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Retiring MCS Superintendent Peter Livshin poses in front of a mural of great men and women in the school lobby. His daughter Emily helped paint it.

cafeteria to teach Bible lessons and religious songs to children, sued the ► Friday, June 25, Milford, 7 p.m.

MILFORD school board. ► Saturday, June 26, From the very beginRichfield Springs, 10 a.m.; eter Livshin’s bigning, the new superintenCV-S, 11 a.m. gest challenge as dent reached out to the ► Sunday, June 27, Milford Central Rev. Steve Fournier, who Cooperstown, 1 p.m.

School District superinwas leading the challenge. tendent was waiting for They agreed “this commuhim when he arrived in 1996: The Good nity doesn’t need to be torn apart by News Club, denied use of the school Please See LIVSHIN, A7

By JIM KEVLIN

GRADUATION DAYS

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Esther Rood makes her way through the mayhem of the Saturday, June 18, Color Run at CCS, where volunteers threw pigment on 300 participants in the benefit for the American Heart Association.

Hotel Plans Over Hurdle, Hearing Due COOPERSTOWN

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Monday, June 27, at 22 Main on a “special-use permit” required to convert 28 Railroad Ave., a former hops-storage barn, into a 22room hotel.

In response to a question by developer Perry Ferrara’s architect, Teresa Drerup, Mayor Jeff Katz told her at a positive SEQR review this past Monday, that trustees may act on the permit that night. The project would then go to the Planning Board.

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A RARITY: Did you see the rare “strawberry moon” over Cooperstown the night of the 20th? Strawberry, because a June full moon comes at the height of a berry harvest. Rare, because the full moon coincided with the summer solstice. That last happened in 1967, and won’t happen again until 2062. See you then!

The EAGLE

Working in the huge new stockroom at the Northern Eagle Beverages’ warehouse that will be dedicated Saturday, June 25 are, from left Matt Tiffany, Worcester, Jared Jones, Unadilla, Carl Wenner, Fly Creek, Bradley Briggs, Davenport, Tim Terbush, Davenport, and Adam Peck, Unadilla.

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Northern Eagle Beverages, That Is, At $6.8M Plant

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he next step in Lou Hager Jr. and his family’s dream of a crops-to-tap beerproducing process in Otsego County will

happen at 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, when the $6.8 million, 62,000-square-foot Northern Eagle Beverages warehouse hosts the public at an open house at the 41 Browne St. property.

“Eventually, it will be 82,000 square feet,” said George Allen, Northern Eagle president, anticipating what’s yet to come: Plans are to build a brewery on site for Cooperstown Brewing Co.

40 Motel Rooms’ ‘Stuff’ Auctioned Beds, Dressers, Air Conditioners, Baseball Memorabilia Go July 8

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t may be the end of an era for the Cooperstown Motel, but with an

IF YOU GO: MacFadden & Sons will auction off the Cooperstown Motel’s contents at noon, Friday, July 8.

auction of everything from furniture to baseball memorabilia and more on Friday,

July 8, you can own a piece of Cooperstown history.

“It’s not just the motel,” said auctioneer Jim MacFadden, owner of MacFadden & Sons Inc. in Sharon Springs. “It’s all the bePlease See AUCTION, A7

in 2018, raising the price tag for the complex to $8.5 million or even $9 million.

With no fanfare, the marketing and beer-distributing company moved its warehouse and offices to the new building on May 9, Allen said, although the hops contract-processing operating and hops storage functions will remain at Please See WAREHOUSE, B7

CCS Principal Cring Waits For OK On Downstate Job COOPERSTOWN

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Cooperstown Central – but the champagne corks won’t pop for a few more days.

While it appears everything’s settled, the decision won’t be final until the Arlington school board meets at 7 p.m. next Tuesday, Please See CRING, A7

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T Warren Bunn was elected president, and his brother Wayne vice president, of the Native Sons of Cooperstown at the organization’s annual meeting and dinner Saturday, June 11, at the Vets’ Club. From left are Doug Walker, nominations; Wayne, Warren and keynoter Al Bullard, author of “The Hop Farmer’s Year,” who spoke on hops in Otsego County. Terry Bliss, secretary/treasurer, was absent hiking the Pacific Trail. 67 Native Sons, who have been meeting since 1933, attended. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Cooperstown VFW prepared the dinner.

Rutledge In Burkina Faso With Peace Corps COOPERSTOWN

He’s among 35 volunteers for the West African nation, the 33rd delegation to Burkina Faso since the program began in 1966, 2,005 people in all. The current 105 volunteers are working on community economic development, education and health projects.

He is a 2015 graduate of City College.

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eremey Donnelly Rutledge of Cooperstown is in Philadelphia this week, undergoing Peace Corps orientation before departing Thursday, June 23, for a two-year assignment in Burkina Faso.

Congrats Grads!

he Rotary Club of Cooperstown has selected two CCS students, Anthony Birch and Jouquim Landry, as participants in the 34th annual RYLA, the District 7170 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Conference June 26-July 1 at SUNY Oneonta.

The two will join 110 other high school students who will participate in programs designed to develop decision making, critical thinking, effective communication, time management, ethics, career development, public service and contemporary problems.

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President Deb Mackenzie and Vice President Les Rathbun were elected to another term at the Otsego County Historical Association annual meeting this month at the Kinney Library in Hartwick. The slate elected included, front row, from left, Virginia Schoradt, Hartwick, director at large; Mackenzie, Hartwick, and Rathbun, Middlefield. Back row, from left, are Sandy Tollerton, Richfield Springs, treasurer, and Harriett Geywits, Richfield Springs, secretary.

Jim Mayne, Edmeston, and Robin Phillips, Hartwick, were also elected directors at large.

3 HIT MARK: Three students from Cooperstown are on the Dean’s List at SUNY Albany for the spring MUSIC WOMAN: Joelle N. LaChance received a massemester: Nathaniel Miller, Jonathan Zhang and Michelle ters of music in historical performance from Boston University in May. A CCS grad, Joelle is the daughter of Michael Zhang. and Carol LaChance of Fly Creek.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL EDITORIAL

A Quibble, And Then Thanks To A Pretty Brainy Bunch

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s there no home-grown talent in the 19th Congressional District?

In 2014, Democrat Sean Eldridge and his spouse, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, moved to Shokan, in Ulster County, so Eldridge could run for Congress against incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, the Republican from, yes, really, Kinderhook.

This year, Zephyr Teachout, the Democratic Fordham law professor who challenged Governor Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic primary and beat him in 39 Upstate counties (and in our 19th District), moved to Dover Plains, in the district’s most distant southeast corner, to run for the retiring Gibson’s seat.

And Andrew Heaney, raised in College Point,

Queens, moved his family to Millbrook, Dutchess County, a couple of years ago, setting himself up for a 19th District run.

Political carpetbagging is as American – or New York Statian – as Bobby Kennedy of Hyannisport or Hillary 19th District Congressional candidates are, Clinton of Little Rock, but from left, Republicans Faso and Heaney, and still: Isn’t there sufficient Democrats Teachout and Yandik. talent in Columbia, Delativated field when they go to ware, Greene, Otsego, Sulli- aforementioned counties to nurture our future political the polls noon-9 p.m. next van or Ulster counties, (plus leaders.

Tuesday, June 28, for their parts of Broome, Dutchess, The good news is – can parties’ primaries.

Montgomery and Rensseit be controversial to say On the Republican side laer) to find local folks to so?

– they’re all Americans, there’s, yes … run for a single local seat? therefore eligible to run for ► Heaney, who was put Come on, Vince Casale Congress from wherever in charge of an oil-buying (the Otsego Republican they establish residency. cooperative in his father’s chair)! Come on, Rich Still…

NYC oil distributorship and, Abbate (the Otsego Demo• according to reports and his cratic chair)! When you That quibble aside, the campaign literature, grew it think about it, the Eldridgeparties’ faithful in the 19th into the largest such entity Teachout-Heaney impetus District will be selecting in the country. reflects a failure of the from a pretty qualified, mo- ► John Faso, lawyer and county chairs in all those

the former Assembly minority leader who was the Republican candidate for governor in 2006 against the Democrats’ then-unbeatable Eliot Spitzer. (If only we’d known then what we learned two years later...)

