State Senator James Seward (R/C/I–Oneonta) will be in Catskill, Thurs., Jan. 12, at the Greene County Office Building in Catskill. Senator Seward is touring his senatorial district to outline his legislative agenda, as the new session in Albany begins. Seward will highlight the need for additional economic development initiatives, mandate relief, education aid reform, and continued flood recovery at 2 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 4th floor, Room 430, in Catskill.

Fernanda Santos in The New York Times reports that New York is one of three states the federal government has added to a watch list because it has not complied with goals it set when applying for financial assistance through the federal "Race to the Top" funding program. U.S. Education secretary Arne Duncan said that despite “significant progress,” New York had “hit a roadblock” in recent months, failing to track student records across school districts and failing to adopt a new system to evaluate the work of teachers and principals. "In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding," Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a press release. "Over the long term, we need to overhaul the system and change the law on the books. The Assembly-led legislation in 2010 protected the teachers union at the expense of the students and instituted a system that was destined to fail." Read the full story in The New York Times.

Doron Tyler Antrim in The Daily Mail reports that Catskill will not repair the historic Black Bridge, and instead will dig a tunnel for the sewer line that the bridge currently carries over the Catskill Creek. The bridge, a pedestrian span that is also the last surviving part of the Catskill Mountain Railroad, was closed in 2010 after repairing the sewer line found the bridge was falling apart. On Monday at a Village meeting, the board unanimously voted give up on the bridge, as the tunnel will cost $200,000, while repairing the bridge was expected to exceed $1 million. “We just can’t afford to fix the Black Bridge,” Trustee Pat McCulloch said. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.

Columbia County Council on the Arts (CCCA) and Greene County Council on the Arts are pleased to announce the recipients of regrant awards through the Community Arts Grants Decentralization (DEC) Program for Columbia, and Greene. Columbia County was awarded $27,100 and Greene County $20,000 in funding in support of cultural programming and activities for 2012. Each county was also awarded a $2000 Individual Artist award.

Greene County received requests from organizations totaling $42,327 – twice the amount of available funding. Fifteen applicants received $20,000 for Project Support. They are: Athens Cultural Arts Center for a summer sculpture festival and decorative arts exhibition; Athens Cultural Arts Center, Lisa Thomas & Margo Pelletier for an Animation Film Festival with guest artists; Cairo Public Library for multi-disciplinary arts programs; Catskill Community Center & Matt Bua for a sculptural fence for the Catskill Community Garden; Catskill Community Center & Dina Bursztyn for ceramic workshops for children, teens, and adults; Community of Windham Foundation & John Quinn for production of a one-act play “Dear Amelia” to be presented at the Civil War Weekend in Windham; D.R. Evarts Library for Vision, Voice & Hands multi-arts programs; Dragonfly Performing Arts Center for performances of Charlotte’s Web at Gallaghers in Cairo; Heart of Catskill & David Woodin for classical music concert by Catskill Community Orchestra; Love ‘N Care Pet Sanctuary & Margo Muller for “Water, Water Everywhere!” - a children’s theater project about the power of water from the ice industry to Hurricane Irene’s aftermath produced with support from the Zadock Pratt Museum, photographer Larry Gambon, and Praatsville community members; Mountain Top Historical Society & Elaine Warfield for swing dance lessons & live band performance in Tannersville; Oak Hill Preservation Association for presenters for Oak Hill Day; Schoharie Creek Players for production of Dancing at Lughnasa; Town of Hunter & Kevin VanHentenryck for outdoor stone carving class & demonstration on Route 23; and Windham Public Library for arts activities.

