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City of The Hills

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Ashley Brown, Oneonta, blows bubbles signifying kisses to heaven as part of the annual Out of the Darkness walk on Saturday, Sept. 21. 285 walkers raised a record $22,000 to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

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he C.J. Heilig Foundation has just announced a matching challenge grant of its own, in the amount of $100,000.

From now through November 1, the foundation will match every new donation or pledge dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000, for a total of $200,000 toward the Susquehanna SPCA’s $3 million campaign goal.

“I thought it would be great for our foundation to provide additional incentive for donors as a follow up to the successful groundbreaking,” said Deborah LeCates, C.J. Heilig Foundation director.

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►GABRIEL TRUIIT’s TRIAL for the murder of former firefighter John Heller has been scheduled for Jan. 20, 2020. ►GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO announced a $1 billion agreement with Cree Inc. to create 600 jobs paying $75,000 in Marcy, within commuting distance of Otsego County, in the next six years. ►PLAYWRITE AYAD AKHTAR gave the annual Mills Distinguished Lecture at SUNY Oneonta on Monday, Sept. 24. His PulitzerPrize winning play “Disgrace” was this year’s Common Read. ►Ccs is creating a new administrative position, director of pupil services, as the special ed population has risen from 10 to 14 percent is a few years.

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Rig Driver Ejected In 1st Fatal XNG Crash FRESHMAN OFF FENCE

Gas Leaks, 80 Homes Evacuated

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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or Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham, a key player in shifting gas-carrying XNG trucks out of Otsego County, said the truck crash west of Binghamton that killed a 52-yearold driver was a predictable tragedy.

This was the first fatal accident involving an XNG truck since the “virtual pipeline” emerged after state regulators blocked the proposed Constitution Pipeline in 2016.

“It’s very sad,” Dillingham said. “But those trucks were never fully tested, they’re prone to roll-overs and, if the conditions were right, they could explode.”

At 1 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, Broome County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene of a tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 88 eastbound at Exit 2 in the Town of Fenton.

Upon arrival, first responders noticed that the vehicle, an Photo courtesy Broome County Sheriff’s Department XNG Compressed Natural Gas The wreckage of an XNG truck lines strewn along I-88 west of truck had a hazardous material Binghamton after it crashed at 1 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, as the Please See XNG, B4 driver, who died in the crash, swerved to avoid a deer.

Delgado: Impeach President

By JIM KEVLIN

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tsego County’s Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, Tuesday, Sept. 24, joined at least 61 Democratic congressmen who changed their minds over the weekend and now support impeachment of President Rep. Delgado Trump.

“Having taken an oath of office before God and my fellow citizens to support Please See DELGADO, A8

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arly Saturday morning, Sept. 21, a car crossed Oneonta’s Main Street viaduct, broke through the fence and dropped onto the railroad tracks below.

The driver was hospitalized.

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Waits Over An Hour, 3-Year Degree, $40,000 In Savings Record Haul Seen On Still Enticing Hartwick Undergrads Hazardous Waste Day INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THRIVING IN 10TH YEAR

By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA

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o Brittany Hall of Milford, Hartwick College’s three-yeardegree program – now marking its 10th anniversary – isn’t just about saving $40,000 on a bachelor’s degree, although that’s enticement enough.

Before making her decision, she scouted all nursing programs within an hour, and realized the hour commute each way would prevent her from working part time while in school.

Now in her third year, the daughter of Cynthia and Mark Miler spends one day a week in classes – a Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA 15-minute drive away – and two days, 12 hours each, A three-year degree, Please See DEGREE, A9 proximity, sold Milford’s Brittany Hill.

Advertising Called Key To Success

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onnage and volume are still being tallied, but the car count is in, and 920 vehicles lined up to drop off paint, e-waste, prescriptions – you name it – at Household Hazardous Waste

Day Saturday, Sept 21, at the county government’s Meadows Office Complex.

That was up from 500 last year, almost double, county Planning Director Karen Sullivan is reporting.

The day before, Friday the 20th, in Unadilla, it was the same story: 162 vehicles, double the year before Please See WASTE, A3

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THURSDAY, September 26, 2019

HOMETOWN People

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fter 50 books for adults, Dennis Fowler will debut his first Young Adult novel, “Earth Song” at the Green Toad Bookstore 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28.

“It’s a return to fiction,” he said. “I’ve been writing it on and off for the last 10 years.”

The sci-fi novel follows a young singer, Hale, as she struggles to find the

secrets behind her past. “It’s a coming-of-age story,” he said. “She knows she has a destiny, but she doesn’t know what it is.”

Fowler started writing erotica in the 70s, and published a gothic in the 80s. In the early 90s, Fowler and his wife, Peggy, wrote a five-book series for Jove’s “Second Chance at Love” series under the pseudonym Lauren Fox. “I would type them, Peggy would edit, correct and retype, and we’d send them off,” he said. “Our record was nine days. We made a comfortable living.”

He is currently planning a sequel to “Earth Song.” In

Shearers Express Is Sharing Oneonta’s Slogan Far, Wide: ‘We’re Onta Something’

Fowler has written his first YA, “Earth Song”

addition to the Green Toad, the book is available on Amazon.

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Temple Beth El wishes you a Happy Rosh Hashanah Join us for Rosh Hashanah services: Sunday September 29th at 7 pm Monday September 30 at 9:30 am.

For ticket information call Steven Feuer at 432-0108.

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Rick and Debbie Warner, owners of Shearers Express, the trucking company at 2 Bridge St., have affixed The City of Oneonta’s new marketing slogan and logo – “We’re Onta Something” – on their 53-foot long trailer.

The Warners donated the space to promote the city with a 300-mile radius but are also looking to sell additional advertising.

PRESTON LAUDED: Olivia Preston, Schenevus, a senior at Colgate University, earned Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence for the Spring 2019 semester.

Meyers, Morris, are attending Alfred University as freshmen in the fall 2019 semester. Stanford is majoring in Heavy Equipment Operations; Meyers in Mechanical Engineering Tech.

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GOODIER WINS:

Susan Goodier, a lecturer in SUNY Oneonta’s History Department, won an Award of Excellence for her book, “Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State” from the American Association for State and Local History.

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Household Waste Day’s Success Also Results In Hour-Long Waits WASTE/From A1 she said.

Sullivan credited a number of factors, but focused again at the one word she’d shouted out from the middle of the parking lot in the midst of all Saturday’s activity: “Advertising!”

This year, the planning department placed a constant stream of advertising on this newspaper’s www.AllOTSEGO.com site, as well as its two sister newspapers, supplemented by radio, additional print advertising, and the “Otsego Co. Household Hazardous Waste Event” Facebook page.

“I think multi-media, the Facebook page, and all the different ways of communicating really made a difference,” Sullivan said.

Scheduling the drop-off day two weeks later – it’s usually the weekend after Labor Day – and a continuously heightened public awareness of recycling, may have been contributing factors, she added.

It was a beautiful day – but it was a beautiful day last year, Sullivan said.

Household battery collection was up. Thirteen barrels of paint, compared to nine the year before.

“Lots of fluorescent bulbs,” said the planning director. “Everything exceeded what we had the year before.”

Saturday morning, it became obvious pretty early something different was happening.

By 9 a.m., traffic was backed up ¾ miles from the Meadows all the way north on Route 33 to Route

may be more eager to take advantage of whatever free services there are.

Sullivan credited a front-page headline in this newspaper last week, “Fee For E-Waste Possible,” with driving business at that drop-off point.

County Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, was lined up with everybody else, and declared cheerfully, “We broke the system.”

He and his county board colleagues, he said, will have to discuss what changes may Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA be necessary – perhaps two Cars were backed up Saturday, Sept. 21, from the turnoff to the Meadows Complex all the Household Hazardous Waste Days way north on Route 33 to the Route 11C cutoff, waiting to drop items off at the county’s a year instead of one.

Household Hazardous Waste Day. Some reported waiting up to 90 minutes.

This year, Sullivan said, there was only enough money budgeted 11C. Drivers reported waiting – with participants embracing of sight. to do one pick-up day, but she and an hour, an hour and 15 minutes, the idea they were experiencing The event was supposed to end her staff sit down every year for even 90 minutes to access the something special. at 1 p.m., but Sullivan made the a post-mortem, to discuss how free disposal service.

“Usually by noon, there are one decision to stay on the job until things might be done better, and or two cars,” said Senior Planner One driver called out, “That’s all were served. The last vehicle that might be an issue raised.

