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Plate-Glass Windows Smashed In Oneonta’s Business District By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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lywood windows are becoming a too-familiar sight in downtown Oneonta. “To have this many incidents of people breaking windows in
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Town Fire Commisioner Al Rubin addresses Common Council on Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Town Offers Olive Branch On Fire Pact
The broken window at Simply Thai in downtown Oneonta.
this short amount of time isn’t good,” said Police Chief Doug Brenner. “Aside from the inconvenience and cost to the owner, someone could get really hurt.” Two brothers, Matthew and James Sparks, 28 and 33, respectively, were arrested late Saturday, Sept. 1, for Please See BROKEN, B7
VOLUNTEERS AVERT CRISIS
With United Way’s Help, Cooptoberfest’s On Tap By PARKER FISH COOPERSTOWN
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f you’re planning on going to the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce’s annual Cooptoberfest,
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fter a two-year standoff, the Town of Oneonta is asking Common Council to reopen talks concerning a contract with the Oneonta Town Fire District. Appearing before council Tuesday, Sept. 4, Town Supervisor Bob Wood asked city leaders to use town Fire Commissioner Al Rubin as a contact to get talks going again. Rubin and Wood hope to present a proposal to fire commissioners when they meet Tuesday, Sept. 18. More details at
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ICON DEPARTS: The Rev. Ken Baldwin, a beloved community leader during a 25-year retirement in Oneonta, has passed away after moving to the Rochester area with wife Nancy to be near a daughter/FULL OBITUARY, A6
PERRY PLEADS: Kevin Perry pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his parents, Timothy and Solveig, at their home in Laurens last December. SUNY GRANT: SUNY Oneonta has received a three-year federal USDA grant to facilitate the National Partnership to Recruit, Prepare and Support Family and Consumer Science Educators locally.
be prepared to see a new group of volunteers staffing the event. “United Way of Delaware and Otsego Counties will be the volunteer group for Cooptoberfest this year,” said Chamber President Matt Hazzard. Please See OK, A7
EXCITED ABOUT AGZEIT Otego School May Produce 170 Acres Of Farm Produce By PARKER FISH ENDICOTT
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magine visiting your local farmers’ market in midwinter and walking out with just-picked strawberries and tomatoes, or a fresh bunch of cilantro. With a novel indoorag company, AgZeit – pronounced like “excite” – about to buy the former Otego Elementary School building, soon you may. “The Amazon of Agriculture,” is what AgZeit CEO James Dutcher likes to call his company. Dutcher, formerly SUNY Cobleskill’s chief information officer, began his company last year in a wing of Union-Endicott High School in the district’s business-venture incubator. AgZeit quickly converted the 600-square-foot space into a state-of-the-art indoor Please See AGZIET, B7
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week before the Sept. 13 primary, the Otsego County GOP issued a broadside calling for candidate Bob Fernandez to drop out of the race. The candidate challenging county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. violated department’s code of conduct by visiting an inmate in the ►EDITORIAL: Delaware County Sheriff Devlin is the jail, according to a one candidate in GOP press release the race who stands dated Tuesday, Sept. for due process/A4 4. “The rules clearly state in Section 2: No member or employee of the OCSO shall knowingly associate with persons of Please See SHERIFF, A3
Sentinel Stands Guard Against ‘Bomb Trucks’ He Tracks ‘Virtual Pipeline’ By PARKER FISH DIMMOCK, Pa.
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AgZeit’s Jim Dutcher believes his 20,000-square-feet of plantings in Union-Endicott High School can produce the equivalent of 170 acres of standard crop lands.
hen it comes to risks involved with natural gas trucking, he is considered Bill Huston by many to be the foremost local watchdog. At every public meeting, at every crash scene, at every mention of the word “XNG,” Bill Huston is there, providing Please See HUSTON, A7
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ARTISTS, ART LOVERS IN COOPERSTOWN
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Glulam Artist Will Represent U.S. At Vienna Biennale
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Sharon Herrmann, West Oneonta, browses handmade picture frames during the Cooperstown Artisan Festival on the lawn of the Otsego County Courthouse on Sunday, Sept. 2,
rtist Martin Puryear, ceived the Nationwho created the al Medal of Arts “Big Bling” sculpfrom President ture in Madison Square Park Barack Obama in New York in 2016, has in 2011, and has been tapped to represent the also received the United States at the 58th Gold Medal in Venice Biennale in 2019. Sculpture by the “Big Bling” was built at American AcadPuryear Unalam in Unadilla in April emy of Arts and 2016, using their curved Letters in 2007, a glulam throughout. They MacArthur Foundation award in used Southern Yellow Pine 1989 and a Guggenheim Fellowand marine-grade plywood, ship in 1982. with no paint or stains, as The Biennale is an annual requested by Puryear. “You international exhibition, featurIan Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAing the work of contemporary can see the stamps on the Zoe van der Meulen stands beneath Martin plywood, the knots in the painters, sculptors, dancers, boards,” said Zoe van der Puryear’s “Big Bling”shortly before shipping the performance artists and more. Parker Fish/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Meulen, Unalam vice presi- pieces to New York City in April 2016. Puryear will create a new, dent for communications, in site-specific pieces for the by famed sculptor J. Seward Johnson a 2016 interview. “He sees pavilion and will work with OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES in 1974. that as an aesthetic quality.” underserved youth through Studio in a COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING The sculpture was Puryear’s biggest, The piece was built in seven secSchool in New York and Istituto Santa 197 MAIN STREET was 40-by-40-by-40-feet-tall. OrigiCOOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK 13326-1129 tions and shipped to New York City, Maria Della Pietà in Venice. 607-547-4202 607-547-4260 fax nally, the piece was commissioned as where it was assembled. The eponyThe Biennale will run May 11 mous bling will be a 3D-printed shack- a temporary installation as part of the - Nov. 24. park’s annual series and was on view le, coated in gold leaf and fabricated In June, the Sidney Chamber of INVITATION FOR SEALED BIDS OF – not by Unalaum – but by Jon Lash of from May-January 2016-17. Commerce named Unalam as Business PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY TAX DEED Puryear, a resident of Accord, reDigital Atelier, Trenton, N.J., founded of the Year.
BY THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO
The Otsego County Board of Representatives hereby invites sealed bids for the purchase from the County of Otsego of the following properties:
Village of Unadilla – Tax Map 334.19-1-19.00 Mixed-use property, 0.15 acres, located 16 Clifton Street PUBLIC REVIEW: WEEKDAYS PUBLIC REVIEW LOCATION: OTSEGO COUNTY Treasurer’s Office,197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 EVERYTHING SOLD TO HIGHEST BIDDER, AS IS. SUBJECT TO OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD APPROVAL
Bids will be received until 3 p.m. on, October 19, 2018 at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office, 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. No late bids will be accepted. The minimum acceptable bid is two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000). Payment of 10% of bid price due via certified funds or by wire transfer five days from acceptance. Balance due 10 days after board approval. The Bid Form & Terms and Conditions of Sale may be obtained at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office located at 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or on the Otsego County website at www.otsegocounty.com Only bids submitted on the Bid Form provided by the County will be considered. Picture and description of described parcel will be available for inspection at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office at 197 Main St in Cooperstown from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., except holidays. The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Inspection of the property will be available by reservation on September 27, 2018 at 10 a.m. and a tour of the property will begin promptly at that time. It is required that you call the Treasurer’s Office at 607-547-4235 to make a reservation for the inspection and tour. You may not participate in the tour of the property unless you have made a reservation in advance. Bid packets will be available at the inspection.
Job Corps Students In National Top Five
Civil Air Patrol Takes Up Oneonta Cadets
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mani Strachan and Linda Clarvil, both Oneonta Job Corps Academy students in the Clinical Medical Assistant program, scored in the top five nationwide on their Electrocardiogram certification exams. Out of a possible 500 points, Clarvil scored 477 and Strachan scored a 470, breaking a OJCA record.
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GOP Tells Candidate, Quit Race For Sheriff, But Fernandez Demurs SHERIFF/From A1 questionable character or frequent places where such persons are known to congregate, except in performance of one’s assigned duties,” the release said. The inmate was Richard Cole, the man who in a July 13, 2013, official incident report described a confrontation where the sheriff’s son, suspended correctional officer Ros Devlin, allegedly pulled a pistol. The sheriff’s son is currently suspended for a later incident inside the jail. Fernandez brought the incident report to light in the Aug. 16-17 editions of The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. “Public safety must be the priority for a sheriff,” he concluded. “It is what the people of Otsego County expect and what they must have.” In the latest press release, county GOP Chairman Vince Casale is quoted accusing Fernandez of creating “an entire campaign of lies and misinformation. From the concocted witch-hunt to aid his candidacy, to the stealing of lawn signs, to submitting fraudulent petition signatures, he’s now lowering himself to visiting felons behind bars to dig up dirt on Rich and his family. He has absolutely no shame.” In a statement in response, Fernandez said, “It’s obvious Mr. Casale knows little about investi-
gating crime and corruption, something I spent my whole career doing. When I get elected Sheriff in November, I will - unlike the current sheriff - adhere to the Code of Conduct. “I am running for sheriff because I care about our community, and the safety and security of all of us who are fortunate to live and work here. And so when sworn in I will run an honorable department that Otsego County residents can again be proud of.” Fernandez questioned the political motives of the “ridiculous press release,” and accused the GOP chair of trying to deflect attention from other matters. “Let’s focus on the issues and not the confused rantings of a petty political operative,” he wrote. Multiple calls were placed to Sheriff Devlin for comment, but were not returned. Devlin and Fernandez will both appear on the Sept. 13 Republican primary ballot, but the result will not be the final word. If Devlin wins, Fernandez has received the endorsement of the Democratic county committee, and will appear on the Democratic line in the Nov. 6 general election ballot. If Fernandez were to win, Devlin will appear on the Conservative, Independent and Reform lines on the November ballot.
