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Fallen Hero Lives In Ricky, Paris K9 Paris meets Erika and Robert Parisian and baby Ricky. From left are Trooper Valletta, and Sid, Deb and Terry Parisian.
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rooper Ricky J. Parisian lives on. His name and memory were present in two new faces in the Tpr. Parisian crowd at the 23rd annual Pit Run Sunday, Oct. 2. The first is the newest addi-
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At the invitation of county Judge Brian Burns of Oneonta, state Sen. Jim Seward, RMilford, briefed staff and participants in Drug Treatment Court Thursday, Sept. 29, at the city’s Public Safety Center, on initiatives forthcoming from Albany.
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tion to the Parisian family, 7-month-old Ricky Jude Parisian, born to his nephew (and godson) Robert and his wife, Erika. Little Ricky even wore a tiny trooper hat – lifted from a State Police teddy bear – wrapped with a purple ribbon. Please See PARISIAN, A3
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he Constitution Pipeline may have found a new ally. County Reps. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, and Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, have drafted a letter asking Governor Cuomo to get behind the pipeline. The county board was due to debate the letter Wednesday, Oct. 1. Check
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Head-Hunter Debated THE MOST ALUMNI EVER
Then, City Council OKs City Manager Recruiter By LIBBY CUDMORE
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he had been skeptical, but Common Council member Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward, had a change of heart about hiring consultants to help recruit Oneonta’s Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA next city manager. Council members Melissa “I struggled with the Nicosia and Paul van der idea of spending the Sommen spar over hiring a money on the search,” recruiter. she said. “I conduct job searches for a living. But when I talked with Catherine Tuck Parrish at Novak Consulting, she gave me some food for thought.” On Common Council’s agenda was a vote to sign a Please See COUNCIL, A7
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edical Coaches of Oneonta manufactured a travelling memorial exhibiting the wrecked car of Amy Stock, killed by a drunk driver last July, that will be unveiled at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the county’s Meadows Office Complex in Middlefield. The exhibit will tour schools statewide, warning students of the dangers of drinking and driving. Stock, who has a sister in Cooperstown, died July 19, 2015.
As Locals Fill Up Jail, County Losing Money
SIXTH NOVEL: Oneonta’s Deb Blake had her sixth novel in her Baba Yaga series, “Dangerously Charming,” published Tuesday, Oct. 5, by Berkley Press.
$200,000 Lost As Out-Of-County Inmates Can No Longer Be Accommodated Here
Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA HISTORY LIVES: The ALUMNI AND FUTURE ALUMNI: BOOM! Top, Lily Amato, Simone new state historian, Devin Schuman, Eva Palmleon, Sabonne Schuman and Tiffany Gardner Lander of Utica, will meet plug their ears as the cannon marks a touchdown in the 60-0 with the Otsego County HisHomecoming win. Bottom, Phillip Meagley, 63, acknowledges torical Association and other teammates of the undefeated 1960 football team/DETAILS, B1 local historians 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 15, at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Conference Center. catch the ball, I knew no one was . By LIBBY CUDMORE going to catch me.” HE’S TOPS: Oneonta But in high school, there were native Todd Scorzafava of rowing up, Marilyn Zano girls’ sports. Title 9 wouldn’t Greenberg & Rapp Financial gata Scott was the star be passed until 1972, the year after Group, East Hanover, N.J., of her family’s football she graduated OHS. has been named a Financial team. “My brother Johnny But that didn’t stop her from Times Top 401(K) Retirewould always call the same play Marilyn Scott’s T- excelling at intramural sports and ment Plan Adviser for a shirt says it all. – ‘Go deep!’ – and if I could Please See ATHLETE, A7 second year in a row.
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he Otsego County jail dependably generated $200,000 a year by boarding overflow inmates from Schoharie and Delaware counties. But with in-county prisoners filling the jail to capacity, there’s no room for out-of-county criminals and the money has dried up. “We are at full capacity. We are housing all of our own Otsego County residents.
We are not boarding anyone,” county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, said in an interview after alerting his colleagues Frazier to the problem at a strategic planning meeting at the County Office Building Friday, Sept. 30. Frazier, who is the board’s vice chair and chairs the committee now preparing Please See JAIL, A7
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HAIL KING MARK, QUEEN BASDEKIS The 2016 Oneonta High School Homecoming King and Queen, Keaton Mark and Gabby Basdekis, accept applause during halftime at the Saturday, Oct. 1, game between the Yellowjackets and the Watkins Glens Indians. OHS won, 60-0.
GUENTHER, COVERT HONORED AT RECOVERY DINNER Five Star Subaru proprietor Ben Guenther, left, receives LEAF’s 2016 Sioussat Award from Julie Dostal, LEAF executive director, at Friday, Sept. 30’s annual Recovery Dinner at the Holiday Inn/Southside in Oneonta. At right, Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert receives the annual Amethyst Award from Kelly Liner, executive director of FORDO, the Friends of Recovery for Delaware & Otsego Tara Barnwell/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Counties.
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After All These Years, Ricky Lives, Namesakes Prove PARISIAN/From A1 “I told her he should run the Fun Run,” said Deb Parisian, Ricky’s widow. “It says it’s for kids 0-10!” “When they found out they were having a boy, they called up Deb and asked if they could name him for my brother,” said his father, Ricky’s brother Terry. “Ricky was Robert’s godfather. It’s a nice way to honor him.” And second was Paris, the K2 Unit bloodhound handled by Trooper Frank Valletta, Troop A, Batavia. “When I got her, they gave me a list of the names of fallen troopers I could pick from,” said Valletta.
a girl until I saw ‘Parisian’. “Then when I looked him up and read what he had done and I was heartbroken. That he put himself on the line and made sure everyone got to safety, it was heroic, but tragic.” He also found the Pit Run in his research. “I knew I had to enter,” he said. “Paris and I have done a few runs together; we did the run for the Special Olympics in June and another in July.” Upon meeting Erika and Ethiopian runner Figadu Baby Ricky, Paris offered Teteri, 22, of New York her paw in handshake. City, won the 23rd annual Pit Run 10K event “Everybody loves her,” said Valletta. “And she loves in 30:50, a pace of everybody.” 4:58 per mile. “We joke that Paris looks “None of them felt right for
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emories of Trooper Ricky “Pit” Parisian have been kept alive for more than a generation now. Here’s proof: Keith Toombs of Oneonta, who won the 5K event in the 23rd annual Pit Run Saturday, Oct. 1, from Neahwa Park, is the son of Gary Toombs, who won the 10K event in 1995. The 10K winner was Figadu Teteri, an Ethiopian runner now living in New York City.
