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More jobs
expected
with sale
of historic
building
Jeff Murray
Elmira Star-Gazette
USA TODAY NETWORK

A historic building in Big Flats is

coming back to life with the help of a
local businessman.
The Chemung County Industrial
Development Agency on Wednesday
unanimously approved the sale of the
former Schweizer Aircraft building in
Big Flats to Scott Beecher.
Beecher, owner of Ward Diesel Fil-
ter Systems and related enterprises,
has been leasing the building from the
Leo Ferris, second from left in the back, appears in this well-known photo from Aug. 3, 1949, in New York after the IDA and agreed to purchase it outright
National Basketball League and Basketball Association of America agreed to a merger, forming the National Basketball for $700,000.
Association. NBA President Maurice Podoloff is in the center. From left are Ike Duffey, Ned Irish and Walter Brown. AP For more than 60 years, the building
off Chambers Road housed local sail-

When
Andrew Legare Elmira Star-Gazette USA TODAY NETWORK
Unlike the 24-second shot clock Leo Ferris helped cre-
ate, there is no countdown for the Elmira native to get
plane and helicopter manufacturer
Schweizer Aircraft, before Sikorsky
Aircraft acquired the 180,000-square-
foot building in 2004.
Sikorsky later turned the facility

will Ferris
inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
Fame. Even so, his grandnephew would like to see Ferris
get his shot sooner rather than later.
Ferris was nominated for induction into the Hall of
Fame by the Veterans Committee for the third time Dec.
back over to the IDA, which has been
using it as a business incubator, with
several companies calling it home.
Beecher will operate his own busi-
nesses out of the building and will also

get his
21. His family will find out during the NCAA Men’s Final continue its use as an incubator.
Four weekend in late March if this is the year he joins
many of his contemporaries who were on See SCHWEIZER, Page 7A
the ground floor of the National Basketball
Association as an inductee.
Christian Figueroa picked up the man-

shot at
tle from other family members in a pursuit

Leo Ferris
to get Ferris recognized for his many con-
tributions to the sport, most notably play-
ing a key role in the merger that produced
Council told
in high the NBA, serving a vital role in the cre-
job creation
the Hall?
school ation of the shot clock and co-founding

must be a
the Atlanta Hawks.
Ferris died of Huntington’s disease in
1993 at age 76 and Figueroa’s efforts in recent years have

top priority
helped Ferris’ contributions receive more recognition,
including induction into the Chemung County Sports
Hall of Fame in 2016 and induction into the Greater Syra-
Family of shot clock inventor cuse Sports Hall of Fame in October. Still, the big prize
remains.
Jeff Platsky
Elmira Star-Gazette

continues push for induction

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See FERRIS, Page 8A

Tom Tranter delivered a firm mes-
sage to his Southern Tier Regional Eco-
nomic Development Council board on
Wednesday: Focus on creating manu-

NY requires net neutrality for state contract facturing jobs.

Natasha Vaughn
Albany Bureau
USA TODAY NETWORK
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo
signed an executive order Wednesday
in an attempt to promote net neutrality
in New York.
Internet providers will have to con-
tinue to follow net neutrality regula-
tions in New York if they want to have
contracts with state government, Cuo-
mo said, despite the repeal by the Fed-
eral Communications Commission last
month.
“The FCC’s dangerous ruling goes
against the core values of our democra-
cy, and New York will do everything in
our power to protect net neutrality and
the free exchange of ideas,” Cuomo said
in a statement. “With this executive
order, we reaffirm our commitment to
freedom and democracy and help en-
sure that the internet remains free and
open to all.”
The governor’s executive order di-
rected the state not to have any con-
tracts for internet services unless those
internet service providers were willing
to agree to follow the net neutrality
rules.
Without net neutrality rules, inter-
net service providers have the right to
slow down internet speeds, block or
See NET NEUTRALITY, Page 2A
In the most recent round of funding,
the Southern Tier group was one of the
also-rans, pulling down $67.3 million
for 83 projects, lagging the other nine
regions in state awards.
Tranter, president of Corning Enter-
prises and Binghamton University
President Harvey Stenger said the
council must develop a list of projects
with better job creation goals than
were submitted in the last funding
round.
See JOB CREATION, Page 2A

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warmer “We really have to double down and for the Town of Big Flats to pay for a
work a little harder,” Stenger told coun- professional economic development
cil members at its meeting on the uni- plan. Binghamton University was the
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clouds with
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showers
each year. So far, the local council has a glass-blowing demonstration barge
been named top performer in four of that will travel along New York water-
the seven rounds. ways. The councils have designated
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SPCA pushes for puppy mill High-speed

laws on crash anniversary
Jeff Murray
Elmira Star-Gazette
USA TODAY NETWORK
On the first anniversary of a Steuben
County crash involving more than 100
puppies, the Finger Lakes SPCA is using
the occasion to lobby against puppy
mills.
On Jan. 24, 2017, a Missouri woman
was transporting 103 puppies in a box
van to local pet stores when the van
crashed in Interstate 86 near Avoca, ac-
cording to state police at Bath.
Online
z For more information on puppy mills,
go to aspca.org/animal-cruelty/
puppy-mills.
State police contacted the Finger
Lakes SPCA for assistance. Since inves-
tigators determined no state animal
cruelty laws had been violated, most of
the puppies were released back to the
transport company, while a handful
that were injured remained in the
SPCA's care and were eventually adopt-
ed locally.
Among the adopted dogs was
Chance, a German shepherd puppy
with genetic conditions that were clear-
ly the result of coming from a puppy
mill, according to SPCA Executive Di-
rector Vicki Mosgrove.
"He was the most seriously injured
puppy from the accident. He was diag-
nosed with pituitary dwarfism, which is
a hereditary condition," Mosgrove said.
"He will require a lifetime of expensive
treatment and will have a shortened li-
fespan. His health problem is a typical
result of poor breeding practices at
puppy mills."
Chance was adopted by Connie Jo
Terry, a teacher in the Avoca Central
School District, according to the Finger
Lakes SPCA. He is the size of a large
beagle, and his life expectancy is prob-
ably about five years because of his in-
Some of the more than 100 puppies that were rescued from an overturned van
on Interstate 86 near Avoca one year ago. NEW YORK STATE POLICE PHOTO
herited condition, the SPCA said.
The puppies from the I-86 crash
were confirmed as coming from puppy
mills — large-scale commercial breed-
ing facilities — and headed to pet
stores, the SPCA said.
The Finger Lakes SPCA launched a
puppy mill awareness campaign in con-
junction with Wednesday's one-year
anniversary of the Avoca crash. That
campaign will continue through Febru-
ary.
The organization said people can
support the effort by sharing Chance's
story and information about puppy
mills on social media, writing letters to
the editor, and contacting lawmakers
with concerns about unethical breed-
ing practices.
They also encourage people who are
looking for pets to adopt from shelters,
rescue groups or responsible breeders,
and not from pet stores that support
puppy mills.
car, foot
chase ends in
Horseheads
Jeff Murray
Elmira Star-Gazette
USA TODAY NETWORK
A Tioga County, New York, man
faces multiple charges following a
high-speed chase Tuesday evening
from Watkins Glen to Horseheads.
The incident started when Jedediah
Bradford, 29, of Berkshire, allegedly
stole meth-making materials, includ-
ing batteries and Sudafed, from the
Walmart in Watkins Glen, according to
New York State Police at Horseheads.
Schuyler County
sheriff ’s deputies
chased Bradford to the
Chemung County line,
where state troopers
picked up the pursuit,
state police said.
Jedediah Bradford traveled
Bradford down state Route 14 at a
high rate of speed and
eventually crashed into a snowbank in
the Village of Horseheads before flee-
ing the scene on foot, state police said.
Troopers apprehended him a short
distance away.
Bradford was sent to the Chemung
County Jail without bail on a parole vi-
olation.
He is currently on parole from the
Willard Correctional Facility, where he
served from November 2016 to July
2017 for a Schuyler County conviction
on charges of third-degree unlawful
manufacture of methamphetamine
and third-degree criminal sale of mari-
juana.
Bradford faces additional charges,
including unlawful fleeing and unlaw-
ful manufacturing of meth in Che-
mung and Schuyler counties, along
with burglary in Schuyler County.
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NATION & WORLD WATCH
US blacklists N. Korean business
interests in China and Russia
WASHINGTON – The Trump ad-
ministration slapped sanctions
Wednesday on North Korean financial
and business networks in China and
Russia as it pushed to cut off revenues
for the nation’s nuclear and missile
programs.
The Treasury Department’s Office
of Foreign Assets Control also targeted
five North Korean shipping companies
and six of its vessels as part of an ef-
fort to interdict ships that help the
North evade sanctions.
Senate confirms Azar as Trump’s
second health secretary
WASHINGTON – President Donald
Trump’s second health secretary won
Senate approval Wednesday. Alex
Azar will take on the leadership of a
sprawling department shaken by the
administration’s tumultuous first
year.
The 55-43 vote to confirm the for-
mer drug company and government
executive as secretary of Health and
Human Services was largely along
party lines.
HHS has been without a Senate-
confirmed secretary since Tom Price
resigned last fall, amid an outcry over
his use of costly private charter air-
craft for official travel.
Alabama House votes to end
special US Senate elections
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama is
on track to end special elections for
the state’s two U.S. Senate seats when
vacancies occur.
House Bill 17 passed Tuesday on a
largely party-line vote and now moves
to the Senate, where Democrats make
up about 1 in 5 lawmakers. It would let
a governor’s appointee for U.S. Senate
serve until the next general election.
The action follows the election of a
Democrat, former U.S. Attorney Doug
Jones, over GOP nominee Roy Moore.
Philippines braces for long
emergency as volcano erupts
LEGAZPI, Philippines – A Philip-
pine volcano belched red-hot lava and
clouds of ash and debris at least four
times Wednesday, causing officials to
brace for an emergency they fear could
last for months.
The number of people displaced by
the eruptions has grown to more than
74,000. Mount Mayon has been acting
up for more than a week.
Pope calls ‘fake news’ evil, says
journalists must search for truth
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is
denouncing “fake news” as evil and is
urging journalists to make it their mis-
sion to search for the truth.
The pope released his annual social
communications message Wednes-
day dedicated this year to “fake news
and journalism for peace.”
Jovanna Calzadillas is released from
a Phoenix hospital Wednesday, three
months after she was wounded
during the Las Vegas mass shooting.
ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP
1.7-billion-year-old chunk of North America found in Australia
USA TODAY
Eons ago, the land Down Under
wasn’t so far away after all.
Rocks recently discovered in Aus-
tralia bear striking similarities to those
found in North America, a study says.
MONEY
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Judge to doctor: ‘I just
signed your death warrant’
Gymnastics physician sentenced to 40 to 175 years in sexual assault cases
Tom Schad
USA TODAY
Former USA Gymnastics team doc-
tor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to
175 years in prison on sexual assault
charges Wednesday in Ingham County
Circuit Court in Michigan.
“Sir, you do not deserve to walk out-
side of a prison ever again,” Judge Rose-
marie Aquilina said. “I just signed your
death warrant.”
Nassar, 54, received his sentence af-
ter listening to 156 victim-impact state-
ments over seven days, including pow-
erful statements from Olympic medal-
ists Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber,
among others.
Nassar, who was also previously em-
ployed by Michigan State University,
pleaded guilty in November to 10
charges of sexual assault split between
two counties, including seven in In-
gham County. His sentencing in Eaton
County, where he faces the other three
charges, is scheduled to begin Jan. 31.
Nassar’s plea agreement had set the
low end of his sentence at 25-40 years
in prison, with a maximum sentence of
life in prison. The agreement also pro-
vided that women and girls abused by
Nassar be given the chance to deliver
victim-impact statements.
More than 150 seized that opportuni-
ty, speaking directly to Nassar in Aqui-
lina’s courtroom. Roughly two dozen
other victim-impact statements were
submitted directly to the court, Michi-
gan Assistant Attorney General Angela
Povilaitis said.
“We have seen the worst of human-
ity and the best in the last few days,” Po-
vilaitis said. “We have seen how one
voice can start a movement.”
Nassar read a short prepared state-
ment.
“Your words these past several days
have had a significant emotional effect
on myself, and have shaken me to my
core,” Nassar said. “I also recognize that
what I am feeling pales in comparison
to the pain, trauma and emotional de-
struction that all of you are feeling.
Trump admonishes ‘sanctuary cities’
Some mayors skip talk
after Justice Department
threat on immigration
Gregory Korte
and Kevin Johnson
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – President Donald
Trump delivered a stern message on so-
called sanctuary cities to the nation’s
mayors Wednesday, saying that cities
that don’t cooperate with federal immi-
gration officials “are the best friends of
gangs and cartels.”
Trump’s remarks came in a less-
than-full East Room of the White
House, where he spoke to mayors about
the economy, infrastructure and the
opioid crisis. But many of the 109 invit-
ed mayors boycotted the event over the
Justice Department’s threat hours ear-
lier to subpoena 23 cities it accuses of
harboring undocumented immigrants
accused of crimes.
The sandstone rocks uncovered are not
“native” to present-day Australia, but
are common in eastern Canada.
The rocks were found in Georgetown,
Queensland, Australia, roughly 250
miles west of Cairns in the northeastern
part of the continent.
CLOSE CHG
26,252 x 41.31
7415.06 y 45.23
2837.54 y 1.59
2.65% x 0.03
$65.61 x 1.14
$1355.90 x 19.20
$1.2405 x 0.0111
y
109.05
1.25
Larry Nassar sits with attorney Matt Newburg during his sentencing hearing
Wednesday in Lansing, Mich. The former sports doctor who admitted molesting
some of the nation's top gymnasts for years was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in
prison. CARLOS OSORIO/AP
“You have not yet owned what you
did,” Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said to
Larry Nasser as she sentenced him
Wednesday. She later added: “Justice
requires more than what I can do on
this bench.” CARLOS OSORIO/AP
President Donald Trump speaks to a
gathering of mayors Wednesday in the
East Room of the White House.
MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP
“The mayors who choose to boycott
this event put the needs of criminal
aliens ahead of our law-abiding Amer-
icans,” Trump said.
The Justice Department’s latest es-
calation of the immigration debate
came as the nation’s mayors were as-
sembling for their annual meeting three
blocks from the White House.
“An attack on one of our great Amer-
ican cities, or one of our small cities, is
Scientists believe a region of what’s
now modern-day Australia was once at-
tached to North America, but broke
away 1.7 billion years ago. After drifting
around for 100 million years, the chunk
crashed into what’s now Australia,
forming the “supercontinent” Nuna.
LIFE
Oprah pays respects
For a “60 Minutes” assignment, Oprah
Winfrey said she visited the grave of
Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman
whose rape by six white men in 1944
drew national attention. Her story was
highlighted in Winfrey’s Golden Globes
speech this month.
“There are no words that can de-
scribe the depth and breadth of how
sorry I am for what has occurred. An ac-
ceptable apology to all of you is impos-
sible to write or convey. I will carry your
words with me for the rest of my days.”
Aquilina then proceeded to read a
letter from Nassar in which he wrote, in
part, that the media convinced women
and girls that they were abused. “Hell
hath no fury like a woman scorned,” he
wrote, according to Aquilina.
“You have not yet owned what you
did,” Aquilina told him.
Nassar last month was also sen-
tenced to serve 60 years on federal child
pornography charges, which, with
Wednesday’s sentence, ensures that he
will spend the rest of his life in prison.
The Lansing State Journal, which is
part of the USA TODAY Network, con-
tributed to this report.
an attack on all of us,” said New Orleans
Mayor Mitch Landrieu, president of the
U.S. Conference of Mayors. He said the
Justice Department’s subpoena threat
made the White House meeting “unten-
able.”
Landrieu said he would no longer at-
tend, but wouldn’t stand in the way of
other mayors. He said the Justice De-
partment action had poisoned the well
just as mayors came to Washington to
work with the White House on an infra-
structure plan.
“One thing we never do is invite peo-
ple into a comfortable space, and then
go outside and throw a bomb,” he said.
“We would not invite someone over for
lunch, and then excoriate them on the
front porch. My mama taught me better
than that.”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has
made it one of his top priorities to crack
down on sanctuary cities, a term that
describes more than 300 local govern-
ments that have limited their coopera-
tion with federal immigration officials.
Researchers determined that when
Nuna broke apart an estimated 300 mil-
lion years afterward, that chunk of land
did not drift away. It instead became
permanently stuck to Australia.
The study was published in the peer-
reviewed journal Geology.
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Schweizer There is still space in the building,

Continued from Page 1A
“Now we will be paying ourselves for
rent, and adding in other tenants. We’re
looking to bring in a few other tenants to
be part of the corporate park,” Beecher
said. “It will be known as BEST (Beecher
Emission Solution Technologies) Cor-
porate Park LLC. We’re trying to bring
life back here. We’re trying to create new
jobs and good jobs — quality long term
jobs.”
Ward Diesel Filter Systems uses Cor-
ning Inc. ceramic substrates to create
filter systems for fire trucks and other
diesel-powered vehicles to cut down on
harmful emissions.
The company currently has employ-
ment ranging in the 20s to 30s, Beecher
said. Over time, he expects to add up to
36 more employees as his business
grows.
In addition to Beecher’s businesses,
and Beecher is looking to find more ten-
ants.
The IDA was happy to turn the prop-
erty back over to a private enterprise.
Not only can it put the $700,000 to
use on other projects, but the agency
will save about $70,000 a year in oper-
ating costs for the building, said Deputy
County Executive and Southern Tier
Economic Growth President Mike Kru-
sen.
“The IDA shouldn’t be in the property
management business,” Krusen said.
Along with expanding his own busi-
ness, Beecher is excited by the opportu-
nity to make a building with a long his-
tory of industrial use productive again.
“I’m from here. My family is from
here. It’s home for me. I’ve always
Chemung County has a buyer for the former Schweizer Aircraft facility in Big known this facility,” he said. “Just to be a
Flats. FILE PHOTO part of breathing life back into it is kind
of exciting. It’s taking something that
was left behind, a great location, great
the former Schweizer facility is current- nies, including Metadyne and Boss Se- bones so to speak, to make something
ly home to a handful of other compa- curity. out of it.”

