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IT’S DELGADO Well-Funded Lawyer, Faso Will Face Off By LIBBY CUDMORE

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At a reception in her honor Thursday, June 21, at the Hunt Union Waterfront, retiring SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski hugs retired phys-ed professor Jane Grastorf. Her official portrait was unveiled/MORE, A2

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overnor Cuomo Tuesday, June 26, announced a long-awaited $3.79 million grant to renovate the City of Oneonta’s parking deck into a “transit hub” that could include retail as well at parking. The money was part of $57.7 million that will be distributed to transit projects statewide. Another $1.96 million is heading to Otsego County to replace nine transit buses and one electric trolley, the announcement also said. FAMILY RALLY: A ‘Familes Belong Together’ rally will be held in Pioneer Park in Cooperstown as a “sister march” to the national march in Washington D.C. at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 30.

rian Flynn won Otsego County. But Antonio Delgado took the 19th Congressional District Democratic primary, and will challenge U.S. Rep. Delgado in John Faso, R-KinderCoopershook, on town at Nov. 6. June 12 Running debate. against six opponents for the Democratic nod, Delgado received 22 percent of the vote. “I’m not surprised,” said Kim Muller, Oneonta, the Otsego County Democratic chair. “Delgado has been a frontrunner all along.” Please See DELGADO, A3

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GUILTY: Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree rape Bill and Laurie in the July 30, 2017 death Glockler of Jacelyn O’Connor, 11, prepare Morris. He faces 20 years to deto life in prison. part on a 50th $100 REDUCTION: anniCenters Healthcare has reversary duced its state-record $510 crossper day fee for “private pay” country at the former Focus nursing Mustang home to $410. Details at ride.

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or their 50th anniversary, Bill and Laurie Glockler took a slightly different interpretation of the traditional gift of gold. A brand new, bright yellow Mustang. Please See 50TH, A3 Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

Principal Brindley Moves Up Ladder By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

uring the OHS senior banquet at The Otesaga, Principal Thomas Brind-

ley was sitting on the veranda when a couple students came up and asked if they could have their picture taken with him. “I didn’t realize that the entire class was Please See OHS, A11

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Hundreds Bid Nancy Kleniewski Fond Farewell

Women Take The Helm At Oneonta Rotary Club

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With the election of Cindy Struckle, second from left, as 2018-19 president of the Oneonta Rotary Club, the club’s officers are all women for the first time in its 96-year history. Struckle, who was sworn in on Thursday, June 21, is the data manager for the ONC-BOCES Adult Education program. With her, from left, are Treasurer Lorre Parker Fish/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Allen, Struckle, Vice President Lynne Sessions, Well-wishers packed the house as Dr. Nancy Kleniewski, SUNY Oneonta president since 2008, said and Secretary Catrina McKissick. goodbye on Thursday, June 21, at a reception at the Hunt Union Waterfront.

emotion,” she said. “I’m proud of what we’ve done together and how we’ve made this campus better and more welcoming. And I’m sad to be leaving. The people here really care about the students.” Elected leaders, including Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, Town of Oneonta Supervisor Bob Wood and Common Council Member Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward, who also works as the manager of Human Resources at the college, were also present to laud the college leader. “Every year, Dr. Kleniewski would host a luncheon for the state legislators,” said Seward.

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ith two standing ovations, a few tears shed and the unveiling of her official portrait, retired college president Dr. Nancy Kleniewski said goodbye to SUNY Oneonta during a reception held this evening at the college. “After working for 37 years, it’s going to be a little weird,” she said. “I looked at my July calendar and for the first time, there’s nothing on it.” Kleniewski teared up as she talked about the 10 years she spent at the college. “This is a day of mixed

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Dr. Kleniewski’s executive portrait was unveiled during the reception. “You can tell it was a special occasion because I’m wearing makeup!” she joked.

“And those were expensive lunches! There was always a request for a new building or to rehab an old one. She was a great advocate for the campus and has been so positive in the community.” In addition to the college, Kleniewski served on the planning commission for the Downtown Revitalization Initiative and the board of Fox Hospital. “I truly appreciate your collaborations with us,” she said. “I was able to work with everyone, and it was very gratifying.” Her executive portrait was also unveiled during the celebration. “She made it

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Delgado 1,500 Votes Ahead Of 19th Primary Runners-Up DELGADO/From A1 “He’s a good man,” said Rich Sternberg, the Cooperstown village trustee and Democratic activist. “I’m sure the same activists who made Flynn so successful here will get behind him in the fall.” Erin Collier, the Cooperstown native who threw her hat into the ring, issued a statement shortly after Delgado’s victory: “Having spent so much time on the trail with our nominee, Antonio Delgado, I am confident he will ensure equal pay, protect women’s reproductive rights and the issues facing farming families will continue to play a prominent role in the debate.” Turnout was up 20 percent across the 19th District, from just under 20,000 in the 2016 presidential primaries to just under 35,000 in this primary. “It shows that people are engaged, they’re connecting with the candidates,” said Aimee Swan, Otsego County Democrats’ vice chairman. “That’s the blue wave coming for John Faso.” Countywide, the Democratic turnout was 25 percent, up from the 20 percent who turned out to vote for Zephyr Teachout and Will Yandik in the 2016 democratic primary. “All in all, it was a smooth election,” said Mike Henrici, the county Democratic elections commissioner. The race may have turned on a notable TV ad. In the Delgado ad, a Hudson Valley woman, Andrea Mitchell, asked Faso not to take away her health care. He promised, on video, that he would not, and hugged her, and less than 100 days

later, voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That footage was shown seemingly constantly in a Delgado ad in the final days of the campaign. “Faso has had health care on the chopping block,” said Swan. “Delgado can go after him on that, on broadband and on social and economic justice.” “I’m absolutely sure he can beat Faso,” said Sternberg. “The biggest thing that will help rally Democrats behind Delgado is the removal of Faso, someone who has supported Trump’s policies through both action and inaction,” said David Rissberger, the Oneonta city councilman. Flynn took Otsego and Greene counties with 37.73 percent and 25 percent respectively. Delgado was second in both those counties, with 15.5 percent and 22.71, respectively. Overall, Flynn tied for fourth against Jeff Beals. “In no county did any candidate get a higher percentage than Brian got in Otsego County,” said Sternberg. “Antonio should look at what worked so successfully for Brian here and take it as a template for the race.” Sternberg credits Flynn’s 40 visits to the county for his results in the Otsego County race. “He was in people’s living rooms, their bars, their diners, their faces,” he said. “People got to know him as Bryan, not Flynn. What worked for Bryan here can work for Delgado across the district.” “There was a lot of enthusiasm,” said Muller. “That will give us the momentum we need to go into November.”

They Courted In Mustangs, Mark 50th In Mustang 50TH/From A1 “It was always Volkswagens and Subarus with the kids,” said Bill. “Now that they’re all grown, we were looking to buy something for our anniversary.” When the couple married in July 1968, both were driving Mustangs. “I had a turquoise 1966 Mustang Tahoe, and she had a 1967 Mustang GT, almost like the one Steve McQueen drove in ‘Bullitt.’ Same color green.” The new car, which they purchased from Chad Welch at Royal Ford, was the second one they looked at. “We were originally going to buy a sports car, but the one we looked at, you couldn’t fit a toothbrush into it!” That’s when Laurie had the idea to buy the Mustang. “She normally likes the sedate colors, but she fell in love with this one.” With a 15.5-gallon tank and 30 miles to the gallon, it’s the perfect car for their anniversary road trip, which will take them down south and then out west along the famous Route 66. “We’ll get that ’50s music going and there ain’t nothing better,” he said. “This car hugs the curves. It’s a dream to drive.” The couple came to Otsego County in 1970, settling first in Westford and then in Middlefield in 1987. He worked for MCI in telecommunications and then at Schenevus Central School as a teacher, and Laurie, after working as a teacher, worked for Bassett Hospital. “Laurie attended SUNY, and we both liked living in the country,” he said.

