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Dr. Stamer is board certified and has 18 years experience in arthroscopy, joint replacement, trauma surgery and sports medicine.

He sees patients in our Fishkill, Hopewell Junction and Poughkeepsie offices.

Dr. Soyer is a board certified orthopedic surgeon and has special expertise in upper extremity and hand surgery. He sees patients in our

Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck offices.

Dr. Henline is a board certified orthopedic surgeon of 13 years specializing in sports medicine. He sees patients in our Poughkeepsie,

Fishkill and Rhinebeck offices.

David Stamer, MD FAAOS

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! 6734 Route 9 Rhinebeck

NLIFENSUNDAY FREEMAN

DEAR ABBY: I recent-ly married a loving man who works full-time and is studying for his MBA online. A few months ago, he received a promotion and was transferred to another state, so after our wedding I moved here to be with him.

While he was living here alone before our wedding, he got into some trouble with the law and he’s now on probation. He was never in trouble before. I have no family or friends here, and he can’t go out and socialize to meet new people now that he’s under those strict guidelines.

I have always been popular and have many friends back home, but I’m lonely and depressed now. I moved here because I love him, but I can’t get over the fact that this has dampened our first year as husband and wife.

How should I handle the future of our marriage and our life here with all these unsettling issues he has put me in? -- HURT WIFE IN MICHIGAN

DEAR HURT WIFE: Unless your husband is under house arrest -- which probation is not -- he can socialize. He can make friends through work, and look for volunteer oppor-tunities if he has the time. Both will help him to make connec-tions with construc-tive people. The same is true for you to help you connect

with the community. I know this is a big

adjustment for you, but in time you can both put this unfortunate chapter behind you. I wish you both a future filled with success.

DEAR ABBY: Help! My husband won’t wear clothes. When our children were young, he walked around naked because he wanted to make sure they didn’t have the same hang-ups about nudity that he g r e w u p

with. (His father was ultra-conservative and uptight.)

My husband began wear-ing clothes again when the kids got older, but now they have all moved out and he has quit. He sits naked in his recliner to watch TV. The recliner is right next to the front door, and there’s only the storm door between him and the world. Abby, he lit-erally strips all his clothes off to do the dishes!

We live in a N E I G H -

BOR -

HOOD. It’s not like we’re out in the country. If I say anything to him, he says I can go into a different room if I don’t like it. Is this normal? -- NUDIE’S WIFE IN FLORIDA

DEAR NUDIE’S WIFE: It appears to be normal for your husband. Some -- not all -- fami-lies are very relaxed about nudity. As long as your living room isn’t visible to the neighbors and you don’t have drop-in visitors, your husband is harming no one. If you don’t want to look at him, take him up on his suggestion.

P.S. I hope you thank him for doing the dishes. Not all husbands are so helpful.

DEAR ABBY: My daughter was a bridesmaid recently. The bride chose a designer dress that my daughter

had to put a nonrefund-able deposit on. A month later, the bride changed her mind about the color and canceled the order, so all six bridesmaids had to purchase another dress.

Am I wrong in think-ing the bride should reim-burse her bridesmaids for the first dress that she insisted they buy ASAP -- the one she canceled with-out talking to any of them? -- BRIDESMAID’S MOM IN ELKHORN, WIS.

DEAR BRIDES-MAID’S MOM: Not in my book you aren’t. And shame on the bride for not volunteering to do so.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Marriage starts on wrong foot after man steps out of lineDear Abby

Best expression

Honorable mentions

Joey, a 1/2-year-old, blind domestic short hair cat is owned by Laetitia Grossi of the town of Schodack on Hudson. Grossi lived in Kingston for 36 years. Joey easily took first place in the best expression category.

Above, Sir Chancelot, “Chance,” a 4-year-old Hima-layan Persian, Red Flamepoint “loves to play with these flow-ers, although he does not eat them,” says Nancy Downey, who submitted the photo.

At right, Alejandro, a 3-year-old short hair cat owned by Angie Cartagena.

Mugzi, a 7-year-old Boston Terrier, is “smiling for the camera.” Owners are Fred and Marci Smith. Mugzi took second place.

Max is a gray tabby cat who is 10 years old. “He has such a sense of humor,” wrote owner Yasmine Hindiyeh.

