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COMPLIMENTARY

School alum brings his national program home

Cooperstown Central enlists MMA champ, Iraq war vet as it charts anti-bullying strategy 1994 Cooperstown Central School graduate and Mixed Martial Arts champion Tom Murphy, left, and Iraq War Veteran Sgt. Rick Yarosh (retired), right, flank Junior/Senior High Assistant Principal Amy Malcuria after a March 7 presentation to CCS students.

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Nearly the full cast and crew of “A Roadhouse Coup” pose after shooting the cocktail party scene at Oneonta’s Masonic Lodge. Filmmaker Lori Bailey told a Cooperstown gathering on March 8 she hopes to have the feature-length film complete in time for a September premier. See story on page 6.

INSIDE ►Fields for dreams: Town, village leaders in Richfield ready to break ground on youth sports complex, page 3. ►TONY OLIVA CHECKS NEW DIGS: 2022 Hall of Famer visits Cooperstown for preview, page 3.

Longtime Oneonta Mayor Brenner dies after long illness

►they’re fantastic: Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar set for Cooperstown show, page 12. ►A FEW THOUGHTS ON IMPORTANT THINGS: Our columnists this week consider youth mental health, hope that an anti-bullying plan reaches its entire intended audience, try to discern the difference between politics and policy-making, and point out a problem with a sign in Otego. Pages 4, 5, and 6. .

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This week’s edition carries the obituary for former Oneonta Mayor David Brenner, who died at age 90 on Friday, March 4, after a long illness. Along

with his public service as mayor and a member of the Otsego County Board, he worked at SUNY Oneonta for 33 years, rising to the post of Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University.

His funeral takes place Saturday, March 12 at St. James Episcopal Church on Main Street in Oneonta, with calling hours from 4 - 7 p.m. March 11 at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home on Dietz Street.

Mr. Brenner’s full obituary on page 8 commemorates a lifetime of community service.

The lights went out in Cooperstown High School’s Sterling Auditorium on the afternoon of March 7, not long after sophomores, juniors, and seniors had filed in for an afternoon assembly. The video screen went live with a high-energy montage of career highlights for Mixed Martial Arts fighter Tom Murphy, routinely battling his opponents to the mat and raising his arms in victory.

“I hate fighting,” Mr. Murphy said as the video ended and the lights came up. “There’s nothing I find more despicable than fighting to solve a problem.”

MMA, he said, was a competition: “20 years of preparation fighting men who had prepared and trained as hard and long as I did to compete in a sport, to win or to do better than others.”

Mr. Murphy — a 1994 graduate of Cooperstown High School — wasn’t there to talk about his years in the ring (he stopped in 2008) but to lead students through an uptempo lesson on how to defeat bullies.

“Sweethearts & Heroes,” the program he co-founded with Iraq War vet Rick Yarosh — a retired sergeant with the United States Army — has challenged some two million students across the country to, as Mr. Murphy said, “own the moment” to jump in and help when they witness bullying.

Tailored for each age group across the district’s K-12 student population, the Sweethearts presentation to the high schoolers began in earnest with a jolting discussion about teen suicide. The oldest students were the last assembly of the day; immediately prior, a few busloads of elementary school students joined in a high-energy assembly aimed directly at their age level.

“This is the moral puzzle, the biggest problem we have right now,” Mr. Murphy said to the senior high assembly. Showing a photo of a 12-year-old girl from Florida who later would live-stream her suicide, he said, “She felt hopeless so she gave up. It’s why hundreds of thousands of students every day think about suicide, why 22 members of the

United States armed forces commit suicide each day.”

Sgt. Yarosh, injured in Iraq with burns over most of his body, told the assembly the details of the day in 2006 when his small tank hit an improvised explosive device (“an I.E.D., a homemade bomb”) and caused an explosion inside the turret where he and his colleague (who died one week later from the injuries he sustained in the explosion) were sitting. The life-altering event, he said, left him feeling hopeless until he saw an opportunity to use his experience to empower others who felt similar despair. He and Mr. Murphy teamed up to form “Sweethearts & Heroes.”

“Bully is a 16th-century word that originally meant ‘sweetheart,’” he said.

“None of us get to where we are without sweethearts.”

The duo challenged students (“and educators!” Mr. Murphy repeatedly exhorted) to learn what they call the ‘stop-drop-androll’ of how to tap into their own abilities to address bullying situations head-on, how to recognize troubling situations, and how to take action.

Students lined up at the end of the assembly for photos with Mr. Murphy and Sgt. Yarosh and to talk more about some of the finer details of the nearly 90-minute presentation.

Mr. Murphy said he was looking forward to events at the school on Tuesday and Wednesday — ‘Circle’ meetings with small groups of students and educators seated in a circle and discussing, one at a time, various situations and/or empathetic outreach. “It’s really the most amazing part of this whole program,” he said. “You see kids open up and commit to helping.”

“Bullying, how ever you define it, is happening all the time,” Mr. Murphy said.

“Think about what these kids lost in the last two years. Their meaning in life, human acceptance, it was all ripped away from Continued on page 6

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Rep. Delgado brings SBA head to Cooperstown for tour, talks

Biden Cabinet member Isabella Casillas Guzman, right, chats with Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch, left, Hall Vice President Eric Strohl, and Congressman Antonio Delgado during a March 4 tour of small businesses and attractions in Cooperstown.

Congressman Antonio Delgado (NY-19) brought the top official from the U.S. Small Business Administration to Cooperstown on March 4 to tour a series of the Village’s small businesses and discuss with them the impact of the pandemic and the federal government’s relief and rebuilding iniatives.

SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, a member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet, stopped first with the Congressman at Cooperstown Distillery, joined there by village Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, Otsego County Treasurer Allen Ruffles, and regional SBA officials. Distillery owner Gene Marra hosted the tour.

“We believe in local small businesses,” Mr. Marra told the delegation. “We use local grains from our farm in Canajoharie and from Rochester, we get our barrels from Remsen. It’s a complete New York thing.”

He pointed to assistance from the Village and the SBA in his work to expand his Railroad Avenue business from 3,000 to 12,000 square feet; Rep. Delgado noted the expansion of the craft beverage marketplace as important to upstate New York’s economy.

“Agritourism is big business in this part of the country,” Mr. Marra agreed. As he displayed the Distillery’s exclusive baseball, football, and golf club-shaped bottles, he noted, “The Wall Street Journal is calling New York the ‘Kentucky of the North’ because we’re distilling so much world-class bourbon. There are 90 distilleries here now, of course, ours is the best of them!”

Rep. Delgado and Administrator Guzman next visited Cooperstown Bat, a manufacturer of game-ready baseball bats for players of all ages and the third-oldest bat company in the United States. Owner Tim Haney led a tour through the facility, among the tens of thousands of small businesses across the country receiving Paycheck Protection

and COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan funding. Mr. Haney discussed the process to make game-use bats from wood.

Before ending the afternoon with a meeting of Rep. Delgado’s small business roundtable at Cooperstown’s Village Hall, the group headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame where Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch and Eric Strohl, the Hall’s Vice President of Exhibits and Collections, led a tour through the museum’s highlights.

“The world is coming back,” Mr. Rawitch said. “We’re hoping for 100,000 guests this year; we’re in a way better spot than we were a year ago.”

Administrator Casillas Guzman spoke with the Hall’s officials about the importance of Shuttered Venues Operators Grants — a pandemic-era funding program that helped tourist attractions like the Hall of Fame keep the books balanced when COVID rules kept the buildings closed to visitors. Stopping by to admire the Hall’s exhibits featuring women in baseball and the history of the Negro Leagues, she proudly proclaimed her love for the Los Angeles Dodgers and spoke of a prior visit to Cooperstown.

“I was here before when our kids played a tournament at Dreams Park,” she said. “My family loved it here and we’ve been eager to get back.”

After the tour, Administrator Casillas Guzman spoke with The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta about the SBA’s goals as the nation begins to claw back from COVID’s grip.

She said ARPA funding and the Biden Administration’s infrastructure package were key to growth.

“The SBA exists to connect small businesses to the information they need,” she said. “We’re here to help with avenues to financing, market growth and access, technical help. Lending that assistance has led to a 30-percent growth in business start-ups over the past year.”

She said the SBA and the Biden Administration aren’t focused solely on manufacturers.

“Just today we have a report of 600,000 new jobs coming on line in February,” she said during the March 4 tour.

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“So many of these are in the restaurants and stores that are opening back up.”

“Going forward we need to be lending the help businesses rely on as they expand their own digitization and outreach to customers,” she said, noting the work of the SBA’s Digital Alliance program. “That’s why an infrastructure package is so vital to small businesses in Otsego County.”

Speaking with The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta, Rep. Delgado echoed her comments and focused on a policy priority he has espoused throughout the debate leading up to what he called “the bipartisan infrastructure initiative that we passed last year.”

“Broadband,” he said. “As we’ve seen throughout the pandemic, it was digital that became the way businesses stayed alive. The bipartisan infrastructure package is so important to rural communities throughout Otsego County as we rebuild Main Street and keep it growing.”

“We bring more people here with better broadband,” he said.

Rep. Delgado also noted the importance of bringing area roads up-to-speed for delivery and travel needs.

“There was a report out there about 80 percent of Otsego County’s roads in need of repair,” he said. “We have to make sure the trucks can get here to deliver the products and keep the area growing.”