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Ferris Figueroa said. “It inspires me to be a bet-

Continued from Page 1A
“Many of his peers from the early
days of the NBA have been inducted
many, many years ago and there’s no
reason why Leo should be left off at this
point,” said Figueroa, who lives in
Brookline, Massachusetts, after grow-
ing up in Puerto Rico. “We think the sev-
eral years of hard work we’ve put in,
proving and putting Leo at the center of
many important things in the NBA,
should be acknowledged.”
Ferris grew up in Elmira and graduat-
ed from Elmira Catholic High School in
1934. He became vice president of the
National Basketball League in 1948 after
selling his stake in the Tri-Cities Black-
hawks, who eventually became the
NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. He was later gen-
eral manager of the NBA’s Syracuse Na-
tionals, which is when Ferris and team
owner Danny Biasone worked together
to create the shot clock, which hasn’t
changed from 24 seconds since it was
first used in the 1954-55 NBA season.
Momentum for Ferris’ induction con-
tinues to grow even though he was not
inducted in 2016 or 2017, the first two
years he was nominated. Figueroa has
seen national media outlets such as
ESPN and National Public Radio spot-
light Ferris, while Sports Illustrated’s
August story, “How the shot clock saved
the NBA from extinction,” chronicled
Ferris’ role in one of the biggest rules
changes in pro sports history.
Another reason for optimism came
during the most recent unveiling of Hall
nominees when the Hawks’ website
mentioned Ferris as “the founder of the
Hawks franchise, who later helped in-
vent the 24-second shot clock.”
Said Figueroa: “That was special, to
have it listed on NBA.com and the Atlan-
ta Hawks press release, to have it listed
as their notable alumni who were nomi-
nated.”
Support grows
Along with being honored in halls of
fame in Elmira and Syracuse, Ferris was
inducted into the Illinois Basketball
Coaches Association Hall of Fame on
May 6 in Normal, Illinois.
Figueroa, 38, and his family were un-
Christian Figueroa, wife Michelle, and
son Christian appear with a plaque
honoring Leo Ferris at the Greater
Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame induction
ceremony in October.
PROVIDED BY CHRISTIAN FIGUEROA
able to attend the Chemung County
Sports Hall of Fame because of a death
in the family. He was having surgery
during the Illinois event, but the Syra-
cuse ceremony turned into a family cel-
ebration. Figueroa was joined there by
his parents, Nadir Figueroa and Joan
Sponyoe Figueroa; his wife, Michelle Fi-
gueroa and son Christian Figueroa; and
his aunt, Ann Thorner. Figueroa’s mom
and his aunt both grew up in Elmira and
his aunt still lives there. The family sat
up front for the event, which was at-
tended by about 1,000 people.
“It was bittersweet and the main rea-
son it was bittersweet was because wife
Beverly and daughter Jamie fought so
hard to have Leo recognized,” Thorner
said. “They have both passed away, so
neither of them was alive to see this
great honor. But we were very proud.
Christian did a beautiful job in his
speech.”
She joins Figueroa in wanting to see
Ferris get his due while also appreciat-
ing the efforts her nephew has made to
try to make it happen.
“It is very important because accord-
ing to all the research Christian’s done,
my goodness Leo is right up there in the
pantheon,” Thorner said. “None of us
can understand why he hasn’t been
chosen. It’s very important. Christian is
the one who deserves 99 and ninth-
tenths of the credit. He has worked so
hard. He’s so dedicated to this.”
Figueroa is an opera singer and actor
by trade, but he said he puts at least an
hour a day into research on Ferris,
searching through old photos or news-
ter father to my son. I sometimes talk to
my own son, Christian, about Leo and I
want him to be bold, to be fearless, to be
a trailblazer like Leo Ferris.”
Sources of frustration remain for Fi-
gueroa and his family. For instance, he
found two photos of Ferris during a trip
paper archives. He refers to it as his
“second career.”
His hard work is as much about fam-
ily as it is about basketball. Figueroa
wants Ferris to receive his due and also
is focused on honoring the work of Fer-
ris’ wife, Beverly, and the couple’s
daughter, Jamie. Beverly died in 2010
and Jamie died in 2014 of Huntington’s
disease, a debilitating, inherited dis-
eased.
Beverly’s quest to further her hus-
band’s legacy took a back seat to Ferris’
battle with the disease, which left him
unable to speak.
“Leo was reading versions of history
that were inaccurate, but by then he was
getting sick,” Figueroa said. “The fight to
get the word out continues and will con-
tinue for as long as it takes.”
“Many of his peers from the
early days of the NBA have
been inducted many, many
years ago and there’s no
reason why Leo should be
left off at this point.”
Christian Figueroa
An inspiring life
Figueroa said Ferris has helped bring
the family even closer through the life
he lived. Before this, Christian had no
idea his older brother, Joseph, recalled
watching the magic tricks Ferris used to
perform for the family.
John Sponyoe, brother to Joan and
Ann, was president and CEO of Lock-
heed Martin Global Telecommunica-
tions from 1999 until he retired in 2002.
John Sponyoe, who died in 2014, wrote a
letter when Ferris was ill to let him know
how much he inspired his own career.
“That’s the really cool thing about Le-
o’s life is that it inspires me,” Christian
to the Hall of Fame and neither photo
identified him.
His omission from the Hall of Fame
also comes with many of his contempo-
raries inducted. That list includes Bi-
asone, who for many years was given
most of the credit for the shot clock. Fer-
ris has largely received his due in recent
years, but the NBA website’s history of
the shot clock still has this passage:
“Danny Biasone will always have a place
in NBA history as the man who invented
the shot clock.”
The NBA name wasn’t adopted until
it merged with the NBL in 1949, but the
league still considers its formation as
coming in 1946, which in some ways has
devalued the contributions of Ferris and
the NBL. Figueroa describes Ferris as
“the best man of the shotgun wedding
that created the NBA” and said Ferris
wielded more power at those meetings
than any other owner.
“Every day it’s fascinating finding
historic pictures,” Figueroa said. “Leo
next to Walter Brown, finding those
early, crucial pictures with the early
founders of the NBA. Rubbing elbows
with his hand on the shoulder of Mau-
rice Podoloff, the NBA commissioner.
And how could it be that this man who
was surrounded by future Hall of Fam-
ers — I counted it up to 11 Hall of Famers
he was interacting with on a frequent
basis — is the only one left out.”
Figueroa remains gratified to see the
recognition both nationally and region-
ally, particularly the three hall of fame
inductions that happened within a span
of a year.
He believes a street in Elmira should
be named after Ferris and would love to
see a basketball court in the city named
in his honor.
“I definitely want his life to be an in-
spiration,” Figueroa said. “I want him to
inspire others who are suffering from
Huntington’s Disease. I want him to be
an inspiration to the youth of Elmira.
Like I said about my son, to continue to
be bold, to think outside the box, to go
after your dreams.”
Above all, he’s hoping this will be the
year the name “Leo Ferris” is announced
among the newest members of the Nais-
mith Hall of Fame.
“He deserves to be nominated and he
deserves to be inducted,” Figueroa said.
“He deserved to be inducted 30 years
ago, as far as I’m concerned.”

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Case against Cuomo’s ex-aide

centers on lavish suburban home
Jon Campbell which saved the company significant
Albany Bureau money.
USA TODAY NETWORK

NEW YORK – When Joseph Percoco
decided to move closer to his longtime
confidant and boss, Gov. Andrew Cuo-
mo, he traded in his modest Staten Is-
land home for a major upgrade in the
suburbs.
Percoco and his wife, Lisa, opted for a
3,900-square-foot colonial in South Sa-
lem, Westchester County, that had it all:
Four bedrooms. Three-and-a-half
baths. Gated entry. A grand foyer, a
fieldstone fireplace. A four-acre lot on a
quiet cul-de-sac in a well-regarded
school district.
Those amenities, however, didn’t
come cheap, particularly for a career
government official married to a school-
teacher.
Now, the purchase of the $815,000
home is a central part of federal prose-
cutors’ case against Percoco, who is ac-
cused of accepting more than $300,000
in bribes that allegedly began around
the time he and his wife took out a new
mortgage.
The prosecution’s theory is this: The
Percocos’ $4,800-a-month mortgage
put a significant strain on their fi-
nances, which led Joseph Percoco to
pad their income with illicit payments
from two companies with business be-
fore the state.
“Percoco was a powerful man, but as
a longtime government official, he
wasn’t a rich man,” Assistant U.S. Attor-
ney Robert Boone said during opening
statements Tuesday in Percoco’s trial.
“When he decided he wanted to make
more money, he decided to sell the most
valuable thing he owned: His job, his
power and influence.”
Percoco’s attorneys reject the theory,
spending much of the trial’s first day of
arguments trying to convince jurors his
finances were in order.
Joseph and Lisa Percoco purchased this Millstone Lane home in South Salem in
2012 for $815,000. The cost of the home is a key part of the prosecution’s case
against Joseph Percoco. TRIAL EXHIBIT
Home purchase
Percoco, who spent two decades as
Cuomo’s most-trusted aide, friend and
confidant, is facing seven felony bribery,
extortion and conspiracy charges.
Cuomo, a Democrat, has not been im-
plicated in the case.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office made the
Millstone Lane home a major part of the
trial Tuesday, raising the issue during
its 32-minute opening statement and
calling its first witness to testify about
the Percocos finances.
The Percocos purchased the home in
July 2012, three months after selling
their Staten Island home.
The move increased their housing ex-
penses significantly: Their monthly
mortgage in Westchester was more than
$2,000 greater than in Staten Island.
And since Lisa Percoco had to leave
her job as a New York City teacher, they
lost out on her $3,600 in monthly take-
home pay. Joseph Percoco was making
about $156,000 a year in gross pay at the
time as Cuomo’s executive deputy sec-
retary.
It was then that prosecutors say Per-
coco reached out to Todd Howe, a lobby-
ist, former Cuomo aide and longtime
friend, to find work for his wife.
Howe — who has pleaded guilty and
is cooperating with prosecutors — ar-
ranged for Lisa Percoco to work a “low-
show” job for Competitive Power Ven-
tures, a Maryland-based energy compa-
ny that was trying to build a $1 billion
power plant in Orange County.
“Percoco was in need of some mon-
ey,” Boone said. “So what did he do? He
called his old friend Todd Howe.”
The job called for Lisa Percoco to
travel to school districts near CPV
plants to educate kids on energy issues
and the facilities themselves.
She was paid $90,000 a year for her
work. But prosecutors say there it was
little work at all: She taught the two-
hour class about six times a year, they
claim.
Instead, prosecutors claim, the pay-
ments were actually disguised bribes to
Joseph Percoco, who took action to al-
low the sale of New York emissions
credits to a CPV plant in New Jersey,
Percoco’s defense
Percoco, meanwhile, maintains his
innocence and his attorneys deny he
took any official action on CPV’s behalf.
They have vigorously pushed back
against the notion that the home
strained his finances.
And they repeatedly branded Howe
as a liar and a criminal, casting doubt on
the government’s star witness.
Barry Bohrer, a lawyer for Percoco,
dismissed the government’s theory dur-
ing his 50-minute opening address,
suggesting that the Percocos were in a
fine position to pay for the home.
Bohrer said Percoco was Cuomo’s
“buddy, his counselor,” and he moved to
Westchester to be closer to the New Cas-
tle home Cuomo shares with his part-
ner, Sandra Lee.
“We welcome evidence about the
Percocos’ finances,” Bohrer said. “The
Percocos’ finances were just fine.”
The Percocos’ finances dominated
the first two days of arguments, with the
prosecution calling an FBI forensic ac-
countant who examined his bank rec-
ords to the witness stand first.
The witness, Mollie Brewster, of the
FBI’s Buffalo office, compiled a spread-
sheet of the Percocos’ monthly finances,
which showed the purchase of the home
and loss of Lisa Percoco’s jobs caused
cash-flow issues.
But Michael Yaeger, one of Percoco’s
attorneys, painstakingly cross-exam-
ined Brewster in an attempt to convince
the jury that the Percocos had more
than enough in their bank accounts to
cover the mortgage payment.
Percoco’s trial, meanwhile, is expect-
ed to last four-to-six weeks.
Wednesday marked the second full
day of arguments, with Brewster lead-
ing off testimony in the morning fol-
lowed by Cuomo chief of staff Linda La-
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Obituaries
TODAY’S OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES Carol (Mortimer) Ostrum
Name Age Town, State Death Date Arrangements
*Belawski Sr., Walter J. 91 Blossburg 22-Jan Freeberg Funeral Home HORSEHEADS - Carol
Bowen, Rev. Herbert B. 87 Owego 22-Jan Estey, Munroe & Fahey Funeral Home Mortimer Ostrum
*Buckley, Kathleen A. 66 Horseheads 23-Jan Lynch Funeral Home Age 74 of Grand Cen-
*Maiden , Marie A. 77 Montour Falls 10-Jan Barber Funeral Home tral Ave. Horseheads, NY
Mansfield, John K. 60 - 23-Jan Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home passed away after long ill-
*Mason, Sylvia 73 Elmira 23-Jan Caywood’s Funeral Home & Gardens ness on Sunday Jan. 21,
*McInerney Jr., Gerald J. “Gerry” 72 Elmira 23-Jan Sullivans 2018 at the Chemung Co.
*Murphy, Joan Rita 81 Elmira 24-Jan McInerny Funeral home
*Ostrum, Carol (Mortimer) 74 Horseheads 21-Jan Barber Funeral Home Nursing Facility. Carol
Raker, Esther 92 Horseheads 23-Jan Barber Funeral Home was born in Bingham-
*Scott, Frederica “ Freddy” 96 Elmira 21-Jan Barber Funeral Home ton, NY on March 29,
*Stephenson, Laura Drake 89 Syracuse 21-Jan Olthof Funeral Home 1943 to the late Walter
*Stewart, Paul A. - - 22-Jan Olthof Funeral Home and Kathryn (VanAtta)
* Additional information in display obituaries Mortimer. Carol is survived by her husband, James
Obituaries appear in print and online at www.legacy.com/obituaries/Star-Gazette Ostrum Sr.; Daughter and son, Deb (James) Narde
of Horseheads, James Ostrum Jr. of Elmira; Grand-
Walter J. Belawski Sr. Joan Rita Murphy children, John and Tyler Ostrum, Anthony and
Stephanie Narde. She was also predeceased by her
BLOSSBURG - Walter J. Belawski Sr., 91, of Bloss- ELMIRA - Age 81, passed away peacefully on
Wednesday, January 24, 2018, surrounded by the
sister Jean Brown. Carol and her husband were
burg. Walter Left us on Monday, January 22, 2018.
love of her family. Joan was born and raised in longtime owner operators of Key West Tan in
Born April 21, 1926 in Canton, he was the son of
Elmira, the daughter of John E. and Sarah (Byrne) Elmira Heights, NY. There will be no prior calling
Raymond and Matilda Mitchell Belawski.
Bacon. She is predeceased by her husband of hours. However, those wishing may remember
He and his wife Mary have celebrated 44 years
53 years, Eugene T. Murphy, sister Jean Krystof, Carol with memorials in her name to Alzheimer’s
of marriage.
brothers, James R. and Joseph R. Bacon. Joan is Association Rochester Chapter 435 E. Henrietta
Walter served in the U.S. Army during WWll.
survived by her children, and their families, Ther- Rd. Rochester, NY 14620. Condolences and re-
After his employment at Ward Manufacturing,
ese A. Andrews of Elmira, with sons, Jeffrey and membrances at www.barberfuneralhome.com
he became self employed by starting Belawski
Nursery. Jeremy; Joseph M. Murphy, with Robin VanAuken
His greatest joy was making things grow; work- of Syracuse, with his daughters, Megan (Kristo-
ing on landscaping and making sure it was done pher) Keukelaar and Kathryn (Benny) Izquierdo; Sylvia Mason
right. There will be many who will miss his “green Michael J. and Christina Murphy of Elmira, with
thumb”, and his well-lit Christmas tree which was sons, Nathan and Cameron; Catherine M. and John ELMIRA - Mason, Sylvia A. a lifelong resident
enjoyed by countless people. His favorite place Skordynski of Pine City, with children, Michael of Elmira, passed away Tues. Jan. 23, 2018 at
was a camp he built in Gleason, PA., and he often and Mara; Patrick and Jenn Murphy of Newfield, Arnot-Ogden Medical Center following declin-
enjoyed a Sunday afternoon ride. Walter also had with his children, Liam, Declan and Sadie; Kevin J. ing health at the age of 73. Born on June 12, 1944,
faith in the Lord. and Julia Murphy of Elmira, with children, Lauren to the late, Lester & Lucille Wolfgram Corey. She
Surviving in addition to his wife Mary, are and Connor; great-grandchildren, Brennan and graduated from Horsheads High School in 1963.
sons; Walter Belawski Jr. Blossburg, James (Leslie) Makenna Keukelaar; son-in-law David Andrews; Sylvia was employed by Beeman’s Family Restau-
Belawski, Covington, step-daughter Debbie Co- former daughter-in-law Margaret Murphy; brother rant for many years until retirement. In prior
lavita, FL.; sister, Mary Davis, Lewisburg; sister-in- and sister-in-law John W. and Elaine Bacon of years she served on the Board of Directors and
law Wilma Belawske, Canton; step-grandchildren; Smyrna TN; brother-in-law James Krystof of Low- past Treasurer for the Elmira Housing Authority.
Brandon Stedge and Allie Mase ; step-great-grand- ell MA; sisters-in-law, Ann Bacon of Amarillo TX Sylvia was very dedicated to the care of elderly.
children Gabriel, Ry Ry, and Toryn, and several and Carmel Bacon of Plainville CT; along with She enjoyed crafts, and precious time with her
nieces and nephews. many nieces and nephews. Friends are invited family. Sylvia was a member of New Beginnings
He was preceded by brothers, John and Edward to Joan’s Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, United Methodist Church. Surviving is her loving
and sisters, Genevieve and Elanor. January 27, 2018, 9:30 a.m., St. Casimir’s Church, family, children, Latricia (Todd) Kerbein Jr., Horse-
Friends and family may call at the Freeberg Fu- 1000 Davis Street, Elmira. Interment, with com- heads; Robert (Renee) Maggese Jr., FL; and Steven
neral Home, Blossburg, Friday, January 26th from mittal prayers, will follow at St. Peter and Paul’s (Mike White) Maggese, TX; three grandchildren,
6-8p.m. Cemetery. In lieu of flowers those wishing may Todd Kerbein, Justin (Ashley) Kerbein, and Rob-
A Blessing service will be held from the funeral remember Joan with a donation to either, Fisher ert (Adrianna) Maggese III; great grandchildren,
home, Saturday, January 27th at 11 a.m. with Rev. House Foundation, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Brayden, Payton, and Adilynn Kerbein; Bella and
Bryan Wright. Interment will take place in St. Rockville MD 20850 or Wounded Warriors, P O Bentley Maggese; and Brice Stewart; brothers, Gary
Joseph Cemetery, Morris Run. Box 758517, Topeka KS 66675-8517. (Victoria) Corey, Germany; Daryl Corey, FL; and
Online condolences at freebergfh.com Lester Corey, NC; several nieces and nephews. In
addition to her parents, Sylvia was predeceased
Gerald J. “Gerry” by her daughter, Jennice Maggese; and brothers,
McInerney Jr. Kyle and Neal Corey. Family and friends will be
Laura Drake Stephenson received at Caywood’s Funeral Home & Gardens,
ELMIRA - passed away 1126 Broadway, Southport/Elmira on Sat. Jan. 27,
SYRACUSE - LAURA Marie A. Maiden 2018 between the hours of 12-2 p.m. Memorial
after a short illness on
DRAKE STEPHENSON, Tuesday morning, Jan- MONTOUR FALLS services will follow at 2:15 p.m. with interment in
89 of SYRACUSE (for- uary 23, 2018 at the age - Age 77 of Mon- Woodlawn Cemetery at her family’s convenience.
merly of Elmira) NY of 72. Gerry was born, tour Falls, NY. Marie
passed away on Sunday, September 4, 1945, son Maiden, daughter of
January 21, 2018. Laura of the late Gerald J. and Cecil & Isadore Ford of
Manzari was born in 1928 Mary Ellen McGinnis Ulster, PA, passed away
in Elmira, New York the at her home on Wednes-
daughter of the late Jo-
McInerney. He was a
1963 graduate of Notre day, January 10, 2017.
seph and Cora Manzari. She moved to Montour
Kathleen A. Buckley
She was pre-deceased by Dame High School
Falls to start the Tailor HORSEHEADS - Kath-
her husband’s Thomas and later at University
Shop in Main Street leen A. Buckley Age 66 of
Drake and Robert Stephenson and sister-in-law of Scranton. He is sur- nearly 20 years ago. Horseheads , NY passed
Teresa Manzari. Laura was an honor graduate of vived by his siblings, Her life in Montour away on Tuesday Janu-
Southside High School and honor graduate of John M. McInerney of was her happiest after ary 23 , 2018 at Robert
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Elmira Clark’s Summit, PA and raising three successful Packer Hospital in Sayre ,
where she was a staff member. Kevin J. (Judy) McIner- children all on her own. PA. Kathleen was born in
Laura is survived by her children Tom (Glo- ney of Horseheads, NY; It was her proudest ac- Elmira , NY on Novem-
ria) Drake, Mark (Michelle) Drake, Tony (Mary) several nieces, nephews complishment. Marie ber 25, 1951 the daugh-
Drake, Greg (Lisa) Drake, Jackie (Jeff) Bargelski, and cousins. Gerry held is survived by her lov- ter of the late Harold and
her brothers Vito (Giovanna) Manzari, Joseph various jobs through- ing son Roger Edwin Virginia Pecchio Schrock
Manzari, Dr. John (Sharon) Manzari, her broth- out his life including Smith; her daughter and . She was a graduate of
er-in-law Art Drake, grandchildren Haley (Chris) working for Tayton’s son-in-law Dani Marie Southside High School Class of 1969. Kathleen
Reckling, Tom (Kathy) Drake, Zack Drake, Katie Trucking Co. in Horse- and Richard Copp of was a waitress at Gerould’s Pharmacy for many
Drake, Alayna Drake, Alex Drake, Sydney Drake, heads. Gerry was a loyal Salt Lake City, Utah; years. She loved and treasured the time she spent
Brad Bargelski, Nick Bargelski, Sarah Bargelski, member of the Ancient daughter and son-in- at the family cottage on Seneca Lake . Kathleen is
step-sons Allan (Debbie) Stephenson, Warren Order of the Hiberni- law Earlene Marie and survived by her children Shawn Buckley , Kelly
(Darlene) Stephenson and many loving nieces ans and was the Record- James Shillingford of Buckley , and Ryan Buckley ; her brothers and
and nephews. ing Secretary. He was Levittown, PA; Rachel sisters : Diane & Bruce Thatcher , Susan & Ralph
Laura’s life was one of love, hope, overcoming a communicant of St. and Kyle Smith of Fac- Church , Hal & Sherri Schrock , Cindy & Mike
many challenges, and always making life interesting Mary’s Southside and toryville, PA; cats Oreo Dildine , and Ken & Susan Schrock ; many nieces
for all those she touched. She was full of curiosity and Bosco. Equally , nephews , cousins , and a host of caring friends
about the world and a life-long learner. Fun to be
a member of several of
their choirs. Services loved in her life were the including a close family friend Dorothy Ames . A
around and full of stories and observations, she entire towns of Mon- Celebration of Kathleen’s Life will be celebrated
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Scientists clone monkeys; Firm wins right to

