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Cooperstown Central School District voters OK’d the 2016-17 $18 million school budget, 388 to 102, Tuesday, May 17.

A proposition to acquire buses passed 416-70, and the Village Library of Cooperstown’s passed 387-101.

Mary Leonard was reelected by 408 votes, and newcomer Marielle Ainsworth voted in by 398.

FAREWELL, FRIEND: A tribute to Henry S.F. Cooper Jr. is planned at The Smithy’s opening reception of the season 5-7 p.m. Monday, May 23.

BILL SNAFU: A technical glitch in accounting software requires the village Water Department to re-read meters, so the May quarterly water and sewer bills will be a couple of weeks late, and may be slightly higher than usual, according to Village Clerk Teri Barown.

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the former Higgins Cottage – its little yellow headquarters at Chestnut and Fowler Way – to its historic glory.

“We had kids from SUNY Oneonta come as volunteers for ‘Into the Streets’ and tear up the carpet,” he said.

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ooperstown’s Dotty Hudson hadn’t been on a school bus since eighth grade, but early in the morning on Sunday, May 15, she boarded one bound for Islamberg. “My husband Charles didn’t want me to go,” she said. “He was worried. But I knew there was safety in numbers.”

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Cooperstown’s Dotty Hudson, left, smiles at Oneonta’s young Amelia Warren, whose sign condemns intolerance.

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Beginning this week, anyone with a Smartphone or Internet connection can download an app and watch the progress of the Oneonta Public Transit bus as it goes back and forth between Cooperstown and Oneonta.

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CCS seventh-graders Jason Furnari, left, and Alex Hage will take their research project on basketball to National History Day competition Sunday, June 12, at the University of Maryland, after having won school, regional and – on March 19 at The Farmers’ Museum – state competition. They flank John Brotherton, their social-studies teacher and coach. Jason is the son of Sal and Abbe Furnari; Alex, of Nicole Retzler and Andrew Hage.

ooperstown Central School has announced the four top scholars in its Class of 2016: • Sylvia Johnson, daughter of Rita Astur and Andrew Johnson. She plans to attend SUNY Stonybrook in the fall, and is still considering what major to pursue.

• Abbe Lecates, daughter of Dr. Bill and Debbie Lecates. She plans to attend Amherst College in the fall, to participate in the humanities program and also study pre-med.

• Alex Russo, daughter of Dr. Paul and Theresa Russo, president of the CCS board.

She plans to attend Notre Dame in the fall to study engineering.

• Kirstin Ratliff, daughter of Dr. Derek and Janet Ratliff. She also plans to attend Amherst, where she will either study math or pre-med.

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal The students together will deliver the Grouped around CCS Librarian Michelle Hitchcock are, from left, commencement speech Sunday, June 26.

Alex Russo, Abby Lecates, Sylvia Johnson and Kristin Ratliff.

As Centennial Approaches, Cooperstown Chamber HQ Gets Facelift 100TH/From A1 “Underneath we found this beautiful Douglas fir flooring, so we’re going to have that refinished.”

The cottage, which dates back to 1856, was moved from Lake Street to Chestnut in December 1988. Previously, it was known as the Higgins Cottage and last occupied by Otto Higgins, a Fenimore Farm employee who lived there from 1957 to 1985.

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– the Clark Foundation’s for-profit arm – “owned the building and was planning to tear it down, but the village Planning Board denied

Previously, the Chamber had been using the building at the back of the cottage which today contains restrooms for tourists. It was built in 1975 to prepare for the national Bicentennial.

“Apparently it was a big hoo-ha watching them bring that building up from Lake Street to here,” he The Freeman’s Journal said.

As the summer tourist season The 1856 Higgins Cottage approached – it arrives Memorial that houses Cooperstown Day Weekend – Hazzard realChamber officers will be ized that an update was in order. renovated.

“We’re going to remodel it so it’s the request,” said Hazzard. “So a much more open space,” he said. the Chamber approached them “We’re getting rid of that big desk and asked if they could have the and brochure racks, making the building.”

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We want it to have a more welcoming, historic feel.”

After Memorial Day, visitors will be able to rest in the seating area where the main desk used to be. “We’re going to have a barrel from Ommegang as a side table, and maybe an antique trunk,” said Hazzard. “We’re also going to get an antique Singer sewing machine, with a plaque honoring the Clark family.”

A small antique dresser will be repurposed as a guest desk, and the brochure racks will be wallmounted to keep the space open.

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they’re coming into a home,” he said.

He’s hoping the painting and paving the parking lot will be done by Friday, with a full ribboncutting around Memorial Day. They’ll also kick off a capital campaign at the start of the summer in hopes of getting the roof redone and the building repainted in time for the 100th anniversary.

And in the future, he hopes to redo the upstairs offices, as well as add touch-screen technology to visitor’s center. “We’ve been wanting to do all this for awhile,” he said. “These are good first steps.”

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ho knows what health care and hospital care are going to look like in a decade. For now, though, what the Bassett Healthcare Network is calling the “Fox Transformation Plan” is not what anyone particularly wants, but it may be the best less-than-perfect option.

Still, from the perspective of One Atwell Road, it may be a sensible step. And to the degree it assures the continuation of fullservice medical care in Otsego County, most everyone should agree with the institutional instinct toward self-preservation.

Sure, if the county were a world unto itself, Bassett would choose to continue delivering babies at the hospital located in our younger population center, where most women of child-bearing age live.

The numbers (from city-data. com) say so: Oneonta’s median age is 22.1 years old. Cooperstown’s is an astonishing 50.3 years old. And to anyone in labor, that 22-mile trip up Route 28 in the wee hours of a sub-zero morning is going to seem particularly long and painful.

• In asking around, though, this isn’t just Big Bassett telling Little Fox what to do. Bassett is truly a regional network, serving eight counties – Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida and Schoharie, as well as Otsego – and the two most populous, Oneida and Herkimer, are in the Mohawk Valley.

The Freeman’s Journal Dr. Carlton Rule shows Matt and Maureen Schuermann around Bassett Hospital’s new $4.7 million Birthing Center in 2011.

Projections show a dip in women of child-bearing age in all of those counties over the next 10 years, flood-battered Schoharie most of all. But regardless, the even declining populations in Oneida (233,403 today) and Herkimer (63,589, on a par with Otsego’s 62,118), simply have a bigger pool of prospective moms.

Delaware to the south (47,623) and Schoharie to the east (32,821) are not only smaller, they tilt older: Median ages in both are 43 years old, older than Otsego’s 40 and lacking Oneonta’s concentration of young women.

Anyone looking at the map and the numbers would have to agree with Bassett planners’ conclu-

sion: Cooperstown, rather than Oneonta, is the better location to attract the greatest number of mothers-to-be in the next decade.

Practically, where else will they go? Cooperstown is still more convenient to Oneonta (22 miles, vs. 50 miles to Binghamton), to Sidney (22 vs. 30) and to Cobleskill (23 vs. 35 to Albany).

• Expense also argues for the socalled “Fox Transformation Plan,” announced April 19.

In the 1980s, Cobleskill, TriTown in Sidney and Mohawk General in Ilion had maternity wards; but by the time Bassett opened its $4.7 million Birthing Center in Cooperstown in 2011,

rising insurance costs and consolidations had reduced those to two, the new one and Fox’s.

How many $4.7 million Birthing Rooms does the Bassett system have to afford? Answer: Probably one.

Dan Robinson, NYCM president/CEO and new chair of Fox’s board of directors, had it right in a recent op-ed that appeared elsewhere: “Families whose children were born at Fox Hospital regret seeing the program come to a close; we all do. However, we also want the hospital to be there for us when a sick child needs care, for an acute illness, emergency surgery and to fix those joints that wear out as we age.”