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Responding to concerns from area residents, the Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SQSPCA) this week announced it will collect For further information including applications please financial contributions designated to help animals in Ukraine contact the Village Clerk at the address listed below or by and neighboring countries through the International Fund calling 607-547-2411. for Animal Welfare.

The move came after concerned citizens asked the Positionis will be needed from Memorial Day weekend through Labor SQSPCA to find out what could be done to provide relief Day for lifeguards at both Three Mile Point Park and Fairy Spring to animals, their owners, and animal shelters in war-torn on Otsego Lake.

Ukraine. An anonymous donor offered a matching challenge Reimbursement of certification/re-certification costs will be made by of $2,500 to get things started and, after researching groups the Village to lifeguards working at least 220 hours during the season. providing assistance to Ukraine, SQSPCA connected to the Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

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IFAW’s Disaster Response team is rushing aid to Ukrainian animal shelters, where evacuation is not an option. SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes said Ukraine is among the more than 100 countries not allowed to export animals to the U.S. “We can’t help by taking them in,” she said. “But we know animals are in need there, and we know people are risking their own lives not only to keep their pets with them but also to help animals now suffering as a result of the Russian invasion.”

“There is no doubt Americans are impacted — and will continue to be impacted — by these events, financially and otherwise,” Ms. Haynes said. “The message we are receiving, though, is that people want to help and we want to provide them with the ability to do so if they can.”

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Richfield ready to Hall of Fame welcomes Tony Oliva, family break ground on new for plaque preview and private tour youth sports complex Class of 2022

“I’ve been waiting for this for 45 years,” Mr. Oliva said, having fallen short of requisite votes for the Hall in several previous years. “It’s never too late. It was great to hear the news for me, so many fans, friends, and teammates who gave me hope that I’d get in the Hall.”

“When I got the phone call from Jane (Forbes Clark), it was still a surprise.

I didn’t know what to do!” he laughed.

“My wife hugged me and gave me a kiss. There was lots of laughing. Lots of crying.”

Perhaps foreshadowing his remarks when he is inducted in July, Mr. Oliva spoke of his affection for the city of Minnesota and the Twins, his teammates, his opponents, and his family – his wife of more than 50 years, Gordette, and Twins great Tony Oliva tries on his ‘Hall of Fame’ uniform in Cooperstown on March his daughter, Anita, accompanied him to 2; from left to right are his daughter Anita, wife Gordette, Hall of Fame Chair Jane Cooperstown for the March 2 ceremony Forbes Clark, Mr. Oliva, and Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch.

— and his pride in entering the Hall this year with fellow Cuban, Minnie Minoso.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum rolled “This is all a miracle for me,” he said. out its red-carpet welcome March 2 for Class of 2022 As for his long wait for Hall induction, “I love this inductee Tony Oliva, the Minnesota Twins great elected to game, but there’s a lot of luck in it,” he said. “I think about the shrine last December.

It wasn’t the first time the newly minted Hall-of-Famer someone I faced many times, Luis Tiant. One of the three had been to Cooperstown or the museum; he’d been here or four best pitchers in the American League for a lot of before as an active Twins player when his team played the years, but he’s not in the Hall of Fame. You have to be Hall of Fame Game and returned to support his teammates lucky to be in the Hall of Fame. I know that. This is a great Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew as they were inducted. opportunity and a great honor.”

As he turned the corner, though, to enter the museum’s Plaque Gallery and see where his plaque will be mounted, it was easy to see this was an entirely different walk through the building.

He stopped first at plaques for Al Kaline (“What a swing that man had!”) and Harmon Killebrew (“He was too nice to be a baseball player, a special man.”) before meeting Hall of Fame Chair Jane Forbes Clark and President Josh Rawitch to don his new “Hall of Fame” jersey and cap. He drew his signature across the place on the wall awaiting his plaque later this year, then spoke eloquently of his thoughts as he prepares to join the greats enshrined in Cooperstown.

They have to wait until the end of ‘mud season’ to start, but Richfield Springs is eager to break ground in the Spring on new baseball, softball, and soccer fields that could be ready for action in time for Autumn’s soccer season.

Town of Richfield Supervisor Dan Sullivan said the Richfield Youth Sports Athletic Complex got its start when a dedicated group of volunteers began a bottle and can drive – “literally putting nickels together,” he said – and raised enough to take a look at 18.4 acres on the border of the village and town near Lake Street and Cemetery Road.

With money in the bank and a site in mind, Mr. Sullivan worked with the group to write a grant through the state’s Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) process – leading to an award topping $160,000 for the project.

“This gives exercise opportunities for everyone,” Mr. Sullivan said. “There’s an issue with rural poverty, an issue of rural obesity. These fields will be easy to access and open for play and activity. We can’t wait to get going.”

Mr. Sullivan said he hopes to include a walking track around the fields and is even eying 16 acres at nearby Roundtop for more adult recreation options.

His plans for the Village and Town include a study of a extending a walking and bike trail from the sports complex to Baker’s Beach on Canadarago Lake and even the city of Little Falls.

“The Empire State Trail runs through Little Falls,” he said, noting the state had considered ‘branch trails’ until COVID stalled the plans. “We’d like to do some study and planning for the next round of CFA grants. I think it’d be a great opportunity.”

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Monday storm wipes out power across Otsego County, region

Harsh storms careening through Otsego County on the evening of Monday, March 7, left thousands of New York State Electric and Gas customers in the dark as crews raced to restore power throughout the company’s service area.

At press time Tuesday night, March 8, NYSEG reported 12,000 customers in its service region remain without power. NYSEG said existing outages remained mostly in the company’s Oneonta division, where 6,800 customers remained without power, and in the Binghamton division, where 4,200 customers remain in the dark.

Based on initial damage assessments, the company said it expected to restore 95 percent of the affected customers by 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9. Smaller pockets of outages in heavily damaged areas could persist into Thursday, March 10. NYSEG will update its time of restoration map as work proceeds.

NYSEG urges customers to remain away from storm debris, as it may contain downed wires or other damaged equipment. All downed wires should be assumed as energized and be reported by calling NYSEG’s emergency line or contacting 911, and tree removal should be left to professionals.

During the overnight hours the company shifted resources from other locations and continues to bring in fresh resources to assist those working since the event’s impact, including affiliate resources from United Illuminating and Canadian resources to address the areas hardest hit. The company’s storm response team is fully engaged and crews are working continuously to complete damage assessment, make safe, set estimated restoration times and make repairs to restore service to the remaining affected customers.

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It’s a ... start.

You have to start somewhere.

We will admit to some heavy-duty skepticism when this newspaper received a press release last week announcing three days of anti-bullying assemblies and break-out sessions at Cooperstown Central School. It all sounded rather gimmicky —“a student empowerment and empathy activation team” calling itself “Sweethearts & Heroes” and co-founded by a Cooperstown High alum, Tom Murphy. Students participating in “Circle,” which, said the release, is “based on the ancient ritual of sitting in a circle to communicate and build empathy.”

Press releases are, at best, carefully contrived and onedimensional — not the most ideal vehicle to convey the essence of something designed to drive home a compelling message about bullying.

Tom Murphy and his colleague, retired U.S. Army Sergeant Rick Yarosh, steamrolled our aforementioned skepticism right out of the box, though; their Monday afternoon program was hard-hitting but empathetic, energetic and motivational, entertaining and interactive.

Students were engaged, too — a tough crowd, those senior high students are, at a tough time of day, after lunch and during the last period before school’s end — but they rallied and got involved. Well done, all.

Last December, this newspaper reported the story when two students stood to address a meeting of the CCS Board of Education to say they felt like they had no support from “a member of the administration” when they reported incidents of racial intolerance and bullying.

Whether their takeaway from those discussions was the result of muffled communication, willful ignorance, or anything in between, it’s vital that programs like the one the district launched this week reach their intended audience.

Cooperstown Central School officials said they wanted to expose “Sweethearts & Heroes” to every student and teacher across the whole of the district as part of an overarching strategy to address student and parent concerns about bullying in the schools. We welcome the intent but remain concerned that its message — and its hopedfor outcome — resonate in lasting and tangible fashion with those in authority who may turn a blind eye to or otherwise enable bullying, harassment, racism, or any other kind of abuse in the schools.

We hope, too, that boards of education across the County will demonstrate to students, teachers, parents, and administration that they’ll abide no harassment, no bullying, none of it, regardless of where it’s happening and who’s allowing it to happen. Without the support of every person in a leadership role, it’ll be time for the students to feel the heavy-duty skepticism that rides shotgun with any ‘do as I say, not as I do’ template.

It’s stark and serious business: bullying, self-image, teen suicide, inclusion, intolerance, action. This week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta carries an op-ed from the Community Foundation of Otsego County talking about youth mental health needs in our area and the need for programs such as Youth Mental Health First Aid, which CFOC will help underwrite with an award of more than $18,000 help train schools and community-based organizations across the county. We are grateful for their initiative and applaud their action, just as we applaud those in the CCS administration who are at least taking a run at addressing what ‘Sweethearts’ co-founder Tom Murphy called a ‘moral puzzle’ in need of an ‘a-ha moment’ for every student and educator.

You have to start somewhere.

Wabbit season Elmer Fudd is out hunting, as he does, when Bugs Bunny informs him that it’s duck season. Daffy Duck isn’t having it; he lets Elmer know in no uncertain terms that it’s ‘wabbit season.’ Elmer, confused, can’t figure out which is correct.

“Say, what’s the matter with you anyway?” Daffy demands of Elmer.