On the Democratic side, there’s, yes… ► Teachout, the law professor, erstwhile but no less effervescent Cuomo opponent, author of the timely “Corruption in America,” and a veteran of Occupy Wall Street and other grassroots efforts, as well as Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. ► Will Yandik, who runs a family farm in Ulster County, a rare Democrat on the Livingston Town Board (who talked his Republican colleagues into a fracking ban) and also reports for

AARP, so is knowledgeable in issues affecting the elderly, (more and more of his constituents).

And what a brainy bunch: Yandik went to Brown and Princeton, Teachout to Yale and Duke, Heaney to Yale.

And Faso to … mere Stony Brook, pearl of the SUNY system that it is.? Wait, here it comes: He got his law degree from Georgetown.

• Given dissatisfaction with both national tickets, we’re lucky.

We’ll sharpen the endorsement pencil for the general election in November. For now, let the parties sort out their nominees from a pretty promising foursome – or two promising twosomes – and present them to the electorate at large.

ANDREW MARIETTA OTHER VOICES

Bed-Tax Numbers Show Destination Marketing Works. Don’t Ruin Good Thing Editor’s Note: Andrew Marietta is county representative for District 8, representing the Village of Cooperstown and Town of Otsego.

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s June draws to a close, and we mark the beginning of

Marietta

summer, we also see the dramatic increase in visitors to our region.

These visitors spend money with our

local businesses, and more importantly, fill the parking lots at our hotels, motels and B&Bs. It is these visitors who generate the essential county bed tax that supports county infrastructure and provides funding to continue to bring tourists here.

We would like to main-

tain this cycle of visitors and bed tax revenue and everyone would agree, even grow it. The increasing and growing of bed tax revenues is a charge of an important county partner, Destination Marketing Corp. for Otsego County, Inc. Destination Marketing,

which was established with Otsego County government’s full approval and support, is a success story and catalyst for generating revenue through bed tax and sales tax. Look at the bed tax collected, and you will see the results.

In 2013, $1,483,017, and

then in 2014, $1,629,653 was collected (an increase of 9.8 percent). The trend continued in 2015 with bed tax increasing 6.8 percent to $1,739,951.

Speak to accommodation businesses, and you will find out these increases Please See MARIETTA, B5

LETTERS

Bill Kerbin Did Well, But Mike Long Was Oneonta’s ‘Father Of Streetscape’ To the Editor: Although I recognize that outgoing Community Development Director Bill Kerbin played a role in the downtown Streetscape project, it’s not accurate to call him “Father of Streetscape” as Hometown Oneonta’s June 10 headline did.

If anyone deserves that title, it is former city manager Mike Long. Mike Long successfully argued for a $3,500 city expendi- Mike Long ture to hire Haas Landscape Architects for a preliminary design report for the downtown streetscape.

Mike Haas and his team held several meetings with downtown stakeholders to develop the master plan for the new Streetscape.

Mike Long then wrote the successful Consolidated Funding Application grant for the Streetscape project. The $400,000 grant made the implementation of the Streetscape plan a reality.

I’m sorry to see Bill Kerbin go, and hope that the critical position of community development director can be filled quickly.

BOB BRZOZOWSKI Oneonta

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We Shouldn’t Live In War Zone, Fearing For Our Safety To the Editor: I want to applaud your principled and closely reasoned editorial on June 16 concerning sensible gun restrictions and tolerance toward the LGBT community.

In the face of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, the local gun statistics you cite are chilling. Those numbers do not reveal possession of assault rifles in the county, but they are easily obtained.

While your call for local action

Gun Debate Deserves More Thoughtfulness To the Editor: Re: “Reduce Risk Of Guns” 6/16/16 editorial. “...simply banish guns from our individual lives.” Surely that is the most simplistic editorial response that I have ever read. The editorial writers at your newspapers have to be capable of better writing, and thinking, than that.

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is exemplary, I believe we need a national response to the gun violence that threatens so many of our communities. One might also ask who in the upcoming primary election supports modest gun restrictions.

Many of our politicians seem to promote a culture of gun ownership that does not conform with what many of us learn growing up around hunters nor what those in uniform learn in the military.

At a minimum, politicians can start by doing more to keep guns out of the hands of those who cannot be trusted to handle them responsibly. If a person is on the no-fly list, why can they legally purchase a firearm and walk out the door?

The second part of your editorial was an appeal for greater understanding of the LGBT community, for acceptance. Homophobia and hate crimes against LGBT people are far too common.

The FBI indicates that this group is the most likely target of the majority of hate crimes in America, and the vast majority of those who are killed are black or Hispanic transgender people.

The Orlando 49 were clearly the

target of such hate, an intersection of racism, sexism and religious bigotry.

No group in the country should live in constant fear of violence from fellow citizens.

There has been change: In 1973 a New Orleans bar, UpStairs Lounge, was firebombed. While 32 gay men were incinerated, some area churches refused to bury the dead, and many relatives refused to claim the bodies of their family members.

The French Quarter arson and deaths went largely unreported in this unsolved crime. The attention and outpouring of support for Orlando gay victims is in stark contrast. But antiLGBT violence is still with us.

So I applaud your stand on both counts – sensible restrictions on assault rifles and greater tolerance for sexual minorities. As you rightly point out there are concrete steps each of us can take in our own community, but we need responsive national leadership too.

Locally we should not live in a war zone nor fear for personal safety.

ROBERT SEWARD Cooperstown

HARDIN FOR YANDIK

DEAN FOR TEACHOUT

Powerful Personal Story

NY Times Had It Right

To the Editor: In February, when I was approached by Will Yandik’s campaign staff to help Will win the Democratic nomination for Congress in New York’s 19th District, I was reluctant. I knew his opponent already had made a name for herself, and at least one editor had called his quest “quixotic.” Then I met Will – and I knew after only a few minutes that this young man was by far the best candidate to capture the 19th for the Democrats.

A fourth-generation

farmer whose first-class education could have taken him anywhere, Will decided to return to Upstate New York and put all his efforts into pulling our area out of the economic and social malaise that has plagued us for decades. While working with his mother and brothers to revitalize his farm, and as an adjunct professor of biology at Columbia-Greene Community College, Will somehow found time to run Please See HARDIN, A6

To the Editor: Please join me in voting for Zephyr Teachout for Congress on Tuesday, June 28.

Zephyr is a tireless, intelligent, hardworking, energetic woman who will serve us, our 19th Congressional District, and our country, very well.

She is a lawyer, a professor of constitutional law, and author of the landmark book “Corruption in America,” among her other accom-

plishments.

Zephyr was just enthusiastically endorsed by the New York Times as “...an effective local representative who has national stature as a legal expert on political reform... Ms. Teachout could focus attention on the ways big business, big agriculture and big monopolies distort the economy and hobble those trying to survive. ... a credit to the New York delegation.”

Zephyr has visited our area many times as she has Please See DEAN, A6

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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016

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

The Steam Boat Marietta – An accident of the most distressing nature took place yesterday. The large steam boat built at Wheeling, came to anchor here day before yesterday at evening. She had set out without being prepared for the purpose, and detained during the night for some iron work.

They raised the steam too high before she started, and while the hands were all called together in the act of raising the anchor, the boiler exploded at the end next to them. It was terrible beyond conception. Almost all were carried overboard and dreadfully burned. One was drowned, and 15 or 16 much injured; six died last night and two or three more must die.

June 27, 1816

75 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO

(Ed. Note: The following is a description of the newly constructed Delaware & Hudson Passenger Railroad Station, shortly before its dedication in June 1916. The building, now a residence, stands behind the Bruce Hall firm on Main Street) “The station itself is a modest building. It is so fashioned as to be an intimate part and parcel of the village and its personality. It rests under a great sweeping roof, supported on two sides by colonial pillars, and harks back to the days of 1800. In its distinctive masonry of rough stone placed in herringbone fashion, it is suggestive of the old house known as Deacon Pomeroy’s Place built by William Cooper as a wedding present for his daughter Anna.”

June 21, 1916

175 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Production and Money – The value of the annual Agricultural product of the United States, fairly estimated, is seven hundred millions of dollars! The whole amount of bank debts is about five hundred millions of dollars; and the whole amount of paper circulation is about one hundred millions.

The Boston Post says that an Anti-Slavery Convention, recently assembled in that city, voted, 90 to 56, in favor of calling the American Church and Ministry “a great brotherhood of thieves, and the deadly foes of humanity, religion, and of God.” June 28, 1841

Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller has arranged to speak here next Tuesday morning to the Fifth Annual Executive Conference of the New York State Broadcasters Association which opens Monday at the Otesaga Hotel. Tentative plans call for the Governor to arrive here by helicopter shortly before 11 a.m. to address the convention. The helicopter will probably land on the Cooperstown Country Club golf course. Community antenna television broadcasting will be the subject of a panel discussion at the conference.

