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Volume 10, No. 14

City of The Hills

County May Sell Old City Hall With a $200,000 estimate for security updates, the county may sell Oneonta’s old city hall.

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neonta’s old City Hall, now owned by Otsego County, may soon be up for sale.

But all is not lost for the downtown landmark: Mayor Gary Herzig sees potential for private developers to Please See SECURITY, A2

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Corey Dawn, who works at Humphrey’s in Oneonta, serves up a sample cocktail at the annual Foothills’ Bridal Expo on Sunday, Jan. 7/MORE PHOTOS, A3

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senior at Walton High School died suddenly on Tuesday, Jan. 9, after she suffered a medical emergency in the hallways, according to a letter sent home to parents.

“This morning, one of our 12th grade students had a medical emergency in the hallway and later died,” wrote Superintendent Roger B. Clough II. “Our sincere condolences and thoughts go out to her family and friends.”

The student has not been named, and no additional details are available at this time.

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final autopsy report, released

by Oneonta Police, showed that “multiple drug toxicity,” including Xanax and marijuana, caused the Dec. 2 death of SUNY Oneonta freshman Daniel W. Michaels, 18.

BLOOD FOR DONUTS:

During January, Dunkin’ Donuts is offering a $5 gift card to donors at blood drives, including at the Main Street Baptist Church, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13.

GOODBYE, ICE: After last week’s deep freeze, temperatures are expected to reach 51 on Friday, Jan. 12.

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Suspect In Stomping Death Incompetent To Stand Trial COOPERSTOWN

woods in June, was ollowing a review deemed by two Otsego incomCounty-appointed petent to psychiatrists, Perry stand trial.

Webb, charged with “It’s not second-degree murder very comin the stomping death Perry Webb mon,” said of Arthur Bellinger, District 63, in the New Lisbon Please See WEBB, A7

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UTUMN RETURNS Autumn coproprietors Wayne and Rebecca Carrington pause as a busy lunch hour wanes Tuesday, Jan. 9. The Carringtons tried a “soft” opening the Friday before, but word got around and the restaurant that made organic food an Oneonta mainstay was soon packed.

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veryone seems upbeat in the wake of David Bliss’ elevation at the Otsego County Board of Representatives, including the new chairman himself.

He is encouraging Dave Bliss everyone, including the press, to look ahead, not back, and even expresses appreciation for the woman he succeeded, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who was elected chair in 2012 and reelected six times.

“I think it was time for a change in leadership,” Bliss, who represents the Village of Cooperstown and towns of Middlefield, Roseboom and Cherry Valley, said is his first interview following the Jan. 3 vote. “Kathy did a good Please See BLISS, B6

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After Year Of Renovation, Spot Where Yoko Ono Ate Reopens

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

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or Don Copenheaver, the Autumn Café’s re-opening Friday, Jan. 5, was

WORK BEGINS ON CAFE, GIFT SHOP

Brewery’s $2M Expansion

By PARKER FISH

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ery Ommegang has begun a $2 million expansion of the visitors’ center, including the café, due for completion by the upcoming tourist season.

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like a birthday present. “We’ve been going there since they opened” in 1980, he said. “I saw on Facebook that they had opened, so we went and had Sunday brunch for my 77th birthday.”

A Main Street staple since 1980 and a pioneer in the vegetarian and

organic food movement that now serves as a marker for Oneonta dining, the Autumn Café closed last January after retiring owners Tim Johnson and Andy Resney sold it to Rebecca and Wayne Carrington, owners of the B-Side Ballroom Please See AUTUMN, A7 An artist’s rendering released by Ommegang depicts the $2 million visitors’ center and café, now under construction.

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HOMETOWN People

Facing $200,000 In Upgrades, County May Sell Old City Hall SECURITY/From A1 revive the 1906 Beaux-Arts confection as part of the DRI, the state’s downtown redevelopment initiative.

Originally a combination city hall and fire house, 242 Main became vacant in the early 1980s when City Hall was moved up the street to the old post office, where it is today. The county soon bought the building, which today houses the Mental Health Clinic, Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Social Services.

At the past few county board meetings, Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, advised his colleagues his Public Works Committee is mulling whether to put it through $200,000 in security-related renovations or sell it.

Concerned with security, former County Board Representative Len Carson proposed the initial idea of either selling the building, or leasing it out. “We needed to increase the level of security provided to keep

our county workers safe,” he said this week.

One idea was to move everything onto one floor, resolving the issue of “multiple access points,” he said.

Said Oberacker, “We did a security audit, which pointed out specific security issues and the costs associated in resolving those issues.” When the audit put a $200,000 price tag on the work, “we had to weigh our options to determine what the best course of action was,” he said.

If the county does end up putting the building on the market, it is anticipated that it won’t take long to sell. Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig has already heard from groups looking to take over the building.

“We have had people express a great deal of interest if the building were to go up for sale,” said Herzig. “That being said, I have received no indication that the county intends to sell the building.

Nothing is official yet.”

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Also on the list were: • Christopher D. Cerosaletti, Oneonta, Funeral Services Administration.

• Julie A. Weite, Oneonta, Emergency Management • Sarah Roselli Ortiz, Otsego, Health Care Management.

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The bride is the daughter of John and Robin Lettis. The groom is the son of Phil and Susie Gibbs.

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Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes was the officiant, and the bride walked down the aisle to music played by her father and Katie Boardman, musical director of the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown.

Flowers were provided from the gardens of the bride and her mother, and the farmer’s market.

Uninvited guest Hurricane Harvey provided intermittent showers and luck for the newlyweds.

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rian Page, Laurens, has been awarded a $4,000 Academic Distinction Scholarship to attend Alfred State University. Slated to graduate Morris Central School in June, he has been accepted into the college’s Criminal Justice program.

The scholarship is awarded to freshmen who possess an 87 or better cumulative high school average. through the end of their junior year and at least an 1140 combined reading/ writing and math SAT or 23 composite ACT score.

AT CHAMPLAIN: Kyla Wheeler, Oneonta, is on the Dean’s List at Champain College. She majoring in Game Art and Animation.

TWO ON LIST: Hannah Baker and Ashlyn Grimm, both of Oneonta, were named to the Nazareth College Dean’s List. Baker is studying Music Therapy and Grimm majoring in Community Science & Disorders.

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Liz Brown, left, and Carol Mandigo, both of Oneonta, entertained over a hundred soon-to-be brides and grooms at Oneonta’s annual Bridal Expo.

Local cake expert Marjorie Landers talks with guests passing by her table at Oneonta’s annual bridal expo at Foothills Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Jan. 7.

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Caley Sharratt, left, and her fiancée Tristian Fralick of Cooperstown look at a venue table as they plan for their upcoming wedding at Foothills’ annual Bridal Expo, traditionally held in Oneonta the first (and usually dreary) weekend of the New Year. This year’s event was Sunday, Jan. 7, and 109 brides registered.

Soon-to-be wed Savannah Jones and James Barlow of Delhi discuss floral arrangements for their upcoming wedding with Claire Satriano of Mohican Flowers in Cooperstown.

Todd Loucks of Oneonta tells a story to Joanna Foti, right, and Theresa DiMartin, both from Oneonta, ahead of Foti’s big day.

Julie Sharratt, who owns and runs Beaver Valley Campgrounds in Hartwick Seminary, talks with guests during Oneonta’s annual Bridal Expo on Sunday, Jan. 7.

Cooperstown resident Matt Hazzard, pictured, talks with guests about his new trolley, which he purchased from the village of Cooperstown in 2017. He is planning on chartering the trolley for weddings, parties, and other private events around the area.