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Troop C State Police officer salute the flag during the playing of the National Anthem that preceded the race. From left are Trooper Peter Grunder, Sgt. Tom Meter, and Troopers Timothy McQuaid and Dave Smith.
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inspired to not only become a Trooper, but a K9 Trooper so he could name his dog for Ricky.” The family was invited to tour the K9 Training School on Chicken Hill Farm Road, outside Cooperstown, and their visit coincided with Jones and Pari’s training. “We got to meet him, and we were even invited to Pari’s graduation!” he said, Both Pit and Pari have since retired. And though clouds threatened, true to the family’s adage, “It never rains on race day.” “Ricky was my brother and my best friend, so I’ll never forget him,” said Sid. “But to know that others are in that state of mind is overwhelming.” “It’s a phenomenal way to honor him,” said Deb. “In a way, it’s like he’s still here.”
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EDITORIAL
With Sam Nader As Inspiration, Let’s Revive Passenger Service
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en Meifert, the Baseball Hall of Fame vice president/ development, wears a lot of hats. In addition to a challenging day job, he is one of the county’s representatives on the six-county Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission. As former president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce during some daunting years, he has a pretty good handle on the local economy, too. So when he raised the idea with the Oneonta Airport Commission a few months back of reviving passenger service, he was drawing on a range of perspectives.
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He spoke from his perspective as a Hall of Fame VP trying to figure out where things are going: Millennials, many now reaching their peak earning years (with many more to follow), don’t like to drive. You can hop a charter bus
to the Hall of Plaques, but how much more convenient would it be to catch a 45minute flight from LaGuardia? And he spoke from his economic-development perspective: Passenger service would make Greater Oneonta and Cooperstown much more attractive places to do business. (Granted, Watertown has Fort Drum, but there’s twice-daily passenger service from the local airport to Philly via American Airlines.) Passenger service would make SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College more attractive to prospective students from Westchester County and Long Island, as well as potential donors. (Meifert’s counterpart at Hartwick, Gregg Fort, whom Common Council named to the Airport Commission at this week’s meeting, reported, “We had donors fly in here as recently as last year.”) The county’s retiree sector is growing, and taking
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Former mayor Sam Nader receives a commemorative coffee cup from Jeff Back at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Oneonta Municipal Airport on Sept. 17.
a hop from Oneonta to connections in New York or Philly to visit the kids on The Coast, instead of the sometimes arduous drive to Albany or Syracuse, and long waits for connections, would certainly be a quality-of-life enhancement. Never gonna happen? Well, folks, Mohawk Airlines, later part of USAir, ran passenger service to LaGuardia for 30 years,
stopping only when it lost control of its airport gates at the other end. • The 50th anniversary of Oneonta Municipal Airport last month served to highlight other good things in the works there, too. In particular, the Airport Commission – now Fort, plus Ed May, chair, and Dennis Finn, Jeff Back and county Rep. Len Carson,
R-Oneonta, with Council member John Rafter as liaison – has two concrete initiatives developing with Mohawk Valley Community College. • One, it is in talks with MVCC’s Airframe & Powerplant Technology Program at Griffiss AFB, which was recruiting students at the 50th celebration. There’s room for a satellite program in the airport’s hangar. Grads are snapped up by Albany International and Stewart in Newburgh, $20 an hour, with the expectation of reaching six figures in a half-dozen years. • Two, it is looking to provide classroom space in the local terminal, recently renovated by Oneonta Job Corps’ crews, for MVCC’s drone-maintenance program, a quickly growing sector. Again, big demand for grads. The airport was also certified by NuAir, which oversees drone testing Upstate, in Massachusetts and Michigan, and is putting together a system to
keep drones out of the way of aircraft and other drones. Plus, City Hall is seeking a grant to expand the runway from 4,200 to 5,000 feet, necessary for current airplanes, and has been certified as a Shell dealer of aircraft fuel, and is seeking a grant to expand to 12,000gallon tanks. • All this is a lot of work, creativity and smart thinking, but it seems to come with the territory. Particularly edifying at the 50th was the appearance of Sam Nader, who as mayor in the 1960s almost single-handedly created the airport in the face of intransigence by Common Council and the county Board of Supervisors, and the era of passenger service followed. Nader, now 97, is the primus inter pares example of what one determined person can accomplish. The Airport Commission seems imbued with the Nader spirit. Only good will come out of that.
MICHAEL EWART LETTER FROM SCOTLAND
Boyhood Dream – To Walk Where Chingachgook Walked – Realized Editor’s Note: Mike Ewart of Edinborough, Scotland, just appointed chair of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, is also director of the Scottish National Education Trust, endowed by Sir Sean Connery. In September, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Cooperstown, the home and inspiration of James Fenimore Cooper, the subject of his Ph.D. thesis.
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must have been 10 or 11 years old when an uncle gave me a Christmas present of two books from what was called “The Collins Children’s Library.” They were Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and Fenimore Cooper’s “The Last of the Mohicans”.
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Mike Ewart at Victor Salvatore’s James Fenimore Cooper statue.
Apart from colourful dust jackets, the books made no concession to a child audience; they were the full original texts – very difficult for a modern child to get to grips with. But what seemed to be a strange language attracted me. After a while struggling with “Mohicans,” I realised that there was also a cracking good story in there, with lots of exciting action. Little did that uncle realise what he had started. Fast forward another 10 years and I was in my final year as an undergraduate at Cambridge University. In a second-hand bookshop I found a copy of Cooper’s “The American Democrat” and realised that the author was the same man who had excited my younger imagination.
