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Bresee’s Bronco Will Ride Again In Oneonta This Holiday Season

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his Christmas at Best Wine & Spirits in the Price Chopper Plaza, Oneonta kids will have their own chance to giddy-up on the historic Bresee’s Big Bronco.

“When little kids come in with

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Soccer Hall Will Reopen At Texas Site

Sharon Wilsey and her husband Bill O’Donnell try out Bresee’s Big Bronco, anticipating the Christmas season.

their parents, they love looking at all the glitz and sparkle of the bottles, so we give them a lollypop if they don’t touch anything,” said owner Sharon Wilsey. “But we got the Big Bronco for them to ride, and that’s so much better!”

Wilsey and her husband, Bill Please See BRONCO, A3

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Matthew Pohren, was the winner of the 22nd annual Ricky “Pit” Parisian 10K Sunday, Oct. 4, the first Oneontan to do so in years. He was accompanied across the finish line by the pacer State Trooper Tim McQuaid, Binghamton.

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CANDIDATES DEBATE:

The League of Women Voters is planning a Candidates’ Forum for Common Council and county board candidates at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at SUNY Oneonta’s Craven Lounge.

SOUTHARD BACK:

Mayor Gary Herzig appointed Council member Russ Southard “acting mayor” at the Tuesday, Oct. 6, Common Council meeting, meaning he will serve as mayor when Herzig is out of the city. He filled the same role for Mayor Dick Miller.

By LIBBY CUDMORE o Jeff Burnham, a Navy veteran living in Oneonta, the first day of school at the new Workforce Development Center was something to be celebrated.

“As soon I heard about this class, I was Trainee Jeff very excited,” he said.

Burnham.

“I’ve been trying to find a program that focuses on soft skills, communication and that helps me focus, and after the first day, I was ecstatic!”

Burham’s class, Employability Skills, is the first offered at the new Regional Workforce Development Center in the mezzanine above the fifth-floor offices Please See TRAINING, A7

ive years after it left Oneonta, the National Soccer Hall of Fame will relocate in Frisco, Texas.

FC Dallas and U.S. Soccer announced they will unveil plans for the new facility at a press conference Wednesday, Oct. 14.

The Soccer Hall, brainchild of Oneontan Al Colone, operated locally for a quarter century before the effort was abandoned.

CUYLE ON CBS: Oneonta heartthrob Cyle Carvin was to appear on CBS’ “Criminal Minds” at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Otsego Now Opens Center At 189 Main

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County May Borrow $5 Million To Close Gap In 2016 Budget

En route to his 1960 undefeated basketball team’s induction into the OHS Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, Oct. 3, Coach Tony Drago pauses to accept congratulations from another OHS sports legend, former girls basketball coach Bob Zeh.

Alumni Give Back To 2 Who Gave Much Ron, Betsy Brazier Are Honored By Their Classmates

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or more than a decade, Ron and Betsy Brazier have pulled up more chairs and invited the OHS Alumni Association’s Wall of Distinction

Committee into their Lonergan Avenue living room, to meet and decide which alumni to honor at the annual Alumni Weekend celebration.

And this year, the honor of Alumni of the Year goes to the Please See ALUMNI, A2

Ron and Betsy Brazier

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aced with a $9.2 million budget gap, Otsego County may go to the bank.

The county board’s Budget Review Committee Tuesday, Oct. 6, voted to borrow $2.6 million over the next five years instead of paying for its emergency telecommunications project.

“And we’re looking to finance that over the next six years, rather Please See BUDGET, A6

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Wall of Distinction honorees inducted Saturday, Oct. 3, in Belden Auditorium by the OHS Alumni Association are, from left, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford; retired Procter & Gamble Executive Vice President Jerry Dirvin; RJR Nabisco lawyer David Scott; Reggie McGuiness, accepting for her great-great-grandmother, educator Ann G. McGuinness, and University of Buffalo researcher Stephen Koury. Athletic Hall of Fame honorees are,

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from right, Bob Turrell for the undefeated 1960 basketball team; pro soccer player Steve Quinones; former Red Sox Willard Eustice; Cincinatti Red Mike Konstanty; and Jim Konstanty, accepting on behalf of his father, who died in April. Emceeing is Alumni of Year Ron Brazier and, to his left, Athletic Director Joe Hughes. See photo slide show on www.allotsego.com

Alumni Of Year Married 52 Years, But They’ve Been Dating Since Freshman Year

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Oneonta couple. “We had no idea,� said Ron. “I think we’re the first couple that’s been named Alumni of the Year!� “We’ve always done a lot for them, and they’re a really nice committee,� said Betsy.

Ron graduated from Oneonta High in 1958, and Betsy in ‘59, and although they’ve been married 52 years, they began dating her freshman year of high school. “Our first date was at the Wilber Park pool,� said Ron. “My friend

Charles Sweeney set us up!�

Though Betsy had attended St. Mary’s – “A lot of kids went to Catholic School back then,� she said – she transferred to the high school, then on Academy Street, in her freshman year, where she was

active in student government, art clubs and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Ron, a sophomore, was an athlete, active in football, baseball and wrestling. “Back then, we used to have to carry the wrestling mats up the street to the Methodist Church and use their gym!� he said. “When we went to school, you had to be into sports!�

Students even had walk from the high school to their own graduation, held at the Oneonta Theatre on Chestnut Street. “They didn’t use buses a lot back then,� said Betsy. “And our classes were bigger than the ones that graduate now!�

They were quite a well-liked couple. “She was very popular,� said Ron. “And I had the best flattop in town!�

Dances at the Elks Club on Chestnut Street made for fun

dates, as did the “Hubba-Hubba Club� at the Broad Street YMCA. “Dutch Damaschke was always there, and he’d be yelling out ‘No dippin’, no dippin’!’ while we were dancing,�

Ron recalled with a laugh. “They kept us in line!�

After high school, Ron studied at SUNY Oneonta before going into the Army, serving in Europe for three years, while Betsy went to SUNY New Paltz, where she studied to become an art teacher at Riverside, Valleyview and Center Street schools in Oneonta.

They married after she graduated college, and bought the house in which they raised their daughters: Mary Stalder, a librarian at Oneonta High School, and Amy Smithling, a retired state trooper who trained under the late Ricky J. Parisian. “We recognize that this is

a fine place to grow up,� said Ron. “Our two daughters went to Oneonta schools, and now our grandchildren, Erin, Nicholas and Meredith, go to school here.�

Ron took over the OHS Wall of Distinction committee for Jack Bresee in 2003, and has served as chair ever since. Betsy sits on the board.

They’re also involved in planning and decorating for Alumni Weekend, and Ron lends his skills, both on the green and off, to the Golf Tournament raffle every year. “I’m the big moneymaking huckster at the golf tournament raffle!� he said.

