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Land Trust PASSES Goal: Protecting 10,000 Acres

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t press time, The Otsego Land Trust announced it has achieved a longtime goal: To protect 10,000 acres from development through conservation easements. Alice and Joe Richardson’s 80 acres in Morris pushed the trust over the top, Executive Director Virginia Kennedy said. Kennedy also announced that she is resigning her post to follow her husband to a new job in Maryland.

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Cooperstown Trustees Explore Acquiring 22-Acre Brookwood By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

akefront Park, Fairy Spring, Three Mile Point and Council Rock – all on Otsego Lake. And, now, Brookwood Gardens? Whether enough is enough may be the

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focus of debate on the Village Board, which has begun exploring whether it makes sense to take Brookwood Gardens off the Otsego Land Trust’s hands and manage one of the last undeveloped access points to Otsego Lake for public enjoyment. Trustee Jim Dean thinks the idea should be discussed, as it is likely to be at the Village Board’s August meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday Please See BROOKWOOD, A3

Smokey Blaze Destroys 2 Glimmerglass Condos

Marietta Stays On Fall Ballot, Judge Decides COOPERSTOWN

emocratic candidate for the county board’s District 8 seat, Andrew Marietta, will remain on the ballot in the Nov. 3 election. Administrative Judge Robert C. Mulvey issued his decision Tuesday, Aug. 18, after hearing arguments by lawyers for both parties the Thursday before. For more details and to read the decision, go to

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MURPHY HONORED: Former county Rep. Richard Murphy, D-Oneonta, will be the guest of honor at this year’s county Democratic dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Country Inn & Suites, Hartwick Seminary. Reservations at www.otsegocountydemocraticcommittee.com. GIBSON VISITS: U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, was in Otsego County Tuesday, Aug. 18, speaking to the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association at The Otesaga in the morning, and to the Otsego Electric Co-op Annual Meeting at Milford in the evening.

t’s a homeowner’s nightmare. John Webb and his husband, Nelson Mondaca, left their Glimmerglass condo at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Steve Bieritz for The Freeman’s Journal

Cooperstown firefighters are deployed to fight Glimmerglass Condominium fire.

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“When we were at the Colosseum, I got out my phone and we called the By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN Thanksgiving Home,” where she was living at COOPERSTOWN t age 91, Fanthe time,” Seaver said. nie Navarra had When the phone hile Village never been on an was answered, Navarra Hall was crackairplane, so her godjoked, “I’m here, come ing down on daughter, Veronica Gil get me!” legitimate B&B operators, Seaver, booked them a “My husband” – the Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal ticket to Italy. Please See 100TH, A3 perhaps six or more Airbnbs Mrs. Navarra celebrates 100th. By LIBBY CUDMORE

Aug. 15, for breakfast in Cherry Valley when his cell phone rang. “I’m the president of the condo association, so I get calls all the time,” said Webb. “I was at breakfast, so didn’t take it.” But on the other line, Webb suspects, was someone telling him that Please See FIRE, A6

have been flying completely under 22 Main’s radar. “People who are running legally shouldn’t be given more work than people who are running illegally,” said Mayor Jeff Katz after being alerted to the new phenomenon by Marc Kingsley, Inn Please See AIRBNB, A3

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LOCALS Rachael Kuch, John Cecconi Nuptials Planned

‘TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC’ BENEFITS OTSEGO DAR Linda Kline, Middlefield, right, accepts a large Scherenschnitte papercutting, “Teddy Bears’ Picnic,” from its creator, Lynn Jones, raffled off during a lawn sales Aug. 14-16 at the Jones home in Cooperstown, to benefit the Otsego Chapter of the DAR. Another benefit lawn sale is this weekend, Aug. 21-22, at 64 Elm St., Cooperstown.

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ary and Ellen Kuch/Tillapaugh of Cooperstown announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachael Howd Kuch, to John Louis Cecconi, son of Richard and Laurie Cecconi of Syracuse. Rachael, a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is a fourth-year medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University and applying for a residency in psychiatry. She is the granddaughter of the late George and Marjorie Tillapaugh of Cooperstown and the late Wilhelm and Elfriede Kuch of East Schodack. John, a graduate of Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University, is a resident in family medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse. He is the grandson of Walter and Dorothy Wakker and Louis and Anna Cecconi, all of Syracuse. A February 2016 wedding in Cooperstown is planned.

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Ariadne Zamelis, Alexander Wright Will Marry At Hyde Hall Next July SPRINGFIELD CENTER

is employed at Arbour Counseling in Woburn, Mass., and ouglas and Cheryl coaches the Arlington-BelZamelis of Springmont crew team. field Center Her fiance announce the enis also a gradugagement of their ate of Fayettedaughter, Ariadne ville-Manlius Fern, to AlexanHigh School der Brian Wright, and received a son of Brian and bachelor of sciJacqueline Wright ence in mechaniof Fayetteville. cal engineering The bride-to-be from Clarkson is a graduate of University. Alex Fayetteville-Manis employed lius High School at Northstar and has a bachelor Industries as a Ariadne Zamelis mechanical engiof fine arts from & Alex Wright University of Masneer in Methuen, sachusetts, AmMass., and is herst, and a master’s in men- pursuing his master’s in tal health counseling with a business administration at specialization in art therapy Boston University. from Lesley University. She The couple will wed on July 16, 2016, at Hyde Hall. NEW GRADUATE: Megan Haggerty, daughter of Jeffrey and Wanda Haggerty DEC INTERN: Through of Cooperstown, received a SUNY Potsdam, where he is bachelor of science in com- a student, Louis Di Lorenzo, munications from Endicott Cooperstown, is interning College in Beverly, Mass., with state Department of Environmental Conservation at its May 16 commencein Lanesville, in the Catskills. ment.

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develop Brookwood for passive recreation, including a canoe lauch. Katz said he was intrigued by an idea proposed to him by resident and crew enthusiast Chip Northrup: To obtain Brookwood and, through dock rentals, and canoe and kayak rentals, operate it at a profit or a break-even basis. At this point, the trustees are “just talking among ourselves to develop ideas,” the mayor said. “We don’t want to buy something that will cost us money that could be better used to manage what we have. We can’t take on something that’s going to cost us 500-grand a year – that would allow us to pave a street and a half.” On the other hand, if the village could act as a “place holder” to keep the option of public use alive, the trustees might consider it, he said. The Land Trust RFP asks for ideas for the northern 11 acres, with the idea of creating a fund or endowment that could help it fund and manage the lower 11 acres. If the village were willing to assume ownership of all 22 acres for, say, $1, that would alleviate any of the Land Trust’s financial concerns, Dean said. “I have a problem with the privatizing of public property,” said Dean. “There are people who feel the public is not entitled to public land, that it should be privatized. I don’t agree with that.”

