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& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, August 17, 2018 Visit www.AllOTSEGO.com In Confrontation, Sheriff’s Son Pulled Gun, Rival Says E!

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Volume 10, No. 45

City of The Hills

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ounty Sheriff candidate Bob Fernandez Tuesday, Aug. 14, released a police report

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City Manager George Korthauer observes Oneonta and Sidney Fire Departments as they fight a house fire at 89 Ford Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 14.

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dog was killed in the house fire that destroyed the home at 89 Ford Avenue.

When the Oneonta Fire Department arrived on the scene at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug, 14, the house was fully engulfed. The owner, who was not identified, tried to run back inside to rescue the dog, but fire crews prevented her from entering.

According to Capt. Brad Smith, the fire burned through the wires, causing a power outage in the neighborhood. No cause has been identified. Full story, more photos at

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showing that Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son Ros pulled a gun during what the father termed a “road rage” incident five years ago.

The incident report, filed on Aug. 13, 2013, reported that Ros, off-duty and in

MacGuire Benton, former chairman of the Otsego County Young Democrats, now a political operative, joins chants of “This is what Democracy looks like” during President Trump’s Monday, Aug. 13, visit to Utica.

SOUTHSIDE UPGRADE: Common Council has scheduled a meeting at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 15, on a state grant application for pedestrian and bicycle improvements on Southside. Details, check

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have. The current sheriff forgot that years ago; his actions and denial have placed the public at risk.”

Devlin responded, “It’s clear my opponent is going to resort to smear tactics and dirty politics to try to get Please See SHERIFF, A9

Killer Of MITY Girl, 11, Gets Life In Prison

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Second Suspect In Morris Slaying Set For Trial Next Year

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Democrats, Republicans Chant ‘U-S-A’ In Unison

By PARKER FISH

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FASO IN TOWN: Congressman John Faso, R-Kinderhook, visited Noah’s World and Toonie Moonie organics, both on Roundhouse Road, on a tour of local small businesses Monday, Aug. 13.

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STABBER GUILTY: Julian VanCourt-Wels plead guilty to assault in the first degree, a class B violent felony in the stabbing attack on his girlfriend in December and will serve 10 years in prison.

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civilian clothes, confronted an individual, Richard Cole and pointed a gun at him in a threatening manner.

“Public safety must be the priority for a sheriff,” said Fernandez. “It is what the people of Otsego County expect and what they must

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Patrick Belanski, Little Falls, chants “U-S-A” with other Trump supporters on Utica’s Liberty Bell Park.

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hen Republican and Democratic demonstrators, including some from Oneonta and Cooperstown, faced off on either side of Utica’s Genesee Street, everyone

expected a volley of chants directed at their opposition.

But that didn’t happen.

Instead, both sides engaged in a rousing “U.S.A.” chant, showing that even amidst all of the ferocity of the current political climate, Americans can still come together to show patriotism.

“We were actually the first ones to start the chant,” Please See TRUMP, A7

Mayor ‘Authenticates’ Keel of USS Cooperstown

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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ooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh almost missed the chance to go lay the keel on the USS Cooperstown.

“About two weeks ago, I got a call from the Navy asking if I was coming to the ceremony,” she said. “I had never received my invite!”

Though it required some last-minute schedule changes, Tillapaugh flew out to Wisconsin Monday, Aug. Please See SHIP, A11

Mayor Tillapaugh (red shirt) watches welder burn her initials into keel of USS Cooperstown Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Wisconsin shipyard.

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t no point in his sentencing did the man convicted in

the rape and murder of 11-yearold Jacelyn O’Connor, Morris, show any remorse.

“He didn’t even Jacelyn apologize O’Connor to the family,” said Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride said Monday, Aug. 13, after Tobias Rundstrom-WoodPlease See GIRL, A8

Samaritans, Bank Rescue Aged Horses

By LIBBY CUDMORE FLY CREEK

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he four horses left behind at the foreclosed B&B Ranch were spared a dismal fate.

Kodey, Sidney, Dixie and Cricket were collateral when B&B Ranch owners Barb and Jim Giombetti took out a Bank of Cooperstown loan. When the Bank of Kinderhook, which held the Please See HORSES, A3

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Andrew Morrell Awarded Eagle Scout Ranking

Stillman’s ‘Citizen Clark’ Makes Hollywood Debut

Andrew Morrell received his Eagle Scout badge from his mother, Sue, at an Eagle Scout ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at St. Mary’s School in Oneonta. For his project, installed a bottle and can return at the Oneonta High School to help the Environmental Club raise money.

His father, David Morell, was his Scoutmaster, and he received an engraved 1750s-style compass with his award, a Troop 23 tradition. He will be attending Georgia Tech in the fall to study Aerospace Engineering.

Joe Stillman at the Hollywood premier of “Citizen Clark” at the Arena Cinelounge.

The film has already won numerous awards at festivals in the UK, Boston, Mass. and California.

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neonta filmmaker Joseph C. Stillman’s feature documentary “Citizen Clark… A Life of Principle,” made it’s world premiere on Monday July 27 at the Arena Cinelounge in Hollywood, Calif.

The film, narrated by Martin Sheen, is a chronological look at former U.S. Attorney General and Human Rights activist Ramsey Clark’s national and international work for the causes of peace, justice and human rights issues.

The text from the documentary is also now part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Core Library collection in Beverly Hills.

“I am honored to have our film be included in their permanent collection,” Stillman said. “But more importantly is the fact that Ramsey Clark’s incredible commitment for Human Rights is being acknowledged worldwide and that’s worth more than any honor we can receive.”

The film won Best Documentary at the Berkeley Film Festival in California last Fall.

“Citizen Clark” will represent the U.S. next month at the I Will Tell International Film Festival in London as one of eight documentaries from around the world.

We Moved!

After 35 years of business, ABM Fire Equipment Inc. has relocated to a more spacious establishment with convenient parking, in order to better serve our customers.

You can now find us at:

4857 State Highway 28 Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 286-7228 We look forward to seeing you at our new location!

Seward Talks Technology, Opiod Crisis At State Governments Regional Conference

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tate Senator James L. Seward, R-Milford, doesn’t want to see the West Coast get all the praise for technological advances.

“Silicon Valley may spring to mind when people mention technology, but the fact is, the northeast is making major advances, particularly in the areas of transportation and energy,” said Seward. “We need to be geared up to take full advantage of new technology and ensure our communities and businesses are prepared for the transformation on the horizon,” said Seward.

Seward joined lawmakers from the northeastern United States and eastern Canadian provinces for the annual meeting of The Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference (CSG/ERC).

The three-day conference, held in Rye Brook, New York focused on strategies for economic growth amid a fast-changing technological and political landscape.

Senator Seward serves as co-chair of the CSG/ERC, along with Assemblyman

Michael Benedetto from the Bronx, and hosted a panel discussion with experts from the energy and transportation industries, government, and academia.

Additional panel discussions included topics ranging from health and justice issues surrounding the opioid crisis to regional agricultural concerns and the future of transportation.

“As a member of the New York State Senate Joint Task

Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction and the Senate Agriculture Committee, I was particularly interested in learning about original ideas our neighbors are employing in these areas,” he said.

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Horses, Farm Animals Stranded After B&B Ranch Falters The swank B&B Ranch, a hotel, dining club and horsebackriding venue on Bed Bug Hill, Town of Otsego, was seized by sheriff’s deputies at the end of July after the Bank of Kinderhook foreclosed on the property. But a number of animals were left stranded.

HORSES/From A1 mortgage on the swank dining club and riding stable, foreclosed last month, the horses faced an uncertain future.

“We learned they were going to be sent to the livestock auction,” said Annbritt Hodgins, owner of Oakstone Stables, whose property abuts the B&B Ranch. “They weren’t going to have a happy ending. We were worried the buyers would try to flip them or kill them.”

Nicole Dillingham, Springfield Center, whose

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Annbritt Hodgins brings Kodey a snack after rescuing him from the auction block. Kodie was rescued from the recently foreclosed B&B Ranch in Fly Creek and was due for auction until Hodgins stepped in. “He’s never seen so much grass,” said Hodgins. “It was pretty bare up there.”

granddaughter rides at Oakstone, heard of the horses’ plight and reached out to bank community board members Andy Blum, Marc Kingsley and Bob Hanft.

The board brought the issue to bank President Scott White, who agreed to donate the horses to Oakstone Stables and pay $250 each for vet care.

“It’s a true gift from the bank,” said Dillingham.

“They didn’t have to do it, but we’re grateful to the board for getting involved so quickly.”

In the two weeks since the foreclosure, Hodgins and volunteers have been caring for the horses at B&B Ranch. On Friday, Aug. 10, Hodgins retrieved the horses and brought them to Oakstone Stables.

Some came more easily than others.

“Bella Carrascoso, my barn manager, went into Kodey’s pen and sat down with some cookies,” said Hodgins. “He heard the bag crinkling and came over to investigate, and she fed him and pet him.”

Eventually, Carrascoso was able to put a rope around his neck – Hodgins said that seeing a harness might have frightened him – and lead him gently to the trailer that would take him and the other three down to Oakstone Stables.

Though the horses were not neglected or malnourished, Kodey and Sidney both only had one shoe, and Sidney suffers from “parrot mouth,” an overbite that makes it difficult for her to eat.

“We’re giving her a special mash of alfalfa cubes soaked in water four times

a day,” said Hodgins. “She needs to put on 70 pounds, and a dentist will need to do something about her teeth.”