a step closer to people?
Malcolm Ritter
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – For the first time, researchers have
used the cloning method that produced Dolly the
sheep to create two healthy monkeys, bringing science
an important step closer to being able to do the same
with humans.
Since Dolly’s birth in 1996, scientists have cloned
nearly two dozen kinds of mammals, including dogs,
cats, pigs, cows and polo ponies, and have also created
human embryos with this method. But until now, they
have been unable to make babies this way in primates,
the category that includes monkeys, apes and people.
“The barrier of cloning primate species is now over-
come,” said Muming Poo of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences in Shanghai.
He and colleagues announced their success with
macaques in a paper released Wednesday by the jour-
nal Cell. The female baby monkeys, about 7 and 8
weeks old, are named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.
“It’s been a long road,” said Shoukhrat Mitalipov of
Oregon Health & Science University, a scientist who
tried and failed to make monkeys and was not involved
in the new research. “Finally, they did it.”
“I don’t think it would be advisable to anyone to
even think about it.”
Shoukhrat Mitalipov
Oregon Health & Science University scientist,
considering attempts to clone humans from adult cells
In principle, Poo said, the feat means humans can
be cloned. But he said his team has no intention of do-
ing that. Mainstream scientists generally oppose mak-
ing human babies by cloning, and Poo said society
would ban it for ethical reasons.
Instead, he said, the goal is to create lots of geneti-
cally identical monkeys for use in medical research,
where they would be particularly valuable because
they are more like humans than other lab animals such
as mice or rats.
The process is still very inefficient — it took 127 eggs
to get the two babies — and so far it has succeeded only
by starting with a monkey fetus. The scientists failed
to produce healthy babies from an adult monkey,
though they are still trying.
Dolly caused a sensation because she was the first
mammal cloned from an adult.
The procedure was technically challenging. Essen-
tially, the Chinese scientists removed the DNA-con-
taining nucleus from monkey eggs and replaced it with
DNA from the monkey fetus. These reconstituted eggs
grew and divided, finally becoming an early embryo,
which was then placed into female monkeys to grow to
birth.
The scientists implanted 79 embryos to produce the
two babies. Still, the approach succeeded where oth-
ers had failed. Poo said that was because of improve-
ments in lab techniques and because researchers add-
ed two substances that helped reprogram the DNA
from the fetus. That let the DNA abandon its job in the
fetus, which involves things like helping to make colla-
gen, and take on the new task of creating an entire
monkey.
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in
Shanghai have cloned two monkeys, females named
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VIA AP
The Chinese researchers said cloning of fetal cells
could be combined with gene editing techniques to
produce large numbers of monkeys with certain genet-
ic defects that cause disease in people. The animals
could then be used to study such diseases and test
treatments. The researchers said their initial targets
will be Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Mitalipov, noting the Chinese failed to produce
healthy babies from adult cells, said he suspects at-
tempts to clone babies from a human adult would also
fail. “I don’t think it would be advisable to anyone to
even think about it,” he said.
Jose Cibelli, a scientist at Michigan State Univer-
sity, said it might be technically possible someday, but
“criminal” to try now because of the suffering caused
by the many lost pregnancies the process entails.
If the procedure became efficient enough in mon-
keys, he said, society could face “a big ethical dilem-
ma” over whether to adapt it for humans. The key step
of transferring DNA might be combined with gene ed-
iting to correct genetic disorders in embryos, allowing
healthy babies to be born, he said.
Of course, the familiar image of human cloning in-
volves making a copy of someone already born. That
might be possible someday, but “I don’t think it should
be pursued,” said researcher Dieter Egli of Columbia
University. “I can’t think of a strong benefit.”
Henry Greely, a Stanford University law professor
who specializes in the implications of biomedical
technologies, said the strongest argument he can
think of would be the desire of grieving parents to pro-
duce a genetic duplicate of a dead child. But he doubts
that’s a compelling enough reason to undertake the
extensive and costly effort needed to get such a proce-
dure approved, at least for “decades and decades.”
At the moment, because of safety concerns, federal
regulators in the U.S. would not allow making a human
baby by cloning, and international scientific groups
also oppose it, said biomedical ethics expert Insoo Hy-
un of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
build mini-casino in
Westmoreland County
Marc Levy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Baltimore-based develop-
er that is building a casino in Philadelphia’s stadium
district won the right Wednesday to put up a small-
er casino clear across Pennsylvania, outside Pitts-
burgh, in the second auction of licenses newly au-
thorized by the state.
The Cordish Cos., a family-owned commercial
developer that specializes in entertainment dis-
tricts, submitted the winning bid of $40.1 million,
selecting a portion of Westmoreland County in
which to build.
That area includes Greensburg, 25 miles south-
east of Pittsburgh, and is close to the intersection of
Interstate 70 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Cor-
dish beat out three other Pennsylvania casino own-
ers for the right to the license.
A Cordish executive, Travis Lamb, gave few de-
tails about the developer’s plans but said Cordish
will consider building an entertainment district
around the casino.
“We feel there’s demand in that region, unsatis-
fied demand at this point that we can have a profit-
able casino there,” Lamb said.
Southwestern Pennsylvania already is home to
three casinos, although this would be Westmore-
land County’s first.
A minority partner in the Westmoreland County
casino is London-based businessman Watche Ma-
noukian, who owns the controlling stake in Parx
Casino in suburban Philadelphia and is a minority
partner with Cordish in its Live! Hotel & Casino pro-
ject in Philadelphia.
The only other gambling property owned by the
Cordish Cos. is Maryland Live! Casino, in suburban
Baltimore.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is auc-
tioning the rights to 10 mini-casinos that can each
host up to 750 slot machines, a venture approved
last fall by lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tom
Wolf in an effort to help the deficit-strapped state
scrape up cash.
Pennsylvania is the nation’s No. 2 state for com-
mercial casino gross revenues, second to Nevada,
and already rakes in more tax revenue from gam-
bling – $1.4 billion in the most recent fiscal year –
than any other state.
The other bidders Wednesday were the owners
of Mount Airy Casino Resort, Parx Casino and
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, which is owned by
Las Vegas Sands. Minimum bids are $7.5 million,
and license winners can pay another $2.5 million to
operate 30 table games.
Penn National won the first license two weeks
ago, bidding $50.1 million to put a mini-casino in an
area of south-central Pennsylvania that includes
the city of York.
Cordish won a casino license in 2014 to build the
Live! Hotel & Casino in Philadelphia. That license
allows up to 5,000 slot machines under Pennsylva-
nia’s original casino law.
It got the green light to build it late last year after
a rival, SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia,
dropped a long-running lawsuit.
The last of the auctions for the 10 mini-casino li-
censes is scheduled for May 16.

Obituaries
Toys R Us, hobbled by competition,
Paul A. Stewart
- - Passed away
Frederica “ Freddy”
Scott will shutter 180 stores across US
01/22/2018. Arrange- ELMIRA - Born Jan- Michelle Chapman While its numbers have been shrinking, Toys R Us
ments have been en- uary 22, 1921, passed and Anne D’Innocenzio still sells about 20 percent of the toys bought in the
trusted to Olthof Fu- away on January 21, ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S., according to Stephanie Wissink, an analyst at
neral Home Inc. For a 2018. Freddy was Jefferies LLC.
full obituary, please visit the daughter of Fred NEW YORK – Toys R Us, squeezed by Amazon.com Competitive pressures will force the company to
www.olthof.com and huge chains like Walmart, will close 180 stores, or take a close look at all of its stores, and more will likely
and Anna Rosekrans.
about 20 percent of its U.S. locations, within months. be shuttered over the next year or two, Wissink said.
Freddy is survived by Hobbled by $5 billion in debt, the company that Toys R Us reigned supreme in the 1980s and early
her niece Joanna El- once dominated toy sales in the U.S. filed for bankrupt- 1990s, when it was one of the first of the “category kill-
more; her nephews cy protection in September. Chairman and CEO Dave ers” — a store totally devoted to one thing: toys. Its
Bruce Rosekrans and Brandon wrote in a letter Wednesday that tough deci- scale gave it leverage with toy sellers and it disrupted
John Rosekrans, along sions are required to save Toys R Us. general merchandise stores and mom-and-pop shops.
with many great nieces Toys R Us operates about 900 stores in the U.S. Now Toys R Us and other category killers like the
and nephews, great The store closings will begin in February and the now-defunct Sports Authority, Borders and Circuit
majority of the targeted locations will go dark by mid- City, are being upended by a new force: Amazon.com.
great nieces and neph- April. At some other locations, the retailer is combin- GlobalData Retail estimates that about 13.7 percent
ews, along with her ing its Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores. of toy sales were made online in 2016, up from 6.5 per-
close friends Randy, Toys R Us, based in Wayne, New Jersey, has strug- cent five years ago. Toys R Us has been hurt by a shift
Martin and Laura, and gled with debt since private-equity firms Bain Capital, to mobile devices as well, which take up more and
Phil Haner. Freddy KKR & Co. and Vornado Realty Trust took it private in a more play time.
was predeceased by $6.6 billion leveraged buyout in 2005. The plan had About three dozen retailers sought bankruptcy pro-
been to take the company public again, but weak sales tection last year in large part because of a radical shift
Death is not her husband, Laurence
have prevented that from happening. With such debt in consumer behavior, both in where they shop, and
A. Scott; her daughter levels, Toys R Us has not had the financial flexibility to what they buy.
the end it is Lauren Spencer, and invest in its business.
simply walking her brothers Arnold and
out of the Fred Rosekrans. Freddy About 900 Toys R Us
was proud to have been stores in the U.S. will
physical form a welder during WWII begin closing in February
and the majority of the
and into the and she was a devoted
targeted locations will go
wife and mother. A
spirit realm, graveside service will
dark by mid-April. At
some other locations, the
which is our be scheduled at a later retailer is combining its
true home. date. There will be no Toys R Us and Babies R Us
public services, at her stores. ERIC GAY/AP
It’s going back request. Remembrances
home. and condolences may be
left at www.barberfu-
Stephen Christoper neralhome.com
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Alan the alligator is being housed at the Seneca Park Zoo temporarily until it
can be relocated to a permitted facility. The 31⁄2-foot-long animal was
confiscated from an individual who had it in a large glass tank in the bedroom
The railroad trestle bridge crosses over Letchworth Park’s Upper Falls. FILE PHOTO of the house in Macedon, Wayne County. USA TODAY NETWORK

Iconic Letchworth bridge Zoo takes in alligator

is being town down
Meaghan M. McDermott
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
USA TODAY NETWORK
It’s time to say goodbye to the iconic
trestle bridge over the Genesee River
gorge in Letchworth State Park.
Work crews have been tearing down
the bridge, piece by piece, since early
December when a new $75 million steel
arch railroad bridge went into service
carrying the Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Tier Line over the river from
Portage, Genesee County to Genesee
Falls, Wyoming County.
In recent days, iron workers have re-
moved a massive truss from the old
bridge and in coming weeks, they will
toil to take down the rest.
“I’m not excited about the fact that
the old bridge has to come down,” said
Lorraine Rocker, historian for the town
of Portage, Livingston County. “But, we
all know if the railroad is going to keep
running, it needed to be replaced.”
At 142 years old, the iron Portage Via-
duct could no longer carry freight loads
at the current rail industry standard,
and trains could not run over it at stan-
dard speeds. Restrictions on the line
kept freight trains crossing the bridge at
no more than 10 mph and weight limits
were 13,000 pounds below the 286,000
pound standard. The bridge was named
in 2009 as one of the most significant
rail bottlenecks in the state.
Despite public efforts to save the
bridge for use as a pedestrian walkway
— estimates were that it would cost at
least $2 million to rehabilitate — the
ultimate decision was made to tear it
down. A 2014 bill proposed by state
Sen. Patrick Gallivan, R-Elma, Erie
County, that would have had the state
Office of Parks, Recreation and Histor-
ic Preservation take ownership of the
span and convert it to a pedestrian
bridge never made it out of committee.
According to the bill “the Portage-
ville bridge is a historic state and na-
tional treasure ... preservation of the
Portageville pedestrian bridge will
contribute substantially to the quality
of lives of the citizens of New York, as it
will provide a natural, ecological, his-
toric, cultural and recreational re-
source.”
Letchworth State Park was given
top honors in the 2015 USA TODAY 10
Best Readers’ Choice award for Best
State Park.
Construction on the new 900-foot-
long, single-track bridge began in Oc-
tober, 2015. The structure comprises a
parallel alignment of a 483-foot two-
hinged spandrel-braced arch flanked
on each side by three 80-foot approach
spans for a total length of 963 feet. The
project also included adding 1,200 feet
of new track on either side of the gorge
to align existing tracks with the new
bridge.
confiscated from home
Joseph Spector
Albany Bureau
USA TODAY NETWORK
ALBANY – Last summer, the state
Department of Environmental Conser-
vation saw a Facebook post, “Just
Bought an Alligator!”
The investigation soon began.
Last month, DEC Officer Kevin
Thomas happened upon the apparent
home of the large alligator in Macedon,
Wayne County. There, he found the alli-
gator. His name is Alan.
The problem was that the 31⁄2-foot
American alligator was living there — as
happy and friendly as he was — without
a permit. That’s illegal under New York
law.
And he was large — so much so that
he was simply too big for the house and
the tank.
And sometimes, the DEC said, the al-
ligator “would be allowed to freely roam
the house ... even with two larger dogs in
the house.”
There was a similar case in Broome
County last November when a Kirkwood
man was ticketed for keeping an alliga-
tor in his home. That came four months
after two loose alligators were fetched
out of the Whitney Point area.
So Alan was confiscated. His owner,
whose name was not immediately re-
leased, was ticketed.
That left Alan in need of a new
home. And that’s when the Seneca
Park Zoo in Rochester stepped him.
Call it gator aid.
Alan has been living at the Monroe
County-owned zoo since Dec. 28 as a
permanent home is sought.
The zoo says he’s a good guy. And
oh, does he like to eat.
“I am told by zoo staff that Alan is in
good spirits and has a great appetite!”
emailed Jesse Sleezer, the county
spokesman. “He is currently eating 1/4
lb. of fish, rodents, or Mazuri Croc
chow two times a week.”
Larry Sorel, the zoo’s director, said
the moral of the story is pretty simple:
You shouldn’t have an alligator as a
pet.
“I think the essence of this confisca-
tion that DEC did of the alligator is that
wild animals, exotic animals, just
don’t make good pets,” he said. “They
are illegal in most instances, and it’s
not good for the people involved —
whether it’s the danger of getting bit or
potential disease transmission — and
plus it’s not good for the animal.”
As for Alan’s future, he’s undergo-
ing tests and evaluation, and the zoo is
talking with the Association of Zoos &
Aquariums to find him a permanent
home.
The investigation surmised he’s
about 8 years old.

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Sports Australian Open

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will face Roger Federer in a semifinal
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Jones,
Thome
elected to
Hall on
first try
Ben Walker
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK – Chipper Jones, Jim

Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor
Hoffman were elected to the baseball
Hall of Fame.
Designated hitter Edgar Martinez
came close after a grass-roots cam-
paign to boost him. Barry Bonds and
Roger Clemens, both tainted by the
steroids scandal, edged up but again
fell far short.
Jones and Thome made it 54 play-
ers elected in their first year of eligibil-
ity by members of the Baseball Writ-
ers’ Association of America. Jones
drew 97.2 percent (410 of 422) in re-
sults announced
Wednesday, and Thome
was at 89.8 percent.
“It was waterworks,”
Jones said after hearing
the vote.
Jones was an eight-
Chipper time All-Star third
Jones baseman for the Atlanta
Braves. The switch-hit-
ter batted .303 with 468
home runs.
Jones was a force for
Nate Chorney of Thomas A. Edison puts up a shot as Elmira Notre Dame’s Ben Cook, left, and Gary Raupers defend Dec. 12 most of the Atlanta
at Notre Dame High School. Chorney scored 41 points in the loss. PHOTOS BY ANDREW LEGARE/STAFF PHOTO teams that won 14
straight division titles –

SPARTANS’ SENIOR
his election puts anoth-
Jim Thome er member of those
Braves clubs in Cooper-
stown, along with pitchers John
Smoltz, Tom Glavine and Greg Mad-

SCORING MACHINE
Creative Chorney is a force inside and outside for Edison
Andrew Legare
Elmira Star-Gazette
USA TODAY NETWORK
Nate Chorney’s highlight reel this
season is close to unreal.
It includes one shot in which he was
fouled in the lane and ended up flipping
the ball backward over his head and
into the basket.
There was a play on the baseline in
which an off-balance Chorney banked
home a shot from an improbable angle
while getting fouled.
Chorney displayed his hustle, athlet-
icism and 3-point ability in another se-
quence in which he chased down a ball
headed out of bounds, made a pass to a
teammate, then got the ball back and
nailed a corner 3-pointer with a near in-
stant release.
Nate Time for full disclosure here. Those
highlights don’t encapsulate the entire
Chorney season for Chorney. Actually, those
School: plays all happened during the same
Thomas A. game Jan. 19 at home against defending
Edison Interscholastic Athletic Conference
Large School champion Waverly. In
Year: Senior fact, the three hoops all came in the first
Family: par- half.
ents Michael The most impressive part of his per-
Fenton and formance that night was that it was
Nicole Chor- typical of the type of basketball he has
ney; sister played all season. Buckets have come in
Gianna (12) and brother Jasiah (4). bunches in all kinds of creative ways for
Edison’s 6-foot-4 senior guard/for-
Notable: Chorney, a pitcher/infielder/ ward, who ended up with 31 points and
outfielder, will play his third season of seven 3-pointers that night in the Spar-
varsity baseball for Edison in the tans’ loss to the Wolverines.
spring. Last season he helped the Chorney’s season has also featured a
Spartans capture the Section 4 Class C
title. See CHORNEY, Page 3B
dux, manager Bobby Cox and general
manager John Schuerholz.
Thome hit 612 home runs, putting
him eighth on the career list. The five-
time All-Star played mostly for the
Cleveland Indians.
Guerrero was elected in his second
try, getting 92.9 percent. The nine-
time All-Star slugger played half his
career with the Montreal Expos. The
outfielder was a notorious bad-ball hit-
ter, batting .318 with 449 homers and
1,496 RBIs.
Hoffman was chosen in his third
year, getting 79.9 percent after missing
by just five votes last time. The former
San Diego Padres closer had 601 saves,
second to Mariano Rivera’s 652.
It took 75 percent for election, or 317
votes. Martinez made a big move up to
70.4 percent and fell 20 votes short.
Mike Mussina climbed to 63.5 percent.
Clemens, winner of 354 games and
seven Cy Young Awards, got 57.3 per-
cent after drawing 54.1 percent last
time. Bonds, the career home run lead-
er and a seven-time MVP, reached
56.4 percent, up from 53.8 percent.
Clemens and Bonds each have four
tries left.