Erik Scrivener, who was directing came through at 2 p.m., she said. county efficiency for you.” But Leslie Orzetti, executive traffic into the Meadows parking mostly there was a good-natured, “We were in line for over an director at the OCCA, which hour,” said Edward Snyder of celebratory atmosphere – the lot. He cast a glance at a line of provided 20 volunteers – many, Woodstock of Trash, if you will cars that extended until it went out Cooperstown, there with wife like Antoinette Kuzminski, Andree Joan, having just handed off fluoMom Laura Conklin and Martha Clarvoe, have rescent bulbs and batteries at the Carpenter been doing it for years – said that e-waste drop-off, where TVs and took the instructing ways to avoid piling up computer monitors were stacked wait in hazardous wastes may help ease taller than the crew members stride, but any crunch next year.

– grown men – from Evolution Cordell, 5, For instance, she pointed out, and Kirk, Recycling of Gloversville. e-waste is accepted at Casella’s 3, seems “People are a little more Southern Transfer Station in to be educated on recycling,” said Oneonta, so far for free. (The getting a Evolution’s Mason Bruse, trying little itchy. county board is considering to explain the turnout. “New York charging a fee.)

State’s enforcing it a lot more.”

Plus, if a can of paint is less With recycling facing new than half-full, homeowners can challenges – the latest, what to open it, let it dry and harden, then do about e-waste; the county is dispose of it in the regular trash. considering charging – the public

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THURSDAY, September 26, 2019

EDITORIAL

OPERATION VARSITY BLUES IS ABOUT ... NOTHING

In The End, Only Work And Love Matter

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he ironic thing about actress Felicity Huffman and many other well-heeled parents bribing college officials to get their students into top schools is: It doesn’t matter.

Human beings have lived for 200,000 years. No one’s sure how many of us have walked this Earth, but a common “best guess” is 105 billion.

All but a tiny fraction of those, you must know, never heard of Harvard, Yale or Stanford. Even today, only a fraction of the 7.2 billion living on Earth have heard of the Ivy League – or would care if they had.

Now get this: Despite the inevitable challenges we all

Venerable Harvard Yard, left, and Hartwick College’s centerpiece, Founders Way, dedicated in 2017.

face, many of those 105 billion, and today’s 7.2 billion, are living satisfactory lives, some more joyful than others, all containing moments of happiness, and sometimes much more.

• This being a local paper, there’s a local angle, beyond all of us knowing a happy person, or two, or many more.

LETTERS

In September, Budget Is Always Out Of Balance;

By Year’s End, Balanced To the Editor: was engaged in the I hope all is well budget process, there in our hometown! was typically a gap I saw your article at this time of year, (“Treasurer Warns Of ranging between $2 Overages, But Chair million to $12 milUnruffled,” Sept. lion depending on 20 on www.Allthe year.

OTSEGO.com) on September, OctoDan Crowell the budget gap. For ber and November what it is worth, in some are busy months with meways the county treasurer thodical and detailed review, and county board chair’s reduction and adjustment, perspectives are portrayed ideally in deep consultaas divergent. However, tion with the departmental from my experience, they leadership. are both right.

There is no magic and There is no black magic there is no silver bullet that can resolve the gap expenditure to cut. (treasurer), but it is not time It is a compilation of to panic (chair). scrutiny on hundreds of line For the eight years I items across the spectrum of operations and magnitude of cost.

Beware Of Slavery They have good people Apologists Aplenty on both sides of the aisle working on it and I am sure To the Editor: they will address the gap.

There is no room for DAN CROWELL slavery apologists in A former county treasurer, public discourse. Please Crowell is deployed do better. to Somalia with the DAVID FIENI Army Reserves.

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James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

With 10 more of those overreaching parents due to be sentenced this week – perhaps to short prison terms – Malcolm Gladwell’s comparison of Harvard University with Hartwick College from “David and Goliath”(2013) comes to mind.

Gladwell compared the number of STEM students

– in the rigorous science, technology, engineering and math fields – at Harvard and at Hartwick.

He found: Even though Harvard’s bottom third of STEM students have higher SATs than the top third at Hartwick, “students in the bottom third of the Harvard class give up on challenging math and science studies

‘We Were Told, Don’t Worry...

The Freeman’s Journal

At the Monday, Sept. 23 comp plan public hearing, Richfield Town Supervisor Paul Palumbo, center, reads the statement reprinted below. Other Town Board members, from left, are Rex Seamon, Larry Frigault, Fred Eckler and Kane Seamon. At right is Town Clerk Maggie Young.

...And Then, We Were In Legal Jeopardy,’ Supervisor Says Editor’s Note: Richfield Town Supervisor Paul Palumbo read this assessment of the town’s proposed comprehensive plan and zoning code at a public hearing Monday, Sept. 23. Palumbo and Town Board member Fred Eckler want to delay approval; Town Board members Larry Frigault, Rex Seamon and Kane Seamon, want to vote at 7 p.m. next Monday in a meeting in the school cafeteria.

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ou are probably asking yourself, how could a document that supposedly represents the desire of the residents and what is best, compiled over several years be so controversial here, at its final stage?

A very good question, so I will summarize how we got here.

A few years ago, it was recom-

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mended the Town of Richfield should have a “Comprehensive Plan Document.” Although we already had a land-use ordinance, we were told that if we wanted to be seriously considered when applying for grants, it was much better to have additionally a Comprehensive Plan, in the proper format.

Fair enough, being better positioned to receive grant money sounded like a good thing. However, even at that time

there was a bit of skepticism, folks wanting to know what else this effort might bind us to do.

“Nothing else” we were told: This document is not a law, this document is just a guide or roadmap, it will not have any binding significance.

As the comp plan was being developed, the public was given occasional peeks at it. Many people were puzzled, as it seemed to be banking on farming being our entire future, even though few residents actually do it, or plan to.

But again we were told, don’t worry, you don’t have to go this way.

Agreed – a lot of work went into the plan by nearly a dozen people at one Please See PALUMBO, A6

OFF THE AIR

Tara Barnwell

Libby Cudmore

just as much as their counterparts in Upstate New York.”

Comparing themselves to the geniuses at the top of the class, Harvard’s bottom third become “so demoralized … many of them drop out of science entirely and transfer to some non-science major.”

Dipping into another analysis, Gladwell finds

“the likelihood of someone completing a STEM degree ... rises by 2 percentage points for every 10-point decrease in the university’s average SAT score.

In the case of a young woman considering STEM programs, he figures she would reduce her chances of success by 30 percent by choosing Brown over the University of Maryland. “Thirty percent!” he exclaims.

“The smarter your peers, the dumber you feel,” said Gladwell. “The dumber you feel, the more likely you are to drop out of science.”

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Jousting With ANOTHER Cuomo

t’s fun to watch Andrew Cuomo.

He knows that his father lost his try for a fourth term in office. To be fair, he didn’t lose by a lot and it was a very Republican year.

On the other hand, Andrew has to worry that people can get tired of having the same guy in office year after year. So, Andrew is on the warpath.

I have been speaking with him a lot lately on the radio and I’m here to tell you the guy gets angry when he is challenged. Nothing gets by him.

If someone is mad about having to pay $25 for a new license plate and is blaming him for it, he doesn’t turn the other cheek. Nope, he says that the

very people in the Legislature who are blaming him for the fee are the ones who put the new “tax” in place and they are welcome to change it. A lot of people are thinking that it might take an ALAN Andrew Cuomo CHARTOCK Governor Cuomo at Manhattan’s to get in Donald Battery Park.

Trump’s face in 2020. They remember Hillary’s inabil- will fare any better. ity to do that and don’t have a lot of When Chris Cuomo got into a fight faith that any of the present contenders Please See CHARTOCK, A6

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HOMETOWN

HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-5

History

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

150 Years Ago

The Erie Railway Company announces that “on and after Monday, September 30,” they will reduce the running time to Chicago seven hours by means of the thirty-hour train, to be known as the “Great Pacific Express.” The westward traveler, taking his seat at ten o’clock on any given morning in one of the superb Drawing Room Coaches of the Erie line at Jersey City, may thus enjoy a ride rendered comfortable by all the accessories of Epicurus and Somnus, and alight in Chicago at 4 p.m. the next afternoon, not wearied and hungry with travel, but fresh as if awaking from a quiet snooze after dinner.