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EDITORIAL
For Now, Only Choice In Sheriff’s Race Is For Due Process
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letter to the editor the other week drew on the Biblical injunction, “The son shall not suffer for the sins of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquities of the son.” And surely that’s as it should be. That said, it’s legitimate for open-minded citizens to question how county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. has
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handled the situation involving his son, Ros, a correctional officer in the jail his
father administers since it surfaced in January 2017. At the least, the situation is an awkward one; at worst, a dangerous one. In effect, according to a court decision on a related matter made public on March 31, 2017, Ros Devlin told a fellow C-O he was thinking of committing suicide in front of his disciplining supervi-
►WHAT DO YOU THINK? Letters received by noon Monday, Sept. 10, will be published before the Devlin-Fernandez primary on Thursday, Sept. 13. Email them to: INFO@ALLOTSEGO.COM
sor at the county jail, after first creating a diversion by shooting up an Oneonta or Milford school. (To read
the decision for yourself, type “devlin judge’s order” in the search line at www. AllOTSEGO.com) From the beginning, the sheriff has stood steadfastly by his son, who was suspended for more than a year – albeit, with pay; since March, without pay – by the Otsego County Board of Representatives. The sheriff claimed a
“witchhunt” was in progress; that his downfall was intended, not his son’s. • If Ezekiel was right about sons and fathers, his declaration should be equally valid for wives and husbands. That said, it’s legitimate for open-minded citizens to question the role of Kathy Please See EDITORIAL, A5
POLICE CHIEF DOUG BRENNER OTHER VOICES
‘Just The Facts’ Can Stem Supply; Reducing Demand More Complex Editor’s Note: Otsego County Opioid Task Force members are submitting periodic columns to keep the community advised of progress on the fight against heroin addiction. This is the first of a two-part column by Oneonta Police Chief Douglas Brenner.
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n the old television series “Dragnet,” Sgt. Joe Friday famously used the line “Just the facts ma’am” when speaking to victims or witnesses of a crime. While iconic for its time, this is one of the most damaging quotes and images for today’s law enforcement. Traditionally, when a crime is
reported, a police department member would get “just the facts,” build a case and arrest the offenders. Problem solved, move on to the next. Well, for certain violations and offenses, that may be the case, but for more complicated problems, nothing is that simple. The opioid crisis is one of those problems that is anything but simple. The current crisis is one of the most deadly drug-related epidemics in modern history. With this crisis come ancillary problems, such as homelessness, petty crime to pay for a habit, infectious diseases, unemployment, increase in emergency medical usage, and deaths, all of which put stress on
the resources of a community. When such stresses exist, the effects generally trickle down to the street level of the everyday police officer. Whether it’s dealing with the homeless addict, the victim of a larceny from a vehicle, the uncapped needles improperly disposed of, overdoses, or a myriad of other related problems, it falls upon the police to handle. With such a complicated problem, a “just the facts” approach to arrest a dealer, arrest a homeless person for trespass, arrest a person for petit larceny from a vehicle is not enough to stop a snowball of crime related to the opioid crisis. One simple economic principle is supply and demand. In the simplest Please See BRENNER, A5
“Just the facts, ma’am,” Sgt. Joe Friday’s often-spoofed line from “Dragnet,” is not always enough in the complicated world of modern law enforcement, says Police Chief Doug Brenner.
LETTERS
All Want Economic Development, But Let’s Look At Energy Alternatives To the Editor: This is in response to Mike Zagata’s Aug. 16-17 column presented on Otsego Now plans to pursue options for natural gas. As usual, Mr. Zagata has submitted a well-crafted piece and posts
his thoughts clearly. He brings forward an important consideration – the longterm planning for all stages of solar energy production. I do take issue with a point though. Energy is needed, but he cannot
simply state that opposition to fossil-fuel solutions is opposition to commercial development. He asks the question about solar panel disposal. I did an Internet search and quickly found reports
of solar panel producers, states and even countries implementing various forms of solar-panel recycling programs. It is also apparent from this cursory search that there is a need for a ro-
Oyaron Means ‘Good Power,’ But Not ‘Hill Of Dreams’ To the Editor: In the history of Hartwick College offered by President Drugovich (in editions of Aug. 30-31) are historical errors that require correcting. For one, there is no evidence that John Christopher Hartwick led or otherwise attended to so-called settler (or American Indian) congregations in the Mohawk Valley. This mistaken notion
is traceable to John Jordan’s 1905 publication of Moravian John Martin Mack’s diary kept on his journey to Onondaga in 1752. Reaching the Mohawk community of Canajoharie, at modern-day Fort Plain, Mack encountered an unnamed minister who, he said, preached to the Indians there in English through an interpreter. For unknown reasons,
HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher
Jordan guessed wrongly that this was Hartwick. It was, in fact, either the Rev. John Ogalvie or his assistant, the Rev. John Jacob Oël, both Anglicans who served as missionaries to the Mohawks at Fort Hunter and Canajoharie beginning about mid-century. In Ogalvie’s own words, he preached to the Indians “by the help of an interpreter.” Another concerns “oyaron,” a name suggested by Oneonta’s Willard Yager. Oyaron does not mean “hill of dreams.” Yager borrowed this term, inventing his own translation, from its only known source, J.N.B. Hewitt, an ethnologist with
the Bureau of America Ethnology. Writing in 1910, Hewitt reported that oyaron was a reference to “good power,” in contrast to orenda, “bad power.” Even so, oyaron, an Iroquoian-language word, possibly Huron or Seneca, contains the root for “bag, pouch, sack.” There is nothing that points to a “hill” or “dreams.” WILLIAM A. STARNA Oneonta William Starna is professor emeritus of Anthropology, SUNY Oneonta. He was the NEH Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at Hartwick College in 2014.
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bust discussion and policy development in the area of solar-panel recycling. Mr. Zagata put forward a simple formula to show how much physical space would be needed to power New York’s energy needs with just solar. He states it would be 400,000 acres that otherwise could be farmland or untouched habitat.
He can certainly argue for the opportunity costs associated with all methods of energy production, but I think it is a misleading oversimplification of the issue, because it is impractical to suggest that going forward solar panels will need to be installed on land cleared solely for that purPlease See LETTER, A6
Delgado’s ‘Former Views’ Don’t Change Very Easily To the Editor: A few years ago, a candidate ran against the honorable Chris Gibson for the congressional seat in the NY-19th District. This candidate moved into the district to qualify for the congressional seat. Well it’s happening again to Congressman Faso. Google “delgado for congress rap lyrics” and you’ll find lots of articles about Mr. Delgado and his former “career.” Mr. Delgado won the
right to run with 22 percent of the primary vote. Given his “former views” of this country and its basic values, it is amazing that he’s being given a chance to be a member of the USA Congress. In my opinion, given these lyrics of “Ad the Voice,” these attitudes do not change very easily. You can paint a leopard a different color, but the spots are still there. BILL GLOCKLER Middlefield
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Siena Poll: Faso Leads Delgado By 5 Points In 19th Editor’s Note: Here is the Aug. 30 press release from the Siena Poll on a poll of the Congressional race in the 19th District, which includes Otsego County. The election is Nov. 6.
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reshman Republican Representative John Faso holds a fivepoint lead over his Democratic opponent Antonio Delgado, 45-40 percent, according to a new Spectrum News/Siena College poll of likely 19th Congressional District voters. Faso has a 37-point negative rating vs. 38 positive; Delgado has a 34 positive, 22 negative rating. “In a district, closely divided be-
tween Republicans and Democrats, freshman incumbent Faso has a real race on his hands as he holds a narrow five-point lead over first-time candidate Delgado. While Delgado has a 13-point lead in Dutchess and Ulster counties, Faso has even bigger leads in both the Southern Tier and Capital Region portions of this sprawling district,” said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.
Delgado has the support of 81 percent of Democrats while Faso has 76 percent of Republicans, although 15 percent of Republicans remain undecided. Independents tilt toward Faso by six points,” he said. “Women favor Delgado and men are strongly in Faso’s camp. Interestingly, voters 55 and older are evenly divided, while those under 55 are solidly behind Faso,” Greenberg said. “Faso has a break-even favorability rating and is unknown to one-quarter of voters. Delgado has 12-point net positive favorability rating but is unknown to 44 percent of voters.
