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‘Empty Place At Table’ Designed To Dramatize Domestic Violence that opens Monday, April 3, at SUNY Oneonta’s Fine Arts building.

“These are both tragic favorite scarf. A stories,” said William Rivera, IF YOU GO: Opening teddy bear in a Opportunities for Otsego’s reception, “Empty shadow box. A botCrisis Intervention director.

Place at the Table,” 5:30-7:30 Monday, tle of wine called “Flirt.”

“Their lives have been lost April 3, SUNY Oneonta and their families have been These are the items that Fine Arts Building. represent the lives of Tiaffected due to domestic fanne Wells and Elizabeth violence.”

Welsh Callahan, both victims of domestic “Empty Place at the Table” will be violence, who will be memorialized at centered around a dining room table set “Empty Place at the Table,” an exhibit Please See VIOLENCE, A6

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Mayor Gary Herzig embraces Marie Lusins as she received the Otsego County Chamber’s Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguised Citizen Award at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom/MORE PHOTOS, A3

Roop Verma, Noted Sitarist, Dies Locally

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oop Verma, 86, internationally reknowned sitar player, died Saturday, March 11, in Oneonta, one week after he gave his final concert with the Oneonta Concert Association.

Verma was born Jan. 6, 1931 in Ambala, India. He studied sitar under Maestros Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, two of the greatest masters of Indian Classical Music. He and wife Tracy moved to Oneonta in 1987/ SEE OBITUARY, B6

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PROTECT PRIVACY: Local Women’s March On Washington supporters are planning a workshop to advise activists how protect their privacy on visiting what may be monitored Internet sites. It will be 45:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Ave. HELPING VICTIMS: Community Bank branches are food-pantry drop-off points after the Milford United Methodist Church burned earlier this month.

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OFO’s Will Rivera and Danica Sessions lay place settings for domestic-violence victims who will never arrive, a new exhibit at SUNY Oneonta.

Brooks Bottling Seeks 150,000-Sq.-Foot HQ That savory soy sauce Jason Levigne packages on the line at the bottling plant behind Brooks BBQ requires 150,000 pounds of just one ingredients. Such demands have the company scrambling for shortterm warehousing and, within two year, a new 150,000square-foot building.

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yan Brooks was watching gallon jugs of a special soy sauce being smoothly filled for a national client – customers’ names are closely guarded – in the bottling plant behind Brooks Brooks BBQ east of Oneonta the other day.

“It uses 150,000 pounds a year of one ingredient – one ingredient!” he said, a fact that dramatizes the challenges his Oneonta-landmark company is facing.

Brooks was being interviewed a few days after the Thursday, Oct. 23, monthly Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWNN ONEONTA Please See BROOKS, A7

From Hometown Deli To City Hall Eyeing Campaign, Dan Scanlon Says He Aims To Revive Business In City

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It began when Scanlon asked his daughter Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Emily if she would like to take over his Spruce Mayoral candidate Dan Scanlon makes lunch for, he said, Yoko Ono. Street building when he retired. “She’d rather Please See SCANLON, A6

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tate Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, knows there’s no economic development without energy – and he’s concluded NYSEG is standing in the way.

“I got a call last year from Lutz Feed saying that they wanted to add a new gas-fired corn dryer,” he said. “But when they called NYSEG, they were told that they didn’t have the gas supply available.”

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Fresh from the regional FIRST competition in Troy, the RoboKronos robotics team said goodbye to their founder, Paul Agoglia, front, center, who started the team in 2007. With him is Team 4203, from back left, Numfar Tiapo, Colleen Blacklock, Andrew Morell, Benji Blacklock, Bradley Morell, Richard Searfin, Caleb Casey, Andrew Baker, Meg Naraparaju, Alex Dixon, Will Dent, Matthew Frederick, Ryan Mussaw, Wuinten Bissell-Smith, Adam Agoglia, Chris Lincoln and Devon Loucks. Bottom row: Dave Morell, Ian Ward, Skip Copperwheat, Agoglia, Jane Dent and Charles King.

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ohn Crotts, General Manager of the McDonald’s on Southside, knows that it’s all about service with a smile. “I enjoy my job,� he said. “We have a good time here.�

In March, Crotts was once again given the McDonald’s Outstanding

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Chamber honoree Debra Marcus, Jamie and Caroline Reynolds and Dr. Reggie Knight, Fly Creek, go through the buffet line at the dinner.

Realtor Phil Wright socializes with, from right, Shayla Blasetti, Cait Smith and fellow Benson agent Lance Thomas.

THE BEST of THE BEST Otsego Chamber of Commerce honorees at the Tuesday, March 28, annual Spring Dinner accepting their awards are, front row from right, Al Rubin, NBT Bank Distinguished Business Award of A&D Transportation; Sara Sheeran, Stewardship Award for Otsego Land Trust, Cooperstown, Stewardship; Marie Lusins, Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen Award, and A&D’s David Freed. In center is Deb Marcus, Family Planning of CNY, Quality of Life Award. Behind them, from left, are NBT Regional Executive Jamie Reynolds, and Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan. The dinner was at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom.

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Sarah Patterson, Oneonta, retired NBT Bank vice president, shared a laugh during the social hour with Dan Buttermann of NYCM Insurance.

Bill Stamp, left, Bassett Heathcare vice president/marketing, catches up with Catskill Area Hospice‘s new director, Dan Ayres, former CEO at Tri-Town Hospital.

Anne Marie Lusins heads to the podium to accept the Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen award.

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EDITORIALS

John Sansevere, Patriot, Brings Back Democracy

THE LESSON: GROW SURE-FOOTEDLY, A STEP AT A TIME

Help Brooks BBQ’s Roots Go Deeper

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rooks BBQ’s Ryan Brooks is one intense guy. The other morning, he acknowledged not having slept the night before as he thought through the challenges of the latest nationwide food company that contracted for the services of the Brooks Bottling Co. In an interview, he asserted his company’s mantra: Quality, consistency, dependability. And he shared his sense of responsibility to his employees and his community – the Oneonta landmark restaurant is recognized nationally, a source of much local pride.

And his family: He is carrying forward the tradition of his parents and grandparents, and looking to the future as he launches a house brand, C&A Kitchen.

He hopes his young children, son Carter and daughter Abby, will carry forward.

He is focused. No time for nonsense. He has a vision that has been unbending since taking over the company in 2005. “Like a plant or a tree,” a family enterprise needs to grow organically, surefooted step by surefooted step, he’ll tell you.

pull together – to forge unity by meeting this exciting challenge together.

• After new and eager Otsego Now directors determined – unwisely, for now – to push for radical organizational change, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, met with the Reorganization Committee March 20, and advised a take-it-easy approach, judging from talk about it at the board meeting on the 23rd.

Jobs, the senator counHOMETOWN ONEONTA seled, is what the last four Third-generation Brooks BBQ owner Ryan Brooks, years of experimentation in with wife Beth, is thinking longterm. local economic development • Brooks’ dream come true in has been all about. Let’s The Otsego Now board an Otsego County location. stay the course. That was was assembled by some At first blush, the “shovelmentioned by the directors a political mischief-making. ready site” at the former couple of times.

That can’t be helped now.

Pony Commerce Park seems Certainly. Otsego Now But the directors can still ideal, with access to I-88, has been going through a learn to work together with the Norfolk Southern rail heroic period. And with their able administrators, line and the City of OneonOneonta’s DRI, Schenevus’ and should. ta’s municipal water and 600-job distribution center, Again, Brooks has no sewerage. the D&H yards redeveloptime for nonsense. He Individually, the Otsego ment, it isn’t over yet. Some is focused laser-like on a Now talent is exceptional on the board are pushing for 150,000-square-foot head– the retired J.P. Morgan a fulltime CEO and a less quarters, production line and managing director Bob flexible management model. warehouse for his burgeon- Hanft, the international busi- That’s fine. But not yet. ing bottling business. ness consultant Rick Hulse, “Like a plant or a tree,” Otsego Now has the and a promising new addieverything in good time. executive team – CEO tion, NYCM Vice President Ryan Brooks’ mantra – and Sandy Mathes and COO Cheryl Robinson, among his success – is worth emuElizabeth Horvath – to make others. The goal now is to lating.