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EDITORIAL

Turn Page, But ALL Can’t Be Forgotten Don’t Look Back In Anger, But Undo Damage Done As New County Board, Chairman Bliss Takes Over

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Side by side, county Reps. David Bliss and Kathy Clark take the oath of office side by side Wednesday, Jan. 3. A few moments later, his colleagues elected him to succeed her as county board chair.

he Otsego County Board of Representatives is waking up from a bit of a nightmare of anger and ill will, and the proper instinct of the new board chair, Dave Bliss, is to close the door and move on. That’s sensible but, still, there are holdover matters, unfinished business, that need to be addressed – fixed, if you will.

WHITHER THE ROADS First, an easy one, although expensive – implementing the Cornell-guided county Highway Assets Management Program: Over the summer, interns in the Planning Department, including Parker Fish, now a reporter here, ranked every county road from

best to worst.

Key finding: Potholes and deteriorating pavement, which drivers experience, isn’t the main problem. It’s the ditches. Unless drainage is improved, a repaved road quickly deteriorates. That news the county board and Bill

Mason’s highway department can use.

As Bliss – he represents the Village of Cooperstown and towns of Middlefield, Roseboom and Cherry Valley – pointed out in an inaugural interview, all it takes is money. An extra million has been set aside this year, but the fact that there’s a study in hand that defines the problem will should increase the flow of state and federal dollars.

But there’s a lot more: WHITHER OTSEGO NOW Whereas Oneonta’s D&H-yards redevelopment is complicated and should take a while, the proposed 350-500 job distribution Please See EDITORIAL, A5

RUSSELL AHRENS OTHER VOICES

Give Back House Lost At Tax Sale, New Board Asked

Editor’s Note: Here are remarks

by Russ Ahrens regarding the loss of his friend Maria Ajello’s Town of Richfield home in the 2014 county tax auction. He spoke to the new county Board of Representatives when it met for the first time on Jan. 3, 2017,

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’m here today to support Maria Ajello.

A couple of years ago, her home was taken. Judge Burns, who swore you in today – we went in front of Judge Burns the morning of the auction. He ordered that an announcement (to halt the sale) be made at that auction.

And the announcement was made at that auction. And then it

excluded all the bidders, except one, who had a green light ahead of time from our county attorney.

In lieu of the ethics policy that was in the law, which was the law at the time which nobody has been signing for 27 years; now, all of a sudden, ethics has come to the forefront, when you’re coming after our sheriff’s son.

To us, you had no business doing what you did, to people who are working here, in this building, and selling to county employees with insider knowledge, and then excluding this person from paying, almost 52 days prior to the auction. “I’m sorry, I can’t help you, but you can buy it yourself. No, you can’t really buy it yourself, you can have somebody else bid it

in.” This is nothing but a shakedown and extortion.

And this does not represent what Otsego County is about, and that’s why I’m here today. I’m an adult protective worker. I’ve been in the DSS for 18 years. There are people in this room who know people who have been made homeless because of this policy.

And I challenge anyone who lost their home to stand up to people who are doing this, when it’s not happening in our neighboring HOMETOWN ONEONTA counties. They’d have taken her money. You know it. We know it.

“Do the right thing,” Russ Ahrens asks the county It’s been researched.

Board of Representatives, So I challenge you. The word speaking on behalf of friend today is “rescission.” It’s a legal Maria Ajello, who lost her term. It might require some legal home in a county tax sale. research. And, what it is, is to

take back what she did, and to put things back into place the way they were. Return this bidder’s money, and allow Maria her home and land, what was rightfully hers, what she and her husband built.

You made this person homeless.

And we have a homeless problem here in this county, and we shouldn’t right in our office, with one of the lower employees. You sold it to someone up in the midlevel, someone who’s considered a management-team employee. Not the right thing to do.

I challenge you to do the right thing this year, and then you won’t have to hear from us every month.

I appreciate that.

LETTERS

Charge County Citizens To View Laws That Govern Them? That’s Not Right To the Editor: Approximately six weeks ago I tried to look up the laws, rules and regulations of Otsego County. I searched the county website and could not find them.

I then called the county clerk’s office which said it couldn’t help me and re-

ferred me to the clerk of the county board.

The clerk of the board told me that I would have to file a FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) request to get a copy of the laws and rules. I expressed my surprise that the laws of my local government were

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not readily available to the public, but was told that was the way it was. I was sent a FOIL request form to complete which I did, requesting the Rules of Order of the county board, which was what I was most interested in.

The following week, one month ago, I received the requested document along with a bill for it. There was a letter telling me how to appeal to the chairperson, which I did, saying that it was wrong to charge citizens to obtain a copy of their county laws and I

felt that the charge should be reversed. I have not yet received a response to my appeal.

The county staff was pleasant and functioned expeditiously. It was not their fault that this document was somehow secret. I did not receive a response to my appeal but I recognize that it was sent in December. I did not hear from chairperson Clark before her term of office ended.

I brought this up and related these events at the Jan. 3 county board meeting during Privilege of the Floor.

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documents that for some reason need to be secret and therefore require a reason to see them. It is not meant for laws which each citizen is required to know of and obey. I suggest that the county at the very least post these on-line prominently, but I also feel that any citizen who wants a copy of them should be entitled to them cost free since not all our citizens have access to or are able to afford highspeed internet.

RICHARD A. STERNBERG, M.D. Cooperstown

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The fact that to see the laws and rules of the county requires a special request form and fee is astounding and ridiculous. It might even make moot the laws if they are not readily available to the public.

One, I hope that my charge for obtaining a copy of our laws is waived by the chair, or negated by the prior chairperson not responding to my appeal.

More importantly, all county laws, rules and regulations should be openly and easily available to its citizens. FOIL is meant for

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Blizzards And, At Home, 2 Losses

e must admit that 2017 was not exactly our most favorite year. In fact, it seemed to be packed with issues which were not at all to our liking. And some of our experiences over the holidays did little, if anything to improve our opinion of the year.

We did, for a change of pace, travel to Ohio to spend Christmas with our son, Christopher, and his wife, Annie, and daughters, Abby and Marin. We were also joined by Annie’s parents, Hal and Judy Higby. And while we had a great time in Ohio, complete with too much good food and holiday festivities, we have to say that 2017

was not the year to want to travel over the holidays between Buffalo, N.Y., and Cleveland, Ohio.

Going out before Christmas was not too bad. In fact we made it CATHERINE in record time.

LAKE But the trip back ELLSWORTH to Cooperstown could well be rated as one of the worst white-knuckle trips we have ever made.

Not only did our driver, Shawn

Mulligan, suffer through blizzard conditions around Erie, Pa., on the way to Ohio to pick us up, we encountered what we thought to be equally unpleasant road conditions between Cleveland and the Ohio/Pennsylvania border as we made our way back to Cooperstown.

Not only were there cars and trucks off road all over the place, but we passed what appeared to be a rather serious accident in the other direction which included a bevy of police cars, fire engines and ambulances which had shown up to offer what would seem to have been some much-needed Please See COLUMN, A5

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History

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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

150 Years Ago

The enemies of human enlightenment and elevation are always harping on the ignorance of the Negro and his disinclination to schools, books and learning. They make this the easy way of shuffling off the calls of duty in the great work of helping the lately emancipated slaves in their educational efforts, but forget that by so doing they retard the true progress of the nation. The friends of the freedmen and their children rejoice in the efforts they are making to help themselves in the way of schools, and lend willingly their aid. They need to do still more, and they will, as this great work is unfolded, and as the late slaves are found doing their best in the way of self-help. The nation wants their work, now, just as in the late war it wanted their loyal hearts, their strong right arms and their unerring aim at rebels. But it wants them also through elementary education to be intelligent citizens.