But within 24 hours, the shy, hungry horse was eating and allowing herself to be groomed. “We had campers here, and they were brushing her,” said Hodgins. “What a change. She’s lovely, a really nice gal.”

Cricket and Dixie were checked out by a vet and went home with another owner, who volunteered to give the horses a good home. “They had to be kept together,” said Hodgins.

She is currently in the process of finding a home for Kodey, and once Sidney gets a clean bill of health, a volunteer has asked to take her home. “Kodey has never seen so much grass!” she said. “They’re getting nonstop attention. It’s a mental rehab. We want them to know that they matter.”

Originally, Hodgins also offered to take in a jack donkey, but White told her and Dillingham that another family offered to take the donkey. “He said they’d come up and petted it,” said Dillingham.

However, Hodgins said the donkey was taken by Hosking Sales, which lists that a jack donkey is for sale at their auction on Saturday, Aug. 18. White declined to comment.

“We hope to get the donkey back,” said Hodgins.

But she also praised the Bank of Cooperstown and the Community Board for their quick action. “It’s a win for these horses,” she said. “It was a joyful day for all those who have worked so hard to keep these horses safe.”

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EDITORIAL

Sensible Plan Surfaces To Ensure Energy For Industry

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hen Otsego Now ExOur poverty rate (16.3 percent) ecutive Director Jody is a couple of points higher than the Zakrevsky was Schohastate (14.7) and national (14), per rie County economic developer, http:/datausa.io, interesting site. a Canadian firm was Our median housea half-step away from hold income ($49,609) is buying long-vacant substantially lower than Guilford Mills, that the state ($62,908) and rambling complex to the nation ($57,617). right of I-88 as you drive Our population is to Albany. declining (0.68 percent), All that was lackalmost three times as ing was a letter from fast as the state’s (0.26). the mayor, assuring the Nationally, population is company would be guar- Jody Zakrevsky rising (0.53). anteed sufficient power addressing crowd And it’s been proved at Oneonta Town to conduct business. we lack the energy – in Board meeting.

Such a letter was particular, natural gas forthcoming, but the last – needed to attract ecoline read, “except in case of flood.” nomic development here.

As you can imagine, the president In fact, a team put together by of the Canadian company saw that Otsego Now – it includes Lou Alland the deal was dead. Who would stadt, no natural-gas groupie (quite want to invest millions in a complex the opposite) – has been meeting where, “in case of flood,” producwith NYSEG President Taylor over tion could come to a standstill? the past few months on this very • issue.

Oh, poor Otsego County.

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Binghamton area activitist Bill Huston videotapes the Oneonta Town Board meeting Aug. 8, surrounded by 100 or so natural-gas opponents.

BRAD and NOEL FEIK ON THE FRONT LINES

For Good Things To Follow, Everyone Needs A Home Editor’s Note: This is one of periodic columns the Otsego County Opiate Task Force is submitting – this one by Brad and Noel Feik, operators of The Crossroads Inn,Otego – to keep the community abreast of the fight against heroin addiction.

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he Crossroads Inn’s experience in sheltering and supporting the homeless endorses Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is often depicted in the shape of

a pyramid with the largest, most fundamental needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization and self-transcendence at the top. The most fundamental and basic four layers of the pyramid contain what Maslow called “deficiency needs” or “d-needs”: esteem, friendship and love, security, and physical needs.

Maslow’s theory suggests that the most basic level of needs must be met before the individual will strongly desire (or focus motivation upon) the secondary or higher-level needs.

The Crossroads is the Department of Social Service’s homeless shelter provider of choice.

Together they address the first two layers of Malow’s hierarchy, physiological and safety.

The majority of homeless are coming out of jail, prison, rehabilitation centers, or a life-altering experience, such as divorce or

death of a spouse. As an extension of the DSS system, the Crossroads Inn provides support such as: free transportation, assistance in making medical appointments, and finding permanent housing and employment.

Homelessness is deeper than being without shelter, it is being without self-esteem, dignity, family and a sense of community.

According to Maslow, humans need to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance among social groups, regardless whether these groups are large or small. The

Crossroads community aims to fill this need.

People need to feel respected; this includes the need to have selfesteem and self-respect. Esteem presents the typical human desire to be accepted and valued by others.

People often engage in a profession or hobby to gain recognition.

This is why having a job to go to everyday is imperative to all individuals, especially the indigent.

To get to the top of the pyramid, an individual must have a place to live and a job!

LETTERS

Be Assured, OCCA Does Not Support Idea Of Decompression Unit At Oneonta To the Editor: As executive director for Otsego County Conservation Association (OCCA), I was deeply concerned to learn that Otsego Now, the Otsego County Economic Development Agency, stated that OCCA is in favor of the Consolidated Funding Application proposal to install a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) decompression station in the Town

of Oneonta, which would have the effect of expanding natural gas infrastructure in Otsego County.

While it is true that we have spoken with Mr. Zakrevsky about the project, make no mistake, OCCA does not support the proposal, and when asked to write a letter of support for the project we respectfully declined.

Earlier this year, the

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Otsego County Chamber of Commerce asked OCCA to participate in their newly formed Energy Committee, chartered by the Chamber to examine the energy needs of Otsego County. This project was discussed at the meetings, and OCCA has been

the sole environmental advocacy member promoting alternatives to expanding natural gas and particularly for the proposed project.

We have advocated for low-impact development for the proposed railyard project in the form of

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings and net-zero projects to help attract more eco-friendly businesses to the county and strongly suggested coordination with the town prior to submitting a proposal for

funding a decompression facility.

OCCA did agree to help Otsego Now find alternatives to the natural gas project, offered to attend New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) meetings Please See ORZETTI, A6

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For 47 Years, Married To Cooperstown

n a very hot July day in 1971 we, quite unwittingly, married the Village of Cooperstown. & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch Oh, we didn’t know right away that James C. Kevlin that was what we had done. We were under the imEditor & Publisher pression that we Tara Barnwell had married one

Advertising Director & General Manager Gerald B. Ellsworth, a native Libby Cudmore of Cooperstown,

Managing Editor New York. At least that is what Amanda E. Willsey Larissa Ryan it said on the Business Manager Office Manager/Circulation marriage license.

CATHERINE As we walked Thom Rhodes, Dennis Enright Parker Fish Ian Austin LAKE down the aisle Advertising Consultants Reporter Photographer ELLSWORTH of St. Andrews Episcopal Church Kathleen Peters • Graphics & Production in Ann Arbor, Judith Bartow Tom Heitz Mich., there was no question in our Billing Consultant mind as to who the groom was. What IN MEMORIAM: Mary Joan Kevlin, Co-Publisher, 2006-17 we didn’t know was that Cooperstown was part of the deal.

MEMBER OF After our honeymoon, we motored New York Press Association • The Otsego County Chamber to Cooperstown, where we spent about Published weekly by Iron String Press, Inc. a month at the family homestead on 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080.

Pioneer Street before moving to our E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com first apartment, in Boston. We had a

On a hot day in July 1971 in Ann Arbor, Mich., Cathe Ellsworth, she would later discover, married Cooperstown as well as husband Gerald.

job teaching theater arts, costuming and make-up to be exact, at Boston University. Our new husband assumed the role of full-time house spouse and part-time student. We thought, rather foolishly, that once we were in Boston, Cooperstown would be behind us.

We actually held that thought until Christmas approached, when the discussion of what we would be doing for the holidays began in earnest.

We were big on staying in Boston, but what we didn’t know is that in the

Ellsworth family, Christmas only happened in Cooperstown. It simply cannot be celebrated anywhere else.

So, for our very first Christmas as a new bride, we traveled to Cooperstown where we discovered, that although the Ellsworths celebrated Christmas in Cooperstown, they, nonetheless, did it all wrong.

Our first 23 Christmases taught us that the family gathered for dinner Please See COLUMN, A5

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HOMETOWN

History

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

150 Years Ago

Home & Vicinity – Rev. G.P. Ramsey will preach a temperance sermon at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening next – Subject: “The Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors.”

On Saturday evening last, a fire broke out in the house of Ira H. Peters near Emmons Station, which entirely consumed the wing and most of its contents. The loss on the house, household effects, and family stores is estimated at $1,500 on which Mr. Peters had $1,200 insurance. The main structure had a narrow escape from the flames and was saved by the energy and good management of the people of the neighborhood.

August 1868

80 Years Ago

of darker skin. Adams had told Eisenhower that Wilkins was ill and had to retire for that reason. But Wilkins told the President he was not ill. Ike praised Wilkin’s work but said he was sorry he had to accept his resignation. Cabinet officers, Ike explained, had a right to pick their own assistants.

August 1958

40 Years Ago

Martin Luther King Jr’s friend and successor told members of Congress on Monday he is convinced the civil rights leader’s assassination was a conspiracy – and thinks King was told “it was coming.” “He had a premonition or maybe some knowledge, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy testified. “I think he had some word from some sources that he was going to be assassinated. Abernathy’s testimony came before the House of Representatives Assassinations Committee in public hearings following investigations of the murders of President John F. Kennedy and King. Outside the hearing room, Abernathy told reporters he believes the FBI was involved in the assassination of King and told King in advance to “warn him and to threaten him both.”

Abernathy said he has no evidence to support that but believes it because of the FBI’s admitted harassment of King and efforts to disrupt his activities.