And though they’ve let go of Ron’s moth-eaten letter sweater and some of Betsy’s yearbooks, they still treasure their OHS years. “It was a great place to go to school,� said Betsy.

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O’Donnell, were top bidders for the beloved Big Bronco from Hesse Auctions in September. “When I saw that it was up for auction, I called up Buzz and I said, ‘That horse is going home with me’.”

On the night of the auction, there were a few pre-bids registered, but Wilsey wasn’t deterred. “We were up front, and someone was bidding in the back, but at $1,600, we won him!”

Wilsey and O’Donnell, both Oneonta natives, have fond memories of riding the Big Bronco, which dates from the 1950s, at the bottom of the escalator at the former Bresee’s Department Store on Main Street.

“We probably fought over him,” she joked. “He was stationed between the Men’s and the Children’s department. My brother David and I used to ride him all the time, and I took my daughter Elissa to ride before Bresee’s closed down.”

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are coming into the store looking for it,” she said. “He’s a local celebrity!”

At one time, the Bresee family had 250 mechanical horses, leased to department stores all over the country.

“They used to be big,” she said.

“And I remember that Ames and Jamesway had mechanical carousels, but they weren’t like the Big Bronco. And you really don’t see anything like them anymore.”

“It’s not about the horse,” O’Donnell said. “It’s about the memories. And anyone can come sit on it, but you have to be little to go for a ride.”

Wilsey is working furiously to clear space in the store for the bronco’s holiday arrival, which will feature a champagne toast and christening.

“I’m glad he’s going to be used again instead of sitting in someone’s garage, being lonely,” she said. “And I can’t wait to see the joy; their faces lighting up when they see him again.”

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Bresee’s, opened in 1899, closed as a full department store in 1994, then reopened as a first-floor kitchen and furniture store, and closed for the final time in 2005.

Wilsey even worked in the store’s Health Bar as a young woman. “Most of my paycheck went right back there, they had so much good stuff.

But it really taught me about money.”

And when the gavel came down, Wilsey called her brother, now living in Florida, to tell him the good news. “He asked, ‘What are you going to do with him’?” she said. “And I said, ‘Put him in the store to ride again’!”

She does admit, however, that the brown bronco is smaller than she remembers him being. “When you first see him, you remember him being so much bigger,” she said. “Of course, when you’re that age, everything looks so huge.”

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LETTERS

They Saw Opportunity, And Acted On It

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nce, on deadline, with Simon & Garfunkle due to perform in town, a graphic artist assigned to come up with a cover for her newspaper’s entertainment weekly, found herself staring at a single grainy little piece of art of the singing duo.

Undeterred, she came back an hour later with a cover: Four sprigs, from upper left to lower right. In the lower right, that tiny piece of art, sized an inch by an inch.

The editors reviewing the cover were mystified. Then they burst out laughing.

Of course: a sprig of parsley, of sage, of rosemary, of thyme, leading to a cornucopia of music.

What the artist had done exemplified creativity: Making something – something hilarious, compelling – out of nothing •

Marcy Birch

George Allen

If not nothing, creativity is observing patterns previously missed, and using them to great benefit.

So it was this year’s winners of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award, Barnyard Swing’s Marcy Birch, and of the Breakthrough Award, Northern Eagle Hop Pelletizing Co., personified by the company’s president, George Allen, and its chairman, Lou Hager.

Dozens of attractions – more than 100, perhaps

– have existed along Route 28 for years. But Marcy Birch and her pal, Liz Callahan of the Hanford Mills Museum, recognized a trail of “micro-adventures” that culminate in a nice dinner and a comfy bed.

With a state grant, they created the “Miles of Smiles” trail, connected by a map and a Facebook site.

Instead day trips, families can plan weekends. Instead of dashing down to JFK, Dreams Park families can decompress at familyfriendly sites en route.

It’s connecting the dots.

It’s creativity.

• When Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Farm Brewery Act on June 18, 2012, Hager and Allen immediately “got it.” Everything the governor said put “a bulls-eye” on beer making, said Allen.

The operators of Northern

Eagle Beverages in Oneonta soon connected the dots, from hop growing in Pierstown to brewing in Milford to marketing and distribution in Oneonta. Taps to hops, they called it.

To fill the gaps, they bought two Wolf harvesters and, forming Northern Eagle Hop Pelletizing Co. – this year’s chamber honoree.

By 2018, all of this will be housed in a 82,000-squarefoot headquarters rising in the Town of Oneonta, the biggest industrial construction project in memory.

• Creativity. Making something out of nothing. Making a greater whole from seemingly random parts.

The chamber’s annual Small Business Banquet is always a pleasure, but it’s going to be a particular pleasure to honor Marcy Birch and George Allen Thursday, Oct. 15, at The Otesaga.

Redskins Showed Respect

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his is an open letter to Cooperstown Central School: Thank you for your hard work on the Athletics Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony held Friday, Sept. 18, 2015.

In response to your request for suggestions, • Always read, as well as have, the names of ALL team players on any team being inducted. There will be team members who cannot attend the induction.

• List team member names on the program.

• Display the American flag on one side of the podium and the Cooperstown Central School flag on the other side of the podium.

• Sing the Cooperstown Alma Mater.

I graduated in 1960 and always will be a proud Cooperstown Redskin.

It saddens and offends me that the youth of today do

not appreciate the GREAT pride and RESPECT we have for our high school.

We were taught respect, discipline, honor and pride for our school.

The action of two football players that led to their ejection is a disgrace to the football team, their coaches, the school and, yes, to we alumni. These are Hawkeyes. I certainly would hope these players will be fully accountable for their lack of respect, discipline, honor and pride of the entire school body. No Excuses.

Again I thank you for an enjoyable evening in a most beautiful area.

With Cooperstown Pride and old-time passion.

KATHI YULE Hollywood, Fla. (Raised in Cooperstown, Kathi Yule is a retired adjunct professor at Broward College.)

ALEX THOMAS & JULIE FREEMAN IN APPRECIATION

SUNY Provost Dan Larkin Was Kind, Patient Boss – And Lots Of Fun, Too ONEONTA

ing and trustworthy friend.

