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ROTESTS Organizer Lisa St. Onge greets people marching in sympathy with the Women’s March on Washington Saturday, Jan. 21, on Muller Plaza.

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Freed by a snow day, fearless Abigail Platt speeds down a hillside near Greater Plains Elementary Tuesday, Jan. 24. Snow and rain were expected through the end of the week.

City Manager Recruiters Will View Resumes

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he panel appointed to recruit Oneonta’s third city manager will meet Monday, Jan. 30, with consultant Catherine Tuck Parish to take a first look at resumes.

The panel includes four Council members, City Hall’s personnel director, former SUNY Oneonta President Alan Donovan and businessman Alan Cleinman.

Mayor Gary Herzig is not a member, but will participate as liason to Common Council.

WBNG’S BACK: State

Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and WBNG-TV announced the Binghamton station will again be on Time Warner Cable’s TV lineup in Otsego County, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 25.

TO THE RESCUE: The

Oneonta Fire Department responded to a request from its Laurens counterpart Wednesday, Jan. 18, and sent the city’s aerial ladder to help douse a fire in the northern village’s downtown that left 11 people homeless.

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County Women Local Republicans Witness To Change At D.C. March, Vince Casale, Bobby Walker Experience 1st Inaugurations In Protests Here

By JIM KEVLIN

Demonstrations Of Dismay Create Feeling Of Solidarity

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im Muller, the former mayor of Oneonta, had gone prepared to march in the Women’s March on Washing-

ton.

But, as it turns out, there wasn’t room to move. “The march was supposed to start at 1, but it didn’t start until 3 – it was this amazing sea of people,” she said. “For as crowded as it was, there was no pushing or shoving, no Please See MARCH, A7

HOTEL FOR HOMELESS HITS WALL

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Otsego County Republican Chairman Vince Casale and Lynn Krogh mix with party faithful at the Freedom Ball at the Capitol Hilton Friday, Jan. 20.

AYN-ge was in the air.

In Washington, D.C., for the first time, Bobby Walker, chair of the Otsego County Young Republicans, who spent six hours among the Inaugural guests, reported back, “The main word that I heard, probably 100 times over, was change. People were saying he’s not part of the political establishment like Please See INAUGURAL, A7

Parking Deck Redo Most Expensive Idea Council member Dana Levinson examines the artist’s renderings of ideas for downtown.

Revitalization Initiative Starts Pricing Projects

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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eventeen ways to spend $10 million are on the table.

The city’s Downtown Revitalization Committee’s consultant, Stantec, unveiled the 17 projects, complete with artist’s renderings, to the public Tuesday, Jan. 24,

in a meeting in Foothills’ Atrium.

“I’m excited about all of it,” said Mayor Gary Herzig.

“This process is about generating ideas and how we can move forward.”

Marc Wouters, Stantec’s lead urban designer, put the projects into three categories: Strengthen what is Please See PRICES, A6

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Wentworth Erickson’s Mission Ends

SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski congratulates legendary OHS basketball coach Tony Drago, an honoree.

rtist and SUNY Oneonta professor Janet Wentworth Erickson’s three-year cycle, “Community Heroes in Portraiture,” ended with the opening of the final exhibition Thursday, Jan. 19, at SUNY Oneonta’s Martin-Mullen Gallery. Her program honored 37 individuals in Otsego and Delaware counties in 51 works of art, portraits by the artist and photographic portraits by her students. For more examples of the personalities and related artwork, see slide show at

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ork by Richard Barlow, Hartwick College assistant professor of art, is being featured in an exhibit at the Elmhurst (Ill.) Museum of Art in a group exhibition entitled “Sense of Place.”

For the exhibit, Barlow made a site-specific chalk wall drawing inside a Mies Van Der Rohe house at the museum complex. The exhibition runs through February 12, 2017.

Your January Home Checklist 4 Protect pipes from freezing. Insulate any exposed outdoor pipes.

4 Take steps to prevent ice dams. Ice dams are

areas of built-up ice that can accumulate around your roof line, causing leaks when the backed-up snow behind them begins to melt.

4 Make sure your driveway is maintained.

Keep your driveway cleared of snow and branches so that the fuel oil truck, deliveries, emergency vehicles and visitors have access to your home.

4 Keep the path to your heating oil fill pipe cleared for delivery. Clear a path from your driveway to the fill pipe.

4 Knock heavy snow from tree branches.

4 Check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

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“Cultural geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and urban planners study why certain Barlow places hold special meaning to particular people,” says the museum’s website. “The exhibition, ‘Sense of Place,’ will explore the myriad tangible and intangible ways in which the visual arts can be imbued with a sense of place.”

At Hartwick, Barlow works with traditional and non-traditional media to explore the ways that images are used to produce meaning.

He has an MFA from the

University of Minnesota and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Recently, a large scale piece, “Pixelated Bromide,” was purchased and installed as part of the permanent collection of the Weisman

Art Museum in Minneapolis.

“I am excited to have my first show in the Chicago area, and for the opportunity to make my work in a Mies Van Der Rohe house,” Barlow said.

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EDITORIAL

SAFE ZONE: This Editorial Is Not About Donald Trump as yet unrealized, would go aglimmer – 2,400 people with jobs, buying homes or renting, shopping, dining in local restaurants. Goodness, a thriving local economy for more than 100 days? What a concept.

And yet the community defines Bassett as a parking problem, a traffic problem, a nuisance (employees smoking beyond the smoking-free campus), a noise problem (parking lots must whitehouse.gov photo be plowed before patients From Village of Cooperstown’s Comprehensive Master Plan ATTENTION, READERS: This is the only editorial arrive!). Here a problem, page in the United States of America that has there a problem, everywhere refrained from writing about President Trump this some such, or is “merging” a problem-problem. week while he settles in. into some mega-health• semi-provider headquartered that morning by driving to 30 percent of the water and Let’s back up to that 100 miles from here.

Edmeston and getting on a sewer bills. In other words, word: Opportunity.

• Bassett commuter bus. those rates would rise 50 At another point in the Why does Cooperstown The emergency room doc percent if Bassett disap$140,000 Comprehensive have a tin ear when it comes may be from Schenectady. peared.

Plan and Downtown Revito Bassett? The signs are An hour commute each Do 200 Bassett emtalization Strategy, it’s noted everywhere: For Bassett, way is a burden in an urban ployees own homes in the that what Cooperstown life – and BID-ness – would area, but in the country? village of 900 homes? 300? would benefit from is a be a lot simpler somewhere That Bassett announced Kiss your home value good- major employer! A major else. a year ago it was moving bye. The loss of valuation employer? Remember First, because Bassett is back-office operations and would mean higher village, Bassett? inaccessible to most people 140 jobs to Utica should county and school property But what are we doing to who work there. At every have set off alarms. Do you tax rates. keep it here? appointment, you’re likely ever hear anybody talking Not to mention: DeadsActually, dissing the checked in by someone about it? ville. comp plan was a rhetorical from Unadilla (45 minutes • And look what’s hapfoil. There’s a lot of good away) or Middleburgh (an What would not having pening in Oneonta: It was stuff there. Let’s not leave it hour), who had to park at Bassett in Cooperstown predictable and, from a on the shelf. the Iroquois lot on Route 33 mean? business point of view, a One, it says, more housthat morning and then wait During the announcement necessity, but local services ing of various prices and, for the shuttle. of a second $2 million state – closing the maternity unit let’s face it, modern, is The nurse who reviews grant to rebuild the sewis the headline – are being needed. Why haven’t housyour medical record is from age-treatment plant on the “right-sized” and will likely ing development or condos Ilion (35 minutes away), Susquehanna, Mayor Jeff continue to be. popped up? Cooperstown and got to Cooperstown Katz noted that Bassett pays Plus, a huge opportunity, hasn’t much space, but

C.8 Continue dialog with the Bassett Healthcare Network as it adapts to changing needs in medical education, healthcare, and its physical plant. The Bassett Medical Center, located in the Village of Cooperstown, is a 180-bed, acute care inpatient teaching facility. The Center, which is headquarters of the Bassett Healthcare Network, is the largest employer in the Village of Cooperstown. As the face of healthcare continues to change at a rapid pace, Bassett will need to continue adapting to meet evolving needs to remain a leader in the field. The Village recognizes that the Bassett Medical Center is an important community resource and is critical to the economic vitality of Cooperstown. The Village should continue to work with representatives of the Bassett Healthcare Network to ensure that Bassett’s plans are harmonious with those of the Village, and vice versa.

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lah, blah, blah. (Fast forward to Apple Pie and Motherhood sections. No doubt those are also “important community resources.”)

“Bassett,” believe it or not, is mentioned just eight times in the Village of Cooperstown’s $140,000 updated Comprehensive Plan and Downtown Revitalization Strategy – seven times in that single paragraph above, which doesn’t appear until Page 55 of the 99-page document.

Which makes you want to throw it across the room, (unless you’re reading it on a PC).

Let’s wake up, friends.

In fact, we’re all going to wake up some morning to discover the Bassett Healthcare Network is moving its headquarters to Utica or

there’s plenty of open land in Otsego, Middlefield and Hartwick.

Two, it says, the village should collaborate with “a major employer” – hey, we have one – to build parking decks in the downtown vicinity. Long overdue.

Three, it says, create the conditions to get more people living downtown.

(Lack of dedicated parking is a big hindrance).

Heavens, the chatter a year ago was Bassett is planning dorms! Dorms!

For medical students! Who may then settle here and help keep us alive! Horrors!

• In reality, Cooperstown isn’t a baseball town. It isn’t a resort community.

It isn’t a cultural watering hole. It is a medical center. Actually recognizing and capitalizing on the fact that Cooperstown is headquarters for the Bassett Healthcare Network would be transformative. Let’s embrace it.

OK, fine, let’s not. Let’s wake up some morning to find ourselves served by the Faxton-St. Luke’s-GuthrieLourdes-Upstate-Ellis-(and, oh yes)-Bassett Healthcare Network. Need a corn removed – the FSLGLUE(and, oh yes)-B Corn Removal Clinic is now in Canastota. If you can afford it. (Oops!)

