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EXPLAINING COSTS: After reports Centers Health Care is raising its “private pay” rooms at its facility in Index to $510 a day, Division President Aharon Lantzitsky has agreed to attend By PARKER FISH the June 11 local Family Council meeting to explain the Bronx-based company’s COOPERSTOWN rationale. ne of Main Street Oneonta’s iconic stores is opening a IT’S A KILLER: The sister outlet on Main Street, Pothole Killer, manufactured by Patch Management Inter- Cooperstown. Theresa Cyzeski, owner of Theresa’s national, Fairless Hills, Pa., demonstrated its pothole-fill- Emporium in Oneonta, said she now ing prowess Friday, May 24, plans to open a second location in the in the city’s Sixth Ward. City former TJ’s Place, which developer Hall is considering contract- Perry Ferrara is retooling for shops. Please See THERESA’S, B7 ing the device.
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Lothar Bentz, Norderstedt, Germany, shows off his Oneonta City pin to Mayor Gary Herzig on Monday, May 28. Bentz was a Rotary Exchange student in Laurens Central School in 1973 and was named an Honorary Citizen of Oneonta by Mayor James F. Lettis. Bentz was in the city to make a donation to Catholic Charities for 11 Christmas food gift baskets, worth $100 each, to honor the 100th anniversary of Veteran’s Day and in thanks to the American soldiers who he credits with restoring democracy to Germany after World War II.
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en years ago, we might have said, if high-tech can’t solve security problems, its future is limited. Today, high-tech is the King Kong that dominates everyone, and is likely to do so for the foreseeable future. That doesn’t mean security problems have gone away. If anything, they are more daunting and they are inescapable. • A case in point happened here in Otsego County Saturday, May 19, when a “skimmer” was discovered on an ATM at the Community
Bank drive-thru on Southside Oneonta. This device was placed by someone with mischief in mind over that slot on an ATM machine where you slide Community Bank’s security camera in your credit or Southside Oneonta captures a suspect, debit card. The “skimmer” left, who looks a lot like images captured will read the in- after two “skims” in Pennsylvania. formation on the send it to the person who put the magnetic strip on your card, and “skimmer” in place, who can then a little micro-video camera will use the data to access your credit
information or to make purchases fraudulently. It turns out, the “skimmer” was placed late on the evening before. The ATM itself diagnosed something was wrong, alerted the repair technician and turned itself off. When the technician arrived the next morning, he quickly figured out what had happened and alerted state police at Troop C, Sidney. As it happened, the security camera caught an image of the man who placed the “skimmer,” and he looks very much like the man who placed one at another
Community Bank branch in Scranton, Pa., in early February, and at a nearby PNC Bank branch in Kingston, nearby Scranton, about the same time. The photos have been widely circulated, first in the Scranton Times; last week in Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. And no one’s called with an identity yet, so it’s possible that the suspect’s wearing a disguise. The baseball hat helps. He’s wearing thick-rimmed glasses, and it looks like he may have a false Please See EDITORIAL, A5
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‘Flag ... flies with last breath of each soldier who died protecting it’
Editor’s Note: Here are remarks by Oneonta native Army Sgt. Erick Brenner, son of Oneonta Police Chief Doug Brenner, who led a contingent from Fort Drum in the city’s Memorial Day parade Monday, May 28.
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hank you for having us, soldiers from the 91st MP Battalion, 563rd MP Company currently assigned to Fort Drum. I was born and raised here in Oneonta. I joined the Army in 2013, I’ve traveled the world and country before being stationed here in New York State. About three weeks ago, while Chief Brenner and I were talking, he mentioned an idea to have an active service unit for the annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony.
That idea blossomed to an honor guard team to which I volunteered to build for the ceremonies here today. I went through my company looking for soldiers to volunteer for the team. These seven individuals were the few who stepped forward to answer the call. For the last two weeks we continually practiced the routine over and over again to ensure today’s events will be met with the highest possible standard as a tribute to our veteran brothers and sisters and for our fallen comrades whom we remember today. Memorial Day is so much more than a day off work or a reason to BBQ. It’s the day, when we, as a country, as a community, come together Please See BRENNER, A6
Sgt. Erick Brenner, center right, brought a contingent from Fort Drum to Oneonta’s Memorial Day.
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Flynn Businesslike In Seeking Solutions To the Editor: Democrats in Otsego County’s 19th Congressional District have seven good candidates to choose from in the upcoming primary election on June 26. All are bright and capable. We even have a local Cooperstown area candidate in Erin Collier, who has great promise for us in the future. But right now we need to stand against our current Republican house member, known as “No Show Faso.” We need someone principled, with great experience and the right ideas. We need someone who will hold Town Halls, listen to us, act and vote for our benefit and be tough enough to withstand withering attacks by the GOP. Each party acts as a check on the other to keep our America safer from extrem-
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ists. Currently Congressional oversight is sorely lacking. We need to bring functional Congressional oversight back as soon as possible. We need to win. The Republican opponent is civil. But his votes are not for we the people. He occasionally votes for his constituents but only when the votes are “safe” and will pass without his vote. And he is heavily funded by wealthy outside donors. I’ve met all the candidates. I choose Brian Flynn. He is strong, smart, good humored, a regular visitor to
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this area, well versed in the political process, and has an economic plan to help ALL Americans. He has practiced progressive ideas, healthcare, equality, sensible gun laws, throughout his life. He is a businessman himself and is businesslike in his approach towards government. As a private citizen and after his brother was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, he fought for and pushed the Iran/Libya Sanctions bill through Congress and helped bring justice to one of its perpetrators. Brian and his tireless fellow justice seekers also helped pass legislation that has made our own air travel safer. Brian Flynn and his family have strong roots in our district. He is always civil in tone and a good listener even when he takes a hard stand. I implore you all go to the polls on Tuesday, June 26, and vote for Brian. Our lives may depend on it. Let’s just get out and VOTE! ANNE GEDDES-ATWELL Cooperstown
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Beth Kane of Cooperstown reads “In Flanders Fields” at Cooperstown’s Memorial Day commemoration in memory of her father, Army Capt. Michael Clavin of Brooklyn, killed in Germany in December 1944. The Kanes keep the poem on the refrigerator of their Delaware Street home to remember him by. Listening at left is Bill Tallman.