I knew by then that “Mohicans” was not the only book that Cooper had written and that there was a series of Leatherstocking Tales but I didn’t know that Cooper was also a writer on politics. (Nor did I know how many other novels there were – 32 in all.) Out of that chance find grew a desire to find out more and to see how the political writing and the novels were related. And that led to a project for a Ph.D. thesis, which I started to research in 1974. Three years later, in 1977 I had finished my thesis and published some articles on Cooper, his art and his political views. I was awarded my doctorate but my original ambition to go on to be an academic had waned and I
found my career niche in government service in Scotland. I retired in 2009 as chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service. The next chapter in the story was meeting my second wife, Sally. She had been born in the U.S. and lived the first 11 years of her life in New York State, then moved to Europe with her family. When she learned about my interest in Cooper, she said that she would one day take me to Cooperstown – a place I hadn’t been able to visit as a penniless doctoral candidate all those years before. This year she made it happen, and along with a visit to her uncle in New Hampshire, and some stops in New England we made a trip to Please See COOPER, A6
LETTERS
We All Want Renewables, But Expert Says Natural Gas Needed For Now To the Editor: Here is my response to Oneonta Town Board member Michael Stolzer. I read your letter to the editor in last week’s edition, questioning my assertion
that natural gas should be seen as a “bridge fuel” for the Oneonta area while we strive to advance renewable energy sources. Let’s step back for a minute.
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First and foremost, I arranged for SUNY Albany’s Dr. Jeff Freedman, an expert in wind and solar energy, to come to Oneonta as requested by GO-EDC; not you. Our organization has truly bought into the need for “green energy” for our area and as far as I know, it was the first open presentation on this important issue in Oneonta. The outgrowth of that presentation was that GO-EDC formed an energy sub-committee and you
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were invited to attend. And my records show you failed to participate. Now, I’m not going to get into a jousting match with you as to what Dr. Freedman said or didn’t say; he was too nice a person to accept our invitation and to give us such an important and scientific analysis of renewable energy. Suffice it to say, I sent him my notes from the 6/20 meeting where the “bridge fuel” Please See COLONE, Chart Courtesy Al Colone
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A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
For 10 Years, As He Oversaw Teens, Teens Taught Him Editor’s Note: While Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta photographer for the past eight years, Ian Austin has also been director of the Oneonta Teen Center, which marked its 10th anniversary Sept. 17.
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have the best job in the world. I get to hang out with young people in the basement of a castle. And it is as awesome as it sounds. Our nights are filled with discussions, creativity, music, games and laughter. This
and so much more has made the Oneonta Teen Center more than just a job, more than a teen hang-out. It has been a concert hall, a haunted house, a dance hall, a library, a movie theater, a classIan Austin room, a workshop, a banquet hall, a comedy club, a coffee house, a haven, and a place where young people can come
and feel accepted, safe and valued. We have laughed until our faces hurt, dried each other’s tears and shared the adventures of our lives. We’ve worked on everything from homework to Halloween costumes, from neighborhood clean-ups to parades. We are a community of invested, intelligent, creative young people who take pride an ownership in the space they occupy. This is our space. Our second home. Please See TEENS, A6
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
150 Years Ago
Truth is Mighty and Will Prevail – During the last session of Congress, after the most thorough investigation, the representatives of the North presented to the States lately in rebellion a plan of restoration which is embodied in the proposed Amendment to the Constitution. In order to harmonize the legislative and executive departments of the Government, and, if possible, to consummate a speedy restoration of the States, Congress in the spirit of compromise and peace, stooped as low as it possibly could without being recreant to duty, in order to unite the people and restore the Union. The result was a plan of restoration which has surprised the world in the mildness and liberality of its terms, and in the magnanimity with which the traitors are readmitted to the privileges and blessings of a Government they strove four years to destroy. October 1866
20 Years Ago
double wreath service, peculiar to their faith. At the conclusion of the ceremony best wishes and congratulations were offered to Mr. and Mrs. Georgeson. October 1916
80 Years Ago
Hartwick College turned its attention yesterday to its first annual game with Alfred University there on Saturday. Hartwick came through its encounter with Arnold without serious injury, and Coach Glenn Johnson will have his full strength to send against the Saxons at Alfred Saturday night. It will mark Hartwick’s first appearance under the flood lights. Lacy Roberts, a sophomore ball carrier with all sorts of potentialities has been fitted into a halfback berth and Johnson may elect to start him on Saturday in place of Al Townsend, who has yet to find himself in college football circles, although he is one of the best speed merchants on the squad. October 1936
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An old and unoccupied house at the corner of West and Cherry streets, the property of George Timewell, was found to be on fire early Tuesday morning. E. Durfee, railroad caller, who first noticed the fire, notified Officer Judd, who at once hurried to the spot and, with some assistance, extinguished the flames. Investigation showed that kerosene had been scattered over the floor and up the stairway and set on fire, a window being opened at the head of the stairs and another below to give a draft. Carefully as the incendiary had planned the fire, he had failed in his purpose, the fire in the stairway, after charring the wood to the depth of half an inch, having gone out. Only some straw on the floor was blazing when the officer reached the house. There was about $150 worth of furniture stored in the building. The authorities have no clue to the offender. October 1891
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Rev. Polycarpos of Syracuse, priest of the Orthodox Greek church arrived in
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October 1996
the city yesterday and was domiciled at the residence of John Laskaris, 77 Dietz Street, where last night he officiated at a christening and a marriage ceremony. At 5:30 o’clock the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Georgeson was christened James Georgeson, Rev. Polycarpos celebrating the full rites of the Greek Church. Peter Gianukos stood as Godfather to the infant. Following the christening, refreshments were served, and to the accompaniment of Grecian airs the national dances were enjoyed by the guests. At 7 o’clock Miss Christina Vlahos was united in marriage with Nicolas Georgeson, Rev. Polycarpos performing the full ceremony of the Orthodox Church, including the double ring service and the