Approximately 75 people attended a public hearing Monday night at the Village Library Building at which two changes in the Village Zoning Code were discussed. The nearing was called by the Board of Trustees to get public reaction to proposals to change the zoning code to allow the erection of multi-family dwellings under special permits in areas classified as R-1, and give jurisdiction to the Zoning Board of Appeals to carry out responsibilities in these areas. Presidential Homes, Inc. wants to develop a large-scale apartment complex on Estli Avenue in an area classified R-1. An informal poll of those attending showed 20 persons were in favor and 13 opposed to the project and a change in the law.

June 22, 1966

150 YEARS AGO

Land and Labor in the South – Cash sales of the United States public land in Alabama to the amount of $14,700 were made in the month of May. Land in Corinth Mississippi, has been sold recently for 35 cents per acre. A convention of Texas planters has been held in Austin, and has organized a joint stock company with a capital of $1,000,000, having for its object the importation of labor and the sale of Texas lands to immigrants. The plan of operations reported is to employ agents to induce European labor and capital to emigrate to Texas. The Tennessee Colonial and Emigration Society held a meeting last week at Nashville.

Over $30,000 was subscribed, and the society will furnish employers “with any number of hands required.”

June 29, 1866

125 YEARS AGO

One of our citizens recently went to a merchant tailor here to order a pair of pantaloons made, when the latter said to his customer: “I think I will make this garment myself, and then quit on that kind of work. It is just fifty years ago since you, then a lad, came to me, then a young man, to have a suit of clothes made, and I did the work. That was “lang syne,” in Scotland. Afterward, I came to Cooperstown, and later on you followed me.” The conversation was between Thomas Johnston and James Bunyan. Mr. Bunyan is soon to com-

25 YEARS AGO

The village has hired 10 people, including six returning staff members, to work in its Lester G. “Red” Bursey summer playground program. New staff members are Assistant Director Janette Lyons and counselors Patrick Shepard, Jacinda Hall and Abigail Clark. Returnees are Director Rosemary Brodersen, Assistant Director Jean Harris and senior counselors Karen Wood, Amy Rank, Karli Olin, Jeffrey Harrington and Patrick Murray. The program begins on July 1. Each day’s activities will begin with swimming lesJune 25, 1941 sons at 8:15 a.m. Children who won’t be taking swimming mence making changes and improvements in that part of his lessons will begin their day at 9:30 a.m. at the Cooperstown block now occupied by the First National Bank. It will be Elementary School playground. fitted up for an attractive store.

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Now The Time For Voters To Do Their Jobs – Get Out And Vote!

To the Editor: The local Leagues of Women Voters of the Oneonta and Cooperstown Areas appreciate the large local interest and attendance at the recent Republican and Democratic primary election debates among the candidates vying to replace Chris Gibson as our representative for New York’s 19th Congressional District.

For those unable to attend, full recordings of these two debates remain available online. Go to LWVOneonta.org for on-demand viewing. (Earlier problems with these posted recordings have been corrected.)

But remember – Democracy is not a spectator sport!

These important primary elections will be noon-9 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28. For information on polling places, voter registration, etc. contact your local Board of Elections – for Otsego County, call 547-4247, or visit their website: http:// www.otsegocounty.com/depts/boe/ For participating in this LWV community service activity we thank: the candidates and their campaigns; all our League volunteers; SUNY Oneonta and their Creative Media Services Unit; the management and staff of the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center; and the Media Panel – Jim Kevlin, Publisher and Editor of Hometown Oneonta, The Freeman’s Journal and AllOTSEGO.com, and Emily Popek, assistant editor of the Daily Star.

For information on supporting The League of Women Voters and joining our local efforts to promote political education and engagement, contact us at lwvoneonta@gmail.com or Cooperstown League’s membership chair, Martha Clarvoe at Martha.clarvoe@gmail.com.

MAUREEN MURRAY President, LWV of the Cooperstown Area PAUL CONWAY Steering Committee Member, LWV of the Oneonta Area

Yandik’s Story Is Convincing HARDIN/From A4 for the Livingston Town Board – and to win, twice – only the third Democrat in the town’s history to serve on the all-Republican board.

His powers of persuasion enabled him to help pass progressive legislation, including a ban on fracking in 2013, and a climate change resolution.

Will knows first-hand how difficult it is to compete with agribusiness. His ideas about helping small farmers supply the almost insatiable New York City demand for high-quality produce could help slow the exodus of our young people from the area.

Also, reporting regularly for the AARP Bulletin has made him acutely aware of our district’s aging population, and will work to find ways to help seniors stay in their own homes.

John Faso, the probable Republican candidate, has already sent out mail calling Will’s opponent a socialist – and he’s just warming up.

To win the general election in November, a Democratic candidate will need votes from independents and a few Republicans, as well as

Democrats. During the four and a half months I have worked with Will’s campaign, I have been most encouraged by the enthusiasm – and financial commitment – Will has won from most of the political spectrum.

This ability to attract not just left-leaning voters, but also moderates, is what will help win the general election in November.

Will Yandik is in this race for the long haul. He will go to Washington to work for all the people in District 19 – not to use the office as a jumping off point to something bigger. Winning this seat for the Democrats is crucial, if we are going to start breaking the gridlock in Washington. Will Yandik is the best candidate to pull in voters from all parties, to win the election in November, and to do the job when he gets to Washington.

MELINDA HARDIN Cooperstown

19th Needs John Faso

Will Yandik Understands 19th’s Needs To the Editor: On June 28, Democrats in the 19th Congressional District have a chance to elect a person who knows our issues and has the experience and understanding to effectively represent us: that person is Will Yandik.

Will’s depth of knowledge stretches beyond a single issue.

Having been raised in the Hudson Valley and serving as a member of his town board, Will has used his intellect, problem-solving skills and collaborative style to tackle his constituents concerns.

As a fourth-generation farmer, Will has been able to talk firsthand to fellow farmers in our district about the economic challenges they face and ideas he will promote to achieve a stronger farming economy by taking ad-

vantage of our location to viable markets. He’s met with those of us who want clean energy options and those who want broadband improved so businesses can expand and schoolchildren can study at home rather than fall behind because they have no Internet access. He knows we need federal funding to repair our roads and bridges.

Delivering on local issues while simultaneously speaking with a strong voice in Washington requires a close-up understanding of the district. Will Yandik knows the issues and can articulate them as our representative in Congress.

I hope you will join me on June 28 – Democratic Primary election – and vote for Will Yandik.

KIM MULLER Oneonta

To the Editor: To all the Republicans, please join me to vote for John Faso in the Tuesday, June 28, Republican primary.

The 19th Congressional District includes all of Otsego County. I have known John Faso for many years and he cares about the 19th District, where he has always lived. Not like the person who is running against him, who lives in New York City and moved in to the district to run for the Congress.

John Faso would be a worthy successor to Congressman Gibson, who is retiring.

As a prior Otsego County chairman and retired Republican commissioner of elections, I think we need a person like John Faso in Washington working for all of us in Otsego County.

I hope you will vote on June 28, the polls are open 12 noon to 9 p.m.

SHEILA M. ROSS Fly Creek

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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016

Northern Eagle Beverages Hosts Open House At New Plant WAREHOUSE/From A1 Railroad Ave. for the time being, as well as the redemption center.

So far, so good, the executive said. He’s particularly impressed by the new “gravity feed” loading system, which allows cases of beer to flow automatically from racks into delivery trucks parked on the tarmac.

At the old plant, he said, everything was on pallets that had to be moved around by forklifts.

The company employs 42 people at the new building and at 5 Railroad, adding two with the expansion, Allen said.

Right now – the height of the beerquaffing season – there are 150,000 cases on site, 30 different brands. While visitors touring the building Saturday won’t be able to go everywhere, strategic viewing spots have been identified to give the curious a pretty good idea of how the county’s largest beer distributor will be operating in the new plant.

Ground was broken on Sept. 14, 2014, just north of the former Soccer Hall of Fame (now Ioxus headquarters), and all the key players were present. In addition

to the elder Hager, proprietor of Northern Eagle and Cooperstown Brewing, his son Louis and daughter Alicia, who are developing the Hager Hops yard in Pierstown – the biggest in the state – were turning shovels-full of earth.