LETTERS

Congress Has Power, But Not Expertise, Funding To Assess Regulations To the Editor: Dick Downey and William Dornburgh’s letters in last week’s newspaper try to defend Rep. John Faso’s recent outrageous vote in Congress aimed at stripping the regulatory agencies of their power.

There is no question that regulations have the force of law, as Mr. Downey points out. But there is also no practical way to legislate on the details of most of the complex issues of the day, which is why regulatory agencies have been charged with fine-tuning the laws.

Do we really want Mr. Faso deciding by default to allow an unsafe drug to go to market, or that a chemical deemed dangerous be permitted in our drinking water, even though scientific inquiry by agencies would say otherwise?

There is no way Mr. Faso and his staff can make such determinations, which would mean reviewing countless proposed regulations on an ongoing basis. It is the regulatory agencies, not Congressional staff, that have the expertise and resources to do so. Of course, agencies will

make mistakes, and if evidence of that comes to the attention of Mr. Faso and other congressmen, then they are not only free to take action, but obliged to do so.

Yet Mr. Dornburgh, in his letter, curiously holds the strange view that Congress up to now has had no authority “to review regulations passed by federal agencies.” Congress has always had that power. That’s what Congressional investigations and hearings are all about.

The real meaning of HR 22 is to kill any new regulation unless Mr.

Faso and his colleagues take the trouble to review it within 70 days.

It is not the job of congressmen to be regulators, something for which they and their staffs are neither funded nor trained.

The result is to politicize what used to be independent, evidencebased inquiry by the agencies. Voters should be aware that Mr. Faso betrayed their interests on virtually his first day in office.

ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Fly Creek

Watch Your Step: Downtown Cooperstown’s Brick Sidewalks Super Slippery To the Editor: Beware of the new brick pavers on Cooperstown’s Main Street!

The other noon, after parking in the handicapped slot in front of the Wax

Museum, I put a careful foot on the granite curb which was merely wet, and, misled by that, stepped on the new “brick pavers” rather than the uneven, ice-covered snow crust adjacent to them.

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be icy when other surfaces are not.

A businessperson up the street said that those glazed bricks have been very slippery and not prone to melting like normal bricks or cement.

Indeed, they’d salted theirs and those were still much icier than the sidewalk’s cement.

I noticed that the oldfashioned bricks leading to

the police station, where I reported the incident, gave adequate traction, as normal, porous bricks should.

It would seem to me that in a village where some businesspeople aren’t present in winter months to tend their sidewalk frontage, the space between the street parking and the sidewalk, at least, should be made safe by the village: Especially in front of handicap slots.

LENA GUYOT Fly Creek

Editor’s Note: This letter is reprinted from the Friday, Jan. 20, edition of the New York Times.

To the Editor: I am sorry that “anti-abortion” women feel alienated from feminism and do not feel welcome at the Women’s March. In answer to the question of whether these woman can be feminists: You absolutely can be a feminist and be morally opposed to abortion.

However, if being “prolife” means that you are working to make abortion illegal again, for my daughter and my granddaughters and all American women, the answer is no, you are not a feminist. You are telling me that women have neither the right nor the legal standing to make their own medical decisions.

MELINDA HARDIN Cooperstown The writer is co-chairwoman of Family Planning of South Central New York.

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There was simply no other way to get from the parked car to the safety of the cement sidewalk.

My foot slipped dramatically and I came down hard on my knee, as witnessed by my R.N. friend, who’d chosen to grab the handicap signpost and slide on the snow-bank instead.

My purpose in writing is to warn folks that those pavers are dangerous and may

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Herzig Joins 106 Mayors: Preserve Mental Health Care Editor’s Note: Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig joined 106 other mayors nationwide signing this letter asking the Congressional leadership to preserve mental health provisions in the Affordable Care Act.

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n behalf of the one in five Americans living with mental illness, the Cities Thrive Coalition is writing to highlight the immense harm that repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will cause for this population. The ACA provided

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Mayor Herzig in City Hall

the largest expansion of behavioral health services by requiring insurers to cover treatment for mental health and

substance abuse disorders.

This transformation in our nation’s behavioral health system brought much needed care and resources to address this national crisis. While we applaud the 114th Congress for passing life-saving mental health reforms, as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, those reforms will be in vain if the ACA is repealed.

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History

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

150 Years Ago

The Tyranny of Fashion – Fashion rules the world and a most tyrannical mistress she is, compelling the people to submit to the most inconvenient things imaginable for her sake. She pinches our feet with tight shoes, or chokes with a tight neckerchief, or squeezes the breath out of our body by tight lacing. She makes people sit up by night when they ought to be in bed, and keeps them in bed in the morning when they ought to be up and doing. She makes people visit when they would rather stay at home, eat when they are not hungry, and drink when they are not thirsty. She compels us to dress gaily, whether upon our property or that of others, whether agreeable to the Word of God, or the dictates of pride. She ruins health and produces sickness, destroys life, and occasions premature death. She makes fools of parents, invalids of children, and servants of all.

January 1867

125 Years Ago

Attention is particularly directed to the series of historical articles now running in the newspaper from the pen of Harvey Baker, Esq. These articles will prove a valuable acquisition to the material at the command of the future historian of Oneonta, and the papers containing them are worthy of careful preservation.

A new passenger depot at Oneonta is very much needed and a prominent official of the D. & H. said recently that this fact was fully appreciated by the company, and that it was quite probable that a new station would be built here ‘ere long.

A hop for the benefit of the Oneonta Base Ball Club of 1891 was held at Merchant’s Exchange Hall on Friday evening. Socially the party was a success. The ball club, however, was only fifty cents the gainer from the party.

January 1892

100 Years Ago

Two prize contests are declared by the Press and Publicity sections of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party for the two best articles on: “Why the Woman in the Rural Community Needs the Vote” and “Why Churches Should Help Women Get the Ballot.” These contests have met with approval from a number of magazines whose editors have advised the committee to enlarge upon their original intention and ask for manuscripts of 1,500 words each. The articles should be on life experiences, not on abstractions.

The six best articles received on each of these subjects will receive a prize. For the first one in each contest a sum of $10 and a subscription to a well-known magazine will be offered. The magazine will be chosen by the winner from a list. Among the choice magazines are: The Metropolitan, Every Woman, Today’s Forum, The New Republic, Good

60 Years Ago

40 Years Ago

The battle between tobacco smokers and non-smokers is on and will probably get much hotter this year, spurred by the increasing activism of anti-smoking groups. Buoyed by the success of their four-year-old campaign to ban smoking in public places, militant non-smokers are pressing for more stringent action. “What is needed is an extension of the non-smoking zones into every area of human activity,” wrote attorney Samuel C. McMorris in the British Journal of Addiction last spring. “There should be a total ban on smoking and it should not be left to the individual decision of employers, doctors, restauranteurs, club owners, or even homeowners.” The Tobacco Institute, the lobbying and public relations arm of the tobacco industry, has opened a counter campaign aimed at protecting the rights of smokers.

January 1977

20 Years Ago

Blue eyed with blonde hair, Richard Snelding hardly resembles the classic American Indian of Hollywood films and history books. But he may be the Indian of the future.

Snelding has one-sixty-fourth Kaw Indian blood, enough for membership in Oklahoma’s Kaw Nation tribe. “There’s more to being an Indian than a pedigree,” the 22-year-old says.

“What you feel inside of you is what’s important.” With gambling profits raising the stakes of tribal membership, deciding who is a real Indian has become a divisive issue facing January 1957 American Indians today. Being identified as an American Indian has never been so popular. The number of Americans Housekeeping, Vanity Fair, Fashion Review, Fashionable identifying as Native Americans has nearly tripled since 1970 Dress, Everyland, American Poultry Advocate, Yorkshire rising from 827,000 to 2.2 million according to U.S. Census Month-Dairyman, McClure’s and The Garden Magazine.

January 1917 figures. Indian tribes are political entities with federally recognized rights to govern themselves.

January 1997

80 Years Ago

A new course introduced in the Physics Department at Wellesley College is very practical. The young women who take it come out proficient in automobile mechanics. They not only understand what makes their cars go, but they know how to find out what makes them not go, sometimes, and they know how to fix the trouble. Everything which trains the mind and develops skills is education, of course – and yet it is a little surprising to find a motor mechanics course in a liberal arts college for women. Almost any husband or father will say there ought to be more such courses, but earlier in the educational routine, perhaps. High school courses in the mechanics of household machinery – washing machines, electric irons, and so on – would improve the life and efficiency of labor saving equipment in the home. It might improve domestic peace and efficiency, too.

January 1937

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e stand here today in solidarity with women and men all over the country, directing public attention to a dangerous and unpredictable administration that poses a grave threat to women’s rights, to our health care, and to democracy.

I am identified in my work at Family Planning of South Central New York with reproductive health and reproductive justice, but I am equally passionate about climate change, gun control, income inequality, the plight of undocumented people… the list goes on. I do not need to chronicle for you what we face. All of you are here because you know what is at risk.

I understand you may be frightened; we need to be courageous and strong in the face of our fear.

I am not going to tell you not to be angry, but instead urge you to use that anger productively.

We were mostly comfortable in the last eight years of the Obama presidency, and frankly lazy. We felt protected here in New York, with a governor who, while not always moving as quickly as we wanted, protected civil rights and the environment.

That time is past. We no longer have the luxury of being silent. It is no longer enough to think about politics sometimes, to write large or small checks

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Deb Marcus at Cooperstown vigil

to the charity of our choice, to remember to vote in every election.

Of course those actions are all important. But now is the time for much more.

We must all stand up. We must all use our present voice.

We must all become activists.

We must all say, loudly and widely and in every possible venue….

This is not fair, this is not right, this will never be acceptable.

We must never allow hatred, bigotry and ignorance to seem normal.

We must vigorously exercise our precious constitutional rights to free speech, to freedom of assembly and to representative democracy.

