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ommon Council , on Tuesday, July 17, will again consider whether to give the go-ahead to Rod Thorsland for a $230,000 CDBG grant to buy and reopen the former Nick’s Diner on Chestnut St. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.

RELATED EDITORIAL, A4 IN COUNTY: Congressional candidate Antonio Delgado, who is running against John Faso, R-Kinderhook, in the fall, will appear at a Sustainable Otsego Town Hall at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 18, at Templeton Hall, Cooperstown.

Public welcome.

HALT INVASIVES: The OCCA, City of Oneonta, and the Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP) are hosting an Invasive Species Teach-In 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, July 14, in Oneonta’s Wilber Park. Free, open to the public.

HISTORIC TOUR: Emmons descendants are offering a tour of the family’s historic property across from Price Chopper at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, with the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Call 607-4320960 for reservation; $6 for GOHS members, $7 for others.

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Mark Petengill, third from left, Centers Healthcare’s Resident Council president, details the challenges of Saturday, June 30.

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wice in the days leading up to the Fourth of July, Centers Healthcare Administrator

Jeff Emhoff himself had to make a quick run to the Cooperstown Price Chopper: There wasn’t enough food at the nursing home to provide breakfast and lunch for the residents in the Rolling Hills and Mountain Ridge neighborhoods, people living there report.

“This isn’t the first time it’s happened,” said Mark Petengill, president of Centers’ Resident Council.

“They bought chicken nuggets last Saturday (June 30) for lunch. And they had to do it this past Monday (July 2) too.”

To make matters worse, that Sat-

Pope Meets James Fenimore Cooper, Thanks To Environmentalist DiPerna

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County Native Breakthrough Finds A Home On City-Town On Italy Trip Fire Pact Seen By LIBBY CUDMORE DiNAPOLI AUDIT DUE

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any years ago, as she underwent her First Communion at Our Lady of Assumption Church in The Bronx, meeting the Pope was beyond Paula DiPerna’s wildest dreams.

And yet, Friday, July 6, that dream came true.

Pope Francis “had this beaming, beaming smile,” said DiPerna, interviewed by telephone that evening as she sat in the garden at the four-star Palazzo Cardinal Cesi, her hotel around the corner from St. Peter’s Square. “The room was filled with extraordinary power, respect and love. He greeted us all, one by one. We each had a chance to say something to him.”

She paused. “I would suppose it is a high point of my life.”

urday there wasn’t enough staff to serve the food. “The kitchen rolled the cart up to the unit and dropped it off,” he said. “There was no foodservice staff, so the nurse and the aide had to serve and clean up.”

Petengill described what hapPlease See RESIDENTS, A11

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hen Frank and Mary Ellen Antonucci planned their hen Al Rubin trip to San Marco Argentano joined the Town in Italy’s Calabria region, Board of Fire Frank didn’t expect to find Commissioners on Jan. 1, too much about his grandfahe and fellow new Comther’s family. missioner Michelle Catan But what he found was his Vatican photo discovered what they see home.

Pope Francis greets Paula DiPerna. as a disconnect.

“I thought it would be Taxpayers in the fire disfun to visit and say we were DiPerna, who maintains a Cooperstown trict, which covers a portion there,” he said. “I didn’t home and has long been affiliated with of the Town of Oneonta, pay expect this.”

Otsego County, running for Congress in for the City of Oneonta Fire In studying his family’s 1992, has filled high-level environmental history, he knew that his policy-making positions for decades, most Department to respond to grandfather, Pasquale Antorecently as a visiting fellow at Hong Kong’s calls in the district. But its Please See AUDIT, A8 Please See VISIT, A3 Please See DIPERNA, A9 ONEONTA

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State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford pledged $15,000 to Opportunities for Otsego to help prevent domestic violence in the county. With him, from left, are OFO Crisis Intervention Director Will Rivera, Catholic Charities Executive Director Lynn Glueckert, Delaware Opportunities Executive Director Shelly Bartow and OFO CEO Dan Maskin.

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iting Opportunity For Otsego’s commitment to aiding victims of domestic violence, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced $15,000 in funding for OFO’s domestic violence prevention program at their West Broadway headquarters on Monday, July 9.

“These community programs provide vital services for those in dire need,” said Seward, “We are fortunate to have so many local orga-

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nizations providing help to vulnerable individuals, and I am pleased to assist them in their efforts to make our communities safer. These agencies are lifelines and, in many cases, are all that stand between a domestic violence victim and further harm.”

OFO and Catholic Charities of Otsego and Schoharie counties will receive $15,000 each, and $7,000 each goes to Delaware Opportunities and Liberty Resources (Chenango County).

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Several bills were passed by both the senate and assembly and will be sent to the governor for final approval.

“Victims of domestic violence and sexual harassment are often dealing with both physical and emotional trauma,” he said. “I have worked to enact laws to help protect individuals from violence and ensure that victims are not mistreated further and are able to start rebuilding their lives.”

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rianna Moore and Megan Clark and have been awarded the 2018 Joanne Burdick Scholarship by the A.O. Fox Hospital Auxiliary.

Moore, the daughter of Donald Moore of Oneonta and niece of Hazel Clow of Laurens, is a June graduate of Laurens Central School and will be attending The Sage Colleges majoring in occupational therapy.

Clark, the daughter of Ricky Clark of Hartwick and Paula Young of Clifton Springs, graduated in June from Edmeston Central School. She will be entering the nursing program at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, with plans to become a registered nurse and eventually Avolio Awarded a nurse practitioner.

The scholarship was Fellowship For established in 1997 in honor Geology Study of Joanne Burdick, now the former director of volunteer services at A.O. Fox Hoslexander D. Avolio pital. The $2,000 scholarof New Berlin has ship is awarded to two area been selected for a high school graduates who summer 2018 St. Lawrence University Internship Fellow- are pursuing a major in the health care field. ship.

“I am just as proud and A graduate of Unadilla Valley Central School, Avo- honored today as I was lio is a member of the Class when the Auxiliary established the scholarship in of 2019 and is majoring in geology. Avolio received the my name,” says Burdick.

“Through the years, reStewart’s Shops and Dake Family Internship Fellowship cipients have gone on to become physicians, nurses, Fund and will intern with physical therapists and other British Columbia Geological Survey in Quesnel River health care professionals.

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The students were honored at a reception on July 10 in the flower gardens of the A.O. Fox Nursing Home.

leven scholars from the Otsego County area were in Hartwick College’s Class of 2018, which graduated May 12 in ceremonies on Oyaron Hill.

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Intently, Connor Kane, Mount Vision, carefully prepares Tracer, his Shropshire, for the show ring.

The Breck Girls, Cindy Allen and her daughter Abigail, West Winfield, marshal their strength for the challenges ahead at the opening night barbecue.

Sophia Lesko, one of Coopperstown Central’s top scholars this year, pampers her winter heifer at Iroquois Farm.

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Justin Lesniak, himself a perennial ribbon winner, presents the Reserve Grand Champion ribbon to Megan Wilmot of Cherry Valley for Stormy-Liv, her dairy goat, during the Parade of Champions Tuesday, July 10, at the end of the 71st annual Junior Livestock Show, sponsored by The Farmers’ Museum at Iroquois Farms, south of Cooperstown.

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Expecting Little, Antonuccis’ Trip To Italy Uncovers Family’s Roots Frank Antonucci’s scrapbook reflects three generations: his grandparents, coal miner Pasquale and wife Francesca, lower right; his dad, Wagon Wheel owner Frank Sr., across the top, with, from left, siblings Rose, Ellen, Theresa, Jim and Gert. In lower left are Frank, wife Mary Ellen and son Don with the mayor of San Marco Argentano.

VISIT/From A1 nucci, emigrated to America in 1905 and worked as a coal miner near Pittsburgh.

His wife, Francesca, soon followed, and the couple raised six children, including Frank’s father, Frank Sr. Frank Sr. served as an Air Force recruiter in Oneonta in 1955, and later ran The Wagon Wheel and Nucci’s Bar & Grill while Frank and his sister, Barbara, grew up.

Frank Jr. and Mary, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, traveled to Italy June 14-29 for two weeks, along with their son, Don, and his family: wife Julie, daughter Ariana and son CJ. They arrived in San Marco Argentano, a small city of 7,000 residents, early in the morning and signed up for a tour of a local fortress. “I told the young woman who was giving us the tour that we were there to see my grandfather’s birthplace, and it turns out her grandmother’s surname was Antonucci!” said Mary Ellen.

Following their tour, their guide, Alessia Crivella, suggested they go to the municipal building, in a former convent, where they met Paolo Chiaselotti, the former mayor. “I explained what we were doing there, and he said, ‘Antonucci!

I do the genealogy, I have done all of yours!”

Though the records room was closed, Chiaselotti opened it for him, and showed him all of his grandfather’s records. “He brought out this big book and showed us the date of his birth, with the midwife and the witnesses,” said Frank.

Pasquale, known to family as Patsy, was born in 1879 to Vincenzo and Teresinna Zumpano.

Afterwards, Chiaselotti took the visitors upstairs to meet the mayor, Virginia Mariotti. “She was in a big meeting, but he opened the door and said “The first Antonucchi has come back!” he said. “They applauded, and the mayor presented us with a crest and took our photo for their website.”

But the day wasn’t over yet. “Paolo invited us back to his apartment,” said Mary Ellen. “When we went, he took the key out of the light and showed it to us. ‘This is the key,’ he said. ‘Remember where it is.’”

Inside, he and Frank discussed his research into the Antonucchi family. “He had a huge genealogy,” said Frank. “I knew my grandfather had a brother, but I had no idea he had a sister, Ro-

salina. Now I know where my Aunt Rose’s name came from.”

Paolo had one more stop for them – Catucci, to see where his grandfather was born.