August 1978

125 Years Ago

The Local News – The twenty-five Fresh Air boys who have been spending a fortnight in Oneonta are returned to New York today with a like number of little girls taking their places. On Friday last the little fellows enjoyed a picnic at Wilber Park, given by the ladies of the W.C.T.U. About 500 persons, of whom 234 purchased tickets from Oneonta, went to Cooperstown Monday on the Canton excursion. The Canton, and the Steamer Company which accompanied the Canton, were met at the Cooperstown depot by the Cooperstown band, a large delegation of Odd Fellows, and the Phinney Hose Company. After a brief march through the village the excursionists proceeded to the landing and embarked on the steamers Cyclone and Gem for Three Mile Point, where dinner was served. At 5 p.m. the Canton gave a dress parade. The excursionists returned to Oneonta a little after 9 o’clock. About thirty members of the Canton remained at the Point for a few days outing.

August 1893

100 Years Ago

About 300 were in attendance at the Farmers’ picnic held at Sherman Lake yesterday. Hon. L.P. Butts of this city was the speaker and he delivered a stirring 30-minute address upon patriotism and the War. The speaker laid special emphasis upon the duty of the hour and deprecated the tendency to complain on the part of so many at trifling inconveniences. He referred to the lack of patriotism of those who, when a son or husband or brother has been called to the colors and a service flag has been displayed, still go about complaining that the government has taken a loved one and bemoaning the fact. We ought, said the speaker, to rejoice in an opportunity to give and serve in this greatest of all wars and for the noblest of purposes. He urged continued sacrifice and devotion to the flag and the nation, and hearty and uncomplaining support of the boys at the front and of the government in the prosecution of the war.

August 1918

Cooperstown Draws Pair In life. Although we lived COLUMN/From A4 first in Boston and then in Christmas Eve, opening Grosse Pointe, Mich., each presents on Christmas morning. We did not under- Christmas and each June was spent in Cooperstown. stand the Ellsworth preferThen, in the fall of 1981 ence of opening presents our mother-in-law, Enid on Christmas Eve and then having the family gather for Brady Ellsworth, died very unexpectedly. And, since dinner on Christmas Day. our husband Of course, was an only since we child, he had married got, among Cooperstown, other things, we learned to the family adapt. Therehomestead fore, it is not in Cooperssurprising that town. the heir apWhat a parent of the deal! We family had no would no idea that he longer have was celebratto limit ing Christmas our time incorrectly.

Gerry Ellsworth in in CoopFortunately, with son erstown to when his wife 1992 Christopher, secondChristmas Annie joined and third-generation and June. As the family, she CCS grads. luck would was able to get have it, we could spend all him to celebrate Christmas correctly, for which we were of our time in Cooperstown.

And in the summer of 1982, most appreciative. we became an official Of course, Christmas resident of the Village of was only the beginning Cooperstown with all rights of our relationship with and privileges thereof.

Cooperstown. We also Our son Christopher discovered that it was imcould become a third-generperative that three weeks in June be spent here each and ation graduate of CCS. We could shepherd the village’s every summer.

1986 Bicentennial CelebraIn those days, June in Cooperstown was not noted tion. We could write the CCS Alumni Newsletter for its pleasant and sunny weather. In fact, most years for 10 years, which gave the main topic of discussion us the uncanny ability to know who graduated was whether or not Willow Brook would flood the base- when. We could donate our theatrical talents to ment of the bank building.

Little People’s Theater, the Each year we assumed, CCS Faculty Association, based on the weather, that Leatherstocking Theater the bank basement flooding was a given. We vividly and various senior class plays. We could become remember the year that my the people the Chamber of grandmother called to see Commerce called when they if we were all right because didn’t know the answer to she had heard that the whatever a question.

Susquehanna River was at And we could write a flood stage. Little did she weekly newspaper column, know that Willow Brook “Where Nature Smiles, was actually the problem. beginning in 1984 and conAnd so it went for the tinuing to this day. first ten years of married

20 Years Ago

Prosecutors have called Monica Lewinsky back to the grand jury to respond to President Clinton’s testimony about their “inappropriate” relationship, legal sources said Tuesday. Hillary Rodham Clinton sent word she “believes in this marriage.” This was Clinton’s first expression on her August 1938 husband’s infidelity. As the president and his family left for vacation Tuesday, a few lawmakers, including House Majority whip Tom Delay, called for his resignation. But House Speaker Newt Gingrich counseled restraint, saying, “It’s premature for anyone to make any judgment.” In J. Ernest Wilkins, distinguished Negro attorney from more than four hours of testimony, Clinton acknowledged Chicago, is being asked to resign as Assistant Secretary an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky, but refused to of Labor in order to make way for George Lodge, son of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. A big fuss was made over detail its specific sexual nature.

August 1998 Wilkins some years ago as the first Negro to attend a cabinet meeting. Now, he is being invited to spend all his time on the Civil Rights Commission of which he is a member and to which he was appointed as a means of easing him Frontier Communications Inc. has plans to meter Internet out of the Labor Department. Wilkins objected and took his usage. Company spokesperson Karen Miller said that the case directly to President Eisenhower. A pathetic scene folfirm will limit its customers’ free Internet usage to five gigalowed during which the Negro leader wept over the idea of bytes a month. “If you download more, you will pay more. leaving the “Little Cabinet.” Wilkins refused to be “fired” As it stands now, five gigabytes will be free and there will

by Sherman Adams and argued that as he had been appoint- be a tiered system for those who use more,” she said. “Our ed directly by the President, he had a right to state his case customers, on average, use 1.5 gigabytes a month.” Those to Ike direct. At the session which followed, Wilkins told downloading more are a concern because they force the comthe President that he enjoyed his work and believed that a pany to spend more on infrastructure to expand service.

Negro in a top international relations position could do the August 2008 United States much good with countries whose people are

60 Years Ago

10 Years Ago

Exotic? Natural Gas As Common As … Manure

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t’s amazing that the natural gas opponents all talk about wanting to protect the environment by moving from natural gas to “renewables.” Is it that they are misinformed or have an agenda?

It’s difficult to tell, but here’s what the science tells us. Natural gas, or methane, is naturally occurring. It is emitted from volcanoes, manure piles and humans.

It is the cleanest burning fuel yielding carbon dioxide and water.

If we remember our high school biology, it is carbon dioxide and water that green plants use in the process of photosynthesis to produce oxygen and sugar – two very important products for

humankind and all animals that breathe oxygen and consume green plants containing sugar for food.

To date, we don’t know if those green MIKE plants, found ZAGATA on land and in fresh and marine waters, aren’t able to process the carbon dioxide that is being produced. If there was more of it, could green plants produce more oxygen and sugar, or if there was more than they could process would it affect the climate?

Answering those questions will take some good

minds and pretty heavy-duty computers.

• Because the proposed Constitution Pipeline has not been built and there is an increasing demand for clean-burning natural gas, companies are looking for ways to serve customers.

One of those ways involves compressing the natural gas to reduce its volume and then transporting it in specially developed canisters. That approach is being used in our area and some people are concerned about it.

Here’s what we know.

There have been accidents

with trucks carrying this gas and there haven’t been any releases – the safety mechanisms built into the trucks and containers have worked as expected. That is a good thing.

Is the same true for the fuel oil, propane and gasoline trucks that have traveled our highways for decades? There have been accidents and spills, but not the outcry facing the current use of trucks to transport natural gas. Why is that?

• Institutions and businesses in Oneonta are facing curtailment during periods of unusual cold and heat.

What that means is that there isn’t enough gas being Please See ZAGATA, A6

Don’t Let Relatively Few, Many From Elsewhere, Decide For Us EDITORIAL/From A4 Today, the county gets natural gas through a pipeline from DuRuyter, near Cortland, but the line is old and too narrow. NYSEG pledged to expand it, and obtained a rate increase to finance it – the pricetag is an astonishing $100 million – but is backing away.

• Then, the energy cavalry arrives, in the form of a sensible idea!

Instead of waiting for NYSEG to act (or not), why not install a gas decompression station, perhaps in the former Pony Farm (the Oneonta Commerce Park, right off Interstate 88’s Exit 13)?

Otsego Now thought so, and has applied for a $3 million CFA grant to help pay for the cost, perhaps $17 million (maybe somewhat less).

Prudently, Jody Zakrevsky asked to brief the Oneonta Town Board at its regular meeting last week, to make sure it was in the loop. When he arrived, 100 of our region’s anti-gas true believers were there to grill him and paint nightmare scenarios.

We’ve seen this drill before. But we shouldn’t take it to mean there’s widespread local opposition to the idea.

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environmental groups have powerful social-media tools that can summon the troops at short notice. If anything, 100 is a paltry number, given the 300+ brought to those 2015 hearings on the Constitution Pipeline.

According to Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood, about half the crowd was local, but some came from as far away as Ithaca, 75 miles. Another, quoted on www.AllOTSEGO.com, was from Oxford, 45 miles and a county away.

Town board members didn’t have to make any decision that night, but Wood estimates they are split, 2-2. If funding comes through, the plant will probably need a Zoning Board of Appeals vote; this was just a prelude.

• At base, the decompression station is a sensible, low-impact way to overcome the key obstacle to economic development.

Lacking a pipeline like the Constitution, gas is being compressed so, as a liquid, it can be transported in tanker trucks to a decompression station, then turned back into gas and delivered to customers through existing gas lines.

Many sensible people object to toobig XNG gas trucks traversing two-

lane Routes 205 and 80, and they’re right. Two rigs so far have toppled over due to soft shoulders. But this plan would allow gas trucks to stay on I-88 except for a quick left and a second quick left into Pony Farm. Just what most people want.