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library
150 Years Ago
The Democracy of the South are now trying to make the Negroes believe that it was the rebels that set them free. They argue thus: The United States Government liberated them only as a military necessity; consequently, if the old masters should insist upon it, they would now be returned to slavery, as the military necessity has ceased; therefore as the masters do not desire their re-enslavement, the Negroes owe their freedom to their former masters! How the tables do turn in this world! That which was denounced by the Democracy as unconditional, unjust, unwise, and barbarous, is now claimed by them as their own great, magnanimous and freedom-loving work! September 1868
125 Years Ago
The Farmers Home Administration (FHA) has approved a $684,000 loan sought by local developers for construction of thirty residential two-bedroom and single bedroom units on River Street in Oneonta. The Oakes Square project has been the subject of a lot of discussion and some very vocal minority opposition since it was initially proposed for the former River Street School site. At public meetings in November 1976, Sixth Ward residents objected to the development plans because, they said, the project would turn into a low-income housing complex. Developers say the Oakes Square apartments are slated to be middle-income residential units accepting tenants with annual salaries between $10,000 and $13,000. Joseph Molinari, spokesman for the project, said neighborhood opposition has dwindled to “almost nothing” since 1976. Three of the projected six buildings should be ready for occupancy before January. Each building will house five apartments. The two-bedroom apartments average 750-square feet of space and rent for $195 a month. One bedroom units are 20 square feet smaller and cost tenants $175 per month. Rental rates are established by the FHA. September 1978
100 Years Ago
D & H Men Injured – George Butts and Harry Buckland Sustain Painful Injuries. Yesterday morning at 3:30 a.m. the Trades ambulance was called to the D. & H. plant to secure George Butts of 50 Academy Street. He had sustained painful injuries to an ankle while at his work in the yards. He was taken to the Fox Hospital and after the injured member had been dressed he was taken to his home, where he will be confined a few days at best. Again, at 10:35 o’clock, the ambulance was called out to convey to the hospital Harry Buckland, who boards at 17 High Street. He had accidentally fallen while at work on an engine and his head came in contact with the door of the fire box, inflicting a serious bruise on the forehead and burning him about the eyes. His injuries are painful, but are not considered to be of a critical character. After his injuries had been dressed he was removed to his boarding house on High Street. September 1918
80 Years Ago
College Fashions – Color comes to the campus in the college clothes for 1938. There are new and intriguing hues and the college girl is going to use them in interesting ways. She will mix them with a lavish hand say those in Manhattan shops who have bought her new clothes. If she chooses a crew-necked sweater and flannel skirt dyed to match in soft “boy blue” she may top it with a plum blue and wine plaid box coat. Or, she may prefer to blend a brown skirt, caramel sweater and rust-colored cardigan. She can add colored socks and a scarf in one of the costume shades and tie her hair with twin ribbon bows on each side – or at the nape of her neck in George Washington fashion. While the sweater and skirt team still is a favorite in eastern women’s colleges, wool frocks and tweed suits are expected to play a role in the campus life of western co-educational schools.
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Catholics and Protestants are represented. Now, Jewish students at Hartwick College and the State University ColSeptember 1893 lege at Oneonta have a liaison as well. At Hartwick, Rabbi Donald Roberts of Temple Beth El was serving as the chaplain, presiding over religious services. But, at his sugDesigners have turned out a few ideas intended to “knock gestion, Christy Deichtman of Schenevus is stepping into the stag line cold.” Among them is a black velvet frock with the role of Chaplain at the schools to influence religious life a “V” décolletage and a wide sweeping skirt made over a at the grassroots level. Her purpose, she said, is “to be there hooped petticoat of American beauty taffeta. for students to have a Jewish presence on campus.” SUCO September 1938 already has a Jewish student organization. At Hartwick, Deichtman plans to start a Hillel group – a religious organization – for the school’s Jewish students, a number she Oneonta’s war memorial will be located on the post estimates at fewer than 100. office lawn where it will be seen daily by the thousands September 1998 who pass by. The site was agreed upon by the committee of three designated by Oneonta War Memorial Committee to pick the location. The three are Commander Sherman J. More than 75 people attended a forum in the Waterfront Stone, of Col. Walter Scott Camp, of United Spanish War Café of the Hunt College Union to hear incoming SUCO Veterans, Commander George R. Mills, of Sgt. Elbert N. President Nancy Kleniewski paint a bright picture of the Patten Post 1206, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Command- college’s future. Kleniewski took over the college reins er Stewart Vroman, Jr., of American Legion Post 259. Fund from Alan Donovan who retired in July. The long effort contributions for the memorial now total $289 counting of the State University College at Oneonta to become a weekend gifts of $48. The site for the “eternal light” monu- “college of choice” is paying off, she said. The college had ment will be between the new driveway for the post office more than 12,500 applicants for the 1,000 freshman seats. and the lawn of the First Presbyterian Church. September 2008 September 1958
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‘Just The Facts’ Not Enough there still a demand? BRENNER/From A4 Has the end user, the terms this means that if there person struggling with is a demand, there will be a supply. That principle can be addiction, the homeless applied to a law-enforcement person, the one committing the petty crime to feed a philosophy in the area of habit, still there, still creatillegal drugs – and espeing a demand? Those cially in relation to answers are yes. the current opioid Have we truly crisis. solved anything if Traditionally, supply returns to “just the facts” are meet the demand? collected and a This answer is a case built against resounding no. the dealer/ supplier. Without addressing Undercover purchases, witnesses, Chief Brenner the demand, we have only redirected the wire taps, etc. are all used to build the case and supply. Now, as exemplified by the opioid crisis, demand arrest the dealer. Funds and must be addressed by law property are confiscated, enforcement to stem the tide offenders put in jail, and of supply thus helping the a case is built to climb the next level up the drug dealer individual user, the homeless chain. This is repeated until user, the unemployed addict and stop the petty crimes. the chain is taken down and the sources are eliminated. Part II of Chief Brenner’s Police departments tradianalysis of how a modern tionally figure that their job police department must reis done when they have used spond to challenges like the “just the facts” to catch the heroin epidemic, will appear dealer and maybe the supin next week’s edition. plier. But looking deeper, is
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ver since the last were both called populists. And historically, we’ve had presidential election the words “populeft-wing populists like Huey list” and “populism” have Long, and right-wing populists like George Wallace. been widely bandied about, mostly as pejorative terms. It is the corrupt elites, A populist politipopulists argue, cian, we often hear, who are to blame is a demagogue for the insecurities who wins votes and troubles of the by inflaming the middle-class. If resentments and you’ve lost your emotions of ordijob, are over your nary people at the head in debt, can’t expense of rational pay your bills, thought. Those don’t have adwho fall prey to equate health care, ADRIAN populism are no lack a decent pen- Populism has brought forth candidates from the KUZMINSKI left, like Huey Long, and the right, like George more to be trusted, sion and feel that Wallace. critics suggest, your values are than the politicians said to being undermined, populists tyranny of the one percent, inability to get at the root of manipulate them. say, it’s because of them. not the welfare of the 99 the problems which they try It’s a curious feature of The elitist agenda, they percent. to leverage for votes. populism that it defies the say, is what drives inequaliIt doesn’t require a demaIt’s telling that politicians normal left-right political ty, including the outsourcing gogue to convince people accused of populism today spectrum. These days we of jobs, corporate globaliza- that these are real problems, don’t call themselves popuhave left-wing and righttion, union-busting, deregu- not paranoid fears. The lists, as well they shouldn’t. wing populists. lation and the machinations trouble with modern leftThey’re faux-populists who In the last election, Bernie of the deep state. All this, and right-wing demagogues stop short of challenging Sanders and Donald Trump in their view, represents the is their unwillingness or Please See KUZMINSKI, A6
Don’t Trade Due Process For Politics. For Now, Devlin Is Only Choice EDITORIAL/From A4 Clark, R-Otego, former county board chair – and a tough-minded and determined one – in engineering her husband, Bob Fernandez’s, challenge to Devlin after Fernandez’s retirement from the state police. In New York State, the sheriff’s position – as with county clerk – is a constitutional office, filled by election, not appointment by a county board. There’s good reason for ensuring a sheriff’s independence: to keep law enforcement and politics separate. Clark championing of her husband sought to breach that sensible divide. Further problematic was the engineering of Fernandez’s Democratic endorsement. It grew out of a longtime personal friendship between Kathy Clark and Oneonta’s former Democratic mayor, Kim
Muller, who for the time being is county Democratic chair. (She expects to step down when the county committee meets in early October.) There’s no secret. Both acknowledge close ties between their families going back decades, when their children played in the same soccer league. Still, as you can imagine, the Fernandez endorsement has caused a rift among the Democratic rank and file. • For his part, Devlin has argued he didn’t trust the county board, under Kathy Clark’s chairmanship, to fairly investigate his son. To his credit, when David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Middlefield, succeeded Clark this past Jan. 3, Devlin then reached out to Bliss, and in March agreed to recuse himself, allowing the board chair to order a medical examination of the son to
determine if he is fit to continue as a jail guard. The good news is: A process is in place. In interview this week, Bliss said the medical examination by a downstate physician who specializes in matters involving law-enforcement personnel is expected by mid-month. Once the report is submitted, Bliss, in consultation with the county’s personnel lawyers and County Attorney Ellen Coccoma will decide on an appropriate course of action. He said he will keep county reps advised of developments and welcome inputs. If the decision is made to discipline Ros Devlin, “the officer still has rights,” the board chair said. The younger Devlin could challenge any decision in court. Meanwhile, he will remain off the job without pay. The bad news, from the per-
spective if the electorate, it’s unlikely the situation will be resolved before the Nov. 6 general election, Bliss said. • All this matters right now because the first match-up between Devlin and Fernandez comes Thursday, Sept. 13, in a local Republican primary. (That’s Thursday, not Tuesday, which is 9/11 and Rosh Hashanah.) The polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. across Otsego County for registered Republicans. The vote will not necessarily settle anything. If Devlin, endorsed by the Republican county committee last March, wins, Fernandez has the Democratic county committee endorsement; he will appear on the Nov. 6 general election ballot anyhow. If Fernandez were to win the Republican primary, Devlin
would still appear on three lines – Conservative, Independent and Reform – on the November ballot. • The world is an imperfect place, as we know from our lives and experiences. We often have to choose between imperfect options, and this is one of those cases. Yet, on the one hand, there is due process, independent of Sheriff Devlin’s control, that we can hope will resolve thinking people’s concerns – either clearing Ros Devlin, or removing him from his position permanently. On the other hand, there is no due process, only cronyism and the potential that an alliance between husband and wife will inject politics into law enforcement. For now, the only option is to vote for due process. For the time being, that option is Richard J. Devlin Jr.