And he gave them a small gift for the trip. “He had a bowl of chocolate covered almonds and he took a scoop, put them in a napkin and then put that in a bag and handed it to me,” said Mary Ellen. “Then he gave me a set of napkins.”

On the way, Paolo took them briefly by a market.

“He told the woman, ‘I am taking this tomato to give to Antonucci,’” said Frank.

“The owner came out and said that her maiden name was Antonucci.”

And when they stopped by the restaurant, Paolo bought them lunch and told them that where they were seated was built upon the place that Pasquale was born. “He told us, ‘I am so glad you came to Italy and I hope you will come again,’” said Frank. “Their kindness will never be forgotten.”

He has stayed in touch with both Paolo and Alessia, and his hunt for his family’s roots is not done yet.

“Mary Ellen’s family is from Ireland,” he said. “So that might be our next trip.

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EDITORIAL

Let Young Entrepreneur Bring Nick’s Diner Back To Life

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ere’s the choice: The nearly complete restoration of Oneonta’s historic Nick’s Diner can go forward, with better than even chances it will succeed.

Or, almost complete, it can be allowed to remain vacant, eventually deteriorating to the point it will be razed or removed.

That’s the choice: Something – maybe something good.

Or nothing.

Better than even chances because the prospective owner, Rod Thorsland, is from a restaurateur family that has successfully operated the former Pondo’s restaurant in the Sixth Ward and thriving Pondo’s II in Colliersville for many decades.

Given his own experience and the expertise around the Sunday dinner table, would Thorsland – himself, he’s been in the restaurant business since age 16 – assume the significant responsibility of reviving Nick’s and the related debt without confidence he can make it work?

• Under debate in the City of the

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When it meets Tuesday, July 17, Common Council should grant the routine approval of Rod Thorsland’s CDBG grant application, and let the young entrepreneur complete the renovations at Nick’s Diner and reopen the historical Oneonta restaurant.

Hills is whether Common Council should approve an application to the state Office of Community Renewal for a $230,000 CDBG – a federal Community Development Block Grant.

Applicants for CDBGs must submit a “pre-application” to the OCR. Thorsland has, and it’s been approved. So it’s likely the final application will fly right through.

If so, Thorsland will complete the purchase of the diner from Ed May, the local entrepreneur who took on its renovation. Then, within six weeks, the final touches can be done and the venerable Oneonta icon reopened.

“Tour it,” Mayor Herzig advised in an interview, “because it is an absolutely beautiful restoration that keeps the feel of the old railroad car, but at the same time is a state-of-the-art diner, beautifully designed, brand new kitchen, energy efficient.”

Usually, Common Council would simply rubber-stamp a pro-approved application. But a handful of objecting residents Please See EDITORIAL, A5

POPE FRANCIS OTHER VOICES

Work Against Global Warming, For ‘Injustice Is Not Invincible’ Editor’s Note: Paula Diperna of Cooperstown has just returned from a conference in Rome, where Pope Francis read a three-year assessment on progress on Laudato Si’, his encyclical calling for action on global warming, to 300 environmentalist from around the world. This is an excerpt; words in quotes are from Laudato Si’.

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e think back on the call that Francis of Assisi received from the Lord in the little church in San Damiano.

“Go and repair my house, which,

as you can see, lies in ruins.”

Today, the “common home” of our planet also needs urgently to be repaired and secured for a sustainPOPE able future.

In recent FRANCIS decades, the scientific community has developed increasingly accurate assessments in

this regard. Indeed, “the pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet’s capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world.” There is a real danger that we will leave future generations only rubble, deserts and refuse.

So I express my hope that concern for the state of our common home will translate into systematic and concerted efforts aimed at an

integral ecology. For “the effects of the present imbalance can only be reduced by our decisive action, here and now.” Humanity has knowledge and the means to cooperate in responsibly “cultivating and protecting” the earth.

Significantly, your discussions have addressed some of this year’s important steps in this direction.

The COP24 Summit, to be held in Katowice, Poland, in December, could prove a milestone on the path set out by the 2015 Paris Agreement. We all know that much still needs to be done

to implement that agreement. All governments should strive to honor the commitments made in Paris, to avoid the worst consequence of the climate’s crisis.

“Reducing greenhouses gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility, above all on the part of those countries which are more powerful and pollute the most.”

And we cannot afford to waste time.

Along with states, local authorities, civil society and economic and religious institutions can proPlease See POPE, A6

LETTERS

For Centers Healthcare Residents, Ombudsmen Can Help To the Editor: Today more than 150,000 New Yorkers live in nursing homes or adult care facilities. Each person’s story of how they became a resident is different, but they all have one thing in common: the right to quality of life and quality of care while residing in a long-term care

facility.

The state Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (www.ltcombudsman. ny.gov) is available in all long-term care facilities across the state to assist individuals in keeping their sense of identity, self-worth, and ability to make choices regarding the care they are

HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

receiving.

The ombudsman program is resident-directed and resident-centered. Ombudsmen provide help to individuals and their families to understand and exercise their right to appropriate care in a safe environment that promotes and protects their dignity and quality of life in the facility they now call “home.”

Ombudsmen are certified volunteers who provide a regular presence in facilities. Because of this regular

presence, they are able to get to know residents, their needs, and those things that make a difference in their everyday lives.

For residents without any family or loved ones, the ombudsman may be their only socialization from outside the facility and also may be the only advocate they have.

The ombudsman becomes a “voice for the voiceless” Please See LETTER, A6

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To the Editor: I applaud Mayor Tillapaugh’s position (op-ed, July 4-5) that families belong together.

I find it rather ironic, though, that the mayor of a village that neglects to provide affordable housing for its own labor force is such a vocal supporter for immigrants. That is a battle for another day.

I wonder if Mayor Tillapaugh is willing to replace her banners and slogans with commitment.

Are we ready to “Provide Haven To Asylum Seekers” as the headline suggests? To be specific, are we in Cooperstown ready to sponsor immigrant families within our borders? Would each of the five churches sponsor a family – to provide housing, food, clothing, jobs. Now that would be Christianity in action.

Talk is cheap. Commitment requires action.

WILLIAM W. DORNBURGH Cooperstown

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Where Nature, We Trust, ALSO Smiles

e must say we were somewhat surprised by the picture of Mount Vernon, Ohio, which was added to our column two weeks ago.

Much of our surprise was due to the fact that, while we knew the picture was taken in the square in the center of the city, we had trouble determining just which side of the square we were viewing. In fact, we were forced to consult our Mount Vernon connections about the photograph. We were told that the picture looks south down Main Street from the square.

We must note that it did not particularly help us that the picture is old

enough that the building on the left has been torn down and replaced with a different building.

• And while there are indeed several interesting comCATHERINE parisons between LAKE Cooperstown and ELLSWORTH Mount Vernon, we are inclined to think that in some ways, the better comparison to Mount Vernon, which has 16,620 residents, would

be Oneonta, with its population of 13,955.

They both have seen their original downtowns migrate to commercial strips, both of which offer better parking. Both cities claim two colleges, although technically Kenyon College is in Gambier, not Mount Vernon. And both cities are the only cities in their respective counties.

On the other hand, the comparison we find between Cooperstown and Mount Vernon would revolve around the impressive philanthropic undertakings in both communities.

While Cooperstown can claim all Please See COLUMN, A5

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History

HOMETOWN

Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

150 Years Ago

A man calling himself a “professor” advertised an entertainment in St. Louis the other night, at which he was to expose the mysteries of spiritual manifestations, allowing himself to be shot at with pistols, and let the audience into all of the secrets of jugglers. After appearing before the audience and requesting those who desired to shoot at him to prepare their pistols, he went behind the stage curtain and that was the last of him. He obtained about $200, and left his hall rent and printing bills unpaid.

Two white men, disguised as Negroes went to a lady’s house in Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana not long ago, and after robbing her, made her get supper for them. She put a few grains of strychnine in the coffee and killed them.

July 1868

125 Years Ago

Harvey Baker writes of the swamps in and around Oneonta – “The best part of our swamp-land history is soon told. They are all of them virtually drained and reclaimed except the small swamp just east of Oneonta Creek, opposite the ice house. The railroad was built through it, which virtually disposed of it and but a vestige of it remains. All of that is susceptible of being made valuable village lands.

It has a solid clay subsoil near the surface, and the time is not far distant when even this one will exist only in memory. I know of no village better situated for perfect sewerage or drainage than is Oneonta. In the decade of 1870 or early in 1880 the place was visited by the late Dr. Harris of the state board of health. While riding over the site of the village, noting its surface formation, he remarked, ‘You have here a village so situated and located that its drainage and sewerage is susceptible of the best and most perfect sanitary regulation of any I can remember.’”

July 1893

100 Years Ago

In France Negroes Furnish Much Humor: “The Negroes amuse the French people. The big black boys swing along the country roads singing or smiling. They frequently organize a quartette and if the work in which they are engaged isn’t vitally important, stope beside a road to ‘put over’ a

40 Years Ago

60 Years Ago

80 Years Ago

20 Years Ago

All legal obstacles for converting Brown Park into a city parking lot have been cleared away, and Mayor Roger G. Hughes will ask the Common Council to advertise for bids for the conversion project. City Attorney John K. Dunn has obtained consent of all seven heirs of the late Walter L. Brown for turning the tract into additional parking space.

Under the terms of the Brown grant the park was to revert to the Brown estate if it were ever used for anything but a municipal park. This restriction is now bypassed legally.

The park will accommodate 65 cars. Because of the slope there must be some filling and grading and 21 trees must be removed. The entrance will be on Main Street, which is the high side near Park View Restaurant at the easterly end of the triangular park. The exit will be on Market Street where Market and Main Streets meet. The parking lot cannot carry July 1978 the Brown name. Mayor Hughes suggested “Main Street Parking Lot. The state’s historic monument commemorating the Sullivan and Clinton Expedition in 1779 against few diminished sevenths better known as ‘barber shops.’ hostile Indian nations will be relocated, probably at the And they know how to do it. They are happy-go-lucky apex of the triangle where Market and Main Streets meet. wherever found.”