Adlai Stevenson took Richard Nixon, President Eisenhower’s vice-presidential running mate and the entire GOP, to task at a rally in Morristown, New Jersey. “Nixon always talks about opponents in terms of appeasement, communism and treachery and words like that. I do hope the vicepresidential taste for extreme and loose language is not becoming contagious.” Stevenson told the audience that “the historic function of the Republican Party is to represent the economic and social philosophy of the well-to-do and the privileged, of the big corporations, the big interests. This administration has performed that well. The Republican Party is not a fit instrument to govern a nation that wants to make progress for the benefit of ordinary people.” October 1956
40 Years Ago
The Oneonta Common Council has authorized City Chamberlain Paul Kogut to buy bonds to finance the Municipal Parking structure construction. At the same time aldermen indicated they would reject a recommendation from the Capital Budget and Planning Commission that bonds be purchased as soon as possible. The council authorized Kogut to buy up $900,000 in notes to finance the cost of the structure. The garage was built by the city in lieu of a formal payment for the city’s urban renewal program. Kogut will consult with a New York City firm seeking advice on when to purchase bonds. In the meantime, short-term notes will be used to finance the structure. October 1976
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A state trooper who shot a young man five times at close range after his gun belt got caught on the man’s speeding all-terrain vehicle was cleared of any charges in the man’s death. The ruling has angered the victim’s family. A grand jury in Chautauqua County decided not to indict trooper Sean Pierce, who said he had no choice but to shoot 25-year-old Bradley Horton to save his own life. Pierce clung to Horton’s back for more than half a mile on a darkened country road after his gun belt got looped around the ATV’s luggage rack. He said he shouted repeatedly for Horton to stop, and then shouted “I’m going to shoot you,” and did. Pierce said he was trying to incapacitate Horton so he would stop accelerating. The incident began when Pierce tried to pull Horton over for not wearing a helmet. The incident occurred during a massive manhunt for fugitive Ralph “Bucky” Phillips, an accused police shooter who was suspected of hiding in the western New York County at the time. Horton’s family members said the evidence given to the grand jury was only from the police perspective. October 2006
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He Finally Sees Glimmerglass, Sleeping Lion, Three Mile Point, More COOPER/From A4 Cooperstown by way of Glen’s Falls – the scene of one of the dramatic incidents in “Mohicans.” So, nearly 40 years on from completing my work on Cooper, here I was! It was a great visit. I was (as we say in the UK) tickled pink to be staying in Leatherstocking Street. We walked around the town and took in all the places
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– including paying homage to his statue, of course. And when we stopped by his gravestone we realised that our visit – on Sept. 15 – was on Cooper’s birthday! I was also pleased to see how many of the places in the surrounding area Cooper included in his stories are still associated with the names he gave them. Names like Glimmerglass, as Lake Otsego is called
in “The Deerslayer” with “the Sleeping Lion” of Mount Washington at its head, and Three Mile Point, which features in one of Cooper’s later novels when he was growing increasingly disenchanted with the way American society was developing. I’m very grateful to Jim Kevlin and to Hugh MacDougall of the Fenimore Cooper Society for their
friendly welcome, help and advice. As well as pointing us to some places associated with Cooper that we wouldn’t otherwise have found, Jim also recommended Willis Monie’s bookshop. I browsed there very happily and picked up copies of the histories of Cooperstown that Jim had recommended and which I started to devour on the flight home. I also picked up a copy of
a book of more recent critical essays on Cooper and was surprised and flattered to find references to my own work. It was good to know that although I hadn’t pursued the academic path, I had made a small contribution. And who knows, maybe a new retirement project is beginning to take shape? But I’d better not wait another 40 years to write the next book on Cooper!
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Renewables Coming; For Now, Natural Gas COLONE/From A4 notation was clearly made, and he did not contest that reference. You need to know that 35 percent of our 2014 national energy consumption came from petroleum; 28 percent from natural gas and 18 percent from coal. That’s 81 percent plus of our nation’s total energy consumption that currently comes from fossil fuels. All told, renewables account for around 10 percent; the biggest share of that being hydropower and bio-fuels. And as far as energy sources go, clearly, petroleum and coal are far worse a fossil fuel on carbon emission than natural gas. In the Greater Oneonta Area, there are any number of major users of energy whose natural
OTC Director, Taught Teens, And They He TEENS/From A4 I have never once gone to work dreading it. I can’t wait until the weekend, because it means I get to spend time with people I consider my friends. I spend time inspiring and being inspired by the young people of our community. I love seeing the people they are becoming. I cherish them when they are here, am proud when they leave and miss them when they are gone. Wherever their lives take them, I hope they find a job that is as enjoyable, rewarding and meaningful as this one is to me. I am so thankful for all the time spent with all OTC kids past and present. They have enriched my life and I am a better person for the time I have spent with your children. I grew up looking at this building out my window. I went to the Boys and Girls Club where Carl Delberta, Jr. and John Baranowski instilled in me their way of respecting young people that I put into practice here. Their way with children inspired in me to try to be what they were to me: mentors. Adults who took time for kids and who weren’t afraid to be kids themselves. Kids respond to the kid in you, but the way they are treated forms them. When people ask how I work with teenagers, I tell them, “I just treat them like people.” When they feel listened to, respected and accepted, they feel loved. And in return, without hesitation, they give it back.
gas access is periodically interrupted because of the lack of availability, requiring them to convert to oil. As a town rep, you might wish to get out and meet with the folks at Lutz Feed and other like job-creating enterprises in the town to get a full read on this matter. If Oneonta is to grow commerce and jobs, expanded natural gas, sadly, will have to be part of the energy sourcing mix needed to sustain us. Now, getting back to your letter; you state that I build upon a misstatement and encourage area leaders to support the expansion of natural gas pipelines through the area; you left out a very important caveat, that being: “As long as the natural gas they carry can be tapped for use in the Oneonta area.” GO-EDC is all about Oneonta and its economic, commercial and cultural vitality. Without expanded natural gas in the overall energy mix to support the economic well-being of Oneonta, we might as well close-up shop right now. Now Mike, where would you suggest we locate our first wind farms? Perhaps a few turbines up on the Thinking of Remodeling? Think of Refinancing!