Columbia County received requests from organizations totaling $62,116 – more than twice the amount of available funding. Twenty-one organizations received $27,100 for DEC Project Support, which includes organizations that act as a conduit (fiscal manager). They are: Claverack Library for graphic novel workshop for teens with Barbara Slade; COARC for dance training with Debra Hughes for disabled adults and public performance; Columbia Arts Team for teen songwriter workshop and showcase; Hudson Area Library for Black History Celebration & Celebration of the Arts; Hudson Area Library & Diata Diata International Folkloric Theatre for production of “Revival of the Fittest 2: International” an original dance & theatrical production; Hudson Chamber Opera for performance/conversation series & master class; Hudson Jazzworks for master class, pre-concert talk & improvisational jazz concert at Hudson Opera House; HRC/Showcase Theatre for staged readings of original plays; Hudson Valley Choral Society for musicians for 2012 concerts; North Chatham Library for literature & arts series; North Chatham Library & Sheri Bauer-Mayorga for Cross River Youth Corale vocal ensemble; Philmont Beautification, Inc for “Connecting the Dots” exhibit, artist workshops & signage; Philmont Library for evenings of outdoor music; PS21, Inc. for dance residency, workshops & performance “Dances for a Variable Population”; Reformed Protestant Church of Kinderhook for classical choral & organ concerts at Kinderhook Church; Roeliff Jansen Community Library & Robin Becker of Columbia Chamber Players for Indian, fusion & classical concerts; Roving Actors Repertory Ensemble for production of “Next to Normal” & “Chicago”; Spencertown Academy & Bend the Knotted Oak for chamber music concerts with art & dialogue; Taconic Stage Company & Sharon Powers for ensemble concerts at the Church of St John in the Wilderness in Copake Falls; Uel Wade Music Scholarship, Inc & Bend the Knotted Oak for chamber music concerts with art & dialogue; Valatie Community Theatre for Youth Theater productions; and Valatie Free Library for graphic novel workshops for teens.

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• Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35, overnight low around 15.

Town meetings today
Today is the second Wednesday of the month.
VILLAGE OF ATHENS Board meets at 6:30 p.m at the Athens Community Center, 2 First St., Athens (945-1551).
CATSKILL The Town of Catskill Zoning Board of Appeals holds a Public Hearing on the request to allow the placement of a shed on lands owned by Benedetto Consiglio located at 10 Romitello Rd.; and a request to allow the construction of an addition to garage on lands owned by Dale Huber Enterprise located at 30 Browns Crossing. Hearing at 6 p.m. at Catskill Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill.
CATSKILL SCHOOLS BOE workshop/special meeting. Meeting is held in Catskill High School library at 7 p.m. at Catskill High School audititorium, 341 West Main St., Catskill. 518-943-2300.
CLERMONT Planning Board meets at Town Hall at 7 p.m. at 1795 Route 9, Clermont (537-6868).
COLUMBIA COUNTY holds a full Board of Supervisors meeting at 7:30 p.m. at 401 State St. in Hudson.
COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Governor's Cabinet Delivers Regional State of the State Message. Mr. Brian Stratton, Director of the New York State Canal Corporation at a presentation and discussion of Governor Cuomo's economic agenda at 9:15 a.m. at Columbia Greene Community College, Saland Forum, 4400 Route 23, Hudson.
COPAKE Resource Advisory Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GHENT Planning Board Application meeting and Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, 7 p.m. both at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
HUDSON Planning Committee meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
JEWETT Town meeting at 7 p.m., at Municipal Bldg. 3547 Co. Rt. 23C (263-4626).
KINDERHOOK Town's 9 & 9H Corridor Committee meets at 7 p.m. at at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
KINDERHOOK Village Board meeting and budget hearing, 7 p.m. at 6 Chatham Street, Kinderhook (758-9882).
LEXINGTON The Town of Lexington Town Board holds a Special Meeting to review the Septic Project and any other business that shall come before the Town Board.
Meeting at 7 p.m., Lexington Town Hall, 3542 Route 42, Lexington.

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NHL: Detroit at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
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Special Programming Wed. Jan. 11:
• "The Schoemer Show," Noon-2 p.m.: Karen Schoemer plays all kinds of music, new and old.
• "WGXC Afternoon Show," 4-6 p.m.: Peter Krug, Matt Bua, and Ron Diamondstein host live from the Catskill Community Center.


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Allissa Kline of Buffalo Business reports that state and federal personal income tax returns are not due until April 17 this year. The traditional April 15 tax deadline falls on a Sunday this year, and the Monday is the observance of Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C., so taxes are due on Tue., Apr. 17. The holiday commemorates the day President Abraham Lincoln signed the legislation to free slaves in the nation’s capital. It has been a public holiday since 2005.

Donnie Moorhouse in Masslive.com reports NRBQ's Tommy Ardolino, a Springfield, MA resident, who died Friday of unknown causes. NRBQ regularly toured through the Catskills over the years, playing last summer without Ardolino at the Bearsville Theater. Above, a YouTube appearance of the drummer on "The Joe Franklin Show" in 1981.