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Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. • Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
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e start with the following about stop lights... Stewart Wayman would like to know if anyone remembers where Cooperstown’s other traffic light used to be located. We confess that we had forgotten that the village ever had another traffic signal until our memory was prodded. Several people, including Terry
Pugliese, Katie Sanford and Doug Preston, said they remembered the “other” stop light at the corner of Glen and Chestnut. It was no doubt placed there to regulate pedestrian CATHERINE and vehicular LAKE traffic around the ELLSWORTH old high school located where the Cooper Lane Apartments now stand. The Glen Avenue-Chestnut Street stoplight was unusual in that the green
light was on top and the red light on the bottom. George Connell, Ward Moyer and Doug Preston, among others, recalled this interesting point. • Stewart also reminisced about the police light which used to sit atop the flagpole at Main and Pioneer streets. This light would activate if there was a call for the patrolman on duty who would then, upon noticing the lighted signal, hasten to the nearest phone to discover where he was needed. While all are in agreement about the light at Glen and Chestnut, the exact location of the police signal has Please See COLUMN, A5
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150 Years Ago
The Otsego County Jail – The Grand Jury, recently in session at Cooperstown, passed the following resolution upon that very leaky institution, the County jail: “Resolved that we, the Grand Jury of the County of Otsego, having visited the jail find it in a very clean and satisfactory condition and as comfortable as can be made under the circumstances – but we are of the opinion that the large and wealthy County of Otsego can afford and ought to have a better jail, and be more in conformity with the spirit of the age, and we express the opinion, founded on fact, that it is unsafe, unsuitable, and incommodious for prisoners.” Plant Beans – We heard a prominent dealer say the other day he was ready to contract for a large quantity of choice beans as soon as they can be grown, at $5 per bushel. The value of beans as a market crop just begins to be appreciated hereabouts. Much of the soil of Otsego and Delaware is well adapted to beans, and as prices have ruled for a few years past, no field crop can be more profitable. On quick soil they may be planted safely for two weeks longer. June 1868
125 Years Ago
Alexander Russell Webb, an American who professes to have been converted to the religion of Mohammed while living in the East as a consul representing the United States, has recently started in New York City the publication of a paper in the interest of the Moslem religion. Mr. Webb recently gave a lecture in New York City in which he attempted to show clearly to his hearers just why he thought the religion of Mohammed was preferable to any other. But, from all accounts, he did not succeed very well. There are some good things to be said in favor Mohammed’s religion – the greatest thing being, perhaps, that drunkenness is unknown among people who embrace it, and that it inspires a degree of physical cleanliness that is commendable to say the least. June 1893
100 Years Ago
Mrs. Della T. Lutes, editor of “American Motherhood” lists eleven rules by which women may help their husbands and aid them in reaching victory in business. 1. Serve simple food. 2. Keep him cheerful. 3. Give him plenty of fresh air. 4. See that he gets plenty of sleep. 5. Lend encouragement at the right time. 6. Encourage him to take regular
Olde Cooperstown Revisited COLUMN/From A4 caused some discussion. Some feel that the light was near the flag pole, but not on top of it. Grace Welsh remembers that the telephone operators used to activate the light from a control on the switchboard. We, as a kid wandering Main Street, remember looking up and seeing the lighted signal and thinking
Street. Evidently, this was at one time an ice house for the Cooper Inn. When the Tillapaughs purchased the piece of property on which the ice house stands from the Cooper Inn, the structure did have the insulation and dirt floor common to ice houses. After making some renovations in the old ice house, the Tillapaughs used the building for storage. And finally this week, in talking about animals within the village, we offer the following about Bassett’s sheep... • Does anyone remember when Bassett Hospital The traffic signal that once stood by old Cooperstown High owned a sheep? Honestly, we are School had the green light on not trying to pull top and red on the bottom, the wool over anysome remembered. one’s eyes. This is a legitimate question and that the police were needed we hope our readers flock to – somewhere. answer it. Please don’t say • baa. Let us know. We now turn to some Bassett Hospital owned a thoughts about Coopersheep sometime in the late stown’s ice houses... 1920s, according to Mac Several weeks ago we Preston of Elm Street. Mrs. asked about ice houses Preston, a registered nurse, located in the village and, well remembers that each thanks to Lyle Reynolds day the sheep was tied on of Beaver Meadow Road, discovered that one stood on the hospital’s lawn to graze and that at night the wooly Susquehanna Avenue near creature inhabited a room the corner of Walnut Street between 74 Susquehanna on the third floor of the old and 80 Susquehanna. laboratory building. Evidently it was a large ice Indeed, when Mac and Bob Preston were first marhouse, about 30-by-100 ried, they lived in a room feet. Lyle recalls that this on the third floor of the old ice house was owned by a laboratory building right Mr. Coburne or Colburne. next to the room occupied Others have told us that this ice house was owned by by the sheep. One of the hospital several different individuals, staff was assigned the role including a Mr. Walrath, a of shepherd and as such Mr. Colburn, Harry Campsupervised the sheep’s bell and George Horton. comings and goings. Mac Perry Hotaling, Chestnut even remembers the time Street, has an ice pick the sheep somehow mysteriadvertising the business ously appeared in the room when Mr. Horton owned it. of one of the nurses who, Perry remembers being on upon returning from work the wagon when deliveries and discovering the animal, were made and chewing on pieces of ice as he hitched a began to yell at the top of her lungs. ride through the village Unfortunately, the exact Marge Tillapaugh tells us that there is an ice house lo- purpose for which the sheep cated on the bank of Willow was procured was and has Brook behind the Tillapaugh remained somewhat of a mystery. Funeral Home on Pioneer
10 Years Ago
relation to society and personal happiness. 5. All Sunday schools should conduct sex instruction in classes from the ages of 14 to 16 with parents’ approval, instructors to be Christian physicians of both sexes. June 1938
60 Years Ago
June 2008 exercise. 7. Be economical and save for a rainy day. 8. Take a real interest in his sales records. 9. Study and help him with ideas and suggestions. 10. The spirit with which she sends him out in the morning. 11. The way she receives him at night. “There is a morale of family life as well as a morale of armies. Unless a united nation stands behind the army, that army will fail. The nation is made up of individuals, and to provide that morale, each individual must be cheerful, hopeful, self-supporting and self-sustaining.” June 1918
80 Years Ago
Sex instruction in Sunday schools was recommended by the Committee on Moral and Social Welfare of the United Lutheran Synod of New York. The five recommendations are: 1. Approval of the law requiring Wasserman blood tests of all applicants for marriage certificates. 2. The State of New York should require psychiatric examinations to prevent marriage of the abnormal and unfit. 3. The seminaries should introduce courses on sexology and psychiatry, the lecturers to be trained men. 4. The clergy should instruct prospective bridegrooms in matters of sex, particularly in
Community television cable service is being extended in the Oneonta area. Already the Oneonta cable has been extended to West Oneonta and work will start soon on a new system to serve Sidney. A new firm, Sidney Video Inc., is completing arrangements for an antennae site behind Blue Stone Quarry about 2.5 miles from Sidney toward Walton. The site has an elevation of 2,500 feet and the tower will be 120 feet, similar to the Oneonta tower on Cemetery Hill, but 30 feet higher. Sidney will have a comparable selection of channels comparable to Oneonta which has five. W.J. Calsam, General Manager of Oneonta Video Inc. and president of Sidney Video Inc. anticipates that Sidney will have 1,400 subscribers within two years. Oneonta currently has more than 2,300 subscribers. June 1958