September 1869

125 Years Ago

Captain John Crawford of Davenport died suddenly at his residence about 2 a.m. Friday morning. On Thursday he had attended the Oneonta Fair and in the evening retired apparently in good health. Mr. Crawford has been a very active man, and at the time of his death was carrying on a very large lumber and manufacturing business. In 1862 he enlisted and was elected Captain of a Company in the 144th Regiment. In 1879, he was elected Sheriff of this county.

He was 66 years old and leaves a wife and two sons, William and Henry, proprietors of the carriage factory in the Village of Davenport. Captain Crawford’s funeral was held at his late residence in Davenport on Sunday. Large delegations from the Masonic Fraternity and the G.A.R. of Oneonta were present.

September 1894

100 Years Ago

Will the Flu Return? Probably, but by no means certainly, there will be a recurrence of the influenza epidemic this year. Indications are that should it occur, it will not be as severe as the pandemic of the previous winter. The fact that a previous attack brings immunity in a certain percentage of cases should allay fear on the part of those affected in the previous epidemic. It is not yet certain that the germ has been isolated, or discovered, and as a consequence there is yet no positive, preventive, except the enforcement of rigid rules of sanitation and the avoidance of personal contact. A close relation between the influenza pandemic and the constantly increasing pneumonia mortality rate prior to the fall of 1918 is recognized. It is now believed that the disease was pretty widely disseminated throughout the country before it was recognized in its epidemic state. This failure to recognize the early cases appears to have largely been due to the fact that every interest was then centered on the war.

September 1919

80 Years Ago

That revolutions and dictatorships follow similar patterns through the ages of history may be the result of a system of society that cannot keep pace with public conceptions of rights, opportunity and justice, was the message of Rev. Boyd McCleary, minister of the First Presbyterian Church in his address titled “Patterns in Dictatorships” at the meeting of the Oneonta Rotary Club at the Hotel Oneonta. Dr. McCleary said that an understanding of world unrest in our time can be gained through a study of a pattern into which earlier revolutions and dictatorships may fall.

The speaker observed that peoples never break with their past save by cruel wrenches and then the pendulum swings to extremes. Dr. McCleary cited the earlier English and French revolutions and the Russian and German revolutions following the World War in his talk. Once the ball of unrest starts rolling it must finish its course, the Left of today becoming the Right of tomorrow as people search for justice which they feel the integrated systems of society under which they live will never provide. Dr. Cleary reviewed the lives of dictators such as Cromwell, Napoleon, Lenin and Hitler. In closing, Dr, McCleary expressed the conviction that in the development of society the time will come when force will no longer prevail and right and justice will be enthroned.

60 Years Ago

Memories of a lively portion of Otsego and Herkimer County history flew thick and fast yesterday as former employees of the Southern New York Railroad staged their first reunion since 1922 at the Milford American Legion Home. On hand were about 60 former employees of the now long-vanished electric line which once served commuter and freight needs between Oneonta and Mohawk. Chairman for the reunion, now to be an annual event, was Claude Tilley of Milford. Some of the individuals on hand can trace their memories of the railroad to its beginnings. Among those is Sherman Stone of Oneonta. Mr. Stone drove the first passenger trolley to operate under its own power between Oneonta and Hartwick. Mr. Stone worked on the construction of the line in 1902. He is now a prominent Oneontan and a member of the city’s Public Service Board.

September 1959

40 Years Ago

A resolution recommending no practicing homosexual be ordained by the 3-million member Episcopal Church was approved Tuesday night by the church’s House of Deputies, and is now official church policy. The resolution was

20 Years Ago

September 1999 approved Monday by the 239-member House of Bishops at the church’s Sixty-sixth General Convention. The vote followed lengthy debate. Among lay members in the House of Deputies, the vote to concur with the House of Bishops vote was 77-18 with 13 divided. Among clerics the vote was 7029, with 11 divided. The divided tallies signify dioceses that were split on the question. On Tuesday, 21 bishops issued a strong “Statement of Conscience” saying they would not accept nor implement Monday’s resolution.

September 1979

10 Years Ago

State University of New York Distinguished Service Professor Gretchen S. Sorin, Professor of Museum Studies and Director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of SUNY Oneonta, has been named the 2009 recipient of the Katherine Coffey Award, the top honor presented by the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. The Coffey Award is presented to a museum professional who demonstrates superior professional accomplishment; a record of service to the profession on state, regional, national and/or international levels; and a proven record of service to the community in which the museum is located. Sorin has been active in the museum field for 35 years, having served as Director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program for the past 14 years.

September 2009

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Agent Catapulted Christina Lindley’s Modeling Career To Heights To the Editor: My legal name is Christina Linderman, and my modeling, Screen Actors Guild Union, and professional poker player “stage” name is Christina Lindley. I have known Victoria Pressly since I was 24, and I turned 38 this week.

I called Victoria from Tennessee out of the blue where I lived at the time at 24, after my research online showed that a model I looked up to had worked with her. I told her I wanted to leave Tennessee and pursue a career in Hollywood. I

asked her if she would represent me as my publicist.

She said to call her again when I got to Hollywood.

I did, she represented me, and over the course of roughly six years of working together she personally booked me on several of what I deem to be my greatest stepping stones in my career as a model, actress, and professional poker player including, but not limited to, the following: • A Maxim magazine feature that led to two years of paid promotional appearChristina Lindley praises ances, which helped me Victoria Pressley.

make a living in Hollywood reality show while I was pursuing acting • The cover of Poker Pro and poker full time magazine • A Playboy non-nude • A contract with Foxcelebrity pictorial called woods Casino, represent“Babe of the Month” ing their World Poker Tour • “Fear Factor,” the TV televised $10,000 event, show’s “models edition” along with all of the press • Cover of Fitness RX surrounding the event, as magazine and pictorial well as Foxwoods paying which helped me book paid the $10,000 buy-in for me to fitness spokesperson multiplay in the tournament year contracts with national • Photoshoots with some brands such as Muscletech, Bodybuilding.com, and BSN by boosting my profile within the fitness industry To the Editor: • A guest appearance Miners once took birds on “Home James,” a VH1 down into mines knowing that birds would keel over from methane, lack of oxygen or soot before the miners did.

When the canary croaked, out of the mine you go. to interview doctors to see if one is According to a recent simpatico.

It’s around $300 for an office visit, study, birds have been dying off in unprecedented numplus money for the room. You don’t bers in North America for even know if you will like the doctor or that the doctor will be of any help. that last half century. The culprit? Us. The older I get and the more The pesticides we use on informed I become, the less and less the bugs that the birds eat I trust the American medical system. (see “The Silent Spring”).

It is a system based on monopoly Development that wipes and profit.

We, the patient, are last on the list of out habitat (see “Watership Down”). Light pollution importance…or so it seems.

R. SCOTT DUNCAN (try to sleep next to a street Hartwick Forrest light).

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To the Editor: The phone rang early this morning.

It was a call from my doctor’s office.

They canceled my “annual appointment.”

You would think the annual visit would be important to keep on schedule. I was looking forward to working with my prime care doctor to get tests to compare to last year. The next available appointment will be in three months. That puts it in next year!

I had a major illness last year. The hospital wanted $20,000 a year to “cure” me. I did it in six months for

less than $1,000. But it would be important for me to monitor my health and fine tune imbalances to prevent problems.

Should I take this personally, or are they just so messed up they can’t provide the care they claim they give?

Maybe I am taking too good care of myself and they are waiting for me to have major problems that generate lots of money. Or maybe I am not challenging enough. They can’t make money if I am healthy.

It is hard to find a doctor. They are not all the same. You should be able

of the best photographers I have ever worked with for my modeling portfolio that wound up published in magazines around the world • The cover of Australian Poker Weekly I have been out of the entertainment industry for several years and am now working in the business sector. Regardless of this, Please See LINDLEY, A9

Cats left outdoors – the only Painted Bunting I’ve ever seen was left at our doorstep by our cat. Plate glass in modern buildings make perfect Bird Catch & Kill Panels, etc.,etc.

Now that the birds are dying, which mine shaft are we going to collectively scramble up? To which planet? The children would like to know.

Millions of them marched last week in protest of global warming. First the birds, then the children. Listen to the birds and the children. If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown

EDITORIAL: Accused Parents Lost Touch With What Really Matters EDITORIAL/From A4 This isn’t to dis Harvard.

If you get in – as a number of lively, brainy, disciplined, accomplished Otsego County high school graduates do every decade – great. When you do go, and are surrounded by all those geniuses, don’t forget: You’re plenty smart or you wouldn’t be there.