Karen Schoemer hosts "The Schoemer Show" Wednesdays from noon to 2 p.m. on WGXC 90.7-FM. This PDF is her playlist for 2011:
Archers of Loaf, "Harnessed in Slums," Vee Vee reissue (Merge) Atlas Sound, "Terra Incognita," Parallax (4AD) Robin Bacior, "Ohio," Rest Our Wings (Consonants and Vowels); “Familiar Road, “Tell the House,” Aimed for Night EP (Robin Bacior) Baseball Project, “Panda and the Freak,” Vol. 2: High and Inside (Yep Roc) Jessie Baylin, “White Noise,” Pleasure Center EP (Jessie Baylin) Berne, Black + Cline, “Impairment Posse,” The Veil (Cryptogramophone) Paul Brill, “Sunny Guy (Full Band),” Breezy (Scarlet Shame) Built Like Alaska, “Antique Love,” In Troubled Times... (Future Farmer) Louise Burns, “What Do You Wanna Do,” Mellow Drama (Light Organ) Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, “Owlullaby,” Searchlight Needles (For Arbors) Bill Callahan, “Riding for the Feeling,” Apocalypse (Drag City) Glen Campbell, “Ghost in the Canvas,” Ghost on the Canvas (Surfdog) Canon Blue, “A Native,” Rumsprina (Temporary Residence Limited) Capitol 6, “Fever” (Light Organ) Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project, “Meet Dr. Foo,” Seriously (Smog Veil) Carnivores, "Prom Night" 7” (Double Phantom) The Cave Singers, "Swim Club," “Haller Lake,” No Witch (Jagjaguwar) Chains of Love, “Breaking My Heart” 7” (Manimal Vinyl) Clams Casino, “Wizard” mp3 (Adult Swim Singles Program) A Classic Education, "Forever Boy," Call It Blazing (Lefse) Cold Showers, "I Don't Mind," Highlands 7” (Mexican Summer) Collection of Colonies of Bees, “Lawn,” Giving (Hometapes) Communipaw, “Moondog,” Big Blue (Communipaw) Crystal Swells, “Patent Trolls,” Goethe Head Soup (Crystal Swells) Mark Davis and the Inklings, “Everybody’s Born Believing,” Because There’s Nothing Outside dB’s, “Revolution of the Mind” mp3 (www.thedbs.com) Debutante Hour, “No Scrubs,” Follow Me EP Dirty Beaches, “Speedway King,” Badlands EP (Zoo Music) The Disciplines, “Kill the Killjoy,” Virgins of Menace (Spark and Shine) Diva, "The Glitter End," The Glitter End (Critical Heights) The Earth Is a Man, “You Might Have a Moustache,” The Earth Is a Man (The Earth Is a Man) East River Pipe, “Put-Down,” We live in Rented Rooms (Merge) Jackson Emmer, “Yonder Came the Reverb,” Free Is Art (Jackson Emmer) The Fay Wrays, “When We Storm the Gates We Sing This Song,” Strange Confessor (Fay Wrays) The Feelies, “Here Before,” Here Before (Bar/None) Follow That Bird, “The Ghosts That Wake You,” Casual Victim Pile I (Follow That Bird) Ford and Lopatin, "Emergency Room," Emergency Room Remix 12” (Mexican Summer) Runhild Gammelsaetter, “Void—Empty Spaces Between Elements,” Amplicon (Little Black Cloud) Geoff Geis, “Where Have You Been (All My Life)?,” Princess (Vanity Projects) Greg Ginn and the Taylor Texas Corrugators, "Is He Dead Too," Legends of Williamson County (SST) Glorie, “Full Circle,” Glorie (Makeshift Music) Go Round, “Open Hearted,” Eastern Parkway (Aquatic Tart) Gold Beach, “Gold Beach,” Habibti (Gold Beach)
Guided By Voices, “The Unsinkable Fats Domino,” Let’s Go Eat the Factory (Rockathon) Halloween, Alaska, “Empire Waist,” All Night the Calls Came In (Amble Down) Helois, “Sing the Same Song Twice,” For Nihon Japanese relief album (Unseen) Jolie Holland, "Gold and Yellow," Pint of Blood (Anti-)
Hospitality, “Friends of Friends,” Hospitality (Merge) Hot Sugar, “The Seagull,” Muscle Milk (Hot Sugar) Lia Ices, "Grown Unknown," Grown Unknown (Jagjaguwar) Imperial Teen, "Feel the Sound," Feel the Sound (Merge) Inc., "Swear" (4AD) Jambang, “Of the Moment,” Connecting (SST) Jonny, “You Was Me,” Jonny (Merge) David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights, "A Break in the Weather," Left by Soft (Merge) Ladybug Transistor, “Clutching Stems,” Clutching Stems (Merge) Travis Laplante, "Heart Protector," Heart Protector (Skirl) Avril Lavigne, “What the Hell,” Goodbye Lullaby (Epic) Tim Lee 3, “Bigger,” Raucous Americanus (Cool Dog Sound) The Loom, "For the Hooves That Gallop, and the Heels That March," Teeth (Crossbill) Low Roar, "Give Up," Low Roar (Tonequake) A Lull, “Weapons for War,” Confetti (Mush) David Lynch, “Good Day Today,” Crazy Clown Time (Sunday Best) Mannequin