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Thinking Our Way To Good Health

New Fox President Jeff Joyner was interviewed during his first visit to Oneonta since his Tuesday, Nov. 17, appointment.

New Fox President: Understanding Data Can Help Create Healthier City

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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hen Jeff Joyner was working as system vice president for Operations at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Pater-

son, N.J., he noticed a disturbing trend.

One year, the same 792 of 2,000 visits to the emergency room were made by the same 97 patients, all struggling with asthma, said the incoming Fox Hospital president during

an interview Friday, Nov. 20, during his first visit to Fox since his appointment was announced.

“One patient came in 44 times,” he continued. “So we began tailoring our approach Please See JOYNER, A3

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Claire Smith, 8, daughter of Chad and Greater Oneonta Historical Society President Corinne Bresee Smith gets to know the doll she won at the GOHS’ benefit auction Friday, Nov. 20 at the Elks Club/OTHER PHOTO, A2

FREE RIDES: All OPT bus routes to downtown Oneonta will be free Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 27-29, to encourage shoppers to visit Main Street.

PARADE BACK: First Night Oneonta plans to revive its parade as part of the 2016 New Year’s Eve festivities.

New Front On Heroin

information,” said Julie Dostal, LEAF Council on Alcoholism & hen Addictions executive Cooperstown director. “People with Police Chief addiction deserve treatMike Covert approached ment rather than jail.”

Oneonta’s heroin-fightOn Thanksgiving Cooperstown Chief ing community about Day, Covert will launch Covert, left, and OPD the program, inspired PAARI, his Police Assisted Addiction and Lieutenant Brenner by a successful one in Recovery Initiative, all are on cutting edge. Gloucester, Mass. “I immediately offered to want to give families help in any way they could. something to be thankful for,” said “We’ve been sharing lists of our the former county Sheriff’s deputy. providers, as well as direct contact Please See HEROIN, A7

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LOPEZ RUNS: Assemblyman Pete Lopez, who represents four eastern Otsego County towns, announced Monday, Nov. 23, he is running to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, next year.

OPD JOINS FRAY NEW YEAR’S DAY

By LIBBY CUDMORE

$20,000 Gift May Launch Pool Project s the drive to renovate the OHS swimming pool reaches $140,000, an anonymous donor has offered $20,000 that, if matched by $40,000 in general donations, would allow the Oneonta City School Board to seek bids in January on the project’s first phase.

David Rowley, the retired interim city school superintendent who is leading the drive, said the first phase – heaters, pumps, filters, drains – would move the facility significantly toward reviving it as a “teaching station” and opening it for public use through the YMCA. To learn how to donate, call the district office at 4338200.

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In The End, County Cuts 22 Slots, But Only 3 Workers To Lose Jobs

By DON MATHISEN COOPERSTOWN Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Demarco DeLoache, Oneonta, and David Moseman, Morris, greet Santa Claus as he stepped off his carriage at Muller Plaza at the end of the Santa Parade Saturday, Nov. 21, which usher the Christmas season into the City of the Hills.

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n the end, 22 positions in Otsego County government are being eliminated to close a $9.5 million gap in the 2016 budget, but only three full-time employees will lose

Charter Commissioner Offers Help Scheele Said It Would Be ‘A Privilege’ To Share Original Intentions

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he past met the present as Paul Scheele, a member of the original Oneonta Charter Commission, sat in on the second meeting of Mayor Gary Herzig’s ad hoc Charter Review Commit-

tee Tuesday, Nov. 24.

Mayor Herzig had chosen not to appoint any member of the original commisScheele sion to the committee, but Scheele’s

expertise came in handy on one of the biggest questions of the night – the role of the city manager in appointing department heads.

In the charter, the manager is given the power “to appoint all department heads...” But new member David Martindale, former Please See CHARTER, A3

their jobs, all in Building Services.

The rest have become vacant since a hiring freeze was imposed in October – 11 fulltime and eight parttime.

The workers losing their jobs are one, a cleaner on the evening shift at the Meadows Office Complex; two, a day maintenance Please See JOBS, A7

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he U.S Marine Corps’ “The last day to donate is annual Toys for Tots Dec. 16,� said Wheeler, who Program is again unis a disabled Army veteran. derway in Otsego County. “We’ll be handing out toys on Collection boxes in Dec. 22 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Oneonta are located at at the Elks Club in Oneonta.�

Southside Mall, TriTown You can also call Wheeler Computers and select Main at 607-349-2737 to request Street shops. In Cooperstown toys for infants through 14 collection boxes are at Clark Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA years old.

Sports Center and the District Toys For Tots’ Wheeler “I can’t think of anything Attorney’s office. better to do for the three The program is off to a late weeks before Christmas than start this year, but the newly appointed coto get toys for kids,� said Wheeler. ordinator for Otsego and Delaware counties, The Toys for Tots program was officially Sharon Wheeler, expects the community sanctioned by the Pentagon in 1995. will donate enough toys so area children Its goal is to deliver toys and a meswill not be disappointed on Christmas morn- sage of hope to less fortunate youngsters at ing.

Christmas time.

DETERMINED BIDDER CLAIMS HARTWICK CACHE Hartwick College student Betty Qiu stationed herself next to a basket of her alma mater’s memorabilia during the silent auction part of the GOHS’ benefit Friday, Nov. 20, at the Elks Club to make sure she was high bidder for the prize. She was. In the background, DJ Chuck D’Imperio conducts the live auction.

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Joyner: Let’s Think Our Way To Better Health JOYNER/From A1 to care for those 97 patients.�

Using collected data, Joyner saw that some 57 percent of repeat adult asthma visitors were smokers, and so the hospital developed a free smoking-cessation program. “It costs $9,200 to visit the ER, but patches, pamphlets and gum only cost us $35 a week,� he said. “Five of the kids we kept seeing came from the same school,� he continued, “so we went and talked with the school nurse about asthma triggers, and care plans for each of these kids.�

It worked, and fast.

Within six weeks, ER visits for asthma dropped dramatically. “Our goal wasn’t to reduce that cost; it was to remove it. There’s no cost if people don’t come in because the patients have improved their own healthcare.�

Joyner will succeed 27-year president John Remillard at the end of the year. “I like to look at things creatively,� said Joyner. “When people say, ‘well, that’s the way we’ve always done it,’ that drives me up a wall.�

Joyner, a Maine native, got his start in healthcare as a young man, volunteering at the Maine

Medical Center, where his father was budget director. “That was where I learned to love the hospital,� he said, “I knew I wanted to be a CEO someday.�

The president of that medical center, Don McDowell, mentored Joyner. “I interviewed him for a paper I wrote in college, and he asked me, ‘What do you want to do’?� Joyner recalled. “I told him I wanted his job. He said that one day I would have it.�

But just out of college, Joyner wasn’t exactly sure what he wanted to do, so he pursued politics, spending two years in the Maine state legislature. “I loved going door to door when I was campaigning,� he said. “I could see why physicians in the past would make house calls, to really see into their patients’ environments. You understand their challenges.�

He worked as a project manager the MaineHealth Health Index Initiative, tying hospitals together so that information could be more easily shared. “We got that process started,� he said. “It helped us establish consistent data collection and to look at population health.�

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Population Health is a major focal point of Joyner’s initiatives, one he hopes to bring to Fox, to both improve patient outcomes and keep costs down. “The industry has always been so reactive, but I’m very proactive,� he said. “Instead of waiting for the patient to show up, we want to move our resources to the front.�

Among his biggest challenges is the integration of Fox Hospital’s records system into the Bassett network. “Fox has its own electronic medical records system, but we need to migrate into Bassett’s,� he said. “It’s an epic system, but it will give us the data to drive decisions going forward.�

It’s a project that is already in early stages, and is on track to be completed in 2017.