Elsewhere, it’s been noted U.S. presidents – until lately, exemplars of American accomplishment – were predominantly from small towns, from Niles, Ohio, to

West Branch, Iowa, to Tampico, Ill. In small towns, according to one theory, young future presidents learned they could influence their surroundings, and emerged self-confident they could save the world.

Many didn’t go to college, but “read law,” and many went to fine smaller colleges like Hartwick – Kenyon, Bowdoin, Union. Harry S Truman went to Spalding Commercial College in Kansas City, Mo. – and dropped out.

So two cheers for Otsego

Margaret L. Drugovich’s Hartwick College has some advantages over Larry Bacow’s Harvard University.

County – home of small towns, and of Hartwick College.

Even that’s beside the point.

Two-thirds of Americans don’t have college degrees, and many of them – as all of us know from our neighbors – are living happy lives, with meaningful jobs, surrounded by loving family.

One caveat, don’t forget that Brookings’ study from 2014, identifying – statistically – three ways young people can achieve economic security: One, finish high school; two, work fulltime; three, don’t marry and start a family until you’re 21.

Nor is this in praise of poverty. No way.

• Let’s go back where we started. Fifteen parents may go to jail this week for something that doesn’t matter.

What did Freud say?

Love and work are the sole requirements of a happy life.

When Huffman’s daughter Sophia learned the news, she told her mother, “Why didn’t you believe in me?

Why didn’t you think I could do it on my own?” mom Felicity testified.

“I had no adequate

answer for her then,” the mother continued, “I have no adequate answer for her now. I can only say, I am so sorry, Sophia. I was frightened, I was stupid, and I was so wrong.”

Go Hawks! Go Red Dragons, for that matter – SUNY Oneonta has success stories aplenty as well.

Even further: Go Oneonta Yellowjackets! Go Cooperstown Redsk…, er, Hawkeyes!

The means to happiness may be simpler than we often think.

THURSDAY, September 26, 2019

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PALUMBO: Delay Approving Code PALUMBO/From A4 point. It was so well written in fact, it did win an award (not necessarily for its future outlook, but more its presentation and content). By the end of 2017, the plan was ready for approval.

Some board members and residents still had concerns, but again we were told “don’t worry”, and it was passed.

Then what seemed like only a matter of days later, we were informed that our land-use ordinance was so out of whack with the comp plan we just passed, that we were now in legal jeopardy, and must update our zoning immediately.

All of a sudden this benign, harmless comp plan became a serious driving force.

Then much to the public’s surprise, an updated 70+ page zoning document appeared almost overnight. But how, as the board hadn’t even appointed a zoning commission yet!

It was written in private meetings by a small subset of the comp plan committee, oddly before the comp plan was even approved!

And when it came time to appoint the “official committee,” by a lopsided board vote, the people who had written the document in

private were selected, and no new members were allowed in.

Yes, there were some minor personnel changes thereafter, but it ended up being only three people.

OK, enough of the troubling history. Not surprisingly, this zoning update is heavily weighted toward farming – just as the Comp Plan was.

It clearly states that yes, farms will be emitting odors, noises, bright lights, nighttime activity, traffic from vehicles, heavy equipment, general nuisances, etc.

All right, we all know what farms are, and none of those comes as a surprise. But what is surprising, is that absolutely no other business can do any of those things, along with a laundry list of other restrictions.

Does that seem fair to you?

To have one business type totally exempt from everything, while other businesses are tightly controlled?

For example, larger business activity will now be limited to a very small area of the town. Your customers cannot park in front, they must park at the rear or side.

You can’t display your goods outside. Anything outside needs to be fenced, so that others won’t see it.

CHARTOCK: Cuomo Angry Man

If you rent your home as a short term summer rental, you will now have a pile of new rules. If you want to do a larger solar project on your property, you can’t. Many uses are now prohibited. These are just a tiny sample of the many inequities.

Oddly, most of these new rules don’t come from the comp plan, many appear to be cut and pasted from other towns’ zoning laws.

There is also minimal evidence that discussions occurred with people that would be affected by the new rules.

Tonight I am asking this board to truly listen to what the public has been saying for a while now – they are just not on board with this, or how it was done! Does this update need to be totally scrapped? No, but it does need a good review from an independent group of residents, including folks that are affected.

Anyone not totally on board with this update is being called uninformed and misguided.

But let’s not be misled again, as we have been multiple times throughout this process, by the name calling.

This update is just not equally fair to all property owners by any stretch, and needs some heavy-duty revisions.

CHARTOCK/From A4 over being called “Fredo” by a troll, Andrew went after a columnist for a local Albany paper and he didn’t pull any punches. He made news on my radio show, going after that columnist two weeks in a row.

The truth is that he has been making a lot of news on the public radio station that I run. My press colleagues often forget to mention my name, however, even though I was asking the questions that prompted his angry responses. Ah, well – you can’t have everything.

So how did this all come about? After all, Andrew was apparently so angry with me on a private matter that he wouldn’t talk to me for his first two terms (eight years) in office.

Then one day, there was the WAMC news director, Ian Pickus, knocking on the door of our studio while I was on the air, telling me that Andrew wanted to come on that very day. We were delighted, and he made such big news that even the New York Times credited me by name.

I try to be as tough on the guy as I possibly can. I recently received a letter asking why I was so rude to the governor.

Rich Azzopardi, Cuomo’s senior advisor (he was once my student) got hot under the collar when someone referred to Cuomo and me as “pals.”

Azzopardi reminded the letter writer that I had opposed Cuomo in columns

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during his recent primary campaign and further reminded him that when Andrew decided to run against Carl McCall for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination quite a while ago, I really objected to the fact that Andrew was taking on a wonderful man who just happened to be the first African-American to have a shot at being governor of New York – not exactly a pal.

The governor did ask me, I suspect tongue-in-cheek, to accompany him to the New York State Fair in Syracuse.

He demanded an answer and I said “no.”

It was pretty funny.

Some of you might remember that I had a weekly radio show with Mario Cuomo that played all over New York and as far away as Boston. That show was on the air for a long, long time.

Mario was both articulate and one of the funniest men I have ever known. Now I see that Andrew’s apple has not fallen far from Mario’s tree.

As for me, I will continue to ask him the toughest questions I can, and I have to believe that, at some point, he’ll have had enough and call it quits. In the meantime, I’m having the time of my long life.

Alan Chartock is president of WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, which beams into Otsego County.

This column was reprinted from Berkshire Edge, Pittsfield Mass.

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Delgado Changes Mind, Supports Moving Toward Trump Impeachment DELGADO/From A1 and defend the Constitution of the United States, I can only conclude that Congress move forward with articles of impeachment,� the congressman said in a statement released at 8:23 a.m.

The change of position was prompted by the president having “admitted to soliciting the Ukranian president to investigate a political rival. In doing so, (Trump) used the power of the presidency to pressure a foreign government to help him win an election,� the statement said.

In developments that afternoon, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the House Democrats will launch an impeachment investigation

into the president. That evening, the president said on Wednesday he would release a full transcript of his conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Within minutes of Delgado announcing his decision, the National Republican Congressional Committee issued a statement saying the freshman congressman “jumped on the socialist Democrats’ baseless efforts,� adding, “In a district President Trump won by more than 6 points, Antonio Delgado’s decision to pursue impeachment will be a political death sentence.�

The New York Times was reporting today Delgado was one of 61 congressman

who shifted into the proimpeachment column in the past few days. Overall, 196 congressman now support impeachment, 77 oppose it, and 162 have not yet returned The Times’ calls, the newspaper reported.

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Tony German of Oneonta, who is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Delgado next year, said his prospective opponent “joined the AOC wing of the Democratic party� by calling for impeachment. “This is a far cry from the bipartisan and unifying message we heard in the Congressman’s slick campaign commercials less than two years ago,�

German said. “He was elected to work across the

aisle and govern. Today, the Congressman abandoned his commitment to governance in order to appease the most extreme elements of his base. This is exactly the type of behavior that inspired me to run. Politicians will never fix Washington.�

The Otsego County Democratic Party issued a statement praising Delgado’s “judgment and commitment to the critical oversight role� in changing his mind and now supporting President Trump’s impeachment. “Beginning an impeachment investigation is the appropriate response when there is credible evidence that the laws of this country may have been violated by a sitting President,�

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But Republican County Chairman Vince Casale said the first-term congressmen is simply “appealing to a small angry group of socialist liberals who control his re-election.�

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focus on doing the work of the people of his district instead of taking us down another rabbit hole. It wasn’t enough to waste the taxpayer’s time and money on the Muller investigation, now we are on to a new bogus charge against the President.�

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$40K Savings Draw Students Eager To Get Into Careers To Hartwick DEGREE/From A1 in a practicum at Bassett Hospital – 15 minutes in the other direction.