Man, "Flying Blind," Mannequin Men (Addenda) Cass McCombs, “County Line,” Wit’s End (Domino) Cass McCombs, “The Same Thing,” Humor Risk (Domino) Megafaun, "State Meant," Megafaun (Hometapes) Kathleen Mentzer, “Rolling in the Deep” (field recording) Vincent Minor, "Late Night Show," Vincent Minor (Social Science) Monster Rally & RUMTUM, "Raindrops," MR&RT EP (Waaga) Thurston Moore, “Illumine,” Demolished Thoughts (Matador) Alexi Murdoch, “The Light (Her Hands Were Leaves),” “Crinan Wood,” Towards the Sun (Zero Summer) My Best Fiend, "Higher Palms" (Warp) Narrow Sparrow, "Joe Meek's Dream," Synthworks EP (Narrows Sparrow) Nature Films, “Kamekura, She Says,” Nature Films Music (Nature Films) Oax, "Love and Crashing," This Distance (Bladen County) Will Oldham and D.V. deVincentis, Rudy Wurlitzer’s Slow Fade (Drag City) Harold O’Neal, “The Impersonator,” Marvelous Fantasy (Smalls) Oneida, “Horizons,” Absolute II (Jagjaguwar) The Orion Experience, “Sweet Friend,” NYC Girl EP (Orion Experience) Peaking Lights, “Amazing and Wonderful,” 936 (Weird World) Pomegranates, “Morocco Girl,” In Your Face Thieves/Chestnut Attic (Lujo) Robert Poss, “The Structure,” Settings: Music for Dance, Film, Fashion and Industry (Trace Elements) Pressed And, "Fire Shelf," Imbue Up (RCRD LBL) Purling Hiss, "The Hoodoo," Lounge Lizards 12” (Mexican Summer) Sara Radle, "The Pins," Same Sun Shines (S/R) The Raincoats, “So Damn Early,” Odyshape (We ThRee) Remember Remember, "John Candy,” The Quickening (Rock Action) Rifle Men, "The Lake's Alive," Treewolf Is Dead EP (Cantora) Rocket from the Tombs, "Ain't It Fun," The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs reissue (Fire) Dex Romweber Duo, "The Death of Me," Is That You in the Blue? (Bloodshot) Sean Rowe, “The Walker,” Magic (Anti-)
Mathieu Santos, “I Can Hear the Trains,” Massachusetts 2010 (Barsuk) Sea of Bees, “Wizbot,” Songs for the Ravens (Crossbill) Ty Segall, “You Make the Sun Fry,” Goodbye Bread (Drag City) Connie Smith, "I Never Once Stopped Loving You," Long Line of Heartaches (Sugar Hill)
So Many Wizards, "Nico," Love Songs for When You Leave Me EP (So Many Wizards) Soccer Mom, "(A) Natural History," You Are Not Going to Heaven (100m) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, "Let's Get Tired," Tape Club (Polyvinyl) Sore Eros, “Shake the Walls,” Know Touching (SHDWPLY)
Laura Stevenson and the Cans, “Halloween Pts. 1 and 2,” “Peachy,” Sit Resist (Don Giovanni) Stone Darling, “Baby Come Home” Stone Darling EP (Stone Darlings) Sun Airway, “Wild Palms” single (Dead Oceans)
Surf City, “Crazy Rulers of the World,” Kudos (Fire) Susan SurfTone, “Baby What’s Wrong,” Shore (Acme Brothers) Suuns, "Bambi" 12” (Secretly Canadian) Tasseomancy, "Healthy Hands (Will Mourn You)," Ulalume (Out of This Spark) Teen Daze, "The Harvest," A Silent Planet EP (Lefse) Telekinesis, "Country Lane," 12 Desperate Straight Lines (Merge) Thee American Revolution, "Electric Flame," Buddha Electrostorm (Fire) These Trails, “Psych I and Share Your Water,” These Trails (Drag City/Sinergia) Times New Viking, “Ever Falling in Love,” Dancer Equired (Merge) Tinariwen featuring Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, “Tenere Taqquim Tossam,” Tassili (Anti-) Turf War, "For the Last Time," Years of Living Dangerously (Old Flame) Alexander Turnquist, “Running Towards,” Hallway of Mirrors (VHF) The Vaccines, “Wreckin’ Bar,” What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? (Columbia) Veelee, “Blood’s Sake,” The Future Sight (Grip Tapes) Kurt Vile, "The Creature," Smoke Ring for My Halo EP (Matador) Tom Waits, “Back in the Crowd,” Bad as Me (Anti-) Julian Wass, "Yellow," Crystals EP (Julian Wass) Way Yes, "Tia," Oranjudio 7” (Lefse) The Western States Motel, "Mid-Century Modern Chair," Freeway, Freeway, Riverbed (Firebird Field) Dr. Michael White, “West African Strut,” Adventures in New Orleans Jazz (Basin Street) William Elliott Whitmore, “Field Song,” Field Songs (Anti-) Steve Wynn, “Resolution,” Northern Aggression (Yep Roc) Yassou Benedict, “Skin on Skin” mp3 (Yassou Benedict) Zomby, "A Devil Lay Here," Dedication (4AD) Zubatto Syndicate, "A Brief History of Time Travel," The Zubatto Syndicate (Zubatto Syndicate)