July 1958 July 1918 A Suffolk County jury deliberated less than two minutes today and then convicted six officials of the GermanAmerican Settlement League, Inc., and the league itself for violation of the state civil rights law. Judge L. Barrow Hill, in meting out near maximum sentences, said he would ask the district attorney’s office to forward minutes of the trial to the proper authorities in Washington. He characterized certain actions of the defendants at the trial as “amazing,” referring to one of the defendants who gave the Nazi salute to the American flag in the courtroom and when asked if that was the American salute, replied: “No, but it will be!”

Judge Hill imposed the maximum fine of $10,000 against the League and sentenced Ernest Mueller, league president, to serve one year in the county jail and fined him $1,000.

Other defendants were fined $500 each and sentenced to one year in jail to be suspended during good behavior.

July 1938

Karen, Jane Kindred Spirits information about those COLUMN/From A4 topics for which we would the various Clark Foundalike to find photographs or tions, Mount Vernon sports postcards to include in our the Aerial Foundation, a upcoming book, “Rememprivate family foundation, bering Cooperstown.” If which, according to its anyone has photographs or website “...supports people postcards which would be and projects focused on improving the quality of life, useful to the project, please contact us by telephone at and helping those who help 607-547-8124 or email at themselves, in the Mount cellsworth1@stny.rr.com.

Vernon, Ohio area.”

And while we admit we The Foundation’s mission have long collected items statement reads: “The Ariel relating to Foundation Cooperstown will sustain history, we the philanfeel, given thropic vision our upcomof founder, ing move, Karen Buchwe are no wald Wright, longer the toward the quality of life Karen Buchwald Wright, appropriate destination and opporleft, is to Mount Verfor such tunity in her non, Ohio, what Jane information. hometown, Forbes Clark is to In fact, we Mount Vernon, Cooperstown. were recentOhio. The Foundation will concentrate ly shown a fabulous scrapits efforts on the arts, educa- book of newspaper clippings tion, parks and the pursuit of about Cooperstown from 1962 through 1999. We happiness. The foundation found the scrapbook to inpartners with other groups and organizations to achieve deed be most interesting.

However, when we were results the whole community asked what one should do can share and enjoy.” with such historical gems, • we did not have an answer.

Additionally, in lookGranted there have been ing at the similarities of the many books over the years two communities, we find that have been written about it particularly noteworthy the history of Cooperstown. that both Cooperstown and And while the Village of Mount Vernon have women heading up the major philan- Cooperstown does have thropic organizations within a village historian, we do not believe there has ever these communities.

And that is something for been a group in the area that is dedicated to collectwhich we are indeed most ing and maintaining the pleased. We suspect it is Cooperstown’s local history. not every community in the country whose philanthropic We are, we think, the poorer undertakings are led by such for it. competent women with PLEASE NOTE: Comwhich both Cooperstown ments regarding this coland Mount Vernon are umn may be made by mail blessed. to 105 Pioneer Street, • Cooperstown, NY 13326, As we had promised by telephone at 607-547previously, we note that 8124 or by e-mail at cellsthis week is the week we worth1@stny.rr.com. More have posted on our website, at cooperstowntoday.com cooperstowntoday.com,

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ongratulations on winning the represent us in the 19th CD in WashDemocratic nomination for ington.

All that ought to be a slam-dunk for Congress in New York’s 19th Congressional District. the Democrats, but not unless they act You’ve got a tough fight ahead on it. This is an opportunity for you, against a smooth and wily opponent.

Mr. Delgado, to take up the challenge.

I’m one of many who would like to Faso needs to be called out on his see Representative John Faso right-wing, pro-corporate, defeated. He is a bought and anti-people agenda. paid for ex-lobbyist with big The Democratic leadhardcore far right support. ership unfortunately has The Mercer family, invesenabled, even embraced, tors in Breitbart News and much of that agenda. Besupporters of Steve Bannon, ginning with the Clinton gave a half-million dollars to years, they abandoned labor the pro-Faso PAC “New York unions and sided with corWins” in the last election, porations, supporting trade ADRIAN helping put him over the top. agreements that outsourced All told, the Mercers spent jobs, and tax breaks that KUZMINSKI over $25 million in 2016 supfavored corporate developporting far-right candidates ment over public service.

PACs, and organizations across the They continue “to talk the talk” country, including New York State. about fighting for their constituents, Their agenda of radical privatization but they no longer “walk the walk.” requires the destruction of public instiYou and the Democrats aren’t going tutions and entitlement programs. That to win this election by supporting a means lowering the standard of living status quo that is working for fewer for most people while concentrating and fewer people. Defending the status wealth in fewer and fewer hands. quo is Faso’s job, not yours. You need The Mercers are the .001 percent, to challenge the system, not claim that and Faso is the guy they’ve hired to you can work it better than he can, or

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During a visit to the Hometown Fourth of July celebration in Oneonta, candidate Delgado chats with Steve Londner of the League of Women Voters.

that it’s not so bad.

You have to show voters that Faso is the local agent responsible for people’s Please See KUZMINSKI, A6

Let Young Entrepreneur Take Risk – At No Risk To City EDITORIAL/From A4 showed up at its June 19 meeting, and a few more last Tuesday, July 3, successfully delaying action. Mayor Gary Herzig now hopes for a vote this coming Tuesday, the 17th.

• The main objection seems to be: Why should Thorsland get the money?

Answer: Why not? CDBGs are designed to help entrepreneurs, close the “gap” between initial cost and possible success.

In Thorsland’s case, he will have to invest $320,000 beyond the CDBG. He has skin in the game. The CDBG simply enables him to shoulder significant risk and provides the prospect of a lot of hard work.

In recent years, the city has directed $1.5 million in state and federal money to promising projects, some which make it, some which don’t.

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Pauline and Howard Partridge, both age 75, escaped injury when a freight train hit the front of their 1988 Oldsmobile car at a private rail crossing off State Highway 7 in Afton. Pauline Partridge, the driver said when she pulled up to the tracks, her husband, who sat in the front passenger seat, hollered that a train was coming. Pauline tried to back the car away from the tracks but the train engine clipped the front of the car. As the couple sat inside, the car’s hood was torn off and the front end was crumpled. The train was not damaged officials said. “I tried to put it in reverse and it stalled,” Pauline said. “It hit, it scared me and I was shaking,” Pauline said. The dirt and gravel crossing is at a private driveway owned by the Partridges and the railway company is not required to provide markings or signals.

Trains approaching the crossing are supposed to blow whistles but some question whether the crews comply. Trains travel up to 50 miles per hour approaching the crossing.

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Why not Thorsland, whose prospects don’t seem that daunting? (Among other pluses, Oneonta has been yearning for an old-fashion diner since the beloved Neptune was razed at the end of 2013.)

Further, any entrepreneur who wishes can also seek a CDBG. Call Mispa Haque at City Hall’s Office of Community Development, 607-4320114, and ask for an application, or email her at mhaque@oneonta.ny.us.

If any of the objectors want money to try something, call her.

The other issue is whether Nick’s can create 15 jobs, as promised.

Thorsland is undeterred: He’s planning a seven-day, 24-hour venture, so he has to fill 21 shifts. Pondo’s II, a daytime operation, has 12 fulltime employees and much shorter hours.

• If nothing else, a new Nick’s will

improve the western gateway into the downtown, where each summer hundreds of families approaching from Cooperstown All-Star Village get their first impression of the city’s downtown, Herzig said.

When businesspeople ask for help, he continued, Community Development Director Judy Pangman doesn’t decide if the project is worthy; she connects them with the program that might help them.

Until now, Common Council hasn’t decided if applicants are worthy – simply that they qualify to apply.

“If you come to us, no matter who you are, we will identify what assistance you can apply for,” Herzig said, adding: “I don’t want politicians picking or choosing.”

Amen.

• Bagnardi’s Shoe Repair, anyone?

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Defending Immigration Is Part Of Immigrant Nation’s Responsibility To the Editor: My letter is partly considering the thoughtful and well-stated entries from Dick Downey, Mike Zagata and Tom Morgan in the July 6 edition regarding immigration and our debate on what could and should be done.

Our experiment of self-governance, a radical idea more than 200 years ago, a gospel capable of lighting the path to democracy for all that look for it can be threatened from time to time – both globally and domestically. As I consider the condition of our Republic, I think our presidents are uniquely able to simultaneously speak to the current state as well as to how we can “form a more perfect union” going forward.

What our President says matters – what President Trump says matters. I fear his rhetoric. When he says immigrants that cross our border illegally should be sent back without judges or court

cases, then all of us are at risk, not just those being sent away.

I believe the words from our Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” is a universal truth not just held for soon-to-be-citizens of a new republic.

This statement has stood as a new flame for human hope – that everyone has value, that everyone belongs somewhere, and that we, the free and sovereign United States of America, will not infringe upon these rights. When President Trump states that immigrants are coming to “infest our country” I believe he is not only dismissing this revered creed, he is tarnishing the solemn oath to lead in the defense of our great experiment – that government “by the

To Survive, Globalization Has To Be More Inclusive

borders. My family comes from Europe, mostly Germany. My wife’s ancestry extends to Europe too, mostly Italy and Spain.

Our families, our cultures, our economy, and our government are all beneficiaries of diversity, and diversity from immigration.

My great-grandfather came with just a book of ice cream recipes and would eventually employ hundreds creating it. My children were born because their mother took a chance and left her homeland of Argentina. Simply put, I know I would not be writing this letter without this inheritance.

Join me in calling for our government to protect immigration as vigorously, as strenuously as all our rights guaranteed by our constitution. We are all the richer for it and, therefore, must continue to nurture it. We have an inheritance to pass forward too.