And we will not stand down in face of authoritarianism and intolerance. We will be vigilant.

Let’s talk specifics. I encourage you to google “Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda,” where these ideas are fleshed out.

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Indivisible suggests that we take a lesson from the Tea Party. The Tea Party’s ideas were wrong and their tactics weren’t elegant; they just showed up on their own home turf and they just said no. And it worked. Politics is the art of the possible, and the Tea Party changed what is possible.

This is how we in Otsego County can wield political power. Federal policy change does not depend on Donald Trump, it depends on whether our Congressional representatives support or oppose him.

Like the Tea Party, we can organize and mobilize locally, taking advantage of the energy of the many local marches and rallies being held today.

We can and must focus on our own members of Congress and Senate. Write this down or put this in your phone, John Faso’s phone number is 202225-5614. Go on his web site and sign up for his newsletter.

We can make phone calls, write letters to the editor, broadcast on social media, and encourage our friends to do the same. We can show up every time there is a local constituent day, when he gives a speech, when he cuts a ribbon, and we will be visible and persistent.

And like the Tea Party, we can play defense, vigorously resisting regressive legislation.

But unlike the Tea Party, we are acting not to obstruct, but to protect. We will make sure our Congressmembers and our Senators know that it is not acceptable to compromise on democracy, on human rights, on the environment.

We must be relentless in demanding transparency and accountability. We must make clear that there will be consequences at the voting booth.

We must hold the powerful

accountable.

And we must begin organizing for coming elections, at every level. We no longer have the luxury of saying politics is unpleasant, it’s someone else’s job. Run for the school board, run for village council. Politicians don’t start by running for Congress, they hold other offices before that. If like me, you are sure you don’t want to hold elective office, then volunteer and work for the campaign of someone who does.

I have always been a believer in “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Your local service and advocacy organizations are here on the ground. We can be nimble and responsive.

We at Family Planning of South Central New York are honored that donations are being made this afternoon to support local efforts for reproductive health and reproductive justice here in Otsego, Delaware, Chenango and Broome Counties. Family Planning is proud to continue to be the local advocate and we welcome your participation.

And finally, let us focus on all that unites us. We are not talking about partisan politics, we are talking about economic opportunity for all, about an environment of clean air and clean water, about the human and civil rights of women and all people, and about being able to ensure that our children grow up in a safe and compassionate country.

On 9/11 I hung the American flag outside my home and I have kept it there every day since. I want to show that progressive people are patriots.

We are all patriots, we all cherish our country. It is our obligation to make sure that America is not only great, but that it continues to be good.

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Civil rights activist Mendy Samstein, 68, died on Wednesday in New Lisbon. Samstein who worked primarily in the southern states moved to the area several years ago with his wife Nancy Cooper. Samstein was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and had gone to Mississippi in the 1960s to work and protest for civil rights. He was an organizer for the committee. Samstein and his wife were both close colleagues of Stokely Carmichael and Abbie Hoffman and part of the Freedom Fighters. New Lisbon Town Superintendent Robert Taylor said Samstein had been ill for some time. “He was a very vibrant person, a very friendly person. To speak with him, you’d never know what his accomplishments were.”

January 2007

LETTERS

his Is Not Fair, This Is Not Right This Will Never Be Acceptable...’

Editor’s Note: Debra Marcus of Oneonta, CEO of Family Planning of South Central New York, delivered this address to more than 300 attendees at the Saturday, Jan. 20, vigil at the Otsego County Courthouse, Cooperstown, called in solidarity with the Women’s March On Washington.

10 Years Ago

Bassett Should Expand Definitions Of ‘Teams’ To the Editor: The article, “New Bassett Way: Teams,” seemed to be a thinly veiled attempt to cover up for the shortage of doctors and money. It is a shame that hospitals have become megaliths that have grown beyond their ability to sustain themselves.

It is important to see the same doctor over the years.

They, hopefully, get a better understanding of who you are.

Written logs just don’t do it.

In fact, the last time I went to the doctor, the nurse who saw me first started to judge my condition on incorrect facts that were on the written report.

Someone who sees me regularly would have known. You have to be constantly vigilant and it is not easy when you are not feeling well.

Now a better team would be, for example: the doctor, an exercise movement therapist, a food specialist, a group of people that see different parts of you and help you put it

altogether for a healthy body.

I went to a nurse one time because she advertised as part of a team. That team consisted of a homeopath doctor, a massage therapist, an allopathic doctor, an acupuncturist, and I believe there was also an herbalist and an ayurvedic person as well.

Now that is what I call a team that can bring many different viewpoints to the table to solve your medical need!

The HMOs control what we can get and what we can’t have. It is a system whose goal is profit off the suffering and sick.

The colleges that teach medicine are worth a fortune.

The CEOs of HMOs are making a fortune, and the “big pharms” are making a fortune.

The hospitals are left trying to play catch-up. And we the patient are caught in the middle.

Just what part of America health care do people think is so great?

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At Ice Rink, Skaters Of All Ages Having Fun Together To the Editor: Over MLK weekend, my family and I had the privilege of ice skating at Badger Park, and I wanted to personally thank the village for maintaining such an amazing outdoor winter resource for our community. The ice was great, and the extended hours over the long weekend were appreciated.

So often, in the dark days of winter, we are inside and inactive. The ice rink provides the community with a safe, healthy, and free outdoor activity for the entire family, complete with a warming shed where you can borrow skates, get a drink, or just take a break.

It’s a place where you meet up with old friends and make

new ones. As I helped my younger children learn to skate, I watched my older son and husband play a pick-up hockey game that included young children, teenagers, and adults all having fun together. It’s rare in this day and age that an activity brings multiple ages together, and it was clear that everyone was having a fantastic time.

The ice rink fosters a strong sense of community and is one of the things that makes Cooperstown such a great place to live. So, thank you Village Parks for our rink, and I look forward to a lot more ice time this winter.

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ith an e-mail petition opposing a “midway house for sexual offenders” – inaccurately, says its developer – Otsego County’s effort to expand housing for the homeless is running into community opposition here.

A village Zoning Board of Appeals hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, was expected to attract 100 villagers or more, and had been moved to Richfield Springs Central School to accommodate the crowd.

But the prospective developer, James L. Bent Jr. of Mayfield, said a lot of misinformation surrounds his plans: He envisions Lake Street Manor & Suites as a hotel serving Dreams Park families in the summer and taking referrals from the county Department of Social Services the rest of the year.

“They think there’s nobody in Richfield Springs that’s homeless,” Bent said of villagers who are opposing his plans for 14 rooms in the former Mielnicki’s Restaurant near the village line. “There are people jumping from couch to couch.”

There are already six state-registered sex offenders living in the village, he pointed out, and he doesn’t expect any of them will be boarding in his facility, which aims to be part of Otsego County’s effort to address homelessness in a more cost-effective way.

County Rep. Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, the county board’s Human Services Committee chair, said the county is looking to expand a model that has been operating successfully since September at Otego’s Crossroads Motel, where owners Brad and Nicole Feik had operated a “sober-living community” since 2014.

Before that, Otego County had been spending $55 a night to place homeless people in motels; it guaranteed the Feiks $35 a night for each of their 13 rooms, filled or not. Koutnik told the board at its January meeting all rooms are pretty much filled every night.

“I’ve heard fourth-hand” about the Richfield Springs project, he said in an interview the other

day. “The best I can say is: The facility is not even close to being ready; it’s being rehabbed.

When it gets close to being ready, we’ll have a lot more detail.”

In a telephone interview from his Fulton County home, Bent described a somewhat different model from the Feiks’. Where the county is paying $35 a night, his plan would be to charge patrons, who received a $600 assistance check monthly, $450 a month.

The rent would include a bed, dresser, TV and cable, Wi-Fi, a small refrigerator, sheets and a laundry. There would be a live-in manager. The

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“People want to be able to walk from the park to Main Street to get a pizza,” he said. “The variety of activities you have downtown is what makes it successful.”

The most expensive project was redevelopment of the parking garage to add housing, retail and transportation, as well as Main-Market connections.

It would include a “maker space” aimed to encourage the next generation of creators. “Maker spaces Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA are really popular with the New siding and windows are in evidence at the former Mielnicki’s younger generation,” said Restaurant on Richfield Springs’ Wouters. “They rent time Lake Street, where a home for the and share tools for light homeless is planned. manufacturing.” site is on the bus line, and other transportation The maker space – an would also be provided. extension of the “food hub” “I’m trying to help the homeless – people who idea – would be part of a are needy,” Bent said, adding that while he had $3-4 million DRI investoriginally planned the facility for Dreams Park, ment, with matching pri“I can’t rent rooms for just 13 weeks.” vate investment to add 24 Whatever happens in Richfield Springs, the apartments and 6,500 feet of county will continue to need more rooms for retail space. the homeless, Koutnik said. He referred to a A redevelopment of the 2015 study by William Moon, retired Delaware Trailways bus depot into a County social service commissioner, that found “we were spending more money than we needed multi-purpose Transit Hub to and not providing homeless people with would cost an additional services.” $1.5 million on DRI fundIn addition to the Richfield project, county ing, with a $2.5-$3 million Social Services Commissioner Eve Boubolis has private investment. The hub been approached by Oneonta motel owners seek- would include seven bus ing to be part of the solution, the county rep said.

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“Nationwide, people want transit close by,” said Wouters. “We would want to make it blend into Market Street, to be compatible with the rest of the downtown.”

And on the eastern side of the building, Wouters suggested setting aside $350$400,000 for a pedestrian walkway and boardwalk connecting Muller Plaza to South Main. “If you want to activate Muller Plaza, you can open up that gate and relandscape with signage, rope lights and a boardwalk,” he said. “People can walk from Market to Water and then up to Muller Plaza.”

But the centerpiece of the district was the Mohawk Valley Food & Beverage Innovation Center, with $1.75 million in the DRI funding going towards leveraging the remaining $14-$15 million from a private developer on the site of the former Oneonta Ford.

