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Tentrr founder & CEO Michael D’Agostino holds the big scissors aloft ahead of the ribbon-cutting at the new Tentrr manufacturing plant in Oneonta during their open house on Thursday, March 22.

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CANDIDATE FORUM: Larry Sharpe, the Libertarian candidate for governor, will hold a Town Hall event 6 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 4 at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union.

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On a GOHS panel on Urban Renewal, the mayor was flanked by SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski, left, and Hartwick Professor Carly Ficano.

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hen Temple Beth El president BT Bank will be Ken Sider moved to honored as the Oneonta, he had a lot NYCM Insurance of questions. Distinguished Business of “I grew up in a the Year at the Otsego Counsheltered Jewish ty Chamber of Commerce community, going to annual dinner, Thursday, Ken Sider Jewish summer camps May 3, at Foothills. and schools,” he said. NBT was cited for creat“I knew there were other religions, ing its downtown Oneonta but churches were foreign to me. So Regional Financial Center, moving 14 employees of its when I moved here in 1984, I was Mang Insurance Division to surprised by the number of churches, its One Wall Street building, and wanted to know more about Christianity.” and adding a credit analyst He began attending church services and cash-management speSunday mornings, going to a different cialist for 16 new full-time church each time. “I wondered why, if positions downtown. Please See RELIGIONS, B7 ONEONTA ON FILM: Footage of Oneonta was used in the sci-fi thriller “Altered Hours,” directed by SUNY Oneonta alumni Bruce Wemple. The footage was captured by local filmmaker Chris Chase. The film is available on Amazon streaming. COOPERSTOWN EXTENDED HOURS: The Greater Oneonta Historical Society at 183 Main Street is now open noon - 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m - 4 p.m. Saturday.

lot between Foothills and Stella Luna, one idea we had is to extend the park right up to the sidewalk,” he said. “It would be accessible by pedestrians, bike and car, through a beautiful, grand entrance.” With $2.25 million in state DRI and CFA funding set aside for a re-design of Market Street, Please See NEAHWA, A3

t may be one of a kind this political season. The seven candidates (so far) seeking the Democratic nomination in a June 26 primary to run against U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, will be debating in Otsego County 7-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at Cooperstown Central’s Sterling Auditorium. Please See DEBATE, A7

OHS student Liz JacobCarter, right, and SUNY students Mia Reid-Espinal and Laurel Fox chant in the streets as the marchers head to Muller Plaza.

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400 Rally In Oneonta, 300 In Cobleskill the world has changed,” he said. “But we have reached a tipping point. We are changONEONTA ing the world again, because we are what is right with hen Dan ButAmerica.” termann, now a The march, Saturday, March city school board 24, was one of hundreds of member and Assemsister marches held bly candidate, was in in solidarity with school, the only things the national March he had to think about for our Lives in were math problems Washington D.C., and cursive writing. aimed at bringNow a parent of ing awareness of three daughters, he gun violence in told the 400 proschools, as well as testers gathered in pressure Congress Muller Plaza as part into enacting stronof Oneonta’s “March ger gun laws. For Our Lives” that Counter-rallies he has to worry about were organized in whether or not his other parts of the girls will come home Daniel Buttercountry, but none that day. locally. mann voices Toby Green, Milford, drew 40 bullet “When my little “Our congressconcerns for holes in his sign to show how quickly girls ask me about Please See his daughters’ an AR-15 could kill innocent people. school safety, I know RALLY, A7 safety. By LIBBY CUDMORE

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SUNY Oneonta To Name Building After Janet Perna, Top Benefactor Top IBM Executive Gave Her Alma Mater $5 Million Donation

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Dellene Carson, Oneonta, brought her great-niece, Bella Berringer, Margarettville to visit the Bunny of the Hour at the Easter Bunny Breakfast at Foothills on Sunday, March 25. At right, Jordyn Webster and Gabriella McUmber, Oneonta, decorate cookies. The breakfast was sponsored by Destination Oneonta and the Kiwanis Club.

UNY Oneonta’s Science One building will be named the “Janet R. Perna Science Building” in recognition of a distinguished alumna who has announced that she will give $5 million to the College at Oneonta Foundation. The SUNY Board of Trustees approved the new name at its meeting today, making the action official in accordance with the SUNY Naming Opportunities Policy and Procedure. SUNY Oneonta’s College Council made a motion to Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA rename the building after Perna, Class of 1970, at a special meeting last week. “This will be the largest charitable gift ever made by a graduate of SUNY Oneonta,” said college President Nancy Kleniewski. “Janet, who distinguished herself as IBM Software Group’s highest-ranking female executive before retiring in 2006, is a very generous person, having already given a half-million dollars for scholarships to

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women in STEM disciplines. We are immensely grateful to her for this impres-

sive gift.” Half of the $5 million gift will be allocated to unrestricted endowment, and the other half will be restricted to the “Janet Perna ’70 Women in Technology Scholarship.” Science 1 is home to the college’s departments of Biology and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. It also houses numerous classrooms, laboratories and the college’s planetarium. While at SUNY Oneonta, Perna studied mathematics. Since then, her leadership has earned her numerous honors and awards, including her 2001 induction into the Women In Technology International Hall of Fame, recognition by Information

Week as one of the nation’s “Top 10 Women in IT,” and inclusion among the thinkers and innovators on Sm@rt Partner’s list of “50 Smartest People.” “Janet Perna is a role model for all students, particularly for those pursuing a career in STEM, having managed one of the fastest growing database businesses in the industry at the time,” SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson said Thursday. Perna served as a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors for eight consecutive years until 2016 and, along with another College Foundation board member, co-chaired the successful “Visions—Solutions: The Campaign for Science and Technology,” which raised more than $6 million to support the STEM disciplines.

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Mayor Envisions ‘Grand Entrance’ to Neahwa Park Elm Park United Methodist Church

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and ’70s,” at the Oneonta History Center. With him on the panel were Hartwick College economics professor Carly Ficano and retiring SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski. “It’s something people have talked to me about,” said Herzig. “Neahwa Park is a jewel, but it’s not the most pedestrian-friendly or the most attractive entrance. There’s no sidewalk, and it’s hidden. We can do better.” Under late Mayor Dick Miller, the city had acquired funding from the state Department of Transportation to upgrade the park entrance at James Georgeson Avenue, including better sidewalks and a redesign of the entry way. But according to Herzig, the right-of-way and the railroad crossings raised the price tag of the project to more than the city could afford. “It was going to cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars for a small stretch of sidewalk,” he said. “There were too many complications.” In addition to the streetscape projects that would need to be done on the new entrance, the railroad crossing would need to be moved, but Herzig

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Mayor Herzig floated the idea of a new “grand entrance” to Neahwa Park during a panel Sunday, March 25, at the Oneonta History Center. He described a pedestrian-bike-vehicular span crossing between Foothills and Stella Luna, over the railroad tracks into the park, replacing the rail crossing at James Georgeson Avenue.

believes this is a strong argument for the project. “It’s actually a safer crossing,” he said. “The distance between Market Street and the crossing is greater, so it is less likely that cars will back up onto the tracks while waiting to leave the park after a big event.” The first step, Herzig said, would be acquiring the property from the Bettiol family. And although he has spoken to them, he said that at this point, no decision has been made. Additional funding would

likely be sought as well, as the original DOT grant could not be applied to the project. “Right now it’s just an idea and a dream,” he said. Expanding access to the park, as Herzig suggests, is one more way of making Oneonta an attractive destination for visitors, new residents and continued quality of life for those already here. “Oneonta is poised for prosperity,” said Ficano. “We have what it takes to be a destination spot for people

moving from New York City, Western New York and the Hudson Valley.” As larger cities become overcrowded and expensive, people are migrating to smaller cities, such as Oneonta, said Ficano. And, she said, parks, public spaces and arts and culture are some of the strongest factors sought after by young families looking for a new place to settle. To the arts and culture side, Herzig proposed that a band shell could be added at the new entrance.

