said. Which begged the question: What if someone doesn’’t file their taxes, or doesn’’t have an income? Many locals CASA interacts with do not. ““I guarantee that for the first two years, we’’re going to have a lot of people say, ‘�Yeah, I’’m not doing this. I’’m going to take my $95, pay my fine and be done with it,’’”” White said, scoffing. ““But it’’s going to take that one event in their life, one accident, one surgery. Little Johnny’’s going to be playing baseball and he’’s going to be hit in the face with a fast ball and blow out his orbital, and he’’s going to end up in the hospital where he’’s looking at a $10,000 hospital bill.”” That’’s also why the government is pushing advertisements and local meetings to help educate people about health care so they join and avoid fines and penalties. Once the discussion neared the end, a volunteer of CASA said, ““this isn’’t as bad as it seems. Why is everyone so upset about it?”” ““It’’s new,”” White said. ““Just the simple fact that it’’s new. And people don’’t like being told what to do.”” When laws were first passed requiring people to wear helmets or seat belts, people were outraged, White said. Now, it’’s second nature. ““This too will pass,”” White said. ““And not as in it’’s going to go away. Once people realize that it’’s here to stay, they’’ll calm down.”” For more information or to make an appointment with a navigator at Nathan Littauer, contact the Gloversville office at 7735419. Alissa Scott/Recorder staff Gayle Grajewski, second from left, an insurance enroller at St. Mary’s Healthcare, asks a question to a group of about 10 insurance and health professionals about “Obamacare” Wednesday night at Centro Civico in Amsterdam. The Montgomery County Board of Elections, located at the Old Courthouse 9 Park St., Fonda, New York would like to announce to all registered voters in Montgomery County that our office will have extended hours from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 31, 2013 and will be open on Saturday, October 26, 2013 and Saturday, November 2 from 9:00 AM to 12 Noon for the purpose of acquiring and accepting absentee ballots for the November 5th, 2013 General Election. You may qualify for an absentee ballot if your duties, occupation, or business requires you to be away from your county of residence, or if a person is sick or physically disabled, or if you are away on vacation on the day of the election. For more information please contact the office at 853-8181 or 853-8182, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. 8 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 LOCAL The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. WHAT’S HAPPENING Friday AMSTERDAM Amsterdam United Methodist Church will host a pancake supper, 347 Golf Course Road, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Adult tickets are $7, $2 for kids under 12, and children under 5 eat for free. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, biscuits, sausage gravy, applesauce and beverage. AMSTERDAM The Montgomery County Ladies of Charity is sponsoring a chicken parmesan dinner at the Amsterdam Muni Clubhouse on VanDyke Avenue from 4 to 7 p.m. Dinner will include salad, beverage and dessert. Adult tickets are $12 and $6 for children 12 and under. Take-outs available. JOHNSTOWN Dutchess Community College professor Jackie Goffe-McNish will speak at Fulton-Montgomery College on the topic “Jamaican Culture and the African Diaspora: What it is like living separated from one’s culture.” There is no charge. The program will take place at the F-M Theater at 12:30 p.m. The Amsterdam-GloversvilleJohnstown branch of the American Association of University Women will host. Saturday AMSTERDAM The second annual art show by Grace Gilbert and her art students will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Stanislaus School, 42 Cornell St. AMSTERDAM The annual Halloween parade sponsored by the Elks Lodge 101 will begin at 1 p.m. at the corner of Guy Park and Evelyn and proceed down Guy Park Avenue, ending at Wall Street. CRANESVILLE The Cranesville Reformed Church on will host a ham and roast beef dinner, take-out only from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10. FLORIDA The Youth Commission will hold its annual Halloween costume party at the old Town Hall at 4 p.m., corner of Dunlap and Fort Hunter roads. Prizes will be awarded for scariest, funniest, cutest and most original. There will be cider, doughnuts and water. Candy donations may be dropped off at the town clerk’s office. PERTH The Perth Bible Christian Academy is hosting a Fall Family Fun Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with crafters, vendors, a bake sale and a silent auction. There will be numerous children’s activities which include horseback rides, wagon rides, and a bounce house, plus a create your own stuffed animal activity. Donations for the bake sale and silent auction are welcomed. FORT JOHNSON The Sir William Johnson seniors will have its fifth annual harvest luncheon from noon to 3 p.m. at the village hall, 1 Prospect St., with soup, sandwich, desert and coffee, bake sale, basket raffles and pumpkin sale. Proceeds benefit the seniors. ST. 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Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 9 LOCAL SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION: WILBUR H. LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY Lynch roars into new school year Transitioning to a much bigger and, at times, overwhelming school environment can make and student feel apprehensive. Luckily, the incoming sixth graders at Lynch Literacy Academy had the benefit of seventh and eighth grader mentors to help them. The mentor program is part of the Lynch ROARS Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports program. The mentors volunteered some of their time during the summer to attend training. On Sept. 4, a day before the seventh and eighth graders officially started, the mentors ran the opening day for all sixth grade students. Mentors led the new students in ““getting to know you”” activities, taught them how to open combination locks and helped them to Shown above are signs at Lynch Literacy Academy advertising the school’s ROARS and PBIS programs. find their way around the building to classes. Mentors also had the opportunity to share the ““inside scoop”” about Lynch with the sixth graders, including the PBIS Paws program, who to see if they have a problem with friends, and tips about getting around the building. ROARS is an acronym for positive behaviors Lynch staffers want to see from students. ROARS stands for Respectful, Ownership, Attitude, Responsible and Safe. The mentor program is just one of several activities sponsored by Photos submitted the Lynch ROARS PBIS program, which also includes the Pride Pass, a holiday shop, a field day and other quarterly activities to reward students who behave appropriately at Lynch. In their own words The following are quotes from mentors at Lynch Literacy Academy about the school’’s opening day: •• Ivy Dulusz: ““I think the day is going well so far. There are kids who are starting to get used to the school.”” •• Jacob Reed: ““The kids have been very respectful to us.”” Sixth-graders were asked ““How is your first day going?”” Here are some of their responses: •• Ian Healy: ““Going good!”” •• Caydran Gravely: ““Great. Meeting new people and hanging out.”” •• Lasha Gonzalez: ““Lockers are really hard to open.”” •• Alanis Seeley: ““It was really good and the teachers are really nice.”” •• Tina Cartengena: ““Finding classrooms was hard.”” •• Chris Lent: ““First day was fun. Photo submitted Shown above, from left, are Mike Miseno, Katie Phetteplace, Xavier Santos-Moore, Brianna Rymarz, Shelby Houle, Destiny Kwaitkowski, Brenden Cetnar, Maria Rossi, Dhaeam McGriff, Talisha Muniz, Tyler Krackow, Ethan Bramer, Peyton Ausfeld, Michael Morales, Kristen Deluca and Amanda Mittler. I like that I got to walk everywhere.”” •• Grace Clark: ““I like that you don’’t have to walk in a line with your teacher. You have more freedom. I like Mrs. [Maria] Rossi and Mrs. [Christine] Sherlock a lot.”” •• Jacob Palczak: ““I was nervous a little at first, but know that I met all the teachers it’’s a lot more comforting and better ... easier.”” Sure, you’d choose a five-star restaurant. Why should your orthopedic care be any different? When you’re searching for the best restaurant or hotel, naturally, you choose the one with five stars. And when your joints like knees and hips start giving you problems, you should choose a five-star hospital as well. St. Mary’s Healthcare in Amsterdam and its nationally recognized orthopedic surgeons have achieved five-star ratings by Healthgrades 2013 for excellent outcomes and expertise in joint, total knee and hip replacement, and hip fracture treatment for 4 years in a row. Our post-surgery rehabilitation programs are also top-notch. Healthgrades is the nation’s leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital. Visit ChooseStMarys.com to learn more about our five-star orthopedic services. ChooseStMarys.com “We operate at St. Mary’s because together we are a five-star rated team.” Dr. Russell Cecil Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Jian Shen Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Dr. Gerald Ortiz Orthopedic Surgeon 10 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 OPINION The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A fresh start for the county To the editor: I am excited that we have chosen a new direction in Montgomery County. I am asking for your support for county executive because I believe we need not look backward. Now is the time to seize this opportunity and on Nov. 5, with your support, we can take our first step forward. Make no mistake about it we face some tough challenges. Years of dysfunction, poor budgeting and fiscal mismanagement has left seniors and families across Montgomery County bearing the burden. While we have made tough decisions in our own lives, our government hasn’’t responded. Often times it seems many of them think it is more about them than the people they are there to serve. As your executive, I will lead by example and set a new standard of professionalism, cooperation and respect. I will stand firm on my commitment to sound, long-term financial planning and decision making based on merit. My leadership will help us aggressively pursue economic development opportunities through the framework of the Regional Business Plan. This approach requires cooperation and I will work tirelessly to bridge the divide between the city, towns and villages. We are stronger when we work together and we can no longer afford to fight amongst ourselves. My leadership will help shine the light on county operations and dramatically improve communication with the public. Whether it is at community events, public forums, regular mobile office hours or the open door policy in my office, I will be accessible and accountable to you. In the race for county executive you have a clear choice and I am confident that if we elect candidates who are part of the solution, not part of the problem, we can put ourselves on the path to a brighter future in Montgomery County. Thank you for your consideration. If you would like more information about me visit mattossenfort.com or feel free to call me at 620-1655. MATT OSSENFORT, Amsterdam The writer is a candidate for Montgomery County executive. A job that inspires my life To the editor: Speaking directly to the hiring committee of the 7th Legislative District, the voters, please come out Nov. 5 and vote for Barbara S. Wheeler. Every vote counts. Going door to door in this campaign brings back the beginning of what brought me here today. While being your supervisor has been a wonderful opportunity for so many reasons, my passion and dedication to serve my community has been fueled by my love of my first and most important job —— being a mother. Four years ago, even though few knew me, I worked hard and earned the opportunity and the honor to represent the 4th Ward on the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors. More than anything, the past four years have taught me how crucial communication is to the job of being a good representative of the people. Whether through my work as a supervisor, my involvement on boards such as the YMCA, or other projects such as Neighborhood Watch, I have spent the past four years listening and learning about my constituents and the issues that matter most to all of us. I am proud to be on three lines on Nov. 5, including Republican, Conservative and Independence. A main theme across all three of these party lines is fiscal conservativeness, which is a huge part of my substance as an elected official. Being a steward of the taxpayers’’ money is a job I take very seriously. Regardless of your party affiliation, I am confident that I can serve you to the best of my ability with optimism and determination. These past four years have truly been an experience of a lifetime, but at the same time I feel that it is a journey that I am just beginning. I am embracing this journey for the same reason I started which is for the betterment of the community for those I serve —— I feel that I have so much more to give to the community I love. My hope is for young adults, such as myself, to live and thrive in our hometown, where we can raise our children and where I have committed my life’’s mission. Working together we can create a quality of life we can be proud of for ourselves and those that follow as did those that went before us. I thank you for the opportunity to continue serving you in the first Montgomery County Legislature. I am happy to answer any questions or address any concerns you may have. Please feel free to contact me at any time at 728-5567. BARBARA S. WHEELER, Amsterdam Working hard for the town To the editor: I am Bill Holvig, the current town of Mohawk highway superintendent, and running for re-election. I have served the town for 17 years and during this time I have earned certification for Road Master I and II from the Cornell Local Roads Program, by attending classes throughout the years. I have written many grants and the town has received well over $300,000 in grant money LETTERS POLICY THE RECORDER does not carry letters without identification of the author. All submissions must include an address and daytime telephone number to allow verification. Please keep letters to about 300 words and of reasonable frequency. We reserve the right to edit submissions and to refuse their use for reasons that include taste or libel. You can e-mail your letter to news@recordernews.com; fax it to 843-6580; or mail it to 1 Venner Road, Amsterdam 12010. Any other questions regarding content or policy may be directed to the executive editor. from EnCon, FEMA and other grant resources. I continue to research what grants are available for the town. I urged the town board to establish a capital improvement fund to purchase equipment when needed. It saves taxpayers money and keeps necessary equipment up to date. The town also saved $100,000 on the purchase of the Gradall and saved $16,000 on trucks purchased by buying local instead of using the state contract. I suggested to the town board to purchase the annex building and improve the transfer site. Fortunately, in 2006 when we had the first flood, we had a building to move and continue town operations. Snow and ice control on town and county roads, mowing, maintaining and paving the road are just some of the duties of the highway superintendent. Keeping the roads safe for school buses, commuters and travelers, is a primary concern. Sand, salting and plowing are necessary for keeping the roads safe. In addition, I serve as vice president of the Montgomery County Highway Superintendents Association; as a team leader for Advocacy Day; I travel to Albany to lobby for increasing the CHIPs funding (and we received approximately $16,000 in additional funding this year); I also serve as the emergency management contact for the town. I attend meetings and do all the paperwork required to receive FEMA grant funds for our roads and buildings. Most important is that the highway taxes have gone down. I take pride in serving as town of Mohawk highway superintendent. I will continue to work hard for the town and make the smart necessary decisions that benefit the town residents. I am experienced, dependable and responsible. On Nov. 5, Election Day, I would appreciate your support. WILLIAM ““BILL”” HOLVIG, Fonda Weathering the storm together To the editor: Election Day is only a few days away. Several months ago 70 percent of you voted for a new form of county government. I hope you will help me become the first 8th District legislator so I will then be in a position to help you. The work and lessons learned during my eight years as 1st Ward Amsterdam alderman and two terms as deputy mayor will provide me with the experience and knowledge necessary to represent you on the county level. I will work full time for 12 full months each year for you as I do not leave the area whatsoever during the winters. I weather the winters side by side with you, the people I will represent. I believe in cooperation to find the solutions necessary for the major financial problems that face our city, towns and villages. I have served on the Amsterdam AIDA board and have spent my entire life helping others in any way I was able to at the time. As a communications professional, I will use my technical and professional knowledge to assist county personnel and departments however is needed. Over the past 40-plus years I have strived to help our community in a multitude of ways, I now ask for your vote for 8th Legislative District of Montgomery County so I may continue my life’’s work. JOE ISABEL, Amsterdam My story and qualifications To the editor: Political letters seem to sound the same to me. Even telling you I’’ll work hard, think through the issues, and stay connected sounds like a sales pitch. The truth be told, running for office is like a job interview: You tell your life story and state your qualifications. But I don’’t know of any way to do this other than by making my best case to you. So, here it goes. My name is Ken Mazur. I am an Amsterdam native, my grandfather an Amsterdam fireman, and my grandmother a founder of Liberty Enterprises. I have a bachelor of science from Cornell University, and I am employed as a health inspector with the New York State Department of Health. I inspect health care facilities to ensure fire and life safety and sanitation. I have years of experience in code enforcement. Currently, I serve as a civil service commissioner and on the Zoning Board of Appeals. I formerly served on the County Ethics Board. During the summer, I volunteer at the Auriesville Shrine. I walked the entire 1st Ward and listened. I know you want safe attractive neighborhoods, speed limits enforced, roads repaired and clean, and the line held on taxes. In preparation, I met with city department heads on how to make these improvements. I will hold ward meetings and keep myself available. I see Amsterdam as a healthy and attractive city, ready for the 21st century, by fixing the controller’’s office, rezoning for growth, and common sense code enforcement. At council meetings I will present a dignified public image. I will use my own judgment, and cross party lines when necessary. No automatic ““yes”” votes. I believe in rational, responsible budgeting and following the city charter. I ask for your vote on Nov. 5. Thank You. KEN MAZUR, Amsterdam Change for the town of Palatine To the editor: I spent the last few months running, walking and driving throughout the town of Palatine, talking to residents about our collective future. I met grandparents baking cookies with their grandkids; a farming couple talking passionately about keeping a small dairy going; a little girl who introduced me to her mom working busily in the kitchen. I spoke with a woman who worked 43 years at Beech-Nut and retired making $14 an hour. One person told me we’’d never get good jobs back here. In many conversations, the sense of hopelessness was difficult to hear. My future and the future of my family is on our little farm in the town of Palatine. Our hearts are here. Hopelessness is not an option. If possibilities seem limited, we need to change the possibilities. As a starting point, here is a set of issues and potential solutions that I will take on: 1) Overwhelming school and property tax burden —— I will practice vigilant fiscal responsibility in town budgeting, while advocating at the state level to change funding formulas and secure state and federal funding opportunities. 2) Concern about fairness in how rules are applied and how town business is conducted —— I will work to increase transparency, by increasing availability of documents on the town website and implementing regular supervisor office hours for questions and concerns. 