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The Greater Oneonta Historical Society is planning an opening reception 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, for “Oneonta Photographers, 1850-1930,” featuring eight successful Oneonta photographers of the turn of the 20th century, including this image by Leslie Curtis, who ran a studio from 1894 to 1910 at 269 Main St. Retired NYSHA library director Wayne Wright, one of this exhibit’s curators, said this Curtis image was probably taken in 1902 during street reconstruction. Curtis was looking east from the vicinity of today’s Masonic Temple at Grand Avenue and Main. The former St. Mary’s Catholic Church is on the right side of the photo; the church in the middle is Main Street Baptist.
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Energy Woes Require 21st Century Solutions To the Editor: On Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Town Board meeting in Oneonta, Otsego Now president Jody Zakrevsky failed to explain exactly what the IDA and NYSEG plan to build with $17 million. Whatever it is, it is supposed fix a problem the college has had for up to four days mid-winter the last few years. A similar plant at Manheim, which could probably manage 100 trucks a day, cost about $12.5 million. The initial discussion was for gas to satisfy winter shortfalls at a few large users, but NYSEG has said they would grow this to 25 percent or more of current gas supply – that could be 25-50 trucks a day. There would be loads of traffic, loads of stink and plenty of noise. The vehicles can carry close to 500,000 cubic feet of gas each. And one compressed-gas company, XNG, has had a bad habit of flipping trucks over into ditches. Whether the facility would handle 20 trucks a day, or 90,
it represents the wrong direction for Oneonta, and the planet. What has failed to happen – as acknowledged by the IDA and town board - is any rational planning for growth. Most of the time, 60 percent of Oneonta’s current pipe capacity gets used. A few days a year, the NYSEG line may be short a few percent of the gas the college needs. No one sits in the cold: the big gas users may have to run diesel. They are unhappy because fuel oil costs more than gas and they want us to fix it. It is essential that Oneonta citizens, the board, and local energy experts, come up with ways to cutting energy use by a few percent. Big users, like SUNY O which is pulling 20 percent from this pipe, need to do their share, too. The college’s enrollment hasn’t changed much, but their physical and fossil-fuel footprints continue to grow. We are here because rhetoric about renewable energy that is not backed by significant reduction in fossil fuel
demand, whether it comes from the college or the town or the state, does not cut it. If this project moves forward, local NYSEG rate-payers will finance it. We can’t yet define its environmental, health and life-quality impacts, but Oneonta residents and people in Pennsylvania will be paying those. This looks like a redistribution of the cost of fixing a problem from the ones who want the gas to the local population. SUNY Oneonta is clearly not considering how this will look to prospective students: “College pushes ‘bomb trucks’ and decompression plant despite public outrage”. The easy answer is not always the right answer, and that is frustrating. But we have an opportunity, and I hope, the will, to do better than this. We need a 21st century solution to our problems. Are big users, the town, and IDA willing to work to find one? DAN HIGGINS Oneonta
‘No Gas, No Way Crowd’ Keeping Jobs From Upstate To the Editor: Mike Zagata’s column and Jody Zakrevsky’s op-ed last week delivered a nice one/two punch to the “no gas, no way, keep-it-inthe-ground” crowd that is ideologically tethered to an anti-carbon agenda. Mr. Zagata, the former DEC commissioner, wrote from an environmental/scientific point of view. He spoke of the universality of carbon dioxide in nature, industry and modern life. In a series of questions, he exposed the hypocrisy of protesters who single out fossil fuels, particularly gas, without acknowledging the benefits enjoyed by the protesters themselves. All forms of energy have their downsides, a fact that the protesters rarely acknowledge or may even know. Mr. Zakrevsky of Otsego Now, Otsego County’s one-stop shop for economic development, listed the real effects of local obstructionist actions against gas. Almost 500 local jobs have been lost due to the unavailability of affordable energy. That’s just from two firms looking to relocate/expand in Oneonta. He noted several local small businesses that banded together for expanded pipeline capac-
ity. They’re looking for gas. Un-mandated, un-subsidized, market-priced, cheap energy GAS! Mr. Zakrevsky is not alone in his economic analysis. His predecessor, Sandy Mathes, addressing the Otego Town Board early in his tenure, noted the two main factors businesses look for in expansion – good infrastructure and cheap energy. Mr. Mathes expanded on this theme in Schenevus while addressing the Maryland Town Board, preparing a site to be marketed as a distribution center. He added “shovel ready” permitting to infrastructure and, during the Q&A, added PILOT tax relief and cheap energy as necessary elements to counterbalance New York State’s high taxes and regulations. Again, GAS! So we’re two for two for gas with our county economic leaders. Last week’s headline for Mr. Zakrevsky’s op-ed sums it up neatly. “No Natural Gas = No Jobs.” Amen to that. In the meantime, the “No Gas = No Jobs” regime continues. There are consequences. When school opened last week, Unatego Central had 762 students, down about 60 from the
previous year. Twenty years ago, the enrollment was 1,471. As Governor Cuomo and the protesters shut the valve on gas, young families continue to move, looking for work and opportunity. As Mr. Zakrevsky observed, each job lost is, potentially, one less family in our area. Perhaps Governor Cuomo and the protesters look for salvation in the form of 800 megawatts of wind turbines in Long Island Sound. Problem: that energy’s not here. It’s not now. When built, the electricity goes to NYC and Long Island. However, thanks to the Public Service Commission (PSC), 53 percent of the bill comes Upstate. The PSC’s Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credits support the project and the PSC states that, “every state electric utility or load serving entity SHALL (emphasis mine) contribute to the project.” That’s you, folks. You’re paying the bill. It’s a tax, but your local utility in the collector. But in the long run, it’s good, right? Wrong! If you want a full picture of what is in store for New York State, look at present-day Germany. The Governor is following the German policy of
KUZMINSKI/From A1 stop short of challenging the status quo of continuing inequality. Some history might be useful here. It’s largely forgotten that there was a vibrant populist movement in 19th century America. It was represented first by the Farmers Alliance after the Civil War, and then by the People’s party in the 1890s. The People’s Party candidate for president in 1892, James B. Weaver, got over a million votes and carried four states. Over 40 populists were elected to Congress in the 1890s, including six United States senators, along with numerous governors and mayors. Today such a populist wave would be totally shocking, which is a measure of how narrow our political options have become. The classic 19th century American populists were the last serious political movement in this country to defy the duopoly of the two major parties and lock-step leftright thinking. Their defeat in the 1890s by their better-funded and organized opponents ensured that the issues they tried to raise would henceforth be excluded from national political debate – as indeed they have been down to the present day. What were those issues? Classic populists – unlike their modern faux-populist successors – rejected the two options that even then defined American political discourse: corporate capitalism and state socialism. Corporate capitalism consolidates economic and political power into giant top-down structures controlled by a handful of rich investors and executives. State socialism consolidates economic and political power into giant top-down structures controlled by a handful of politicians and bureaucrats. You see the similarity. Classic populists rejected both socialism and capitalism as tyrannical absolutist ideologies. Instead they tried to balance the need for collective action with individual freedom. They sought to maximize equality by making sure that private property was widely
energiewende, a full-scale prioritization of renewable energy. After spending over 100 billion euros, GerAdrian Kuzminski, retired man energy is still primarily Hartwick College philosofossil fuels (79 percent) with phy professor and Sustainrenewables (15 percent), able Otsego moderator, lives and nuclear (5 percent). in Fly Creek. One kwh of electricity costs about the American equivalent of 48 cents. NYSEG charges about 12 cents. There has been no reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, in fact, a rise of 2 percent. See a problem here? So, if cheap energy is a prerequisite for job creation, James Benjamin 607-432-2022 my advice to the young is grab your Googlemaps and 22-26 Watkins Avenue, Oneonta punch in Texas, TenneesMonday through Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm see, or . . . Pennsylvania. The difference between the Southern Tier of NYS and the Northern Tier of Pennsyvania tells it all. Over the last seven years the eight Sept. 8 & 9 - 9 am-6 pm New York counties of the 152 Gersoni Rd. , Oneonta (I-88 off Exit 17) Southern Tier have had a rise in their GDP in their Furniture, dining room set, vintage radio, vintage bedroom manufacturing sector of 1.5 set, secretary, tools, JD lawn tractor w/mower deck and snow percent. The seven counties blower, generator, tools, nail gun, instant hot propane water of Pennsylvania’s Northern heater(new), 4 tires on American muscle rims - less than 300 Tier have seen a rise of 24 miles, clothing and many other items. Complete self-contained percent, 16 times their sister stainless hot dog /vendor cart with commercial griddle, steam counties directly across the table, etc., used 3 weeks. No early birds. border. Again, Pennsylvania has ·· gas. New York has “No Natural Gas = No Jobs.” DICK DOWNEY Otego
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Candidate At L.A. Training Conference On Energy Options LETTER/From A4 pose. Mr. Zagata brought forward other ideas as well, but maybe another day to discuss those. In conclusion, I am running to be our next representative in the state Assembly. This is an issue that requires immediate and sustained attention. I believe that our energy future is not dependent on the continuation of fossil fuels, but rather our immedi-
ate future is a transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources, and that our long-range energy plan will be in renewable production sources. In order to be an effective representative on this issue, I am attending the Climate Reality Project’s Leadership Training in Los Angeles this week. I will receive three days of training on the issues related to climate change and how we can shift toward renew-
distributed, and that concentrations of economic power were highly regulated, if not eliminated. They wereadvocates of small, independent producers: farmers, artisans, fabricators and generally owners of moderate-scale, local, independent enterprises. They aimed to relocalize democratic government in the decentralized Jeffersonian tradition of home rule. You can have genuine free markets and real democracy, they argued, only when citizens enjoy individual economic security as independent owners of productive property, and can practice meaningful local democracy. Classical populists weren’t led by demagogues – who flourish in modern, impersonal, mass politics – but by a variety of grassroots activists (as we would say today) who focused on the issues then crucial to economic and political independence, especially the regulation and decentralization of corporate power (especially in government, finance, transportation, and communications). They advocated public banking as a way of redistributing capital to individuals and small businesses by allowing easy public access to credit at low interest rates. (More about populism can be found in my book, “Fixing the System: A History of Populism Ancient & Modern,”available at amazon.com.) The politicians who try to exploit populist concerns today aren’t really populists. They’re usually left-wing state socialists (Bernie Sanders) or right-wing corporate capitalists (Donald Trump). They advocate more big socialism or more big capitalism to solve our problems. But neither socialism nor capitalism is likely to produce the kind of individual economic and political freedom the original populists envisioned. The problems they raised are with us more than ever. Maybe it’s time to take their solutions seriously.