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Last report, Sunday, June 24, Laurie and Bill were passing through Williamsburg, Va.

They have a daughter, Heidi, a P-A in thoracic surgery in Boston at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and a son, Chris, an IT manager for the state in Albany. Their first stops were to see family in Pennsylvania and to visit George Washington’s plantation at Mount Vernon. “It’s beautifully restored,” he said. “It should be an educational visit requirement for every US citizen. An Air Force veteran, Bill also planned to visit the National Cemetery at Arlington and the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. “Everywhere we go, my USAF days serve us well with a lot of ‘benefits’ and interesting conversation, which I love, as does Laurie,” he said. But conversations aren’t always easy to have. “In Colonial Williamsburg, they talk in the vernacular of the period,” he

said. “They don’t know anything of modern things, and will talk only about what is happening before the revolution.” From Virginia, they will continue south, visiting friends in Tennessee and landing in New Orleans before they head west to pick up Route 66 and drive through Arizona before turning around and heading home. “Good thing we have air conditioned seats!” he said. But what they’re most looking forward to is meeting people along the way. “I love to meet the local people,” he said. “I’ll just go into a bakery and start talking to people. I’ve made a lot of friends along the road.” It’s not the first time they’ve taken a cross-country trip. “We just like to drive,” he said. “We visited Mount Rushmore and Rapid City, South Dakota, and while we were out there, we saw a herd of buffalo cross the road – and we didn’t look them in the eye!” “We visited the World’s Biggest Thermometer,” said Laurie. And it’s not the first time they’ve splurged on some fancy wheels either. “I bought an ’87 Corvette and picked my son up when he was working at the Leatherstocking Golf Course,” he said. “He got in and he cried, ‘What about college?’ and I just replied, ‘I already went!’” Bill credits their shared love of adventure with their long-lasting marriage. “She’s my balance,” he said. “The secret is faith, persistence, hard work, our kids, and love.”

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EDITORIAL

Focus Indictments Put All Nursing-Home Operators On Notice

ow we know, lives indeed may be at stake. Two top executives of Focus Ventures have been arrested on eight counts involving two residents of the county’s former nursing home, Otsego Manor. (The county sold the Manor to Focus in January 2014, for $18.5 million, and Centers Health Care bought it from

Focus in January for an undisclosed sum.) Five of the counts are “endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.” The other three are “willful violation of health laws.” Two patients were involved. The first, identified as M.B., was a celebrated case. She was left untended in a wheelchair throughout

Memorial Day Weekend 2016. Several nurses and aides faced criminal charges as a result. The second, now known to be Robert Zupnik Banta, longtime chair of the Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation board; the conservation cen-

ter on Route 33, Town of Middlefield, is named in his honor. He fell on June 17, 2015, the night he Herman moved into Focus, hit his head, and died a week later. Arrested and arraigned May 31 in Otsego Town

Court in Fly Creek were Focus CEO Joseph Zupnik and Daniel Herman, a partner in the company. The company that operated Focus Otsego, CCRN Operator, was also charged. • On the one hand, there’s hope in this piece of bad news, hope that nursinghome operators can’t recklessly cut staff and not be

held responsible for deadly consequences. Two weeks before, another piece of bad news, that Centers, Focus’ successor, had unilaterally raised “private pay” rates from $320 to $510 a day, the highest in New York State – Long Island and New York City included – caused a sense of despair. (Since, Centers has Please See EDITORIAL, A5

ISSUE & DEBATE ►PASTORS’ STATEMENT: In solidarity with interfaith clergy across the country, this public statement of conscience has been authored by UU minister Rev. Amy Petrie Shaw. This is not a reflection of the individuals in the congregations we represent. Rather, it is a statement of our personal, deeply held beliefs based upon our various educations and formations in faith. ►An Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump and the People of the United States.

manity which we must bear, or else we renounce that same humanity entirely. The protection of children is one such sacred obligation. As faith leaders, we, the undersigned, denounce and reject the current administration’s policy of separating immigrating families and holding children in isolation from their adult support systems. We do not claim to speak for our denominations, individual organizations or houses of worship or faith traditions, but we cannot remain silent, for the sake of our own hearts. The practice of separating migrant families who lack documentation must end immediately. There must never again be internment camps, concentration camps or forced detention camps by any other name on American soil or under American control. Migrant children must be immediately returned to their parents or guardians. The current “zero-tolerance” policy is ethically and morally unconscioHOMETOWN ONEONTA nable, and we seek an end to both the Clergy leading the Cooperstown vigil to free children taken into custody at the policy itself and to its impact on the southern border include, from right, the Revs. Joe Perdue, Baptist, the host; Elsie Rhodes, Presbyterian, Tom LeBeau, Methodist, Randy Velez, Catholic deacon, world. We invite you to join us in our jourand Ladonna Clark, who is associated with the Presbyterian congregation. While unable to attend, the Revs. Kyle Grennen, Grace Episcopal, Cherry Valley, ney towards justice.

n Monday, May 7, 2018, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department would begin prosecuting every person without documents who crossed into the United States along the Southwest border. This policy shift specifically impacts migrants traveling with children. The “zero-tolerance” measure has already split up thousands of families, because children are not allowed in adult criminal jails. Until the policy shift, most families apprehended crossing the border had been released to await civil deportation hearings, rather than held for criminal prosecution. The children taken from their parents are being detained in concentration camps. Some of the children are caged in chain link cells with identification numbers on their chests; others are living in tents. Beloved people of good will, there are sacred obligations of ethics and conscience from which we cannot and should not be released. There are burdens of hu- and St. Mary’s, Springfield Center, and Sharon Rankins-Burd, of the Fly Creek and Schuyler Lake Methodist churches, also signed this statement.

Questions: Should Nation’s Laws Come First? What About Otsego County Children? Editor’s Note: More than 6,000 clicked through our Facebook posting to the AllOTSEGO.com article, “Dozens March To Protest Seizing Children At Border,” on a church-organized vigil in Cooperstown Friday evening, June 22. Here is a sample of the Facebook comments.