To Egyptians, Baseball Original Rite Of Spring Editor’s Note: With the MLB season opening April 2, Wall Street Journal columnist Amanda Foreman took a pass at the game’s origins. (Hint: Not in Cooperstown!)

ball,” began as a fertility ritual performed in spring festivals. It’s believed that the ball represented the head of Osiris, god of the underworld.

Sacred wall paintings in Queen Hatshepsut’s t the temple near dawn of Luxor display civilizasome of the eartion, our ancient liest references ancestors learned to the combined how to write, use of ball and build temples, stick. sail the seas III, They show – and play ball. Thutmose original baseher stepson It will probball player?

King Thutmose ably come as no III (around surprise to base1479-1425 B.C.) ready to ball fans that the Egypbat a ball at two priests. tians placed the game (or their proto-variation of it) The inscription above on a par with life and sex. Thutmose reads: “striking According to Professor the ball for (the goddess) Peter Piccione at Charles- Hathor,” and the one above the priests: “It is ton College, the term the priest who catches it “seker-he-mat,” often for him.” translated as “batting the

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To the Editor: In a recent Letter to the Editor, Dr. Mary Jane Whelan faults Congressman John Faso for his attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as ObamaCare.

Because the process would have involved several phases, she characterized his support “as buying a-pig-in-a-poke.” She listed her perceptions of the replacement’s flaws – higher insurance premiums, a bias towards the affluent, capped block grants, etc.). She ended her letter with paean of praise for “Entitlements.”

Eight years ago Congress was presented with the 2,700-page ObamaCare legislation. Then-

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Whatever the outcome, I feel good and encouraged – a rarity today – that a knowledgeable and rational person has spoken out and explained without personal gain. Thank you, Bill!

MAY-BRITT JOYCE Cooperstown

Faso Ducking Public; Don’t Make Excuses To the Editor: With some amusement, I read your satirical editorial advice to Congressman Faso: “Why don’t you organize a Town Hall meeting so I can bring 200 of my friends to shout at you ?”

Until I read the rest of the editorial and realized you were complimenting Faso on not having any public town hall meetings. Ostensibly out of fear that people might show up. And they might not approve of what Faso is doing – or not doing, as the representative of the people in his district.

Would not indulge Faso’s manifest cowardice on this matter. He can manage that all by himself. In the words of Governor Chris Christie, “I understand why members of Congress don’t like it,” he said of the town halls. “But you know what? You asked for the job. Go do it.”

And don’t make excuses for elected officials that duck the public.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi famously advised her colleagues, “You have to pass it (the bill) in order to find what’s in it.” 20,000 pages of regulation followed. Talk about buying a pig-in-a-poke!

And what a pig ACA turned out to be!

With ever-rising insurance premiums and deductibles, crippling regulations and strictures, its unpopularity with the young, the individual insurance market in a death spiral, and so many other problems, ObamaCare became the catalyst for eight years of anemic recovery. It spawned the abysmal less-than-2-percent annual GDP that was passed off Please See DOWNEY, A5

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Bassett Health Care. He is speaking out as a person in the know – who could understand better? – on the dangers of the proposed health (I leave off the word “care”) bill to individual citizens, our regional health care centers and our state.

Pig-In-A-Poke? We’re Living With One Called ObamaCare

Jim Kevlin

LETTERS

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ohn Sansevere is a were elated. Of course: patriot.

They overcame a challenge.

For the second time That’s elating. And the act in past three Cooperstown of campaigning – though Village Board elections, limited pretty much to the Republican challenged participating in a League the Democratic of Women Voters’ bloc that has been forum – required a dominant since the renewed commitsweep of 2012. ment.

In 2015, he won Few can regret 131 votes. This that Tillapaugh and year in the March Allstadt kept their 21 election, he seats. (Although took 104 votes.

Sansevere had a No matter. In point: there prob2015, his chalably IS too much Sansevere lenge brought village government.)

284 villagers to Both incumbents the polls, compared to 94 have been excellent trustthe year before. This year, ees. Citizens can anticipate as an independent, he did continuing improvements even better, bringing 393, to village parks (her prime best in five years. Because focus) and upgrades to 22 of Sansevere, democracy Main (his prime focus). lives. (In the U.S., you can’t Still, in a village that be “America’s Most Perfect fondly looks back to the Village” without contested days of the Unity Ticket elections, eh?) (the old boys of each party There’s another benefit. swapped the mayoralty back Election Night, Ellen Tiland forth for years leading lapaugh Kuch led the ticket, up to 1978), the usefulness with 318 votes. Lou Allstadt of a campaign in raising garnered 285. Both were voter participation and canelated. “These days, you didate commitment has been never know,” said Allstadt’s reaffirmed. wife, Melinda Hardin, obCongratulations, John served, channeling the Nov. Sansevere. And, again, well 8 surprise while waiting for done! Perhaps others will be the returns at the fire hall. inspired to accept the chalWhen the returns were lenge in next March’s village in, both winning candidates contests.

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Tax Levy Stable, But Check Your Bill

e must say, when we read about the Village of Cooperstown’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, it seems the mayor has managed to realize that there is a difference between an increase in the village tax levy and a possible increase in an individual property owner’s village taxes.

As we have pointed out in the past, although avoiding a tax levy increase is no doubt a good thing, it does not automatically mean there will be no increases, or possibly decreases, in individual property tax bills.

Thus, while each year it is appreci-

ated when the village tax levy does not see an increase, it nonetheless guarantees nothing when it comes to the actual property tax bills. And we will CATHERINE not know what LAKE our taxes might be ELLSWORTH until such time as the tax bills make an appearance in mail boxes about the village.

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We were not only surprised, but quite pleased, to have gotten some response to our musing about the county poorhouse/farm debate. One of our regular readers shared the following information in an email which read: “In many rural counties in Upstate New York, the poor/homeless lived at an institutional farm called the county farm or county home or both. The interesting thing about these institutions is that the residents had an active life there. They got outdoors, performed chores and earned a little drinking money for the weekend. The farm ...

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

150 Years Ago

Apportionment of School Moneys for Teachers’ Wages in the Town of Oneonta for March 1867: District #1: $51.34; #2 $43.07; #3: $88.63; #4: $74.59; #5: $188.11; #6: $85.64; #7: $15; #8: $47.17; #9: $82.29; #10: $51.42; #11: $47.76; #12: $59.21; #13: $48.54; #14: $67.57; #15: $3.81. Total for Teachers’ Wages: $952.09 Total Amount for School Libraries: $36.05 J. Cope, Supervisor.

March 1867

20 YEARS AGO

Brown of the Tri-County Motor Club. The course was jointly sponsored by the club, the Oneonta Board of Education and the American Automobile Association. Oneonta was one of the pioneers in teaching driver education courses for students, Principal Charles A. Belden said. The course, also established in 1938, was probably the first in the state to employ dual control cars and specially trained teachers.

In 1938, with H.O. Carlton teaching the course, 16 students learned to drive during the first semester and 24 more in the second term.

March 1957

125 Years Ago

The Local News – Charles Carroll was arrested Sunday for a brutal assault upon his wife, a hard- working and estimable woman. Monday, he was tried before Justice Hoye and sentenced to the Albany penitentiary. The sentence was a just one and is applauded by all who are conversant with the facts.

There was great excitement in town Friday night caused by the report that a resident of Davenport had been run over by the flyer while walking on the track east of Oneonta.

Several persons started out in quest of the dead man and after diligent search came back indignant, fully realizing they had been duped.

F.E. Rockefeller of this place (Worcester) has formed a partnership with G.M. Nichols of Oneonta, a former eastern chair manufacturer and the inventor of the Nichols Rotarybase Rocker, for the manufacture of chairs in this place. The firm will be known as the Nichols Chair Co. and will soon commence manufacturing.

Tomorrow is April 1, for centuries known as All Fools day and on that day, no doubt, the lads of Oneonta will, on mischief bent, perpetrate the usual sort of jokes and gullible citizens will be sent, with air sincere, on the most absurd and impossible errands.

