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lead was found in the water. “Two faucets in the old library have been taken out of service, and one of them had a water fountain on it,” said Superintendent Joseph Yelich. “Another faucet in the lava-

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he announcement of Disney Radio star Jesse McCartney as the OHFest headliner at Common Council re-ignited a simmering debate: whether to allow the April 22 concert in Neahwa Park – or not. In the end, Mayor Gary Herzig named a new comIan Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA mittee to explore if SUNY Council member Southard simply Oneonta or Hartwick College announced the date, and the debate should host the often rowdy ensued. evening of concerts – or not. But not before Council members put all the issues on the table again. “In the post-op meeting in May, people said they want the concert moved out of the park and back to campus,” said Council member David Rissberger, Third Ward. “There’s still lingering issues.” “We were just fresh from what had happened,” said Council member Paul van der Sommen, First Ward. “There was a lot of garbage in the park and residents were complaining.” Council member Council member Russ Southard, Sixth Rissberger noted “lingerPlease See OH-FEST, A3 ing issues.

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tory tested positive for lead.” The state standard for lead in school water is 15 parts per billion. In the fountain, the level was 51 ppb, 16 and 37 ppb in the attached sinks and 18 ppb in the lavatory

sink. “It’s office space, not a classroom,” he said. Yelich believes it’s the fixtures, not the pipes, that are leaching lead. “The components in the pipes can break down over time and let contaminants in,” he said. Please See LEAD, A3

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FPs – requests for proposals – will be sought from organizations interested in operating the Oneonta Teen Center, Council members John Rafter and David Rissberger told their colleagues meeting Tuesday, Dec. 20. Meanwhile, the teen center will close temporarily on Dec. 31, when the Oneonta Family Y’s contract to operate the Armory site expires.

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ne foggy evening in October, a young woman was driving home down Route 28 to Cooperstown. It was getting late. She was tired. It was hard to see the road. Her husband was

asleep in the passenger seat. Suddenly, there was glowing vision through the mist, of a kindly man, 30-ish, with red hair and a beard. Underneath the image was a legend, “Jesus, I trust in you.” “I knew then I was going to get home OK,” she said. “That everything was going to be alright.” The origin of the image on Route 28 goes back to the sumPlease See VISION, A7

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Sarah Phillips, Stephen A. Fernando Wed In University Of Scranton Chapel

he Madonna Della Strada Chapel at the University of Scranton was the setting for the July 9 wedding ceremony of Sarah Phillips, Oneonta, and Stephen Alexander Fernando, Pittston Township, Pa. The bride is the daughter of Joseph and Patricia Phillips, Oneonta. The bridegroom is the son of Alex and Brenda Fernando, Pittston Township, Pa. Father Ronald McKinney, a University of Scranton philosophy professor, officiated at the ceremony. Trina Carito, Greenfield, cousin of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Jamilyn Holbrook, Hampton, Va.; Leann Hlebica, Binghamton; Lauren Harder, Cazenovia, and Michelle Fernando, sister of the bridegroom, Ann Arbor, Mich. Kevin Fernando, Pittsburgh, brother of the bridegroom, was the best man. Groomsmen were Michael Stonikinis,

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Patrick Claudy, Kassandra Lent Engaged Under Oneonta’s Rockefeller Center Tree

Jersey City, N.J.; Shrut Patel, Philadelphia; Joseph Bertino, Pittsburgh, and Matthew Driscoll, Pittston Township, cousin of the groom. Jason Phillips, Scranton, and Zachary and Alex Longfellow, both of Broken Bow, Neb., all nephews of the bride, were the ring bearers. The bride is a graduate of Oneonta High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from The University of Scranton and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from SUNY Binghamton. She works as a NICU nurse in Carolinas Healthcare System in Charlotte, N.C. The bridegroom is a graduate of Pittston Area High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from The University of Scranton. He went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Duquesne University School of Law. He is an associate attorney at King Law Offices in Charlotte, N.C.

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A reception was held at The Green Ridge Club, Scranton. After wedding trip to Barbados, the couple resides in Charlotte, N.C.

atrick Claudy and Kassandra Lent were engaged on Dec. 16, 2016 underneath the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Patrick’s parents are Bill and Trudy Claudy of Hartwick and Kassandra’s parents are Lisa Lent of Hartwick Patrick proposed to Kassandra and Brian Lent of underneath Oneonta’s ChristOtego. Patrick’s mas Tree at Rockefeller Center mother is execuin New York City. tive director of the Plains At Parish curity analyst and Kassandra Homestead, Oneonta. works at Bassett Healthcare Patrick works for New as a RN. The wedding date York Central Mutual as a se- has not yet been announced.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016 FIRE LEAVES FAMILY HOMELESS

Lead Discovered At Center Street School, Isolated LEAD/From A1

Of the five school buildings tested for lead in Oneonta, only Center Street’s results have come back. “We’re hoping to get the other results soon,” he said. “When we get a full report, we can start looking at remediation in the five big-consuming schools.” The offending fixtures will all be replaced and the water re-tested. “If it still comes back as positive, we’ll check the piping,” he Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA said. Scott Wayman looks over the remains of his Other schools around the former room after an early morning fire Sunday, county have found high levDec. 18, destroyed the trailer at 124 Oneida St., els of lead in their water. In Lot 22, where he lived with his mother Holly and the Schenevus Central disbrothers James, Trevor and Brett. The fire broke out at 10:08 a.m, and was believed to have been trict, four drinking fountains caused by a space heater in Brett’s room. “He’s and five faucets have been always cold,” said his mother, Holly Wayman. taken out of service, accord“The mattress was the first thing I saw on fire.” ing to the district’s website.