40 Years Ago
Eight handicapped adults, aged from 21 to 40 years, will take up residence within the next two months at the former Wesley House, 20 Walnut Street, which is now owned by Upstate Community Residence Inc., an organization connected with the Upstate Home for Children at Milford Center. Upstate Home Director William Nunn said that workmen are presently installing fire detection equipment and partitions to divide the house into three apartments, two to house the residents and a third as a small “live-in” apartment for resident “house parents.” The property was purchased for $63,000 from Walter and Elizabeth Hecox. June 1978
20 Years Ago
Near the front of Taylor’s Mini-Mart in Laurens sits an empty deli case. The Deli case was cleared because a power failure made it impossible for the convenience store to keep meats and cheeses fresh. “This has been quite costly,” said Steve White, general manager at Taylor’s. “I would say we’ve lost around $20-to-$25-grand. We had to throw out all the deli meats, ice cream products and frozen foods. June 1998
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recent op-ed in the New York seemed to be no way to prove that one Times by a University of person’s subjective belief is right, and Virginia professor, Gerard someone else’s wrong. With no way Alexander, was provocatively titled: to compromise over a common, public “Liberals, You’re not as Smart as you religion, the only option was to fight Think.” It may have been a it out in a series of disastrous shocking idea for the Times, religious wars. As a result, knowledge but it’s old news for anyone who’s been listening to Rush based on traditional faith was Limbaugh or Sean Hannity or increasingly privatized, and modern Thinkers – European watching Fox News. Enlightenment philosophers, Hillary’s comment about the American Founding Fathe “deplorables” in the 2016 campaign was seized by conthers – began to look for alservatives as proof of liberal ternatives to organize society. arrogance and snobbery. It They ended up abandonADRIAN helped lose her the election. ing religious faith as a social KUZMINSKI Conservatives feel that principle in favor of reason liberals have been in charge, and science. and that it’s gone to their heads. Liber• Secular ideas focused on Nature reals won the culture wars – women’s placed religious ideas focused on God rights, gay rights, multi-culturalism, globalization – and they often seem to as guides to public life. have the background, education, and The biggest turning point was professional training needed to sucprobably Darwin’s theory of evoluceed economically in a changing world tion, which upset the Biblical account of creation. Another turning point, while others are struggling. in the United States, was the separaThe conservative attempt to defend traditional values has largely been in tion of church and state. That allowed resistance to disconcerting change. for freedom of conscience, but it also No wonder that many conservatives ensured that the growing public realm embraced Trump’s campaign rhetoric: would remain secular. America first, the Wall, anti-globalizaReason and science, however, didn’t tion, anti-elitism. necessarily make us better people; they • haven’t solve our moral problems. Nor A little history might help explain have they led to a more egalitarian society. Serious conflicts about values how we got here. Martin Luther could be considered the first liberal. He inand what’s right and wrong continue. Reason and science, and the techsisted that individuals had the capacity to decide for themselves the truth of nologies they spawn, seem stubbornly religion. neutral, as easily adapted for good as It turned out, however, that there for evil. The secular world did not,
Did Luther’s faith in reason lead to today’s disputations? Let’s hope a 30 Years’ War doesn’t follow.
it turns out, provide a solution to the crisis of faith. For many, the private beliefs of religion have continued to inform their values in a secular world. But many others, abandoning religion, have been attracted by the rise of new secular faiths, or Ideologies – fascism, communism, nationalism, libertarianism, socialism, human rights, identity politics – all of which purport to tell us how to live. • These beliefs are secular insofar as they invoke Nature rather than God. They go beyond reason and science insofar as they appeal to arbitrary, nonevident absolutes like race, gender, the dictatorship of the proletariat, or the hidden hand of the marketplace. Ideologies, like religious convictions, are matters of personal faith, not public knowledge. Please See KUZMINSKI, A6
EDITORIAL: ‘Skimmers’ Get Caught, King Kong Remains EDITORIAL/From A4 nose. If you Google “skimmer” devices, you’ll find they look pretty slick. It seems like they actually fit over the ATM slot and unless a customer doesn’t look closely, he or she wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. • This kind of thing – and the FBI’s “router alert” issued on Memorial Day advising computer users to restart their machines to side-track Russian trackers – has to concern everyone about the dangers of participating in our brave new technological world? In reality, high-tech is ubiquitous. There’s no opting out. As it happens, though, Community
something called “Visa’s zero-liability policy” in cases of fraud or unauthorized use of accounts. When this sort of thing happens, it seems, the credit-card company’s customers are protected. Wentworth asked anyone who suspects a data breach to alert the bank. The investigator, Capt. Scott Heggelke, said no one has come forward, so it A skimmer, foreground, fits right looks like customers are in the clear. over a real ATM, background. • Meanwhile, if any other problems Bank – and the banking community, occur, or if anyone thinks they recoggenerally, no doubt – has been prenize our friend with the baseball cap, paring for this and all sorts of other call state police at 607-432-4844 and mischief. perhaps at least this specific situation One of community’s vice presiwill be resolved. dents, Hal Wentworth, quickly issued Even so, King-Kong will remain. a statement advising customers of
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It’s Time To Move From Fighting Heroin Epidemic To Preventing It Editor’s Note: This is one of monthly columns from the Otsego County Opioid Task Force to keep the community up to date on the fight against heroin. Heidi Bond is Otsego County public health director.
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ational and State leaders have declared the opioid and heroin epidemic a public health emergency. In 2016, over 42,000 Americans died of opioid overdose. This epidemic is affecting com-
munities all over the nation, from large cities to small rural counties like those in Otsego County. It is affecting our families and residents of all ages. Newborns are suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome, parents are losing children and children are losing their parents. Opioid abuse touches everyone. A public health emergency requires a public health response. This response has taken the form of a multitude of partners, ranging from state and local gov-
ernment, police, fire and EMS to medical providers and community members. Laws and regulations have been changed, limits have been placed on prescribing opioids, overdose reversal medication is readily available, and medication assisted treatment has been and continues to be expanded. While we have reached great strides in Otsego County in
KUZMINSKI: Let’s Hope Differences Can Be Resolved By Mere Discussion KUZMINSKI/From A5 Liberalism and conservatism today divide mainly over which secular faith to embrace, not which religion to adopt. Liberalism is historically identified with socialism, communism, and identity politics, while conservatism is historically identified with fascism, nationalism, and libertarianism. Liberals tend to embrace change, and conservatives to resist it. That may be the main difference between them. • We seem to have come full circle. The new secular faiths are just as subjective as the old religious ones. They are no more evidence-based than were the old God-centered religions. There remains, it seems, no objective way to decide that any faith – old or new, religious or secular – is right and its competitors wrong.
