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Farm Credit East Plans 50-Job Office In County

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ifty finance jobs are being promised if Farm Credit East, which provides loans, crop insurance and other fi-

nancial services to farmers from 19 offices through the Northeast, wins approval for an office building at the former Ryerson Estate just north of Glimmerglass Opera.

The company – its regional executive vice president is Mike Reynolds, who was raised in Cooperstown and graduated from Please See 50 JOBS, B7

22-Room Motel Possible At Railroad Avenue Site Spring Fling Fun x 3 (+2)

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artwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich, the target of some faculty disaffection in recent months, has been offered – and agreed to – an eight-year contract with the Board of Trustees.

“This place is worth every ounce of my efforts,” said Drugovich, whose contract at the institution, founded in Hartwick Seminary in 1797, extends until 2024.

She also reported freshman enrollment has rebounded.

Wax Museum Proprietor Perry Ferrara Explores Use For Manno’s Hops Barn

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acant since its renovation seven years ago, Mike Manno’s historic former hops barn at Railroad and Glen avenues is being proposed for a 22room hotel.

The applicant is Perry Ferrara, proprietor of the Heroes of the Game Wax Museum and a partner in BTP Cooperstown, which last year gave up on plans for a four-story hotel on Main Street.

(Thomas Langan, another partner in BTP, said he’s not involved in this undertaking.)

At its May meeting earlier this week, the Village Board scheduled a public hearing on a “special-use

REMEMBRANCE: The Memorial Day Parade will depart at 11 a.m. Monday, May 30, from the vets’ club and proceed up Main Street to the Soldiers & Sailors Monument at the County Office Building for speeches and remembrances.

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Jim Donley passes 28 Railroad Ave. on his daily walk.

permit” the project would require for 7 p.m. Monday, June 27, its next regular meeting.

In an interview, Ferrara said 22 rooms can be encompassed within the 10,000-square-foot building’s existing footprint. He said, if all goes well, he hopes to begin construction this fall and have the Please See HOTEL, A3

Parking By Contractors On Job To Be Regulated By Village Hall

HYDE HALL LEASE: State

Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has introduced legislation to extend the Friends of Hyde Hall’s lease on the National Historic Landmark 30 years, until Jan. 1, 2047. The lease is set to expire next Jan. 1.

FINAL FAREWELL: Retired teacher Bob Joyce, 92, a beloved figure in Cooperstown, died Sunday, May 22/DETAILS, B6

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The trustees voted 5-1-1 – Richard Sternberg voted fter testimony nay; Cindy Falk recused from contractors herself, as her husband, and conflicting Glenn, is a contractor and comments by individual testified at the preceding trustees, the Village public hearing – for the Board pulled together measure after Katz said, behind Mayor Jeff Katz once the law goes into The Freeman’s Journal effect, the Village Board Monday, May 23, and OK the law, approved a law ending can adjust any aspects that the ability of contractors we can always may prove problematic. change it, said to simply park at their In comments after tesMayor Katz. job sites in the village.

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Sister Hannah, 4, and mom Elizabeth O’Brien tend 19-monthold brothers, from left, Lucas, Noah and Hunter, family of Hartwick Town Supervisor Rob O’Brien, among othe hundreds of fun-seekers at Cooperstown Rotary’s third annual Spring Fling Saturday, May 21, on Railroad Avenue/MORE PHOTOS, B3

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Edmeston Bank Robbery Suspect Still At Large At Press Time HEIST/From A1 the suspect, prompting a flood of calls and tips still coming in at press time.

“We’ve got lots of leads,” said county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr., whose department is leading the investigation.

“Our investigators are out following up on all the tips we’ve received.”

At 11:06 a.m. Monday, May 21, the suspect, a white male in his 20s, went into the bank, stood in line and approached the teller to demand money.

No weapon was displayed, and he made off with an undetermined amount of cash before hopping into a small silver SUV and driving off.

“We have witnesses saying he was heading west on county Route 20,” said Devlin.

The bank teller triggered a silent alarm, and within minutes Otsego County 911

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Edmeston Central School was placed on a lockdown that wasn’t lifted until 1 p.m.

“We’re thankful no one was harmed,” said Florence Doller, NBT Bank’s director of corporate communications. “We’re working with law enforcement to bring the perpetrator to justice.”

The suspect is being described as mid-late 20s, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot10, with a tall, thin build. He was last seen wearing light colored pants, a dark colored hooded sweatshirt, dark colored shoes, a dark colored knit hat and dark rimmed glasses.

Jessica Carney, who works at her mother’s Art House luncheonette up the street, said she heard the “screeching” of tires and went outside to see police cruisers de-

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scending on the scene. “It’s a quiet little town,” she said.

“You never see anything happen here.”

Bank robberies are uncommon in Otsego County, Devlin said, but they do happen.

This same bank was previously robbed in 2008; a week later, David Lolik, a resident of South Street in Edmeston was arrested and charged with stealing over $6,000.

Last year, Oneonta Police arrested Corinne Simmons, Deposit, after she allegedly stole $1,500 from the NBT Bank on Wall Street.

“It’s time-consuming work,” said Devlin. “It takes a lot of man hours, but we follow up on every lead, no matter how trivial it may seem.”

Anyone with information Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal is asked to contact the Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., whose deputies are leading the invesCounty Sheriff’s Office at tigation, confers with state police Monday, May 23, outside NBT Bank’s (607) 547-4273.

Edmeston branch, which was robbed at 10:06 that morning.

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Mayor Jeff Katz said he will give the project a fair hearing. “I’m always for economic development in the village,” he said, “and I’ve been looking at Railroad Avenue, trying to jumpstart it, for a while.”

The village’s comprehensive plan, now under revision, is expected to identify Railroad Avenue as a “node” for likely commercial development.

The prospective hotel was given a “preliminary site plan review” May 17 by

the village Planning Board, which found Ferrara, represented

by Teresa Drerup, Altonview Ferrara Architects, had “presented sufficient materials to enable it to recommend the applicant’s concept to the Board of Trustees.”

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According to the village code, any project in a commercial zone – except for a church or playground – requires a special-use permit.

If the permit is approved, the project would be sent back to the Planning Board, where “greater details would be necessary,” according to Berman’s report to the trustees.