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AIRBNB/From A1 at Cooperstown proprietor and chairman of the Bed & Breakfast Council of the state Hospitality & Tourism Association (NYSHTA). “At issue are the ones who are just trying to make a little money renting a room and not realizing there are rules to follow,” Kingsley said in a separate interview. Founded in August 2008 in San Franciso, Airbnb describes itself as “a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique accom-

modations around the world – online or from a mobile phone or tablet -- … whether an apartment for a night, Kingsley a castle for a week, or a villa for a month.” Airbnb.com lists 161 accommodations in the Cooperstown area, ranging from a bedroom in “a quiet family home in Cooperstown” for $140, to “the best kept secret – our

pond house,” for $265 up West Lake Road, to “Thistle Hill, a country contemporary” home in the Town of Hartwick, for $425 a night. Over the winter, the Village Board, after some debate with the lodging community, adopted a Tourist Accommodation Law that requires B&Bs to be registered with Village Hall after obtaining a fire inspection and showing proof of paying bed tax to the county. In June, the Village Board directed Zoning Enforcement Officer Tavis Austin to

crack down on B&B owners, when it appeared that perhaps a couple of dozen establishments were ignoring the new law. On further examining, it turns out that perhaps only a handful had not complied, and those believe they were “grandfathered,” not covered because they had existed long before the village began regulating B&Bs. Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh is now considering what strategy to pursue with that handful. Given the village’s intensified focus, Katz said

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the county’s code enforcement officer, and County Treasurer Dan Crowell, whose office is responsible for collecting the bed tax. “They all have to figure out how they want to deal with this, and how they are going to enforce this,” Kingsley said. The NYSHTA is not so concerned about weekly or monthly rentals, he continued, as overnight stays, which are in direct competition with its membership. “They should be subject to the same rules as all lodging properties,” Kingsley said. The B&B industry, Katz said, he been generally beneficial, in that it allows for the maintenance of larger, older homes that are no longer practical for single families. Still he said, it’s a question of “legal vs. illegal.”

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Heroin Scourge Continues. Embrace Opportunities To Fight It.

t was a shock. At his swearing-in on Jan. 1, 2011, in the historic Otsego County Courthouse, County Judge Brian Burns of Oneonta told it like it was, and many of us were hearing it for the first time. Three local people had died of heroin overdoses in the previous year, Burns reported. “Heroin was simply not a problem,” he said, harkening backwards. “It’s going to be the biggest problem in the next 10 years,” he said, looking forward. Regrettably, he was right. Since, then, of course, we’ve become used to the new reality. To so many obituaries of young people who “died suddenly.” Of Naxolone training sessions for police and civilians alike in the overdose-antidote treatment. To reports like that one out of Sidney last month, where a woman from the Bronx was pulled over and 500 bags of heroin were discovered in her car. And it’s not just here,

we’ve learned from scary news reports in regional and national newspapers, TV and other outlets: The scourge lives in rural towns in places like Vermont and New Hampshire, and fancy Long Island suburbs. • The good news is the problem has been diagnosed, to a degree, the first step toward working on solutions. Much of the addiction spike was credited to the over-prescribing of Oxycodone and other drugs in aggressive pain-management regimens in legitimate hospitals and medical offices. Much has been done to scale that back. State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, a member of the Joint Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction, hosted the committee at SUNY Oneonta in May 2014, and helped put together a comprehensive package of reforms that included mandating insurance coverage

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County Judge Brian Burns is sworn in on Jan. 1, 2011, when he issued his prescient warning.

for in-hospital rehabilitation, too often denied. This week, more positive news came – underreported, it seems – of an Obama Administration “Heroin Response Strategy” aimed specifically at New England, Appalachia, some Eastern Seaboard cities and, yes, New York State, places with “severe heroin threats.” “If somebody from Brooklyn is arrested with heroin in Burlington, Vt., we may not hear about it for

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n alarming 200,000, or 20 percent, of the students in grades three through eight in New York State public schools this year refused to take the state’s standardized tests in reading and math that are supposed to measure progress in meeting national academic standards. This ill-conceived boycott could damage educational reform – desperately needed in poor and rural communities – and undermine the Common Core standards adopted by New York and many other states. The standards offer the best hope for holding school districts accountable for educating all students, regardless of race or income. • Many parents who oppose the tests say the tests are too difficult or do not track with classroom instruction. Of the students who took the tests statewide, only 31 percent had a proficient score on

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reading while 38 percent were proficient in math. And teachers have complained that they will be judged unfairly based on how well students perform on tests that they consider faulty; at least one of their union leaders urged parents to boycott the tests. Some of these complaints are legitimate. New York has adopted some of the most stringent testing standards in the country – equal to or higher than the bar set by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which most experts consider the best measure of student performance – but has not done enough to train teachers to carry out a more rigorous curriculum. • ...With opt-out activists threatening to redouble their efforts next year, political leaders need to convince everyone involved – school boards, superintendents, principals, parents, state education officials, guidance counselors, and teachers and their unions – of the importance of these tests and find ways to help students and teachers meet the challenge they pose.

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County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. concurred, but noted, “If there’s demand there’s going to be supply.” There’s work to be done close to home to stem that demand. Meanwhile, the specter continues to take its toll. County Coroner Jim Hurley of Oneonta noted that, between himself and his Cooperstown counterpart, Jim Dow, 10 heroin deaths have been identified this year, putting the county on track for 15 by year’s end. There’s an occasional outlier, but most of these fatalities are in their late teens and 20s, with attendant heart-break for families and friends. It’s been almost five years now since Judge Burns issued his dire forecast, which continues to be true. At a community, let’s continue to reach out, striving to understand what’s happening among us, and striving for ways to stem the scourge as we may.

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Opting-Out Hurts Everyone Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the lead editorial in the Sunday, Aug. 16, New York Times, urging an end to opting-out of Common Core testing.

months, when that information could allow us to see a trafficking pattern that lets us focus on who to go after,” the Washington Post quoted a source saying. Certainly, that happens here; despite aggressive investigations spearheaded by District Attorney John Muehl, investigations can take one year, or two, or more before that loop is closed and arrests made. “Public health data,” the Post report continues, “is

not widely distributed for many months, if now years, after the events that originate it.” The new initiative, using $2.5 million of $13 million in new heroin-fighting funding, “will allow public health and law enforcement agencies “to see where Fentanyl-laced heroin is turning up” – here, a few months back – “in real time, so we can react.” • As noted, the initiative was not widely reported. Local law enforcement leaders weren’t immediately aware of it, although they welcomed the prospect of any further help. “Any resource that’s made available that helps combat the drug problem is going to be an asset,” said Oneonta Police Chief Dennis Nayor, who continued, “The drug issue is much more than drugs – it’s health issues, it’s crime, it’s violence. A lot corollaries come from this problem, this epidemic.”