Just as Protestants and Catholics could not convince one another that their faith was the right one, so today’s liberals and conservatives cannot seem to convince one another that some secular values are right and others wrong. We remain divided. It took a couple of centuries of futile warfare for the religious struggles in Europe to burn themselves out. Our divisions aren’t yet that profound, and let’s hope they never get that bad. We are in conflict about our secular beliefs because they are matters of faith, not evidence. Perhaps taking them a little less dogmatically would be a step towards defusing conflicts over them. Adrian Kuzminski, a retired Hartwick College philosophy professor, author and Sustainable Otsego moderator, lives in Fly Creek.
Soldier Returns With Message For Hometown BRENNER/From A4 and remember all who have made the ultimate sacrifice: A sacrifice that ensures that we as Americans can continue to enjoy the freedoms we all have been given. On this day I recall this quote, “Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” The seven soldiers who stepped forth to be part of this team all come from different backgrounds, allow me to introduce them from left to right: Private First Class Cheyanne O’Neil from Roanoke, Va., Special-
ist Jimmy Champagne from Lockwood, Mo., Private Second class Thomas Blackwood from Delaware, Ohio, specialist Zachary Duff from Grand Haven, Mich., Private First Class William Duvall from fort Benning, Ga., Private First Class Caleb Whitney from Belfast, Maine, and Specialist Gaspar Maldonado from San Antonio, Texas. Please acknowledge them with a round of applause.
These seven individuals, from across the country, wanted to be a part of this team. To be a part of another community and I must say from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I am truly thankful and proud to have you all on my team. Today you aren’t just a part of your communities back home, or the military community, you are a part of this community. Thank you all for your time.
responding to this public health emergency, there is more to be done. We cannot stand by and watch our brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, parents, children, grandparents, friends and neighbors struggle with addiction. We need to get involved and become our own personal advocate. Educate yourself on the risks of opioid addiction, know the signs of addiction and speak up if you suspect a loved one is addicted. Know how to keep your pre-
scriptions safe and secure so that they are not taken inappropriately. Clean out your medicine cabinets and bring your prescriptions to a drug take back box. If you or a loved one is prescribed an opioid, question your medical provider or dentist on the need for it. You have the right as a patient to ask questions and know the risks and benefits of all medication being prescribed to you. We have been responding to this epidemic and now is the time to prevent it.
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FBI Has Warned Us. Please Be Sure Your Router Can Resist The Russians To the Editor: On Tuesday, May 29, cable and Internet news outlets passed along the FBI’s recommendation to the public that they restart their Internet routers, that little box that provides your Wi-Fi signal. I couldn’t help but feel additional detail was required in the reporting, which I will try to provide here. This comes shortly after the FBI seized a website on Friday that controlled a nasty piece of software called VPNFilter. This piece of malicious software (malware) is designed to install itself on Internet routers without user knowledge. The router could be one that you purchased yourself or provided to you by your ISP (Internet Service Provider. i.e.: Spectrum, Verizon, etc.). This malware would allow the hackers to listen in and control traffic to and from your router without you knowing. There is even the potential for it to cause permanent physical damage to the router with the right command from the hackers. When the FBI seized the
website, they cut off the primary method of control for the malware; however, this still leaves any infected device with the malware installed, waiting for manual control. There is a good bit of news with the design of this malware. A vital portion of it will not survive a loss of power to the device. It is because of this that the FBI is recommending anyone with a household router, at a minimum, perform a power cycle (that’s unplugging the router, wait two minutes, and plug it back in). A better option would be to perform a factory reset, which would remove all custom settings, passwords, and additional software and make it like the machine was new out of the box (software wise). The problem with that is not everyone knows how to do that, and the router will have to be re-set up again as if you were installing a new one. That’s new passwords (different from your original ones) and any custom settings that may have been input to allow your internet to operate.
It is important to note that not all routers were found to be susceptible to this malicious program, but I personally take a “better safe than sorry” stance. Manufacturers of the affected brands will be rolling out software patches shortly if they have not already done so, and a list of affected devices has been obtained by the FBI, which will be working with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to inform anyone who has been affected. Again, it is strongly advised that anyone with a router unplug it and plug it back in at the very least. If you would like to take the further step with a factory reset, but are unfamiliar with the process, please feel free to contact Otsego Computer Experts at (607) 437-1859 or drpaul@ ocxtech.com, myself at the information below, or your own trusted PC technician for assistance. WILLIAM RIGBY Cooperstown (607) 435-4034 rigby.william@outlook.com
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The American Legion Color Guard marches through downtown Oneonta in the Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 28, From left are Gary Walters, Gary Ballard, Tony Moore, Wayne Gregory, Terry Harkenreader and Harry Martin. Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
The American Legion Riders follow their leaders: president Rob Martinez, Oneonta, Jim Williams, Gilboa, Ed Telfer, Hartwick, and Jerry Culver, Schenevus.
Master of ceremonies Les Grummons announces the groups in the parade as they pass by Muller Plaza. Bass saxophonists Nathan Schwed and Richard Serafin march with the OHS Marching Band through Main St.
Representing all branches of the military are members of the Bennett family float, made in memory of their father Alfred Bennett. Front: Don Fredenburg, Bob Bennett, Jason Bennett. Rear: Doug Bennett, Janice Loetermann, Kenneth Fredenburg.
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Oneonta’s Third Separate Company during annual training at State Camp of Instruction in Peekskill, c. 1895. Headquartered in the Academy Street Armory (inset photo), in 2003 the unit merged into one in Walton.
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threats and people left the church, in the end we had one of the first integrated congregations in the country. It’s in my DNA.” Rhodes, now pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cooperstown, returned May 13 from a three-month sabbatical that took her to New Orleans, South Africa, Alaska and New Mexico, where she worked on a variety of projects and programs designed at fostering reconciliation and social justice. Please See PASTOR, B5
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SALE – 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Find amazing books and plants. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-4323491. MANSION SHOW – 5 - 8 p.m. Artists present works interpreting “Conceal/Reveal.” Prizes awarded for Best, Second, Third places. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070. OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 7 p.m. Exhibits featuring works by Lilian Vorhees, paintng, Robert Seward, glazed clay sculpture, and David C.T. Wilson, stained and painted glass will launch the gallery’s summer season. On view thru 7/8. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Call 607547-5327. FIRST FRIDAY – 5 p.m. Celebrate local art, music, beer. Enjoy photographs by Michael Naso and discuss with the artist. Includes music at 7 by the Barn Cats. The Red Shed Brewery, 709 Co. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Call 607-731-6454. MOVIE NIGHT – 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Kids make a box car for a “drive-in” movie, bring snacks, get comfy for the 2nd annual kids movie night. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. Call 607-432-2941. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Lubell in the Glimmerglass. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931. CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a lively, social dance. Arrive at 7:15 for introduction to the steps. Suggested donation, $8/adult. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-8164.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 31 - JUNE 1, 2018 MUSIC – 8 p.m. Presenting “Daisycutter” with their mix of music from city and rural areas. Cost, $14/adult. The Church, 2381 St. Hwy. 205, Mount Vision. Call 607-6385119. CONCERT – 8 p.m. Kick off the season with “The Mammals,” known for their “traditional-music-in-combat-boots” style. Cost, $27. The Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main St., Call 315-691-3550. MUSIC – 9 p.m. - Midnight. Join the Old Masters, a talented group performing jazz, blues, and Latin, featuring Tim Iverson on vocals. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.