In an interview, however, he said Ferrara’s plan does not require any variance – it has 22 parking spaces, one

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The owner had bought the Agway from Niles Curtis in 2009, and renovated it as he had done with 21 Railroad Ave., now an office building. However, in the years following the Great Recession, he received few nibbles.

In 2015, Manno proposed demolishing at least part of the building, a move that was resisted by the H-PARB. If this project is rejected, “I will demolish it,” he vowed. “And you can quote me on that.”

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Let’s Not Make Life More Complicated Than It Has To Be

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lease, Village Board of Cooperstown, leave us alone!

You don’t want to use pesticides on Doubleday Field? Fine; it’s village property. Now, the trustees are pondering whether to peer into every garden shed to ensure every bag of Turf Builder II or Weed ‘n’ Feed is banished beyond the village line. Heavens to vinyl siding!

At the May board meeting the other night, Trustee Cindy Falk observed that the village has a right-of-way for 25 feet on each side of the center of every street.

Surely, that must allow 22 Main to regulate how householders must care for their lawns? (Put that next to the de-icer regulations in the village code.)

Happily, Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh gently suggested that, while the right of way

may allow the village crew access to curb repairs and tree removal, forcing everyone onto their knees with a V-blade weeder may not be part of the social contract between the comrades and the commissars.

But maybe it is. We’ll see.

• It’s part of the same fixation with that hobgoblin of consistency that caused those $108 fines to be levied in January after two dozen homeowners insufficiently dusted away a dusting of snow.

That same hobgoblin is at play in the excruciating debate that’s ensued for three months now on how to make life more complicated for contractors to work within village limits, (and more expensive for people trying to improve their properties: The contractors say they’ll simply pass along any added expense to customers.)

Since paid on-street parking

was imposed four tourist seasons ago now – granted, we all like the $380,000 in additional revenues – contractors have simply been allowed to go about their business. You have to paint a house; go ahead, park in front of the house while you’re doing the work. Need to re-roof a home.

Go ahead. Imagine that.

Horrors, Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, Public Safety Committee chair, then concluded.

She observed that, in effect, the village is “giving” free parking, worth $14 a day per space per day, to contractors. And – horrors!

– allowing them to put cones in the space, so if they rush to Bruce Hall or Haggerty’s to get another gallon of paint, the space is actually there when they get back.

The inconsistency is intolerable! That a family from Terre Haute must pay $14 a day, and a

family from Cooperstown (which, incidentally, will have to pay higher property taxes for improving their home) pays nothing!

(Originally, the regulation was to apply only to streets where paid-parking fees were being forfeited. But – figure it through – how can contractors be allowed to ignore two-hour limits anywhere in the village? More horrors.)

• The other night, all this wild surmising and scenario-ing reached its limits. After a public hearing on a second version of the regulation – it involves contractor permits, fines (up to $500) for flouting any subsection to the subsection, and license numbers on cones – trustees began adding things in and taking things out, willy-nilly, in free-form, anythinggoes back and forth.

The image came to mind from those old Looney Tunes: A machine reaches its limits, blows up, springs pop out all over the place.

In the end, Mayor Katz declared, let’s pass it; we can change anything that doesn’t work out at some point in the future.

Let’s wing it? That’s some philosophy of lawmaking. Come on: People who must live by these – and any – regulations, deserve as careful a crafting as the trustees can achieve.

The working theory at 22 Main may be, if you can regulate the navel of the universe to perfection, you can perfect the universe everywhere. (Da? We say nyet.)

Obviously, we’ve having too much fun with this. Let’s agree that the trustees are, to a person, a brainy and dedicated septet. This just happens to be how they think.

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FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT – AGAIN

Veteran Cancer Survivor Reassures, Then Inspires

Editor’s Note: Janet McCarty of East Springfield, retired teacher and wife of county Rep. Keith McCarty, inspired the crowd with this speech when she keynoted the Northern Otsego/Cooperstown Relay for Life opening ceremonies Saturday, May 21, at Cooperstown Dreams Park. at a time, but I also set goals for the future.” That quote has stuck with me. lost Debbie after three Eighteen years ago, years battling breast Relay for Life began in cancer. She Cooperstown. was 37 with two A year later, sons, ages 15 in 1999, I and 11. They joined a team were in Florida that formed at and I was in Cherry ValNew York. ley-Springfield What was I to Central School. do? I helped to We didn’t handle arrangeknow then that ments for a this team would service here, but still be going I felt empty and today with a lost. After all, name change she was more and some Janet McCarty, than my cousin. keynoter at the changes in We grew up in Northern Otsego/ team members, the same house Cooperstown Relay but still for the – a two-family for Life, also resame reason ported: Her cancer house. I was – to FIND A is back. in both of her CURE! weddings. She We began as was my big sister and idol. team “Doin’ it for Donna,” While Debbie was fightnamed for one of our own ing cancer an article about CV-S teachers, Donna her fight was in the hospiThienpont, who was battal’s quarterly magazine. tling leukemia. Donna and In this article, one of her I were class advisers to the quotes was, “I live one day Class of 2005. With much

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Holding the banner at Cooperstown/Northern Otsego Relay For life Saturday, May 21, were, from left, Helen Gregory, the American Cancer Society’s local executive director, and survivors Michael Hall, West Oneonta, and Jim Domion and Ed Bellow, both of Richfield Springs. As the Relay began, more than 300 survivors had registered, and many more were expected to arrive during the day.

support, Donna received treatment, but not a cure.

During the next few years, after Donna’s passing, a number of us at

Cherry Valley-Springfield were diagnosed with cancer, including three parents of the Class of 2005.

Yes, I said US – I was one

of the US. I was diagnosed in May of 2005 but I DID NOT have time for cancer.

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LETTERS

As Rural Landscape Underscores, Preservation Matters To the Editor: On Friday, May 20, Otsego 2000 held a ceremony for its 2015 Historic Preservation Awards of Otsego & Schoharie Counties at the Roseboom Historical Association, a lovely restored Baptist Church in the northeast corner of our county.

All the recipients were highly laudable, but those of us from Butternuts were most proud of and happy for Leigh Eckmair, who was presented with the 2015 Preservation Advocate award. Leigh is the historian for the Town of Butternuts and the Village of Gilbertsville and has been working tirelessly for more than 25 years to restore and maintain the beauty of the towns.