Oneonta Council Member Details Efforts At Equitable Treatment Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of Oneonta Common Council member Larry Malone’s report to his colleageus Tuesday, Aug. 18, on efforts to fairly assess now-fired City Manager Martin Murphy. The full report may be viewed at www.allotsego.com.

rocess research was completed in mid March, 2015. After authoring a draft questionnaire for the 360 Degree (Multi-rater) interviews, Council members were solicited for comments on the proposed review process and the questionnaire. At the April 7, 2015 Council meeting, copies of the draft document were circulated, and a second appeal was made to Council members and former City Manager Martin Murphy for comments and suggestions. Revisions were incorporated, and the process was approved unanimously at the April 21, 2015, Council meeting. The questionnaire was distributed to the audience and entered into the public record. Council members were reminded that their responsibilities were to write individual appraisals and to conduct the 360 Degree (Multi-rater) interviews in complete confidentiality. It was also suggested that former City Manager Martin Murphy should provide an update on 2015 goals. During Open Forum at the next Council meeting on May 5, 2015, I asked Council members to move forward “this week” with scheduling their assigned Department Head interviews. A month later, again during Open Forum at the June 2, 2015, Council Meeting, six weeks before the decision to suspend former City Manager Martin Murphy, and six weeks after the Council had approved the process for the review, I urged Council members to complete their assigned Department

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Head interviews. My colleagues were reminded that the interviews were only one of four components of the review, the others being confidential memos from each Council member; a SelfEvaluation by the City Manager; and an update on the 2015 Goals. The review process, originally expected to take four to six weeks, stretched out to almost three months. When the Council met on July 15, 2015 to discuss the performance of former City Manager Martin Murphy, one interview team had completed only one of its Department Head interviews. Of the three Council Members who voted against (or abstained from) suspending former City Manager Martin Murphy at the July 17, 2015 Council

Meeting, only one submitted a written appraisal. The Council Member who complained about the process being incomplete did not submit an appraisal. ...On July 15, 2015 five Council Members concluded, from a review and discussion of Department Head interviews and Council Member performance evaluation memos, that immediate action to suspend former City Manager Martin Murphy was warranted. The review process, as designed, was not completed. But some of the missing pieces were attributable to the decision by three Council Members to opt out of the performance review after its approval on April 21, 2015. The other missing pieces were attributed to a lack of response from the former City Manager.

LETTER

Thanks For Help Dousing Glimmerglass Condo Flames To the Editor: I would like to thank the following for their assistance Saturday, Aug. 15, during the fire at The Glimmerglass Condominiums at Five Mile Point: The Otsego County 911 Center, state police, Cherry Valley EMS, CMT, Fly Creek Fire Company, Hartwick Fire Department Co # 1, Hartwick Fire Department Co #2, Middlefield Fire Dept., Milford Fire Department, Richfield Springs Fire

Department, Schuyler Lake Fire Department, Springfield Fire Department, Westford Fire Department, and our revitalized CFD Auxiliary. I also would like to thank the members of our own fire department (fire/EMS/fire police) for the hours of training we do. I am very thankful to the public for all of the kind words that have been mentioned about all of the fire departments, for opening their homes and

providing refreshments, and for all of the photos which have been forwarded to me. The photos help us with our investigation. What a great community we are fortunate to live in, and to be able to call for so many mutual aid resources, it‘s so refreshing. Thank you to everyone, and if I missed anyone I apologize. JAMES TALLMAN

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The cast for the Pageant, “Historic Cooperstown,” which will have performances Saturday night, August 31 and Sunday night, September 1, on a large open-air stage on Doubleday Field at Cooperstown, has been completed. The cast includes among many others: William Cooper, Fred Dulin; Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Hanson Thomas; Mrs. Cooper’s maid, Mrs. William D. Coddington; other Cooper servants – Margaret Johnstone, Mrs. Robert M. Pike, Hanson Thomas, Doc Thomas and others; The Cooper children – Folger Oudin, Isabelle Carter, Betty Pike, Averill Carter and others; School master, Lester G. Bursey; Abner Doubleday, America Russo; Professor Green, Nathaniel Coster; The Deerslayer, William B. Coddington; Indian Woman, Mrs. Elsie Strong; Indian Chief, Robert Kinney; Medicine man, William Tyler; Indian boys, Jerry Clark, Jack Levante, Joe Mogavero; Indian dancers, Mary Louise Gardner, Constance Armitage; August 21, 1940

175 YEARS AGO

A Sunday School celebration will be held at the Presbyterian Church, in Cooperstown on Tuesday, the 18th day of August, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The exercises will consist of one or two short addresses to the young, appropriate hymns, &c. after which the little girls of the school, assisted by their teachers and friends, will offer for sale, at the home of Wm. Lewis, various useful and fancy articles, ice cream and other refreshments, during the remainder of the afternoon and evening. The whole, it is hoped, will be an innocent gratification to children, and appropriate to the cause of Sabbath Schools. The profits, if any, are to purchase books for the Sunday School Library. Should the weather be too unfavorable, it will be postponed until the next pleasant day. The friends of Sabbath Schools and children are invited to attend. August 17, 1840

150 YEARS AGO

Hops – On one point, all interested in the hop crop in this country are agreed – it is to be a very light one – the lightest for many years. The important question as to whether there will be hops enough to meet the wants of brewers remains undetermined. It is estimated that from 50,000 to 65,000 bales are needed for the home market. The hop-growing territory in this country is now very extended, and for several years past we have been large exporters. The failure of the crop in Otsego and adjoining counties, comprising the great Hop District of New York, is quite general. August 18, 1865

125 YEARS AGO

Local: A “Reception of College Men,” to which about 300 invitations were issued, is being held at the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. this Wednesday evening. It promises to be one of the most pleasant local social events of the season. Among recent college graduates and present students in and near this village, and who will probably be present,

interested the progressive Republicans four years ago.” “The Republican Party today,” he adds, “stands for the divine right of property to rule and the ideal that the richest country is the best country.” August 18, 1915