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YARD SALE – All Day. Find interesting items at participating homes and businesses in Cooperstown. Call 607-5475256. REFRESHMENTS – 8 a.m. Find delicious food fresh off the grill on the annual village lawn sale days. Milford Fire House, 64 S. Main St., Milford. Call 607-286-9492. CHARACTER BREAKFAST – 8 - 11 a.m. Enjoy pancake breakfast with the cast of Orpheus Theatres upcoming production of Beauty and The Beast Jr. Cost, $10/adult, $5/ child. Oneonta Moose Lodge, 87 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call 607-432 1800. Cooperstown BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m. Please have clean/returnable bottles and cans on the curb or visible from the street. Support Cooperstown Boy Scouts. Drop-off bin at Major League Motor Inn, 6156 NY-28, Fly Creek. Call Bruce at 607-2676730. PLANT SALE – 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Find quality perennials, annuals, enjoy baked goods,
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garden tours, raffles, Monarch butterfly presentation with the Richfield Springs Garden Club. Richfield Springs Library, 59 W. Main St., Richfield Springs. Visit www.thegardenclubofrichfieldsprings.org/ NATURE WALK – 9 - 11 a.m. Enjoy a stroll through the State Forest: trees, beaver pond, late spring flowers. Meet at the Day Use area on conservation Rd. Basswood Pond State Forest, 500 Conservation Rd., Burlington. Call 607-547-4488. CARS & COFFEE – 9 - 11 a.m. Join fellow gearheads for a relaxed display of multibrand, multi-period cars. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Call 607-5479692. BOOK & PLANT SALE – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Find interesting books, plants, movies, music for sale. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-4323491. PLANT SALE – 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Find a wide variety of beautiful perennials and annuals from the Oneonta Garden Club. Other treasures in the “gently used garden shed”. Proceeds to beautify downtown Oneonta. SwartWilcox House, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-433-2795. E-mail sguinan1@stny.rr.com
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ESCAPE ROOM – 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Use clues to solve puzzles and escape the Harry-Potter-themed room in 1 hour. Limited time slots available. Free. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980. ANNIVERSARY PARTY – 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Celebrate The Teepee’s 68th year and Customer Appreciation day. Features sales, discounts, free hotdog and soda. The Teepee, 7632 St. Hwy. 20, Cherry Valley. Call 607-2643987. PRIDEFEST – Noon - 8 p.m. Celebrate human diversity, raise awareness in the community. Gather at Noon, rally at 1, parade thru downtown Oneonta at 2, family-friendly festival 3-8 p.m. Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call 607-3861508. ARTIST TALK – 12:30 2:30 p.m. Explore exhibit “Edward Weston: Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist” with Kevin Gray. Learn how the master photographer evolved from youth to established artist and helped legitimize photography as an art. Cost, $30/non-member. South Terrace, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1510.
THEATER – 12:30 p.m. “A Case For Eviction” following the struggle of Frank and Dora to evict a rowdy resident from their guest room. Leatherstocking Stage, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. Guided tour showcasing three site-specific performances by the Templeton Players on the struggle for Women’s Rights. Included with museum admission. Meet on the Village Green, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. COMMUNITY CELEBRATION – 3 - 9 p.m. Great Retirement Rumpus celebrating the career of Martha Van Burek, Executive Director of West Kortright Center. Includes pet parade, Shakespeare retrospective performances, more Admission by donation, RSVP appreciated. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Call 607-278-5454. OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 7 p.m. Enjoy thought-provoking art exhibit “Between Black And White” featuring works in many mediums Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. Call 607-264-9530. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Lubell. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Dance into summer with the Happy Easy Band featuring saxophonist Rob Armus, Chuck Matteson of Cherry Valley, Angus Mackey of Cooperstown. The Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. Call 607-264-3080. MUSIC – 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Dance to amazing songs from big band to early rock n’ roll, country, latin, Motown, more with DJ John Thompson. The Hawkeye, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931.
Sunday, June 3
BIRDING – 8:30 a.m. - Noon. Train your ear to recognize birds with classes and a walk with the local Audubon chapter leaders. Pre-registration required. Betty & Wilbur Davis State Park, Davis Rd, Worcester. Call 607-547-5648. GIRLS ON THE RUN – 10 a.m. Enjoy fun activities and 5K fun race starting at Noon. Open to the community. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-435-3861. SUNDAE ON THE FARM – 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Bring the whole family to learn about cows, and conservationminded dairy farming. Cooperstown Holstein Corporation, 188 Co. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2536. THEATER – 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. See the “Box and Cox Trunk Show” featuring the best performers in the region. Included with museum admission. On the Tavern Green, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. CHARACTER TOUR – 1 p.m. Tour the museum with master photographer Edward Weston as portrayed by a Templeton Player. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400. GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried and tested gardening tips. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1450. MORE CALENDAR, B4
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Expert’s Historic Exhibit On Oneonta Armory May Remain In City ARMORY/From B1 Oneonta, 1812-2003,� which opened Friday, May 25, at the Oneonta History Center, and may end up on permanent display in the Armory itself. In the placards that accompany photos and memorabilia of almost two centuries of military presence in the City of the Hills, he recounts that New York’s Militia Act of 1792 required all “white males� 18 to 45 to muster for training at least twice a year. In 1812, Capt. James
â–şIF YOU GO: “Oneonta’s Own: The State Militia and the National Guard in Oneonta, 1812-2003,â€? open noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m-4 p.m. Saturdays.