Jamie Baker How about all the kids that are on foster care in Otsego County, why aren’t they focused on doing something good for these kids Carol Blankenship There are many things that need attention from the people, but this particular issue – separation of children

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from their parents at the border – is what needs to be focused on now. Jackie Ward It is possible for people to concentrate on more than one issue at a time. It is possible for people to be passionate about more than one issue. Peter Taber Stay in Mexico they will let you keep your kids. Paul Hallock I think its whatever gets the most attention, unfortunately, is what they protest! I agree, let’s focus and take care

of our own right here in Otsego County!!! Randy Bishop Wrong Cindy Medina Then TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS IN OTSEGO COUNTY! Vote. Run for office. Support the food bank. Join CASA. You can support these children from South America by supporting the kids in your back yard. Give a darn! Jennifer Stewart Gullible Fox News watchers in this thread. Woah. Eion Whitehead Do you

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Christine McCarty Voulo Tracy Stearns really?? So, because we chose to vote for Trump that makes us a redneck and illiterate?? How sanctimonious of you!!! Where was your outrage during the last three administrations when this same policy was in practice

(over a 24-year period). Of course, because it is President Trump, all of you elitist hypocrites come out of the woodwork with your socalled protests and outrage! Maybe you should read up further whose administration this policy started under – which was Bill Clinton – like those of us “educated” Trump supporters have done. Victoria Susan I have four college degrees with a 145 IQ...AND I VOTED FOR TRUMP. There goes your theory! Please See DEBATE, A6

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ifficult as it is to believe, the Fourth of July is coming right up. We were reminded of this when we were asked to make note of the Otsego Lake Association’s annual “We Love Our Lake” decorated boat parade which will be held this year on Monday, July 2, starting at 2 p.m. The parade will form off Three Mile Point and then proceed down the western shore of the lake to a point near Lakefront Park in Cooperstown where judges will announce and give out the prizes. All boats, large and small, are welcome to participate. And while all sorts of Fourth of July events are coming up, we must admit

that we are still suffering with “come back” syndrome. No matter how much we plan, any return home from a visit elsewhere always becomes rather CATHERINE chaotic which LAKE tends to make us ELLSWORTH wonder why we went away in the first place. And our most recent return was no exception. •

We found ourselves once again dealing with which we missed. The Upper Pioneer Street block party was held in spite of our absence. We were presented with 33 missed telephone calls, five or six of which were from people we actually know. The rest, we assume, were telemarketers, or worse, political surveys. And there seemed to be no end to the junk mail that we received in our absence. We were particularly taken aback by the requests to send a letter of thanks to President Trump at the same time we were asked to fill out a survey detailing what troubles us Please See COLUMN, A5

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150 Years Ago

Stage Connections – The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad’s morning train from Albany connects with stages at the following points: At Schoharie Court House, for Middleburgh, Gilboa, Moresville, Roxbury, Livingstonville, Preston Hollow, Cooksburgh, Durham, and Oak Hill. At Richmondville, for Summit, Jefferson, Stamford and Hobart. At East Worcester, for Charlottesville. At Schenevus, for Fergusonville, Davenport, and Bloomville. At Colliers, for Cooperstown. At Emmons, for Delhi. At Oneonta, for Morris, New Berlin, Meredith, Delhi, Laurens, Jacksonville and Hartwick. At Otego, for Franklin and Walton. At Wells Bridge for Butternuts. At Sidney, for Norwich, Greene, Oxford, Coventry and Gailfird. At Afton, for Deposit. At Harpersville, for Centre Village, Windsor, Osborn Hollow, Port Crane and Binghamton. June, 1868

125 Years Ago

The Ulster & Delaware Railroad is now carrying daily over 1,400 cans of milk and cream. This month with probably show heavier shipments than any other during the year, though the total is growing year after year. Last week the New York milk market was overstocked and on Friday morning Delaware milk sold for 25 cents a can on the platform at Jersey City. June 1893

100 Years Ago

Improvements and betterments are the order at the Oneonta Theatre, Manager Addison announcing yesterday that Mr. Hathaway had authorized the construction of a new and modern central entrance to the theatre, work upon which will commence at once. The pillar now in front of the central one of the store in the block will be moved and the new entrance will be through that store, which will be transformed into a new lobby. There will be a vestibule at the front for a few feet, which will be covered with non-skid tile, laid at an easy grade. The panels about this vestibule will be of marble and two plate glass doors with prism glass above them will open upon a mahogany-paneled lobby. June 1918

80 Years Ago

Children Present Indian Pageant. An Indian Program by the second grade students at Center Street School included the following songs – “Indian Echo” from the Chippewa

60 Years Ago

20 Years Ago

June 1958 tribe, and papoose, a Navajo song, sung by the primary chorus, and “Indian Call” by the intermediate chorus. A moving picture of the Pueblo Indians was given. Ruth Dana described the outside of a Pueblo home, and Leona Haskins, the inside. Elnora Grant and Lois Yates told Indian stories. Barbara Dunshee told about a Pueblo pet. The class sang “In My Birch Canoe.” George Wetmore, Kathleen Norris and Glenn Cook acted as “drummers” with Richard Munson, Alice Roberts, John Byam, Warren Cross, Gerald Mitchell and Neva Quick as “shakers.” William Wiltsie described pottery jars. June Barker described Indian dances. June 1938

40 Years Ago

Vice-President Walter F. Mondale said Tuesday he hopes his friend David Gartner will follow the president’s wishes and resign from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Gartner’s refusal to resign, even though he accepted as gifts for his children $72,000 in stock in a large grain concern, has turned into an embarrassment for President Jimmy Carter. The president publicly urged Gartner to step down during Monday’s news conference. The gift came from Dwayne O. Andreas, Chairman of the Board of Archer-Daniels-Midland, a $2 billion dollar-a-year grain business whose transactions are among those regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The U.S. Supreme Court opened the doors of a California medical school to Allan Bakke, but said that while he suffered illegal discrimination because he is white, race can

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COLUMN/From A4 the most about President Trump. We ignored them both, on the off chance that by doing so they would cancel each other out. However, we do think we

once we decided to make the move, we are most comfortable with it. In fact, we are very much looking forward to the change, precipitous as it might seem. Needless to say, we are in the process of cleaning out the house, no small task since the Ellsworth family has been accumulating stuff in it since it was built in 1912. And while such an undertaking is proving to be a formidable task, we are finding that many aspects of Mount Vernon and getting ready for our Cooperstown both reflect a move are falling into small-town atmosphere. place rather nicely. And we are hopeful going forward that will have managed to get back continue to be the case. into the swing of things in • Cooperstown in rather good And for those who have order. We have lunched at asked about the future of the Blue Mingo, had takethe column, we must admit out from the China Wok, that we fear the column’s dined at Toscana’s and days are numbered. But enjoyed pizza from Sal’s. All in all, we are most happy after writing a newspaper to know that the availability column for some 34 years, of food here in Cooperstown we are inclined to think that perhaps it is time for our pen has not changed in our to run out of ink. On the absence. other hand, there are some • 34 years of columns which However, we have also could, in a pinch, be renoted that the clutter on Main Street of benches, rain peated. keeping the column gardens, signs and whatever in print until around 2052 or so. The way history repeats else, is still with us. While itself, surely the columns we were lucky enough to would be timely now and able to park in the handicapped spot on Main Street, then. And while we are planwe found the bench located ning to leave Cooperstown between the curb and the by the end of the summer, sidewalk made our getting from the car to the sidewalk our move will not be forever. We have just arranged nearly impossible. Exactly to have our headstone added why a bench is located next to the Ellsworth plot in to a handicapped parking is Lakewood Cemetery. Thus unfathomable. But there it we will be back, hopefully was, blocking our way. later than sooner. Our frustration with the clutter on Main Street is not PLEASE NOTE: Comnew. But we are reasonably ments regarding this colcertain that our intended umn may be made by mail solution to the problem is to 105 Pioneer Street, new. While visiting our son Cooperstown, NY 13326, and family in Ohio, we all by telephone at 607-547came to the conclusion that 8124 or by e-mail at cellsit is time for us to take our worth1@stny.rr.com. Or, leave of Cooperstown by for more thoughts about moving to Mount Vernon, the comings and goings of Ohio. And while this deciCooperstown, visit the websion is most unexpected, even by us, we must say that site, cooperstowntoday.com.