25 YEARS AGO

William F. Streck, M.D., president of Bassett Hospital, has been appointed to the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council following his nomination to the post by Governor Mario Cuomo. The group acts on issues pertaining to planning, fiscal policy, major medical equipment, project review, and code creation and revision. According to Mary H. Fairbanks, the Council’s chairwoman, Streck’s role on the council is unique because of his extensive experience in an upstate tertiary facility with numerous outreach August 18, 1965 sites. “Dr. Streck is one of three Council members from the upstate medical community. The other four physician memare: Cornell, Charles I. Thayer and Charles H. Parshall; bers reside downstate, so Dr. Streck, as the only upstate Hamilton, John B. Hooker, Jr.; Hobart, Horace C. Hooker; rural hospital representative, will provide the Council with Princeton, J. Prentiss Browning and H.D. Sill; Trinity, L. direction and views from this area,” Fairbanks said. Averill Carter; Yale, Rob’t. L. Luce. August 22, 1990 August 22, 1890

100 YEARS AGO

William Allen White, author of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” and other well-known writings, declines without thanks the invitation to abandon the Progressive movement and return to the Republican Party. He says there are 2 million Progressives who feel as he does. “They don’t care,” he adds, “whether the Republicans whip the Democrats, or the Democrats the Republicans.” “The Progressives who have returned,” says White, “have their tails between their legs and they are making no fight for the things which

10 YEARS AGO

Long-time runner and spinning instructor Dr. Don Raddatz of Cooperstown will participate in his seventh and final marathon during the last weekend of October. Raddatz will be running to raise funds for the Children’s National Medical Center. Raddatz is looking for sponsors who will help him reach his goal of $1,500 and he would like to go beyond that. “Right now, I’m at $950,” he said. August 19, 2005

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his condo at 8 Box Seat Lane was on fire. “I heard a crack and I looked out my window,” said neighbor Mark Lavine, an Oneonta dentist, who lives at 10 Press Booth

Circle, right across the street. “It was just a raging inferno. If the wind was blowing in the other direction, my house would have caught fire.” Webb was driving through Roseboom and Middlefield, where he had no cell-phone service. But as he approached Cooperstown, his phone was ringing non-stop with messages and voicemails. “It was still burning when I arrived,” he said. “But by then, it was destroyed.” Cooperstown Fire Capt. Mike Molloy, who commanded the first truck to arrive on the scene, said the Webb unit was “fully engulfed.” His first directive was to send the pump down Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal to Five Mile Point for water Firefighters hurry to douse the final embers in the Webb condominium, right, and the one next door on the lakeside of Box Seat Lane. to combat the blaze. His strategy, Molloy said, In the next half-hour, some smoke damage. tioned Webb as part of their was to “push the fire” to the not only Cooperstown, but Since the condos are investigation, but no cause north, away from the other Richfield Springs, Hartwick, off Wedderspoon Hollow had been identified by press units. He said it took about Hartwick Seminary, Milford Road, about Route 80 traftime. 45 minutes to bring things and Fly Creek responded to fic continued up and down “There’s no reason for the under control. the scene. the lake as firefighting was fire to have started,” Webb Alerted by the first tone The fire also damaged underway. Heavy Saturday said. “There weren’t any of “smoke” in the condo two other attached units – 6, traffic, however, may have appliances plugged in excommunity, Fire Chief Jim owned by Frank Vergari, slowed fire trucks respondcept the dishwasher, fridge, Tallman was on alert. A few and 5, by John and Kathing to the scene. those sorts of things. It’s a moments later the second erine Kotz – appeared By 2:30 p.m., heavy rains mystery, but it’s better to let tone reported “flames showundamaged by flames, but were falling, helping douse them trace it rather than try ing,” and he set mutual aid it seemed likely there was any remaining embers. to guess.” in motion. The investigators ques-

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A rare opportunity to own a custom Arts & Crafts lakefront home lovingly built by the original owners—“Lakewood.” Situated on the east side of Otsego Lake, it is a 10-minute-walk to downtown Cooperstown. Property is 1.08 acres (½ wooded) w/150´ lake frontage. Village water and sewer, dock to convey. Level beach w/firepit and privacy. 5-BR, 4½-bath home has master BR suite on first floor. Walk-out basement has second kitchen, large BR, full bath and ample storage—could be an apartment w/private entrance. 3 BRs on second floor: 1 w/private bath. Loft space overlooks family room w/2-story fireplace. Open concept kitchen/dining area w/granite island overlooks the lake. House was built slightly angled on the lot to gain lake views from two sides. Lakewood sets up nicely as a possible B&B. A great opportunity! Do not hesitate to call for more information.

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Queens. In April 1940, she met Charles Navarra, who lived two doors down from her aunt, and in November they were married in a double wedding with her brother Phillip and his wife. When she moved to Cooperstown in 1940, said Veronica, she had to get used to the winters. “Growing up in Brooklyn, she’d never seen snow!” “It took me a long time to get used to this small town,” Fannie wrote in a biography she put together when she was 90. “But I grew to love Cooperstown and its lovely stores on Main Street.” Charlie bought the building at 47 Main and opened their business - a barber shop in the front and a beauty parlor in the back. But one night in 1959, a fire broke out, damaging several businesses, including the barber shop. They sold the building to Newberry’s – now the Cooperstown General Store – and relocated to 160 Main, a bright yellow building that was formerly the ticket office for the railroad. “Her husband cut my hair in 1962,” said Paul Donnelly. “I was probably 24 years old.” But she and Charlie never had children – she has several nieces and nephews in Brooklyn and Pennsylvania – so the Gil family welcomed them into their own. “After her husband died in 1996, my mother would have her over for lunch every Sunday and give her a loaf of bread to take home,” said Veronica. Veronica took good care of her Aunt Fannie, taking her to swim classes at the Clark Sports Center and treating her to massages. In turn, Fannie gave Veronica her house when she moved into the Thanksgiving Home. “She was just the most positive woman in my life,” Seaver said. “My kids, my grandkids all call her Aunt Fannie!”

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The Power of Partnership Our Network Working for Patients “We have accomplished a great deal over the past year on behalf of our patients. I credit the hard work of our clinicians, nurses and staff who make a difference every day in the lives of the people we serve. As I consider all that we’ve achieved, I am also reminded of the power of partnership. In concert with the Bassett Network, we have been able to expand access to specialty care such as general surgery, orthopedics, heart and cancer care; modernize patient rooms, and undertake a major upgrade of our electronic health record. It is a continuous journey to improve what we do and how we do it.”