Zakrevsky estimates two, maybe three trucks a winter would be required so that Oneonta’s major institutions – the colleges, Fox Hospital and the like – would no longer be on an “interruptible” regimen. Right now, whenever there’s a cold snap – a couple of weeks a winter – they have to shift to more-expensive and morepolluting fuel oil.

Even better, the decompression station would assure a dependable energy source to anyone seeking to locate at the D&H yards, which has everything else – space, rail, proximity to an Interstate and airport.

Let’s not be Cobleskill. Let’s not declare, “except in case of flood.”

The numbers, and what we see around us, prove it: We need more and better jobs.

Let’s not be diverted. When an opportunity arises, let’s declare, “Otsego County: Open for Business,” and mean it.

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If Not Gas, What Alternatives Acceptable?

ZAGATA/From A5 delivered by NYSEG to meet current needs – no less to support any new demand that might arise if a business that could provide jobs wanted to locate here. As it stands right now, they won’t locate here because there isn’t enough natural gas or three-phase power.

Some say Otsego Now should be condemned for trying to remedy that situation. Instead, they would like to form a committee to study it and dilute the momentum – the oldest trick in the book.

If you want to delay something, form a committee of folks with widely different opinions and interests.

The anti-fossil fuel crowd will tell us renewables are the environmental panacea – they are without issues. Really, now?

It takes about 20 acres of solar panels to produce

enough electricity for about 1,000 households – and we still need fossil fuels to produce the electricity needed to heat or cool our homes at night and to recharge our electric vehicles as off-peak power is cheaper.

New York’s population is about 20 million. If we multiply 20 acres by 20 million and then divide by 1,000 we get 400,000 – the number of acres that would be covered by the solar panels needed to produce enough daytime only electricity for New Yorkers.

That’s 400,000 acres that used to be forests, farmland and wildlife habitat. And what about having to dispose of the hazardous wastes in the solar panels that once produced electricity?

We could use hydro-power, but that means building dams that impede the progress of fish trying to move upstream to spawn.

We could use wind power, but that means using windmills that kill migrating birds.

We could use woody biomass, but that, along with the other “renewable” energy projects that have been brought forward for this area, was shot down by those who oppose anything that might lead to prosperity for our area.

All of a sudden, it isn’t so simple – in fact it’s downright complicated and might take some time to get it right. In the meantime, we have an abundant supply of gas – natural gas or methane – to serve as a bridge to get us where we all want to be – warm or cool depending on the time of year and pollution free.

Mike Zagata, a DEC commissioner in the Pataki Administration and environmental executive for Fortune 500 companies, lives in West Davenport.

Orzetti: OCCA Against Decompressor ORZETTI/From A4 to advocate for alternative solutions (yet to be scheduled), and put Otsego Now in contact with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to take advantage of expertise in alternative energy research and funding mechanisms to help defray the costs of building and retrofitting buildings to help lower natural gas consumption and eventually transition to non-fossil fuel energy options.

Further, we gave a presentation to the Energy Committee about our new project, funded by NYSERDA, to promote energy efficiency in existing buildings through envelope improvements and alternative technologies such as groundsourced heat pumps and renewable pellet stoves and boilers.

We, in no way, helped Otsego Now prepare their proposal, we do not support the proposal, and we find it disconcerting that Otsego Now included us in their proposal without our knowledge or permission.

For 50 years, it has been OCCA’s

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process to thoughtfully review each project before voicing our support or opposition. We have many concerns about the Otsego Now project and will continue to review all information as it comes to us.

Members of the Board of Directors and our staff have been attending public meetings on the proposal and will continue to do so throughout the process.

Rest assured, OCCA will not waver in our approach to this project.

Our Board of Directors and staff are keenly aware of the contentious nature of this project and will be discussing the project and the current energy crisis in Oneonta and Otsego County at our next full board meeting in September.

If anyone has any concerns or questions about OCCA’s role on the Energy Committee or the question of support for the Otsego Now proposal, we encourage you to call or email us at 5474488 or director@occainfo.org.

LESLIE ORZETTI Executive Director Otsego County Conservation Asso-

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Otsego Countians Travel To Utica To Tell President What They Think

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Among Otsego Countians offering their opinions to President Trump during his visit to Utica Monday, Aug. 13, were, from left, Sydney Waller, Deb Dickinson and Paula DiPerna, all of Cooperstown. Adrian Kuzminski, who accompanied them, said the crowd was generally “good humored.” He estimated the gathering at the Utica State Office Building at about 1,000.

One vintage crowd member told him, “It reminds me of VJ Day!”

TRUMP/From A1 said Cooperstown Democrat Sydney Waller. “At first, the Trump supporters seemed kind of stunned – like we stole their playlist or something.”

The coming together happened as President Trump arrived in the city to speak at an event supporting incumbent Rep. Claudia Tenney for the 22nd Congressional District. Thousands gathered along Genesee Street to voice their opinion.

“This is what is great about democracy, that all of these people with all of these different views can come out and express themselves,” said Cooperstown’s MacGuire Benton, former Otsego County Young Democrats’ chair, who was there to protest. “Personally, I think we’re on the right side of history.”

Sustainable Otsego moderator Adrian Kuzminski said he was among an estimated 1,700 at the anti-Trump rally at the State Office Building to exercise his right

as a citizen.

“I’m very much opposed to President Trump, so I was there to register that as well, but I was also there to advocate for the public’s right to gather and express their opinion in such a way,” said Kuzminski. “This is a period in time where our democratic institutions are stressed and are creaking and moaning. I think, now more than ever, it is important for people to exercise their right to free speech.”

The Democratic advocacy group, Indivisible Mohawk, organized the rally, which featured multiple speakers from all around the state, and an effigy of the president as a chicken.

“It was truly wonderful to see the diversity of people in the city of Utica and from all around the area who came together,” said Deb Dickinson, Cooperstown.

“It was four blocks long, and it seemed like two or three people deep the whole way.

It was young and old, many

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Matthew Melvin of Watertown was one of a couple hundred Trump supporters on Genesee Street in Utica during President Trump’s visit. Melvin was waiting to catch a glimpse of President Trump as he left the Doubletree Hotel in Utica.

colors of people, many different languages. The diversity that we have to share with so many different people was just great to see.”

Dickinson, who attended with Waller and another Cooperstonian, Paula DiPerna, said the idea was to promote peace and love.

“It was a delight to be on the street saying, ‘Love, not hate, that’s what makes America great.’

To be saying that with throngs of people and to have all the traffic beeping at us and showing their support as they went down the street, it was all just very heartening.”

SUNY Oneonta Political Science Professor Gina said that seeing people attending from outside of Utica was encouraging.

“It was a powerful experience – both in terms of the local community that turned out and others from outside the community like

me who travelled to make their voices heard.”

While anti-Trump protesters made up a majority of the crowd, hundreds of Trump supporters made their presence known as well. By all accounts, the demonstrations were relatively non-confrontational.

“We had zero arrests at the protests,” said Utica Police Public Information Officer Bryan Coronato. “Overall, it was a very successful day for us. Both sides followed the rules and we really appreciate everyone’s cooperation.”

“It was very well planned in terms of monitoring the event,” said Dickinson. “We weren’t interested in a Charlottesville type of event, and we definitely were not interested in beating anyone over the head.”

The president was in town to

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show his support for republican representative Claudia Tenney, who is currently in a contentious race against democrat Anthony Brindisi. After landing at Fort Drum Army Base and signing a $716 billion defense policy bill, Trump travelled to The Doubletree Hotel in Utica, where Tenney’s campaign charged anywhere between $1,000 and $15,000 to attend the event with the president.

“The donors and the other people going into the event were a whole different breed,” said Keel.

“They didn’t even look like they were from Utica.”

Tenney will face off against Brindisi in the general election on Nov. 6, with the winner taking the house seat in Washington, D.C. Election tracking website cookpolitical.com labels the race for NY-22 as a toss up, with neither candidate currently pulling ahead.

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Man Sentenced To 20-Years To Life For 2017 Rape, Death Of Morris Girl

GIRL/From A1 ing, 34, was sentenced to 20 years to life for the crime.

“He didn’t accept responsibility for what he did.”

Chenango County Judge Frank Revoir sentenced Rundstrom-Wooding to 20-to-life for second-degree murder and 20 years on a rape charge, to be served concurrently. If he were released, he would have another five years of supervision following, and he Pool photo, courtesy WBNG would have to register as a sex offender. He pleaded Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding is escorted into the Chenango County Courtguilty to the charges in June. house in Norwich Monday, Aug. 13, ahead of his sentencing for last year’s And although he could be murder of Jacelyn O’Connor, 11, of Morris. released in 20 years, with the severity of the crime and his refusal to make a statement, McBride asked the judge to recommend life in prison.

“We recommended to the judge to make the recommendation that he never be released,” said McBride.

“The judge agreed. Between his refusal to admit what he did and the crime itself, I don’t think the parole board will ever grant him parole.”

O’Connor was staying with Rundstrom-Wooding

and his boyfriend, James Brower, 36, in the men’s trailer in Norwich at the time of her death on July 30, 2017.

That morning, Brower allegedly made a 911 call to say he believed the little girl was dead. Investigators believe she was killed by the two men between 3 and 4 a.m. and had died of asphyxiation after she was smothered with a pillow in the course of a rape by Rundstrom-Wooding.

Brower, the father to two of O’Connor’s half-brothers, was arrested Aug. 1 and charged in the child’s death.

Rundstrom-Wooding was arrested a few days later and charged. In addition to the rape and murder charges, he was initially charged with possession of child pornography after images of two children engaged in sexual activity were found on his computer.