In one kitchen sprayer, a test draw in September found 1,200 ppb. Though the district plans to replace many of the sources, the drinking fountain in the basement computer labs will be removed. The second-floor drinking fountain will also be removed, and five new water fountains with bottle-filling stations will be installed throughout the school. Bottled water is being given to students in the meantime. In Unatego Central, five outlets of the 284 in the district were found to contain lead. Three of them were sinks and one was a drink-

ing fountain. The fountain has been closed off and signage has been placed to indicate to students that it is for hand-washing only. The district is planning to replace the faucets and retest in February. At Cooperstown Central, 48 sources were found with lead above the state health standard. “The level that schools had to be tested at is higher than in municipalities,” said Michael Virgil, interim superintendent. In all, 260 sources across the Cooperstown elementary and the middle/high schools were tested. “Some of the affected areas weren’t acces-

sible by staff or students,” he said. “Outdoor spigots, a sink in the boiler room, showers. I don’t think anyone is going to drink water out of those.” And like Yelich, Virgil believes that the lead is in the fixtures or possibly the solder. “The pipes and the faucets might be lead-free, but the solder used to weld them together might have lead in it,” he said. The school will start by replacing all the faucets and the drinking fountain, then re-test in the spring. In the meantime, students are given bottled drinking water in the cafeteria.

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OH-Fest Wounds Just Beneath Surface O-H FEST/From A1 Ward, the liaison between Common Council and the colleges, and presented the proposed concert date during his committee report. McCarthy, known for the pop ballads “Leavin’” and “Right Where You Want Me,” has been selected as the headliner. Last year, rapper Kid Ink was the main concert event. “He must be making a comeback,” said Council member Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward. “I haven’t heard his name in 10 years.” But despite McCarthy’s family-friendly image, several members of council are still concerned that the concert will still encourage wild parties, drinking and drug use. “The OH-Fest concert is not appropriate for families and kids,” said Council Member Michelle Osterhoudt, Fourth Ward.

“The problems start at night in the park,” said Police Chief Dennis Nayor. “It’s marketed as a family event, Jesse McCartney but it’s not so. There are so many intoxicated young people in the park, then they go through the neighborhoods and disturb the residents. It should be held on campus.” “How is that any different than any other Saturday night downtown?” asked Nicosia. “Kids are coming out of bars and walking home. It’s no different.” “They’ll still have those house parties,” said Southard. “And last year was much better than it has been.” This year, no major injuries were reported, and the

five arrests made were from people who did not live in Oneonta or attend the colleges. Council does not take a vote on whether or not to issue the permit, but the issue is frequently debated. In 2012, the concert was held at the college, to smaller attendance. “It offers no benefit to the city,” said van der Sommen. “Last year, there were so many beer cans in the skate park. I don’t like OH-Fest in the park,.” Herzig enlisted van der Sommen, Osterhoudt, Southard and Council member Joe Ficano, Eighth Ward to meet with the colleges and report their findings back to council. “Study what happened last year, talk to the colleges and report back,” he said. “If you have strong opinions, let them be heard.”

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016

EDITORIAL

World Still Imperfect – But Wonderful. Merry Christmas

ovies catch it. “Conan the Barbarian,” “Star Wars,” “Harry Potter,” when evil strides the earth, and people cry out for a savior, (not always forthcoming in Hollywood’s versions). In civic life though, we Americans have been living as if progress is inevitable. We’ve now learned, it isn’t guaranteed. We’re finishing up a troubling campaign year – it dramatized how the American people have lost faith in the American establishment – with an untried president in the wings. What the future Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA holds is unclear, for optimists and Soprano Joelle Lachance, left, and tenor Quinn Bernneger, pessimists alike. far right, made “Messiah” particularly special this season. Which made the Voices of Cooperstown’s performance of treat – soprano Joelle Lachance tear came to many an eye in the Handel’s “Messiah” the other eve- of Fly Creek and tenor Quinn full church pews. Then, the dark ning at Christ Episcopal Church Bernegger of Cooperstown – com- bass solo, “For behold, a darkness – the sole such performance in municated that the beauty and shall cover the earth.” Otsego County this year – even promise of art will extend well The Nativity story and what folmore poignant and evocative than past our mortal spans. lowed is, of course, a celebratory usual. (Mostly a Cooperstown one, and the 50-voice chorus soon • crowd, the Rev. Cynthia Waltoncaptured it. “For unto us a child “The Messiah” itself, of course, Leavitt and other Oneontans spoke is born.” The Christmas message: is all darkness and light, and beto the countywide draw.) “Glory to God, peace on earth, gan with Quinn’s deft and confiThe very performance of two good will toward men.” And the dent “Comfort ye, my people” – a solo parts by local singers, a rare

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‘Little Child’ Leads Us Back To Creator “The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them…”

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ut Mommy, we didn’t sing yet!” Three-year-old Paxton Hazzard was unhappy. He had just heard me say that because the weather was so snowy/sleety/cold this past Sunday, the 18th, our parish’s traditional Christmas caroling at area nursing homes had been cancelled. Paxton had learned his Jesus birthday song, “Away in a Manger,” at Sunday School at Evangelical Lutheran, Hartwick Seminary. He had sung it the previous week at Focus, and was ready to belt it out again. He knows Christmas is coming, and he knows that church people sing about Jesus! Jeff and Corinne Hahn wait patiently at St. Matthew, Laurens, by a

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facing West Street. Strings of white lights are added. Soon Chrismons (Christ monograms) will be placed. The tree greets all who come up the street, sitting under the church’s large lit wooden cross. All around the earth, millions of Christians are engaged in similar activities this season, to welcome that “little child” who comes from the heart of God in order to lead us back to our Creator. Others also may do such things, but we Christians do them with a unique motivation: to give honor to the One who is Immanu-el – God with us! Our holy-day activities are all “under the cross” of Jesus, who lived, died and rose to bring us new life. In a world which continues to be overfilled with violence, bitterness, despair and death, we use hearts and hands and voices to witness to Isaiah’s vision of peace and hope! Blessed Christ-mass!

the Rev. STEVE FOURNIER

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God Is With Us

Jesus, His Only Son

ut what if it’s true? What if the strange story behind all the warm-fuzzies and holly-jollies of the Christmas season really is true? What if the same God who made the heavens and the earth and all that dwell in them really did choose to be born on earth, in a real place, at a real moment in history? What if he really did live and die like an ordinary human being? What if his life and death have changed everything? What if it’s true? We wish each other joy and peace at this time of year. But those aren’t ge-

neric, bland wishes. The joy and peace of this season flow from the singular announcement that God has intervened in human history. God is with us in our hopes and in our fears, in our happiness and in our sorrow, in our living and in our dying. The birth of Jesus Christ is God’s great declaration of his love for the whole world – and of his love for you! The story we tell on Dec. 25 is a true story. And it changes everything. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill towards all people!”

ave you ever wondered why it is that we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ the way we do? The celebration of His birth is a worldwide event. Celebrated by many who do not even believe in Jesus. Yes, we celebrate the birthdays of others such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. But we do not celebrate their birth on those days, we celebrate their lives. But with Jesus we celebrate His actual birth. What is it that makes Jesus’ very birth worth celebrating? It is because God

the Son, the creator of all we see, took on human flesh and entered into His creation and He did so as a baby some 2000 years ago. Why? The answer is simple. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16. The answer is love. I pray for your Christmas to be filled with the love of God as seen in the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May each of you have a Merry Christmas and blessed New Year.