Because of the convenience, on one of her Bassett days she’s still able to scoot into Oneonta and collaborate with teammates in preparing their senior thesis, “Music Therapy and Pediatrics.

A Milford Central School graduate, Brittany learned what Hartwick had to offer from MCS classmate Neala Havener, daughter for Jeanne-Marie Havener, the college’s former director of the nursing program.

Originally, she intended to get her associate’s degree, then work while studying for her bachelor’s. But the profession is evolving, and she concluded: You’ll soon need a bachelor’s for jobs you can do with an associate’s today; and a master’s for what you can now do with a bachelor’s.

In three years at Hartwick, she was able to hopscotch ahead. “I was able to get to my end goal faster,” she said, “and that was important to me.”

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Drugovich arrived on Oyaron Hill as president in 2008, the three-year degree was one of her priority initiatives. “It was our responsibility to offer it,” she had concluded in her previous 10 years as Ohio Wesleyan’s vice president for enrollment and strategic communications.

She had seen how parents wanted their children to experience a Liberal Arts education in a private college like Hartwick, and how they struggled financially to achieve it.

In 2009-10, the first year, 22 of the college’s freshman class joined in the three-year program. This year, 95 are enrolled over four years. In the peak year, 120 students participated.

That’s about 6-8 percent of the study body. “We’d like to have that higher – 15 percent,” Drugovich said.

The three-year degree creates internal challenges for faculty, in particular setting up the sequence of classes so requirements can be met in less than four years.

“We didn’t tell academic departments that they had to participate,” according to the president. Nonetheless, they stepped up: 27 of the 35 courses of study are participating.

And subject matter is widespread, in nursing, biology, psychology, polisci, business. In three- and four-year programs alike, “year in, year out, these are our most popular majors,” she said.

Sensitivity to student finances has brought results that might surprise many people: For instance, 40 percent of Hartwick students receive federal Pell grants that are based on income eligibility.

“They need us to deliver their education as economically as possible,” Drugovich said. “Economic diversity – we see it on this campus.”

As Brittany Hall pointed out, tuition savings isn’t the only motivation.

Participants include students who know what they want to do, and know an advance degree is required. “They want to enter their careers early,” said the president.

As case in point: Lauren Gifford, also in her final year of three.

She was salutatorian of her Downsville Central School class, and a standout field hockey and softball player with lots of commu-

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Downsville CS salutatorian Lauren Gifford wants to be a guidance counselor, and the three-year degree will help her get there more quickly. At the campus’ Table Rock convenience store, she rings up a snack for junior Kaitlin Hagen, Chemung.

nity service through her and her mom Mary Kay Gifford’s involvement in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in her hometown.

As for motivation, she’d earned 35 college credits by the time she got her high school diploma.

“I was interested in Hartwick,” she recounted while working the cash register at Table Rock, the on-campus convenience

store. “At some point in my tour, I found out about the three-year program. I was very interested in that.”

It was a “huge factor” in her decision, and she’s focused, staying on campus during Hartwick’s January study-abroad program and completing a semester-long course in three weeks.

Nonetheless, she’s experienced campus life.

She’s a teaching assistant

in the “Introduction to Psychology” course, works in the psych research lab, tutors writing, and is a member of the Theta Phi Alpha sorority.

She hopes to be a school counselor and, if she wishes, can immediately go into a master’s program upon graduation, “I haven’t found there are any downsides to the threeprogram,” she said.

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Brian R. Wright and his wife, Josie, celebrate his mother Millie’s legacy with Dr. Margaret Drugovich, Hartwick College president, at the dedication of the Clyde and Millie Wright Stadium on Oyaron Hill. But don’t worry – father Clyde’s name is on the other side of the rotating sign.

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When Women Play, Millie Reigns; When Men, It’s Clyde said David Lubell, Hartwick College media relations manager.

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the ONEONTA Wright Field and its new turf was dedicated in honor of Hartwick all it the Clyde Field. benefactors Clyde and Millie Or, Wright at the halftime depending of the True Blue on the day, the homecoming weekend Millie. football game.

“The sign spins, “Clyde and Millie so when the football donated their time to team plays, it’s and invested in the the Clyde Field, community,” said and when the girls Hartwick College lacrosse team plays, Please See Brian Wright shares sports yarns with friend Tony Drago Millie and Clyde it’s the Millie Field,” BENEFACTORS, B3 as they watch the homecoming game from Hawk’s Nest.

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“When the Hall of Fame was building the ‘Woman at Bat’ statue, they found a photo of my mother in Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life 1948,” said Rick. “She George and Rick Chapman embrace Sister Toni Palermo, a shortdidn’t talk much about stop for the Chicago Colleens, at the “Woman At Bat” statue at playing baseball, but I’ve the Baseball Hall of Fame, inspired by a photo of their mother, learned a lot about her from Dorothy “Mickey” MacGuire Chapman.

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these woman.”

Rick, now the president of the player’s association of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, joined the players at the Baseball Hall of Fame for their annual reunion on Friday, Sept.

21. “Mom died in August 1981, just before the first reunion,” he said. “But being part of the AAGPBL helps keep her legacy alive.”

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Sunday, Sept. 29, Main St. between River & Fair Sts., Cooperstown.

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LIBBY • CUDMORE Fall is made for bicycles and beer and the annual Drops to Hops has them both! Whether you do the 23-mile course or the 48 miles, there will be beer, food, music and more waiting for you at the finish line. $55/rider.

10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, Brewery Ommegang, 656 Co. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info (607) 547-2800.

• It’s Sunday brunch for a good cause!

Enjoy smooth jazz by the Rich Mollin Trio while you dine, all to benefit the National Breast Cancer Research Institute. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

29, Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info (607) 432-5450.

It’s not quite October, but why wait when you can enjoy home-brewed beer this weekend? The annual Oneonta Lions Club Oktober Fest will feature beers by the Homebrewers of Otsego County Proper society, German food, raffles, games. 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, Deer Haven Campground, 180 Deer Haven Ln., Oneonta. Info (607) 432-0448.

• Hear Native American stories, learn Abenaki history, culture with Chief Roger “Longtoe” Sheehan and Elder JT Taylor; try out traditional drumming at SUNY Oneonta’s family weekend. 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, SUNY Oneonta College Camp, Oneonta. (607) 436-3455.

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►Thursday, Sept. 26 DOWNLOAD TRAINING – 10 - 11 a.m. Learn to download e-books & audiobooks personal device (smart phone, tablet, e-reader etc.)

Free, registration required.

Cooperstown Village Library.

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FILM FEST – 2 & 7 p.m.

Enjoy Manhattan Short Film Festival. Walton Theater, 30 Gardiner Pl., Walton. 607865-6688.

COMMUNITY PROGRAM – 6:30 p.m. Learn about raptors of Central New York Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. 607547-0600, ext. 102.

PREVENTION – 6:30 - 8 p.m. Community is invited to join emergency response personnel, survivors, other professionals for discussion on substance abuse prevention, recovery. Auditorium, Oneonta High School, 130 East St., Oneonta. 607-4315009.

SPECIAL GUESTS – 7 - 9:30 p.m. Enjoy music by Sawyer Fredericks, winner of 8th season of NBC’s ‘The Voice.’ Also featuring Oneonta’s own Asking For It. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta.

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Reading by featured author Katharyn Howd Machan & Eva Davidson (whose work has been performed as choral music and operas). Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell.

607-829-5055.

constellations in autumn sky with only your eyes. Bring blankets, chair, dress warmly.

Free. Mohican Farm, 7207 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607282-4087.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 7:30 p.m. Tour “Heroines of Abstract Expressionism” featuring works of Lee Krasner and more. Rick Friedman and Cindy Lou Wakefield describe how they acquired the pieces.

Chris Rossi, Director of Exhibitions provides insight.

Followed by buffet. Cost, $50/non-member. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1400.

more. Free parking, admission. Sunnycrest Orchards, 7869 St. Rt. 10, Sharon Springs. 518-284-2256.

SUPPORT GROUP – 10 a.m. - Noon. Family, friends, & people with multiple sclerosis are invited. Sunshine Room, Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Call Phil Young 607-4353653.

FIBER ARTS – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Explore world of natural fibers through demonstration, activities, exhibits on weaving, felting, knitting, carding, more. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

BIKE RACE – 10 a.m. 8th Annual Drops to Hops Bike Race. Ride 43 or 23 miles followed by party at finish line for racers, families.