be considered in choosing among applicants for college admission. The 5-4 decision was a clear victory for Bakke, but left future litigants without clear guideposts for the future use of quotas or goals for programs designed to aid minorities. The court’s decision could affect minority hiring practices by hundreds and government agencies under affirmative action programs developed over the past 15 years. June 1978

Bar owner Daniel G. Alfano and the Oneonta Code Enforcement Office disagree on the maximum number of people that can be in Sports On Tap at 22 Chestnut Street. The disagreement hints at deeper roots of displeasure by bar owners unhappy with occupancy limits that were reduced in most cases in the early 1990s. Alfano took his objection of the city-set limit of 131 people to the Oneonta Board of Appeals. The commissioners, who have been informed of a long-awaited interpretation by the state, reviewed it this month. Although no decision was made on Alfano’s appeal, city officials said that the interpretation backs the limit set by the code office. “I honestly don’t see how there’s room for argument,” said Loraine Tyler, appeals board chairwoman. “Occupancy limits are a matter of law and safety,” Tyler said. Alfano will need to suggest and support a number other than 131. Alfano declined to comment because the case is pending. June 1998

10 Years Ago

The world’s population will reach 7 billion in 2012 even as the global community struggles to satisfy its appetite for natural resources, according to a government projection. There are 6.7 billion people in the world today. The United States ranks third, with 304 million, behind China and India according to projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The world’s population surpassed 6 billion in 1999, meaning it will take only 13 years to add a billion people. By comparison, the number of people did not reach 1 billion until 1800 and did not reach 2 billion for another 130 years in 1930. Medical and nutritional advances in developing countries led to a population explosion following WWII. Cultural changes are slowly catching up, with more women in developing countries going to school and joining the workforce. That slows the growth rate though it remains high in many countries. June 2008.

Can GOP, Democrats Compromise?

admission to the United States? bout a year ago, a deal was suggested between President Isn’t everyone really a citizen of the world? Isn’t the United States Trump and establishment Democrats whereby Trump would – as the exceptional society defined support a path to citizenship for at by the Constitution, not by ethnicleast some illegal aliens while Demoity – the representative of the future, crats would support something like and thereby the natural home of all The Wall on the southern refugees? Some Republicans, on the border. The deal came very close, other hand, are alarmed by after Democrats met with the loss of national identity Trump, but fell apart. It’s and traditional values. They now back in the news again. fear cultural dissolution Is such a compromise not only from unrestricted possible, or even desirimmigration, but from the able? A Wall is anathema to related forces of globalizaDemocrats. Closing off the tion and secularization. southern border with some The certitudes of famADRIAN kind of impenetrable human ily, religion, custom, ethics, barrier seems to them a crime KUZMINSKI patriotism – even the rule against humanity. of law – seem to be eroding Thousands of refugees from Central away in favor of a disorienting cosmoAmerica in particular are fleeing the politan culture without clear values, violence not only of drug lords, but where money rules, and traditional also – this isn’t so well reported – of roles and behaviors are replaced by authoritarian regimes suppressing consumerism and egotism. dissent, especially in San Salvador, Walls don’t seem very promising. Think of the Great Wall of China, Honduras and Nicaragua. A case could be made that the Hadrian’s Wall, the Berlin Wall, or the American support for these governcurrent Israeli West Bank Wall. Borments has contributed to the violence, der; security only seems to work when and that the U.S. owes it to these there is normal traffic, not a press of people to take them in – but the Dem- desperate refugees or insurgents. On the other hand, there is arguably ocrats aren’t making that argument. The idealism of some Democrats no national sovereignty if there is little has reached the point where, in their or no border control at all. That’s long minds, national borders are an anachbeen the case on our southern border, ronism that should no longer exist. where a blind eye has been turned Since all peoples are equal, what could to illegal immigrants because they possibly justify any kind of barrier to provided cheap labor for jobs no one

This week’s controversial Time magazine cover juxtaposes a photo taken last week at the border in McAllen, Texas, with a photo of President Trump.

else would do. The result has been an illegal American underclass, estimated at around 11 million people. In a deal, Trump would get his Wall, or some version of it, which would probably be more effective, if not foolproof, than what we have now. In return for this, the Democrats would get no less than a reasonable path to citizenship for ALL illegal aliens currently in the country, not just the Dreamers. Immigrants would be offered a dignified formal process for citizenship, with families kept togethPlease See KUZMINSKI, A6

EDITORIAL: Nursing Home Executives, Look Out EDITORIAL/From A4 rolled it back to $410.) With federal reimbursement policies forcing public nursing homes into private hands, can nothing be done to ensure the new private owners provide satisfactory care to our most vulnerable fellow citizens? Recently, Gary Koutnik, DOneonta, vice chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives and chairman of its Human Services Committee, wrote a letter in response to an editorial urging the county board take more responsibility for the former Otsego Manor. Having sold the Manor, he said, the county board no longer has responsibility for what happens there. This is not to beat up on Koutnik: His opinion is widely shared among county representatives.

• The Zupnik-Herman arrests prompt us to repeat our point, and expand on it. At the very least, the county board should have a representative at every meeting of the Centers (formerly Focus) Family Council. Medicaid regulations require nursing homes that accept federal reimbursement to have such councils. It is the only opportunity for the public to be briefed and ask questions of administrators. Our state senator and assemblymen should do the same. And certainly, Congressman John Faso, R-Kinderhook, or any Democrat who might defeat him this fall should follow suit – after all, federal reimbursement policies forced the county to sell excellent Otsego Manor to profit-powered entities.

Since, who hasn’t heard stories with dismay about the degradation of service locally? • Regardless, the Zupnik-Herman indictments are excellent news, whatever the resolution of the court case. The indictments, by the state Attorney General’s Office, send the message loud and clear: Top executives of nursing-home corporations may be exempt from the common decency in the search for profits, but they aren’t exempt from the criminal code. What’s needed is whistle-blowers, not just private citizens, but the officials we elected to take care of us, who have greater clout in forcing action than the rest of us. (In this case, that might indeed have already happened; if so, bravo.)

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What About Nation’s Laws? What About Otsego County Children?

DEBATE/From A4 Tracy Stearns You’re right. That was rude. I’ve removed my unfiltered comment but stand by my opinion regarding those who voted for Trump.

home without knowing a thing about them, and then allow them to have the run of the house, I’ll believe their feigned anger and concern.

Janette Lamb Seriously, even in Cooperstown, really.