“Don’t you know a wabbit when you see one?”

Welcome, then, to an election year March in New York. Is it politics season? Or policy season? Can we tell the difference?

This month, your representatives will wrangle a spending plan into place for the state’s fiscal year that begins on April 1. Thanks to a 1998 Governor George Pataki lawsuit victory over Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, New York’s governor wields an enormous bit of power over the annual budget and can cram into it policy priorities that sometimes have only tangential reference to fiscal matters.

Governor Kathy Hochul — her high standing in polls among likely Democrat primary voters notwithstanding – has to think carefully this year about how hard to play the power the executive won in Pataki v. Silver.

It’s a tough political tightrope: the left flank — behind gubernatorial candidate Jumaane Williams — will march for untold millions for lofty-minded but undefined policies like ‘green energy’ and ‘education spending,’ the right flank — behind candidate Tom Suozzi — will want changes in bail and discovery reform policy. None of them can discount the looming spectre of Andrew Cuomo; the guy whom one big-bucks Democrat consultant once called ‘the Dracula

of politics’ showed up last weekend at a New York City church to deliver what pundits think is the first of many speeches he hopes can reclaim what’s left of his tattered reputation.

Then there are Gov. Hochul’s negotiation frenemies, the Senate and Assembly, each with their own political tripwires. A slew of left-leaning incumbents in both houses -- some of them long time, popular incumbents - face June primaries from candidates who skew younger and even farther left (think AOC acolytes). It’s political suicide for them, at this time of the year, to vote on even the slightest tightening of things like bail and discovery reform. Or to vote against more money for whatever.

At the same time, Republicans are battling it out over who can be tougher on this or that. The party endorsed Rep. Lee Zeldin as its gubernatorial candidate; as experienced a campaigner as he is and

despite the party’s designation, he faces a hefty challenge from millionaire Harry Wilson, whose get-tough ads already blanket upstate media markets. Here in Otsego County, our incumbent state Senator, Peter Oberacker, finds himself in a primary challenge against fellow Republican Senator Jim Tedisco of Schenectady, forced by Democratic-drawn redistricting into a race neither wants but which both must now deal.

This is a thumbnail sketch of the backdrop against which these officials will negotiate a state budget that, despite protestations to the contrary, likely will be chock-full of not-fiscal policy priorities designed to appease the parties’ faithful who will turn out in June for the primary votes.

At some point between now and the budget’s April 1 due date, we’ll most likely hear the Governor and/ or the legislature’s leaders tell us that politics has nothing to do with the budget. That it’s policy season, not politics season. It won’t be politics season, they’ll say, until after the budget is done, until after the state Legislature wraps up its regular session on June 2.

Only then will it be politics season, they’ll say. Only then will the challenged incumbents shift their work from pure policy to pure politics, giving them nearly an entire month to woo voters in time for the June 28 (with a 10-day early voting allowance) primary elections. And then the state Legislature will most likely go back to Albany in July or August to vote on those policy matters that would have been political Kryptonite any time before June 28. Because it’ll be policy season all over again, at least for a little while.

Major Leagues need major help

If you are a parent of a future sports star in America you hear a lot about “Visualization.” Being able to see the end result in your mind’s eye. It’s the power of blocking out the demon on your right shoulder to listen to the angel on your left that is telling you ‘you can do this.’

Once you master the technique, it boils down to something my grandfather, Babe Ruth, shared with the world 100 years ago: “You’re pretty hard to beat if you never give up.”

I have been practicing this since I was 12 years old and my Covina American Little League team came within two games of going to the Little

League World Series in Williamsport in 1965. I may have been one of the “stars” but I had a lot of help. My shortstop, Howard Hawkins, whose father was the mayor of Covina, California, was better than another Covina American shortstop I played with – Rudy Meoli, who would be the shortstop for the California Angels on three of Nolan Ryan’s no-hitters.

Baseball was natural for Howard, who is still my attorney after all these years.

Like my grandfather, I had to work at it from sunup to sundown, barely taking a sandwich break from March through August. You get pretty good

at something that you do every day for eight hours a day and it is something you love to do. Muscle memory may kick in, but remembering that great catch Duke Snider made in the Coliseum last night also plays a part.

I had practiced place-kicking from the time I was nine years old with Los Angeles Rams kicker Danny Villanueva being my model. A straight-ahead kicker who was AllPro and would give a kicking clinic at my high school prior to my junior year. Danny was surrounded by 35 “kickers” who were there to hang on his every word. Bob Fast and I were Continued on page 6

9 p.m. and vote.

One: There is always the possibility of electing a write-in candidate.

While this seems unlikely, I note that in small local elections this is more of a probability than one might think.

This happened only last year in the election of Supervisor for the Town of Middlefield.

Two, and more important: All citizens need to exercise their right and responsibility to participate in elections in our country. Americans have been fighting for the right to vote freely for almost 250 years and subsequently have had to protect this principle. Especially since a large number of people throughout the world do not have this privilege, we should cherish it all the more.

The war in Ukraine should remind us of this. Russia has devolved back into a police state where one dictator rules by fiat and all criticism and dissemination of information that belies his propaganda is viciously repressed. We have problems in the United States, especially in recent years, but so far our democracy and freedoms have held. Voting, even

when the result appears to be a foregone conclusion, is still necessary to alert the would-be Putins and Hitlers that this doesn’t work in the United States. It also encourages the habit of voting in all elections (and primaries which in some locations effectively chooses the ultimate winner).

I have been on the Board of Trustees for a little over six years. In this time, and thanks primarily to the mayors and deputy mayors and the support of the trustees I have served with, the Village has maintained its high level of service to the community and undertaken major capital improvement all without raising its tax rate or fees for water and sewage services.

On a personal note, I feel that at times I have raised concerns and questions about contemplated action and have helped steer us in a direction beneficial to the citizens, I have served as chairman of the Public Safety Committee for four years and on the finance committee for two.

Again, I ask for you to vote and for your support.

Richard Sternberg Cooperstown

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No dilly-dallying on Putin Putin declared sanctions an act of war. In other words, we are at war.

Strengthen sanctions by focusing our energy on allies! Declare state of emergency, initiate fuel rationing with price controls. No sense in free enterprise if we lose our freedom!

RememberGenghisKhan?Remember World War I and World War II started in Europe. Ivan the Terrible, Putin the Thug. Iron Curtain/Titanium Curtain.

Do not wassail or dilly dally!

Gerry Welch Cooperstown

Your turn, village voters Next Tuesday, March 15, citizens in the Village of Cooperstown will be going to the polls to elect the mayor and two trustees. I am running for reelection as trustee and I respectfully ask for your support.

Given that there is only one candidate on the ballot for each position, you might think there is no reason to bother to vote. Here are two reasons to bother to go to the poll at the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department from noon until

THURSDAY, March 10, 2022

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NEWS FROM THE NOTEWORTHY

JEFF KATZ: Community Foundation of Otsego County

Youth mental health needs in Otsego County Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

137 YEARS AGO

Home & Vicinity – Edward Butts, who lives on Brook Street, had around his premises a box of percussion caps such as he had used in exploding dynamite at the Oneonta silver mine. Last Thursday morning, Mr. Butts’ 16-year-old son Irving picked up one of the caps and, his curiosity getting the better of his discretion, commenced tearing it to pieces with a hair-pin, “to see what it was made of.” Suddenly, it exploded with a loud report, and the thumb and forefinger with which it was held were blown to pieces. The young man loses about one-half of each digit.

March 1885

110 YEARS AGO

It’s been two years since COVID turned society upside down. Our social lives have been disrupted in ways we could never imagine.

We’ve all experienced varying degrees of isolation. Loved ones have been lost, with their survivors unable to mourn them properly.

Our children have suffered deeply — erratically in and out of school, apart from their friends and activities, deprived of the most basic components of their education.

“I’ve been in education for over 40 years,” said former Edmeston superintendent Dave Rowley. “I’ve never seen stress levels this high.”

The Community Foundation of Otsego County serves our community in many ways: We gave $200,000 in COVID-related awards in 2021, and more than $100,000 to area non-profits in our ongoing 2021-22 award cycle. Addressing the mental health of our K-12 kids as they navigate COVID disruptions has emerged as a crucial focus.

In December, CFOC awarded $10,000 to create a Resilience Room at Richfield Springs Central School. The Room will be a safe, comfortable space students can use to decrease anxiety, regulate stress levels, and transform feelings of isolation and hopelessness. It will be staffed with appropriate professionals, and students can be referred

or can ask to go to this welcoming, protected place.

The Community Foundation focuses on increasing the capacity of non-profits to serve their constituents, so we sought a way to increase the number of trained people to help children deal with this stress.

That’s where Marion Mossman came in. She brought to our attention the Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) program, a curriculum that teaches adults to identify, understand, and respond to early indications of mental health and substance use issues among children and adolescents of ages 6-18.

When the YMHFA program proposal was brought to the Community Foundation there were sixteen professionals — representing nine schools in Otsego County — already certified as trainers in YMHFA. The goal over the next year is to enable these people to deliver further trainings to their representative school districts, as well other schools, community-based organizations, and atlarge community members. With enough funding, a veritable army of mental health trainers can go to work. To help train this army, the Community Foundation, working with the Otsego County System of Care, awarded $18,192 to purchase 960 YMHFA training manuals.