But beyond that, Joyner wants to increase the hospital’s use of technology beyond the hospital walls. “It is easier to book a trip to California than it is to book an MRI,� he said. “We need to get to a point where a patient can go to our website and book a doctor’s appointment at 9 at night.�

CHARTER/From A1 city chamberlain, wanted clarification. “The city manager doesn’t make appointments, the Common Council does,� he opined. “The city manager can nominate or recommend.� “We used ‘appoint’ to indicate that it was the city manager’s job to find a department head,� said Scheele, a retired SUNY Oneonta poly-sci professor who showed up on his own volition at the meeting.

The question was brought up by the way city clerks are selected, and whether or not any open position would be advertised. Committee member Chip Holmes, the Ward 8 Common Council member, pointed out former City Manager Mike Long proposed former City Clerk Doug Kendall, and Finance Director Meg Hungerford proposed the current one, Nancy Powell. “But the council approved them,� Holmes added.

The ad hoc committee chair, former Mayor John Nader wrote the recommendation that the language be changed to read, “The City Manager shall recommend for appointment...�

Herzig attended this second meeting to express his goals for the committee: to clarify intent, to remove contradictions and omissions, and to

balance the power between the city manager and the mayor. “In hearing from the public, that’s something they’d like to see revisited,� he said.

The committee also reviewed the required number of votes needed to pass a motion, noting that the charter only said “a majority of members of Common Council shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.� “We’re asking if we want to anticipate an instance where the votes are four in favor, three against and one abstaining,� said Nader. “It’s not a tie, so the mayor can’t vote.� “It disenfranchises the mayor,� said City Attorney Dave Merzig.

And though the 4-3-1 issue has never materialized, Nader offered an revision based on language from the New York Council of Mayors – “Unless otherwise specified, majority is the total authorizing voting power of the council,� in the case of Oneonta, a total of five votes are needed in order a motion to pass.

In the end Scheele asked that the group share their findings with the original Charter Commission. “It would be our privilege to share some of the thinking behind it,� he said.

Nader agreed, saying that they would share their findings after looking over the document.

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EDITORIAL

Chief Covert’s Thanksgiving Gift To Many Families: HOPE!

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his Thanksgiving, we now know, there are beloved family members sitting at Otsego County dinner tables who are heroin addicts.

They have stolen from loved ones to feed a habit; found their personal aspirations and ambitions in ruins; turned parents’ fondest hopes into hard realities.

They are constantly in harm’s way, with a deadly overdose just beyond the door; on any day, it may arrive.

This is a reality for some Otsego County families – dozens, hundreds, perhaps; thankfully, probably not thousands.

But this Thanksgiving, that beloved son, daughter, sibling, even parent, has (had, if you read this over the weekend) the opportunity to rise from that table, go to the Cooperstown Police Department on the Fair Street side of Village Hall, turn in drugs and paraphernalia, be assigned an “angel” to help through detoxification at Bassett Hospital and to a new life – or better said, back to life itself.

A blessed development,

to be sure – a realization that addiction need not be a permanent hell, but a temporary purgatory, and a better existence can await.

• The person to thank for this is Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert, who was sensitized – as many of us have been, through family and friends’ misfortune, through the daughter of a colleague’s decline, or a neighbors’ son found dead in his bedroom a half-block away – to heroin’s heartbreak through his work and the experience of acquaintances.

He learned of a program developed by Chief Leonard Campanello of Gloucester, Mass., to give help to every addict who asks for it.

And he boldly implemented it in “America’s Most Perfect Village.”

This Thanksgiving, thank you, Michael Covert, one individual who has acted to make our local world a better place – but also, as one individual who reminds us that problems can be addressed, and we – you and you and you; all of us – can address them.

Further good news is that

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ountless Victorian-era engravings notwithstanding, the Pilgrims did not spend the day sitting around a long table draped with a white linen cloth, clasping each other’s hands in prayer as a few curious Indians looked on.

Instead of an English affair, the First Thanksgiving soon became an overwhelming Native celebration when Massasoit and a hundred Pokanokets (more than twice the entire population of Plymouth) arrived at the settlement with five freshly killed deer.

Even if all the Pilgrims furniture was brought out in the sunshine, more of the celebrants stood, squatted or sat on the ground as they clustered around outdoor fires, where the deer and birds turned on wood spits and where pottages – stews

into which varieties of meats and vegetables were thrown – simmered invitingly.

In addition to ducks and deer, there was, according to (Gov. William) Bradford, a “good store of wild turkeys” in the fall of 1621 … The Pilgrims may have also added fish to their meal of birds and deer. In fall, striped bass, bluefish and cod were abundant. Perhaps most important to the Pilgrims was that with the recently harvested barley crops, it was now possible to brew beer.

Alas, the pilgrims were without pumpkin pies or cranberry sauce. There were also no forks, which did not appear at Plymouth until the last decades of the seventeenth century. The Pilgrims ate with their fingers and their knives.

From Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Mayflower” (Viking, 2006)

the Oneonta Police Department plans to implement a similar program, with Chief Dennis Nayor’s able right-hand person, Lt. Doug Brenner, leading the charge.

• This reminder comes at what may seem like a discouraging time in American history. To those of us who grew up in the glow of the nation’s World War II prowess, all things were possible.

That attitude’s gone aglimmer.

A new Pew poll on NPR the other day reported “trust

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in government” is down to 19 percent from a high in the early 1960s, pre-Vietnam, pre-assassinations, pre-Watergate.

One bright era, at least in retrospect, was the Reagan Administration, although we didn’t always feel that way going through it. Ronald Reagan is often called optimistic, but Peggy Noonan, a Reagan speechwriter, now Wall Street Journal columnist, put it another way in her pre-Thanksgiving column: He was confident, and that allowed us to be

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the Cooperstown Village Library on promising trends in weaning ourselves off fossil fuels was very heartening.

There is much to suggest the end of the world isn’t at hand.

There are also good local trends.

In Oneonta, Hillside Commons student housing – Mayor Miller’s signature achievement, although much more was in the hopper at the time of his passing – was the largest addition to the city’s valuation in a half-century.

In Cooperstown, Main Street’s notoriously rutted sidewalks are smartly redone and the new trees are taking hold; elsewhere, a record nine streets were redone this summer.

The county’s new economic-development strategy, through Otsego Now, is taking hold with the approval of the first “shovelready site” in the Oneonta Business Park, (the renamed Pony Farm).

The point is, despite Upstate’s historic decline, there is progress around us, there is reason for confidence and, thus, optimism is sure to follow.

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ozens of vintage Thanksgiving postcards may be viewed on the Web, some featuring cheerful children or pretty Pilgrim women with the makings of the feast to come. Many feature turkeys themselves, oblivious of what’s to come. A particularly chilling one is in the lower right, where an unsuspecting tom is pulling the wagon

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Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert reports, with some awe, that more than 58,000 people have “reached” his Facebook page since posting an item on the program Friday, Nov. 20.

optimistic.

Americans voted for “Hope and Change” in 2008, but those of us who voted for Barack Obama twice can’t help but feel rueful today. He is a historic president, certainly, but not a successful one.

He leaves us with the sense that Americans can do little to raise the general prosperity at home or influence the arc of world history.

Guantanamo lives. Bankers are safe from too-rigorous inquiry. The Middle East strategy is on again, off again, neither approach working. It is seeming like Obamacare may not be the answer, although the GOP offers no credible alternative. The Keystone Pipeline decision took seven years.

• So Chief Covert’s example comes at an optimum time, at Thanksgiving, a time when examples of individuals making a difference, alone and together, are particularly welcome.

And he’s not alone around here, if we think about it.

The other week, retired Mobil executive VP Lou Allstadt’s presentation at

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LETTERS

A Warning: Lock Doors, Keep Lights On To the Editor: A recent spate of robberies were committed in my friendly, doors-neverlocked neighborhood in the center of the Village of Cooperstown.