That’s a natural segue to where the Oneonta focus might best be going forward: The Bassett announcement talked about a “Center for Excellence” in orthopedics – bone and joint repair – but details were fuzzy. It turns out orthopedics will continue to be offered in Cooperstown, so there’s no clean break as with maternity cases. Competition for resources is inevitable.

The Fox directors should, to the degree they can, fight to ensure the “Center of Excellence” idea isn’t forgotten. Fox is special in the hearts of Oneontas; to flourish, it has to be particularly special in something else, orthopedics or otherwise.

The really good news April 19 was a $21.4 million state grant to erase Fox’s deficit – the budget

gap has kept the hospital’s directors awake at nights for years now – and truly make it the “Vital Access Provider,” as the state has defined it. In effect, essential.

“Since health reform was enacted in 2010,” Robinson said in his op-ed, “70 rural hospitals across the country have closed. That will not happen to Fox.” “That will not happen to Fox.” That should be the Oneonta mantra.

• Meanwhile, with hospitals across the country, many bigger than Bassett, bowing to the necessity of “affiliation” with even larger networks, the system’s larger focus certainly is to remain as independent and tenable as possible. (It doesn’t want to be outFoxed.) Sphinx-like as Bassett can be, it’s hard to know what the greater Otsego County community might do to ensure that happens.

Expect that state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is fully in the loop; we can be certain he will do what he can. If it makes sense for Bassett to reach out to other players in the larger community, let’s hope that happens.

In recent years, history has marched steadfastly away from Dr. Henry S.F. Cooper and Stephen C. Clark Sr.’s powerful, locally grounded 1927 vision that served the county so well for so long. As a county, let’s look to control our healthcare fate as much and as long as it makes sense to do so.

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Animals Maltreated Locally Get Excellent – But Expensive – Care At Shelter To the Editor: Thanks for your recent coverage on the Susquehanna Animal Shelter, and the financial challenges posed when animals existing in dire conditions are rightfully seized by local law enforcement and come under the care of the shelter. I have treated some of these animals and seen them thrive.

I am glad the county is taking a serious look at this.

Some contribution from the towns or the county would be appreciated in these sad situations. Your article

pointed out the notable case of the Weimaraners (also Vizlas, German short-haired pointers, in that case) seized in 2012, dogs very ably treated by Cooperstown Veterinary Associates (CVA), where I was employed at the time. (Other clinics and kennels were also involved in their care.)

Those dogs received excellent care, as did every shelter animal treated

by CVA. The expenses incurred for the proper rehabilitation of all of those starving dogs was considerable, to say the least - a

prime example of why some municipal or county financial support to the shelter is needed. You did note that the City of Oneonta contributed to the care of the five cats recently seized from a home on Fonda Street, agreeing to pay $40 per animal, the current surrender fee (not $40 per day per animal, noted in the article).

Seized animals recovered from dire living conditions typically require more mediThe Freeman’s Journal cal care than pets that are Dr. Joan Puritz, DVM, of Oneonta, tends a surrendered to the shelter.

Weimaraner state police seized in a South In the case of these five Worcester raid in 2012. cats, Oneonta’s contribution

Not All Republicans Unstable, Insane – One In Particular To the Editor: Regarding comments on my recent letter to your newspapers, I did not intend to say that all Republicans are unstable and insane.

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fearfully add apologists and messengers of appeasement.

What is very, very different about this presidential election is the possibility of a dangerous, authoritarian, violence-inciting, manipulative, ignorant, narcissistic, racist, xenophobic, misogynist, serial liar and sociopath (look up the definition, don’t take my word for it) becoming president of the United States.

Donald Trump does not care about anyone or anything except himself, his own self aggrandizement, the feeding of his insatiable ego, power and control.

Donald Trump will at-

tack anyone who does not support him or speaks out against him; man or woman, he does not care. He needs to demean them and try to shut them down as quickly as possible.

This includes his threats to a free press that he calls “disgusting.”

Donald Trump will say and do anything to get enough votes to be president. He does not care about other people or their concerns. He only wants their votes. Donald Trump’s supporters, except for some very wealthy contributors, are disposable to him, to be used to win the election and Please See DEAN, A6

was a welcome start.

Again, thanks for highlighting a serious issue for the shelter. It does a lot of good in caring for and placing homeless pets, and taking in animals that have been lawfully seized.

Some degree of municipal and/or county financial support for that crucial, latter duty assigned to Susquehanna Animal Shelter is needed and would be appreciated.

JULIE HUNTSMAN, DVM Fly Creek

Villagers, Provide Guidance On Contractor Parking Law To the Editor: On Monday evening, May 23, the Cooperstown Board of Trustees will readdress the issue of accommodating parking for construction and contractors’ vehicles in the village.

In March, after a public hearing where there was only negative criticism of the proposal that was put forward, the trustees did not enact the pending code and chose to reevaluate the problem. No citizen of the village spoke at the meeting.

What may not have been clear to those in opposition to that proposal is that unless the code is changed,

currently there is no accommodation to suspend village parking laws for construction.

While the proposal affects both the paid and unpaid parking areas, it is in the paid areas, in season, that the importance is greatest and affects the most people. Currently, any vehicle parking in a paid parking spot during the Please See STERNBERG, A6 IF YOU GO: Public hearing on contractor parking law, 7 p.m. Monday, May 23, Village Hall, Cooperstown.

Letter Writer Wakes From Bad Dream ... To Nightmare To the Editor: I recently had a bad dream. Call it a nightmare.

I dreamed that a certain guy was right around the corner, if you will, from becoming president of the United States. This certain guy had already had already left his mark upon the American public.

His branding of women as “pigs

and dogs” was complemented by his reference to Mexicans as “rapists and murderers.” His egomania had taken over and left no room whatsoever for logic and reason.

He personified the fury of the forgotten while trampling upon any who stood in his way. His rhetoric was never challenged. Specificity and logic in his planning was as alien as Mars.

Hate was no stranger to his persona and he thrived on the brutality of it all.

Yet here he was just a heartbeat from the nuclear button and the running of this country.

I woke up frightened by it all and grateful it was all just a dream. Then I read today’s paper.

KENNETH J. KAVANAGH Cooperstown

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement – Barbarities of the Enemy, exposed in a report of the Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, appointed to enquire into the spirit and manner in which the war has been waged by the Enemy and the documents accompanying said report – Just received by H. & E. Phinney, Price 50 cents. (Ed. Note: Our country’s aversion to war crimes whether committed by enemies or by our own troops is of long standing) May 23, 1816

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cemetery is a short walk from this village near the outlet of Lake Otsego and is not situated in deep woods. The wolves and panthers disappeared a century ago and no searching party has been out.

May 21, 1891

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In Our Town – William H. Michaels, Jr. has received the gratifying news that he successfully passed the New York State bar examinations which he took in April, whereby he is made a full-fledged attorney-at-law.

Douglas L. Root defeated Robert W. Cobbett in the finals of the billiard tournament at the Village Club by the score of 300 to 265.

May 17, 1916

175 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from a Letter from Texas: Editor – Through the politeness of a friend, we have been furnished with the subjoined letter from an intelligent gentleman, now resident in the One Star Republic. “This is a new country – its buildings, its towns, its improvements and its institutions bear on their face, the marks of its recent date, and it is enduring all the privations to which new settlements are usually subject.

The city (Houston), in which I am writing, was founded in 1836. The whole population of the Republic, though estimated higher, in my opinion does not exceed 100,000. The principal settlements are along the rivers, and do not reach into the interior much over a hundred and fifty miles. Even at that distance, a desultory conflict for the possession of the soil is continually going on between the border whites and hordes of Indians that surround them – the latter frequently surprising and butchering the stray men and unprotected women and children of the former and laying waste their habitations; and they, in turn, occasionally overtaking and wreaking four-fold vengeance on their savage foes.”