“This initiative is a coordinated team effort to ensure school professionals, families, and community members receive proper training to identify common signs and symptoms associated with mental health and substance use issues in Otsego County youth,” said Marion. “Our strong relationships with school superintendents and staff will continue to provide a solid platform for better meeting the needs of students, staff, and families.”

It’s become passe to say, “children are our future,” but that triteness is no less true. In many ways, our school districts are our community.

How our kids come out of school has a vast impact on what Otsego County will look like in the years to come. The Community Foundation of Otsego County is committed to our county, now and in that future.

Addressing the mental health needs of our students has put itself front and center as a pressing need, and the Community Foundation is committed to helping.

To learn more about the Community Foundation of Otsego County, and how you can help, visit us at https://cfotsego.org/, email us at cfotsego.org, or call (607) 286-3935.

Jeff Katz is the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Otsego County.

BY Merl Reagle

The Atomic Café…An actual place in L.A., but not with this menu ACROSS

March 1912

72 YEARS AGO

How much longer can Oneonta go on losing its young men and women because of the lack of job opportunities?

Rosalie Vagliardo, a senior at Oneonta High School, has a pretty good idea of what she wants to do when she graduates in June. Miss Vagliardo has been taking a secretarial course since she has been in the ninth grade.

March 1950

42 YEARS AGO

The Otsego County Planning Department has completed a study of possible industrial sites in the county and found there are three potential locations. According to Fred Paris, acting director of the planning department, the three choice locations are on Brown Street in the Town of Oneonta, on River Street in the City of Oneonta, and at a site in the Town of Worcester. Of these the Brown Street site holds the most promise, Paris said. “The site is already zoned industrial, it is in close proximity to other industries, and the support facilities — sewer, water, electricity and gas — are already there.”

March 1980

32 YEARS AGO

U.S. Government figures show that 50 percent of all mercury and 27 percent of all cadmium used in the United States is consumed by battery manufacturing. By the year 2000, it is estimated that cadmium use in batteries will rise to 34 percent. By the 1990s, 75 percent of the household batteries sold will be the alkaline/manganese type, which are toxic because they contain mercury. When incinerated, mercury and cadmium are of particular concern because most of the mercury is emitted in a gaseous form and cadmium attaches to fine particulates.

March 1990

Solution: ‘‘The Perfect Gift” (Mar. 3)

1 Teletubbies’ home 4 Introduction to sex?

7 Belgian commune 10 Whatzit 15 John, the first Chief Justice 18 Home invader 19 Livestock and land owner 21 Goneril poisons her 22 Target focus 23 Atomic Café drink?

25 Narial tantalizer 26 Saver’s abbr.

27 Lash of westerns 28 Atomic Café side dish?

31 Hotel alternatives 32 Pint-sized 33 Chicken tender?

34 Tati’s Mr. ___’s Holiday 36 Atomic Café side dish?

39 Start of a kindergarten song 42 Composer Schifrin 43 “How much do ___ you?”

44 Couples: abbr.

45 With 54 Across, the Atomic Café cereal combo?

47 Leakin’ ___ (old boats) 50 Taurus chorus?

52 Felipe, Jesus, and Matty 53 Had lunch 54 See 45 Across 60 Mountain-moving sticks 63 Union underminer 65 Diplomacy 66 Unedited 67 Unsettling 69 Atomic Café club deluxe?

75 Fax cousin 76 A Dog 77 Bard baddie 78 Saber alternative 79 “Kid” of jazz 80 Atomic Café grilled special?

86 Sweet suffix 87 “My apologies” 88 A floor vote 89 Twain’s Polly and others 91 Atomic Café first course?

94 5th or Lex, in NYC 96 Cat-occupying ball 98 The wheel thing 99 Pint-sized 100 Atomic Café fried fare?

106 Where’s this guy?

108 As written 109 “... some kind of ___?”

110 The Daily Bruin pub’r 111 Atomic Café entree?

116 Firth of Clyde isle 117 Shot at the contract 118 Africa’s Olduvai, for example 119 Atomic Café menu rule?

121 Start of a Kesey novel 122 Grand or comic show 123 Have ___ eat 124 Alway 125 Si here?

126 Mal ___ 127 Henry VIII’s quest 128 Hole 129 Pres. monogram

20 Pricey dishes 24 Le Carre’s ___ House 29 ___ up (come clean) 30 Ceasefires 32 Preen the green?

35 Pirouette pivot point 37 Ritzy 38 German car 39 Peck, on the Pequod 40 Vacation isle 41 Thromboplastic end-product 46 Formed a more perfect union?

47 “I’m always the ___ know” 48 Goya was one DOWN 49 Almost 1 Main event preceder, briefly 50 Any person in charge: abbr.

2 Belafonte-song fruit 51 In the immediate past 3 Isaac and Howard 55 Withdrawal mach.

4 Gambling bug or wanderlust 56 My ___, Vietnam 5 See 88 Across 57 Fall preceder?

6 ___ of (notwithstanding) 58 Crone 7 Critic Gene 59 “... dreaming of ________ 8 Dog with three homophones Christmas” 9 “Your playing days ___” 60 Stumble over 10 The digestive, for one 61 Most polite 11 Dudley Do-Right, for example 62 Girlish laughs 12 Guy who penned Petrouchka 64 This may sting 13 Specify 68 Ovine critter 14 Grind (the teeth) 70 Int’l fairs 15 Basque-et ball?

71 Radio enthusiast 16 ’80s TV chopper series 72 Actress Thompson 17 Singer Sumac

73 “It’s ___!” (thumbs up) 74 Without delay 81 In ___ (straight) 82 Straight 83 Sort 84 Caustic agents 85 Crack agent 87 Agendas, for short 90 Without a scratch 91 Court concern 92 Check closely 93 Refers (to) 94 Tell ___ (equivocate) 95 Cute, furry Peruvians 96 “Relax, I’m just pulling ___” 97 One with tunnel vision?

101 _ __ the middle (shows wear, as a bed) 102 Clumsy 103 Last two words of Love Story 104 Used a carpentry tool 105 Spanish blood 107 George Burns film 108 Campaign low blow 112 Weapon in the game of Clue 113 Utah city 114 Ugly antagonist 115 Automated 116 On the peak of 117 Tarzan’s kid 120 Call ___ day

THURSDAY, mARCH 10, 2022

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Otego geologist shares his views on an Interstate sign’s misnomer Did you know we now live in the Mohawk Valley Region?

Traveling east on I-88 at Otego, New York exit 12 (mile marker 46), there is a relatively new New York State sign promoting the state’s tourism. At the bottom of the sign, in huge letters, it says: Mohawk Valley Region.

This is blatantly incorrect and misleading!

Although adjacent to the Mohawk Valley, we are miles and miles away from it. Our area is the Upper Susquehanna River Valley. The source of the Susquehanna is in Otsego County at Otsego Lake, in Cooperstown. From these headwaters, the Susquehanna River traverses our area, continuing some 444 miles to the Chesapeake Bay. The phrase “Mohawk Valley Region” on this sign is wrong. It is wrong historically, geographically, and geologically. These are facts that cannot be disputed.

This sign discredits our area; it erases our identity! It should be corrected either to say Upper Susquehanna Region (or, perhaps, Leatherstocking Region) or it should be removed. Period.

Our area has been inhabited for some 14,000 years, as attested to by Dr. Robert Funk, New York State Archaeologist, in his published work, “Archaeological Investigations in The Upper Susquehanna Valley New York

State.” Please note that he correctly referred to our area as the Upper Susquehanna Valley, not the Mohawk Valley.

Historically, our area is significant unto itself as it was the first to be settled by colonial westward expansion as a result of the 1768 Fort Stanwix Treaty. Subsequently, it was historically significant for the 1778-79 Sullivan and Clinton Campaign, the only military expedition ever to come down the Upper Susquehanna.

Further, our area is home to the famous author James

Filmmaker treats Club, local stars to preview

‘Eva Coo’ feature on track for fall release

“A Roadhouse Coup” stars Alan Rowe-Kelly, second from left, as murderess Eva Coo, that’s Ben Guenther, Jim Seward, and Doug Decker alongside in this production still from the upcoming feature film.

Filmmaker Lori Bailey treated Cooperstown’s Rotary Club to three preview clips of her upcoming movie, “A Roadhouse Coup,” filmed entirely in Otsego County and on track for a September 2022 release.

“We’re just about done with shooting the film,” she told a full house of Club members during its March 8 meeting at the Otesaga Hotel. “I’m doing this in ‘docudrama’ style so we’re working hard on the editing. Soon we’ll be done with a feature-length film; I’m looking at an 80-to-90-minute piece when we’re done.”

The film depicts the true story of Eva Coo — the local brothel owner convicted in 1935 of killing Harry “Gimpy” Wright on Crumhorn Mountain Road, tried and convicted in Otsego County, then executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in June 1935. Local dignitaries and residents fill the scenes, with notables like Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, Oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek, Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl, and retired state Senator Jim Seward all taking starring roles.

The Rotary meeting was their first chance to see clips from the nearly finished product.

“Together we’ve made something very special, something to be proud of,” Ms. Bailey said in introducing the

clips. Responding to a question about the use of local actors, she said, “I’ve used SAG (Screen Actors’ Guild) actors in past projects and looked into bringing them in for this one. I got concerned that then the story would become more about them than the story I wanted to tell. To me, this film is about this area. I wanted real people to play real parts. I like that better.”

She said she found filming in Otsego County to be, in the end, much easier than she initially feared.

“This is my sixth film,” she said. “I would normally go to the Adirondacks but wanted to keep this local story local.”