DAN BUTTERMANN Oneonta

GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE STUMPS IN COOPERSTOWN Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive, chats with Safe at Home proprietor Andrew Vilacky while campaigning on Main Street, Cooperstown, Sunday, July 8. In a recent Siena Poll, Molinaro said, he is running 17 points ahead of where Rod Astorino, Govenor Cuomo’s 2014 opponent, was at this time. At left is Hartwick GOP chair Joe Marmorato.

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f globalization has a future, and I hope it does, it has to be more inclusive.

POPE/From A4 mote the culture and practice of an integral ecology. I trust that events such as the Global Climate Action Summit to be held from 12-14 September in San Francisco, will provide suitable responses, with support of citizens’ pressure groups worldwide.

As I observed, along with his Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, there can be no sincere and enduring resolution to the challenges of the ecological crisis and climate change unless the response is concerted and collective unless the responsibility is shared and accountable and unless we give priority to solidarity and service.

Financial institutions, too, have an important role to play as part of both the problem and its solution. A financial paradigm shift is needed, for the sake of promoting integral human de-

velopment. International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank can encourage effective reforms for a more inclusive and sustainable development…

All these actions presuppose a transformation on a deeper level, namely a change of hearts and minds. In the words of Saint John Paul II, “we must encourage and support an “ecological conversion.” Here the religions and the Christian Churches, in particular, have a key role to play. The day of Prayer for Creation and its associated initiatives, begun in the Orthodox Church, are beginning to spread among Christian communities through the world.

Finally, a dialogue and commitment to our common home must make special room for two groups of people at the forefront of efforts to foster an integral ecology. Both will be at the centre of the next two Synods of the

Catholic Church, young people and indigenous peoples, especially those in the Amazon region…

Dear brothers and sisters, challenges are not lacking! I express my heartfelt gratitude for your efforts in the service of care for creation and a better future for our children and grandchildren.

Sometimes it might seem too arduous a task, since there are “too many special interests, and economic interests easily end up trumping the common good and manipulating information so that their own plans will not be affected.”

Yet “human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start. Please continue to work for “the radical change which present circumstances require.” For “injustice is not invincible.”

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Recent media coverage of Focus Otsego has reinforced the need for residents in any long-term facility to be aware of their rights and who they can turn to for assistance.

If you know of anyone who may benefit from the services of a Long Term Care Ombudsman, please contact the regional office at 315-272-1872 or 315 2721873.

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system, for which Faso could be the poster boy.

You don’t want to be part of those failed strategies.

If you fudge on these issues, you’ll lose; if you face up to them, you have a chance to win.

But there’s an even bigger challenge. There’s little doubt that the benefits of American imperialism since World War II have run their course. Globalization led by unrestrained corporate power is no longer a tide that lifts all boats. It only lifts the yachts.

We can no longer economically dominate Europe and Asia, nor can we afford our massive global military machine.

Those days are over.

If globalization has a future, and I hope it does, it has to be more inclusive economically. In the meantime, America must figure out its own identity in a new, multi-polar world.

Now is the time to put our own house in order, and rethink what we’re doing.

We need a new definition of American Exceptionalism, one that rejects racism, bigotry and narcissism in the name of a common understanding of the deepest American principles: democratic accountability, Constitutional rule, economic justice, and the greatest possible liberty that’s consistent with mutual respect.

Then we can redefine our place in the world. The Republicans aren’t going to do that, but you might. It could be our last chance.

State’s Ombudsmen Can Help LETTER/From A4 and a lifeline for those who need assistance when they feel like they have no one to turn to. They are able to educate and empower residents and their families, so they can advocate for themselves, or assist with investigating and resolving complaints on their behalf if this is the resident’s wish. Ombudsmen are committed to maintaining resident confidentiality, which is a cornerstone of the program. They represent residents and work on their behalf with facility administrators, staff, and family members to achieve a sat-

is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”

We are seeing what is right with America. We are seeing our communities bind to one another in the common defense of those who are vulnerable. We are strengthening our rights, our democracy, by speaking up against our government, by assembling, and by protesting. Those voices that cannot speak loudly enough, or for themselves, are being amplified across our country by a chorus chanting that all people, all families, must be valued, whatever the cost.

We confront what we see is wrong and do it rightly. These actions show the world citizens of our country hold dear the dignity of all people and hold carefully the inheritance bestowed. upon us.

To close with a personal view on inheritance. Each of us, like Mike Zagata notes, can trace our roots beyond the United States’

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KUZMINSKI/From A5 growing insecurity.

You need to expose the sham property-tax reduction he tried to pawn off on voters by gutting local healthcare funding. You need to alert voters to his duplicity in voting to repeal Obamacare, after promising otherwise – something he’s likely to do on Social Security and other entitlements.

You need to remind voters of his support for deregulating Wall Street and destabilizing the economy.

And then there’s Trump.

He’s a demagogue who’s been left free to exploit the insecurities and fears of the people whom the Democrats have left behind, and Faso seems 100-percent behind that.

Trump and Faso’s agenda is the same as the Mercers’: Privatize everything in sight.

You’ve got to do what other Democrats haven’t done. They have not attacked the insurance and pharmaceutical companies, the culprits blocking the kind of universal, affordable healthcare enjoyed by citizens of almost all other developed countries.

They have not broken up monopolistic corporations, whether it’s Amazon, the Wall Street banks, Google, or Walmart, which collectively have killed off small business, the backbone of the economy.

The Democratic leadership has not fought to reduce military spending, which is funding immoral wars abroad and bankrupting our government, while sucking up tax money that should go to social services and infrastructure.

They have done little to get us off fossil fuels and onto renewables, allowing for the acceleration of greenhouse gases and the destabilization of theclimate.

And they have completely failed to get money out of politics, leaving us stuck with a corrupt, pay-to-play

people, for the people” will protect our rights within the borders of our country, even if some of us did not arrive lawfully.

President John Kennedy, in 1963, reflected in a speech about those that came before us and pondered the question of whether “we are equal to this great inheritance” passed to us through years of “desolation and destruction” endured by our forefathers. Our inheritance is not a gift.

As Tom Morgan pointed out, in the midst of evil behavior around the world some countries have fought to protect human rights and dignity and by doing so have built the inheritance we receive today.

Our inheritance is fragile and needs constant care. As Al Smith said, “All ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.”

Are we ready for the challenges of protecting our inheritance? I say without question – YES. As President Bill Clinton said, “There

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New Strategy, New Questions Raised On Fire-Pact Talks AUDIT/From A1 disputed contract with the city also includes ambulance calls for the whole town, within the district and outside the district.

“That stood out to us,” said Rubin.

Perhaps this, they reasoned, is why the city and town have been unable to reach an agreement on a new fire contract for years.

(In December 2016, as the contract ran out, state Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma imposed a twoyear contract extension, but that runs out Dec. 31.)

That thinking took a step forward Tuesday, July 10, when the fire commissioners, meeting at the Elm Park Methodist Church hall, announced state Comptroller

both on the fairness matters and billing practices.” Not just he and Catan, but the rest of the fire commissioners support this approach, he said.

The audit, they hope, will allow the district and the town as a whole to understand the costs of the service they are actually buying, and help bring a years-long Oneonta Town Supervi- impasse to an end. sor Bob Wood, himself a Rubin said he and Johna former fire commission- Peachin, fire commissioner, isn’t sure the new ers’ chair, briefed city strategy will work. Behind him is Town Board Mayor Gary Herzig, but he member Brett Holleran. was skeptical of the approach.

In an interview, Herzig Tom DiNapoli’s office has said since ambulance calls agreed to get involved. are a profit center – most “We’ve been able to get calls are paid for by the controller’s office to do an insurance of the people who audit,” said Rubin, “to focus are transported – taking that

revenue out of the town-city negotiations would make a recent settlement even more difficult.

Herzig said when Peachin and Rubin approached him, they were asking for a one-year extension of the contract (at a $150,000 reduction) while this new approach is worked out.

“We could use the seven months (before the Coccoma contract expires) to sit down and work out a multi-year agreement,” the mayor said.

For his part, Town Supervisor Bob Wood said if the controller’s office finds the current arrangement is “unequitable or illegal,” he and the town board would explore different approaches.

However, he continued,

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Fire Commissioner Ron Peters, right, discusses the new strategy when the Board of Fire Commissioners met Tuesday, July 10. Listening are the newest commissioners, Al Rubin and Michelle Catan.

“I do not believe the ambulance department is a money maker.” Ambulance calls generate $1 million toward the city Fire Department’s

$4 million, but with the same personnel fighting fires and driving ambulances, it’s hard to separate the costs and revenues, he said.

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Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 293 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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permits the recruitment and appointment of non-residents of the County from counties contiguous to Otsego County to the positions of Correction Officer, Correction Sergeant, or Correction Lieutenant in the event of an inability to recruit a qualified candidate from within Otsego County.

the petitioner and also to persons who are or make any claim whatsoever as executors or administrators of any persons who may be deceased and who, if living, have any interest in the proceedings derived through or from any or all of the above named persons or their distributees, devisees and legatees and which persons, their names and domicile addresses if any there be and whose names and domicile addresses are unknown to the petitioner.

THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO

YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; CACH, LLC,

The full text of this Local Law of 2018 is available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board’s Office in the County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours.

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NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF OTSEGO COUNTY Official Results for the Federal Primary held on June 26, 2018 ******* DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 19TH DISTRICT Brian Flynn 1078 Antonio Delgado 455 Pat Ryan 342 Erin Collier 323 Jeff Beals 310 Gareth Rhodes 229 Dave Clegg 131

Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalJul.12

WOMEN’S EQUALITY REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 19TH DISTRICT no votes cast Otsego County Board of Elections 140 Co Hwy 33W, Ste 2, Cooperstown, NY 13326 607-547-4247 or 4325 www.otsegocounty. com 1LegalJul.12 Legal nOtice PUBLIC NOTICE OF LAW NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Representatives of the County of Otsego at a meeting thereof held on the 5th day of July, 2018, duly adopted a Local Law 6 of 2018 entitled: A Local Law creating an exception to the residency requirement for Correction Officer, Correction Sergeant, and Correction Lieutenant.