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Collaborating for a Better Patient Experience

• Shorter wait times & higher patient satisfaction as a result of Fox Hospital Emergency Department improvements

• Inpatient modernization project yields 53 private patient rooms and patient-centered design at Fox Hospital

• $17 million information technology investment at Fox Hospital means a better care environment for patients no matter where seen in the Bassett Network

• Improved care coordination as a result of Bassett consolidating its outpatient cataract surgery in Oneonta to Fox locations

• Bassett and Fox are part of a five-county Performing Provider System working to transform local Medicaid health care delivery and reduce the need for people to be hospitalized or visit the emergency department

“A.O. Fox Hospital is an anchor for health care delivery in the Greater Oneonta Region. That is one of the reasons Bassett is investing $17 million to provide Fox Hospital with the same information technology available at all other network hospitals. The result will be improved collaboration and care coordination for patients. Collectively, the strengths of the organization are many and the most notable of those is its people. They are people of tremendous character, compassion and dedication to the mission of great patient care. It is their work that will allow us to meet the challenges ahead and continue to improve on what we do for you, our patients.”

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MLS#101291 $99,900 National Historic Register Circa 1890 Home is well maintained, 3-4 BRs, 2 baths, rewired and restored. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6521 (cell) Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour1.com

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Pastors Donna and Dan Martin, after grappling with the aftermath of 2011 Tropical Storm Lee and a “Year of Loss,” began preaching in Oneonta and Worcester-Westford respectively on July 1.

After Tropical Storm Lee Ravages, Pastors Martin Find Safe Port Here Methodist churches, were visiting his parents in the Thousand Islands when they heard the news of the Great Flood. Owego, where they owned a home, Tioga Center very morning in the shower, the Rev. Donna and Smithboro, where she was pastor of two United Taylor Martin, new pastor at Oneonta’s Elm Methodist churches, and Nichols, where he tended a Park Methodist Church, would sing contemporary Christian hymns. Danny Daniels’ “I sing flock, were being inundated by a flood, not of Biblical proportions, but – from Tioga to Broome to Schopraises to your name, oh Lord,” was a favorite. harie counties – unlike anything ever experienced in After Sept. 8, 2011, she stopped. That day, she and her husband, the Rev. Dan Mar- Upstate New York. Please See PASTORS, B3 tin, new pastor of the Westford and Worcester United By JIM KEVLIN

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NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio details aspects of Maxfield Parrish’s works that have packed the Fenimore this summer.

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n 1925, enough copies of a lithograph of Maxfield Parrish’s “Daybreak” were in circulation to adorn one in every four American households. But, as The Fenimore Art Museum’s Parrish exhibit proves, Parrish’s appeal

endures. IF YOU GO: “People The Fenimore know ‘Dayis open 10 break’ from a.m.-5 p.m. hotels, daily. restaurants, maybe their grandmother’s house,” said NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio. “But when they see that we have this whole collection, they know they have to see more.” Please See PARRISH, B2

ave yourself the cost of a plane ticket and still see Mark Strong star in ‘A View From the Bridge’ as a broadcast of the National Theatre production from London’s West End. $20 adults; $18 seniors; $10 students. 12:55 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www.foothillspac.org. NEW MURAL: Carol Mandigo’s second mural, Laskaris Restaurant, will be unveiled as part of Oneonta’s Fabulous Friday. 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www. oneontahistory.org. The Center also hosts an opening reception for its new “Oneonta & the Civil War Part II” exhibit, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23. MORE ART: Opening reception for 24th annual Fine Craft Invitational, “Made in NY: The Art of Wood,” Gallery A. New work by Tracy Helgeson in Gallery A & B. 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownart.com OUTDOOR MOVIE: Bring a blanket and enjoy “Penguins of Madagascar” (PG) on the outdoor screen. Free. 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, Clark Sports Center fields, 124 Co. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com PARTY LIKE IT’S 1924: The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival presents “1924: Now and Beyond,” celebrating the music of The Roaring ‘20s. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23. Tickets $25 ($15 ages 6-18). The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownmusicfest.org. BARNS OF OTSEGO: Lee Rathbun, retired dairy farmer, talks about these rapidly disappearing symbols of rural life. 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23. Free; Swart-Wilcox Museum, Wilcox Ave. (off River St.) Oneonta.

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PARRISH/From B1 Forty-five pieces of Parrish’s work, including murals, wood carvings and metalwork – he often insisted he was “a machinist who paints” – are on display in The Fenimore’s Scriven Gallery. “We wanted to show a full representation of his career,” said D’Ambrosio. “It gives people an understanding of the full scope of his talents, a better appreciation.” Parrish famously painted androgynous, fairy-tale figures, often using his mistress, Susan Lewin, as his model – and occasionally, photos of himself. His paintings appeared in the leading popular magazines of the day and were favorites of advertisers, including Edison-Mazda Lamps, Colgate, Oneida Cutlery and Hires

Root Beer. He painted a mural, “Interlude,” in the Eastman Theater in Rochester, comParrish missioned by George Eastman, and the “Old King Cole” at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, commissioned by John Jacob Astor IV, who insisted that for the sum he was paying – $5,000 – he should be portrayed as the king. Despite all this success, in 1931 Parrish declared, “I am through painting girls on rocks!” For the rest of his life, he turned to landscapes. “You really need a magnifying glass to see how exquisite these landscapes are,” said D’Ambrosio. “The

three we have here capture either dawn or dusk. The light was all in his head, but he captures it so perfectly.” Those same landscapes inspired filmmakers George Lucas and Peter Jackson as they created landscapes for “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings.” It’s one of the few such expansive collections of Parrish works, gathered from museums and collections across the country. “We traded the loan of three American quilts to the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut for their upcoming show to get use of ‘Dusk’,” said D’Ambrosio. And the exhibit unearthed a long-forgotten family treasure: “Girl on a Swing,” bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Susan Vanderpool Clark,

Gail Jehan of Honeoye Falls, near Rochester, thought The Fenimore’s Parrish exhibit superior to one at Rochester’s Memorial Art Museum.