Roseboom is quite a ways from here

that), but among those who attended the very enjoyable ceremony were: Leigh’s daughter and son-in-law Kelly and Gary, Cece Rowe, Diana Heeman, Cheri and Gerry Theis, Elizabeth Nields, Marcus Villagran, Valerie Elbrick, Nick Hanlon, Kathleen and Leslie Stroh, Michele and Norm Farwell, Lynne Ohl, and myself.

Driving across the beautiful landscapes of our rural county, I couldn’t help thinking how gratifying it was to be together in celebration rather than Teresa Winchester photo in strife over the threat of fracking.

Leigh Eckmair is congratulated While we must remain vigilant, we on receiving Otsego 2000’s have secured for ourselves through our Preservation Advocate Award. work together an environment from and I feared few would make the trek which we can continue to derive joy. to honor Leigh. But, boy, was I wrong! How sweet it is!

I will omit someone (and apologies for TERESA WINCHESTER

Writer’s Fear: Donald Trump Will Lead Us Into War To the Editor: This is in reaction to the letter written by Sal Furnari in the May 12-13 editions.

I have been in the CPA business for 47 years, mostly here in Maine. Sal and his family are the hardest-working team I have ever known.

I am not in agreement with his assessment of Mr. Trump. God help us

if he becomes our president.

Right now Congress could not be further apart.

Hillary would retain the status quo. Bernie is a socialist and a lot of us do not agree with that philosophy.

Mr. Trump is a bully and in my opinion will lead us into war.

Denigrating Mrs. Bush (“mummy”) was uncalled for and he should apologize.

We need someone who can bring us together and not lead us further apart.

I am sorry to say that for the first time in my life I am considering not voting. I do not feel good about it.

PAUL MARSHALL, CPA Principal, Purdy Powers & Co. Portland, Maine (Editor’s Note: Mr. Marshall visits Cooperstown once a year.)

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

200 YEARS AGO

True Greatness: Socrates, being asked what was the best mode of gaining a high reputation said “To be what you appear to be.”

Use of Money: A beggar asking alms of a Spartan, he answered, “If I grant what you crave, I shall make you a more confirmed beggar. He, who first gave you money, taught you laziness.”

May 30, 1816

50 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO

Nearly all the nations of Europe have been drawn into the vortex of war. The greatest statesmen of the world have realized that in these days of world upheaval there has been a danger far greater than the actual loss of life and property that is now shocking all civilized nations. The danger has been that the entire world, instead of half of it, might become involved; that international law might be wiped out in a day, and that civilization itself might be uprooted, no great nation remaining at peace to voice the protest against war madness. The conduct of President Wilson throughout the European war has won him not merely the respect of Europe, but the commendations of the people of the United States of all shades of political opinion.

May 24, 1916

175 YEARS AGO

The “Law Reforms,” about which the Legal Gentlemen talk so much as “taking the bread from the mouth of labor,” seem to have but little effect upon the rush to the Bar, for the New York papers give the names of 45 persons admitted as Counsellors, and 81 as Attorneys, during the present term of the Supreme Court. The profession must be a lucrative one still, for if it were otherwise so, many young men would not be attracted to it. And who can doubt that we are a very restive, litigious race of beings, when so many are paid and supported to redress the difficulties in which we get entangled.

May 24, 1841

150 YEARS AGO

As a consequence of the rebellion and war, a radical change took place in the condition of four millions of southern blacks. The immediate effect, as shown by authentic statements and figures, has been most disastrous to that unfortunate race. Most of them have suffered severely, while tens and hundreds of thousands have sickened and died. They have not only suffered common hardships with the whites of the South, but they have also paid dearly for their sudden and unprepared-for emancipation. In a great measure the evils they have endured were inseparable from their own changed relations and the general condition of the rebellious States at the close of the war.

The Susquehanna Railroad – To reach the Delevan House, Albany, from Cooperstown, requires about seven hours, whether one goes by the Central or Susquehanna road.

Eastern travelers generally take the latter route, for the reason that it requires ten miles less of staging; and the hour of departure of the two daily stages leaving our village for Collier’s are very convenient.

The “Western Union” Company now owns the line of telegraph to this place (Cooperstown). A line is being run to Canajoharie via Clarksville (Middlefield), Cherry Valley

75 YEARS AGO

The first New York State Selective Service registrants to go to a civilian project camp for conscientious objectors will be ordered by their local boards to report at May 25, 1966 the Cooperstown Camp on June 5, it was announced by Brigadier General Ames T. Brown, state director of Selecand Sharon Springs. If our trustees have any authority in tive Service. The national headquarters of the Selective the matter, they should require the company to put up deService has forwarded to the New York State headquarters cent-looking poles. A coat of paint would improve them.

May 25, 1866 a list of seven registrants whose order numbers have been passed by their draft boards, and who have been certified by state headquarters as conscientious objectors to all forms of combatant or non-combatant military service. They A New Polyclinic – The handsome new clinic of the Phil- are given classification IV-E under the Selective Service adelphia Polyclinic, on Lombard Street, west of Eighteenth, regulations. Among the seven is one from local board 403, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was formally opened recently Cooperstown.

by Lieutenant-Governor Watres as a charitable institution of May 28, 1941 the State. It is the establishment of a unique medical school and all the undergraduate medical colleges send their representatives with greetings to the successful launching of Fifteen Cooperstown-area residents received diplomas at this institution. Previous to the opening prayer, Dr. Thomas the 102nd Annual Commencement ceremonies at the State J. Mays, president of the faculty, unveiled the brass tablet University College of Oneonta on May 18. Virginia Heitz, of the perpetual endowment fund of the Polyclinic Medical a pre-Kindergarten teacher at Cooperstown Elementary Society on the first floor corridor. This tablet contains the School received the Master in Education diploma, and her names of the founders. Among the number is that of Dr. M. Imogene Bassett of this village, who we are pleased to note, daughter Jennifer Heitz, a Bachelor of Science in Education. Other Cooperstown residents earning the Master in has through persevering and hard study become one of the foremost women in her profession. The hospital, which has Education degree were Jeannine Groff, Kathleen GallandBennett and Carole A. Alicino. accommodations for fifty patients, is a marvel of comfort, May 29, 1991 convenience and neatness.

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After Years-Long Fight, Cancer Returns KEYNOTE/From A4 lina and get back to start a new school year. Well – it almost went that way.