When we entered admin. Daniel Larkin served istration, Dan patiently and SUNY Oneonta for 50 kindly taught us what we years, a long time to needed to know to succeed. work just about anywhere He would daily walk to our and a reminder of an era offices for conversation and when dedication and loyalty to offer advice, and he was were hallmarks of academe. always willing to set aside We were the last time for us when we two deans to serve needed his guidance or full under Dr. Larkin obitu- on an important (and – Dan to his friends not so important) ary – when he was prodecision. When of SUNY vost. We remember Oneonta for- new or challenging fondly the blend of mer provost circumstances arose, Dan Larkin, he would talk with us jocularity and skill he brought to a meet- SEE B6 about our options and ing, the deep laugh help us to make an from the belly when informed decision. he found something funny, Even in our first weeks, or the gentle Irish grin when he sought to respect and he was merely amused. refine our talents, and as A product of a time when we neared a decision his college administrators were face would grow somehow more likely gifted teachers rounder and emit a triumand researchers than MBAphant glow as he encourstyle managers, Dan would aged us to “be the dean!” skillfully negotiate budget That’s the kind of man he matters and then passionwas: he wanted people to ately expound on matters succeed and he encouraged of technological or demous to develop our talents. graphic history.

Dan was an exceptional His passing is not only leader who knew how to that of a great man but that get the best out of people. of a distant and more inHe led by example, never nocent time. For us, though, expecting anything from us his passing is that of a carhe wasn’t willing to give

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himself. This could prove challenging at times as he demanded so much of himself, but such dedication also inspired our own personal and professional growth.

A mark of a good leader is a willingness to be challenged, and Dan encouraged

opposing points of view rather than sycophantic obedience. Like any leader, Dan had his critics, but after years of serving under him as department chairs and deans neither of us can recall anyone questioning his academic acumen or his fundamental desire to do

right by the college.

Dan was a happy man with many passions. Anyone who knew him was aware of his wicked sense of humor and his gift as a story teller; it was hard to be in a bad mood around Dan. He loved his family, talking about them often and always with a boastful twinkle in his eye. He loved his classic cars and honored many of us by taking us for a spin in the little MG or the gleaming white Caddy convertible with the bright red interior.

We fondly remember that, shortly before he returned to the classroom and to write what would become his last book, he instructed us to meet him in front of the building so he could take us to our final lunch. At the chosen time he roared into Netzer Circle in a Cadillac convertible so we could go

in style. It was the first hot day of the summer and we relished in cruising the hills around Oneonta as he took a circuitous route back to the office.

In short, Dan loved life.

If you had to summarize Dan Larkin in a single word, that word would have to be gentleman. He lived by a code of honor. He was always well-dressed, wellmannered, and kind. He was a rare breed of man with a generous spirit who could enthuse those around him.

His death is a loss for his family, friends, and the entire community, but his life continues as an inspiration for us all.

Dr. Alex Thomas is former dean of behavioral and applied sciences at SUNY Oneonta; Dr. Julie Freeman is former dean of science and social science.

OTSEGO COUNTY ANNALS

What If There Was An Election, And Nobody Came?

Editor’s Note: On Primary Day, Tuesday, Sept. 10, not a single eligible voter showed up for the Conservative Party primary in the Town of Exeter, where county Rep. Betty Ann Schwerd, C-Edmeston, and Burlington Town Justice Dan Wilber were vying for the District 10 county board seat.

Five election inspectors, including the chair, sat for 10 hours, at a cost of $525 to the county. Here is the required report from inspectors’ chairman.

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reetings and Salutations!

At 3 p.m., a Republican table inspector killed a fly. A Democrat watched and then finished the job with her shoe.

We have had two voters try to vote, but we had to politely turn them away.

One was Republican – another was from Middlefield.

Our chairperson “mis-used” the outlet in the office. She used the top outlet for the voting machine – therefore we couldn’t plug in the fan because the bottom outlet was covered by the large plug-end.

We discussed vegan eating styles, homeschooling, math jokes and gardens. The highway department received two phone calls, the answering

machine picked up but no messages were left.

Dinner choices for us varied.

One Republican had kielbasa, another had squash and sautéed spinach.

A Democrat had sausage stew – and another had cracker, grapes and rice chips. We are still waiting to see what the vegan is going to eat.

We acquired an electric fly swatter (thanks to the town barn guys) and that added a new dimension to our “fly hunting.”

Sheila Ross stopped in. Sheila says we could have played cards. PLEASE INCLUDE A FEW DECKS OF CARDS TO LITTLE PLACES LIKE US. Special Note by Karen Andela: I would like someone to be the designated cookie maker – that would be a nice thing. Homemade goodness for all!

We listened to a lesson on Finland – how they educate their citizens and pay for their military.

Did you know you can see the Great

Wall of China from space?

News! 4:15 p.m. Republican killed a second fly!

We heard the anthem of the Cardiff Giant, copyright 2008, by Tom Heitz.

One of the table inspectors is hankering for chocolate! She’s getting a bit testy.

Politics were avoided in conversations but religion was discussed and compared. Then a rousing discussion of wheat and how it affects the body.

Oh! Two more non-eligible voters came in at 5:30.

We wish we could call the registered voters. The energy in the room is declining. I think we have lost all hope of anyone coming in tonight.

We have decided that all of our registered voters today are absentee voters.

WE HAVE ONE HOUR LEFT! 20 minutes left – discussion has turned to windmills. Pros and Cons.

Now gas pipeline vs. fracking – and now cell towers becoming outdated.

Telegraph line! We are discussing telegraph line in Otsego County.

Okay, hope you enjoyed our commentary. Until next time...

Karen Andela Election Table Inspector

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History

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

100 Years Ago

The International Peace Conference today adopted a resolution directing David Starr Jordan, president of the congress and chancellor of Stanford University to go to Washington at once and urge President Wilson to call a conference of neutral nations to form a permanent body to bring about peace. He will leave tomorrow. Another resolution adopted declared that the peace congress looked with apprehension on the presence of advisory boards of the U.S. government, of manufacturers of war munitions and of men interested in the sale of supplies to belligerent European nations.

October 1915

125 Years Ago

30 Years Ago

Stephen J. Izzo, a former New York City police officer, was fined $1,000 and sentenced to five years on probation in Otsego County Court Monday for shooting an Oneonta college student in the foot. Izzo was found guilty in September of first-degree reckless endangerment. County Judge Joseph Mogavero presided over the trial and the sentencing. District Attorney Paul Elkan was the prosecutor. Izzo was arrested in March and indicted in April after he and a friend, Richard Barbieri, became involved in a fight with Peter Burke, 23, inside Pizzaland Extension on Water Street in Oneonta. The fight was broken up but resumed outside. Witnesses said Izzo drew a gun and a New York City police badge and threatened to kill Burke. Both Izzo and Barbieri, also a New York City police officer, were fired from the police force following the incident.

October 1985

80 Years Ago

Since 1921 when West Virginia first introduced a state sales tax, no less than 23 other states have followed. Four states levy a tax of one percent on sales, 14 have two percent taxes and six states have three percent taxes. Eleven other states have merchants’ license, gross receipts, gross income or chain store taxes, which are nothing more than sales taxes in disguise. In fact, the number of states that have straight or hidden sales taxes is 35 and not 24. No less than five cities have sales taxes in addition. There is every indication that a determined effort to adopt a sales tax in New York will be made this winter. The public should consider the subject carefully. It is well recognized that any tax system should be based on ability to pay.