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version of the troubles of Job, more than two years of ordeal, culminating during 2013, which Pastor Donna calls, “My Year of Loss.” “I can see how God’s hand has brought us to a different place,” said the minister, who July 1 succeeded Pastor Olu Harding at Elm Park UM on Oneonta’s west end. “God works in the midst of all of it,” said her husband, who succeeded the Rev. Sue Wenner at Westford-Worcester, “the good and the bad. But he does heavy-lifting during the bad.” The Revs. Martin are secJim Kevlin/ OTSEGO.life ond-career “licensed local pas- Pastors Dan and Donna Martin are happily ensconced in their new home, tors” in the United Methodist the Worcester parsonage, amid yellow finches, wind chimes and softly Church. Many young people swaying pines. – for instance, the Martins’ district superintendent to ask The fire hall became Church years. Tioga Center First UM son, John, pastor of AdironDinner Central, until – eventureceived $50,000 to repair the dack United Methodist Church, him, “Are you a teacher who preaches, or a preacher who ally, since it took days for help parsonage, an undertaking Lake Placid – find their vocateaches? And don’t answer to arrive in the smaller towns estimated at $400,000. Of the tion right out of college. flippantly!” – FEMA showed up, shut the 60 homes in Tioga Center, 25 (John, now 33, is married That question prompted kitchen as unregulated, and had to be razed. with three children. The couPlus, every time it began ple also has a daughter, Ashley, him to accept his first full-time shifted the menus to PB&J and pulpit in 2006, in Nichols, his MREs. raining, people who had expenow 31, who is a teacher, and wife’s hometown. The Smithboro and Tioga rienced the flood worried. “I’ll married with two children.) Meanwhile, Donna was Center congregations had been never live in the valley again,” In contrast, the Martin back to school, earning an at odds over the years, but the Martins heard again and parents evolved into the clergy associate’s at Broome Commu- the Sunday after the flood the again. over time. nity College and a bachelor’s latter’s worshippers welcomed Then, in June 2014, the Dan Martin and Donna at SUNY Binghamton. She the former’s. A big, tall 16Martins received the final Taylor both graduated from was working as a chaplain year-old, Keegan Brink, stood blow: Conversations began Tioga Central School, Class of in the women’s wing of the by the door, hugging every on whether the congregations 1976. They dated the summer Broome County Jail, and in single person who entered. could any longer afford them. after graduation, then went 2006 earned her license. It was the 10th anniversary In January, they learned their their separate ways, he to the By 2009 she was preachof 9/11. “We’ve had our own jobs were being downgraded to University of Maine at Presque 9/11,” Pastor Donna preached parttime. Isle to study wildlife conserva- ing parttime, that July she was assigned fulltime to Tioga Cen- to the united congregation. The couple needed at least tion, she into the workforce. ter, her husband’s hometown, “Nothing will ever be the one full-time position to keep They ran into each other and a second church in nearby same.” benefits. So the worries conagain in the early 1980s, Smithboro. Nothing ever was, even tinued. Still, the United Methdated and married. They were Sept. 8, 2011, abruptly though the Tioga Center conodist hierarchy assured them spiritually inclined – he was gregation moved back into its things would work out. “We raised Catholic; she a “Congre- halted all that progress. But what could the couple do? church on Christmas Eve. knew we were going someBaptist-Presby-Costal” – and The Martins obtained an As the pastors shepherded where,” said Pastor Donna. in 1991, the wife joined the their congregation back from “But we didn’t know where.” Owego UM Church: “They had inflatable mattress, camped in her mother’s small apartment the brink during 2012, they In April 2015, optimum a choir that knocked me out; I word came: Pastor Dan was never left.” He joined her at the in Owego, and dove into reviv- scheduled a two-week vacaing their churches and comtion in Hawaii in early 2013. assigned to Worcester-Westchurch six months later. munities. “We needed something to look ford, and Pastor Donna to Elm In the decade that followed, Doing what needed to be forward to,” Pastor Donna Park. They preached their first “we become more intensely done, they soon won the nickexplained. sermons the first Sunday in involved in the church,” said name “Porta-Potty pastors” for During the first week, the July, and moved their belongthe wife. obtaining the necessary basic couple cruised toward the trop- ings to the Worcester parsonIn 1994, when the husfacilities from FEMA, the fedical paradise, then “My Year of age on the 9th – as it happened, band was only 36, he suffered eral Emergency Management Loss” began: Arriving in port, in a “torrential downpour.” congestive heart failure. The Agency. Drinking water had the couple learned Donna’s In the shower a few mornprognosis was poor. Yet while to be helicoptered in from the mother, Sally Haner, had gone ings later, Pastor Donna found he was being examined a few Tioga Downs race track. into Hospice care. The Martins herself humming the words months later, his surprised Pastor Donna recalls the day hurried home, but Donna’s from another contemporary doctor declared, “Your heart’s the Tioga Center church’s altar mother died on Jan. 25. Christian hit, “I love you God regenerating,” adding in wonwas ripped out by somber men In May, Pastor Donna was and I raise my voice to praise der, “You never gain cardiac who had been baptized atop it diagnosed with virulent triplethee.” tissue back.” 60 years before. negative breast cancer, which She surprised herself. “I Eventually, “it restored Power was out, freezwas caught at Stage 1-A, very hadn’t realized I had stopped completely,” said Pastor Dan. ers were thawing, food was early. (She is currently cancer doing it until I started again. (His doctor went on to lecture in danger of being spoiled. free). In September, the couple My voice had been silent.” nationally on the case.) While The Nichols church was the sold their home, which Dan It was a sunny day on the the couple was fully immersed less damaged – a dyke built had built and where they had parsonage porch. A gold finch in UM activities by then, the there in years before simply raised their family; the next fluttered around the feeder. A episode impressed fellow day, they drove by to see it breeze rustled the tall pine on worshippers that “miracles can diverted the water across the Susquehanna to more heavily being demolished. In Novemthe front lawn. In a box in the happen.” damaged Tioga Center – and ber, Pastor Donna had her gall livingroom, a few steps away, In 2000, Dan underwent the so Pastor Dan began cooking, bladder removed. was Marge Spaulding’s hymintensive study that led to a with congregants ferrying dinSince the flood, families nal; Pastor Donna had dried it UM license to preach. ners to the nearby fire hall. had been relocated, and they slowly, carefully separating the Enjoying his work at Turkey (26 birds, bought weren’t moving back. Many pages. vice principal of an alternaahead for harvest dinners) and jobs no longer existed. Federal The husband paused, then tive school in Endicott, Dan gravy, ham, big trays of ziti, aid to repair homes was a long said, “I can see God’s hand in declined an assignment, bringing us here.” prompting the Wyoming Valley turkey tetrazzini – you name it: time coming, typically 2-3

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LIBRARY STORY TIME REGISTRATION -- Fall Story Time program registration starts Aug. 25 for story times starting Sept. 8. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.hmloneonta.org CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Free community concert, featuring the Small Town Big Band (12-piece big-band-era style). Part of summer Lakefront Concert Series. Bandstand, Lakefront Park, Cooperstown.