At least three occurred, just steps from my house, in homes that had obviously been watched, and a convenient time chosen to enter.

The village police made an effort to question neighbors, and testimonies were taken, but the police felt

they did not have enough evidence to procure a search warrant for any of the possible adjacent homes where the stolen goods were likely being housed.

Beware friends and neighbors.

An unlocked door is a welcome for these smalltime petty thieves. Laptops, cameras, cash, electronics, and shotguns were most appealing in our neighborhood incidences.

A WARY NEIGHBOR

Reject Republican Ideas As Appalling, Ludicrous To the Editor: Listening to these Republican primary debates, I find the comments made by most of these 12 candidates to be ludicrous and appalling. Are these candidates for real? Or do they make these outrageous remarks simply to appeal to the uninformed, anti-government adherents that constitute their rightwing base?

Senator Cruz says, if President, he would abolish five government agencies. One of them, the IRS, is a favorite target for this particular audience. Cruz is an accomplished lawyer and should know this – Article 16 of the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution grants Congress “the power to lay and collect taxes on income Please See LETTER, A6

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History

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

125 Years Ago

The amount of bounty paid by the Town of Unadilla on woodchucks’ tails amounts to $257 and some odd. At 10 cents the tail, it accounts for 2,570 hapless chucks that lost their tails and their lives, neither of which they will ever get back again. So says a Unadilla correspondent, but a man who claims to be better posted asserts that the boys not only cut off the tails and let the “chucks” go, to be the parents of other burrowing rodents, but that they invaded other towns well, and that Sidney and Butternuts woodchuck farms have been pretty thoroughly cleaned out of chucks with tails.

November 1890

10 Years Ago

ond concert tour in the United States. They met and came together for the first time as a unit during WWII in southern unoccupied France where they had each fled to escape the Germans. They formed an ensemble to earn money and soon became known throughout the resistance movement.

Following D-Day, they enlisted in the French First Army under General De Lattre de Tassigny. They were organized together as an entertainment unit for the French Army. As the Germans retreated they were close on their heels. The group met internationally-known Edith Piaf who was also active in raising funds for the free French movement. Piaf engaged them to tour along with her and they accompanied her to Norway, Sweden, England, Italy and Egypt. They accompanied her to New York City where they became an instant hit. Howard Barnes, of the Herald Tribune, described them as “the funniest gang of singing comedians who have hit town since the Marx brothers.”

November 1955

100 Years Ago

Monday night, at the Free Baptist Church at West Oneonta, the graded school of that village gave an entertainment for the benefit of the organ fund, netting $13.50.

They received many compliments upon the merit of the entertainment, which consisted of a play titled “The Closing Days of Beanville School” and a Tom Thumb Wedding.

The children surpassed themselves in the manner in which the parts were taken and the crowded house, greeted the performance with unusual pleasure. Later in the evening, Miss Hinman, the capable principal, made brief but fitting remarks in presenting the preliminary and grade certificates and also the library certificates to the pupils.

In the recently established lighting district at Oneonta Plains, a contract with the Hartwick Power Company has been made for 60 incandescent lights of 60 candle power each at an annual cost of $22.60 each. The Hartwick Power Company is lighting several of the villages along the trolley road. The plan is to light Chestnut Street from the city limits to the country place of Henry H. Buckley, from the Shadyside corner to the Pond Lily corner, thence west along the highway to the Country Club and also past the knoll past the church to the lower viaduct, where it again joins the city line. The project will make the highway well-lighted the entire distance. While all of the lights will not be in position until July 1 next, it is expected that some will be in position early in the winter.

November 1915

80 Years Ago

Speaking at a joint meeting of the Oneonta Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs at the Hotel Oneonta on Wednesday, Lieutenant Colonel Ogden J. Ross of Albany, special representative of the D. & H. Railroad, explained why railroads are suffering. In his talk, he mentioned the overbuilding

40 Years Ago

November 2005 of lines, and maintenance of lines that produce little or no revenue; wasteful competition and duplication of lines; competition from waterways and highways, the tax burdens imposed by federal, state, and local governments; and recently, the enactment of the federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1935.

November 1935

60 Years Ago

A musical product of France, born during the WWII resistance movement, will be heard at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday in the State Teachers College Auditorium. Les Compagnons de la Chanson (The Companions of Song), nine personable young Frenchmen, plus a feminine solo pianist are now visiting America for the seventh time and making their sec-

State Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Molinari will retire at the end of the year – after serving on the bench for more than 30 years. “I thought I’d better retire while I still have my health,” the 74-year-old jurist said. Justice Molinari will complete 50 years of law practice and judicial service on January 1, 1976, the day he officially retires.

During those 50 years, his office has always been on the second floor at 16 Dietz Street. “I never moved,” he said proudly. He was elected to the Supreme Court 24 years ago after serving as county judge for eight years. Prior to that, he was Otsego County’s D. A. for six years. A devout Catholic, he was designated by Pope Paul VI, to be a member of the papal household and a gentleman of his holiness.

In 1974, he was named to the Knights of Malta, the highest lay honor for Catholics.

November 1975

30 Years Ago

Some farmers in Otsego County applying for food stamps find it painful and ironic. “It is degrading,” said Faye Meadows, a Milford farm housewife. “The first time I had to go to apply for food stamps I had tears in my eyes.

Farmers produce all this food for the nation and they don’t even earn enough money to put food on their own tables.”

The Meadows family received about $150 in food stamps this month. “We always felt we had enough pride to feed our family,” said Mrs. Meadows. “Now, we find we can’t do it anymore.

November 1985

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Hannah, Gibson Slam; Liberty Weeps

To the Editor: I recently read of the efforts of Congressmen Hannah and Gibson to slam the immigration door on Syrian refugees. This flies in the face of what we stand for as a country. As a writer for the New York Times LETTERS recently said, such political brinksmanship must have the Statue of Liberty crying.

Security is most definitely a priority which must be recognized. However, as per raw data furnished by the Migration Policy Institute, there was one arrest for terrorism for every 250,000 refugees since 9/11. Refugee status within our immigration process is more deeply

vetted than any other pathway into the United States, averaging at least 24 months and more.

The 9/11 attacks were not the product of refugees but sick individuals who entered the country as students and tourists. If terrorists want to attack America they won’t wait two years to do so. Helping refugees – desperate refugees, as was my grandfather, in a secure logical and thoughtful manner, devoid of the potential for demagoguery so sorely tempting after Paris, is neither naivete nor sentimentality. In no uncertain terms it is the humanity that constitutes the backbone of this country.

KENNETH KAVANAGH Cooperstown

Republican Debates Display Pure Demagoguery LETTER/From A4 from whatever source derived…” This amendment, passed by Congress in 1909, was ratified by at least 75 percent of the state legislatures in 1913.

Does Cruz believe he can simply ignore the Constitution and abolish the agency that administers federal tax law?

Impossible! The federal government would be powerless to raise tax revenues without the efforts of the IRS. Would Cruz simply have a legal tax system without tax regulations, rulings and enforcement? Pure demagoguery!

Donald Trump wants to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants by some “humane” process, costing taxpayers trillions of dollars. Absurb. Impossible to achieve! And, where would they go? We need a humane immigration policy.

The Republican primary debates shouldn’t be taken seriously. Purely a show to appeal to a few right-wing, angry extremists. Voters, get serious! We need serious discussions about serious issues.

Do you really want one of these characters to be president of the United States?