able energy. I understand Mr. Zagata, and others, may oppose some of the actions and ideas of this organization, which is why I will share what I learn and engage them. I hope that by doing so we can work together toward an energy future that protects our environment and supports our economy. DAN BUTTERMANN Oneonta
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‘Bomb Truck’ Crusade Grew Out Of Frack Fight Surrounded by computers and camera equipment, Bill Huston tracks the “virtual pipeline” through Otsego County from his home in Dimmock, Pa., the center of Northeastern Pennsylvania fracking.
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HUSTON/From A1 a wealth of curated data to inform the public. “I’m very lucky in that I guess I’m kind of known as the go-to guy right now,” Huston said in an interview at his rural home in Northeastern Pennsylvania, surrounded by computer and camera equipment. Every few minutes, a fracking truck would roar by. Born and raised in southern New Jersey, family tiers brought him to New York’s Southern Tier. “My father was from Waverly, New York, and my mother was from Sayre, Pennsylvania,” he said. Huston attended a twoyear junior college in Dallas, and became a computer programmer after graduation. After living in several places across the country, Huston gravitated to the Binghamton area. His intense interest in the “virtual pipeline” – “bomb trucks,” he calls them – that sends 80 XNG trucks back and forth through Otsego County daily grew out of his opposition to fracking. Fracking – hydraulic fracturing to free natural gas from shale – is underway in
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Northeastern Pennsylvania, although it was banned in New York State. “I didn’t get into the fracking fight until 2010,” said Huston, who calls himself director of the Stop the Bomb Trucks Coalition. “I have a lot of talents, but the talent that I was contributing was videography.” For six years, the man and his camera could be seen at almost every town hall meeting where fracking was being discussed. He also interviewed several prominent figures in the local fight against natural gas drilling, including Cooperstown’s Lou Allstadt and Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham. Then, in 2017, he had his first encounter with an Xpress Natural Gas truck. “I was sitting behind this box truck, and I look up and I see a HAZMAT symbol,” said Huston. “I looked at that thing, and to me, I thought that was so odd to see a box truck with HAZMAT 1971.” He Googled the code on the sign, and it came back: compressed natural gas.” From that moment on, Huston began researching the compressed natural gas
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trucks, gathering as much data on them as possible. He keeps an online log of all of the information that he collects in an online spreadsheet. According to Huston, XNG mainly uses three different trailers, and he has a wealth of information about each one: Loaded weight, unloaded weight, carrying capacity, height, width, even potential energy of the gas in gigajoules (a measure in the industry) for each trailer used by XNG, all laid out in an online spreadsheet for the public to observe. For those interested, the url for the spreadsheet is www.tinyurl.com/type4trailers. Huston seems to always have his ear to the ground in regards to natural gas. When an XNG truck rolled over in the Town of Hartwick last year, Huston was on scene within hours taking pictures of the accident. He credits an intricate web of insider informants who tip him off. “I have some confidential sources that clue me in,” he said. “Let’s just say that I have some friends that work in the New York State first responder community, and I have a source that has
tipped me off about two of these (incidents) now.” As a leader in the antinatural-gas movement, Huston has faced scrutiny from opposing camps. But one of his most controversial moves came when Huston began calling the compressed natural gas trucks “bomb trucks.” Thankfully, no XNG rig has exploded yet, but he calculates that one trailer carries the explosive equivalent of 120 tons of TNT. According to Huston, he has received a great deal of backlash from both sides for using the term “bomb truck” to describe the XNG trucks. “The term ‘bomb truck’ is scientifically valid. It is completely valid,” said Huston. “So why don’t people like the term bomb trucks? Because it’s so shocking. It is so shocking to them to hear it called that.” Huston is currently travelling around New York State, holding seminars to educate people about the potential dangers of the XNG trucks that he studies. Huston held an event at the Foothill’s Performing Arts Center on Wednesday Sept. 5 with fellow researcher Craig Stevens.
OK/From A1 In past years, the Cooperstown Rotary Club volunteered to staff the event, with the chamber agreeing to make a significant donation to the club. This year, Rotary opted not to send volunteers to staff the event, leaving Hazzard without volunteers just weeks before the event. Lacking a locked-in force of volunteers, the Village Board declined to approve the event at its Aug. 27 meeting. “I’d like to know that this event will be adequately staffed before I vote to approve it,” Trustee Richard Sternberg said at the time. With United Way stepping up to staff the event, the trustees will likely vote when they next meet on Sept. 20, just a couple of weeks weeks before the event, scheduled for Oct. 6. But Hazzard explained that it’s business as usual for the chamber, saying that the change in volunteer groups hasn’t caused any major issues for them. “We’re going forward as usual,” said Hazzard. “Cooptoberfest has become the biggest community event of the year outside of Induction Weekend, and we just want to make sure that it follows through accordingly.” According to United Way Executive Director Kim Lorraine, state Volunteer Generation Fund is fueling the participation. “It’s very exciting. We were one of only 11 organizations to be awarded the grant.” Thinking of Remodeling? Think of Refinancing!
The grant pays out $70,000 per year for three years, with the goal of increasing volunteer work in the area. “Our job with that grant is to reach out to schools and businesses and encourage volunteerism and to make volunteerism in our area easier for people,” said Lorraine. Cooperstown Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk expressed support for the new arrangement. “The Board of Trustees wanted to ensure adequate resources for a safe, funfilled event for all involved,” she said. “The village is pleased the Chamber of Commerce will be partnering with United Way and looks forward to finalizing plans in the near future.” The United Way will be helping the chamber fill 34 vacant two-hour volunteer slots, but as Hazzard explained, the chamber is always looking for more volunteers. “If there is any one in the community that wants to come out and volunteer at Cooptoberfest, we will always welcome that,” said Hazzard. This year’s event will run in partnership with a new event, Eat Drink Cooperstown, which will showcase a wide selection of the area’s best food and drinks. The new event is being organized by Townsquare Media, and will be promoted heavily on the media company’s 11 local radio stations.
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For $5 at last year’s Grand & Glorious, Oneonta’s Roman Matsuka found a newspaper’s front page reporting on the end of World War II in Europe. Similar gems will no doubt be available thie weekend.
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Cathy Rothenberger leads off the Rothenberger Road to Recovery Run in honor of her son, Lucas.