My immediate reaction to the doctor was: Get this out of my body. So-o-o, I had surgery 10 days later, did not complete the school year, but I was on stage, with Donna as my strength, to give the speech with my best friend Diane, who stepped up and took over for Donna as adviser.

Then, during the graduation ceremony, the class made the announcement that the funds that remained in their treasury had been donated to the American Cancer Society in the amount of over $700. Wow, talk about a proud moment: but they had learned about the impact of cancer, first-hand.

With the help of family and friends, we had a fantastic graduation party.

I started chemotherapy in July and with the support of a great medical team had treatments scheduled so that I could help move our daughter back to SUNY Cobleskill, travel with my husband to take our son to Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, and even returned in December to bring him home for semester break. The next school year did not start for me until May, but I returned full-time and retired with 32 years of teaching – when I wanted; NOT when cancer wanted.

Yes, cancer has changed my life, how can it not? But I was NOT going to hide in a hole. I live with it, and I try to make it positive. I have mentored other people who have been diagnosed.

Though all cases are different, I lend support, tell my story and offer to listen, cry and pray. And I consider my doctor and nurses friends who I will have for a long time.

Having a Relay team has kept Debbie close. The luminary ceremony has always been special to me, as I think of it as “our time.”

I have continued to raise funds for Relay for Life because I believe that there is a cure and I want to see it happen! I believe, through research, I was given a chance with a new chemotherapy, followed by a new drug in

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Janet McCarty left the Relay podium to hugs by wellwishers.

2006, Herceptin. And I have taken another new drug for almost 10 years.

In 2010, I participated in the Relay For Life and was honored as a survivor in Ponta Vedra, Fla., with Debbie’s two sons, daughter-in-law, five grandchildren and a niece. She was there with us beaming as we walked. Then, a year later, I was surprised when a former student set up a team in my honor in Race for a Cure in Albany.

And research continues.

My mother has been diagnosed with CLL, a leukemia.

She was treated with a chemotherapy in 2010, which help for a while. Again, in 2014, her numbers elevated and the doctor informed her that, just the month before the FDA had approved that drug. She remains on the

drug daily and her numbers are down. RESEARCH!!! and a new miracle drug.

I have to believe in research and new drugs as I come face to face with cancer again and beginning with surgery next week followed by treatment in the months to follow. I will live one day at a time, set goals and believe in research.

Our team, now 17 years old, changes from year to year. Our fundraisers remain about the same, with Basket Bingo, a spaghetti dinner, a wine-tasting party, a bake sale and wonderful supporters. Our communities look forward to the events and are always there for us. Our name is out there and people are so very generous!

We welcome new members and understand when people need time off. I say “we,” as Rhonda Sanders is my co-captain and WE could not do what we do if I said I. She picks me up when I begin to crumble and keeps me calm. Thank you, Rhonda. Our team members are survivors, caregivers, family and friends and we range in age from 6 to 70.

We have gone from Doin’ It For Donna to Doin’ It For You, but we still have the same goal – FINDING A CURE!!!

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Trustees Agreed: Approve Law Now, Adjust Later LAW/From A1 timony, the mayor said he objected to one class of people – in this case, contractors – being given a special privilege over everyone else. The paid-parking law went into effect four tourist seasons ago, but contractors had been allowed to proceed as they always had: Parking at job sites, despite the parking fees everyone else was paying.

“The only reason this came up this year is because of the abuse we started to see,” said Katz. “In a real sense, our hand was forced.”

Now that the issue’s been raised, he continued, no action means contractors would have to feed meters like anyone else, with no guarantee of parking spaces at job sites. “We have to do something right now,” the mayor said, “or it’s going to be: Feed the meter.”

The law, which came out of Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch’s Public Safety Committee, was sent back for review

after the Village Board’s April meeting, where contractors, ciphering through the combination of application fees and daily levies, pointed out they could add hundreds of dollars to jobs that would be simply passed on to village customers.

The new version, which went to a second public hearing May 23, required only a $25 annual registration fee, and would then allow contractors to park at job sites when on-street paid-parking fees are in force. Someone caught operating without a permit would be fined $75; a second time, and the penalty would be loss of the permit for a year.

“This isn’t an issue about money,” said Tillapaugh. “We haven’t been enforcing our paid-parking law.”

The one change made in the law adopted concerned cones, which contractors have been using to reserve their parking spaces – and, some say,

for personal errands – and would have been outlawed.

Trustee Lou Allstadt agreed with contractors – painter Steve Eldred, in particular – who argued that, without cones, contractors who left a job site to get supplies might not, in the busy months, be able to find a parking space within blocks.

“I’m concerned for safety and for continuing the work,” said Allstadt.

At the hearing, three contractors spoke. Both Falk and Eldred said they have no objection to the fee; Falk even proposed the fine be raised to $500 to discourage out-of-town contractors from trying to slip in and out of the village without being registered.

John Phillips argued for the status quo: “If they are working on a job – fixing the village – we should let them alone,” he said.

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YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego Counties, Inc. (FOR-DO) is seeking applicants for the position of Youth Services Coordinator. This position reports to the Executive Director and will be responsible for planning, administration and management of programming for a Youth Clubhouse that will provide resources to youth and young adults to develop prosocial skills that promote long-term health, wellness, recovery and a substance-free lifestyle. This is a full-time position with benefits. Some evening hours are required.

Minimum Qualifications: Committed to the organization and clubhouse mission, knowledge of addiction and recovery, and a desire to work with the recovery community. Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel, excellent written, verbal and communication skills. Will have a Bachelor’s degree and two years of experience working in the Human Services field, preferably with youth and young adults.

Preferred Qualifications: In addition to minimum qualifications, demonstrated ability to oversee operations plans, experience collecting and reporting data, knowledge of fiscal management, and familiarity with other non-profit and human service agencies serving Otsego County.

Please mail resume, cover letter to:

Kelly Liner, Interim Executive Director 22 Elm Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 or email to kelly@friendsofrecoverydo.org

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MLS#105375 $325,000 Beautiful 5-BR, 3-bath home. Cooperstown Schools.

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MLS#103836 $235,000 Great Business Opportunity – Automotive Owner Financing! 19-year established business.

Approximately $60K equipment and inventory.

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MLS#104012 $349,000 75’ lake frontage, sunset, views. Year-round house, right on the water. 2 efficiency cabins, game room.

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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#103489 $169,000 Original Character, Modern Comfort Village home is being sold for much less than invested. Call now to see this opportunity while still 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#99242 $259,000 Brand new, maintenance-free, year-round home!