3) Interest in ironing out administrative procedures —— I will work collaboratively with town officials, employees and contractors to streamline and clarify procedures. Many of you have already taken a leap of faith and supported my campaign. I am both humbled and grateful. Already, we are changing the odds. I look forward to working with residents of the town of Palatine to create new possibilities and a better future for our town as the next town supervisor. SARA NICCOLI, Palatine Proven skill is needed most To the editor: Making an informed decision on Election Day is important. While reviewing the recent literature by Debra Baranello, a few points concerned me. The information provided by Baranello was very vague. For example, she discusses increased code enforcement, but Baranello is a personal friend of Mayor Ann Thane. After six years, Mayor Thane hasn’’t brought about a large change in code enforcement. What can she do that the mayor can’’t? Also, Baranello fails to provide any clear plan as to how she’’ll bring about that change. Next, Debra Baranello states that she’’ll work to have a more visible and active police force. The statistics are clear ... crime has decreased and the Amsterdam Police Department is doing a great job. Finally, Baranello states that she will strive to stay within the tax cap. The tax cap is not an issue, because it’’s already mandated. Debra Baranello fails to address the most important part of tax increases in the form of user fee increases. Baranello’’s admirable volunteerism has worth. Even if not elected as alderman, she can continue to contribute to the community in that manner. Unfortunately, Baranello’’s plan is ambiguous. Also, in my opinion, I believe it was a bit presumptuous to refer to herself as Alderman Baranello on the literature that she distributed. The finances in the city of Amsterdam cannot afford a councilperson with a learning curve right now, no matter how much volunteer work she takes part in and no matter how good her intentions are. Ron Barone has worked on many government budgets while in office. I think this proven skill is something Amsterdam needs considering the financial climate of our city. We need someone with proven capabilities who can make difficult decisions and has been in that position before. For these reasons, I will be supporting Ron Barone on Nov. 5, and I invite my neighbors to do the same. SANTO ZENON, Amsterdam Please see LETTERS, Page 11 The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Letters OPINION Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 11 from page 10 Stepping up to the plate Check out the real facts To the editor: Here we are again at election time and campaign signs are posted all over. But what do we really know about the candidates or the offices they seek to hold? In some cases we know those up for re-election, we know about the candidates but not so much about the duties or responsibilities of the office they hold. Such is the race for town highway superintendent in the town of Florida. Bill Weller has served for better than two decades. When Bill took office he inherited an overmanned, ill-equipped and drastically dysfunctional department. Over the years Bill has trimmed the labor force, updated the equipment, and made the department lean and trim. Bill also stepped forward to take on the responsibility of many other departments such as the parks and buildings, sanitation and sewer, and water. These are not part of his elected position, but he stepped up to the plate and took them on. Through the years Bill has had to deal with complaints about damaged mail boxes, tree branches, snow plowing not to someone’’s satisfaction, and many others, but he has handled them in a professional manner and with consideration of people’’s feelings. Bill is the one who is held accountable for the department and anything that goes wrong. Bill has developed a good working relationship with neighboring towns, county officials and neighboring counties. Bill has a workable budget and even turned back funds to the town. His terms in office and accomplishments will be remembered for quite some time. When going to vote this year give consideration not just to the party they represent or if you like a candidate, but if they are the incumbent consider how they have done their job in the past, and if that is what you would like for the future. TED SCHROM, Amsterdam To the editor: Say what, Mr. Norris? I, too, live in the town of Northampton. As your current supervisor, I work nonstop for all of the town voters and taxpayers. My job (prescribed by the state of New York) requires that I represent Northampton not only at the local level but on the county board of supervisors. It also requires that the supervisor, at the local level, is the budget officer. During my tenure I have elevated my county position and will be chairman of the board in 2014. A newly elected Northampton supervisor will not achieve such appointment for at least another 15 years. (The last was 1995.) Key committee appointments at county level impact decisions which affect all town residents. The position of town supervisor, to which I was elected, along with a confidential secretary/bookkeeper position, were made full-time in 1990 by previous administrations. After 17 years of dedicated service, our bookkeeper/confidential secretary resigned, at the hands of the town board and a small group of the opposition such as yourself. This left me with the responsibilities of that vacated position. An attempt to backfill that position with another willing soul failed, as she also left in tears. I have become the sole person to do payrolls, budget and everyday matters that were formally performed by the bookkeeper. The part-time person recently brought on will also be leaving if I am not re-elected, due to your and others’’ actions. You and your candidates have bullied others and manipulated the facts in recent mailings and personal visits. I would ask the public to ask where all funding for the ““promises”” being made will come from. You, Mr. Norris, and the ““Unite Northampton Team”” have created turmoil, threats and disruptions daily in your attempt to prevent the town clerk and myself from performing our everyday duties. Anyone attending meetings or being at town hall can attest to that. The council members alluded to in the Norris editorial are put on committees to work on issues and present to the board, performing their elected duties. I am only one of five board members. Voters, please check out the real facts and ask questions. I will continue to do my job until the voters tell me otherwise. On Nov. 5, 2013, look for my name on line 5 ““Wisest Choice.”” LINDA KEMPER, Northampton The writer is Northampton supervisor and a candidate for re-election. The right one for the job To the editor: I am writing in support of Robert Purtell for county legislator, District 9. The town of Amsterdam and the fine folks in Cranesville and Hagaman need a good representative at the county, and I think he’’s the best person for the job. Bob is a lifelong resident and a business owner with a strong record of service to our community. As a member of the finance committee for Liberty ARC, he has experience working with a $60 million budget. And his many years in real estate make him very familiar with an issue weighing on all of us —— property taxes. Robert Purtell is the right person for the job. He has the experience and integrity to tackle the $100 million county budget and put Montgomery County back on the right track. If you live in District 9 (Hagaman, Cranesville, eastern parts of Amsterdam) I urge you to vote for him on Nov. 5. JUSTIN KNUDSEN, Town of Amsterdam Improving the lives of others To the editor: Having been a close friend of Barbara Wheeler for over 25 years, I am fully aware of Barb’’s passion and dedication to improve the lives of those she serves. Until recent years, I had little involvement with local politics. My lack of enthusiasm toward politicians was due to my perception that many, if not most, politicians were dishonest socialists aiming to seek attention and win votes through crafty words and impressive ideas about how they would work hard to fulfill promises to better the lives of those in their community only to end up making poor excuses for their failures. Yet, oddly enough often ending up with more money in their pockets and less in ours. Barb, on the other hand, has proven to me and to so many others that there are truly honest politicians who will work their hardest to fight for the community they serve. Barb works diligently to keep money in the pockets of those she is so passionately striving to create a better life for in order that we might continue to have a growing desire to live in our small city and raise our children in a community they will be proud to build memories in. Thanks to Barb, my interest in local politics continues to grow as Barb’’s actions line up with her words and has revived my perception of a genuine public servant who truly does strive to improve our community. For a strong representative in Fonda and a fierce Montgomery County lobbyist in Albany, I strongly encourage you to vote for Barbara S. Wheeler on Tuesday Nov 5. Thank you for your time. JENNIFER NICOLELLA, Amsterdam Northampton voters beware To the editor: As a former town board member that donated hundreds of hours working on the town court renovations, town hall lighting system, plus working on grant applications, I feel it is time to get back on the Northampton town board. After being defeated two years ago, the ““good old boys”” stated —— ““one down and two to go.”” When our bookkeeper resigned that changed to ““two down and one to go,”” meaning the supervisor. Recently, it was stated in the town clerk’’s office that she will be the next to go. Monies are being wasted left and right with this board, $16,000 and counting on a mass gathering ordinance that was put aside in court after our former attorney warned us it would never stand up in court. The former attorney was paid at $100 per hour while the new attorney received $160 per hour. At the Feb. 20, 2013, board meeting, Councilman Ellsworth stated, ““If you raise taxes 50 percent, in reality to the home owner it’’s almost no money and would solve our problem.”” Your ““Unite Northampton Team”” has proposed a joint highway department that could double our tax rate. The town and village now already share equipment and services. The town last year raised $235,228 in taxes while the village, with one-third of the population, raised $454,227.45. How much more money will be added to the budget if the ““good old boys”” get elected. Will we hire a new bookkeeper to perform those duties that the supervisor now does? Will we hire an office manager? And how many more ““friends”” will be added? It has also been stated that the town should pay for village police to help ““enforce”” town laws. It is very important that this Nov. 5 you elect people who will represent the best interests of the town and not be represented by an all village town board. Please vote for me on line 8H: ““The People’’s Party.”” GUY POULIN, Northampton Make Muni records public To the editor: As an Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course member, I have followed the most recent ““debate”” with interest. I attended a Common Council meeting where the subject of renewing Joe Merendo’’s contract was listed on the agenda. I would think, when being asked to vote on a resolution concerning a contract renewal, someone might have the wherewithal to actually bring a copy of the contract to the meeting. Incredibly, no one had a copy, which makes it difficult to arrive at any type of an informed decision. At that meeting, after much ““discussion,”” it was stated that the golf course was underperforming, and that the golf commission has recommended a ““three-pronged attack”” to alleviate the situation. Replace the pro, replace the concessionaire, replace the maintenance department. What has been sadly lacking is any explanation of exactly how this approach is going to increase the revenues of the course. What I, and several other golfers that I have spoken with, would like to know is what is this approach based on? Are there studies that provide data showing that this course of action has been proven to increase revenue? If so, I would ask that these studies be published, or at least provide a link to a website where they exist. It should be fairly easy to do, as I’’m sure that no thinking person(s) would propose such sweeping changes without viable data to back them up. When addressing the performance of the golf course, would it be asking too much for a financial report to be published? One that shows how much the course takes in, and where that money goes. As an entity that is owned by the city, and one that involves hundreds of thousands of dollars, shouldn’’t these records already exist? Make them available to the public and end the speculation of where the money goes. Is it true that the city took $95,000 from the golf course to apply to a bond payment, then, after deciding to not make the payment, did not return the $95,000 to the course? Is it true that any time there is an event that requires the course to be closed (generally from noon to 5 p.m.), a check for $1,700 is written and sent directly to the mayor’’s office? Keep in mind, these events are usually for charities to benefit our community (not the mayor’’s office). There are many such rumors/truths that exist; why not make the finances of the course transparent and dispel/substantiate the rumors? There is one more point I would like to discuss. If you ask a golfer why he is going to travel out of town to play a certain course, you will invariably get two reasons: price and course conditions. No one ever mentions who the pro is, no one ever mentions the concessionaire. Surprisingly, those are two of the aforementioned ““threepronged attack.”” Enough said. CHUCK ROSSI, Town of Amsterdam Thank you from the Rotary To the editor: On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Amsterdam Rotary Club sponsored a chicken parmesan dinner to benefit the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York, Community 202, which covers the Amsterdam and Fonda-Fultonville School districts. The community plans on using the funds for camping equipment that they currently do not have. This way more girls will have the opportunity to experience the out-of-doors and all that it has to offer. They also will purchase program materials such as tables, canopies, chairs, Girl Guides and Journeys. The materials will be available for troops to use at their individual meetings or at community events. This was our eighth year sponsoring this event with many local individuals and charitable groups reaping the benefits. Our motto of ““Service Above Self”” was displayed by the numerous volunteers from our club who once again gave of their time to work that evening. They also showed their support by arranging for advertising, placing signage around town, welcoming guests, waitressing, a little help in the kitchen, and most of all selling tickets. We should also mention that the Girl Scouts were a lot of help serving our guests. We would be remiss without mentioning Rotary member Walt Porath and the Raindancer restaurant for another excellent performance. His managers, waitresses and kitchen staff were once again on top of their game. There were over 500 guests served in less than three hours and we have heard nothing but rave reviews. For many years now we have counted on the Raindancer for their support and generosity and each time Walt has been there without mention. We owe him special thanks for all the generosity. Amsterdam Rotary has always been committed to the community and will continue to do so. We meet for lunch every Wednesday at (where else) the Raindancer and constantly are recruiting new individuals and businesses that want to give back to our community. Please feel free to stop by for a great lunch, good conversation, and share some new ideas. CINDY RIVERA AND JUDY PHETTEPLACE, Amsterdam 12 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 WEATHER The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Indonesian forests still dwindle despite reforms MATTHEW PENNINGTON The Associated Press WASHINGTON —— At home and abroad, Indonesia is highlighting its progress in curbing the environmental destruction that has depleted forests and made the Southeast Asian nation a leading source of greenhouse gases. But environmentalists are unconvinced. They say pulp and palm oil plantations are still expanding at an alarming rate in Sumatran forests, despite efforts by the government and industry. That expansion has contributed to climate change and threatens endangered tigers and orangutans. More than 80 percent of Indonesia's emissions are due to clearing of what is the world's third-largest area of rainforest, after Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo. About half of Indonesia's rainforest has already been destroyed. Greenpeace, which has conducted extensive research on deforestation in Indonesia, says government maps show the country lost 4,790 square miles (12,400 square kilometers) of forest between 2009 and 2011. The main cause, accounting for about a quarter of lost forest, was for production of palm oil, which is used as food and as biofuel. Carbon-rich peatlands being cleared for plantations must be drained first. That releases vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has committed to cutting greenhouse emissions by The Associated Press Firemen spray water to extinguish a bushfire June 23 in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia. Indonesia is highlighting its progress in curbing the environmental destruction that has depleted forests and made the Southeast Asian nation a leading source of greenhouse gases. But environmentalists are not convinced. The blazes in peat swamp forests on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have sent massive plumes of smog across the sea to neighboring Singapore and Malaysia, both of which have grown impatient with Indonesia’s response to the problem that occurs nearly every year. 26 percent by 2020. His government in 2011 declared a moratorium on new concessions in primary forest in a $1 billion deal with Norway. The moratorium was extended this May for two years. Environmentalists say that doesn't go far enough because it doesn't cover existing concessions. The U.S. government reported in June that Indonesia's palm oil industry has enough land that the nation's authorities have said can Today's Forecast CANADA VT. 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Full Nov. 17 Last Oct. 26 New Nov. 3 Indonesia's ambassador to Washington, Dino Patti Djalal, said the government is working with industry and environmental groups to protect forests. He highlighted the move this February by Asian Pulp and Paper —— the country's top pulp producer —— to halt clearance of natural forest and use just existing plantation and degraded land; and a commitment by Sinar Mas —— which controls both that company and top palm oil producer Across the nation City/Region High | Low temps Forecast for Thursday, Oct. 24 Toronto 46° | 37° Golden Agri-Resources —— to protect orangutans. "It shows that the industry wants to change, they want to do the right thing, but sometimes we have just got to help them," Djalal told the Stimson Center think tank this week. The amount of forest cover lost annually has fallen: from an estimated 1 million hectares (about 2.5 million acres) between 1990 and 2010 —— equivalent to nearly 1 percent of the national total per year —— down to 600,000 hectares (about 1.5 million acres) per year between 2009 and 2011. Amy Moas, a U.S.-based forest campaigner for Greenpeace, acknowledged some progress but said "there are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of companies still skirting lax laws and regulations in Indonesia and finding the cheapest and easiest way to do business, which means horrible environmental devastation." Moas said government data shows that Asia-Pacific Resources International Ltd, or APRIL, Indonesia's secondlargest producer of pulp, is still using rainforest wood to supply its mill in Riau province, which has faced the most intense deforestation on Sumatra, a western island famed for its biodiversity. APRIL spokesman Mike Zampa said Greenpeace was exaggerating the amount of rainforest wood entering the mill. He said 65 percent of the fiber used is from plantation wood. He said the company develops only about half the land on its concessions in Indonesia, and the rest goes to conservation and community use. Temperatures indicate Wednesday’s high and overnight low to 8 p.m. Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington,Vt. Charleston,S.C. Charlotte,N.C. Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia,S.C. Concord,N.H. Dallas-Ft Worth Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Grand Rapids Greensboro,N.C. Hartford Spgfld Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Key West Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Beach Milwaukee Mpls-St Paul Nashville New Orleans New York City Norfolk,Va. 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Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 13 FOOD Getting great pork chops is all about the size By ELIZABETH KARMEL The Associated Press Everyone loves the idea of a grilled pork chop, but they often fall short of expectations. And I blame the butcher! Many chops and steaks are cut so thin it is almost impossible not to overcook them, even for a seasoned griller like me. When chops and steaks are cut thin, say 1/2 inch or less, the price is appealing but the end result may not be to your liking. It is far better to buy one thicker steak or chop and split it than buy two thinner cuts. I have found that a boneless center-cut pork chop is the answer. And it always exceeds expectations. You can buy the chops from your butcher or cut them yourself from a pork loin. Just make sure that they are a generous 1-inch thick. The next secret is to brush the chop all over with olive oil. My motto: Oil the food, not the grill! The olive oil not only helps prevent the meat from sticking to the grates, it also promotes caramelization, which in turn helps lock in the meat’’s juices. If you don’’t brush the chop with oil, the natural juices will evaporate as the meat cooks. A quick sprinkle of kosher or sea salt and you are ready to grill. I recommend a medium direct heat and 5 to 6 minutes per side. Finally, it is essential that you let the pork chops rest at least 5 minutes so the juices will redistribute, making your chop tender and juicy. This means no cutting into the chop —— even to test for doneness! Use an instant read meat thermometer or learn visual clues for doneness. It is much better to serve a warm pork chop that has had time to rest than a piping hot chop that hasn’’t had time to rest and loses all of its juices once you cut it. The Associated Press This Sept. 30 photo shows pork chops with chipotle pumpkin seed butter in Concord, N.H. Now that you’’ve mastered grilling the chop, you are ready to take your outdoor cooking repertoire to the next level by making a compound butter. A compound butter is simply softened (unsalted) butter that is flavored with herbs, spices and almost any flavor ingredient and seasoning. I love compound butters so much that I devoted a whole chapter to them in one of my cookbooks. Compound butters can be sweet or savory and are a quick and easy way to dress up any meal. The beauty of a compound butter is that when it melts on hot food, it seasons the food like a complicated sauce, but without any of the time needed to make one. Even better, the flavors are much brighter because they haven’’t been cooked. Since pork chops are synonymous with fall for me, I like to serve a chipotle-pumpkin seed butter on top of my chops. The autumnal orange-red color of the butter studded with green pumpkin seeds smiles with Halloween colors, making this a perfect dinner for all your ghosts and goblins. The butter balances and rounds out the smoke and the heat from the chipotle chili and the adobo sauce, and the toasted green pumpkin seeds add texture and eye appeal to the butter. I use fleur de sel or Maldon sea salt in all of my butters to add a nice little crunch to the butter and the finished dish. The butter can be made up to a week in advance and refrigerated or frozen until ready to use. I like to refrigerate the butter until it is hard, slice it into medallions and freeze them in an airtight container. That way, I have ““coins”” of compound butter any time I need them. The butter also is really great on grilled or baked squash, almost any vegetable, and any fish, poultry or meat, so I usually double the recipe. PORK CHOPS WITH CHIPOTLE-PUMPKIN SEED BUTTER Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 4 For the chipotle-pumpkin seed butter: 1 stick unsalted butter, softened 1 small chipotle chili in adobo sauce, drained and chopped finely 1 tablespoon lightly toasted and cooled hulled pumpkin seeds (often called pepitas) 1/2 teaspoon ancho chili powder 1/2 teaspoon Maldon salt flakes or fleur de sel For the pork chops: 4 boneless center-cut pork chops, 1-inch thick Olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper To make the butter, in a medium bowl mash or stir the butter until it is smooth and slightly fluffy. Add the chipotle, pumpkin seeds, chili powder and salt. Mix together, mashing with the back of a fork to make sure all the ingredients are incorporated. Taste, then adjust with additional salt, if needed. Set a 6-by-12-inch sheet of kitchen parchment or plastic wrap on the counter. Spoon the butter onto it to form a log. Roll the butter up, then smooth out to form a round log about 5 inches long. Refrigerate until firm and easy to cut into rounds, about 15 minutes. The butter can be made in advance and stored, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to a week (or in the freezer for up to 3 months). When ready to prepare the pork chops, prepare the grill for direct, medium heat cooking. Remove the butter from the refrigerator and cut four 1/2-inch slices off of the log (you will have some butter left over) and set aside. Meanwhile, use paper towels to pat the pork chops dry. Brush with a thin coat of olive oil, then season with salt and pepper. Place the chops directly on the cooking grate and grill for 5 to 6 minutes per side. The chops will be done when they feel ““firm”” to the touch and register 140 F at the center. Remove the chops from the grill and top immediately with a piece of the butter. Let the chops rest for 5 minutes before serving and allow the butter to melt over the top as it rests. If desired, serve with a second round of butter. 