“We have been in talks with a developer who is very interested,” said Elizabeth Horvath, Otsego Now COO. Known as the “food hub,” the building would have retail and educational space on the first floor, as well as a commercial kitchen

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Additionally, $650,000 was recommended to help strengthen existing businesses through grants and loan programs, $750,000 for upper-floor housing on Main Street and $2.5 million to build stores and apartments above the Westcott parking lot.

Afterwards, the public was invited to rank the projects according to priority, as well as comment, on a survey. The survey results will be factored into Stantec’s recommendations, which will be presented to the DRI Planning Committee at its next meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7. The committee will then decide which priority projects to the Cuomo Administration for final approval.

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Women Voice Fears In Oneonta, Cooperstown, D.C. MARCH/From A1 arrests. Everyone was enthusiastic, passionate and kind.”

An estimated 500,000 women, men, children and even some dogs turned out on Saturday, Jan. 21, to express concern about how the Trump Administration will treat women and minorities, and the president’s campaign promise to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. “I’ve been to four inaugurations, and I couldn’t believe how many people there were,” said Muller. “There were hundreds of thousands more than they anticipated.”

At 1 p.m. that same day in Oneonta, 500 people marched along Main Street from Chestnut Street to South Main, sometimes four shoulder to shoulder, in one of a reported 600 “Sister Marches” taking place across all seven continents.

“I can’t believe we have to do this again,” said Linda Randall, Oneonta.

“Every day, from now on, we have to be on top of what’s happening at the White House,” said Lee Fisher, president of the local

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Molly Swain shares a quote from Tolstoy.

chapter of the NAACP. “I never come out for these things, but today was too important,” said Deb Blake. “It’s so easy to get discouraged, but the crowd here makes me happy beyond belief.”

After the march, everyone

crowded into Muller Plaza to hear speakers and music. “This all started with a conversation in Aldi’s,” said organizer Lisa St. Onge. “We wished we could go to D.C., but we realized we have a great opportunity here. What we say really matters. We can stand together for peace, freedom and justice for all.”

“I don’t see you as protesters,” said Rev. Craig Schwalenberg, pastor, Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta. “I see you as prayerful protectors of equal rights, social justice and economic justice.”

Darcy Gibson played John Lennon’s “Imagine” and Shinique Smith, president and founder of SUNY Oneonta’s Divine Leaders, recited one of her poems: “I wanna know what privilege feels like.

How it grazes across my skin.”

In Cooperstown, nearly 300 rallied in front of the Otsego County Courthouse at 4:30 to listen to Mayor Jeff Katz, retired Bassett OB-GYN Mark Heller and Debra Marcus, Family Planning of South Central New York CEO. “I just had eye surgery, but

Oneonta’s Elizabeth Baldanza leads a group of marchers along Main Street. At one point, the line stretched from Chestnut Street all the way to City Hall.

Darcy Gibson leads the Muller Plaza crowd in the Millenials’ creed: John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

even I can see what an amazing turnout this is,” said Katz. “This fight was fought in steel mills, at Seneca Falls, at Stonewall. We must always stand up for what we believe in, and always be good to each other.”

“I understand that many of you are frightened,” said Marcus. “But we need to stand strong in the face of fear. We must vigorously exercise our rights to free speech and free assembly.”

She also encouraged those gathered to call Otsego County’s new congressman, John Faso, R-19, at his D.C. office, to make their concerns known. “We can wield power in Otsego County,” she said. “We can and must focus on Congress and make clear the consequences at the voting booth.”

“We have to stand together and speak out,” said Heller. If, as promised, the Republicans overturn the ACA, Faso will have “abandoned his constituents, and we will remember this at the polls.”

“My daughter Sasha is marching in D.C.,” said Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig told the Cooperstown vigil. “I couldn’t go there, so I thought I’d come out to this one.”

Both marches were peaceful and met little resistance.

In Oneonta, one man yelled out a second-floor apartment above Capresso, “Build that wall!” But after about 10 minutes without a response, ceased.

David Lacey walked around the square a few times with a small,

hand-written pro-Trump sign, then retreated across the street to observe.

There were no detractors in Cooperstown.

In D.C., “there were a couple people in a truck yelling Trump slogans at us,” said Atwell. “But we just ignored them.”

“There were a couple people in a truck yelling Trump slogans at us,” said Anne Atwell, Cooperstown, who also marched in D.C. “But we just ignored them.”

And Muller hopes that the spirit of the protest will continue. “I want to capture everyone’s passion and continue this movement,” she said. “I’m already talking to people to start planning where we go from here.”

In D.C. for the Women’s March on Washington, former Oneonta mayor Kim Muller, left, ran into U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.

For Walker, First D.C. Visit; For Casale, First Presidential Inaugural INAUGURAL/From A1 a Bush or a Clinton, someone who’s been in politics for years and years.”

A frequent D.C. visitor, but at his first inaugural, veteran political operative Vince Casale, the Otsego County GOP chairman, sensed it too. “He’s a business guy,” Casale thought on hearing Donald Trump’s first speech as president.

“He’s ready to get down to business.”

For Walker, everything was new, and there was a lot to absorb Friday, Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, as he caught the subway at 4 a.m. in the Maryland suburbs.

“Two stations down, it started to get really packed.”

Emerging at L’Enfant Plaza, he headed south to the “red gate,” got through security and stationed himself in the SRO section by 7:30.

“The sun was rising; it was beautiful.”

“The one thing I noticed right away was the diversity of the crowd,” he said. “I know people say, oh, it’s just a bunch of white people supporting Trump.” But he found himself waiting in line next to two Native American ladies from New Mexico, one who had worked on the Trump campaign there.

“I had my Trump stuff on and they had their Trump stuff on,” said Bobby.

“They were very excited.”

“It was a long wait,” he recounted the Monday he returned home, arriving back in Cooperstown the night before. Hand warmers helped. He did take one bathroom break and made a discovery: The porta pottie company was called Don’s

Bobby Walker snapped a selfie with Steven Mnuchin, President Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary.

Johns; someone had covered all the logos.

“The speech was fantastic,” said the Cooperstown Central senior. “I had chills at the part where he talked about, no matter whether you’re black or tan, everybody bleeds red patriotism.

I really enjoyed the speech – the parts where he called for unity. Give me a chance to get things started – and we’ll go from there.”

Hoping for a good spot at the Inaugural Parade, Bobby headed out a little early.

“Right before I was going to go through security, a couple of hundred of Black Lives Matter protesters came up. It was kind of eerie. It was down in a square, and they poured over the stairs, trying to take over the checkpoint,” he said. “I was a little nervous. I didn’t want to get caught in the middle of anything.”

He positioned himself alongside Pennsylvania Avenue, hoping to see the president. (The Times Union had taken a photo

of Walker and Trump at an Albany rally during the campaign.) The president and first lady emerged from the limousine at a couple of points, but not where Bobby was stationed; he saw Melania, but she blocked the view of her husband.

After the parade, Bobby reconnected with Cooperstown pals who had come with him: MacGuire Benton, chair of the Otsego Young Democrats, Matthew Birch and the Senchysyn twins, Isaac and Isaiah, and spent the afternoon exploring the activities.

Otsego County GOP Chairman Vince Casale snapped this image of President Trump’s swear“All of it is walking,” said Walker. “My feet were ing-in from his seat in front of the Capitol. very sore. I was happy to from Casale and Krogh’s Yorkers to watch the Inauget back to the hotel every seats. “I turned around guration from the eighth night. I don’t think I’ve once,” said Vince, “and floor of the Newseum, three ever fallen asleep faster in was absolutely taken aback blocks from the Capitol. my life.” by the number of people After the ceremony, Vince Across the way from amassed.” and Lynn returned to their Walker, by 10:30 a.m. CasaAs for the speech, “I cerroom at the Capitol Hille and wife Lynn Krogh had tainly wasn’t surprised by ton. It was just a couple of seats, courtesy of Lynn’s anything he said. He speaks blocks from where D.C. pogodmother, who works on truth to his supporters. It lice and rioters clashed, but Capitol Hill. “But everywas a short speech, one of they heard nothing. That body wanted to stand,” he the shorter inaugural adevening, they attended the said. Coincidentally, they dresses. I was not surprised. Freedom Ball at the Hilton, were seated next to comeI think it was apropos for one of a relatively modest dian/actor Tim Allen and his the kind of candidate we three Inaugural galas. “He wife, Jane, and got to know saw in Donald Trump. He’s and Melania danced at all of the couple. Just in from not into pomp and circumthem.”

L.A., the Allens considered stance.”

“I’ve been to D.C. more the 50-degree weather freezThe evening before, the times than I can count,” said ing. couple had attended the Casale, “and I’ve been there “Even though a lot of New York Society Ball, and for a number of different Trump supporters have been had seen Otsego County’s reasons. The whole place tagged as a rowdy, raucous new congressman, John had a different feeling, a bunch, the ceremony’s efFaso, and other Otsego whole different feeling.” fect was awe,” said Casale.

County attendees.

Bobby Walker’s Inaugu“You could tell people were Casale’s father, former ration Day was bookended aware of the magnitude of Assemblyman Tony Casale by novel experiences. what was happening: The of Cooperstown and wife The day before, he and transfer of power that only Theresa, were in D.C. for his pals had joined a line happens in very few counmost of the week. The halfway around the block to tries. You feel that sense.”

Casale parents – he is senior go through security and pick While the size of the adviser to State Republican up his ticket at Faso’s office Inaugural crowd is being Chairman Ed Cox – hosted in the Longworth Office debated, it was impressive a gathering for 650 New Building. The congress-

man was in a meeting, but his wife, Mary Frances, came out to say hi. A TV was on, and Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary, was on CNN. Exiting, Walker and friends were walking by the Treasury Department and he recognized a surprised Mnuchin, not quite used to celebrity yet. The two had a selfie taken together.

The day after Inauguration, there were more unexpected adventures.

Hoping to take in the Smithsonian, the Cooperstown contingent waded into a thicker and thicker crowd, not realizing they were entering Ground Zero of the Women’s March on Washington. Suddenly, squeezing around a corner, there was march headliner Madonna, and ousted party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Katie Perry.