January 1868

100 Years Ago

escorted Syracuse officials met the plane and transferred eight pints of A-Positive blood to the Peevers’ party which then returned to Westville with the blood. The blood was then transported to Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown by car.

Peevers estimated that use of the airplane saved a critical hour or more of time.

January 1958

40 Years Ago

The pay scale for the Town of Oneonta was boosted to $4.05 per hour Tuesday night and town workmen were given an additional paid annual holiday. However, the workers lost something as the Board, in a unanimous vote, agreed to abolish a traditional half hour of overtime which has been part of their work/pay schedule. In moving to set the hourly wage at $4.05, board members noted that with the addition of social security benefits being picked up by the Town, the combination amounted to an increase of nine percent. Also, an extra holiday is to be granted for an employee’s birthday, but the employee can pick any day he wants, even if it is not his birthday.

January 1978

125 Years Ago

The McCammon Piano Company at the annual meeting Tuesday, elected Geo. B. Baird, Chas. F. Shelland, Edward McCammon, Geo. B. Shearer, and D.F. Wilber, directors, and, at a subsequent meeting elected officers as follows: President, Geo. B. Baird, Vice-President, Geo. B. Shearer; Secretary, E. McCammon, Treasurer, Chas. F. Shelland. The company, at the close of the first year’s business in Oneonta makes a very satisfactory showing. Never since the business was removed from Albany has the company been able to catch up with its orders, though much of the time running 12 hours daily.

January 1893

80 Years Ago

“Wherever there is a wounded thing in the world, the spider instinct in humanity leads to a desire to exploit it, and to a desire to get there as quickly as possible to do the exploiting,” asserted Dr. Henry H. Crane of Scranton, Pennsylvania, in an eloquent address given before an audience of nearly 200 at the annual meeting of the Oneonta Y.M.C.A. held at the First Methodist Church. “There is no possibility of our letting the rest of the world alone. The danger is that we may let them alone with our best. There is no chance of our letting them alone with our worst. The major tragedy in the world today is going to be between Japan and China.

Do you realize that what Japan is doing is the direct result of our spider instruction? The Christian idea is that weakness is a challenge to strength for helpfulness. The spider instinct is to go out and devour it. In my recent 14-month trip around the world, the most encouraging sign I saw was the work of sincere missionaries, and especially Y.M.C.A.

After Holiday, Coming Home To Find 2 Losses COLUMN/From A4 assistance. Needless to say, we were quite relieved when we rolled into Cooperstown just before dark.

• Unfortunately, once we got home, we discovered that the mail had not been stopped when we asked it to be. As a result, the mail, which included among other things new credit cards, a check, Social Security and financial information, all of which sat in the mailbox on our front porch for two weeks.

And then, to add insult to injury, the post office did not resume delivering our mail when the hold mail order expired.

So we had to call and ask them to deliver it as we knew there were bills in it which needed to be paid.

We must admit we have never had any problems in the past with stopping the mail. So we certainly hope that this time will prove to be the exception and we shall not encounter such difficulty any- Walter Eckler, left, and Paul Lambert passed time in the future. away over the Christ• mas holidays.

Additionally, while we were away we lost two people who had been a part of our life since taking up residence in Cooperstown in 1982.

The first loss was of Walter Eckler, our late husband’s first cousin. How well we remember all the various family get-togethers at the Ecklers’ home on River Road, as well as Walter’s taking part in the much enjoyed Fourth of July firemen’s carnivals held in Lakefront Park. And of course, while working at Sperry’s Chevrolet, Walter always took good care of our various cars. We will miss him. To all of the family, as well as his many friends, we extend our sympathy.

We were also saddened by the recent passing of Paul Lambert who, over the years, touched so many young lives both during his long time at CCS as well as within the community in general.

How well we remember him at the many football games we attended when our son played on the football team with the longest losing record in New York State.

After each game, he would commiserate with us, shaking his head over yet another loss. He too will be greatly missed by all who knew him. To his family and friends, we extend our deepest sympathy.

• And now, with 2017 behind us, we are remaining optimistic that somehow 2018 will prove to be an improvement. At least that is our hope. But, only time will tell if 2018 proves to be a marked improvement over 2017.

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20 Years Ago January 1918 workers, who were the only men and women who were serving human beings genuinely as human beings.”

January 1938

60 Years Ago

Public expression of opinion concerning the proposals to apply for federal funds to secure an airport for Otsego County is 100 percent in favor of the plan according to information supplied by officials of the Cooperstown and Oneonta Chambers of Commerce. Emergency blood needs for use during a major operation at Bassett Hospital yesterday highlighted the need for a county airport according to hospital and Chamber of Commerce sources. The emergency was created when a 73-year-old Otsego County Home inmate, ill with pneumonia, suffered a ruptured abdominal blood vessel. Internal bleeding required immediate surgery.

Arthur T. Peevers, Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce President, an experienced pilot, responded to a call from the hospital for assistance. Peevers, along with Dr. H. Trevor Hughes, a veterinarian and airplane owner, accompanied

by Bassett Hospital’s business director, drove through fallen snow to the Westville-Cooperstown airstrip where the three men were able to take off in Hughes’ aircraft despite a heavy coating of snow on the runway. Police-

Rev. William Bouton fights racism among others and within himself, every day. “I’m infected by racism,” said the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Oneonta.

Rev. Bouton sees himself as sharing in the history of racism in this country. “As whites, we must confess the sin of racism among us.” Rev. Bouton and other community members and leaders participated in a community forum to address racism in the Oneonta area. Rev. Bouton cited a controversy in California over naming a school after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He said parents there deny being racist and in the same breath talk of how their white children will be perceived as coming from a black school.

January 1999

10 Years Ago

The Delhi Campus Child Care Center has earned a new level of accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a unique honor in this area.

“We are proud to have earned the mark of quality from the NAEYC and to be recognized for our commitment to reaching the highest professional standards,” Karen Wallace, Delhi’s Campus Child Care Center director said. “”NAEYC accreditation lets families in our area know that children in our program are getting the best care and early learning experiences possible.” The center was established in 1985 to serve the child care needs of students and staff.

January 2008

Looking Ahead, New And Old Issues Await EDITORIAL/From A4 center at Schenevus’ I-88 exit is simple and straightforward: updated Town of Maryland master plan, SEQR review, site preparation, recruitment, construction, hiring, done. County Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, and his colleagues should meet en masse with the Otsego Now board anyhow but, when they do, unity and focus should be on: Do Schenevus first.

Otsego Now’s chair Devin Morgan resigned, leaving a vacancy. Bliss is leaning toward naming someone from the important ag sector, and someone from the beer-hops sector has also been mentioned. If Ommegang’s Doug Campbell can’t do it right now, perhaps George Allen from Northern Eagle Beverage or Aaron McLeod from Hartwick’s Craft Food & Beverage center.

WHITHER THE COURTS You may now know it, but a major reorganization of local courts is in the works, driven by a lawsuit elsewhere and a state initiative. One piece is to centralize local justice courts in the lobby of the county jail, and put the fourdozen justices on rotation. Neither this, nor possible centralizing arraignments in Oneonta City Court, are necessarily bad ideas.