She recalled for the Club how she went first to Oneonta’s then-Chief of Police Doug Brenner .

“You don’t know me,” she said as she approached him. “I’m Lori Bailey and I’m making a movie. Do you want to be in it?”

He connected her to Mayor Tillapaugh — who plays a prohibitionist speaking out against alcohol — who introduced her to Senator Seward, who directed her to District Attorney Muehl. They shot scenes at the Hanford Mills Museum, the Oneonta Armory, the Masonic Lodge, the old County Jail (where they used the cell that originally held Eva Coo in custody), and the county’s

Courthouse.

“Everyone was so wonderful in connecting the dots to make this film,” Ms. Bailey said.

She told Club members it was a challenge to secure funding for an independent film, but said when it came to seeking big-budget support from Hollywood, it was a ‘been there, done that’ experience that she did not want to replicate.

“I call my production company ‘Barterwood,’” she said. “I’m the queen of bartering to make things happen.”

Local luminaries in the film and ready for their Cecil B. DeMille close-ups are Doug Brenner, Ellen Tillapaugh, Jim Seward, John Muehl, Mark Drnek, Ben Guenther, George Wells, Vicki Hurlburt, Jim Maloney, Amanda Catapano, Joel Plue, Sarah Hovey, Laurie Wrench, Leslie Ann Parmerter, Korey Rowe, April Mercado, Heather March, Jim Seymour, Leon Faulkner, Megan Faulkner, Jaenelle Knap, Sheila Carson, and Doug Decker.

They share the screen with actor Alan Rowe-Kelly, who stars as Eva Coo. “This actor came to us as a transvestite and won the role hands-down,” Ms. Bailey said. “He completely embodies that character and is remarkable.”

Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek caught up with each other after the preview screening.

“I just didn’t want to flub my lines and make everyone else stand around for another take,” Mayor Drnek said.

For Mayor Tillapaugh, her only disappointment was that her character — the prohibitionist — wasn’t a part of the party scene shot at the Masonic Temple.

“It looked like that part was the most fun to shoot!” she said. “Too bad for me my character wasn’t invited!”

Club members applauded the three clips enthusiastically, all looking forward to the film’s eventual release.

Ms. Bailey said she hopes to have the film edited and complete in time for a September premier at Oneonta’s Foothills Theater, with a more general release on streaming services to follow.

The Babe’s grandson looks at the lockout Continued from page 4 the only two West Covina varsity kickers. Bob, who could hit a 50yarder, was the starting tight end.

I could consistently hit 45-yarders but only played on special teams, and Coach Craig chose me to be the kicker. In two seasons, I made every point-after-touchdown and field goal save for one. There is always one that God lets you know there is room to improve. My job hung on every kick.

The truly great thing about sports is you can’t talk the ball through the uprights. You can’t talk your way to first base or talk your way to a threepointer from 25 feet. You have to perform.

Now what we have in Major League Baseball is an impasse in negotiations by the major league owners and players. One of my favorite movies of all time was the Paul Newman/ George Kennedy-driven thriller called

“Cool Hand Luke.” Its hook line came from the prison warden: “What we have here is failure to communicate.”

Because Paul Newman’s character, or lack of it, couldn’t take the warden’s words to heart, it ultimately cost him his life.

This is probably a precursor to Major League Baseball’s path in America. The road to perdition, when you become irrelevant because there are no more 20-game winners, triple crown winners, complete games, or Cy Youngs with under 200 innings pitched. Cy Young won 511 games with off-season farm work being his elixir. Same with my friend Bob Feller. Those cows in the barn don’t really care what you have to say. Just make darn sure you are here at 5 a.m. with your bucket and some hay.

Well, America, you are the cows and the milkers are milking you dry because you have given them anti-trust

protection. They (Scott Boras et al.) took the ’94 World Series away from you and they (owners and players) will take the 2022 season away from you. There is no competition for them because we have made them Major League Baseball players, the best in the world. A king on his throne has no competition as long as his servants obey every command.

Baseball needs to take a very hard look at itself and say, “What are we doing wrong?”

I lived for four years with agent Scott Boras at the University of Pacific in Stockton, California. Teammate, roommate, fraternity brother. Scott grew up on a dairy farm in Elk Grove, California, and he knows how to milk a cow.

— Author James Bloomer of Cooperstown is the grandson of Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth.

Fenimore Cooper, the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Glimmerglass Opera, and many other significant entities.

Geologically, our area is distinctive due to the Helderberg Limestone Escarpment, which separates our area from the Mohawk Valley. The Mohawk River flows west to east and into the Hudson River watershed; the Susquehanna flows north to south and into the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Obviously, these are two distinctively different watersheds.

These facts cannot be disputed. The sign on I-88 discredits our area. It is misleading to the tourists and others traveling through our area.

New York State Department of Transportation officials should remove and relocate this sign further east to I-88 mile marker 84 near East Worcester and Richmondville, on the other side of the interfluvial. At that location, the sign would be accurate.

Won’t you join me in taking an active part in preserving the integrity of our area? I have a list of NYSDOT officials and politicians to be contacted to move this issue forward.

Please find me at buzzh123@gmail.com or by telephone at 607-287-5320.

— Buzz Hesse of Otego, New York, wrote this piece for The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta.

League of Women Voters

Three off to Albany for state government conference

From top to bottom, Olivia Loewenguth, Anne Walker, and Jordan Forbes — all headed to Albany for a state government conference sponsored

by League of Women Voters.

Three Otsego County students will be among 60 New York highschoolers traveling to Albany May 22-25 for the League of Women Voters 22nd annual Students Inside Albany conference, where they will learn about state government.

Olivia Loewenguth of Fly Creek, Anne Walker of Schenevus, and Jordan Forbes of Oneonta will be among 60 students from around the state learning the ins-and-outs of state government, participate in a series of interactive lectures on the state budget process, the roles of lobbyists in the legislative process, media in politics, citizen rights to access government information, and the move to reform state government.

The students also will tour the state Capitol and shadow their senators and members of Assembly on the chambers’ floors during afternoon sessions. The League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation sponsors the three-day event.

“I want to congratulate Olivia, Anne, and Jordan,” said Liane Hirabayashi, co-president of the Cooperstown Area League. “They are impressive young women and we are happy they each will get this experience in Albany.”

“We also want to thank all the candidates who applied for the scholarship,” said Maria Kaltenbach, the Cooperstown League’s coordinator for Students Inside Albany. Lisa Samols coordinated the process for the Oneonta League.

Anti-bully strategy Continued from page 1 them. We have to get back to knowing how to treat the others around us.”

Cooperstown Junior/Senior High School Assistant Principal Amy Malcuria coordinated the ‘Sweethearts & Heroes” presentation alongside district Superintendent Sarah Spross, who first discussed the program with The Freeman’s Journal/ Hometown Oneonta earlier this year as one part of a larger plan to address complaints from district students and parents.

As this newspaper reported, two CCS seniors addressed the district’s Board of Education in December 2021 and said they did not feel they had the support of “a member of the school’s administration” when they expressed concerns about incidences of bullying they had either endured or witnessed.

Grant Crowson, president of the school’s senior class, was one of the two students who spoke in December. Before Monday’s assembly, he said, “I do not believe ‘Sweethearts & Heroes’ adequately addresses my concerns. I believe it opens a door to educate my classmates on bullying, but does not address the issues we voiced regarding certain administrators.”

“This conversation has been a long time in coming,” Ms. Malcuria said this week. “I believe in restorative practices.

We want every student to feel safe here because they can’t learn if they don’t feel safe.”

“This isn’t the end of our work,” she said. “We’re going to keep going with training for staff and faculty. As a parent myself I’m happy to see this group come in and jumpstart the discussion.”

LEGALS

THURSDAY, mARCH 10, 2022 Legal

Legal nOtice Notice of Bond Resolution The bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on March 2, 2022, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the County of Otsego, New York, is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

A complete copy of the resolution summarized herewith is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

Dated: Cooperstown, New York, March 10, 2022. /s/Carol McGovern Clerk, Board of Representatives BOND RESOLUTION DATED MARCH 2, 2022.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS ROADS THROUGHOUT AND IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $6,750,000, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $6,750,000 BONDS OF SAID COUNTY TO PAY THE COST THEREOF. Class of objects or purposes: Reconstruction of various roads Period of probable usefulness: 15 years Maximum estimated cost: $6,750,000 Amount of obligations to be issued: $6,750,000 bonds SEQRA status: Type II Action Legal nOtice Notice of Bond Resolution The bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on March 2, 2022, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the County of Otsego, New York, is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contest-

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ing such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

A complete copy of the resolution summarized herewith is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

Dated: Cooperstown, New York, March 10, 2022. /s/Carol McGovern Clerk, Board of Representatives BOND RESOLUTION DATED MARCH 2, 2022.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $850,000, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $850,000 BONDS OF SAID COUNTY TO PAY THE COST THEREOF. Class of objects or purposes: Purchase of construction/maintenance equipment, each item of which costs $30,000 or over Period of probable usefulness: 15 years Maximum estimated cost: $850,000 Amount of obligations to be issued: $850,000 bonds SEQRA status: Type II Action Legal nOtice Notice of Bond Resolution The bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on March 2, 2022, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the County of Otsego, New York, is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

A complete copy of the resolution summarized herewith is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

Dated: Cooperstown, New York, March 10, 2022. /s/Carol McGovern Clerk, Board of

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Representatives BOND RESOLUTION DATED MARCH 2, 2022.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES AND CULVERTS THROUGHOUT AND IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $1,400,000, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,400,000 BONDS OF SAID COUNTY TO PAY THE COST THEREOF. Class of objects or purposes: Reconstruction of bridges and culverts Period of probable usefulness: 20 years Maximum estimated cost: $1,400,000 Amount of obligations to be issued: $1,400,000 bonds SEQRA status: Type II Action Legal nOtice PUBLIC NOTICE OF LAW NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Representatives of the County of Otsego at a meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of March 2022, duly adopted a Local Law entitled: A Local Law creating an exception to the residency requirement for Public Defender in the County of Otsego.