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Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Arts. of Org. of H.E.G. Properties, LLC (“LLC”) filed with Dept. of State of NY on June 5, 2018.

Office location: Otsego County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 408 Emmons Hill Road, Oneonta, New York 13820, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution.

Purpose: All legal purposes.

Filer: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110.

6LegalAug.9 Legal nOtice CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Heirs at Law and Distributees of DONALD G. WHITBECK, if living, and if dead, their executors, administrators, distributees, legatees and devisees, and all persons who by purchase or inheritance or otherwise have or claim to have an interest in these proceedings derived through the above-named distributees, whose names and addresses are unknown to

A petition and an account having been duly filed by Jayne J. Olsen, whose address is 6 Prospect Drive, Sidney, New York, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Otsego County, held at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York on August 14 2018, at 9 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why the account of Jayne J. Olsen, a summary of which has been served herewith, As Administratrix of the estate of Donald G. Whitbeck should not be judicially settled.

Dated, Attested and Sealed, June 21, 2018. (seal) Hon. /s/ Brian D. Burns County of Otsego, at the Surrogate’s Office in The Village of Cooperstown, New York /s/ Lisa A. Weite Chief Clerk Name of Attorney: Paul F. Eaton, Jr. Tel. No.: (607) 967-2221 Address of Attorney: 29 N. Main Street.

Bainbridge, New York 13733 [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear; however, if you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.]

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INDEX NO. 2018-0091 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 3010 STATE HIGHWAY 23 LAURENS, NY 13796 District: Section: 256.00 Block: 1 Lot: 4 PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property vs.

DONNA GORTON A/K/A DONNA J. GORTON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA SUE DROTAR A/K/A LINDA S. DROTAR; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA SUE DROTAR A/K/A LINDA S. DROTAR; 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; FFFC F/N/O FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION; OTSEGO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; MERRIMAN INVESTMENTS, LLC; NEW

“JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney 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) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; 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.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $61,600.00 and interest, recorded on March 5, 2003, at Liber 1139 Page 0267, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 3010 STATE HIGHWAY 23 LAURENS, NY 13796.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

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OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

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.

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Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: Roseboom Pizzeria LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/12/2018.

Office Location: County of Otsego.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Roseboom Pizzeria LLC, 379 County Highway 34 A, Sharon Springs, NY 13459.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

6LegalAug.2 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FLY CREEK STATION, LLC

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 05/24/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 235, Fly Creek, New York 13337.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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

RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: JENNIFER NOVEMBRE, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalJul.26 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Terracentia Properties, LLC. Filed 6/18/18 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 10 Glen Ave, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalAug.2 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF REST, REFRESH R&N RETREAT, LLC A Limited Liability Company.

Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on May 17, 2018.

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

The Secretary of State has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: Rest, Refresh R&N Retreat, LLC at 962 Swart Hollow Road, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 3 Ivy Court, LLC, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalJul.26 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Sir Lance A Lot, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 3/29/18.

Office: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: PO Box 1393 Oneonta NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful 6LegalJul.19 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of COOPERSTOWN JUNCTION ENTERPRISES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/25/2018.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1351 Lamesa Circle, Rangely, CO 81648.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalJul.19 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of MVCT, LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State (“NYSOS’’) on May 8, 2018.

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

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6LegalJul.19 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of BLENDOS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on May 31, 2018.

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

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 11 1/2 Fonda Avenue, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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6LegalJul.19 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.

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 12-13, 2018

At Conference, Cooperstown Environmentalist Finds Kindred Spirit In Pope DIPERNA/From A1 Civic Exchange, an international public-policy think tank.

Last week, she was among 300 invited conferees at the Vatican’s International Conference, “Saving our Common Home and the Future of Life on Earth,� a three-year followup to the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.

President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the agreement a year ago, so DiPerna, the Chicago Climate Exchange’s former president and a special adviser to the Carbon Disclosure Project in New York City, was one of only From Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s blog five Americans there.

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IN MEMORIAM Mary L. Pier, 86; Schenevus; Ran M&R Grocery With Husband SCHENEVUS – Mary L. Pier, 86, who operated the M&R Grocery here for many years with husband Rich, passed away peacefully July 4, 2018, at the Wilkinson Residential Health Care in Amsterdam.

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OTEGO - Charles William Platt, 86, a lifelong farmer and Korea veteran, She and her husband, Rich were the owners of M passed away July 6, 2018, & R Grocery in Schenevus at Cooperstown Center for for many years. Mary ran a Rehabilitation and Nursing, day care from her home for Cooperstown.

Charles was born to Clifmany years. “Mom-mom” cared for over 200 children ford and Eva (Wright) Platt in Milford on Feb. 28, 1932. during this time.

He graduated from She is survived by her Oneonta High School in children, Carol VanEtten and Jerry Fabiano of John- 1950 and attended Cornell stown, Deb and Bill Mason University for animal husbandry. of New Lisbon, Chris and Charles served in the Jim Trask of Schenevus United States Army in and Corey and Jen Pier of Korea from 1957 to1959.

Worcester; grandchildren, Kelly and Tom, Michael and He received an honorable discharge.

Christi, CJ and Stephanie, He was a longtime farmer, Erin, Jessica, Jimmy and Kayla, Landon and Carter; on his father’s farm in Oneonta and his own farm four great-grandchildren; in Otego after he got out of her sister, Emilie and Bud the Army. Charles enjoyed Stillwell; and many nieces raising calves and pigs on and nephews. the family farm of 200-plus Mary was predeceased acres. He also raised horses by her husband Rich, her daughter, Connie; her sister and ducks throughout the years. and her brothers.

Charles retired from A funeral was held Sunday, July 8, 2018 at the Amphenol Inc in Sidney in 1988. He was a toolmaker Heller & Skinner Funeral Home, with the Rev. Judith for his entire 30-year career.

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Alice E Thomson, 86, Unadilla Town Clerk, Worked At Astrocom UNADILLA – Alice E. Thomson, 86, former Unadilla town clerk, passed away July 4, 2018 at the Post Acute Medical Hospital in WilkesBarre, Pa. She was born Aug. 31, 1931 in the Town of Maryland, the daughter of Albert and Susan (Ritchey) Dubben. Alice married Gilbert “Gibby” Thomson on July 4, 1951.

She is survived by her son, Tom and wife, Ann Marie Thomson of Sidney; grandchildren, Connor and Tommy Thomson, and Dallas Easton, all of Sidney; sister, Caroline and husband, Geary Whiteman of Schenevus; Brother, Ralph Dubben of Gilbertsville as well as many nieces and nephews.

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Jumble word puzzles and playing horseshoes in his free time. He also collected Allis-Chalmer tractors.

He is survived by his children, Kim Platt-Weimer, Robin Platt, Thomas Platt, Jackie Platt-Gascon, Timothy Platt and Rebecca Platt; five grandchildren, Jessica Combes, Christopher Franke, Ricky Franke, Tracy Weimer and Ryan Dunlap; and two great- grandchildren, Brendon and Serenity.

Charles is also survived by his sisters, Catherine Wellman and Vivian Spezio; sisters-in-law, Wendy Platt and Faye Platt; brother, Ronald Platt; and many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Eugene Platt, Gerald Platt,

and Warren Platt.

He is also preceded by his wife of 60 years, Eva J. (Rake) Platt, who Charles Platt died four months ago on March 3, 2018.

A memorial service will be held for family and friends at 4 p.m. Friday, July 13 at the American Legion Hall, Sidney. The American Legion Honor Guard will honor Charles’ military service during the memorial.

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, juLY 12-13, 2018

Centers Residents Open Up With Complaints About Food, Staffing RESIDENTS/From A1 pened to two Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal editorial staff members invited to the July 5 Resident Council meeting, and several others of the 19 people there chimed in to concur.

But Centers spokesman Jeff Jacomowitz, Centers public relations director, based in The Bronx, presented a different scenario when asked to comment.

“Cooperstown Center has always ordered food in quantities more than sufficient to meet the facility’s needs,” he said in a statement. “On occasion, as with any supplier relationship, there can and have been isolated issues with a particular order, sometimes meaning that an order is not completely filled. In all such cases, the company purchases whatever is needed to complete the order from established local suppliers Cooperstown Center has never run out of food.”

According to the residents, the kitchen supervisor was terminated and a new one hired that Monday.

“One of the key areas currently undergoing a significant improvement is our food service department,” said Jacomowitz. “Among (the new hire’s) first initiatives is a totally new menu, which we intend to introduce by the end of July. He is also addressing other issues that residents and their family members have raised in recent months, regarding quality and quantity of the food served here.”

The Resident Council revelations come in the wake of a number of troubling revelations at the former Otsego Manor nursing home, which was sold to Focus in January 2014, and by Focus to Centers this January (although residents said Centers has actually be operating the facility for the past year).

Several staff members were charged after it was discovered a patient had been left untended in a recliner for 41 hours over Memorial Day Weekend 2016. In May, two top Focus executives were charged with felony endangered in the 2016 case and the death of Robert Banta, former chairman of the county Soil & Water Conservation District.

But people at the Resident Council meeting said the problems run deeper than the kitchen staff.

“When it was The Meadows, it was run like a retirement home,” said Ray Harris. “When Focus came in, that’s when our woes began. And when Focus pulled out, Centers pulled in with all sorts of promises.”

“It’s like Focus never left,” added Joe Dow. Meals, once balanced and including fresh produce, are now starch-heavy and use only canned fruits and vegetables, the residents said. Eggs for breakfast are poured out of a bottle, rather than cracked fresh.