Amendola making playoffs his playground

New England wide receiver Danny
Amendola takes questions from
reporters in the team’s locker room
Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass. AP
Kyle Hightower
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Danny
Amendola is Bill Belichick’s kind of
player.
After battling injuries throughout
2016, the 5-foot-11, 180-pound receiver
has had some of the best moments of his
five-year Patriots’ tenure during their
past two playoff runs.
It started last year with his touch-
down catch and game-tying 2-point
conversion during New England’s
comeback win over Atlanta in the Super
Bowl.
Amendola’s been just as dependable
this postseason. He caught 11 passes for
a playoff career-high 112 yards in New
England’s divisional-round win over
Tennessee.
He then hauled in two touchdown
catches, including the winner, in the Pa-
triots’ AFC championship game win
over Jacksonville. He enters his third
Super Bowl as New England’s leader in
receptions, yards and touchdowns this
postseason.
“When you look up ‘good football
player’ in the dictionary his picture is
right there beside it,” Belichick said of
the 32-year-old. “It doesn’t matter what
it is. Fielding punts, third down, big
play, red area, onside kick recovery —
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LOCAL SCOREBOARD
HIGH SCHOOLS Totals: 25 2-2 57. thaniel Rose 212, 206, 613; Steven Bradley Rocco Arduini, 1:11. 220: Brock Weist (BGAH) PROFESSIONAL Unatego at Harpursville, 7:15
3-pointers: W 4 (Palmatier 2, McAdams, 204; Conlin Wysocki 220. won by forfeit. 285: Bailey Wood (W/D) Walton at Bainbridge-Guilford, 7:15
BOYS BASKETBALL Crandall); G 5 (Sands 3, Brown Peck). JV: pinned Jon Marick Crawford, :25. AHL Ithaca at Binghamton, 7:15
M-E 80, Norwich 46 Greene won. Eastern Conference Maine-Endwell at Union-Endicott, 7:15
Norwich …. 6 9 22 9 — 46 GIRLS BOWLING
Spencer-Van Etten 43, Tioga 37
Watkins Glen 3, Lansing 1 COLLEGES Atlantic Division Owego at Johnson City, 7:15
Maine-Endwell …. 22 25 16 17 — 80 Spencer-Van Etten ..... 4 13 16 10 - 43 W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Oneonta at Chenango Valley, 7:15
Norwich (6-5): Drew Walsh 1 0-0 2, Thomas Tioga ..... 14 8 7 8 - 37 Monday’s match ECAC HOCKEY MEN WB/Scrantn 24 11 3 1 52 136 107 Elmira at Corning, 7:45
Parrella 0 0-0 0, Michael Trevisani 0 1-1 1, Mi- Spencer-Van Etten (10-4): Mackenzie Lansing (1,745): Ekatarina Wilson 495. Con All Providence 24 13 3 1 52 121 103 Chenango Forks at Seton Catholic Central,
chael Carson 4 0-0 9, Marcus Cashman 5 0-0 Grube 4 2-2 10, Hannah Harmon 0 0-0 0, Ari Watkins Glen (1,995): Nancy Jackson 435. W L T W L T Lehigh Val. 24 13 2 3 53 142 137 7:45
13, Carson Maynard 1 1-3 3, Mujuni Mutabiil- Blaasch 8 0-0 16, Paige Grube 3 0-0 8, Daysha Clarkson 10 1 1 18 4 2 Charlotte 24 17 0 1 49 145 128 Susquehanna Valley at Norwich, 7:45
wa 1 2-3 5, Jahlil Jones 0 1-2 1, JT Vinal 1 1-1 3, Rorick 3 0-0 7, Madison Sousa 0 0-0 0, Jamie SWIMMING Cornell 10 1 1 16 2 1 Bridgeport 20 15 4 2 46 117 113 HS BOYS BOWLING
Grant Wessels 1 0-2 2, Marcus Benjamin 1 0-0 Sayre 0 0-0 0, Tara Perkins 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 Union 10 4 0 14 12 1 Hershey 17 18 3 4 41 110 134 Oxford at Hancock, 3:45
Chenango Valley 108, Binghamton 58 Harvard 8 3 3 9 6 4
2, Jonathan Clarke 2 0-2 4, Skylar Wenzel 0 2-2 43. Hartford 17 20 3 3 40 116 150 Thomas A. Edison at Union Springs, 4
1-2 1. Totals: 17 7-16 46. At Binghamton Colgate 6 5 1 10 10 4 Springfield 19 23 1 1 40 130 140
Tioga (3-12): Hannah Browne 0 0-0 0, Eve 200-yard medley relay: Chenango Valley Groton at Lansing, 4
Maine-Endwell (6-5): Tyree Brodley 9 1-2 Wood 0 0-0 0, Giovanna Rossi 0 0-0 0, Grace Dartmth 6 6 1 8 10 2 Newark Valley at Watkins Glen, 4
22, Andrew DeSantis 3 1-2 7, Jordan Galla- (Eli LanFear, Michael Schultz, Peyton Broder- Yale 6 7 1 9 9 1 North Division
Manwaring 5 0-0 15, Rebekah Richter 1 1-2 3, ick, Anthonie Brito) 1:53.14; 200 freestyle: HS GIRLS BOWLING
gher 0 2-3 2, Connor Green 4 0-1 12, Joseph Quinnipc 4 7 2 9 12 4 W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Oxford at Hancock, 3:45
Arielle Ayres 0 0-0 0, Sara Strong 1 4-4 7, Emi- James Bush (CV) 2:11.16; 200 individual Brown 5 9 0 6 11 3
Mancini 1 0-0 2, Jack McFadden 3 3-3 9, Bren- ly Polo Rankin 0 0-0 0, Madeleine Teribury 6 Toronto 30 11 0 1 61 132 83 Thomas A. Edison at Union Springs, 4
nan McQuade 1 0-0 2, Samuel Nesmith 0 1-2 medley: Dawson Palmer (CV) 2:23.67; 50 Princeton 4 8 1 7 10 3 Rochester 24 9 5 5 58 131 115
0-2 12. Totals: 13 5-8 37. free: LanFear (CV) 24.56; Diving: Ryan Small RPI 3 10 2 4 18 4 Groton at Lansing, 4
1, Cody Petro 6 1-1 13, Gannon Russell 0 0-0 0, 3-pointers: S-VE 3 (P. Grube 2, Rorick); T 6 Syracuse 24 14 2 2 52 138 113 Newark Valley at Watkins Glen, 4
(CV) 171.60; 100 butterfly: Schultz (CV) St.Lwrnce 0 11 1 4 18 2 Utica 20 14 5 3 48 121 119
Samuel Siock 2 0-0 5, Chad VanPatten 1 3-4 5. (Manwaring 5, Strong). JV: S-VE 42-38. HS SWIMMING
Totals: 30 12-18 80. 56.64; 100 free: Chris Balshaweit (B) 54.89; Laval 17 19 5 2 41 127 147
Chenango Forks 42, Windsor 40 500 free: Luke Hoyt (CV) 5:41.64; 200 free Friday, Jan. 26 Southern Cayuga at Waverly, 4:30
Three-point goals: Norwich 5 (Carson, Belleville 18 22 0 3 39 108 159
Chenango Forks ..... 12 13 8 9 - 42 relay: Chenango Valley (Bush, Jim Hart, Brito, Cornell at Harvard, 7 p.m. Binghamton 12 22 5 2 31 101 140 Susquehanna Valley at Johnson City, 5:30
Cashman 3, Mutabiilwa), M-E 8 (Brodley 3, Windsor ..... 11 4 11 14 - 40 Yale at Clarkson, 7 p.m. HS WRESTLING
Siock 1, Green 4) . JV: M-E won. Palmer) 1:45.10; 100 backstroke: Schultz
Chenango Forks: Sabrina McCray 1 0-2 2, (CV) 1:01.14; 100 breaststroke: Broderick Brown at St. Lawrence, 7 p.m. Western Conference Central Valley at Elmira, 5:30
Walton 66, Unadilla Valley 57 Catie Lally 1 0-0 2, Hannah Andrus 2 1-3 5, (CV) 1:15.31; 400 free relay: Binghamton Colgate at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Central Division Windsor at Walton/Greene, 6
Walton ..... 18 14 16 18 - 67 Jaelin Fitch 0 0-0 0, Katey Church 0 0-0 0, Ka- (Balshaweit, Gerald Castner, Viet Nguyen, Saturday, Jan. 27 W L OL SOL Pts GF GA
Unadilla Valley ..... tie Zimmerman 5 0-0 10, Chaise Latsha , Mel- Anthony Capozzi) 3:48.55. Union at RPI, 6 p.m. Manitoba 26 10 3 2 57 148 101 FRIDAY’S EVENTS
Walton: Jacob Beach 4 2-2 12, Jose Mirabal 0 anie Latsha 1 0-0 2, Katie Flynn 6 7-8 21. To- Cornell at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Rockford 23 16 2 3 51 141 133
0-0 0, Shane Merwin 8 7-7 27, Robert Swiatek Southern Cayuga 93, Chenango Forks PRO HOCKEY
tals: 16 8-13 42. Brown at Clarkson, 7 p.m. Iowa 19 13 7 3 48 134 134
0 0-0 0, Tommy Maguire 0 0-0 0, Brett Charles 76 Utica at Binghamton, 7:05
Windsor: Samantha Sova 3 2-2 9, Larissa Ba- Colgate at Harvard, 7 p.m. Chicago 21 15 5 2 49 131 122
2 2-2 6, Aiden Kilmurray 0 0-0 0, Alex Tweedie At Chenango Forks COLLEGE MEN’S HOCKEY
lachick 3 0-0 8, Hanna Hagerman 1 3-4 5, Mc- Yale at St. Lawrence, 7 p.m. Milwaukee 21 17 4 0 46 117 130
3 0-0 7, Ethan Wood 0 0-0 0, Dylan Jacob 3 200-yard medley relay: Southern Cayuga Cornell at Harvard, 7
Kenna Corbin 3 6-8 12, Alivia Rounds 0 0-0 0, G. Rapids 21 18 1 4 47 139 136 Nazareth at Elmira, 7
0-0 6, Justin Beers 3 1-2 8. Totals: 23 12-13 Elizabeth Washington 1 2-2 4, Sydney Feeko 1 1:54.72; 200 freestyle: Joe Angotti (SC) Cleveland 13 21 3 3 32 93 130
66. 2:00.75; 200 individual medley: Ian Murray AMERICA EAST BASKETBALL MEN COLLEGE WOMEN’S HOCKEY
0-0 2. Totals: 12 13-16 40. Con All Clarkson at Cornell, 6
Unadilla Valley (8-6): Andrew Jackson 8 0-2 3-pointers: CF 2 (Flynn 2); W 3 (Balachick 2, (SC) 2:16.73; 50 free: Sam Forker (CF) 23.18; Pacific Division
Diving: Ryan Black (CF) 189.45; 100 butter- W L W L COLLEGE WRESTLING
19, Dante Dye 4 0-0 11, Sam Loeffler 0 0-0 0, Sova). JV: Windsor won 46-43. Vermont 6 0 16 5 W L OL SOL Pts GF GA
Payton Stilone 1 1-2 3, Caleb Parker 0 0-0 0, fly: Angotti (SC) 57.99; 100 free: Forker (CF) Tucson 22 12 2 1 47 122 105 Nassau CC at Ithaca, 7
Whitney Point 62, Dryden 59 55.58; 500 free: Alex Arpino (SC) 6:04.00; UMBC 4 2 13 8 HS BOYS BASKETBALL
Spencer Meade 0 0-0 0, Levi Rifanburg 7 3-4 Dryden ..... 11 12 17 19 - 59 New Hamp. 4 2 8 12 Texas 23 15 4 2 52 132 138
17, Bob Anderson 0 0-0 0, Wyatt Grey 3 0-0 7, 200 free relay: Chenango Forks (Zach Palen- S. Antonio 22 16 4 0 48 117 119 Union-Endicott at Maine-Endwell, 6:45
Whitney Point ..... 20 7 13 22- 62 Albany 4 3 16 6 Unatego at Harpusville, 7:15
Brady George 0 0-0 0, Cameron Osborne 0 car, Ethan Stocum, Sal Frontera, Forker) Hartford 4 3 11 10 Stockton 19 14 2 3 43 117 107
Dryden: Amy Gardner 5 1-2 13, Grace De- 1:39.22; 100 backstroke: Palencar (CF) Corning at Elmira, 7:15
0-0 0, Teddy Postma 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 4-8 Stony Brook 3 3 8 12 Ontario 21 16 1 1 44 109 107
Paull 3 0-0 8, Erin Harkenrider 1 0-0 2, Keri 1:09.46; 100 breaststroke: Stocum (CF) N/A; San Jose 19 16 1 2 41 96 110 Johnson City at Owego, 7:15
57. Daley 8 2-2 20, Kerri Calkins 1 0-0 2, Madeline Binghamton 1 5 10 11
3-pointers: W 8 (Merwin 4, Beach 2, Twee- 400 free relay: Chenango Forks (Dylan z-Mass.-Lowell 1 5 7 12 San Diego 20 17 1 0 41 121 122 Seton Catholic Central at Chenango Forks,
Harris 4 1-2 11, Bailee Cotterill 1 1-2 3. Totals: Palmer, Dante Hovancik, Anthony Schultz, Bakersfield 17 16 7 0 41 109 119 7:15
die, Beers); UV 7 (Jackson 3, Dye 3, Grey). JV: . 23 5-8 59. Maine 1 5 4 17
Notes: Unadilla Valley’s Andrew Jackson had Frontera) 4:08.61. Norwich at Susquehanna Valley, 7:15
Whitney Point (9-5): Savannah Burlison 0 z-ineligible for post-season play NOTE: Two points are awarded for a Elmira Notre Dame at Thomas A. Edison, 7:15
15 rebounds and six assists to go with his 0-0 0, Amy Stevens 9 4-7 23, Bre Voltz 3 1-2 7, Maine-Endwell 96, Corning 84 Wednesday’s Games win, one point for an overtime or Newark Valley at Windsor, 7:15
team-leading 19 points. Amei Standish-Warpus 1 0-0 2, Leih Glezen 0 At Corning Binghamton at UMBC, 7 p.m.
200-yard medley relay: M-E (Noah Brizzol- shootout loss. Candor at Odessa-Montour, 7:15
Tioga 72, Spencer-Van Etten 59 0-0 0, Ashley Barnhart 1 1-2 3, Olivia Driscoll 9 Stony Brook at Mass.-Lowell, 7 p.m.
ara, Julian Layton, Nathan Medina, Dean Tuesday’s Games Newfield at Tioga, 7:15
Spencer-Van Etten ..... 16 14 14 15 - 59 4-10 22, Danielle Hartford , Haylee Smith 2 New Hampshire at Maine, 7 p.m.
Plaskon) 1:45.39; 200 freestyle: Parker Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 0 Marathon at Moravia, 7:15
Tioga ..... 16 20 15 21 - 72 0-0 5, Cassidy Sturdevant 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 Albany (NY) at Vermont, 7 p.m.
Stokes (M-E) 1:58.99; 200 individual med- Rockford 4, Bakersfield 1 Union Springs at Southern Cayuga, 7:15
Spencer-Van Etten (): James Sutherlin 3 0-0 10-21 62.
ley: Brizzolara (M-E) 2:12.35; 50 free: Dean Texas 3, San Jose 2, OT Watkins Glen at Spencer-Van Etten, 7:15
6, Jacob Grier 0 0-0 0, Tim Steiner 1 0-0 3, 3-pointers: D 8 (Harris 2, Gardner 2, DePaull
Zach Sherwood 2 1-2 5, Christian Kunzman 1 Plaskon (M-E) 23.33; Diving: Mason Krise IVY LEAGUE BASKETBALL MEN Wednesday’s Games Whitney Point at Lansing, 7:15
2, Daley 2); WP 2 (Stevens, Smith). JV: WP 49- Con All WB/Scranton at Hershey, 7 p.m. Groton at Trumansburg, 7:15
0-0 2, Ben VanGalder 6 1-1 14, Noah Mack 3 22. (M-E) 334.79; 100 butterfly: Medina (M-E)
57.03; 100 free: Plaskon (M-E) 51.05; 500 W L W L Springfield at Bridgeport, 7 p.m. Walton at Bainbridge-Guilford, 7:15
0-0 6, Nathan Mack 10 3-5 23, Hunter Bur- Notes: Amy Stevens scored 14 of her game- Penn 3 0 12 6
rous 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 5-8 59. free: Stokes (M-E) 5:23.38; 200 free relay: Hartford at Utica, 7 p.m. Sidney at Delaware Academy, 7:15
high 23 points in the fourth quarter for Whit- Harvard 2 0 7 10 Manitoba at Belleville, 7 p.m. Unadilla Valley at Afton, 7:30
Tioga (): Connor Hutchinson 9 3-4 21,Sam ney Point. Teammate Olivia Driscoll followed M-E (Thomas Beebe, Layton, Stokes, Plaskon) Princeton 2 1 9 8
Taylor 0 0-0 0, Nick Klossner 2 1-2 5, Derrick 1:36.89; 100 backstroke: Brizzolara (M-E) Providence at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m. Chenango Valley at Oneonta, 7:45
with 22 points and nine rebounds. Brown 1 1 8 7 Syracuse at Laval, 7:30 p.m. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL
Barto 0 0-0 0, Pierce Hendershot 5 4-6 17, Binghamton 61, Vestal 44 58.90; 100 breaststroke: Cal Bartone (C) Yale 1 1 8 10
Tanner Hollenbeck 0 0-0 0, Jack Frey 0 0-0 0, 1:07.49; 400 free relay: Corning (Jerry Hou, Thursday’s Games Unadilla Valley at Afton, 6
Vestal ..... 7 15 9 13 - 44 Columbia 1 2 4 12 Deposit/Hancock at Oxford, 7:15
Demario Chambers 4 3-4 11, Scott Siberski 4 Ryan McNutt, Cole Moore, Daniel Hursh) Dartmouth 0 2 4 11 Iowa at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Binghamton ..... 21 10 22 8 - 61 San Jose at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Thomas A. Edison at Elmira Notre Dame, 7:15
0-0 8, Jacob Armstrong 0 0-0 0, Lucas Klossn- Vestal: Victoria Cheng 2 1-1 5, Amanda Fedor 3:48.15. Cornell 0 3 6 10
er 3 2-2 10. Totals: 27 13-18 72. Friday’s Games Odessa-Montour at Candor, 7:15
4 0-1 9, Sarah Harding 1 4-4 7, Hajar Mehanna Friday’s Games Tioga at Newfield, 7:15
3-pointers: S-VE 2 (Steiner, VanGalder); T 5 0 0-0 0, Megan Carden 1 1-2 3, Jenna Lane 3 Rochester at Toronto, 7 p.m.
WRESTLING Harvard at Yale, 7 p.m. Moravia at Marathon, 7:15
(Hendershot 3, L. Klossner 2). 2-3 10, Anna Hotalen 3 1-4 7, Trinity Purdy 1 Belleville at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
BGAH 45, Walton/Delhi 39 Dartmouth at Brown, 7 p.m. Southern Cayuga at Union Springs, 7:15
0-0 2, Melissa Carden 0 0-0 0, Elizabeth Har- WB/Scranton at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
At Walton/Delhi Bridgeport at Springfield, 7:05 p.m. Spencer-Van Etten at Watkins Glen, 7:15
GIRLS BASKETBALL tley 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15 10-17 44. 99 pounds: Cody Merwin (W/D) pinned Ja- LOCAL Hershey at Providence, 7:05 p.m. Lansing at Whitney Point, 7:15
Greene 57, Walton 23 Binghamton: Annie Ramil 4 9-14 17, Marissa cob Terpstra, 5:45. 106: Dylan Decker (BGAH) Trumansburg at Groton, 7:15
Murphy 0 0-0 0, Lexi Ceverling 0 0-0 0, Leila BOWLING Utica at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Walton ..... 6 7 7 3 - 23 won by forfeit. 113: Chandler Merwin (W/D) Charlotte at Hartford, 7:15 p.m. HS BOYS BOWLING
Greene ..... 14 9 19 18 - 57 Fortner 0 0-0 0, Amya Ryan 3 0-0 6, Nurah won by forfeit. 120: Caleb Robinson (W/D) At Cardinal Lanes Union Springs at Newark Valley, 4
Aziz-Gower 2 0-0 5, Mia Ryan 2 0-0 4, Kaziah Chris Jordan 694; Bill Fox Jr. 656; Bill Morse Manitoba at Laval, 7:30 p.m.
Walton: Kiara Kinch 0 0-0 0, Riley McAdams pinned Teague Rezucha, :54. 126: Brody Sil- Ontario at Rockford, 8 p.m. Marathon at Odessa-Montour, 4
1 0-0 3, Claire Loker 0 0-0 0, Carissa Crandall Ross 7 5-6 21, Caitlin Anthony 2 0-0 4, Xaneya cox (W/D) dec. Brady Buttice, 7-5. 132: Hai- 654; Jeff Conrad 685; Bryce Burrell 659; HS GIRLS BOWLING
Thomas 2 0-0 4, Makayla Pourby 0 0-0 0. To- Adam Hoskins 729; Dick Weston 704; Becky Stockton at Texas, 8:30 p.m.
2 0-0 5, McKenzie Clough 2 3-4 7, Gretchen den Burns (BGAH) dec. Tracer Howland, 4-2. Chicago at Tucson, 9:05 p.m. Union Springs at Newark Valley, 4
Decker 0 0-0 0, Kesley Miller 0 0-0 0, Madison tals: 22 14-20 61. 138: Ben Bivar (BGAH) won by forfeit. 145: Hoskins 552; Alex Perko 299, 704; Scott Wert- Marathon at Odessa-Montour, 4
3-pointers: V 4 (Lane 2, Harding, Fedor); B 3 man 665; Jamie Owens 680; Desi Lee 692; Di- San Diego at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.
LeBarge 0 0-0 0, Olivia Harvey 1 0-0 2, Jor- Hayden Lewis (BGAH) pinned Vinnie Escobar, HS SWIMMING
dynn Palmatier 2 0-0 6, Kylee Wiggins 0 0-0 0, (Ross 2, Aziz-Gower). JV: Binghamton won. :39. 152: Austin Eggelston (BGAH) pinned na Fields 590; Chuck Wheeland 662; Fred Elmira at Windsor, 5
Camberly VanValkenburg 0 0-0 0. Totals: 8 Colby Polomcean, :35. 160: Shane Hoover Johnston Jr. 665; Jeremi Vansteenburgh 671; THURSDAY’S EVENTS Union-Endicott at Ithaca, 5:30
3-4 23. (BGAH) pinned Ethan Church, 1:11. 170: Mike Joe Sack 771. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Binghamton at Vestal, 5:30
BOYS BOWLING
Greene (12-2): Madison Rice 0 0-0 0, Brian- Watkins Glen 4, Lansing 0 Wilmot (BGAH) pinned Raylieb Stanton, :07. Hartwick at Elmira, 6 Dryden at Waverly, 5:30
na Austin 1 0-0 2, McKenna Sergi 0 0-0 0, 182: Scotty Barnhart (W/D) pinned Ben Rob- COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Southern Cayuga at Lansing, 5:30
Monday’s match Hartwick at Elmira, 8
Alyssa Sands 8 1-1 20, Sophia Brown 2 0-0 5, erts, 3:40. 195: Josh Johnson (W/D) pinned Watkins Glen at Odessa-Montour, 5:30
Lansing (2,224): Ethan Calupca 563. HS BOYS BASKETBALL
Katelynn Pratt 0 0-0 0, Mary Borchardt 5 1-1 Greene at Odessa-Montour, 5:30
Watkins Glen (2,844): John Reed 223; Na- Schenevus at Afton, 6:30
11, Kylee Peck 2 0-0 5, Emma Smith 7 0-0 14. HS WRESTLING
HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Norwich at Horseheads, 5