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MLS#104302 $225,500 Immaculate spacious 3-BR, 3-bath home is situated on 3 park-like acres! 3-car garage, in-ground pool, deck, stream, many extras! Easy access to I-88.

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MLS#102894 $239,000 Reduced by $20,000 Graceland is perfectly positioned between Cooperstown and Oneonta and generates over $2,000 a week as a baseball rental!

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MLS#104982 $179,900 Year-Round Home Modern, tastefully renovated, year-round home has 3 BRs, dream-like kitchen, deck.

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MLS#105518 $214,999 Totally Renovated Ranch on 10 +/- acres backs up to State land and the Susquehanna River. 3 BRs, 1 bath, ¾+/- acre stocked pond. This is a must see in Milford!

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MLS#104511 $274,500 218´ Private Lake Frontage Year-round, new metal roof, family room w/pellet stove, LR w/fireplace, DR. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.Canadaragohomes2.com

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Serving their country is all in the Hill-Brown family, which has over three generations of military service between them. From left, Jim Brown, Rosanne Hill, Retired Chief Jerry Hill and Tammie Brown (nee Hill), who holds a picture of Jim’s and her son Donald, currently serving aboard the USS Gonzalas.

Jerry Hill’s Son, Grandson Follow Him Into Navy “I’m proud of my grandson and my son,” said Jerry.

“Being in the Navy improved our educations, gave us a lot of opportunities.”

Inspired by his five brothers-in-law, all who served in various branches of the military, Jerry enlisted in the Navy in 1960 at age 17.

In 1962, he was stationed in Japan, where he helped survey Russian ships transporting nuclear missiles, a Please See HILLS, B3

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Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Jerry Hill, the former owner of Jerry’s Bait Shop here, is the patriarch of a three generations of military veterans, and the father-in-law to Jerry Hill spent three one more. tours in Vietnam.

New Cookbook Lets You Bring A Bit Of Cider Mill Home

By LIBBY CUDMORE FLY CREEK

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ill Michaels fields a lot of questions as the owner of the Fly Creek Cider Mill, but one he loves hearing is, “Can I get the recipe for that pot roast sandwich?”

“Everyone always asks that!” he said. “It’s my grandmother Jane

Michaels’ recipe.”

He’s been known to keep copies of the recipe on hand, but now, visitors to the mill can take home that recipe – it’s on page 100! – and so many others in the “Fly Creek Cider Mill Cookbook,” just released from Surrey Books, a publisher in Chicago.

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Fly Creek Cider Mill (and life) partners Brenda and Bill Michaels autograph copies of the new cookbook featuring their establishment’s favorites.

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CLASSIC FUN: Celebrate Hall of Fame Classic weekend! Kids chance to get hands-on training from former major leaguers. Free, limited slots. 4-7 p.m. Friday, May 27, Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main Street, Cooperstown.

Info, registration, (607) 547-0397. And on Saturday, May 28, Hall of Famers and Major League players return to play in the Cooperstown Classic. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Info, Tickets, 1877-726-9028, www.baseballhall.org CONCERT KICK-OFF: Brewery Ommegang kicks off its annual summer concert series with Lake Street Dive, with VSG Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. 5 p.m. gate, 8 p.m. show.

Saturday, May 28. $35 in advance, $40 at the gate. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, www.ommegang.com SYMPHONY BENEFIT: Support the Catskill Symphony Orchestra with delicious food and wine pairings with 10-12 wines, sparkling cider, appetizers by local restaurants. Music by MollinClay Jazz Duo. 7-9 p.m. Saturday, May 28. Tickets $30 advance, $30/door. The Oneonta Country Club, 9 Country Club Dr., Oneonta. Info, tickets,, (607) 4362670, www.catskillsymphony.net GET FUNKY: New Orleans funk master Jon Cleary, 2016 Grammy winner, Best Regional Roots Music Album.

Tickets $36, $28 members, $11 under 19. Indoor concert, picnickers welcome. prior. 8 p.m. Sunday, May 29.

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GOLF CLASSIC – 7 a.m. Exclusive golf outing featuring six Hall of Fame members. 18-hole scramble with Hall of Famer as your Team Captain. Continental breakfast, awards luncheon and autograph session. Info, reservations, (607) 547-0310.

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CANOE REGATTA – Day-long General Clinton Canoe Regatta.

Through Mon. Beginning at Lakefront Park, Otsego Lake,

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

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PLANT SALE – 9 a.m.-noon.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer plant sale. Perennials, annuals, herbs, and vegetables at reasonable prices.CCE Education Center, 12 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-2536, Ext. 228., http://cceschoharie-otsego. org/gardening BASE RACE – Popular BASE Race 10k competitive run (9 a.m.) and 5k fun run (9:15 a.m.)

Starting and ending at historic Doubleday Field. Supports “Be a Superior Example� program.

Registration, $25 individuals, $55 families (Race day $30 ind., $65 families.) Info, Baseball Hall of Fame, (607) 547-0329; Clark Sports Center, (607) 547-2800, www.baseballhall.org, www.clarksportscenter.com GARDEN PARTY – 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Annual Sharon Springs Garden party celebration of everything that grows! Enjoy over 100 local artists and artisans, farmers and food purveyors celebrating the beginning of Spring.

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HERITAGE PLANT SALE – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Annual heritage plant sale featuring plants and cutting from the Farmers’ Museum’s botanical specimen garden. Heritage vegetable plants also available. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 NY 80 (Lake Road), Cooperstown.

HALL OF FAME CLASSIC – Noon - Legends Hitting Contest (Former big leaguers take swings at the fences!). Home Run Derby.

1:05 p.m. first pitch - Classic Game. 8th Annual Hall of Fame Classic Game staring several Hall of Fame members and players representing all 30 major league teams in 7-inning Legends Game.

Tickets $12.50 first and third base seats; $11 general admission /outfield. Double Day Field, Cooperstown. Info, tickets, 1877-726-9028, baseballhall.org BOOK SALE WEEKEND – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Semi-annual Memorial Day Weekend Sale is six Main St. bookshops. Season opener at Hobart Book Village, 688 Main St., Hobart. Info, (607) 5381760 LAKE STREET DIVE – 5 p.m. gate, 8 p.m. show. Lake Street Dive with VSG Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. $35 in advance, $40 at the gate. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, www. ommegang.com FAMILY CATCH – 4 and 4:30 p.m. Family catch on Doubleday Field. Free to Hall of Fame Classic Registrants. Registration required, (607) 547-0397. National Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St. Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5477200, www.baseballhall.org.