The initiative has been handled by the county attorney’s office, but little information has been forthcoming, to the public or even to the reps. The initiative should be moved under the wing of the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee. The public has too big a stake in the outcome for this to happen out of the public’s eye, and then be surprised.

WHITHER OTSEGO MANOR In the just-ended administration, county-owned Otsego Manor was privatized. Changes in federal reimbursements made that necessary; that’s not debated. The issue is whether the county, in seeking to extract the last nickel, didn’t take enough care in finding a buyer.

Given perhaps inevitable complaints we all hear and, in particular, neglect charges brought by the state Attorney General’s Office in 2016, the county board should determine what role it can play to ensure quality care is provided, or to drive this important institution into non-profit corporate ownership, the quality option these days.

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washed their hands of it, but they have assumed a role and responsibility that individual constituents can’t.

WHITHER MARIA AJELLO With the Nov. 7 election, only four of the 14 county reps have any personal involvement in the taking of Maria Ajello’s Monticello property or Bob Force’s in Gilbertsville at the 2014 tax sale; they tried to pay their back taxes before the auction, but were denied.

Four years later, this injustice continues to be an open wound, and it has tainted board proceedings.

Ajello and her champion, Russ Ahrens (see “Other Voices,” A4) appear monthly, keeping the error and inhumanity of what happened in the public eye.

Fearful, the county board leadership stationed a police officer in the meeting room, and corrals itself from the public.

In December, when it was learned Force planned to speak to the county board, the meeting was moved to the more-secure courthouse, with four officers in the room and patrols on the sidewalks outside. How did we get here?

Force had no bad intent, and simply read a pointed statement.

Injustice, untreated, spins off negative consequences.

The county reps should negotiate with Ajello and Force, and either take the back taxes and give the properties back, or come to a financial settlement. Properties have been returned in the past, it seems.

Further, other counties bar county employees, with access to inside knowledge, from participating in tax sales; shouldn’t we? Further yet again, in Ajello’s case, county reps didn’t vote on the transfer, as they always had in the past. On this most important decision, seizing a citizen’s home, the county reps should and must take responsibility.

WHITHER MANAGEMENT In the introductory interview, the new chair listed a decision on a county manager or county executive – in effect, professional managerment – among his top five priorities, but that it may be a “multi-year process.” If the executive route is taken, it very well may, given the need for a charter commission and voter approval.

The reps, given last year’s challenges in the sheriff’s department, may perceive the need to move faster. That could mean a county manager, or perhaps deputizing an efficient department head,

someone like Karen Sullivan, perhaps, to assume interim duties.

Regardless, if discussions can be frank, open and solutions-focused, no doubt the options can be talked through and the right decision made.

Otsego is among the last half-dozen Upstate counties without professional management. Given the complexity of modern governance, it’s undoubtedly time for change.

WHITHER PURCHASING In the past year, the outgoing administration adopted an intriguing innovation: Contracting out bill-paying and bidding in the Onondaga County Purchasing Department. There have been savings. As you can imagine, there have also been problems, among them salt deliveries delayed during that bad winter storm a year-ago Thanksgiving.

At the reorganizational meeting Jan. 3, Bliss appointed his predecessor as chair, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, as arbiter of any continuing problems. But as the originator of the Onondaga arrangement, can she be sufficiently objective if approached with problems? The results might be better if someone with less of a stake in the program’s success helped sort out any shortcomings.

What to do with his predecessor?

Sensibly, Clark wasn’t assigned a committee chairmanship – elections have consequences, and there needs to be a fresh start – but is serving on three committees so as to take advantage of her experience and expertise from five years at the helm.

She is a determined person – who doesn’t know that? – and has shown a particular interest lately in broadband.

Maybe a special assignment from the new chair would allow the county to benefit her central strength in that critical area.

• Of course, there’s much more, and will always be, as with any large, complicated undertaking.

At first blush, though, David Bliss seems like a great choice to lead a bipartisan coalition – seven Democrats, two Republicans and a Conservative – united by a mission of doing what’s best for Otsego County.

His calm demeanor, sense of fair play and quarter-century in local government bodes well for a new era of friendly productivity emanating from 197 Main in the county seat.

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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

80,000 Visitors Due, Ommegang Adding To Visitors’ Center

POEM TO THE EDITOR

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ake’s a veil An ice melt Lifted here then lifted through Frozen snow pond Onto our passing day Relative as we see it We are changing Changing into this world

That was Was this one day a day of pure yet dissipated song As we look upon this Ice Lake The counting minutes into our future gate in droplet days

Ice fishing and sledding and dreaming

Freezing now

That melts in thaw Onto our lasting hour Come here today Lookout Such a spectacular

View Our best days

And yet, our sad days

Come here tonight In purpose borne Snow’s a veil

There

Then lifted

Through

Lights sparkle at night

At distance glance Up through the lake a road of travel

Soon again to return I

To most beautiful

Otsego R.E. JARRIN Richfield Springs (“Ice Lake” was inspired by last week’s cold snap. Poems to the Editor may be sent to jimk@allotsego.com)

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It’s Counter-Intuitive, But Global Warming Brought Cold To the Editor: To understand why an Arctic blast has invaded the Northeast, it is necessary to look at the big picture, starting with factors that control our weather, mainly the “jet stream”, which is the very rapid movement of air in the atmosphere above the clouds, up where commercial airplanes fly.

Daily rotation of the Earth causes the jet stream to meander slightly north and south as it moves. This is what brings our normal daily weather. The passing jet stream forces cool, northern air to move southward bringing chilly weather and, conversely brings mild southern air northward. And so, our normal daily weather changes through the seasons of the year.

This is currently being influenced by a long-term warming trend com-

monly known as “climate change.”

Regardless of why it’s happening – it’s happening, and as a result the normal area of Arctic Ocean ice keeps getting smaller and smaller every year.

Like in any complex system, when one thing changes, something else has to adjust. In this case, climate change has resulted in the rapid melting of Arctic Ocean ice.

This causes more of the sun’s energy to be absorbed and the entire region gets warmer. With warming comes expansion, causing the upper boundary of the atmosphere to rise, thus reducing its slope toward the Arctic. The effect is to cause the jet stream to meander even further south and, as a result, bring frigid Arctic air to southerly regions.

In addition, the meanders of the

jet stream are forced to move slower, which means weather lingers for a longer period of time. Therefore, here in the Northeast we are currently experiencing a lingering Artic blast, and places like Atlanta, Ga., get hit with ice storms instead of just rain. At the other extreme, heat waves and drought conditions dominate regions out west on the other side of the jet stream.

So, when all the factors that influence our weather are considered, we find what seems counter-intuitive – Global warming is linked to the deep freeze in the Northeast. Hopefully, this will explain our current weather and clarify the distinction between weather and climate.

P. JAY FLEISHER Glacial geologist Oneonta

BREWERY/From A1 “With this renovation, we will build an onsite experience that is world-class, matching the quality of the experience with the quality of the beer we brew,” said Ommegang President Doug Campbell. “As a significant tourist draw for the area, we always aim to provide a unique, memorable experience that leaves our visitors with a love of beer and of the Cooperstown area.”

The $525,000 was among the CFA grants announced Dec. 13, part of $4 million awarded countywide: $375,000 for construction and $150,000 for marketing, the brewery reported on its blog.

Ommegang’s General Manager of Hospitality Dave Neil detailed the expansion plans for the building that he oversees.

The expansion will be about 3,000 square feet, said Dave Neil, Ommegang general manager/hospitality. “We needed more space for the traffic that we already have,” he said, 80,000 guests a year, with 40 percent visiting from

June to August.