According to McBride, physical evidence gathered at the scene linked Rundstrom-Wooding to the acts of rape and murder.

McBride said that after

reviewing the evidence against him and speaking with O’Connor’s father, Andrew O’Connor, Rundstrom-Wooding decided to plead guilty. “It spares her family the horror of living through those facts at trial,” said McBride.

Though given a chance to make a statement at sentencing, the man declined. “In my experience, people who commit sex offenses against children are reluctant to admit what they’ve done,” said McBride.

According to McBride, O’Connor has since obtained custody of another one of Jacelyn’s siblings, though McBride was unsure which one.

According to McBride, Brower will go to trial on the same charges sometime in early 2019. If convicted, he faces 25-to-life in prison.

McBride said he does not know where RundstromWooding will serve his sentence.

“With good fortune, he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison,” he said.

The Morris community turned out in force for a prayer vigil at the central school Aug. 7, 2017, after learning of the chilling death of 11year-old Jacelyn O’Connor.

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Notice of Formation of Fierson Enterprise LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/08/2018.

Office: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 204 Emmons Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY OF OTSEGO Notice is hereby given that the County of Otsego will conduct two public hearings on the 2018 Countywide Shared Services Property Tax Savings Plan, in the Representatives Chambers at the County Office Building in the Village of Cooperstown, New York on Monday, August 27, 2018 at 12:45 p.m. and Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 9:45 a.m.

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Otsego County has identified projects that will save taxpayers money through shared, coordinated, and efficient services between the county and local governments. Six projects that will be implemented for the 2018 Plan will be: 1. Otsego County Highway Asset Management Program; 2. Municipal Accounting Software Distribution; 3. County/Municipal Email Share; 4. Public Safety Records Management Software; 5. Shared Public Works Equipment Agreement; and 6. Otsego County Stream Management Program Plans that demonstrate actual savings in taxpayer dollars may be eligible for a onetime reimbursement match on the

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All parties in interest and citizens will be heard by the Otsego County Board of Representatives at the public hearing.

The location of the public hearing is accessible to persons with mobility impairment.

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Notice of Formation of BILL CLAUDY CONTRACTING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/07/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

Princ. office of LLC: P.O. Box 239, Hartwick, NY 13348. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Golden Circle Enterprises, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Dept. of State of NY on July 20, 2018.

Office location: Otsego County.

United States Corporation Agents, Inc designated agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 7014 13th Ave Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY. 11228 principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution.

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

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: Otsego Properties Group LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 24 July 2018.

Office location: Otsego County.

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Notice of Formation of BlaMoNew, LLC Articles of organization filed with the SSNY on 5/31/2018.

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SSNY has been designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon her to P.O. Box 966, Cooperstown, NY 13326, which is also the principal business address of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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Bob Fernandez of Otego, who is challenging county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. in the Sept. 13 GOP primary, released this incident report Tuesday, Aug. 14, that says Devlin’s son Ros pulled a gun on another man during a dispute in 2013.

Sheriff’s Son Pulled Gun, 2013 Incident Report Says SHERIFF/From A1 elected.”

Ros Devlin has been suspended from his job as a county jail correctional officer since January 2017, when he had a conversation with another correction officer in the break room was reported to county representatives.

In the 2013 incident report, Cole told police the younger Devlin had repeatedly driven erratically past his house on Eggleston Hill Road in Middlefield. When Cole jumped in his own vehicle to confront Ros, the report relates, Ros pulled a gun on Cole. “(Cole) pulled over, exited and walked toward (Devlin) who had stopped his vehicle as well,” the report relates. “(Cole) states while he was walking toward (Devlin) he saw that he had a gun and he believes it was pointed at him. (Cole) states he is upset, but does not want to press charges, just have (Devlin) warned to slow down and believes he should not be carrying a gun.”

According to the incident report, the Devlin son also called 911 dispatchers after the incident, saying that Cole had tried to run him off the road, at which point Ros pulled his gun in self defense. “(Devlin) states that he exited the vehicle and (Cole) was running toward him, so he grabbed his firearm

not knowing what (Cole) was going to do,” says the report. “(Devlin) states that he never pointed the gun at (Cole). (Devlin) states he has driven erratically in the past and will change driving habits, avoid (Cole’s) house, and will drive slowly passed from now on.”

Fernandez released a statement regarding the report, saying, “The sheriff has consistently ignored threats made by his son that jeopardize the safety of school children and personnel, county employees, and the public at large.”

Asked about the incident report, Devlin said, “I really don’t have a side of the story. It was called into 911, it was investigated by an officer and was detailed in the report. It’s fairly straightforward.”

Sheriff Devlin later issued another statement, saying, “It’s sad and unfortunate that (Fernandez) needs to embellish stories and mislead the good people of Otsego County. While he continues his campaign of lies, I will continue to focus on serving as this county’s sheriff and keeping the people of Otsego safe.”

Fernandez says that he brought the report up because he is concerned that the sheriff is endangering the county by neglecting his son’s behavior. “The people of Otsego County deserve the truth,” he said.

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IN MEMORIAM Margaret Hathaway, 91; Honored Teacher In Oneonta, Laurens ONEONTA – Margaret Cunningham Hathaway, 91, an honored teacher in Oneonta, Laurens and New Jersey, died in her home on Aug. 10, 2018, surrounded by her family, following a long illness.

She was born on Aug. 29, 1926, Margaret Lucille Cunningham in Rochester, the daughter of M. Anne Hutchison and Wesley Yarwood Cunningham.

Margaret (Peg) earned her BFA in 1948 and her

MA in 1951 from Syracuse University, which included graduate study from the University of London, England in 1951. She was a proud member of the founding American chapter of Gamma Phi Beta sorority at Syracuse and received both the Delta Phi Roh award for arts education and the Edi Pi Epsilon award for academic success.

Peg was additionally honored with membership in the National Leadership Honor

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Society, SUNY Oneonta Circle, in recognition of conspicuous attainment and service in collegiate activities in 1996 and was a Honoris Causa member of Omicron Delta Kappa.

Peg taught art at both the primary and secondary levels, teaching at Oneonta Junior High School, Leonia Junior/Senior High School in Leonia, New Jersey and Laurens Central School for 19 years, where she was named teacher of the year in 1980, retiring in 1989 and beginning a scholarship for art soon afterwards. She was published in professional journals including “School Arts” and was an enthusiastic supporter of art education.

A talented watercolor artist, Peg was a member of a weekly figure drawing group, exhibited her work throughout the state and was honored by CANO (Community Arts Network of Oneonta,) by having a gallery named in her honor, the Hathaway Gallery at the Wilber Mansion, a building where she taught children’s art classes for many summers and which she marched to protect in 1964.

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Charles Driscoll, 83; Former Partner In S&S Liquor Store ONEONTA – Charles Driscoll, 83, partner in a former Southside Mall liquor store, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, at Fox Hospital.

He was born Aug. 25, 1934. He attended Oneonta High School, then joined the Armed Services.

Returning home, he was a jeweler at Gallin’s Jewelry, then a liquor salesman before partnering with his daughter, Sharon, in S&S Liquors in Southside Mall.

In addition to Sandra, his wife of 57 years, he is survived by his daughter, Sharon Wilsey O’Donnell and her husband, William “Chef Billy O” O’Donnell of Oneonta; a son, David Driscoll of Orlando, Fla., and granddaughter Elissa Willsey of Chicago.

A full obituary will be forthcoming.

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ONEONTA – Dr. John Michael Neander, 67, who ran private practices in Oneonta and Washington D.C., passed away on July 12, 2018, at Albany Medical Center.

A celebration of his life will be held at 1 p.m.,Thursday, Aug. 30, in the Glenwood Cemetery, Main Street, Oneonta, with the Rev. Stephen Fournier officiating.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Bookhout Funeral Home.

buff, Peg loved to attend both Glimmer-glass Opera and performances at the Met. Margaret An avid Hathaway reader, Peg belonged to the Monday Night Book Club that has met continuously since 1956, more than 60 years.

Peg was dedicated to public service, working with other committed people to make a difference in her community. She served as a charter member of the Oneonta League of Women Voters, receiving accolades in 2008, (Personifies the LWVNYS) and served on the board of directors as voter service chair, action chair and three times as president of the league.

Peg served on the League of Women Voters of New York State board of directors as voter service director, moderated many league candidates nights, worked on the creation of publications “Facts for Voters” and “First Vote” and presented

numerous community forums. She also served as the first vice-president of the Citizens Education Committee.

Additional volunteer work included serving as a member of the American Association of University Women and the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts board of directors. She also served on committees and councils, including serving as member and chair of the Oneonta Job Corps Center Community Relations Council, advisory board of the Oneonta Sexual Assault Network, LEAF (Leatherstocking Education Alcohol Foundation) and Planned Parenthood committee.

She served as a member and chair of the city of Oneonta Public Safety Board and for many years as a member of the town of Oneonta Zoning Board of Appeals and served as zoning board chair.

Peg attended the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta and served on the board of trustees, as a member and president of the board of directors and three

times as church moderator.

She is survived by her son, James T. Hathaway, Japan; daughter, Nan E. Hathaway, Vermont, daughter, Jeannette H. Monaco, Florida, daughter, Amy H. Gilbert, New York; her sons-in-law, William Gilbert, Israel Reinish and James M. Monaco; her grandchildren, Libby H. Reinish, Hannah H. Reinish, Yuki E. Hathaway Yokokawa, Sumi R. Hathaway Yokokawa, Yuma Yamana Hathaway, and Nayef Smith and his wife, Cheryl Smith; great-grandchildren, Miles Smith and Bryce Smith; great-great-grandchild, Levi Smith; and her sister’s children Thomas, Gregory and Ann Faris; and grandnephew, Jaalid Faris.