Cost, $55/person. Brewery

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RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Fill your bag with eclectic items for $2, find your next book, bake sale. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607432-4102.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Toy Story 4.” Cost, $3/ person. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

ASTRONOMY – 7:30 - 9 p.m. Learn to find the North Star, Cygnus, Draco, other

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GARLIC FEST – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 50+ vendors, garlic inspired delights, food tasting,

THURSDAY, September 26, 2019 Ommegang, 656 Co. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800.

BLOCK PARTY – 11 a.m.

- 2 p.m. Enjoy food, vendors, activities. Noon-12:30 Pastor Paul Messner will sit in the dunk tank. Benefits Susquehanna SPCA. Atonement Lutheran Church, 1 Center St., Oneonta. 607432-6852.

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

OKTOBERFEST – 2 - 5 p.m.

Enjoy fun home-brewed beer tasting event by Oneonta Lions Club. Also includes German-style food by Humphrey’s, raffles, games, more.

Benefit for Lions SEE, Inc. and Lions KidSight USA. Deer Haven Campground, 180 Deer Haven Lane, Oneonta.

607-432-0448.

BENEFIT – 2 p.m. 2019 Walk to End Alzheimers.

Large Pavilion, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. 518-867-4997.

STORIES & DRUMMING – 3 - 4:30 p.m. Celebrate Family Weekend, listen to Native American stories, drumming offering a glimpse into the Abenaki history & culture with Chief Roger “Longtoe” Sheehan and Elder JT Taylor.

SUNY Oneonta College Camp, Oneonta. 607-436-3455.

OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 8 p.m. Celebrate opening of exhibit “Expressions” featuring work by 2019 summer artists in residence program. On view through 10/13. Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Gallery & Sculpture Park, 1 Commons Dr., Gilbertsville.

607-783-2897.

BENEFIT AUCTION – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Support the arts in Central New York. Food, entertainment. Auction tickets, $25. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315691-3550.

DINNER & RAFFLES – 6 - 10 p.m. Sportsmen come enjoy cocktail hour, family style roast pork dinner (beer & wine included), gun raffle, more. Cost, $30/raffle ticket to support Mt. Vision Fire Deptartment, 179 Co. Hwy. 11B, Mount Vision. 607-4330997.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Toy Story 4.” See Friday Listing.

COFFEE HOUSE – 7 - 9 p.m.

Music in range of genres by amateur local performers; light refreshments; all welcome. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church. Church Rd., Schuyler Lake.

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From 500, 22 At ‘League’ Reunion In all, she took 85 students – the entire GIRLS/From B1 sophomore class and the JV and Varsity in “A League of Their Own,” when Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) has to tell a player her girls’ soccer teams – to a panel featuring Lois Youngen, Dolly Ozburn, Jeneane husband had been killed in the war.

Lesko and Sarah Ferguson, all original According to Tim Wiles, former director members of the AAGPBL. of research, on June 10, 1944, Maguire, “They were mesmerthen the catcher of the ized,” she said.

Milwaukee Chicks, “Jeneane didn’t mention learned from her mother that I hit a home run off that her husband, Cpl. her!” said Youngen, a Thomas J. Maguire, Jr., catcher for the South Bend had been killed in action Bluesox and the Fort in Italy, but rather than Wayne Daisies. “Not a lot cry on the bench, she of us could hit home runs, played and got a hit. but I did!”

Two months later, Later that evening, she found out that her Baseball Hall of Fame the Hall screened, “A husband had not been Mickey MacGuire was not League of their Own,” killed, but rather lost his dog tags and was severely only the inspiration for the with Chapman and players burned, and was unable to “Woman at Bat” statue, but Maybelle Blair, Shirley a scene in “A League of Burkovich, Mary Moore, contact her. He pressured for Their Own.” Sister Toni Palermo and her to quit baseball, and Sue Zipay. she declined. The couple “People say to you, ‘How could you divorced in 1945, and she retired in 1949. spend all that time on the buses and play Twenty-two original AAGPBL members ball?’” said Birkovich, a Rockford Peachers were at the Hall for the annual reunion, pitcher. “We had a lot of fun. We sang, we touring the Diamond Dreams exhibit played cards – like Maybelle lost all her and examining artifacts from the touring money in the poker games.”

“Women in Baseball” exhibit, posing for And although Birkovich and others photos and reminiscing as they looked appeared in the film’s final scene, some, through their teammates’ scrapbooks and like Palermo, a former didn’t see the movie photo albums in the library. until recently.

Several of them also met with students “I didn’t know about the film until 2003 from the Cooperstown High School, including the sophomore class and the girls because I was busy doing God’s work,” she said. “When I finally did watch, I was soccer teams. touched because I saw all my buddies in “I heard that the women of the All there. It showed the camaraderie and the American Girls Professional Baseball togetherness, how they felt the pain and Team were coming to the Baseball Hall of the joy of one another, and that’s what we Fame,” she said. “I reached out to the Hall experienced.” and worked with our administrators. These “Once you played ball, you were friends women are living history, this is a great for life,” said Moore. experience for students.”

AllOTSEGO.life B-3 One Day, Clyde; The Next Day, Millie BENEFACTORS/From B1 President Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich during her remarks. “As we dedicate this field, we acknowledge that they will be remembered, woven in the fabric of our strength.”

Clyde Wright, a Milford native and a graduate of ¬Oneonta High School, was a prominent businessman, the owner of Wright’s Grocery and later, Wright’s Electric Co. “He got to know everybody,” said his son, Brian R. Wright, partner in Hinman, Howard & Katell, the prominent Binghamton law firm. “And he believed that citizens should be involved in supporting the college. So he organized the Citizens Board at Hartwick College.”

Clyde’s wife, Millie, also got involved with fundraising, and the two of them were frequent guests at science lectures and cultural gatherings on Oyaron Hill.

“She was very supportive of a college education,” said Wright. “She thought it was wonderful to see all the students downtown, enjoying Oneonta.”

Clyde also served on the board of trustees, and was recognized by the college’s Citizens Board as a Distinguished Citizen in 1958.

“His citation read, ‘Though his name is known

far beyond the confines of this community, it is here that the foundation for his abundant life has been laid, and it is here that has the first place in his mind and heart,” said Drugovich.

Son Brian followed in his father’s footsteps, serving as a trustee for 26 years.

“There hadn’t been football at Hartwick College since 1958,” he said. “During my tenure, the school decided it would be good to reinstitute football. It’s good for bringing student athletes and it helps the male and female balance at the school.”

The field was then known as the all-weather field, with what Wright described as a “carpet” of turf. “It was getting a lot of use,” he said.

“There was football, and women’s field hockey and lacrosse were becoming popular. It just wore out.”

Wright spearheaded a fundraising effort to raised to re-turf and rededicate the field. In all, $3 million was raised and spread out over Wright and Elmore Field, as well as additional outdoor athletic enhancements.

“There we so many donors and trustees who saw the value of athletics,” he said. “And with all the student athletes coming in, they didn’t need a new dorm or educational building, they needed fields

to play on that were comparable to other schools.”

In 2006, the field was dedicated in the Wright Family’s honor under the late Dick Miller’s tenure as college president. He gave Brian Wright a Hartwick College baseball cap, which he wore again on Saturday.

“On that day in 2006, the Hartwick community gathered to name this stadium after the Wright family,” said Drugovich. “On that day, the memory of your father and mother came alive through words of tribute.”

And in 2008, Brian and Josie were named Hartwick College Citizens of the Year – 50 years after his father was so named – and the son has received both an honorary degree and the President’s Medal for Extraordinary and Exemplary Loyalty.

Immediately following the 2019 graduation ceremonies, the old turf – dubbed “Clyde’s Carpet” following the original dedication – was removed, and an entirely new field put in. The turf itself has deeper fibers, and the infill layers underneath are made of sand and rubber pellets to provide more cushion for players.

In all, $450,000 was raised for the new turf field, with Wright providing the lead gift and matching dollar-for-dollar every gift.

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THURSDAY, September 26, 2019

Otsego County Can Breath Sigh Of Relief: ‘Virtual Pipeline’ Moved Elsewhere XNG/From A1 placard. The driver of the vehicle, identified as Jeffrey Lind, 52 years of age of Hallstead, Pa, was found deceased a short distance from the tractor. It is believed he was ejected from the vehicle upon impact.