And, which one of this assortment can be elected? When you vote, vote with your brain! These Republican candidates have articulated these reactionary positions: 1. Deny women the right to choose; 2. Defund Planned Parenthood, and thus deny health care to millions of women; 3. Deny humans’ impact on climate change; 4. Permit unrestricted sale and use of any types of guns; 5. Repeal the Affordable Care Act, and by so doing deny millions of Americans health insurance;

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6. Deny any increase in the minimum wage, and thus deny many individuals and families a livable income (a form of slavery); 7. Deny millions of decent, undocumented immigrants an

opportunity to become citizens, and deport them from our country after many years of living here, including those born here.

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Thanks for time together, turkey, talk and tangy weather, H for harvest stored away, home, hearth and holiday.

Autumn’s frosty air and perfect abundance in the heart.

N for neighbors, November, nice things to remember.

K for kitchen kettle’s croon, kindness, kids and kin expected soon.

S for sizzling sights and something special all around.

That spells Thanks…for joy in living and a bountiful Thanksgiving.

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At this time of Thanksgiving we pause To count our blessings.

The freedom of this great country in which we live, The opportunity for achievement.

The friendship and confidence you have shown in us.

For all of these things we are deeply thankful.

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On Thanksgiving Day, Cooperstown Provides Fast Help For Addicts HEROIN/From A1 “There are so many families struggling with opiate addiction of their loved ones.�

Covert announced his intention on his department’s Facebook page at noon Friday, Nov. 20, and in the days since the page has gotten tens of thousands of hits.

Associated Press picked up the story, and it’s been reported from the Tampa Tribune to Sirius Radio to CBS News. “Mike has done good work,� said Oneonta Police Lt. Douglas Brenner, who has been collaborating with Covert in developing the OPD’s PAARI initiative, to be launched the first of the year. “We’re working together, so I’ll use some of his resources.�

Under the PAARI program, addicts can walk into a police department and turn over their heroin “kit� – drugs and paraphernalia. No arrest. No jail. Participants sign forms stating they are entering treatment willingly, and they are screened for outstanding arrest warrants said Covert. “If there are warrants out for their arrest, we’ll still help them get treatment, but not through this program,� he said.

If the person is detoxing, Cooperstown participants will be taken to Bassett Hospital’s emergency room to get stabilized. “Bassett is the bridge,� he said. “This way, they can get the help they need before they get into the rehab center.�

The officer on duty will then call a list of rehab centers in the area to find an open bed, and recruit a volunteer “Angel� to travel with an individual addict in need to a rehab center. “We’ll get them in contact with getting a ride to a treatment facility, even getting a ride to the airport if it’s out of state,� said Brenner. “It’s important that they get into treatment within 24 hours. That window where they want to go into recovery is often short before they fall back into their old habits.�

While the OPD is preparing to launch PAARI, Lieutenant Brenner said, an addict can come into the Oneonta police station and be referred to Fox Hospital, LEAF, or Addiction Recovery Services for help. “We can’t guarantee it will work for everyone,� said Covert. “But if we can help these people, how cool would that be?�

County Building Services To Absorb All 3 Job Cuts JOBS/From A1 worker at the County Office Building in Cooperstown, and a clerical worker. “To me that’s a big bite, 15 percent of my department in one swoop,� said Douglas Czerkies, Building Services director. “There were a couple of Board members that thought that I had too many maintenance guys.�

Czerkies said the three employees, who will lose their jobs if the tentative budget is passed by the full Board of Representatives the first Wednesday in December, are all good workers. “I just don’t understand why my department has been singled out,� he said.

In making the case to keep the employees, he said his department maintains 29 separate sites with 54 buildings totaling an estimated 420,000 square feet. His workers mow 44 acres, and maintain the county-owned cemetery and 14 tower sites.

Cleaners maintain 25,000

square feet in a seven-hour shift. That‘s well above the industry standard of 12,000 to 20,000 square feet in an eight-hour shift, according to Czerkies.

The quantity and quality of services will suffer, he said.

But Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, chair of the budget review committee, defends the cut, saying Building Services gained two employees last year. “How could his department be targeted when we cut Solid Waste, we cut Office of the Aging, we cut Public Health, and the Sheriff‘s Department,� said Lindberg. “Doug never gave anything, so we had to take them.�

Lindberg is also critical of board members who restored jobs that were on the chopping block in earlier budget proposals. “We’re short of money and you have to do something,� he said.

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MLS#102181 $249,900 Meticulous 3+ BR home on 12 acres w/2 barns. 40’ x 90’ 3-story-potential commercial storage building.

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MLS#100442 $393,000 929 County Hwy 39 Worcester – Country meets luxury! Exceptional log home w/views, radiant heat, FP, 3 BRs, 3 baths, bonus room. Close to State land.

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MLS#102736 $249,900 Rare large parcel in Delaware County! 80 acres on both sides of road. Developer’s dream! Short drive from NYC! Mixed open and woods w/deer!

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19 West End Avenue,Oneonta Move-in ready home is fantastic, solid, meticulously kept. Great neighborhood convenient to everything.

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Solid Victorian has antique charm w/modern upgrades.

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MLS#102571 $175,000 Great Location! This 3-BR country retreat offers the escape from the hustle and bustle w/barn on over 54 acres of pasture and forest. This won’t last long!

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MLS#99322 $69,900 Morris – 3-BR, 2-bath double-wide and 3-BR, 3-bath single-wide on 0.85 acres! 1-car garage, 2 sheds, fenced yard, pond. DW has newer roof and windows.

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MLS#100372 $214,900 794 Davenport Rd, Maryland – Beautiful, private, 3-BR, 3-bath home backs up to State land! Pole barn and garages for 15 cars and RV! Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

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MLS#101572 $80,000 Country Living Close to Oneonta and Cooperstown, Milford schools! Additional acreage available for riverfront access! Newer roof, septic, windows. Barn.

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MLS#95828 $400,000 Owner Financing Possible! 120 gorgeous acres w/remodeled farmhouse, in-law apartment, deck, barns, etc.

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MLS 102855 $39,000 Looking for a fixer upper house for yourself or to Spacious BR, 2 bath house isSome closehardwood to I-88. Large flip?

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MLS#96838 $149,900 3-BR waterfront home on 12.76 acres. Priced to sell immediately. Stunning valley views, river frontage and a huge 3+ acre natural pond.

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MLS#103205 $149,000 4-BR, 1½ bath home in Afton on 1 acre! Hardwood floors and trim, fireplace, pocket doors, 2-sun porches.

Cooperstown VillageCarriage home. Seller costs (up Not in flood zone. housepays andclosing a garage! to w/acceptable Call$3,000 Suzanne Darling @offer).

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MLS#103199 $110,000 Charming 4+BR, 2 bath on over ½ acre. 27’ pool, privacy fence and deck for enjoying the outdoors!

Large rooms! Pellet Stove!

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MLS#102041 $279,900 Got Horses? 50 acres w/heated Morton barn, 8 stalls. Home w/3 BRs, 2 baths. Gorgeous views!

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First Time Offered! Stunning Colonial was built in 2005. Spacious chef’s kitchen w/island, SS appliances, access to back deck and formal DR. Spacious and bright LR. Great room has 2-sided gas fireplace w/granite hearth which leads to sun room w/access to yard and deck. Large master suite w/walk-in closet. Basement is beautifully finished w/full bar, gaming area, media room.

Huge deck w/basketball court and gazebo. Beautifully landscaped yard, 2-car attached garage, paved driveway and mountain views. Easy access to I-88.

MLS#103132 $364,500

Looking for Space? Lovely move-in ready center-City home offers loads of living and storage space. Upper level features open living/dining area; nicely updated kitchen w/new countertops, breakfast bar and skylight; 3 BRs, 2 full baths.

Master BR has attached master bath and another full bath in the hall. Lower level features family room w/built in bookshelves and cupboards, another BR, full bath and laundry/workshop. Exterior of the home has front stonework. Attached garage, paver walkways and driveway and lower blacktop drive. Front balcony over the garage, large back deck, nice sized yard w/storage shed. Come take a look!