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Mikael Foutch-Carkees, Hartwick, helps his mom, Jamie, whip up cotton candy at the Cooperstown Rotary’s third annual Spring Fling, which packed Railroad Avenue with hundreds of revellers Saturday, May 21.

At right, Morgan Kelly, center, leads the O’Donnell-Kelly School of Irish Dance troupe, including, from left, Holly Sell, McKenna Sellick and Maya Stephens.

Gillian Spencer gives a celebratory to hug to Roger Smith, who with wife Dorothy, right, was marking the 75th anniversary of Spurbeck’s Grocery during the Fling.

Rotarians (and Spring Fling organizers) Karen Katz and Bill Glockler help Farmers Insurance’s Above, Braden Sentz, Sawyer McManus and William “Jeff” Cameron Jones leap with joy after a ride on the Weinell pick Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, which rode prizes raffled the tracks all the way to Glen Avenue, a rare treat. off at the event.

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BOOK/From B1 talking to this couple who ran a pick-yourown veggie farm in Martha’s Vineyard,” said Michaels. “They had this beautiful cookbook, and I said, ‘We need to get one of those’!”

He and his wife Brenda, partners in the cider mill, had self-published a Cider Mill cookbook as a fundraiser in 2005, but this time, they wanted to go bigger.

“This one tells the story of the mill,” said Bill, adding, “Our family has been retailers since 1873, Michaels’ Market – where the Doubleday Cafe is – until 1976.”

His parents, Charlie and Barbara Michaels, bought the mill as a hobby in 1962. As they restored it, word got out and the tourists came in, leading Barbara to sell homemade cider donuts (page 39) and other confections.

There’s a portrait of Bill with his grandfather, Hi Michaels, in the market, and Bill got his start early on in the cider mill, helping his dad, Charlie, with the apple press.

The cookbook has over 100 recipes, everything from hot mulled cider and apple pies to Grilled Marinated Hangar Steak and venison stew. “The molasses cookies were my grandmother’s recipe,” he said. “I’m a savory person, so I really love the mac and cheese recipe.”

Judith Choate, who helped Brenda’s brother, celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, with his cookbooks, including “Charlie Palmer’s Casual Cooking,” tested out and wrote the recipes. Her husband, Steve Poole, did the photography. “They live in the city, so they came up at pressing time and took notes,” said Bill.

And, like the pot roast and the cookies, several of the recipes are Michaels’ family favorites, such as the apple and sweet potato bake that is on the table every Thanksgiving.

They submitted it to Surrey Books, a division of Agate Publishing, known for publishing cookbooks by “Iron Chef America” contestant Rick Bayless and charcuterie master Jeffrey Weiss. The manuscript was accepted and they received an advance, and they purchased 5,000 copies to sell in the store.

“We have no doubt we’ll sell them,” said Bill.

“We sold one to a woman in Oneonta who’s sending it to her daughter as a birthday present!”

For 3 Generations, Serving In Navy This Family’s Tradition HILLS/From B1 preview to the Cuban Missile Crisis. “We were taking pictures up there in the air, and all the stuff they were carrying stood right out!” he said.

A year later, he was coming in from a flight and found others listening to the radio up loud. “It was about 3 a.m., and I told them to turn it down,” he said.

“They said, ‘President Kennedy has been shot.’”

“I didn’t believe them,” he continued, “but then we

went to Condition Red and had to get to our airplanes.

It wasn’t until about 8 hours later, when President Johnson was sworn in, that we could stand down.”

Later, he volunteered to go to Vietnam. But as the only surviving son – his brother Harley had died when he was 19 – he got resistance from his parents.

“Because of the ‘Sole Survivor’ policy, I had to get a notarized letter from my parents saying I could go,” he said.

(The deaths of the five Sullivan Brothers in World War II had forced the military to adopt the “Sole Survivor” policy, designed to protect families who had already lost a son.)

The paperwork finally went through, and in 1965, he made his first of three trips to Vietnam. “I thought I was John Wayne,” he said.

“But I really grew up while I was over there.”

A year later, he married his wife Roseanna, and had his daughter Tammie, who

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was in the Navy his whole career and was never at sea,” said Jerry. “But when he retired, he became a government contractor, and he had to go on a ship to look at some of the equipment his company sold them! I was teasing him about it.”

And Jim, who’s own father was a World War II veteran, served as a cook and a driver in Korea. “The guys would come down the line, complaining about the food,” he said.

Now he and Tammie’s son, Donald James, is stationed aboard the USS Gonzales in the Mediterranean Sea. “This is the longest he’s been out to sea,” said Tammie.

Currently fighting ISIS, Donald was working in communications in Denver, Colo. when Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2011.

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log,” said Jerry. “And there were my initials!”

He served his last Vietnam tour in 1971. “That one was 18 months,” he said.

“The longest. I missed my wife, missed my family.”

He stayed with the Navy for the remainder of his career, designing and implementing their recruiting program. The family – now with daughter Sandy and son Tony – lived in Illinois, Iowa and finally settled down in Otsego County in 1983 while he worked in Albany.

“That move was the hardest,” said Tammie. “I was 15, and in Iowa, I had my driver’s license – then we moved here, and I couldn’t drive.” But the family settled here.

“I retired in 1987, and I always wanted to have a bait shop,” said Jerry. “I ran it for 27 years, and people still stop by, but they’re pretty mad to find out that I’m closed.”

His son, Charles Harvey Hill, flew under handle “Chill” in Grenada, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. “He

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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Hillside 21 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on May 11, 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, 15 Stevens Lane, Otego, New York 13825.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalJune30 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Stevens Excavation LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on May 11, 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, 15 Stevens lane, Otego, New York 13825.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalJune30 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Anita’s Acres, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on May 2, 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, 155 Hoose Road, Oneonta, New York 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6legalJune30 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.

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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. Name: DANE & 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.

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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, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

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Liability Company Law. 6LegalJune9 Legal notice 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.

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. 6LegalJune9 Legal notice 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.

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Filed articles of Organization on 4/12/2016. The 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.

6LegalJune2 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 Third Street, Manhasset, New York 11030.