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tableful of wrapped presents, clothing, bed linens and food boxes, for some area families to arrive. Church members have donated the items and those whose economic situation is “under the weather” are reached out to, so that a generous celebration may come to their homes and children. Jonah Hecker moves ceramic figures of the Holy Family one window closer to the wooden stable at the front of the sanctuary at St. John Lutheran, West Burlington. Other Nativity figures have been appropriately placed around the sanctuary but are not moving yet, Jonah knows, because the baby has not yet been born. Each week in Advent, Mary, Joseph and the donkey get a little closer to their destination. Len Pudelka , Eli England and SUNY Oneonta student Matt Strauss set up a tree in front of the large window at Atonement Lutheran, Oneonta,

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the tune of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine.’ No heaven or religion, no countries or borders or parochial loyalties of any kind.” And we wonder at our national malaise. And yet, the faithful and nonfaithful alike emerged energized from the other evening’s “Messiah” into freezing spray outside, reinforced against challenges to come. It’s not common to speak of it these days, but centuries of Western Culture – yes music, and art, philosophy and religion, democratic traditions, the scientific method and its discoveries; heavens, even the freedoms enabled by thriving capitalism – have created a powerful foundation to meet whatever lies ahead. This Christmas, who doesn’t hope our president will grow into the world’s most challenging office, and succeed in rebuilding a self-confident, visionary and prospering republic? Regardless, our nation will survive and, to a greater and lesser degree, thrive. With thanks to Joelle and Quinn, that is our Christmas hope.

THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS

nd she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

elevating “His yoke is easy and His burthen is light.” Joelle’s “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion,” was simply thrilling – disciplined, precise, and what bearing. She held the audience enthralled then and in her solos that followed. This is the Christmas season, of course, but showmanship requires “Messiah” performances to jump ahead to Easter and the “Hallelujah Chorus,” the happiest ending of all: “And he shall reign forever and ever.” All stood, as all have since George II at the London premiere in 1743. Conan vanquishes. Darth Vader dies. If Handel wrote it, Harry Potter would have cast out the Dementors. • Pastor Paul Messner – he ministers to Lutherans across Otsego County from Oneonta’s Church of the Atonement – has observed, “The fastest growing religion in the United States today is ‘none.’” The New York Times’ conservative columnist, Ross Douthat, rather shockingly set the degradation of modern American life “to

Child, Prophet, Savior, King Unites Us All

he Christmas holiday celebrates the story of a woman of a persecuted religious class giving birth to a child she is told will be a prophet, a savior, a king. The powers in charge, when they hear of this birth, go on a terrible killing spree, trying to protect their dominion. The family becomes refugees in their own land.

When the baby, Jesus, grows up; he becomes a rebel and a radical, a leader and a teacher. He teaches civil disobedience and defies the leaders of both church and empire for the good of all. Jesus becomes a community organizer and religious leader, issuing in a new way of peace, love, acceptance, and forgiveness. This is why we celebrate his birth,

whether or not we are Christian. Because the message remains as important now as it was then. That which divides us is solely a creation of humans; the love of the divine recognizes us all as family. Resistance in the face of oppression, love in response to hatred, hope in the face of fear – these are central to the celebration of Christmas.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016 THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS the Rev. tom lebeau Pastor, Cooperstown United Methodist Church