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Raise the house, lower the flood risk By CAROLE FELDMAN The Associated Press Eileen Benner says elevating her home in Atlantic City, N.J., was a ““no-brainer”” after it suffered extensive flood damage during Superstorm Sandy. ““I would tell anybody who has the money available to go ahead and do it,”” she says. John Paynter’’s Long Beach Island, N.J., vacation home now stands 13 feet higher than it did before the storm a year ago. He, too, says he’’s glad he did it, though the process itself was nerve-wracking: ““You heard a lot of cracks and creaks.”” Nationwide, insurance claims for flooding damage totaled on average more than $3 billion annually from 2003 to 2012, according to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). And rising sea levels and more severe storms mean that in some areas, more homeowners are finding themselves in flood zones for the first time or in higher-risk ones. The most common way to reduce the risk: elevating the home, the NFIP says. The process can cost a lot —— more than $100,000 in many cases, depending on the home’’s size, location and foundation. But homeowners may be eligible to get some help from flood insurance policies and grants. Flood elevation maps determine whether a property needs to be raised and by how much. Homeowners in high risk zones who choose not to raise their homes could see their flood insurance premiums skyrocket. Roderick Scott of L&R Resources, a Mandeville, La., company that does home elevations, recommends lifting a house 1 or 2 feet above the minimum needed to get a flood elevation certificate. ““You don’’t want to elevate structures more than once in their lifetime,”” he says. Homes with an open foundation —— with a basement or crawl space —— are the easiest and least expensive to raise. ““It’’s easy to get underneath and get the structure of the house from underneath and lift it up,”” he says. Raising those built on a slab foundation takes more time and money. ““You have to open up walls and remove lower cabinets,”” Scott says. Any air conditioning and heating systems in the base- Do you or someone you know suffer from constant “ringing in the ears?” We might be able to help you! 80 Audiology & Hearing Aids AMSTERDAM 109 Polar Plaza 620-4267 www.hearforyou.info ment must be relocated, as well as power and other utilities. ““They have to go on or above the main level of the structure so they won’’t be damaged,”” Scott says. And then there’’s the question of how you’’ll get up to the higher house. Where will you put the stairs, for example? ““A lot of seniors live at the beach. They may need to integrate a lift,”” says Scott. He uses a hydraulic machine to jack up a house, and says the process is so smooth that he once put a glass of red wine on a tabletop. ““Not a drop was spilled,”” he says. Still, he advises people to take pictures off the walls and pack up any valuable crystal. A house may be set down on pilings or cinderblocks, depending on the height. It’’s likely that millions of homes will have to be raised based on redrawn flood maps nationwide, Scott says. However, Dan Watson, a spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says it’’s difficult to say how many and where: ““In some cases the risk has gone down and in some cases it has gone up.”” UNBELIEVABLE BUYS! $ Beer 6 99 Six Pack FREE Glass with purchase Bill’s Beverage Co. Corner of Park St. & Locust Ave. M. - F.: 9 - 6 Sat.: 9 - 5 842-7050 In 2012, Louisiana had the most flood damage claims, followed by New Jersey and New York. In Brick Township, N.J., Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis says about 8,500 homes suffered water damage during Sandy, and that more than half of those will have to be raised because of redrawn maps. He says many people got temporary certificates of occupancy that give them four years to elevate. His own home, he says, is ““a 51 percenter —— that means your house was damaged to more than 50 percent of the value of your home. And so is my son’’s and a lot of people in my neighborhood.”” He’’s not rushing into elevating his home, though. ““We’’re going to get prices, we’’re going to deal with engineers,”” he says. ““I don’’t see a ton of people elevating their homes right away unless they had the money.”” Benner felt she didn’’t have a choice. The water in her duplex after Sandy was a foot deep. It cost $21,000 to lift the house, she says, and she expects the total bill to be $130,000 to $140,000. Part of that was offset by a clause in her flood insurance policy that gave her $30,000 to meet the new height requirements. ““By the time I’’m done, my base floor is going to be about 12 feet”” higher than it used to be, she says. ““I feel comfortable.”” After Paynter’’s house was lifted, ““I had to build stairs. I had to build a front porch. I had to reattach the utilities,”” he says. He also built a new chimney and redid the house’’s flood-damaged interior. Total cost? He estimates $140,000. He moved back in in August. ““I’’m very happy,”” he says. WASHINGTON —— In some ways, computers make ideal drivers: They don’’t drink and then climb behind the wheel. They don’’t do drugs, get distracted, fall asleep, run red lights or tailgate. And their reaction times are quicker. They do such a good job, in fact, that a new study says self-driving cars and trucks hold the potential to transform driving by eliminating the majority of traffic deaths, significantly reducing congestion and providing tens of billions of dollars in economic benefits. But significant hurdles to widespread use of self-driving cars remain, the most important of which is likely to be cost. Added sensors, software, engineering and power and computing requirements currently tally over $100,000 per vehicle, clearly unaffordable for most people, the study said. But large-scale production ““promises greater affordability over time,”” it concluded. Questions also remain about public acceptance, liability in event of an accident, and the ability of automakers to prevent car computers from being hacked. Nevertheless, the advantages of self-driving cars are such that if only 10 percent of cars and trucks on the road were self-driving, they could reduce traffic deaths by 1,000 per year and produce nearly $38 billion in economic and other savings, said the study by the Eno Center for Transportation, a foundation dedicated to improving transportation. If 90 percent of vehicles were self-driving, as many as 21,700 lives per year could be saved, and economic and other benefits could reach a staggering $447 billion, said the study, a copy of which was provided to The Associated Press. ““There will be many steps before we get to that, but it does feel like there is a whole new world that completely changes everything in terms of our perspective on driving that could emerge eventually,”” said Joshua Schank, Eno’’s president and CEO. For example, the passenger compartment may be transformed as former drivers safely work on laptops, eat meals, read books, watch movies and call friends. And cars that can be programmed to pick up people, drive them to their destination and then park by themselves may change the lives of the elderly and disabled by providing critical mobility. Once a critical mass of self-driving cars is on the road, they can start ““platooning”” —— driving closely together but keeping a steady distance between each other without the fuel-burning, time-wasting, stop-and-go typical of traffic congestion. That could smooth traffic flows, reduce commute times and increase highway capacity. Government research indicates driver error is likely the main reason behind over 90 percent of all crashes. Over 40 percent of fatal traffic crashes involve alcohol, distraction, drugs or fatigue. But self-driven vehicles wouldn’’t fall prey to such human failings, suggesting the potential for at least a 40 percent reduction in fatal crashes, the study said. The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 15 YOUR LIFE 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 Divorcee desires fancy proposal DEAR ABBY: I am a divorcee in my 40s who is in a committed relationship with a man who is also divorced. Neither of our marriages were happy ones. We stayed in them for all the wrong reasons. We have been together By for three years, live together, love each other ABIGAIL unconditionally and VAN BUREN have talked extensively about getting married. My question is, am I wrong to expect a traditional proposal with an engagement ring? It is important to me that he would think enough of me to plan one. I feel if he did it for his first wife, he should do the same —— or more —— for me. Would it be in bad taste to mention this? —— ASKING TOO MUCH? IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR ASKING TOO MUCH?: Unless one of your companion’’s attributes is clairvoyance, express your feelings. He may not be aware that you would feel somehow cheated if he doesn’’t come forth with a gesture that is ““equal or better”” than what his ex received. Consider carefully what resulted from that first fancy proposal. An essential ingredient in a successful relationship is the ability to express one’’s wants and needs to the other partner. I would only suggest that when you do, your thoughts are couched as a request and not a demand. DEAR ABBY: Enlighten me, please. A friend told me her daughter is expecting. She has not said one word about a boyfriend or marriage. How do I diplomatically ask, ““Who is the father?”” People in my generation already knew the answer. Marriage came first. Is this now ““none of my business””? The grandma-to-be has offered no clue. Can you help me out? —— OUT OF THE LOOP OUT WEST DEAR ABBY DEAR OUT OF THE LOOP: If Grandma-to-be is keeping mum, you can bet there’’s a reason. If the father was Prince Harry, she would be trumpeting it from the rooftops. Your friend may not know who the father is or have some other reason for not disclosing it. Unless you want to tiptoe through a minefield, my advice is DON’’T GO THERE. DEAR ABBY: I’’m a 13-year-old girl who suffers from what I’’m afraid is obsessive-compulsive disorder. I have known for four years, but I never told my parents. I finally opened up to them a few days ago, and I thought they wanted to help. But later I heard them mock my condition and laugh about it. Abby, I thought my parents wanted to help me, but it’’s becoming clear that they don’’t. They have offered me therapy, but I’’m scared they will mock me for that, too. Now I’’m afraid to go. Should I? —— O.C.D. DAUGHTER DEAR DAUGHTER: When people don’’t understand something, unfortunately they sometimes laugh at it. However, are you absolutely certain that what your parents were laughing about concerned you and not something else? I find it hard to believe that loving parents would laugh at their child’’s discomfort. You should by all means take them up on their offer of talking to a therapist. It is the surest way to find a solution for your problem. And when you do, tell the therapist you think you heard your parents laugh about your problem, because if it’’s true and they are not aware of how serious the problem may be, the therapist can explain it to them. Dear Abby is written by ABIGAIL VAN BUREN, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. HOROSCOPE BY FRANCIS DRAKE King Features Syndicate For Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a wonderful day to entertain at home. Invite family over for good food and drink. You might feel sympathetic to someone in particular. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your optimism and positive attitude attract others to you today. In fact, you might encourage someone (in a group) to approach a situation with greater sympathy and understanding. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel rich today and might be throwing money around. Business and commerce are favored in the morning — less so in the afternoon. Ka-ching. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You feel warmhearted and generous to others today. In fact, if you can do anything to alleviate the suffering of others, you will. You also want to have fun. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Because you feel selfless today, you’re willing to put the wants and needs of others before your own. You’re not being a martyr. Quite the opposite; helping others will reward you with a sense of satisfaction. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Group activities will be friendly and enthusiastic today. Accept invitations to join others in sports, physical activities or meetings in general. You’ll be glad you did. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You make a great impression on people in authority today — bosses, parents, teachers, VIPs and the police. They see you as affable, successful and pleasant. (You might turn this to your advantage.) SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You will love to travel today, because you want to broaden your horizons. You’re up for adventure and are enthusiastic to learn something new. You’ll be sympathetic to people from a different culture. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Keep your pockets open, because gifts, goodies and favors from others might come your way today. This morning is a good time to ask for a loan or mortgage. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Enjoy warm relations with others today. People are in a great mood and want to have a good time. Work with others today, because they will help you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Work-related travel is likely today. Be careful you don’t overspend money or misjudge an important financial decision, especially this afternoon. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a romantic, playful day. Love at first sight could spring up out of nowhere for some of you. Enjoy social outings and fun times with others. YOU BORN TODAY You are physical, earthy and solid in how you relate to your world. Others depend on you. You want your surroundings to be organized the way you want them to be. That is because you need a reliable resource to give shape to your ideas. This year, a major change might take place, perhaps something as significant as what happened around 2004. Page 16 Weekender Thursday, October 24, 2013 www.recordernews.com The Calendar Today Aaron Mittler, 6:30 p.m., Mary Ann’s Restaurant, 661 Route 29, Broadalbin. Sensel Fail, 6:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. Young Frankenstein, 7 p.m., Colonial Little Theatre, 1 Colonial Court, Johnstown. Chanticleer, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Friday Young Frankenstein, 7 p.m., Colonial Little Theatre, 1 Colonial Court, Johnstown. John and Joe Acoustic, 8 p.m., Broadalbin Hotel, 59 W. Main St., Broadalbin. Doc Orloff Duo, 8 p.m., Sam’s Seafood and Steakhouse, 281 N. Comrie Ave., Johnstown. Thomas Dolby, 8 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. Saturday Young Frankenstein, 7 p.m., Colonial Little Theatre, 1 Colonial Court, Johnstown. Doc Orloff’s Blues Elixir, 7 p.m., Gianna’s Pizza and Pasta, 253 N. Main St., Gloversville. Golden Oldies Spectacular, 7 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. The Fab Four, 8 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. Skeeter Creek, 9 p.m., Broadalbin Hotel, 59 W. Main St., Broadalbin. Saving Atlantis, 9 p.m., Sport Island Pub, 108 Riverside Blvd., Northville. Sunday Linda Lee and the Fox Creek Band, 2 p.m., Broadalbin Hotel, 59 W. Main St., Broadalbin. Young Frankenstein, 2 p.m., Colonial Little Theatre, 1 Colonial Court, Johnstown. Schenectady Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Jeff Dunham, 3 p.m., Glens Falls Civic Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Glens Falls. Bo Burnham, 8 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. Please see CALENDAR, Page 18 To have your band’s or venue’s events listed in The Calendar, email them to news@recordernews.com or send the information by traditional mail to The Recorder, 1 Venner Road, Amsterdam, NY 12010 Celebrity birthdays TODAY: Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is 77. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 74. Actor Kevin Kline is 66. Singer Monica is 33. Rapper Drake is 27. FRIDAY: Actress Marion Ross is 85.Singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 69. Actress Nancy Cartwright (“The Simpsons”) is 56. Drummer Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers and of Chickenfoot is 52. Actor Craig Robinson (“The Office”) is 42. CARTWRIGHT SATURDAY: Actor Bob Hoskins is 71. “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is 67. Actress Rita Wilson is 57. Singer Natalie Merchant is 50. Actor Jon Heder is 36. SUNDAY: Actor-comedian John Cleese is 74. Author Fran Lebowitz is 63. Singer Simon LeBon of Duran Duran is 55. Singer Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver) is 46. TV personality Kelly Osbourne is 29. MONDAY: Country musician Charlie Daniels is 77. Actress Annie Potts is 61. Actress Lauren Holly is 50. Actress Julia Roberts is 46. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 39. TUESDAY: Singer-actress Melba Moore is 68. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 66. Actor Dan Castellaneta (“The Simpsons”) is 56. Actress Winona Ryder is 42. Actress Gabrielle Union is 40. WEDNESDAY: Singer Grace Slick is 74. Actor Henry Winkler is 68. Actor Kevin Pollak is 56. Actress Nia Long is 43. Actor Matthew Morrison (“Glee”) is 35. Actor Tequan Richmond (”Everybody CASTELLANETA Hates Chris”) is 21. The Associated Press In this May 21 photo, director James Toback, left, actor Alec Baldwin, right, and Baldwin’s wife Hilaria Thomas pose for photographers during a photo call for the film “Seduced and Abandoned” at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. “Seduced and Abandoned” airs Monday on HBO. Alec Baldwin talks about �fetid septic tank’ business By JAKE COYLE The Associated Press NEW YORK —— In ““Seduced and Abandoned,”” Alec Baldwin and James Toback present a portrait of today’’s movie business and an elegy to what it once was. In person, Baldwin’’s even more candid, venting on tasteless studio executives, the pay for actors and the ““fetid septic tank”” of the movie business. Baldwin and Toback knocked around the Cannes Film Festival last year, documenting the humbling process of Hollywood deal-making and trying to get financing for a film. Baldwin, whose movie career has largely taken a back seat to TV (he has followed his Emmy-winning run on ““30 Rock”” with his recently launched MSNBC talk show, ““Up Late With Alec Baldwin””), calls making the film —— a blitz of celebrity interviews and yacht visits along the French Riviera —— ““one of the best times of my life.”” Currently playing in select theaters before airing Monday on HBO, the film is timely, coming amid a year of much debate about the state of moviemaking. In an interview, Baldwin had plenty to say on the subject. AP: Though you have several films in the works, you’’ve suggested before that you may be done with the movies. Are you? Baldwin: You wind up not having any faith in it, in terms of having a career at it. Everyone wants you to turn to a speech that Lucas and Spielberg gave —— two very, very seasoned people in the business who talk about the business model of studio movies collapsing. What I want to say is: The business model in terms of actors making a living at it is collapsing because you can’’t get paid to make a movie. Everybody does TV because you’’re not out there having to kill yourself to get an audience the way you do in the movie business. People I work with, they want you to become their partner in raising money. They want you to become their partner in collapsing their fees. They want you to become their partner, now, in selling the movie. They want you on a plane going to festivals and you’’re on the phone with reporters all the time. The amount of work outside the shooting of the film has become absolutely unconscionable. ... All the fun of it is gone. You talk it to death. AP: ““Seduced and Abandoned”” comes at a time of great handwringing over the future of cinema. Baldwin: It was tough financially. Then it was very tough financially. Then it was unbearable financially. And now it’’s unbearable financially and creatively. For the most part. There are exceptions. ““12 Years a Slave.”” There are movies that come along that are wonderful films. The movie ““Gravity”” is a box-office success. ““Captain Phillips”” is a good movie. There are good movies that come along. It just seems that the opportunity to make a good movie, if you do get to make one, takes an extraordinary amount of luck or an extraordinary amount of fortitude. AP: ““Blue Jasmine,”” the Woody Allen film in which you co-starred, was excellent. Baldwin: But Woody’’s in his own universe. When what you’’re starting off with is ““written by Woody Allen,”” you have a leg up on everyone else. AP: What needs to change? Baldwin: The principle reason movies fall apart is that you don’’t have a good director. The most anemic guild in all of the business is the Directors Guild. There are thousands of good actors out there waiting for a job. There are so many unproduced scripts that are good. The real dilemma in the business today: There are not enough good directors. There’’s an ocean of mediocre directors. AP: Did you learn anything new about the film business making ““Seduced and Abandoned””? Baldwin: You see in the business this fetid septic tank filled with all these people, and then you turn around and there’’s Bertolucci, there’’s Scorsese. They don’’t let that get in their way. They have their stresses. They have their own challenges. It is not a boulevard of green lights for these people, at all. They’’ve got their compromises. ... The people who are the heads of production of all the studios, across the board, they don’’t know anything about films. Nothing. They know things about selling films. AP: Are you optimistic about anything then? Baldwin: I say to myself: Thank god for (““12 Years a Slave”” director) Steve McQueen. Right as you’’re about to collapse from a kind of cinematic starvation and dehydration, along comes McQueen. Along comes Alexander Payne. Along comes Wes Anderson. Along comes (Paul Thomas) The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 17 WEEKENDER CBS show draws awareness to breakup violence By DAVID BAUDER The Associated Press NEW YORK —— The CBS magazine ““48 Hours”” is using the story of a Massachusetts teenager killed by her ex-boyfriend to draw attention to the issue of violence after young people end romantic relationships. The show airs Saturday at 10 p.m. Eastern. Susan Zirinsky, senior executive producer of the newsmagazine, said Wednesday she felt the 2011 murder of Lauren Dunne Astley of Wayland, Mass., by Nathaniel Fujita could have value beyond the typical crime tale. ““This isn’’t just a story for us,”” she said. ““We feel like we can have a real impact.”” CBS plans to give the issue attention on radio and its online properties, and Zirinsky said the show will likely be made available to educators who want to show it in schools. In the program, correspondent Tracy Smith hopes to give viewers information about signs in a relationship that could point to future trouble. One piece of advice that sadly could have helped Astley: Don’’t visit an ex alone after a breakup. Some experts said they’’ve been startled over the past few years —— as Smith was during her report —— about the number of teenagers who say they’’ve seen abusive relationships. Casey Corcoran, of the Boston organization Futures Without Violence, said the group had a waiting list in the hundreds when it sponsored a summit for teenagers on breakups. Zirinsky is convinced that social media makes life tougher for teens. When lives are fully documented on sites like Facebook, it increases the The Associated Press This undated photo released by CBS News shows Lauren Astley and Nathaniel Fujita in the upcoming broadcast of “48 HOURS: �Loved to Death‚’ to be broadcast Saturday on the CBS Television Network. shame and hurt when relationships end, she said. Astley broke up with Fujita, a star receiver for the school football team in suburban Boston, after a three-year relationship. He was having trouble dealing with the breakup, and his mother asked Lauren to talk to him. Astley’’s old friends tell of troubling signs in the relationship and aftermath, including one incident where he angrily punched a tent post at a party and almost brought it down. Astley’’s father, Malcolm, a retired school principal, has sought to make dating violence protection a part of school curriculums. 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Comrie Ave., Johnstown • The Counselor (R): 1:35, 4:05, 7:05, 9:35 p.m. • Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (R): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 p.m. • Escape Plan (R): 1:35, 4:05, 7:05, 9:35 p.m. • Carrie (R): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7, 9:35 p.m. • Captain Phillips (PG-13): 1, 4, 7, 9:35 p.m. • Gravity (PG-13): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7, 9:30 p.m. • Grown Ups 2 (PG-13): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10, 9:35 p.m. • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (PG): 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:10 p.m. • Runner Runner (R): 9:15 p.m. • Riddick (R): 7 p.m. Scheduling note: Friday showtimes start at 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday showtimes are the full schedule. Shows begin at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Calendar By MICHAEL MCCALL The Associated Press Willie Nelson’’s ““To All The Girls .,”” an album of duets with female partners, is custom-made for the download age. Few fans will connect with all 16 songs —— the set is too eclectic and too inconsistent for that. But plenty of gold nuggets shine through for those willing to pick through the miscues and throwaways. The second album of original material released this year by Nelson, and his fifth new album in three years, the ever-productive 80-year-old keeps pouring out new music, even when a little self-editing might make the individual packages stronger. The gems on ““To All The Girls .”” include a stunning multi-lingual duet with Alison Krauss on ““No Mas Amor”” (written by Keith Gattis and Sammy Barrett) and covers of Merle Haggard’’s ““Somewhere Between,”” in an emotion-packed version with Loretta Lynn, and a swinging ““Till The End Of The World”” with The Associated Press This CD cover image released by Legacy shows “To All the Girls” by Willie Nelson. Shelby Lynne. On the other hand, Dolly Parton’’s self-written contribution, ““From Here To The Moon And Back,”” suffers from over-sentimentality. A cover of the country chestnut, ““Making Believe,”” drags due to a lifeless reading by Nelson —— a point driven home by how much more feeling duet partner Brandi Carlile brings to her part. 146, Clifton Park. Mark Morris Dance Group, 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. 50 Shades! The Musical, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. November 15 50 Shades! The Musical, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. from page 16 Tuesday Fitz and the Tantrums, 6:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. October 31 Langhorn Slim and the Law, 7 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. Pretty Lights, 8 p.m., Times Union Center, 51 S. Pearl St., Albany. World Blues, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Street, Albany. November 8 November 3 Madeline and the Bad Hat, 2 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Adventure Club, 8 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. November 6 Silverstein, 6:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. Chicago, 7:30 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. November 1 Mystic India, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Tango Fire!, 8 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. November 7 GRiZ, 7:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. Hello, Dolly!, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Joshua Redman Quartet, 8 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster November 2 Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, 3 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. (518) 843-4700 The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. BROWN TOURS Charters • Tours • Travel (800) 424-4700 Christmas Gift Certificates Available NOVEMBER 11/2 - Meadowlands Flea Market........................$54 12/6 - Radio City, Rows G-I, 15 Seats Left. . . .$115 $ 11/3 - NY Jets vs Saints - 6 Seats Left..........$129 12/6, 12/8, 12/15 - NYC Shopping........................... 54 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28 - Mohegan Sun. . . . 36/ 40 $ 11/11, 11/30 - NY Shopping........................................ 54 $ 12/7 - Christmas in New England - Lunch at Deerfield Inn, Yankee Candle & Bright Nights. . . .$85 12/8- Intrepid Air, Sea & Space Museum. . 75 (A) $ 11/23 - Ballys, Atlantic City..................$66/$68/$70 11/24 - A Christmas Carol (Sleepy Hollow) & Capital Holiday Lights (Albany)........ 99 (A) 90 (C) $ $ November 9 Godspell, 2 and 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. In This Moment, 6 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. Roger McGuinn, 8 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. Pop Junkies, 9 p.m., Kelly’s Imperial Lanes, Wallins Corner Road, Amsterdam. November 10 John Fogerty, 7:30 p.m., Times Union Center, 51 S. Pearl St., Albany. Bill Maher, 8 p.m., Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. November 12 DECEMBER $ Anthony Jeselnik, 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. Video Games Live, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. $ 70 (C) 12/8 - The Holiday Bazaar, Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY.............................................................$65 12/10 - Celtic Singer at Foxwoods.......................$70 Bleeding Through, 6 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. November 14 GWAR, 6:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route Holly & Evan, 6:30 p.m., 617 Union St., Schenectady. Trapt, 6:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. CJay & Dance & BMore, 7 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. November 16 Dark Star Orchestra, 7 p.m., Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 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With local artists: $ 70 (C) $ DECEMBER 12/1 - Saratoga Casino & Brunch/Wilton Mall Shopping.......................................................................$35 12/1 - 12/2 - Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Canada............................................$260 Dbl. PP. 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26 - Mohegan Sun. . . .$36/$40 $ JANUARY 1/2, 1/9, 1/16, 1/30 - Mohegan Sun...............$36/$40 1/4 - NYC Boat Show................................................$55 1/4 - Body Worlds Exhibit, NYC.........$85 (A) $79 (C) 1/4 - Shipwreck Exhibit, NYC..............$85 (A) $79 (C) Book online @ www.browntours.com 50 Venner Rd, Amsterdam, NY 12010 Mark Hitrick, piano Rachael Takacs Naphtali Rothrock, organ Roland and Janet Vinyard The Valley Bog Players Eric M. Stroud, organ And Others! WEAR YOUR COSTUMES! Light refreshments will be served. Free-will offering to support Canajoharie arts. More information: www.upstatechapel.com November 22 November 23 Sixties Rock Experience, 7 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Albany Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. November 25 Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, 6:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. November 29 Trivium & Devildriver, 6 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. We Will Rock You, 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. November 30 We Will Rock You, 2 and 8 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. December 1 We Will Rock You, 2 p.m., Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. December 3 Los Lobos, 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Lancaster Street, Albany. Grizzly X Figure, 8 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. December 5 Big D and the Kids Table, 6:30 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park. Trans Siberian Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Times Union Center, 51 S. Pearl St., Albany. The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. 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Movie: ››› “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” (2011) Å WNYA Friends (In Stereo) Å Seinfeld Å Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 19 WEEKENDER Cumberbatch’s �Sherlock’ back with �Downton’ LOS ANGELES (AP) —— ““Sherlock”” starring Benedict Cumberbatch will return to public TV in January, keeping company on Sunday nights with the ““Downton Abbey”” crowd. Season three of the modern Sherlock Holmes mystery series will began Jan. 19, PBS said Wednesday. It was previously announced that the fourth season of ““Downton”” will begin Jan 5. The scheduling reflects PBS’’ new strategy of pairing dramas on Sunday, part of a broader effort to build ““flow within a given night in our schedule,”” said Beth Hoppe, PBS’’ chief programming executive. Prime-time viewership on Sunday, home to primarily British dramas, grew 26 percent last season with the new approach, Hoppe said, and ““Sherlock”” and ““Downton Abbey”” were seen as good partners. Overall, PBS’’ prime-time ratings were up 7 percent last season compared to the year before, Hoppe said. ““Downton Abbey,”” the hit drama about the lives and loves of landed gentry and their servants, will be preceded by a Dec. 1 special, ““Return to Downton Abbey.”” Hosted by Susan Sarandon, it will offer a look at past seasons and a peek at the one ahead. As in the past, the drama’’s new season already is in progress on Britain’’s ITV. PBS has resisted timing the U.S. to the U.K. airings, saying the January debut works better for its schedule —— a move that’’s allowed spoilers to cross the Atlantic. But PBS relented with BBC’’s ““Sherlock,”” which is scheduled closer to its yet-to-be announced British airing, Hoppe said. Other returning U.K. dramas include ““Call the Midwife”” and ““Mr. Selfridge”” starring Jeremy Piven, both debuting Sunday, March 30, and ““The Bletchley Circle”” on April 13. The busy Benedict Cumberbatch, whose current movies include ““The Fifth Estate”” and ““12 Years a Slave,”” is part of another PBS program, ““Hawking,”” a Jan. 29 documentary about British physicist Stephen Hawking as told by him. Cumberbatch, who played Hawking in a 2004 TV movie, is a friend of the scientist and appears in the film, Hoppe said. A lineup of science and nature programming for April includes The Associated Press This undated file publicity image provided by PBS shows Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham, left, and Jim Carter as Mr. Carson from the popular series “Downton Abbey.” a three-part special with the working title ““Inside Animal Minds,”” debuting April 9 on ““Nova.”” 20 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 WEEKENDER The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Sony hopes clips, extras aid buying By RYAN NAKASHIMA The Associated Press The Associated Press This undated photo shows New Orleans hip-hop artist Big Freedia in a recording session. Big Freedia brings the bounce NEW YORK (AP) —— New Orleans hip-hop artist Big Freedia is twerking his way to TV screens. The openly gay rapper, a representative of the city’’s vibrant underground music scene, debuted his weekly Fuse show, ““Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce,”” earlier this month. He’’s helped bring bounce music —— the energetic brand of hip-hop born in New Orleans that’’s conducive to the midsection, hip-shaking dance move known as twerking —— to the masses. ““It’’s been around for two decades. It’’s the culture there, it’’s history there,”” he said of the dance. Last month, Big Freedia earned a Guinness World Records title for most people twerking simultaneously with more than 250 people in New York’’s Herald Square. The performer said his new series, which airs Wednesdays, will reveal more layers of his personality. ““They get to see me on a more personal level. They get to see some of the struggles that I go through day-to-day,”” he said. Big Freedia, who has opened for the Postal Service’’s tour this year, discussed his music, Miley Cyrus’’ twerking and homophobia in hip-hop in an interview with The Associated Press. AP: I’’ve been hearing that twerking is dead. Do you agree? Big Freedia: Twerking is definitely not dead. I’’ve been twerking for the last three years, converting one twerker at a time all around the world. AP: Miley Cyrus twerked at the MTV Video Music Awards, among other places. What’’s your take on her twerking? Big Freedia: She really didn’’t twerk, you know. She attempted to twerk, but she didn’’t really twerk properly and so people were confused and little baffled about the dance moves that she did do. AP: What is proper twerk technique? Big Freedia: Definitely practice in the mirror before you attempt it. You have to use your body in the upright position, you can use your knees for support and that’’s the only way you can twerk. AP: How accepted do you feel in the rap community? Big Freedia: I feel very accepted, like I never have any slander. I never have any issues. You know, like, when people see me, they respect me. It’’s all about how you carry yourself. AP: Are you ever offended by homophobic lyrics? Big Freedia: Not at all. I know who I am, I stand firm on who I am. Those artists are going to vent out and say what they feel and as long as it’’s not, you know, directed to say one person, that’’s fine. It’’s lyrics. It’’s gonna be around for a long time. AP: When are you going to release new music? Big Freedia: I have an EP coming out ...I also have an album coming out ... And I’’m about ready to go on my fall tour for five weeks, travelling all around the world and spreading the goodness of bounce music. LOS ANGELES —— Sony is hoping that providing sharable movie clips and extras like deleted scenes will prompt more people to buy digital movies. At least that’’s the intention behind a new initiative it’’s calling Vudu Extras+. The initiative gives people who buy movies on Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’’s online video service Vudu the ability to share dozens of clips or pieces of behind-the-scenes footage on Facebook and Twitter. In each case, a link takes users to a website with the clip embedded. For its first movie under the system, ““District 9,”” Sony makes available 17 movie clips, five deleted scenes and five snippets of a ““filmmaker’’s log”” available for sharing. Some of the shared content is reserved for others who also buy the movie for at least $9.99. A search feature also allows movie buyers to jump to certain scenes after searching keywords in dialogue. The innovation comes at a time when U.S. home entertainment spending is recovering from falling DVD sales. While standard-definition DVD sales continue to drop, high-definition Blu-ray disc sales are increasingly taking up the slack. When adding digital forms of revenue, including from streaming services like Netflix, U.S. spending on home movies in the first half of the year rose 2 percent to $8.6 billion, according to The Digital Entertainment Group, a consortium made up of Hollywood studios and consumer electronics manufacturers. Of that, revenue from the purchase of digital movies was still a relatively small $491 million, although that’’s up 50 percent from a year ago. James Underwood, an executive vice president of strategy for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, said the studio has long seen that making extras available is ““one of the motivating factors for purchasing a film.”” ““We think that will transfer into the digital space as well,”” he said. Sony says that 61 percent of active disc buyers are aware of extras before purchasing, and 40 percent of active Blu-ray disc buyers usually watch them. Sony hopes the extras system can be adopted by other studios and other retailers, like Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. That would mean studios can create extras once and have them available in multiple places. Now, studios tailor different extras in different formats for different retailers. Amazon, for example, makes trivia and actor bios available using its IMDb movie database subsidiary with no extra input from the studios. Apple includes iTunes Extras for computers, such as the ability to track characters on a digital map of Middle Earth for purchasers of movies from the ““The Lord of the Rings”” trilogy. At least one other studio —— 20th Century Fox —— says it’’s interested in participating in the new format for Vudu. ““Setting a standard for it and having more and more service providers take that standard is the way to go,”” said Mike Dunn, president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Worldwide. ““Right now, every service provider is slightly different. 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Vintage: Music items, photographs, paintings, coins, books, records, attic items, bottles, military, vintage clothing, antiques, unusual items. 518-842-5449 damages due to the failure to publish an ad. Adjustment for errors is limited to the cost of that portion of the ad wherein the error occurred. www.recordernews.com (518) 843-1100 1-800-453-6397 for private individuals selling personal merchandise or transportation. Up to 20 words, each addition word is 20¢. NOTICE OF Qualification of MedSpeed LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/16/13. Office location: Montgomery County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/01/99. Princ. office of LLC: 421 Broad St., PO Box 190, Lake Geneva, WI 53147. 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 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:Transportation/courier within the healthcare industry. OCT-45, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF PERTH 2014 PRELIMINARY BUDGET The 2014 Preliminary Town Budget for the Town of Perth has been approved by the Town Board. Copies are available for inspection by any interested person at the office of the Perth Town Clerk, 1849 County Highway 107, Amsterdam, New York, during regular business hours. The schedule of salaries for elected officials is as follows: Supervisor $ 8,700.00 Town Clerk $20,300.00 Councilmembers (4) $2,750.00 ea. Justices (2) $8,000.00 ea. Tax Collector $3,200.00 Supt. of Highways $37,250.00 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Perth will hold a Public Hearing on the 2013 Preliminary Town Budget on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at 7:05 p.m. at the Perth Town Hall, 1849 County Highway 107, Amsterdam, New York, at which time all persons will be heard for and against said budget proposal. Dated: October 16, 2013 Judith English Perth Town Clerk OCT-44 10/24/2013 HOURS We Offer The publisher reserves the right to edit, revise, reclassify or reject advertising. LARGE 2 bedroom apartment in Perth. Laundry room, off-street parking, carpet. $625. No pets/No smoking. Security and references. 