This is a primary consideration. The sales tax is in reality a form of gross income tax that falls upon the payer in reverse proportion to income. The less a man earns, the greater proportion of his income is taken in sales tax. It is estimated that a wage earner with a $1,000 for income will spend 60.9 percent on commodities upon which there is a sales tax. The man with a million dollar income will spend less than one percent of his income on taxable purchases.

October 1935

60 Years Ago

Oneonta High School’s bruising football team shattered Mohawk High’s 21-game unbeaten football record Saturday, powering its way to a 26 to 6 victory over the Mohicans. The victory was accomplished on some fine passing

by Bill Whittaker, great running by Sam Lamonica and Joe Pidgeon as well as brilliant offensive and defensive play by

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goal line four times, including a touchdown with 22 seconds remaining, followed by Parisian’s two-point scamper for the tying and winning point.

October 1975

20 Years Ago

October 1890 a rugged line. As a result Oneonta is in the top position in the Iroquois League standings. Bob Pondolfino, Jim Marble and Earle Hoffman were stars of the front line. Dick Chase was on the receiving end of many of Whitaker’s passes. He scored one touchdown and set up another.

October 1955

40 Years Ago

“We were flat,” OHS football coach Doug Parsons said about his Yellowjackets after Saturday’s football game against Binghamton North. North “flattened” the Jackets still further winning by a 35-0 tally. The statistics were worse than the final score. North rolled up a passing-rushing total of 419 yards to the locals total of 115 and out-firstdowned Oneonta by a 21-5 margin. OHS had the advantage only in penalties with 71 yards marked off to Binghamton’s 65 yards for infractions. Steve Pushkar continued to stand out as a rusher, gaining 44 yards on eight carries. Oneonta’s All-League linebacker Mike Lynch didn’t suit up having twisted his knee in practice. Oneonta’s Jayvees fared better, pulling out a 29-28 victory as Wayne Hartley crossed the

Charles A. Belden, a respected Oneonta educator and community servant for more than 65 years, died at the age of 83 on Sunday. Mr. Belden was a 1934 graduate of Hartwick College. He was employed by the Oneonta School District from 1934 through his retirement in 1973.

In 1940, he earned a master’s degree in educational administration from Harvard. Mr. Belden taught English and Latin, served as principal of Oneonta Junior High School, and for 27 years was principal of Oneonta Senior High School. The school’s auditorium was named for Mr. Belden in 1968. Mr. Belden was a dedicated and faithful member of Oneonta’s First Baptist Church.

October 1995

10 Years Ago

The cider and doughnuts will be plentiful this weekend as Mary Gartung, a Schenevus woman prepares to turn 90 on October 12. Visitors to Willy’s Farm and Cider Mill on Badeau Hill Road in Schenevus will be offered free refreshments as the business celebrates the milestone birthday for Mary, whose children started the business on the family farm in 1994. The Gartung’s make apple cider and sell a variety of crops and locally made products. More than 150 family members are expected to participate.

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The towers anchor a new emergency dispatch communication system, due to be phased in through 2016.

According to the committee chair, county Rep. Donald Lindberg, R-Worcester, this financing will raise the county’s total debt to about $5 million, all of it for the towers.

During the course of two budget review sessions, the committee has recommended more than $4.5 million in cuts to what department heads requested.

That’s half way toward the goal of closing the $9.2 million gap between requests and the spending target set by the treasurer.

“We’ve been able to directly reduce the budget gap by $2.5 million through cuts and additional revenue,” said Crowell.

So far, the county Highway Department is taking the biggest hit. The committee knocked off about $600,000 from the roadwork request, despite a vigorous defense by county Highway Superintendent Ron Tiderencel who defended his proposed budget. And at one point he suggested that county taxes needed to be raised.

But committee members rejected that out of hand, noting that the highway budget is still $400,000 more than the department got last year.

The Sheriff’s Department, Buildings Services and the Workers Compensation Fund have each been cut by about $250,000.

The budget committee is not calling for any layoffs; however, some vacant positions will not be filled.

The committee meets next at 9:15 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, to consider additional spending reductions including possible cuts to social services.

Crowell, the official budget officer, submits his recommendations to the Board of Representatives Monday, Nov. 16. The Board then reviews the spending plan and can make changes.

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Landers worked with Rivers to develop a Direct Support Professional Training, based on the courses offered by the College of Direct Support.

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IN MEMORIAM F. Daniel Larkin, 76; Retired SUNY Oneonta Provost, Historian

ONEONTA – Retired SUNY as History Department chair for Oneonta Provost F. Daniel Larkin, six years. In 1987, he became 76, the college’s chief academic interim associate vice chancellor officer and an expert on the state’s for academic programs for SUNY canal and railroad history, died System Administration in AlThursday, Oct. 1, 2015, at Fox bany. In 1990-95 he again served Hospital. as department chair. In 1995, he Daniel Larkin, Dan to became SUNY Oneonta all who knew him, was dean of academic supborn in Rome on Oct. port services.

27, 1938, to Francis LarIn 1999, he was kin and Frances Pliniski. named interim provost He spent his youth in and vice president for Rome, near the banks academic affairs, and of the Erie Canal, which was confirmed in that would feature promipost in 2002. nently in his professional While in adminisfuture. tration he continued Upon graduating from following his passion Rome Free Academy, he F. Daniel Larkin of teaching, winning began his long-term asthe SUNY-wide rank of sociation with the SUNY Distinguished Service College system, obtaining a B.Sc. Professor, the highest honor in the in education at Brockport, and an SUNY system.

M.S. in social studies and M.A. in He also published many books, history at Albany, where he also including “John B. Jervis: An earned his doctorate in 1976.

American Engineering Pioneer,” In 1965, he began what would “New York State Canals: A Short be a 50-year career at SUNY History,” and “Pioneer American Oneonta, one of the last professors Railroads: The Mohawk & Hudwho taught at Old Main. Dan held son and Saratoga & Schenectady.” many positions, but he was most He also contributed articles to text proud of his title of professor. He books and other publications. began as a professor of history, Dan also was a commentator for teaching many courses including the History Channel Video about one in New York State history. the Erie Canal and also for a PBS Beginning in 1981, he served video entitled “The Natural Corri-

dor: New York’s When Dan Transportation wasn’t working History”. he was an avid Dr. Larkin collector. He often contributed enjoyed collectto his commuing and showing nity and was the antique cars. first treasurer He took pride and a member in his collecof the Board of tion of guns and Directors for coins. He was an SUNY Oneonta outdoorsman and Children’s Cencontinued to cut ter, Inc. He was his own wood up a member of the until his illness state Board of stopped him.