Her sister, Dr. Elizabeth Faris; brother-in-law, Dr. Art Faris; nephew, Christopher Faris; and longtime companion, William C. Manley, preceded her in death.

A memorial service was held Sunday, Aug. 12, at the Unitarian Universalist Church.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Bookhout Funeral Home.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-11

Mayor Initials Hull Of Future USS Cooperstown In Wisconsin Shipyard As “keel authenticator” on the prospective USS Cooperstown, Village Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh signed her initials on this steel block, which were then outlined with a welder’s torch. When the ship is complete, the block will be permanently attached to the craft.

The USS Freedom, already launched, is a littoral combat ship, similar to the USS Cooperstown, now under construction.

SHIP/From A1 13, to attend to her duties the following day as the “keel authenticator” of the Navy’s 23rd Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Cooperstown, at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisc.

The “laying of the keel” is historically the first step in construction of a ship, a ceremony going back hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, according to Kate Scruggs, a senior communications specialist for Lockheed Martin, which designed the new ship.

In the past, the ceremony involved “physically laying down” the keel, the spine of a boat. Now, since many of a ship’s pieces are prefabricated, a “block of steel” serves as the symbolic keel.

“The Navy has so many fascinating traditions and

ceremonies,” she said.

“There’s the keel authentication, then the launch, the christening and the commissioning.”

Tillapaugh signed her initials on a block of steel at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisc. A welder will then engrave those initials into a steel block.

Once signed, she recited, “I hereby declare that the keep of the future USS Cooperstown is truly and fairly laid.”

“It is a tremendous honor to authenticate the keel for the future USS Cooperstown,” said Tillapaugh. “Ships and their crews have a special bond with their namesake, and I know the village of Cooperstown will proudly support this ship throughout her construction, and when she is commissioned and

enters the Navy fleet.”

With the keel authenticated, work can begin on building the ship. “They took me on a tour of the shipyard to see the early components,” she said. “It’s amazing to see that they’ll start with flat metal and build it all the way up.”

The crew of the ship, when complete, will decide where to place the symbolic keel. In some ships, it hangs in the galley so crew members are reminded of “the relationship between a ship and its namesake city,” Scruggs said. In others, it may be placed in the bowels

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“Most crews, once they are established, will come to the town and meet the people of the town, probably more than a year from now” Scruggs said. “It’s nice for people to keep up with what’s going on with the ship.”

Lockheed Martin is sharing the contract for what are called “littoral combat ships” – littoral being along shorelines – with Austal, an Australian shipbuilder.

Odd-numbered littoral combat ships – the USS Cooperstown is number 23

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or the veterans who are in the Baseball Hall of Fame,” said Tillapaugh. “And James Fenimore Cooper, commissioned in 1808 by President Jefferson, was very proud of his Navy service.”

The Cooperstown’s sister ship, the USS Freedom, is already in operation, and Tillapaugh believes the ship will be finished by late 2019. And back home, there’s already plenty of excitement about the ship. “The Veterans’ Club has already made USS Cooperstown T-shirts!” she said.

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The Cooperstown – announced by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus during 2015 Induction Weekend – “is so small is can operate in really, really shallow waters – as shallow as 13 feet,” Scruggs said. It has three main purposes: Traditional ones, like rescue missions and foiling drug operations; anti-submarine warfare, and counter-mine operations.

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hoosing what show to see this weekend is a piece of cake – literally! Mezzo soprano Samantha Malk performs Leo Hoiby’s “Bon Appetit!”, a one-woman opera based on Julia Child’s cooking show, while baking a chocolate cake live on stage. And stick around after the show to taste what she baked.

Tickets, $25 adult. 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 20, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. (800) 838-3006.

• It’s been a scorcher of a summer, so getting out on the water is a great way to beat the heat. Bring your boat for sprint races, circumnavigation races, even home-built boat and

raft races to benefit the Schenevus Lake Park Capital Improvement Fund. If you prefer to stay dockside, enjoy a cornhole tournament in the parking lot. $25/paddler. 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. Schenevus Lake, Schenevus Lake Park, Lake Road, Schenevus.

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10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, The R.P.H. Band Aug. 18, Kingfisher things performs old-time Lavender, 182 Buck rock & roll classics to do!

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“Beep Baseball,” • view equipment and And in Oneonta, honor learn the rules, and view Ol’ Blue Eyes as Steve “The Renegades: A Beep Marvin performs a Frank Ball Story.” 9 a.m., film at Sinatra tribute with Hal 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, McIntyre’s Big Band. $15 Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 general admission. 2:30-5 Main Street, Cooperstown. p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, Foot- (607) 547-7200. hills Performing Arts Center, ►ON THE COVER Oneonta. (607) 431-2080.

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ONEONTA Phyllis, 75, the daughter of founders Griffin and Frances Brooks, sister of retired owner John and aunt wenty-five years ago, Diane of current owner Ryan, has waited and Dennis Muthig went on tables at her family’s iconic Oneonta their first date at Brooks’ eatery since the Del-Sego Drive-In House of BBQ. Phyllis O’Sullivan days of the mid-1950s. waited on them.

“She knows everybody!” said These days, the couple, now marJohn. “That’s her legacy. People ried, still come to come in here just to ►‘CORNELL CHICKEN’ Brooks, and always talk to her.” make sure to sit in If customers like UPSTATE’S OWN Phyllis’ section.

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T At The Otesaga’s renovated Hawkeye Grill, every table has a view of Otsego Lake.

he landscape and surroundings at the Hawkeye Bar & Grill (on the lake-level floor of The Otesaga) help you escape reality. It’s so beautiful and serene there, if the weather permits, ask to sit outside so you can gaze nine miles up Otsego Lake at the

Sleeping Lion and Kingin the mood for something fisher Tower. I love outdoor a little heartier, I love the dining, especially here! truffled mushroom burger, I like to lunch at The it’s absolutely delicious. It’s Hawkeye, my favorite being topped with brie, truffle aioli the savory Caesar arugula. It’s FINE DINING, and salad with grilled served on a cutting salmon. Not every FUN DINING board with a steak chef can grill salmknife driven right on, but this one can. Staff Picks down the center of It’s light and slightly it. Very dramatic charred, capturing the juices and very good! in the meat and topped with If you’re in the mood for focaccia croutons. The Cae- an old-fashioned grilled sar dressing isn’t overpowcheese and soup, you’re ering, it’s just right. If I am Please See FOOD, Pg. 6

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A Brooks Herself, Phyllis Has Always ‘Loved’ Working There PHYLLIS/From Pg. 3 I’d come over to the restaurant. We’d finish cooking the chickens while mom and dad went to play cards.

We used to do 100 chickens, but that seems like nothing now!”

When the restaurant first opened in 1961, Phyllis and the other waitresses wore white hats and homemade uniforms. “I hated those hats,” she said.

“We all did. But my mother insisted we wear them!”

Back then, a chicken dinner with all the fixings was $1.50. If you just wanted a half, it was 75 cents. “I found a sign in the old slaughterhouse that read ‘Chicken Burger, 75 cents,’” she said. “I cleaned it up and gave it to John one Christmas.”

Phyllis waited on both then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, and celebrity chef Rachael Ray when she visited the restaurant for her show “$40 a

Phyllis O’Sullivan, right, with her favorite bosses – brother and sister-in-law John and Joan Brooks, and nephew Ryan Brooks.

Phyllis holds a portrait of her and John’s parents, Griffen and Frances, Brooks’ House of BBQ founders.

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he always waits on us ... She lifts you up when you are down.”

DIANE MUTHIG Loyal Brooks’ BBQ customer

Day.” “I don’t find it stressful,” she said.

“I enjoy the people, and I love it when customers come in and say ‘You waited on my parents!’”

She even has a father and son who come in for the Baseball Hall of Fame induction and stop by the restaurant to see her. “They’ve been coming to induction for 30 years and coming here for 28,” she said. “They always ask for me, and I love seeing them.”

Like spiedies and Buffalo wings, Please See PHYLLIS, Pg. 8

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B-Side’s Music, Food, Drink Fosters Companionship, Fun

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The B-Side Ballroom, Oneonta’s dinner club, attracts such headliners as Sarah Lee Guthrie, Arlo’s daughter, who performed there in August 2017.

FOOD/From Pg. 4 in the wrong place! The Hawkeye has the most interesting “adult” grilled cheese sandwiches with unusual pairings (last week the special was brie, green apple slices, chutney), and the soups are just as creative.

Both change daily and all are delicious. (Hawkeye Bar and Grill, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. 607-544-2524.)

TARA BARNWELL General Manager

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f you want a quiet dinner, then the B-Side Ballroom & Supper Club isn’t for you … but if you want to see and be seen by Oneonta’s best and brightest while you listen to some great live tunes, then pull up a chair! Somewhere between a jazz bar and a rock club, the B-Side is pleasantly dim, with closely packed tables perfect for conversation. Most nights have live music, from Americana and folk to jazz and blues to rock & roll, so dinner music is built right in.

One night you might see the house band, another, touring artists like Kyle Cook (formerly of Matchbox 20) or Sarah Guthrie – the daughter of Arlo and granddaughter of Woody.

And the food! It’s a highclass take on traditional pub fare, with plenty of vegan and gluten-free options too, including the Wild Forest Mushroom Risotto and the Butternut Squash Burger.