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8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26. registration ($30); 9 a.m. 5k run/walk. Start at Oneonta Boys & Girls Club, 70 River St., Oneonta.

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Clark Chaplayne Reigned Over Golden Days Of Christmas

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“We had other Santas at Bresee’s, but

there were none like Clark,” said Marc Bresee, the fourth-generation owner of the famed former department store in downtown Oneonta. “He was the real Santa.”

Chaplayne was the Bresee’s Santa Claus from 1946 to 1959. “He was so real,” said Marc, a young boy at the time.

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like he really knew you. You couldn’t wait for your turn to sit on his lap.”

Chaplayne and his Mrs. Claus, wife Betty, lived in Worcester and didn’t have children of their own. But even after the season ended, his commitment to his role did not.

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Every Year’s A Banner Year For Rotary Curator Mary Wright Cooperstown Rotarian Mary Wright looks over the 720 banners she tends as club curator.

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GIFT OF BOOKS: Get your favorite local history, children’s book, coffee table book, memoir, travel tome, and more signed by your choice of 11 area authors at a Holiday Book Signing at The Farmers’ and Fenimore Art Museums. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27. Free. 5775 Rte. 80 & 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.FenimoreArtMuseum.org or www.

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19TH CENTURY HOLIDAY: Free admission for all, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FridaySaturday, Nov. 27-28, at The Farmers’ Museum. Experience 19th century holiday crafts and food, see heritage turkeys, ride the carousel, watch master smiths, more. 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org PLAYBOYS BASH: Party those post-holiday pounds away at the annual “Night After Thanksgiving” bash with The Horseshoe Lounge Playboys (acoustic Americana). 8:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 27. $10 at the door. B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, www.bsideballroom.com DECK THE HALLS: Boughs of holly and more with wreaths decorated by local artists, businesses and more at the “Adorna-Door” wreath festival, to benefit the Cooperstown Art Association Galleries.

10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. Upstairs ballroom gallery, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

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James Manor near Emmons. “It was all Workshop in Old just cardboard, very inForge, running their expensive,” said Marc.

‘Santa School’,” said “But they made some Marc. “Department amazing displays.” stores from all over the And just after state would send their Thanksgiving, Santa Santas to train under would make his aphim. pearance downtown.

“He taught them Bresee’s “We brought him in that you really have to best Santa any way we could,” like kids, you have to ever. said Marc. “One year, be able to get down on he came in a Buick driven by their level.”

George Monser of Monser Christmas started early at Brothers Tires, and another Bresee’s, with the display deyear, a fireman dressed up like partment hard at work designSanta and climbed the lading the store’s iconic windows, der onto the roof. Clark was complete with the animatronic waiting inside, and then he elves now on display at St.

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came out the front door, so it looked like he’d gone down the chimney!”

The Santa cottage location changed from time to time, but it was usually near the Gift Shop on the second floor. “The house was pretty big,” he said.

But a trip to visit Santa there was more than just a few minutes on the Big Guy’s lap.

There were pony rides in the rug department, a mechanical Rudolph – at the Thanksgiving Home in Cooperstown for the season – and even a ride-on train. “We set it up in the furniture department and everyone could take a ride,” he said. “I wish we still had it!”

Each school in the area would come in and sing Christmas carols for an evening. One time, Bresee’s even had a contest to name two little donkeys.

“The winning names were ‘Ham and Eggs’,” said Marc.

“We even had a ‘Breakfast With Santa’ that was just for the kids. It was always a riot.”

And before Christmas even started, presents were in hand.

“Santa gave each kid a gift,” said Marc. “A candy cane, a comic book, even a coloring book. I still have mine!”

Chaplayne died in the 1995, and Betty remarried, remaining a fixture at the Bresee’s Health Bar until her death in 1993.

“She always smelled like Lily of the Valley,” said Marc. “If I walked in and smelled that, I knew she was there. She was just the sweetest.”

Santa’s chair and costume have since been donated to the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, where Marc’s daughter, Corinne Bresee-Smith, serves as board president.

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per district. However, he added, there are 44,000 Rotary clubs worldwide, so there’s plenty of room to grow.

Mary reported on the collection at a recent meeting of Cooperstown Rotary, and observed the banners are from clubs all over the world and the U.S. Only the upper Midwest isn’t as fully represented among the lower 48 states as she might like.

Her association with banners began soon after her association with Rotary. She was a hospitality management professor at Tiffin University in Ohio when, in 1989, Rotary International eliminated the requirement that club members be “male persons,” following a U.S. Supreme Court decision two years before.

The Tiffin club reached out and recruited four “female persons” – a banker, a library director, an innkeeper and a college professor – that being Mary Wright. She was sponsored by a local funeral director.

“At the time,” she recalled during an interview, one of 14 archival boxes full of banners on a nearby sideboard, “many male members of many Rotary Clubs quit.” That resistance ebbed, she said, when Rotarians discovered “it’s women who do the work.”

From her perspective, Rotary’s “Service Over Self” motto made membership a perfect fit: “I’m service oriented. I have been service-minded from the very beginning. My career was the service industry.”

She added, tongue in cheek, “Hospitality is the world’s second oldest industry.”

It was at the Tiffin Rotary that Mary first assumed oversight of a banner collection.

Banners are an aspect of Rotary. As club members travel, they make up absences from their local club meetings by attending the club wherever their destination might be.

Cooperstown Rotarians do travel, but Larison said the club’s energetic Rotary Exchange program must have contributed to the banner collection’s size.

Each year, the local club hosts five foreign students, who bring banners from their sponsoring clubs from Belgium to Brazil to Thailand. And 7-8 outgoing students take Cooperstown banners to clubs hosting them overseas. “That’s 13 a year,” Larison said.

Mary Wright was raised in the thriving Herkimer of the 1920s and ’30s – “it’s not the same place,” she said. She was introduced to Otsego County as a junior in high school when

her father, Herkimer High School Principal Roy Wright, arranged a summer job for her as a car hop at The Dutch Mill in Emmons, on the site of today’s Rainbow Motel.

When the teenager returned the following summer, the Dutch Mill owners had added a dining room. Mary took to waiting on tables and, on graduating from Herkimer High, enrolled in Cornell’s hospitality management program, graduating in 1945.

She started her career at the top, at New York City’s Plaza, one of the world’s foremost hotels, then and now, as assistant personnel manager; her office overlooked Central Park. The lettering on her door read “M.R. Wright.” The M and R were so close together applicants thought they were meeting a man. “They were disappointed to have to work for a woman,” she said.

A few years later, Mary moved from The Plaza to Hotel Accountants & Consultants, an international consulting firm. In 1963, her career took another turn as she joined the Treadway organization, which assigned her to its Batavia inn, then a social hub of Genesee County.

After additional assignments, including managing Treadway’s Lord Jeffery in

Amherst, Mass., she returned to Batavia, where in 1979 she founded Genesee Community College’s hospitality-management program.

She went on to teach hospitality at RIT and then Tiffin, but on retiring from teaching at age 70 she returned from Ohio to Batavia and a retirement position (and residence) at Trocaire Place, an assisted living facility.

Since 2000, she’s lived in Cooperstown. “I’m famous for saying, I love hills,” she explained.

Once Rotarians realized someone was tending the collection, “people began bringing up banners from their basements,” she remembered. In particular, Marjorie Tillapaugh added banners she and her husband, George, a longtime club secretary who died in 1988, had collected over the years.

Clubs use banners to promote local attractions, and Mary’s archive includes banners with “a great variety of symbols” – kangaroos, waterfalls and the like.

A recent favorite is Cooperstown’s, depicting the Sleeping Lion above a lake of bat-and-ball waves. It was designed by Rotarian Ralph Snell’s daughter, Anna, now a graphic designer with Converse in Boston.