Rosalie Ann I feel we need to focus on what happens Dona Syman Thank you! in our own towns No more separating parand the betterment ents and children. Treat of people who live people with respect. here regardless of their situation. Yes, Matt Lionetti If they are it is sad that this is having seizures someone happening but what Posted on the Allshould really be helping about children who OTSEGO Facebook them. are born here and as page. Americans deserve the best life they can possibly have. Cynthia M Kennedy What was done to Native Americans and their Cindy Medina So it’s mostly, “Why children should not be forgotten. Forced onto reservations, their chilare we helping their children but dren taken and placed in the Indian not our own?” “Why are we helpSchools. Many lost forever. During ing ‘them’ but not us?” Be sure to the times of slavery in this councheck in at church tomorrow. try their families were separated as well. Nothing being done now Melissa Washburn Only ’cause hasn’t happened before through out Trump’s our President. They our history. haven’t gotten over it! Matt Lionetti You would think we were dropping napalm on the little kids in the jungle. Victoria Susan Perhaps they should have protested TWENTY years ago when this law was put into place! David Delker When Schumer and Pelosi welcome strangers into their

Cynthia M Kennedy Mexico allows these people to enter Mexico and travel to our southern borders, taking no responsibility for them. I understand that some of these people are fleeing from deplorable living conditions in their home countries. However, the cost of detaining these people is funded by American taxpayers. We aren’t taking care

of our own elderly and veterans as well as other people in need here on US soil. This is a huge burden to take on with our own people. Of course, we feel badly for those trying to enter our country, however, it would be better to extend humanitarian aid to them in their countries so they do not have to leave there hoping for a better life here. CJ Waldorf This is exactly right, Mexico facilitates their journey and we hold the bag What malarkey. Cindy Medina Perfectly put. The solution is far too complicated for me - let alone El Cheetorango. But if South America can be financially stabilized - Just don’t know.

CJ Waldorf The fact that you’re protesting this now, decades after the practice started and less than two years since Obama left office is so painfully transparent. You didn’t care then, but pretend to now. Pretty shallow. Jennifer Stewart Get your facts straight. You are quoting Fox News reports which are false. CJ Waldorf Here’s a FACT. Children in detention facilities for illegal entry is NOT NEW. And also not a Fox News story. You get your facts straight. Jeff Dunworthy Send the parents and kids packing back across the border. They’re not welcome until

they do things the legal way.

Nancy Chapin Fox Snooze talking points don’t get you into Heaven. Tyler Preston I agree with you Jeff if you want to come here do it the legal way and go through the process. If not, face the consequences. Matt Lionetti Seriously, when someone knocks over the rat cage in the pet store and they all start running to the cheese store next door, should they be stopped or allowed to get free cheese? Should you let the young ones get free cheese and round up the grown ones? Maybe they should all be rounded up together with the babies separated so the big bad rats don’t do bad immoral things to the younger rats. Julia Lockwood deport all of the “illegals” immediately!This way the families can stay together and can get in line to come here the right/legal way. If they sneak back in, then arrest them and prosecute them the criminals they are. If they have children with them, send the children back to their home country to next of kin. Just because their parents got them here doesn’t automatically give them the right to stay. (This is not fair to those who are waiting in line to come here “legally”). We need to help our own first!! “AMERICA FIRST!”

KUZMINSKI/From A5 er, in place of the police state tactics we have seen. Some kind of standard of what it means to be an American would be established. Not everyone (criminals, etc.) would qualify, but most presumably would. Think of Ellis Island. The promise of an America for all would be restored, and the underworld of illegal immigration would be drastically reduced, if not eliminated. Compromise takes courage and vision, now in short supply. The challenge is to figure out a definition of America that lies between the relentless march of a global cosmopolitanism that undermines traditional values, and a desperate reaction to it that doubles down on chauvinism, racism, and religious dogmatism. The middle ground between these extremes is where a real compromise can be found. It would be the reinvention of a viable American center, something long overdue. Adrian Kuzminski, retired Hartwick College philosophy professor and Sustainable Otsego moderator, lives in Fly Creek.

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The 117 members of the OHS Class of 2018 listen to accolades from Principal Thomas Brindley in Belden Auditorium Saturday, June 23.

Class President Maximilian Orgeron gives the greeting to the OHS Class of 2018. Honor Graduate Mickaela Buzzy, member of the Technical Honor Society, stands and is recognized for accomplishments.

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neonta High School graduated 117 seniors, plus two exchange students, Saturday, June 23, in the schoolâ€™s Belden Auditorium. Parker James Adkins Peyton E. Akers Khymauri Atkinson Ryan Atwell Mitchell Austin Caroline Nicole Bagby Alexandra May Baker Saphire Yvonne Baker Athena A. Basdekis Tanner Beang Steven S. Benjamin Matthew George Benscoter Tieyn J. Boxill-Yakalis Alexander D. Brannan III Dylan C. Breed

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Danny Lynch, OHS Class of ’16, poses for a photo with his sister Mary Lynch, after she graduated with the OHS Class of ’18.

Friends and fellow graduates Michelle Geasey and Zach Rigas pose for photos. Graduates Tieyn Boxill, Abygail Flood, Mel Simpson and Tyler Scofield pause one last time on the steps of OHS.

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important.” They settled on a role that is something of a jack of all trades; then, they needed someone to fill it. “We knew we had Tom,” said Superintendent Joseph Yelich. “He had been taking on a lot of responsibilities beyond the principal’s office, and we knew he has more than enough skill to serve in a professional role.” “Tom rose easily to the top of the list of names,” said Reynolds. “We’re happy to have some consistency in the position.” Brindley joined city schools

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, against DANIEL CROWELL, COUNTY TREASURER AS ADMINISTRATOR TO THE ESTATE OF HARVEY M. BROWN; UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HARVEY M. BROWN, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; ADVANTA NATIONAL BANK; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff; the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants-Index

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no. 2016-0097. Plaintiff Designates Otsego County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Otsego County.

with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http:// www.dfs.ny.gov.

To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated May 15, 2018. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney of your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

as a history teacher in 2001, serving for six and a half years. “One day, Superintendent Michael Shea came into my room and asked if I wanted to be assistant principal,” he said. “I thought he meant next year. He told me it was next week.” As the assistant superintendent, Brindley will be responsible for maintaining all instructional planning, as well as assessment and intervention, working with special education programs and the mentalhealth professionals to make sure all students are able to receive a quality education. “I’m biased, but we’re really fortunate to have the folks we do,” he said. “I’m looking

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We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Michael V. Coccoma, JSC dated May 15, 2018 and filed May 21, 2018. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 82 Solar Bluff, Worcester, NY located at Section 199.17 Block 1 and Lot 18 Dated: May 25, 2018 and filed June 1, 2018. Pincus Law Group, P.L.L.C., Attorneys for Plaintiff, By: George J. Weissinger, Esq., 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556 516-699-8902. 4LegalJul.5 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of MARKET STREET ALLIANCE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/7/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 189 Main St., Ste. 403, Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalJul.19 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of COOPERSTOWN AIRPARK & LODGING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/29/18. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 14 Harwood Ct., Ste. 310, Scarsdale, NY 10583. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jeffrey D. Melagrano at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalJul.2

forward to playing a role in supporting our faculty.” He will oversee teacher and principal training, work with IT and buildings and grounds. “If we needed someone to mow the lawn, I’d get out there and do it!” he said. And he will assist Yelich in developing the budget, as well as building projects, including the energy performance upgrades and the building project. Assistant Principal Anne Wolstenholme will succeed Brindley. “We conducted a national search, but Anne was the person for the job,” said Yelich. “She knows our school, our kids, our families and she’s a top-notch professional.”