March 1892

100 Years Ago

Two colored laborers, members of a gang of 100 and more, recently brought north from New Orleans to be employed in track work by the D. & H. arriving at Cooperstown Junction Thursday night, where the gang members are being housed in remodeled freight car quarters, were hit by westbound passenger train 304 due in Oneonta at 12:40 yesterday noon. One of them, Charles Spiere, was killed outright. The other, Joseph Phillips, was so severely injured that he died about twenty minutes after reaching Fox Memorial Hospi-

Poorhouse Brought Feedback COLUMN/From A4 raised a wide variety of livestock, feed, vegetables and fruit. Processing took place on site with butchering, freezing, canning, churning and sugaring. Power, fuel and certain staples like flour were purchased, but the operation was otherwise selfsufficient. Residents (not all but many capable ones) took part and were glad to do so.”

As we read this explanation we were struck with the fact that it is much in keeping with the manner in which our late husband, the he-we, described what he always referred to as the county farm.

Thus we were delighted to learn that someone else had much the same thoughts about the county farm as we do.

• We also discovered that Sherlee Rathbone of Fly Creek has done a fair amount of research on this topic.

She told us that, based on theory and institutionalization of the poor in England, a law was passed by New York State in 1824. This law mandated that counties in New York “...purchase of one or more tracts of land, not exceeding the quantity of two hundred acres, and thereon build and erect, for the accommodation, employment and use of the said county, one or more suitable buildings, to be denominated the poor house of the county of _______...”

Sherlee believes from her research that the Otsego County Poorhouse was always a working farm where those who were able were required to work on the farm, with the animals, in the kitchen, as well as sew as needed. However, she does

not think it was referred to as a “farm” until the 1920s or ’30s. This would seem to be in keeping with what we learned about the Otsego County Poorhouse on the website http://www.poorhousestory.com/new_york_ poorhouses.htm.

• According to an 1857 investigation of the Otsego County Poorhouse, “This house is located near Cooperstown, and consists of several buildings of stone...

The farm connected consists of 153 acres, and yields an annual revenue of $1,400.

The number of inmates was 86 – 44 males and 42 females, of whom 79 were native and seven foreign born, including 16 children...The sexes are partially separated by day, complete at night, and are all under the care of one keeper and his wife, who have charge of the family and the farm, assisted by the paupers.” And although the entire 1857 report is too lengthy to include here, it is very informative as it gives some interesting insight in to not only how the poor, but also the insane, were treated then.

Obviously, as the county governments moved away from poorhouses, replacing them with other forms of welfare, the county poorhouse transitioned over the years until it became Otsego Manor with its focus being a skilled nursing facility. And we have to wonder, when was it along the way, that the 1824 law was replaced with yet another law, or laws, that has eventually led to most counties in New York State divesting themselves not only of their poorhouses but also of their nursing homes.

40 Years Ago

Growing use of the services offered by Planned Parenthood of Otsego and Delaware Counties over the last five years has made expansion of spaces necessary. The program in Oneonta started in rooms at Fox Hospital. Planned Parenthood later moved to Market Street and it was not long before clients waited patiently amid informational mateMarch 1997 rial, equipment, and other clients in crowded conditions.

The building expansion now in its final phases includes a tal in this city. Spiere has a wife, supposed to live in New second story and a first floor extension on the Market Street Orleans and Phillips, it is understood, was unmarried. They building. The building, courtesy of Landlord L.P. Butts, were both about 30 years of age. Both bodies are at the Mcwill provide larger and more comfortable surroundings Crum undertaking establishment.

March 1917 for Planned Parenthood clients and better space for staff members. March 28 to April 1 has been designated Family Planning Week by the Oneonta Common Council. The annual fund drive for Planned Parenthood has been launched Reapportionment – That the legislature has failed for with a goal of $10,000. Fund drive chair Rev. Gary Doupe seven years to make the reapportionment of Senate and of Oneonta explained that Planned Parenthood is almost Assembly Districts required under the Constitution is a sad totally dependent on monies from the state and federal reflection upon that branch of state government and is but governments for operating expenses. Those working in the another example of the political considerations which often Planned Parenthood program are hoping to demonstrate the block essential work in the Legislature. Unfortunately, the community’s concern for Planned Parenthood’s services. constitutional method of districting the state lends itself to March 1977 political machinations, and the two major parties have been able to justify themselves to some extent and the issue has not been stressed as it might have been.

Purity balls are dress-up affairs during which fathers and March 1937 daughters profess their allegiance to sexual purity, an inevitable off-spring of a permissive culture that at times seems more predatory than liberating. Now in their seventh year, The 25th anniversary of the Tri-County Motor Club and purity balls were the brainchild of Pastor Randy Wilson and the 19th anniversary of the first course for driver training his wife, Lisa, who run the Generations of Light ministry in instructors in the state will be feted at the annual Driver Colorado Springs. “We wanted to set a standard of dignity Education Seminar at Oneonta State Teachers College on and honor for the way the girls should be treated by the men Tuesday. In 1938, the first training course for instructors in their lives,” Lisa says. was held at Oneonta High School according to Howard March 2007

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LETTERS

Will Claudia Tenney Adopt John Faso Orphans?

To the Editor: Your were apparently impressed

by John Faso’s recent telephone town hall, but I’d like to add my experience to the many recent complaints about Congressman Faso’s inaccessibility to his constituents.

A few months ago I reported to Congressman Faso’s office (by telephone) that when I tried to e-mail him through the regular “e-mail me” protocol on his official web site, the House e-mail system did not recognize my address as lying within his district, which it does in fact, like all of Otsego County. It would not accept my communication.

This probably means not only that

I cannot e-mail him but that none of his constituents in Schuyler Lake can e-mail him either, at a moment when crucial legislative issues such as ACA repeal are being decided.

I’m guessing that Kinderhook residents do not have this problem.

One wonders what other corners of his district have been disenfranchised in this way, so to speak, or how many other Congressional districts are similarly affected.

This problem still has not been corrected two months after I reported it to a very nice woman named Courtney in his Washington office.

No one in his Delhi office seems to be there during working hours.

Faso ran against Zephyr Teachout on the platform that she was an outsider who doesn’t know the district; it appears that he does not know his own district either.

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Business Agenda Driving Deli Owner To Seek Post SCANLON/From A1 see me sell it,” she said.

“She’s picking up the vibe here. You drive down Main Street, and there’s no activity.”

Scanlon bought Hometown Deli for nine years from Bob Wood, who then was elected Oneonta town supervisor. Scanlon aims to run for the city’s top job as an independent, perhaps with the Republican endorsement. “I want people to know where I stand,” he said. “I’m not a politician. I never have been. I’m a leader, and people want someone they can follow.”

Asked if he intends to run again, incumbent mayor Gary Herzig said he’s not ready to announce. “Campaigning is not my priority right now,” he said. “My priority right now is the dayto-day operation of the city.”

Scanlon’s primary focus is on bringing business downtown. “We don’t need any more not-for-profits,” he said. “We need businesses with skin in the game. Some of these stores, they get grants from the city, they buy a little shop in a Peter Clark building and four months later, they’re gone.

We want someone who’s tied to the community.”

Reflecting on Brewery Ommegang’s recent Snommegang beer fest, he asked: “There were 2,000 people there. “Why are they only there for that one event?

Why aren’t they downtown all the time?”

He also wants to strengthen the relationships between the colleges and the downtown. “We’re a college town, run by college kids,” he said.

“But why are they being shipped over on our buses to Southside? These students are our guests, and we don’t do anything to attract them downtown.”

As mayor, Scanlon says he would take a hands-on approach. “I promise I will go into each store,” he said.

“I will do whatever I have to do to get people in there – all they have to do is bring their A-game to keep them coming back!”

In addition to economic growth, he wants to focus on infrastructure projects.

“I’m tired of my wife driving through every pothole in Oneonta!” he said. “There’s a lot of work to be done.”

He also decried hiring outside firms to inform the mayor and Common Council. “I don’t need consultants,” he said. “Thank God there’s the Internet. I think the mayor should call up other mayors and see what’s working in their cities.

People love to talk!”

A native of Laurens, Scanlon worked as vice president of operations for the Red Barrel convenience stores for 29 years before buying Hometown Deli in 2008.

He and his wife, Nan, have three adult daughters, Alisha and Erin, in addition to Emily.

And though he has not yet filed the paperwork, he says he is committed to following through in his bid to become Oneonta’s mayor.

“Everyone likes to complain,” he said. “But I’m committed to this. I really care. I don’t take no for an answer, I never have and I never will.”