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Directed by Donna I. Decker, Ballet by Irine Fokine Friday, December 11, 7 pm Saturday, December 12, 1 and 7 pm Goodrich Theater, State University College at Oneonta

$20 general, $15 students/seniors Tickets available: Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta The Eighth Note Music Store, Oneonta Rachel’s Framing and Fine Art, Delhi Tickets also available through Decker School of Ballet /FBC 607-432-6290 or deckerschool of ballet.org FBC accepts MasterCard and Visa Cameo appearances by members of the Susquehanna SCPA

The weather outside will be frightful… but indoor golf is SO delightful!

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MEN’S and WOMEN’S WINTER LEAGUES begin Monday, November 30 2-person teams men’s: 9-hole match play, 9-hole scramble Women’s: 9-hole scramble, mixed 9-hole scramble League play ANY day! New course every week!

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We are collecting non-perishable food, hats, mittens & socks for local charities!

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All are welcome. Refreshments served.

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Friday, November 27

BLOOD DRIVE -- 12:30-6:30 p.m. American Red Cross blood drive. Appointments preferred, but walk-ins welcome. Bassett Hall Auditorium, Bassett Medical Center, (at Beaver and Pioneer Sts), Cooperstown, Appointments at www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-733-2767, or Clinical Lab office at (607) 547-3701.

SUPPER CLUB -- doors 7:30 p.m.; show 8:30 p.m. Annual “Night After Thanksgiving” party with area fave The Horseshoe

Lounge Playboys (acoustic Americana). $8 in advance; $10 at door. B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta.

Info, www.bsideballroom.com or (607) 432-2053.

Saturday, November 28

COOP FARMERS MARKET -- 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Bounty of seasonal fruits and veggies, local meats, more. Handmade goods. Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank).

Info, (607) 547-6195, www. otsego2000.org

Thursday-Friday, NOVEMBER 26-27, 2015

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET -- 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locally-grown food, flowers, crafts, more.

Indoors during winter at Garage Walkway on Main St., at Dietz.

Info, www.oneontafarmersmarket.com CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m.

Cooperstown Concert Series presents “Ballroom Thieves” (folk/pop trio). Tickets $8-$20 (kids 12, under free) at Ellsworth & Sill, Riverwood, Church & Scott Pharmacy, and Fly Creek General Store. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownconcertseries.org

Tuesday, December 1

CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. SUNY Oneonta’s Hewitt Pantaleoni Me-

morial Concert Series presents Alone Together: The Mollin-Clay Jazz Duo. Featuring Carleton Clay (trumpet) and Rich Mollin (bass).

Free; no tickets needed. Sanford Auditorium, (IRC #3), SUNY Oneonta. Info, Catskill Conservatory at (607) 436-3419.

Wednesday, December 2

RABIES CLINIC -- 4-6 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.

Susquehanna Animal Shelter (formerly Cooperstown SPCA), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5474230.

AllOTSEGO.dining & entertainment Wine Tasting Dinner

Friday, December 4

ART OPENING -- 4:30-7 p.m.

Opening reception for “The Return of The ‘Taj Garage: Finery & More from India and Nepal,” Free admission, refreshments. Exhibit & sale also 10 a.m-5 p.m. Dec. 5 & 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 6. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5327.

CONCERT -- 7 p.m. “Ornament,” Trans-Siberian Orchestra tribute band (Southern New England’s premier rock orchestra). Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Tickets, info, (607) 431-2080 or www.foothillspac. org

FILM SCREENING -- 7 p.m.

2nd monthly “Indie Lens Pop-up” documentaries (through June 3) exploring timely topics. This month: “Autism in Love.” Registration recommended, (607) 547-1453. Fenimore Art Museum, Rte. 80 Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org CONTRADANCE -- 8-11 p.m.

Otsego Dance Society hosts.

Music by Erik House, Kathy Shimberg & Tim White; Peter Blue calls. No partner needed; all dances taught. Suggested donation $8 adults; $4 students and 18 & under; ages 12 & under free. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown.

Info, www.otsegodancesociety. blogspot.com

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley railroad

Santa Claus Express Trains

Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6, 12 and 13 Santa will be on board!

Train departs at 2 pm. Milford Depot, NYS Rte 166, Milford

Christmas Lights Train

Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 Train departs at 6:30 pm.

Reservations required.

Call Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society at 607-432-2429.

december 3 at 6 pm with executive chef Michael gregory

First Course…Braised short ribs and mushroom risotto

with fresh herbs. Paired with Malbec Lujuria 2013 (Argentina). seCond Course…Harvest Salad: Roasted beets, feta and candied walnuts on a bed of mixed greens. Paired with Leonard Kreusch Piesporter Michelsberg Riesling Spatlese (Germany) Main Course…Stuffed pork loin w/cranberry stuffing, garlic green beans, and butternut squash soufflé w/shallot jus. Paired with Heron Hill Pinot Noir 2012 (New York). dessert…Pumpkin spice cake w/vanilla custard sauce.

Paired with your choice: Heron Hill Late Harvest Vignoles (New York) or Black Button Bourbon Cream (New York)

$50 per person

Holiday Winter Dollscape Benefit Sunday december 6 · 1 to 4 pm Fly creek united methodiSt church 852 county hwy 26, Fly creek doll show and sale – beautiful dolls in mint condition! barbies, Franklin mint and more. collectibles, all styles and sizes, in original boxes.

refreshments provided. cash or check only. donations accepted.

Presented by McCraith Beverages & your friends at The Lake House

rsVP at 315-858-2058 or lakehouse1843@netscape.net

proceeds benefit the Fly creek united methodist church window restoration project

2521 County HigHway 22 riCHField sPrings

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Notice of Formation of Throwbacks Bar and Grill, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/13/2015. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of Pink4 Properties, LLC. Articles of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY(SSNY) on 9/4/2015. Office location: Otsego County. The SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom service of process against it may be served.

Purpose of this LLC is any lawful act or activity permitted under NYS laws. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to the LLC @ 114 Steamboat Lane Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of HOLLYHOPS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/15. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Richard S. Woods, 189 Main St., Ste. 302, Oneonta, NY 13820. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: Leatherstocking Trails LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 4 November 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 64 Elm St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted

Notice of formation of Lake Lady Property Management Lake Services, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the SSNY on 11/3/15. Office location Otsego County. SSNY has been designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon her is 6761 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326, which is also the principal business address of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

6LegalDec24 Legal notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX# 221/15 FILED: 11/3/2015 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates OTSEGO County as the place of trial. Venue is

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based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 1, 2005 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005HE1, Plaintiff(s), against RICHARD D. WHITE A/K/A RICHARD WHITE; if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives,

widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; RICHARD V. WEBSTER; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF ONEONTA AMBULANCE SERVICE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE # 1 through # 7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint,

20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear or answer within (60) days of service thereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego on 10/7/2015.

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 Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within

This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Morris, County of Otsego, State of New York (Section 221.13, Block 2 and Lot 33.02).

Said premises known as 2 Ripley Drive, Morris, NY 13808. YOU

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BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Clarfield, Okon, Salomone, & Pincus, P.L. 425 RXR Plaza, 4th Floor, UNIONDALE, NY 11556 4LegalDec3 Legal notice Notice of formation of POOLBROOK PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on October 21, 2015. 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, 229 Poolbrook Road, Laurens, NY 13796.

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

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chitecture, PLLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/14/15.

Office location: Otsego County.

PLLC organized in MA on 5/26/15.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. MA and principal business address: 177 Milk St., Boston, MA 02109. Cert. of Org. filed with MA Sec. of the Commonwealth, One Ashburton Place, 17th Fl., Boston, MA 02108.

Purpose: practice the profession of architecture.