(Cooperstown Brewing is wholly owned by Northern Eagle; Hager Hops is a separate LLC, although all are allied in a common vision.)

“They’re a well-run organization,” said Tom Armao, president of nearby Country Club Automotive and a former chairman of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce.

“They reach out to grow their business.

They’re taking advantage of opportunities in the market.”

While the big boxes have risen on the Southside, and publicly funded entities like Foothills Performing Arts Center and the former Soccer Hall have been built, Armao said it’s been decades since there’s been private investment of this size in Oneonta, particularly local private investment.

Where the big boxes extract revenues from the local economy, he continued, “this is local money, local contractors who

deposit money into local banks. It really has a much bigger impact on the local economy than a big box does.”

The general contractor was Eastman Associates of Oneonta, according to the architect, Lee Marigliano of Delhi. The clerk of the works was Oneonta’s Dennis Finn. Treffeisen & Sons, the local HVAC concern, was the mechanical contractor; Taggart Sales, the electrical contractor. Fry Fyter handled fire suppression and alarm systems; Osterhoudt, commercial refrigeration. The site engineer was Delaware Engineering.

Because of the Town of Oneonta’s low tax rate – $2.40 per thousand – Town Supervisor Bob Wood isn’t anticipating a bonanza, but Northern Eagle will pay $4,500 in property taxes this year.

“I think that’s part of the reason Northern Eagle Beverage was very happy to come here,” said Wood.

A PILOT kicks in next year, according to the supervisor, but the company will pay 30 percent three years from now, and an additional 10 percent annual until it will again reach the full payment in a decade.

A Rock For 19 Years, MCS’ Livshin Retires LIVSHIN/From A1 this,” Livshin recalled the other day as he prepared to wrap up his 19-year tenure. “He must have read my mind.”

Livshin and Fournier maintained that resolve as the case worked its way through the federal courts. Finally, on June 11, 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled MCS could not treat the Good News Club any differently than the Boy Scouts or 4-H, and Livshin made the necessary accommodations.

The lesson, particularly relevant in this rancorous presidential year: “People can have a difference of opinion and deal with it in a civil way,” Livshin said. “It was a really satisfying resolution to a problem.”

To hear the dean of Otsego County’s school superintendents talk about it – co-dean: Laurens’ Romona Wenck started the same year – it was as if his whole life was a preparation for the Good News challenge.

His upbringing in Syracuse – his mother had been a Naval lieutenant commander during WWII; his father, a surgeon at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital – was designed to teach him discipline and order.

College – he viewed Trinity University in faraway San Antonio as something of an escape – turned out to be just the next chapter. Trinity in the mid-1960s required two years of ROTC; young Peter opted for four, and after graduating in 1966, he soon found himself in Korea, on alert for the occasional suicide mission from the north.

Back in Syracuse, he taught in parochial school for a few years – everything but religion.

With a Jewish father and a High Church Episcopal mother, “they didn’t trust me with that,” he recalled.

It was during his first stint in public schools – in Albion, in the snowbelt west of Rochester – that he was inspired to enter administration. “I thought I could do more for the children,” he said.

His first command after obtaining his Stony Brook certification was 7-12 principal in Fort Edward, a “real tough town” near the Vermont border.

There was “no control,” he recalled. “I spent a lot of time in family court.”

He slowly turned it around.

“We developed a code of conduct” – developing three tiers of offences – “and made sure people lived up to it,” he recalled. Despite the challenges

– or perhaps because of them – he fell in love with the town, staying there 13 years.

In the mid-‘90s, Mike Miller – now Livshin’s high school principal – had moved from Fort Edward to ONC BOCES, and tipped him off to the MCS superintendent vacancy. He applied, had a good interview, but the job went to someone else.

“I liked the teachers. I liked the kids I met. The community seemed supportive,” he said.

So when the job opened up within a year and he was offered it, he took it.

By then, Livshin’s first marriage had come apart. He had four children. Jane had graduated in 1995, but Peter was a sophomore and Joseph a freshman, and they came with him. Young Emily returned to Syracuse with her mother, but rejoined her father when she reached high school age.

Milford had gone through two or three superintendents in as many years. It needed stability, and Livshin was the guy to provide it. He never had a budget rejected by voters.

Over the years, he initiated and saw four capital projectsto completion, and Milford Central’s hum and polish always communicates order and calm to the visitor.

Dreams Park arrived the year Livshin did, and profitability of summer rentals eliminated all year-‘round rental housing, contributing to a dip in enrollment from 600 to 400.

On the plus side, kids always have summer jobs, he said.

Looking ahead, he says emphatically, “mergers are out of the question.” But distance learning, perhaps magnet schools or regional high schools, may be possible.

MCS turned out to suit Livshin just fine, he said.

Friends of his administering bigger school districts are isolated in off-campus headquarters. Livshin, “I see the kids every day. I love that,” he said.

Three years ago, he met Joan, the woman who became his second wife, in a very modern way: On the Internet.

She has family in Colorado, and they’ve visited a few times.

And that’s where the couple is going; they’ve already picked out a house.

The reason, after all his Upstate winters, is convincing: Aurora, Colo., is near Denver’s cultural offerings and prosports teams, but most of all, “333 days of sun a year.”

Cring Awaits Final OK CRING/From A1 the 28th, at school district headquarters in suburban Poughkeepsie.

Word began circulating last Thursday, the 16th, that Cring, a fixture in the CCS administration for almost two decades, had accepted another position, but no announcement was forthcoming.

The CCS board president, Teresa Russo, said she hadn’t received the letter a resignation, and might be unable to say anything for “a couple of weeks.” The vice president, Mary Leonard, was praiseful of Cring’s tenure, saying “he’s always done everything we asked,” but declined to talk about his plans at this time.

Cring, usually very accessible, wasn’t returning calls.

Now, that’s understandable, as personnel at Arlington reported the Cring decision is on the agenda for the next school board meeting.

A check of the school’s home page shows the CCS principal is moving into a substantially larger operation.

Not only is K-12 enrollment 10 times larger, Arlington High School has about 1,000 students, three times the 9-12 enrolment here.

While both schools offer the

main sports – football, basketball, softball, track – and CCS also has golf, tennis and other secondary times, Arlington has such offerings as fencing and lacrosse. Field hockey, eliminated locally, appears to be thriving in the Dutchess County suburb.

It also seems Cring, who locally was moving from principal to an A-D/director of curriculum role, would see quite an enhancement in staff if he swaps Hawkeye orange for Admiral blue: The photo on the web site shows 42 coaches and support staff. He would succeed Dave Goddard.

Cring was born in Watertown and raised in Morristown, on the St. Lawrence River. He graduated from Morristown Central School and received his teaching degree from Springfield College in Massachusetts.

He received a master’s degree from Syracuse University in exercise physiology and a second master’s degree and CAS from St. Lawrence University in educational administration.

Cring and wife Juli have three daughters, two who have graduated. It has been reported that the father will commute back and forth until their youngest daughter, Paige, graduated in 2017.

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A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

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Downstairs features a functional floorplan w/immaculate hardwood floors, LR, family room,formal DR, updated kitchen attached to back porch, and ½ bath being renovated. Upstairs you will find 4 good-sized BRs, large full bath, bonus sleeping porch. Location, location, location— this is one you won’t want to miss!

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Oneonta filmmaker Joe Stillman’s “Citizen Clark” documents Ramsey Clark’s lifelong crusade against militarism, environmental degradation and poverty.

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Pros Reached Out To First Responders As ‘Real Heroes’ the game, as well as its ability to bring people back together after a tragedy.

COOPERSTOWN “People talk about baseball as healing,” said John Odell, the he display case at the Hall’s curator of History and end of the Baseball Hall Research. “That might be an of Fame’s overstatement, but it “Whole New did bring people back Ballgame” exhibit together to take part doesn’t look that in a ritual, to boost much different from morale.” any other display The exhibit – two caps, some coincides with the cards, a Mets jersey, 15-year anniversary an un-torn ticket of Sept. 11 attacks for a Yankees game on the Twin Towers, After the Twin Townever played. as well as the inducBut the exhibit, ers attack, pro balltion of Mets’ catcher players got auto“Baseball after Mike Piazza, whose graphs on site from 9/11,” showcases jersey – it was worn a somber time for the “real heroes,” the Please See HALL, B3

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Oneonta Olympian Teaches Rowing On Otsego Lake Grueling Sport That Took Andrea Thies To Barcelona, Atlanta Gaining Popularity Here Through Cooperstown Rowing Club

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN Growing up, Oneonta’s Andrea Thies never considered herself an athlete. “I avoided team sport situations,” she said. “Gym class was traumatic. If we played baseball, I hid way out in the field. It wasn’t until I took up

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rowing in college that I began to see myself as an athlete.”