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Rose Elizabeth Hillsinger, daughter of Lucas Rothenberger, wears a race shirt with “I Run 4 Daddy” written on the sleeve. Mom, Sam Wahl, Oneonta, ran beside her.
organization’s Recovery Run, now in its second year, in honor of his son. Dale and his wife, Cathy, the former county representatives, took on Lucas as a foster child when he was just over a year old, then adopted him. The 5K run, which drew 327 runners on Saturday, Sept. 1, raised $14,000 for FORD-DO’s Move a Muscle, Change a Thought programs. “We offer free physical fitness classes to people in recovery, a bike-lending program and the Phoenix Athletic Club,” said Ben Riker, a peer counselor with the organization. “After Lucas’ death, we asked that, in lieu of flowers, people donate to that organization,” said Dale. Please See LUCAS, B3
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ose Hillsinger wrote her father’s name on the sleeve of her race jersey. “I Run For Daddy.” Daddy was Lucas Rothenberger, who died at age 28 last September after using tainted heroin. “She was his everything,” said Lucas’ father, Dale, the Hartwick College swim coach. “He was a good dad, even with his issues.” The father worked with FORDDO – the Friends of Recovery for Delaware & Otsego – to name the
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Retired OHS teacher Aleda Koehn has no plans to retire from running races.
ou’re never too old to take up a new hobby. “I was in my 60s when I did my first Pit Run,” said Aleda Koehn. “Norma Lee Havens suggested we enter the 10K, and about an hour in, we were winning, and I thought, ‘I can do this.’” She took second place that year. Now 80, the retired Oneonta High
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ust because school is back in session doesn’t mean there’s no fun left to be had! Otsego County offers plenty to do as fall settles in, from music to art to antique tractors and more. • It’s grand! It’s glorious! It’s the Grand & Glorious Garage Sale and it absolutely lives up to its name, with a whole street of great bargains. Savor a “walking taco,” enjoy music by the Community Concert Band and pick up something you didn’t LIBBY know you needed! 9 CUDMORE a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Main Street, Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-6060. • And if the color of that wasn’t enough, the annual Colorscapes Arts Festival fills downtown Norwich with arts, crafts, music and dance. Free admission, rain or shine. SaturdaySunday, Sept. 8-9, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Downtown Norwich. Info, (607) 336-3378. • Not enough art for you? The opening reception for “Elizabeth Schula Watership,” featuring over 30 works in various mediums, illuminating her passion for the natural world. 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, The Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. (607) 264-9530. • Tom Morgan brings his “Tales to the Empire” to the Fenimore Art Museum, telling the story of the Morgan family, former owners of The Empire Hotel in Gilbertsville. Adapted from autobiographical stories in newspaper columns, radio show “Moneytalk.” 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, Auditorium, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1400.
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LEADERSHIP ACADEMY – 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Forum for leaders in Emergency Medical Services. Discuss issues affecting EMS agency systems, personnel. Cost, $100, Marist College, 3399 N. Road, Poughkeepsie. 845-883-7260. WASTE COLLECTION – 8 a.m. - Noon. Free collection of hazardous wastes for Otsego County residents. Drop off paints, pesticides, solvents, more. No pharmaceuticals, electronics. Unadilla Highway department, 216 Co. Hwy. 3, Unadilla. 607-547-4225.
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. BUSINESS WASTE – 2 - 4 p.m. Otsego Co. Businesses bring hazardous wastes for disposal. Pre-registration required. The Meadows Office Complex, Cooperstown. 607547-4225. OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 7 p.m. Solo exhibit “ELIZABETH SCHULA WATERSHIP” features over 30 works in various mediums illuminating
her passion for natural world. The Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. 607264-9530. MEET & GREET – 5 - 7 p.m. Mingle with students, alumni, professors from Cooperstown Graduate Program. Enjoy refreshments, talk by Jim Havener, book store owner and CGP graduate, on books, collections, how CGP has shaped his career path. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. 607-4338898. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy piano stylings of
Mark Lubell. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” Cost, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. . GAME NIGHT – 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Families hang out, play games together. Cost/guest accompanied by member, $8. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-4320010. FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Showing “The Great Debaters” (2007). First in Discrimination Matters film series.
Open discussion to follow. Free, open to public. Light snacks available, or bring your own. Waterfront Room, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta. FLEETWOOD MAC – 7 p.m. Performance by Tusk, Fleetwood Mac Tribute band, performing their greatest hits. Cost, $35 in front half of theater. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607431-2080. THEATER – 7 p.m. Performance by Tom Morgan “Tales from the Empire” telling story of Morgan family, former own-
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WASTE COLLECTION – 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Otsego Co. residents drop off household hazardous waste, free. Accepted items include paints, pesticides, automotive batteries, fluorescent bulbs, electronics, expired pharmaceuticals, more. The Meadows Complex, 140 Co. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown. 607547-4225. GARAGE SALE – 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 40th annual Grand And Glorious Garage Sale features about 100 local sellers with everything from fine art, antiques, electronics, more takes over Main St., Oneonta. 607-431-6060. BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m. Cooperstown residents have clean/returnable bottles, cans on curb or visible from street. Support Cooperstown Boy Scouts. Drop-off bin at Major League Motor Inn, 6156 NY-28, Fly Creek. Chris Doucas at 607-267-1103. CARS & COFFEE – 9 - 11 a.m. Join gearheads for relaxed display of multi-brand, period cars. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. 607-547-9692. HERO RUN/WALK – 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Memorial run/ walk for heroes who lost their lives on 9/11, & honoring heroes who are continuing to servel. Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Company., 832 Co. Hwy. 26, Fly Creek. COLORSCAPES FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Juried exhibition of arts, crafts in interactive fest featuring demonstration, literature, dance, music, more. Rain or Shine, free admission. Downtown Norwich. 607-336-3378. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 4
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Even At 80, Aleda Koehn Looks Forward To Future 5Ks ALEDA/From B1 when she was 65. “I was visiting friends and we thought it would be fun,” she said. “I came in first in the over-60 category.” The wins kept coming. She took first place in the 65-69 category in 2003 in the Pit Run and in the 70+ in 2010 and 2011. “I went to hang one plaque on the wall and found two more!” she said. “And I lost count of all my medals.” At 72, she set a Pit Run 10K record for her age group, 1:10:36. Though she hadn’t been active in sports previously, she did have some inspiration from her family – her father, Gustav Janson, went to the national Senior Olympic games for speed-walking in his late 80s and early 90s. “I was totally unathletic,” she said. “But that might be why I’ve lasted this long. I didn’t put all my knees in one basket and over-train! I like to save it for race day.” Through her 70s, she mostly ran the races and trained five days a week, Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life sometimes on the treadmill at FoxCare Aleda Koehn runs with granddaughters Dana and Fitness, other times on the Pit Run Holly Lehr.
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course. “I would run up the hills and walk down to save my knees,” she said. “I’d do the whole loop.” At one 10K, she found herself behind her doctor, Michael Levenstein. “I passed him going downhill!” she said. “Whenever I had an appointment, we’d talk about the races.” But these days, she jogs and walks in the 5K, and as such, keeps a very light training regimen. “I like to go to Wilber Park and do the loop,” she said. “It’s mostly shaded, and it’s not totally flat. Sometimes I’ll jog the whole thing, other times, I’ll just walk.” She also credits yard work as a fitness routine. “You can’t over-train,”
she cautions. “Otherwise, you end up with leg problems.” But she stresses that being older doesn’t mean you should be a couch potato. “Even if you don’t exercise a lot, if you do a little bit where you’re straining, just to build up your heart rate,” she said. “Even if you have to walk, finish the race.” She’s not alone on the course. Her daughter, Karin, brings her daughters Dana and Holly, along with their brothers, Nick and Christian and her husband, Dick, as well as cousins, nieces and nephews. And she’s inspired others to join her on the road. “My sister, Karen DiPietro, had never run a day in her life,” she said. “She came to visit in 2016, and decided to run the Pit Run with me. There were only three in our age category, so she went home with a third prize medal! This year, she’s been practicing.” On race day, she abides by one rule. “I don’t look back,” she said. “Don’t worry about doing well, just do as well as you can. And if your times get longer, who cares? It’s just nice to be with everyone,”
Son’s Death Inspired Rothenbergers To Develop Recovery Run To Help Others LUCAS/From B1 “We wanted to do something for the young people in this community and to help other parents avoid the situation we’re in now.” The Hartwick swim team made a donation as well and, in all, $6,000 went to FORD-DO. “We wanted to say thank you,” said Riker. “We
thought naming it in memory of Luke would be a good way.” “It fell close to the one-year anniversary of his death,” said the father. “It’s a healthy activity over Labor Day weekend, and marks a year of remembrance.” FORD-DO launched the Recovery Run last year, and
this year, named it in Lucas’ memory. “I only met Luke a couple of times, but he was a sweet guy,” said Riker. “He always had a smile on his face.” But with the Rothenbergers involved, the size and scope of the race took off. Runners were encouraged to write the names of loved ones they were running for on the sleeves of their jerseys – as did Rose. “Luke is cherished,” the father said. “He’s there with us. This is a way of honoring him.” The swim coach is also an active runner, and has participated in several Bos-
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Cathy and Dale Rothenberger pose with a photo of their son, Luke, whose death inspired the Road To Recovery Run.
ton Marathons. “Lucas was a good swimmer, he played pee-wee football, basketball at the Boys and Girls Club,” he said. “And we would to see the Eagles, the Phillies and the Celtics play. Those were some really cherished memories.” The father remembers his son as a man who loved animals and took care of his friends. “Lucas was so loving,” he said. “He was a happy kid, just so happy with life, but he was always torn. He couldn’t figure out why his parents didn’t want him. There were pieces missing.” The Hartwick swimmers
were all volunteering at the race, as were members of college’s soccer, hockey and cross-country teams. Rothenberger hoped that the race would raise awareness about FOR-DO programs, including Turning Point outreach centers in Oneonta and Delhi, as well as Club Odyssey and the Oneonta Teen Center, which offer drug-free recreation opportunities for teens and young adults. “I want people to know that if you lose control, there are people around to help,” he said. “There are resources, and FORD-DO is just one of them.”