6LegalDec3 Legal notice SUBURBAN PAINTING AND REPAIRS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/13/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Trosset Group Attorneys PO Box 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION Cooperstown Financial Services, LLC Arts. of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 99 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 / Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalNov26 Legal notice OTEGO HIGHWAY 8 LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/21/15.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Maria Mori, 3 Enste Court, Commack, NY 11725. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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CHRISTMAS HAPPENIN’S Friday, November 27

1-5 p.m. Sat. Nov. 28; noon-2 p.m. (pets 2-4 p.m.) Sun. Nov. 29. More December hours for Santa & Mrs. Claus posted at the Christmas Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.

DECORATING CONTEST

COOPERSTOWN SANTA -- 5:30 p.m. Santa arrives at Christmas Cottage in Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. Hours:

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-- (Nov.27-Dec. 6). First Annual Oneonta Holiday Decorating Contest, hosted by Townsquare Media and Munson’s. Prizes; winners announced Dec. 21.

Info, Destination Oneonta, (607) 432-2941.

THANKSGIVING AT THE FARM -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (also Nov. 28).

Free admission. Experience 19th century Thanksgiving crafts and traditions at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80, Cooperstown.

Info, www.farmersmuseum.org 11 AUTHORS -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Holiday Book Signing at the Fenimore Art & Farmers’ Museums. (Also sale at both museum shops.) Buy a book and get it signed by the author. Free.

Guest authors include Chuck D’Imperio, Richard Duncan, James McCue, Nancy Pfau, Hank Nichols, Peter Lindermann, Al Bullard, Daniel Middleton, Jeff Katz, Jim Mullen, Meta Watts and Barbara Nark. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80 & The Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.

FenimoreArtMuseum.org or www.

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Saturday, November 28

THANKSGIVING AT THE FARM -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. Experience 19th century Thanksgiving crafts and traditions at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org ADORN-A-DOOR WREATH FEST -- 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Silent auction of decorated wreaths donated by local artists and businesses, to benefit Art Association Galleries. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5479777 or www.cooperstownart. com

RICHFIELD SPRINGS FETE -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Also Nov. 29).

Richfield Springs hosts a two-day holiday fest offering a historical photo exhibit, quilt and craft shows, People’s Choice “Winter Windowland” window painting contest, wreaths, food, window boxes, more. Main Street, Richfield Springs. Also Christmas tree lighting 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29, with Santa, refreshments, caroling, contest winners announced, at Spring Park, Richfield Springs.

Info (315) 858-2111.

Sunday, November 29

FESTIVAL & TREE LIGHTING --- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Final day of Richfield Springs holiday fest offering a historical photo exhibit, quilt and craft shows, People’s Choice “Winter Windowland” window painting contest, wreaths, food, window boxes, more. Main Street, Richfield Springs. Also Christmas tree lighting 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29, with Santa, refreshments, caroling, contest winners announced, at Spring Park, Richfield Springs. Info (315) 858-2111.

Wednesday, December 2

WREATH WORKSHOP -- 6:30 p.m. Make a homemade evergreen wreath with Marian Streese, owner of Changing Seasons Garden Center in Hartwick. $10 per person; all welcome. Hartwick Fire Dept., Hartwick. Info, Beth O’Brien (607) 293-3009.

CRITERION PARTY -- 7 p.m.

Cooperstown Criterion Club hosts annual holiday party for members & guests. Refreshments served; members please bring a dozen cookies for cookie swap.

Can bring gift to exchange (valued at no more than $10.) Vet’s Club, 60 Main St., Cooperstown.

Thursday, December 3

LOST: Canon 600RT Flash Unit in vicinity of Templeton Hall on Sept. 1. Reward offered. Please call (607) 264-2375.

TFN HOMES FOR SALE Cooperstown Village: 36 Susquehanna Ave, central location. New paint.

4 Bedrooms, 1.5 bath. New main bathroom and kitchen.

Living room and den with fireplace. Newly fenced yard and shed. $325K. (631) 495-3900 3ClassDec11 Home For Sale! 3 BR Ranch.

Incomparable Views. Serenity & Quiet. Call Margaret Savoie at (607) 547-5622 TFN HOMES FOR RENT House For Rent! 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath Colonial in Middlefield. $1500 per month, includes use of 2 car garage.

Pets may be permitted with extra security and references.Contact Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-4324391 for details.

TFN Cooperstown 3 bed 2 bath 1 mile from village $800.00 per Month plus utilities.

Available September thru May Call 607-267-2683 TFN Pierstown area with spectacular views of Otsego Lake.

3BR/2BA house. $1,800. a month plus utilities, years lease plus security. Call Hubbell’s Real Estate. 607547-5740.

TFN Fly Creek Valley area with country views. Immaculate Early 1800’s 4BR/2+BA house, garage. $2,500. a month plus utilities, plus security. Call Hubbell’s Real Estate. 607547-5740.

TFN OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Oneonta Retail Space For Lease! Over 8,000 square feet of space featuring loading dock with overhead door and warehouse area, plus a light and bright retail space second to none in the downtown lower hub of the city. $2950 per month. Call Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC for details at 607-4324391.

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT

1BR Apartment For Rent. 114 Main Street Cooperstown. $700/month.

Includes water. Available Dec 1st. 607-434-9306 3ClassDec11 COOPERSTOWN 1 bedroom.

Edge of village. First floor.

Off street parking. $950.00. includes heat, electric. No pets or smoking. References.

Call Dave at John Mitchell Real Estate.

547 8551 or 435 2405.

Available now 3ClassDec4 Milford 3 bedroom. Outside of village. Big back yard. No smoking. No pets. $750.00 plus utilities. References. Call

Dave at John Mitchell Real Estate. 547 8551 or 435 2405 3ClassDec4 Apt for rent in Morris. 2 br, 1 bath. $675/mo includes garbage removal. Quiet neighborhood.No pets.

607-434-7933 3ClassNov27 Studio in the village of Cooperstown. Convenient.

Within walking distance of hospital and groceries. Electric, heat, parking included.

Available September 1st. $700/month. Long or short term. Contact Rob Lee @ 607-434-5177.

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Friday, December 4

GILBERTSVILLE HOLIDAY TOUR -- 7-9 p.m., Gilbertsville Free Library hosts public tour of four historic village homes, plus churches and local businesses, all decorated for the holidays.

Proceeds benefit the historic library. Also local artisan holiday sale at The Empire House & open house at Dunderberg Gallery.

Tickets, tours start at the library, 19 Commercial St., Gilbertsville.

Info, (607) 783-2731 or (607) 783-2832.

Saturday, December 5

THISTLE HILL OPEN HOUSE -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Also Dec. 6).

Annual holiday open house showroom and mill tours for historic Thistle Hill Weavers textile mill.

Mill is weaving drapery fabrics for Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield, Ill. Mill also open weekdays starting Dec. 7. 101 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Cherry Valley.

Info, www.thistlehillweavers.com CHRISTMAS AT THE BARN -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Also Dec. 6.)

39th annual old-time Christmas open house, presented by Butternut Barn Primitives. Hot mulled cider, gingerbread cookies, seasonal goods, antiques, more.

427 Butternut Rd, Richfield Springs. Info, www.butternutbarn. com ART OPENING -- 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Opening of holiday market, with changing group shows.

Gallery hours noon- 6 p.m., Thurs-Sun. Cherry Branch Art Gallery, Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 264-9530.

Security Guard New York State Veterans’ Home · Part-time/Float Must currently be a NYS Registered Security Guard and have completed the 8-hour per assignment training program.

Please send your resumé to The Human Resources Management Office 4207 State Highway 220, Oxford, NY 13830 or visit www.nysvets.org for application.

An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

UGLY SWEATER CONTEST 10 a.m.-7 p.m. First annual Ugly Sweater Contest, hosted

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by McLaughlin’s Clothing Store.

Wear your sweater to the store; store certificate prizes; winners announced at tree lighting event.