Tourism comDan had a wealth missioners, reof knowledge sponsible for the and was always original “I Love generous with it, NY” campaign. with story after He enjoyed story. He was a teaching college- Raised in Rome, a few steps loving husband, level history from the Erie Canal, the state’s a wonderful facourses at Medi- canals and railroads became ther, and a proud a focus of Dan Larkin’s cal Coaches. grandfather. professional interest.

In his disciHe is survived pline, he contribby his loving, uted to many organizations, includ- supportive wife of 50 years, Grace ing the Albany Institute of History Larkin, his eldest daughter Kath& Art, Canal Society of New York erine Larkin, her husband Steve State, Greater Oneonta Historical Showers and children Molly and Society, New York State HistoriJames and his youngest daughcal Association, Oneida County ter Susan Gillette, her husband Historical Society and Society for Brian, and their children Kendall the History of Technology. and Peyton, his brother Richard

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Larkin, his wife Geri, and their children Robert and Kelly, and cousins Don and Cindi Pliniski.

During his illness he was supported by many close friends and colleagues, including his frequent visitors Alan Donovan and Art Dauria. Dan was grateful for all the years that he had and made the most of every opportunity! He touched the lives of students, colleagues, friends and family helping to encourage the best in every individual.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dan’s memory to the College at Oneonta Foundation for the Dr. F. Daniel and Grace E. Larkin Scholarship, and mailed to the Office of College Advancement, SUNY Oneonta, 308 Netzer Administration Building, Oneonta, NY 13820.

The funeral was Tuesday, Oct. 6, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, followed by interment in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home of Oneonta.

Jim Wheeler, 68; Assembly Of God Pastor

ONEONTA – Rev. James (Jim) R. Wheeler Sr., 68, of Oneonta, an Assembly of God national evangelist and author of two books, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015.

Jim was born on April 8, 1947, in Johnson City, to William H. and Myrtle G. (O`Dell) Wheeler. He was spiritually born again in 1969 when he accepted God’s offer of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

Jim was married to Sharon J. Oller on Dec. 2, 1988.

A member of Oneonta Assembly of God, he was Rev. Jim licensed to Wheeler the gospel ministry in 1977 and was ordained as an elder in 1996 with the

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Jim was a graduate of Berean College of the Assemblies of God. Jim was the author of two books and was a frequent contributor to a local religious column. With his wife Sharon, Jim served as an itinerant minister in many churches and brought their preaching and music ministry to our nation’s Senior Adult Community in several states and Canada.

His favorite things were preaching, reading, writing, good clean humor, and fishing when the fish cooperated. Above all, he loved God, family, and country. Jim’s greatest desire was that his loved ones and everyone he met would come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. His final message: the offer of salvation through faith in Christ is available to all who call on the Lord to be saved.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Sharon J. Wheeler of Oneonta; son, James R. Wheeler Jr. and his wife Tina M. of Oneonta; daughter, Patricia L. Wheeler of Oneonta; daughter, Victoria A. Ellis and husband Kevin of Schenevus; son, Christopher J. Wheeler and fiancé Heather March of Oneonta; also, two brothers, two sisters, a brother-in-law and several grandchildren.

He was predeceased by first wife Joan D. Wheeler, a sister and sister in law..

The funeral was Monday, Oct. 5, at the Oneonta Assembly of God, with Pastor John Grenier officiating.

Burial followed in Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

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governor) said that day put a bull’s eye on that whole area,” said Allen. “That’s when the light bulb went off.”

The Farm Act created tax breaks to encourage the state’s growing microbrewery sector.

It allowed in-state breweries to sell beer, add restaurants, increase tastings and sell related products – T-shirts and the like – on site.

Moreover, by requiring that 90 percent of all raw materials in state-licensed breweries be grown in-state by 2024, assured – as with The Finger Lakes and wines – farmers could again grow hops and related beer-making crops and be assured a market.

“Lou and I bounce ideas off each other all the time,” said Allen. “Some of them are crazy.”

be awarded the Otsego Chamber of Commerce’s ninth annual Breakthrough Award in the annual Small Business Banquet at The Otesaga.

Accepting on the company’s behalf will be George Allen, president/partner since 2012, who joined Northern Eagle Beverage in 1988, two years after Anheuser-Busch heir Lou Hager of Cooperstown had bought Lamonica Beverage, the local Bud dealer, and begun three decades (so far) of innovation.

The ferment that led to Northern Eagle Pelletizing began on July 18, 2012, at the Matt Brewing Co. (formerly Utica Club, now Saranac) in Utica, the day Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Farm Brewery Act. “Everything (the

But most of them, looking back over the past three years, are not. In the months after the bill signing, a hops-to-taps strategy evolved: When complete, Hager affiliates would grow hops (at Pierstown), brew beer (Cooperstown Brewery was acquired from Chuck Williamson in December 2013), and market it throughout the region (Northern Eagle Beverages) and East Coast (Gold Coast).

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She chatted it up with a Cooperstown friend, Liz Callahan, the Hanford Mills Museum, and the idea emerged of “an activity trail. Let’s send the news that even though this is a rural area, you can make a weekend of it,” said Birch.

Through information gathering – at a Main Street revitalization seminar in Delaware County; at an economic-development program in Utica – another term, “CFAs,” kept surfacing. That stands for Comprehensive Funding Application, the single way to get Cuomo Administration economic-development funding.

The concept – “micro-adventures” – plus the funding

vehicle – “CFAs” – garnered a $54,000 grant; (an $18,000 “match,” some of it “in-kind,” was required.)

And so, “Miles for Smiles” was launched this summer, aimed promoting fun, familyoriented activities on Route 28 from Kingston on the Hudson to Herkimer on the Mohawk.

Word of the grant was received February from the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council (which includes Delaware County), so the team had to move fast.

“This was the first year; we didn’t have anything to show them,” said Birch. Still, 50-60 attractions were enticed to participate.

The pair contracted with Susan O’Handley, Hartwick, of Central NY Mobile Marketing,

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to develop the Facebook piece, “Share Your Smiles,” encouraging participating families to post photos of their fun times.

Chris Altmann, Luna Lake Designs, East Meredith, designed the brochure and maps, which include 42 sponsors.

Marcy quickly lined up local attractions, beginning with Barnyard Swing, which offers soft ice cream, miniature golf, laser tag, a portable barbecue pit, a pottery studio, and locally made crafts. Also, Ingalls’ Blueberries and Brent Baysinger’s Canoe & Kayak Rentals in Portlandville.

Farther afield, Birch found some delightful surprises.