NATIONAL SCOREBOARD

NFL sell Wilson, Seattle

WIDE RECEIVERS (4) — Davante Adams,
Orlando 14 33 .298 13
NHL Quarterfinal
Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Karolina
FIU
UAB
2
14
RICE
UTEP
Playoff Glance Green Bay; Doug Baldwin, Adam Thielen, Central Division EASTERN CONFERENCE Pliskova (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2. MILWAUKEE 81⁄2 Youngstown St
All Times EST Minnesota; Michael Thomas, New Orleans W L Pct GB Angelique Kerber (21), Germany, def. Madi- GREEN BAY 31⁄2 Cleveland St
Atlantic Division OHIO STATE 101⁄2 Penn St
Wild-card Playoffs RUNNING BACKS (3) — Todd Gurley, Los Cleveland 27 19 .587 — son Keys (17), United States, 6-1, 6-2.
Angeles Rams; Mark Ingram, New Orleans; Indiana 25 22 .532 2½ GP W L OT Pts GF GA Men’s Doubles Troy 3 LA.-MONROE
Saturday, Jan. 6 Tampa Bay 48 33 12 3 69 170 124
Alvin Kamara, New Orleans Milwaukee 24 22 .522 3 Quarterfinal NORTH TEXAS 5 FAU
Tennessee 22, Kansas City 21 Boston 46 28 10 8 64 153 114 LA.-LAFAYETTE 16 South Alabama
Atlanta 26, Los Angeles Rams 13 FULLBACK (1) — Kyle Juszczyk, San Francis- Detroit 22 23 .489 4½ Oliver Marach, Austria and Mate Pavic (7),
co Chicago 18 29 .383 9½ Toronto 49 26 18 5 57 155 143 ARIZONA 15 Colorado
Sunday, Jan. 7 Detroit 47 19 20 8 46 125 141 Croatia, def. Dominic Inglot, Britain and Mar- WICHITA ST 14 UCF
Jacksonville 10, Buffalo 3 TIGHT ENDS (2) — Kyle Rudolph, Minneso- WESTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 48 20 22 6 46 124 150 cus Daniell, New Zealand, 6-4, 6-7 (10), 7-6
ta; Jason Witten, Dallas TULANE 15 South Florida
New Orleans 31, Carolina 26 Florida 46 19 21 6 44 130 154 (5). ARIZONA ST 8 Utah
TACKLES (3) — Duane Brown, Seattle; Joe Southwest Division Ottawa 46 15 22 9 39 122 163 Robert Farah, Colombia and Juan Sebastian
Divisional Playoffs Long Beach St 2 CAL POLY
Staley, San Francisco; Andrew Whitworth, Los W L Pct GB Buffalo 48 13 26 9 35 110 163 Cabal (11), Colombia, def. Lleyton Hewitt, UC DAVIS 15 CS Northridge
Saturday, Jan. 13
Angeles Rams Houston 33 12 .733 — Australia and Sam Groth, Australia, 6-4, 7-5. SAN FRANCISCO 3 Pacific
Philadelphia 15, Atlanta 10 Metropolitan Division
GUARDS (3) — T.J. Lang, Detroit; Trai Turner, San Antonio 31 18 .633 4 Women’s Doubles SAN DIEGO 91⁄2 Santa Clara
New England 35, Tennessee 14
Carolina; Larry Warford, New Orleans New Orleans 25 21 .543 8½ GP W L OT Pts GF GA Semifinal PEPPERDINE PK Loyola Marymnt
Sunday, Jan. 14 CENTERS (2) — Travis Frederick, Dallas; Memphis 17 29 .370 16½
Jacksonville 45, Pittsburgh 42 Washington 48 28 15 5 61 146 136 Kristina Mladenovic, France and Timea Ba- UCLA 16 California
Alex Mack, Atlanta Dallas 16 31 .340 18 New Jersey 47 24 15 8 56 144 143 UC Santa Barbara 2 CAL ST.-FULLRTN
Minnesota 29, New Orleans 24 bos (5), Hungary, def. Shuai Peng, China and
DEFENSE (18) Philadelphia 48 24 16 8 56 140 136 Su-Wei Hsieh (8), Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2. SAINT MARY’S CA 9 BYU
Conference Championships Northwest Division Columbus 48 26 19 3 55 129 136
DEFENSIVE ENDS (3) — Michael Bennett, Elena Vesnina, Russia and Ekaterina Mak- Gonzaga 211⁄2 PORTLAND
AFC Seattle; Cameron Jordan, New Orleans; De- W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 50 26 21 3 55 145 150
Patriots 24, Jaguars 20 Minnesota 31 18 .633 — arova, Russia, def. Monica Niculescu, Roma- National Hockey League
marcus Lawrence, Dallas NY Rangers 49 24 20 5 53 147 146 nia and Irina Begu (10), Romania, 6-4, 6-3.
NFC Oklahoma City 27 20 .574 3 NY Islanders 49 24 20 5 53 170 179 Thursday
INTERIOR LINEMEN (3) — Mike Daniels, Mixed Doubles Favorite Line Underdog Line
Eagles 38, Vikings 7 Green Bay; Linval Joseph, Minnesota; Gerald Portland 25 22 .532 5 Carolina 48 21 19 8 50 131 149
Denver 24 23 .511 6 Quarterfinal PITTSBURGH -152 Minnesota +142
Pro Bowl McCoy, Tampa Bay NEW JERSEY OFF Nashville OFF
Utah 19 28 .404 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE Rohan Bopanna, India and Timea Babos,
Sunday, Jan. 28 OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (3) — Thomas Da- Tampa Bay -118 PHILADELPHIA +108
Central Division Hungary, def. Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colom-
At Orlando, Fla. vis, Carolina; Chandler Jones, Arizona; Ryan Pacific Division FLORIDA OFF Washington OFF
bia and Abigail Spears, United States, 6-4, 7-6
AFC vs. NFC, 3 p.m. (ESPN/ABC) Kerrigan, Washington GP W L OT Pts GF GA MONTREAL -123 Carolina +113
W L Pct GB (5).
Super Bowl INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2) — Kwon Golden State 38 10 .792 — Winnipeg 49 29 13 7 65 161 132 DETROIT -119 Chicago +109
Sunday, Feb. 4 Alexander, Tampa Bay; Deion Jones, Atlanta L.A. Clippers 23 23 .500 14 Nashville 46 28 11 7 63 142 123 OTTAWA OFF Boston OFF
At Minneapolis CORNERBACKS (4) — Marshon Lattimore, L.A. Lakers 18 29 .383 19½ St. Louis 50 29 18 3 61 145 129 ST. LOUIS -164 Colorado +154
New England vs. Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans; Patrick Peterson, Arizona; Xavi- Phoenix 17 30 .362 20½ Dallas 49 28 17 4 60 154 130 GOLF DALLAS
Columbus
OFF
-121
Toronto
ARIZONA
OFF
+111
er Rhodes, Minnesota; Darius Slay, Detroit Sacramento 14 33 .298 23½ Colorado 47 27 17 3 57 156 136
(NBC) Minnesota 48 26 17 5 57 141 134 2019 Presidents Cup Standings EDMONTON OFF Calgary OFF
FREE SAFETY (1) — Earl Thomas, Seattle
STRONG SAFETIES (2) — Keanu Neal, Atlan- Tuesday’s Games Chicago 47 22 19 6 50 139 132 At Royal Melbourne Golf Club LAS VEGAS -191 NY Islanders +176
2018 Final Pro Bowl Selections Sacramento 105, Orlando 99 Melbourne, Australia VANCOUVER -145 Buffalo +135
ta; Harrison Smith, Minnesota
Sunday, Jan. 28 Oklahoma City 109, Brooklyn 108 Pacific Division Dec. 12-15, 2019 ANAHEIM -127 Winnipeg +117
SPECIALISTS (4)
At Camping World Stadium PUNTER (1) — Johnny Hekker, Los Angeles San Antonio 114, Cleveland 102 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Top 10 automatically qualify SAN JOSE OFF NY Rangers OFF
Orlando, Fla. Rams Golden State 123, New York 112 Vegas 47 32 11 4 68 163 126 United States NFL
(Subject to Change) PLACEKICKER (1) — Graham Gano, Caroli- L.A. Lakers 108, Boston 107 San Jose 47 26 14 7 59 138 127
Calgary 47 25 16 6 56 133 129 1. Patton Kizzire 1,224 Super Bowl - Sunday February 4
(y-replacement; z-Super Bowl na Wednesday’s Games 2. Justin Thomas 966 Favorite O T O/U Underdog
Chicago at Philadelphia, late Los Angeles 48 25 18 5 55 137 120 New England 6 5 48 Philadelphia
participant) LONG SNAPPER (1) — Jake McQuade, Los Anaheim 49 23 17 9 55 137 138 3. Pat Perez 877
AFC Angeles Rams New Orleans at Charlotte, late 4. Xander Schauffele 830
Edmonton 48 21 24 3 45 131 154
OFFENSE (21) RETURN SPECIALIST (1) — Pharoh Cooper, Phoenix at Indiana, late Vancouver 48 19 23 6 44 127 155 5. Dustin Johnson 795
Los Angeles Rams Utah at Detroit, late 6. Patrick Cantlay 736
QUARTERBACKS (3) — Derek Carr, Oak-
land; Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh; Alex SPECIAL TEAMER (1) — Budda Baker, Arizo- Toronto at Atlanta, late
Arizona 49 12 28 9 33 117 170
7. Rickie Fowler 710 TRANSACTIONS
Smith, Kansas City. na Houston at Dallas, late NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for 8. Austin Cook 699 Wednesday’s Sports Transactions
NOTE: Ten players from the two teams par- San Antonio at Memphis, late overtime loss. Top three teams in each divi- 9. Brian Harman 688
WIDE RECEIVERS (4) — Keenan Allen, Los 10. Tony Finau 655 BASEBALL
Angeles Chargers; Antonio Brown, Pitts- ticipating in the Super Bowl, the New England Minnesota at Portland, late sion and two wild cards per conference ad-
11. Brendan Steele 636 American League
burgh; T.Y. Hilton, Indianapolis; Jarvis Landry, Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, were select- Boston at L.A. Clippers, late vance to playoffs.
12. Andrew Landry 499 DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with
Miami ed to the original Pro Bowl roster: quarter- Thursday’s Games Tuesday’s Games RHP Matt West, LHPs James Russell and Ca-
back Tom Brady, fullback James Develin, tight Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 1 13. Chesson Hadley 469
RUNNING BACKS (3) — Le’Veon Bell, Pitts- 14. J.J. Spaun 435 leb Thielbar and INF Alexi Amarista on minor
burgh; Kareem Hunt, Kansas City; LeSean Mc- end Rob Gronkowski and special teamer Washington at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Boston 3, New Jersey 2 league contracts.
15. Ryan Armour 415
Coy, Buffalo Matthew Slater of the Patriots and guard New York at Denver, 9 p.m. Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2, OT MINNESOTA TWINS — LHP Glen Perkins
FULLBACK (1) — Roosevelt Nix, Pittsburgh Brandon Brooks, interior lineman Fletcher Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Montreal 4, Colorado 2 International announced his retirement.
TIGHT ENDS (2) — Jack Doyle, Indianapolis; Cox, tight end Zach Ertz, strong safety Mal- Friday’s Games St. Louis 3, Ottawa 0 1. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 7.60 TEXAS RANGERS — Named Juan Leonel
Delanie Walker, Tennessee colm Jenkins, tackle Lane Johnson and quar- Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay 4, Nashville 3, OT 2. Marc Leishman AUS 5.11 Garciga director/youth academy and youth
TACKLES (3) — Taylor Lewan, Tennessee; terback Carson Wentz of the Eagles. Safety Indiana at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Dallas 6, Florida 1 3. Jason Day AUS 4.76 baseball/softball programs.
Russell Okung, Los Angeles Chargers; Alejan- Devin McCourty and tackle Nate Solder of the Utah at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo 5, Edmonton 0 4. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 3.44 National League
dro Villanueva, Pittsburgh; Patriots were also selected as alternates. Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Vegas 6, Columbus 3 5. Branden Grace SAF 3.36 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Designated SS
GUARDS (3) — David DeCastro, Pittsburgh; Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Anaheim 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 6. Adam Scott AUS 2.74 Engelb Vielma for assignment.
Richie Incognito, Buffalo; Kelechi Osemele, Calendar L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m. Vancouver 6, Los Angeles 2 7. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.71
Winnipeg 5, San Jose 4, OT 8. Jhonattan Vegas VEN 2.63 FOOTBALL
Oakland Feb. 4 — Super Bowl at Minneapolis. L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Feb. 20 — First day for clubs to designate Philadelphia at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games 9. Yuta Ikeda JPN 2.59 National Football League
CENTERS (2) — Rodney Hudson, Oakland; CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Todd Ha-
Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh franchise or transition players. Portland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, late 10. Siwoo Kim KOR 2.58
Feb. 27-March 5 — NFL comine in Indianapo- New York at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, late 11. Satoshi Kodaira JPN 2.53 ley offensive coordinator, Amos Jones special
DEFENSE (18) teams coordinator and Freddie Kitchens run-
DEFENSIVE ENDS (3) — Cameron Heyward, lis. Thursday’s Games 12. Kiradech Aphibarnrat THA 2.33
March 6 — Deadline for clubs to designate 13. Dylan Frittelli RSA 2.32 ning backs/associate head coach.
Pittsburgh; Melvin Ingram, Los Angeles Char- 2018 NBA All-Star Game Roster Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
franchise or transition players. 14. Adam Hadwin CAN 2.30 GREEN BAY PACKERS — Named Joe Philbin
gers; Yannick Ngakoue, Jacksonville All-Star Game: Feb. 18 Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
March 14 — 2018 league calendar begins, 15. Yusaku Miyazato JPN 2.26 offensive coordinator, Mike Pettine defensive
INTERIOR LINEMEN (3) — Geno Atkins, At Staples Center Nashville at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
free agency opens, trades allowed. coordinator, James Campen run game coor-
Cincinnati; Jurrell Casey, Tennessee; Malik Los Angeles Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
March 25-28 — Annual league meeting, Or- dinator/offensive line coach, Jim Hostler pass
Jackson, Jacksonville EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
lando. game coordinator, Patrick Graham defensive
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (3) — Von Miller, Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Starters run game coordinator/inside linebackers
Denver; Telvin Smith, Jacksonville; Terrell April 2 — Clubs that hired a new head coach
after the end of the 2017 regular season may LeBron James, Cleveland; Giannis Anteto-
Carolina at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
BETTING LINE coach, Joe Whitt Jr. defensive pass game coor-
Suggs, Baltimore kounmpo, Milwaukee; Joel Embiid, Philadel- dinator, Frank Cignetti Jr. quarterbacks coach,
begin offseason workouts. Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Pregame.com Line
INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2) — C.J. phia; Kyrie Irving, Boston; DeMar DeRozan, Ryan Downard defensive quality control
Mosley, Baltimore; Joe Schobert, Cleveland April 16 — Clubs with returning head coach- Columbus at Arizona, 9 p.m. NBA
es may begin offseason workout programs. Toronto. Thursday coach, Maurice Drayton assistant special
CORNERBACKS (4) — A.J. Bouye, Jackson- Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Reserves Favorite Line O/U Underdog teams coach, Scott McCurley defensive assis-
ville; Casey Hayward, Los Angeles Chargers; Buffalo at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards; Al Hor- MIAMI 10 200 Sacramento tant coach, Jerry Montgomery defensive line
Jalen Ramsey, Jacksonville; Aqib Talib, Denver N.Y. Islanders at Vegas, 10 p.m.
ford, Boston; Kevin Love, Cleveland; Kyle Low- OKLAHOMA CITY 5 213 Washington coach, David Raih wide receivers coach and
FREE SAFETY (1) — Eric Weddle, Baltimore
STRONG SAFETIES (2) — Kevin Byard, Ten-
NBA ry, Toronto; Victor Oladipo, Indiana; Kristaps
Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. DENVER OFF (OFF) New York Jason Simmons secondary coach.
EASTERN CONFERENCE Porzingis, New York; John Wall, Washington. GOLDEN STATE OFF OFF Minnesota LOS ANGELES RAMS — Named Jedd Fisch
nessee; Reshad Jones, Miami senior offensive assistant coach.
WESTERN CONFERENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SPECIALISTS (4) Atlantic Division HOCKEY
Starters
PUNTER (1) — Brett Kern, Tennessee
PLACEKICKER (1) — Chris Boswell, Pitts-
W L Pct GB Kevin Durant, Golden State; Anthony Davis, TENNIS Favorite
Thursday
Line Underdog National Hockey League
Boston 34 14 .708 — New Orleans; DeMarcus Cousins, New Or- Australian Open Results HOFSTRA 2 Northeastern COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed F Na-
burgh Toronto 31 14 .689 1½ than Gerbe to a two-way, one-year contract.
LONG SNAPPER (1) — Clarke Harris, Cincin- leans; Stephen Curry, Golden State; James MELBOURNE — Results Wednesday Elon 2 DREXEL
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nati New York 21 27 .438 13 from the Australian Open at Melbourne
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LaMarcus Aldridge, San Antonio; Jimmy But- TOWSON 8 William & Mary
sas City Men’s Singles SMU 51⁄2 UCONN
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State; Damian Lillard, Portland; Klay Thomp- Quarterfinal Coll. Of Charleston 5 DELAWARE Major League Soccer
Tennessee W L Pct GB Hyeon Chung, Republic of Korea, def. Tennys GEORGIA ST 3 Texas-Arlington
NFC son, Golden State; Karl-Anthony Towns, Min- LOS ANGELES FC — Signed D Steven Bei-
Miami 27 20 .574 — Sandgren, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3. MIDDLE TENNESSEE 15 UTSA
Washington 26 21 .553 1 nesota; Russell Westbrook; Oklahoma City. tashour and G Luis Lopez.
OFFENSE (21) Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Tomas APPALACHIAN ST 4 UALR PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed M Andres
QUARTERBACKS (3) — Drew Brees, New Charlotte 19 26 .422 7 Berdych (19), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4. COASTAL CAROLINA 7 ⁄2
1
Arkansas St
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Orleans; Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams; Rus- Women’s Singles GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7 Texas State
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NCAA looking into MSU’s handling of Nassar case

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LANSING, Mich. – The NCAA is ex-

amining how Michigan State University
handled the case of sports doctor Larry
Nassar, who faces prison time for sexu-
ally assaulting Olympic gymnasts and
other young female athletes.
Nassar worked at Michigan State and
USA Gymnastics, which trains Olym-
pians. Former Spartan athletes are
among the more than 150 women and
girls who have spoken over the last week
at Nassar’s sentencing. Women’s gym-
nastics coach Kathie Klages resigned
last year after she was suspended for
defending Nassar over the years.
NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn
said Tuesday the organization has sent
a letter of inquiry to the school “regard-
ing potential NCAA rules violations re-
lated to the assaults Larry Nassar per-
petrated against girls and young wom-
en, including some student-athletes at
Michigan State.” She declined further
comment in an email to The Associated
Press.
A university spokesman confirmed
the NCAA had sent a letter, but said he
had not seen it and it is being reviewed
to prepare a response.
Nassar, 54, pleaded guilty to assault-
ing seven people in the Lansing area, Michigan State University Board of Trustees Chairman Brian Breslin, right, reads a statement articulating the board's
but the sentencing hearing has been support of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon during a press conference on Jan. 19 in the Hannah Administration Building
open to anyone who said they were a on the MSU campus in East Lansing. NICK KING/USA TODAY NETWORK
victim. More than 150 women and girls
have confronted him in court or had a
statement read on their behalf since Nassar on Wednesday after hearing bars. He already has been sentenced to The New York Times first reported
Jan. 16. from a few more accusers. Under a plea 60 years in federal prison for child por- that the NCAA had sent a letter of inqui-
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced deal, he faces 40 to 175 years behind nography crimes. ry to MSU.