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Join us as we remember Christ’s journey to Jerusalem and the cross, His death, and His Resurrection for our salvation.

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A Reconciling Congregation · Wheelchair Accessible Welcoming LGBT · All are welcome Rev. Teressa Sivers, Pastor

5 p.m. · Service with Holy Communion

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Noon · Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ. Meditations from Richfield area clergy. 5 p.m. · Good Friday service with Holy Communion

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We will also be celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord through an Easter Vigil at Christ Church, 300 N. Main Street, Herkimer, at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, March 31.

8 am - Sunrise Service 9 am - Easter Brunch 10 am - Resurrection Service with Communion

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Main Street & Walling Avenue, Oneonta (across from Friendly’s Restaurant) Church Office: 607-432-7520 The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Walton-Leavitt

Holy week & easter sunday Thursday, March 29: Maundy Thursday 7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist with Stripping of the Altar in the Church 9 p.m. to midnight Vigil in St Agnes Chapel

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Noon to 3 p.m. The Three Hours’ Devotion in the Church (Prayers, readings, hymns, meditations on the Seven Last Words. Worshippers may come and go during the service.) 5:30 p.m. The Stations of the Cross in St Agnes Chapel 7:30 p.m. The Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday

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sunday, april 1: Easter Sunday 6:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunrise Service at Lakefront Park 8:00 a.m. Festal Holy Eucharist with Choir in the Church 10:00 a.m. Festal Holy Eucharist with Choir in the Church

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Change Hard, But Bassett May Emerge Stronger

ypically, after a long period of stability under one chief executive of whatever enterprise, there’s a lot of “we always did it this way” going on, and a period of turnover at the top can follow. So it’s probably inevitable that whomever succeeded Dr. Bill Streck after 30 years at the helm of the Bassett enterprises would be transitional. Thus, it should be no surprise that the experienced and capable Dr. Vance Brown, who arrived here from Maine Health almost four years ago, is leaving April 20. His last year has been particularly change-filled, with a major reorganization of the Bassett

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Bill Streck, left, and Vance Brown during the initial changeover in the summer of 2014.

structure last November into two boards: one for Cooperstown’s Bassett Hospital, and a second to make strategic decisions for the eight-county, six-hospital, mul-

tiple-facility healthcare network. Brown’s original job, looking inward to manage the local hospital and outward to manage inter-hospital relations and adapt as necessary to state and national healthcare politics and policies, seems near-impossible. They are two different jobs. Streck did both for 30 years, but the job grew incrementally as the system evolved. • In announcing Brown is departing, the press release cryptically mentioned Dr. Bill LeCates, the nephrologist who was named “interim president” of Bassett Hospital when the two-board system was created, will become perma-

nent president “when the network CEO transition is completed.” And this is good. Can any institution avoid criticism? Certainly not. But the chorus of dissatisfaction with Bassett’s patient care seemed to swell in recent years. Sometimes it’s like everybody has a complaint, and they can sound scary. Under the new setup, LeCates can focus single-mindedly on patient care inside the Cooperstown hospital, and on the physicians and nurses who provide it, to ensure if there are problems beyond perception they will be addressed. The two-tier system is how it’s always worked at the other hospitals – Fox Hospital President,

Jeff Joyner, for instance, focuses on how care is provided at the Oneonta facility, and reports to the network president. It seems like a model that will work better for the headquarters hospital in Cooperstown than what’s been in place. • Another surprise in the press release was news that Bill Streck, a vigorous 71, will return in the interim as network CEO to oversee the transition, which will certainly take a year, maybe more. After departing in the summer of 2014, Streck soon joined HANYS, the Healthcare Association of New York State, as “chief mediPlease See EDITORIAL, A6

ISSUE & DEBATE OHS, CSS Students Want Action. But Gun Owners Want Their Rights Protected Editors’ Note: Several hundred comments appeared on the AllOtsego.com Facebook page after reports were posted on student rallies in Oneonta and Cooperstown over the weekend. Here is a sampling of the back and forth. See the full string of comments of www.facebook.com/allotsego1808/.

Take the guns away so government can gain more control. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is to blame for the latest shooting. They could’ve Baker-billed the kid and he wouldn’t have been able to buy a firearm. Mental health is to blame. Not an inanimate object.

eather Crayon The teenagers did a great job of organizing and spoke passionately about the need for common-sense gun safety reform. If only all adults could listen.

Jennifer Stewart Reform not unarm. Restrict not unarm. It’s not 1776 anymore.

Jeff Usher Reform what? As you watch the TV footage of kids walking out of school to force repeal of the Second Amendment and to try to confiscate your guns, may I remind you that Mao used the same strategy in 1966 to force Communist rule in China – a youth movement

Timothy Schorer One thing these kids don’t understand, they wouldn’t have their first amendment rights if it weren’t for the Second. It’s what was meant by keeping and protecting our rights! Bonita Gibb Stay strong kids! Everyone wants to be heard but not everyone wants to listen. You got this! Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Jeff Usher What a way to jump on a gun-grabbing bandwagon. I’m sure this movement is highly funded by the left.

OHS senior Caroline Bagby delivers an impassioned poem at the Oneonta rally in support of “March For Our Lives” Saturday, March 24, in Washington D.C.. “The living, you, me, we stand together in solidarity.”