May 17, 1841

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Railroads to the Pacific – One of the most cheering signs of the future, both commercially and politically, is to be found in the re-awakened interest felt, and the increased capital and labor employed, in extending railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the whole wide Northern and Central portions of our territory. The amounts of the precious metals which can be produced at an enormous profit in the regions commonly known as the Rocky Mountains, as soon as our capitalists and laborers can have cheap and quick access to them, are incredible and incalculable. The agricultural productions of the western prairies will have an increased market. So also, will the manufactures of the East. And, the immense addition to our gold and silver will stimulate foreign commerce and add to the employment of

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Mr. and Mrs. Percy B. Rosenthal of Bowerstown heard strange noises in their attic and thought perhaps a rat or May 21, 1941 squirrel had gotten into their home. Mr. Rosenthal investigated and was surprised to find a mother raccoon and four our shipping and all the great forwarding interests of the babies. They called Game Warden Arthur Andrews who interior. Already two lines of stages are employed from the rescued the four babies. However, the mother escaped by Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains, and thousands of going over the roof. Mr. Andrews will feed the baby racwagons drawn by oxen, mules and horses are used to carry coons until they are able to be turned out on their own. freight and emigrants over the Plains. At the California end May 18, 1966 of the line, the enterprise goes on with increasing zeal and rapidity. The five thousand Chinese laborers at work in grading the track over the Sierra Nevada last fall are now Pamela Washburn, a Cooperstown village trustee, was grown to ten thousand.

May 18, 1866 honored at the Cooperstown area League of Women Voters luncheon at the Pepper Mill restaurant as the recipient of the League’s first annual Community Service Award. Washburn delighted the 55 members and guests present with a The ignorance which it is possible for a city newspareview of her political career which began when she took to per to display must be considered “wonderful” by those heart John F. Kennedy’s call to decide what we could do to who chanced to read the following paragraph in an article serve our country. published in the New York Daily News of May 12, regardMay 22, 1991 ing the disappearance of a Mrs. Caney: “Mrs. Caney, when a girl lived in Cooperstown, New York, and her baby was buried there. The cemetery is situated in deep woods near The Cooperstown Senior Bridge Group met Tuesday a lonely lake, but the villagers do not venture there often, at the Clark Sports Center with five tables. There were no except to bury their dead. There are wolves about, and the slams bid and made. The high scorer was Marcia Dunn panthers are unusually large and fierce. It was thought that with 5,300. Second was Marie Hinds with 5,150 and third Mrs. Caney might have gone to Cooperstown, intending to was Marge Ludecker with 5,110. Hana Rauscher won the visit her baby’s grave, and had been lost in the woods. No one or two men could be got to search the locality alone, so special prize. The spring bridge buffet luncheon will be held at the Otesaga Resort Hotel on Tuesday, June 16, for a searching party was made up, but they found no trace of six rounds of bridge with a break for lunch. the missing woman.” Could anything be more ridiculous, May 19, 2006 or a greater number of lies crowded in the same space? The

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Trump’s Jeckyl, Hyde Persona Worries Many Watching Race DEAN/From A4 then to be thrown away like garbage.

Donald Trump is a master manipulator of people’s fears and concerns and is using those fears and concerns to get people to vote for him and against their own best interests.

He is pushing all of their buttons and they are all responding, as planned, on cue. It is a scary scene played out over and over again. The only thing missing is a table and German beer gardens. Donald Trump has a Jekyll and Hyde personality. Listening to the two different voices coming out of the same person is frightening. slate.com April 28, 2016 said in a very long article on Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s political strategist, “Paul Manafort made a career out of stealthily reinventing the world’s nastiest

tyrants as noble defenders of freedom. Getting Donald Trump elected will be a cinch.”

The security services said that they may not be able to give Paul Manafort security briefings because he is “so dirty”. The Defense Department, referring to Donald Trump, said that it will not follow illegal orders.

Many people who are supporting Donald Trump are way out of their league in not seeing through Donald Trump’s facade and intentions. They do not have a clue as to how dangerous this man could be to them, the United States of America and the world.

Supporting Donald Trump is like lighting the fuse on a bomb, holding on to it as a badge of honor, and then expecting everything to work out for the best.

JAMES R. DEAN Cooperstown

911/From A1 Luckily, she was okay.”

And with the updated system at the new 911 Center, which opened Tuesday, May 17, at the county’s Meadows Office Building, that information will come in even more quickly and accurately.

“If someone can’t talk to us, we rely on GPS,” said Strong. “The new system gives us that information automatically instead of having to track it manually.”

And with the prevalence of cell phones, the new system will also be able to track the location of calls made by texting 9-1-1 calls, in case someone can’t talk during an emergency.

Moved from a windowless room next door in the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department, the bright, white-painted E911 Communications Center, filled with the hum of high-tech equipment, is lit by windows on two walls.

There’s a practical reason for that, said the dispatcher:

Contractor Parking Needs Regulating STERNBERG/From A4 hours that metering is in force will need a meter receipt in order to avoid a fine. While a village parking permit also allows parking in this area, it is only for a maximum of two hours.

There are several constituencies here. One is the contractors and the businesses and homeowners who hire them. Two are the other businesses that do not want to see customer traffic decrease because of the loss of available parking spaces.

Three are citizens of the village.

In the past, there was an informal system that enabled construction parking at contracting sites.

Unfortunately, there was abuse of the privilege and spaces were used by some as unpaid, on-site commuter parking. Some contractors were considerate of not using spaces any longer than necessary. Some try to schedule projects either before or after the season.

Nevertheless, now that there is awareness of a problem, there is a need for a solution.

I for one would like more input from the citizens of the village before making my decision. Not having any accommodation to allow construction to be performed efficiently does not make sense, but unless we have a change in the law, that is what we will be stuck with.

I hope people come out for the public hearing at the trustees’ meeting on Monday and make their opinions known.

RICHARD STERNBERG Village Trustee Cooperstown

“Now we can look outside and see if there’s a storm and prepare ourselves for calls about downed trees Kim Strong and wires.”

“It’s a fresh start,” said Director Robert O’Brien.

“I’m like a kid at Christmas,” added Strong.

The new 911 center grew out of a debate within county government, here and elsewhere: Should a police department dispatch for itself, plus fire and EMS units, or should an independent entity be created to serve all emergency functions objectively.

County Board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, championed the latter model, based on what has come to be best practices in the emergency-management system.

Last year, when state and federal grants became avail-

App Will Track Buses, Trolleys AP/From A1 season – Memorial Day Weekend – the system is due to be in place so tourists can also track Cooperstown trolleys.

The phone (or tablet) screen will show a map and

a moving icon for the bus or trolley position, refreshed every 2.5 seconds.

The ap was developed by Sweet Home Oneonta for the county, and may be downloaded at www.OPTrides. com

able to fund the new model, “we decided it was easier to construct a new center than work around the dispatchers in the live one,” said O’Brien.

“Our current system was getting old and difficult to maintain, to find parts for,” he continued. “The new one is much more reliable, with better redundancies built-in in case phones or radios go down.”

The Meadows is also grounded better, meaning that the systems are less likely to go down during a storm. “Two years ago, we experienced a lightning strike,” said O’Brien.

“Our phone system went down and our backup was destroyed. The Meadows grounding would reduce that.”

A new backup center is also being built in the County Office Building in downtown Cooperstown.

The updated system will also help pinpoint the sheriff’s cars on the road,

and may add the state police in the future. Protocols for taking the fire, police and EMS calls will be displayed on screen to guide dispatchers through the call.

But almost as important as the new system and the windows are bathrooms.

“In the old center, dispatchers had to leave to use the restroom,” said Clark, who was on hand the other day as a reporter went through on a tour. “We built one into this center, as well as a kitchenette.”