Lind had been a driver for XNG for just under two months, according to John Pierce, president of Pierce Communications, the public relations firm retained

by XNG. The preliminary investigation and witnesses’ accounts indicate that Lind swerved to avoid striking a deer in the roadway.

As a result, he lost control of the tractor trailer, struck the concrete Jersey barrier dividing the eastbound and westbound lanes, overturned, then slid across the eastbound lanes coming to rest against the concrete barrier on the right-hand side of the eastbound lanes.

The trailer contained four tanks each filled with compressed methane gas. One tank within the

trailer was damaged in the accident and, as a result, an unknown amount of compressed gas vented into the atmosphere, prompting the evacuation of 80 homes within a quarter mile radius of the scene.

“The containers holding the CNG were not breached in this incident,” said the XNG spokesman. “Gas was vented from the emergency relief system that is intentionally built in. Despite this, emergency responders, acting with an abundance of caution, decided to evacuate the area.”

Governor Cuomo declared a State of Emergency in the area and deployed emergency responders from the state Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Conservation Spills Response, and State Police.

“When serious accidents happen, the state jumps into action to help and our emergency responders move heaven and earth to protect our communities,” the governor said.

Traffic was also rerouted to avoid the accident scene, and the Chenango Valley and Chenango Forks central school districts were both closed for the day.

Huston has developed a database that includes six incidents involving XNG trucks in Otsego County in 2016-18, when the trucks could be seen going up and down Route 205 every few minutes.

After a rollover outside Schuyler Lake, county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, opened discussions with XNG President John Nahill. With that, and pressure from groups like Otsego 2000, XNG shifted its trucks across Unadilla Creek into Chenango County, where Route 8 had been upgraded and widened to handle traffic to and from Chobani.

The trucks may be cutting across corners of Otsego County today, but they are not cutting across it as they used to, Dillingham said.

“I have my doubts that they’re really certified to carry hazardous

materials,” she continued. “In other cases, the hazardous material is itself contained inside the truck so if the truck is damaged, it won’t leak. But with the XNG trucks, they’re not even trying.

They’re designed to release hazardous cargo in an accident.”

“They’re designed to release the gas out of the top in an accident,” said activist William Huston. “But in almost all the crashes, the truck rolls over, so the gas is coming out of the side.”

If there was to be a fire as part of the accident, he said, the leaking gas could become “like a flamethrower.”

With an ignition temperature of 1,200 degrees, compressed natural gas is only flammable at 15 percent oxygen and 5 percent.

“It is possible to get a bizarre set of circumstances where the vapor cloud meets an ignition source and creates a fuel-air bomb,” said Houston.

Though the truck involved in the accident was only carrying nine tons of CNG, they can carry

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BLUESTONE TREE FARM LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 9/23/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 4611 Calatrava Ave, Sebring, FL 33872.

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

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid.

NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-notices.

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder.

Amendments may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

Contact Robert Kitchen (518)4572124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/ MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat.

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The Board meetings will be held at the Village Office 64 South Main Street, Milford, NY at 6:30pm Thursday October 3, November 7, and December 5.

The Village of Milford is seeking to fill the position of Zoning Enforcement Officer. If interested please contact the village office at 286-7331 for information.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS BID #OTGOV014-19 COUNTY OF OTSEGO – BID REF # OTGOV014-19 FOR FURNISHING OFFICE SUPPLIES FOR OTSEGO COUNTY IS DUE OCTOBER 11, 2019 AT 2 PM IN THE DIVISION OF PURCHASE. REGISTER AT www.empirestatebidsystem.com TO DOWNLOAD SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS. 1LegalSept.26 Legal nOtice

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Principal Business and Office Location: 253 Briar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail process to 253 Briar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of C&C Empire Estates LLC filed with the SSNY on 09/12/19.

Office: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 446 County Highway 26, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful.

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Notice of Formation of 391 Gifford Hill Rd, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 874 Wilber Lake Rd, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of VUVOI LLC. Articles of formation filed with NY Secretary of State (NYSS) on August 30, 2019.

Office Location: Otsego County.

NYSS has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and NYSS shall mail copy of process to 114 Main Street, Unit 1, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of UNADILLA LIVESTOCK COMPANY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/6/19.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 93 Rubin Rd., Monticello, NY 12701.

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as much as 12 tons. “That’s the equivalent of 120 tons of dynamite if that explodes,” he said.

“That would destroy an entire neighborhood.”

The road was opened and the evacuation order was lifted around 4 p.m. that afternoon.

“We will continue to work with Broome County Office of Emergency Services to determine the cause of the accident and, as always, we will use this incident to learn about our processes and procedures and to make any needed adjustments to help improve our strong safety record,” XNG said in their statement to the media. “It is still too early in the investigation to make any conjecture about needed changes in protocols in large part because the accident appears to have been caused by wildlife on the highway.”

But Dillingham and Huston aren’t convinced. “Those trucks need to be examined by federal and state authorities,” she said.

“We’re tempting fate.”

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Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (NYSS) on 08/22/19.

Office: Otsego County.

NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail process to: 564 Gay Brook Road, Oneonta, New York 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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SSNY shall mail process to: 283 County Hwy 57, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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York Secretary of State (SSNY) on 4/25/2019.

Official Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1342 County Highway 10, Laurens, NY 13796.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of SHELLEYFIELD REALTY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/13/18.

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

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon it to: The LLC, 438 Mansfield Avenue, Levittown, NY, 11756.

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

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Notice of Formation of MT321 LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/9/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Bobnick Enterprises II LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/8/2019.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Stan Bobnick, 754 County Highway 24, Richfield Springs, NY 13439 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NATE LULL, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/6/2019.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Nate Lull, LLC, PO Box 185, Gilbertsville, NY 13776 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Tafel Dairy Farm LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State (SSNY) on 4/25/2019.

Official Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1342 County Highway 10, Laurens, NY 13796.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF J. Gorman Fine Jewelry,LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/24/2019.

Office Location: Otsego SSNY Desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 7571 State Highway 80, Cooperstown NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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►Saturday, Sept. 28

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York presents solo recital

by Classical Guitarist Laura Snowden, “Classical Guitar’s New Champion.” Admission, $20. Room M201, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. 607433- 1459.

COMEDY – 8 - 9:30 p.m.

Presenting comedian/ventriloquist Lynn Trefzger and

her cast of characters. Cost, $3/person. Ballroom, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

FILM FEST – 8 p.m. Enjoy the Manhattan Short Film Festival. See Friday Listing.

►Sunday, Sept. 29 GARLIC FEST – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 50 vendors, garlic inspired delights, crafters, food tastings, more. See Saturday Listing.

MINDFUL MILE – 9 a.m. Noon. Walk a mile to support

Riverside Back-pack program.

Alumni Field House, SUNY Oneonta.

FUNDRAISER – 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Enjoy brunch & Jazz performance to support National Breast Cancer Research Institute. Cost, $10/person.

American Legion, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4320494.

FAMILY WEEKEND – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Traditional Native American greeting at the lodge followed by day of wagon rides, college tours, guided nature walks, more.

SUNY Oneonta College Camp, Oneonta. 607-436-3455.

FIBER ARTS – 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. Explore world of natural fibers. See Saturday Listing, Farmers’ Museum,

Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

BARN TOUR – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tour agricultural buildings that characterize our farming heritage, bucolic views. Cost, $20 to benefit West Kortright Center. Direction sent week before to ticket holders. Walton Area.

607-278-5454.

MUSIC – 11 a.m. Singer/ Songwriter Jason Starr performs bluegrass & folk music.

Franklin Farmers’ Market, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607829-2672.

FILM – 1 & 6:30 p.m.

Presenting “Toy Story 4.” See Friday Listing.

COMMUNITY POTLUCK – 4 - 7 p.m. 8th annual community harvest supper.

Bring a dish to pass, cutlery,

plates, beverages. Pull up a chair and enjoy the company of your neighbors. Includes games on the Library lawn for the kids. Main St. between River & Fair Sts., Cooperstown. E-mail kristenmgriger@gmail.com

joy performance by stand-comedian Dave Temple, known for leaving audiences everywhere in stitches. Waterfront Room, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

►Monday, Sept. 30

CLIMATE DISCUSSION – 10 a.m. Presenting ‘How to Solve Climate Change by 2030: We CAN change the FUTURE’ with Eban Goodstein, Ph.D. who will lead discussion on energy technologies, engagement in climate solutions. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

PANEL DISCUSSION – 5:30 - 7 p.m. “The History and Influence of Islam on Today’s Culture”. Hunt Union Square, SUNY Oneonta.