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To the Editor: one: Think of our environgas use are alarming levels asleep on this issue for the This is written in rement as a bank account we of methane leakage at every past five years. sponse to last week’s wish to leave our children stage of production to end No one disputes the editorial, “Winning Idea for and future generations. To use – cooking the planet, need for jobs, for energy, Democrats – Natural Gas the extent that we use and and not in some future time or the welcome boosterism for Amphenol.” The piece promote fossil fuels, we are – it’s happening now. consistently found in The presents the “relevant” idea draining that account. Would not efforts to Freeman’s Journal & Homeof gas for Amphenol and a town Oneonta. But for The hard findings of reduce our reliance on foshen I was a boy, pro-Constitution Pipeline climate science and sil fuels be a prime example – how can we have Bishop Fulton stance against the “pure” the requirements for example of “thinking a regional hub in Oneonta Sheen of the 1950s ideas of “saving the planet,” healthy flora and globally and acting promoting our wonderful Emmy Award “Life Is Worth trying to mitigate climate fauna on this planet locally?” The grass- agriculture and craft brewerLiving” program came to our change, and caring about don’t change with roots of the Demoies if we move inexorably parish. We were thrilled! what happens in Minden one’s political afcratic party has been on to pushing dirty energy Each altar boy had the – “wherever that is.” filiation. Increasing speaking – loudly – methane – that jeopardizes bishop’s undivided attention The complex dilemma levels of sickening – for the past few not only our atmosphere for a few minutes. He hum- presented by our need for particulate matter in years, and it is decid- but public and agricultural bly asked about our likes in energy, the expediency of our air, plus more edly not a chorus health? school, sports fracked gas, the necessity and more ground promoting fossil fuels It turns out that crops and other and challenges of much level ozone, benzene, or their infrastructure. aren’t too keen on groundthings, mak- needed deployment of reformaldehyde, sulfur and That’s why I stomped level ozone, and the other ing us feel newables, and the reality of nitrogen oxides – some of out of the meeting of the toxins that are unfortunately like we were climate change made worse the hundreds of toxic comlocal Democratic party. a huge part of gas producthe VIP’s! by fossil fuels cannot be ex- pounds released during gas It astounded me that this tion and transport. It has A dear pressed in the “purity versus exploration and transport committee didn’t seem never, ever been a matter parishioner relevance” dichotomy this - don’t promote human, ani- to get that. The eventual of “clean natural gas” – a recently gave piece presents. mal, or agricultural health. straw-poll 20-2 vote against false characterization – as Bishop Sheen me an old Just the opposite: All of It’s more complicated promoting the Constitution this stand only looks at the Christmas than that, but to understand that is jeopardized in the Pipeline shows me the good smaller amount of carbon Inspirations book Bishop short and long term. And complex issues, sometimes folks serving on this county dioxide produced, as comSheen authored decades ago. a metaphor serves. Try this overarching it all from shale committee haven’t been pared with coal, when it’s In one meditation the bishop observed, “Only by being little do we discover anything big.” He explained: to a little To the Editor sible that the only explanation falls to manner. child, adults seem huge and Add to this the fact that when the It was somewhat stunning to read, in a decrease in the number of locals who beanstalks scrape the stars. last week’s paper, the headline “’Park- have vowed that as long as paid parkstreet is parked full, it is nearly always The bishop continued, ing Crisis’ Over, Trustee Declares.” In ing is in effect in the village they will impossible to see if traffic is coming “There’s a close relation just over two years, since September when exiting a driveway. As a result, take their business elsewhere? between physical littleness, 2014, when it was announced that the It is also interesting that, when the residents are left facing a real which is childhood, and men- village had a huge issue with parking, discussing parking within the village, public safety hazard almost every time tal littleness, which is humil- it seems the village thinks it has the is- very little attention is ever given to the they leave home. ity. We cannot always be Granted, the village now allows sue of parking within the village under parking problems residents deal with children, but we can always on a regular basis. Although the vilcontrol. residents to paint the curb yellow 2 have the vision of children, This is somewhat puzzling as it does lage has over the years limited parking feet on either side of a driveway. And which is another way of say- not seem a single parking space has to two hours on a number of residenwhile this might keep drivers from ing we can be humble.” been added. In fact, parking spaces tial streets, the village seems to fall parking over the driveway, it does As I remembered that long have been eliminated for loading short when it comes to enforcing that little when it comes to improving the ago encounter with the good zones and employee parking. Nor has parking time limit year around. lack of visibility issue. bishop, I realized he showed it been announced that there has been Consequently, many residents basiUntil the village takes a serious me the answer to his own a steep decline in visitors to the vilcally live, at least Monday through look at the parking issues throughout meditation’s question: lage. Friday, on a parking lot for employees the village, and not just those in the “How then can man disConsequently, it is somewhat of various business enterprises in the business district, it would seem, when cover God at Christmastime? confusing when it is announced by village. In many cases, these on-street it comes to parking, that it is a bit By making himself little, he the village that parking is now under parking lots do not have designated premature to declare “mission accomwill discover something big; control. One has to wonder just what parking spaces. Thus, it is not uncom- plished.” by being humble, he will find has happened in the past two years to mon to have cars parked in such a way CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTH the infinite God in the form bring about such a change. Is it posthat driveways are blocked in some Cooperstown of a Child.”

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burned. This completely ignores the methane leakage and its consequences, the millions of gallons of formerly good water poisoned per gas well, and the scores of toxic compounds and lung killing particulate matter that issue forth daily from compressor stations and other gas infrastructure. A 126-mile pipeline is going to have some compressor stations – count on that. The Constitution Pipeline, besides seizing private property for corporate gain, comes with all the toxic and methane baggage that affects all of us. That must be considered – not just Please See HUNTSMAN, A6

‘Winter’ For ‘Christmas’? Bah, Humbug To the Editor: Years ago as residents of Cooperstown, my wife and I enjoyed many a “Christmas Concert” at the HS. As part of a Christian community, your paper chronicles in this week’s pages, as it should, no less than six “Christmas”-related happenings in and around town. I take to task the NEAbrainwashed teachers and administration, who in spite of all that the season implies and stands for, continue in their politically correct nonsense of calling the event a Winter Concert. Get real ! I’ll wager that this is one of the thousand reasons why Trump won in Cooperstown. BOB O’CON Tarpon Springs, Fla.

History

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

150 Years Ago

Oneonta – The Clerk of the weather reported the thermometer in this place last Friday (December 21) at 24 degrees below zero. At Norwich it was 30 below. J.H. Price, a deaf and dumb man in the employ of the Railroad Company on the gravel train, had his right arm broken last week by a tie which fell from the train and hit him on the rebound. His mother resides in Milford. The winter term of the village district school opens with 75 pupils and the prospect of still larger attendance after the holidays. Teacher – Miss. C.M. Furman, assisted by Miss Helen Sullivan. Miss Furman is a graduate of the Delaware Literary Institute and is an experienced teacher of the Common and Higher English branches – Mathematics, French, Latin, German, Bookkeeping and Drawing. Success to the “Peoples College!” December 1866

80 Years Ago

125 Years Ago

Though for years efforts have been made to invent a process in photography whereby objects would be represented in their natural colors, no success has been attained until the past few months. Now, however, it appears that success is in a fair way to be reached and that the fortunate investigator is Mr. F.E. Ives, a brother of W.H. Ives of this village and a gentleman himself well-known to Oneonta folk. On Friday evening of last week, Mr. Ives successfully exhibited his process of color photography before the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The exhibition attracted an audience as had not been seen in the Institute since Captain Eads lectured on his ship railway. Of the Exhibition, the Philadelphia Times says: “In view of the results shown, Mr. Ives holds that photography has been relieved of the reproach that it cannot reproduce natural colors. The testimony of those who have seen the marvelous coloring of the Yellowstone region is that his coloring accurately reproduces even its vivid and most delicate lines.” December 1891

100 Years Ago

After a long struggle the Franklin Toll Road is to give place to a public highway. The toll gate, which has collected its tax upon those who wished to come to or leave the city over that route, will pass into oblivion with other relics of former days. The final step assuring this much-sought result has been taken by the Board of Supervisors of Delaware County similar to that recently adopted by the Otsego County Board authorizing the expenditure of $750 by each county for the purpose of acquiring the road. Should the company owning the toll road refuse to accept this price, the resolution directs that condemnation proceedings should be commenced. The steps that resulted in this action were