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ANTIQUE ENGINES – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 35th annual Antique Engine Jamboree features various powered vehicles from old tractors, to doodlebugs, to steam engines, more. Included with regular admission. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. 607-2785744. HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, and hops. See Friday Listing. THEATER – Noon. “A Case For Eviction” follow struggle of Frank, Dora to evict temporary resident from guest room. Leatherstocking Stage, The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 3:30 p.m. Join writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980. BOOK SIGNING – 2 p.m. Reading by Vivian Peters, author “OOPS! Tales From A Sexpert,” former Planned Parenthood educator. Followed by Q&A, signing. Green Toad Book Store, 198 Main St., Oneonta. 607-433-8898. VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. Tour showcasing three performances by Templeton Players
on struggle for Women’s Rights. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. AFTERNOON POETRY – 3 p.m. The Barn welcomes back writers to share Poetry this summer. Windfall Dutch Barn, 2009 Clinton Road. Cherry Valley. 518-993-2239. RODEO – 4 - 11 p.m. Support hometown baseball team at Saturday Night Showdown. Pre-rodeo features games, food, music. Rodeo kicks off at 7, followed at 9 by party with music, cash bar, snacks. Tickets, $20/adult. Available at SFCU locations, ISD, The Shipping Room, or Online. Oneonta Outlaws, Damaschke Field, 15 James Georgeson Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-6326. DINNER – 5 - 9 p.m. Evening with Otsego County Democratic Party featuring special guest Antonio Delgado, NY19 Congressional Candidate. VIP admission, $125. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” See Friday Listing. MUSIC – 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Presenting “The Rubber Band: Laissez les bon temps Rouler.” Bring your dance
shoes, enjoy Cajun Zydeco music. Bring summer to a close. The Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. 607264-3080. MUSIC – 8 - 10 p.m. Performance by Lazy II. Cover charge, $5. Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-0494.
►Sunday, Sept. 9
BENEFIT BIKE RIDE – 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Multi-distance bike ride for cyclists of all ages, abilities to promote safe streets for everyone. Richfield Central School, 93 W. Main St., Richfield Springs. 607547-8881. COLORSCAPES FESTIVAL – 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Juried exhibition of arts, fine crafts in interactive atmosphere featuring demonstration, literature, dance, music, more. Rain or Shine, free admission. Downtown Norwich. 607-3363378. HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops. See Friday Listing. THEATER – Noon. See the “Box and Cox Trunk Show” featuring the best performers in the region. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. FILM SCREENING – 1, 6:30 & 9 p.m. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” See Friday
Listing. GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried, tested gardening tips. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450. ANTI-RENT WAR – 2 p.m. Enjoy performances by Templeton Players depicting Anti-Rent Movement. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark LubellSee Friday Listing
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EXHIBIT OPENING – Noon. Learn about “Oneonta Photographers - 1850-1930” curated by Wayne Wright. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-4320960. LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 12:30 - 3 p.m. Free, interactive, 7 week workshop to help bassett patients living with chronic conditions like diabetes, breathing problems, depression, more get support from peers, learn coping skills, communicate with family/friends/medical professionals, set goals, more. Clark Sports Center Cooperstown. 607-547-3456. OPEN PLAY – 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. Tinker with 3-D printing. Highlight, using your logo in a #D print. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St.,
Oneonta. 607-432-1980. TAI CHI – 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Eight week course for adults aged 60+. May increase flexibility for those with Arthritis, prevent falls in elderly. Twice/week, thru 10/31. Free, registration required. Unitarian Universalist Soceity of Oneonta. 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-547-4232. LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 5 - 7:30 p.m. Free, interactive, 7 week workshop to help bassett patients living with chronic conditions like diabetes, breathing problems, depression, more get support from peers, learn coping skills, communicate with family/friends/medical professionals, set goals, more. FoxCare Center, Oneonta. 607-547-3456. PUBLIC SPEAKING – 5:30 p.m. Practice public speaking with the toastmasters. All welcome. The White House Building, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1466 or e-mail b.fischer@fenimoreart.org. PAINTING WORKSHOP – 6 - 8 p.m. 4 session class building from simple sketches, basic forms, to full watercolor painting with David Kiehm. Bring your own materials. Cost, $95/non-member. Cooperstown Art Association. 607-547-9777. GARDEN TOUR – 6 p.m.
Learn about the gardens, how they have evolved over time, what flowering plants live there. Brookwood Point, 6000 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607-547-2236. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing. FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing, live model. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12/class. Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-435-8718. GARDEN CLUB – 7 p.m. Learn tips & tricks to prepare your garden for the cold season ahead with Tony Antes, Director of Federated Garden Clubs of NY, District VI. Oneonta Federated Garden Club, St. James Episcopal Church 305 Main St., Oneonta. E-mail millerwillis3@gmail.com.
►Tuesday, Sept. 11
DEADLINE – Sign up for GOHS trip to Stockbridge, MA, home of Norman Rockwell Museum holding largest collection of artwork by him. Includes museum trip, lunch, stroll around Stockbridge, visit to Chesterwood, Registration forms available at Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-4320960. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 5
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LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Michael Trosset, PO Box 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose 6LegalOct.11 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Keyed-up Transcription, LLC. Filed 4/23/18. Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 122 Mt. Vista Dr Apt. 2, Oneonta, NY 13820. Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: General. 6LegalOct.11 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of The Farmers Mechanic LLC Articles of Organization of this Limited Liability Company (LLC) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 14, 2018. The LLC maintains its office in Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served to The Farmers Mechanic LLC, 3792 Co Hwy 33, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose: for any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the law. 6LegalOct.4 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability
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MEMORIAL – 9 a.m. Ceremony remembering 7 SUNY Oneonta Alumni who lost their lives in the attacks on 9/11. Memorial, Quad, SUNY Oneonta. KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344. BOOK SIGNING – 5 - 7 p.m. Reading of “Riko: Seduction of an Artist” biography of Czech artist from ‘30s thru ‘80s. Written by Denise B. Dailey. Signing follows. Green Toad Book Store, 198 Main St., Oneonta. 607-433-8898. RABIES CLINIC – 6 - 8 p.m. Bring pets to be vaccinated or receive 3-year booster shot with Dr. Fassett. Town Barn, Cherry Valley. 607-547-8111. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing. PTA MEETING – 7 - 11 p.m. Cafeteria, Cooperstown Elementary School. 607-5478181.
►Wednesday, Sept. 12
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LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 1 - 3:30 p.m. Free, interactive, 7-week workshop to help Bassett patients living with chronic conditions get support from peers, learn coping skills, communicate with family/friends/medical professionals, more. FoxCare Center, Oneonta. 607-5473456. COMMUNITY PROGRAM – 2 p.m. The Gathering Place presents “Jack The Banjo Man” performing toe-tapping tunes that will get you singing along. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-5470600 ext. 101. DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discuss current events. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344. LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 5 - 7:30 p.m. Free, interactive, 7-week workshop to
help Bassett patients living with chronic conditions get support from peers, learn coping skills, communicate with family/friends/medical professionals, more. Clark Sports Center Cooperstown. 607-547-3456. CHESS MEETING – 6 - 11 p.m. Weekly meeting for players, all levels. No fees. Cafeteria, College Union, SUNY Oneonta. Call Dom at 607-484-7240. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing. BOOK DISCUSSION – 7 p.m. Discussing “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond. Canajoharie Library, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-6732314. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Alash, Tuvan Music Ensemble, perform traditional Tuvan throat singing, traditional instruments, elements from western music. Free, open to public. Fine Arts building room M201, SUNY Oneonta. . POETRY SLAM – 8 - 10:30 p.m. Open mic open to 10 students followed by featured slam poet Devin Devine, host of Spokane Poetry Slam. Free, open to public. Waterfront room, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta. .
►Thursday, Sept. 13
BOARD MEETING – 10 a.m. Meeting of Board of Directors of Legal Aid Society of MidNew York, Inc. 221 South Warren St., Suite 300, Syracuse. 315-793-7053. EXHIBIT RECEPTION – 4 - 6 p.m. Student exhibit featuring works by recipients of Jean Parish Memorial Scholarship. Project Space Gallery, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-3456. YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Knitter, crocheters all skill levels meet to work on projects. Accompanied youths welcome. The Study, Hun-
tington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607432-1980. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing. MUSIC AT THE MANSION – 6:30 - 8 p.m. Musical open mic followed by featured performer Charles Eubanks. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-4322070. GAME NIGHT – 6:30 - 10 p.m. Play ongoing fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons. Newcomers welcome. Free, Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. 607-326-7908. READING & DISCUSSION – 7 - 8:30 p.m. Series titled GROWING AND AGING focusing on how we view aging in ourselves, others. Free, open to public. Franklin Free Library, 334 Main St., Franklin. 607-829-2941. CELEBRATION – 7 p.m. 200th year celebration of Erie canal features Cosby Gibson, Tom Staudle, singer/songwriters performing 8 historic songs from construction of Erie Canal. Refreshments available, donations appreciated. Fly Creek Area Historical Society, Grange Hall, 210 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek. WORD THURSDAY – 7 - 10 p.m. Writers invited to share works at open mic followed by refreshments & presentation by featured writers Dan Payne, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Penn State, Philip Mosley, author of “Voices in the Wilderness: American Nature Writing and Environmental Politics” (1996). Bright Hill Press and Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. 607-829-5055. TRUSTEE MEETING – 7 p.m. Board of Trustees meet to discuss library business. Public welcome. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Hwy. 29A, Springfield Center. 315-858-5802.