Richard Campbell Just like what happened with gun reform in Australia. They executed everyone. Oh wait...no they didn’t. In 20 years they have seen an accelerating decline in intentional firearm deaths and an absence of fatal mass shootings. Please See FACEBOOK, A6

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Relapse Is Part Of Recovery From Heroin Addiction – But It Can Be Fatal Editor’s Note: This column, by Susan Matt, LCSW/ CASAC, Otsego County Mental Health director of community services, in one being provided monthly on the opioid epidemic by the Otsego County Opioid Tas Force.

or those of us on the treatment side of the opiate epidemic, the loss of human potential is staggering. Active addiction often brings many losses in terms of work, family, freedom, stability, and most tragically,

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hope. The loss of life is usually not so directly connected to active addiction, but the lethality of opiates allows no room for doubt. Unlike other addictive substances, a relapse for someone addicted to opiates can be fatal. Relapse, a moment in time when the person doubts the power that a substance has over their life and can no longer fight the cravings sent from their brain, is usually not fatal. In fact, relapse is a common and often important

hurdle in the recovery process. Because of this, in treatment we often look at relapse as an opportunity to better understand one’s own personal dynamics of addiction. Relapse encourages a person to develop recovery skills on a deeper level. Looking closely at the thinking and behaviors that preceded the relapse is vital for long term recovery and

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wellness. Treatment professionals know that addiction significantly changes the way the brain works. Retraining is a multifaceted longterm process that includes the mind, body and spirit. This is why opiate addiction is most effectively treated with a combination of medication and specialized treatment by a trained professional. There are many other things that help

support recovery and wellness, and exploring these should be part of anyone’s recovery journey. The person we see during active addiction is often far from the person who emerges in recovery. That is the tragedy of this epidemic. So many are being lost, often as they are working toward recovery, that we as a community are denied the possibilities of what their life in recovery might have held. Often by the time Please See OPIOID, A6

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hile recently reading an article in the naturalgasnow. org weekly update, we were referred to the Albany Business Review website, bizjournals.com, where we found the article, “These Upstate New York counties had the most people move to other states.” Written by Todd Kehoe, research director, Albany Business Review, it points out “about 2 percent of Upstate New York’s population left for other states between the years of 2011 and 2015.” In fact, it notes, “Only seven upstate counties have grown in population since 2010, according to Census esti-

mates.” And the article included a list of the 20 +Upstate counties that have lost the biggest share of their population between 2011 and 2015. In this area Tompkins County, CATHERINE which is #2 on the LAKE list, saw 5.1 perELLSWORTH cent of its population exit. That was a loss of 5,294 people, leaving the county with an estimated population of 104,871 in 2016.

In that same time frame, Otsego County, on the list at #11, lost 1,408 people, 2.26 percent of the population of the county, leaving an estimated 2016 population of 60,097. • And as distressing as the loss of population is to this area, we found what naturalgas.org wrote in its update about Otsego County even more disturbing. It read: “Otsego County, for you readers from Manhattan, is home to Cooperstown and ‘Lake Glimmerglass’ of “Leatherstocking Tales” fame, the Baseball Hall of Fame and some very Please See COLUMN, A5

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HOMETOWN

History

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

150 Years Ago

Calamity on the Mountain – On Monday night, one of the coldest and windiest of the season, William Oliver’s house on the bleak mountain road leading from the head of Mitchell Hollow to West Durham, was entirely consumed by fire. When discovered by the family about 2 a.m., the flames had attained such progress that the inmates only had opportunity to escape in their night clothes! Mr. Oliver with a little boy of six years and Mrs. Oliver with an infant of three months in her arms started for the nearest neighbor’s half a mile distant, leaving four older children to keep warm near the burning building. The parents and the accompanying children, however, sank down in the snow, exhausted but not far from the haven they intended to reach. Early in the morning, while the neighbor fed his cattle, he discovered a white rag fluttering in the snow by the roadside. Upon examination he found Mrs. Oliver embedded in a large drift, badly frozen and insensible. Strange to relate, the infant was but little injured. The family was rescued though in a bad, frozen condition. It is feared that the infant is the only member of this unfortunate family that will survive. March 1868

40 Years Ago

80 Years Ago

Marriage Discussion at Normal School – “Dare I marry? Is the question the man of the day asks himself,” Dr. Boyd McCleary said in a talk at the Normal School yesterday. “The question used to be “Can I afford not to marry?” he added. Speaking on “Marriage of Romantic Love” Dr. McCleary gave a picture of the modern wife with her economic and social independence and the man with his rights as patriarch and protector taken away. “The two most used words in connection with marriage are happiness and unhappiness,” said Dr. McCleary. In conclusion, he stressed the need for the family to make adjustments to a changing social environment with a growth in love and character as the years advance. March 1938

60 Years Ago

Twenty candidates turned out this afternoon for Hartwick College baseball coach Bud Getchell’s first meeting at the fieldhouse. The season opens on April 23 against Siena at Webb Island. Four returning infielders from last year’s team are expected to bolster the Warriors a lot this spring. Oneontans Nick Lambros and Ed Clough as well as Bob Smith and Jud Lockwood will be available. Outfielders Joe Spald and Bernie Ross are back and Harm Borfitz, who did most of the pitching last year is already throwing. Mickey Villamena, a sophomore who did not play last year, should be a big help to Getchell on the mound. He pitched his Lincoln High School team to the New York City championship in 1956 with a 1-0, 11-inning victory over Bryant High of Long Island. The biggest job of replacement will be behind the plate where Gene Haner held sway last year. March 1958

125 Years Ago

There were about seventy-five invited guests present on Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Solon Huntington on Chestnut Street to listen to the excellent musical program prepared for their entertainment by the Ladies’ Harmony Club. There were ten numbers on the program, four from the works of Chopin and six from those of Mendelssohn. Besides these there was an interesting sketch of the lives of the two great composers read by Miss Latimer. Among the members of te club are Mrs. C.E. Ford, Miss Abel, Mrs. Church, and Miss Huntington, all of whom had par in the program, interpreting with grace and delicacy the compositions of the two distinguished composers. March 1893

10 Years Ago

100 Years Ago

Rushing out of her flaming house at No. 2 Washburn Street yesterday afternoon to get aid, Mrs. Dominick Delice locked the door and then fainted. But, she had caused enough commotion to arouse the neighbors, who sent in a call for the firemen. Mrs. Delice was getting the evening meal ready for her husband and, in her haste to put the meat and vegetables on, and then drop across the street to visit friends, she let the kitchen range become overheated. A tinder box standing nearby caught fire and soon the wall back of the stove was ablaze from the floor to the ceiling.

Cooperstown Takes A Hit COLUMN/From A4 snobby folks who generally oppose anything they might, under the most remote of circumstances, see or hear.” Of course, this attitude toward Otsego County in general, and Cooperstown in particular, is not new to us when it comes to natural gas. We well remember attending a meeting in Oneonta on the issue of natural gas at which we were greeted with an audible gasp of horror when we introduced ourselves as being from Cooperstown. Fortunately, it is a reaction we do not normally get when we mention we are from Cooperstown. Nonetheless, it was an experience we shall not soon forget. -Not long ago a friend cut out from his newspaper and sent us an opinion piece, “Threat from campus speech police,” written by Peter Morici. It begins with the somewhat startling sentence, namely, “American universities pose a terrible threat to our prosperity and democracy.” It goes on to explain that, in the opinion of Morici, college graduates no longer are able to think critically, noting, “Although essential at every level of professional work, employers find that facility lacking in about 4 in 10 graduates.” He continues: “In the 1950s, freshman composition was an arduous rite of passage. Each week, students wrote themes, which were rigorously graded for grammar and logical structure. They learned not merely how to bang a subject against a verb but also how to think clearly and put aside personal biases. Gradually, such rigor has been removed from required undergraduate curricula. These days repeating faculties’ and administrators’ politically correct orthodoxy, and running off campus speakers whose views challenge their prejudices, are what passes for intellectual

competence.” Additionally, he points out that “universities are undermining American civic values of tolerance and respect for due process.” For entire piece, Google “Morici campus speech.” As we read the piece, we must say that it quite made us think that we shall not remove the sign we have on our back door which reads: “Critical Thinking...The Other National Deficit.” -Not long ago, we came across a pink satin down comforter which we believe belonged to our maternal grandmother. At least we remember it being in her house when we were growing up. It has a label on it which points out it is a Blue Goose Brand comforter which was made in Detroit, Mich. And since we always wonder about exactly when such things appeared on the scene, we were delighted to discover that the original price tag was still attached. From it we learned, it was purchased at Gilmore Brothers Department Store probably sometime around the end of January 1931, at a cost of $32.50. Since we thought $32.50 was not an insignificant sum in 1931, we turned to the online inflation calculator to discover that in today’s dollars the cost would be $532.38, also not an insignificant sum. But, we do think it is safe to say that the family has gotten its money’s worth from the comforter, especially since it is still in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-5478124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny.rr.com. Or, for more thoughts about the comings and goings of Cooperstown, visit the website, cooperstowntoday.com.