In Halcottville, Delaware County, is Susan’s Pleasant Pheasant Farm, a B&B that offers hiking trails and kayaking.

And there’s a Mexican enclave developing around

Arcville-Phoenicia, also in Delaware County, from horseback-riding trails and attractions like the Sportsman’s Alamo Cantina.

Marcy Birch was born into a tourism family: Her grandparents’ restaurant served summer visitors to Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks.

“We all worked in Lake George in the summer,” she recalled. Age 12 found her working at the landmark Prospect Mountain Diner, and later at restaurants and attractions operated by the Fort William Henry Corp.

Her four brothers went into law enforcement – one, Daniel Stewart, a Queensbury lawyer, became federal magistrate for the Northern District of New York this summer. Her husband, Bob, is a partner in Schlather & Birch,

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Inspired by a class at the College of St. Rose, Marcy went into speech pathology, pursuing a master’s at Ithaca College. After a year in Binghamton, the Birches relocated to the Cooperstown area 30 years ago, where Marcy was a speech pathologist, first at BOCES and then for many years in Edmeston.

Over the years, she and Bob have helped raise 14 foster children, aiming to provide “safe homes for kids in a very unsafe world full of tremendous trauma. That was very good for us,” she said.

The Birches have two sons, John, 25, in a tech job near Boston, and Anthony, 17, a CCS junior. They also host Rotary Exchange students.

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able margin when she ran for reelection in May. Barnyard Swing – the barn is surrounded by Cooperstown Dreams Park – just sort of happened: “I drove by the barn for years’: one day, there was a “for sale” sign. “I bet there’s something we could do with that,” she said to herself.

“There WAS something we could do with that,” she now says, 13 years later.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” she said. “We employ a lot of kids and we really try to make it a family-friendly place – for customers and our staff.”

After the brochures had been out for a few days, Marcy got a call from a grandmother in Phoenicia, looking for a way to entertain visiting grandchildren. After chatting for a few minutes, the woman said, “I think we’re going to rent a room for the weekend.”

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see the beer guy,� George explained of his affection for the business, “except when they owe you money! Everyone wants to work here.�

Still, it’s been an intensely competitive period, as the number of distributorships in the state dropped from 85 in 1988 to 29 today.

And computerization has had its own demands, allowing the business to be more intensely managed. Then, salesmen kept track of their drops in a hand-written log book; now, “we know how many cases are on display at any one point,� he said. “It’s so ‘real time’ right now,� said Allen. “Everything is so fast.�

In 1988, he answered a help-wanted ad for a parttime salesman. Hired by Matt Curley, still Northern Eagle general manager, within a year George was fulltime salesman for Oneonta, the most coveted territory.

By 1998, he was sales supervisor; by 2001, sales manager; by 2006, vice president/sales & operations, and president/partner since 2012.

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Bradley Briggs, Davenport, foreground, and Scott Rathbun, Cooperstown, feed the pelletizer at Northern Eagle’s Oneonta operations.

In the hops-to-taps strategy – growing, brewing, marketing – two gaps appeared: how to harvest the hops, then how to store them. Until the Farm Brewery Act raised the scope of production, picked hops could simply be refrigerated.

The better option was pelletizing the hops, so they could be stored at room temperature, but existing pelletizers were mostly creating wood pellets for home heating, a process that required heat, “the worst thing for hops,� Allen said.

Northern Eagle sought out Lawson Mills Biomass Solution on Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, which adapted its lower-heat grass pelletizer for hops. The Lawson Mills pelletizer arrived at 7 Railroad Ave. in November 2013. Its first customer was Bouckville farmer Terry Mosher, who had hops in cold storage. “We could pelletize them,� said Allen. “How are we going to package them?� Mylar ziplock bags, it turned out. Filled

with hops, a blast of nitrogen removes the oxygen; the nitrogen is then removed, and a small pop of the gas is reinserted to give the bags flexibility. “There’s a two-year shelf life,� said Allen. Ian Porto, a well-known downtown merchant in Cooperstown, joined the company to run Northern Eagle Pelletizing operations..

The collaborative model – Northern Eagle Pelletizing processes not only Hager Hops’ harvest, but Brewery Ommegang’s and Roscoe Beer Co.’s; 20 in all, 10,000 pounds in all, Porto said – was then extended to harvesting.

In January 2014, Northern Eagle sent Steve Miller, Cooperative Extension agent in Madison County and a leader of the hops revival, to Poland.

That June, two refurbished Wolf Harvesters arrived at Cooperstown Brewing’s Milford site. Hager Hops would bring its bines (hops-carrying vines) to be run through the harvesters, but they would also be available to other growers.

After an interview in his Railroad Avenue office and a tour of the pelletizing plant, Allen drove across the city to Browne Street in the Town of Oneonta, where girder are rising on where all this initiative will be coming together.

It’s massive. Complete sometime in 2018, it will encompass the warehouse (although one of the walk-in coolers at 7 Railroad may continue in use), inside storage of Northern Beverage delivery trucks, outside loading docks for big rigs, offices, Cooperstown Brewing, and a meeting area suitable for non-profit boards or rehearsal dinners. The large lawn out front could accommodate all manner of large events.

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ART RECEPTION -- 5:30-7 p.m. For “Community Heroes in Portraiture.� Meet artist Janet Wentworth Erickson, and the Otsego and Delaware County heroes she has painted. Free; public welcome. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info www.fenimoreartmuseum.org CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Oneonta Concert Association presents international award-winning pianist and Carnegie Hall performer Gleb Ivanov. Tickets $25 ($6 students), at door, or the Green Toad Bookstore or Eighth Note Music in Oneonta. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation.org SQUARE DANCE -- 7:3010 p.m., Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Club of Cooperstown hosts. All welcome, $5 at door, experience not necessary. Jay Silvia calls. Cooperstown Elementary School, Walnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5478665.

Saturday, October 10

COOPTOBERFEST -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free family -friendly autumn festival. Food, live music, vendors, kids’ activities. Chestnut St. to Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

Info, www.cooptoberfest.com COOPERSTOWN ON TAP -- 4-8 p.m. Sample over 100 craft beers. Pioneer to Fair Sts., Cooperstown. $35 (VIP $50).

Info, www.cooperstownontap.com TRACTOR FEST -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (also Oct. 11). See classic tractors and other machinery of farming technology. Kids activities, antique toys, wagon rides, more. Free with museum admission (free for members).

The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. farmersmuseum.org MILFORD FD AUCTION — 10 a.m. Milford Fire Dept. annual benefit auction. Come out for a good cause. Milford firehouse, Rte. 28, Milford. For item pickup, call (607) 286-9079 or (607)

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GOLDPETALS SHOW & SALE -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (also Oct. 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.) Handcrafted rugs, textiles, more. 539 Christian Hill Rd., Cooperstown. Info, www. goldpetals.com TASTE OF CATSKILLS -- 10 a.m. start. (Also Oct. 11). Family-friendly two-day showcase of regional food, beer, crafts, wine.