TV HIGHLIGHTS
Chorney
Schedule subject to change and/or
blackouts. Continued from Page 1B
EXTREME SPORTS career-high 41 points on the road
against Elmira Notre Dame, a 35-point
10 p.m.
effort against Watkins Glen, 33 points
ESPN — X Games Aspen
against Tioga and 38 away from home
against unbeaten Newfield, last sea-
FIGURE SKATING son’s Class D runner-up in New York
Noon state.
NBCSN — Four Continents Champi- “He’s a very confident shooter,” No-
onships, Ladies’ Short Program tre Dame coach Bill Hopkins said. “He’s
2 p.m. 6-4; he’s taller than any center that I
NBCSN — Four Continents Champi- have. He can obviously see over people
onships, Free Dance Program very easily. He’s a prolific scorer for our
league.”
GOLF Chorney said he’s more confident in
his game than he has ever been and un-
6:30 a.m.
derstood entering the season he would
GOLF — European PGA Tour, Omega
be counted on more offensively and
Dubai Desert Classic
elsewhere with fellow 2016-17 IAC all-
11:30 a.m.
star Kevin Harmer lost to graduation.
GOLF — LPGA Tour, Pure Silk-Bahamas
“I knew I had to step up this year,”
Classic
Chorney said. “The main goal is making
3 p.m.
sectionals, so I know I’ve got to step up
GOLF — PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance
and help my team do that.”
Open
Chorney entered this week’s action
3:30 a.m. (Friday)
averaging 25 points and 11 rebounds
GOLF — European PGA Tour, Omega
while facing constant defensive atten-
Dubai Desert Classic
tion in the form of double teams, box
and ones, diamond and ones and what-
NBA ever other schemes opposing coaches
8 p.m. can dig up from the depths of their play-
TNT — Washington at Oklahoma City books.
9 p.m. If you’re trying to remember a player
MSG — New York at Denver from the Elmira area in the last 20 years
10:30 p.m. who has put up those kinds of numbers,
TNT — Minnesota at Golden State good luck searching your brain. Chor-
ney’s season is certainly unprecedent-
NFL ed for Edison head coach Lenny Smith.
“He’s by far the best scorer I have
9 p.m.
ever coached,” said Smith, who is in his
ESPN — Pro Bowl Skills Showdown
14th season leading the Spartans.
While Hopkins said Notre Dame had
NHL no answers for Chorney during the 41-
7:30 p.m. point night, Chorney points to his big
NBCSN — Chicago at Detroit game against Newfield as his top effort
because he missed only five shots after
TENNIS struggling to a 5-for-22 shooting day
against the Trojans less than two weeks
3:30 a.m. (Friday)
earlier in the boys Regional Division 1
ESPN — Australian Open, Men’s semi-
championship game at the Josh Palmer
final
Fund Elmira Holiday Inn Classic at El-
mira High School.
COLLEGE MEN’S “I definitely like playing against bet-
BASKETBALL ter competition,” Chorney said. “It
makes me step my game up more. And I
7 p.m.
like to have good performances on the
ESPN — Michigan at Purdue
road, too, in front of all their fans.”
ESPNU — Morehead St. at Murray St.
While Edison has struggled to a 4-9
8:30 p.m.
record and remains four wins shy of
FS1 — Colorado at Arizona
qualifying for the Section 4 Class C
9 p.m.
tournament with six or potentially sev-
ESPN2 — UCF at Wichita St.
en games to go, Chorney has done ev-
ESPNU — South Florida at Tulane
erything within his power to help the
10:30 p.m.
Spartans’ playoff push in his third var-
FS1 — California at UCLA
sity season. He is on pace to top 900
11 p.m.
points for his career and could threaten
ESPN2 — BYU at Saint Mary’s (Cal)
1,000 if the Spartans advance to the
ESPNU — Gonzaga at Portland
playoffs, which is Chorney’s biggest
priority.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S “I don’t want the season to end,” he
BASKETBALL said. “I want to keep playing. And I want
a chance to make it deep into section-
7 p.m.
als, get more looks, get more attention
YES— NC St. at Wake Forest
to our team.”
ESPN2 — Texas at Baylor
Nate Chorney is averaging 25 points
per game this season for the Thomas
A. Edison boys basketball team.
ANDREW LEGARE/STAFF PHOTO
A shooting star
Chorney has had a basketball in his
hands since before kindergarten. He
started travel basketball when he was 8
or 9 out of Syracuse and has continued
to play AAU basketball with a Syracuse
team.
Two years ago Chorney played his
first varsity season at Edison and
helped the Spartans advance to the sec-
tional tournament for the first time in
five years, scoring 20 points in a win
over Union Springs that got them over
the hump.
“My sophomore year I had a lot of
good leaders, seniors, who helped me
improve my game,” Chorney said.
Last season he averaged around 18
points per game and earned first-team
IAC South Large School honors.
“I’m getting more mature. I wish I
would have realized that sooner. I
know academics are way more
important than anything else.”
Nate Chorney
Smith said Chorney has grown 2
inches since his sophomore season
while also working hard to improve his
ballhandling, one of his few offensive
weaknesses. Chorney said he worked
nearly every day on his ballhandling
during the offseason and tries to get to
the gym whenever he can.
Chorney has also become a better re-
bounder while honing his skills on the
offensive end, adding more of an inside
presence to go with an improving 3-
point shot that has always been a weap-
on. Smith said they tweaked his release
to allow Chorney to get the ball out of
his hands more quickly.
“This year he’s improved his ability
to get into the lane and make the float-
ers in the lane,” Smith said. “He also
doesn’t watch his shot like he has in
past years. He goes, he tries to get the
offensive rebound. When he gets the of-
fensive rebound, he usually gets fouled,
and he’s a pretty good foul shooter.”
Chorney said he tries to make sure
his offense comes from within the flow
of the game. Of course, when you’re the
team’s top option and have the ability to
hit from long range or use your size to
score inside, the basketball is going to
flow your way a lot.
“My dad tells me eight (points) a
quarter, but I just go out there and try to
score,” Chorney said. “I know I’m taller.
I can shoot over most kids. ... My jump
shot’s always been there. It’s just about
getting open looks and making the right
choice when to shoot the three, when to
drive.”
Smith said there have been times
when the defensive attention has been
a source of frustration for Chorney.
Even so, Edison’s coach credited his
star with not forcing shots while also
stressing to the team’s other players
that the more they score, the more
Chorney is free to do his thing.
Chorney, for his part, understands
the importance of his teammates in
contributing to his big farewell season
and helping him deal with the defensive
attention.
“It can get frustrating, obviously, but
Aronde (Terpolilli), one of his main
roles is to set screens to get me open,”
Chorney said. “My teammates set good
ball screens, they’ll knock down open
shots if they help off me, too. That will
get the attention back off me.”
Hoops hopes
Chorney hopes and plans to con-
tinue his basketball career at the college
level, though he is in the early stages of
picking a school. He has a lean body
makeup and Hopkins said there’s room
for him to grow physically.
“I’d like to think at the college level
he would have an opportunity,” Hop-
kins said. “But he’s got to get a lot
stronger.”
To the delight of his coach, Chorney
has taken a more serious approach to
academics than he did early in high
school, with that commitment evident
in the 93 overall average Chorney has
posted the last two marking periods.
“He has really turned that part of his
career around,” Smith said. “He now
understands the focus has to be on the
academics to be successful as well.”
Said Chorney: “I’m getting more ma-
ture. I wish I would have realized that
sooner. I know academics are way more
important than anything else.”
Chorney said he takes pride in fulfill-
ing a leadership role for the Spartans
and being someone those young play-
ers will look back to later during their
careers, much like Chorney credits
those uppercassmen from two years
ago with his progress.
In the short term, though, Chorney’s
focus on the court is to try to lead a late-
season surge that will extend the Spar-
tans’ season into the playoffs. That
goal’s outcome remains uncertain.
What is pretty certain, however, is that
Chorney will provide plenty more
showstopping plays as he tries to make
it happen.
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ter
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Federer makes Aussie Open semis
John Pye
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MELBOURNE, Australia – Roger Fe-
derer got cranky at the chair umpire for
a technology flaw in his Australian Open
quarterfinal match, using the rare emo-
tional outburst as motivation.
It helped. The 36-year-old Federer,
now the oldest semifinalist in Mel-
bourne in 41 years, beat long-time rival
Tomas Berdych 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4 Wednes-
day and will next face a challenge from
the next generation.
That will be against 21-year-old Hye-
on Chung, the first South Korean to
reach a Grand Slam semifinal and the
youngest to reach the last four at a major
since 2010.
Federer’s victory extended his win-
ning streak to 14 in Australian Open
quarterfinals and to nine in a personal
rivalry with Berdych that dates back to
2004. The 19-time major champion
leads that head-to-head contest 20-6,
including all five meetings at Melbourne
Park.
Federer had to overcome a shaky
start, dropping his opening service
game and uncharacteristically ques-
tioning chair umpire Fergus Murphy be-
cause of a technological fault. With Ber-
dych serving for the first set in the ninth
game, Federer had challenged a line call.
After a lengthy delay, Murphy called
the control room and confirmed the re-
play graphic couldn’t be displayed on
the stadium screen, and also that the
original decision stood. When he added
that Federer had no challenges remain-
ing for the set, Federer approached the
chair and the crowd cheers intensified.
“Yeah, but you can’t steal my chal-
lenge,” Federer told Murphy. “Do you
feel comfortable with this? You’re OK
with it?”
Seven points later, he eventually
broke Berdych to get back on serve, and
then won the tiebreaker. The match was
as good as over.
“I had to get a bit lucky. A bit angry. A
bit frustrated maybe at the umpire,” Fe-
derer said. “Anyway, glad to get out of
that first set. It was key to the match.”
Federer later said he just wanted an
explanation from the chair, and agreed
that blowing off steam helped his cause.
Ngakoue, Incognito clear air after remarks
Mark Long
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Buffalo
Bills guard Richie Incognito jogged off
the practice field Wednesday, started
signing autographs for kids and then
declined all interview requests.
Incognito’s version of what hap-
pened during a wild-card game at Jack-
sonville earlier this month remains un-
clear.
Jaguars defensive end Yannick Nga-
koue accused Incognito of using “weak
racist slurs” during the game. They
ended up as Pro Bowl teammates this
week, and Ngakoue said Wednesday
they cleared the air and are good to go.
Ngakoue declined to get into specif-
ics about their conversation at ESPN’s
Wide World of Sports complex, prefer-
ring to move on.
Jaguars defensive tackle Malik Jack-
son provided more insight, saying he
saw Ngakoue and Incognito talking be-
fore practice.
“That was really cool, you know,”
Jackson said. “We have a huge respect
for each other, and sometimes the heat
of the moment can get to you and you
can say things you might not really
mean or do things you might not really
mean and be apologetic for it.
“I think it shows the true character of
a man to come and apologize and/or
talk about it to clear the air.”
Ngakoue called out Incognito on
Twitter hours after Jacksonville’s 10-3
victory on Jan. 7. Ngakoue repeatedly
has declined to disclose what Incognito
said.
“I just felt like people needed to
know what happened,” Ngakoue said
the next day. “He knows what he said. I
don’t got to repeat it.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy
said Wednesday the exchange “re-
mains under review.”
Here are some other things of note
from the first day of Pro Bowl practice:
Bell’s contract: Steelers running
back Le’Veon Bell says he and the team
are making progress on a contract ex-
tension . Pittsburgh has presented an
initial offer, and Bell says “we are a lot
closer than we were last year.”
The 25-year-old back turned down a
Switzerland’s Roger Federer makes a forehand return to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their quarterfinal
match at the Australian Open on Wednesday in Melbourne. VINCENT THIAN/AP
“I was under pressure. It was defi-
nitely very close, the turning point,” he
said. “I played a great breaker. But com-
ing back from 5-2 in the first set, it was
clearly big tonight.”
Chung beat 97th-ranked Tennys
Sandgren 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the after-
noon match.
He hadn’t let up in upset wins over
No. 4 Alexander Zverev or six-time Aus-
tralian Open champion Novak Djokovic,
but he let his guard down in the last
game against Sandgren and needed six
match points to finish it off.
“In last game, I think at 40-love … if I
win one more point, I make history in
Korea. I have to think about the ceremo-
ny, something,” Chung said, explaining
how he let his celebrations get slightly
ahead of the result. “After deuce, break
point. I was like, ‘No, nothing to do with
ceremony. But just keep playing – keep
Bills guard Richie Incognito was accused of using “weak racist slurs” during the
wild-card game by Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue. RICH BARNES/AP
long-term contract in 2017, skipped
training camp and then signed a one-
year, $12 million franchise tender. The
Steelers could franchise him again in
March, a move Bell told ESPN would
force him to consider retiring or sitting
out the 2018 season. A second tag
would be worth around $14.5 million.
“I think we’ll get something done and
it will be exciting for both sides, for the
fans and everybody,” said Bell, who led
the NFL in touches (404) this past sea-
son.
Lawrence’s deal: Cowboys defen-
sive lineman Demarcus Lawrence is
focused.’”
In an on-court interview, he intro-
duced the audience to his parents and
his coach, and took the microphone to
speak in Korean to millions of new ten-
nis fans back home.
“I think all the people is watching
Australian Open now,” he said.
The 58th-ranked Chung is the low-
est-ranked man to reach the Australian
Open semifinals since Marat Safin in
2004.
With Chung already through, and
Kyle Edmund playing No. 6 Marin Cilic
in the other half of the draw, it’s the first
time since 1999 that multiple unseeded
players have reached the Australian
Open semifinals.
Federer has been keeping an eye on
Chung’s progress.
“To beat Novak on this court is par-
ticularly difficult. … He’s incredibly im-
also in for a huge payday after finishing
with 14½ sacks. Lawrence said follow-
ing NFC practice that he would wel-
come the franchise tag , which would
guarantee Lawrence around $17 million
in 2018.
“It will get done eventually, so I’m
not worrying about my contract,” Law-
rence told NFL.com. “I’m trying to have
a good time with this group of guys and
my family while I’m here. … Franchise
not bad. Contract not bad. So, like I said,
I’m not worrying about nothing. I’ll
leave it up to my agent. He’ll take care of
me.”
pressive in his movement, reminds me
obviously a lot of Novak,” Federer said.
“He’s clearly got nothing to lose. I will
tell myself the same and we’ll see what
happens.”
Chung, who won the inaugural Next
Gen ATP Finals title in November, was
too consistent for Sandgren, a 26-year-
old American who had never won a
match at a Grand Slam tournament or
beaten a top-10 player until last week.
The women’s semifinals were deter-
mined earlier Wednesday, when top-
ranked Simona Halep recovered from an
early break to win nine straight games
in a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 6 Karolina Plis-
kova, and 2016 Australian Open cham-
pion Angelique Kerber routed U.S. Open
finalist Madison Keys 6-1, 6-2. In the
other semifinal match, No. 2 Caroline
Wozniacki will play 22-year-old Elise
Mertens.
BRIEFS
Steelers’ Bell optimistic
about contract progress
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Pitts-
burgh Steelers star running back Le’V-
eon Bell said he and the team are mak-
ing progress on a contract extension.
The team has presented an initial
offer, and Bell said “we are a lot closer
than we were last year.”
Bell spoke Wednesday at the Pro
Bowl.
The 25-year-old back turned down
a long-term contract in 2017, skipped
training camp and then signed a one-
year, $12 million franchise tender.
The Steelers could franchise him
again in March, a move Bell told ESPN
would force him to consider retiring or
sitting out the 2018 season.
Tigers GM says Fulmer,
Martinez having no setbacks
Tigers general manager Al Avila
said right-hander Michael Fulmer and
designated hitter Victor Martinez are
expected to be at full strength at spring
training.
Fulmer had elbow surgery in Sep-
tember, around the same time Marti-
nez underwent a surgical procedure to
correct an irregular heartbeat. Avila
provided an update on their status fol-
lowing a luncheon with Detroit Sports
Media on Wednesday.
Avila says the 24-year-old Fulmer
has thrown out to 180 feet with no re-
strictions.
z Minnesota Twins relief pitcher
Glen Perkins has confirmed his ex-
pected retirement, ending a 12-year
major league career with 120 saves.
Vonn, Shiffrin, Ligety lead
US Alpine roster for Olympics
PARK CITY, Utah – Past Olympic
medalists Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shif-
frin, Ted Ligety and Andrew Weibrecht
are among the 22 ski racers named to
the U.S. Alpine team heading to the
Pyeongchang Games.
U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced
the roster on Wednesday.
The U.S. men’s team includes David
Chodounsky, Tommy Ford, Tim Jitloff,
Nolan Kasper and Steven Nyman.
Associated Press

Jim Schwartz began his NFL career in Cleveland as an assistant to current
Patriots coach Bill Belichick. MATT ROURKE/AP
Schwartz turned
Eagles’ defense into
one of NFL’s best
Rob Maaddi
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA – Jim Schwartz in-
herited one of the NFL’s worst defenses
and turned them into one of the best in
less than two years.
When coach Doug Pederson hired
Schwartz to be the defensive coordina-
tor in 2016, the Philadelphia Eagles were
coming off three straight seasons
ranked in the bottom four in yards al-
lowed.
Schwartz changed the scheme back
to a 4-3 base and rebuilt the defense us-
ing many of the same players left from
the old regime. He also brought a swag-
ger that’s reflected in his players.
Three-time Pro Bowl defensive tack-
le Fletcher Cox, two-time Pro Bowl safe-
ty Malcolm Jenkins, defensive linemen
Brandon Graham and Beau Allen, and
linebacker Mychal Kendricks were part
of the unit that struggled under former
coach Chip Kelly and former defensive
coordinator Billy Davis.
But they’ve thrived under Schwartz
because his system fits their skills.
“He always puts us in great position
to make plays,” Jenkins said.
Schwartz made an immediate impact
last season, helping the defense go from
30th in yards allowed and 28th in points
to 13th and 12th, respectively.
This season, they ranked fourth in
both categories and had the league’s
No. 1 run defense.
While Minnesota’s top-ranked de-
fense got most of the attention, Phila-
delphia’s unit has been excellent in the
playoffs.
The Eagles have allowed only 17
points in two games – one touchdown
drive was 18 yards following a fumbled
punt. They dominated the Vikings in a
38-7 win in the NFC championship
game last Sunday.
Now, Schwartz has to devise a plan to
stop Tom Brady and the Patriots in the
Super Bowl.
“No player stands on his own,”
Schwartz said. “The NFL in general, but
particularly the Patriots, you can’t
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whatever we need him to do.”
Often Tom Brady’s third option in the
passing game behind Rob Gronkowski
and Julian Edelman, Amendola re-
worked his contract this past offseason
just to stay in New England.
“I have a lot of great memories here,”
he said. “Any negative thing or anything
that’s tried to hinder me, I try to ignore
and focus on the positive things that
have been going on in this building for
the last five years for me.”
Belichick credits Patriots offensive
coordinator Josh McDaniels, then the
St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator
when Amendola was there in 2011, with
recognizing his potential.
Amendola was originally signed by
Dallas as undrafted free agent out of
Texas Tech in 2008. Following stints on
the practice squads for the Cowboys
and Philadelphia Eagles, he was in his
third season with the Rams when he
caught McDaniels’ eye.
“You saw a good player in St. Louis,
but you didn’t see all the things behind
the scenes that you kind of can see
when you actually have the player on
scheme for one player. If you do, then
they have plenty of other players that
can make plays. You have to do a good
job against their entire offense, and you
can’t really make it about one person.”
Schwartz began his NFL coaching ca-
reer in Cleveland as a research assistant
for Bill Belichick in 1993. After three sea-
sons with the Browns, he spent three
years as outside linebackers coach in
Baltimore and then went to Tennessee.
Schwartz served 10 seasons with the Ti-
tans, the last eight as defensive coordi-
nator.
He coached the Detroit Lions for five
seasons, leading them to the playoffs in
2011. Schwartz was Doug Marrone’s de-
fensive coordinator in Buffalo in 2014,
worked as a consultant for the NFL’s of-
ficiating department in 2015 and came
to Philadelphia after Pederson was
hired to replace Kelly.
“I owe a lot to Bill Belichick. He got
my career started,” Schwartz said.
“That’s the last thing that we’ll be think-
ing about in preparation. You think any
of our players care that in 1993 I got hired
as an unpaid intern? They are just going
out and playing.
“We need to come up with a good
plan. We need to execute. We need to
keep in mind what we’re good at, keep in
mind our matchups and all those differ-
ent things. And if we do a good enough
job at that, we’ll be able to come out with
a victory.”
Schwartz holds players accountable
in meetings, singling guys out if they
make mistakes. But he does it in a way
where he doesn’t alienate them.
“He cares about winning. That’s
what he’s all about, not himself,” defen-
sive end Chris Long said.
Despite Schwartz’s success in Phila-
delphia, he won’t be leaving for another
head coaching job just yet. The New
York Giants and Arizona Cardinals were
interested, but Schwartz wouldn’t con-
firm whether he interviewed with either
team.
“I think it’s not fair to our players or
anything else to talk about anything
else,” Schwartz said.
your team,” Belichick said.
When McDaniels got back to New
England in 2012, he pushed Belichick to
sign Amendola when he became a free
agent in the spring of 2013. Amendola’s
role increased in 2017 after Edelman
tore the ACL in his right knee during the
preseason and Malcolm Mitchell went
on injured reserve for a knee injury prior
to the start of the regular season.
Amendola found himself in the game
plan even more when Chris Hogan had a
shoulder injury in Week 10 at Denver.
Whether it was those injuries or
Gronkowski leaving the AFC title game
with a concussion, Amendola said he’s
tried his best to adapt.
“Whoever is in the game, whoever is
beside me, I have a lot of trust and faith
in them whether it’s Gronk or Cookie
(Brandin Cooks) or Hoagie (Hogan),” he
said. “Whoever it is, I know we have a lot
of trust in this room.”
That trust has morphed into what
Amendola describes as an unspoken
language on the field with Brady. Now, a
simple glance from his quarterback can
lead to an adjustment that can be the
difference between an incompletion or a
touchdown.
“He’s made so many big catches,”
Brady said. “I’m always looking for him
at some point.”
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side effects, needles or surgery in a matter of weeks.