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The Center for Continuing Adult Learning will unveil its summer and autumn course catalogue at a spring tea on Sunday, March 30, at St. James Episcopal Church in Oneonta. The catalogue offers 42 courses covering a broad range of subjects taught by local instructors from various backgrounds. Courses on current political subjects will include “Culture Wars ad Globalization – Revisited” by William Dornburgh and “Election 2008 – Economic, Social and Political by Carl Nordstrom. Paul Scheele will offer “The Metaphysical Club.” Howson Hartley will examine “The 18th Century and the Enlightenment. March 2008

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After all, it’s money you need and didn’t know you had access to. At this point, there are some questions to ask yourself. First, do you know the person who approached you and do you trust that person? Second, are you qualified to make a determination as to the value of the wood you’re about to sell. The answer for most of

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eadows, dales, flowers and bees branches, twigs, covered with leaves. • Songs from birds, from roosts on high nature be heard, Spring has arrived! • A flicker, fight, nectar, the dew first there was one, then there was two. • Life is a dance, a labor of love the rustle from wind, the stars up above. • Fetching, catching, hatching the new thunder, lightning,

shelter them too. • The cricket, the cow, hummingbirds bound spider, sprig, a worm to be found. • The lizard, lark, snake in the grass watching, waiting, a part of the task. • Needing, feeding, preening and prune nudging, coaxing, take flight in June. • Fly away both family and friends birds of a feather, together again. GERRY M. WELCH Cooperstown

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us is a resounding “no.” We don’t know: how to estimate the standing volume of the timber on our property using a Doyle, Scribner or International scale; how to use a Biltmore Stick to estimate the number of saw-logs in a given tree; have a clue as to what the sawmills or China are paying for stumpage; and how much the logger will charge to have the harvested wood trucked to the sawmill. In other words, we have no idea of what the wood is worth and therefore could sell it for far less than it is worth. If the answer to either of the two questions asked in the preceding paragraph is “no,” it’s time to consider investing in a consulting forester who, for a small fee, is trained to advise you about what you should

expect to net from a timber sale and how to conduct the harvest in a manner that will create conditions in your woodlot more likely to maximize the growth of the remaining “desirable” trees and provide wildlife habitat for the species you want in your woods. By helping you put your proposed timber sale out for bid, the consulting forester is likely to help you secure a price for your wood that not only covers the cost of the forester, but also increases the amount you make or net from the sale. The traditional timber harvest, unless directed by someone knowledgeable about how to achieve the landowner’s goals, tends to be poorly done. I say that because the general practice is called high-grading Please See ZAGATA, A6

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Airport Commission Praiseworthy, As Is Former Chairman Jeff Back To: The Editor: I was impressed to see the positive and supportive mention by Mayor Gary Herzig of the Oneonta Municipal Airport (OMA) and its Commissioners, appointed by the Mayor, in his recent State of the City Address. As a member of the Friends of the Jeff Airport, I believe his assertion about the promise of OMA as a driver of economic activity is right on target. There are so many others who feel the same way. But I must point out a notable omission: namely the dedicated efforts of Jeff Back, former commissioner and its chair. I was privileged to work with Jeff Back for several years and can attest to the countless hours he has spent

in voluntary service – often at the sacrifice of his business (Fyr-Fyter) demands. As his fellow Commissioners well know, no one was more responsible for the very successful 50th Anniversary celebration in September, 2016, or the service honoring the late Dennis Finn in June, Back 2017. He has worked diligently with the on-going development of the Federal Aviation Administration 20 year comprehensive plan. Always leading with quiet reasoning, insight and determination, Jeff is an outstanding example of the work of all the City’s many commissioners. Indeed, he continues to serve now on two city commissions. ALAN DONOVAN Oneonta

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Otsego County Needs To Tell World About The Great Things Here To the Editor: I completely agree with Hartwick College Professor Carly Ficano when she said at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society Sunday, March 25: “Oneonta needs to consider how it looks to the outside world.” And: “We need to consider what we have to offer to bring new people and businesses to the area”. I would add that the same applies to all of Otsego County. We need to see all of Otsego County as a single, multi-faceted, interrelated business and promote

its components with a single vision and cooperative actions toward mutual growth and long-term economic sustainability. We need to create a new model for selling a rebirth of life in small town America where people can see a long-term future for themselves and their families. We have the land, air and water. We have the life worth living. Technology can and will help us create the means to a new economic and social sustainability. It will now take focused cooperation and diversified investment

Bassett Changes May Allow New Focus On Patient Care EDITORIAL/From A1 cal and health systems innovation officer.” Last year, when the Republican health non-care reforms were under consideration, he was the key local player in explaining what the impacts might be. When you think about it, three years immersed in thinking about how the world of hospitals is chang-

ing and innovative ways to adjust well prepares him to guide Bassett during this transition. At base, with its new management structure, Streck as interim network CEO and LeCates empowered to tackle patient-care issues on the ground, Bassett’s patients may come out of this better than we’re going into it.

for the long-term common good, built on cooperative, multi-sized, micro economies, that cannot be taken down overnight. Everyone going their own separate ways, operating only in their own self-interest, is a failed model for population and economic sustainability going forward. Working together, we can promote Otsego County to the “outside world” with a unified vision and voice, attracting outside people to live here with their families, businesses, outside money, contacts and investments. We have

the quality of life they need. Selling it is the key to a viable future for Otsego County, in my view. The City of Springfield, Mass., recently voted to spend $100,000 of taxpayers’ money to promote their city. Many cities and counties are facing the same problems and are trying to improve their situations. We are fortunate with the assets and resources that we have in Otsego County. Promoting Otsego County is manageable. We need to invest in ourselves, and create a demand for all of

Part Of Recovery, Relapses Can Also Be Fatal OPIOID/From A4 someone with an addiction enters the treatment door, their life is spinning out of control. The main focus of every minute of the day is consumed with their active addiction. Their presentation is often the very opposite of what is really going on below the surface. They present in control of their lives, never showing how terrified and hopeless they feel underneath. For those of us who are committed to walking alongside them on the

journey into recovery, our first priority is to ignite some hope. Hope that they can gain more control over their lives through active management of their addiction. Those with opiate addiction are much like those with other addictions in that the recovery process often involves multiple setbacks. For those addicted to opiates the chance of a fatal relapse is much greater. Another tragic distinction of opiate addiction is that those whose deaths are directly caused by their addiction

Gun Debate Has AllOTSEGO Facebook Page On Fire FACEBOOK/From A4 Jeff Usher So we should be like Australia? Where I live here in New York a police response would be 15-20 minutes. More than enough time for a home invasion to take my belongings and or murder my family. You’ll never get rid of firearms here in the United States.