A final piece remains in the emergency-responses updates: 12 radio towers with video surveillance are due to start rising this fall, with a multi-million-dollar radio upgrade to switch off low-band frequencies for better coverage.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A7

THURSDAY MAY 19, 2016

‘Bikers Against Jihad’ Here, Quickly Go RALLY/From A1 promised nearly 100 riders past the Sufi enclave near Hancock, Delaware County, in what they called the “Ride for National Security.� In the end, though, only five bikers and five cars rode by nearly 500 supporters gathered on the side of the dirt road that passes the Muslim community. “Nothing bad happened,� said Hudson, who sported an oversized pin distributed at the rally. “Only good things. It was very uplifting.�

Prohibited by state police from stopping, and thus blocking, on the road – a public thoroughfare – the drive-by lasted less than a

minute. “Our biggest concern was public safety,� said Trooper Scott Henggeke, who was at the scene. “But everyone had a chance to assemble lawfully and peacefully.�

The riders did not engage the crowd. Some wore masks, and many filmed as they drove by. Overhead, a drone (troopers said they didn’t know who was operating it) buzzed overhead, recording the action, and the crowd gathered underneath to chant “Freedom! Justice!

USA!� upward.

A minute later, the bikers were gone. “The people who live here are not traitors or terrorists,� said Tom Heitz,

Fly Creek, who was with a half-dozen members of Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church. “They’re good people. They deserve the right to live in peace.� “I thought there would be more bikers,� said Islamberg resident Naimah Azza, smiling.

Afterwards, the residents of Islamberg invited everyone – estimates ranged from 300 to 500 – into the village to join them lunch and fellowship under a tent. “It’s all very touching,� said Rahkiah Abdullah, a 20-year resident of the village. “It’s a lot of love.� “The response here was phenomenal,� said Faruq Baqi, a spokesperson for

the community. “As long as the family comes together, we are not scared. We were supported by our Muslim, Christian and Jewish brothers and sisters. “We showed our children that we are not alone,� he said.

Active in Oneonta’s Unitarian Universalist Church, Hudson helps sponsor a Muslim school in West Africa and has visited with Sufi guests at the church.

But this was the first time she had been to Islamberg. “I sat next to a 15-year-old girl who reminded me of my grand-daughter,� she said. “She was wearing a headscarf, but she had that same sweet smile all young girls

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Five “American Bikers United Against Jihad� motorcyclists and five of their vehicles passed by Islamberg Sunday, May 15, a much-feared confrontation that was over in a few seconds.

have.�

And after lunch, the speeches began. “All of you here today set a beautiful example for unity,� said Mayor Rashid Haqq. “We came together on common ground for peace, justice and unity to stand against bigotry, Islamophobia and hatred.� “Today is our day,� said Lee Fisher, president of the NAACP, Oneonta Chapter. “You came to the right place to fight hatred and what I would consider terrorism.

We overcame evil with truth and justice.� “Why am I making this my fight?� said attorney Thomas Schimmerling, Delhi. “I came from a family decimated by prejudice.

My father was in a concentration camp; other family didn’t make it out. A bunch of sociopaths on Harleys calling themselves patriots are not Americans.�

Nancy Furdock, Hancock, even had kind words for the bikers. “I want to thank them for this amazing opportunity that you have

afforded our community,� she said. “We can show the world that we stand by our neighbors regardless of race, creed or religion.�

And it formed a new bond between Otsego and Islamberg. “We were overwhelmed by the response from Oneonta,� said Mohammad Matthew Gardner, public relations director. “They made up more than 50 percent of who showed up, and they have our respect. Whatever they want us to do, all they had to do is tell us what and we will send folks.� “I’d like to keep in touch with the people I met there,� said Hudson. “They’re good people; they reminded me of my Mennonite ancestors in Pennsylvania.�

Looking ahead, Gardner said that Islamberg hopes to continue working with Christian and Jewish faith communities in Otsego County. “It’s important that we keep moving,� he said. “We will never stop working on inter-faith relationships.�

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Saturday, May 28, 2016 - 10:00AM Hesse Galleries, 350 Main St., Otego, NY

This is an exceptional auction of heirloom antiques with no additions: 17th & 18th C. American & English furniture, wonderful engraved blown glass stemware, original paintings, prints & early historic ceramics of Trenton Falls, Utica & the Erie Canal plus a host of other desirable objects.

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MLS#103957 $139,000 Cooperstown Village Victorian Priced below assessment. 2 - 3 BRs, 1 bath, hardwood floors, spacious kitchen, first-floor laundry, large backyard.

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MLS#104590 $14,895 5.1 acre lot on a quiet country road. 3 hours from NYC. Level wooded lot, stream. Close to lake, State land. 268’ road frontage. Electric available.

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MLS#104145 $185,000 Income-Generating Property in Cooperstown!

Currently renting for $1,150 mo. Walk to the lake or to downtown shopping and eateries!

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MLS#104757 $1,050/month Diner/café rental just outside of Cooperstown. Great location, great price. Counter, kitchen equipment, seats 45+, ready to go! Awesome opportunity!

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Well Maintained Ranch in a picturesque setting. Beautiful remodeled kitchen w/SS appliances, breakfast nook. Formal DR w/access to the formal LR. Master BR is spacious w/beautifully remodeled master bath. Huge family room w/vaulted ceilings, built-in shelving and fireplace w/pellet stove insert. Sliding glass doors in family room provide easy access to the stone patio, in-ground pool and hot tub. Finished basement w/plenty of room for workout room or possible 4th BR. Nicely landscaped lawn has raised-bed gardens. Attached 2-car garage, recently paved driveway.

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8’x 20’ deck off LR, private and peaceful setting. Enjoy this home in all seasons of the year—swimming, boating, hiking, even snowmobiling. State land across the lake will never be developed. Could make a great baseball rental. Lower level needs only a small kitchen to make it a separate rental!

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MURAL DEDICATION: Greater Oneonta Historical Society unveils Brown’s Hardware mural by artist Carol Mandigo, part of Oneonta Fabulous Friday, May 20. 183 Main St. Info, (607) 432-0960, www.OneontaHistory.org

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ny time she asks a volunteer why they do it, Francis Wright, Otsego County Office of the Aging director, already knows the answer.

“They all say that they get more from volunteering than it takes to volunteer,” said Wright.

Ann Schultz, West Oneonta, Carol KeihnKirkey, Oneonta and Jean Finch, Hartwick are this year’s recipients, were to be honored for their service at the annual Volunteer Luncheon Wednesday, May 18, at

helpful and important,” said Wright. “By recognizing them, we show that we recognize the value in what they do, and hopefully keep them interested in doing it.” ► Ann Schultz, Maker of Soup For some, it was just a cup of soup – but to Anne Schultz, it was a Carol Keihn-Kirkey way to connect with a holds a picture of her community. late husband, Terry, “About 18 years ago, who inspired her to Janice Downing and I work with Alzheimthought it would be a ers patients. nice thing to make soup The Otesaga. for people at the Elm “What these volunPark Methodist Church,” teers do is incredibly she said. “We wanted

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RELAY FOR LIFE: “Colors of Hope,” 8th annual event to benefit American Cancer Society, Friday-Saturday, May 19-20. 6 p.m. Friday opening ceremonies, followed by survivors’ and caregivers’ laps around track; Survivor Reception and Luminaria ceremony. Entertainment includes Paint n’Sip session, dancers, DJ and more. Cooperstown Dreams Park, 4550 State Rte. 28, between Milford and Cooperstown. Info, www.relayforlife.org/Cooperstownny, 1-800-277-2345.

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Clarion Hotel, Main St., Oneonta.

RSVP Kelly Zack Decker, kelly@ Otsegocc.com SPRING FLING Final – Live Auction kicks off weekend of fun.

4:30-5:30 preview; 5:30 auction.

Free admission, food and drink available for purchase. Day-long events Saturday. Railroad Ave.,

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FABULOUS FRIDAY – 5:30-8 p.m. Part of Oneonta’s Fabulous Friday series along Main Street.

Brown’s Hardware mural to be unveiled 6 p.m. at Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.destinationoneonta.com MURAL UNVEILING – 6 p.m Brown’s Hardware mural by artist Carol Mandigo to be unveiled.