McDonald formed a company of militia in Oneonta (when it was still “Milfordville�) and it trained at Wilcox Flats, along River Street, and at what today is the corner of Main and Chestnut. More rural areas also had
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militias but, as you might imagine and Burns makes explicit, “the annual muster was insufficient to provide regular training, discipline was lax, and the event often became a social occasion.� So in 1846, with militias “fast falling into disrepute,� the state Legislature abolished the militias, divided up the state under “divisions� – Otsego County was in the Fifth – and the 43rd Regiment formed in Oneonta. Through the Civil War, the Spanish-American, both World Wars, Korea and Vietnam, and through several renaming, what eventually became a unit of the New York State National Guard continued to serve out of Oneonta until 2003. At that point, it was merged into Detachment One, 827th Engineer Company, and the combined entity is still functioning in Walton. The Armory was sold to the City of Oneonta for $1. The exhibit, which will be on display through most of August, grew out of a bus trip the Greater Oneonta Historical Society arranged to the Military Museum last year, according to Bob Brzozowski, GOHS executive director. Burns set up the whole show – the panels of photos and information, and the art and artifacts – in Saratoga. He planned to arrive Thursday and set it up in a day. Brzozowski was a bit skeptical, but sure enough, by 2 p.m. Friday, it was ready to go. While the art and artifacts must be returned to Saratoga, Brzozowski said he will be asking Mayor Gary Herzig and Common Council to allow the GOHS to install it permanently in the Armory’s entryway. “It’s a nice opportunity to put some of the history of the building and the units that used it into that corner of the
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Courtney Burns discusses the gun collection, originally from the Oneonta Armory, now on temporary loan to the Oneonta History Center. The 200 guns were offered to the Armory for $1,000 in 1909, but the soldiers bargained the price down to $3 apiece, getting the collection for about $600.
building,� the GOHS director said. In an interview, Burns said his mother, the former Olympia Russo – his father, Donald, passed away in 1968 – was from Cooperstown, volunteered at The Farmers’ Museum and passed on a love of James Fenimore Cooper’s novels, so his interest in history came early. He majored in history at Lemoyne, received a master’s from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, and began work on his doctorate at SUNY Stony Brook. Meanwhile, he and Pam Greisner, whose family lived next to his on Woodside Avenue, had married. (They met in kindergarten, and she first piqued his interest when “she pushed me off a swing� in third grade.) As they began considering a family – Elizabeth is now 26, Carly, 22, and Ian, 18 – he joined the Long Island Museum of History & Art at Stony Brook, and later Oyster Ponds Historical Society in Orient. To be closer to family, the Burnses moved to the Albany area in 2002; she got a teaching job at Latham’s Shaker High School and he joined the Military Museum, an arm of the state National Guard. (His email has an “mil� suffix.) The director reports to the Bureau of Military Statistics, under the adjutant general (now Anthony Ger-
man, another Oneontan). In the 1970s and ’80s, the future museum’s collection, including the largest collection of battle flags in the world, was “boxed up and stored away� in the state Capitol in Albany. It was moved to the former Saratoga Springs Armory in 2001. As they were consolidated in recent decades, Armories – many built in the late 19th century, when transportation was more difficult than today – were closed. Many have found new uses: The Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan is an arts venue; the Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx is the biggest indoor ice-skating facility in the world. When closed, the equip-
ment moved to Saratoga. Particularly desirable items from Oneonta included a 13-inch Seacoast Mortar from the Civil War, and two 10-pound Parrott rifles, small cannon that had been on the Armory’s Fairview Street side. Among the first to arrive at the History Center Friday was Tony Drago, the retired OHS athletic director, and wife Marcella. Drago walked up to Burns, OHS ’81, with a smile and reminded him the school had a rifle team when it was on Academy Street. Team members would cross to the Armory and use the shooting range in the basement.
A photo from the exhibit shows Oneonta soldiers from Company G, 108th Infantry, gathering around a Japanese flag captured on Saipan by Hilton C. Mitchell, left front, on Aug. 8, 1944. Others are, from left, William Daley, Frederick R. Heck, Joseph Tessitore Jr., and Robert W. Utter.
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Sunday, June 3
MORE ANTI-RENT WAR – 2 p.m. Enjoy performances by the Templeton Players depicting the Anti-Rent Movement. Included with museum admission. Meet on the Village Green, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. EXHIBIT OPENING – 3 - 5 p.m. Word & Image Gallery exhibit featuring works by Elissa Gore on the subject of air, earth, water, and light mixing together to form our living world. Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. Call 607-8295055. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Lubell. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931.
Monday, June 4
DEMO NIGHT – 6 - 7 p.m. Watch students of Cooperstown Equestrian Park perform drill team, dressage, vaulting demonstrations. Ice cream included. Cooperstown Equestrian Park, 3444 Co. Hwy. 11, Hartwick. Call 585797-7256. MUSIC – 7 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Lubell. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931. FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with live model. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12/class. The Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-4358718. TALKING OPERA – 7 p.m. Discuss “West Side Story” with Board Member Richard Johnson and Abby Rodd, director of production. Parish
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Tuesday, June 5
KNITTING GROUP – 1:303:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478344. MUSIC – 7 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Lubell. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931. CHORAL CONCERT – 7 - 9 p.m. Spring concert, recital and music department awards. Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. Call 607-286-7721. CONCERT – 7 p.m. Enjoy an evening with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats + The Head and The Heart with special guest Brent Cowles. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Co. Hwy. 33 Cooperstown. Call 607-544-1800. MUSIC – 9 p.m. - Midnight. Enjoy an eclectic mix of jazz, country, folk and R & B tunes with the Rob Armus Quartet. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.
Wednesday, June 6
DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discuss current events. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. RABIES CLINIC – 6 - 8 p.m. Bring pets to be vaccinated or to receive their 3-year booster shot with Dr. Zeh. Unadilla Clifton Park. Call 607-5478111. SPRING CONCERT – 7 - 9 p.m. Band and Chorus classes perform. Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181. BOE MEETING – 7 p.m. Library, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181.
AL-ANON MEETING – 7:308:30 p.m. Support meeting for the families and friends of alcoholics or those suffering from chemical addictions. Cooperstown Center, 128 Phoenix Mills Cross Rd., Cooperstown. MUSIC – 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Dance to amazing songs from big band to early rock n’ roll, country, latin, Motown, more with DJ John Thompson. The Hawkeye, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931.
Thursday, June 7
AWARDS – 8 - 8:45 a.m. Milford students are recognized for their achievements. Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. Call 607286-7721. TEA TASTING – 4 - 7 p.m. Nini Ordoubadi, founder of Tay Tea, presents her handblended artisanal teas. Enjoy a variety of iced teas and tea cocktails perfect for summer enjoyment. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607-433-8898. YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Knitters, 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. SPRING CONCERT – 7 - 9 p.m. CCS Elementary students perform. Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181 BOE MEETING – 7 - 8 p.m. Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. Call 607286-7721. MUSIC – 9 p.m. - Midnight. Enjoy an eclectic mix of jazz, country, folk and R & B tunes with the Rob Armus Quartet. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.