“There I was with my Trump hat on,” Bobby recounted later. “Some people kind of joked with me: ‘I think you’re at the wrong rally, buddy.’” Then one of the Senchysyn twins said, “Someone just spit on you.”

Walker turned around “and there was spit on my jacket.” He slipped his red “Make America Great Again” cap under the jacket and the teens headed off to sightsee elsewhere.

Back home, though, Bobby Walker was philosophical: “Politics is one of the most divisive businesses to be in. Politics has to do with people’s core beliefs.

But being there with MacGuire, I know people can still be friends, and go and do political things, and still be really involved.”

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BOB SMULLENS 5K, the continuously run race in Otsego County, begins 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, on Main Street, finishes in Cooper Park. Registration, 10:30 a.m. at Carnival Headquarters, 134 Main St. (next to Cooperstown Diner).

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purpose. I’d seen several local attempts from teachers to set up science days, but I wanted to make a distinct science space.”

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CHEFS GALORE: Local chefs will prepare dinner, including local foods, four seasonal soups, beer, wine, desserts, 5-8 p.m., Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. Live music.

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SNOW FUN: Five Star Subaru’s Cabin Fever Winterfest – sledding, hiking, snowshoeing – is 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Gilbert Lake State Park, Laurens.

MOVIE NIGHT: Relax in the pool and enjoy movie with friends. Root beer floats afterward. Register at front desk. Oneonta Family YMCA, 20 Ford Ave., 6:30-8:30 p.m., Friday Jan. 27.

NEW EXHIBIT: “Oneonta’s Trolley Line: The Southern New York Railway, ” opening reception, 1-3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29, Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St.

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Thursday, January 26

ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m.

Meet the artist behind the exhibit titled “Celestial/Terrestrial” with a gallery talk by the artists at 6 p.m. Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, Fine Arts Gallery, 106 Fine Arts, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, https:// www.oneonta.edu/academics/ art/gallery/gallery.html LAURENS FIRE RELIEF – 5-8 p.m. Come support the 4 families that were affected by the Jan. 19 Laurens fire. Includes spaghetti dinner, face painting, and a DJ. Moose Lodge, 87 West Broadway, Oneonta. Info, https://www.facebook.com/ events/1814115355503745/ CANVAS & CORKS – 6 p.m.

Paint and sip a beverage with artist Susan Jones Kenyon. Cost $75. Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, http://www.otesaga.com/events OPEN HOUSE – 6-7:30 p.m.

Oneonta Community Christian School invites the community to see the school and meet the educators. Oneonta Community Christian School, 158 River St.,

Oneonta. Info, http://www.occseagles.org/ TOASTMASTERS – 6:157:30 p.m. Come practice your public speaking in a supportive environment. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, http:// oneonta.toastmastersclubs.org/ DISCUSSION – 7-8 p.m.

Dinner and a Panel discussion “Know Your Rights.” Chesebro Room, Dewar Hall, Hartwick College, Hartwick Dr., Oneonta. Info, http://www.hartwick.edu/news/ hartwick-college-celebrates-kingjr-civil-rights-heritage-month/

Friday, January 27

WINTER CARNIVAL – Through 2/4. Info, http://www.cooperstownwintercarnival.com/ BOOK SALE – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Village Meeting Room, Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

HISTORY EXHIBITION – Noon4 p.m.. “Oneonta’s Trolley Line: The Southern New York Railway.”

Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta.

Info, http://www.oneontahistory. org/upcomingevents.htm#More SEMINAR – 3-4 p.m. Michael

Aryee presents “SUNY Oneonta STEM Attrition and Degree Completion: The Role of Non-Cognitive Attributes of Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectations, and Interest.”Fitzelle Hall, Room 205, SUNY Oneonta. Info, https:// oneonta.collegiatelink.net/events DINNER THEATER – 6 p.m.

Gilbertsville Mt. Upton Drama Club presents “A Travelogue Cabaret.” Cost $15, no dinner $5. Proceeds benefit GMU BOE Scholarship fund. Info & tickets district office (607) 783-2207 ext. 140 MOVIE NIGHT – 6:30-8:30 p.m. Float with you friends in the pool while enjoying a movie. Root bear floats will be served afterward. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, http://www. oneontaymca.org/

Saturday, January 28

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m. 2 Dietz St., Oneonta.

Info, http://www.oneontafarmersmarket.org/ COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.

AmAzing Specials!

otsego2000.org/cooperstownfarmers-market-and-agriculture/ QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Bring your quilts to register for the Fenimore Quilt Club Show.

Info, http://www.cooperstownart. com/ SEWING DAY – 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Help make feminine hygiene products to help low-income girls stay in school. First Presbyterian Church, 156 Main St., Unadilla.

Info, (607)643-8209 WINTERFEST – 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Stay warm and have fun with outdoor activities like sledding, hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, campfires and more.

Free! Gilbert Lake State Park, 18 CCC Road, Laurens. Info, www. cabinfeverwinterfest.com MEETING – 7 p.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society, Fly Creek Methodist Church, 811 Cty. Rd. 26, Fly Creek. Info, fcahs.org PLAY READING – 7:30 p.m.

Free reading of T.S. Eliot’s “Murder In The Cathedral.” 18 local performers to participate. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Hobart.

Info, http://www.hobartbookvillage.com/ MORE CALENDAR, B5

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Martini Mondays BOGO Wine Wednesday BOGO Happy Hour Friday

50% off all pizzas, well drinks & beer & wine BOgO Friday First Come, First Served 5 - 8 pm

5438 State Hwy 28 • Cooperstown • 607.282.4031 • www.boccaosteria.com

new york pizzeria 2 large plain pizzas $25* Tax included! Toppings extra

75 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown · 607-547-2930 126 Main Street/ Rt 20, Richfield Springs · 315-858-0405 Not valid w/other offers • 1 coupon per person

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WINTER FUN AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!!

Enjoy the view of the lake, stay warm by the fire & have a FUN-FILLED day!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28TH 11 AM - 3 PM Gilbert Lake State Park, Laurens for more information, go to www.cabinfeverwinterfest.com Our 47th Season!

www.cooperstownconcertseries.org

Eclectic mix of acoustic blues, vintage jazz and swing!

Annie & The Hedonists

Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 pm Otesaga Resort Hotel Cooperstown

Please call the Otesaga’s Hawkeye Grill at 607-547-9931 for dinner reservations before the show!

TiCkeTS: $20 for adults $15 for senior citizens and college students with current ID $8 for students age 13-18 Children age 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult.

Call 607-547-1812. Tickets also available at Church & Scott Pharmacy, Fly Creek General Store and Riverwood.

Upcoming Event: Nile Tickets available on line at http://www.cooperstownconcertseries.org/ SaturdayWillie March 11, 2017 Otesaga Resort Hotel

Cooperstown Concert Series programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Other support provided by Sound Performance.

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A medallion is hidden somewhere in Cooperstown!

Medallion Hunt! WIN $500!!

134 Main Street, Cooperstown

THIRD CLUE! I guess it’s time to provide another clue Some people call it the way, some call it a pass through I’d volunteer my help, but I’m unable to search Perhaps look somewhere as common as a birch 1. WHERE: Medallion will only be hidden on Village Public Property. a. Medallion will NOT be hidden on private property. b. Medallion will NOT be hidden on Doubleday Field. c. Medallion will NOT be hidden in any construction sites. ** No Village property will be dug up or destroyed during the Medallion Hunt.

2. WHO: Anyone can participate in the Medallion Hunt, EXCEPT: a. Immediate family members of the Winter Carnival Committee are INELIGIBLE to win the Medallion Hunt prize. b. All contestants under the age of 18 must have permission of a parent or guardian to participate. c. All contestants agree that the Freeman’s Journal and the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee, their advertisers and agents, and the Village of Cooperstown and town of Otsego will have no liability whatsoever, and

will be held harmless by contestants of any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting in whole of, in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in contest.

3. WHEN: Clues about the location will be published by the Freeman’s Journal for three weeks prior to Winter Carnival. a. When the medallion is found, the finder must immediately notify the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee, by calling 607-547-9983. b. The winner will be required to execute and return a CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY and GENERAL RELEASE FORM within 14 days of notification. If winner is under the age of 18, the Certificate must be signed by his or her parent or guardian. Non-compliance may result in disqualification.

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Boy, we’re getting closer to finding the dough, I just hope you aren’t looking in the wrong row,

Sponsoring the Winter Carnival SAS Dog Show

January 28, 10:30 am Pioneer Park, Main Street

So grab a coat, a hat, and tie up each boot It’s time to go find the loot!

www.dogwildsupply.com Call 607-547-8111 Pet suPPlies · grooming · doggie daycare

Join us during the 2017 Winter Carnival!

Winter Carnival kick off Fri., Jan. 28 at 8 pm with live music by Hop City Hellcats

More Info: CooperstownWinter Carnival.com Safety Warning: No Climbing Necessary.

Pong Tournament (21 & Older) Wed., Feb. 1, 6 pm-9 pm

(Stop by today to register your team!)

Open Mic Night with the Lions Club Thurs., Feb. 2 , 7 pm - 10 pm •

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market YEAR ROUND • EVERY SAtURDAY • 10 am-2 pm

Featuring Winter Carnival Events:

Dessert Lovers Tasting Grilled Cheese for a Good Cause Lip Synch Battle Chicken Wing Eating Contest

101 Main Street, Pioneer Alley www.CooperstownFarmersMarket.org

22 Chestnut Street Cooperstown 607-435-7062 Sunday:

Make Your Valentine’s Reservations Today!

11 am to 9 pm

Good Food • Good People Good Drinks

11 am to 10 pm

www.melsat22.net

Brunch: 9:30 am to 2 pm Dinner: 3 pm to 9 pm

Monday - Thursday Friday - Saturday

Russ Smith Garbage Collection and Roll-Off Service 607-547-9618 339 County Hwy 26 Cooperstown

Spurbeck’S Grocery Celebrating 75 Years!