Free, all welcome. Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0960, http://www.OneontaHistory.org AUCTION – 5 p.m. viewing,

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Friday, May 20 - LIVE AUCTION! Free Admission · Preview 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Auction begins at 5 :30 pm · Food & Drinks available

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Antiques, tools, small appliances, used furniture, building supplies, general merchandise, goods and services donated by local merchants. Food booth. Benefits community projects in the Butternut Valley. Grange Building, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Morris. Info, to donate, Gary Johnson, (607)263-5043.

PRESERVATION AWARDS – 5:30-7:30 p.m. 2015 Historic Preservation Awards of Otsego and Schoharie Counties.

Preservation Advocate award presented to Leigh Eckmair, historian, towns of Butternuts and Gilbertsville. Community Pillar award recipients Kelly and Bruce Button for rehabilitation of the New York House B&B in Sharon Springs.Ed. and Outreach award recipient, Otsego County Historical Association, More.

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The beloved Sharky Nagelschmidt, retired Clark Sports Center assistant director, gives out high-fives to Carleigh Williams, Cooperstown, and his team before the start of the Cooperstown Youth Baseball’s Opening Day Parade Saturday, May 14, in Hartwick hamlet.

The boys of the Church & Scott Pharmacy team bear the banner as they lead the teams in the parade. From left are Coach Tres Loeffler, Ethan Lickman, Bryson Whitaker, Henry Loeffler, Jacob Burkhart, Gavin Lesco, Matt Larusso, Connor Voulo, Alex Hage and Coach Chris Voulo, all of Cooperstown.

CCS elementary gym teacher Bud Lippitt throws first pitch of the season to daughter Marley.

Often, Running Franklin Stage Was Like Tending Big Family And though they split up, FSC/From B1 like ‘We 3,’ the adaptation of Carmela and David contin‘The Three Sisters’ we did as ued working together until a work in progress last sum- 2010.

When things got tough, mer, as well as new works.”

Carmela turned to the buildThe new works include a ing itself for inspiration. re-telling of “Carmen” set “When this place was built in a women’s prison, with a counter-tenor playing the tit- in 1854, a storm knocked the ular role as a transwoman in frame into a pile of sticks,” a women’s prison, as well as adaptations of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and clown comedy inspired by “As You Like It.” In addition, “Evolution” and “The Tarnation of Russell Colvin,” two works that premiered at the Franklin Stage, are Carmela in an early production planned. “People of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” really responded to these pieces,” she said. “It’s important to bring she said. “But instead of giving up, they put it back these pieces back, but look towards working and travel- together.

“That was what it was ing with them in the future.” like in the summer of 2010.

Eugene Marner and We had performances in Carole Luchia Satrina, her the space, but we didn’t put parents, acquired the old anything on ourselves. We Masonic Lodge – formerly part of the Delaware Literary had to ask if we could keep going. That was our ‘sticks Institute – and in 1996, the fell down’ moment.”

Marner family put on two David moved on, and shows, “Hedda Gabler” and Carmela put the sticks back three short Chekov farces. together to produce and star “My parents paid everyin “Blythe Spirit” and “The one by making them two Trojan Women” the followmeals a day during rehersals,” Carmela said. “My ing summer.

Now, Carmela is more mom designed the costumes. focused on looking ahead.

Mary Helen Epps drew our “20 years is a generation,” posters, helped with cosshe said. “We have to ask, tumes and acted in some of ‘What do these plays mean our shows.” now’?”

And when the curtain She’s started getting more parted, they had no idea young people involved, what to expect. But the arts community – Franklin’s, but including a staged reading of “King Lear,” where she’ll also Oneonta and Otsego be reading for Lear. “It feels County’s – received them so powerful to have young well, and they kept coming back to the stage. “We came people reading these important texts.” back every summer, when One thing has remained we were living in New York constant – the mission to and L.A. We were running a make sure everyone has theater company now!” access to theater, free of They continued putting charge. (FSC does acon shows every summer. “I cept donations from its was housing four ‘families’ a summer,” she said. “When audiences.) “Theater is an my parents couldn’t cook for experience that all human beings should have,” she them anymore, we made a deal with the Franklin Diner said. “Coming into a room and sharing these stories is so they could eat there. a crucial part of the human Their kids grew up going to our library, swimming in our experience.” creek.”

Office On Aging Director Reports: Volunteers Say Volunteering Helps Them, Too HELP/From B1 Ziploc bags filled with homemade soup are given away, free of charge, to anyone who wants some.

“There are no age, membership or economic restrictions,” said Schultz. “If you walk in, you can have soup.”

They started in 1998 with 10 volunteers making four gallons of soup a week.

“We would give out soup, and we would dish it up and deliver it to members of the church we knew would enjoy it,” she said. “And as word got out, it continued to evolve.”

Now, volunteers prepare

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She thought fast. “So I told him, ‘Let’s call this S.O.B. and talk to him.’

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Though her husband passed in February 2013, Carol, a retired OHS math teacher, has remained active with the Alzheimer’s Association and works as an

Ombudsman at The Manor – now Focus Rehabilitation & Treatment Center – and at Foxcare.

“It’s a remarkable experience to help someone who can’t advocate for themselves,” she said. “A lot of these people don’t have family, so I do everything from holding their hands to solving paperwork issues.”

And when she isn’t at the nursing homes, she’s on the airwaves, where she produces a weekly radio show called Elder Advocate. “Each week, I invite an eldercare professional on to talk about a range of issues,” she said. “Hospice, veteran’s affairs, grief counseling, wills, that kind of thing.”

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“I started attending the Hartwick exercise group in 2004,” said Jean. “A few years ago, the Office for the Aging asked me to lead it because I’d been there the longest.”

The program is based on Miriam Nelson’s book “Strong Women Stay Young,” which helps older people prevent osteoporosis and stay strong.

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“We don’t get sweaty,” she said. “But people in the class have really noticed a difference.”

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE

Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, against SAMERA WILSON, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirsat-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said Defendant(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, and “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE”, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, WTEX LLC, WEBSTER ASPHALT INC. DBA WEBSTER PAVING, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant(s).

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOU CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COM-

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PANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage in the sum of $152,692.00 dated September 3, 2010, executed

by Defendant SAMERA WILSON to WELLS FARGO BANK, NA recorded on September 15, 2010 in Instrument No. 20104279, in the Office of the Clerk of the County of OTSEGO, covering premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 (Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16).

The relief sought within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above.

To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Oneonta, County of Otsego and State of New York, Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16, said premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT

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A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. By reason of the aforesaid, there is due and owing to Plaintiff the sum of $140,764.80, with interest thereon at 4.87500% per annum from April 1, 2015.

courages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York state Banking Department at 1-877Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking. state.ny.us

UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/ CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home.

Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.

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FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress.

You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Kozeny, McCubbin & Katz, LLP. Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 Our File 26522 4LegalMay19

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STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF OTSEGO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, S/B/M TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; SHARON MURWIN, DEBRA DESILVA, DONNA MORRELL, ROBERT MORRELL, JR., ROXANNE MORRELL, DONALD MORRELL, KENT MORRELL, KELLY MEYERS, DARYL MEYERS, KIM DIXON, VIRGINIA CARMEL, LEROY GLENN MORRELL III, MANDY MORRELL, CHRISTOPHER MORRELL, KEVIN MCLOUGHLIN, ROBERT BREWER, GERARD BREWER, BRIAN MORRELL, RICHARD MORRELL, JR. STEVE MORRELL, AND KATHALEN PARKER, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED; and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; MICHELLE BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAL CULHANE, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED; CAPITAL ONE BANK; SPRIN-

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GLEAF HOME EQUITY, INC. F/K/A AMERICAN GENERAL HOME EQUITY, INC. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action being amended to include MICHELLE

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BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAN CULHANE, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF GERALD BREWER, DECEASED, AS POSSIBLE HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED. That this action is also being amended to include THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF GERALD BREWER, as said individual is deceased.

OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial.

The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: NOVEMBER 16, 2015 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE,LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 317.15 Block: 2 Lot: 33.00 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated FEBRUARY 4, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage.

The premises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Village of Otego, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEING the same land as conveyed to Ronald B. and Shirley Morrell by deed as recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office in Liber 585 of Deeds, at Page 557; BEGINNING at a survey monument set on the southwesterly boundary of River Street at the easterly corner of land of John Pochis and Kathleen M. DeMatteo (L 737/P 765), said monument being S 32-34 E, 408.7’ from a rebar bound at the back of sidewalk intersection of the southwesterly boundary of said River Street and

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the southeasterly boundary of Main Street (N.Y.S. Route 7); thence S 3041-30 E along said boundary of River Street, 66.00’ to a survey monument set at the northerly corner of land reputedly of the Presbyterian Church Society; thence S 60-00-00 W along said church land, 165.27’ to a survey monument set on a northeasterly boundary land of Jeffrey M. Sakowski (L 766/P 499); thence N 30-41-30 W along said land of Sakowski, 66.00’ to a point in a 12” Maple tree (painted and flagged) at the southerly corner of said land of Pochis and DeMatteo; thence N 60-00-00 E along said land of Pochis and DeMatteo, 165.27’ to the place or point of beginning.

Premises known as: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825 4LegalMay19 Legal notice Notice of formation of Worcester BTS Retail, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/29/2016. Office location, County of Otsego. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 14600 Detroit Ave., Ste. 1500, Lakewood OH 44107. Purpose: any lawful act.

6LegalJune23 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Winston Lax, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/4/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3 Raymond Ave, Oneonta NY 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalJune23 Legal notice Notice of formation of CLAPPER RENTALS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on May 2, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be serviced.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 96 Willow Street, Otego, 13825. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalJune16 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

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& SONS EXCAVATING & LOGGING LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 9 March 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1895 Co Hwy 19, Burlington Flats, NY 13315. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalJune16 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: ROD’S WELDING LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 9 March 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 141 Roscoe Jones Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6legalJune16 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: CHERRY VALLEY HARDWARE LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 26 April 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 38 Genesee St, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6legalJune16 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Leatherstocking Construction LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 26, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 313 Brunner Road,

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Saturday, May 21

PLANT SALE – 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oneonta Garden Club annual plant sale. Wide variety of beautiful perennial and annuals plants along with gardening treasures in the “gently used garden shed.” Proceed beautify downtown Oneonta! At historic Swart-Wilcox House, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. Info, Anita Sears, searsa@hartwick.edu GARDEN FAIR – 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. Upper Unadilla Valley Association’s (UUBA) annual Plant and Garden Fair. Dozens of perennial varieties from $2-$5 per pot. Bedding plants, hanging baskets, vegetable seedlings.

Gift basket raffles, duck derby, more. Town of Winfield Park, Rte. 20, West Winfield.

RELAY FOR LIFE – 11 a.m.-11 p.m. “Colors of Hope” American Cancer Society Otsego County annual celebration walk. Community event, all welcome.

Cooperstown Dreams Park, 4550 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown.

Info, www.relayforlife.org/cooperstownny, 1-800-277-2345 SPRING FLING – Noon-5 p.m. street fair. Food, drink, arts and crafts and more for Rotary Club of Cooperstown’s third annual event. Live music (Ah Coopella, Small Town Big Band, Irish Dancers, CCS Jazz Ensemble, over 60 items in silent auction! Railroad Ave., Cooperstown.

PLANT WORKSHOP – 1 p.m.

Free native plant workshop with Sara Scheeren of Otsego Land Trust. Learn about indigenous beneficial regional plants, explore woody native plants on short hike to Parslow Road Conservation Area, and plant native perennials in raised garden bed at Parslow trail head. Free, space limited.

Jerry’s Place Restaurant, 6355 St. Hwy. 28, Hartwick. Info, RSVP, (607) 547-2366, sara@otsegolandtrust.org, www.otsegolandtrust.org CHICKEN DINNER – 5-7 p.m.

Chicken & Bisquit Supper. By donation. South Valley Women’s Club, South Valley Commu-

nity Hall, 472 Krishman Hill Rd., Cherry Valley.l BLUES EXPRESS – 7 p.m.

Saturday night blues train featuring best bands in upstate N.Y. Riders enjoy food and drink.

Cooperstown Blues Express, depart Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, Milford. Info, reservations, (607) 432-2429, (607) 432-2824.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Cooperstown Concert Series proudly presents Willy Tea Taylor at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Adults $20, seniors and college students $14, children 18 and under $8. Info, tickets, (607) 547-1812, www.cooperstownconcertseries.org BENEFIT CONCERT – 8 p.m.

(Door 7 p.m.). The Last Waltz Live, a recreation of The Band’s Classic Concert Film with The Rev Tor Band, performing the music of The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Eric Clapton. A food drive benefit for St. James Food Pantry & The Lord’s Table. $27/$43.

All ages. The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 437-0463, oneontatheatre.com

Sunday, May 22

MOTOR SPORTS WEEKEND – 9 a.m. gates open. Anything and everything Motors welcome!

Mohawk Valley Mud Crawlers, Tired Iron Tractor Club, antique/modern stock cars, Doug Bush’s Cruise In, Catskill Tractor Club Pulls, kids power wheel derby. Drawing and give-aways.

Food, fun. $5 per person, and under free. Otsego County Fair Grounds, 48 Mills St., Morris Vendors wanted. Info, David, (607) 263-5352.

FESTIVAL– 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Build-Fix-Grow Festival. Celebrate creativity and entrepreneurship with exhibitors, kids’ fun, Gravelyard Bluegrass Band, BBQ, and tours of sawmill, gristmill, woodworkshop. Adults and teens $9, seniors $7, kids 12 and under, free. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Cty. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5744,

Physician (Endocrinology) Endocrinology. Job Opening at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY. MD and NY State Med. License required. Send resume to michelle.empie@bassett.org

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Monday, May 23

OPENING RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. “The Land,” honoring the local landscape and all it provides. Oil painting by Bruce North, “Almost Lost Landscapes,” a tribute to Henry S.F. Cooper curated by Otsego 2000, oil painting by Judith Lam, and “The Land” (member theme.)

The Smithy Pioneer Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8671, www.smithyarts. org, gallery@smithyarts.org TALKING OPERA – 7 p.m. The Crucible: SUNY Oneonta professors, Dennis Banks, William Simons and Colby Thomas, discuss Miller’s play. Free, all welcome.

Refreshments and informal discussion. Christ Church Parish Hall, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.

Tuesday, May 24

BUS TRIP – 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Day trip to historic City of Auburn sponsored by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Includes tour of Harriet Tubman House, Seward House, Willard Memorial Chapel, lunch at Springtime Inn and free time in Skaneateles. Depart Eastern Travel bus garage at 8 a.m., return 9:30 p.m. $100/person.

Te register, Pietrafaces at (607) 432-1385.

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Cooperstown, New York 13326.

The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJune9

The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act of activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJune6

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Notice of Formation of J.E.L. Transport LLC. Art. of Org. filed SSNY on 03/08/2016.

Office loc: Otsego County.

LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC. designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC., 90 STATE STREET, SUITE 700 BOX 80, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company The name of the entity is Ed’s Repair Shop LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 26, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 3213 Co. Hwy. 16, Burlington Flats, NY 13315.

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Secretary of State has been designated as an agent of the LLC, and the service shall be sent to 451 Gulf Rd, Burlington Flats, NY 13315.

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Third Street, Manhasset, New York 11030.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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The Purpose of business is women’s fashion jewelry and accessories, gifts.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to All About The Girls

by May, LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activities.