Jeff Usher So you’re thinking firearms should be banned? The guy in Austin used bombs. I guess that you want bombs made illegal.

Jennifer Stewart Because that happens so often. Honestly. How many home invasions have you had? You’d be more likely killed in school at this point.

Bill Tallman Maybe we should ban fire extinguishers because while your house and belongings are burning, the fire department is on the way and will bethere in 15-20 minutes.

Timothy Schorer On the brighter side of things, package theft in Austin has fallen by a dramatic eighty percent in the last week!

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You can’t debate an issue with those who live in fear. Jeff Usher Fear? Hardly? Ever jump from 25,000 feet into a combat zone? You have no idea. Timothy Schorer It’s not fear, It’s our rights as they are written, it’s really not difficult. Well, maybe for you it is! Richard Campbell

OK, so you need your AR-15 to fight off the U.S. military? Hahahahaha. Good luck with that.

Before You Cut, Consider Seeking Expertise ZAGATA/From A4 (diameter limit cut) and that translates to “cut the best and leave the rest”. If you, as a landowner, do that a couple times in a row, you are lengthening the time between future economically successful harvests, as the proportion of “low value” trees is increasing at the expense of the high-value trees. In other words, now you’re stuck with low-value wood and no market for it and, to make matters worse, what’s left may be

of little value to wildlife. Here’s where the use of wood for fuel (biomass) enters the picture. In the next article, we’ll look at biomass as a way to rejuvenate your forest, Governor Cuomo’s goal of 40 percent renewable energy and lots of other fun things. Mike Zagata, a former DEC commissioner in the Pataki Administration and environmental executive at Fortune 500 companies, resides in West Davenport.

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Bob Murdock It’s probably considered a monster now because of its use in all those mass shootings. Makes sense considering it was designed to be an effective rifle for the U.S. infantry. Bob Murdock Yes, if people were using fire extinguishers to kill dozens of people in a matter of minutes we would probably look at restricting access. Good call.

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Oneonta clerics prepare to march from Oneonta High School to Muller Plaza in the “March For Our Lives” Saturday, March 24. From left are Mark Montfort, First Presbyterian; Mark Piedmonte, pastor, Gilbertsville and Garrettsville Presbyterian; Cynthia Walton-Levitt, Oneonta “Red Door” Church, Theresa Sivers, Oneonta First United Methodist; Sharon RankinsBurd, Fly Creek United Methodist, and Craig Schwalenberg, Oneonta Unitarian Universalist Society.

700 Gather In Oneonta, Cobleskill In Solidarity With D.C. Protesters RALLY/From A1 man, John Faso, has an A rating from the NRA,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We need to let him know that protecting his rating is not as important as protecting you!” Faso, who received $5,950 in campaign contributions from the NRA, also voted for legislation that would force states with concealed-carry laws to recognize other states’ concealed-carry laws and allow gun owners to cross state lines with their weapons. In Cobleskill, students from Cooperstown Central School joined a rally of 300 in the Veteran’s Memorial Centre Park. “I refuse to believe that children’s lives are simply the cost of the ‘right’ to own weapons of mass destruction,” said Josie Hovis, a CCS junior. “If I don’t stand up now and demand a safe space to go to school, it might be my body on the floor of my classroom next time.” With posters and chants of “No more silence! End gun violence!” protestors in Oneonta walked from the high school to gather in Muller Plaza. “Your coming today physically presents the message that people are more important than guns,” said Abbey Koutnik. “This is not passive. You are taking action to reduce gun violence in our country.” Organizer Carolyn Bagby, who was named one of the city’s Trailblazers on Tuesday, March 20, helped organize the march, ordering T-shirts, posters and stickers from the “March For Our Lives” website, as well as the Progressive Turnout Project. “It’s been an absolute honor to do this,” she said.

“Students created this movement and are continuing it,” said OHS student Kyle Sinclair. And many brought their own posters. “The Number of Bullet Holes Are As Many As Can Be Shot In The Time It Takes To Read This,” read a poster made by Toby Green, Milford. “It takes me three seconds to read this,” he said. “There are 40 bullet holes, 40 people who could be dead. Guns have changed since the laws were written, and the laws need to change with the guns.” “We had a poster-making party!” said Laurel Fox, an OHS student. “It feels really good to see adults here – and the dogs! It’s emotional and it’s so relevant.” “We all made signs before we came,” said CCS freshman Alex Bohler, at the Cobleskill march, who carried one that read, “Our Safety Is More Important Than Your Destructive Hobby.” In addition to protesting, tables were set up at both marches so people could also register to vote and send letters to their representatives. “We are doing something,” said Koutnik. “We are voting. We are writing. We are a voice that demands to be heard, and I thank the students in Parkland who were brave enough to stand up.” And this won’t be the last rally the students hold. “We’re going to try and show what we believe in as many venues as possible,” said Bohler. “The power to change is not in the hands of the so-called powerful,” said Buttermann. “Power is in the hands of those who come together to reject what was, and do not accept that we cannot control change.”

Congressional Candidates To Debate In County DEBATE/From A1 It is likely to be the only such debate in the 10-county 19th Congressional District, according to its host, Democratic organizer Richard Sternberg, the retired physician and village trustee. The seven candidates who “have agreed and confirmed to appear in Cooperstown” are: Former State Department staffer Jeff Beals, Coopertown’s Erin Collier, who worked in the Obama Administration; lawyers David Clapper and Antonio Delgado, investor Brian Flynn, former Cuomo aide Gareth Rhodes and tech company executive Pat Ryan. Sternberg organized the first forum of the campaign for all candidates last April at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club in Oneonta. This event will be “a debate rather than a forum,” Sternberg said. “A question will be put forward. Each candidate will have an opportunity to make a brief response. Then the candidates will be able to question each other.” While host, Sternberg will not emcee the event. He said is conducting interviews with possible moderators now. “I’m looking for somebody who has not yet formulated an opinion on which candidate they favor, with demonstrated knowledge of government and a firm personality in order to keep this in control as much as possible,” he said. Sternberg has been organizing Sunday afternoon appearances by individual

candidates at Cooperstown Village Hall, where voters have had a chance to question them individually. Thus, he thought the debate format would be more likely to give voters new understanding of each candidate’s qualities. Cooperstown’s Collier is the final candidate scheduled to appear at an individual session: Sunday, April 22. Faso has also been

invited, Sternberg said, and he has asked county Republican chairman Vince Casale to co-host the session to assure the congressman the session is bi-partisan in intent. Sternberg said he rented the 300-seat auditorium because voters from throughout the county and 19th District are being invited to attend, and said he expects at least 200 people at the session.