“They made a beef stirfry with broccoli and all the meat was gristle,” said Claire Cardinale. “And I haven’t had a fresh peach or

have staffed each unit. tent understaffing.

Coincidentally, inves“They have good people tigation by the New York and they work them to Times Sunday, July 8, rated death,” said Ann MartinCenters staffing levels as dale. “average” for the country, In addition to the resiwith nine residents per aide dent and family councils and 14 per nurse on the best required by Medicaid, there days, and 14 per aide and 26 are two volunteer ombudsper nurse on bad days. men, certified by the state Another change the resiOffice of Longterm Care, dents reported: The profesat Centers to help residents sionals, who received higher resolve issues and advocate. wages and pensions when “We want people to know the county owned what was that there is someone fightthen Otsego Manor, have ing for them,” said Krystal been largely replaced with A. Wheatley Curley, the temporary employees, flown program’s senior program in from southern states like coordinator for Region 9, Louisiana and Tennessee on based in Utica. “We inthree-month contracts. vestigate complaints about “They’re supposed to fill quality of life, abuse and the gaps,” said Petengill. neglect, and we work with “But they decide when they residents and their families want to work. They sleep to know their rights.” half the time they’re here.

Posters with the direct Centers pays them a higher line are hung in the elevawage and houses them.” tors at Centers, and broJim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal “One aide told me that chures are given to families.

“When Focus came in, that’s when all of our woes began,” said Ray Harris, she doesn’t tell people she The number is (315) 272center, a member of Centers Healthcare’s Resident Council, an entity works at Centers anymore,” 1872. required of nursing facilities that accept Medicaid money. said Dow. “She’s too embar“This is our home,” said rassed.”

Cardinale. “We want it to be plum this year. All the food tell us to order it online. I made me stop doing that.”

There are local staff a home.” is canned. I would love to feel like a prisoner here.”

Staffing levels are supmembers who stick around “We’ve been promised have a salad that was more Jacomowitz replied: “No posed to be four aides and because they care about the a lot of things that haven’t than just iceberg lettuce. residents are ever without two nurses per unit, but Peresidents, but many worry come,” said Petengill. “I I want to ask the owners: their meal. If a resident tengill said that lately as few they will eventually sucdon’t know how much Would you serve this food happens to sleep during as one nurse and one aide cumb to the stress of consis- lower it can go.” to your mother?” food service, our staff keeps “When they had to go their food safe, they will out and buy chicken for reheat it as necessary, and lunch, you could taste the if the resident prefers a new difference,” said Petengill. meal instead, that request “It was fresh. The qualwill be accommodated. In ity has been cut way back. addition, we supply snacks The word around here is for the asking on every unit, ‘cheap.’”

24 hours a day, seven days a And where fridges on week,” each unit were once stocked Equipment is also wearwith snacks are now bare, ing out, the residents also the residents said. “If you’re said. hungry in the middle of the Coffee machines in some night, you should be able to units aren’t ever turned on, make yourself a sandwich,” forcing residents to travel said Cardinale. “If you sleep downstairs for a cup of through dinner, sometimes coffee. The ice machine in One of the best lakefront properties on Otsego Lake will be sold they save a plate for you, Mountain Ridge has been at public auction to the highest bidder at the Otsego County but sometimes they forget.” broken for three months.

Sheriff’s Public Safety Building located at 172 County Highway 33W, And stocking up on “If you ask when it’s gosnacks or personal items ing to be fixed, they tell you Cooperstown, NY at 10 am on August 8, 2018. isn’t always an option either. to go to Rolling Hills for “They used to run buses to ice,” said Petengill. “That’s This is one of the loveliest properties on Otsego Lake, 1.17 acres of gently take us to Walmart so we a long way to go. I have sloping lawn with stately shade trees, approximately 237' of lake frontage could buy what we wanted,” an electric wheelchair, so I with beach, deep-water docking, exceptional views and privacy. said Cardinale. “Now they used to tow people, but they

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‘Old Crow Medicine Show’ To Debut New Album At Ommegang

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reat beer, great food AND a fabulous concert venue?

Brewery Ommegang really does have it all! It’s become a bit of a summer tradition here in Cooperstown to see Old Crow Medicine Show at Ommegang, and the famous Americana act

won’t let a summer go by without a show in support of their new album, “Volunteer.” $45, camping available. 7 p.m. Saturday, July 14, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown. Info, tickets, (607) 544-1800.

• With “The Barber of Seville” and “Silent Night” both opening at the Glimmerglass Festival this

weekend, you won’t be short of opera options! But Cooperstown isn’t the only place for song: In Oneonta, students of Hartwick College’s Opera Scenes Program will debut their end-of-camp scenes in a free public performance. 3 p.m. Sunday, July 15, Andersen Center, Hartwick College, Oneonta.

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FROM THE DAIRY BAR

On Dog Days Of Summer?

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607-286-9330 110 River Street, Milford 4 miles from Cooperstown 20 minutes from Oneonta Member of the Cooperstown Beverage Trail

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At Penguin Ice Cream in Hartwick Seminary, Valerie Hitt serves a house specialty, an ice-cream and dog-biscuit sundae, to Nico from nearby Susquehanna Animal Shelter.

oldest ice cream parlor in Otsego County.

“My nieces, nephews and siblings ONEONTA all work here,” she said. “It used to be a car wash, but when I graduated or Darlene Patten, ice cream high school, my dad thought I needed is more than just hot fudge direction, so he built this for me, sundaes and and I’ve been here waffle cones. ever since.”

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Guernsey makes its FOR SWEET TREATS “Ice cream makes own homemade custard •The Golden Guernsey, 15 people happy,” she and stocks Perry’s Main St., Oneonta. Open said. “People may and Gifford’s ice until 10 p.m. come in when they’re cream, as well as some • PENGUIN ICE CREAM, having a rough day, but 4833 Route 28, Hartwick Hershey’s flavors. they don’t leave in a And it’s the only Seminary. Open until bad mood.” place you can get fried 10:30 p.m.

Patten has owned ice cream, and one of • THE INSIDE SCOOP, 46 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. and operated the the earliest to offer Open until 10 p.m.

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Delicacies, From Pork Bellies To Calamari To Bacon ’n’ Eggs Dine on Otsego Lake’s shores on the Blue Mingo Grill’s porch.

You can also shop at the boutique.

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ven on a not-so-great weather day, the Blue Mingo Grill is perfect in so many ways. First, you think you are going to a runof-the-mill boatyard when you drive in, but turn the corner and the grill awaits!

Walk through a boutique featuring everything from high-end silk outfits to ball caps. Keep going and there it is – paradise! It sits right on Lake Otsego and there’s usually a nice, cool breeze.

All seating is outdoors, so

dress appropriately. cooked with this unusual I’ve been going here for orange wasabi/tartar sauce. lunch for years; I don’t devi- The tie-breaker on salads ate much because it’s to the Mingo FINE DINING, goes just that good! Bring Caesar with lobster an order of their fried FUN DINING salad. It’s a great onion chips with this Caesar that’s Staff Picks mounded high with incredible dipping sauce to start with, hunks of lobster and I’m happy. Someone meat in a light mayo. Just usually orders the coconutperfect. crusted shrimp appetizer You’ll have to try it for with this tangy sweet chili dinner too. They bring a sauce to share. My go-to blackboard to your table is the crab cake sandwich with the day’s specials – all – full of crab and perfectly very creative. The other night I had the shrimp and grits – the best ever! I thought I knew good shrimp and grits being from the South, but The Mingo knows better! They serve it with chorizo in a Cajun Please See DINING, Pg. 6

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Ice Cream – For 2- And 4-Footed Fans COOL/From Pg. 3 with almond milk. “It’s very popular when college is in session,” she said.

It was even a stop for comedian Amy Schumer, who ordered a few sweet treats when she was in the city in June for her sold-out performance at Foothills.

And the Golden Guernsey has something else you won’t find anywhere else in the county – a shop cat, Butters, 15, who makes it her mission to greet every customer who comes through.

“She won’t eat the ice cream, but if you sit outside, she’ll waltz over like she’s your best friend,” she said.

“If there’s a couple at the picnic table, she’ll sit in between them!”

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ce cream makes people happy.”

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pet who gets in on the icecream action.

At the Cooperstown Penguin Ice Cream, you can order a “Scooby Sundae” for your four-legged friend.

“It’s vanilla ice cream with dog bones on it,” said owner Valerie Hitt.

Located right next door to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter in Route 28 in Hartwick Seminary (about a quarter-mile north of Dreams Park, Hitt has been known to take a batch over to the dogs on a hot day. But don’t worry – humans have plenty of op-

tions too.

“We specialize in custom ice cream,” she said. “We take a vanilla or chocolate base and mix in the ingredients you order, so it’s made exactly as you want it.”

It’s all done in a special machine that combines the hard ice cream with the ingredients – as many as you want, from fresh fruit to candy bars – so that the finished product has a soft-serve consistency, rather than just piling the ingredients on top.

“We can make root-beer ice cream,” she said. “We crush up the root-beer barrels really fine, and then mix them right in.”

And it can lead to some wild combinations. “Someone did pistachio with cotton Please See COOL, A8

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Jenessa Place fills a waffle cone with Peanut Butter Swirl at The Inside Scoop in downtown Cooperstown.

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Pork Bellies For Lunch, Or Eggs, Bacon At Chief Schenevus Diner DINING/From Pg. 4 cream sauce and it’s delightful.

Did I mention most of the products used are locally sourced? And it’s only 2.6 miles from Cooperstown?

Two more good reasons to go to The Mingo! (The Blue Mingo, 6098 St. Highway 80, Cooperstown. 607-5472543) TARA BARNWELL General Manager

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am obsessed with pork belly. OBSESSED. But it’s not an ingredient you find much around here.

So when I get a craving, I turn to the pork belly buns at Alex’s in Cooperstown.