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6LegalJune2 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.

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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.

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

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6LegalMay26 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.

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

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LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secreatry of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/24/26.

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

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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.

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Saturday, May 28

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM – 6 p.m. start, 7-9 p.m. Hall of Fame legends, former players greet fans throughout the Baseball Hall of Fame. Legends participants bring the Museum to life with special programs and interactions. While not an autograph session, fans should remember to bring their camera to capture their special memories. National Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St. Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-7200, www.baseballhall. org.

SYMPHONY BENEFIT – 7-9 p.m. Wine/Food Tasting evening, benefits Catskill Symphony orchestra. 10-12 wines, sparkling cider, appetizers by local restaurants.. Music

by Mollin-Clay Jazz Duo. Tickets $30 advance, $30/door. The Oneonta Country Club, 9 Country Club Dr., Oneonta. Info, tickets,, (607) 436-2670, https://catskillsymphony.net COFFEE HOUSE – 7-9 p.m. (and every 4th Sat. of month).

Music in range of genres by amateur local performers; light refreshments; all welcome.

Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church Rd., Schuyler Lake.

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

Sunday, May 29

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.

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DORSET DUO – 4 p.m.

Monthly Dinner Concert Series Horned Dorset Inn, “Four Hands, Dancing,” perform dance melodies with Fiona Peters and Roberta Wratten. Cocktails and hors D’oeuvres, dinner follows. $68 per person.2000 State Rte. 8, Leonardsville. Info, www. horneddorsetinn.com FUNK CONCERT – 8 p.m.

New Orleans funk master Jon Cleary, winner of 2016 Grammy for Best Regional Roots Music Album. Tickets $36, $28 member, $11 under 19. (Discount for prior purchase. Indoor concert, picnickers welcome outdoors prior. West Kortright Centre, 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. Info, tickets, (607) 278-5454, www.westkc. org

Monday,

May 30 MEMORIAL DAY

a.m. Main St. parade; 11 a.m. Memorial Day ceremony, Neahwah Park, Oneonta.

COOPERSTOWN PARADE – 11 a.m. Main St. parade from Cooperstown Veterans Club, 60 Main St., to Soldiers & Sailors Monument at Otsego County Courthouse, 193 Main St., Cooperstown 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 CIVIL WAR – 7 p.m. Abner Doubleday Civil War Round Table meets. Katherine Hawkins presents, “Slavery: Not the Usual Conversation.” Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, State Hwy. 28, Milford. Info, John Gralinski, jtgralinski@gmail. com CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Memorial Day Concert with Dick Solbery and the Sun Mountain Band. Songs, fiddle, guitar, piano, bass. Admission $10. Bring the whole family. Cherry Valley Artworks concert at The Star Theater. Cherry Valley. Info, www. cvartworks.org, (607) 264-3080.

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Tuesday, May 31

GARDEN DEMO – 6-7 p.m.

Growing Community Square Foot Garden Demonstration at Kid Garden. Explore planning, planting and maintaining a Square Foot Garden. Free, all welcome.

At Kid Garden, located behind Cooperstown Elementary School, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown.

Info, www.mysquarefootgarden. net BASSETT INVITATIONAL – Nineteenth annual Bassett Medical Center Invitational tees off at the Otesaga Hotel’s prestigious Leatherstocking Golf Course. Benefits Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network initiatives across central New York.

Info, (607) 547-3928, friends. office@bassett.org

Wednesday, June 1

CRITERION CLUB – 6:30 p.m.

June dinner meeting. Roast pork dinner, $16, bring own table service. Cooperstown Veteran’s Club, 60 Main St., Cooperstown.

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Friday, June 3

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Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta.

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CELTIC CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m. Music by fiddler Erik House and Friends, caller Pamela Goddard. Otsego Dance Society at Presbyterians Church, corner Church and Pioneer sts., Cooperstown Suggested donation $8 adults, $4 students and teenagers, free for 12 and under. Info, (607) 965-8232, (607) 547-8164, www.otsegodancesociety.blogsport.com

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THE CRUCIBLE – 7 p.m. Behind the Curtain of The Crucible.

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Sixth Annual Richfield Springs Garden Club Plant Sale. Perennial and annual plants, bake sale, free garden tours, raffles, herbal team demonstration.

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SCOUT BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m. Troop 1254 invites Cooperstown residents to place clean returnable bottles & cans on curb or porch steps

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VINEYARD STROLL – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. To benefit Relay for Life. Stroll vineyard, enjoy wine tastings. Prizes, more. Farmers/Artisans Market, pig roast, live music. Rustic Ridge Winery, 2805 St. Hwy. 80, Burlington Flats. Info, (607) 965-0626.

CHINESE AUCTION – 1-3 p.m.

Lunch & bake sale, 3:15 p.m. drawing. First Baptist Church of Burlington, 2225 Cty. Hwy. 16 (corner Cty. 16 & St.. 80), Burlington Flats.

DAR OPEN HOUSE – 14 p.m.

Iroquois Chapter of Worcester open house featuring history of centenarian Shirley Skinner. View Shirley’s live through classic and iconic photographs!

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BLUES EXPRESS – 7 p.m.

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

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Sunday, June 5

BIRDING– 8:30 a.m., “Birding

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ICE CREAM SOCIAL – 1-5 p.m. Owl Ice Cream Social. Free ice cream & family fun. Rain or shine! Activities, performances, demonstrations, fun children’s activities by OWL and participating organizations. Info, http:// www.oneontaworldoflearning.org CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Eight is Enough, a capella that spans the centuries and the world.

Admission $10. Bring the whole family. Cherry Valley Artworks concert at The Star Theater.

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TALKING OPERA – 7 p.m. La bohème: Glimmerglass Music Director Joseph Colaneri presents “Listening to La bohème with New Ears.” Free, all welcome. Refreshments, informal discussion. Christ Church Parish Hall, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.

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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016

OBITUARIES Bob Joyce, 92, Cooperstown; Retired Teacher Savored Political Debate COOPERSTOWN – Robert L. Joyce, a man of many interests who was never afraid to share his opinions, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, May 22, 2016, at his home on Prospect Place with his family by his side. He was 92.

Born Sept. 2, 1923, in Glen Ridge, N.J., Bob was the son of Robert Lawrence Joyce, Sr. and Ruth Emma Maltby Joyce. In his youth he enjoyed spending summers with his grandfather and uncles on their farms in South Rutland (Tylerville), in Jefferson County.