40 Years Ago

All women working in New York State are legally entitled to compensation payments for pregnancy-related disabilities, New York State’s highest court has ruled. The Court of Appeals decision runs counter to a ruling two weeks ago by the U.S. Supreme Court. That ruling has been lambasted by feminists and liberals. The majority U.S. Supreme Court decision said that the blanket sex-discrimination language in federal law does not require pregnancy disability coverage. Construing virtually the same language, five of seven of New York’s top judges said: “An employment personnel policy which singles out pregnancy and childbirth for treatment different from that accorded other instances of physical or mental impairment or disability is prohibited.” For years, business groups have successfully lobbied against legislation that would have required pregnancy-related disability coverage, arguing that the costs would be too high. December 1976

20 Years Ago

The final 30 employees left an Oneonta diaper plant for the last time on Friday afternoon. Ten months ago a new owner promised to keep the plant open, but two months later changed his mind. The Paragon Trade Brands plant on River Street closed at 3 p.m. Friday. Riegel Textile Corp. built a $5 million plant at the site in 1982 before selling out to Georgia-Pacific in 1985. That company sold the diaper plant to Pope & Talbot in 1988. Pope & Talbot sold the plant to Paragon last February. Paragon’s decision to close the plant put 110 people out of work. Rick Heller, a plant December 1936 electrician said “No one was crying about it, but over the course of the last week here I think everyone’s been pretty first taken by the Oneonta Chamber of Commerce. mad at Paragon.” Although profitable, the Oneonta plant December 1916 was not as efficient as another larger Paragon plant. “It’s a sad moment because we made money,” Heller said. December 1996 Federal narcotics agents in New York City recently arrested two men on charges of selling heroin to minors. The arrests are reportedly the first to be made under the revised, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she would and much more severe, narcotics control law passed at the not support a short-term increase in American troop preslast session of Congress. The new law makes those conence in Iraq unless it was part of a more comprehensive victed subject to heavy fines and imprisonment of from plan to stabilize the country. Clinton also offered the ten years to life, even to the death penalty – “if the jury in broadest indication yet that she was close to a decision on its discretion shall so direct.” The death penalty is not a whether to enter the 2008 Democratic presidential field. “I punishment to be meted out lightly. But, if any crime short want to make sure the decision is right for me, my family, of murder justifies such a penalty, it is the crime of plying my party and my country,” Clinton said. The former first young people with habit-forming drugs and thus pushing lady said she knew more than any other candidate how hard them into the appalling gutters of addiction and vice. The it was to be president. “I saw it in an up close and personal drug traffic has been on the increase in recent years, espeway for eight years.” cially among our youth. The new narcotics law should be December 2006 vigorously enforced. December 1956

60 Years Ago

10 Years Ago

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Year After Soft Opening, Bassett Alerts Patients To Team Approach TEAMS/From A1 ing the needs of our patients. “We have adopted a teambased approach to patient care,” the letter continued. “One that brings together physicians (including physicians in training), advanced practice clinicians, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, as well as support staff to be your care team.” “To be quite frank,” Delong said in a followup interview Tuesday, Dec. 20, “the real impetus of the letter itself was to try to explain to patients why it’s so difficult to get in to see ‘their doctor.’ Our staff fields a lot of phone calls and … some conversations don’t go very well if (patients) can’t see their doctor when they want to.” Given a national shortage

of general practitioners, he said, the team approach is “how we see the best way going forward so patients can get the care they need in a timely fashion.” A typical team, according to his letter, includes doctors and residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, RNs, LPNs, office assistants, secretaries and social workers. “My patients have been asking me about the letter, too,” Delong said. “And I point out to them we’ve been doing it for more than a year. It’s nothing new. “When I see someone who’s healthy, or needs a minor adjustment in their treatment, I will ask their permission to be seen by one of our advance practice technicians … Everyone needs to work at ‘the top of their license.’ When you

have limited resources, everyone has to do the job that they’re best matched for.” But, he said, “No one has abandoned a single patient. Every patient still has the same doctor. But every patient has a team to help care for that patient.” For now, other hospitals in the eight-county system, like Fox in Oneonta, may have different approaches, but given that a lot of care is being centralized at

Bassett Hospital, patients from across the county and beyond are routinely treated at the Cooperstown mothership. What’s happening here is part of a national challenge, and Delong, who is chair of the American College of Physicians’ Board of Governors, forwarded a 2013 ACP report laying out teambuilding principles. Before the noontime interview, he had been

involved in the treatment of 10 patients that morning. He had touched bases with each of the patients, then handed off treatment to a resident working with him. With specialties in not just internal medicine but geriatrics, Delong pointed out that, while he can be called to treat a 25-year-old with a sore throat, his special knowledge might better be used on an 85-year-old patient with a number of

Dominion’s Expansion Plans Means ‘Fracking’s Here’

monster running 24-7. And HUNTSMAN/From A5 the purpose of that buildout? expediency for AmpheSelling the gas to the highnol. And consider the est bidder - apparent in the irony inherent in the fact intersecting Iroquis pipeline that the devastating floodadvertised plans to send gas ing in 2011, prompting the north to Canada. $20 million state assist to So why care about “wherAmphenol, was a manifestaever that is” Minden? It tion of climate instability may be a few miles north of – made worse by fossil our local political boundfuels, especially methane aries, but it’s not that far – that Amphenol wants away: and it could be you, more of. Dominion’s “New Market me, our children, grandchildren, our animals, farm Project,” another corporate fields, and streams, that grab, will turn a little used could be affected. stuffy atmosphere and rigor- compressor station in the When my friend Suzy ous schedule,” said LeMas- town of Minden, just to the Winkler, on learning of north of the Otsego County ter. “We want it to be fluid Dominion’s expansion plans line, into a toxin belching and fun.” New to that gala will be “dinner stations” open all night, rather than a buffetstyle, where diners wait for their assigned table to be called. “This way, you can dance, get some food and then go back to dancing,” she said. Additionally, it will Jim BenJamin showcase local beers, wines Hours: M-F 8am-5pm and spirits with a dessert and Phone: 607-432-2022 22-26 Watkins Ave, Oneonta, NY 13820 beverage pairing. “If you like what you taste, you’ll be gbrobertsagency.com able to purchase the prodThinking of Remodeling? uct right there,” she said. Think of Refinancing! LGROUP@STNY.RR.COM “We’re hoping that this will www.leatherstockingmortgage.com attract people from out of the 607-547-5007 (Office) area who aren’t able to get 800-547-7948 (Toll Free) these products elsewhere.” But the auction and the New Purchases and refinances • Debt Consolidation dancing – one room with Free Pre-Qualification • Fast Approvals • Low Rates a live band, the other with a DJ – are still on the list. Registered Mortgage Broker Matt Schuermann NYS Banking Dept. And because the event no Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender. longer goes until midnight, 31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown the price has come down to (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee) $150 a ticket.