ridges behind Job Corp facing south, or overlooking the Susquehanna Valley from Franklin Mountain facing north, or up on the Otsdawa facing east overlooking West Oneonta, even the high ridges up on Winney Hill Road. After all, Dr. Freedman did clearly say the high ridges around Oneonta would appear to be ideal to support wind-produced electricity. Why don’t you convene a meeting down at the Town Hall on locating wind turbines. I’d be glad to help with the project. We should probably create a Greater Oneonta micro-grid system using wind with solar, bio mass and others. Count me in on helping. I’ll await your meeting notice. Say, was your letter in any way politically motivated? Was it designed to rally the anti-gas voters in the Town of Oneonta to support your election to the town board? Gosh, I hope not; I hope you have a genuine commitment and interest in renewable energy for Oneonta. Time will tell. ALBERT COLONE GO-EDC Co-Founder Oneonta LGROUP@STNY.RR.COM www.leatherstockingmortgage.com 607-547-5007 (Office) 800-547-7948 (Toll Free)
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Donald Trump wants to lead our country, but his past shows he has done nothing for anyone other than himself. He has duped people into thinking he alone can save America. He refuses to release his taxes because he knows it will expose the fact he’s paid no taxes, hasn’t given as much money to charity as he says he has and the almost billion dollar loss his companies have incurred proves he’s not as good of a businessman as he says he is. Currently, he has 3,500 pending lawsuits against him. I can’t imagine why anyone would think that a person who builds casinos, golf courses and sponsors beauty pageants could possibly even begin to understand what the needs of our country are, much less fix them. When asked if he felt bad about going bankrupt six times and causing hundreds of small businesses to go under as a result, while personally not being affected by his carelessness, he uses the excuse that what he did under the law was perfectly
legal. Was it morally legal though? In his book, he says he doesn’t care. Is America angry? Americans should be, but putting someone like Trump in the White House could literally lead to the destruction of the world. I’m not a fear monger, but I truly believe that with a character like this at the trigger of a nuclear arsenal, he would be the last person I’d be willing to count on to make a steady, qualified judgment as to its use. The presidency of the United States deserves a person dedicated to something greater than greed and the exploitation of others for personal gain. We don’t need a reality TV host who insults women, veterans and people with disabilities, who boastfully promotes politically incorrectness as a badge of honor. We need a leader of the free world who is steady, honorable and experienced. That person is Hillary Clinton. JOSEPH C. STILLMAN Oneonta
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Raised Pre-Title X1, Alumna Made Up Lost Time Council Hires Recruiter, After OHS, she received a bachewas so surprised that we both got in,” ATHLETE/From A1 lor’s in education from SUNY Potsshe said. gymnastics at the Oneonta Family Fills 2 Key Vacancies dam and a master’s from Cortland. She was 55. “I wasn’t wearing my YMCA, and it didn’t stop the Alumni While teaching at Elmira/Notre Dame, she coached the track team. “I was very pregnant with my daughter Carin and I would tell the girls, ‘I think I can run faster than you’,” she said. “I also officiated their swim meets.” But after she married her high school sweetheart (and 2013 Wall of Distinction inductee) David Scott – they have two children, Eddie and Carin – she felt like something was missing. “I would meet a group of girls at the Y in North Carolina, where we were living, and we’d go running,” she said. “I competed in local races there.” And as Eddie got older, the two of them would often share workout routines and run races together. They entered the lottery to compete in the New York City Marathon, her first. “I
Association to the Athletic Hall of Fame during the Saturday, Oct. 1, induction for the hall and Wall of Distinction. “She has zero trophies, zero championships and zero letters,” said emcee Vince Foti Jr. in his remarks on Belden Auditorium dais. “But her competitive zeal has made her an example of lifelong athletic commitment. It’s wrong to deny a generation of female athletes into the Hall of Fame because they were born too early.” Scott was active with the Y’s gymnastics program. “During this one exhibition, the announcer said I was going to attempt a ‘Triple Butterfly’ on the trampoline,” she said. “The room got quiet, I went to the center and I flapped my hands three times. It was a spoof!”
medal on the plane home, but I struck up a conversation with a woman who had hers on,” she said. “I told her my time, 4:12:08 and she told me I had qualified for the Boston Marathon!” She went on to compete in three more marathons – Boston, Chicago and then Boston again – four marathons in 18 months. On her 60th birthday, she ran the Big Sur Marathon. “I had a heel spur, so I couldn’t train on hills,” she said. “But the hills on that course are unbelievable.” Now 63, she has no plans to hang up her running shoes. On Sunday, Sept 25, she competed in the Berlin Marathon in Germany. She’s now working on completing the World Marathon Majors, with Tokyo in 2018 and London in 2019.
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“That’s what sold COUNCIL/From me.” A1 The fee soured $21,300 contract Council members with Novak ConPaul van der Somsulting to run the men, First Ward, search for a third and Michelle city manager in Osterhoudt, Fourth five years. Ward, nays in the Novak will 6-2 vote. recruit city manCouncil also agers to apply for voted to fill two of the job, run backthe city’s vacant ground checks, positions, hiring check references HOMETOWN ONEONTA Katie Böttger as and present the Katie Böttger is personnel director Council with a the city’s new list of who their personnel direc- and Judy Pangman as director of comexperts feel are tor. munity developthe most qualified ment. applicants, and Böttger was on hand to Council will then conduct accept her appointment. interviews. Previously, she had served In August, consultants as village clerk in Ames, Jerry Faiella, executive as well as the personnel director of the NYS City/ sssistant for Montgomery County Managers AssociaCounty. tion, and Michael Ritchie, She is a 2004 graduate of senior adviser, International Hartwick College, majoring City Managers Association, recommended council enlist in political science. “I saw the job opening back in the a consultant to aid in their spring and half-filled out an search. application,” she said. “But “They work to match the when I saw it again, I knew city manager with the city,” said Council member David I had to apply. Jobs like this don’t come around often.” Rissberger, Third Ward.
Locals Filling County Jail Make $200,000 Disappear JAIL/From A1 the county’s 2017 budget, pointed out that boarding out-of-county prisoners was profitable: “It cost the same – staffing, overhead – to have 65 as 75.” “It’s a couple of hundred thousand dollars in revenue,” he said. So far this budget year, the county board has moved money to the prison budget twice, including $75,000 for medical expenses. In his 2017 projections, “the sheriff has reduced his expected revenues.” According to Frazier, “90 percent (of in-county inmates) are either in for drug possession, or committing crimes to get drugs,” a reflection of the heroin scourge that has been ranging the county, beginning in 2008 and quickly building from there. “We are not atypical; this is statewide.” For his part, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.
declined to lay the whole budget shortfall at the feet of the heroin problem. “It’s a lot of things,” he said in an interview. “But it (drugs) certainly compounds the issue.” When the 100-inmatecapacity Otsego County Correctional Facility was built 25 years ago, only 30 inmates were in-county, he said. State law requires a 20inmate buffer, because – for instance – if a minor is being held in one of the six-cell blocks, no older inmates are allowed there. Still, the 80inmate regular capacity left plenty of room for boarding inmates from neighboring counties with overflowing jails. Recently, though, there have been 60 to 90 “of our own” in the jail at any one time. Exceeding the buffer required Devlin to get a variance from the state Commission on Corrections.
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Pat Healy, ’81, Bob Canfield, ’64, Ben Wooden, ’05, and Jeff Smith, ’86, play in Friday’s golf tournament that launched the 2016 OHS Alumni Weekend Friday, Sept. 30, at the Oneonta Country Club.