“We cut the cheese while you wait”

Enjoy the Winter Carnival!

Cooperstown Diner 136½ Main St., Cooperstown

61 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown

(Just past the high school entrance)

BaCk alley Grille

8 Hoffman Lane, Cooperstown Opening for the season in May!

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Saturday, Jan. 28 Noon to 5 pm 21 and over ONLY. Free tasting and 10% off purchase of any Carnival selections.

45 Pioneer Street 607-547-8100 Open M-Th: 10 am - 7pm Fri-Sat: 10 am - 8 pm Sun: Noon - 5 pm

9 Railroad Avenue Cooperstown 607-547-8681

Proud to support the 50th Winter Carnival!

Hours: Mon - Fri, 10 am to 6 pm Sat 9 am to 2 pm • Closed Sunday

presents a Wine-derful Tasting Event!

Extra Aged NY Cheddar Local Products Over 300 Beer Varieties Groceries SUB SHOP

24 hour emergency service w/ service plans• FREE estimates

607-547-8613

Cooperstown Wine & Spirits

Get out your crayons and color our Winter Carnival “Kick Off” Snowman! Send your masterpiece into The Freeman’s Journal (see contest rules) for a chance to win a prize! ALL artwork will be displayed in The Freeman’s Journal windows at 21 Railroad Ave. in Cooperstown.

Go to www.allotsego.com for the Coloring Contest art or come

by The Freeman’s Journal at 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown

Cooperstown Enjoy the Natural Winter Foods Carnival!

Extensive Grocery Selection Gourmet Specialty Items

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Join in the fun and enter the coloring contest!

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Enjoy the 50th Cooperstown Winter Carnival!

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Notice of Formation of DEMATT 1 PROPERTY, LLC Art. Of Org. Ned with SSNY on 01/04/17. Offc.

Loc: Otsego Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be sewed. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 5 Grand St Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF OTSEGO GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, against DANIEL CROWELL, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF OTSEGO COUNTY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARGARET A. FICKETT, MAGGIE REINMANN AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARGARET A. FICKETT, EUGENE ROWELL AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARGARET A. FICKETT, LORENA SPAULDING AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARGARET A. FICKETT, HAROLD FICKETT as heir to the Estate of Margaret A. Fickett, WAYNE ROWELL as heir to the Estate of Margaret A. Fickett, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ INC. REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-F, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants -Index no.

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To the above named Defendants– YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint

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is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE; New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney of your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.

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assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process.

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

Express (www. bidx.com).

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS

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.

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

Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed.

State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Michael F. Cocooma entered December 19, 2016. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 905 County Highway 7, Otego, New York located at Section 297.00 Block 1 and Lot 32.00 Dated: December 13, 2016 Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy and Fenchel, P.C., Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Hillary Prada, Esq., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 222-6200.

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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 February 23, 2017at 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 Bid

A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% 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/constnotices

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons.

Contact with nondesignated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Maria Tamarkin (518)457-8403.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where sub-contracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to, D/W/ MBEs. The Contractor must comply with the Regulation relative to nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the USDOT 49 CFR 21.

Please call (518) 457-3583 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL

BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 D263312, PIN 9830.07, F.A. Proj.

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Villages & Towns of Morris and Sharon Springs, Bid Deposit $50,000.00. Goals: DBE 0% 2LegalFeb.2 Legal notice Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the lot owners of the Hartwick Seminary Cemetery Association will be held at the home of Joyce S. Jones, 4685 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326. This meeting will be Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 2 p.m. to transact such business as may properly come before the meeting and the election of officers and Trustees.

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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 February 09, 2017 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 Bid Express (www. bidx.com).

A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% 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 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.

Amendment 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 nondesignated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact

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Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where sub-contracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to, D/W/ MBEs. The Contractor must comply with the Regulation relative to nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the USDOT 49 CFR 21.

Please call (518) 457-3583 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 D263331, PIN 9018.72, F.A. Proj.

Z240-9018-723, Otsego Co., Bridge replacement (composite girder) NYS Rte 28 over NYS Rte 7 and Norfolk Southern Railroad in the Town of Milford., Bid Deposit $250,000.00.

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NOTICE OF SUMMONS Index No. 1016--0065 Date of Filing February 2, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO STONE STREET CAPITAL, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

JERRY JEAN Defendant.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon Plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the Complaint in this action with twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York.

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NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: You are hereby notified that Stone Street Capital, LLC, commenced an action against you on February 2, 2016 in New York State Supreme Court, Otsego County, under Index Number 2016-0065. By this action, Stone Street Capital, LLC seeks damages for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment and fraud arising out our your April 2011 contract with Stone Street Capital, LLC to sell, assign or transfer certain structured settlement payments to Stone Street Capital, LLC. Stone Street Capital, LLC seeks to recover $28,957.72 in damages as well as accrued interest, post-judgment interest, expenses, attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection. Failure to appear and serve an answer in this proceeding may result in a default judgment against you for the damages listed above.

Please be advised that the attorneys for Stone Street Capital, LLC are Lavin, O’Neil, Cedrone & DiSipio, 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 335, New York, New York 10170, Tel.: 212-319-6898.

RUN DATE NEEDED Legal notice Notice of Formation of M D New York Property LLC. Filed with SSNY on 9/15/16. Office: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 148-150 Main St Oneonta NY 13820. Purpose: any lawful 6LegalFeb16 Legal notice Notice of Formation of 285 PMMS, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 11/21/16.

Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 285 Mary Brown Hill Rd Laurens NY 13796.

Purpose: any lawful 6LegalFeb16 Legal notice

Notice of Formation of MKV Fitness LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/13/16. Office: 5006 State Hwy 23 Oneonta NY, Otsego County.

SSNY designated as process agent.

Process address: Katrina Vega, 14 Division St Apt

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of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 868 County Highway 18, South New Berlin, NY 13843.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of DROP TINE, LLC

The name of the entity is

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 1536 County Hwy. 50, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Ninety Three Main LLC,

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for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 3, 2017. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 93 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalFeb. 9

Ransome Media, LLC.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

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Notice of Formation of Ralph A. Cuozzo Jr. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 482 State Hwy. 7, Unadilla, NY 13849. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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DIAZ AVIATION, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/5/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent

Filed 11/1/16.

Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: C/O Darby Connor, 27 Eagle St, Copperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: General.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: DE NOVO HAIR, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/29/2016.

Office Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 564, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any lawful purpose 6LegalJan.26 Legal notice

Notice of Formation of The Allstadt Hardin Family Enterprises Limited Partnership.

Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Louis W. Allstadt, 18 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2065.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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THURSDAY-Friday, January 26-27, 2017

Sunday, January 29

SNOW TUBING – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Park provides snow tube with $5 tubing fee. No charge to enter park. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Cty. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. thisiscooperstown.com/events/ snow-tubing-glimmerglass-statepark HISTORY RECEPTION – 1-3

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO p.m. Celebrating the Oneonta Trolley Line exhibit. Free and open to the public. Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http:// www.oneontahistory.org/upcomingevents.htm#More

WINTER CONCERT – 3-5 p.m.

The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble perform under the direction of Uli Speth. Anderson Theater, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, http://www.ldye.org/ DOLLAR DINNER – 4:30-

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23rd Annual Citrus Sale!

Oneonta First United Methodist Church. California large navel oranges, 21 for $10. Other quantities available; also Florida pink seedless grapefruit. Order

by January 30 for February 15 and 16 pickup. Free delivery, Oneonta area. (607)4324102 or (607)431-9020 3ClassJan27 APARTMENTS FOR RENT Hartwick Studio Apartment 2nd floor…cozy…small deck…newly redone… parking…475.00+elec… no smoking or pets…references…Dave 607 435 2405.

TFN Cooperstown village apartment. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, in house laundry, garage, heat, lawn care, snow removal included. $950/month, one month security. Available Feb 1. Contact Rob Lee, Benson Real Estate. 607 434 5177.

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MLS#107485. Call Benson Agency Real Estate at 607432-4391.

TFN HOMES FOR RENT Available Immediately, Spacious 3 or 4 BR, 2 Bath, Kitchen w/Island, Den, LivRm w/ Fireplace, Dining & FamRm w/Pellet Stove, Enclosed Porch, Garage, 15 Acres, Located 3 Miles From Cooperstown. Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ (607) 267-2683 (cell) TFN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TURN-KEY BUSINESS FOR SALE! Thriving Downtown Oneonta Eatery seeks new business owner/operator.

Smart interior renovations and updates coupled with a rare 2nd to none out-

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TFN LAND FOR SALE FINANCED READY TO BUILD LOTS FOR SALE: Prestigious Winney Hill Commons address can be yours! School, tennis court, pool all walkable, along with gorgeous views!

Shovel ready lots feature underground utilities and public water/sewer/natural gas. Owner financing: $35,000 price, $5,000 down, $30,000 @ 5% for 5 years $566 per month. Call today, build your future home tomorrow! Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC 607-2871559 TFN

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Notice of Formation of Ford and Hill Holdings LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/2016. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of 11-13 Church Street LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/22/2016. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of Oneonta Depot Sauces LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/12/2015. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited

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The name of the entity is

Name: VALENTINA ARVAYART LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12 December 2016. 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 710 Piers Hill Rd, Roseboom, NY 13450.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Clock Hill LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on December 15, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10128. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJan26 Legal notice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

2 Maple Street LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on December 14, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 24 Lake Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJan26 Legal notice

Urban Dog Acres LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/25/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated an agent upon whom the process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 83, Leonardsville, NY 13364. General purpose.

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6:30 p.m. Serving chicken and biscuits, salad, fruit, and homemade desserts. “Red Door” Church, Corner of Main St. and Walling Ave., Oneonta. Info, https://www.facebook.com/ TheRedDoorChurch/

Monday, January 30

CITRUS SALE – Last day to order California large navel oranges or Florida Pink seedless grapefruit, 21 for $10. Pickup February 15-16. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St, Oneonta. To order call (607)4324102 or (607) 431-9020.