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VIOLENCE/From A1 with personal effects donated by Tiffane and Elizabeth’s families. The table will be surrounded by empty chairs to symbolize lives lost to domestic violence, with additional place settings to honor victims visitors do not know, but wish to honor.

Wells, 44, died March 7, 2015, in a murder-suicide committed by her boyfriend, Larry Jones, 51, the manager at the Holiday Inn on Southside. Following an argument outside their home in Emmons, he shot her twice, once in the back and once in the head, before turning the gun on himself.

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nia. Though the death was originally ruled an accident, last June, District Attorney John Muehl filed murder charges against Callahan.

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The “Empty Place at the Table” exhibit originated at a women’s shelter in Scranton, Pa., as a way of dramatizing domestic violence cases. “As a community we need to focus on ways we can prevent this from happening in the future,” said Rivera.

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Otsego County May Be Competing To Keep Brooks’ Bottling Here BROOKS/From A1 meeting of Otsego Now’s Board of Directors, where Bob Harlem, representing the Otsego County Development Corp., reported Ryan’s company is going to need 150,000 square feet for production and storage, and is considering possibilities in Cobleskill and Albany for the expansion.

“That would be a terrible loss to this area,” said Harlem, accompanied by fellow OCDC members NBT Bank vice president Jamie Reynolds and Jim Jordan, the Richfield Springs architect.

The Otsego Now board agreed that CEO Sandy Mathes, COO Elizabeth Horvath and board member Craig Gelbsman should meet with Brooks shortly to

determine how his expansion can be accommodated locally. Mathes pointed out the “shovel-ready site” in the Pony Farm Commerce Park can handle a building of that size, with space left over for future expansions.

“You could be in the ground in 30 days,” Mathes said.

In an interview on this side of a plexi-glass wall from the bottling line, Brooks said he’s been shown an attractive option in Cobleskill – no contact with Albany has yet occurred – but there’s time for the local development group to get involved. For now, the company is likely to use part of the former Northern Eagle Beverage warehouse on Railroad Avenue for storage.

He has a pretty good idea of what he needs and wants, but still needs to have the plans drawn up. Two year ago, he had a five-year plan, but his business’s growth is shortening that time line, he said.

In describing what Brooks Bottling needs in a site, the Pony Farm site seemed to align: One, access to an Interstate – in this case, I-88. Two, railroad access – Mathes, coincidentally, walked the former D&H yards last week with Phil Fontana, Norfolk Southern’s industrial development manager for the region. The closing on Otsego Now’s acquisition of the railyards is expected in the next few days.

Three, Brooks said, is

water and sewerage: The company ended up spending $1 million on a wastewater treatment plant on its current site after the city and town couldn’t agree to extend the sewer line east from the city line.

The “shovel-ready site” is already served by city water and sewer services, according to Horvath.

Brooks said that, since 2005, when he joined his family’s company – he is third-generation – he recognized the future was in bottling but, “like a plant or a tree,” he believed the company needed to grow its capacity organically. The first bottling line, opened in 2008, had an 80-gallon kettle. Brooks anticipated

he’d never need more than a 150-gallon kettle; today, the bottling plant uses two 500gallon kettles.

Because food bottling is tied up with health, quality, consistency and dependability are essential, and Brooks BBQ’s reputation became known, it brought in customers faster than Ryan anticipated. He joined the Association for Dressings & Sauces, an industry group with international membership – he now serves on its Technical Committee – which also raised the company’s visibility.

The original plant filled 22 bottles per minute – 1,440 an hour. The new plant, which opened in 2014, fills 90 standard

bottles a minute – 5,400 an hour. Still, “we outgrew the expansion before we moved in.”

As the bottler began to attract national companies – it now has four; “products you see every time you go to the supermarket” – the need for expansion was soon clear. For one customer, the Brooks plant can bottle 1,000 gallons from kettle to pallet in 50 minutes.

Since opening the bottling company, Brooks has seen his workforce grow from 110 to 135. He is currently adding a second shift and hiring another 15 workers on the line. He anticipates that the new warehouse and bottling line will create another 45 jobs.

Seward Leads 9-County Coalition To Make NYSEG More Responsive NYSEG/From A1 On Tuesday, March 28, Seward, partnering with Otsego Now, announced the formation of a nine-county coalition to challenge NYSEG shortcomings – its aging infrastructure, energy shortages and weak electrical grid.

The nine signed an MOU – a memorandum of understanding – to work together force NYSEG (formerly New York State Electric & Gas) to serve its customers.

“NYSEG has a franchise here, and they don’t have the infrastructure in place to add one new piece of equipment,” said Seward.

“We’re here fighting for growth, but to accommodate, we need a reliable source of natural gas and electricity.”

A year ago, Otsego Now CEO

Sandy Mathes raised the issue of interruptible power: With 24-hour notice, usually during cold snaps, NYSEG can tell SUNY Oneonta, Fox Hospital and Seward other large power users to switch to more expensive, dirtier fuel oil.

“It’s a huge stumbling block to growth and attracting new businesses,” he repeated. “It’s becoming more frequent, and it’s unacceptable.”

And as he toured the region, Mathes realized that other counties are experiencing the same issues. “I heard horror stories,” he said. “We have nine agencies

who signed the memorandum, but there were plenty of others who didn’t because they were afraid of retribution.”

The coalition, which includes economic development agencies from Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Schoharie, Sullivan and Tioga counties, sent the MOU to the Public Service Commission, outlining six goals NYSEG must achieve.

“They need to be able to provide significant power to our business parks,” said Mathes. “We want to see them invest in new infrastructure and evaluate their master plan. They have a monopoly here, and they have a legal obligation to provide power. If they can’t serve us, they need to let other private companies come in.”

Complaints are not exclusive to big users.

In Cooperstown, Village Trustee Lou Allstadt has expressed frustration with NYSEG over the village’s attempt to convert from vapor to LED streetlights.

“They’ve been dragging their feet for two years,” he said. “And they want to charge us a higher tariff on the LED bulbs than they do for the vapor bulbs.”

Currently, NYSEG’s tariff on the village’s streetlights is $7.79 a month. With the LED lights, NYSEG has proposed a tariff of $8.38 a month. “They cost a little more to put in, but there’s lower maintenance and they last 10-20 years,” said Allstadt. “The posts have long paid off. It’s an absurd request to gouge us for more money.”

Allstadt alleges that NYSEG also hasn’t been forthcoming about updating regulation for solar projects. “To put it politely,” he said. “NYSEG is my least-favorite utility.”

“They need to do a complete energy master plan,” said Mathes.

“But right now, they’re stymied in their efforts.”

With the Memorandum sent, Mathes and Seward are now hoping to set up the coalition to meet with the Public Service Commission. “We need to enlist their aid to get NYSEG to commit to economic development and improving infrastructure,” said Seward.

“Hopefully, the commission will take us seriously so that we can begin to engage these conversations.”

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►FENIMORE ART MUSEUM opens for season 10-5 Saturday, April 1

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OLDEN SUMMER AT THE FENIMORE

Fenimore Art Museum President Paul D’Ambrosio reverently holds one of Dick Button’s Olympic Gold Medals, part of this summer’s “The Art of Figure Skating Through the Ages,” which opens this Saturday, April 1.

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Christ Church Parish Hall, Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, http://cooperstownchamber.org/calendar-of-events/ #!event/2017/4/1/empty-bowls. To volunteer or donate call (607) 547-2627.

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And he doesn’t intend to this Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, and JoJo summer at The Fenimore Starbuck are expected at the “Fenimore On Ice” Weekend, July 14-15 weekend, Art Museum, which is including the annual gala. hosting a never-beforeseen exhibit, “The Art of And Button, the twice Olympic Gold Figure Skating through the Ages: medalist (1948 and 1952) and the The Dick Button Collection.” voice of his sport in almost seven Last summer’s gate at the decades since, is determined to top Fenimore was up 20 percent – paid that – to create the gold season, if patrons, up 40 percent – a record.

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April 1 - Dec. 31 ►Edward S. Curtis Among the Kwakiutl ►Hamilton’s Final Act ►The Art of Figure Skating through the Ages: The Dick Button Collection ►Between Observation and Imagination: Paintings by Tracy Helgeson

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HAWKEYE REVIEW: Cooperstown Central students and guest faculty members perform “Songs from Shows We Won’t Do,” 7 p.m. Saturday evening, April 1, and 2 p.m., Sunday, April 2 in the High School Auditorium. $10 adults, $5 children suggested donation.