A 1941 graduate of Glen Ridge High School, Bob attended St. Lawrence University, interrupted by World War II service, graduating in 1948. He obtained his master’s in science education at Montclair State College in New Jersey in 1973.

A World War II veteran, Bob enlisted in the Navy on Dec.8, 1942. He attended Naval Air Corps Flight School where he learned to fly, and Naval Special Artificer School, which trained him in electronics.

While serving in the Navy he obtained the rank of special artificer D, third class, and his duties included repairing and maintaining equipment used in training Naval Air Corps personnel and devices using mechanicselectronics, optics and audio circuits to simulate flight operBob Joyce ating conditions, such as Link Trainer maintenance and operation. He was honorably discharged on April 8, 1946.

After working in several science-related jobs, he turned to his foremost career as a teacher. He instilled a love of science in the students he taught from 1969 until 1985 at Long Valley Middle School in New Jersey.

On Dec. 21, 1968, Bob married May-Britt Carlson in Montclair, N.J., and following his retirement,

they moved with their two children to Cooperstown and settled into their home on Prospect Place, where they enjoyed 30 years of life in the village.

Bob’s interests and hobbies were varied, from agriculture and nature, to flying airplanes, camping and playing Bridge. Much of his time was spent with car repair and construction. He liked to label himself a dairy farmer, a result of enjoyable times spent on family farms in his youth.

He also built his own home in New Jersey, including all the foundation stonework, and he always enjoyed working on various projects around their century-old home in Cooperstown. His expertise in construction led Bob to be a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. He also helped delivering Meals on Wheels.

Following his years in the service, he was a member of the Civil Air Patrol.

Recently, although he was told he should no longer drive motor vehicles, he had

A Navy flier during World War II and a longtime Civil Air Patrol member, Bob Joyce had the opportunity to fly over the Cascade Mountains in recent years.

the opportunity to co-pilot an excursion flight over the Cascades of Oregon.

A life-long passionate skier, Bob won the giant slalom gold medal in the 80+ age category at Hunter Mountain. Bob enjoyed many trips with his “80+ Club” friends at Scotch Valley in Stamford. It could be noted with some humor that they contributed to the ultimate demise of this wellloved ski area in Delaware County, as they skied for

free, brought their own lunches, and would split one pitcher of beer.

A life-long liberal Democrat, Bob was proud to have voted for FDR, and was never reticent in expressing his opinions. During his years in Cooperstown, he became well known for his prolific and opinionated letters to the editor of various newspapers, a feature many people missed during Bob’s final years.

Bob is survived his wife

of 47 years, May-Britt Joyce, of Cooperstown; four daughters: Carol Maltby (Edward Ripley-Duggan) of Olivebridge, Donna Johnson (William) of Vermont and Florida, Jenny Joyce (Rodney Roberts) of Seattle, Wash., and Julie Joyce of Portland, Ore.; two granddaughters, Alison and Suzanna Maltby-Duggan; two nieces and one nephew.

He was predeceased by two sisters.

In memory of Bob, an open house will be Saturday, May 28, beginning at 3 p.m. at the Joyce family home, 3 Prospect Place, Cooperstown. Lefts, Rights and Moderates are invited to attend!

Memorial donations may be made to Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820, or Habitat for Humanity of Otsego County, 291 Chestnut Street, Box #284, Oneonta, NY 13820-1229.

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

Miriam L. Kourik, 94; Survived

By Daughter in Cooperstown UTICA – Miriam L. Kourik, 94, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2016, at the Masonic Care Community in Utica.

She was born in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 5, 1921, to the late Owen and Tena Vandevelde Klooster. She was a 1939 graduate of Beaumont High School in St. Louis where she was a member of the National Honor Society.

Miriam was very active in the Order of the Eastern Star, having served as Worthy Matron, was a member of the Daughters of the Nile, the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Order of the Amaranth.

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50-Job Office Planned In Springfield 50 JOBS/From A2 Hartwick College – plans to consolidate its Cobleskill and Sangerfield offices at the new site.

The company will have “40 jobs, day one,” according to attorney Douglas Zamelis, who is representing the company locally, and will expand to 50 “solid, good-paying jobs.”

Fifty positions would be the largest entry into Otsego County’s workforce since Chobani began expanding in Chenango County, across Unadilla Creek from South Edmeston, and hiring in-county employees. (Springbrook has expanded from 1,000 to 1,300 jobs over the past five years.)

The Town of Springfield Planning Board, which was briefed on the project earlier this month, has scheduled a public hearing at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8, at the Community Center in Springfield Center.

Altonview Architects, Cooperstown, has designed a low-profile building that would rise on 13 acres across Route 80 from the Otsego Golf Course. The company, which bought the whole property from Jay Bernhardt, formerly of Richfield Springs, will put the other 26 acres back on the market, said Zamelis.

(The Ryerson property belonged to Arthur Ryerson, president of Ryerson Steel Co., Chicago, who died on the Titanic. The sizeable summer home is still standing, but most of the acreage was used for years as an Episcopal summer camp for children.)

In an interview, Reynolds said the project “is bringing together two offices we have

Altonview Architects has designed Farm Credit East’s office building in the Town of Springfield to fit in with agricultural structures, said architect Teresa Drerup.

now, and giving us room to grow.” He said many of people working at Farm Credit are professionals – loan officers, appraisers, accountants – as well as clerical staff.

“We’re very excited,” he said. “We’re trying to do all the right things.”

Teresa Drerup, an Altonview partner with her husband, Kurt Ofer, said the building was designed with traditional farm architecture in mind, with a larger structure in the middle with two lower scale wings. One of the wings, she said, would be available for community meetings and conferences, she said. According to Zamelis, the building would also be shielded from Route 80 by a

line of trees.

Reynolds said he was raised on the Huntington farm – now Cooperstown Holstein – south of Cooperstown, by parents Jim and Sue. His father worked for the Huntingtons. The son joined Farm Credit after graduating from Hartwick College in 1990 with a degree in management and accounting, and has been with the company ever since.

“I’ve been in agriculture all my life,” said the executive.

“This is a great fit.”

He is currently living in New Jersey with wife Melissa and their children, Ryan, 17, and Kayla, 14. His brother, David Reynolds, also raised locally, is a geneticist.

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