Friday, June 8
BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 - 6:30 p.m. Give Blood, Save A Life, get a $5 amazon gift card. Bassett Auditorium, 1 Atwell Rd., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-3701. OPENING RECEPTION – 5:30 - 7 p.m. Celebrate the opening of the LEAF Community Exhibition featuring “Here Comes the Sun” art and poetry contest. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400. MUSICAL – 7 - 10 p.m. CCS Thespians Present “Just So Musical.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181. CONCERT – 7 p.m. “Distant Lands: Songs & Stories of Freedom.” Cost, $10. Proceeds benefit the National Abolition Hall of Fame. The Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main St., Call 315-6913550 or visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Have fun at the Ice Cream Social Dance with friends. Admission, $5/person. Cooperstown Elementary School. Call 607-264-8128. MUSIC – 9 p.m. - Midnight. Dance to a blend of jazz, folk, Island, Latin, and light rock by The Happy Easy Group. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.
Saturday, June 9
RACE THE LAKE – 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Race around the lake includes classes for 26.2 mile, 13.1 mile, 5K races. All races end together at Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2800. HIGHWAY CLEANUP – 8 - 10 a.m. Help clean up a 2mile stretch of highway, then enjoy a complimentary coffee
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Institute, 310 Genesee St., Utica. Call 315-797-0000. THEATER – 12:30 p.m. “A Case For Eviction” following the struggle of Frank and Dora to evict a temporary resident from their guest room. Leatherstocking Stage, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. KNIT DAY – 1:30 - 3 p.m. Celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day with the HML Yarn Club. Knitters, crocheters of all skill levels welcome. Huntington Park, Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. Guided tour showcasing three site-specific performances by the Templeton Players on the struggle for Women’s Rights. Included with museum admission. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. INTERFAITH – 2 p.m. A Season of Faith and Understanding continues with a presentation by Ani Samten of Karme Ling (Tibetan Buddhism). Not wheelchair accessible. 315 Retreat Rd., Delhi. E-mail ksider@hotmail.com SPAGHETTI DINNER – 5 p.m. Support The Otsego County Fire Police. Donations gratefully accepted. Cooperstown Fire Station, Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-4328.
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On her sabbatical, Pastor Rhodes happened on zebras in the South African veldt, left, to the craggy landscape around Capetown, center, to halfway across the globe, where she witnessed the ravages of global warming on Alaskan ice floes.
Humans Challenged In South Africa, Nature In Alaska, Rhodes Finds PASTOR/From B1 “I had to ask myself, what made my heart sing?” she said. “It’s not a vacation, it’s not to write a book. It’s about nourishing your spirit. I am drawn to the issues of racial justice and reconciliation.” Her first stop was a Taos, N.M., retreat, followed by building homes in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where she was joined by husband Thom and son Samuel. “Before Hurricane Katrina, there were 30,000 homes in the Ninth Ward,” she said. “Now there are 5,000. We need to rebind these communities and strengthen support for them, whether it’s creating community gardens for healthy foods or working for economic justice.” But the largest piece of her trip was a month in South Africa, where she explored that nation’s reconciliation. “I talked to everybody,” she said. “I had planned Pastor Elsie Rhodes of Cooperstown poses with Professor Nadine Bower Du Toit and other interviews, but I also spoke with new friends at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. cab drivers, people I met on the declared a “Whites Only” in 1966 going on in my own country,” said Ujamaa Collective,” she said. street.” and razed in 1968. “The residents Rhodes. “The racism in our penal “They go from town to town doing Among her interviews was only had a few hours to get out of system, stories of black men being what they call ‘Guerilla GardenProfessor Nadine Bower Du Toit, their homes,” she said. killed by police. Racism is prejuing’, making gardens in unclaimed Stellenbosch University associate Du Toit took her to the Disdice linked to power.” community space, teaching people professor of Theology and Mistrict Six museum and walked her But she also found hope there. how to tend to them. Their goal is siology, who was living in Cape through. “I saw that apartheid is “There is a program called the to build 150 sustainable homes, Town’s District Six when it was
with gardens and solar panels, in Harare, Zimbabwe.” Her sabbatical wrapped up with a yoga and wellness “Uncruise” in Alaska. “It was educational, recreational and restorative,” she said. “But I could also see firsthand the effects of climate change and what’s happening with the glaciers.” Now home, she plans to create three presentations to share with her congregation and community, including one on outreach. “One of the biggest takeaways was that we need to move from a dependency model to an interdependency model,” she said. “It’s easy to throw money at a cause, but it takes longer to build a community, to built trust, and that’s what we need to do. The difference between charity and justice is that charity doesn’t change the system.” And she brought back a postcard with her new mantra, an African proverb that reads, “The one who walks alone by the river gets eaten.” “We can’t do this alone,” she said. “We have to work together to make the world safer and more healthy.”
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IN MEMORIAM Dr. Nancy J. Bachman, 61; SUNY Professor, Pioneering Researcher OTEGO – Dr. Nancy Jane Bachman, 61, a reseacher and, more recently, SUNY Oneonta biology professor, passed away at home on May 22, 2018, after battling Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Cancer. Nancy was born in Walnut Creek, Calif., on April 24, 1957. She was the first of five children born to Muriel (née Fry) Bachman and Jack Bachman. Nancy attended an alternative middle and high school, St. Paul Open School and attended Macalester College, where
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oped the third semester cell biology course, revised the non-majors general biology course to be more topical, developed a biology of cancer course, and served as adviser to the Biology Club. Nancy was a founding member of the SUNY Oneonta’s chapter of Beta Beta Beta (tri-beta) National Biological Honor Society. She was a recipient of the Siegfried Prize for junior faculty research in 2000 and she was one of 38 faculty recognized at the second annual “Chancellor’s Recognition Dinner Honoring Research in Science, Engineering and Medicine” in 2002. While at SUNY Oneonta, Nancy was awarded two grants from the National
Institute of Health, which supported her undergraduate research program and enabled her students to travel and present at numerous meetings. The memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, June 9 at Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Donna Martin, officiating. In lieu of flowers, Nancy’s family requests that donations be made in her memory to any of the following: Doctors without Borders, Habitat for Humanity, Macalester College and the SUNY Oneonta biology department. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lewis, Hurley and Pietrobono Funeral Home.