But my favorite is the sirloin tips – tender and savory, served with mashed potatoes that just soak up that extra demi glace, and seasonal vegetables, grilled to perfection.

They’ve been known to have a buttermilk fried chicken special on occasion, so if you see it, get it. It’s the best fried chicken in the county! (B-Side Ballroom and Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza Drive, Oneonta. 607432-2053.)

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word of advice: when you’re travelling to a new place, always eat where the locals eat. Get out of the places that cater to tourists, and look for the genuine eateries that have established themselves with the local population. A perfect example of this is The Hartwick Restaurant in, you guessed it, Hartwick. The tiny momand-pop shop epitomizes Please See FOOD, A7

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For Casual Eats, Try Burger At The Hartwick, Or Reuben At Sammy’s FOOD/From Pg. 6 delicious food off the beaten path.

My personal favorite at The Hartwick Restaurant is the bacon cheeseburger. The delicious, juicy patty nestled beneath the perfect amount of swiss cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion. It’s almost too much to wrap your mouth around. Almost.

Its everything you look for

in a burger; nothing more, nothing less.

But don’t let the succulent burger detract from the crispy golden fries on the side. I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a french-fry snob. I like a crispy fry that has that little bit of crunch when you bite into it. At The Hartwick Restaurant, that is exactly what you’ll get. And believe me, the portion sizes for all

of this are more than generous. (Hartwick Restaurant, 3496 NY-205, Hartwick.

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ise Guys Sammy’s has been in downtown Oneonta for a little over a year, and for some reason I had not tried their sand-

wiches, and boy, do I regret funny names are not the not trying them sooner! only thing that sets WGS Any place that has “AK-47” apart. It’s their sense of on the specials menu gets culinary adventure, which my attention – it’s similar they have on full display on to a Reuben...on steroids. the daily specials menu that Hot roast beef, crumbled changes daily. blue cheese, double The glint in the smoked bacon, sau- FINE DINING, eye of owner Mike erkraut, and ThouFUN DINING Joubert when he sand Island dressing tells you the conon their homemade Staff Picks tents of a sandwich bread. It is no exagtells me this is a geration to say it was love man who knows his stuff at first bite! And when they and enjoys making it. It was hand you your sandwich, the obvious many of them there first thing that hits you is the were returning regulars weight of it. These sandbecause he greeted them by wiches are heavy and not name with a handshake and for the causally hungry. And a kind word. aside from their fine selecIf you’re the kind of tion of Boar’s Head meat, person who loves their lunch all the rest is made in-house. loaded, they you owe it to The menu reads like yourself to go check out a line-up from an action Wise Guys Sammy’s. (261 movie. Sandwiches bear Main St. Oneonta. 607-267names like Chuck Norris, 4347) Hitman, The California Kid, IAN AUSTIN Ronan, Mac Attack and Staff Photographer Hans Gruber. And they all sound delicious. But their

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Drawing On Experience, Phyllis Trains Newcomers – Including Her Own Kids

Famous people Phyllis has served over the years include Hillary Clinton, who dined at Brooks’ when she was running to succeed U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of Pindars Corners in 2004.

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said. “They’d go in with mom and dad and PHYLLIS/From Pg. 5 Brooks’ chicken is an Upstate specialty, cre- be the soda kids.”

She had to take two months off for a knee ated in Ithaca by Cornell professor Robert C. Baker, who christened it “Cornell Chick- replacement a few years ago, but was soon back in the restaurant. “Now I can keep up en.” It quickly gained in popularity, served with the young ones,” she joked. at every fireman’s cookout, county fair or She takes pride in trainfundraiser. ing the new waitresses, Rather than slather teaching them her three sethe chicken in barbeque crets: “You have to smile, sauce, Cornell chicken is be friendly and communimarinated in an oil- and cate with your customers.” vinegar-based marinade, “It’s like spring trainwhich is then brushed over ing,” said John. “She the chicken while it roasts works with all the rookover the charcoal pit. ies.”

The Brooks family And although Phyllis originally sold eggs, but has worked for three switched over to sellgenerations of Brookses, ing their own version of she doesn’t play favorites.

Cornell Chicken at local “I’ve always had good fundraisers. They opened bosses,” she said. their current location in “She’s a pillar,” said 1966.

John. “People come from Phyllis’ own kids – Kelly, Colleen and These two glamour gals are all over to eat here, but it’s the people inside who Stevie – worked alongside Phyllis and her mom, co-founder Frances Brooks, make it a hometown restheir mom at Brooks. “It who passed away last year taurant.” was their first job,” she at age 97.

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Russians’ Infiltration Abilities Impress Post Reporter Covering 2016 Election

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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t one point, suspected Russian infiltrators were using a “#TenGop” Twitter hashtag, causing the Tennessee Republican Party to believe it would be wrongly blamed for the tweets.

“No Twitter, it’s not us,” the Tennessee GOP advised the social-media platform, so “#TenGop” was blocked.

Then “#11Gop” and “#12Gop” appeared, Pulitzer-Prize winner Craig Timberg told an SRO crowd

►UPCOMING LECTURES •new york times’ columnist James B. Stewart, on money and the arts, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at The Otesaga.

•’HANDMAIDEN’S TALE’ novelist Margaret Atwood, 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Glimmerglass Festival.

in Village Hall’s trustee chambers Monday, Aug. 13.

The Russians didn’t intend to co-opt the Tennessee Republicans at all.

That was one humorous moment in discussion of a serious topic – “Russian Disinformation: Will it Happen Again?” – by a member

of a 20-reporter Washington Post team assigned fulltime to get to the bottom of Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential election.

The answer to that question seems to be, probably.

Timberg, who has been the Post’s national technology reporter for several years, said he is impressed by the scope and success of the 2016 interference, by “how really good they were.”

“At no point did I feel we have our arms around this,” he continued. “Maybe what we’ve seen is everything.

But I don’t think we’ve gotten to the bottom of the story.”

Timberg gave brief introductory remarks, then opened the floor to questions, enough of them to more than fill the rest of the hour. A sampling of his replies: • At least early on, Russian leader Vladimir Putin was not so interested in which Republican might be elected, but in defeating

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Before a packed house in a steamy Cooperstown Village Hall meeting room, Timberg fields a question from Patty MacLeish.

Democrat Hillary Clinton, who he blamed for fomenting protests against his government during the Arab Spring of 2010, when she was secretary of state.

• The infiltrators sought to capitalize on racial, ethnic and gender fissures in American society, circulating, not necessarily fake news, but news from legitimate outlets that played up those fissures. With 85-90 percent of blacks voting Democrats, for instance, part of the strategy was to discourage voter turnout.

• President Obama, in the months leading up to November 2016, didn’t want to appear to be meddling in the election of his successor. “Democrats were really unhappy about how Obama handled that,” he said.

“There was a huge sense of regret that he was not willing to be the tough guy.”

• Facebook is responding to criticisms by hiring 20,000 “content monitors,” but Timberg observed, “We do have something called the First Amendment: We Please See Pg. 12

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►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY ►Friday, August 17

HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m.

Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops, followed by tour of hop yard, house.

The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

HISTORY PRESENTATION – 2 p.m. Learn about family lives, traditional clothing, objects used by Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) historically, present day in hands-on presentation with Historian Glenn Bentz.

Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m.

Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided for many different activities to inspire creative thinking, problem-solving.

Everything from crochet to coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

FUNDRAISER – 5:30 - 10 p.m. On the Rails for Tails.

Train ride featuring live music, chance to meet adoptable dogs, support Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Cost, $40/

person. Cooperstown Charlotte Valley Railroad, 136 Main St., Milford. 607-5478111.

FIREPIT FRIDAY – 6 - 9 p.m. Enjoy cold beers, bonfire, live music by The Spectacular Average Boys. Catch trolley from Doubleday Field to/from Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown. 607-544-1800.

TWAIN READING – 7 - 8 p.m. Reading of “The Diaries of Adam and Eve,” play by Mark Twain. By donation.

Amphitheater, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1400.

SEMINAR – 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Presentation “Bob Gasparini: The Genetics Of Cancer” on Cancer testing, genetics.

Cost, $20/adult. Reservation required. The Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. E-mail heidi@klinkhart.org.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

Showing “Doubt, A Parable”

by John Patrick Shanley, Directed by Julie Kline. Powerful drama depicting Bronx School Principal takes matters into

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own hands when she suspects Father Flyn of improper relations with male student.

Free admission. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-3700.

MUSIC – 9 - Midnight. Performance by Dana Marcine and Jazzified. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931

►Saturday, August 18

PANCAKE BREAKFAST – 7:30 - 11:30 a.m. Fly-in breakfast features all-you-caneat pancakes, eggs, maple syrup, sausage, beverages.

Cost, $7.50/adult. Cooperstown/Westville Airport, Rt. 166, Cooperstown.

BEEP BASEBALL – 9 a.m.

Learn about beep baseball for blind, visually impaired. Learn the rules at 10 a.m., experience a beep baseball in the Learning Center at 11 a.m., demonstration at 2 p.m., screening “The Renegades: A Beep Ball Story” at 7 p.m.

Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200.

BLOOD DRIVE – 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Give blood, save a life, get free admission to Hall of Fame. Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 1-800- RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood. org CARS & COFFEE – 9 - 11 a.m. Join fellow gearheads for a relaxed display of multibrand, multi-period cars. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Call 607-5479692.

HOPSEGO – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Family friendly festival featuring activities, fun, games, opportunities to learn local history and craft brewing. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

WEAVING WORKSHOP – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Weaving and cosmology workshop to release creative energy, demystify reading your astrological natal chart, more with Owyn Ruck. Cost, $75/nonmember. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith.