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COOPTOBERFEST – Day-long. Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and Brewery Ommegang annual family-focused fun day. Live music, trucks, vendors, carnival games, animals, pumpkins, bouncy house, slides, cornhole tournament. Craft sale at upper Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Cooperstown Chamber, (607) 547-9983, or mhazzard@cooperstownchamber.org., CooperstownOnTap.com COOP FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Bounty of seasonal fruits and veggies, local meats, fresh fowl, eggs, cheese, yogurt, honey, maple syrup, sweet treats. Handmade goods. Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank), rain or shine. Info, (607) 547-6195, www. otsego2000.org RUMMAGE SALE – 9-11 a.m. Household items, clothing, books, small furniture, and collectibles. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. RUMMAGE SALE – 9-11 a.m. Bag Sale. Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street,
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period costumes, and fun entertainment for the whole family. $20 adults, $19 seniors, $17 children 3-12, free under 3. Reservations encouraged, not required. Milford Depot, Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, 136 Main St., Milford. Info, reservations, (607) 432-2429, (607) 432-2824 FOLIAGE TRAIN – 1 p.m.. Final weekend. Slow and easy vintage rail ride through the Susquehanna River Valley. Adults $16, Seniors $15, Kids (3-12) $13, under 3 Free. Train Depot, Cooperstown and Charlotte Railroad, 136 East Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 432-2429, lrhs@lrhs.com GHOSTS! – 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30 p.m. Candlelight Ghost Tours, Hyde Hall. See details under Friday, Oct. 7.
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FALL FESTIVAL – 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Middlefield Historical Association Fall Festival at schoolhouse! Craft vendors, food, gift shop, produce from Middlefield Orchards. 11 a.m. stories about attending school at the schoolhouse. Noon - Les Rathbun slideshow on the Barns of Middlefield. 1-3 p.m. Utica Zoomobile. 1:30 p.m. Al Bullard on hops history. Ghost stories by Bruce Markusen. District No. 1 Schoolhouse, Co. Hwy. 35, Middlefield. Info, Dave Edwards, (607) 547-1161, Jim Hill, (607) 547-8441. middlefieldhistorical.org MORE CALENDAR, B7
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Meadow Road. “He would be tickled pink to receive this award,” she said. “If he were here, he’d say ‘Hold onto your hats’!” To that, his classmates all took off their hats and waved them in the air. And the Hall of Fame inductees each made sure to thank coaches Lloyd Baker and Tony Drago, who were sitting right up front. “I had Coach Baker sitting behind me and he was giggling the whole time,” said Balnis. “And Coach Drago never missed an awards ceremony. It was so nice to see everyone reminiscing.” Wall of Distinction honorees included attorney Bri-
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That morning, he was applauded at the rededication of the OHS swimming pool, a $500,000 undertaking he’d supported. The Yellowjackets football team brought another cause for celebration, destroying the Watkins Glen Indians, 60-0, that afternoon. “It was exactly the game we needed!” Balnis said. In the next few weeks, the Alumni Association board will meet and assess the weekend, scouring Facebook and e-mails for feedback. “So far, everything we’ve seen has been positive,” she said. But there are improvements to be made. “I talked to a couple people who wanted to go to the soccer game in the morning, but they were too tired from Friday night,” she said. “It also coincided with the Pool Dedication, so people were torn between going to those two things.” Going forward, the association’s biggest goal is to
Jane Pondolfino embraces friend and OHS Class of 1964 classmate Jan LaMonica at the Armory reception Friday evening. They hadn’t seen each other in two years.
reach out to newer alumni. “The alumni attending really drop off in the 1990s,” she said. “People don’t really start getting interested in their reunions until 15-20 years after graduation.” The association may also revive the tradition at graduation: “The school can’t give out information about the graduates,” she said. “But we used to have someone go introduce themselves
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Dated: AUGUST 18, 2016 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 58.09 Block: 1 Lot: 16.00 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, together with all the buildings erected thereon, situate in the Village of Cherry Valley, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows; BEGINNING at the Westerly end of the Northerly edge of the Northerly sidewalk of Montgomery Street and running THENCE S. 55 deg. 40’ W., 61 feet, more or less, along the Northerly side of Montgomery Street, being a line parallel to, and 23 feet from the center line of the pavement of Montgomery Street, THENCE N. 44 deg. 43’ W., 144 feet, more or less, across the lands now or formerly of Earl W. Snyder; to an iron pipe driven in the grounds; THENCE N. 48 deg. 12’ E., 61 feet, more or less, across the lands now or formerly of Earl W. Snyder, to a wood pin set in a stone wall where this line intersects the Westerly boundary of lands now or formerly of Loretta McCaulay; THENCE S. 44 deg. 18’ E., 152 feet, more or less, along the Westerly boundary of lands now or formerly of Loretta McCaulay and Lee Wentworth, to the point or place of
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beginning. Premises known as 41 MONTGOMERY STREET, CHERRY VALLEY, NY 13320 4LegalOct28 Legal notice Notice of Formation of 1. JENNY BUD LLC 2. Articles of organization filed 9/19/2016 3. Located Otsego County 172 sunset ridge rd cooperstown ny 13326 4. Purpose is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalNov10 LegaL notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SHEPHANNESEN PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec’y. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on September 21, 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 1144, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalNov3 Legal notice Notice of formation of ARTRA Development, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with th NY Secretary of State on July 20, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 20 Main Street, Worcester, NY 12197. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalNov4 Legal notice Notice of Conversion of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: WILLIAM T. RYAN & ASSOCIATES LLC. Certificate of Conversion filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 September 2015. 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 PO Box 74, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalOct27
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Legal notice NOAH RENTALS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/16/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Noah Rentals, LLC, PO Box 404, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalOct27 Legal notice STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF OTSEGO SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 20160134 _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, -vs- ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE JESSIE WATSON, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, HAROLD WATSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the
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intersection with the west line of property now or formerly owned by Roger A. Crandall;