518-366-8075. APPLIANCES & FURNITURE CHEST FREEZER. 8.4 cu. ft. w/one basket. 34” x 35” x 23”. Works great. Make an offer. (315)369-8749. Thendara PRIDE LIFT chair, deluxe, w/heat and massage, walnut color, like new, $600 (518) 842-3303 APARTMENTS FOR RENT $925 PLUS utilities up-scale, newly remodeled lower flat. $695 plus utilities clean, spacious, upper flat. No pets/no smokers Call(518) 581-1101 Looking for a new job? You’ll find it in The Recorder Classified NICE 2 BR UPPER, appliances carpet, w/d hookup, enclosed porch, new high-efficiency gas furnace, no pets security Call(518) 843-3635 SOUTHSIDE, DOWN stairs 1 or 2 bedroom apartment. (518) 842-4185 call after 5pm. SOUTHSIDE, FLORIDA AVE. 2 bedroom, upper, LR, DR., W/D Beautiful condition. $650/month plus security/references. No dogs. Call (518) 491-1221 VROOMAN APARTMENTS 400 VROOMAN Avenue 1 bedroom lower $550, 2 bedroom lower $575. Appliances, dishwasher, off-street parking. Intercom, No pets. (518) 842-7128 WE OFFER 1-4 bedroom apartments from $425-$600. Apartments are good condition and located in good neighborhoods. One month rent+security. (718)374-7211. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. KCIRB ©2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. HUGAL TANVIE RETBAY Jumble puzzle magazines available at pennydellpuzzles.com/jumblemags DEADLINES Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. A: Yesterday’s (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: FRUIT SUSHI DREDGE EXPIRE Answer: When the winds abruptly died, all the kite flyers were — “DIS-GUSTED” The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. 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Call 829-9966 $ Call 843-1100 New Service Directory begins on the 1st and 16th of each month. Deadline is three business days prior to each start date. The Recorder Classified On-Line: www.recordernews.com 24 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 MISC. FOR SALE (2) MOTOROLA SP10 2-watt UHF commercial radios, 5-10 mile range, like new, $125. (315)369-5285. Eagle Bay 2 TENNIS rackets, aluminum bat, bat/ball carriercase, golf carrier case for shoes/balls, large golf shirt $5 each item. (518) 842-6637 2004 TRAIL Cruiser Trailer 26 ft. fits 8 people, $6,000. Refrigerator good condition $25, Antique school deck wood/metal $50. Three-tier black glass TV stand $30. Mens Tan leather jacket size-44 $40. Call (518)661-5350 55” RCA HD TV Works great! Used everyday. $200.00 518-866-2153. Leave message. Amsterdam 8 GUN Gun Cabinet, 8 horse snowblower like new. Call (518) 843-9703 BEAUTIFUL SOFA Bed excellent condition, $300. Pro form incline treadmill like new, $250. Call Between 5-7, (518) 322-6286 BODY RIDER elliptical exercise bike, dual trainer, never used, $50. (315)392-2644. Forestport CARBITE DRILLS, lead sinkers, girls bicycle, B-Bs for B-B gun, 33 records, old records call(518) 8421347 CARHART JACKET size 3X, dark brown, new. $75. (518) 842-3303 CHEFMATE MEAT slicer $350., 5 draw serpentine dresser $75. 4 draw w/mirror dresser $45. (518) 8439683 DEER HEADS. 10-pt neck $350; 8pt neck/dbl hoof $400; 7-pt neck/dbl hoof $375; 9-pt horn rack w/hoof $400. Leave message for appointment (315)360-4344. DIG-DUG ARCADE style video game. Coin operated. Very good condition. For home or location. $695. (518)842-4269. DINING ROOM dark pine set table with 6 chairs and hutch, 2 marble top table. (518) 842-4342. Amsterdam FURNACE THERMO-PRIDE, oil, Model#0H11, excellent condition 4years old $500. Oil tank 275 gallon, excellent $200. (518)863-3336 Leave message.Mayfield HELIARC TIG torch and regulator. Brand new, $125. (315)369-5285. Eagle Bay MAYTAG WASHER and Dyer $150 for both. (518) 853-4967 MINOLTA SRT 101 35mm camera, Vivitar 85-105 zoom lens. Many extras plus case, all excellent, $150 OBO. (315)369-5285. Eagle Bay MITSUBISHI TV. 50” projection tv w/stand. Excellent condition. $300 OBO. (315)939-3283. Forestport PIANO BALDWIN console, very good condition. Music books included. YOU MOVE. $500.00 (518) 8829569 RED SOXS Picture-packs w/envelopes, 25 pictures per/each, 6 1/2 x 9 mint condition, 1941 w/Ted Williams, rookie and 1946 (518)7250885 REFRIGERATOR, COOK-TOP built in oven, gas furnace, 6 person hot tub, wood stove, washer/dryer, space heater, boiler, A/C, Call (518) 858-9930 ROCKOLA JUKEBOX. Coin-operated. Works, very good condition. $895. (518)842-4269 SOFA SLEEPER excellent condition $100. Call (518) 469-2024 TIRES MASTER Craft Coursir MSR 245-65-R17 RWL, studded snow tires, used one season. $300 Call after 1pm, (518) 863-4707 TOTAL GYM by Chuck Norris, $60; Sportcraft Treadmill TX400, $45. (315)357-2850. Eagle Bay TROY-BILT SNOWBLOWER. 2stage, 10hp, 4-cycle, electric start, 30” clearing width, like new. $650. (315)369-6029. Old Forge WASHBURN ACCOUSTIC guitar, mint condition, hardshell case, $350, (518) 231-9900 YANKEE PICTURE packs w/envelopes, 1947, 1948, 1949, 25 photos in each, mint condition, (518) 725-0885 AUCTIONS CARDEN FAMILY AUCTIONS RT 30 AMSTERDAM in save-a-lot plaza LARGE COIN AND JEWELRY AUCTION SATURDAY OCT. 26 at 1 pm, preview from 10am till sale lots of gold coins, and jewelry many hard to find key dates, LOTS OF STERLING, photos can be seen on www.cardenauction.com and www.auctionzip.com 13% buyers premium w/3% discount for cash or check hosted by Barbara A. and auctioneer your friend and mine Kenneth E. Carden 518-369-1467 CLASSIFIED GARAGE SALES FONDA 511 Old Trail Road, 5 Family Sale. Abercrombie, Hollister Gap Girls 3 and under and much more. Friday/Saturday 10am3:30pm. HUGE ESTATE Sale, 203 County Highway 155 Broadalbin, Thursday/Friday/Saturday 10am4pm. Garage opens at 9:30am Thursday. Tons and Tons of affordable treasures. Look forward to seeing you all. Follow the hot pink signs. Call (518) 752-6461 for questions. LAWN & GARDEN 18.5 HP Craftsman 42 inch; with 42 inch snow-blower, with Cab, weighs and chains. $1400 OBO (518)8428575 Amsterdam To Advertise in The Recorder Classified 1986 OLDSMOBILE Delta-88, 19,000 original miles, 3.8-V6, automatic, 2 door, air, no rust, Colorado car like new, $5,000 Amsterdam (518)842-2352 1991 LINCOLN Town Car, 82k, no rust never driven in winter. Immaculate, white with blue leather interior. $6,500. (518) 842-8953 2000 MERCURY Mystique, 98,000mi. runs good, $1,295. (518) 842-7954 TRACTOR FORD 1320. 20hp diesel, 4-wheel drive, hydrostactic, front loader, 5ft rear snowblower. 865 hrs. Excellent condition, $8,500 firm. (315)354-5755. Raquette AUTO PARTS, SERVICE HORSES, EQUIPMENT AUZZI OUTBACK saddle w/extras, $200 OBO. (315)357-2850. Eagle Bay. PETS & SUPPLIES 3 KITTIES need loving homes. All male. Neutered. Feline aids/leukemia negative. Dewormed/de-flead. Long hair cream/Tuxedo and all black. Call 518-281-5174 CHOCOLATE LAB, female well spoiled, crate trained and house broken, ready to be a companion, 9 months old $300(315) 697-5631 DOG YARD 15’ X 15’ $50. Stair lift indoor or outdoors Best Offer Call (518) 842-0181 GORGEOUS RESCUED Kittens 12-weeks old, 1-male 1-female, longhair, tested and 1st distempered shot given, very social and lovable (518) 466-3478 HOUSES FOR SALE PERFECT MOBILE home for you! Three bedroom, 2 full baths, great kitchen w/all appliances, huge livingroom w/fireplace. Huge lot in adult park. (518)883-8996. VICTORIAN HOME on 11.5 acres, with barns, pond and good pasture, 5 bedroom, 2.5 bath, all new windows and insulated, Fonda schools, $215,000. Call (518) 853-3513 BLIZZAK SNOW Tires. P245/65/R17. Good for at least one winter. $50 for all 4. (315)392-2644. Forestport VANS FOR SALE CARS FOR SALE PRE-OWNED SPECIALS Today! CARS FOR SALE CARS FOR SALE WWW.CAPITALAND.NET for customer service �99 BUICK LeSabre, 84,000 mi $1700, (518) 231-9900 6 WHITE leghorn hens just starting to lay. $12 each or best offer. (518)883-8996 CARS FOR SALE Call 1-800-453-6397 BACK PACK Leaf Blower, McCulloch 30cc, 180 mph. Like new, $180. (315)369-3257. Old Forge FARM STOCK & PRODUCTS The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. 2005 NISSAN 350Z Only 45,000 miles! Must see! STK#N0407 $ 14,995 2012 SUBARU OUTBACK 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY CE Premium, P/Roof, Heated Seats & more! 30k miles Auto, AC & more! 61k miles STK#N0312 22,995 $ 9,995 $ STK#N0391 2010 SUBARU FORESTER AWD 2011 GMC ACADIA SLE-2 2011 HONDA CIVIC LX-S Premium, Auto, P/Roof, Heated Seats, 25k miles STK#N0034 $ 20,995 AWD, P/Roof, Quad Seats, 43k miles STK#N0366 $ 26,995 *Tax, title and fees extra. 4 Dr., Auto, AC, Loaded, 23k miles STK#N0329 $ 15,995 TOYOTA SIENNA Van 2000 Good cond., pwr leather seats,103,700 mi., FM stereo, 6CD, new tires and battery, $4500, 518842-8024 TRUCKS FOR SALE 2000 CHEVY Silverado. Asking $1,500. Call (315)369-3023. Otter Lake WWW.CAPITALAND.NET 2001 CHEVY S-10, 2 wd w/cap, 3door, 68K, no body rust, $3,000. (315)733-2389. Utica USED VEHICLES 2005 GMC Pick-up w/plow. 2 door short box, 76,000 miles. Good condition. $12,000. (315)369-6175. Old Forge GMC SIERRA 2001, 93,000 mi, very good condition, $6500, (518) 2319900 Experience The Mangino Family Way! www.mangino.com 2007 Chevy Equinox LT $13,595 2007 Pontiac G6 $12,499 2010 Chevy Malibu LT w/1LT $13,495 AWD, 6 Cyl., Auto, One Owner, Clean Carfax, AC, CC, Onstar, AM/FM/CD 73,290 miles / stk.# 1417613A FWD, 6 Cyl., Auto, One Owner, Clean Carfax, Remote Start, Pwr. Sunroof, Sport Pkg., Fog Lamps, Rear Spoiler, Remote Start, Leather, AC 68,919 miles / stk.# 1421113A 2009 Chevy Cobalt LT $13,995 FWD, 4 Cyl., Auto, One Owner, Clean Carfax, Remote Start, Pwr. Sunroof, Onstar, Bluetooth, AM/FM/XM/CD/MP3 63,066 miles / stk.# 31414A 2011 Chevy Malibu Lt w/ 2LT $16,982 FWD, 6 Cyl., Auto, Clean Carfax, Traction Control, Tilt, Remote Start, AC 78,441 mi. / stk.# P697 FWD, 4 Cyl., Auto, Clean Carfax, Remote Keyless Entry, AC, Remote Start, Onstar, AM/FM/XM/CD/MP3 40,737 miles / stk.# P1121 FWD, 6 Cyl., Auto, Clean Carfax, Pwr. Sunroof, Remote Start, AC, Onstar, Bluetooth, AM/FM/XM/CD/MP3/Aux. 25,400 miles / stk.# 254314B MYERS SNOWPLOW. 6 1/2 ft., power angle, complete w/controls and light. $500. (315)357-2083. Big Moose RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 2008 JAYCO Trailer, 24 RKS 5,000 lbs dry weight, rear kitchen plus slide-out $9,400 call (518)829-7892 2009 Chevy Impala 3.5L LT $10,495 BOATS, MOTORS FIBERGLASS DOCK slide, $250. Fiberglass canoe, $150. Call (315)369-3143. Old Forge SNOWMOBILES 2002 POLARIS Grand Touring (2up) Snowmobile for sale. Great shape. Runs Great. 4800 miles $2,200.00. Call (315) 525-9363 RECORDER CLASSIFIEDS in print and online To place your classified ad call (518)843-1100 for Customer Service www.recordernews.com 2005 POLARIS 550 Super Sport, reverse studded and cover, 3300 mis, excellent condition, asking $2200 (518) 883-9960 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CARRIERS WANTED INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS 518-843-5702 Route 30 Amsterdam FREE 12 MONTH 12,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY! 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CALL OR STOP IN TODAY… OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE! *PREVIOUS SALES EXCLUDED. $1,500 DOWN ON APPROVED CREDIT. STARTING AT $234/MONTH. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHIC ERRORS. The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 25 SPORTS Buccaneers are better than people think Record against the spread –– Week 7: 9-6, Season total: 49 wins, 54 losses, 4 ties My first winning week, 9-6, I’’ll take it. It was much needed after being heckled in PetSmart last Saturday (““Dude, I hope you’’re not betting your picks because if you are, you must be By broke””). I’’m also heckled RICK daily via texts JOBIN from my buddy Otto. The same Otto who gave me the Dolphins as a lock two weeks ago when they were on their bye week. I’’m five under .500, but far from broke! ` The Jets beat the Patriots in overtime, aided by a controversial penalty, to move to within a game of the Patriots in the AFC East. After the game Jets coach Rex Ryan said, ““It’’s about time we caught a break,”” and I couldn’’t agree more. The penalty overshadowed another solid Jets defensive effort as they stifled Tom Brady again. In two games against the Jets this season, Brady was 41-85 for 413 yards, just one touchdown and an interception which was returned for a touchdown. If the Jets can win one of their next two games, against Cincinnati and New Orleans, I think they’’ll contend for a wild card spot in the AFC. The Giants got their first win of the year in an almost unwatchable Monday night game against the Vikings. Peyton Hillis outrushed Adrian Peterson in that game, go figure. It’’s obvious the Giants need to look towards 2014 and trade Hakeem Nicks before the October 29th trade deadline. Despite dropping their first game of the season, the Broncos remain the Super Bowl favorites at 7-2. Rounding out the top five are the Seahawks at 5-1, Saints at 7-1, 49ers at 8-1 and Patriots and Packers who are both 12-1. The only undefeated team, the Chiefs, aren’’t getting much respect at 15-1. The Jets are 1251 and surprisingly the Giants are ““only”” 150-1. There are 13 games this week as there are six teams on a bye (Chicago, Tennessee, Indianapolis, San Diego, Baltimore and Houston). I’’ll be back on Saturday with the rest of the games. Tampa Bay (+6 1/2) vs. Carolina The 3-3 Panthers visit the winless 0-6 Buccaneers tonight. Carolina is 3-3 against the spread and the Buccaneers are 15. After losing their first two games, the Panthers have won three of their last four. Those three wins though came against the Giants, Vikings and Rams, who have a combined record of 5-15. Two of Carolina’’s losses came on the road against Buffalo and Arizona, who are both 3-4, and in my opinion not much better than Tampa Bay. The Panthers do have a very good defense which is allowing just 302 yards and 14 points per game. Quarterback Cam Newton has put together solid back to back games, completing 81 percent of his passes with four touchdowns and no interceptions. In my opinion Tampa Bay isn’’t as awful as their winless record indicates. They should’’ve beat a decent Jets team on the road in week one and lost to a very good Saints team on a last second field goal in Week 2. They were competitive in all of their other games except for a 23-3 loss at New England in Week 3. Unfortunately the Bucs lost starting running back Doug Martin (torn labrum) indefinitely last weekend. His replacement is rookie Mike James. The Bucs have a decent defense, but are struggling mightily on offense, ! n o i t n e t t A averaging just 14 points a game. I think the Buccaneers will lay it on the line here to try to get their first win in this nationally televised game. They play at Seattle next week so they have to know they’’re staring at a 0-8 start if they lose here. I’’m not sure they can get a win but I think they’’ll keep it close and cover in what should be a low scoring game. I wish it was a touchdown but I’’ll take the Buccaneers with the six points. Carolina 17, Tampa Bay 14 260 Forest Ave., Amsterdam, NY OPEN 7 Days A Week 7:30 - 9pm WE ACCEPT EBT CARDS 842-4940 GOT CASH? We Have an ATM MACHINE DON’T FORGET: Milk, Eggs, Butter, Heavy Cream, Half & Half - We have it all! “Gift Certificates Available” All of your party needs: Paper goods, plasticware, condiments, rolls, hot dogs, deli meat, freshly made salads, beer, chips, soda and plenty of ICE to keep it all cold. 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Request Altieri’s Auto, Inc. for Your Tow Service 518-843-4874 • 1 Erie Street, Amsterdam, NY 12010 26 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 SPORTS WORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK The Associated Press St. Louis Cardinals’ Carlos Beltran leaps to catch a long fly ball hit by Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz during the second inning of Game 1 Wednesday. Beltran was injured and his ability to play tonight was not known this morning. Lester, Ross a winning combo for the Red Sox By HOWARD ULMAN The Associated Press BOSTON — Jon Lester has put together an outstanding postseason with David Ross on the receiving end. Boston’s light-hitting backup catcher has been Game 2 behind the plate for Lester’s St. Louis at Boston last three outings, and the WXXA-23 left-hander has allowed just 7:30 p.m. three earned runs in 19 1-3 innings. “Me and him (have) kind of fallen into a little bit of a pattern, a little bit of a routine together, and it’s worked,” Lester said after pitching 7 2-3 shutout innings in Boston’s 8-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night. “And we’ll just keep riding it out until the end.” Lester was 1-2 in his first three games with Ross this season. Since then, they are 5-1. The only loss came in Game 1 of the AL championship series, a 1-0 win by Detroit in which the Tigers allowed just one hit, coming with one out in the ninth inning. Jarrod Saltalamacchia caught Lester’s first postseason game, a 12-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Count on the Lester-Ross combination to make another appearance in Game 5, if there is one. ALL WRONG FOR WAINWRIGHT: Nothing went right for Adam Wainwright early in the World Series opener. The Boston Red Sox refused to chase his swooping curveball, took advantage when the right-hander let a popup fall in front of the mound for a hit in the second inning and went on to beat the Cardinals 8-1 on Wednesday night. Wainwright started the second by getting Stephen Drew to hit a high pop in front of the mound, and he raised his hands as if signaling that he would catch it. Instead, Wainwright let the ball drop between him and catcher Yadier Molina, a fellow Gold Glove winner, for a single that started a two-run inning that opened a 5-0 lead. “Tonight was a clear case of our starting pitching, being me, going out there and setting the wrong tone. That second inning completely (changes) if I catch the ball,” Wainwright said. MANAGING HOTBED: Boston’s John Farrell is one of five members of the 1988 Cleveland Indians who went on to become major league managers. He was teammates with Bud Black, Terry Francona and Ron Washington. And Charlie Manuel was the hitting coach. “Must have been something in Lake Erie,” Farrell said before Wednesday night’s World Series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. CHAMPIONSHIP SUPPORT: The Boston Red Sox are trying to match the New England Patriots’ haul of three championships in this century. And quarterback Tom Brady has a bold prediction: “Red Sox in five,” he said Wednesday. “We’ll give (the Cardinals) one.” In his 14 years with the Patriots, Brady has developed a strong allegiance to his baseball brethren. So have some of his teammates. “That’s our team,” Brady said at his weekly news conference. “I’ve been here awhile so I’ve got to see a lot of Red Sox games over the years and watched them win a few championships. You know, you don’t take these for granted because you don’t know if they will ever come again.” MARIANO MOMENT: Mariano Rivera will receive the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award before Game 2 of the World Series tonight. The New York Yankees closer, who retired after the regular season, will be recognized on the field during pregame ceremonies. The award last was presented in 2011 to Ken Griffey Jr. It recognizes achievements and contributions of historical significance. World Series The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. from page 32 It got so bad for St. Louis that the sellout crowd literally laughed when pitcher Adam Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina, who’’ve combined to win six Gold Gloves, let an easy popup drop untouched between them. Serious-minded St. Louis manager Mike Matheny didn’’t find anything funny, especially when the umpires changed a call by Dana DeMuth at second base. ““Basically, the explanation is that’’s not a play I’’ve ever seen before. And I’’m pretty sure there were six umpires on the field that had never seen that play before, either,”” Matheny said. ““It’’s a pretty tough time to debut that overruled call in the World Series. Now, I get that they’’re trying to get the right call, I get that. Tough one to swallow,”” he said. DeMuth said he never actually saw Kozma drop the ball. ““My vision was on the foot. And when I was coming up, all I could see was a hand coming out and the ball on the ground. All right? So I was assuming,”” DeMuth told a pool reporter. There was no dispute, however, that the umpires properly ruled Kozma had not caught a soft toss from second baseman Matt Carpenter on a potential forceout. That’’s what crew chief John Hirschbeck told Matheny. ““I just explained to him ... that five of us were 100 percent sure,”” Hirschbeck said. ““Our job is to get the play right. And that’’s what we did.”” ““I said, ‘�I know you are not happy with it, that it went against you, but you have to understand that the play is correct,””’’ he said. The normally slick-fielding Cardinals looked sloppy at every turn. Wainwright bounced a pickoff throw, Molina let a pitch trickle off his mitt, center fielder Shane Robinson bobbled the carom on Napoli’’s double and there was a wild pitch. The Cardinal Way? More like, no way. ““We had a wakeup call. That is not the kind of team that we’’ve been all season,”” Matheny said. ““And they’’re frustrated. I’’m sure embarrassed to a point.”” Game 2 is Thursday night, with 22-year-old rookie sensation Michael Wacha starting for St. Louis against John Lackey. Wacha is 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA this postseason. Beltran is day to day after Xrays were negative. Lester blanked the Cardinals on five hits over 7 2-3 innings and struck out eight for his third win this postseason. ““We wanted to set the tone and get them swinging,”” he said. Ryan Dempster gave up Matt Holliday’’s leadoff home run in the ninth. Boston brought the beards and made it a most hairy night for St. Louis. The Cardinals wrecked themselves with just their second three-error game of the season. The umpires made a mistake, too, but at least they got to fix it in a hurry. After the control-conscious Wainwright walked leadoff man Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia singled him to second with one out. Ortiz then hit a slow grounder to Carpenter, and it didn’’t appear the Cardinals could turn a double play. Hurrying, Kozma let the backhanded flip glance off his glove. DeMuth instantly called Pedroia out, indicating that Kozma dropped the ball while The Associated Press St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright looks at catcher Yadier Molina after neither could catch a pop up by Boston’s Stephen Drew during the second inning of Game 1. The Associated Press Cardinals Jon Jay, Pete Kozma and Matt Carpenter watch from the dugout during Wednesday’s first game of the World Series. trying to transfer it to his throwing hand. Farrell quickly popped out of the dugout to argue while Pedroia went to the bench. Farrell argued with every umpire he could and must’’ve made a persuasive case. As the fans hollered louder and louder as they studied TV replays, all the umpires gathered on the dirt near shortstop and conferred and decided there was no catch at all. ““You rarely see that, especially on a stage like this,”” Napoli said. ““But I think that was good for the game.”” Pedroia came bounding from the dugout and suddenly, the bases were loaded in the first. Napoli unloaded them with a double that rolled to the Green Monster in left-center. Napoli, with maybe the bushiest beard of all, certainly picked up where he left off the last time he saw the Cardinals in October. In the 2011 Series, he hit .350 with two home runs and 10 RBIs as Texas lost in seven games to St. Louis. The Red Sox added to their 3-0 lead with two more runs in the second. A fielding error by Kozma set up Pedroia’’s RBI single. The whole inning got going when Stephen Drew’’s popup in front of the mound landed at Wainwright’’s feet, a step or two from Molina. The ace pitcher and the star catcher both hung their heads. ““I called it. I waited for someone else to take charge. That’’s not the way to play baseball. It was totally my error,”” Wainwright said. Ortiz, who hit a tying grand slam at Fenway in the AL championship series win over Detroit, sent a long drive to right-center. Beltran, playing in his first World Series, braced himself with one hand on the low wall in front of the bullpen and reached over with his glove to make the catch. ““At least I got an RBI and we were up four and got the momentum,”” Ortiz said. Beltran hurt himself on the play and left in the third inning. Ortiz homered in the seventh and the Red Sox got another run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by 21-year-old rookie Xander Bogaerts. The Red Sox almost made a terrific play to finish the game. With two outs in the ninth, Freese hit a sharp single and right fielder Shane Victorino nearly threw him out at first base. NOTES: Lester has pitched 13 1-3 scoreless innings in two Series starts. He closed out a 2007 sweep over Colorado. ... The Red Sox won their fifth straight World Series opener since losing Game 1 to St. Louis in 1967. ... Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski threw out the first ball. ... The team that won the Series opener has taken the title in 14 of the past 16 years. The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 27 SPORTS Lady Braves win easily in sectional volleyball opener By MICHAEL KELLY michael.kelly@recordernews.com The Associated Press NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, far left, speaks with reporters as NBA Commissioner David Stern, right, leaves after a press conference at the NBA board of governors meeting, Wednesday, in New York. Stern will formally step aside on Feb. 1, 2014, after 30 years and Silver will become the new league commissioner. As Stern preps exit, NBA Finals format changed NEW YORK (AP) —— David Stern’’s NBA owners gathered one last time, toasting the outgoing commissioner before he leaves after 30 years on the job. They also changed back one of the earliest changes Stern made. Leaving with Stern is the NBA Finals format he implemented in his first full year on the job, one that alleviated travel concerns but critics felt also gave an advantage to the lower-seeded team. Beginning with the 2014 finals, the higher-seeded team will host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7. The lower seed gets Games 3, 4 and 6, following the same format the NBA uses in all other rounds. The NBA for the previous 29 years has used what’’s referred to as the 2-3-2 format, in which the higher seed hosts the first two games, then goes on the road for three straight. The 2-3-2 format was instituted in 1985 in part to ease the amount of cross-country travel with the Celtics and Lakers frequently meeting for the championship. But some felt it also worked against the team that should have the advantage. ““There certainly was a perception ... it was unfair to the team that had the better record, that it was then playing the pivotal Game 5 on the road. So this obviously moves that game back to giving home-court advantage to the team with the better record if it’’s a 2-2 series,”” Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said. The unanimous vote to approve the 2-2-1-1-1 format came Wednesday during Stern’’s final preseason meeting with his board of governors. Owners also voted to add an extra day between Games 6 and 7. The league’’s competition committee had recommended the change last month back to 2-2-1-1-1, which was used in all but one finals from 1957 to 1984. Stern has often said he was acting on advice —— or complaints —— about the travel from former Celtics boss Red Auerbach when the finals for- mat was switched. But with commercial flights long since replaced by charters, teams didn’’t have the same difficulties now with the number of trips. Instead, the ones who had the higher seed found it more inconvenient, Stern said, to be on the road for as many as eight days in a row when the opponent hosted the middle three games. Silver, who will become commissioner after Stern retires Feb. 1, is a proponent of the 2-2-1-1-1 format, though he said Stern and other league executives all thought it was time for the change. ““It reached a crescendo where basketball people thought it was important and the business people stood down and said it was no longer necessary for the convenience of transportation or the media,”” Silver said. Beyond the re-election of Spurs owner Peter Holt as chairman, there was little other business for the owners, who toasted Stern during dinner Tuesday night. Stern said there was a video tribute voiced by Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, along with ““some speechifying”” and ““a series of totally embarrassing photos of me over the last 36 years.”” ““I got the opportunity to thank my colleagues at the NBA for their incredible work and saying how pleased I was that the league was in such good hands under those colleagues and Adam’’s stewardship,”” Stern said. The owners were also presented with a Stern bobblehead doll. The commissioner said Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert joked that unlike most bobbleheads whose heads nod up and down, Stern’’s only moves side to side as if shaking its head no. ““It’’s been a great opportunity,”” Stern said. ““Believe it or not, even including my interaction with the media and the burns that come from being a lightning rod, it’’s been a great run, and I’’m grateful to the owners for giving me the opportunity.”” FONDA —— Minutes after winning their first-round matchup against Hoosic Valley in the Section II Class C volleyball playoffs, the Fonda-Fultonville Lady Braves were ready to face second-seeded Voorheesville, a club that has beaten F-F twice this season. ““The third time’’s the charm,”” said Lady Braves senior Gianna Mancini. ““I think we can do it.”” Wednesday, F-F made things look pretty easy. Playing against No. 10 Hoosic Valley, No. 7 F-F pushed to a three-set victory: 2513, 25-19, 25-22. In the match, the Lady Braves received solid play from much of its roster. Gianna Cruz, Mancini, Miranda Nethaway and Abby Oliver were forces at the net, while Cory Lais, Kerrigan McCaslin and company provided steady all-around play. ““My girls have been working harder on really covering each other and making everybody contribute something,”” said F-F head coach Pat Mancini. ““Tonight, every single one of them did that.”” F-F breezed to the first-set victory. With McCaslin serving first for the Lady Braves, F-F scored the first six points of the match. ““That’’s why I always have Kerrigan serve first,”” said Mancini. ““She very rarely misses a serve.”” Football, Michael Kelly/Recorder staff Fonda-Fultonville volleyball’s Gianna Cruz, left, and Abby Oliver celebrate after Cruz had a kill on Wednesday. The second set, though, was a different story for the Lady Braves. After 18 points, F-F trailed, 12-6. Mancini blamed the poor start on F-F’’s season-long penchant for rough second games —— especially at home. ““It’’s a mental block with these girls,”” she said. ““Somehow, we have to get over that.”” ““It’’s always that side of the court. It’’s bad luck for us,”” said Lais. ““We had to sit down and tell ourselves that we had to play like we know how to play.”” F-F did just that. After scoring a point to take control of the ball, McCaslin held serve for eight more points before Hoosic Valley broke the run. Momentum stayed with F-F, though, as the Lady Braves rattled off the next four points. ““We had to refocus,”” said Gianna Mancini. ““One we did that, it was in our favor.”” Mancini finished with three kills, two blocks and two blocks. McCaslin had 20 service points —— six came in the form of aces —— and 14 assists, while Nethaway had nine kills and Lais had 10 aces. The Lady Braves sprinted through most of the third set, suffering a slight hiccup at the end. Up 22-16, F-F had to fend off a late charge from Hoosic Valley to hold on for the win. Now, head coach Pat Mancini’’s team heads to Voorheesville with a chance to advance to the semifinals. While the Blackbirds bested F-F last week in straight sets, the coach said her Lady Braves were ready to head fearlessly into the match. ““We’’ve got nothing to lose,”” she said. from page 32 tailback Nathan Ferguson will also go a long way toward determining the fate of their respective teams. MK: Shinder breaks down and names a quarterback! Kelly wins! Down goes Shinder! Executive editor Kevin Mattison has to be wondering how this many exclamation marks made it into his newspaper! Kelly wins again! The program AS: All four of our local teams are in the playoffs this year —— two open at home, two on the road. Which program do you think is facing the most pressure to perform this postseason? MK: I really think you could make a case for each of our teams, though Canajoharie is probably the closest —— in my eyes —— to a team that deserves to ““just be happy to be here.”” If I have to pick one, I’’d select BP. The Patriots have a lot of program momentum right now, but still need to take the next step after last year’’s first-round exit. I don’’t think the situation for BP is Super Bowl or bust, but it is semifinals or bust. AS: I’’d agree that B-P feels the need to take the step forward, but I think Amsterdam has the most pressure to validate its season with a playoff run. The Rams went 0-3 against their three toughest opponents during the regular season —— Troy, Queensbury and Burnt Hills —— and without a win against Averill Park Friday night and at least a strong showing in a likely rematch with Queensbury in the semifinals, there’’s going to be a lot of disappointment going around the Rugged Rams family. MK: That’’s true. Even with a win Friday and a loss next week, things are going to sting in Amsterdam. It is tough to look back at a season and feel positive about it when you lose all of your ““big”” games. At the same time, though, the Rugged Rams are the club that will be playing with house money if it figures out a way to make it to the Class A Super Bowl. AS: Absolutely. Two wins and most of the pressure all of a sudden comes off ——though I doubt the Rams would just be happy to be there if staring down Burnt Hills or Troy in the Super Bowl. The game MK: Ignore the brackets and early-round matchups. If you could make one game happen in these playoffs, what’’s the pick? AS: It wouldn’’t happen until the Class D Super Bowl, but I’’d love to see a CanajoharieGreenwich matchup. These were the two teams locked out of the playoffs last year because the Class D field was limited to just four teams, and it’’d be a chance to see Greenwich running back John Barnes —— the leading rusher and scorer in all of Section II during the regular season —— go up against the Cougars’’ terrific defensive front. MK: For me, this comes down to two choices —— one for football reasons, the other for non-football reasons. The latter one is obvious —— Amsterdam vs. Burnt HillsBallston Lake —— because of all the drama that will surround that game if it happens. The game for football reasons is the one that I saw this year that deserves to be run back: B-P vs. Schalmont. In some respects, the Patriots gave that game away —— and they knew it. AS: I’’d give the same reasoning for a game that’’s likely to happen next week between Burnt Hills and Troy, a rematch of a four-overtime BH-BL win from Week 2 where Troy failed to take advantage of 10 (!) Burnt Hills fumbles. MK: First off, solid use of parentheses. Second off, I’’ll go out of area —— and back to Class D —— for a CambridgeRensselaer rematch from Week 6. Cambridge won that game going away, but Rensselaer played the final three quarters without its starting quarterback. The Super Bowl picks AS: Simple one to finish it off. We’’ve got five classifications in Section II, so two weeks from now, what are we looking at with our five Super bowl matchups? MK: In Class AA, I am going for a CBA-Saratoga Springs matchup; in Class A, I see Troy meeting Queensbury; in Class B, I think we get the rematch of BP and Schalmont from Week 4; in Class C, I went back and forth on this, but I reluctantly —— cowardly? —— have to predict another Chatham-Hoosick Falls final; and, in Class D, Greenwich will take on Cambridge. AS: I’’m on pretty much the same page as you. I’’m with on on CBA-Saratoga Springs in Class AA, but I’’m going to go out on a different —— somewhat homerish —— limb and say that Amsterdam finds its way back to the Class A Super Bowl to take on Troy. Beyond that, I see the same three matchups in Class B, C and D that you’’ve got. MK: I could see the Rams making that a realistic choice. Amsterdam has the potential to be the type of team that could really give Queensbury problems with its explosive offense. For me, the team that could be the real party crasher, though, is Scotia-Glenville; the Tartans are the No. 3 seed out of Class B’’s West Division and could give top-ranked Schalmont fits in the semifinals. AS: Just don’’t come looking for us when these predictions are in shambles come Saturday night. 28 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 SPORTS The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. B-P knows Walker will present a big challenge By MICHAEL KELLY michael.kelly@recordernews.com BROADALBIN —— Lansingburgh’’s Anthony Walker is coming to town to visit Broadalbin-Perth. One way or another, the matchup between the electric senior running back and the Patriots’’ top-notch defense figures to decide Friday night’’s Section II Class B playoff game at Patriot Field. ““He’’s the x-factor,”” says B-P head coach Jim Pelneau. ““If he gets it going, he can put a team on his back.”” That’’s the mature, coach-speak way of saying Walker is very good. For the less-polished, more-to-the-point explanation of what Walker’’s presence means, here is B-P senior lineman Pierre LaPort’’s take on the running back’’s skill. ““If you don’’t tackle Walker well, he’’ll run for 400 yards on you and single-handedly beat you,”” LaPort says. If Walker were to run for 400 yards this week, that would be a season-high for the senior —— but not by much. Just last week, Walker rushed 37 times for 370 yards and four touchdowns. He also returned an interception 97 yards for a score in his team’’s door-die 42-35 victory against Albany Academy. On the season, Walker has scored 21 touchdowns. ““He’’s as good as it gets,”” says Pelneau, whose whole team has More Broadalbin-Perth football players earn all-league honors In an article in Wednesday’s edition of The Recorder highlighting the members of the Broadalbin-Perth football team that had been named to the Section II Class B West Division’s all-league teams, three Patriots were left out. Junior Biagio Bucciferro scored 25 touchdowns this season. During the regular season, though, B-P’’s defense performed as arguably the top unit in its classification. In allowing 11.4 points per game, the Patriots only allowed one 100yard rusher —— Glens Falls’’ Quentin Austin gained 112 yards in Week 5 against B-P —— this season. Pelneau says his team takes confidence from its past performances, but also that his club realizes Walker presents a challenge unlike what the Patriots have seen this season. That truth makes preparing for Walker extra difficult. ““There’’s no one that can simulate his talent and his speed,”” says Pelneau. ““So, what we’’ve had to focus on in practice is making proper reads and getting to our spots.”” ““Basically,”” adds junior line- was a first-team selection as a linebacker; junior Jake Coveney was a firstteam selection as a defensive back; and, senior Phil Hemstreet was a first-team selection as a defensive end. In all, 12 B-P players received league honors. — Michael Kelly backer/defensive back Tyler Schmidt, ““what we’’ve been preaching is rallying up like we have all year with multiple guys.”” That is also another facet to the Patriots’’ strategy this week: Gang-tackling to make sure Walker cannot break tackles. ““If you think he’’s down, he’’s not,”” says Schmidt. ““Just keep hitting him until he is.”” Lansingburgh is so Walkerdependent for offense that it is all but a given that B-P walks away from Friday night with a victory if it slows the senior down —— and anything worse than a couple hundred yards and multiple touchdowns for Walker will be a defensive victory for B-P. Patriots senior defensive back Mike Visco says his team knows the stakes. ““If we stop him,”” says Visco, ““we win.”” We are now capable of handling ALL OF YOUR PRINTING NEEDS Full service commercial printing including, but not limited to, design, printing and bindery. We can do it all. Glossy inserts, magnets, direct mailings, office stationery, calendars, if it can be printed, we can do it. We can print just about Anything. Call (518) 843-1100 ext. 125 or 1-800-453-6397 ext. 125 Recorder file photo Broadalbin-Perth’s Darius Reyes breaks through the line as he gains some yardage during their game against CobleskillRichmondville on Friday night. Patriots brush aside �favorite’ status in sectional opener By MICHAEL KELLY michael.kelly@recordernews.com BROADALBIN —— Heading into Friday night’’s playoff game, the Broadalbin-Perth Patriots find themselves in a unique position. After a season of using the chip on their collective shoulder to drive themselves to a 61 record in the regular season, the second-seeded Patriots enter their Section II Class B quarterfinal matchup as the favorite against the third-seeded Lansingburgh Knights. ““We really haven’’t had that (status) here in a long time,”” says defensive lineman Phil Hemstreet, whose first-team all-league selection made him one of seven Patriots honored on the defensive side of the ball. ““But we’’re going to not treat it any different,”” says Hemstreet. ““We’’re going to go out there and do our thing.”” That’’s the company line coming from head coach Jim Pelneau’’s group. The idea that the Patriots have earned anything as the No. 2 team from the West Division is not a popular one for B-P in advance of playing host to the Reinfurt Division’’s No. 3 team at 7 p.m. ““If we play like we have a chip on our shoulder like we have all year, we should be OK,”” says junior Tyler Schmidt. ““We’’re still going to treat it like we’’re an underdog.”” It’’s easier that way for the Patriots. ““We’’re used to being the underdog,”” junior Biagio Bucciferro says. Despite B-P’’s three-game winning streak, Lansingburgh might enter with more momentum. Needing a win in Week 7 to qualify for the playoffs, the Knights picked up a dramatic 42-35 victory against Albany Academy, as senior running back Anthony Walker rushed 37 times for 370 yards. ““I think we’’re starting to jell,”” says Knights first-year head coach Jeff Pasinella. ““I hope that we’’re hitting a good streak at the right time.”” B-P knows it has to contain Walker to win Friday night, but Pasinella says his team needs more than a superlative performance from one player to emerge with the road victory. But, for a team that rarely passes the ball, that means the Knights need a second strong rushing performance. ““We have to get a solid game out of our fullback, Josh Rodriguez,”” says Pasinella. ““He’’s been solid all year. A lot of his yards go unnoticed, but he gets tough yards and leads the way for Anthony a lot.”” Another key aspect to Friday’’s affair: The battle between the B-P defensive front and the Knights’’ offensive line. Pasinella says his team needs to win at the line of scrimmage to have a chance to beat B-P, despite the area being one of strength for the Patriots. ““They’’ve got some big boys up front and they can move,”” says Pasinella. ““We’’ve got our hands full.”” Bucciferro says his club is confident it can slow down the Knights’’ run game. The foursome of defensive linemen Hemstreet, Pierre LaPort, Zach Newfrock and Andre Taylor has been strong all season —— and Bucciferro sees that group leading the Patriots to a victory. ““Our defensive line is the best in Class B,”” says Bucciferro, who was named this week a first-team allleague linebacker in the West Division. ““They make the linebackers shine.”” While the marquee matchup takes place between the B-P defenders and the Walker-led offense, the Patriots’’ offense has a chance to be the contest’’s breakout star. Junior quarterback Zach Morreale is coming off consecutive great games —— in Weeks 6 and 7, he went a combined 21-of-28 passing for 295 yards and three touchdowns —— and the B-P offense seems to be peaking at the right moment. ““Our offense has started clicking,”” says Schmidt, a running back for the B-P offense which has averaged 31 points per game during the team’’s winning streak. Of course, success on offense is also imperative to helping the Patriots’’ defense on what promises to be a pressurepacked night for it. ““If we can chew up the clock and keep getting first downs with our offense, we can limit [Walker’’s] touches that way, too,”” Pelneau says. That underdog way of thinking works perfectly for the Patriots. After the program’’s best regular