607-278-5454.

WORKSHOP – 10 - 11:30 a.m. Learn the basics of growing, pruning, winter protection and other tips to help you successfully grow lavender in our region. Cost, $35/person.

Kingfisher Lavender, 182 Buck Road, Fly Creek. 607-

437-2174.

SHOWTALK – 10:30 a.m.

James B. Stewart: The Economics of Art. Presentation

by Stewart, New York Times Columnist, staff writer at The New Yorker, more speaks on money and the arts wtih Young Artists program performing related songs, scenes. Cost, $25/adult. The Otesaga, Cooperstown.

HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m.

Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops. See Friday Listing.

THEATER – Noon.“A Case For Eviction” following the struggle of Frank and Dora to evict a temporary resident from their guest room. Leatherstocking Stage, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

Call 607-547-1450.

OPENING RECEPTION – 1 - 3 p.m. Celebrate 3 exhibits featuring works in portrait drawings, watercolor, large acrylic paintings, ceramics more. Runs thru 9/7. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550.

MEMORIAL REGATTA – 1 p.m. Features sprint races from swimming beach to western end of lake & back, 1-mile circumnavigation race, home-built boats and rafts race. Also, enjoy games, food, cornhole tournament in the parking lot. Benefit to Schenevus Lake Park Capital Improvement Fund. Cost, $25/adult paddler. Schenevus Lake, Schenevus Lake Park, Lake Road, Schenevus.

607-638-9295.

AUTHORS SERIES – 1 p.m. Baseball author David Wanczyk discusses book “Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind.” Followed by book signing. Included with admission.

Bullpen Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-7200.

CHARACTER TOUR – 1 p.m.

Tour the museum through the eyes of the artists themselves. Features a tour with Thomas Cole as portrayed by a Templeton Player. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400.

VIGNETTES – 2 p.m.

Guided tour showcasing three site-specific performances by the Templeton Players on the struggle for Women’s Rights.

Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450.

THEATER – 3 & 7:30 p.m.

Showing “Doubt, A Parable”

by John Patrick Shanley, See Friday Listing.

CLOSING PARTY – 5 - 7 p.m. Celebrate show “Splash” and participating artists Petey Brown, Ashley Norwood Cooper, Megan Adams Irving, Steph Marcus. Includes refreshments, free admission.

All welcome. Exhibit on view thru 8/22. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. 607-547-5327.

TOURNAMENT & BAND – 5:30 p.m. Cornhole Tournament on lawn followed by Thunderwatt at 7 performing 2 sets to 10. The Lake House, 2521 Co. Hwy. 22, Richfield Springs. 315-858-2058.

TWAIN READING – 7 - 8 p.m. Reading of play by Mark Twain “The Diaries of Adam and Eve.” By donation.

Amphitheater, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1400.

POTLUCK DINNER – 7 p.m. All American Community Dinner. Bring a dish to share.

Beverages, plates, silverware provided. Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 852 Co. Hwy. 26, Fly Creek. 607-5479946.

MUSIC – 7 - 10 p.m. Hot Tin Roof presents The Council Rock Band. Enjoy Ommegang beer, great music, fun in the sun. Cooperstown Fun Park, 4858 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. 607-544-1800.

CONCERT – 7 p.m. Dirt Road Express plays classic and modern country. Free.

3 Chenango Rd, Edmeston.

607-965-8377.

SPEAKEASY SOCIAL – 8 p.m. Performance by Guilty Pleasures Cabaret celebrating the spirit of prohibitionera drinking establishments through dance, music, comedy. Tickets, $15/adult.

The Church, Co. Rd. 11, Mt. Vision. 607-638-5119.

MUSIC – 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Dance to amazing songs from big band to early rock n’ roll, country, latin, Motown, more with DJ John Thompson. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607547-9931.

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►Sunday, August 19

PREVIEW & BRUNCH – 11 a.m. Enjoy delicious brunch as Artistic/General Director Francesca Zambello previews 2019 season with members of Young Artists Program.

Cost, $55. Pavilion, Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607-5472255.

HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m.

Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops. See Friday Listing.

THEATER – Noon. See “Box and Cox Trunk Show” featuring best performers in region.

Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

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

SUNDAY SERIES – 1 - 3 p.m. Learn about “Fly Fishing” with Jim Lennox, Tay Bartoo.

Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta.

ART LECTURE – 2 p.m.

“Leonardo DaVinci and the Human Body, Earthly and Divine” investigating DaVinci’s anatomical studies, his iconic paintings, the science and theology behind them. Cost, $11/non-member. Auditorium, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

CONCERT – 2 - 5 p.m.

R.P.H. Band performs Hit Rock n’ Roll oldies from 50s & 60s. Requests accepted, dancing encouraged. Refreshments available to purchase.

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Admission, $15. Proceeds benefit halls, renovation & upkeep. Cornfield Hall, 655 Co. Hwy. 26, Fly Creek. 607547-8055.

ANTI-RENT WAR – 2 p.m. Enjoy performances by Templeton Players depicting Anti-Rent Movement. Included with admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450.

SINATRA TRIBUTE – 2 - 5:30 p.m. Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits performed with 14 piece Hal McIntyre Big Band, Steve Marvin on vocals.

Cost, $15 general admission.

Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080.

THEATER – 5 p.m. Showing “Doubt, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, See Friday Listing.

CONCERT – 7 - 9 p.m. Vieux Farka Touré performs innovative blend of Malian blues, praise song, funk, reggae, rock. Cost, $34 at-the-door, advance registration recommended. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith.

607-278-5454.

►Monday, August 20

PHOTOGRAPHY – 6 - 8 a.m. Sunrise on Glimmerglass Photo Excursions. Walk behind Fenimore Art Museum with photographer Kevin Gray, capture sunrise over Otsego Lake. Cost, $17/non-member.

Lawn, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

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►TAKE IN “Expulsion From The Garden Of Eden,” a Hudson River School

masterpiece by Thomas Cole on display this summer at The Fenimore Art Museum on West Lake Road, Cooperstown. The museum, which also features an exhibit of Edward Weston photographs and the famous Thaw Collection of Native American Art, is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. ing members of Young Artists Program. Cost, $35/adult. Pavilion, Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607-547-2255.

PHOTOGRAPHY – 6 - 8 p.m.

Photograph Museum during ‘Golden Hour’ before sunset with photographer Kevin Gray.

Get pointers on composition, light, shadow, more. Cost, $17/non-member. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1450.

FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with live model. Cost $12/class. Carriage House

Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-435-8718.

WRITERS EVENING – 7 p.m. Local writers present works-in-progress followed by Q&A. New writers welcome.

Stamford Village Library, 117 Main St., Stamford. 607-3267908.

OPERA – 7:30 p.m. Mezzo soprano Samantha Malk perform’s Leo Hoiby’s Bon Appetit!, A one woman show based on Julia Child’s cooking show, while baking a cake.

Ticket’s, $25/adult. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 800838-3006.

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►Tuesday, August 21

BOOKMOBILE – Check out the mobile library.

9:30-9:50 a.m. Town Hall, 3966 NY-23, West Oneonta.

10:10-10:50 a.m. Little Lambs Children Center, 383 Co Rd 11, Oneonta.

12:20-12:45 p.m. Methodist Church, 811 Co Rd 26, Fly Creek.

CONCERT – 7 p.m. Wintergreen, folk trio performs traditional, contemporary, original music on variety of folk instruments. Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. 607-5475256 ART ROCKS – 11 a.m.

Young artists learn techniques, explore, works in museum’s collection. Arkell Museum, 2 Eries Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

NATURAL HISTORY – 2 p.m. Presentation with interactive slideshow, live animals introduce kids to unique reptiles, amphibians of Vermont.

Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

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►Wednesday, August 22

AFTERNOON ART – 3 - 4 p.m. Children ages 4-8 create village map, postcard of Cooperstown, based on William Cooper’s painting, map of

Cooperstown. Cost, $5/child.

Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discuss current events.

Cooperstown Village Library.

607-547-8344.

SCRABBLE – 5 - 7:30 p.m.

Play Scrabble. Adults only.

3rd Floor Community Room, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

WRITERS GROUP – 5 p.m.

Discuss current writing projects, get inspired, have fun.

Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

MUSIC – 5 - 9 p.m. Cooperstown Community Band performs patriotic marches, show tunes, Dixieland, jazz, themes… Free. East Lawn, The Otesaga, Cooperstown.

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BOOK DISCUSSION – 6 p.m. “The Woman In The Castle” by Jessica Shattuck.

Canajoharie Library, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-6732314.

CHESS MEETING – 6 - 11 p.m. Players of all levels welcome. No fee. College Union, SUNY Oneonta. 607-484-7240.

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Noting every operating system has flaws that can be breached, Timberg said it will take a more attentive citizenry to limit future attempts to manipulate elections. For one thing, “we have to be more skeptical or what we read,” he said.

Also, we need to be aware of sources of information we read, to ensure they are legitimate.

Timberg, whose wife Ruey is daughter of Ed and Joan Badgley of Cooperstown, summers with his family in a cabin with no electricity in the hills above Middlefield Center. This summer, he recounted, he could often be found sitting in his pajamas on the cabin’s porch, filing articles that would appear on the front page of the next day’s Washington Post.

“Does Jeff Bezos have an office at the Washington Post?” he was asked. No, the reporter replied, adding: At first, the Post newsroom was concerned when the Amazon CEO bought the paper; actually, he’s turned out to be even more handsoff than the fabled Graham family.