in 2014, declared “fracking’s here,” she was right. Compressor stations are part of the whole chain. Working for clean water and air, reducing our use of fossil fuels and promoting renewables could not be more relevant. As our envi-

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fter 22 years – 17 at The Otesaga – the Friends of Bassett’s annual New Year’s Eve Gala is no more. “We’re ready for a change,” said Sheila LeMaster, the Friends’ special events manager. “Earlier in the year, we met with focus groups, and the feedback was that we needed something fresh.” The Otesaga gala was one of the Friends biggest annual fundraisers. In 2015, it raised nearly $130,000 to support the education of nurses throughout the Bassett Healthcare Network. In the early years, it was at the old Bassett Clinic, but has been at the resort hotel since 1998. “The time of year was one of the biggest challenges we were facing,” said LeMaster. “People are traveling, they’re with family, and it was difficult for some of our staff and volunteers who wanted to have a presence there.” LeMaster also believes it made it difficult for sponsors and guests from outside of the area to offer support. But for those who still want to dance the night away, fear not. The Otesaga will still host its annual New Year’s Eve party, usually concurrent with the Bassett Gala, in the Hawkeye Grille. “It’s a more casual affair, but a festive, easy-going evening,” said Jim Miles, Otesaga general manager. “We’ve also got a wedding going on in The Glimmerglass Room, so we’re rockin’ and rollin’!” And The Friends has moved the gala to Feb. 11, with a Valentine’s Day theme. “One of the things we heard a lot of was that there was nothing to do in February,” she said. “This falls right between the Super Bowl, the Winter Carnival and winter vacation.” And the event itself is changing with the times. “We want to get rid of the

ronment goes, so goes our health, and ultimately our economy. If policymakers and citizens on both sides of the political aisle understood this, what a gift that would be. JULIE HUNTSMAN, DVM Fly Creek

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chronic ailments. There are many reasons for a shortage of general practitioners, from a longtime cap on the number of that can be trained at any one time, to long challenging days and pay issues relative to specialists, he said. “This is not a Cooperstown problem,” he said. “This is not a Bassett problem. This is not a New York problem. It is a national problem.”

Oh! Why leave the Christ out of Christmas? Why substitute X for his name? There is naught else on earth or in Heaven Can ever make Christmas the same. Be it thoughtless, hate or indifference By the fault I grieve and offend; When I leave the Christ out of Christmas I’m slighting my very best friend. When I leave the Christ out of Christmas In vain is my holiday mirth. For the Christ, God’s gift to His children Is the Christ who brought Christmas to earth. God forgive me the thoughtless omission, I would not that Christ should depart. Not only the Christ at the Yuletide, But all of the year in my heart. author unknown

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7 pm Family Service & Pageant 8 pm Christmas Tea 10 pm Candlelight Service with Choirs and Communion 10 am Christmas Day Worship A Reconciling Congregation · Wheelchair Accessible · All are welcome

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Candlelight Service of Worship and Holy Communion December 24 at 11 pm Sunday Morning Worship December 25 at 10:30 am

Service of Las Posadas A special family Christmas Eve Service

December 24 at 7 pm A traditional Latin American celebration commemorating the nine months when Mary carried the infant Jesus in her womb and the Holy Family was searching for a welcoming place.

Featuring a “A Service of Lessons and Carols” based on an Anglican tradition that has been celebrated annually since 1930 at King’s College Cambridge, England.

In a religion that was born in a barn, an open door goes without saying.

Our church invites you to join us in the worship and fellowship of Jesus Christ. The door is always open.

Our Schedule for Christmas is:

Christmas Eve December 24, 2016

Family Eucharist - 3 pm Service of Carols - 10:30 pm Festival Choral Eucharist - 11 pm

Christmas Day December 25, 2016

Holy Eucharist - 10 am

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Beautiful musical offerings at the 10 pm service by the Chancel Choir

Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25 10 am - Singing of Chrismas Carols, Special gifts for the children The Rev. Richard S. Armstrong, guest preaching

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ChRiStmaS EvE Saturday, December 24 Family service with Carols, Christmas pageant, Communion - 4 pm

Christmas Day

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VISION/From A1 mer of 2015, when one of Carl Wenner’s sisters – he is the youngest of 12 children – invited him to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Worcester, where the Rev. Michael Gaitley from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass., was speaking. Father Gaitley has written a number of books on Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun who reported receiving visions throughout the early 1930s. He was in Otsego County to share her “Divine Mercy” message: In effect, God will forgive anyone who repents and asks for forgiveness. In 1934, Sister Faustina, she has since been canonized as St. Faustina, asked a painter in Vilnius, Eugene Kazimierowski, to depict the image of Christ as she remembered it. He did eight renderings before she was satisfied. That Vilnius canvas is the image on Route 28. Gaitley “told his conversion story, which was a very impressive one,” Wenner, the former Otsego Town Board member, said in an interview. “I’m not a great preacher,” he said to himself on leaving St. Joseph’s. “But I can put up one of those images.” Back home, he downloaded the Vilnius canvas from www. shopmercy.org, the National Shrine’s online store, and ordered a 4-by-8-foot image – the size of a standard piece of plywood – from Vistaprint at www.vistaprint.com. He built a stand for the print, the one you see on the west side of Route 28. It includes an overhang that he expects will help extend the life of the image, otherwise expected to fade in a year. Wenner was raised on a farm in Port Jefferson, L.I. His father bought 96 acres in Fly Creek where the son lives today and the family moved up when Carl was in high school; he completed his final three years at CCS. After some years working for Shell, he returned here in 2003. He generally attends St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” in Cooperstown or St. Joseph the Worker in Richfield Springs, and was open to St. Faustina’s message. “People stop me from church: ‘Is that you?’” said Wenner. “I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback.”