When complete, the visitors’ center will have a new entry way with access to the tasting room, café, and gift shop; an expanded outdoor patio area, and a brand new beer cellar where all of the brewery’s beers will be sold.

“One thing we want to do is produce more small-batch limited release beers,” said Campbell. “We currently sell these beers out of the gift shop, which was never designed to handle that aspect of the sales. The beer cellar will provide us with an area to accommodate the new limited batch releases.”

The café will have more seats and an expanded tap selection. “We have 13 beers on draft currently, but we’ll have 20 on draft once the project is complete,” said Neil.

Ommegang broke ground on the project in December, and hopes to be finished with the project by mid to late April. Hours for the current visitor center will be affected slightly with the building closing down for two days within the next few weeks.

Tobacco Reduction Saves People’s Lives, Lowers Societal Costs To the Editor: New York State’s tobacco control and cessation efforts have reduced smoking rates to the lowest levels on record. Unfortunately, tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in our state.

Yearly, 28,200 adults die from smoking-related diseases, $10.39 billion in annual health care costs are attributed to smoking, and businesses experience $7.33 billion in productivity losses due to smoking.In Otsego County, the current smoking rate is 26.3 percent as compared to the state rate of 14.2 percent. As a health educator and community event organizer, I believe that establishing tobaccofree shared public places like parks can reduce the negative impact of tobacco use on youth and adults.

Second-hand smoke harms children, adults, and pets. Second-hand smoke has been designated a known human carcinogen by the U.S. EPA, and the U.S. surgeon general has

stated that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke.

Tobacco use in public areas sends negative lifestyle messages to youth and can trigger cravings in smokers who are trying to quit the habit. Cigarette-butt litter pollutes soil and water and are the most littered item in the world.

I appreciate the efforts of Advancing Tobacco Free Communities: Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties to educate the community and decision

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I applaud the Oneonta Common Council for its initiative to make the city’s parks and plaza tobacco-

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Learning Of ‘Soft’ Opening, Fans Pack Autumn After Year Of Renovations Rebecca Carrington, left, recounts renovation adventures as she brings menus to friends Anmari Linardi and her partner Cory Telarico, Oneonta who came for lunch Tueday, Jan. 9.

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AUTUMN/From A1 in Clinton Plaza. Carrington, who played in the band Subduing Mara, was a frequent guest on the Autumn’s stage during the band’s heyday in the 1990s.

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“I nicknamed my drone Buzz,” said Chris Kuhn, Oneonta Job Corps director. “They’ve come a long way from RC helicopters.”

For Kuhn, piloting a drone was the way for him to pursue two beloved hobbies at once. “I’ve always been a photographer, and I told myself I would get my pilot’s license current after our daughter Josie was done with college,” he said. “But then I heard about drones, and I thought, ‘Let’s do this instead’.”

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MLK AT HOF: Special programs at the Baseball Hall of Fame focus on Roberto Clemente, Jackie Robinson and others who emulate Dr. King’s humanitarianism. 9 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 15, Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St., Cooperstown. Info 607-547-7200.

MOVIE NIGHT: The annual Cabin Fever film Festival kicks off with the 2017 Best Picture winner “Moonlight” (R). Free, open to the public. Doors at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 12, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400.

DANCE NIGHT: Dance all night to classic 80s hits by Prince, David Bowie, and others. $3 with 80s attire, $5 without. 8 p.m. - midnight, Saturday, Jan. 13, Foothills Atrium, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080.

ART PARTY: Create and decorate a bowl for the Chili Bowl Cook-off Fund-raiser.

For adults, 21+. 6 - 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12,The Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070.

BEHIND THE SCENES: Special showing of Susan Froemke’s “The Opera House,” a documentary chronicling the creation of The Metropolitan Opera. Tickets, $15/person. 12:55 p.m. The Foothills PAC, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080.

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HISTORY DAY – 8 - 11:30 a.m. 7th Grade Local National History Day. Library, Cooperstown High School.

Call 607-547-8181.

BOWL DECORATING – 6 - 9 p.m. Create and decorate a bowl for the Chili Bowl Cookoff Fund-raiser. For adults, 21+. The Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070.

FILM SERIES – 7 - 9 p.m.

Cabin Fever film festival presents “Moonlight” (2017).

Doors open 6:30 p.m.

Free, open to the public.

The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471400.

SQUARE DANCE – 7:30 - 10 p.m. The Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Club of Cooperstown holds their Winter Dance. Ray Taylor calls, Elma Taylor cues.

Admission, $5. Cooperstown Elementary School. Call 607547-8665.

Saturday, January 13

THE OPERA HOUSE – 12:55 p.m. Special showing of Documentary chronicling the creation of The Metropolitan Opera. Tickets, $15/person. The Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080.

BOWL DECORATING – 1 - 4 p.m. Create, decorate a bowl for the Chili Bowl Cookoff Fundraiser. The Carriage

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, january 11-12, 2018 House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070.

WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft.

Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980.

DANCE PARTY – 8 p.m.Midnight. Dance to the music of the 80s. Admission, $3 with costume, $5 without.

The Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607431-2080.

Sunday, January 14

APPLICATION – Last day to submit a proposal for group or individual art exhibition at the Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Call 607-4322070.

CELEBRATION – 1 - 4 p.m.

Celebrate the life of Professor Foster Brown who taught statistics, math, psychology, and more. Also co-authored the worlds best-selling textbook on statistics “Statistical Concepts.” Atrium, Fitzelle Hall, SUNY Oneonta.

MLK BIRTHDAY – 2 - 4 p.m.

Celebrate with Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-431-4428.

WRITING LETTERS – 4 - 5:30 p.m. Create an avalanche of letters to rise above hate speech in our community with the Tri-County Women’s Coalition and Otsego Pride Alliance. Roots

brewing Company, 175 Main St., Oneonta. E-mail tcwcoalition@gmail.com.

Monday, January 15

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY CELEBRATION – 9 a.m. Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the museum. Features guided tours, opportunity to learn about Jackie Robinson & Roberto Clemente. Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown.

Call 607-547-7200.

FILM & DISCUSSION – 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Showing civil rights film “Martin Luther King, I Have A Dream,” with Harry Bradshaw Matthews as facilitator. Location TBA. Call 607-431-4428.

YARN WORKSHOP – 5 - 6:30 p.m. Work with instructor Tori to create something for yourself or loved one. All skill levels welcome! Create mittens, hats, more. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Call 607-267-4435 or e-mail kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org.

HYPNOTIST – 9 p.m.

Saleish the Hypnotist performs.

Participate if you dare. Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta.

Tuesday, January 16

KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478344.

Wednesday, January 17

p.m. Discuss current events.

Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

Call 607-547-8344.

SPEED PAINTING – 3 - 5 p.m. Tom Varano wows students with unique art and tales of his experiences.

Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta.

SOUP-TO-GO – 4 - 5 p.m.

Enjoy a bowl of free, homemade soup. The Elm Park Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-6552.

DRAWING CLASS – 5 - 7 p.m. Free Beginners class on how to draw. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

Call 607-267-4435.

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Enjoy food from around the world. This week it’s from Norway. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.

MEETING – 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Richfield Springs Chamber of Commerce Meeting.

Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Call 315217-1485.

CHESS NIGHT – 7 - 11 p.m.

Chess enthusiasts of all levels welcome to play. Includes free lessons for beginners.

Hunt Union Cafeteria, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-386-3589.

AL-ANON MEETING – 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Support meeting for the families and friends of Alcoholics or those suffering from chemical addictions. Focus Nursing Home, 128 Phoenix Mills Cross Rd., Cooperstown.