HUMAN LIBRARY – 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Learn a little from a person who knows a lot.

‘Check Out’ living computer whiz, nutritionist, or even a homesteader/sustainability enthusiast for a 15-minute session to get your questions answered. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980.

COMEDY – 9 - 10 p.m. En-

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Take a picturesque 2½-hour ride through the Susquehanna River Valley.

Travel along the tranquil Susquehanna River, through farm fields, and forests.

Food and beverages for sale on board. Seating is limited. Reservations and prepayment required.

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►Tuesday, October 1

►Wed. October 2 AWARDS PRESENTATION – 6 p.m. Presentation on fundraising trip to Canyon Country, followed by Eduard Hofbauer Outstanding Service Awards presented to Deb Bruce, Corine Smith. Wayne Wright will receive Albert E. Morris Award for contributions to local history. Followed by short business meeting.

Free, open to public. Refreshments included. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960.

►Thurs., October 3 HISTORY DISCUSSION – 6:30 p.m. Historian discusses new book ‘Don Troiani’s Campaign to Saratoga – 1777’ featuring new artworks, previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, discussion. Registration required, $10 admission. Allen House, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, 2805 NY-67, Johnstown. 518-774-5669.

MUSICAL – 7 - 10 p.m. Live musical performance ‘Curie Me Away’ tells the story of Madame Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Cost, $5/person. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607-4362011.

►Friday, October 4 RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Huge rummage/bake sale. Find household items, clothing, books, furniture, collectibles, more. Christ Church Parish Hall, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9555.

RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Find wide variety of items for sale at Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4636 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. 607547-9613.

QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Celebrate 25th year of the annual quilt show. 300+ quilts from artists across the country with featured quilter Jim Bryden. Lunch available.

Proceeds benefit roof project.

Admission, $5/person. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2780.

SCI-FI & HORROR – 3 p.m.

Festival. Features authors, vendors, speakers, activities, more. Cost, $6/person for day pass. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

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Wednesday, October 2

Live music pre-show: 7 pm. Curtains: 7:30 pm Slade Theater, Yager Hall Hartwick faculty/staff: $5 General admission: $10 Hartwick students: Free Reservations: 607-431-4227 or theatre@hartwick.edu

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THURSDAY, September 26, 2019

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IN MEMORIAM Anja K. Kiraly, 78; Ran Chief Schenevus Restaurant With Husband

SCHENEVUS – Anja Kosonen Kiraly, 78, who ran the Chief Schenevus Restaurant with husband John for 30 years, passed away on Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Anja, born in Helsinki, Finland, immigrated to the United States to be an au pair in 1957.

She was married to the late (Janos) John Kiraly of Hungary, the human

embodiment of the Finnish concept of Sisu. She met John in an English class. He spoke five words to her and stole her heart.

Their goal was to live the American Dream.

They raised their family in South Hempstead. They owned Burger ‘n Shake in Farmingdale. After John’s retirement, they lived in Schenevus for more than 30 years and ran the Chief

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Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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Schenevus there. John passed away on June 9, 1995. Their son Richard took over the restaurant and bakery and eventually Anja moved first to Philadelphia, then Washington, D.C., with her daughters.

Loved by everyone everywhere she lived, Anja always worked hard.

Whether a burger needed to be grilled, floor tiles laid, a garden planted, furniture reupholstered,

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anything, she would figure out how to do it. She helped others every way she

could.

Knitting was her passion.

She would knit baby sweaters and scarves to give

as holiday gifts. She even made clothes for her own children. Anja also made beautiful hanging baskets that once hung in Schenevus and her crafty side was evident in the mosaic table tops she created.

Anja loved to make lives better and happier for people. And she did!

Anja is survived by her three children Richard, Anne and Linda; grandchildren, Theresa, Richard, Janette,

Bennie L. Pratt, 95; WWII Vet, Construction Electrician ONEONTA – Oneonta native Bennie Lee Pratt, 95, a World War II veteran and electrician on construction projects, passed away at Harpursville home on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019.

Bennie was born May 23, 1924, in Oneonta, to Benjamin and Mildred (Warner) Pratt.

He graduated from Oneonta High School and enlisted in the Navy at the outbreak of World War II, serving from 1943 to 1946 as an electrician’s mate, second class, in the South Pacific Theater aboard the USS LCI 847.

He then married Elinor Ruth Kabat on June 2,

1951, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Binghamton.

After the war, he joined IBEW Local 325, working many of the landmark structures and college buildings around the Southern Tier, including IBM, Link, state and federal offices and the airport.

Ben had a passion for the outdoors. He fished every trout stream, knew where to find the biggest salmon, and had a knack for always taking trophy bucks. He loved putting out trail cameras to watch “his” deer, and was on his quad daily, making the rounds of his hilltop ranch.

Always willing to lend a hand, he had an infectious

“can-do” attitude, generosity and wry sense of humor. He was a rare combination of Bennie Pratt someone who had a love of life and a firm understanding of what was important — the simplicity of living a life with those you love.

Ben was preceded by his wife Ruth in 2011, and survived by his son, Bryan Lee Pratt and wife April, residing in Charleston, S.C.; his daughter, Karen

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and husband Daniel Foster (Hillcrest); grand-daughter Desiree Ritter and husband Daniel, and great-grandchildren children Dean, Evelyn and Theo, residing in Bozeman, Mont.; and grandson Dillon, a senior at Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C. A funeral was held Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Osterhoudt-Madden Funeral Home with Pastor Michele Clark of N. Fenton United Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Port Crane Cemetery with military honors.

Arrangements are with the Osterhoudt-Madden Funeral Home..

Velma B. Vibbard, 85; Dairy Farmer, 4-H Leader For 60 Years BURLINGTON – Velma B. Vibbard, 85, of Burlington, a retired dairy farmer and 4-H leader for six decades, who passed away Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Little Falls.

Velma was born on June 13, 1934, in Cooperstown, the daughter of the late Emory and Wilma Curry Bloomer.

A lifetime resident of the area, Velma was raised in Hyde Park and graduated from Cooperstown Central School. She married Kenneth on June 21, 1953, and in 1956, they bought their dairy farm, which they

operated until their retirement in 1996.

Velma was active in 4-H as a leader and the Burlington Green Baptist Church for more than 60 years. In her church, she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and was the treasurer for more than 50 years.

She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Kenneth Vibbard Sr. of Burlington; sons Kevin (Kirstin) Vibbard of Sherburne, Kenneth Vibbard Jr. of Utica and Kyle (Kim) Vibbard of Sidney; daughters Deborah

Vibbard of Cortland, and Kathy Bennett of Burlington Flats; grandchildren Kristi Vibbard, Austen Bennett, Briana (Scott) Brown, Kevin Vibbard Jr., Patrick (Kate Deshaw) Vibbard and Nathan Vibbard. Also surviving are siblings, Malcom (Brenda) Bloomer of Hartwick, Kenneth Bloomer of St. Louis, Genevra Placek of Connecticut; sister-in-law Lois Bloomer of Maine; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by siblings, Ernest Bloomer, John E. Bloomer, June

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Chris, Dayna, Sisi and Taylor; great-grandchildren, Aniyah, Johnny, Yasmine, Mia and Copeland; sister, Kitty Larrson of Sweden; and half-siblings, Markku Sinkonen and Ylva Malmstrom of Finland.

In keeping with Anja’s wishes, no services will be held. Her family is celebrating her life instead.

Anja is remembered, loved and missed already.

COOPERSTOWN – Charles Michael “Mike” Stringer, 70, a chef, proprietor of Mike’s Floor Covering, and lifelong resident of the Cooperstown area, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in his camper at Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Portlandville.

Born Aug. 2, 1949, in Cooperstown, Mike was the son of Francis William Stringer and Ellen H. Shaw Stringer. After graduating with the Class of 1967 from Cooperstown High School, he attended FultonMontgomery Community College.

He had his own family flooring business, Mike’s Floor Covering, installing many new carpets and flooring for area residents and businesses. He then worked for The Farmers’ Museum and The Fenimore House, and Bayside Inn & Marina, before his retirement.

Mike is survived by his

Travis and Elaine More; and son-in-law, Wayne Bennett.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Burlington Green Baptist Church, 2225 County Highway 16, Burlington Flats, NY 13315, in loving memory of Velma.

A funeral service was held Monday, Sept 23 at the Delker & Terry Funeral Home with Pastor Barry Davis, Burlington Green Baptist Church, officiating.

Interment was in Burlington Green Cemetery.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Delker and Terry Funeral Home.

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