The two-time Olympian – she was an alternate at the Barcelona Games in 1992 and on the Women’s Quad team at the Atlanta Games in 1996 – is now hoping to inspire others to take to the water.

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BOOKS, BOOKS... 9 a.m.-5 p.m. annual Friends of Cooperstown Village Library book sale. Daily Saturday, June 25, through Monday, July 4. An institution of summer, sale of gently used books, CDs, DVDs benefits library collection and community programs. Free admission. Cooperstown Library porch, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. ...AND MORE BOOKS: Prints, maps, books and more at the annual Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair. $4 admission. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Clark Sports Center, Susquehanna Ave., Cooperstown. Info, (800) 322-2995, (607) 638-9962, atelier@oecblue.com, www.cooperstownantiquarianbookfair.com.

FUN WITH BUGS: Insect hike and scavenger hunt. Explore insect roles in ecosystem function. Collect micro-fauna of Parslow Road Conservation Area.

Hike through different types of habitats.

Catch insects, examine them, learn their natural history, and free them. Led by Dr. Carmen Greenwood, SUNY Cobleskill professor. 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Parslow Road Conservation Area, 127 Parslow Rd., Hartwick. RSVP (607) 547-2366, sara@otsegolandtrust.org BOHEMIANS ONSTAGE: “Boheme(s) to Rent.” Enjoy excerpts from Ruggero Leoncavallo’ opera La Bohème and literary and musical selections about working artists. Presented by conductor Joseph Colaneri, Glimmerglass Festival Music Director. Family-friendly fun, 5-6 p.m., Sunday June 26. Tickets $20, youths $10. Glimmerglass Festival at the Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, www.glimmerglass.org, (607) 547-0700.

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Thursday, June 23

ARTIST TALK – 4 p.m. Artist Christine Heller discusses her work as part of the 3-person show “About Face,” in a pubic program moderated by Robert Seward, professor emeritus of Tokyo University. Free, reservations recommended. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5327 GENEALOGY – 6:30 p.m.Anne Pratt-Slatin speaks about Genealogy Research. Free, all welcome. Refreshments served.

Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown MOBILE LIBRARY – 9:30 a.m.-2:50 p.m. Various locations, Tuesdays & Thursdays monthly.

Four-county Cybermobile visits Oneonta, Schenevus, Westford, South Valley & Middlefield, Thursdays monthly. Info, (607) 723-8236 or check Twitter (@4clsCybermobile) TOASTMASTERS – 6-7 p.m.

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SPRINGFIELD 4th DEADLINE – “Star Spangled Celebration!: Register entries in Springfield 4th of July parade by today. Individuals, families, organizations, and businesses are all welcome to join the parade! Quilt Show registration Sat., June 25. Main St., Springfield Center.

CITIZEN CLARK– 7-10 p.m. Benefit screening, feature documentary film, “Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle,” the story of former U.S. Attorney General and human rights activist Ramsey Clark. Special guest Frank Serpico. Tickets $15 with cash bar.

Snacks provided. Host Joseph Stillman. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

Saturday, June 25

BOOK SALE – 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Annual Friends of Cooperstown Village Library book sale.

Continues daily through July 4.

Used books, CDs, DVDs, more.

Through July 4. 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

BOOK FAIR – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair. $4 admission.

Dozens of dealers in antiquarian books, maps, prints and paper ephemera. Clark Sports Center, Susquehanna Ave., Cooperstown. Info, (800) 3222995, (607) 638-9962, atelier@ oecblue.com, www.cooperstownantiquarianbookfair.com QUILT SHOW REGISTRATION– 10 a.m.-3 p.m. “Star Spangled Celebration!: Register entries in Springfield 4th of July Quilt Show today. Also Mon., June 27, 2-6 p.m. Springfield Community Center Board Room. One entry per person. Springfield Center. email Springfield.July4@gmail. com HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION – 9 a.m. Oneonta Community Christian School Graduation,

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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION – 10 a.m. Richfield Springs High School Graduations, 93 Main St., Richfield Springs. Info, (315) 858-0610.

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION – 11 a.m.. Cherry Valley Springfield High School Graduation, Alice Busch Theatre, Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 2643265..

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION – 10:45 a.m. Oneonta Senior High School Graduation, 130 East St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-8241.

FAIRIE FESTIVAL – 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Through June 26. $15 adults, $8 kids, 5 & under free.

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Hike through different types of habitats. Catch insects, examine them, learn their natural history, and free them. Led by Dr. Carmen Greenwood, SUNY Cobleskill professor. Parslow Road conservation Area, 127 parslow Rd., Hartwick. RSVP (607) 5472366, sara@otsegolandtrust.org ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BANQUET – 6 p.m. Cooperstown Jr./Sr. HS Cafeteria 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown.

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.

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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.

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

PENNY KNIGHT BAND – 8 p.m. Popular upstate NY band w/ powerhouse vocal and rockarena muscle returns to raise

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Sunday, June 26

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION – 10:30 a.m. Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton Graduation, 693 St. Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 7832207, www.gmucsd.org HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION – 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Cooperstown Sr. H.S. Graduation, Fenimore House, 5798 NY 80, Cooperstown.

ITALIAN SONG – 4 p.m.

Cocktails and hors D’oeuvres, 5 p.m. concert featuring arias and popular selections performed by maestro Charles Schneider at piano, lyric tenor Jonathan Howell, vocalist. The Horned Dorset Inn, 2000 NY-8, Leonardsville. Info, (315) 855-7898, wwwhorneddorsetinn.com BOHEMIANS ONSTAGE – 5-6 p.m. Glimmerglass Festival presents Bohemians Onstage: Bohème(s) to Rent. Enjoy excerpts from the Ruggero Leoncavallo’ opera La Bohème and literary and musical selections that center on working artists.

Presented by conductor Joseph Colaneri, Glimmerglass Festival Music Director . Family-friendly fun. Tickets $20, youths $10.

Glimmerglass Festival at the Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, www.glimmerglass.org, (607) 547-0700, cvartworks.org HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION – 7-8 p.m. Milford High School Graduation, 42 W. Main St., Milford, info, (607) 286-7721

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ROBOTICS DEADLINE– Registration deadline for 4H Lego Robotics Camp, July 11-15 at Oneonta City School District office on Center St. Open to youth entering 6,7 or 8 grades.

Enrollment limited, $100.00 Applications at CCE 4H offices, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown, and 31 Maple St., Oneonta, http:// cceschoharie-otesgo.org/events info, 547-2536, 434-0614, pagoglia@stny.rr.com

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Olympian Sharing Her Skills With Otsego Lake Would-Be Scullers OLYMPIAN/From B1 Row, a rowing club for inner-city girls that promotes confidence, academics and physical activity,” she said.

“It really inspired me, and I want to bring that to our community.”

Starting in July, Thies will be offering a series of rowing workshops at the Cooperstown Country Club, from the one-day “Taste of Rowing” event to weeklong youth rowing camps.

“People who’ve never seen themselves as athletic can get out there and be part of a team,” she said. “You can get off the couch and get out there.”

She started offering private lessons at the Country Club last year, but is hoping to begin putting together teams to go to competition.

“For young people, they can find an interest that teaches them to work together,” she

said. “And for older folks, it’s easier to get out there on the water and row independently. It’s a great sport.”

Thies will be bringing her rowing machine to the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market over the summer to let people try it out. “We have a real chance to grow something in our community,” she said. “I want to build this sport and have successful teams here.”

Thies just returned from a week-long rowing event at Community Rowing Inc. in Brighton, Mass., where she worked with disabled athletes, veterans and visuallyimpaired rowers. “We were out on the Charles River for two hours at a time,” she said.

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said. “I had to come up with new ways of approaching how I teach. We even had one person who was wheelchair bound, and he was out on the water! They’re engaged, and they can participate.”

In February, the mother of two – Sasha and Isabelle; she is married to Hartwick chemistry professor John Dudek – competed in an indoor rowing competition in Boston, where she finished fourth of 47 rowers, covering 1.24 miles in 7 minutes, 17 seconds.