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he hunt is on at Hyde Hall as kids take off across the lawn at the annual egg hunt. Visit with the Easter Bunny, have treats and more. 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31, Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass St. Prk. Rd., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5098. UNDERWATER HUNT: Some Easter eggs will float, some will sink and the kids have to swim and dunk to collect them as the YMCA holds an egg hunt in the pool. Cost, $5/child. 7 - 8 p.m Friday, March 30. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010.

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Stripes is a complicated one, said Fenimore President Paul D’Ambrosio in an interview discussing the 2018 season that opens this Saturday, March 31. While a symbol of an enemy, “the American flag was a symPlease See THAWS, B3

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Opening Saturday, March 31

►EUGENE AND CLARE THAW: A MEMORIAL EXHIBIT, through Dec. 30. ►Edward Weston: Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist, through Aug. 5 ►History: Photographs by David Levinthal, through Dec. 31 ►Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest: Photographs by Jeff Ferguson, through Dec. 31 ►Hamilton’s Final Act: Enemies and Allies, through Dec. 31 ►The Barber Surreal: Eugene Berman’s Reimagined

Barber of Seville, through Dec. 31 ►American Folk Art: Seven Decades of Collecting, through May 13

Opening Friday, May 25

►Thomas Cole and The Garden of Eden, through Sept. 30

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Lavern Kelley: drawings, carvings & photographs. Free admission. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown NY. Call 607547-5327. MASTERPIECE CONCERT – 4 - 7 p.m. Celebrate the opening of the Masterpiece Concert Series and the Birthday of Maestro “Slava” Rostropovich with a cello concert featuring rock hits from the ‘60s to modern pop music. Seating for 100. Tickets, $100. The Masterpiece Performance Center, 350 Galina Lane, Mohawk. Call 347-559-1076. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 and 9 p.m. Showing “The

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RESEARCH – 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Learn the basics of genealogy research. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980. KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478344. ART STUDIO – 3:30 p.m. Young artists and their families are invited to explore basic art techniques, from acrylics to watercolors. All

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The Plains Indians in particular, who recognized the power of the U.S. cavalry they were fighting, saw the flag as “a protective symbol,” and that protection

was considered transferable, First among them he said. is photography where, In modern times, Native D’Ambrosio said, the Americans are among the museum has developed “a most patriotic segments of hardcore niche” for “high the U.S. population, as mea- quality photography exsured in military enlistment, hibits” – Upstate, it is in he continued. competition only with the Second, variety. George Eastman Museum in Eugene and Clare Thaw: Rochester. A Memorial Tribute, is just Among Saturday’s one of a range of exhibits, openings is “Portrait of the equal to any Young Man summer to as an Artist,” date, that will photos by Edopen over ward Weston, the next few “a friend and months. colleague” of The highAnsel Adams, light of the himself the season will subject of two come May popular exhib26, Memorial its over the Day Weekend, past decade. an exhibit of (Another the Hudson Adams associRiver School’s ate, Imogen Thomas Cole Cunningham, that features is featured his “Expulin an exhibit sion from the opening Aug. Garden of 11.) Fenimore Vice Eden,” on loan President/Facilities The musefrom Boston’s Joe Siragusa passes um continues Museum of to leverage through a door into the gift shop that Fine Arts. its original But the va- is a foot wider, to Alexander riety is evident improve handicapped Hamilton letin the other ex- access. The museum’s ters, formerly hibits opening front entrance is displayed in also more wheelchair this weekend. accessible. the upstairs

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“The Barber Surreal,” images from a set Surrealist Eugene Berman created for a “Barber of Seville” performance in 1953 at the Metropolitan Opera. The Glimmerglass is staging Puccini’s “Barber” July 14Aug. 25. Rounding out the offerings opening Saturday is “American Folk Art: Seven Decades of Collecting,” featuring Thomas Chambers’ “View of Cold Spring” on the Hudson River. Stephen C. Clark’s collection of American folk art is considered one of the two best in the country. Still, the “Memorial Tribute” to the Thaws is a favorite for those who worked with the eminent art collector and his wife, who both passed away in the past year. Another exhibit of the Thaw collection has been planned, but after Gene Thaw’s passing Jan. 3, “We felt compelled to do it,” D’Ambrosio said. As with the flag-decorated pillow, the exhibit is of early pieces of Native American art the Thaws began to collect retiring in 1981 to Santa Fe and reflects “the joy of discovery,” D’Ambrosio said. At the time, the Thaws “had been disillusioned with the art world, with investment-based patrons lacking passion” in what they were doing. “In stepping away,” he continued, “unexpectedly he stepped back in a huge way.” “And he began to find it because no one else was seeing it as art,” D’Ambrosio said. As word got out, “because he was who he was, things started coming to him. What a fantastic way to be in retirement, honestly.” The Thaws’ donation of more than 870 pieces to The Fenimore in the 1990s, along with Jane Forbes Clark’s leadership since about that same time, “made the museum what is it. It was transformative,” D’Ambrosio said.

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Two landowners have requested that their agricultural land, located in the Towns of Worcester and Milford be included in Agricultural District # 2 and #6 within Otsego County.

Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 March 2018. Certificate of Amendment filing date with the SSNY was 9 March 2018. 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 471 County Highway 40, Worcester, NY 12197. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalMay.3

A listing of the parcels to be included and the recommendation of the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board may be examined at the Otsego County Planning Department at The Meadows Building, 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours.

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All parties in interest and citizens will be heard by the Otsego County Board of Representatives at the public hearing. The location of the public hearing is accessible to persons with mobility impairment.

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1. The name of the limited liability company is: Stretch’s Lawn & Landscape, LLC.

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ing of the Articles of Incorporation with the NY Secretary of State is February 22, 2018. 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 the 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: 115 Fork Shop Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. 5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose or activity allowed by law. 6LegalMay.3 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of NY Goat Yoga, LLC Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NY Department of State: March 13th, 2018 Office of the LLC: Otsego County The New York Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: Sharon

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Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Jack Howell, 64 East Elm Street, Unit 4, Chicago, IL 60611. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalApr.19

Notice of Formation of RED ONION FARM, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/16/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 83, Fly Creek, NY 13337, which is also the principal business location. Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApr.26 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of SWATLING BROTHERS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/16/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 83, Fly Creek, NY 13337, which is also the principal business location. Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApr.26

Notice of Formation of HH Wellington LLC.

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of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 1455, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 122 Mountain Vista Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. 6LegalApr.5

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Notice of formation of DECCANA HOSTING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/31/18. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o The Law Office of Joel S. Charleston, 11 Pearl Street, North Woodmere, NY 11581. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApr.5 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of MOUNTAINVIEW MOBILE HOME PARK II LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/23/18. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent

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The Technician fabricates a finished component through all necessary stages of assembly. May build an entire production run, including mixing, coating, pressing, stripping, welding, winding, cell assembly and testing. Place parts in ovens and operate at the specified time-temperature to produce a properly dried assembly. High School Diploma or Equivalent and be able to work with hands, simple math, follow instructions. This is a full time hourly position with competitive benefits. additional information can be found on our website: www.ioxus.com send cover letter and resume to ioxus, human resources 18 stadium circle, oneonta, nY 13820 or joinourteam@ioxus.com ioxus, inc. is an equal opportunity employer, m/F/d/v

Hartwick College seeks a full-time, experienced Director of Student Accounts who is responsible for all aspects of student billing, in addition to the accounts receivables for the entire college community. For detailed information, please visit https://www.hartwick.edu/about-us/employment/human-resources/employment-opportunities/staff-positions/. EOE

Looking for an Experienced Construction Worker Must be familiar with equipment. CDL preferred but not required. Salary dependent on qualifications. Call 607-547-5559 or email ubnerexcavating@gmail.com Scott R. Ubner Excavating, Inc.