ROCK MUSICAL SHOWCASE: The Apollo Music Club performs favorite rock musical hits from shows like Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, more.

Performance 8 p.m., Saturday, April 1 ($5) with an 8 p.m. open dress rehearsal Friday, March 31 at the Goodrich Theatre, SUNY Oneonta.

SOUTH AFRICAN BANQUET: The Mali Education Project annual buffet fundraiser 6-9 p.m., Saturday April 1, Chapin Memorial Chapel (12 Ford Ave., Oneonta) features South African cuisine with the inspiring documentary, “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai,” Kenya’s 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner. $15 adults, $10 children over 5. Vegetarian, gluten free options.

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FAMILY NIGHT – 6:45-8:30 p.m. Splash around with hoops in the large pool. Admission, Free, members, $5 public, $18 family. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, http://www. oneontaymca.org/ THEATER – 8 p.m. “Driving Miss Daisy,” by Alfred Uhry.

Presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions. Foothills Performing Arts Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Tickets, (607) 432-5407 or at the Green Toad Bookstore.

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4 or visit http://www.otsegosoilandwater.com/ FENIMORE OPENING – The Fenimore Art Museum opens for the season. http://www. fenimoreartmuseum.org/ PANCAKES – 8 a.m.-Noon. Enjoy pancakes, sausage, juice and real maple syrup for breakfast.

Cost, $8 adult, $5 children, free to children 2 and under. Oneonta Community Christian School Cafeteria, 158 River St., Oneonta.

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PANCAKES – 8 a.m.-noon. Open to the public. Includes choice of blueberry, chocolate chip, or buttermilk pancakes with sausage and applesauce. Cost $8, free to children under 5. Vets Club, 60 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8282.

BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m.

Cooperstown residents should place their clean, returnable bottles & cans on the curb or visible from the street. Support Cooperstown Boy Scout Troop 1254. Info/large pick-ups, call Bruce, (607) 267-6730.

SPRING CRAFT SHOW – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Come find unique items for gifts from the many vendors. Includes drawings for door prizes and a basket raffle.

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HOT MEAL PROGRAM – 11 a.m.-1 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://www. firstumc-oneonta.org/ EMPTY BOWLS – Noon-2 p.m. Serving homemade soup in your choice of bowl crafted and donated by local potters.

Cost, $15 to benefit the local food pantry. Christ Church Parish Hall on Fair St., Cooperstown.

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To volunteer or donate call (607)547-2627 DRAWING WORKSHOP – 1-4 p.m. Begin your “Journey into Drawing” with Friend of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego counties. Materials are free. All skill levels welcome. Registration preferred. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www. friendsofrecoverydo.org/events SELF AWARENESS WORKSHOP – 1:30 p.m. Three-hour interactive workshop for anyone in any kind of transition. Gain the tools for self-empowerment through guided portrait making. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, http://www. greenearthoneonta.com/ WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 p.m.

Poet, speed writer, novelist, or short story writer. Come practice your writing in the format of NaNoWriMo at your pace. Share

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Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/hml-writers-group/ POETRY – 2-4 p.m. Kick off National Poetry Month with a reading by Poet Dr. Craig Ciaran Lennon from his publication “My Beautiful Ruins.” The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Info, https://www. facebook.com/TheGreenToadBookstore/ BROOKS BBQ DINNER – 4-6:30 p.m. Rib dinner $13, Chicken dinner $10, Children’s chicken dinner $7. Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church St., Richfield Springs. Info, Teena Shypski, (315) 858-0126.

FOR-DO BOOK CLUB – 4-7 p.m. Feel like you don’t read enough, come to this book club. The group votes on the book to be read. At The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. org/events SOUTH AFRICAN BANQUET – 6-9 p.m. Mali Education project presents South African benefit bazaar, dinner and documentary film “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai,” about the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya and winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Tickets, $15 adults, $10 children over 5.

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Trophies and cash prizes available. New York Pizzeria, 75 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, http://susquehannaanimalshelter.org/category/events/ JAZZ CONCERT – 7 p.m. The Bainbridge-Guilford Blues Jazz Band hold a joint concert with The Fabulous Moonlighters.

Bainbridge Town Hall Theater, 15 North Main St., Bainbridge. Info, call (607)288-3882 HAWKEYE REVUE – 7 p.m.

CCS Students and guest faculty members perform musical numbers. This year’s theme is “Songs from Shows We Won’t Do.” Each performance will be accompanied by a large student orchestra with a few professionals. Open to the public. Suggested donation, $10 adult, $5 children.

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SPRING CRAFT SHOW – 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Unique items for gifts from the many vendors. Includes drawings for door prizes and a basket raffle. FoxCare Center, 1 FoxCare Drive, Oneonta.

VIOLIN RECITAL – 1 p.m. Performance by Imad Rajib Altaha with free will offering to benefit the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees. Mr. Altaha received his Bachelor of Music Arts from Bagdad University in 1994 and has played the violin for 30 years. Includes light refreshments, open to the public.

First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, call 547-8401 AUTISM AWARENESS DAY – 1-4 p.m. Learn about autism in our area, what services are available to affected individuals, and what you can do to support them. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

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CCS Students and guest faculty members perform musical numbers. This years theme is “Songs from Shows We Won’t Do.” Each performance will be accompanied by a large student orchestra with a few professionals. Open to the public. Suggested donation, $10 adult, $5 children.

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First, there’s the exhibit itself, which opens April 1, dozens of artworks, from 17th century Dutch oil paintings to 20th century sculpture, plus costumes, photos, posters and antique skates.

Then, there’s a not-to-be believed weekend in mid-

Each winter, the Fenimore organizes a cocktail party in New York City for its patrons. A half-dozen years ago, a new venue was needed, and Dick Button, long associated with the museum, was asked to host the event in his Park Avenue apartment.

“Dick immediately said ‘yes’,” said D’Ambrosio, and turned out to be a very welcoming host, “the nicest guy.”

Entering the apartment, the museum president (and chief curator) was struck immediately by a giant skate in the foyer – adapted from an A 1,000-year-old skate in the exhibit is built on a stone antique skate-shop sign. (It’s in this runner. summer’s exhibit.)

D’Ambrosio soon learned July, beginning Friday the – and saw – that the for14th with “Art on Ice,” the mer Olympian had colFenimore’s annual gala, lected hundred of paintings, which will feature Button sculptures, photos, posters and fellow Olympians Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill and other skating-related memorabilia over his years and JoJo Starbuck among the guests. Performers from associated with the sport.

It turns out that, as a Ice Dance International will young man, Button would entertain throughout the stop by art galleries and ask, evening – at the height of summer – on a rink of Glice “Do you have any skating paintings?”

– artificial ice.

Invariably, the owner The next day, Button and would say no. his star cast will participate Then Button would ask, in Fenimore on Ice, includ“Do you have any winter ing figure-staking demonstrations and a panel discus- scenes?”

They often did, and sion with the Olympians. frequently the scenes would “We’re anticipating include skaters. a lot more,” said Paul Many of those paintings, D’Ambrosio, Fenimore president. “This is going to lithographs and other images collected over a halfbe a summer to remember.”

Paul D’Ambrosio examines an oil by the 19th century French artist Rene Gignoux, one example where Dick Button asked to see a winter scene, and discovered skating among the other activities.

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century will be on display that opens in the next few says. For instance, one by the 19th century French painter, Régis Gignoux, a landscape – the terrain looks a little like parts of Otsego County – with skaters in the lower left.

There’s a 17th century Dutch landscape, showing a handful of skaters outside a tall castle wall, encircled by spectators.

Another, from the late 19th century, shows the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, with the famous waterworks in the background.

Skating had become very

popular, D’Ambrosio said.

“It was perfectly respectable,” he said. “And still, you could dance, flirt, seen and be seen – it was the perfect sport for the Victorian era. It took off like wildfire.”

One of the most recognizable is a colorful and energy-filled Currier & Ives lithograph of skating in Central Park.