Over the weekend, she paddled in the General Clinton Regatta aluminum class mixed relay with Luke Rhodes of the Washington Canoe Club in D.C., tieing for first and taking second overall. “I want to get this out to other people,” she said. “You don’t know what you can do until you try.”

Baseball Helped Return Life To Semblance Of Normal, New Hall Exhibit Shows HALL/From B1 the first game after a 10-day suspension of the 2001 MLB season – is the centerpiece of the display.

“Piazza hit a meaningful home run in the eighth inning of the first game back in New York after 9/11, on Sept. 21,” explained Jon Shestakofsky, the Hall’s vice president/communications & education. “It put them 

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But an eagle-eyed collector realized he had a piece of history on his hands, and put it up for auction in April, when it was purchased by fans Anthony and Carmela Lauto, Anthony Scaramucci and Jim McCann.

“Tony and I wanted to make sure that jersey stays in New York,” Scaramucci told the New York Post after paying $365,000 for the item.

The jersey is signed and on loan to the Hall for the length of the exhibit, with the exception of July 29Aug 2, where it will be on display at Citi Field in honor of Piazza’s induction into the Hall.

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“These baseballs tell the whole story,” said Shestakofsky.

On Saturday, July 23, as part of the Hall of Fame Weekend, the Hall will display one more baseball, found in the rubble of the World Trade Center by NYFD Battalion Chief Vin Mavaro, who will share his memories of that fateful day and thoughts on the communal power of the game.

“A lot of the players had trouble reconciling this entertainment with the tragedy,” said Odell. “How much could they enjoy this game, how much joy could they show in front of their home fans, just a few miles from Ground Zero? But it was about resiliency. It gave everyone an opportunity to continue on.”

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caps in the display represent this. “In honor of the First Responders, the team asked the MLB if they could wear these caps for the rest of the season in memory of those who sacrificed their lives.”

On display are Mets manager Bobby Valentine’s NYPD cap and pitcher John Franco’s FDNY cap, both from the Sept. 21 game at Shea Stadium.

And in the archives, Odell found two signed baseballs that had never been displayed. But they weren’t signed by players – they were signed by “the real heroes.”

“Several Hall of Famers went to the First Responders firehouse and police station and asked them to sign baseballs,” said Odell. “It really turned the tables on who the heroes are.”

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Summons is made by any means other than by personal delivery to you within the State of New York, within thirty (30) days after such service is complete. In case of your failure to appear or Answer thereto, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may Answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

Notice of Formation of MKW ENTERPRISES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on June 9, 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 served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 22 South Belmont Circle, Oneonta, NY 13820. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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June 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 PO Box 957, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Legal notice NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT, CHRISTIANE HAGEWOOD Nature of this action: foreclosure action involving real property commonly known as 2444 County Highway 8, Otego, New York 13825 seeking a judgment of foreclosure and sale for the amount due and owing to the Plaintiff, CNB Realty Trust, as assignee of NBT Bank, National Association, under the Note and Mortgage with a current principal balance of Seventy Three Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Seven and 88/100 Dollars ($73,997.88) together with interest, late fees and other charges.

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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.

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Name: DOUBLE PLAY CABINS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 14 June 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 PO Box 957, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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6LegalJuly21 Legal notice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: M.B. PALMER HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/18/16.

Office Location: Otsego County.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 129 Main Street, Suite 1, Morris, NY 13808. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalJuly14 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Chuck’s Towing and Collision Service LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on May 19, 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 P.O. Box 191, Richfield Springs, New York 13439. 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

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6LegalJuly7 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Red Shed Brewery LLC. Arts. of Org. were filed with Secretary of State (SSNY) on 04/29/16. Office Location: Otsego Cty. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail any process to the LLC 817 Butter Bowl Road Cherry Valley, NY 13320 Purpose: any and all lawful business activity permitted under NYS laws.

6legalJuly7 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.

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SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 155 Hoose Road, Oneonta, New York 13820.

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6LegalJune30 Legal notice WOODS MAPLE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/5/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 467 Lockwood Hill Rd., Mount Upton, NY 13809, which is also the principal buisness location.

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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.

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To Control Its Fate, Cooperstown Needs To Be More User-Friendly To the Editor: After reading “Main Street Now Depends On Dreams Park’s Success” in the June 9 Freeman’s Journal, I noticed one important factor was left out concerning decline in visitors to Cooperstown. Parking. I understand the need for the income generated by the parking but it’s killing the goose for one golden egg.

The two-hour restriction is absurd. It takes a good three hours to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and, added to that, perhaps a stroll on Main Street to patronize a shop or two along with a stop for lunch should make a five- or six-hour visit more the norm.

But I’ve seen people leaving the Hall to feed the meter and move their cars only to run back to finish their Hall visit and then leave town rather than continue this ridiculous game of musical cars.

MARIETTA: Rising Bed-Tax Revenues Show Privatizing Promotion Works; Let’s Support It MARIETTA/From A4 aren’t just increases in prices. We are attracting more tourists to Otsego County and, more importantly, we have the potential for more.

Again, speak to the experts, and they will relate that we still have room capacity during the summer season. We have the opportunity to generate even more bed tax revenue and interconnected sales tax. And, yet, our greatest tool and partner, Destination Marketing, finds its future in jeopardy and planning put on

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I’ve seen couples a bit long in the tooth parking at the outer limits of the two-hour zone near Bassett, walking downhill to town, only to have to return (uphill) to move their vehicle not long after making the trek to Main Street.

It does not go unnoticed, I’ve also heard their complaints. These visitors likely have friends and family who would also be prospective visitors. How many have been deterred and gone elsewhere because of word-of-mouth?

Fixes? A four-, or better still, six-hour limit at the meters and off-metered parking areas, an additional trolley lot and a fire under Birnie to run more than just one trolley starting the Friday of Memorial Day weekend.

This town needs to be more user-friendly.

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hold as its contract renewal is polarized by our own county government’s dysfunctional committee system and decision-making process.

Some background: Destination Marketing was established in January 2014 by the county Board of Representatives, which gave its blessing and funding for a three-year tourism-promotion privatization agreement.

Previously, from 2000 to 2013, the Otsego County Tourism Program was a county-run agency overseen by the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee (IGA).

There were various reasons and due diligence carried out to support privatizing tourism. There was a vision from Otsego County government about a path leading to greater success and revenue generation.

With approval given, Destination Marketing was formed as an incorporated nonprofit 501(C)6 with the mission to promote overnight visitation to the county by generating destination marketing initiatives and bed-tax revenues for the county. The organization was populated by a governing volunteer board of directors that included experts and executives from local attractions, accommodations and county businesses. This board includes the general manager/COO of The Otesaga; a vice president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame; The president/CEO of the Otsego County Chamber; the general manager of Hampton Inn, and the general manager of Eastern Travel/Oneonta Bus Lines. The county Board of Representatives also has a direct appointed board member, who is Chair Kathy Clark.

Contract Renewal: For months, board members of Destination Marketing have been visiting with IGA Committee members and providing reports on impact and outlining plans for future efforts tied to the proposed contract renewing Jan. 1, 2017. General business sense would dictate budgeting in advance of making future commitments, and thus Destination Marketing’s board worked to secure a contract renewal by summer in order to budget marketing commitments and efforts for 2017.

Destination Marketing would need approval from IGA, its home committee, to move forward with the contract renewal. It was this approval that was given at the May 16 IGA committee meeting, attended by Representatives Gelbsman, Carson, Kenney and Stammel, as well as Board Chair Clark. A motion

by Representative Carson was made to accept the draft Destination Marketing proposal and contract and seconded by Representative Kennedy and approved by all except for Representative Wilber who was absent.

At this point, Destination Marketing moved to the second step of the county board’s approval process.

Destination Marketing board members attended the May

23 Administration Committee and provided information and answered questions about the proposed contract. At the meeting, attended by Representatives Frazier, Gelbsman, Oberacker, Carson and Stuligross, a motion was made by Representative Stuligross to renew the contract with Destination Marketing as proposed (and approved by IGA). The motion was seconded by Representative Carson and unanimously approved by all five representatives (2,016 weighted votes). With this two-step approval process, the Destination Marketing renewal contract resolution moved forward to the June 1 county board meeting, meeting for what seemed like a formality.

After months of meetings and reports, vetting and approval by the two key county committees, and most importantly, a contract proposed by a board of directors that included county board Chair Kathy Clark, Destination Marketing could obviously expect final approval.