Diamond, 5, a Basenji mix, is a shelter rescue dog. Owner is Mark LaPlante of Kingston.

Sophie, 2, a pug mix owned by Kathy Auchmoody of Willow.

Precious, 2, a female Sia-mese cat owned by Irene Lahtinen and Peter Rotonelli of Catskill.

Willie, 2, a mixed breed Bichon Frise and Wheaten Terrier owned by Susan Sed-lak.

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Best outfit Best photo composition

Winning this year’s best photo composition category is the photo at right, taken Feb. 9

which shows Nat, a labrador greyhound mix who is 2 1/2 years old and who is owned

by Bruce Whistance. “Nat was a puppy rescued by a

shelter in Georgia after being abandoned in a ditch,” wrote

Whistance.

On second place, below, left, is Charlie, a 17-month-old

female American pit bull ter-rier mix owned by Madlyn

Castelli.

On third place, below, right, is Zoe, an aproximatelly 2-year-

old pitbull owned by Diane Scott of Saugerties.

Pet-owner look-alike

Weirdest pet

Above, the weirdest pet, by unanimous decision, was Thing I, a Vietnamese walking stick of unknown age owned by Cyrus Lindsay, 9, who sub-mitted the entry, writing that Thing has “incredible camou-flage.”At left, on second place, Izzy Bear, a 2-year-old female Ger-man shepherd mix owned by Kendall Smith, “Likes to lick feet.”

Parker Cafaldo, a 4-year old Labradoodle, lives with in Eso-pus wth the Cafaldos, Michael Sr., Darlene, and Andrew.

Vito the boxer, 6 months old, owned by Owner: Demetri Sassos of Highland.

At left, on first place in the pet-owner look-alike category, Alexander Beisel, 4, and his 7-year-old French bulldog, Mookie, both wearing their matching Christmas pajamas. The winning entry was sub-mitted by Cindy Beisel.

This photo submitted by Lexis McCabe, 12, shows Ruby the pug, 4, and Lexis’ father sleeping together. “My dad got tired one night, after working on a project so he fell asleep on the counch when the pug jumped up and slept on his head,” wrote Lexis. The pair took second place honors.

Above, at left, Mustang, 12 a male Pekinese, Male and John Miggins. The pari took us back to the ‘80s and tood also took third place in the pet-owner look-alike category.

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Honorable mentions: Above, Sadie the blue point siamese cat, 1 1/2, and Heather Piccoli, 18. Below, Liam Allred and his kitten Sayonara Briella Kitten Caboodle, 8-weeks-old at the time of the photo. The photo was submitted by Heidi Allred.

Senor Moncho Poncho the 3rd of Mass Estates is an 8 1/2-year-old chihuhua owned by Ethan Mass.

Ironside’s Captain Jack, 9 weeks at the time of this photo, is an American Bulldog owned by Danielle Timothy. Jack took second place in the best outfit category.

Junion, an 8-year-old male pit-bull, “was a rescue dog from the UCSPCA an and is the perfect addition to our family.” wite the Smiths. Junior lives with Lori, Don, Chris and Matt Smith of Tillson.

Bison, a 3-year-old male shih-Tzu owned by Gary and Jeanine Weider of Kingston, is the groovy winner of the best outfit category.

Honorable mentions

Honorable mention: Cole, a 15-year-old chihuahua owned by Eric Amaral.

Honorable men-tion: Harper, left, 13, a male pitbull labrador mix owned by Tim Fitzmaurice.

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Calendarware, textiles, furniture and more. Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, 36 Tinker St., Woodstock. Visit: www.byrdcliffe.org, or call (845) 679.2079.

12-4 p.m. President’s Week-end Celebration, Feb. 16, 17, 18. Each day: birthday cake, military demonstrations, story telling, magic shows, candle dipping, music, and more. Free and all welcome. Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site, 84 Liberty St., New-burgh, (845) 562-1195.

1 p.m. Healing Smile Medi-tation, Free. Synergistic Wellness Center, 83 S. Chestnut Street, New Paltz. www.DrGaryMercuri-oDC.com, (845) 633-6300

1-5 p.m. Board and card games, Arlington Branch Library, 504 Haight Ave., Poughkeepsie. (845) 485-3445, ext. 3702

1:30-4 p.m. President’s Day Family Fun Outing, Minnewaska Preserve, for ages 7-10 accom-panied by caregive 18 and up. Nature, games, crafts. Pre-registra-tion required, (845) 255-0752.