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County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 53 Fair St, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Legal notice MITTMAN ONEONTA LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/4/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10467 East Raintree Dr., Scottsdale, Arizona 85255. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalJune2 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION 195 BISSELL, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/13/2016.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 23

Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION REELTOURS 360 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/2016. Office Location: Otsego County.

Princ. office of LLC: 28 Fair St., Cooperstown, NY 13326.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Stephen Mahlum at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalJune2 Legal noticE NOTICE OF FORMATION Notice of Formation of All About The Girls

By May, LLC on 3/31/2016 filed with Secy. of State. Office Location: 147 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. In Otsego County.

Legal notice D&R ENTERPRISES I, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/16/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 16 Water St., Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMay26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Aspire Performance Coaching, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/16. Office Location: Otsego

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By Publication of Formation of Limited Liability Company Cohn Media Group LLC filed articles of organization with the Department of State on April 5, 2016. Its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The street address of the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent upon whom service of process against the LLC may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland,

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NY 12116. The registered agent is Christopher Cohn, 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116, and the registered agent is to be the agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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with the SSNY on 03/11/16. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 286116, NewYork, NY 10128. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC)

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Byler Brothers Construction, LLC

Name: MILFORD CORNER LOT, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secreatry of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/24/26.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 99 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326: Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegaMay 26 Legal notice GRECO ROMAN LLC. Art. of Org. filed

Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on March 22, 2016.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2168 U.S. Highway 20, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalMay19 Legal notice Notice of Formation of OLDESCHOLE, LLC

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Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County.

Princ. office of LLC: PO Box 800, Morris, NY 13808. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Joseph Norman at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6legalMay26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of OTSDAWA BERRY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 1432 Co. Hwy. 8, Otego, NY 13825. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Nathaniel Posner at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016

OBITUARIES Vera R. Ainslee, Fly Creek; 80; Widow Of CYB Mainstay, Former ‘Mrs. Claus’ FLY CREEK – Vera R. Ainslie, Cooperstown’s former “Mrs. Claus” whose family name also is memorialized in Cooperstown Youth Baseball’s home field, passed away Thursday afternoon, May 12, 2016, surrounded by her family at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego.

She was 89.

Born July 18, 1926, at Bassett Hospital, Vera was a daughter of Orra C. and Nellie Mariah (Adsit) Goodspeed.

Raised in Fly Creek Valley, she graduated from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1946, and was employed for a time at a sewing facility in Richfield Springs.

She went on to spend much of her life caring for others as a nurse, working from 1967 until 1982 at Woodside Hall in Cooperstown. Following her retirement, she was employed as a private duty nurse for Mr. and Mrs. Mecklenburg.

On June 19, 1949, Vera married Lavern William “Beanie” Ainslie – CYB opening day ceremonies for 2016 were held Saturday, May 14, at “Beanie” Ainslie Field in Hartwick hamlet – in a ceremony at the Fly Creek Methodist Church,

where they were both long-time members. They enjoyed 46 years together until Beanie’s unexpected death on June 24, 1995.

Devoted to her community, Vera volunteered her time in many different ways.

For 15 years, she – along with Beanie – helped bring Santa and Mrs. Claus to Cooperstown to the delight of young and old alike. A member of the Fly Creek Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary, she also served as a volunteer at Bassett Hospital and was a faithful member of the Fly Creek Area Historical Society. Active in Grange activities for most of her life, she was a member of Fly Creek Valley Grange No. 790 and Pomona Grange No. 16.

Following her husband’s death, Vera and her family have always been present to award CYB’s highest honor, the Lavern “Beanie” Ainslie Award, which is bestowed each year on the baseball player who exhibits the highest levels of sportsmanship and good character.

Vera is survived by three sons and two daughtersin-law, Charles and Denise Ainslie and Kenneth and Cheryl Ainslie of Richfield Springs, and Michael Ainslie

of Fly Creek; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Barbara and Paul Pangman of Mount Upton, Janette and David Lyons of Fly Creek, and Eileen Ainslie of Arkansas; 13 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her husband, Vera was predeceased by her three sisters, Florence Thayer, Nellie Trainor and Norma Van Benschoten; and a brother, Edward Goodspeed A graveside service will be offered at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 19, 2016, in the Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Fly Creek, with the Rev. Sharon Rankins-Burd, pastor of the Fly Creek United Methodist Church officiating.

Memorial donations may be made to the Fly Creek Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 87, Fly Creek, NY 13337-0087, or the Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee (C.C.C.C.), P. O. Box 428, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.

Kim Millisor, 82; Returned To Village After A Full Life In Florida, Virginia COOPERSTOWN – Kim Millisor died peacefully in her sleep Wednesday, May 11, 2016. She was 82.

Born on March 11, 1934, in Albany, she was the daughter of Chauncey and Edna Sears. She graduated from Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, Ohio, and studied fine art at Ohio State University, where she met her future husband, Jim Millisor.

She taught school while her husband was in the Air Force, stationed at Eglin AFB in Florida, and was a supportive partner as he joined AT&T in Ohio and rose to vice president of marketing & sales for GTE in Tampa, Fla., moving 27 times.

During the 1960s, the couple and their two daughters, Melanne and Tara, lived in Cooperstown for four years while Mr. Millisor operated AT&T’s marketing-training program for executives in The Otesaga.

The couple made life-long friends in Cooperstown,

skiing weekends at Mount Otsego and playing bridge. A highlight of her time here was modeling Kim Millisor high fashion for charity shows around the pool at the hotel.

By the late 1960s, Kim and her family had settled in St. Petersburg, Fla., until Jim’s retirement in 1985.

Wherever the family lived, Kim was always active in the local community, spending many hours coordinating fundraisers for those less fortunate, especially needy and handicapped children. In Florida, she was president of the Pinellas ARC. She was an elegant lady who cherished her family above anything else. In retirement, her hobby was buying and restoring homes on the National Register of Historic Places, which she

and Jim renovated for their family’s enjoyment. She also collected antiques, from fine china to grandfather clocks.

Leaving Florida, the couple moved to Richmond, Va., where they spent 15 years before moving back to Cooperstown in 2014 to be near family, and to reconnect with friends from years before.

Kim is survived by her husband of 62 years, Jim Millisor of Cooperstown; their two daughters, Melanne Millisor Maddalene of London, U.K., and Tara Millisor Barnwell of Cooperstown, advertising director of The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta, and her husband, Mark; and a granddaughter, Taylor Maddalene of Washington, D.C. Also, a 14year-old chocolate cocker spaniel, Godiva.

Arrangements are under the care of Tillapaugh Funeral Home

Betty Snyder, 81, Latham; Native Daughter COOPERSTOWN – Betsy J. Snyder, Latham, a Cooperstown native who pursued a career in the Capital District, died Sunday morning May 15, 2016, at her Latham home. She was 81.

Born in Cooperstown on Oct. 18, 1934, Betsy was the daughter of Clifford and Genevieve (Knapp) Snyder. She graduated from Cooperstown High School in the Class of 1952.

Betsy began working for Colonial Finance in Cooperstown. She moved to the Latham area in 1987 joined Latham Medical Group, a private group of physicians, as financial manager, working there until her retirement.

She was a member of the Otsego-Hartwick-Arbutus Chapter No. 201 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Cooperstown, the Cooperstown Criterion Club, and the Cooperstown Native Daughters.

Betsy is survived by her

sister, Dolores Coleman of Cooperstown and her nephews, Charles “Skip” Coleman (Laura), Clifford Coleman (Colleen), and Carter Coleman (Katie), all of Cooperstown. She is also

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survived by her cousin, Susan Rezen of Leesburg, Fla., and her dear and longtime friend, Edith Kufs of Cohoes.

Funeral and committal services will be private.

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Take a vacation. Get that new car. Add on a room or deck.

Fund college. Or consolidate bills at a great low rate. The sky’s the limit with your Bank of Cooperstown Home Equity Line of Credit.

Apply online or in person today!