CHICAGO — How long has

it been since you were able
to move around without
crippling pain, inflamma-
tion or stiffness? If it’s been
years, you’re not alone.
In 2016, the CDC report-
ed that arthritis and joint
pain affects over 54 million
Americans.
“As we age, our cartilage
begins to wear down sig-
nificantly. This leaves us
to suffer with the “bone-
on-bone”, daily grinding of
our joints,” says Christian
Byrd, Founder of Holbrook
Essentials — the US com-
pany behind the ground-
breaking new pill called
Arthrimol.
“After playing competi- Tiger Woods will be playing in only his second PGA Tour event since August 2015.
tive basketball for years, I Clinical studies have shown that Arthrimol’s little-known ORLANDO RAMIREZ/USA TODAY SPORTS
started getting knee pain ingredient can soothe your unbearable joint pain in a

Tiger confident
in my mid-20s. Some of matter of weeks.
my family members have
arthritis, so I knew how Impressive Clinical body’s COX-1 and COX-2
bad things could become Results Within Weeks enzymes. These enzymes

back will hold up

if I didn’t start paying at- are another source of your
Three major clinical
tention. But when I started body’s pain and inflamma-
studies (done by research-
doing research on recom- tion. However, COX-1 and
ers in India) have proved
mended treatments, I was COX-2 enzymes protect the
what has been known in
shocked at what I found stomach and intestinal lin-
Ayurvedic medicine for
out,” he explains. ing, activate blood-clotting
years. Arthrimol’s main in- Doug Ferguson U.S. Open, and it’s where Woods has
and are needed for proper
Pain relief found with gredient supports the con- ASSOCIATED PRESS taken control the seven times he won
organ functioning. This is
prescription and over the trol of inflammation and
why those drugs cause so the PGA Tour event here.
counter drugs often come decrease in pain levels sur-
many life-threatening side SAN DIEGO – Tiger Woods is more He was so predictably good that in
at a deadly price. They rounding the joints. It may
seem hard to believe but
effects. confident than ever that his return to late January 2008 – the year the U.S.
are known to cause liver,
the findings demonstrate It’s Doctor the PGA Tour will be different this time. Open was coming to Torrey Pines – cad-
kidney, stomach, heart
and even eyesight issues. that Arthrimol’s main in- Recommended It’s not so much how he plays, but die John Wood lingered behind the 18th
Other options include gredient helps to: rather for how long. green on the South course and watched
“I recommend Arthrimol “I have no more pain in my back,” as Woods finished off an opening-round
painful needle injections • Combat pain, inflamma- to anyone suffering from
that relieve pain only for Woods said Wednesday. 67.
tion, and stiffness* daily joint pain. Evidence
a short time. There’s also That wasn’t the case a year ago. “He just won two tournaments with
shows that it helps with
surgery but there is no • Support joint mobility
pain, inflammation and Woods was coming off the longest break one round,” the caddie said, and he was
guarantee that the pain and flexibility* of his career following two back surger- right. Woods won the Buick Invitational
stiffness. It also promotes
will fully go away. “With • Promote joint health* healthier mobility and ies when he played the Hero World by eight shots, and the U.S. Open for his
Arthrimol, we searched flexibility, allowing you to Challenge and showed promise by mak- 14th major.
For example, in one ran-
far and wide for a health- move the way you want,” ing 24 birdies against an 18-man field Now, no one is sure what to expect.
domized, double-blind,
ier alternative to the med-
controlled equivalence says Dr. Vironia Attwah, an with no cut. But then he missed the 36- He said he has been playing six days a
icines people are used to. MD from Toronto, Canada. hole cut at Torrey Pines, and lasted one week at home since the start of the year.
clinical study, patients tak-
It helps maintain joint round in Dubai before withdrawing with There is no concern about his back giv-
ing Arthrimol’s main in- “Not only do I recom-
health and mobility with- back spasms. ing out.
gredient saw a significant mend it, but I take it myself
out the terrible side ef- Fusion surgery on his lower back fol-
reduction in knee pain and to maintain my joint health
fects that people often ex-
function. This was equally and stability. Arthrimol lowed two months later, and now
perience,” says Mr. Byrd.
as effective as the NSAID works differently than most Woods is on the same track as he was
What Makes Arthrimol celecoxib. prescription and over-the- last year – with one exception. “I’m just trying to build
A Better Choice? counter drugs do. Those “I was trying to manage the disk and
In another study, the
Arthrimol promotes patients taking the active medicines are the reason so the vertebrae,” Woods said after his pro- toward April. I’m looking
healthier levels of pain, ingredient significantly in- many people with chronic am round in the Farmers Insurance forward to playing a full
inflammation and stiff- creased their pain tolerance pain end up with more se- Open. “But it’s all finished now. It’s
ness without compromis- threshold. And in another rious health problems. I fused, and the quality of life is infinitely schedule and getting ready
ing your health.* Its ac- study, all patients receiv- truly believe Arthrimol to better than it was last year at this point.”
tive ingredient has been ing drug treatment report- be much safer and that’s He looked just as strong, just as
for the Masters, and I
why I recommend it over
used for over 5,000 years ed decrease in knee pain,
other solutions,” explains
healthy, as he did in the Bahamas last haven’t done that in a very
and is only found in cer- increased knee flexion and month. Woods began and ended the
tain dry, mountainous re- increased walking distance Dr. Attwah
pro-am with an approach to a few feet long time.”
gions around the world. over an 8 week period. Special, 90-Day Risk for easy birdies. Tiger Woods
While relatively unknown Free Opportunity The real test begins Thursday at a
However, while these
in Western medicine,
finding are impressive, re- This is the official, nation- tournament he has won seven times, The next step is posting a score
it’s been used extensive-
sults will vary. Consumers wide release of Arthrimol. not including his U.S. Open title in 2008. against a full field with a 36-hole cut.
ly throughout Northeast
Africa, the Arabian
are advised to always con- The manufacturer has de- This will be only his second PGA Tour Woods said he has a schedule in
Peninsula and India. It’s
sult a doctor. There is no cided to offer readers of event since August 2015. mind for the next few months, though
been shown to help with
substitute for medical ad- this paper the chance to try Woods is known for saying that he he’s not ready to reveal that publicly.
vice. But with results like Arthrimol at a special, intro- shows up at every tournament expect- The only other tournament on his
joint problems, asthma,
these, it’s easy to see why ductory discount (available ing to win, though time – not to mention schedule is the Genesis Open at Riviera
gastrointestinal issues and
many joint pain sufferers for the next 48 hours). And, four back surgeries in nearly four years in three weeks. Woods, at No. 647 in the
even tumors.
want to get their hands on they are offering it complete- – has tempered his expectations. He world, is not eligible for a pair of World
NSAIDs (aka Arthimol. ly RISK-FREE for a full 90 concedes he has competitive rust, at Golf Championships in March. The like-
Non-Steroidal Anti- days. If you don’t experience
Inflammatory Drugs) are
How It Works least compared with the players he will ly choices would be the Honda Classic
the pain relief you want, just try to beat. near his home in Florida and the Arnold
what most people use to Arthrimol’s special ingre- call and return the bottle
treat joint pain and ar- dient (known as Boswellia “I just want to start playing on the Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, where he
(even if empty) for a full and
thritis. These include extract) has an extremely, tour, and getting into a rhythm of play- has won eight times.
immediate refund.
prescribed and over the beneficial, anti-inflam- ing a schedule again,” Woods said. “I “I’m just trying to build toward April,”
counter drugs such as as- matory compound called Starting at 7:00 AM to- haven’t done that in such a long time, so he said. “I’m looking forward to playing
pirin, ibuprofen, naprox- AKBA. This amazing com- day, you can call and or- I don’t know what to expect. Just go out a full schedule and getting ready for the
en, celecoxib etc..... pound targets, and “switch- der Arthrimol at this 24 there and just play. I’m going to grind.” Masters, and I haven’t done that in a
es-off” 5-LOX enzymes in hour, TOLL-FREE number: Woods used to be able to look at a golf very long time. That’s usually been my
While these drugs re- 1-800-621-5128. This
lieve pain, their use often
the body. “These enzymes course and have a reasonable idea what schedule and my outlook … to try to get
are the ones most respon- product is NOT available
comes at a grave cost, es- kind of score it would take to win. ready for Augusta. And there’s no rea-
sible for inflammation and in stores or anywhere
pecially for heavy users. That’s no longer the case, mainly be- son to change that.”
pain, especially in aging else except for this an-
Their side effects include nouncement. Supply is cause of the competition. Woods said golf hasn’t felt easy since
individuals. Targeting these He has played only one tournament 2013, his last year playing an uninter-
increased risk of heart at- limited to only 300 bot-
enzymes doesn’t increase
tacks, heart disease and tles in your region and it with Jon Rahm, the 23-year-old Span- rupted schedule. He won five times that
risk of cardiovascular, liv-
stroke. They can cause is suggested that you call iard who won last week in the California year.
er, renal and other serious
bleeding and ulcers in
health issues. Nor does it 1-800-621-5128 before it desert and can move to No. 1 in the world He wants to get back to that level.
your stomach, esophagus
compromise the stomach runs out. if he can defend his title at Torrey Pines. “There are times when it is easy to go
and small intestine. They Woods met him for the first time this out there and shoot 65s. I just need to
or gut lining. And it acts IMPORTANT: Due to
are known to cause liver week. get my game to where it’s like that
as a cushion and lubricant Arthrimol’s recent media
or kidney failure. And they “A lot of names I haven’t seen, I again,” he said. “A lot of the guys have
around your joints,” ex- exposure, phone lines are
can also cause nausea, haven’t played with, I haven’t seen their been playing well, have been playing a
plains Mr. Byrd. often busy. If you call and
headaches, vomiting, rash-
do not immediately get games,” he said. “We’ll see.” lot, and they’re seasoned. I know this is
es, diarrhea and a slew of By comparison, pre-
scription and over the through, please be patient Woods begins on the South Course early in the year, but they’re seasoned
other problems.
counter drugs inhibit the and call back. on Thursday with Charley Hoffman and already and I’m not. I’m not there yet. I’ll
Patrick Reed. The South is the stronger get some tournaments under my belt
*These statements have not been evaluated by the US Food & Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. of the two courses, having hosted the and keep progressing.”
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Opinion
Leonard Pitts
Columnist
The Trump
presidency,
one year later
And here we are, one year later.
If you are groping for markers by which to measure
how profoundly we have been changed since Inaugu-
ration Day, here’s one you might want to consider:
In January of 1998, reports surfaced of a sexual af-
fair between President Bill Clinton and a 24-year-old
White House intern. It would mushroom into the big-
gest story of the year.
In January of 2018, reports surfaced of an alleged
payoff by lawyers for the present president to silence
a porn star from talking about their alleged sexual af-
fair. It wasn’t even the biggest story of the day.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more visceral il-
lustration of how our sensibilities have been blud-
geoned into submission in the last year. Surprises no
longer surprise. Shocks no longer shock. We have
bumped up against the limits of human bandwidth,
and find ourselves unable to take it all in.
One simply cannot keep up with, much less re-
spond with proper outrage to, all of this guy’s scan-
dals, bungles, blame-shifting, name-calling and mis-
steps, his sundry acts of mendacity, misanthropy,
perversity and idiocy. It’s like trying to fill a teacup
from Niagara Falls. It’s like trying to read the internet.
One year later, we’ve seen a procession of feuds
that would impress a Hatfield, a McCoy or a ’90s rap-
per, running beefs with Mitch Connell, Elizabeth
Warren, Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, Jeff Sessions, Dick
Durbin, Colin Kaepernick, James Comey, Joe Scar-
borough, Mika Brzezinski, CNN, The New York Times
and reality, to name just a few.
One year later, the man who promised to “work so
hard” for the American people is setting new stan-
dards for presidential laziness, a short workday,
hours of television and endless golf.
One year later, the man who vowed to bring in “the
best people” has hired and fired the sorry likes of Mi-
chael Flynn, Sean Spicer, Steve Bannon, Omarosa
Manigault Newman, Reince Priebus and Anthony
“The Mooch” Scaramucci.
One year later, the man who bragged of having
“the best words” has pundits parsing the difference
between “s-house” and “s-hole” as descriptors of Af-
rica, El Salvador and Haiti, home, collectively, to
about 17 percent of humanity.
One year later, the man who asked African Amer-
icans “what the hell” they had to lose by voting for
him, is praised by tiki-torch-wielding white suprem-
acists — “very fine people,” he says — and his name is
chanted as a racist taunt by white mobs.
One year later, we live in a state of perpetual nu-
clear standoff, a Cuban Missile Crisis that never
ends.
But hey, at least the stock market is doing well. Of
course, it did well under President Obama, too, but
nobody seems to remember that.
Not that a bull market mitigates — or even ad-
dresses — the sense of ongoing upheaval, of constant
chaos, that have become our new American norm.
This guy is flat-out exhausting.
Give him this much, though. He has banished apa-
thy, made fools of those people who once declared
with pontifical certitude that we should “blow up”
the system and said voting didn’t matter because
there was no difference between the parties. More,
he’s galvanized a powerful resistance that has
claimed upset victories from Alabama to Wisconsin
and left Gumby-spined Republicans looking over
their shoulders. That resistance might even save this
country, assuming the guy leaves us anything to
save.
If that sounds bleak, well, that’s where we stand.
Indeed, one year later, both our despair and our hope
are encompassed in the same five syllables.
One down. Three to go.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize
for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald,
3511 N.W. 91 Avenue, Doral, Fla. 33172. Readers may
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COMING FRIDAY
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The First Amendment: Congress shall make no law
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Choosing immigration
criteria is a Sisyphean task
George Will
Columnist
WASHINGTON – In 1790, the finest mind in the
First Congress, and of his generation, addressed in
the House of Representatives the immigration issue:
“It is no doubt very desirable that we should hold out
as many inducements as possible for the worthy part
of mankind to come and settle amongst us.”
Perhaps today’s 115th Congress will resume the Si-
syphean task of continuing one of America’s oldest
debates, in which James Madison was an early partic-
ipant: By what criteria should we decide who is wor-
thy to come amongst us?
The antecedents of the pronouns “we” and “us” in-
clude the almost 80 million who are either immigrants
— not excluding the more than 11 million undocu-
mented ones — or their children. They might be
amused to learn that in the only full-length book
Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Notes on the State of Vir-
ginia,” he worried that too many immigrants might be
coming from Europe with monarchical principles “im-
bibed in their early youth,” ideas that might turn
America into “a heterogeneous, incoherent, distract-
ed mass.”
A century later, Theodore Roosevelt, who detested
“milk-and-water cosmopolitanism,” saw virtue
emerging from struggles between the “Anglo-Saxon”
race and what Roosevelt’s friend and soulmate Ru-
dyard Kipling called “lesser breeds without the law.”
TR, who worried that the United States was becoming
a “polyglot boarding house,” supported America’s first
significant legislation restricting immigration, passed
to exclude Chinese, because he thought Chinese la-
borers would depress American wages, and because
he believed they would be “ruinous to the white race.”
In 1902, in the final volume of professor Woodrow
Wilson’s widely-read book “A History of the American
People,” he contrasted “the sturdy stocks of the north
of Europe” — e.g., Norwegians — with southern and
eastern Europeans who had “neither skill nor energy
nor any initiative of quick intelligence.” U.S. Army da-
ta gathered during World War I mobilization demon-
strated, according to a Princeton psychologist, “the
intellectual superiority of our Nordic group over the
Mediterranean, Alpine and Negro groups.” Richard T.
Ely, a leading progressive economist, spent most of
his academic career at the University of Wisconsin,
but first taught at Johns Hopkins, where one of his
students was Woodrow Wilson. Ely celebrated the
Army data for enabling the nation to inventory its hu-
DOONESBURY
man stock just as it does its livestock. In 1924, Con-
gress legislated severe immigration restrictions,
which excluded immigrants from an “Asiatic Barred
Zone.”
For more on this unsavory subject, read “Illiberal
Reformers: Race, Eugenics and American Economics
in the Progressive Era,” by Princeton economist
Thomas C. Leonard. And “One Nation Undecided” by
Peter H. Schuck, professor emeritus at Yale Law
School, who writes: “In what may be the cruelest sin-
gle action in our immigration history, Congress de-
feated a bill in 1939 to rescue 20,000 children from
Nazi Germany despite American families’ eagerness
to sponsor them — on the ground that the children
would exceed Germany’s quota!”
The next phase of America’s immigration debate,
like the previous one, will generate the most heat
about border security and whether those who are here
illegally should stay. The heat will be disproportion-
ate.
The border was irrelevant to the 42 percent of ille-
gal immigrants who entered the U.S., mostly at air-
ports, with valid visas that they then overstayed.
Spending on border security quadrupled in the 1990s,
then tripled in the next decade. Now that net immi-
gration of Mexicans has been negative for ten years,
Americans eager to build a wall should not build it on
the 1,984-mile U.S.-Mexico border but on the 541-mile
Mexico-Guatemala border.
Fifty-eight percent of the more than 11 million —
down from 12.2 million in 2007 — who are here illegal-
ly have been here at least 10 years; 31 percent are
homeowners; 33 percent have children who, having
been born here, are citizens. The nation would recoil
from the police measures that would be necessary to
extract these people from the communities into the
fabric of which their lives are woven. They are not go-
ing home; they are home.
After 9/11, attitudes about immigration became en-
tangled with policies about terrorism. So, as The
Economist noted, “a mass murder committed by
mostly Saudi terrorists resulted in an almost limitless
amount of money being made available for the depor-
tation of Mexican house-painters.” This month, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents
raided 98 7-Eleven stores in 17 states, making 21 ar-
rests, approximately one for every 4.5 stores. Rome
was not built in a day and it would be unreasonable to
expect the government to guarantee, in one fell
swoop, that only American citizens will hold jobs dis-
pensing Slurpees and Big Gulps.
George Will’s email address is georgewill@wash
post.com.
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Aries (March 21-April 19). To avoid

wasting your energy, be strategic in your
placement of it. Go where you’re likely to
get the most cooperation. Together
you’ll accomplish more.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). The word
“fan” comes from “fanatic,” meaning “a
person filled with excessive and single-
beetle bailey

minded zeal.” It’s a state of being re-

sponsible for great harm in the world.
It’s far better to be gently and open-
mindedly supportive.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Children
make socially inappropriate statements
because they have yet to learn what’s
acceptable in different situations. Then
there are those who will never learn.
You’ll help them though. You’ll be a
guiding force of decorum.
dennis the menace Cancer (June 22-July 22). You may
feel as though you are swinging your
blondie

arms and flailing about in an attempt to

regain some kind of balance. In fact, this
a rather accurate depiction of what ev-
eryone is doing.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). In a cruel loop-
hole, pointing out another person’s
rudeness is rude. And if there’s any-
thing to avoid at all costs today, it’s
rudeness – not because it will upset oth-
ers, but because it will ultimately make
you disappointed in yourself.
Candorville

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Silliness

can be the preservation of sanity. And
even if the situation isn’t in dire need of
silliness, it’s the ingredient that will
make your time memorable and fun.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Excellent
question of the day: “Who cares?” – not
in a snarky or defeatist sort of tone, but
an investigative one. The answer will be
Family circus your best customer, your ardent sup-
porter, your dear friend.
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Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ve

started many things with good inten-
tions but life gets in the way of finishing.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Some-
one you look up to as a role model isn’t fit
for the job.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Before
you dive into a project or take things in a
new direction, play it out in the theater
of your mind.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Here’s an
insane quest: Try and find the perfect
partner, job or situation.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). People
curtis

who are hard to read can have you com-

ing back for more. But once you feel you
have them figured out, your fascination
the lockhorns wanes.
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Why watch videos where nothing happens?