 
 

Voters in New Hampshire are voting in presidential primaries today, Tue., Jan. 10. Residents in the small town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, got things started at midnight, per tradition. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman each won two votes of the nine cast in the contest, according to Fox News. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) each received one vote. President Barack Obama took three votes in the Democratic primary. Tune in to Dan Seward's "Battlefield Earth" program for election results this evening on WGXC.

Jimmy Vielkind in Capitol Confidential reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo called five special elections for March 20, coinciding with village elections, including one that will choose who represents most of Columbia County in Albany. Last November, Assemblymen Marc Molinaro ran and won the Dutchess County Executive seat, leaving the 103rd District without representation. So far, Pat Manning, a Republican who held the seat before losing to Molinaro in the 2006 primary, has announced he is running. Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.

The Daily Freeman reports average retail gasoline prices in New York rose 8.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.60 per gallon Sunday, higher than the national average, which has increased 7.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.34, according to gasoline price website NewYorkStateGasPrices.com. The Daily Freeman website tracks individual stations at http://www.dailyfreeman.com/gasbuddy/, and says the cheapest gas now is in Palenville, where the Mobil at 3388 NY23A has regular gas for just $3.47 a gallon. $3.53 at the Mobil on Fairport Ave. in Greenport, and at the Slater's Smart Shop and Stewart's in Cairo is the next lowest gas price locally, according to The Daily Freeman's web app.

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The National Weather Service predicts it will be artly sunny in Kinderhook Tuesday, with a high near 42. Tuesday night it should be mostly clear, with a low around 23. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Overnight, snow developing at 4 a.m., low 33.
• Thursday: Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 9 a.m., high near 38. Overnight low 26.
• Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37, overnight low around 18.