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IN MEMORIAM Marilyn E. Martin, 93; Unadilla; Artist Worked For Disney Comics UNADILLA – Marilyn E. Martin, 93, an artist who helped manage her husband’s veterinary practice here for many decades, passed away following a brief illness at Waterville Residential Care Center on Sunday, June 17, 2018, surrounded by the love and support of her family. Marilyn was born in Ancram, Columbia County, on March 28,1925, to Gladys and Peter Piester. She graduated from Roeliff Jansen School in Hillsdale. She worked at Western

Printing in Poughkeepsie, doing color work on Walt Disney comics for Whitman Publishing Marilyn Co., then Martin went on to attend the Barbizon Modeling School in New York City. In 1948, she married Robert S. Martin. After her husband’s graduation from the Veterinary College at

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County Native Richard James Lawler, 89; Vet Owned Diners, Motels Across Upstate ONEONTA – Richard James Lawler, 89, who owned motels and diners across Upstate, passed away in his Arizona City, Ariz., home on May 25, 2018, after a lengthy illness. Richard was born on April 3, 1929, in Cooperstown, to Charles and Rose Lawler. Richard, fondly known as “Blossom” by his classmates, attended high school in Oneonta. He also attended SUNY Oneonta for one year. In 1948, he joined the Air Force and served as a radio operator in Germany during the Korean Era. In 1952, he was honorably discharged as an Airman First Class. Upon entering civilian life, on Aug. 30, 1952, Richard married his wife of 66 years, Hazel. In 1960, he was a master welder for General Electric, building giant BEMUS radar antennas in Alaska. After leaving GE, Richard and his wife, Hazel, owned and managed several restaurants and motels in Upstate New York. These included Lawler’s Res-

taurant in Endicott, the Snackery in Sandy Creek, Lawler’s Diner in Morrisville and Brown’s Richard Motel and Lawler Restaurant in Cazenovia. Prior to retirement, he and his wife managed La Quinta motels in Texas, Michigan, California and Wyoming. In retirement, Richard and his wife were camp hosts at the Dillon Montana’s Clarks Reservoir, where they enjoyed many years of wildlife and beautiful scenery. Richard had a wide variety of hobbies. He loved to raft and fly fish along the rivers in Montana, as well as make craftsmanquality wood furniture and wood crafts in his shop at his home in Arizona City. Never leaving his roots behind, Richard was an avid sports fan of the New York Yankees and the Syracuse Orangemen. For better than forty years, Richard was a daily crossword puzzle

solver. He loved music from the 40’s and 50’s, especially artists Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. He is survived by his wife, Hazel Lawler, by his daughters, Nancy Dresp and Mary Lawler, his sons Richard Lawler Jr. and Mickey Lawler, his grandchildren Ryan Harvey, Starr Violet, Peter Harvey, Heidi Schwarz, Joseph Cockrum and Jeremy Covell, his five great-grandchildren, and his sister, Frances Solovitch He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jacqueline Lawler, and his brother, Charles Lawler. . Airman First Class Richard Lawler was laid to rest on June 12 at the Marana (Ariz.) Veterans Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Marana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Foundation, PO Box 18992, Tucson, AZ 85731, in memory of Airman First Class Richard James Lawler.

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counties passed laws allowing sale within county limits. Otsego County opted not to pass such a law, so sparklers remained illegal. However, an amendment to the law made the sparklers legal statewide as of last October, according to Kristin Devoe of the state Homeland Security & Emergency Services Office. “Counties are automatically opted in with the new amendment,” she said. Counties can still pass laws opting out of the amendment, but Otsego County has not yet done so. With the legalization of the small-scale pyrotechnics, temporary firework vendors have popped up in Oneonta, selling sparklers that fit the state’s strict guidelines. According to Devoe, the sparklers can only be sold between two short periods before July 4th and New Year’s Eve, and all businesses must register to sell fireworks. Permanent dealers – in the county, only Price Chopper in Oneonta, not in Cooperstown or Richfield Springs – can sell the devices June 1-July 5 and Dec. 26-Jan. 1. Temporary vendors can operate June 20-July 5 and Dec. 26-Jan. 1. In recent days, TNT Fireworks set up outside Oneonta’s Walmart, and Northern Lights Fireworks in Southside Mall’s parking lot. “These stores still have to

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register with us. They can’t just sell, they have to have a permit,” she said. “It’s not like you can just haphazardly throw up a tent in a parking lot and start selling sparkling devices. There are still codes and regulations that these businesses need to follow.” Northern Lights’ Nathan Rittenburg said he has set up five tents across Central New York this season. “They have to come in and inspect us, and there are quite a few things that we have to do,” he said. “Things like making sure that we have the proper fire extinguishers, making sure that there are clearly marked exits and things like that. They have quite a few things that we have to follow, just to make sure that everyone is safe.” A Binghamton native, Rittenburg has been selling fireworks for 18 years, be-

ginning in Pennsylvania at age 10 with his father. “To me, that was like a divine calling,” he joked. Rittenburg runs camp Anavah, a youth Christian day camp in West Winfield, which is supported by the profits from his firework business. After a surplus of

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t’s the Fourth of July and Otsego County knows how to celebrate! From parades to old-fashioned games to fireworks and even a reading of the Declaration of Independence, there’s patriotic fun for everyone. • In Springfield, line the streets for one of the old-

est parades in the country, followed by a full day of family fun with games, a Brooks BBQ, a quilt show and more. 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 4, Springfield Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Call (315) 217-1485. • And although it may be July, there’s a 100 percent

chance of Scattered Flurries – the rock band, that is – playing a show ahead of fireworks over Otsego Lake. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 4, Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. E-mail, Springfield. July4@gmail.com • In Oneonta, the parade, which will once again

feature World War II era militia muster, reading of the tanks and vehicles, will step Declaration of Independence off at Noon on Main Street. and traditional music. 10 And afterwards, head down a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, July to Neahwa Park for the 4, The Farmers’ Museum, Hometown Fourth of Cooperstown. Call things July music, ven(607) 547-1450. dors, a free Oneonta to do! • Outlaws game and You can also learn fireworks at dusk. about Edmeston’s Noon, Wednesday, involvement in the July 4, Main Street, early days of the Oneonta. Revolutionary War • with an exhibit on And parades aren’t Adam Helmer, who just for the streets. ran to warn the ConLIBBY Decorate your seatinental Army of an CUDMORE worthiest vessel for attack by Iroquois two different boat and Tories. 9 a.m.parades. In Cooperstown, Noon, Wednesday, July 4, the lineup is at Three Mile Edmeston Museum, 1 North Point at 2 p.m., on Monday, St., Edmeston. Call (607) July 2. And on Tuesday, July 293-6635. 3, head over to Canadarago ►ON THE COVER Lake to set sail by at 6 p.m. Debra and Jonathan • Miller of Springfield Center Immerse yourself in the decorated a float for sounds and sights of the first the nation’s third-oldest Independence Day at The Fourth of July Parade. Farmers’ Museum with a

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The Shriners were a new addition last year and will return again this year with their tiny cars and crazy SPRINGFIELD CENTER clown antics. “They said they had more fun here than the Utica parade!” eb Miller knows there’s only said Miller. “They asked to come one way to make a parade back! Anyone can be in the parade, float. “You just red, white as long as they have a positive mesand blue the heck out of it!” she said. sage.” And she would know: she’s the It’s such a renowned parade that it organizer of the 104th annual Spring- was written up in Parade, the national field Independence Day parade, one in-newspaper magazine, as third oldof the top three oldest est – after Bristol, R.I. in the country, kick(1785) and Ridgefield ►WHERE TO PARADE ing off at 11 a.m. on Park, N.J. (1894). It Wednesday, July 4. ON FOURTH OF JULY is the oldest, period, in “When I first put New York State. • Nation’s third oldest together a parade in It’s also the parade parade, 11 a.m., Springfield 1985, there were only of choice for anyone Center. Take West Lake 45 entries,” she said. running for local ofRoad 11 miles north of “Now, we have at fice. “I get calls and Cooperstown. least 70 every year, they say ‘I heard I have • City of Oneonta’s Homewith 16 floats, march- town Fourth of July begins to be here because with noon parade down ing bands and the Please See Main Street. Utica Shriners.” FOURTH, Pg.5