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 your mortgage company will not stop this 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. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 12th day of August, 2016, at Cooperstown, New York. Tax I.D. No. 327.00-1-16.00 All that tract or pared of land situate in the Town of Unadilla, County of Otsego, and State of New York bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the centerline of County Route 2 at its intersection with an east line of property conveyed to Onolee H. Jones by deed recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office in Liber 648 of Deeds, at page 946; said point of beginning being easterly, 0.3 miles, measured along said centerline, from its intersection with the centerline of County Route 1; THENCE North 7 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds East, 756.16 feet along said Jones east line to its intersection with the south line of property now or formerly owned by Douglas A. Luscomb & Juel S. Luscomb; THENCE South 82 degrees 26 minutes 00 seconds East 201.56 feet along the last mentioned property line to its
THENCE South 7 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds West, 942.00 feet along the last mentioned property line to its intersection with the centerline of a creek; THENCE South 58 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds West, 120.00 feet along said centerline of stream to its intersection with an east line of the first mentioned Jones property; THENCE North 7 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds East, 259.70 feet along said property line to its intersection with the centerline of County Route 2; THENCE North 81 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West, 103.69 feet along said centerline of road to the point of BEGINNING. Subject to easement, covenants, and restriction of record. These premises are also known as 167 County Hwy 2 A/K/A 167 Rd Hwy 2 A/K/A County Route #2, Unadilla A/K/A Mount Upton A/K/A T/O Unadilla, NY 13809. WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 700 Crossroads Building 2 State Street Rochester, NY 14614 4LegalOct13 Legal notice Notice of formation of ENCK ENTERPRISES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on August 18, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 8590 State Highway 23, Oneonta, NY 13825. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalOct20 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: BERNARDWOOD LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 August 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 21 Delaware St,
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Beer, Mankind Go Back To Ancient Times BEER/From B1
“The Fertile Crescent” where war – with more and less U.S. involvement – has been a constant for the past 15 years. Barley, the thinking goes, was stored in water in redware jars. Wafted over by vagrant wild yeasts – “sweet contamination,” Dobbs called them – “the world’s first beer” emerged. Friezes of noblemen sipping archaic beer – “barley wine,” as it was called – through straws appeared in Egyptian tombs, and a variation is still being sipped today by some African tribes. A team from Penn did extensive archaeological research in the Middle East, and identified honey and dates among the original ingredients, bringing to mind some of the sweet ingredients being experimented with at nearby Brewery Ommegang. Penn auctioned off the 3,000-year-old “secret recipe,” and the highest bidder was Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware, where it became the basis of the craft brewery’s Midas Touch beer. The recipe is still closely held, Dobbs said. Now executive director of the Connecticut River Museum in Essex, Conn., Dobbs is a CGP alum and drove up to his alma mater for a fundraiser for the alumni association; he is immediate past president of the board. He also had the chance to catch up on the news with Katie Boardman, the evening’s emcee. He had worked for her at NYSHA in the ’90s, before entering the CGP program. Accompanying Dobbs was Rick Spencer of New London, Conn. a performer of themebased historical music; he and Dobbs met while working at Mystic Seaport. In this case, the theme was beer and, accompanied by Dawn Indermuehle, selections ranged from “Oh Good Ale, Thou Art My Darling,” to “The Merry Little Hop.” Dobbs’s lecture and Spencer’s lyrics were interspersed with tasting, beginning with Midas Touch – it has “a touch of saffron,” the singer said. Through out, Indermuehle suggested “beer pairings” – Midas going particularly well with Stilton or salami. With Otsego being one of the six dominant hops-growing counties in Central New York through the 19th century, we tend to place ourselves in a central role in beer-manufacturing history. But there’s so much more, Dobbs shared: • King Henry VIII may have broken with the Roman Catholic Church to expedite a divorce, but doing so also “loosened the church’s control over beer.” From none in 1534, there were 17,000 beerdrinking establishments thriving in England by 1577. • When the Mayflower bore the Pilgrim Fathers (and mothers and children) to the New World in 1620, there were three times more casks of beer in the hold than water. The ship stayed for a while, but “… our victuals being much spent, particularly our beer” – according to the captain’s log
– the crew weighed anchor and headed back to England. • In his 1791 “Autobiography,” Ben Franklin recalled one of his fellow type-setters imbibing six pints over the course of a typical working day, so beer – primarily dark porters and stouts – were integrated into Colonial life. • The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in Germany brought
1.5 million Germans to the United States – a substantial influx, given there were only 13 million Americans in the 1830 Census – and with them, lighter lagers and the biergarten. (The crowd sipped Yuengling Lager from “America’s Oldest Brewery,” founded in 1829 in Pottsville, Pa.) • In 1862, the U.S. government imposed a $1 tax per bar-
rel on beer, raising $15 million in six months. The whole war cost $68 million. Indeed, it was a golden age of beermaking. • Breweries flourished – 4,000 by 1870. But Capitalism tends toward monopoly, and by 1900, mergers and acquisitions – by Glimmerglass’ Busches, Schlitz and others – had reduced that to 1,500. And in 1919 came the Volstead Act, and the party was over: At least until 1933.
Halfway through the evening, Spencer and Indermuehle broke into a tune that sounded very familiar – VERY familiar – but not the words: “Away to the Sons of Anacreon we’ll fly/And there, with good fellows, we’ll learn to intwine/the myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’ vine.” Spencer shared the sobering fact: Yes, our National Anthem was set to a drinking song. Dobbs said he and Spencer have taken their beer program
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IN MEMORIAM Mary Ann Ashe, 78; LPN Once Worked At Homer Folks ONEONTA – Mary Ann Ashe, 78, an LPN in Oneonta facilities for many years, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. She was born Dec. 10, 1937, in Bainbridge, the daughter of George and Evelyn (Coon) Diehl. She graduated from Sidney Central School. Mary Ann married Philip C. Ashe on May 24, 1958, at the Methodist Church in Sidney. As a licensed practical nurse, Mary Ann worked
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Charles R. Decker; Worked at Depot, All-Star Village ONEONTA – Charles R. Decker, 31, who worked at Cooperstown All-Star Village, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, September 22, 2016 at home. He was born June 1, 1985 in Oneonta, the son of Nicholas and Charlene (Cannon) Decker. Charlie graduated from Walton Central School. He worked at Cooperstown All Star Village in Oneonta and also the Depot Restaurant. Charlie is survived by his father, Nicholas Decker, New Berlin; mother and step father, Charlene and Barney Joe Woehrle, Oneonta; siblings, Christopher Decker, Jessica Decker, Misty Crissell; grandparents, Margaret and Barney Finch and Ruth and Warren Decker; as well as several aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his grandmother, Marge Cannon. A funeral was held Friday, Sept. 30 with the Reverend Stephen Fournier officiating.