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OPEN HOUSE – 3 - 7:30 p.m. The community is invited to give comments and ideas for updates to the Comprehensive Plan for Oneonta.

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COOKING CLASS – 5 - 7 p.m. Learn to make a variety of dishes, bring the kids to learn with you, eat what you’ve made. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

Call 607-267-4435 or e-mail kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org.

JOB READINESS – 5 - 7 p.m. Work on everything from interviewing, resume creation, job searching, more.

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The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Call 607-267-4435 or e-mail kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org.

YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m.

For knitters and crocheters of all skill levels and accompanied youths. Come work together and learn a new skill with April from April’s Yarn Basket. 3rd floor, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980.

PHOTOS PROGRAM – 6:30 p.m. Joshua Ives from Syracuse University shares photographs he took while on military deployment in Afghanistan. Free, open to the public. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607547-0600 ext. 101.

SUPPORT GROUP – 7 - 8 p.m. Supporting family, friends of addicts. New members welcome. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-3291.

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FILM SCREENING – 6:30 p.m. Showing “Murder On The Orient Express,” (2017). Tickets $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

SEUSSICAL – 7 p.m. The 7th & 8th Graders present their first ever musical based on several tales by Dr. Seuss.

Cooperstown Central School.

Call 607-547-8181.

FILM SERIES – 7 - 9 p.m.

Cabin Fever film festival presents “King Kong” (1933).

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Free, open to the public.

The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471400.

COMEDY THEATER – 8 p.m. Stuff of Dreams productions presents Nora & Delia Ephron’s “Love, Loss and What I Wore,” a series of vignettes about clothing, families and relationships.

Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607432-5407.

Saturday, January 20

COMMUNITY ART DAY – 10 a.m. - Noon. Create an underwater scene with the Japanese art of “gyotaku,” (fish printing) using rubber replicas of Otsego Lake fish. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980.

BROADBAND INFO – 2 p.m. Public meeting to update the community on the Broadband project. Questions welcome. Laurens Central School, 55 Main St., Laurens.

Call 607-432-2050.

SEUSSICAL – 3 p.m. The 7th & 8th Graders present their first ever musical based on several tales by Dr. Seuss.

Cooperstown Central School.

Call 607-547-8181.

JAZZ CONCERT – 3 p.m.

Performance by the John Colonna Jazz Trio featuring Evan Jagels on bass and Graeme Francis on drums. Tickets $20/adult. Dunderberg Gallery, 118 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Call 607-783-2010.

FILM SCREENING – 6:30 p.m. Showing “Murder On The Orient Express,” (2017). Tickets $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

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Thaw, Art World’s Horatio Alger, World, Gave Collections To Many Museums THAW/From B1 in a new wing that was one of Jane Forbes Clark’s first initiatives on assuming oversight of her family’s interests.

“With him, and of course, with Jane, agreeing to build the wing” – climate controlled with state-of-the-art security, that houses the Thaw Collection – “that made the Fenimore the world-class museum it is today,” said D’Ambrosio.

Before Thaw, Native American art was approached from an ethnographic or cultural perspective, said both D’Ambrosio and Gib Vincent, his predecessor who the founder of E.V. Thaw the collector approached with the idea at an opera luncheon at Beekman Canon’s in 1991.

“He looked at these objects at great works of art; I looked at them that way as well,” said Vincent. “…His American Indian collection transformed the direction of the collection.” He added, “In my mind, it really complemented the American art collection.”

“Gene’s opinion was that American Indian art was

the equivalent of any art form from any culture,” said D’Ambrosio. “And he would know, from all the different collections he assembled. The very pinnacle of artistic production, in the eyes of many, was European, the Old Masters.

“It was kind of a radical thought to put American Indian Art in that pantheon.”

The Fenimore collection has been “pretty much focused” on the NorthThis potlatch east,” said is reportedly Vincent.

Gene Thaw’s “By having favorite the Ameripiece. can Indian collection, we took it abroad. We took it to Europe and to Florida.

And at the Four Arts in Palm Beach and in Paris, we also did folk art.”

One of the nation’s foremost dealers and collectors, an expert in works ranging from Rembrandt to Jackson Pollock, Thaw’s death

reminded art enthusiasts he was also something of the Horatio Alger of the American art scene.

Born on Oct. 27, 1927, in Washington Heights to a heating contractor and a school teacher, he was named for Eugene Victor Debs, the socialist leader who died the previously year, it was noted in the Times’ obituary, (written

by Holland Cotter, a frequent summer visitor to the Otsego Lake region.)

He graduated at 15 from Dewitt Clinton High School, attended St. John’s College in Annapolis, taking day trips to Washington D.C. museums, then studied art history at Columbia, and was introduced to Pollock’s work.

In 1950, with a loan from his father, he opened a gallery in the Algonquin Hotel, selling prints to keep the place going, according to the obituary. Moving to Madison Avenue four years later, his future wife joined him as gallery assistant, and she suggested “when he found things he really liked, he keep them rather than sell them,” Cotter wrote.

he could find,” said Gib Vincent. “He had a library, a separate building on his house” outside Santa Fe on Tesuque Creek, “and he sat down and read them; he educated himself in a very short time.”

“As an intellect, he had very few peers,” said D’Ambrosio. “His mind was so expansive, he could take in the full range of Western Civilization in a few succinct words.”

Once, they were discussing a prehistoric collection from the Asian steppes, and he asked, “How does this relate to your interests?”

Thaw replied, “These are the tribes that became the nations of Europe.”

“Every sentence from him took that grand vision,” D’Ambrosio said. “Incredibly astute, he knew that native North Americans had an artist tradition that needed to be preserved and celebrated.”

The Thaws are survived by a son, Nicholas, and a granddaughter.

Gene Thaw, right, at the 1995 dedication of the wing at The Fenimore Museum that houses his Native American art collection. With him are wife Clare, Jane Forbes Clark and Gib Vincent, then NYSHA president.

By then, Thaw had bought his first Rembrandt, a landscape, for $3,500, paying it off in installments, and he was off. A 2002 profile had him buying a Rembrandt pen-and-ink for “a cool $3.74 million.”

In 1987, the Thaws had moved from Cherry Valley to Santa Fe, N.M., and soon were collecting Native American art. D’Ambrosio said it was Mrs. Thaw who bought their first piece, Athapaskan pillow sham

from Alaska. Beaded, embroidered, “they wondered if it was Victorian.”

In Santa Fe, the IRS asked Thaw to assess Native American art in the George O’Keefe collection. And weekends he and Clare would wander through the Indian market in the New Mexico capital.

Thaw’s voracious curiosity kicked in. Soon, he had assembled “300 books, studies, auction and museum catalogues, whatever

OJC’s Kuhn, County Board’s Wilber Experimenting With Drones For Fun, Profit DRONES/From B1 present from his father-in-law, and was immediately enthralled.

“When you’re flying a plane, you’re too busy flying to take pictures,” he said. “But with the drone, you get much better photographs.”

He took it on vacation to Minnesota with his wife, Annie, and captured video of Stillwater – echoing Cooperstown, “the best little town in Minnesota” – flying past the courthouse and overlooking the St. Croix River. “It goes as high as 400 feet,” he said. “It has a 4K camera” – for 4,000 pixels,

more HD than HD – “so you get very clear pictures.”

And he’s not the only one flying high – vicariously, at least – above Otsego County. Dan Wilber, a retired Air Force photographer and Otsego County representative from the Town of Burlington, has been using his Phantom 4 for photography for over a year. “Since I got this one, there have been two upgrades to this model,” he said.