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After 26 years, Oneonta’s Chris and Sue Hayen surpassed Clark Griswold’s mark in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” by 300, decorating their Tilly Avenue home with 25,300 Christmas bulbs. Their neighbor, Liam Casey, 9, helped out.

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wenty-six years ago, John Hayen and his son, Chris, started hanging Christmas lights with a lofty goal – have more lights than Chevy Chase’s Clark Griswold, protagonist of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989). “I’ve seen that movie 141 times,” Hayen

said. “We started with 3,000 lights the first year, and every year, we added more. I like to call myself ‘an illuminologist’.” This year, that goal has been reached. “In the movie, he has 25,000 on his house,” he said. “We have 25,300!” The house, beaming bright on Tilly Avenue on Oneonta’s west end, has become a local attraction, drawing visitors daily for a 4 p.m.midnight light show. “It’s a destination,” he said. “I put candy canes in the mailbox for people to take. The kids just come and stare, Please See LIGHTS, B3

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For Otsego Kids, STEM Toys Rock This Year ones we can hardly keep in stock.” At Riverwood, the hottest toy is the award-winning Geckobot, a build-ithristmas is coming back to the real yourself hydraulic gecko kit. “It’s got world. suction cups, so it can walk up walls “People when you’re done,” he said. are looking to get “We put this out on the shelves, their kids off their and it’s just gone.” electronic devices,” The kit features six different said Todd Gibbons, models, each with their own foowner with dad cus on suction, air pressure and Rick of Riverwood mechanical physics. “People on Main Street, are just flipping out about this,” Cooperstown. said Gibbons. “The STEM “STEM and science Thames & Kosmos’ Geck- focus is great. We’ve got a lot kits are the big focus obot is a favorite at Coo- of science kits, but Geckobot is this year. We’ve got perstown’s Riverwood. the favorite.”

CHRIST’S FAMILY: Traditional Latin American Service of Las Posadas, commemorating the months that Mary was pregnant with Jesus and the family searched for a welcoming place, is at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, at Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., followed at 11 p.m. by candlelit worship and Holy Communion. LIVING NATIVITY: Reenactors and live animals recreate the birth of Jesus at 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, at Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta. GAME NIGHT: 5-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. It’s board game night for all your family and friends at Serenity Hobbies, 254 Main St., Oneonta. TRY KARAOKE: 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. Sing a-long to popular songs with DJ Donna at the Empire House, 136 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville.

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or the 29th year, come spend Christmas Eve with friends and community members at this free Friends of Christmas dinner at 12:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, at First United Methodist Church, Oneonta. To volunteer time or baked goods, call Ann Steen at 432-1283. To have a meal delivered or transportation to the dinner, call Cindy Korbs at 267-0539 or Nancy Fodero at 435-7188.

TOAST NEW YEAR’S: 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27. Use software and a 3-D printer to create your own New Year’s glasses. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Zoob Builderz from Poof-Slinky Inc. are flying off Monkey Barrel’s shelves in Oneonta.

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Anti-War Film: 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28. Join the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta for Spalding Gray’s “Swimming to Cambodia” on filming “The Killing Fields” there.

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CHRISTMAS DINNER DONATIONS – 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations of food to the Friends of Christmas Dinner should be dropped off at First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Accepting baked pies, fruit breads, Christmas cookies, fresh fruit, apple and cranberry juice. Volunteers needed as cooks, drivers, servers and cleaning. Info, Ann Steen (607) 432-1283, Kelly Ahlqvist, (607) 432-1871. SOUTHSIDE MALL SANTA – 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Southside Mall, 5006 State Hwy. 23, Oneonta. COOPERSTOWN SANTA – 1-4 p.m. Christmas Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. Info, https:// cooperstownchamber.org/santas-house-in-cooperstown/ ONEONTA SANTA – 4-6 p.m.

Muller Plaza, Main St., Oneonta. FAMILY GAME NIGHT – 5-10 p.m. Bring family and friends to board game night. Serenity Hobbies, 254 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http://serenityhobbies.com/ KARAOKE – 8 p.m. With DJ Donna. Empire House 136 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Info, https://www.facebook.com/theempirehouse

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Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Ann Steen 432-1283, Kelly Ahlqvist 4321871 COOPERSTOWN SANTA – 1-4 p.m.Christmas Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. Info, https:// cooperstownchamber.org/santas-house-in-cooperstown/ CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 3 p.m. Family Eucharist. St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.stjamesoneonta.org or call (607)4321458 CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 4

p.m. Family Service with Carols, a Pageant, and Communion. Christ Episcopal Church, 46 River St., Cooperstown. Info, www. christchurchcooperstown.org CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 4:45 p.m. Carol Sing followed by candlelight worship and pageant. First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, https://www. facebook.com/First-Presbyterian-Church-Cooperstown-NY42793051908/, (607)547-8401. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 6:45 p.m. Includes Living

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STEM Toys Top Sellers This Year, Riverwood, Monkey Barrel Report TOYS/From B1 Kristian House is a big fan of the Zoob Builderz, a ball-and-socket building toy. “They’re like LEGO sets, except you can build and pose and move them,” he said. “I’m a big science geek, so this is so cool.” The kits come in two forms – a basic building set and a “challenge” kit. “The challenge set will have cards telling you to build,

for example, a catapult that will throw a ball through a hoop,” said House. “But it won’t give you the instructions on how to do it. You have to design it yourself.” “These sorts of toys are the next step after LEGO,” said Gibbons. “We call them remote-control LEGO kits.” And there’s even a science twist on family game night. “I really like Dr. Eureka,” said House. “It’s

a logic puzzle; you pour the 24 balls from each of the 12 test tubes into the pattern to match on the card. Some are complicated, others are easy.” But the player can’t just take the balls out – they have to be poured from one test tube to another. The game can be played by all ages, either alone or with up to three other people. Gibbons’ favorite new game is

Slapzi, so much so that visitors to Riverwood are often challenged to try it out on the front counter. “We joke that 80 percent of the population likes this game,” he said. “It’s like a family-friendly Cards Against Humanity.” Each player gets five cards with a picture printed on each side, and the dealer sets down a clue card – “not sold in a hardware store,” for example – and the first person

to slap down a corresponding answer wins the round. First person to get rid of all five cards wins, and it can be played by up to eight people. “It’s a great party game,” said Gibbons. “I like games that require imaginative thought,” said House. “Rather than just a dice to move pieces around.”