The intent of this Local Law is to modify the qualifications to hold the Office of Public Defender by permitting the recruitment and appointment of non-residents of the County from counties contiguous to Otsego County.

The full text of this Local Law is available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board’s Office in the County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours and is also available on the County’s website.

Dated: March 10, 2022 Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice to Bidders Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, April 07, 2022 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 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 www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

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tices. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder.

Amendments 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. Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat.

252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federallyassisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

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posit: 5% of Bid (~ $40,000.00), Goals: MBE: 5.00%, WBE: 10.00%, SDVOB: 6.00% 2LegalMar.17 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown will hold the following public hearing in the Village Office Building, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard, to discuss the following: Proposed Local Law No. 2 of 2022– Extend suspension of two-hour parking limit Main Street (Fair Street to Pine Boulevard) and Pioneer Street (east side Beaver Street to Lake Street, west side Lake Street to Church Street) from Thanksgiving to April 1 (currently Thanksgiving to third Monday in January) Any resident of the Village of Cooperstown is entitled to be heard upon said local law at such public hearing. Disabled citizens, who require assistance in attending said public hearing, or in furnishing comments or suggestions, should contact the Village Clerk to request assistance. Copies of the proposed laws are available for inspection at the Village Clerk’s office, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York during normal business hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Dated: March 9, 2022 By order of the Village Board Village of Cooperstown Jenna L. Utter Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-2411 (phone) jutter@cooperstownny.org (email) 2LegalMar.17 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO: EF2021-448 D/O/F: 06/25/2021 Premises Address: 1 Weidman Street Unadilla, NY 13849 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Plaintiff, -againstRONALD T. MOHR A/K/A RONALD THOMAS MOHR any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an intertest in, or General or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation,

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namely; the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all person deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; CHARLES MOHR AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR A/K/A RONALD THOMAS MOHR; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ADVANCED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; ADVANCED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Brian D. Burns, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Otsego County, entered January 21, 2022 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office.

THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage recorded on October 25, 2006 in Document Number: 200600049831 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of OTSEGO. Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,

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as nominee for Advanced Financial Services, Inc., to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assignment of mortgage dated June 23, 2016 and recorded in Instrument Number: 2016-3245 on July 14, 2016. Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned from Nationstar Mortgage LLC to Plaintiff by assignment of mortgage dated July 20, 2017 and recorded in Instrument Number: 2017-4233 on September 6, 2017.

Said premises are commonly known as 1 Weidman Street, Unadilla, NY 13849 bearing tax map designation: Section: 334.15, Block: 1, Lot: 30.

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

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

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for the defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE AWARE: (1) that debt collectors, in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., are prohibited from engaging in abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection efforts, including, but not limited to: i. the use or threat of violence; ii. the use of obscene or profane language; and iii. repeated phone calls made with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass.

(2) If a creditor or debt collector receives a money judgment against you in court, state and federal laws may prevent the following types of income from being taken to pay the debt: 1. Supplemental security income, (SSI); 2. Social security; 3. Public assistance (welfare); 4. Spousal sup-

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port, maintenance (alimony) or child support; 5. Unemployment benefits; 6. Disability benefits; 7. Workers’ compensation benefits; 8. Public or private pensions; 9. Veterans’ benefits; 10. Federal student loans, federal student grants, and federal work study funds; and 11. Ninety percent of your wages or salary earned in the last sixty days.

TO THE DEFENDANTS, except THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: Jan. 24, 2022 Cynthia A. Nierer, Esq. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 165 Eileen Way, Suite 101 Syosset, New York 11791 516-921-3838#99145 4LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: DRI 9, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 March 2022.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 393 Main Street Suite 104, Oneonta, New York, 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalApr.14 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Glimmerglass Move Managers, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/15/22.

Cty: Otsego.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served and shall mail process to 191 Skillen Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Off. in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served & shall mail process to the LLC, 352 Main St, #1204, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Hooker Valley Farm LLC. Filed 1/27/22.

Office: Otsego Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: 1053 Co Rd 42, Maryland, NY 12116. Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Bklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: General.

6LegalApr.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Qualification of Cardinal Green Investments LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/22.

Office location: Otsego County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/1/19.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Erin Tulley, 2500 Sand Hill Road, Ste 240, Menlo Park, CA 94025. DE address of LLC: The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

6LegalApr.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of ISMALIA HOLDINGS, LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 11/18/21.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: C/O Hrbek Law LLC, 295 Madison Ave., 22nd FL, NY, NY 10017 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalMar.31 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Arts. of Org. of SSH Alliance, LLC (“LLC”) filed with Dept. of State of NY on August 3, 2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 2804 Gateway Oaks Dr., #100, Sacramento, CA 95833, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution.

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OBITUARIES

David W. Brenner, 90

Thomas M. Hughson, 88

December 20, 1931 – March 4, 2022

ONEONTA – David was David W. Brenner, very active in 90, passed away political committees and various March 4, 2022 at Cooperstown Center other community Rehabilitation and organizations, Nursing Home. including, the David was born Otsego County December 20, 1931 Republican in Blooming Grove, David W. Brenner C o m m i t t e e , N.Y., the son of Lee D. Future for Oneonta Founand Henrietta (Maxwell) dation, Greater Oneonta Brenner. He was the oldest Historical Society, A.O. of 10 children. The family Fox Hospital Executive lived in various towns in and Committee, SUCO College around Newburgh, N.Y. Council, Oneonta American David graduated from Legion, Oneonta Elks WashingtonvilleHighSchool Club, a 50-year member in 1949. In 1950 he enlisted of Oneonta Rotary Club, in the United States Army, and was on the Otsego achieving the rank of 1st County Federal Credit Lieutenant. His assignments Union Board of Directors. included Germany and He was a member of St. several posts in the United James Episcopal Church States. He was honorably and served on the Vestry discharged in 1954 at the as Senior Warden for many completion of his service. years.

David married Lois I. David was recognized Erickson on September 5, for his contributions to 1954 at St. John’s Episcopal education and commuChurch in Brooklyn, N.Y. nity by being awarded the Following their marriage, SUNY Chancellor’s Award they moved to Oneonta for Excellence, SUNY so that David could attend Distinguished Alumni Award, SUNY Oneonta on the G.I. NAACP Oneonta Chapter Bill, graduating in 1957 Thurgood Marshall Unity and achieving a master’s Award, and with Lois, the degree in 1959. After grad- Hartwick College Citizen uating college, he taught at Board Outstanding Citizens Schenevus Central School Award, plus many other and at Clarkstown Central recognitions for service by School in New City, N.Y. various organizations.

He then returned to SUNY He is survived by his wife Oneonta as Student Teacher of 67 years, Lois Brenner Supervisor, before becoming of Oneonta; children, Janice Director of Registration and Brenner and husband, Records, and eventually Stephen Courter of Milford, Associate Dean of Students, Donald Brenner and retiring after 35 plus years. Patricia Foland of Raleigh, During his time at SUCO, N.C.; and Douglas Brenner David was very proud to and Kathleen Henderson have received his Ph.D. of Oneonta; grandchilfrom SUNY Albany School dren, Mariah (Courter) of Public Affairs. and husband, Nick Adams; David was elected a Jaclyn Courter, Luke member of the newly Courter, Sophie Brenner, formed Otsego County Maxwell Brenner and Board of Representatives, Erickson Brenner; his where he served for 16 years siblings, Frances Spicer, as chair of all committees Cleo Schacker, and William and serving as board Vice Brenner; as well as many Chairman and Chairman. nieces and nephews.

In 1985 he was elected He was predeceased by Mayor of the City of his parents; and siblings, Oneonta, a position he held Lee D. Brenner, Lee for 12 years.

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from Pg. 7 Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/08/2021.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Brigadoon Staffing LLC, 6959 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of DuBois Timber Frames LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/05/2022.

Off. Loc.: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 381 CO HWY 36A Schenevus NY 12155.

Purpose:any lawful.

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UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is Good Taste Associates LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is February 4, 2022.

3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 230 Nichols Rd, Gilbertsville, NY 13776.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

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ROSEANNE’S PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 01/27/2022.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 26 College Ter., Oneonta, NY 13820.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of SPC Management LLC, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/13/17.

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

SSNY shall mail process on behalf of the LLC c/o United States Corporation

November 17, 1933 – February 26, 2022

Michael Brenner, Maryetta DeGeorge, Katherine Feliciano, and Nancy Casio.

His friendship, sense of community, and duty to others will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him.

Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday, March 11, at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.

The funeral service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, March 12, at St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Kenneth Hunter, as celebrant.

Interment with military honors at the Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta, will be held at a later date.