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Bernard Neal Stanley, 77; Owned, Ran Nick’s Diner OTEGO – Bernard Neal Department, EMT, and held Stanley, 77, the former own- the position of Captain of er of Nick’s Diner, passed the First Aid Squad. away on Tuesday, Bernard is surSept. 27, 2016 at vived by his wife, Chenango Memorial Joan of Otego; his Hospital after a brief children, Vicki Fasillness. sett and her husband He was born in Kevin, Melissa Ilion on February Anderson and her 19, 1939, the son of husband Frank, Gertrude Weakley Kristi Swatting and Briggs and Jerome her husband Tom, Stanley, and step Carrie Stanley and Bernard father Galen Briggs. her fiancé Omar, and Stanley He graduated from Christine Martin and Ilion High School her husband Brad; 15 and went on to attend SUNY grandchildren; 8 great grandCobleskill where he rechildren; his brother, John ceived a Bachelor’s Degree Stanley and his wife Janette; in mechanical and electrical his sister Bernice Winchip engineering. and her husband Richard On May 26, 1986, BerBalser; and his sister, Gladys nard married Joan Dibble Culver; as well as many Montgomery. nieces and nephews. He worked at Bruce He was predeceased by Hall in Richfield Springs. his parents; and his brother, After leaving there, he Bruce Stanley. then worked for Reinhardt A celebration of his life Home Heating in Oneonta, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturretiring after 35 years with day, October 15, 2016 at the them. Joan and Bernard also Bookhout Funeral Home, owned and operated Nick’s 357 Main St, Oneonta, with Diner for many years. Rev. Stephen Fournier officiBernard was a member of ating. Burial will take place the Richfield Springs Fire in Glenwood Cemetery.
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CIDER FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St, Fly Creek. Info, flycreekcidermill.com FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. Taste of the Catskills featuring food, music, entertainment for all. Admission $10. Maple Shade Farm, 2066 Cty. Hwy. 18, Delhi. Info, TasteoftheCatskills.com TRACTORFEST – 10 a.m.5 p.m. $12 adults , $10.50 seniors, $6 juniors. Children 6 and under and NYSHA members, free. A Step Back in Time Weekend at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org QUILT SHOW – 11 a.m.-4 p.m.”Expressions of Love” to feature Susquehanna Valley Quilters. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave, Gilbertsville. Admission: $5 Lunch: $7. Info, (607)783-2780, (607)783-2967, albud@citlink. net, themajorsinn.com. HEALTHCARE HISTORY – 11 a.m. “200 Years of Healthcare in Rural America” by Dr. John Davis, Author. Also 1 p.m. Bassett Hospital 1 Atwell Road, Cooperstown. FOLIAGE TRAIN – 1 p.m.. Final weekend. Slow and easy vintage rail ride through the Susquehanna River Valley. Adults $16, Seniors $15, Kids (3-12) $13, under 3 Free. Train Depot, Cooperstown and Charlotte Railroad, 136 East Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 432-2429, lrhs@lrhs.com FARM TOUR – 2:30 p.m. Learn the History of the Stock Farm. 1 H. Moyer Rd., Jordanville. Info, (607)547-2366 jon@ otsegolandtrust.org
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POULTRY WORKSHOP – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. One day poultry-cutting seminar for poultry producers to hone their skills. Third in a new series of meat production classes being offered by SUNY Cobleskill faculty and specialist from the Harvest New York program of Cornell Cooperative Extension. SUNY Cobleskill new Meat laboratory, College Center for Agriculture and Natural
Resources. Info, registrations, Linda Serdy, (518) 255-5528, SerdyML@cobleskill.edu ONEONTA FIRE DISTRICT MEETING – 10 a.m. Task Force meeting. Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 258 Main St., Oneonta. Info, City Clerk’s Office (607)432-6450 HISTORY LUNCHEON – 11:30 a.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society Luncheon. Details to be announced. 210 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek.
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Otsego 2000, an environmental and preservation advocacy non-profit, seeks qualified candidates for the position of program/ market manager, effective November 15, 2016. The program/market manager will be responsible for overall management of the year-round Cooperstown Farmers’ Market as well as working closely with the executive director on Otsego 2000’s ongoing programs, including planning and logistics, communications and outreach, and fundraising. The successful candidate will have strong organizational and communications/writing skills, a keen interest in local, sustainable agriculture and economic development, and the ability to work creatively in a team and individually, with people from all backgrounds. Otsego 2000 offers competitive salary commensurate with experience, vacation and benefits.
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Thursday, October 13
RABIES CLINIC – 6-8 p.m. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Previous certificate must be presented for 3-year booster. Dogs on leash; cats and ferrets in pillow case or carrier. Limit of 15 pets per person. Otego Fire Dept., Otego. Info, (607) 547-4230. PERFORMANCE – 9 p.m. Stevie Starr: The Regurgitator. Hunt Union ballroom, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-3730, oneonta.collegiatelink.net/organization/sa/ calendar/details/262935
ART RECEPTION – 4-5 p.m. “She is” by Eliza Greenberg. Project Space Gallery, SUNY ONEONTA, 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta. Info, oneonta.edu/academics/art/gallery/gallery.html TOASTMASTERS MEETING – 6-7 p.m. Improve speaking and leadership skills and have fun in supportive Toastmasters club. Green Earth Natural Foods, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, http:// oneonta.toastmastersclubs.org/ MUSIC AT THE MANSION – 6:30-8 p.m. Community Arts Council of Oneonta (CANO), Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2070, admin@canoneonta.org
CHURCH SUPPER – 6:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Guild sponsoring supper. Parish Hall, 112 Public Landing Rd., Springfield Center. Info, 5478359 or 267-7578. HISTORY – 6:30-8:30 p.m. “Local Advertisements.” with Mark Simonson, Oneonta City Historian. Free, all welcome. Light refreshments served. Otsego Cty. Historical Association meeting at Kenny Memorial Library, Cty. Hwy. 11, Hartwick. LECTURE – 7 p.m. “War on the Middleline - The Founding of a Community in the Kayaderossras Patent in the Midst of the American Revolution” by James Richmond. Fort Plain Museum, 389 Canal St., Fort Plain. Info, fortplainmuseum@yahoo.com, (518)774-5669 THEATER – 8 p.m. “Stop Kiss” a two-act drama by Diana Son. Tickets $5. Hamblin Theater, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta,
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