“The technology is changing so rapidly.”

Both Wilber and Kuhn control their drones using an iPad. The drones can stay in the air for

around 25 minutes, and have a “return to home” feature, returning to where they were launched if batteries run low or they lose connection with their pilot.

Wilber has an FAA remote pilot’s license, which allows him to take professional photos. “I’ve shot photos for real-estate offices or legal work,” he said. “Last fall, I took some photos of Kingfisher Tower, and the Cranberry Bog in Burlington at sunset.”

But there are things to consider. Drones can’t be flown over crowds, for example, and if there is an airport within a certain radius

of the drone’s flight path, Wilber and Kuhn must notify the airport.

But the drones can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, and although they can only legally go 400 feet in the air – any higher and they risk flying into airplanes – Wilber estimates that his drone could go as high as 5,000 feet.

“They can follow you while you drive,” he said. “It’s incredible.

We’re really in the infancy of the technology.”

Kuhn has been using Buzz to photograph Job Corps students practicing on the overhead electrical lines, and hopes to soon get

a drone program in place at the training center.

“Oneonta would be perfect because of the relationship we have with the airport,” he said. “I think the kids would be really into drone racing, setting up obstacle courses in one of the hangers, or learning how to repair drones and end the program with their FAA remote pilot’s license.”

And he hopes to begin doing more of his personal photography as the weather gets warm. “I love looking at the world in a different way,” he said.

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• Engineer for its Agricultural Program. The Engineer will serve as a program engineer to work cooperatively in the design and implementation of Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) in the Watershed Agricultural Program (WAP) in the West of Hudson Watershed. Salary: approximately $65,000. Review of resumes to begin immediately.

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• Forester II for its Forestry Program. The Watershed Forester II will work with landowners, loggers and foresters to implement the various initiatives offered by the WAC Forestry Program in the Catskill/Delaware watersheds. These initiatives include: the Best Management Practices (BMP) Program, Management Assistance Program (MAP), 480a Incentive Program, Trained Logger Certification and MyWoodlot.com. Salary: high $50,000s. Review of resumes to begin February 9, 2018 Qualifications and requirements for each position detailed in position description available at http://www.nycwatershed.org/careers. Excellent benefits package including but not limited to 8% employer contribution to 403(b) pension; health, dental and vision insurance (employer pays 95% of cost of plan); and portable term life insurance policy. To apply: Send cover letter and resume to Amy Faulkner, Watershed Agricultural Council, 33195 State Highway 10, Walton, NY 13856; or e-mail afaulkner@nycwatershed.org. EOE.

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Notice of Formation of Go Team Six, llc.

Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/21/17.

Office: Otsego County.

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

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$68,694 Commissioner of Social Services Group I $73,358 Commissioner of Elections (R) $46,586 The full text of this Local Law of 2018 is available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board’s Office in the County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Representatives of the County of Otsego at a meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of January, 2018, duly adopted a Local Law 1 of 2018 entitled: A Local Law establishing the salaries of Director of Real Property Tax Service II, Personnel Officer, Director of Public Health, Commissioner of Social Services Group I, Commissioner of Elections (Rep) for the year 2018.

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This Local Law establishes the following salaries for 2018: Director of Real Property Tax Service II $56,175 Personnel Officer $58,207 Director of Public Health

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on February 08, 2018at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 WOLF RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 1CM, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www. bidx.com).

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Amendment may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

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BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 D263666, PIN 9806.22, F.A. Proj. Z2329806-223, Otsego Co., Replacement of Existing Culvert with Precast Concrete Box Culvert on NYS Route 80 over Trout Brook in Town of Springfield., Bid Deposit $75,000.00.

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Notice of Formation of THE GROVE OF BUTTERNUT VALLEY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/02/18.

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Notice of Formation of SOUTHERN TIER CONNECT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Hinman Howard & Kattell LLP, Attn: Christopher L. Roma, Esq., 80 Exchange St., Binghamton, NY 13901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of MEULENBERG HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/19/2017.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2518 County Hwy 35, Schenevus, NY 12155, which is also the principal business location.

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Notice of formation of Mp Rentals, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/13/17.

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Notice of formation of CC&S LAND HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/13/2017.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail to 333 County Hwy 2, Mt. Upton, NY 13809, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of NAP 58 MAPLE STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/14/17.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to

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Notice of formation of Chestnut Np, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/29/17.

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Notice of formation of Sweet Sweat Fleet, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/21/17.

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Notice of formation of HINMAN HOLLOW, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/08/17.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Meagan O’Brien, 1202 County Highway 45, Milford, NY 13807.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME: King Kuupa LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (SSNY) on 08/22/2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 1740 State Highway 7, Unadilla, NY 13849.

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Notice of formation of WOODWARD LAKE PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/01/17. Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Bob Lesperence, 297 River St, Ste 3, Oneonta, NY 13820, which also serves as the registered agent address. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of Livingston Rentals & Management LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/30/17.

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Fredette; Rachel Golja Elliott and her husband, Michael and her first great grandchild, due in June.

She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Sophie LaPorte of Florida, several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her son-in-law, Robert Hermanowski, and her sister, Mary Pavlick.

Calling hours will be 4-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 12, at the Heller & Skinner Funeral Home, 155 Main St., Worcester.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 13, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 201 Main St., Worcester, where Jenny was a communicant. The Rev. Paul Mijas will celebrate the mass. Interment will be at St. Joseph’s Cemetery at a later date.

Donations in Jennie’s memory may be made to the Eye Tumor Research Foundation, www.etrf. org; or to mySmileTrain, my.smiletrain.org.

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NEW LISBON – Margaret Ethel Antaly Sorrentino, 92, who lived in New Lisbon for the past 40 years, passed away Dec. 31, 2017, surrounded by family and close friends.

She was born in Woodbridge New Jersey on Aug. 24, 1925, the daughter of the late Ethel (MacVassey) Antaly and Andrew Antaly.

Margaret lived on Long Island before moving here in the 1970s.

She enjoyed cooking elaborate Sunday dinners for her family and entertaining her friends. Every night she enjoyed spending time with her husband of 72 years while enjoying a Manhattan.She enjoyed crocheting and made items for family, friends, and her church Margaret is survived by her husband Joseph C. Sorrentino, son Joseph C. Sorrentino Jr, grandchildren Jeanne Griffin, Kate Hewlett (Jason), and Christopher Mac Leman (Lynette and Jeffrey).

She was pre-deceased by her daughter Christine Ann Sorrentino Mac Leman.

A funeral was held Saturday, Jan. 6 at Holy Cross Church in Morris, with Father David Mickiewicz officiating.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Johnston Funeral Home of Morris.

enhanced many school plays and Halloween parades.

Jennie was proud of her Slovenian heritage Johanna – especially Golja the music – and she and Fred were well known for their graceful turns on the dance floor.

Her taste for travel and adventure led her back to Slovenia three times.

Mrs. Golja, as she was known to the students there, worked in the Worcester Central School main office for 25 years – always impeccably dressed and a master of detail.

Jennie is survived by her husband, Frederick Golja of Worcester; children, Karen Hermanowski of Cape Cod, Mass., Frederick and Mary Beth Golja of Madison, Conn., Gary and Barbara Golja of Worcester, and JoAnn and William Fredette of Worcester; grandchildren, Colleen Golja, William, Michael and Sebastian

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WORCESTER – Johanna Alex Golja, 89, who with her husband, Frederick, farmed for 62 of their 67 years of marriage, passed away at home Jan. 6, 2018, in the loving company of her family. She also worked in the Worcester Central School main office for many years.