Donations may be made to The David Brenner Scholarship, checks payable: College at Oneonta Foundation, c/o SUNY Oneonta 308 Netzer Administration Building, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820; www. oneonta.edu/give Dr. David Brenner Scholarship designation; or to the Future for Oneonta Foundation, Inc., PO Box 134, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Online condolences may be sent to, www.lhpfuneralhome.com

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At the same time, – Thomas M. Hughson, 88, he remained steaddied peacefully fast in his commitin his sleep at ment to providing the Cooperstown honest, personalCenter for ized advice to all his Rehabilitation customers, be they and Nursing on individuals, busiThomas M. February 26, 2022. nesses, or school Hughson He is survived districts. As a result, by his beloved spouse of T.P. & T.M. Hughson (now almost 30 years, Susan M. Hughson & Benson AssoHughson. ciates) grew to become one Tom was born in Oneonta, of the area’s leading indeN.Y. on November 17, 1933. pendent insurance agencies.

The son of Thomas P. and Throughout his life, Tom Doris M. Hughson, Tom was active in local civic went to Bugbee School organizations, including the (across the street from Rotary Club — where he his childhood home) and was a member for more than Oneonta High School. He 50 years — as well as the then attended Dartmouth YMCA and the Boy Scouts.

College, where he majored Starting in the 1990s, he in psychology. Following joined and served as presihis graduation in 1955, Tom dent of the State University worked at the Glens Falls College at Oneonta (SUCO) Insurance Company and Foundation. Tom’s particiwas soon drafted to serve pation coincided with large in the army. Before leaving increases in SUCO’s permafor Germany, he married nent endowment fund, Susan Rosenheim, also of supporting the needs of the Oneonta. college with a particular Tom was honorably emphasis on scholarships. discharged in 1958 and In 1999, SUCO awarded returned to Oneonta to Tom an honorary Doctorate join his father’s insurance of Humane Letters degree. business, renaming their Tom spent nearly every joint venture T.P & T.M. summer of his adult life Hughson, Inc. During the at his cottage on Otsego 1970s, Tom was quick to Lake, entertaining friends, recognize and embrace the potential of computer technology to revolutionize the

teaching his sons and later his grandchildren to swim, fish, and boat, indulging his love of reading and photography, and going on daily walks. Following his divorce in 1989, Tom was out on the lake one blustery day when he spied a capsized sailboat and a damsel in distress. What started as a rescue ended as a romance, and Tom and Susan Mead Harman were married on December 26, 1992. Together they traveled widely and savored their time with one another, their children, and their grandchildren.

In addition to his wife Sue, Tom is survived by his sister, Florence Anne Millett, his sons Fred and Bill and their wives, four grandchildren, a niece, and a nephew.

At Tom’s request, services will be held privately at a later date.

Donations in Tom’s memory may be made to the State University College at Oneonta Foundation (suny.oneonta.edu/collegeoneonta-foundation).

Online condolences may be sent to, www.lhpfuneralhome.com, Oneonta’s only family-owned funeral home, Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono at 51 Dietz Street.

Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special.

Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklynn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business of Reg Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklynn, NY 11228.

6LegalMar.17 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW (“LLCL”) 1. The name of the professional service limited liability company (“LLC”) is SHERWOOD PHYSICAL THERAPY, PLLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is February 2, 2022.

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be located is Otsego County.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the professional service LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the professional service LLC served upon him or her is: 357 COUNTY HIGHWAY 4, UNADILLA, NY 13849.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the professional service LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

6LegalMar.17 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Journey Into Holistic Healing LLC. Filed 12/29/21.

Cty: Otsego.

SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 2787 Co Hwy 18, S New Berlin, NY 13843.

Purp: any lawful.

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Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of ROSEBOOM WINERY LLC, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/17/22.

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

SSNY shall mail process to 3473 St Hwy 166, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business loc: 3473 St Hwy 166, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: William Craft Construction LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 01/24/2022.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent

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upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: William Craft, 502 Lougheed Rd, Oneonta, NY 13820.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: Dazzo’s Kitchen LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with the Secretary of State (SSNY) was 09/30/2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 158 Brookline Road Ballston Spa NY 12020.

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

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Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: DOG WILD PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 27 January 2022.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 410, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: DOG WILD OF COOPERSTOWN

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LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 27 January 2022.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 410, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of MEADOW CREST COMMUNITY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/26/22.

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

SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 1455, Oneonta, NY 132820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Wednesday, March 30 St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church 31 Elm Street Cooperstown

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THURSDAY, mARCH 10, 2022

A complete Guide to

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►Thursday, March 10

EXHIBIT OPENING – 11 Oneonta Sportsmen’s Club, a.m. - 4 p.m. Celebrate the 251 Rod & Gun Club Rd., opening of 2 exhibits ‘An Ar- Oneonta. 607-433-0515. tistic Discovery,’ a collective ST. PADDY’S DINNER – display by Otsego County High Noon. Celebrate St. Patrick’s School art students, and ‘Out- Day, support local fire departta This World,’ and imagina- ment, and enjoy a corned beef tive collaborative art project and cabbage dinner. Dine-in from the students of Milford. or take-out available. Mount Cooperstown Art Association. Vision Fire Department, 179 607-547-9777.

Co. Hwy. 11B, Mount Vision.

LECTURE – 7 - 8:30 p.m. 607-433-0997.

Learn about the ‘Care and PRESENTATION – 1 - 2 p.m.

Treatment of the Addicted Join the Community FounPopulation: An Urban/Rural dation of Otsego County to and Nurse Perspective’ with learn about their mission to a panel of experts including connect causes with people LEAFs own Julie Dostal dur- who support them in Otsego ing this years O’Connor Chair County. Highlighted will be Lecture.

Free, open to pub- the Harris Memorial Library’s in OtsegO COunty lic, registration required for building project, The Greater Zoom. Presented by Hartwick Otego Library and Education College, Oneonta. 607-431- Fund, and more. Cookies will 4790. be available. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego. ►Saturday, March 12 607-988-6661.

CPR COURSE – 2 p.m.

BLOOD DRIVE – 8 a.m. - 1 Learn how to save a life in p.m. Briggs Hall, Main Street the case of a cardiac event.

Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Registration required by 3/6, space is limited. Cost, $20/ Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767.

OPEN HOUSE – Noon - 6 person. Presented by Oneonta p.m. The Morris Fire Depart- Sportsmen’s Club, 251 Rod & ment invites the community Gun Club Rd., Oneonta. 607down to see the equipment, 353-9333.

SPRING CONCERT – 3 p.m. mingle, watch demonstrations, get blood pressure screenings, The Little Delaware Youth Enmore. Applications to join are semble presents their spring available to those aged 16+. concert featuring music from Refreshments available. Mor- the 1620s to the 1970 and ris Fire House, 117 E. Main composers from Mozart to St., Morris. Visit facebook. Farina. Free, masks required.

The United Ministry of Delhi, com/otsegonyfirewire/ OPERA – 12:55 p.m. View 1 Church St., Delhi. Visit ldye. live performance of the Met- org ropolitan Opera, streaming live in Oneonta. This week is ►Monday, March 14 the performance of ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ an opera within WALKING CLUB – 10:30 an opera. Cost, $20/adult. 11:30 a.m. Walk on Mondays Lunch available for purchase & Fridays with friends. See Friseparately from Soda Jerks. day, Mar. 11 Listing.

Showing at the Foothills PerSENIOR MEALS – Noon. Seforming Arts Center, Oneonta. niors are invited to socialize 607-431-2080. and enjoy good food with the LIFESKILLS – 4 - 6 p.m. Otsego County Office for the Teens are invited to learn to Aging. Enjoy meatloaf w/gracook with Lynn. Menu posted vy, rice pilaf & vegetables for to FB. Seating limited, reser- lunch. Reservations required vations required. Presented 24 hours in advance. Cherry

by The Oneonta Teen Center. Valley Facilities Corporation 50 Dietz St., Oneonta. 607- Cafe, 2 Genesee St., Cherry 441-3999.

Valley. 607-547-6454.

GARDEN PROGRAM – 1 - 2:30 p.m. Join the Oneonta ►Sunday, March 13 Federated Garden Club for SHOOTING SPORTS – 10 program ‘Mushroom Mada.m. - 2 p.m. Stop at the sports ness’ with Heather Morse. club to practice shooting with Learn about their uses for trap, skeet, or 5 stand sport- nutrition, healing, and how ing clays. Open to the public. to make the most of them in everyday life and even how to

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Artists & poets are invited to enter works for contest on theme ‘Together in Harmony.’

Deadline is 4/8. Presented by LEAF Council on Alcohol. 607432-0090 ext. 106.

BOOK CLUB – Read WWII story ‘The Nightingale’ by Kristin Hannah and discuss with the group on March 29 at 7 over Zoom. Presented by The Huntington Memorial Library, Oneonta. 607-432-1980.

OPEN STUDIO – 11 a.m. Noon. Stop by the art studio with current knitting, drawing, or painting project to work and socialize. The Art Department, 8 Main St., Cherry Valley. Visit facebook.com/Theartdeptny FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 - 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802.

GARDEN PRESENTATION – 6:30 p.m. CCE Educator Carla Crim discusses best ways to start vegetables/flowers from seed selection to successful transplant. Free, registration required, space limited. Presented by the Cornell Cooperative Extension. Visit facebook. com/CCEOtsegoMG/ WORD THURSDAY – 7 p.m.

Enjoy presentations from poet/singer/artist Judith Kerman and writer Robert Gwaltney. Registration required. Presented by the Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, Treadwell.