Ask Amy concerned about the whole thing; first
Amy Dickinson that it was a form of addiction, and sec-
ond, that he needed other women to re-
lax him.
The whole thing feels a little bit
Dear Amy: I was on my husband’s weird. And I’m not sure if it’s healthy to
phone recently and saw that he had become so dependent on videos made
been watching videos featuring lots of by strangers.
different women: Women who were do- My husband has offered to stop
ing things like folding towels, pretend- watching the videos if it bothers me.
ing to give haircuts and sometimes just He’s got no other problems that I’m
whispering. Nothing sexual, just long aware of. He is healthy and a good hus-
videos of really nothing happening. band, so I don’t want to demand any-
I didn’t know what to make of it, so I thing of him, but I’m a little worried
asked my husband, and he told me that about the impact these videos will have
the videos are to trigger “ASMR,” which long term on both him and our marriage.
he described as “deep relaxation” and What do you think about this?
“tingling in the head.” He said that the — Wondering Wife
soft noises and images help him go to Dear Wondering: ASMR stands for
sleep, or calm down. He said he needs Autonomous Sensory Meridian Re-
them every night or he has trouble going sponse, which is really just a clinical-
to sleep. sounding (but not “officially” clinical)
After he told me this, I was honestly term for that lovely, shivery, slightly
“spine tingling” feeling that humans
sometimes get when stimulated by gen-
tle sounds, whispers and soft repetitive
movements – sort of the way you feel
when a soft summer breeze kicks up
and washes over your skin — pleasant,
tingly and soothing.
Social media has helped people to
describe and name the sensation, and
people are also creating and sharing
“triggers” to help others who want to
feel this way.
The sound of sand underfoot, the
pages of a book being turned, human
whispers, the sound (or sight) of some-
one repetitively ironing or folding tow-
els – these are all triggers that people
say they use to stimulate this lovely,
calming and meditative feeling.
You seem to be bothered that the
videos you saw were all of women doing
these repetitive tasks, and although this
seems “weird” to you, it doesn’t seem to
have a sexual component. There are also
many videos available of men doing
ASMR triggers, including calming
videos from the late, great painting in-
structor Bob Ross (my nighttime drug of
choice).
You might be able to help your hus-
band here by personally recreating
some of the triggers at home. You also
might give this a try along with him, to
see if you can experience this sensation,
too. Otherwise, I don’t think you should
worry about it.
You can contact Amy Dickinson via
email: askamy@amydickinson.com.
Readers may send postal mail to Amy
Dickinson, c/o Tribune Content Agency,
16650 Westgrove Drive, Suite 175, Addi-
son, Texas, 75001. You can also follow
her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her
on Facebook.

Married man trying to get a handle on his childhood

Dear Annie comfort and safety.
Annie Lane I am ashamed to admit that our rela-
tionship became inappropriate and sex-
ual in nature. To this day, I am not sure
how it happened. It was never the same
Dear Annie: I am a 32-year-old mar- after that, and we never discussed what
ried man with two children. I am trying we had done.
to come to terms with my childhood. I About a year ago, I started to go to
grew up in a dysfunctional family, with therapy to deal with my past. I still love
an alcoholic father and a mother who Michael and want to try to understand
had numerous affairs. what we did and how it happened.
My elder brother, “Michael,” was my I approached him about meeting with
world. He is only three years older than I my therapist, but he reacted with anger.
am, but he practically raised me. He is He claims to have no memory of any
the one who got me dressed and ready sexual encounters between us. He says
for school every morning, fed me, it never happened and I must be imagin-
helped me with my homework, and ing the whole thing.
tucked me in at night. As God is my witness, I remember
When I was 12 years old, my parents what happened between us. I am not
were going through a nasty divorce, and looking to accuse. I just want to under-
our home had become a war zone. I be- stand. He has told every member of the
gan to cling to my brother even more for family, including our divorced parents,
that I am some kind of a pervert with bi-
zarre, sick fantasies about him.
My therapist says that there is little I
can do to get Michael to admit to our
past, that I need to reach peace of mind
on my own. Is there anything you can
suggest to get him to at least sit down
with my therapist and me? – Recovering
Dear Recovering: I am so sorry for
what you went through, but I’m very
glad to hear that you’re in therapy. I be-
lieve that your therapist is right – that
there is little you can do to get Michael to
admit the past. I encourage you to stay
in therapy. Call the Rape, Abuse & Incest
National Network’s hotline anytime if
you need someone to talk to: 800-656-
4673.
Dear Annie: Though your answer to
“Craving Kicks” was good, I think it was
slightly incomplete.
She said she felt completely free, pre-
sent and powerful when she scored her
first soccer goal and was indeed recall-
ing those feelings. But I submit that any
endeavor also has the potential to give
those exact feelings of freedom, power
and presentness when it is pursued
with practice and then success is
achieved. It depends on the intensity of
the pursuit, the amount of focus and
practice, and how crowd-pleasing ac-
complishments are. It does not have to
be soccer. Successful professionals in
all sports and in other endeavors experi-
ence the same power, freedom and
presentness, which come from concen-
tration and focus. This makes me wish I
had practiced the piano more. — Kathy
in Virginia Beach
Dear Kathy in Virginia Beach: Great
points. And it’s never too late: Go tickle
those ivories!

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SIP &
CHILL
WINE ON ICE RETURNS
TO FIRST ARENA
FOR 17TH YEAR
P R E V I E W, P A G E 2
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Wine on Ice returns to

First Arena for 17th year
Tastings IF YOU GO
» What: Wine On Ice
planned Friday, » Where: First Arena, 155 N.
Main St., Elmira
Saturday » Tickets and more info:
wineonice.com
CHRIS KOCHER THE SESSIONS
CKOCHER@STARGAZETTE.COM » 6-9 p.m. Friday ($35 in ad-
vance; $40 at the door)
Touring the Finger » 12-4 p.m. Saturday VIP session
Lakes’ many wineries can ($50 in advance only)
be fun when the weather is » 1-4 p.m. Saturday ($35 in ad-
nice, but not so fun when it’s vance; $40 at the door)
cold and snowy. » 5-9 p.m. Saturday VIP session
The solution: Wine on ($50 in advance only)
Ice, where wineries and » 6-9 p.m. Saturday ($35 in
other vendors assemble at advance; $40 at the door)
First Arena in Elmira to
give oenophiles a selection
of the region’s best offer- Norwex, Origami Owl, Anna
ings. Marri Soy Candles, Apple
The event, now in its 17th Grove Farm, Apple Creek
year, is organized by Lilly Alpacas, Burning Asphalt,
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Broadcasting through its Cheese Filled Company,

Elmira television station
WENY. It will feature 28
wineries, breweries, dis-
tilleries and cideries, as
well as other vendors and
nonprofit groups. A portion
of this year’s proceeds will
benefit the Food Band of
the Southern Tier.
There will be three ses-
sions for attendees to check
out Wine on Ice: 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday
and 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. A
VIP ticket for the Saturday
sessions allows entrance an
hour early and includes a
commemorative glass and
hors d’oeuvres from Hill
Top Inn Restaurant, Ban-
quets & Catering. (The res-
taurant also will sell food
throughout the event in the
Wine on Ice returns to First Arena in Elmira on Friday and Saturday. PROVIDED
arena’s cafe area.)
Music will return to the
event this year, with Frank
Comstock performing on
Friday night and Brian
Hughes on Saturday.
“This year is kind of a
revamping of the event,”
said assistant organizer
Sarah Smetanka of WENY.
“We haven’t have live music
in a while, and people have
said they missed that. We
want them to know we’re
listening and giving people
what they want.”
About 3,000 visitors are
expected to attend.
The wineries, breweries,
distilleries and cideries at
Wine on Ice this year are
Americana Vineyards, Ash-
ley Lynn Winery, Bagley’s
Poplar Ridge Vineyards,
Barnstormer Winery, Black
Button Distilling, CK Cel-
lars, Coyote Moon Vine-
yards, Crooked Lake Win-
ery, Four Fights Distilling,
Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards,
Lakeland Winery, Leiden-
frost Vineyards, Mark T.
Wiltberger Cellars, Merritt
Estate Winery, Miles Wine
Cellars, Montezuma Winery,
Otter Creek Winery, Pazdar
Winery, Pleasant Valley
Wine Company, Rasta
Ranch Vineyards, Rock
Stream Vineyards, Six Mile
Creek, Thousand Islands
Winery, Three Brothers
Winery, Upstate Brewing
Company, Urbana Hill Dis-
tilling, Victorianbourg Wine
Estate and Weis Vineyards.
Among the other vendors
and nonporfit groups are
doTerra Essential Oils,
Kelly & Ko, LipSense, Mau-
reen Nash Handicrafts,
Culligan Water, Classy
Glass, Dave Clark Founda-
tion, Finger Lakes Harvest,
Foozy Socks, Gourmet Cre-
ations By Tami, Hungry
Hound Beerscuits, J&D
Kettle Corn, LipSense, Lu-
LaRoe, Kiwanis, Kurt’s
Making Whoopie, Pacific
Mountain Farm, Pink Zebra,
Schweigart’s Sugar Shack,
South Creek Volunteer Fire
Department, St. Mary Our
Mother/Fundraiser, Sub-
urban Propane, The Olive
Oil Factory, Vacation Get-
aways and Woodhull Cigar
Shop.
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Twitter @RealChrisKocher.

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Old-Time Snake Milkers to play in Wellsboro

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018

The Old-Time Snake
Milkers will perform at 7:30
p.m. Friday in the Deane
Center’s Coolidge Theatre
(104 Main St. in Wellsboro).
The band’s CD “Raw
Milk” was named one of the
top 5 old-time albums of
2017 by Ken and Brad Ko-
lodner of the Baltimore Old
Time Jam.
Band members include
Mikey Collins Jr. on har-
monica; Colby Pegg-Joplin
on fiddle; Samuel Forrest
Stallings on guitar and cla-
whammer banjo; Leighton
Scott Friend on mandolin;
and Ryan Marley on bass.
They play old-time music as
well as ragtime, folk and
jazz, and all of them sing.
The Old-Time Snake
Milkers band was founded
at Stallings’ cabin in the
woods at Buffalo Gap, Vir-
ginia, in 2015. Collins had
just moved to Stallings’
mother’s farm to work after The five members of the
years of traveling and busk- Old-Time Snake Milkers
ing all over North America include: Sam Stallings
and Europe in the summers with banjo (sitting, left);
and living in New Orleans Scott Friend (standing on
in the winters. Collins had Stallings' right), Mickey
experience in blues, rag- Collins (sitting, center),
time and traditional jazz but Colby Pegg-Joplin
had always been interested (sitting, right) holds his
fiddle in his left hand as
in old-time fiddle music.
he pours milk into a
Together, they discov-
kiddie pool and Ryan
ered their mutual love for Marley (standing behind
all 1920s radio music, not Colby-Pegg. This photo
just round peak old-time or was taken in August
New Orleans jazz. 2017 at the Clifftop
Audience members can Festival in West Virginia
bring their own snacks and during the band's "Raw
beverages. Admission is $12 Milk" CD release party.
for adults, seniors and stu- PROVIDED
dents; children 12 and under
accompanied by an adult
are admitted free. For more
information or to reserve a
table, call 570-724-6220 or
visit www.deanecenter.com.

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Reminder:
Rochester
City Ballet at
Clemens Center
The Rochester City Bal-
let will perform at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday at the Clemens
Center (207 Clemens Center
Parkway in Elmira).
The performance will
include “Under the Moon-
light,” with music by David
Bowie, Adiemus and Bach
de Trois.
Rochester City Ballet is
the state’s only professional
ballet company outside of
New York City, and David
Palmer leads the company
as its artistic director. Es-
tablished in 1987 by founder
Timothy M. Draper, the
troupe has earned critical
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City Ballet
performance at
praise for its versatility and the Clemens
repertoire, which includes Center will
award-winning contempo- include “Under
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works. inspired by
Tickets are $48, $38 and David Bowie.
$28; purchase at the Clem- PROVIDED
ens Center box office, by
phone at 607-734-8191 or
800-724-0159; or online at
www.clemenscenter.com.
For more information, go
online to
rochestercityballet.org.
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BRIEFS
Flies and Lies a way to swap
fishing tips, stories
Flies and Lies, sponsored by
Tiadaghton Chapter #688 of Trout
Unlimited, will be held from 9 a.m.
to noon Saturday at the Wellsboro
Community Center a (3 Queen St.
in Wellsboro). This is a free event!
All levels of experience are
welcome to attend the free event.
Highly skilled fly-tiers will demon-
strate and learn how to tie flies as
well as swap ideas, materials, tech-
niques and fishing tales.
Trout Unlimited members will
be on hand to answer questions
about the chapter’s conservation
efforts, including its well estab-
lished Marcellus shale monitoring
program on Asaph Run, Canada
Run and Long Run and Chapter
programs like First Cast and Stand
Down on the Water.
Saturday is the first of three
Flies and Lies events. The others
will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb.
10 and March 17 at the Wellsboro
Community Center.
It is not necessary to pre-regis-
ter. Children 14 and under must be
accompanied by a parent or guard-
ian. For additional information,
call 814-367-2636.
Gallery to host art opening,
demonstration
The Evelyn Peeler Peacock
Gallery at The ARTS Council of
the Southern Finger Lakes (79 W.
Market St. in Corning) will host a
free demonstration with Rebecca
Finch and a member show recep-
tion from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday during
the Urban Arts Crawl.
Finch is an artist living in up-
state New York whose favorite
objects to paint are flowers, feath-
ers, skeleton keys, reflective silver
or glass, and antiques.
The 2018 Winter Member Show
features art from Mary Sgarlata
Adamus, Phyllis Bishop, Bridget
Bossart van Otterloo, Barbara
Brace, Laura Charles, Sunwha
Choi, Amy Dewing, Betsy Drake,
Dan Gallagher, Joyce Hodge, Akua
Lezli Hope, Bob Ievers, Filomena
Jack, Christina Johnson, Cheri
Johnston, Betsy Kent, Cynthia
Klingensmith, John Knight, Karis-
sa Marie-Florence, Vickie Mike,
Donna Morgan Roderick Mosher,
Dixie O’Connor, Kyle Reynolds,
Rod Reynolds, Carissa Schlesinger,
Laura Smith Sam Sprague, Julie
Thurber, John Wahlig, Diane Wood-
house and Mark Woodhouse.
Grass is Dead to play
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018
at Deane Center
The Grass is Dead will play and
sing their bluegrass arrangements
of Grateful Dead songs as well as
traditional and original bluegrass
music in the Coolidge Theatre at
the Deane Center for the Perform-
ing Arts (104 Main St. in Wells- February 1st – 3rd, 2018
boro).
Performing will be Billy Gil- 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
more on banjo, mandolin, fiddle,
guitar, dobro and pedal steel; Steve FRIDAY & SATURDAY TICKETS The
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The South Florida band has
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the ensemble was first formed in
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Concertgoers are encouraged to
bring beverages and snacks.
Tickets are $15 (free for children GOLD SPONSORS:
12 and under accompanied by an
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Robert Burns Supper
held in Wellsboro
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Burns Supper featuring fellow-
ship, poetry, whiskey and haggis SATURDAY FIREWORKS SPONSOR:
will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at
Timeless Destination (77 Main St.
in Wellsboro).
The event includesa recital of
Burns’ “Ode to a Haggis” before
the meal of haggis and side dishes. FEATURED SCULPTURE SPONSORS:
Each attendee reads a favorite
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“Scotland the Brave” and “Auld
Lang Syne.” SILVER SPONSORS:
The haggis is from Kearny, New
Jersey, where Stewart’s Scottish
butchers makes over 1,000 pounds
each winter for Burns’ suppers
throughout the area.
Burns Suppers started in Scot-
land to commemorate the death of
Scotland’s national poet. Seating is
limited to 30. The cost is $40; to
make reservations or for more
information, contact Jim Tutak at
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018

THURSDAY
Health & Wellness
Al Anon, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Postal
code 14904, United States, Elmira.
Bone Builders, 12:30 p.m.-1:30
p.m., Chapel Park, 83 Personius
Road, Pine City.
Exercise, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Chapel
Park, 83 Personius Road, Pine City.
Morning Fitness, 9-10 a.m.,
Ccffc, Pennsylvania Ave., Elmira.
Pilates Series at Arnot Health,
5-6 p.m., Arnot Ogden Medical
Center, 100 John Roemmelt Drive,
Horseheads.
Kids & Family
Dollhouse and Miniature
Exhibit, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., National
Soaring Museum, 51 Soaring Drive
Harris Hill, Elmira. Admission to the
Dollhouse and Miniature Exhibit is
included in the regular museum
admission of $7.50 for Adults, $6.00
for seniors, and $4.50 for children
7-18. Children 6 years and under are
free and there is also a family rate
of $20.
Other & Miscellaneous
Needlework Group, 9:30 a.m.-
noon, Lake Street Presbyterian
Church, 300 Lake St., Elmira.
The Small Kings will perform Saturday at Grist Iron Brewing in
Watkins Glen. FILE
FRIDAY
Conferences & Tradeshows
Wine On Ice, First Arena, 155
North Main St., Elmira. GA $35 in
advance, $40 day of the event VIP
$50 only available in advance
Food & Wine
Fish Fry, 4:30-7 p.m., VFW, 113
Keefe St., Elmira.
Health & Wellness
Bariatric Surgery Seminar at
Arnot Ogden Medical Center,
noon-12:45 p.m., Arnot Ogden
Medical Center, 600 Roe Ave.,
Elmira.
Neighborhood
Card Players Club, 9 a.m.-2
p.m., Chapel Park, 83 Personius
Road, Pine City.
Other & Miscellaneous
Elmira Heights Legion Post
154 Bingo, 5 p.m., Elmira Heights
American Legion Post 154, 236
Scottwood Ave., Elmira.
SATURDAY
Concerts & Tour Dates
Brews & Tunes w/ The Way
Band, 7-10 p.m., Heavily Brewing
Company, 2471 Hayes Road, Mon-
tour Falls.
The Small Kings at Grist Iron
Brewing, 7-10 p.m., Grist Iron
Brewing, 414 New York State Bicycle
Route 14, Watkins Glen.
Food & Wine
Chicken BBQ and Bake Sale, 11
a.m.-3 p.m., Pine Valley United
Methodist Church, 519 Pine Valley
Road, Pine Valley.
Neighborhood
Live Music - Lando on Fire, 9
p.m.-28, 1 a.m., Anthony’s Lounge,
760 East Water St., Elmira. $3 Cover
Fundraising & Charity
Dog and Cat Nail Trimming
and Ear Cleaning Clinic, 9-11 a.m.,
Groomingdales, 166 East 14th St.
(across from Hesselsons), Elmira.
Kids & Family
Notre Dame Choir Tour, 2-4
p.m., The Park Church, 208 W. Gray
St., Elmira. Admission by Donation
Sales & Retail
Chamberlain Acres Farm
Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Chamber-
lain Acres, 824 Broadway St., Elmira.
MONDAY
Other & Miscellaneous
Chair Caning, 9-11 a.m., Chapel
Park, 83 Personius Road, Pine City.
Performing Arts
JUDAH CENTER DANCE CLASS-
ES - Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop -Open
Enrollment, 3:30-6 p.m., Postal
code 14904, United States, Elmira.
WHOLYFIT EXERCISE CLASS at
JUDAH CENTER, 6:15-7:15 p.m.,
Judah Center for Expressive Arts
and Wellness, 964 Pennsylvania
Ave., Elmira.
TUESDAY
Concerts & Tour Dates
Dinner Karaoke, 6:30-10 p.m.,
Food & Wine
Zonta Club Public Dinner,
4:30-6 p.m., Zonta House, 742 West
1st St., Elmira.
Health & Wellness
Al Anon, 7 p.m., New Beginnings
United Methodist Church, 300 East
Miller St., Elmira.
Bone Builders, 3-4 p.m., Chapel
Park, 83 Personius Road, Pine City.
Museums & Attractions
Big Flats Historical Society
Museum, 9 a.m.-noon, Big Flats
Historical Society, 258 Hibbard
Road, Big Flats.
WEDNESDAY
Art Galleries & Exhibits
Elmira Regional Art Society, 9
a.m., Chapel Park, 83 Personius
Road, Pine City.
Organizations & Meetups
Southport Kiwanis Club, 6
p.m., Chapel Park, 83 Personius
Road, Pine City.
Other & Miscellaneous
Needlework Group, 6:30-8:30
p.m., Lake Street Presbyterian
Church, 300 Lake St., Elmira.

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