Served in soft steamed buns with just a brush of Hoisin sauce and a few crisp pickles, scattered with scallions like a warm autumn day, it is the heavenly combination of sweet and savory. And with three to a plate, it may look like an appetizer, but it fills you up like a meal. If you do have room left, order their house made maple crème brulee for dessert. (Alex’s, 149 Main St, Cooperstown.

607-547-4070.)

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ocated in the heart of downtown Oneonta, you will be hard pressed to find a time when The Latte Lounge is not bustling with activity.

Looking like it was plucked right out of NYC with an aesthetic that blends antique and industrial, The Latte is a must-stop in Oneontans.

Whether you are looking for a regular cup of Joe, an iced chai or latte, or even a refreshing fruit smoothie, they have you covered.

Open at 6 a.m., The Latte can kick-start your day with traditional breakfast platters like bacon and eggs, French toast, omelets and pancakes.

If bagels are more your

speed, try tasty Brooklyn bagels (made in house) with a multitude of spreads (personal recommendation: cinnamon raisin, lightly toasted with honey nut spread).

Lunch time brings out the soup and sandwich menu, with personal favorites like the Lizard Fitness Sandwich (turkey, avocado, egg whites, egg and cheese), salmon burger or the chicken curry salad.

If you’re looking for a coffee shop open late on weekends, The Latte’s doors are open until 2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Seating is at the vintage kitchen tables and couches. (Latte Lounge, 196 S Main St, Oneonta, 607-432-6244.)

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f American Indian Chief Schenevus was still roaming the Charlotte Valley in southeastern Otsego County, he would certainly be proud of the restaurant that bears his name. I usually hit “the Chief” early in the morning for eggs and bacon on a homemade hard roll. The roll is fresh baked, the eggs are fresh, with high quality bacon cooked just right – and service is prompt, which is vital for the morning commuter.

The bakery section is known to locals as “the sweets” with homemade pastries, puffs and cakes.

Menu is well balanced with traditional American fare, with a focus on burgers and wraps, and dinner specials nightly. (93 Main St, Schenevus. 607-638-9488) DENNIS ENRIGHT Advertising Consultant

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ot a yen for fried squid? When I do, Bella Michaels in Oneonta’s Sixth Ward leaps to mind. The fried calamari appetizer ($11), with pasta (linguine preferred here) with a house salad to start

– it makes a great dinner.

Of course, that’s not all.

Actually, “all” is the operative word. Bella Michaels is one of Oneonta’s few complete Italian restaurants (Stella Luna and Toscana would have to be on that list, too). It’s surprising there aren’t more, given the City of the Hills’ strong Italian heritage. (Joseph Fiorvan-

ti’s “History of Italians in Oneonta” vividly recounts the influx of railroad workers to Oneonta from Carbondale, Pa., in the 19-teens; they lived in boxcars for months while setting aside enough to rent modest apartments so their families could follow.)

As such, Bella Michaels offers all the staples, from

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Lasagna to lobster ravioli.

You can’t go wrong with the veal dishes. Attention, veal parmigiana fans – but the veal marsala is top notch, too. And there are nightly specials, often including fresh fish dishes.

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Summer Dreams B-7 at buddhist meditation center

Guru’s Visit, Open House Mark Retreat House’s 10th Year

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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hen Matthew Zalichin came to the end of his nine-year mediation retreat series in Nepal, he began a conversation with his teacher’s nephew, Phakchok Rinpoche. “I had worked with him on projects, and I told him not to hesitate to ask if he needed anything,” he said.

As it turned out, Rinpoche, a teacher of the Nyingma lineage and chief lineage holder of the Taklung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, had been given a former horse farm just outside of Cooperstown and was hoping to turn it into a retreat center

for meditation and Buddhist practice.

Now, 10 years later, Zalichin still teaches at the Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Meditation Center, which will kick off a summer series with a weekend of classes and an open house, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 15. “People are curious about the place,” he said.

“It’s not every day that a Tibetan Buddhist temple opens, but it’s a nice atmosphere for everyone.”

At 7 p.m. Friday, July 13, Rinpoche will give a talk on “Happiness and the Mind” and at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, Tulku Mingmar will give a free class on the Buddhist Path, with as many as 50 of Rinpoche’s former Tibetan monks and their families in attendance.

“We’re hoping they’ll

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Teacher Matthew Zalichin leads center staff and volunteers in meditation.

Foreground, from left, are Doris Motta, Oriane Lavole, Matt Goult and Cece Annale.

make Tibetan dumplings to share,” said teacher Michael Friedman.

In the early days, the barn still had a dirt floor, and Rinpoche would speak from a small wooden platform.

“There was no existing congregation, so the lawn would be mowed by a volunteer,”

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said Friedman. “We built the showers out of wood that was lying around, and had port-a-johns for people to use.”

But even that was part of the practice. “Yogi jobs, such as sweeping the temple or cleaning the bathroom, help ground us,” said Zalichin. “It’s a reminder that no matter how high up you are, the dishes have to be done.”

These days, the barn has

new meditation pods, a shop carrying Tibetan goods, and a redesigned space for meditation, complete with altars and artwork.

Doris Motta, one of the retreat center’s managers, was drawn to the practice just after it opened through a Himalayan craft fair. “I was going through a difficult time, I was angry and resentful, and I thought meditation would help,” she Please See RETREAT, Pg. 8

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Guru Will Be At Center For Celebration RETREAT/From Pg. 7 said. “I saw the classes at the craft fair, and I started to attend. Meditation relieves stress and anger.”

“Rinpoche wants meditation taught outside of Buddhism,” said Zalichin. “But there always has to be some discussion of ethics.”

“If mindfulness is used to hurt people, it’s not a useful practice,” said Friedman.

“The more you settle your mind, the less likely you are to be drawn to negative practices.”

And just as Motta found

Phakchok Rinpoche will be at celebration.

the practice enlightening, others began to come too, until a congregation grew.

“People come from all over the world for the retreats,” she said.

Though individual classes are offered, there are also

week-long retreats, where practitioners camp, meditate and dine together.

“That’s when the teachings become not theoretical,” said Friedman. “If you think someone has done something to upset you, the inclination might be to sneer or snap. But it’s the opposite at a retreat. It’s a turn the other cheek practice.”

To celebrate 10 years of the center, Zalichin is putting forth the theme of compassion. “The heart of mindfulness is compassion,” he said. “All our practices are based in compassion, especially in these times.”

And although renovations have been done, there are more in store, including painting the barn red – the traditional color of a temple – adding windows and putting gold tops on the roof.

“We’re starting massive renovations to turn it into a temple,” said Motta.

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(607) 432-7209 • inside Scoop, 46 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

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COOL/From Pg. 5 candy,” she said. “And one man used to bring us his wife’s tapioca pudding to mix in with his ice cream.”

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of Cooperstown Dreams Park, it’s a kid’s dream come true. “They’ll mix in six or seven candies!” she said.

Penguin even offers classic combinations to taste like your favorite candy.

“If you ask for an Almond Joy, we’ll mix vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips, coconuts and almonds,” she said. “We listen to what our customers ask for. Our motto is you dream it, we serve it.”

And after a long day at the Baseball Hall of Fame, you only have to walk a few minutes to the Inside Scoop.

“We love ice cream,” said owner Rich Busse. “I probably eat too much of it year ’round!”

The shop has ample seating for teams, takes credit cards and stays open until 10 at night for a late-night sweet tooth. There are 24 flavors of Hershey’s ice cream, as well as gelati, Italian Ice and soft-serve.

The Inside Scoop is connected to Busse’s Pioneer Patio restaurant and Slices Pizzeria. “It’s a good complement,” he said. “After you eat your meal, you can get dessert.”

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You Hot? Cool Off At 4 Parks, 3 Swimming Pools In County

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t’s finally July in Otsego County. It’s hot, and you’ve got a group of restless kids looking to cool off. Luckily, there are plenty of options for anyone seeking a little aqua-therapy.

Upstate New York is known for its beautiful state parks, two of which serve as popular attractions in Otsego County.

Glimmerglass State Park is located at the northern

end of Otsego Lake, BAT & BALL picnic areas, open and boasts one of the fields for sports, and best public beaches beautiful wilderness in the area. hiking trails for those Gilbert Lake State looking to connect Park in Laurens is with nature. more secluded, but But Glimmerglass features a pristine isn’t the only beach public beach with a on Otsego Lake. scenic view of rollThe Village of PARKER ing hills.

Cooperstown operOf course, if you FISH ates Three Mile Point get tired of swimon the west side of ming, both state parks have the lake, and Fairy Spring Park on the east side, both cooling alternatives to the crowded state venues. For a small fee, non-residents can

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If you prefer the smell of chlorine to help you cool down, fear not! There are several public pools available.

In Oneonta, the Briggs Pool in Wilber Park is open 1-8 p.m., and features a WPA stone bathhouse.

Greater Plains Elementary School on West End Avenue opens at noon daily.

In Cooperstown, the Clark Sports Center is home to an Olympic-sized indoor pool and a diving pool for the more adventurous and acrobatic swimmers.

Both Oneonta pools are free, and guests may purchase a day pass at The Clark Sports Center for $10 for adults, and $5 for kids.

Whatever you’re looking for, be it a cool freshwater lake nestled in the hills of Otsego county, or a big blue pool surrounded by friends just looking to beat the heat, Otsego County has exactly what you need to find a little temperate salvation from the heat.

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Thursday-Friday, July 12-13, 2018

Where to go… …What to do!

►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY ►Friday, July 13

HEALTHCARE – 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Educational seminar for health providers to further educate them on special needs of LGBT Adolescent Health.

Marist College Student Center, 3399 N. Road, Poughkeepsie. 845-883-7260.

DOWNSTAIRS/UPSTAIRS own sT r – 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. e p o o Ter C o in grea Special 95-minute tour of d o T s g ► Thin both sides of manor house including areas used by Clarkes, their staff through 5 generations. Behind the scenes, explore how house operated. Cost, $20/person.

Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooper-13 2018 stown. 607-547-5098 ext 4. riday, July 12 Thursday-F HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m.

Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops, then tour of hop yard, house. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

EXHIBIT OPENING – 5 - 7 p.m. ‘SPLASH’ exhibit presents new paintings with Ashley Norwood Cooper, Stephanie Marcus, Petey Brown.

The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown.

607-547-5327.

PREVIEW PARTY – 5 - 7 p.m. First look at 83rd Annual National Juried Art Exhibition & awards ceremony for aT e h s ’ scholarship winners. r e UMM 3 CAA s p / T h Cooperstown Art Association. g i F ► eaM r C 607-547-9777. e C i h wiT MUSIC – 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. r sTress, Enjoy e M stylings of Mark M U s r /p7Lubell.piano The Otesaga, Cooper►and Fo ion? stown. 607-547-9931.

MediTaT CONCERT – 6 - 9 p.m. m o .c Council Rock Band presents O G OTSE fireside Rock & Roll show.

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in family obstacle course, includes tug-o-war, crawling, hurtles, more! 1 adult to 2 children please. Cost, $8/guest accompanied by a member. Green Space, Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-4320010.

LECTURE – 7 p.m. “Happiness and the Mind” talk by Phakchok Rinpoche, founder of RYG Meditation Center, offering advice on how to be happy. Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Meditation Center, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown. 607-435-8390.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Presenting “An Evening of Aria and Song.” Andersen Center, Hartwick College, Oneonta.

607-725-9231.

CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Fun, social dance with caller Ed Bugle, local band Air Power. Arrive at 7:15 for introduction to the steps.

First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown.

607-547-8164.

MOVIE NIGHT – 9 - 10:30 p.m. Screening of Peter Rabbit (2018) on inflatable movie screen outdoors. Bring snacks, beverages, chairs, blankets, bug spray, etc for added comfort. Free, open to public. Outdoor Soccer Field, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800.

MUSIC – 9 p.m. Jazz standards with upbeat twist performed by Barnes and the Noblemen. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931.

►Saturday, July 14

SECOND SATURDAY – 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Enjoy music, entertainment, farm produce, vendors, activities, more.

Sharon Springs Free Library, 129 Main St., Sharon Springs.

315-217-1485.

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Thursday-Friday, July 12-13, 2018

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►Saturday, July 14

CARNIVAL – 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Enjoy village wide lawn sales, antique vendors, arts, crafts, food, entertainment, activities for all ages. Chicken BBQ by Unadilla Fire Dept. Main St., Unadilla. Call 607-369-2614.

CHEESE FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Celebrate New

York State cheese makers, guided walking tours of city’s historic sites. 50+ vendors, 120+ cheese varieties, music, performance of “Where’s the Cheese Cake?,” more. Main Street, Little Falls. Visit littlefallscheesefestival.com WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Learn to apply Franklin Method, improve

Enjoy Main Street Cooperstown with all of us at...

PionEEr Patio 46 Pioneer Street 607-544-1076

A family-style restaurant with a brand-new upper deck! Also home of The Inside Scoop Ice Cream Shop!

SilvEr Fox GiFtS 139 Main Street 607-544-1220

A contemporary gift shop in the heart of downtown Cooperstown.

Check out the baseball cards at the On Deck Cirle Shop!

SliCES PizzEria 46 Pioneer Street 607-544-1220

Dine in or take out. Pizza, wings, garlic knots, antipasto delivery available.

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Get a head start on the holidays!

A wide variety of local Christmas ornaments

Bring the whole family to downtown Cooperstown. There’s something for everyone to enjoy!

neck, shoulder, spine health through ball exercises. Cost, $75/non-member. West Kortright Center, 49 W. Kortright Church Road, East Meredith.

607-278-5454.

INVASIVE SPECIES – 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Botanist Donna Vogler shares expertise on invasive species with displays, activities, plant identification booth, tree identification walk, more. Celebrate 5th Invasive Species Awareness week.

Small Pavilion, Wilber Park, Oneonta. 607-547-4488.

HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m.

Brief history, discussion of beer. See Friday Listing.

THEATER – 12:30 p.m. “A Case For Eviction” follows the struggle of Frank, Dora to evict a temporary resident from their guest room. Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1450.

AUTHORS SERIES – 1 - 2 p.m. Baseball author Audrey

Vernick discusses “The Funniest Man in Baseball.”

Followed by book signing.

Included with admission.

Bullpen Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607547-7200.

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

VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. Guided tour showcasing site-specific performances by Templeton Players on struggle for Women’s Rights. Included with museum admission. Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450.

LECTURE & POETRY – 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Author Nancy Huxtable Mohr discuss Civil War, impact on rural NY farming communities with her own research from primary docu-

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World-class ice cream from a small town in Maine

try some of these premium flavors: appalachian trail • cake Batter camp Fire s’mores • Fly Fishing Fudge Golden road Butter Brickle maine Wild Blueberry • and more!

Also serving the area’s best fresh-pattied burgers and curly fries, along with homemade salads, dogs, sandwiches and mozzarella stix!

ments, oral histories intercut with poems from her new book, “The Well, Poems from Twin Pines Farm.” The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1450.

MUSIC – 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing.

FRONTIER HISTORY – 6:30 p.m. Terry McMaster presents “Ethnicity, Alliance, Family & War - Defenders of the NY Frontier & The Andrustown, Springfield, and Cherry Valley Attack of 1778.” Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, 607-547-5098 ext. 6.

CONCERT – 7 p.m. Performance by Old Crow Medicine Show. Cost, $45. Ommegang Brewery, 656 Co. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. 607-544-1800.

BASEBALL – 7 p.m. Support the Oneonta Outlaws against Elmira Pioneers.

Damaschke Field, 15 James Georgeson Ave., Oneonta.

607-432-6326.

CONCERT – 7 p.m. Hammered dulcimer virtuoso Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn play folk songs inspired by New York’s North Country.

Free. Pathfinder Village, 3 Chenango Rd, Edmeston. Call 607-965-8377.

MUSIC FESTIVAL – 8 p.m.

World class music in beautifully restored dairy barn. Features violinist Yevgeny Kutik, pianist Randall Hodgkinson.

Cost, $25 at-the-door. Honest Brook Music Festival, 1885 Honest Brook Road, Delhi.

607-746-3770.

THEATER – 8 p.m. Showing “The Barber of Seville.” Cost, $26-$126. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Call 607-5472255.

MUSIC – 9 p.m. Dance to amazing songs, big band to early rock n’ roll, more with DJ John Thompson. The Hawkeye, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.

►Sunday, July 15

DEDICATION – 10 a.m.

Celebrate dedication of W.G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Roadside Markers with Methodist Church featuring service, bagpiper playing “Amazing Grace,” annual BBQ. Fly Creek Grange, 210 Cemetery Road, Fly Creek. 607-547-2501.

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B-12 Summer Dreams

Thursday-Friday, July 12-13, 2018

►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY FROM Pg. 11

►Sunday, July 15

TOUR – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Travel country roads, discover landscape, how people have enhanced it with their gardens. Tour features Cooperstown area. Registration required for directions to first garden. All must being tour before 1 p.m. Cost, $18. 607278-5454.

ANNIVERSARY – 11 a.m.

- 5 p.m. Visit beautiful temple, grounds, enjoy food, bring your own picnic, take a tour, enjoy lecture, discussion. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Meditation Center, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown.

607-435-8390.

HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m.

Brief history, discussion of beer. See Friday Listing.

SUNDAY BRUNCH – Noon - 2 p.m. Enjoy delicious omelettes made to order, carving stations, waffles, more. Cost, $34.95/person. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931.

OPENING & RECEPTION – 12:30 p.m. Preview party for exhibit “The Last Days of the Last Tsar.” Russian History Museum, 1407 Robinson Road, Jordanville. Call to RSVP 315-858-2468.

THEATER – 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. See “Box and Cox Trunk Show” featuring best performers in region. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

SUNDAY SERIES – 1 - 3 p.m. Learn about Domestic Chores of the 1700s with Loraine Tyler. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta.

GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried, tested gardening tips. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450.

THEATER – 1:30 p.m.

Showing “Silent Night.” About the Chirstmas Eve Truce between German, Scottish, French soldiers during WWI. Cost, $26-$126. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Call 607547-2255.

ANTI-RENT WAR – 2 p.m.

Performances by Templeton Players depicting Anti-Rent

Movement. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1450.

OPERA – 3 p.m. Opera Scenes Program presents completed performance. Free, open to public. Andersen Center, Hartwick College, Oneonta. 607-725-9231.

JAZZ ENSEMBLE – 3 p.m.

High energy performance of jazz classics, new music by young masters from Juilliard School of Music. Suggested donation, $12/adult. Stamford United Methodist Church, 88 Main St., Stamford. www. friendsmusic.org SPEAKER SERIES – 3 p.m.

Reading “Trouble in Lafayette Square” chronicling protests, scandals played out in square near the White House. By Journalist Gil Klein. Village Meeting Room, Cooperstown Village Library. 607-5478344.

CHESS – 3 - 4 p.m. Workshop with certified trainer James Caban. Learn improve your game, have fun. Cost, $10/session. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith.

607-278-5454.

MEET & GREET – 4 - 6 p.m.

Meet Joyce St. George who is running for State Senate.

6th Ward Athletic Club, 22 W. Broadway, Oneonta.

MUSIC – 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing.

THEATER – 7 - 9 p.m.

Production of Shakespeare’s play “Othello.” Amphitheater, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400.

►Monday, July 16

MUSIC – 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Saturday Listing.

FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with live model. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12/class. Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-435-8718.

►Tuesday, July 17

ART ROCKS – 11 a.m.

Young artists learn new techniques, explore the works in the museum’s collection.

Arkell Museum, 2 Eries Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-6732314.