Wednesday, August 26

CHURCH PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE -- 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. open house for preschool for ages 3-5. Meet the staff. Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta (by the Hess Station). Info, Courtney at (607) 432-6081, or MainStreetChildrenCenter@gmail.com. LUNCH & LECTURE -- 12:30-2:30 p.m. “Food for Thought” lunchtime series lecture “Maxfield Parrish: Art of Light and Illusion.” $22 NYSHA members, $25 nonmembers. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Pre-register at (607) 547-1461; info at www.fenimoreartmuseum.org COOPERSTOWN CHESS -- 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Informal, open to all, boards provided. Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org or (607) 547-8344. COMMUNITY SOFTBALL -- 6:30 p.m. Oneonta Job Corps Academy takes on Dick’s Sporting Goods, of Oneonta, in friendly community softball game. Free admission. Damaschke Field, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-1455. FCAHS SUPPER -- 6 p.m. Potluck covered-dish dinner and election of Fly Creek Area Historical Society officers. FCAHS bldg,

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Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9334. CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Richfield Springs Area Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series presents “Double Image,” (country, rock, contemporary, oldies, disco & requests). Free. Bring lawn chair or blanket; dancing encouraged. Spring Park, Main St. (Rte. 20), Richfield Springs. Info, (315) 858-0964. THEATER -- 7 p.m. Final performance of Glimmer Globe Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” $15 adults; $12 seniors & members; $10

ages 712; ages 6 and under free. Lucy B. Hamilton amphitheater (overlooking Otsego Lake), Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Tickets, info, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org or (607) 547-1453.

Friday, August 28

ART PARTY -- 5-7 p.m. Closing party for The Summer Show. Free; refreshments served. Reservations recommended. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow

AllOTSEGO.life B-5 Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5327. FARM FRIDAY -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Featured farm mini-farmers’ market. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org REGISTRATION FOR COLORSCAPE RUN/WALK -- Deadline for 2nd annual Colorscape Color Dash 5k Fun Run & Walk, set for Sept. 12, during Chenango Arts Festival, Norwich. Info, www.colorscape.org HYDE HALL WINE SIP -- 7-8:30 p.m. Cooperstown Graduate Association invites all to “A Sip Around the World.” Enjoy wine and food pairing with Dr. Carlyn Buckler, CGP Science Museum Studies Prof. and San Francisco Bay area wine consultant. Sample wines from France, Italy, South Africa and the U.S. $50. ; tickets limited. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. RSVP to Catherine Raddatz, (607) 5472586. MORE CALENDAR, B7

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OBITUARIES

Gary S. Dunbar, 84; Retired Professor

Nancy (Morrison) Orthwein, 88; Tennis Standout, Raised Prize-Winning Polo Ponies in Cherry Valley CHERRY VALLEY – Nancy lived at Red River Farm, and (Morrison) Orthwein, 88, who in St. Louis, where her ponies raised prize-winning polo played in many matches. ponies at her Red River Farm Survivors include her sons, here, died Saturday, Aug. 8, Michael Harley Montgomery 2015, at her home in West Palm and Christopher DaCamara Beach, Fla. Orthwein; daughters-in-law, Born June 21, 1927, in Mimi Montgomery and Binkie Washington, D.C., she was the Orthwein; grandchildren, Andaughter of Kathryn Morrison drew, Ashley and Laura Montand Frederick DaCamara. gomery and Theodore, Henry In 1901, her grandfather, and Wyatt Orthwein; stepchilFlorida pioneer William Harley dren, Dolph Jr., Steve, Peter DaCamara, moved his family and David Orthwein; as well as from Deland to Palm Beach numerous step-grandchildren Freeman’s Journal 2014 file photo and step-great grandchildren. and founded the Palm Beach Nancy Orthwein shows off one of many Mercantile Co. Her daughter, Linda Joy trophies her husband Adolphus won with the Mrs. Orthwein grew up in Montgomery and her brothers polo ponies the couple raised in Cherry Valley. Palm Beach with her brothers, predeceased her. Fred and Bill, and graduated The funeral will be private. Mrs. Orthwein was a member of the from Rollins College. An accomBath & Tennis Club, St. Louis Country Memorials will take place later this plished athlete, she was inducted into year in both Palm Beach and St. Louis. Club, Cooperstown Country Club and the college’s Sports Hall of Fame. In lieu of flowers, donations may was a former member of the EverHer greatest passion was tennis. be made to Hospice of Palm Beach glades Club. Nationally ranked 15th in singles and She was the wife of Anheuser-Busch County/TrustBridge Health, 5300 East fourth in doubles with her partner, Bar- heir Adolphus “Dolph” Busch OrthAve., West Palm Beach, 33407 or the bara (Scofield) Davidson, she played Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundawein. They had been married 51 years in the French Open, U.S. Open and tion, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New at the time of his death in 2013. Wimbledon. York, NY 10004. In her later years, Mrs. Orthwein

COOPERSTOWN – Gary Seamans Dunbar, professor emeritus of UCLA’s Department of Geography, passed away late Sunday night, Aug. 16, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was 84. The obituary was incomplete at the time this newspaper went to print. Check www.allotsego.com for full obituary and arrangements. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.

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Michael Lippitt Morris, 72; Witnessed MLK ‘Dream’ Speech COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Michael Lippitt Morris, 72, a respected general contractor in Southern Vermont for a quarter-century, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, at his home in Asheville, N.C. In recent years, Michael had also lived in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Born and raised in Cooperstown, Michael graduated from Cooperstown Central schools and also attended SUNY Oneonta. He

also served in the Army. As a young man, he was present at Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have Dream Speech” in Michael Washington, Morris D.C., worked for Alan Ginsberg, and lived on a small commune where he earned the lifelong and beloved nickname “Newt.” He later settled in Dorset, Vt., where he ran his con-

struction company, Morris Construction, and raised his three children. An avid woodworker in his later years, he took great pleasure in fashioning beautiful pieces for family and friends. As a longtime member of the Dorset Field Club, he enjoyed teaching and watching his children play tennis every summer. A friendly, outgoing person and born story teller, Michael enjoyed the company of friends and family in Vermont, North Carolina and California, as well as

LAURENS – Word has been received that Nancy Lee (Rathbun) Hussey, 71, passed away Wednesday, June 24, at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany. She was born Jan. 13, 1944, in Springfield, the daughter of Levant G. and Jennie Marie (Stocking) Rathbun. Over the years, she worked for U.S. Care, Kimberly Quality Care, The Cooper Inn, The Baseball Hall of Fame, and as manager of a diner in Hartwick Seminary. She is survived by a

brother, Joe Rathbun of Schoharie; three sisters, Wanda Kubiak of Stedman, N.C., Sandra (Warren) Brigham of

Marion Stocking of East Springfield, and several cousins, nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by a brother, Gene Rathbun, and three sisters, June Rathbun, Polly Rathbun and Linda Roberts. A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Springfield Presbyterian Church, Route 20, East Springfield, with the Rev. Susan Burdsall presiding. A luncheon and burial in the Springfield Cemetery will follow.

those made during his travels throughout the United States in his RV. He was a devoted and loving father. He is survived by his three children: Amanda Morris of Manchester, Vt., Sam Morris of San Francisco, Calif., and Abby Morris, also of San Francisco, and his two brothers, Stephen Morris of Willow City, Texas, and Rick Morris of Richmond, Va. A memorial service will be planned at a future date.