Unfortunately, this was not the case, as anyone can read in media reports and the June 1 board minutes about the failed motion to table the contract by Representative Frazier, and then failure in passing the actual contract resolution.

What were the reasons for tabling the contract or voting against the contract resolution? During the discussion, no specific or detailed objections were given by representatives and no questions from previous committee meetings were cited as being unanswered. And when county board Chair Clark was asked about her role on the Destination Marketing board and opposition to the contract, she interestingly replied that she was ex-officio, and thus had no vote, seeming to imply that she could not oppose the contract or share her objections at the time of its development.

Destination Marketing’s 990 (the nonprofit annual filing form available publicly) says otherwise, indicating County Chair Clark has full voting power. One might also assume the county would be unwise and shortsighted not to ensure its appointed board position on the Destination Marketing board included voting powers, especially since Destination Marketing was founded by county leadership and receives significant support.

Destination Marketing now comes back to the June 23d Administration Committee for another round of trying to maneuver through the county government’s multi-step process in seeking approval for the continued partnership and work in generating more revenue for Otsego County. I ask all county representatives to join me in supporting the renewal of Destination Marketing’s contract. Let’s put an end to this delay, and work with Destination Marketing to increase tourism and its revenue impact on Otsego County. We need to be a good partner and empower Destination Marketing to move forward with its plans for 2017.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016

OBITUARIES

Forrest J. ‘Frosty’ Misner, 80; Loved Boating on Otsego Lake FLY CREEK – Forrest J. “Frosty” Misner, Jr., 80, who worked for NYSEG for many years, passed away Friday morning, June 17, 2016, at his home on Bissell Road, surrounded by the comfort of his family.

Born May 8, 1936, in Sidney, Frosty was the only child of Forrest J. and Doris (Walker) Misner. Raised in Sidney, he was baptized at the Sidney Methodist Church and graduated from Sidney High School.

He was in the Navy during the Korean War, and was a member of the Sgt. Walter P. Eggleston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7128 in Cooperstown.

Following his military service, Frosty found his way to the Cooperstown area and for many years was

employed as a lineman for New York State Electric & Gas. In his leisure he loved spending time on Otsego Lake, and especially enjoyed time spent with friends on his pontoon boat at the former Brookwood Garden docks.

Frosty is survived by his wife of 38 years, Susan Worsthorn Misner; two daughters, Terry Huebner and husband, Conrad, of Glenville, and Cindy Misner of Nazareth, Pennsylvania; and a grandson, Jonathan Mestyanek of Albany.

A memorial service was Thursday, July 14 at the Connell, Dow & Dysenroth Funeral Home, with the Rev. Betsy Jay, Bassett Hospital chaplain, officiating. At the conclusion of the service,

military honors were accorded by members of the Sgt. Walter P. Eggleston VFW Post No. 7128 and the Forrest United Misner States Navy Funeral Honor Guard.

As a way to remember Frosty, please consider a memorial gift to Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820 or Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.

‘Bubba’ Mott, 53; Raised In Cherry Valley, Was Lake George Fishing Guide For Years CHERRY VALLEY – Bryan J. “Bubba” Mott, 53, Warrensburg, a Lake George fishing guide for many years, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, June 13, 2016, after being stricken at work.

Born Dec. 9, 1962 in Oneonta, he was the son of the late James and Margot “Marty” Mott.

He attended school in Cherry Valley, then enlisted

in the Navy.

He also worked in construction with his father-inlaw, Jerry Cameron.

In addition to his parents, Bryan was predeceased by his grandparents, Doris and Lester Mott.

He is survived by his three children, Courtney (Maine) Marino of Tampa, Fla., James L. Mott of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Cassandra Mott of

Thurman; a step-son, Jack Moulton of Glens Falls; one grandson, Giovanni Joseph Marino; three sisters in Otsego County, Robin Mott, Liz Mott, and Belinda Mott; half-brother, Michael Mott. He also leaves behind several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial service was Monday, June 20, at the Alexander Funeral Home, Warrensburg.

Thomas Stromberg, 79; Father of Episcopal Curate COOPERSTOWN – Thomas B. Stromberg, Jr., 79, father of the Rev. Matthew Stromberg, curate at Christ Episcopal Church, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 12, 2016 in his home in Upper Darby, Pa. He was born in Baltimore, Md., but raised in Upper Darby, the oldest of the six children of Bernard

and Helen. For 33 years, he worked for Upper Darby School District.

He was a committed Christian and an active member of Crossroads Community Church in Upper Darby.

Thomas was the devoted husband of Susan; beloved father of Thomas, Roy, Jason and Lucas, as well as Matthew. He was grand-

father of seven and greatgrandfather of four.

The service was Thursday, June 16, at Crossroads Community Church. Interment was at Friends Southwestern Burial Ground.

In lieu of flowers, the family recommends donations be made to The ALS Association, 1275 K Street NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20005.

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Cooperstown Motel Contents To Be Auctioned AUCTION/From A1 longings in an 84-year-old man’s life.”

Owner Al O’Brien died last October after a long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. His heirs, sons Albert and Edward and daughter Kathleen Ramirez, put the motel up for sale, and CVS will buy it.

But with CVS planning a demolition of the 40-room motel for a new pharmacy, MacFadden is tasked with auctioning off every last piece.

“We’re still finding stuff in the basement – tools, motel supplies and everything in between.” said MacFadden. “I’m sure there are things we won’t find until a day or two before the auction. It’s like a treasure hunt. Some of that stuff hasn’t been moved in 30 years.”

Living in Cooperstown since he was a young man allowed O’Brien to collect plenty of baseball souvenirs, including signed photos of Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, and Pete Rose. “The office was filled with baseball memorabilia,” said MacFadden. “We found at least 20 signed photographs.”

The motel will be sold off “room by room,” meaning that bidders can take home all the furniture in a single lot. “Bed, dresser, air conditioner, all the contents of the room,” he said.

“There are 40 rooms to sell.”

O’Brien’s office will be sold in smaller lots. “We found a file cabinet filled with keys,” he said. “He had 50 copies of each key for each room. I guess people kept walking off with them. We also found a box of old Cooperstown Motel key tags from the 1970s. He had that much of everything.”

Another item up for bid is the old cigarette machine, which went out of use in the 1990s. “It’s been on the porch ever since!” said MacFadden.

In addition to the motel, apartments and a garage owned

by O’Brien were also cleared out. “We found three snowmobiles from the 1970s,” he said.

“Whether we sell all this for a dollar or a million dollars, it all has to go. We’ll probably have to have two auctioneers, there’s so much stuff to sell.”

The auction will be held at the motel, starting at noon, rain

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Payments are for a 2016 Encore FWD 1SB Preferred Equipment Group with an MSRP of $24,065. 39 monthly payments total $7,371. No security deposit required. Tax, title, license and dealer fees extra. Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 32,500 miles.

GM Financial must approve lease. Take delivery by 6/30/16. See dealer for details.

$1,789 DUE AT LEASE SIGNING

$189 PER MONTH FOR 39 MOS.

PREMIUM II GROUP Ultra Low-Mileage Lease for Well Qualified Lessees

2016 BUICK ENCORE FWD 1SB

No security deposit required. Tax, Title, optional equipment and fees extra. Payments are for a 2016 GMC Terrain FWD SLE-1 with an MSRP of $27,000. 24 monthly payments total $4,776. Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 20,000 miles. See dealer for details.

Take delivery by 06-30-2016.

PER MONTH

$199

Ultra Low-Mileage Lease for Well Qualified Lessees

STOCK # 1035

STOCK # 1235

STOCK # 1656

$170/mo

$157/mo

BLUE, 65K, 2501A, $10,995 ......................

$161/mo

SILVER, 34K, 732129, $13,576 ....................

3 2013 CRUZE LS

$172/mo

$12,908, 39-40K 4 TO CHOOSE FROM

2014 CRUZE LT

ONLY

WOW!

BLUE, 39K, 732122, $12,775 ......................

2012 CRUZE LT RS

2009 IMPALA LT

$160/mo

$152/mo

BLACK, 38K, 732127, $12,327 ....................

2013 CRUZE LS

$141/mo

$99/mo WHITE, 75K, 2469A, $10,895 ......................

2010 MALIBU LT

BLACK, 55K, 2423B, $8,995 ............................

2012 SONIC 2LS

CARS

2013 CRUZE LT RS

$187/mo 2013 CRUZE LS BLUE, 10K, 732131, $14,587. $187/mo

WHITE, 11K, 732128, $14,587 ....................