2018 Glimmer Globe Theatre Auditions Fenimore Art Museum’s 2018 theatre season begins with auditions scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, April 3 and 4, from 5 pm to 8:30 pm in the Fenimore Auditorium. Productions this year include William Shakespeare’s Othello and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Actors will receive a paid stipend. To sign up for an audition slot, or for more info about the audition process, contact Mike Tamburrino at m.tamburrino@fenimoreart.org or 607-547-1453.

ESSAY CONTEST – 9:15 a.m. Ruggles essay competition. Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181. DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. TOWN HALL – 6 - 8 p.m. Gubernatorial candidate, Larry Sharpe. Hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty. The Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-287-9022. BIRD WATCH & HIKE – 7 - 8 p.m. Search for American Woodcocks performing their spring “sky dance” with local birder Bob Donnelly. Parslow Road Conservation Area, 127 Parslow Rd., Town of Otsego. RSVP, 607-547-2366.

Thursday, April 5

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS – 8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. Regional literary competition. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080. PHOTOGRAPHY – 6 - 8 p.m. Local landscape photographer leads seminar on photo composition. Participants learn about light, color, lines, and space in photography. Free, registration required. Continues 4/12 & 4/19. Community Room, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Knitters and crocheters of all skill levels meet to work on projects. Accompanied youths welcome. The Study, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. WRITING FESTIVAL – 7 p.m. New American Writing Festival presents readings by Marian Crotty, award winning author of short story collection “What Counts as Love?” Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607431-4911. DRAMA CLUB – 7 p.m. GMU presents “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Tickets, $5. Gilbertsville-Mount Upton High School, 693 St. Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville. Call 607-7832207 ext. 140. SENIOR PLAY – 7 - 9:30 p.m. CCS produciton of “Almost. Maine.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181.

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CONFERENCE – 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Political science conference features speakers from around NYS discussing topics from foreign and domestic affairs to immigration and gun control. Morris Hall, SUNY Oneonta. LIVING HEALTHIER – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Features fun activities, vendors, a Red Cross Blood Drive, and presentations on preventing Lyme disease, Tai Chi demonstration, more. Admission, Free. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-547-4230. FACULTY LECTURE – 3:30 p.m. Hartwick Biology professor, Dr. Mark Kuhlman, presents “The Octopus’s Garbage, and Other Tales of Marine Research.” Free, open to the public. Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4865. BENEFIT – 5 - 8 p.m. Spaghetti Dinner & Chinese Auction to benefit the Cory Perrault Hartwick Fire Dept., 3088 Co. Hwy. 11, Hartwick. Call Beth O’Brien at 607-293-6046.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is currently hiring for the following 2018 summer seasonal positions: Retail associate VisitoR seRVices associate MeMBeRsHip associate WaReHouse associate For details and instructions on how to apply please visit www.baseballhall.org/employment or contact Ryan Selzner, Human Resources Director at 607-547-0207.

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IN MEMORIAM Rosa Grigoli, 87, Oneonta; Matriarch Of Sal’s Pizza Family ONEONTA – Rosa Grigoli, 87, who helped her sons operate Sal’s Pizza parlors in Oneonta and Cooperstown, passed away in the comfort of her Ford Avenue home on March 23, 2018. She suffered for several years with dementia and relied on the strength of her Catholic faith to carry her through. She was born in Carini, Sicily, on Oct. 3, 1930, to John and Rosa Picone. She was an immigrant from Sicily, landing on Ellis Island on Dec. 6, 1956, with her family in tow. She helped to run the family pizzeria business in Brooklyn until they moved to Stamford to run and operate a dairy farm. Her family settled in Oneonta in 1976, where she helped her sons run their pizzeria businesses. Rosa

resided in Oneonta for more than 40 years and enjoyed her home at 27 Ford Ave. very Rosa Grigoli much. Rosa loved her faith and was very active at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which was just down the street from her home. She was part of the altar ministry, washing and ironing of all the beautiful linens that graced the altar. She took this duty more seriously. She was a faithful communicant and was known and loved by many at the parish. Her family knew, if she wasn’t at home, then she was at church. Rosa was also a wonder-

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ONEONTA – Mary lished his ert (Colleen); daughters, E. Rowley beloved wife, medical Susan Rowley, Liz Morley, mother and grandmother practice. Deb Roth, Rebecca (John) passed away on Sunday, Mary Courtney and Marsha (Sam) ful mother, grandmother, March 25, 2018, surrounded was prede- Albanese; 14 grandchildren; and great-grandmother. by her loving family. ceased by seven great-grandchildren; She doted on those that she She was born on Nov. her hussisters-in-law, Fay Patti, loved and made sure that 26, 1924, to Francesco and band and Margery Rowley, Shirley everyone was eating. She Margaret (Sider) Patti in her son, Rowley and numerous loved to invite people to her Batavia. Eric Scott; nieces and nephews. home, especially after rosary Mary While Mary was atbrothersPrivate services will be on weekday mornings. Rowley tending nursing school at in-law, held at the convenience of Rosa was always cookWarsaw Hospital, she met Ronald, the family. ing and cleaning. She took Dr. C. Douglas Rowley, who Donald, and Durwood RowMemorial donations may great pride in her home and was completing his medical ley; sisters-in-law, Audrey be made to the A.O. Fox maintained it so well. She residency. They were marPatti and Norma Rowley; Foundation, 1 Norton Ave., was also known for her great ried on Sept. 28, 1945. sons-in-law, John R. Roth Oneonta, N.Y. 13820. stamina and strength. She In 1948, following Dr. and Ernest F. Harris. Arrangements are entrustendured many falls and ail- Rowley’s discharge from She is survived by nine ed with Lewis, Hurley & ments in her lifetime amaz- the Army, they moved to children, sons, David (Gail), Pietrobono Funeral Home. ingly well. Oneonta where he estabJames, Mark and RobRosa was predeceased by her husband, Giovanni Lynn R. Chapin Gunzenhauser, 88; Playwright Grigoli; mother, Girolama GOODYEAR LAKE writing from Goddard ColMcDaniel of Woodinville, Ruffino; father, John B. lege in Goddard, Vermont. Wash.; her seven grandchilPicone; brother, Vito Picone; – Lynn R. Chapin Gunzenhauser, 88, an award-winHer teleplay “A Perfect dren; brother-in-law Raybaby daughter, Crocifissa ner author and playwright, Couple” was broadcast on mond Wagner of Langley, Grigoli; as well as family passed away at home on public television as part Washington; sister-in-law members in Carini, Sicily, of WSKG’s Susquehanna Nina and Joseph Hart of Anna Ruffino and Francesco March 15, 2018. She was born on March Stories. Franklin; several greatLoDuca. 10, 1930, in Greensboro, Lynn is survived by her grandchildren, nephews, Rosa leaves behind her North Carolina, the daughter four daughters and their nieces, and cousins. children; sons, Anthony of Janet Lynn Richardson spouses, Maryam and Akiba She was predeceased by (Rosa) Grigoli of BainChapin and Chester Fisher Mermey of Manchester, her husband, Robert Gerard bridge, Joseph (Josephine) Chapin Sr. Maine, Karleigh and KenGunzenhauser; first husGrigoli of Oneonta, SalShe grew up in Greensneth Lem of East Haven, band, Bruce Edward Beavatore (Diane) Grigoli of boro, NC and Greenwich, Conn., Lisa and Marcus man; as well as her brothers, Cooperstown, John (JenConn., and received her Manning of Hernando, Chester Fisher Chapin and nifer) Grigoli of Oneonta, Miss., and Meta and Sean Charles Sumner Chapin. grandchildren, John (Franc- master’s degree in creative esca) Grigoli of Bainbridge, Croce Grigoli of Bainbridge, John (Jaclyn) Grigoli of Katonah, Anthony (Kelly) Grigoli of Sidney, Rose (Kevin) Sherwood of Clifton Park, Roseanne Grigoli of Portland,Oregon; Natalie (Nate) DelGado of Colchester, Vermont, Christina Grigoli of Cooperstown, Samuel Grigoli of Cooperstown; great-grandchildren, Anthonylouis, Sophia and Vincenzo Grigoli of Bainbridge, Jack, Henry and Ella Grigoli of Sidney, Nicholas and Luca Grigoli of Katonah, and Mattea Sherwood of Clifton Park. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. May perpetual light shine upon her and may all the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace. Amen. A funeral mass was held Tuesday, March 27, at St. Mary’s Church with the Rev. David Mickiewicz, pastor, officiating. Please send all gifts of remembrance to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 39 Walnut For this reason, obituaries have always been St., Oneonta, NY 13820 and published at no cost in Hometown Oneonta, the National Alzheimer’s Association. The Freeman’s Journal and www.AllOtsegO.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. GrumBe sure to remind your funeral director to provide mons Funeral Home. obituary information to our newspapers, along with your favorite photo of your loved one.