Live music, harvest dinner, Farm Olympics, kids’ activities, more. $10 adults; $5 ages 4-16; under age 4 free. (Dinner extra). Rain or shine. Maple Shade Farm, 2066 County Hwy. 18, Delhi. Info, www. tasteofthecatskills.com PUMPKINS IN THE PARK -- 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Family festival to raise funds for St. Mary’s Food Pantry in Oneonta. Games, pumpkin decorating, food, raffles, BJ the Clown, a pet parade, more.

Upper Pavilion, Wilber Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3920, ext. 0.

AMERICANA SYMPOSIUM -Noon-5 p.m. Leading art experts present talks on folk art and early photography. Free & open to public. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org TRAIN ‘ROBBERY’ — 1 p.m.

Experience an Old West train robbery, with period costumes, shootouts. About 2 hours. $19; seniors $18; ages 3-12 $16; under 3 free. Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Depot, 136 E. Main St., Milford. Reservations, (607) 432-2429 or www. lrhs.com MORE CALENDAR, B7

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The Oneonta Municipal Civil Service Commission announces an open-competitive exam of Water for position of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator/Trainee for the City of Oneonta on November 7, 2015. Application deadline is October 27, 2015.

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Legal notice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Index #: 975/2014 Filed: 9/16/15 Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Plaintiff, -againstDaniel Crowell, as Administrator for the estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene, his/her respective heirsat-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Richard Greene, Jr., as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene,

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Stephen Greene, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene, Michael Greene, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene, Christopher Greene, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene, Patricia Greene a/k/a Patricia Stewart, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of America, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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 attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after 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; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States

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of America. 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 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. Dated: Bay Shore, New York June 30,

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2015 FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISS & GORDON, LLP BY: Pamela Flink Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01057324-FOO TO: Daniel Crowell, Otsego County Treasurer, as Administrator of The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 Richard Greene, Jr., as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene 652 Silver St. Ilion, NY 13357 Stephen Greene, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene 281 Gardnersville Rd Cobleskill, NY 12043 Michael Greene, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene 159 Stoddard Rd Lakeside, CT 06758 Christopher Greene, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John

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Greene a/k/a Dick Greene 2463 Warm Spring Way Odenton, MD 21113 and/or 1804 Lower Forty Ln. Hampstead, MD 21074 Patricia Greene a/k/a Patricia Stewart, as heir to The Estate of Richard Greene a/k/a Richard John Greene a/k/a Dick Greene 3990 Nebo Ave Ogden, UT 84414 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20410 New York State Department of Taxation and Finance WA Harriman State Campus, Bldg 9 Albany, NY 12227 4LegalOct29 Legal notice Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on November 05, 2015at 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, repre-

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senting 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 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 non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

Contact Maria Tamarkin (518) 457-8403.

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limited to, D/W/ MBEs. The Contractor must comply with the Regulation relative to non-discrimination 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.

Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 D263037, PIN 9806.00, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan & Tioga Cos., Standby Emergency Contract Throughout Region 9., Bid Deposit $75,000.00., NO PLANS. Goals: MBE/WBE 12 - 18% 2LegalOct15 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Nina’s Italian Grill, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on July 15, 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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6LegalNov5 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION of Field Excavating, LLC Arts. of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/3/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 658 Pleasant Valley Road, Milford, NY 13820 / Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalOct30 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) The name of the LLC is The Commons Camps LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on September 18, 2015. The purpose for which the LLC has been formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is to be located is Otsego.

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

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copy of any process to the LLC, 24 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

6LegalOct30 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: YIPPEE! REIKI LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 August 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 57 Grove St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalOct30 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: ROD’S ELECTRIC & PLUMBING LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 August 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 1412 ST

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

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RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; SHARON MURWIN, DEBRA DESILVA, DONNA MORRELL, ROBERT MORRELL, JR., ROXANNE MORRELL, DONALD MORRELL, KENT MORRELL, KELLY MEYERS, DARYL MEYERS, KIM DIXON, VIRGINIA CARMEL, LEROY GLENN MORRELL III, MANDY MORRELL, CHRISTOPHER MORRELL, KEVIN MCLOUGHLIN, ROBERT BREWER, GERARD BREWER, BRIAN MORRELL, RICHARD MORRELL, JR. STEVE MORRELL, AND KATHALEN PARKER, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DE-

Legal notice The William J. Weinell Agency LLC Articles of organization filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on Sept.

9, 2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY seig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The William J. Weinell Agency, LLC. 21 Railroad Ave Suite 2-1, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: Any legal purpose.

6LegalOct23 Legal notice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Index No. 20150286 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF OTSEGO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, S/B/M TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF

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CEASED; CAPITAL ONE BANK; SPRINGLEAF HOME EQUITY, INC. F/K/A AMERICAN GENERAL HOME EQUITY, INC. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in

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a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

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 to 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 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

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COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action being amended to include SHARON MURWIN, DEBRA DESILVA, DONNA MORRELL, ROBERT MORRELL, JR., ROXANNE MORRELL, DONALD MORRELL, KENT MORRELL, KELLY MEYERS, DARYL MEYERS, KIM DIXON, VIRGINIA CARMEL, LEROY GLENN MORRELL III, MANDY MORRELL, CHRISTOPHER MORRELL, KEVIN MCLOUGHLIN, ROBERT BREWER, GERARD BREWER, BRIAN MORRELL, RICHARD MORRELL, JR. STEVE MORRELL, AND KATHALEEN PARKER AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED. That this action is also being amended to include CAPITAL ONE BANK as a necessary party to the action.

OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Tuesday, October 13

Friday, October 16

— 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. (Also Oct 18). Learn all about this fiery art; watch master smiths. Free with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org MASTER GARDENER LUNCH/ AUCTION — 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Cornell Cooperative Extension annual volunteer lunch & silent auction fundraiser. All welcome. $30. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Reservations, call CCE at (607) 547-2536 ext. 0.

HARTWICK HARVEST FEST -- 2-8 p.m. Food, entertainment, games, produce, farm animals, pumpkin chuckin’, more. 3:30 p.m. Irish Dance at Huskey Field; 4-7 p.m. spaghetti dinner at Hartwick Fire Hall; 6:30 p.m. movie at Community Center, more. Hartwick Ball Field (“Huskey Field”), Wells Ave., Hartwick.

Info, (607) 293-3009.

CONCERT -- 3 p.m. Singer/ songwriter/actress/writer/satirist Nellie McKay. Tickets $11-$28.