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CHARLOTTEVILLE – Kathleen M. McClaine, a paralegal with an Oneonta firm for many years and an accomplished pool player, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 20, 2018, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. She was 68 and lived in the Charlotteville area. Born June 9, 1949, in Schenectady, Kathleen was the daughter of Merlin Francis and Catherine Mae (Howland) McClaine. She was a paralegal with the Law Firm of Peter W. Hill, Esq. in Oneonta. Kathie enjoyed and was quite skilled at playing pool, winning many tournaments through the years. A member of the Oneonta 9-ball Division of the Mohawk Valley American Pool players Association (APA) League, she also enjoyed travelling to Las Vegas with fellow pool players to attend professional pool tournaments. She will be fondly remembered by the residents of Charlotteville, where she
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The Watershed Agricultural Council, a non profit organization working to protect the NYC Watershed while supporting farm and forest land uses, is seeking individuals for the following positions: • Conservation Planner. The Watershed Agricultural Council is seeking an Agricultural Program Conservation Planner to be responsible for the development of Whole Farm Plans (WFP), maintenance and monitoring of existing WFPs and the implementation of conservation practices within the West of Hudson (WoH) Catskill/ Delaware Watershed region of the New York City drinking water supply. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in agronomy, environmental science, agriculture, natural resource management or related disciplines (i.e. biological sciences). Substitution of an Associate’s Degree in similar field of study and at least two years relevant field experience will be considered; Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Certified Nutrient Management Planner (CNMP) certification preferred. Applicants in the process of receiving this certification may be considered; NRCS Conservation Planner certification and CNMP experience highly considered; as well as additional requirements further detailed in position description. Salary: low to mid $50,000s. EOE. Review of applications will begin June 11, 2018. • Executive Assistant to the Forestry Program. The Watershed Agricultural Council is seeking an Executive Assistant to work with their Forestry Program. Excellent opportunity for self-starter able to handle a wide variety of tasks including working independently with minimal direction, computer skills, and office duties. Salary high $30,000s commensurate with experience; excellent benefits package including but not limited to 8% employer contribution to 403(b) pension; health, dental and vision insurance (employer pays 95% of cost of plan); and portable term life insurance policy. Application review will begin June 11, 2018. EOE To apply: Send cover letter and resume to Amy Faulkner, Watershed Agricultural Council, 33195 State Highway 10, Walton, NY 13856; or e-mail afaulkner@nycwatershed.org. EOE.
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Amy Schumer Wows Foothills Crowd SCHUMER/From A1 showing over in the next theater!” Schumer, an Emmynominated writer, stand-up comedian and the star of “I Feel Pretty” and “Trainwreck,” performed a soldout stand-up set at Foothills on Tuesday, May 29, ahead of her cross-country summer tour. “We were laughing so hard the whole time,” said Hanna Bergene, Cooperstown. “She talked about how when you’re in your 20s, guys just run around and waste your time, so you have to wait until they’re too tired and just want to put a ring on it.” All 650 tickets sold in less than 12 hours into their availability. It was the fastest-selling show in Foothills history and one of the few that did sell out the Bettiol Theater.
Previously, Tusk, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, and Gordon Lightfoot also packed the house, according to Bill Youngs, Foothills general manager. “She came into the office on Friday at around 4 p.m. and introduced herself,” said Youngs. “She offered to do a benefit show for us, donating part of her fee to us and the other half to a local women’s shelter.” And when Geoff Doyle, Foothills office manager, got a text from Youngs, he thought it was a prank. “He wrote that Amy Schumer was in his office and wanted to do a show,” he said. “Bill is notorious for being a joker, so I just scoffed. But he said it wasn’t a joke, and then I started getting messages from people asking me if it was true!” “This is pretty unique,”
said Youngs. “Not too many people wander in and offer to do a performance.” Doyle had to act fast. “I was at a Queens of the Stone Age show in Rochester, so after the concert, I was in an Applebee’s designing posters and setting up ticket sales,” he said. With tickets for her other shows starting at $60, the $20 price was a bargain. “The tickets went live at 1 a.m.,” said Youngs. “At 6 a.m. I started getting messages asking if it was real, and by 11 a.m., we were sold out.” “A friend texted me at 7:30 a.m.,” said Corinne Bresee Smith. “She said she had just gotten tickets, so I immediately got tickets.” Tuesday evening, the queue went around the block, and although the show was scheduled to start at 8 p.m., the 650 fans
weren’t seated until 10-after, with Schumer taking the stage at 8:30 p.m. for an hour-long set. “Her first joke was ‘Wow, I see there are no black people here,’” said Olivia Kuss. “She rolled with that, how we’re unaware. She came out kind of hard.” “She’s really authentic,” said Smith. “People like that.” But Schumer quickly settled into her set. “It felt very natural, like she wanted to chill with all of us and make funny jokes,” said Bergene. She even took a few minutes to talk seriously about sexual assault and gun violence before ramping the jokes back up. “There was a lot of social commentary,” said Sutton. “She made it okay to talk about these issues when we can laugh at them.” “I think she’s a good
Cathy Nardi/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal Chad and Corinne Bresee Smith found out about the Amy Schumer performance at the last minute and felt lucky to get tickets. They wait outside Foothills Tuesday, May 29. lady,” said Lori Moss, who brought her daughter Jenn. “There was no hidden agenda. It was out of the goodness of her heart.” The proceeds – upwards of $13,000 – will be divided between Foothills and Opportunities for Otsego’s Violence Intervention Program.
And according to Doyle, she’s indicated that she hopes to return to do another show. “I hope it’s a great new beginning,” said Youngs. “People will see us as a place that can get this kind of talent.”
After ‘Worst,’ Debate But No Resolution On Future Of OH-Fest
OH-FEST/From A1 Planning & Evaluation Committee met Tuesday, May 29, with a majority of the meeting being dedicated to discussions about the college festival that brings thousands of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick Students into Neahwa Park every year. Council member David Rissberger, the OPEC chair, who has spoken out about his disapproval of OH-Fest in the past, reiterated his frustrations to the other
council members. “I’m not going to go to (the colleges) and have another conversation with the students, because I don’t want the event,” said Rissberger. “Most of the events and how they plan it is fine. But it’s what the events bring out for everyone else in the neighborhood.” A half-dozen city residents showed up at the meeting to voice their displeasure, including Marty Becker, who has lived in Oneonta for 30 years.
“My biggest concern was the nine or 10 ambulance transportations to the hospital for people at the concert for alcohol consumption,” said Becker. “I think one person leaving our city, or city-sponsored event, is one too many. I think nine is atrocious.” “At what point is the city going to stand up and say ‘enough is enough’?” said Georgia Basdekis, addressing the committee. “We’re looking at you people, and we voted you in so that you
could take care of this city, but you people don’t do that for the people of this community.” Police Chief Doug Brenner provided the committee with statistics regarding the number of calls for service over the course of several weekends, including OH-Fest weekend of 2018 and 2017. Brenner noted that there were 30 more calls for service on OH-Fest weekend in 2018, as compared to 138 in 2017. Council members dis-
cussed different courses of action, including denying the school’s permit application to use the park for the concert, an option that Rissberger supported. Herzig explained that the council held the authority to change the permitting guidelines, but that it could limit future events in the park beyond OH Fest. “You could say that we don’t want to have any events larger than 1,000 people,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “But when us old
folks want to have a Tony Bennet concert here, we can’t have that.” Herzig went on to surmise that the entire council agreed that the city was facing a problem, even if they didn’t agree on how to fix the problem. “I think everyone in the room, council members and community members are in agreement that we can, should and must do better when it comes to college institutions in our neighborhoods,” said Herzig.
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