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Curious To Partake Of 9 Religions RELIGIONS/From A1 they all had the same God, why they needed so many places to pray,” he said. “But in going to these services, I learned a lot about people’s beliefs.” Now, inspired by those early days here, has put together “A Season of Faith and Understanding,” a twomonth-long series where people are invited to nine different houses of worship to attend a service and a discussion of the faith traditions. “When we did the interfaith ‘Malice Towards None’ event last year, we talked about unity and democracy,” he said. “People started asking about how we build bridges in these communities.” Among those are St. Mary’s Catholic Church,

Karme Ling, the Tibetan Buddhism temple in Delhi, Osmanli Dergahai, a Muslim community, the Quaker’s Religious Society of Friends and the Baha’I Community. “We were hoping to have the Wiccan community participate, because I thought people would be surprised to learn about it,” said Sider. “And we couldn’t find a local Hindu committee.” “Buddhism is similar to the Christian sects such as Methodists, Catholics and Baptists,” said Ani Samten, of the Karme Ling center. “We follow the teachings of the historical Buddha, who taught how to remove suffering, experience happiness and become enlightened. At the least, it would help people become more compassionate and kind.” Visitors are invited to

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show up 15 minutes prior to the service start time to meet with the clergy, who will explain a little about the faith practice and religious symbolism used. “People are curious about how others pray, but they might not feel comfortable just showing up at a service,” said Sider. If there are any specific instructions – for example, Jewish men traditionally keep their heads covered with a kippah during services at the synagogue – the clergy will provide those. And some, like the Osmanli Dergahi mosque in Sidney Center, will give a program on their faith practices, rather than a service. “Every Muslim prays five different prayers at five different times a day,” said Omar Siddiqi, a member of the mosque. “It’s a base in our day when we take a few minutes to reconnect with God, and we want to give people an education into our daily religious life. They can come in, learn and ask questions. We don’t just want them to feel like an audience.” After each of the services, guests will be invited to stay for refreshments and discussion. “We want people to share their beliefs,” said Sider. “It’s an open invite to get to know each other better.” The series begins Sunday, April 8 at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church at 9:45 a.m. “We run the risk of being divided by our differences,” he said. “But diversity is a strength.”

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FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” Cost, $3/person. The Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. WRITING FESTIVAL – 7 p.m. New American Writing Festival presents readings by CJ Hauser, author of novel “The From-Aways,” and creative writing & literature professor at Colgate University. Free, open to the public. Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4911. SENIOR PLAY – 7 - 9:30 p.m. CCS production of “Almost. Maine.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181. FILM SERIES – 7 - 10 p.m. Race Matters Film Series presents 2016 best picture winner “Moonlight.” (R) The Community room, near JC Penny, Southside Mall, Oneonta. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Spend an evening listening to Theresa Walters, world renowned pianist. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-4102. CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Have a fun night out with friends. Music by Men in Black with caller Garry Aney. Arrive at 7:15 for an introduction to the steps. Suggested donation, $8/adult. Presby-

Saturday, April 7

LIVING HEALTHIER – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Features fun activities, vendors, a Red Cross Blood Drive, presentations on subjects ranging from preventing Lyme disease to a Tai Chi demonstration. Admission, Free. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-547-4230. COMPETITION – 10:30 a.m. Monster Bench Press competition. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2800. GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried and tested gardening tips. This week, “put your worms to bed” with this worm composting farm. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980. BROOKS BBQ – 4 - 6:30 p.m. Have a Chicken or Rib dinner with scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, more. Cost, $13/rib dinner, $10, Chicken dinner. Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church St., Richfield Springs. Call 315-858-0126.

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PRESHOW DINNER – 6 p.m. Enjoy dinner of Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beens, dessert before a presentation of “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Tickets, $20. Gilbertsville-Mount Upton High School, 693 St. Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville. Call 607-7832207 ext. 140. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” See Friday Listing. DRAMA CLUB – 7 p.m. GMU presents “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Tickets, $5. Gilbertsville-Mount Upton High School, 693 St. Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville. Call 607-7832207 ext. 140. SENIOR PLAY – 7 - 9:30 p.m. CCS production of “Almost. Maine.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181. COMEDY – 7:30 p.m. Relax with the North Country Comedy Traveling Road Show. Cost, $20 at the door. 6th Ward Athletic Club, 22 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call 607436-9136.

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INTERFAITH – 9:45 a.m. A Season of Faith and Understanding opens with a presentation by Rev. David Wm. Mickiewicz. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. E-mail ksider@ hotmail.com FILM SCREENING – 1, 6:30, & 9 p.m. Showing “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” See Friday Listing. SENIOR PLAY – 2 p.m. CCS produciton of “Almost. Maine.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181. AFTERNOON TEA – 3 - 5 p.m. Kids enjoy and afternoon tea with Elsa from Frozen. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931.

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AllOTSEGO.automart

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