Town meetings today
Today is the second Tuesday of the month.
CAIRO The Town of Cairo Planning Board holds a public hearing on the application of Ramakrishnananda Organization to utilize the existing structure for a retreat center and yoga studio at 319 Heart Contents Rd., CR 31, Round Top. Monthly Planning Board meeting follows. 7 p.m. at Acra Community Center, Old County Route 23, Cairo. 518-622-9898
CATSKILL The Town of Catskill Planning Board holds a public hearing to consider a minor two-lot subdivision of land located on Mossy Hill Rd, Catskill, proposed by Rosana Thompson at 7:10 p.m. at Catskill Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill.
CHATHAM Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at 488 Route 295, Chatham (392-3262).
COPAKE Board of Ethics, 7 p.m.; Comprehensive Planning Comm., 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234)
COXSACKIE Town board at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, Reed St., Coxsackie (731-2727).
RENSSELAERVILLE Town meeting at 7 p.m. at Rensselaerville Town Hall, 87 Barger Road, Medusa.

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NCAA: LSU Tigers 0 and Alabama Crimson Tide 21, national championship game.
NBA: Atlanta 106 at New Jersey 101
NBA: Charlotte 87 at New York 91
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NHL: Detroit at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
NHL: Phoenix at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

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Special Programming Tue. Jan. 10:
• "Social Graces," 3 p.m.: Chip Seamans, new general manager at Windham Mountain, will be the guest on Nan Marron's eitiquette radio show.


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A coalition of anti-fracking groups held a "people's hearing" on Saturday at SUNY Delhi. The meeting was held so that Catskill residents could have their public comments about hydraulic fracturing officially transcribed and recorded. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation didn't organize an official public comment meeting in Delaware, Schoharie, Greene, Ulster, or Otsego, and many other counties when it held public forums on natural gas drilling in November. Delaware County videographer Jessica Vecchione attended Saturday's meeting and posted a 15-minute video of its highlights. Click here to see the video.

C-Span hosted this debate of lesser-known candidates for president of the United States. They included:
Mr. Bear Betzler, Philadelphia, PA, Republican
Mr. Timothy Brewer, Dayton, OH, Republican
Dr. Hugh Cort, Birmingham, AL, Republican
Mr. Ed Cowan, Moretown, VT, Democratic
Mr. Randy Crow, Kelly, NC, Republican
Mr. L. John Davis, Jr., Grand Junction, CO, Republican
Dr. Bob Greene, Mountain View, CA, Democratic
Mr. John D. Haywood, Durham, NC, Democratic
Mr. Christopher V. Hill, Prospect, KY, Republican
Mr. Robert B. Jordan, Garden Grove, CA, Democratic
Mr. Jeff Lawman, Derry, NH, Republican
Mr. Benjamin Linn, Milford, NH, Republican
Mr. Michael J. Meehan, St. Louis, MO, Republican
Mr. Edward T. O'Donnell, Jr., Wilmington, DE, Democratic
Mr. Joe Story, Jacksonville, FL, Republican
Mr. Vermin Supreme, Rockport, MA, Democratic
Mr. Randall Terry, Purgitsville, WV, Democratic
Mr. James A. Vestermark, Taylor Mill, KY, Republican
Mr. John Wolfe, Jr., Chattanooga, TN, Democratic

Rhizome's 2012 Commissions award applications are due Sunday, April 15. This program supports emerging artists by providing grants for the creation of significant works of new media art. Projects can be made for the context of the gallery, the public, the web, or networked devices. Rhizome Commissions awards generally range from $1,000 to $5,000. The Rhizome Commissions program is supported, in part, by funds from Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, Wieden + Kennedy, the Jerome Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts.

Diane Valden in The Columbia Paper tracks how bear hunting in Columbia County went in its first season. She reports ten black bears were legally shot in Columbia County during the hunting season this past fall. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) allowed Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, Rensselaer and Washington counties, and the portion of Rockland that was not already open for black bear hunting. Bear hunting has been allowed west of the Hudson, including Greene County, for some time. Valden's story also tracks 64-year-old grandmother Dona Whiteman, who shot one of the ten with a muzzleloader, a 400-pounder shot in the Town of Claverack in Hollowville. She was watching a doe from up in a tree when a black bear emerged from the woods. "She took about 10 seconds to make sure her shot would hit a vital organ toward the front of the bear and pulled back the trigger," Valden writes. "The bear fell, then ran and was done in 50 feet, she said. She sat in the tree for another hour or so, still waiting in hopes of getting a shot at a doe." Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says the State Senate and its Republican majority will pass the Iran Divestment Act of 2012 during a session Monday, Jan. 9. “The Senate’s swift action shows how important it is that we stand together to condemn tyrannical governments like Iran which sponsor terrorism, have attempted to acquire nuclear weapons and threaten U.S. allies like Israel, as Iran has repeatedly done," Skelos said in a press release. "I applaud [Democrat Assembly] Speaker [Sheldon] Silver for taking the lead on this effort and moving it forward in the Assembly.” The Iran Divestment Act of 2012 (S5917A) was modeled after similar legislation in California and, "conceived with help from the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York," according to Skelos' press release, would prohibit companies that provide goods, services or credit worth $20 million or more to Iran's energy industry from entering into or renewing state and local government contracts. The legislation directs the Office of General Services to create a list of people, corporations and other organizations with investments of more than $20 million in the Iranian energy sector. Those on the list would be excluded from bidding on government contracts. The bill also requires individuals or entities to certify they are not on the list when they submit bids to state and local agencies.