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Saturday, August 29

FLY CREEK DAY -- 7:30 a.m. start. 16th annual community celebration with yard sales, food, entertainment & activities, hosted by Fly Creek Area Historical Society. 7:30-11 a.m. pancake breakfast at Fly Creek Fire Co.; 8-11 a.m. coffee & treats at Historical Society; 11 a.m. lunch & free museum tour. Also Methodist Church bake sale/tag sale. Vendor applications at Fly Creek General Store; deadline to sign up on map is Aug. 21. Donations to FCAHS also welcome. Rte. 28, Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9334. GUIDED HIKE -- 10 a.m. OCCA’s Jeff O’Handley leads easy 2-mile hike along the blue trail in Basswood Pond State Forest. Free hike includes pine plantations, mixed forests, beaver ponds, streams. Meet at small parking area on Basswood Rd. (unmarked dirt road about 1.5 miles north of intersection of State Rte. 80 & County Rd. 16), Burlington Flats. Info, (607) 547-4488. CIVIL WAR WORKSHOPS -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Also Aug. 30.) $45 ($40 NYSHA members) for one day, or $75/$70 for both days. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org ANTIQUE ENGINE SHOW -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Annual Antique Engine Show and Fly Creek Tent Sale. Enthusiasts display restored gas engines and farm machinery of the past. Free. Saturday Tent Sale in conjunction with Fly Creek Day, a community-wide celebration & sale. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 688 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9692. PAINTING WORKSHOP -- 11 a.m.-noon. Susan Fenimore Cooper Plein Air Painting Workshop. $10 with museum admission for NYSHA members & those who bring supplies; $15 plus admission for others. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org PATRIOT HIGHLANDER CHALLENGE -- 3 & 6-mile team & individual race courses. 1/2 and 1-mile children’s course; 3 mile

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River Street Baptist Church hosts a “get to know the community” picnic. Bounce house, face painting; all welcome. 133 River St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-8285.

Sunday, August 30

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Junior Association Golf Camp Summer 2015 Junior Golf Program, for ages 5-14. Hosted by Oneonta Country Club, Country Club Rd., Oneonta. $40 for 1st junior; $20 each additional family member. Info, Kevin Burnsworth, (607) 434-5058 or Kbpga1@gmail.com.

Friday, September 4

BALLOON GLOW FEST -- 5-8 p.m. (Also 5-9 p.m. Sept. 5) Annual Susquehanna Balloon Glow Festival. Free admission; live entertainment. Hosted by First Night Oneonta, Five Star Subaru, and Balloon NY. Hot-air balloon rides 6 p.m. Sept 4 & 5 and 6 a.m. Sept. 5 & 6. Neahwa Place, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Ride bookings at www.balloonny.com.

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Sunday, September 6

ART SHOW & SALE -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fine Arts on the Lawn (and porch). Live music, demonstrations, kids’ activities. All welcome. Rain or shine. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St,. Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownart.com

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$232mo/$17,482

2012 sorento lx awd Pwr Equip, 42K, Running Brds, Stk: C100856 ....................................$239mo/$17,995 2012 rogue sv awd Full Pwr, 41K, Stk: 942240 . .$255mo/$18,995

2012 Sorento LX Awd Pwr Equip, Run Bds, 40K, Stk: C101039A SALe PrICe

Golf Course Open Daily at 7 am Restaurant Open Daily at 11 am

$245mo/$18,376

• Public 9-hole golf course - Club rental available • FootGolf Program - Soccer ball rental available • Outings, tournaments and leagues welcomed

2013 SPortAge LX Awd Pwr Equip, Run Bds, 22K, Stk: C942270 SALe PrICe

$293mo/$21,495

• Steaks - Seafood - Salads and the Best Burger anywhere • Slow-roasted Prime Rib (Fridays and Saturdays only)

Watch your favorite teams in HD! (Happy Hour daily 4 to 7 pm)

2013 sportage ex awd Pwr Equip, 44K, Stk: C100981A ....................................$274mo/$20,252

2012 rogue Sv Awd Full Pwr, 26K, Stk:C942040 SALe PrICe

$246mo/$18,359

2015 sorento lx awd Pwr Equip, 11K, Stk: C101013A ....................................$324mo/$23,444 2008 frontier se crew 4x4 Pwr Equip, 82K, Stk: 941870A ....................................$324mo/$23,444

2013 Sorento eXAwd

Full Pwr, Leather, 41K, Stk: C942100 SALe PrICe

$293mo/$21,495

2013 pathfinder sl Full Pwr, Lthr, 50K, Stk: 942580 ....................................$342mo/$24,644 2015 frontier se crew Pwr Equip, 16K, Stk: 942260 ....................................$375mo/$26,803

• Relax and unwind on the upper and lower patio dining

• Only minutes from the Cooperstown Allstar Village!

2014 outlander sport se awd Pwr Equip, 14K, Stk: 100926 ....................................$270mo/$19,995

2012 rogue sl Full Pwr, Nav, Lthr, Snrf, 27K, Stk: C942520 ....................................$289mo/$21,195

Welcome…Baseball Families! When you need to take a break from the diamond!

2013 sorento lx Pwr Equip, 3rd Seat, 42K, Stk: C942430 ....................................$270mo/$19,884

2008 ford edge

Full Pwr, Snrf, Lthr, 69K, Stk: 100987A SALe PrICe

$303mo/$15,728

2014 outlander se awd Full Pwr, Lthr, Snrf, 3rd Row Seat, <1,000 miles Stk: 941800.....................$409mo/$28,995

2014 outLAnder Se Awd

Full Pwr, Snrf, Lthr, 3rd Row, Less than 1K, Balance of 5Yr/60K Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty Stk: 941790 SALe PrICe

$378mo/$26,995

C in stock# denotes Certified Warranty. *R in stock# denotes rental. Pre-owned financing 2011 and newer up to 72 mos @ 3.49%, ‘10 up to 66 mos @ 4.59%, ‘09 up to 60 mos @4.69%. Payments based on $2,500 down or trade equity, sales tax, title, and fees due at delivery for Tier 1 qualified borrowers. Certain conditions may apply with approved credit. Not responsible for any typographical errors, mistakes, or omissions.

169 Forest Lane, West Oneonta 607-267- 4862 Golf Course • 607-267- 4866 Restaurant Riverstone-CrestviewHeights.com