The paintings are only part of what Dick Button’s collection offers. A few steps away is a collection of skates from centuries past, including one from Norway, 1,000 years old. The blade

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Fashion is another aspect of the exhibit – costumes worn by Fleming, Hamill, Starbuck and others in their moments of triumph are on display among the works of art and artifacts.

Born in 1929 and raised in Englewood, N.J., Dick Button began training seriously at age 12 in New York City and, during summers, in Lake Placid, according to his Wikipedia entry.

In 1944, he won the Eastern States Novice Championship junior title, qualifying for the National Novice event, which he then won.

Over the next eight years, he dominated the skating world, winning three North American championships, eight World Championships, and claiming Gold Medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics – still the youngest man to do so.

By the time he left skating to enter Harvard Law School in 1952, he had a number of “firsts” to his name: to land a double axel, to land a triple jump, and to invent the flying camel spin.

He joined the Ice Capades during his Harvard vacations and toured with Holiday on Ice and, while admitted to the Washington D.C. bar, he acted (in “The Bad News Bears Go To Japan,” among others movies) and produced made-for-TV sporting events and Dorothy Hamill specials for HBO. When the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame opened in 1976, he was in the inaugural class.

For decades, he was perhaps best known to the public as an expert commentator for CBS and ABC for national and world skating championships and Olympic Games until recent years.

The exhibit’s novelty won it a $120,400 award in Governor Cuomo’s 2016 regional economic development awards – the CFAs – for promotion, particularly to the many skating clubs in Upstate New York and Southern Ontario, an untapped market segment.

“They all know Dick Button as dean of the sport and a father figure,” said D’Ambrosio.

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A Peggy Fleming costume from her heyday as a competitive skater is among offerings from Dick Button’s collection at The Fenimore this summer.

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he venerable Fenimore House of yore reopens April 1 for its 2017 season with a new official name and new logo to match it.

Stephen Carlton Clark, Jane Forbes Clark’s grandfather, attracted The New York State Historical Association from Ticonderoga in 1939 and built the neo-Georgian building on Otsego Lake as its headquarter and museum that displayed his extensive collection of American art on rural themes.

Particularly since the addition of the Thaw Collection of Native American Art in 1996, The Fenimore Art Museum began to move beyond the NYSHA title – to some, it’s become confusing, said the organization’s president, Paul D’Ambrosio.

Over the past year, that led to a rewriting of the organization’s charter toward “cultural enrichment,” he said. The NYSHA board

approved the revised charter in November, and the state Board of Regents affirmed the change at its March 13 meeting.

Meanwhile, the organization had contracted with Paperkite Creative of Cooperstown to design a new logo, and a san serif “Fenimore Art Museum” – with “more” graphically emphasized – was unveiled on March 2.

The organization controls rights to the NYSHA name, continues to operate the research library, and will continue to host New York State History Day annually.

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20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-2788-017. m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The existing Colliersville Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) a 200-footlong, 35 foot-high reinforced-concrete Ambursen-type dam; (2) a 364acre reservoir (Goodyear Lake) with a gross storage capacity of 7,800 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 1,150.22 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (3) a 550-foot-long reinforced concrete power canal, approximately 50 feet wide and 6 feet deep at the head gates, extending from a head gate structure adjacent to the dam (i.e., the intake) to the powerhouse; (4) a 103-foot-long by 33-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse with trash racks with a clear spacing of 1.5 inches, and containing two turbines rated at 850 horsepower (HP) and 1150 HP, and two generators having a rated capacity of 650 kilowatts (kW) and 850 kW, respectively; (5) a 300-foot-long and approximately 50 to 60-footwide tailrace; (6) approximately 80-foot-long, 4.16kilovolt underground generator leads or transmission lines from the powerhouse to an adjacent substation owned by the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.

Goodyear Lake Hydro operates the project in a run-of-river mode.

The project experiences substantial seasonal and annual variations in generation, and generates an annual average of 5,985 megawatt-hours.

Goodyear Lake Hydro proposes to continue to operate the project in runof-river mode. o. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s website at http:// www.ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the

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address in item h above.

You may also register online at http://www. ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription. asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects.

For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule.

Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) April 2017 Request Additional Information April 2017 Issue Acceptance Letter July 2017 Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments July 2017 Request Additional Information (if necessary)

September 2017 Issue Scoping Document 2 November 2017 Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis December 2017 Commission issues EA or draft EA June 2018 Comments on EA or draft EA July 2018 Commission issues final EA October 2018 Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.

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Notice of formation of HIGH PEAKS BREWING COMPANY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on March 21, 2017. 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

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upon him/her to: The LLC, P.O. Box 827, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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NOTICE OF A 30-DAY PERIOD FOR PUBLIC REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NO. 3 & AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NO. 8 NOTICE that the eight-year review of Agricultural District No. 3 within the Towns of Springfield, Cherry Valley, Otsego, Middlefield, and the villages within the towns, and consisting of approximately 64,423 acres in the agricultural district, and the eight-year review of Agricultural District No. 8 within the Towns of Morris, Butternuts, Unadilla, Otego, the villages within the towns, and consisting of approximately 35,453 acres in the agricultural district, will commence with a 30-day public review period beginning April 6, 2017 pursuant to Article 25-AA of the Agriculture and Markets Law. Maps of Agricultural District Nos. 3 and 8 are on file and available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Otsego County Planning Department, Meadows Building, 140 County Route 33W, Cooperstown, New York.

During this 30-day review period any municipality whose territory encompasses the above agricultural district, any state agency or any landowner within or adjacent to the district may propose a modification of the district. Parcels may only be removed from the agricultural district during the eight-year review period.

Any proposed modification must be filed with the Clerk of the County Legislative Body within the thirty (30) days specified.

At the termination of the thirty (30) day period the district and proposed modifications will be submitted to the Otsego County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, and that thereafter a public hearing will be held on the district, proposed modifications and recommendations

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of said board.

Dated: March 30, 2017 Carol McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalMar.30 Legal nOtice

NOTICE OF FORMATION of BANKICH ELECTRIC LLC Arts. of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/02/2017. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 627 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FILING OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK

BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name: Chestnut 76, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with sec. of state of NY(SOS) on 6/10/2004.

Office location: Otsego County.

SOS is designated as agent of LLC for service of process.

SOS shall mail copy of process to c/o Oxford Group, 388 East Main Street, Branford, CT 06405.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Index No.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

Mortgaged Premises 34 Ontio Terrace Unadilla, New York 13849 Section: 334.14 Block: 1 Lot(s): 37.00 Mortgaged Premises: 34 Ontio Terrace, Unadilla, New York 13849 Kondaur Capital Corporation, as Separate Trustee of Matawin Ventures Trust Series 20143, Plaintiff -against JONATHAN D. SWIFT; MICHELLE L.

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SWIFT; BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER; TRI-TOWN REGIONAL HOSPITAL; “JOHN DOE” and “MARY DOE”, said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants

To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $106,118.00 and interest, recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office on July 26, 2007 in Book 1528, Page 1167, Instrument Number 2007-00056914, covering premises known as 34 Ontio Terrace, Unadilla, New York 13849.

The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the Mortgaged Premises is located.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and

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filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This Communication is from a debt collector in an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is P & L Properties VI, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on May 12, 2015.

The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 168 Sugar Hill Road, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalApr27 Legal nOtice

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: Cooperstown Escape Rooms,

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LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/2/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 73 Main St. 2nd Floor, Cooperstown NY 13326 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of TUMBLE HILL FARM, LLC A Limited Liability Company.

Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on March 3, 2017. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as the 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: Tumble Hill Farm, LLC of 197 Algerine Hill Road, East Worcester, New York 12064.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WhatCannaDo LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State on January 27, 2017. The office location within New York is in Otsego County.

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

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to c/o THE LLC, PO Box 108, Gilbertsville, New York 13776. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE of FORMATION of LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: Marlinspike Operations, LLC.

THURSDAY-Friday, march 30-31, 2017

Monday, April 3

SILENT WITNESS PROJECT – All Day. Life sized silhouettes will show the story of men, women, and children who have been impacted by domestic and dating violence to commemorate National Crimes Victims Week.

Dewar Union, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, http://www.ofoinc. org/ EMPTY PLACE EXHIBIT RECEPTION – 5:30-7 p.m. Opening reception of “Empty Place at the Table” exhibit for national Crime Victims Awareness Week. Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta.