2 p.m. Peter Yarrow, musi-cian and author will perform and sign books, Barnes & Noble, 1177 Ulster Ave., (845) 336-0590.

2-6 p.m. Celebrating Sojourn-er Truth workshop, for ages 8-14, puppet show, stories, songs, pizza. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rt. 32, Rosendale. Register: (845) 658-8198.

3-6 p.m. Free tutoring by appointment, homework clubs and after-school kid sitters. Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St., Ellenville. 1-877-576-9931

3:30 p.m. Sewing Classes for ages 9 and up, Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-2044.

4 p.m. Self-help group for sur-vivors of brain and spinal cord injury, Northeast Center for Spe-cial Care, 300 Grant Ave., Lake Katrine. (845) 336-3500.

4 p.m. Bookmark Club, ele-mentary age students, short sto-ries, chapter books, art projects. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St., (845) 331-0507.

4 p.m. Free Afterschool Pro-

gram, Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St., Pine Hill. pinehill-communitycenter.org

4:30 p.m. Dance Technique and Improvisation. For 6-8 year olds. $15. Mountainview Studio, 20 Mountainview Ave., Woodstock. (845) 679-0901.

5:30 p.m. Kids Chess Club, Gardiner Library, 133 Farmers Turnpike, Gardiner. (845) 255-1255.

5:30 p.m. Warming Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Cornell Street Studios, 168 Cornell St., Kingston. (845) 331-0191.

5:30 p.m. Boxing Condition-ing, $10. For youths. Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountain View Ave., Woodstock. www.mtnviews-tudio.com, (845) 679-0901

5:45 p.m. Healthy back pro-gram, 28 West Fitness Gym, Route 28 and Maverick Road, Glenford. To 7 p.m. (845) 679-6250 Anne Olin.

6 p.m. Scrabble for all, Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St., Pine Hill. pinehillcommunity-center.org

6 p.m. Zumba, $7. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St., Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org

6 p.m. African Saabar Dance class, TRANSnDANCEnDRUM Center, 415 Main St., Rosendale. www.transndancendrum.com

6 p.m. Jazzercise class. St. Johns Episcopal Church, Albany Ave., Kingston. (845) 339-1545, ecshaw87@aol.com

6 p.m. Teen group therapy, Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St., Ellenville. 1-877-576-9931

6-9 p.m. Swing dance class-es, Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. (845) 338-0331, www.AskforArts.org

6:30 p.m. Teen Group Ther-apy, Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St., Ellenville. 1-877-576-9931

6:30 p.m. Dance with Me, with Sue, Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountain View Avenue, Wood-stock. (845) 679-0901

7 p.m. Peer Mediation, Free. Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St., Ellenville. (877) 576-9931.

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Pet Pals

“This is a picture of a kitten we rescued from the parking lot in Kingston (Jasper), and our puppy Gemini,” who is 4 months old, wrote Bonnie Parmelee. Gemini belongs Parmelee’s daughter, August. This photo of the pair won first place in the pet pals category.

Above, on second place in the pet pals category, Simba and Clarice. They are twin domes-tic short-hair red mackerel tabbies. Simba is a male and Clarice is a female. They are 2 years old and are owned by Cynthia Chase, who submitted the photo.

At left, on third place are Max and Blackjack. Max is a 9-year-old Yorkshire terrier and is Lapp’s family pet. Black-jack is a 15-year-old Quarter Horse owned by Hope Lapp.Chelsea Lapp took the picture.

Honorable mentions:At right, Astro, a great dane, 2 1/2, and Mickey, a 6 1/2-year-old Havanese poodle owned by Annie and Pete Bliss.At far right, Mix breeds Roger, left, and Guinness, both 5 months old, are owned by Sta-cey Tobey and Melinda Dukat. They write, “The mom was a rescue when she was pregnant and we adopted the puppies from the place that rescued her, Paws Unlimited.”

Honorable mention: Allie, 7 a golden retriever, and Tucker, a 7-month-old rescue kitten, who are owned by Devon McNair of Pleasant Valley.

Honorable mention: Folly a boxer, 4, and Baxter, an Italian greyhound, 6. Both were adopted from a shelter and are owned by Shawn and Michele Griffin.