season in several years, the presence of a visiting star like Walker helps B-P keep its edge. ““This group still does have a bit of a chip on its shoulder this week —— and that’’s OK with me,”” Pelneau says. The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. Thursday, October 24, 2013 / 29 SPORTS Rugged Rams are focused on stopping Averill Park’s option By ADAM SHINDER adam.shinder@recordernews.com Adam Shinder/Recorder staff Amsterdam defensive tackles Nick Lomauro, left, and Chris Bellamy, right, work during a oneon-one drill during practice Tuesday at Lynch Literacy Academy. Familiar opponents Amsterdam, Averill Park squads are no strangers to each other on the gridiron By ADAM SHINDER adam.shinder@recordernews.com The Amsterdam Rugged Rams and Averill Park Warriors have certainly grown mighty familiar with each other these past two football seasons. In 2012, the two teams opened the season against each other in Amsterdam with Averill Park pulling out a 30-24 win, then met again in the first round of the Section II Class A playoffs when the Rugged Rams hit back with a 58-14 rout. This year, the teams once again met in Week 1 —— this time with Amsterdam coming out on top in a 56-44 shootout. Now, the playoffs are set to start Friday night, and guess what? It’’s another meeting between the Rugged Rams and Warriors. ““Last year, we lost the first game and came back to beat them in the playoffs, which was nice,”” Amsterdam head coach Doug Edick said ahead of Friday’’s 7 p.m. game at Averill Park High School. ““This year is a different year. They’’re a very good team —— they put 44 points on us —— so I’’ve been telling them we’’ve got to strap it on defensively.”” And with the Rams having put up 114 points over the last two games in the series, Averill Park head coach Zach Gobel said his team is itching for a chance to turn things in their favor. ““There’’s no doubt about it,”” Gobel said. ““It’’ll be the fourth time we’’ve played in the last two years. We got the first one, they got the last two and we’’re definitely excited for another rematch.”” In the first matchup between the two teams this season, Amsterdam and Averill Park combined to put up numbers that might have fit better in a video game —— 100 total points and nearly 1,100 combined yards of total offense. Both teams have had their struggles on defense throughout the season —— Amsterdam’’s allowed four teams to score 40 or more points against them, while Averill Park surrendered 96 points in losses to Troy and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake in the final two weeks of the regular season —— but Gobel said his team is hoping to rise to the occasion now that the playoffs are here. ““Obviously, I think both teams need to look at their defenses and how we need to improve our defenses,”” Gobel said. ““Even with our last two games against Burnt Hills and Troy, I think our defense has improved steadily all season, and we’’re ready to get it tested again.”” Meanwhile, Amsterdam senior captain Hector Diaz said that, even though the Rams did come out on top in their Week 1 clash with the Warriors, the coaching staff has in no way allowed the team to rest on its laurels heading into the rematch. ““The coaches are really stressing that even though we won that game against them the first time, technically, it was a loss because we gave up 44 points,”” Diaz said. ““The coaches definitely are pushing us to make sure that doesn’’t happen again. We’’re stressing defense.”” The Rams may be focused on tightening up their defense, but that doesn’’t mean they’’ve spent any less time fine-tuning an offense that put up 258 points during the regular season and cracked the 50-point barrier on three separate occasions —— including in Week 1 against Averill Park. In the opener, offensive coordinator Tim Holloway’’s scheme clicked behind 245 passing yards and six total touchdowns —— four passing, two rushing —— from quarterback Julian Gallup. But that, senior captain Gabe Mendez said, was using just a fraction of the team’’s playbook. ““We’’re starting to unleash almost everything we have,”” Mendez said. ““They’’re gonna see a lot of stuff that hopefully will confuse them or throw them a little off-guard and not really know what to do with.”” ““Coach Holloway’’s always trying to think out of the box and put in something that other team’’s haven’’t really seen,”” Diaz added. A year ago, the Rams walked into their playoff opener against Averill Park with a 4-3 record and used their 58-14 triumph as a springboard to a second straight Class A Super Bowl appearance. This year, hitting the postseason at 4-3 once again, senior linebacker Devin Rosario said the Rugged Rams are looking to bottle the same magic for the second season in a row. ““This is a new season for us,”” Rosario said. ““We’’re trying to go into this with our heads held high and get the win.”” After the trouble the Amsterdam Rugged Rams had defending Averill Park’’s triple option in the Week 1 shootout between the teams, the Rams are eager to prove they can shut down the Warriors’’ multi-faceted running game. Though Amsterdam pulled out a fireworks-laden 56-44 win in the season opener, Averill Park racked up 558 yards of total offense —— 372 of them coming on the ground, and 189 of them courtesy of 230-pound fullback Garrett Ryan. With the teams set to meet in Averill Park in the first round of the Section II Class A playoffs Friday night, the mission around Amsterdam’’s practices this week has been simple: Stop the option. ““The first game, we had a rough time with their fullback and that triple option they run,”” Amsterdam senior linebacker Hector Diaz said. ““It was real good, and we weren’’t prepared for it. Our tackling wasn’’t really good. Now, we’’ve had experience under our belt. I think it’’s gonna be a lot different this time.”” In practice this week, the Rams have tailored their defensive schemes —— particularly the alignment of their defensive tackles in the team’’s base 4-4 defense —— to try and alleviate some of the problems they had up front in the Week 1 game. And, in an effort to simulate the rough-and-tumble running of Ryan, Amsterdam has leaned on 5-foot-9, 250-pound senior C.J. Mercado —— normally a lineman, though he has carried the ball late in each of Amsterdam’’s last two games —— to take significant reps as the scout team fullback. ““That gives us a good look. He’’s got the same body type, and he’’s running pretty good at fullback,”” senior linebacker Devin Rosario said. Recorder file photo Amsterdam’s Brady McGillan stops Gloversville’s David VanDenebeele as he tries to gain some yardage during their game earlier this season. But, as much as the Rams might try to give their starting defense as close a look as possible, head coach Doug Edick said it simply won’’t compare to facing an Averill Park offense that’’s wellschooled in the flexbone option. ““You can’’t simulate it, but you try to,”” Edick said. ““The speed of the game is a lot faster than it is in practice.”” Edick is plenty familiar with the triple option, as the Springfield College football team ran it during his playing days there. ““If you run it good, it’’s tough to stop,”” he said. ““You’’ve got to stop the fullback, quarterback and the option —— and they can throw off it.”” Beyond any change in scheme or technique, senior defensive back Gabe Mendez said, comes one simple improvement the Rams need to make from Week 1 to Friday night. ““We’’ve just got to tackle,”” Mendez said. ““Coach said it all week, we’’ve got to bring our cojones from a defensive standpoint.”” Adam Shinder/Recorder staff Amsterdam High School football coach Doug Edick, center, talks with Gabe Mendez, left, and Dal Orengo (12) during Tuesday’s practice at Lynch Literacy Academy. 30 / Thursday, October 24, 2013 SPORTS The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. AHS girls take team title at Big 10 Championships QUEENSBURY —— Amsterdam High School girls cross country head coach Stu Palczak was quick to point out that he knew his Lady Rams could accomplish what they did Wednesday evening: a team title at the Big 10 Championships. ““We were not surprised,”” he said. ““But we were elated.”” Running at Queensbury High School —— the site of this year’’s sectionals and state championships —— AHS finished in first place as three of its runners were top-six competitors. Delilah Quinones came in second place, Olivia Lazarou finished in third and Chantel Dopp came in sixth for the Lady Rams, which bested secondplace Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons, 40-54. ““We knew we had the opportunity to win,”” said Palczak, whose team had finished in second place in the regular season. ““We thought if we ran a good race, we could win —— and the girls ran well.”” Rounding out the scoring runners for AHS were Caitlyn Adamchick (13th place) and Kennedy Nordby (19th place). Quinones finished the 5k race in 19:49.34, just seconds off the pace of firstplace finisher Eileen Bequette (19:40.63) of Albany. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Big 10 Championships Amsterdam came in fourth place in the team competition, scoring 100 points. CBA won the event with a score of 23. Amsterdam’’s top finisher was Brett Flint, who came in 12th place with a time of 18:19.91. CBA’’s Justin Van Epps won the event with a time of 16:03.47. Gabe Fernandez was AHS’’ second-best finisher, as the sophomore needed 18:26.96 to finish, good for 14th place. BOYS SOCCER Section II Class B playoffs Fonda-Fultonville 1, Mechanicville 0 The Braves used a goal from Ryan Park to score an overtime win in the first round of sectionals. Midway through the first overtime, Park beat his defender off the dribble and booted a score past Mechanicville keeper Logan Photo submitted Members of the Amsterdam Lady Rams cross country team are shown Wednesday after the squad won the Big 10 Championships at Queensbury High School. Shown, from left, are Caitlyn Adamchick, Shawntel Rivera, Kennedy Nordby, Alyssa Turo, Chantel Dopp, Delilah Quinones and Olivia Lazarou. Polzinello, who made 13 saves in the game. F-F’’s Tyler Folmsbee made seven saves for the Braves in the shutout, while teammates Rob O’’Kosky and Tristan Nellis played solid defense to support him. Section II Class C playoffs Play-In Round Canajoharie 1, Mekeel Christian Academy 1 (Canajoharie wins on penalty kicks) The Cougars and Lions battled through two scoreless overtimes and 12 penalty kicks to decide a winner. Sam May —— the Canajoharie keeper —— scored the winning penalty kick for the Cougars, who had received a second-half goal from Gordon Trahan off a pass from Logan Sala. May had 16 saves in net for Canajoharie, B-P, Dave Wojeski/For The Recorder Broadalbin-Perth’s Cameron Monks kicks the ball up field between Chatham’s Casey Wheeler (29) and Jamie Chaitman (8) during their sectional match on Wednesday night. which advances to play top-seeded Lake George on Friday. First Round Mayfield 2, Berlin 2 (Mayfield advances on penalty kicks) Mayfield goalkeeper Lucas VanNostrand made three saves on four penalty kicks in the shootout as the Panthers advanced in dramatic fashion. Todd Brigs scored twice for Mayfield during regulation, with Evan King and Jack Albertin providing assists. VanNostrand made five saves from open play prior to the shootout. Matt Montero and Zach Spaniol scored for Berlin. Josh Ivancic, Briggs and Jordan VanNostrand converted for Mayfield dur- ing the shootut before Lucas VanNostrand’’s denial of Dustin Fiske allowed the Panthers to move on. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Section II Class D playoffs Canajoharie 3, Duanesburg 2 The two clubs traded sets back and forth, as the Lady Cougars earned the first-round victory. Emma Stortecky had 19 kills to lead Canajoharie. Shyanna Logan had 13 kills and four aces, while Abbey Dearwester added 21 assists and seven kills for the Lady Cougars. Shelby Mead added nine kills and three aces, while Frankie Nare had seven kills and Madison Herrick added seven digs. Gracie Adams and Ashley Darling each had four aces. from page 32 around. Justin Marek scored twice and the Patriots played nearly flawless, possession-oriented soccer in the first half of Wednesday’’s 4-0 triumph, but following the game, Henry was more concerned with B-P’’s disjointed play in the second half. ““I thought we played extremely well in the first half, our level of play just tailed off a lot in the second half,”” Henry said. ““We got too direct with the ball, instead of knocking it around the way we can, and we gave Chatham some legitimate opportunities in the second half which I would consider to be unforced errors on our part —— mental errors. When you’’re doing that in sectionals, it’’s the difference between going home and moving on.”” In the first half, the Patriots’’ (14-3) crisp passing game was working to full effect with midfield anchors Scott Everson and Connor Monks pulling the strings. That duo had a direct impact on all three of B-P’’s firsthalf goals, including the opener 4:41 into the game when Monks waited at the back post to head an Everson corner kick past Panthers keeper Jameson Conner. Nine minutes later, Everson’’s beautifully-struck diagonal ball found Marek behind the Chatham defense where the senior winger’’s finish made it 2-0. Then, 14 minutes before halftime, Monks played a gorgeous pass that split the Chatham defense on the way to Logan Ackley, who calmly beat Conner to make it 3-0. ““It’’s great. When we’’re moving the ball around the way we’’re capable of, things are Dave Wojeski/For The Recorder Broadalbin-Perth’s Joe Zarecki, right, celebrates after Connor Monks reacts to heading in a ball for their first goal against Chatham during their sectional match on Wednesday night. clicking for us and things are happening,”” Henry said. ““When that level of play goes down, you see the other team pounce on opportunities and it happened tonight.”” In the second half, the Patriots lost their dominance in the middle of the field as the Panthers pressed forward, with B-P keeper Devin Page needing to make several key saves in order to keep the Panthers off the board. Page made five saves en route to his 11th shutout of the season and the Patriots capped off the game when Marek drilled a leftfooted shot off Conner’’s hands and into the net with 40 seconds left in regulation, but Chatham coach Justin Forrest felt his team was on even terms with BP throughout the final 40 minutes. ““I was talking with their coach and it was, ‘�What happens to your team? They were a completely different team from 20 minutes to the end?”” Forrest said. ““He was like, ‘�Justin, I’’ve been telling them (about that) all year.’’ I wish them the best of luck and I hope they keep their intensity up for a full 80 minutes.”” While the third-seeded Patriots were able to win comfortably Wednesday, Henry expects a stiffer test Saturday at 5 p.m. when sixth-seeded Hoosick Falls —— which is up in Class B this season after winning a Section II Class C title and reaching the state final four in 2012 —— pays a quarterfinal visit to Patriot Field. ““They are a very, very good team. We’’ve got our work cut out for us,”” Henry said. ““We’’re gonna spend a couple days and figure out what they’’ve got going on their end and put together a game plan. ““It’’s sectionals, so there’’s no guarantee what’’s going to happen as a result,”” he added. ““We’’ve got to come in and play much harder than we did this evening.”” The Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. BASEBALL HOCKEY FOOTBALL World Series NHL standings NFL standings College schedule (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) All games televised by Fox Boston 1, St. Louis 0 Wednesday, Oct. 23: Boston 8, St. Louis 1 Thursday, Oct. 24: St. Louis (Wacha 4-1) at Boston (Lackey 10-13), 8:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26: Boston (Buchholz 12-1 or Peavy 12-5) at St. Louis (Kelly 10-5), 8:07 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27: Boston (Peavy 12-5 or Buchholz 12-1) at St. Louis (Lynn 15-10), 8:15 p.m. x-Monday, Oct. 28: Boston at St. Louis, 8:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: St. Louis at Boston, 8:07 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 31: St. Louis at Boston, 8:07 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA Toronto 10 7 3 0 14 34 24 Detroit 11 6 4 1 13 25 30 Boston 8 6 2 0 12 25 12 Tampa Bay 8 5 3 0 10 26 21 Montreal 9 5 4 0 10 29 19 Ottawa 9 4 3 2 10 27 25 Florida 10 3 6 1 7 22 35 Buffalo 11 1 9 1 3 15 33 Metropolitan Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA Pittsburgh 9 7 2 0 14 31 20 Carolina 9 4 2 3 11 22 26 N.Y. Islanders 9 3 3 3 9 29 28 Columbus 9 4 5 0 8 23 23 Washington 9 4 5 0 8 26 29 New Jersey 9 1 5 3 5 18 30 N.Y. Rangers 7 2 5 0 4 11 29 Philadelphia 8 1 7 0 2 11 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA Colorado 9 8 1 0 16 28 12 Chicago 9 6 1 2 14 26 21 St. Louis 7 5 1 1 11 27 19 Nashville 10 5 4 1 11 19 24 Minnesota 10 4 3 3 11 21 22 Winnipeg 10 4 5 1 9 26 30 Dallas 8 3 5 0 6 20 28 Pacific Division GP W LOTPtsGF GA San Jose 9 8 0 1 17 40 16 Anaheim 9 7 2 0 14 32 23 Phoenix 10 6 2 2 14 31 28 Vancouver 11 6 4 1 13 32 33 Los Angeles 10 6 4 0 12 26 25 Calgary 9 4 3 2 10 28 32 Edmonton 10 3 6 1 7 30 39 AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 5 2 0 .714 152 127 N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 134 162 Miami 3 3 0 .500 135 140 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 159 178 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 187 131 Tennessee 3 4 0 .429 145 146 Houston 2 5 0 .286 122 194 Jacksonville 0 7 0 .000 76 222 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 5 2 0 .714 148 135 Baltimore 3 4 0 .429 150 148 Cleveland 3 4 0 .429 131 156 Pittsburgh 2 4 0 .333 107 132 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 7 0 0 1.000 169 81 Denver 6 1 0 .857 298 197 San Diego 4 3 0 .571 168 144 Oakland 2 4 0 .333 105 132 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 4 3 0 .571 200 155 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 169 196 Washington 2 4 0 .333 152 184 N.Y. Giants 1 6 0 .143 126 216 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 5 1 0 .833 161 103 Carolina 3 3 0 .500 139 83 Atlanta 2 4 0 .333 153 157 Tampa Bay 0 6 0 .000 87 132 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 4 2 0 .667 168 127 Detroit 4 3 0 .571 186 167 Chicago 4 3 0 .571 213 206 Minnesota 1 5 0 .167 132 181 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 6 1 0 .857 191 116 San Francisco 5 2 0 .714 176 135 St. Louis 3 4 0 .429 156 184 Arizona 3 4 0 .429 133 161 Today SOUTH Marshall (4-2) at Middle Tennessee (3-4), 7:30 p.m. Kentucky (1-5) at Mississippi St. (33), 7:30 p.m. —————— Friday, Oct. 25 FAR WEST Boise St. (5-2) at BYU (5-2), 8 p.m. —————— Saturday, Oct. 26 EAST Delaware (5-2) at Rhode Island (35), Noon Houston (5-1) at Rutgers (4-2), Noon Sacred Heart (7-1) at St. Francis (Pa.) (2-4), Noon Robert Morris (2-4) at Wagner (2-5), Noon Brown (3-2) at Cornell (1-4), 12:30 p.m. Duquesne (4-2) at Bryant (3-4), 1 p.m. Lehigh (6-1) at Bucknell (2-4), 1 p.m. Salve Regina (5-1) at CCSU (2-5), 1 p.m. Colgate (2-5) at Georgetown (1-6), 1 p.m. Princeton (4-1) at Harvard (5-0), 1 p.m. Lafayette (1-5) at Holy Cross (3-5), 1 p.m. Stetson (1-5) at Marist (4-3), 1 p.m. Pittsburgh (4-2) at Navy (3-3), 1 p.m. Yale (3-2) at Penn (3-2), 1 p.m. Maine (5-2) at Villanova (4-3), 1 p.m. Columbia (0-5) at Dartmouth (2-3), 1:30 p.m. W. Michigan (0-8) at UMass (1-6), 3 p.m. New Hampshire (3-3) at Stony Brook (3-3), 4 p.m. SOUTH Wake Forest (4-3) at Miami (6-0), Noon Towson (7-1) at Richmond (3-4), Noon Louisville (6-1) at South Florida (24), Noon UConn (0-6) at UCF (5-1), Noon Georgia Tech (4-3) at Virginia (2-5), 12:30 p.m. Charlotte (4-3) at Charleston Southern (6-2), 1 p.m. Delaware St. (3-4) at Hampton (2-5), 1 p.m. Morgan St. (2-5) at Howard (2-5), 1 p.m. Davidson (0-7) at Jacksonville (3-4), 1 p.m. Dayton (5-2) at Morehead St. (3-4), 1 p.m. Old Dominion (4-3) at Norfolk St. (25), 1 p.m. Liberty (3-4) at Gardner-Webb (4-3), 1:30 p.m. Samford (5-2) at Wofford (5-2), 1:30 p.m. The Citadel (2-5) at Chattanooga (52), 2 p.m. NC A&T (3-3) at Florida A&M (2-5), 2 p.m. NC Central (3-4) at Savannah St. (17), 2 p.m. Jacksonville St. (5-2) at Tennessee Tech (3-5), 2:30 p.m. Texas Southern (1-6) at Grambling St. (0-7), 3 p.m. Tennessee (4-3) at Alabama (7-0), 3:30 p.m. Alabama A&M (2-5) vs. Alabama St. (5-2) at Birmingham, Ala., 3:30 p.m. NC State (3-3) at Florida St. (6-0), 3:30 p.m. Clemson (6-1) at Maryland (5-2), 3:30 p.m. Boston College (3-3) at North Carolina (1-5), 3:30 p.m. Tulsa (2-4) at Tulane (5-2), 3:30 p.m. Duke (5-2) at Virginia Tech (6-1), 3:30 p.m. James Madison (5-2) at William & Mary (4-3), 3:30 p.m. SC State (5-2) at Bethune-Cookman (6-1), 4 p.m. Mercer (6-1) at Campbell (1-6), 4 p.m. McNeese St. (6-1) at Nicholls St. (43), 4 p.m. Troy (4-3) at W. Kentucky (4-3), 4 p.m. Jackson St. (5-2) vs. Prairie View (53) at Shreveport, La., 5 p.m. VMI (1-6) at Coastal Carolina (7-0), 6 p.m. Alcorn St. (6-2) at Southern U. (4-3), 6:30 p.m. Furman (3-4) at LSU (6-2), 7 p.m. FAU (2-5) at Auburn (6-1), 7:30 p.m. Idaho (1-6) at Mississippi (4-3), 7:30 p.m. MIDWEST Ball St. (7-1) at Akron (2-6), Noon Northwestern (4-3) at Iowa (4-3), Noon Oklahoma St. (5-1) at Iowa St. (1-5), Noon Nebraska (5-1) at Minnesota (5-2), Noon Miami (Ohio) (0-7) at Ohio (5-2), 2 p.m. E. Kentucky (4-3) at SE Missouri (16), 2 p.m. Toledo (4-3) at Bowling Green (5-2), 2:30 p.m. N. Iowa (4-3) at S. Dakota St. (4-4), 3 p.m. N. Dakota St. (7-0) at Indiana St. (16), 3:05 p.m. Michigan St. (6-1) at Illinois (3-3), 3:30 p.m. Buffalo (5-2) at Kent St. (2-6), 3:30 p.m. E. Michigan (1-6) at N. Illinois (7-0), 3:30 p.m. West Virginia (3-4) at Kansas St. (24), 3:45 p.m. Baylor (6-0) at Kansas (2-4), 7 p.m. South Carolina (5-2) at Missouri (70), 7 p.m. Missouri St. (2-6) at W. Illinois (3-5), 7 p.m. Penn St. (4-2) at Ohio St. (7-0), 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Vanderbilt (4-3) at Texas A&M (5-2), 12:21 p.m. Temple (1-6) at SMU (2-4), 3 p.m. Northwestern St. (3-4) at Sam Houston St. (5-2), 3 p.m. Texas Tech (7-0) at Oklahoma (6-1), 3:30 p.m. UTEP (1-5) at Rice (5-2), 3:30 p.m. Stephen F. Austin (3-4) at Cent. Arkansas (4-3), 4 p.m. UAB (2-4) at UTSA (2-5), 5 p.m. South Alabama (3-3) at Texas St. (43), 7 p.m. Texas (4-2) at TCU (3-4), 7:30 p.m. FAR WEST Butler (6-2) at San Diego (4-3), 4 p.m. Utah (4-3) at Southern Cal (4-3), 4 p.m. Notre Dame (5-2) at Air Force (1-6), 5 p.m. UNLV (4-3) at Nevada (3-4), 6:05 p.m. Arizona (4-2) at Colorado (3-3), 7 p.m. UCLA (5-1) at Oregon (7-0), 7 p.m. Wyoming (4-3) at San Jose St. (3-3), 7 p.m. Stanford (6-1) at Oregon St. (6-1), 10:30 p.m. Fresno St. (6-0) at San Diego St. (33), 10:30 p.m. California (1-6) at Washington (4-3), 11 p.m. Colorado St. (3-4) at Hawaii (0-6), 11:59 p.m. Red Sox 8, Cardinals 1 St. Louis abr hbi MCrpnt 2b4 0 1 0 Beltran rf 1 0 0 0 Jay cf 2 000 Hollidy lf 4 1 2 1 Craig dh 4 0 1 0 YMolin c 4 0 1 0 Freese 3b 4 0 1 0 MAdms 1b4 0 0 0 SRonsn rf 3 0 1 0 Kozma ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 7 1 Boston abr hbi Ellsury cf 3 1 0 0 Victorn rf 4 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 4 2 2 1 D.Ortiz dh 3 2 2 3 Napoli 1b 4 0 1 3 JGoms lf 3 0 0 0 Nava ph-lf 1 1 1 0 Bogarts 3b 3 0 0 1 Drew ss 4 1 1 0 D.Ross c 4 1 1 0 Totals 33 8 8 8 St. Louis 000 000 001 —— 1 Boston 320 000 21x —— 8 E——Freese (1), Kozma 2 (2), J.Gomes (1). DP——Boston 1. LOB—— St. Louis 6, Boston 4. 