2013 CRUZE LS

GREEN, 29K, 732107, $13,450 ....................

2014 CRUZE LS

NAV, BLUE, 66K, 2434A, $13,472 ......................

2013 MALIBU 2LT

$170/mo

$146/mo

GOLD, 59K, 2503A, $11,923 ......................

2012 IMPALA LT

$145/mo

$89/mo

64K, 732092A, $11,495...................................

2011 MALIBU LT

5 SPEED, GREEN, 49K, 2515A, $8,295 ............................

2014 SPARK LS HATCHBACK

CERTIFIED CARS

$222

$255/mo

$263/mo

BLUE, 18K, 732152, $19,465 ....................

$300/mo

$185/mo $186/mo $189/mo $199/mo

GRAY, 20K, 2532A, $14,395 ......................

RED, 29K, 732125, $14,523 ....................

27K, 732140 $14,729...................................

LTHR, TAN, 26K, 732123, $15,357 ....................

21K, 2059A, $25,126..............

2013 CTS AWD PERFORMANCE

V6, MAROON, 17K, 1998A, $24,977 ......................

2013 CADILLAC ATS AWD LUXURY

LTHR, BLUE, 18K, 732124, $15,557 ....................

2013 CRUZE 2LT RS

2013 CRUZE 2LT

2013 MALIBU LS

2013 CRUZE LT

$350/mo

$348/mo

$202/mo

2014 CHRYSLER 200 LX

$178/mo

BROWN, 39K, 732142, $13,986 ....................

2013 MALIBU LS

$1,232/mo

$199/mo BLACK, 76K, 2009A, $17,293 ......................

$229/mo

2013 GMC TERRAIN SLE2 AWD

2341B, $15,395 ......................

GOLD, 68K,

2012 EQUINOX LS AWD

$193/mo

$150/mo

$111/mo 2009 PONTIAC TORRENT AWD GRAY, 58K, 2211B, $12,979 ......................

GOLD, 71K, 2366B, $7,495 ........................

2007 UPLANDER LS

LTHR, SNRF, 55K, 732141, $8,525 ......................

TRUCKS 2009 HHR LT

7 SPD RED, 3K, 2237A, $81,972 ................

2015 CORVETTE Z06 3LZ

SUNROOF, WHITE, 1202A, $28,372 ......................

2013 CADILLAC XTS LUXURY FWD

$401/mo

$368/mo

GRAY, 34K, 732156, $26,295 ....................

2013 ACADIA AWD SLE

$314/mo

BLACK, 25K, 732117A, $22,795 ..................

2014 TERRAIN SLE2 AWD

4WD, V6, WT, WHITE, 50K, 2340A, $21,872..............

2013 SIERRA 1500 REG CAB

$299/mo

$290/mo

$401/mo

$403/mo

$402/mo

$425/mo $456/mo

$260/mo $280/mo $291/mo $390/mo

PARTS & SERVICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm, Sat. 8am-1pm.

SALES DEPT. HOURS: Mon.-Thurs.

8am-8pm, Fri. 8am-6pm, Sat. 8am-5pm. FAC. #4390001

$424/mo Pre-Owned Vehicles: Payments based on $2500 down or trade equity plus sales tax, title and fees.

Pre-Owned financing 2011 and newer 3.49% for 72 months, 2010 3.79% for 66 mos, 2009 3.79% for 60 mos, 2008 4.49% for 48 mos, 2007 4.99% for 48 mos.

Z71, PLOW, 12K, 2447A, $29,875 ......................

2013 SILVERADO 1500 EXT CAB 4WD LT

WHITE, 44K, 2429A, $27,295 ......................

2011 SILVERADO 1500 EXT LTZ Z71 4WD

GRAY, 75K, 732121A, $21,287 ..................

2012 GMC ACADIA SLE AWD

GRAY, 15K, 732153, $20,563 ....................

2014 EQUINOX LS AWD

GRAY, 15K, 732143, $19,275 ....................

$463/mo 2013 EQUINOX LT FWD

BLACK, V6, 17K 732146, $32,395 ....................

2015 COLORADO CREW LT 4WD

SUNROOF, DVD, WHITE, 70K, 2480A, $31,967..............

2012 SIERRA CREW 1500 4WD DENALI

WHITE, 24K, 1690A, $29,925 ......................

2013 GMC SIERRA EXT CAB 1500 4WD SLE

4WD, BLACK, 14K, 732080, $28,511 ....................

2013 SILVERADO EXT CAB LT

WHITE, 42K, 2270A, $28,473 ......................

2015 TRAVERSE LT AWD

BLACK, 41K, 732105, $28,397 ....................

2013 BUICK ENCLAVE AWD CONV

• New 2-year/24,000-mile Standard CPO Maintenance Plan • 24 Hour Roadside Assistance / Courtesy Transportation • 3-day/150-mile Customer Satisfaction Guarantee

$284/mo

OTHER PRE-OWNED

2013 EQUINOX LT AWD

$262/mo

SILVER, 33K, 2252A, $19,373 ......................

2013 EQUINOX LT AWD

BLUE, 23K, 732133, $18,997 ....................

2014 EQUINOX LS FWD

2013 EQUINOX LT AWD V6

BLUE, 41K, 732151, $21,237 ....................

2014 EQUINOX AWD

CONVENIENCE BLUE, 15K, 732063, $20,867 ............

2015 BUICK ENCORE AWD

BLACK, 23K, /mo 2577A, $21,832 ......................

$207/mo

$191/mo

CERTIFIED TRUCKS

LTHR, SNRF, TAN, 52K, 2456A, $16,839 ......................

2013 LACROSSE

BLUE, 732108, 32K, $15,899 ..........................

2013 BUICK VERANO

WHITE, 40K, 732144, $14,858 ....................

2014 IMPALA LT

$188/mo

No Worries.™

BLUE, 30K, 732120, $14,595 ....................

• 6-year/100,000-mile Powertrain Limited Warranty.

• Additional 12-Month/12,000-mile Bumper To Bumper Limited Warranty.

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$2,779 DUE AT SIGNING

$0

PER MO. FOR 24 MOS

SECURITY DEPOSIT DUE AT SIGNING

$199

Tax, title, license and dealer fees are extra. No security deposit required.

Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 20,000 miles.

Tax, title, license and dealer fees are extra. No security deposit required.

Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 32,500 miles.

ULTRA-LOW MILEAGE LEASE FOR CURRENT QUALIFIED GM LESSEES

Tax, title, license and dealer fees are extra. No security deposit required.

Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 32,500 miles.

after all offers

$1,119 DUE AT SIGNING

ULTRA-LOW MILEAGE LEASE FOR CURRENT QUALIFIED GM LESSEES

after all offers

$2,229 DUE AT SIGNING

Tax, title, license and dealer fees are extra. No security deposit required. Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 32,500 miles.

PER MO. FOR 39 MOS

DEPOSIT $0 SECURITY DUE AT SIGNING

$199

2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

Tax, title, license and dealer fees are extra. No security deposit required. Mileage charge of $.25/ mile over 32,500 miles.

PER MO. FOR 39 MOS

DEPOSIT $0 SECURITY DUE AT SIGNING

$199

ULTRA-LOW MILEAGE LEASE FOR CURRENT QUALIFIED GM LESSEES

2016 CHEVROLET TRAX 1 LT

2016 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT

after all offers

$2,339 DUE AT SIGNING

DEPOSIT $0 SECURITY DUE AT SIGNING

PER MO. FOR 39 MOS

ULTRA-LOW MILEAGE LEASE FOR CURRENT QUALIFIED GM LESSEES

ALL NEW 2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU 1 LT

2016 GMC TERRAIN SLE-1

2015 GMC CANYON

2015 BUICK LACROSSE

STOCK # 630280

STOCK # 1245

GREAT NEW VEHICLES WITH GREAT SAVINGS

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2015 MALIBU

2014 CADILLAC XTS V SPORT

STOCK # 500153

STOCK # 1237

2015 CADILLAC XTS

2014 CADILLAC CTS AWD

STOCK # 137

2015 BUICK LACROSSE

$12,000 OFF

2014 BUICK LACROSSE

UP TO

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$169

ULTRA-LOW MILEAGE LEASE FOR CURRENT QUALIFIED GM LESSEES

2016 CHEVROLET CRUZE 1LT

Limited to select vehicles in dealer stock. Based on MSRP of $46,840. Not compatible with lease and some other offers. Take delivery by 6/30/16. See dealer for details.

$8,250

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