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HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops. See Friday Listing. BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 - 6:30 p.m. Give blood, save lives. Auditorium, Bassett Hall, 1 Atwell Road, Cooperstown. 607-547-3701. COMMUNITY BBQ – 5 - 6 p.m. Kick off school year with Community BBQ, Bonfire. Free, donations appreciated. Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. 607-2863349. FABULOUS FRIDAY – 5:30 - 8 p.m. Visit Tom & Doug’s Cruise-in Car show, enjoy music by Off The Record, tastings of Awestruck Ciders by Northern Eagle Beverages, more. Main St., Oneonta. 607432-2941. MUSIC – 6 - 8:30 p.m. Enjoy piano stylings of Mark Lubell. See Friday Listing. TEDX ONEONTA – 6 - 9 p.m. Locally organized evening of lectures. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta. www.tedxoneonta.com
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IN MEMORIAM Rev. Kenneth Baldwin, 95; WWII Veteran, Fox Hospital Chaplain ONEONTA – The Rev. Kenneth R. Baldwin, 95, retired United Methodist Church pastor, World War II veteran and Fox Hospital chaplain during his retirement in Oneonta, passed away on Aug. 27, 2018. Ken was the son of the late Bert and Mae (Clifford) Baldwin of Fayetteville, and was born in Syracuse on June 26, 1923. In 1940, he met the love of his life, Nancy Hall, at a youth camp in Charlotte, Vt. World War II lengthened their
courtship, but Ken and Nancy were married in 1948 and shared 70 years of happy marriage. They enjoyed dancing well into Ken’s nineties, often to the applause of onlookers. Ken studied chemical engineering at Syracuse University, and during World War II served in the Pacific for three years in the Army Corps of Engineers as a combat engineer. Following the war Ken was called to the ministry. He studied at the University
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of Edinburgh, Union Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School. He was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1953 and began his pastoral work at the North Presbyterian Church in Flushing. During this time, Ken and Nancy hosted three refugee families from Hungary and Cuba. Over his career, Ken served as pastor for a total of eight churches, most in the United Methodist Upper New York Conference. Ken loved to sing, joining the
choirs of the churches he served and regional choral groups. He also enjoyed Rev. Ken golf. Baldwin Following his retirement in 1988, he and Nancy settled in Oneonta. Ken continued to preach, and also served as Fox Hospital chaplain. He was
regularly invited to preach at Catholic churches in the region, which reflected his ecumenical spirit. He was an active member in the Rotary and VFW and served on boards of Oneonta Catholic Charities and Foothills Performing Arts Center. Ken is predeceased by his parents, his brothers Clarence and Guy, and his sister Doris. He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy, son Stuart and his wife Harriet (Cone) Baldwin, daughter Amy and her husband
Douglas Berry, daughter Anne Baldwin, and many nieces, nephews, cousins. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept, 8, at the Fairport United Methodist Church, 31 West Church St. Interment will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Grandview Cemetery in Charlotte, Vt. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ken’s memory to the Fairport Baptist Home Foundation, Syracuse University, or Union Theological Seminary.
Robert ‘Bert’ Donnell, 24; Painting Contractor With Father ONEONTA – Robert James Donnell, 24, a painting contractor with his father, passed away unexpectedly at his home from an undiagnosed heart condition on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Affectionately known as “Bert” to his friends and family, he was born on April 14, 1994, in Oneonta, the son of Mike Jr. and Charlene (Pidgeon) Donnell. Robert graduated from Oneonta High School in 2012, and then worked with his father as a painting contractor in the family business, Mike the Painter. He learned and excelled in the trade doing beautiful work, and over the years helped complete hundreds of jobs in the local area. Aside from working, he had a love for all kinds of music (especially the Beatles) and playing his Xbox Live. He was known by many to have an avid interest in different types of beer. During baseball season you could find him watch-
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ing the Yankees and during football season, the Carolina Panthers. Robert is survived by his parents, Charlene Donnell of Oneonta, and Mike and Eileen Donnell of Davenport; his brother, Kevin Donnell of Oneonta; his grandmothers, Marlene Pidgeon of Oneonta, and Kathleen Donnell of Franklin; as well as numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by
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‘Rash’ Of Window-Breaking Hits BROKEN/From A1 mashing a window at Simply Thai in the early hours of Friday, Aug. 31. “We had them on camera wrestling, and they bumped into the window, breaking it,” said Brenner. Matthew was on crutches in the video, and police asked around at the bars if they had seen anyone fitting that description. A bartender remembered Matthew, and that he paid for his drinks with a credit card, giving the police his name. The bartender at J.D.’s Wagon Wheel spotted Matthew and James on Saturday night, alerted police and both men were arrested and charged with criminal mischief. “That window was $1,000,” Brenner said. “They were being reckless. They should have known the window would break.” But the mischief wasn’t over. Later that night, another man was seen kicking the bottom pane of the door at the Oneonta Public Transit station. “On the video, we can clearly see the guy go to the Hillside Commons bus, then turn around, kick the door and walk away,” said Brenner. “He was clearly upset about something.” The glass pane cracked, but did not break, and was replaced by late Tuesday morning, Sept. 4. And that same night, two men, also college-age, were caught on camera breaking a window at Stevens Hardware. According to Brenner, the two men were “wrestling” when a third attempted to break up the incident, resulting in the three of them hitting the window
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and breaking it. In early August, another window at Stevens had been broken by accident. “There had been a crack in it, and a man leaned against it and it broke,” he said. “He reported it to us immediately, and no charges were filed.” Though windows do occasionally get broken on wild weekends downtown, Brenner did categorize the most recent events as an increase. “The last time we had a rash of incidents like this was 15 years ago,” he said. “And we’ve had people fall through windows and get seriously hurt. Those things can be like a guillotine coming down.” Brenner has said that he will increase patrols downtown to break up fights in hopes of reducing further damage. “We’re hoping this is just a string of bad luck and non-intentional,” said Brenner. “We don’t want to see people get injured.”
Former SUNY Cobleskill IT Director Planting Seeds Of Future In Schools In Endicott, Otego AGZEIT/From A1 growing facility, growing organic plants – so far, mostly leafy greens - quickly and efficiently. “It all lines up with our motto,” said Dutcher. “Go with the FLOH: fresh, local, organic, healthy.” When the Unatego Central School District decided to put the former Otego Elementary on the market, AgZeit bested three other bidders – two senior-citizen housing projects, and the Kildonan School, which offers dyslexia programs. The Unatego board awarded the school to AgZeit on Aug. 6. In Endicott, instead of paying rent, Dutcher is teaching students how to grow, and also what goes into creating and running a business. “We want to see if we can spark that entrepreneurial spirit in them,” he said. Binghamton-born Dutcher, whose father was raised in Milford, so he knows Otsego County well, believes that he is on the forefront of farming, simply because the benefits of his innovative crops outgrow traditional ones. “Our crops typically come to full maturity within four weeks,” he said. “Traditional farming methods use a growing cycle that takes twice as long as ours.” While traditional farms must account for environmental conditions when growing, AgZeit uses lights, temperature control, and moisture control to artificially create ideal growing conditions for each plant,
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ensuring that all of their crops grow to full maturity. “These plants really thrive under the UV lights,” said Dutcher, who graduated from Ithaca College in 1988 and received a master’s in computing from Syracuse University. “We can usually get four to five good harvests out of each plant tray until either the soil is spent or the plants become too mature.” Another advantage to AgZeit’s operation is proximity. Getting ready to set up in Otego, Dutcher says his operation will be one of few truly local produce options, especially outside of the regular growing season. “The USDA defines local food as anything within a day’s drive. So I picked up a bag at the grocery store the other day that said ‘grown locally’ right on the front. I looked on the back and realized that it came from a farm in New Jersey. “Now to me, that’s not very local,” he said, “and certainly not very beneficial to our local economy.” Most produce, Dutcher explained, gets picked, and then sits in a factory or on a truck for days, or sometimes weeks, losing texture and flavor at every step of the way. Essentially, AgZeit has cut out that long delivery process, and can deliver fresh produce as soon as a few hours after harvesting. Already established in the Southern Tier, Dutcher has begun shipping his produce – primarily fresh herbs, right now – to local restaurants and grocers. And based on all of the positive feedback that he has received, Dutcher expects to expand quickly on his regional customer base. “People are very happy with the produce that they buy from us,” said Dutcher, who worked for IBM and Oracle before joining the SUNY system. It was at Cobleskill, a former ag & tech college, that he became interested in futuristic agriculture.
“When we’re at farmers markets, we almost always sell out. Our basil in particular is very popular. It has just a little extra bite to it. We’ve begun shipping it to a few different restaurants, and one chef told me that it is some of the best basil that he can get his hands on.” But possibly one of the most promising aspects of Dutcher’s AgZeit operation is the volume of product that he can produce in a small space. “This 600-square-foot room that we’re currently in produces the equivalent of five seasonal acres,” said Dutcher. “There is roughly 20,000 square feet of grow space at the Otego School building, and by our calcula-
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