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SOME SAY!!! Best Pizza May Be Found In Otsego County Editorâ€™s Note: Here are Summer Dreamsâ€™ staff picks of fun and fine places to eat while youâ€™re in town.

ew York City may get all the glory when it comes to pizza, but many argue the best slices are right here in Upstate. Some people say itâ€™s the water used to make

the dough, others credit an abundance of college students at SUNY Oneonta, Hartwick and the Cooperstown Graduate Program, who crave a late-night slice. But whether youâ€™re looking to eat your pizza with a knife and fork or on a greasy paper plate, there is a hot and cheesy pie waiting for you!

hen I want really good pizza, I go to New York Pizzeria. Thatâ€™s what they do, really good pizza. My husband always accuses me of going to a seafood restaurant and ordering chicken. No. You order seafood. You want pizza, you go to NYP. Depending on what kind

of a mood Iâ€™m in, I can â€˘ choose what type of crust hen your pizza I get â€“ itâ€™s usually the thin arrives with the crust loaded with peppersauce on top, oni and sausage with extra you may be confused, or cheese. A certain someone even tempted to send it back in my household likes to the kitchen. But at The anchovies; the staff at Depot Restaurant NYP actually knows FINE DINING, & Tavern, thatâ€™s the how to NOT make specialty. The first different ingredients FUN DINING pizza ever made in touch on the pizza! Staff Picks Oneonta, the Depot Specialty pizzas still uses the old are fun here too â€“ try 1952 recipe, which the upside down pizza with starts with a Sicilian-style the sauce on the topâ€”may golden, buttery crust and seem a little strange but then layers on the cheese, itâ€™s really good! Or try the toppings and tops it all with square Sicilian pizza and put a sauce that is fragrant with anything or everything you basil, garlic and oregano. want on it. Add on a dozen of their Thereâ€™s also a NYP in famous â€œgarbage wingsâ€? Richfield Springs. Eat there â€“ an Upstate specialty that and enjoy big screen TVs originated in the Depotâ€™s or do take out. (New York kitchen â€“ and youâ€™ve got a Pizzeria, 75 Chestnut St. meal thatâ€™s as classically Cooperstown. (607) 547Oneonta as the railroad tracks 2930.) that run by the restaurant. (The TARA BARNWELL Please See PIZZA, Pg.6 General Manager

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Place To Be On The Fourth FOURTH/From Pg. 3 I’m running for office’,” said Miller. “They’ve figured out this is the place to be.” Both state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and his opponent, Democrat Joyce St. George of Sullivan County, will be walking, as will county Rep. Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield, 101sth Assemblyman Brian Miller, R-New Hartford, and his Democratic challenger, Chad McEvoy. But organizing a parade is not all fun. This year, “we have instructions for how to throw candy,” said Miller. “People can get hurt.” The best way to throw candy from a float, she said, is gentle, underhanded and far enough out of the street that kids aren’t running into the parade route to gather it up.

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Notable among the grownups, the Otsego Land Trust again will be handing out saplings, and the county’s Dairy Princess Hailey Seamon of Cooperstown will give out yogurt and cheese sticks to honor the county’s dairy heritage. “People are already calling Ian Austin/SUMMER DREAMS me asking if she’s handing out Preparing pies in the Presbyterian Church kitchen for the “famous pie sale” that follows the parade are, from left, last year’s parade marshal cheese sticks again,” said Please See FOURTH, Pg.. 8 Janet McCarty, this year’s marshal Jeanette Dorn, and Beverly Guifoyle.

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2 Sal’s Pizzeria Contributed To Varieties Of Italian Delicacy PIZZA/From Pg. 4 Depot Restaurant and Tavern, 4 1/2 Railroad Ave, Oneonta, 607-433-2074) LIBBY CUDMORE Managing Editor • personal favorite: Lasagna pizza at Sal’s Pizzeria in downtown Cooperstown. It must be the ricotta, but it

does taste like that Italian favorite on a pizza crust. Not as fancy as funky pizzas, but unique and satisfying. This time of year, you’re likely to find Sal’s – it’s been operated for more than three decades by the Grigoli family – filled with young ballplayers and fans, but the line moves fast and it’s worth the wait.

If you’re in the pizza mood, try the actual lasagna, a Cooperstown favorite – eat in or take out. And, of course, don’t miss the back deck for dining or lunching al fresco. (Sal’s Pizzeria, 110 Main St., Cooperstown, open until 11 p.m. 607-5475721) JIM KEVLIN Editor & Publisher

hen, family owned for over 40 years, there’s the OTHER Sal’s Pizzeria – in Oneonta. It’s one of the first names that locals will rattle off when asked where to get pizza in the City of the Hills, and for good reason. When it comes to their pizza, they seem to operate on the “Let’s put our favorite meal on a slice” mentality. And you know, it works! Just look at some of these offerings that their customers have loved over the years: honey BBQ, Philly cheesesteak, baked ziti, chicken bacon ranch, loaded French fries, brussels sprouts and bacon, meat lovers, grilled chicken parm or “the rodeo” (made with cheesesteak, onion rings and BBQ sauce). Yes, those are all toppings! (Although they do offer many of these as their own meals as well.) And all those deliciousness is not bogged down with too much crust. Their crust is the thinnest in town, allowing the flavor of the toppings to take center stage. I personally recommend any of their slices with an ice-cold root beer to complement it. Oh, and you night owls looking for a bite at those late hours? Sal’s has your back, usually closing

between 2-4 a.m. (Sal’s Pizzeria, 285 Main St, Oneonta. 607-432-6766) Ian Austin Staff Photographer

ith an abundance of pizzerias in Oneonta, it can sometimes be difficult figuring out which pizza is the best, or even what sets one slice apart from another. But Tino’s Pizza has found a way to stand out among the sea of pizza shops, adding one unique topping to their pizzas to help them stand out from the crowd: cold cheese. It’s very simple, order whatever slice of pizza you desire from their wide array of specialty pizzas, then simply ask for cold cheese on top. The pizza, served hot, is loaded up with a mountain of freshly shredded mozzarella cheese to complement the already delicious slice. It might seem like an odd practice, but the pizza shop has been topping their slices with cold cheese for years. It has become famous among local residents, college students, and savvy tourists alike. Often imitated, but never duplicated. (Tino’s Pizza, 180 Main St, Oneonta. 607-432-0008.) PARKER FISH Staff Reporter

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Oneonta’s Hometown Fourth Of July Offers Alternative FOURTH/From Pg. 5 Miller. “We’ve gotten quite a reputation.” This year’s theme is “It’s a Grand Old Flag,” so expect plenty of floats draped in the colors of Old Glory. “People even get dressed up,” said Andrea House, a longtime member of the Fourth of July committee. “It’s going to be a super-flag parade.” But Springfield isn’t the only parade town in the county. Oneonta will hold its annual parade at noon on the Fourth, followed by the annual Hometown Fourth of July celebration in Neahwa Park, featuring food, music, vendors, games and fireworks at dusk. “The Fourth of July is a quintessential American