Born April 18, 1928, in New York City, she was the daughter of William and Anna (Senica) Alex. She grew up in Brooklyn and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School, then found employment with Harriman Brown Brothers on Wall Street.

City girl Jennie became a farmer’s wife when she married Frederick Golja in 1950 at St. Brigid’s Church in Brooklyn, and they spent more than six decade operating their farm on Brighton Road in Worcester.

Jennie was an avid gardener, and her table was perennially graced by the food and flowers that she cultivated so skillfully.

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parents on both sides and several Aunts, Uncles and cousins and his beloved pet dog Roxy and David cat (KnapKnapp per) that he adopted after Dave’s father passed.

A funeral was held Friday, Jan. 5 at the Elm Park Methodist Church. A celebration of Life will occur in the spring around the Canoe Regatta time.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Otego Emergency Squad, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the American Cancer Society .

Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.

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grilling outdoors. Most of all he loved spending time with his family and grandchildren.

Dave was a 20 year cancer survivor and the family is thankful they were given the gift of twenty additional years with Dave.

Dave is survived by the love of his life, Beth, for 35 years and her parents (Fran and Marty Northrup) Dave has two daughters – Melissa (Rob) Oakley, and Carah (Kevin) Manning.

Granddaughters Aubrey and Kierah and one grandson Connor. Dave is also survived by his two sisters, Joyce Woodrow (Gary) and Janet Speranzi-Cannon (Larry). Dave is also survived by several Aunts, Uncles and cousins, nephews, and nieces. Dave also is survived by many close friends.

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ONEONTA – David John Knapp, 61, an avid canoe racer who won the General Clinton Canoe Regatta several times, died Tuesday, Jan. 2 after a reoccurence of his cancer.

Dave grew up in West Oneonta and has been a lifelong resident of the Oneonta area.

Dave recently retired from the Oneonta City Schools System after over 30 years of service. He enjoyed working there and made many friends from his work family.

Dave was an avid canoe enthusiast. He was a regular participant in the Annual General Clinton Canoe Regatta – 70 miles. Dave had several canoe partners over the years including John Harrison with whom they took first place more than once. Dave loved being outdoors taking special interest in hunting, fishing, gardening, camping, campfires and

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Representatives Enthused About Bliss As New Leader BLISS/From A1 job, worked hard, did a lot of positive things, but a different style might be needed at this time.â&#x20AC;?

The different style was already evident in the week since the second-term Republican was elected, 10-4, by a coalition that includes seven Democrats, two Republicans and a Conservative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking ahead, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

why I voted for Dave. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pathway ahead,â&#x20AC;? said that Conservative, Meg Kennedy, who represents Hartwick, Milford and New Lisbon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have good people. We have good programs. We have a lot to do. And I think that Dave will be capable of taking us where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to be.â&#x20AC;?

Democrat Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, who shares repre-

senting Baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mecca with Bliss, expressed similar sentiments Tuesday, Jan. 9, after leaving an Intergovernmental Affairs Committee: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dave doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to control everything. Dave wants people to work together. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I take away from Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election.â&#x20AC;?

In the interview at this newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices Jan. 4, the morning after he became

chair, Bliss ticked off five points of focus: â&#x20AC;˘ The countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Highway Assets Management Program, which he described as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;five- to 10-year plan to address every road in the county.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of money,â&#x20AC;? he added, noting $1 million has been added to the Highway Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget to begin work this year. With the plan, he expect the county can garner more state and federal funding. â&#x20AC;˘ Professional management. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get at this county manager issue,â&#x20AC;? he said, which he anticipated may be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;multi-year processâ&#x20AC;? to decide, develop and implement.

While â&#x20AC;&#x153;the conversationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already started,â&#x20AC;? including a visit with Schoharie County Treasurer Bill Cherry, immediate past president of the state Association of Counties, the goal is to look at whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked in Upstate counties of similar size. â&#x20AC;˘ Improving relationships with department heads, a relationship damaged by what some see as micromanagement and a slippage of local salaries compared to similar counties.

He already â&#x20AC;&#x153;has a relationship with many of them,â&#x20AC;? Bliss said, but he intends to start attending the department headsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; monthly meetings, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 9. â&#x20AC;˘ A review of â&#x20AC;&#x153;all policies,â&#x20AC;? some â&#x20AC;&#x153;put in place 10, 12, 15 years ago, and havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been looked at.â&#x20AC;? For instance, a cap for expenditures without committee approval may have been set years ago and never reviewed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;$500 in 1992 is a lot different than $500 in 2018.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Broadband Internet and cell-phone service, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a huge thing.â&#x20AC;? Impressed by

a presentation by Otsego Electric Cooperative President Tim Johnson the day before, he wondered if the coopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footprint could be expanded countywide, if just for this purpose: stringing fiber optic cable to rural neighborhoods.

Progress has been stalled while Spectrum identifies the location of 140,000 households it is mandated to serve: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Spectrumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) area, but if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to serve it, let somebody else do it.â&#x20AC;?

He went on to say he intends to develop a â&#x20AC;&#x153;congenialâ&#x20AC;? relationship with Otsego Now (â&#x20AC;&#x153;the more successful they are, the more successful the county isâ&#x20AC;?), he intends to ask county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, to keep up the pressure to end counties paying a lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of Medicare costs, and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a lifelong farmer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he intends to see the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recently revised farmland management plan effective implemented.

With four new Democratic members â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Michele Farwell of Morris and Danny Lapin, Adrienne Martini and Liz Shannon, all of Oneonta â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the county board convened for its reorganizational meeting Jan. 3, and Kennedy was quickly elected temporary chair.

Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, nominated Bliss, and Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, seconded the motion.

All Democrats voted aye, as did Republicans Oberacker and Bliss, and Conservative Kennedy. Only Clark voted nay; her vice chair, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, was absent, reportedly having to take his wife to the hospital. Republicans Keith McCarty, East Springfield, and Dan Wilber, Burlington, abstained.

Koutnik was then unanimously elected vice chair, succeeding Frazier. The Republican-Democrat combination is uncommon, but it happens:

Rich Murphy, D-Town of Oneonta, was vice chair to Sam Dubben, R-Roseboom, in 2010; and Ron Feldstein, D-Otego, to Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, in 2007.

Bliss named three Democrats to chair committees: Andrew Stammel, Town of Oneonta, to Health & Education; Koutnik continues on Human Services, and Marietta to Strategic Planning. The chairman said he intends to name Marietta liaison to the Otsego Now board, succeeding Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, who lost his seat Nov. 7.

In addition to continuing at IGA, Bliss named Kennedy to chair the Administration Committee, which must approve most resolutions before they are put on the agenda for the county boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monthly meeting.

Clark did not receive any chairmanships, but will serve on three committees, and Bliss asked her to serve as point of contact for department heads needing help navigating the purchasing system set up the Onondaga County in 2016.

Bliss, who was raised on the family farm in Middlefield, has operated a 300-acre organic farm since 1983, and is also a Hubbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Estate agent.

An athlete at Cooperstown Central and SUNY Oneonta, he has coached CCS varsity girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; softball since 2001. He received the Clark Sports Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fetterman Award for Service to Youth.

He has served on the boards of The Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Museum and Otsego Land Trust, and is a Cooperstown Rotarian.

He and wife Kim, a teacher at Richfield Springs, have been married for 34 years.

They have three grown children, Rachel, Eric and Ethan, and one granddaughter.

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