West Kortright Centre, 49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith.

Info www.westkc.org GHOST TOURS — 5:30-8 p.m.

(Also Oct 23 & 24). “Things That Go Bump in the Night” Ghost Tours now offer dramatic readings of Poe tales and a séance (seance recommended for ages 12 & over). One-hour ghost tours $10; séance $10 ($7.50 students, seniors & and NYSHA members). The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown.

Call to reserve, (607) 547-1461.

PIERSTOWN GRANGE MUSIC FEST -- 7 p.m. To benefit the Grange Building Fund. Folky/ blues music by the Fredenberg Brothers; refreshments; silent auction of donated items & local gift certificates. $12 suggested admission donation per person.

Pierstown Grange, 137 Wedderspoon Hollow Rd., Cooperstown.

Info (607) 264-3069.

Saturday, October 17

BLACKSMITHING WEEKEND — 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Learn all about this fiery art; watch mater smiths.

Free with museum admission.

The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org ADULT LEARNING MEET -- 1-4 p.m. Center for Adult Learning (CCAL) annual open meeting.

All welcome. Morris Hall, SUNY

WOODSIDE RECEPTION — 1 p.m. Learn about 18th century chocolate making; tasting follows. A “Gathering Place” event.

Free, all welcome. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 373-7817.

Wednesday, October 14

LUNCH & LECTURE -- 12:30-2:30 p.m. “Food for Thought” lunchtime lecture series “A Perfect Likeness: Folk Portraits & Early Photography.” $22 NYSHA members, $25 others. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Pre-register at (607) 547-1461; Info at www.fenimoreartmuseum.org FARM TO TABLE DINNER -- 5:30 p.m. Three-course dinner for $20, featuring produce from Richfield Springs Farmers’ Market. Donations accepted for Richfield Springs Area Food Bank, with coupons for Farmers’ Market.

EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP -- 68 p.m. (also 9:30 a.m.-noon Oct. 15.) Hosted by Family Service Association of Oneonta. Learn how to prepare for, and hold, a job.

Child care, refreshments, limited transport help available. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Register with FSA at (607) 432-2870

Thursday, October 15

WRITERS’ SALON — 7:30-9 p.m. Third Thursday of month salon, this time with author Deb Blake. Open mic readings, followed by featured author presentation. Free; public welcome. Refreshments served. CANO, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta, Info, www.canoneonta.org

CHURCH DINNER -- Three settings: 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Takeouts at 4 p.m. Annual Harvest Dinner fundraiser.

All-you-can-eat turkey, mashed potatoes, sides, homemade pie, beverage. $12. adults; $5 ages 5-12; under age 5 free. Tickets at door. Elm Park Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

BLACKSMITHING WEEKEND

Sunday, October 18

Oneonta. Info, CCAL office at (607) 441-7370 or Alice Cannistra at (607) 432-2287 or ccaloneonta@stny.rr.com LIBRARY PROGRAM — 3 p.m. Free family program, “Cooperstown Children’s Theater,” with SUNY Oneonta music industry professor Nancy Tarr.

Downstairs, Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

Monday, October 19

SCOUT DINNER -- 5-7 p.m.

Cooperstown Troop 1254 spaghetti dinner fundraiser.

Meatballs, sides, beverage. All welcome. Vet’s Club, Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 2676730.

AUTHOR VISIT -- 7:30 p.m.

SUNY Oneonta Red Dragon Reading Series presents M.T. Anderson (New York Times bestselling author.) Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneonta.edu

Tuesday, October 20

MOBILE LIBRARY — 9:30 a.m.-2:50 p.m. Various locations, Tuesdays & Thursdays monthly.

Four-county Library Cybermobile visits West Oneonta, Oneonta, Fly Creek, Schuyler Lake, Mt. Vision & Wells Bridge on Tuesdays Oct. 20, Nov. 17 & Dec 15. Info, schedule (607) 723-8236.

MIDDLEFIELD CHURCH DINNER -- Seatings at 4:45 p.m. & 6 p.m. Takeouts at 4:45 p.m. only. Homecooked turkey meal, by donation. Call ahead to order takeouts at (607) 547-9093 or (607) 264-8042. Middlefield Baptist Church, Middlefield.

Wednesday, October 21

ONEONTA CANDIDATES’ NIGHT — 6:30 p.m. League of Women Voters hosts public forum featuring candidates for county board, City Council. Public welcome to submit questions for candidates.

Morris Hall, SUNY Oneonta campus. Info, www. http://organizations.oneonta.edu/lwv/ HARTWICK CANDIDATES’ NIGHT -- 7-9 p.m. Meet candidates for Hartwick Supervisor, Town Board, and Otsego County Representative. Refreshments; all invited. Hartwick Community Center, 3146 County Hwy. 11, Hartwick. Info, www.townofhartwick.org

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Dated: JUNE 23, 2015 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: 317.15 Block: 2 Lot: 33.00 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 AUGUST 19, 2015 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office.

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ises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Village of Otego, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEING the same land as conveyed to Ronald B. and Shirley Morrell by deed as recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office in Liber 585 of Deeds, at Page 557; BEGINNING at a survey monument set on the southwesterly boundary of River Street at the easterly corner of land of John Pochis and Kathleen M. DeMatteo (L 737/P 765), said monument being S 32-34 E, 408.7’ from a rebar bound at the back of sidewalk intersection of the southwesterly boundary of said River Street and the southeasterly boundary of Main Street (N.Y.S. Route 7); thence S 30-41-30 E along said boundary of River Street, 66.00’ to a survey monument set at the northerly corner of land reputedly of the Presbyterian Church Society; thence S 60-00-00 W along said church land, 165.27’ to a survey monument set on a northeasterly boundary land of Jeffrey M. Sakowski (L 766/P 499); thence N 30-41-30 W along said land of Sakowski, 66.00’ to a point in a 12” Maple tree (painted and flagged) at the

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southerly corner of said land of Pochis and DeMatteo; thence N 60-00-00 E along said land of Pochis and DeMatteo, 165.27’ to the place or point of beginning.

Premises known as: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825 4LegalOct8 Legal notice WOODCHIPS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 09/08/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 359 Delaware County Hwy 11, Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalOct22 Legal notice Notice of LLC Formation: Gaits of Glory LLC. Articles of Organization filed w/ Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/21/2015. Office in Otsego County NY. The designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served shall be mailed to United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose and agricultural operations.

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Legal notice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Hame: CAREFREE GARDENS, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/12/215. 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: 558 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalOct8 Legal notice Notice of formation of Brownstone Patios LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York State (SSNY) on August 20, 2015.

Office locations Otsego County.

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process accepted on behalf of the LLC to United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful activities.

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