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holiday,” said Carol Mandigo, who organizes the event with First Night. “There’s a lot going on in the world that isn’t nice, so we have to celebrate that we are in a free country.” Though the Fourth of July parade has always been part of downtown Oneonta, First Night took over the event in 2011 and enhanced the park offerings, bringing in vendors and inviting visitors to make a day of it. “We try to make it better every year,” said Mandigo. “We want to create a real event.” And returning this year for the parade are the World War II era tanks. “They were such a hit last year that David Hayes and police chief Doug Brenner got them

back,” said Mandigo. But before the parade, you can show your colors – literally – with the 5k Color Run, where stations along the course splatter racers with colored powders, starting at 9 a.m. in Neahwa Park. The Oneonta Outlaws will play a free baseball game, and you can join in the music-making with a bluegrass jam. The event is familyfriendly and alcohol free. Miller credits the parade’s

popularity with the oldtimey nature of it. “It reminds people of the parades they went to when they were kids,” said House. “There’s Brooks barbeque, a quilt show, strawberry shortcake and a pie sale.” And, of course, it wouldn’t be the Fourth of July without fireworks over Otsego Lake. “Our fireworks top everyone else’s,” said Miller. “And that’s just what people tell me every year.”

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HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops, followed by tour of hop yard, hop house. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1450. BENEFIT DINNER – 5-7 p.m. Enjoy fish fry dinner with coleslaw, french fries, cake, refreshments. $10. Proceeds benefit Greater Oneonta His-

torical Society’s Building Fund Challenge. Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0960. OPERA TALK – 5:30 p.m. “Reminisces & Reflections on West Side Story,” an hour-long talk featuring Maestro Charles Scneider at keyboard, singers. Free, open to public. Room 201, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607-263-5230. MUSIC – 9 p.m.-Midnight. Enjoy favorite Jazz standards

with upbeat twist performed by Triple Play. The Hawkeye, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931. CONCERT – 6:30-8:30 p.m. Return to swing music with the Small Town Big Band. Bring lawn chairs, blankets, a picnic. Free, open to the public. South Lawn, Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooperstown, NY. Call 607-547-5098. FLOAT NIGHT – 6:45-8:30

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p.m. Summer Fun in the Pool. Guests must be accompanied by a member. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010. PERFORMANCE – 7:30 p.m. “An Evening of Dance” featuring world class dancers & choreographers & curated by Yung-Yung Tsuai. Cost, $28 at the door. Roxbury Arts Group, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. Call 607-326-7908. MUSIC– 9 p.m. Jeff Syman Quartet performs a mix of folk, blues, and light rock. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.

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►SATURDAY, JUNE 30

PICNIC – Noon - 3 p.m. Cherry Valley Democratic Committee’s annual 4th of July picnic. Hot dogs, refreshments, pie. All invited. Old Village Hall, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. CHARACTER TOUR – 1-2 p.m. Tour museum through the eyes of artists themselves. featuring a tour by Thomas Cole as portrayed by a Templeton Player. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400. VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. Guided tour showcasing three sitespecific performances by Templeton Players on struggle for Women’s Rights. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1450. ART HISTORY – 2 - 3:30 p.m. “More Than a Rock: Group f/64 and the Purification of Photography,” art history lecture with Douglas Zullo, Hartwick College associate professor of art history. The Fenimore Art Museum

auditorium, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400. ART OPENING – 5-7 p.m. “Collaborations” exhibit features art from Madeline Walker and Jonathan Stein, Elizabeth Nields and Lynne Tanner, Linda Suskind and John Kosmer, and Richard and Vanessa Saba. The Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. Call (607) 264-9530. OPEN HOUSE – 5:30 p.m. Oneonta Teen Center open house for families to see space and meet staff. Teen Center, 4 Academy St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 441-3999. MUSIC – 6 - 9 p.m. The Kennesaw Mountain Dogs performs country, folk, rock, funk, Americana. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607547-9931. COMMUNITY DINNER – 6:30 p.m. Bring you appetite and a dish to pass. Enjoy a meal with your friends. Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 852 Co. Rd. 26, Fly Creek. Call 607-547-9946. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 11

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Dozens of Dealers in Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints and Paper Ephemera Sponsored by

The Cooperstown Foundation for Excellence in Education More info: Cooperstownantiquarianbookfair.com

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Thursday-Friday, June 28-29, 2018

Summer Dreamss B-11

►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY FROM Pg. 10

►SATURDAY, JUNE 30

FIREWORKS VIEWING – 7 p.m. Watch fireworks from Brookwood Point. Free ice cream, food trucks, bring blanket or lawn chair. Suggested donation, $5 per person, under 14 free. Brookwood Point, Cooperstown. Call (607) 547-2236. FIREWORKS – Dusk. Celebrate Declaration of Independence. Lake Front Park, Cooperstown. CONCERT – 7 p.m. Megaweapon plays free rock show for teens. Oneonta Teen Center, 4 Academy St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 441-3999. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Red Raville’s Big Band Sounds. Cost, $10. The Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main St., Call 315-691-3550.

►SUNDAY, JULY 1

CHARACTER TOUR – 1 p.m. Tour museum through the eyes of the artists themselves, featuring Edward Weston as portrayed by Templeton Player. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400. REENACTMENT – 1 p.m. Revolutionary War reenactor Peter Couser speaks on impact of war on region; in full regalia. Free, donations accepted. Richfield Springs Historical Society, 134 Main St., Richfield Springs. Email, mrbobhazelton@gmail.com PREVIEW – 3 p.m. Concert previewing 2018 season. Benefit for Springfield Center 4th of July Committee. Tickets available at Country Memories, Tom & Kelly’s. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy 80, Cooperstown. Call 315-858-2691. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy your favorite Jazz standards with an upbeat twist performed by Triple Play. The Glimmerglass, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931.

►MONDAY, JULY 2

BOAT PARADE – 2 p.m. Decorate your boat and show your love for our lake. Starts, 3 mile point, proceeds along the west shore of the lake to Lake Front Park. Cooperstown. 518-542-6630.

MUSIC – 5:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Lubell in the Glimmerglass. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931. 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. BASEBALL – 7 p.m. Support the Oneonta Outlaws against Jamestown Jammers. Damaschke Field, 15 James Georgeson Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-6326.

►TUESDAY, JULY 3

INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTY – 3:30 p.m. Bring the kids to learn about the 4th of July, hear stories, make independence day crafts. Arkell Museum, 2 Eries Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-6732314. CONCERT – 7 p.m. Small Town Big Band features 14 piece band performing music from the ‘30s to present in the style of the Big Band Era. Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5256.

► WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 Independence Day!

Lecture – 9 a.m. - Noon. This Independence Day learn about Adam Helmers run to warn the colonial army of an attack by the Indians and Tories. Find this and more about Edmeston’s early settlers. Edmeston Museum, 1 North St., Edmeston. Call 607-293-6635. COLOR RUN – 9 a.m. Fun 5K run for all fitness levels, ages, backgrounds. No winners or runtimes. All welcome. Cost, $25. Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call 607-432-2031. CELEBRATION – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Old-fashioned party features kids’ fishing derby, frog-jumping contest, homemade icecream (chilled with ice from the ice harvest festival), field day games, vendors, music, more. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Call 607-2785744.

MORE 4TH OF JULY ACTIVITIES, SEE Pg. 2

B-12 Summer Dreams

Thursday-Friday, June 28-29, 2018