*APR (Annual Percentage Rate). Rate is accurate as of date of publication. The special offer applies to lines of $20,000 or more. Initial rate is fixed at 2.90% for 36 months. After 36 months, the variable rate can be as low as Prime minus .50% with a floor of 2.00% for the remainder of the loan.

The maximum (ceiling) APR is 21.00%. The rate will be based on the Prime Rate as published in the Wall Street Journal. Loan to Value (LTV) of 80% or below. Offer requires auto payment transfer from USNY Bank checking or savings account. APR will increase by 1.00% if the auto pay feature is not selected or is cancelled. This is only available for personal use when secured by a single family, owner occupied dwelling. Property insurance, including flood insurance if applicable, is required. The Bank pays for third party closing costs on this HELOC including credit report fees, flood determination fees and recording fees. If the line is closed and discharged for any reason within the first 36 months, you will reimburse USNY Bank for all of the third party closing costs paid on your behalf at closing, generally ranging from $819 to $1,069 for a $50,000 line or loan. NYS mortgage tax required. Consult your tax advisor regarding interest deductibility. Must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Offer is subject to credit and property approval and may be modified or discontinued at any time. Other restrictions and limitations may apply. Offer expires June 30, 2016.

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73 Chestnut St. | Cooperstown, NY | 607-547-2210 34 Main St. | Oneonta, NY | 607-432-7000 Open 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday) www.bankofcooperstown.com

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Tuesday, May 24

Wednesday, May 25

BUTCHERY SEMINAR– 9 a.m.-

Thursday, May 26

LITERARY GROUP – 2:30 p.m.

Topic, Tina Fey’s “Bossy Pants.”

Literary Discussion Group of the Women’s Club of Cooperstown, Village of Cooperstown Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Enid Hinkes, (607) 547-1880, evinces@aol.com HISTORY– 7 p.m. Regular meeting of Fly Creek Area Historical Society. GCAHS Bldg.,

Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek.

AUTHOR READING– 7 p.m.

Nights at the Round Table with author Ginnah Howard, “I’m Sick of This Already, At-Risk Learning in a High School Class.” Free, all welcome. Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8344.

MIND/BODY – 6 p.m. Mind Body Spirit Collective Meeting.

Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower talk on tree medicine. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Friday, May 27

CANOE REGATTA – Day-long General Clinton Canoe Regatta.

Through Mon. Beginning at Lakefront Park, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown and ending at General Clinton Park in Bainbridge.

Info, www.canoeregatta.org CLASSIC CLINIC – 4-7 p.m.

Cooperstown Classic Clinic, for children 7-12, a chance for hands-on training from several former major leaguers. Bring glove, wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. Rain or shine.

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Cooperstown Village attractive one-bedroom, off- street parking,. No pets, no smoking. $650/ month + utilities and security. One year lease, available June 1. (607) 547-1301.

3ClassMay27 Lovely two-room studio. $495 + utilities. No pets. Spacious two-bedroom apartment. No pets. $695 + utilities. Carriage House: three bedroom on private estate. $925 + utilities.

No pets. Camelot Apartments, (607) 433-1978.

3ClassJune3 HOMES FOR RENT Beautiful 2BD, 2BA home in West Laurens. Wood stove, oversized 1 car garage and sits on 2 acres. No large dogs, no cats. Available May 1st.

(607) 267-4214 3ClassMay6

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Available April, Spacious 3 or 4 BR, 2 Bath, Kitchen w/Island, Den, LivRm w/ Fireplace, Dining & FamRm w/Pellet Stove, Enclosed Porch, Garage, 15 Acres, Located 3 Miles From Cooperstown. $1900. Mo. + utilities. Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ (607) 267-2683 (cell) OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

Cooperstown multi-use commercial /w Main St. & Doubleday lot access. Optional 1st floor double retail space, outdoor courtyard. 2nd floor: 4 private rooms/offices. Restrooms/ central air/alarm/phone.

Call to discuss ideas/options. Kathy Fistrowicz 607-267-2683 Oneonta Retail Space For Lease! Over 8,000 square feet of space featuring loading dock with overhead door and warehouse area, plus a light and bright retail space second to none in the down-

Kiln-dried shavings and/or green sawdust Trailer-load quantities · Delivery available

Ken Pym & Son

When it gets hot, high-efficiency central cooling makes all the difference.

We have the experience to help you choose the best system for your home.

3919 St. Hwy 23, West Oneonta NY 607-432-6633 • 800-421-2867 reinhardthomeheating.com

LAND FOR SALE FINANCED READY TO BUILD LOTS FOR SALE: Prestigious Winney Hill Commons address can be yours! School, tennis court, pool all walk-able, along with gorgeous views! Shovel ready lots feature underground utilities and public water/sewer/natural gas. Owner financing: $35,000 price, $5,000 down, $30,000 @ 5% for 5 years $566 per month.

Call today, build your future home tomorrow! Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC 607-287-1559

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Reasonable Prices Serving the area for over 30 years Small drywall install & repair

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Replacement Windows, Exterior Doors and Siding

Don’t Let the Dog Days of Summer Get You Down We install Mitsubishi and Heil cooling units!

TURN-KEY BUSINESS! Established clientele with 3 income streams. Owner retiring. Great Opportunity in the City Of Oneonta. For More Info Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC 607-287-1559

Professional Interior & Exterior Painting

Crusher-run driveways installed and repaired · Crusher-run storage shed pads installed · Lawn installation, repairs, restoration, and mowing · Driveway sealcoating, maintenance, and paving · Stump grinding · Skid-steer excavating and dump truck service

607-436-9082 · 359 Delaware Co. Hwy 11 Oneonta

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

PJ’s Painting

Topsoil • sand • sTone • gravel • crusher run • dump runs

FOR SALE:

town lower hub of the city. $2950 per month. Call Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC for details at 607-432-4391.

Healthy plants at reasonable prices.

Annuals. Perennials. Vegetable plants.

Large selection of hanging baskets.

Gift certificates available.

11600 State Hwy 23 • Davenport Center, NY Just 7 miles east of the Southside Mall davenportgardencenter.com • 607-278-6909

$250 off 5 or more installed windows *

Free gutters for any whole house siding order * *Offers valid when you mention this ad through 5/31/16

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Since 1986

Successfully serving Cooperstown & Oneonta

GIFFORD PAVING www.GiffordPaving.com 315-822-5254

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Residential • commeRcial constRuction design build • quality cRaftsmanship

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We are bursting with color! a Thousands of hanging baskets a Potted plants a Vegetables a Herbs a Perennials a Shrubs a Landscaping Service Let our 40 years of experience help you with all your gardening and landscaping needs!

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SMORGASBORD – 4:30-7 p.m. serving. Take-out available. Baked ham, turkey divan, meatballs and sauce, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, green beans, squash, tossed and gelatin salads, rolls, cake, beverages.

Adults $8, children over 5 $3, under 5 free. Roseboom Methodist Church, Rte. 166.

BOCES OPEN HOUSE – 5-7:30 p.m. Annual Spring Open House including senior project student showcase. Classroom learning experience displays. Learn about 14 career and technical education programs. (Also May 25 at Chenango Campus in Norwich).

Chicken BBQ, car show, heavy equipment display and building tours. Info, Martha Ryan, (607) 335-1292.

GALLERY OPENING – 6-7 p.m. Our Town Gallery Opening.

Details forthcoming.

3 p.m. SUNY Cobleskill, Harvest New York host beef-cutting seminar. $50 per person, includes lunch and classroom materials.

Limited to 15 participants. SUNY Cobleskill new Meat Laboratory, Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources. Info, registration, Linda Serdy, (518) 255-5528, SerdyML@cobleskill.edu JANE FORBES CLARK – 6:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. lecture. Fly Creek Area Historical Society, “Cooperstown and the Clark Family Legacy.” All welcome. Refreshments served. FCAHS building, Cemetery Road, Fly Creek, parking adjacent at Adirondack Leather.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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