DIGITAL LITERACY – 6:307:30 p.m. Is it real or is it fake?

Learn how to evaluate news and information in the digital age.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ DRAWING GROUP – 7-9 p.m.

Come practice drawing with a live model. $10 donation. To attend call the Cooperstown Art Association, (607)547-9777.

Tuesday, January 31

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KNITTING GROUP – 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar NARCAN TRAINING – 3-4 p.m.

Become certified to administer NARCAN in an emergency situation. Save a Life. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego Counties Inc., 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www. friendsofrecoverydo.org/ DAVE’S FLICK PICKS – 6:30-8 p.m. “Sully” staring Tom Hanks in the film adaptationf of the events of the miracle on the Hudson.

Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, http:// www.villagelibraryofcooperstown. org/calendar

Wednesday, February 1

CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St.., Cooperstown. Info, http://www. villagelibraryofcooperstown. org/calendar DISCUSSION GROUP – 35 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar MINECRAFT – 3:30-5:30 p.m. Open hours, no registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/youth-programs/ FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Winter Wednesday’s film series showing of “The Revenant.” Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, http://foothillspac.org/

Thursday, February 2

3-D PRINTING – 10-11:30 a.m. Design a keepsake heart box for someone special. Fee based on weight Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ MORE CALENDAR, B8

OTSEGO COUNTY VACANCIES Otsego County has the following employment opportunities available: Cook – County Jail (Part Time) $12.7346/Hour Responsibility for efficient, economic and palatable cooking of a wide variety of foods. Usually works under direct supervision; however supervision may be exercised over work of food service helpers. Hours require flexibility and availability to work some weekends.

Probation Assistant - $27,524 - $32,429 Responsible for assisting probation officers in a local probation agency in selected tasks to allow probation officers to concentrate on individual, group and community needs requiring professional attention and specifically to offer greater supportive assistance to persons serviced by the probation agency.

•••••••• For applications and minimum qualifications, visit the Otsego County Personnel Office, 183 Main Street Cooperstown, or our web page at www.otsegocountyemployment.com. EOE

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Play a key role in producing Otsego County’s only locally owned newspapers, Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal, as well as www.AllOTSEGO.com Graphic Designer must have experience working in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign and Photoshop. Basic design skills, creativity and the ability to work under deadline a must. Part-time position requires production day hours: Tuesday afternoon through evening, as well as Monday afternoons. Flexible hours Wednesday-Friday.

E-mail cover letter and resumé to Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher, at jimk@allotsego.com

OTSEGO COUNTY EXAMINATION:

Otsego County has the following employment opportunities available in the Dept of Social Services:

Community Services Aide (P/T) –$12.4784/hr

Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Performs a variety of miscellaneous tasks related to the determination of financial eligibility in the various programs administered by the local social services district. LDTF: 1/31/17

Name: VALLEY VIEW FARM GUESTHOUSE LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 4 October 2016. 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 3897 St Hwy 205, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

Assists staff members and clients by performing supportive services that relate to determining financial eligibility for the various programs administered by local social services districts. Supporting staff in implementing programs and delivery of services to clients. LDTF: 2/1/17

Community Services Worker (P/T) –$13.0145/Hour

Homemaker - $22,750 - $26,715 Perform general household duties which include teaching homemaking and/or child care skills on an individual basis to families, or assist the elderly when needed. LDTF: 2/1/17 For applications and minimum qualifications, visit the Otsego County Personnel Office, 183 Main Street Cooperstown, or our web page at www.otsegocountyemployment.com. EOE

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Friday, January 27, 2017

IN MEMORIAM

Mary Jane McGowan, 90; Retired Teacher Active In Oneonta

ONEONTA – Mary Jane McGowan, 90, a former teacher and active community member, passed away Jan. 23, 2017.

She was born in May 1926 in Oneonta, the daughter of Percy and Edna Hazard Smallin. She attended Bugbee School from kindergarten through 8th grade, graduating in 1944 from Oneonta High School, where she delivered the graduation speech.

During high school, Mary Jane was very active in

clubs and extracurricular activities and was a drum majorette. She met Dean W. McGowan Jr., the love of her life, freshman year.

Dean and Mary Jane courted throughout high school, college and his World War II military service, marrying in 1951 after an 11-year courtship and engagement.

At SUNY Albany, Mary Jane took a double major in social studies and biology and double minor in English and music. She graduated in 1948 with a B.A. with hon-

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Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

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ors. She furthered her studies at SUNY Oneonta, receiving an M.S., magna cum laude, in 1956, with Mary Jane McGowan additional hours in psychology and childhood training. She was also a member of Alpha of Phi Delta sororities.

She taught for 15 years at Unadilla, Colonie and Bugbee School as well as substituted in city schools.

Mary Jane spent two years in Key West, Fla., (1951-53), where her husband was assigned with General Electric, and had two sons, Jeffrey and Scott, born in 1960 and 1962 respectively.

Mary Jane and her family returned to Oneonta in August 1968 with her husband’s career move.

She was the first baby baptized in the current church building that is now the First United Methodist Church of Oneonta and was an active participant from early childhood through adult life. She was a 47year member of the DAR, a member of the Oneonta Federated Garden Club and the American Legion Post 259 Ladies’ Auxiliary, and a life member of the Oneonta Businesswomen’s club.

Also, the county Numismatics Association (she shared interest in coin collecting with husband), the Greater Oneonta Historical Society and the Center for Continuing Adult Learning.

She is survived by son Scott A. McGowan of Chicago; grandchildren Lindsey and Sean McGowan; three nephews Tom ( Pat) , Bob (Kathy) and Gary (Robin) VanSchaick and many grand- and great-grand nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, her son Jeffrey McGowan, sister Ruth Smallin VanSchaick and Ruth’s Husband Carlton of Schenectady, three aunts, one uncle and her grandparents.

Calling hours will be 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Jan. 26 at the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Interment will be in the family plot in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.

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Russell Decker, 59; Self-Taught Musician ONEONTA – Oneonta native Russell W. Decker 59, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at home in Unadilla.

He was born on June 25, 1957, Fox Hospital, the first child of Leon H. and Patricia A. (Ainsworth) Decker.

Russell was the recipient of the DAR citizenship award in 6th grade at Valley View Central School. He looked forward to summers at Crumhorn Mountain Boy Scout Camp where he achieved the Order of the Arrow.

On July 11, 1987, he married Patricia A. Sandt.

Russell began his career in the auto industry in the parts department, working

for several dealerships in the area.

He made many friends on established delivery routes as Russell well as Decker behind the counter. Most recently he was employed as grounds keeper for Sidney Golf & Country Club as well as sexton for Mount Calvary Cemetery, Emmons.

Russell was an accomplished, self-taught guitarist and harmonica player. He was always eager to share

his enthusiasm for guitar playing. He will always be remembered for his intellect, understanding, compassion, humor and pitch playing prowess.

He is survived by his wife Patricia; his sons, Ryley W. and Lukas H. Decker; sister, Debra Chipman Reimer and her daughter, Amanda; brother, David C. Decker; aunts and uncles, Gary and Jackie Scavo, Gloria Brienza, and Victor Calventi; and numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was predeceased by his parents and grandparents.

A graveside service will take place at a later date in the summer.

Margaret Gaughan, 90; In VFW Auxiliary MORRIS – Margaret B. Gaughan, 90, a long-time resident of Morris passed away peacefully on Jan. 15, 2017, at Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin.

She was a member of the Sgt. Elbert N. Patten Auxiliary VFW Post 1206 in Oneonta.

Margaret was born the daughter of Bert G. Butler and Dora (Schulz) Butler on Sept. 3, 1926, in Davenport.

Margaret married Donald Gaughan on June 12, 1948, in Gilbertsville. She lived in Morris where she was a homemaker.

Margaret is survived by

her loving family; two daughters Susan (Ronald) Rowe, Mary (Robert) Myers and Margaret son-inGaughan law James Browning; grandchildren Geri Lee (Kevin) Rodda, Gwendolyn Browning (Butch Faulkner), Donald Rowe (Michelle Nolan), Jesse and Michael Myers; great grandchildren Alexandria, Tim Jr., and Matthew Grow, Justin and Joe Rodda; her sister Betty

Goodspeed; sisters in law Dorothea Knickerbocker, Lorena Steward, Evelyn Butler, Annie Butler and several nieces and nephews.

Margaret was predeceased by her husband Donald; her daughter Donna Browning; her five brothers Louis, Ralph, Earl, Donald, and Richard Butler and her sister in law Lorena Bowers.

The funeral was held Monday, Jan. 23. Burial will take place at Oneonta Plains Cemetery in the spring, at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Johnston Funeral Home, Morris

James Olmstead, 73; SUNY Oneonta Retiree ONEONTA – Word has been received that James Frederick Olmstead, 73, who retired from SUNY Oneonta’s maintenance department, passed away on Sept. 27, 2016, at the Oneonta Bassett Clinic.

He was born on Nov. 23, 1943, in Parshall Hospital on Myrtle Avenue, the son of Dale K. Olmstead and Mary (Gallagher) Olmstead Smith. He graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 1963.

He retired from SUNY Oneonta, where he had been a janitor for 27 years. Previ-

ously, he worked for Pleezing (Oneonta Grocery Co.) for 16 years, and for the last few years worked at Bugbee Daycare Center.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara E. (Baldwin) Olmstead; his daughter, Tracy L. Olmstead, and her son, Gage P. Olmstead, and his daughter, Shelly A. Olmstead, all of Oneonta.

Also, his brother brother, Michael L. Olmstead, and his wife Patricia (Cicero), and sister-in-law Karen (Lyons) Olmstead, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Also, his aunts Rosalie (Gallagher) Pollman, Patricia (Gallagher) Gorton, and Catherine (Muirhead) Gallagher.

He was predeceased by his son James Robert in 2012, and his brothers Gerard T. in 2012, Robert D. in 2008, Patrick H. in 2010.

He was cremated at the Morris Crematory Memorial contributions may be made to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter.