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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 7:30 p.m. The Catholic Community of St. Mary, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, stmarysoneonta. org or call (607) 432-3920. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 9:30 p.m. Pre-service concert followed by candlelight service with carols, choir, and communion.. Christ Episcopal Church, 46 River St., Cooperstown. Info, www.christchurchcooperstown. org CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 10 p.m. Candlelight worship with Rev. Elsie A. Rhodes, Pastor. First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, https://www. facebook.com/First-Presbyterian-Church-Cooperstown-NY42793051908/, call (607)5478401. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 10:30 p.m. Service of Carols followed by Festival of Choral Eucharist. St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.stjamesoneonta.org or call (607)432-1458 CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE – 11 p.m. Candlelight service. United Methodist Church of Cooperstown, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, call (607)5479540.

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CHRISTMAS SERVICE – 8:30 a.m. The Catholic Community of St. Mary, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, stmarysoneonta.org or call (607)432-3920 CHRISTMAS SERVICE – 9 a.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 46 River St., Cooperstown. Info, www. christchurchcooperstown.org CHRISTMAS SERVICE – 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist. St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.stjamesoneonta.org or call (607)4321458 CHRISTMAS SERVICE – 10 a.m. First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St., Cooperstown. Info, https:// www.facebook.com/ctownfirstbaptist/ or call (607) 547-9371. CHRISTMAS SERVICE – 10:30 a.m. United Methodist Church of Cooperstown, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607)5479540. CHRISTMAS SERVICE – 10:30 a.m. The Catholic Community of St. Mary, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, stmarysoneonta.org, (607) 432-3920. YU-GI-OH TOURNAMENT – Noon-4 p.m. Serenity Hobbies, 254 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http://serenityhobbies.com/ GAMING EVENT – 1-4 p.m.

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KNITTING GROUP – 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar 3-D PRINTING – 1:30-3 p.m. Make New Year Glasses in this workshop Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St, Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/

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ROPES COURSE TRIP – 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Students must have CSC and shuttle waiver on file. Sign up at Clark Sports Center front desk. See website for height limitations. Wonderworks, Destiny USA, 9090 Destiny USA Dr., Syracuse. Info, http://www. clarksportscenter.com/adventure/schedule-and-rules/index.

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IN MEMORIAM Marion Hill Lawhead, 96; Retired NYSEG Bookkeeper Led Vibrant Life ONEONTA – Marion Lawhead, 96, a NYSEG retiree who lived a vibrant life in Bainbridge, Cooperstown and Oneonta, died on Dec. 12, 2016, at Chestnut Park Nursing Home in Oneonta. Marion Jean Hill was born to Henry and Edith Hill on March 12, 1920, in Bainbridge, and grew up on Pearl Street there with an older brother Bruce and a younger sister Joan. She

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by her son Steve in 1947. Marion became a single mother when Henry left in 1948. Marion Marion was workLawhead ing as a clerk in a feed store when, one day in 1950, she happened to meet a former classmate on the street. The woman was just leaving town and her clerk’s job at New York State Electric & Gas. Marion immediately applied and got the job as the only woman among 50 men at the Jennison Station in Bainbridge. In 1955, NYSEG promoted her to bookkeeper in the Cooperstown office. After marrying Don Lawhead, she transferred in 1968 to Oneonta, where they lived on Bolton Drive. Don died in 1977. Marion retired at age 60 in 1980 after 30 years with NYSEG. Along the way, Marion served as a Cub Scout den mother; she sang as an alto in church choirs in Bainbridge, Cooperstown, Richfield Springs and Oneonta; she bowled for many years on the Richfield Diner team; she golfed at Ryerson’s in Springfield Center; she sent her children to college; she took up painting and studied German; she swam hundreds of miles at the Oneonta YMCA; she travelled to Europe three times; she enjoyed her three grandchildren; she survived cancer twice; she volunteered for many years at The Catskill Area Hospice; she rode her bike and mowed her own lawn into her late 70s. At the age of 83, Marion decided to move into assisted living at the Hampshire House in Oneonta. She sold her home, of course, but she kept her car. For the first few years, she drove some place nearly every day, just because she could. In 2014, when she fell and broke her hip, she moved to Chestnut Park. She never lost her sense of humor. She often said: “Old age ain’t for sissies.” The staff at Chestnut Park fondly remember Marion as a “real pistol.”

Robert Covert, 85; Police Chief’s Dad HARTWICK – Robert Ellis Covert, 85, a retired police officer and father of Cooperstown Police Chief Michael K. Covert, passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at his home on West Hill, after suffering from Alzheimer’s for 10 years. He was born Sept. 19, 1931, at Hackensack Hospital in Hackensack, N.J., A celebration of his life picnic and service will be held May 20, 2017, at his home. Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

John B. Wagner, 86; Home Builder, His Daughter Survives In Oneonta ONEONTA – John B. Wagner, 86, who immigrated from Germany and founded a construction company that bears his name, passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. Local survivors include his daughter, Linda Dillon, and her husband Steve, in Oneonta. He was born on Feb. 16, 1930, in Finsing, Germany, the son of Josef and Frieda (Schwartmuller) Wagner. John married Elisabeth Fakundiny in 1957 in Byram, Conn. She predeceased him in 2007. John came to the U.S. in 1952. He worked as a cabi-

net maker; a trade he learned in Germany. In 1968, he started John Wagner Inc., through which he built homes and conducted other projects, until retiring at the age of 63. He continued helping others well into his 70s. John was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Laurens and the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Mount Kisco. He was an active in the German-American Club in Port Chester. In addition to Linda and Steve and their children Liam, Colin and Adriana, survivors include his son John Wagner and his wife

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