2B——Napoli (1), Nava (1). HR——Holliday (1), D.Ortiz (1). SF——D.Ortiz, Bogaerts. IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Wainwright L,0-15 6 5 3 1 4 Axford 1 0 0 0 0 3 Choate •• 0 0 0 0 0 Maness •• 0 1 1 0 0 Siegrist •• 1 1 1 0 0 Ca.Martinez 1 1 1 1 0 0 Boston Lester W,1-0 7ª 5 0 0 1 8 Tazawa •• 0 0 0 0 1 Dempster 1 2 1 1 0 1 WP——Ca.Martinez. Umpires——Home, John Hirschbeck; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Dana DeMuth; Third, Paul Emmel; Right, Jim Joyce; Left, Bill Miller. T——3:17. A——38,345 (37,499). TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—— Acquired OF Jeremy Hazelbaker and cash considerations from Boston for OF Alex Castellanos. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS——Acquired LHP Nick Capito from Traverse City for a player to be named and cash. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—— Claimed OF Tyler Graham off waivers from Winnipeg. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES—— Exercised the 2014 option on OF Nate Baumann. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES——Released OF Fehlandt Lentini. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES——Signed INF Glenn Walker. RIVER CITY RASCALS——Placed OF Jake Atwell and 1B Phil Wunderlich on the suspended list. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS——Sent RHP Chris Phelan to Washington to complete a previous trade. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—— Signed OF Jordan Keur. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—— Exercised the fourth-year contract options on G Kyrie Irving and F Tristan Thompson and the third-year options on G Dion Waiters and F Tyler Zeller. SACRAMENTO KINGS——Announced the resignation of assistant coach Brendan Malone. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL——Announced the two-game suspension of Washington S Brandon Meriweather for repeated violations of NFL safety rules prohibiting hits to the head and neck area was reduced to one game. GREEN BAY PACKERS—— Announced Thomas Olejniczak was elected to the organization’’s executive committee. HOUSTON TEXANS——Released LB Tim Dobbins. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS——Resigned DL Andre Carter. Signed DT Sealver Siliga to the practice squad. Released CB Travis Howard from the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS——Placed C David Baas on injured reserve. Resigned LB Darin Drakeford to the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS——Signed CB RasI Dowling to the practice squad. Released RB Miguel Maysonet from the practice squad. OAKLAND RAIDERS——Claimed LB Martez Wilson off waivers from New Orleans. Waived DT Christo Bilukidi. ST. LOUIS RAMS——Signed QB Austin Davis and QB Brady Quinn. Placed QB Sam Bradford on injured reserve. Released OL Brandon Washington. Released LB Jonathan Stewart from the practice squad. WASHINGTON REDSKINS——Signed S Jordan Pugh. Canadian Football League CFL——Fined Calgary WR Nik Lewis an undisclosed amount for using social media to criticize league officials. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL——Suspended Dallas F Ryan Garbutt five games for charging Anaheim F Dustin Penner during an Oct. 20 game. DETROIT RED WINGS——Recalled D Xavier Ouellet from Grand Rapids (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS——Recalled G Scott Clemmensen from San Antonio (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS—— Assigned D Jarred Tinordi to Hamilton (AHL). Recalled D Greg Pateryn from Hamilton. NEW JERSEY DEVILS—— Designated D Bryce Salvador as a non-roster player due to a death in the family. Recalled D Eric Gelinas from Albany (AHL). NEW YORK ISLANDERS——Agreed to terms with D Radek Martinek on a one-year contract. ECHL READING ROYALS—— Loaned F Ian O’’Connor to St. John’’s (AHL). LACROSSE National Lacrosse League COLORADO MAMMOTH——Signed F John Grant Jr. to four-year contract. Thursday. October 24, 2013 / 31 THE SCOREBOARD NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’’s Games Chicago 3, Florida 2, SO Washington 5, Winnipeg 4, SO Toronto 4, Anaheim 2 Vancouver 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT Columbus 4, New Jersey 1 Edmonton 4, Montreal 3 Minnesota 2, Nashville 0 Phoenix 4, Calgary 2 Wednesday’’s Games Ottawa 6, Detroit 1 Boston 5, Buffalo 2 Today’’s Games San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m. Vancouver at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m. Carolina at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Washington at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday’’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Carolina at Colorado, 9 p.m. Senators 6, Red Wings 1 Ottawa 3 1 2 —— 6 Detroit 1 0 0 —— 1 First Period——1, Ottawa, Gryba 1 (Zibanejad, Condra), 5:46. 2, Ottawa, Spezza 6 (Phillips, E.Karlsson), 10:48 (pp). 3, Ottawa, Ryan 5 (Corvo, Turris), 14:14 (pp). 4, Detroit, Bertuzzi 3 (Zetterberg, Kronwall), 16:14 (pp). Penalties——Kronwall, Det (hooking), 9:22; Quincey, Det (tripping), 14:07; Greening, Ott (crosschecking), 14:56. Second Period——5, Ottawa, Spezza 7 (E.Karlsson, Methot), 5:12. Penalties——Ryan, Ott (high-sticking), :49. Third Period——6, Ottawa, Cowen 2 (Z.Smith), 1:50. 7, Ottawa, Ryan 6 (MacArthur, Turris), 6:13. Penalties——Cowen, Ott (elbowing), 3:23; Alfredsson, Det (tripping), 10:57. Shots on Goal——Ottawa 9-12-7——28. Detroit 12-13-7——32. Power-play opportunities——Ottawa 2 of 3; Detroit 1 of 3. Goalies——Ottawa, Anderson 4-1-2 (32 shots-31 saves). Detroit, Howard 3-41 (8-5), Gustavsson (14:14 first, 2017). A——20,066 (20,066). T——2:26. Bruins 5, Sabres 2 Boston 1 2 2 —— 5 Buffalo 0 2 0 —— 2 First Period——1, Boston, Lucic 4 (Iginla, Krejci), 11:01. Penalties—— Soderberg, Bos (goaltender interference), 12:42. Second Period——2, Boston, Lucic 5 (Iginla), :40. 3, Buffalo, Hodgson 3 (Vanek, Foligno), 8:21 (pp). 4, Boston, Hamilton 2 (Marchand, Soderberg), 11:50. 5, Buffalo, Zadorov 1 (Ott, Foligno), 15:10. Penalties——Tallinder, Buf (high-sticking), 1:58; Porter, Buf (boarding), 3:01; Krejci, Bos (high-sticking), 4:20; Boston bench, served by Thornton (too many men), 7:38. Third Period——6, Boston, Krug 2 (Smith, Soderberg), 4:17. 7, Boston, Krug 3 (Krejci, Lucic), 9:42 (pp). Penalties——Kelly, Bos (roughing), 2:22; Larsson, Buf (roughing), 2:22; McQuaid, Bos, minor-major-misconduct (instigator, fighting), 5:49; Scott, Buf (charging, fighting), 5:49. Shots on Goal——Boston 7-14-13——34. Buffalo 6-8-2——16. Power-play opportunities——Boston 1 of 4; Buffalo 1 of 3. Goalies——Boston, C.Johnson 1-0-0 (16 shots-14 saves). Buffalo, R.Miller 1-70 (34-29). A——17,645 (19,070). T——2:24. AHL schedule Wednesday’’s Games Rockford 3, Toronto 2 Portland 4, Hartford 2 Manchester 4, Worcester 1 Albany 4, Utica 1 Texas 4, Oklahoma City 1 Today’’s Games Chicago at Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Friday’’s Games St. John’’s at Manchester, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. Norfolk at Adirondack, 7 p.m. Hartford at Albany, 7 p.m. Syracuse at Utica, 7 p.m. Springfield at Providence, 7:05 p.m. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m. Rochester at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m. Okla. City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Lake Erie at Abbotsford, 10 p.m. Saturday’’s Games St. John’’s at Manchester, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Rockford, 4 p.m. Rochester at Toronto, 5 p.m. Portland at Albany, 5 p.m. Bridgeport at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Hartford at Hershey, 7 p.m. Worcester at Springfield, 7 p.m. Hamilton at Utica, 7 p.m. Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m. Adirondack at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m. —————— Today Carolina at Tampa Bay, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Buffalo at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. San Francisco vs. Jacksonville at London, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Washington at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Open: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee Monday, Oct. 28 Seattle at St. Louis, 8:40 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 Cincinnati at Miami, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 Minnesota at Dallas, 1 p.m. Tennessee at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. New Orleans at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m. San Diego at Washington, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at New England, 4:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Open: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco Monday, Nov. 4 Chicago at Green Bay, 8:40 p.m. BASKETBALL NBA preseason standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 6 1 .857 —— Brooklyn 4 2 .667 1 1/2 New York 2 4 .333 3 1/2 Boston 2 6 .250 4 1/2 Philadelphia 1 5 .167 4 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 5 2 .714 —— Charlotte 3 3 .500 1 1/2 Washington 2 5 .286 3 Orlando 2 5 .286 3 Atlanta 1 6 .143 4 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 7 0 1.000 —— Cleveland 4 3 .571 3 Detroit 2 4 .333 4 1/2 Indiana 2 5 .286 5 Milwaukee 1 5 .167 5 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB New Orleans 6 1 .857 —— Houston 4 1 .800 1 Dallas 4 3 .571 2 Memphis 3 3 .500 2 1/2 San Antonio 2 3 .400 3 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 4 1 .800 —— Portland 4 2 .667 1/2 Oklahoma City 3 3 .500 1 1/2 Denver 2 4 .333 2 1/2 Utah 1 6 .143 4 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 5 2 .714 —— Sacramento 4 2 .667 1/2 Phoenix 4 2 .667 1/2 Golden State 3 3 .500 1 1/2 L.A. Lakers 3 4 .429 2 —————— Tuesday’’s Games Indiana 107, Atlanta 89 Detroit 99, Washington 96 San Antonio 123, Orlando 101 Phoenix 88, Oklahoma City 76 L.A. Lakers 108, Utah 94 Wednesday’’s Games Toronto 108, Memphis 72 Boston 101, Brooklyn 97 Minnesota 125, Philadelphia 102 Washington 101, Cleveland 82 Milwaukee 105, New York 95 Miami 108, New Orleans 95 Dallas 98, Atlanta 88 Phoenix 98, Denver 79 Chicago 104, Oklahoma City 95 Sacramento 91, Golden State 90 L.A. Clippers 103, Utah 99 Today’’s Games Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Friday’’s Games New Orleans at Orlando, 7 p.m. Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Utah vs. L.A. Lakers at Anaheim, CA, 10 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ON THE AIR TELEVISION Auto racing Formula One, practice for Indian Grand Prix, at Greater Noida, India, NBCSN, 4:30 p.m. Canadian Football League Winnipeg at Toronto, NBCSN, 7:30 p.m. College football Kentucky at Mississippi St., ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Marshall at Middle Tenn., FS1, 7:30 p.m. Golf European PGA Tour, BMW Masters, first round, at Shanghai (same-day tape), Golf Channel, 6 a.m. LPGA, Taiwan Championship, first round, at Yang Mei, Taiwan (same-day tape), Golf Channel, noon. PGA Tour, CIMB Classic, second round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Golf Channel, 11 p.m. Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, second round, at Longkou, China, ESPN2, 2:30 a.m. Major League Baseball World Series, Game 2, St. Louis at Boston, WXXA23, 7:30 p.m. NBA preseason Preseason, Houston at San Antonio, TNT, 8 p.m. NFL football Carolina at Tampa Bay, NFL Network, 8 p.m. Soccer UEFA Europa League, Sheriff vs. Tottenham, at Tiraspol, Moldova, FS1, 1 p.m. UEFA Europa League, St. Gallen at Valencia, FS1, 3 p.m. RUNNING Amsterdam Homecoming Race results Amsterdam Homecoming Race Results W1shfu1 Th1nk1ng 5K Results submitted from AHS Cross Country Overall - Male 1. Hector Julia (31) 20:19 2. Timmy Kline (14) 20:39 3. Andrew Druziak (16) 20:25 Overall - Female 1. Meghan Mortenson (28) 19:29 2. Nancy Briskie (51) 21:19 3. Jessica Ramirez (30) 22:30 Age Group Winners Male 12-19 Robbie Spagnola 21:52 20-29 A.J. Clark 21:01 30-39 Tim Jones 23:39 40-49 David Baldizon 21:29 50-59 Kevin Bechtel 22:52 60-69 Tom Adams 23:26 70+ Bob VanWert 48:11 Female 12-19 Kelly Paris 22:40 20-29 Justine Tesiero 23:32 30-39 Lori Beck 25:04 40-49 Karen McGillin 25:24 50+ Stephanie Boice 39:00 Full results Name Age 1. Mortenson. Meghan 28 2. Julia, Hector 31 3. Kline, Timmy 14 4. Druziak, Andrew 16 5. Clark, A.J. 21 6. Briskie, Nancy 51 7. Spencer, Joe 27 8. Baldizon, David 45 9. Spagnola, Josh 22 10. Spagnola, Robbie 14 11. Rouse, Andrew 17 12. Mullarkey, Ryan 17 13. Turo, Josh 18 14. Ramirez, Jessica 30 15. Paris, Kelly 18 16. Bechtel, Kevin 53 17. Sumpter, John 28 18. Tesiero, Justine 26 19. Adams, Tom 69 20. Jones, Tim 31 21. Ianuzzi, Evan 11 22. Liszewski, Amy 23 23. DeRosa, Gianna 13 24. Patrei, Emma 13 25. Ziobro, Brianna 12 26. Murhphy, William 47 27. Beck, Lori 39 28. Ahr, Katya 24 29. Agresta, Joe 44 30. Czeski, Tara 32 31. McGillin, Karen 44 32. Barboza, Carlos 39 33. Stanavich, Brett 18 34. Diamond, Morgan 23 35. Harkins, Corey 26 36. Stanavich, Gabby 12 37. Sagarese, Ralaine 29 38. Covey, Erin 36 39. Bergh, Kory 15 40. Dzikowicz, Trevor 10 41. Ausfeld, Melissa 43 42. Rouse, Monica 17 43. Burkart, Kaitlyn 15 44. Gasner, Carolann 45 45. Cramer, Brianne 32 46. DaBiere, Carla 32 47. Brewster, Kelly 42 48. Dygon, Danielle 23 49. Clark, Rosalie 41 50. O?Brian, Maureen 43 51. Murphy, Matthew 11 52. Spagnola, Sam 19 53. Bartow, John 42 54. Bisio, Lauren 25 55. Constantine, Diana 15 56. Vassi, Tessa 17 57. Santos, Susan 42 58. Holloway, Corinne 39 59. Miller, Karen 36 60. Dygon, Peggy 48 61. Sullivan, Jeanette 37 62. Balbian, Susan 37 63. Dargush, Maura 34 64. Friddle, Phil 38 65. Richards, Josh 34 66. Melville, Josh 11 67. Ramirez, Erica 27 68. McNeil, Melissa 33 69. Ossenfort, Matt 32 70. Dooher, Melissa 30 71. Boice, Stephanie 56 72. Kohler, James 43 73. Vertucci, Jennifer 38 Time 19:29 20:19 20:39 20:45 21:01 21:19 21:25 21:29 21:32 21:59 22:00 22:01 22:22 22:30 22:40 22:52 23:12 23:22 23:26 23:39 23:46 24:27 24:52 24:59 24:59 25:06 25:04 25:06 25:12 25:14 25:24 25:33 25:38 25:44 25:49 25:49 25:53 25:57 26:46 27:45 27:57 27:58 27:59 28:10 28:49 29:08 29:09 29:52 30:22 30:23 30:29 31:44 31:56 32:06 33:34 33:40 34:14 34:16 34:17 34:18 34:18 34:18 34:19 34:22 34:33 34:55 38:40 38:58 38:58 38:59 39:00 39:01 39:02 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. Andczejewski, S. 35 Gasner, Buck 35 Weinheimer, R. 39 Van Wert, Robert 75 Sawitzski, Kelly 45 Monge, Colleen 51 Maroto, Eunice 40 Moller, Matt 30 -No Time- 48:02 48:06 48:06 48:12 48:51 50:45 53:22 Cassellco Kids 1 Mile Race Overall - Boys 1. TIE Dead Heat: Jake Palczak (6th) & Tommy Ziskin 6:35 (5th) 3. Lorenzo Bottisti (5th) 6:53 Overall - Girls 1. Jaclyn Stanavich (5th) 7:15 2. Gabriella Robles (6th) 7:57 3. Francesca DeRosa (6th) 8:15 Grade Level Winners Boys K: Eliel Aleman Rivera 1st: Dominick Agresta 2nd: Conner Storm 3rd: Marco Bottisti 4th Nick Covey 5th Colby Fisher 6th Peyton Ausfeld Girls 1st: Madison Stark 2nd: Ashley Mihalek 3rd: Alani Aleman-Rivera 3rd: Julia Giovanni Crespo 3rd: Natalee Agresta 4th: Katelyn Stark 5th Netanya Weiss Kathryn Kowalczyk 5th Charli Beekman 6th Grace Clark Full Results: Name, Grade 1. Palczak, Jake 6 TIE Ziskin, Tommy 5 3. Bottisti, Lorenzo 5 4. Covey, Nick 4 5. Magliocca, M. 4 6. Ausfeld, Peyton 6 7. Stanavich, Jaclyn 5 8. Hernandez, Nick 6 9. Bottisti, Marco 3 10. Fisher, Colby 5 11. Ramos, Chalonj 5 12. Bertuch, David 5 13. Robles, Gabriella 6 14. Welch, Andy 5 15. Korona, Hunter 6 16. McNeil, Brodie 3 17. Covey, Nate 3 18. DeRosa, Francesca 6 19. Rodecker, Nick 6 20. Quinones, Errol 4 21. Beekman, Charlie 5 22. Clark, Grace 6 23. Quinones, Natalee 6 24. Weiss, Netanya 4 25. Vellon, Jhai 3 26. Aleman-Rivera 2 27. Agresta, Dominick 1 28. Fieto, Jake 6 29. Rodecker, Tyler 4 30. Shaffer, Carson 4 31. Ziobro, Dominik 1 32. Crespo-Julia, Gianna 2 33. Agresta, Natalee 5 34. Zabielski, Zoe 2 35. Welch, Ryan 5 36. Storm, Conner 2 37. Crespo-Julia 5 38. Aleman-Rivera K 39. Gasner, Lindsay 2 40. Dawson, Jamie 2 41. Miller, Emma 1 42. Mihalek, Ashley 1 43. Santos, Chris K 44. Phillips, Ryleigh 3 45. Miller, Caleb 5 46. Agresta, Isabella 5 47. Fieto, Julia 4 48. Stark, Dylan 1 49. Stark, Madison K 50. Ray, Skylar K 51. Stark, Katelyn 3 52. Shea Holloway 1 53. Kowalczyk, Kathyrn 4 54. Kowalczyk, Kevin 1 55. Villanova, Jacob 1 56. Persico, Francesca 2 57. Rodriguez, Jack K 58. Merendo, MaKenzie 5 59. Holloway, Skye K 60. Santos, Tori 1 61. Peconie, Emma 2 11:26 9:03 10:42 7:36 6:54 7:40 7:10 12:31 11:51 9:03 9:03 9:03 12:41 8:56 8:56 8:39 8:11 Time 6:35 6:35 6:53 6:53 7:04 7:10 7:16 7:29 7:36 7:40 7:43 7:47 7:57 7:57 7:58 8:08 8:10 8:14 8:33 8:37 8:39 8:22 8:47 8:56 8:59 9:03 9:03 9:20 9:29 9:48 9:49 10:31 10:16 10:32 10:38 10:42 11:16 11:26 11:27 11:28 11:44 11:51 11:52 11:52 11:56 12:03 12:22 12:29 12:31 12:32 12:43 12:44 13:25 13:29 13:50 14:21 14:23 14:29 14:32 14:38 14:55 SPORTS TODAY 1965 —— Fran Tarkenton of the Minnesota Vikings passes for 407 yards and three touchdowns in a thrilling 42-41 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. 1976 —— Chuck Foreman of the Minnesota Vikings rushes for 200 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-12 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. 1993 —— Eric Metcalf returns two punts for touchdowns to give the Cleveland Browns a 28-23 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Metcalf’’s first touchdown is a team-record 91 yarder and the other goes for 75 yards with 2:05 left in the game. 1994 —— Atlanta’’s Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher to win three straight Cy Young Awards, unanimously sweeping the NL honor. Making changes Braves advance As Stern preps exit, NBA Finals format changed. Fonda-Fultonville wins in straight sets in sectional opener. • Page 27 www.recordernews.com • Page 27 Sports Thursday, October 24, 2013 Page 32 Lester, Red Sox rout Cards Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester throws during the first inning of Game 1 of baseball’s World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, in Boston. Boston eases to 8-1 victory in Game 1 of World Series BOSTON (AP) —— An easy toss on a sure out that skittered away. A routine popup that somehow dropped between Gold Glovers. And something even more startling —— umpires reversing a key call. Most everything fell into place for the Boston Red Sox in the World Series opener. Mike Napoli hit a three-run double right after a game-changing decision in the very first inning, Jon Lester made the early lead stand up and the Red Sox romped past the sloppy St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 Wednesday night The Associated Press for their ninth straight Series win. A season before Major League Baseball is expected to expand instant replay, fans got to see a preview. The entire six-man crew huddled and flipped a ruling on a forceout at second base —— without looking at any video. ““I think based on their group conversation, surprisingly, to a certain extent, they overturned it and I think got the call right,”” Boston manager John Farrell said. David Ortiz was robbed of a grand slam by Carlos Beltran —— a catch that sent the star right fielder By ADAM SHINDER to a hospital with bruised ribs —— but Big Papi later hit a two-run homer following third baseman David Freese’’s bad throw. The Red Sox also capitalized on two errors by shortstop Pete Kozma to extend a Series winning streak that began when they swept St. Louis in 2004. Boston never trailed at any point in those four games and coasted on this rollicking night at Fenway Park, thanks to a hideous display by the Cardinals. Please see WORLD SERIES, Page 26 Our Section II Football Discussion By MICHAEL KELLY The Recorder’s Shinder and Kelly break down the playoffs The player Dave Wojeski/For The Recorder Broadalbin-Perth’s Justin Marek looks to make a move around Chatham’s Adrian Drake during their sectional match on Wednesday night. Easy work Marek scores two goals in B-P’s 4-0 sectional win By ADAM SHINDER adam.shinder@recordernews.com BROADALBIN —— The Broadalbin-Perth Patriots were more than good enough Wednesday night to coast past Chatham in the opening round of the Section II Class B boys soccer tournament. But, B-P head coach Brian Henry said, if the Patriots want to make a serious bid for a third sectional title in five seasons, they’’ll have to make sure things are a little crisper the next time Please see B-P, Page 30 MK: We were just discussing the other day how our All-Area team Inside might sort B-P, AHS football out when we put it — Pages 28. 29 together in a few weeks, so the area’’s best players should be fresh in our heads. With that in mind, what player —— or players —— jump out to you in terms of having the most potential impact on his team’’s playoff chances? AS: It’’d be easy to go ahead and pick a quarterback —— and I’’m tempted to take the easy way out —— but I think the most important group of players in this postseason will be the Amsterdam defensive line. Specifically, starting tackles Nick Lomauro and Brian Cranker need to be more disruptive than they have been against the Rams’’ toughest opponents this year, or Amsterdam will likely struggle to stop opposing offenses yet again. MK: I think you could say something very similar about the B-P defensive line —— if Phil Hemstreet, Pierre LaPort, Zach Newfrock and Andre Taylor are not their usual disruptive forces, the Patriots will struggle mightily —— but I am going to the quarterback position and will ignore the fact that you basically called such a move a cop out. My pick Recorder file photo Amsterdam’s Hector Diaz runs through the Queensbury defense during their game earlier this season at Lynch Literacy Academy. is F-F’’s Russ Williams. The senior has the tools to lead the Braves on a deep run in the playoffs and he has something to prove after Week 5’’s rough game in Chatham. AS: The easy choice is usually easy because it’’s good, and I can’’t argue with your pick. Just to throw a couple other guys out, Amsterdam quarterback Julian Gallup and Canajoharie Please see FOOTBALL, Page 27
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