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ONEONTA TREE LIGHTING -- 5-8 p.m. Annual Oneonta ceremony. Santa; carriage rides, dancers, carolers, alpacas, hot cocoa, street vendors. Also 6-7:30 p.m. meet & greet with local representatives at Welcome Center on Dietz St. Muller Plaza, Main Street, Oneonta.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Business For Sale. Tin Bin Alley. 114 Main Street Cooperstown. 2,500 Sq. Ft. Call For Details. 607-4349306.

3ClassDec11 Oneonta Business For Sale! Turn key, established Bar/Restaurant business in busy center city location.

Contact Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-432-4391 for more details.

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AllOTSEGO.opportunities Otsego County Adult Care Management Position works within a Care Management program which serves residents who present with complex and varied health care issues. The Care Manager is responsible for working with a high volume of individuals across all health care domains of mental, physical and addiction disorders. The Care Manager will coordinate all areas of care to ensure that people reduce their hospitalizations. The Care Manager will actively collaborate with consumers and providers to prevent hospitalizations by engaging them in community/outpatient services and supports.

The Care Manager is highly organized, can manage his/her time effectively and has strong written, verbal and computer skills. This position requires travel, a minimum of a High School diploma and 3 years experience in mental health field. Bachelor’s degree in human service field preferred; valid NYSDL and criminal background check.

Email resume to astamas@rehab.org or send to: RSS, PO Box 781 Oneonta, NY 13820

Join Our Team of Dedicated and Caring Professionals Housing Energy Specialist Housing Advocate Food Service Associate Clerical Assistant OFO is a family-oriented organization offering competetive wages, excellent benefits & opportunities for professional growth. For an application, submission instructions, benefit package summary & descriptions of all employment openings, visit

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Otsego County Department of Social Services Account Clerk Typist $25,341 - $29,826

Independently performs routine clerical and typing duties in maintaining financial accounts and records and/or assists in performing more difficult and responsible phases of this work. LDTF: 12/4/15 Applications/job descriptions/qualifications visit www. otsegocountyemployment.com. EOE

Heritage at The plains at parish Homestead Come join our team for a rewarding experience!

ImmedIate openIngs for ft Lpn evenings pt Lpn ft personal Care aide evenings* pt personal Care aide* pt Cook pt servers all positions require some weekends. Must have caring and patient personality and work well with seniors.

Please apply 163 Heritage Circle, Oneonta, NY 13820 or send resume to tclaudy@plainsatparish.com *Formal training provided

CONVENIENCE STORES

Job fair!

December 1 - 3 · 9 am to 5 pm Hiring all shifts for RNs LPNs and CNAs. Learn about the new wage scale, sign-on bonuses, benefits, Weekend Block shift opportunities and more. Be a part of a winning team and come work at the region’s finest skilled rehabilitation and nursing center.

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Friday, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

IN MEMORIAM

INSURANCE MANY COMPANIES. MANY OPTIONS.

Stanley Slovinsky, 85, Davenport; Made Up Half Of Comedy Team That Performed On Ed Sullivan DAVENPORT – Samuel Slovinsky, 85, who as Stanley Dean, half of a comedy act, Norman & Dean, that performed on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1962 and 1963 and across the U.S. and Europe, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 at home after a long illness.

He was born July 17, 1930, in Montreal, Canada, the son of Issie and Ray (Dorfman) Slovinsky.

Samuel married Pamela Persch, from Gloversville, on July 2, 1979, in New York City.

Samuel, a.k.a. Stanley Dean, was a professional stand-up comedian. In addition to appearances on Ed Sullivan, he worked all the major night clubs across the country, as well as Playboy Clubs here and in Europe. He also entertained the troops in Germany and

especially loved entertaining the Air Force and Army.

Samuel enjoyed his home in Davenport, and loved decorating, painting and creating a very colorful home.

He also loved the company of his German shorthair pointers.

Samuel is survived by his wife, Pamela Slovinsky of Davenport; his son, Zachary Slovinsky of Los Angeles, CA; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents; a brother, Sam; and two sisters, Annie and

Goldie.

A graveside service was held Monday, Nov. 23, at the Ferndale Cemetery in Johnstown.

There will be no calling hours.

Donations may be made to Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820 or to Hearts of the Catskills Humane Society, PO Box 88, Delhi, NY 13753.

Arrangements are with the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, Oneonta

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Olga Hubbard, 79; Oneonta VFW Life Member ONEONTA – Olga Catherine Hubbard, 79, who lived in Oneonta for 23 years, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at the Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing in Rome.

Olga was born on April 26, 1936, at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, the daughter of the late Samuel and Helen (Pollock) Sturek. She attended PS 52 in Queens and Woodrow Wilson High School in Ozone Park.

She was married three times. Her first husband was Harry Roalef and they had a son, Harry Roalef. Her second husband was Romeo

Rachiele and they had two daughters, Lynn Ann Bevins and Donna Marie Rachiele.

Her third Olga husband Hubbard was Alfred “Ted” George Hubbard, who she married on Aug. 6, 1973. He predeceased her on Dec. 15, 2012.

Olga lived on Long Island until she married Ted. They moved upstate where they settled in Walton. They lived there for 23 years before

moving to Oneonta.

She worked for 15 years as a general production operator for Bard Parker in Hancock. She was with the Wyandanch Fire Department for four years, the Walton Fire Department for several years, was a life member of the American Legion in Delhi and a life member of the VFW in Oneonta. She loved animals and flowers.

Private services were held. She was buried in Ouleout Valley Cemetery next to her husband, Ted. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.

Ralph J. Sobers, 64; Prize-Winning Angler ONEONTA – Ralph J. Sobers, 64, an avid fisherman and the Susquehanna Bass Club’s Angler of the Year in 1997, retired from the physical world Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, to hunt and fish with the angels.

Ralph was born in Oneonta on Aug. 15, 1951, a son of the late James B. and Edna (Ross) Sobers.

During his life, Ralph was employed with the City of Oneonta and, for more than 17 years, with the Daily Star.

Ralph’s life could be summed up by the following William Tapply quote, “I’ve gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours in the water.” He was a Susquehanna Bass Club member for 21 years.

He is survived by his brothers, Charles E. Sobers,

Lucy Barnes, 99; Worked In Oneonta Department Stores ONEONTA – Lucy M. Barnes, 99, who worked at Bresee’s and Sisson’s department stores during downtown Oneonta’s heyday, passed away Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, at Fox Nursing Home.

She was born on Jan. 19, 1916, in Haverhill, Mass.

Lucy married Charles H. Barnes on Aug. 20, 1934, in Oneonta. He predeceased her on Dec. 9, 2006.

Lucy is survived by her son, David Barnes and his wife, Jody of Oneonta.

A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at the Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

Fred R. Sobers, and Francis Perry. Also several cousins and friends.

A graveside service was held Tuesday, Nov. 24, at

the Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Bookhout Funeral Home

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

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special.

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

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 www.grummonsfuneralhome.com

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26-27, 2015

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Otsego County youth win top three prizes in NY State Problem Gambling Art Contest Each year, the New York Council on Problem Gambling holds an art contest for the youth of the State of New York. This year the young people were asked to help correct the myths about gambling through their art. Otsego County youth took the top three prizes!

Here are samples of the winning posters.

LEAF Rainer Gardner-Olesen Laurens Central School ‘You Could Get Lucky’ 35 sec. PSA

The LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions was pleased to participate in this statewide contest with prizes funded by a Grant from the New York Council on Problem Gambling. The following students received awards for their art:

LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Trevor Piper Montana Miller Isabel Streeter Ethan Kropp Julia Kropp Caleb Kropp

Isabelle Cleveland Elizabeth Cleveland Elizebeth Miller Noah Armstrong Margelia Marr Taniah Vanier Mercy Jackson Ethan Hall

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