Scott Waldman in the Albany Times-Union has another one of those, 'boy, there sure are a lot of musicians in Hudson' stories. In this one, he outs Replacements bassist Tommy Stintson, and name-checks, "Grammy-nominee Meshell Ndegeocello, and down the road is Melissa Auf Der Maur, the bassist for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins. Lenny Kravitz's longtime producer, Henry Hirsch, turned an 1869 church into a recording studio. Members of indie bands Vetiver and Buke and Gass are now Hudsonians." It leaves out others such as Alexander Turnquist, Bunnybrains, and Liv Carrow. Read the full story in the Albany Times-Union.

Michael DeMasi in The Albany Business Review reports Trader Joe’s will open a 13,000-square-foot store at 79 Wolf Road in Colonie, just north of Albany off the interstate. It will be the closest location of the popular specialty grocery chain to the WGXC listening area. Read the full story in the Albany Business Review.

Weather right now
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Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Jewett, in Greene County.
The National Weather Service predicts it will be mostly sunny Monday in Jewett, with a high near 35. Monday night should be mostly cloudy on the mountaintop, with a low around 25. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38, low overnight around 23.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45, overnight low 34, a 50 percent chance of rain after 1 a.m.
• Thursday: A 50 percent chance of rain, with a high near 44, and overnight low of 26.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high near 32.

Town meetings today
Today is the second Monday of the month.
ASHLAND Town Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, Main Street, Ashland (734-3636)
CATSKILL Village meeting at 7 p.m. at the Firehouse, 1 Central Ave. (behind Walgreens) (943-3830).
COPAKE Environmental Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GREENE COUNTY LEGISLATURE holds Buildings & Grounds, Conservation, Public Safety, Highway, Government Operations, and Finance committee meetings at 6 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
HILLSDALE The Planning Board of the Town of Hillsdale holds a public hearing to consider a three-lot subdivision for William Stratton, Route 7D LLC, on Route 7D in Hillsdale. 7:30 p.m. at Hillsdale Town Hall, Main St., Hillsdale, 518-325-7563.
HUDSON Common Council workshop meeting at 7 p.m., City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
HUDSON SCHOOLS Hudson School District meeting. The board will meet in the HHS library. Questar III BOCES Superintendent James N. Baldwin will be the featured guest. 7 p.m.
HUNTER The Village of Hunter Board of Trustees holds a Public Hearing to discuss a proposed Property Tax Cap Law of 2012. Village meeting at 8 p.m.
NEW BALTIMORE Town meeting at 7:30 p.m. at 3809 Rt. 51, Hannacroix (756-6671)/
PRATTSVILLE Town meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 14517 Main St., Prattsville (299-3125).

The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 7:20 a.m./ 4:45 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 5:31 p.m. / 7:19 a.m.
Full Moon: 2:31 a.m.

Sports scores and schedules
(Hosts: Read scores in the a.m. only, and schedules in the p.m.)
Scores
NFL: Atlanta Falcons 2, New York Giants 24. Giants play at Greene Bay Packers next Sunday.
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Denver Broncos 29 (OT). Broncos at New England Patriots next week.
Schedules
NCAA: LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide, national championship game, 8:30 p.m.
NBA: Atlanta at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
NBA: Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.

WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Mon. Jan. 9:
• "Monday Musical Matinee," noon-2 p.m.: Lincoln Mayorga hosts two hours of music and more.


Audio clips for WGXC programmers
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New PSAs/STATION IDs
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• 6 a.m.: WGXC News 6:11 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport n/a
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