607-829-5055 or visit facebook.com/brighthp/ CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy performance with the Hartwick College Wind Ensemble and featured artist Martha Mooke, composer and electro-acoustic violinist, with director/artist in residence Andrew Pease. Masks, proof of vaccination required. Free, open to the public. Anderson Theater, Hartwick College, Oneonta. 607-431-4800.

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►Friday March 11 WALKING CLUB – 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Enjoy a walk on Mondays & Fridays with friends and listen to music of the 70s. Free for members, non-members aged 50+. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown.

547-2800, ext. 109.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-11 grow them in the garden. St. James Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. Visit facebook.com/ Oneonta-Federated-GardenClub-133855897358767/ BLOOD DRIVE – 2:30 - 6:30 p.m. Richfield Springs Community Center, Walnut St., Richfield Springs. 1-800-7332767.

TAX PREP – 6 - 8 p.m. by appointment ONLY. IRS-certified volunteers will be on hand to prepare simple tax returns for the 2021 year. VITA site, 2nd Floor Golisano Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. 607-4314338.

►Tuesday, March 15 THRIFT SHOP – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Stop by thrift shop and boutique to support Helios Care. March 15 through 19 everything in store is 1/2 off.

Helios Care Thrift Shop & Boutique, 261 Main St., Oneonta.

607-432-5335.

MUSEUM TALK – 6 p.m.

Presentation ‘Nothing that Deserved the Name of Purchase was Made’ with Bonney Hartley, the Tribal Historic Preservation Manager discussing the long-term project of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community to recover ancestors, artifacts and objects from museums, collections, and institutions which belong to the Mohican Nation. Yager Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta.

607-431-4480.

TAX PREP – 6 - 8 p.m. by appointment ONLY. See Monday, Mar. 14 Listing.

NATIVE PLANTS – 7 p.m.

Learn about ‘Local Community Native Plant ‘How-To’ Project’ in which a group of Delhi volunteers distributed 500+ native plants to residents of their area and educated the

community about their benefits. Free, registration for Zoom required. Presented by Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. 607-643-5680.

SUPPORT GROUP – 7 - 9 p.m. If you’ve lost someone, join local grief recovery group Grief Share for weekly support sessions & seminars on topics from ‘Is This Normal,’ to ‘Grief and Relationships.’ Presented by Community Bible Chapel, 577 Greenough Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-9764.

►Wednesday, Mar. 16 BLOOD DRIVE – Noon 4:30 p.m. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 1-800733-2767.

SENIOR MEALS – Noon. Seniors are invited. See Monday, Mar. 14 Listing.

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT – 5 - 8 p.m. Enjoy 3-course meal from abroad. This week enjoy dinner from Thailand. Cost, $25/person. Reservation required. Take-out available.

The Otesaga, Cooperstown.

607-544-2524.

FARM SERIES – 6:30 p.m.

Hop online to learn about Farmland Succession Planning with Farm Net Farm Business Management Specialist Gabriel Gurley. Cost, $10/class.

Presented by the Cornell Cooperative Extension. 518-2344303 ext. 119.

HERITAGE CONCERT – 7 p.m. Concert of ‘Songs from the Heart’ celebrating romance, service, and America presented by the USAF Heritage of America bands. Free, proof of vaccine, masks, & ID required. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607431-2080.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy concert ‘Meditations on Spring

and American Heritage with the Hartwick College Choir and Chamber Choir. Masks, proof of vaccination required. Free, open to the public. Anderson Theater, Hartwick College, Oneonta. 607-431-4800.

FARM SERIES – 7:30 p.m.

Learn about What’s New at The New York State Agricultural Mediation Program (NYSAMP) and how it can help farms and the farmers. Cost, $10/class. Presented by the Cornell Cooperative Extension.

518-234-4303 ext. 119.

►Thursday, March 17 OPEN STUDIO – 11 a.m. Noon. Knitting, drawing, painting projects. See Thursday, Mar. 10 Listing.

FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 - 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art. See Thursday, Mar. 10 Listing.

►Friday, March 18 WALKING CLUB – 10:30 11:30 a.m. Walk on Mondays & Fridays with friends. See Friday, Mar. 11 Listing.

BLOOD DRIVE – Noon 5:30 p.m. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 1-800733-2767.

LIVE MUSIC – 5 - 8 p.m.

Enjoy dinner and music from the great American songbook as performed by Tommy Joy. Roma’s Ristorante, 25 Union St., Sidney. 607-563-8888 FRUIT BENTO BOX – 5 p.m.

Deadline to sign up to receive a Bento box of tropical fruit.

Free, registration required.

Pick up March 24. 1 box per family. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta.

607-436-2011.

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contemporary and traditional blues and roots music

sonny Landreth with cindy cashdollar

www.cooperstownconcertseries.org

saturday, March 19 7:30 pm Otesaga Resort Hotel

TickeTs: All tickets $20. Limited number of tickets available.

Tickets available on line at http://www.cooperstownconcertseries.org/.

Tickets may also be available at the door.

THURSDAY, mARCH 10, 2022

A-12 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Cooperstown Concerts Green Cow butcher expands product line host guitar greats with move from Cooperstown to Hartwick

Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar bring a rare duet appearance to the Otesaga.

The Cooperstown Concert Series brings a barnburner of a show to the Otesaga Hotel on Saturday, March 19, when guitarists Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar come to town in a rare duet setting sure to delight guitar buffs and anyone who appreciates music played by some of the country’s finest musicians.

The pair have played with some of the world’s best-known artists — from Texas swing champs Asleep at the Wheel to John Hiatt to Van Morrison to Bob Dylan — but when they’re performing on their own when really shine. Fans will have a unique opportunity to hear them in the intimate setting of the ballroom at the Otesaga Hotel. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Dobro, lap steel, and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar is a five-time Grammy winner and is touring behind her most recent, self-produced release “Waltz for Abilene.”

Growing up in Woodstock, New York, she performed regularly there with local favorites like Levon Helm and Rick Danko, moved to Nashville then on to Austin, Texas, where she became the go-to player for the biggest artists in music. She was the first woman inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2011, inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2012, and nominated as Instrumentalist of the Year by the Americana Music Association in 2016.

Her “Waltz for Abilene” album features her own great playing but also carries special guests, including fellow guitar whizzes Albert Lee, Rory Block, and Arlen Roth, as well as appearances from her friends in Asleep at the Wheel. The album also features one cut with Sonny Landreth — her onstage partner at the Otesaga.

No less an expert than Eric Clapton said “Sonny Landreth is probably the most underestimated musician on the planet, and also probably one of the most advanced.”

Mr. Landreth will perform originals and blues classics from across his long career, including his latest album, 2020’s “Blacktop Run.” The album, his 14th, features hard-edged electric instrumentals and wistful

acoustic ballads, recorded mostly live in a studio south of Lafayette, Louisiana.

Zydeco, blues, ballads — they’re all there on the album and in his playing on acoustic resonator and electric guitars.

His “Recorded Live in Lafayette” album from 2017 showcases not just his electric playing, but features a full acoustic set with a setlist covering his entire career to that point. Eclectic and electric, the album serves as a perfect introduction for the uninitiated.

The Cooperstown show is just one of a handful teamups with Ms. Cashdollar on a tour that will take him to famous venues such as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Iridium in New York City, and others. The Otesaga show is a wonderful opportunity to catch two of the very best in the business.

Tickets are $20 each; online sales end at 5 p.m. on the day of the show.

Visit www.cooperstownconcertseries.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

Sonny Landreth with Cindy Cashdollar. Otesaga Resort Hotel, Saturday, March 19. 7:30 p.m.

The Green Cow Butcher Shop may have moved out of its shop on Railroad Avenue in Cooperstown, but they are still all-local and still in the community!

Renamed Little Lakes Ranch (after where the meat is raised), customers will find the store located at Trinity Meat, a sister company and custom slaughterhouse in Hartwick.

“We enjoyed having our retail operation in Cooperstown,” Andy Pomeroy, General Manager of Trinity Meats said. “By moving to Hartwick, we’ve reduced our overhead costs so we can offer a more competitive product.”

“We’ll have all of the same products The Green Cow had, but more,” Mr. Pomeroy said. “We are more streamlined and in control with this new operation. We’ve been able to expand our product line in our smokehouse, which is on premise, and that will include bacon, sausage and snack sticks.”

Another convenience for the

community will be the delivery said. “That keeps our calves on the service they offer. “We’ll be deliv- mother’s milk for eight to nine months. ering in Cooperstown and Oneonta on Grain-fed cattle are with their mothers a weekly basis; order online and we for two to three months. By leaving deliver it right to your door. It’s never them on their mother’s milk as we do, been more convenient.” that marbles the meat, puts more fat “Because we are self-sufficient into, it so it enhances the flavor”. and do everything on-premise, we “Our main objective here is to sell can hold our prices down. The largest the beef that comes locally from Little processors control the price of beef Lakes Ranch, process it and get it to right now; we can set our own pricing the consumer as fast and fresh as we can. It’s important we stay connected structure,” Mr. Pomeroy said.

“At Trinity Meats, we also butcher to our customers as much as possible,” private party animals; about 90 percent Mr. Pomeroy said. of our time is on private party.

That’s nice to be able to offer that service to our community as well,” he said.

“We are 100% grass-fed Timothy McGraw 607-432-2022 and finished,” 22-26 Watkins Avenue, Oneonta Mr. Pomeroy Monday through Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm

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