Funeral arrangements were with Bookhout Funeral Home.

Leslie B. Gray, 92, Springfield Center; President Of Syracuse Appraisal Firm

SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Leslie B. Gray, 92, a nationally recognized real-estate appraiser, passed away at home with his family at his side on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2017.

Les was born in April 1924 in East Springfield to Harold S. and Gladys B. Gray. He graduated from Springfield Central School in 1941 and attended Morrisville Ag & Tech, earning an associate degree in 1943.

After attending Cornell University, he returned to Graycrest, the family farm in East Springfield.

He married the love of his life, Janet Louise Gros, on April 29, 1944. They lived and worked on the farm until 1956, when Les began his career as a real estate appraiser. In 1964, he moved

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his family to Syracuse and was a founding member and president of Pomeroy Appraisal Associates until 1988.

He earned the MAI designation and was honored as a counselor of real estate (CRE) by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. He loved his work and was a nationally recognized appraisal expert.

After retiring, he and Janet returned to their beloved Springfield. With

that as their home base, they traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe, spending much of their time visiting friends and family and National Parks and monuments.

Les had strong ties to his community. He was an Eagle Scout and a scout leader, a charter member of the Springfield Fire Department, and an active member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. His guiding principle was “keep us ever mindful of the needs of others.” He participated in Kiwanis, served as a Meals on Wheels volunteer, and served on the Town of Springfield Planning Board and school board.

He loved hiking and camping, particularly in the Adirondacks.

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Max’s Samaritan Is Helped By Other Samaritans PALS/From B1 had been looking for a rescue dog. Of course I said yes.”

The Mr. Mo Project is a nationwide effort that helps re-home senior dogs to keep them out of shelters. It pays medical expenses for injured dogs and finds new owners when financial or other hardships force owners to give up their dogs.

At 10, Max was eligible, and Mr. Mo paid $6,000 for the surgery, which included amputating his back right leg.

“They would have paid even if the owners had claimed him,” said Marchi.

“I don’t know why they gave him up.”

But for Marchi, it was more than good luck that he Ian Austin/ ctive.living found Max. Soon after bringing Max home, supplies started showing up to help Ed Marchi care for his new pal.

“In the ’80s, I had a cocker spaniel named Max,” he said. “And after he said. “It’s been a slow plight – and his happy “The first night I had him, Covey died, I was going to process for him.” ending. “The kindness of I had a little prime rib left PetSmart every week for But the Mr. Mo Project strangers is a beautiful over, so I hid his pills in their shelter-animal events. had a few more surprises thing,” he said. “It’s given that. That worked for a day.

There was another dog, in store. “I came home on me a lot of hope.”

Then I tried meatballs, but Max, that I really liked, but Monday and found all these Max is slowly coming he figured that out. Then hot when I held him, I realized boxes from Amazon on my off a 12-pill-a-day regimen, dogs, and that seems to be that he wasn’t the right dog porch,” he said. “They were many of them pain meds, working. He’s smart.” for me. I asked if there was all for Max – special food, but he’s beginning to get up Currently, Max goes to a another family he would be toys, blankets, beds, even a and move around his new doggy daycare while Marchi better for, and the girl told gate and a camera so I can environment. “Last week, is at work as administrator me yes. “Then the next day, watch him from my phone he wasn’t walking,” he of the Daughters of Charity I got a call about this Max. while I’m at work. said. “Now he’s getting up assisted living center. “I’ve That’s just how the universe “And on Tuesday, there and coming into the living met other people who have works.” were even more.” room, into the bedroom to amputee dogs and talked to At first, Max was stressed The Mr. Mo Project has sleep, repositioning himself them,” he said. in his new home. “Imagine a page set up where people if he’s uncomfortable. He’s And he hopes that soon you go out one day and the can donate to each dog becoming motivated.” he’ll be able to bring Max next day you wake up, your through an Amazon wish He’s also becoming more into work with him. “I know leg is gone and you’re never list, and Max had drawn aware of his food. “He’s the ladies would love him,” going back home again,” a lot of attention with his tough to feed,” said Marchi. he said.

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For Founder A.J. Read, SUNY Science Center Was A Labor Of Love SCIENCE/From B1 me, it was too late to stop it,” he joked. “I guess I’ll just suffer through it.”

An Albany native, Albert J. Read studied physics at SUNY Albany, graduating with a bachelor’s in 1947.

He served in the Army in 1950-52. “I thought I had done a good job teaching physics while I was at Albany, but apparently, they didn’t have much need for it,” he said. “I ended up teaching typing at Fort Dix.” He returned to complete his master’s at Albany in 1954, and taught at RPI and Morrisville Ag & Tech before arriving at SUNY Oneonta in 1958.

When trying to figure out where to put such a science museum, he remembered the basement of the Physical Science building, where the baseball team used to practice.

“It had a dirt floor, and they used to spray it with water to keep the dust down,” he said. “The first thing we did when we got the space was to pour a concrete floor,” he said.

“The next thing we did was put down a carpet because of all the noise happy children make.”

While working through the SUNY the state accreditation processes, Read also did the fundraising. “I was shameless about soliciting donations and grants,” he

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said. “We raised $100,000.”

He also made the majority of the exhibits himself.

“I used whatever was cheap and easy to find,” he said.

A spoon tied to a length of string, for example, was used to demonstrate vibrations and sound. “It’s a thing of beauty,” he said.

“You put the two knots in your ears and bump the spoon against the table, you can really hear the different sounds it can make through the vibrations.”

Or to duplicate the Cartesian diver, René Descartes’ classic experiment, a plastic soda bottle with a small rigid tube inside and filled with water, demonstrated the principle of buoyancy.

“I used to tell kids it was a lie-detector test,” he said.

“I’d ask a question, and then squeeze enough for the tube to sink, and that showed they were telling the truth!”

All these exhibits – as well as new robotics and STEM displays – will still be at the Discovery Center, due to reopen March 27, in time for spring break.

The center opened in 1990 and has remained open ever since; during renovations, the exhibits were moved to Bugbee Hall, where they may be viewed Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. Read, director from 1987 to 2005, also managed an endowment fund that provided scholarships to two SUNY science majors.

The center also hired its first full-time employee, Douglas Reilly, as outreach coordinator.

“It’s important to encourage curiosity in kids,” said Read. “It’s great to watch a kid when they make an error, to discover for themselves how to do it right.”

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PICKLEBALL – Noon-2 p.m.

Come learn the sport. Gym floor, Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.clarksportscenter. com/ MINECRAFT – 3:30-5:30 p.m. Open hours, no registration required. Huntington Memo-

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JANUARY 26-27, 2017 rial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/youth-programs/ 3-D PRINTING – 6-7 p.m.

Design a keepsake heart box for someone special. Fee based on weight. Registration required.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ PRESENTATION – 6:30 p.m.

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Dr. Eric Mooney and his daughter Reilly tell about the annual count of the Saw-whet Owl in Ellenville, NY at Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Karen Cadwalader, (607) 547-0600.

Friday, February 3

DENTIST – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Northern Catskill Dental holds 15th Annual “Give Kids a Smile Day” for children 2-12 in financial need. One procedure per child with referral for further work. Northern Catskill Dental Associates, 6 Doubleday Ct., Cooperstown. Call (607) 547-

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CARNIVAL DINNER – 5:309 p.m. Fuel the winter carnival fun with a menu crafted wit the special weekend in mind. Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, http://www. otesaga.com/events INTERNATIONAL NIGHT – 68 p.m. 4-H Clubs present the customs, culture, and food of a

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country of their choosing. Info, http://cceschoharie-otsego. org/events/2017/02/03/4-h-international-night CONTRADANCE – 7:15-10:30 p.m. Otsego Dance Society hosts. Music by Eleemosynary, Robby Poulette calls. No partner or experience needed. All dances taught. Newcomers welcome at 7:15 for an introduction to some basic steps. Suggested donation $8 adults; $4 students and teenagers; kids 12 & under free. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown.

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Saturday, February 4

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 8 a.m. 9 Dietz St., Oneonta.

Info, http://www.oneontafarmersmarket.org/ COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. otsego2000.org/cooperstownfarmers-market-and-agriculture/ ICE HARVEST FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Participate in traditional ice harvesting. Includes ice carving, ice fishing, horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowman village, hot soup buffet, and blacksmithing and cooking demonstrations.

Adults and Teens $9, Seniors $7, Children free, Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Cty. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info, http://www.hanfordmills.org/ VALENTINES WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.-Noon. Create two valentines hearts for your special somone(s) using polymer clay and decorating materials (bring your own). Cost, members $20, non-members $25.

Space limited to 10 participants.

Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. To register call (607) 547-9777 or email gallery@cooperstownart.com.

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SNOW TUBING – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Park provides snow tube with $5 tubing fee. No charge to enter park. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Cty. Hwy 31, Cooperstown.

Info, http://www.thisiscooperstown.com/events/snow-tubingglimmerglass-state-park FATTY BUMPO RACE – 11 a.m. The Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown.

Info, http://www.clarksportscenter.com/events/fatty-bumpo/ WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 p.m.

Poet, speed writer, novelist, or short story writer. Come practice your writing in the format of NaNoWriMo at your pace. Share if you want. Led by Jen Donohue.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/hml-writers-group/ READING – 2-4 p.m. A.H. Gilbert reads from her new book “The Crandhall Haunting.” The Green Toad Book Store, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http:// greentoadbookstore.com/ FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE – 6-9 p.m. Includes, dinner buffet, raffles, photo’s, gifts, flowers, and more. Registration required.

Members, $80, Non-members, $105. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, http:// www.oneontaymca.org/

Sunday, February 5

SNOW TUBING – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Park provides snow tube with $5 tubing fee. No charge to enter park. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Cty. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. thisiscooperstown.com/events/ snow-tubing-glimmerglass-statepark CANO CHILI BOWL – Noon4 p.m., at CANO, Oneonta.

Opportunity for amateur and professional chefs to compete and showcase for area potters and bowl decorators. Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Info, http://www.canoneonta. org/events/chili-bowl/

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