Info, http://www.ofoinc.org/

Tuesday, April 4

SILENT WITNESS PROJECT – All Day. Life sized silhouettes will show the story of men, women, and children who have been impacted by domestic and dating violence to commemorate National Crimes Victims Week.

Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta. Info, http://www.ofoinc.org/ ADDICTION WORKSHOP – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Study “The Heart of Addiction” with Pastor Jack Klosheim. Bring your own book and workbook. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego County, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, call (607)2674435 or email kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org or visit http://www. friendsofrecoverydo.org/events JOB FAIR – 1-4 p.m. Come see what jobs are available in the area and listen to employers give a 10 minute presentation about their business and the opportunities you could have. Holiday Inn, 5206 NY-23, Oneonta. Info, http://otsegocc.com/events/ #id=228&cid=673&wid=301

KNITTING GROUP – 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar HEALTHCARE LECTURE – 67:30 p.m. Dr. William Streck, former president and CEO of Bassett, presents “Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Act? What Social and Economic Impacts for New York?” Q&A session to follow. Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta. Info, Gina Keel Gina.

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History presentation on “Joseph Brant’s 1780 Attack on Canajohary” by Wayne Lenig. Van

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Wednesday, April 5

SILENT WITNESS PROJECT – All Day. Life sized silhouettes will show the story of men, women, and children who have been impacted by domestic and

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Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.ofoinc.org/ SOIL HEALTH MEETING – 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Presenters will discuss cover crops, quality grazing to improve soil productivity, the transition from conventional tillage to limited or no till, and

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Articles of Organization were filed with the N.Y. Secretary of State on February 22, 2017.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State is the designated agent of the LLC, upon whom processes may be served.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Index No. 2016-248 Date Filed: 4/21/2016 SUMMONS Premises being foreclosed: 3-5 Canadarago Street Richfield Springs, NY 13439 ACTION TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN OTSEGO COUNTY Santander Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank, Plaintiff, -againstSilvio V. Villavicencio, Rosa J. Villavicencio, Seamus Enterprises, LLC “JOHN DOE “ through and including “JOHN DOE#25”, the defendants last named in quotation marks being intended to designate tenants or occupants in possession of the herein described premises or portions thereof, if any there be, said names being fictitious, their true name being un-

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known to plaintiff,

Defendant(s).

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of the Summons exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. In case of your failure to appear, or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this Complaint.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Otsego County dated Feb. 2, 2017 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office.

THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage recorded on the 22nd day of October, 2008, in Book 1586, mortgage page 1077, covering premises k/a 3-5 Canadarago Street, Richfield Springs, NY 13439 a/k/a Section 25.5, Block 3, Lot 29.

Plaintiff designates OTSEGO County as the place for trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated.

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NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: March 29, 2016 Carle Place, New York Pranali Datta, Esq. Stein, Wiener Roth, L.L.P. Attorneys for Plaintiff One Old Country Road, Suite 113 Carle Place, New York 11514 (516)-742-1212 71083/ SANTANDER #91093 4LegalMar30 Legal nOtice

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COUNTY OF OTSEGO NS0153, LLC, Plaintiff, -againstJILLIAN BOS A/K/A JILLIAN E. BOS; LINDA SCHUERMANN; JOSEPH A. GALATI, JR.; UNKNOWN HEIRSAT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF CARMEN GALATI, NEXT-OF-KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY OR THROUGH SAID DEFENDANT WHO MAY BE DECEASED,

BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT; GEORGE GALATI; JOSEPH A. GALATI, III; DOMENICA SCOLES, Defendants.

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Mortgaged Premises 165 Wileytown Road Hartwick, New York 13348 Section: 128.00 Block: 2 Lot: 14.00 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Mortgaged Premises: 165 Wileytown Road, Hartwick, New York 13348 To the Above Named Defendant(s):

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $140,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office on May 23, 2007 in Book 1522, Page 915 Document Number 200700055188, covering premises known as 165 Wileytown Road, Hartwick, New York 13348.

The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the Mortgaged

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Premises is located.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This Communication is from a debt collector in an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 85 Broad Street, Suite 501 New York, New York 10004 T: (212) 471-5100 F: (212) 471-5150 Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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BAILE PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on February 10, 2017.

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, 273 Southside Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

6LegalApr6 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: Cooperstown Beaver Valley Campground LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 23 January 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 704, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: Cooperstown Baseball Camp LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 23 January 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 704, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Oak River Park, LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec’y. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on February 15, 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 404, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of DIAMOND CONCRETE & DEVELOPMENT LLC

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Arts. Of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/30/2017.

Office Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 173 West Hill Road, Hartwick, New York 13348.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalApr6 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Balance By Day LLC. Articles of Formation was filed with the NY secretary of state on February 13, 2017. The office of this LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NY Secretary of State may mail copy of any process to the LLC at 25 grand St apt#2 Oneonta NY 13820. The purpose of the is to abide by all lawful acts and activities.

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Advisornet Property & Casualty, LLC .

Filed: 12/1/16 .

Office: Otsego Co. Formed in WI: 4/24/08.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1121 N 7th St PO Box 289, Sheobygan, WI 53082.

Foreign add: 1121 N 7th St, Sheobygan, WI 53701.

Arts. of Org. filed with Wi Dept Of Financial Institutions Secy Lon E Roberts, 201 W Washington Ave # 500, Madison, WI 53703.

Purpose: General.

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IN MEMORIAM Roop Verma, 86; International Sitar Star Gave Last Concert In Oneonta ONEONTA –Roop Verma, 86, internationally reknowned sitar player, died Saturday, March 11 in Oneonta, one week after he gave his final concert with the Oneonta Concert Association.

Verma was born Jan. 6, 1931 in Ambala, India. He studied sitar under Maestros Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, two of the greatest masters of Indian Classical Music.

He married his wife, Tracy, in 1983, and they moved to Oneonta in 1987.

For over 40 years, he performed

in the concert halls of Europe, North and South America, Africa and Roop Verma India, and taught and lectured at major universities on three continents.

He was the featured artist and composer for the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations in Geneva,

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Switzerland in 1995. He was an honored guest of the Government of Belgium at the Anderlecht Cultural Center and the concert at Place des Art in Brussels.

His memorable 1997 concert at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden was produced by Swedish National Radio and Television, and he composed original music for the documentary film, Dalai Lama Renaissance which received 12 international awards and was released on DVD and CD. His Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra was received with

warm appreciation at its premiere, Merkin Hall in New York in 2006.

For its European premiere, the Concerto was performed by the Linkoping Symphony Orchestra of Sweden in 2007. A career highlight during his 41st year of European tours was performing for the 500th birthday of Saint Theresa in Avila, Spain, September 2015.

A resident and visiting professor at The Eastman School of Music and The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Roop Verma was also the recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Award

for 2006 as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Hartwick College. As director of The East-West School of Music in Monroe, New York, for 39 years, he taught courses on principles of Indian Classical music.

Roop is survived by his wife Tracy, son Arjun Verma (also a professional sitarist), and daughter Uma Verma.

A memorial service will be held May 6, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Avenue, Oneonta.

Alan L. Phelps, 68; Oneonta Youth Basketball Coach ONEONTA – Alan L. Phelps, 68, a local youth basketball coach, died unexpectedly Saturday March 25, 2017.

He was born April 21, 1948 in Sidney, the son of Donald L. and Bertha L. (Buchanan) Phelps.

Alan graduated from Bainbridge-Guilford High School, Class of 1966. He then went on to graduate from both Westchester Community College and Pace University.

Alan married Karen Hayes in 1972. They modeled faith, love, and friendship throughout their marriage. They would have celebrated 45 years in May. He enjoyed interacting with and helping people, especially through his jobs in printing and cellular sales.

Alan was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sidney and currently was attending Main Street Baptist Church in Oneonta.

He played basketball

starting in his youth, and continued through most of his adult life. He coached many youth teams, and cheered enthusiastically and loudly for his daughter’s games (regardless of the sport). He was always a fan of the Syracuse Orange.

He is survived by wife, Karen Phelps of Oneonta; his father, Donald Phelps of Bainbridge; two daughters, Rebecca and husband, Jason Seeley of Davenport, Kate and husband, Charles Range

of Colorado Springs, Colo; grandchildren, Liam Alan, Cole Jonathan, and Liesl Alexander; brother, Dana Phelps of Bainbridge; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his mother.

Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m., with a service to follow on Friday, March 31 at the Main Street Baptist Church.

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

Helen T. Halbert, 75, Secretary To Top Executives, Active In Grange GILBERTSVILLE – Helen Tabor Halbert, 75, secretary to top executives and an officer in the state Grange, passed away Monday, March 20, 2017.

Born on June 5, 1941, in Schenevus to parents Howard and Bertha (Graham) Tabor, Helen Marie was the fourth of four children.

She graduated from Cherry

Valley Central School, Class of 1959.

After meeting through a Grange talent contest, their courtship was off and running, leading to her marriage to Roger J. Halbert of Gilbertsville on Sept. 29, 1979, at the Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her husband of over 37 years,

Roger; their son, Jeffrey and wife, Megan and two granddaughters, Sophie and Juliette of Allentown, Pa. Other family survivors include sister, Irene Fassett (Kermit), East Springfield; brother, Shirley Tabor (Gladys), Roseboom; and nieces and nephews, Kevin Fassett, Debra Rogers, Larry Tabor, Robert Tabor,

and Carol McGovern. Two sisters-in-law also survive, Sandra Tabor Hunkins and Roberta Halbert.

In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her brother, Lloyd Tabor and her nephews, Alan Fassett and Gary Tabor.

A Grange memorial service was held Friday, March 24.

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CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St.., Cooperstown. Info, http://www. villagelibraryofcooperstown. org/calendar ART DISCUSSION – 12:302:30 p.m. Join director of exhibitions Chris Rossi for this weeks Food for Thought discussion “50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons.

Maurice Sendak: The Memorial Exhibition.” Registration required. Cost, $25 members, $30 non-members. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.fenimoreartmuseum. org/lectures or call (607) 5471461 CAREER FAIR – 1-4 p.m. Holiday Inn Oneonta, 5206 NY-23, Oneonta. Info, http://otsegocc. com/ DISCUSSION GROUP – 35 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar MINECRAFT – 3:30-5:30 p.m. Open hours, no registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/youth-programs/ GUITAR BASICS – 5-7 p.m.

Learn to play guitar with John Arlet. Must have your own guitar.

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Space is limited. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info/reservation, (607)267-4435 or visit http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. org/events PASTA DINNER – 5-7:30 p.m.

All you can eat dinner to support area Catholic charities. Ticket, $10 adult, $5 children, free for children 5 and under. May be purchased at any of the charities in Cobleskill, Oneonta, and Sidney. Holiday Inn, 5206 NY-23, Oneonta. Info, http://charitiesccdos.org/ YARN CLUB – 6:30-7:45 p.m.

For knitters and crocheters of all skill levels and ages. Come learn a new skills and work on your current projects. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ LIONS CLUB MEETING – 6:30 p.m. Scoutmaster Henry Nicols updates members about the educational initiatives Troop 1254 has been involved in. Tunnicliff Inn, 34 Pioneer st., Cooperstown.

Info, https://www.facebook.com/ CooperstownLionsClub/ POETRY READING – 7 p.m.

Reading by Jamaican poet Ishion Hutchinson. Author of 2 collections, “Far District” and “House of Lords and Commons.” Martha Daniel will open the event by reading her poem “On the Table.”

Celebration roo, Shineman Chapel Hall, Hartwick College,

Join Our Team of Dedicated and Caring Professionals

Head Start Program Assistant Classroom Teacher Center Associate Assistant Teacher Residential Associate (works at OFO shelters)

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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The Watershed Agricultural Council, a non profit organization working to protect the NYC Watershed while supporting farm and forest land uses, is seeking an Engineering Specialist for its Small Farms Program.

The Engineering Specialist will be a member of the Small Farms Team and serve as a conservation technician to work cooperatively in the planning, design and implementation of Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) in the Watershed Agricultural Program (WAP) in the West of Hudson Watershed. Qualifications and requirements detailed in position description available at www.nycwatershed.org. Salary: High $40,000s. To apply: Send cover letter and resume to Amy Faulkner, Watershed Agricultural Council, 33195 State Highway 10, Walton, NY 13856; or e-mail afaulkner@nycwatershed.org. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Review of applications will begin April 3, 2017.

SILENT WITNESS PROJECT – All Day. Life sized silhouettes will show the story of men, women, and children who have been impacted by domestic and dating violence to commemorate National Crimes Victims Week.

Muller Plaza, Oneonta. Info, http://www.ofoinc.org/ MINECRAFT – 3:30-5:30 p.m. Open hours, no registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/youth-programs/ OPEN HOUSE – 5-7 p.m. The Otsego Area Occupational Center open house includes display’s, games, open enrollment for adult education classes, child fingerprinting, and demonstrations from the CTE programs. Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES, 1914 Co. Hwy. 35, Milford. Info, https://www.facebook.com/ONCBOCES/ LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOP – 5-7 p.m. Learn to manage your time and money with the Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego. Space is limited. Registration required. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. org/events YOUNG PROFESSIONALS – 6-8 p.m. Come meet young professionals from the Otsego area in this networking event.

J&D’s Wagon Wheel, Main St., Oneonta. Info, https://www. facebook.com/YoungProfessionalsNetworkYPN/ ORAL HISTORY – 7 p.m. The Cooperstown Graduate Program hosts “The Oral Histories of Women’s Rights.” They will share stories from their archives and discuss how women’s roles in society have changed over time in Otsego County. Cooperstown Fire Hall. Info, Kate Webber webbkj79@oneonta.edu or call (607)547-2586 ALDEN SCHOLAR SERIES – 7 p.m. “Rethinking Clutter: An Anthropological Take on the Stuff that’s Hard to Let Go” presented

by Dr. Sallie Han. Free reception to follow. Alden Room, Milne Library, SUNY Oneonta. Info, E.K Lee, (607)436-2159 MUSICAL – 7 p.m. OHS pres-

ents Disney’s “High School Musical.” Bring school supplies to donate and half the proceeds of the show go to the Family Service Association “Back to School” drive.

Oneonta High School Auditorium, 31 Center Street, Oneonta. Info, http://www.oneontacsd.org/ FIREFIGHTERS SEMINAR – 7 p.m. The NYS Association of Fire Chiefs presents this Seminar for local firefighters “The Active Shooter and the Fire/Rescue Service” presented by Lieutenant

PROF. OFFICE RENTAL PROF. OFFICE SPACE ONEONTA 3000 sf, Main St. near hospital. Will reconfigure to suit. $4000/mo. Avail.

May 1. Joan Fox, Broker KW Upstate NY Properties 607-434-4679.

6ClassApr6 HOUSE FOR RENT Year-round home rental in the center of Cooperstown village. 2 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, in historic 1823 home, completely refurbished.

Available April 1, 2017. $1650.00/ mo. includes heat, HW, electric, wireless, trash & snow removal. Lease, security, references. (607) 643-1931 dgeurtze@yahoo. com 3ClassApr6 Townhouse for rent Five Mile Point, Cooperstown, fully furnished. 2 br/2.5 ba; 2 terraces with lake views.

Fireplace, modern kitchen, lake access (boat slip available), 24 hour security. $1600/mo plus utilities, 12 mo. lease min. (212) 8737727.

2017-2018 Anticipated Teaching Positions: Earth Science 7-12 Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher (1-Year Substitute) Library Media Specialist – Elementary Performing Arts/Instrumental Music Teacher Performing Arts/Vocal Music Teacher Special Education Elementary Visual & Creative Technology Arts Teacher

Appropriate and current certification is required. Interested candidates apply on-line at www.olasjobs.org/southern E.O.E

SILENT WITNESS PROJECT – All Day. Life sized silhouettes will show the story of men, women, and children who have

3ClassMar31 APARTMENTS FOR RENT Hartwick Studio Apartment 2nd floor… cozy… small deck…newly redone…parking… $475.00+elec… no smoking or pets… references…Dave 607 435 2405.

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

TFN Nicely Furnished Two Bedroom, 2nd floor apt. Located off I -88, Exit 16 and approx.

1 mile east of Price Chopper Plaza. $950 per month includes electric. MLS#107485.

Call Benson Agency Real Estate at (607) 432-4391.

TFN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TURN-KEY BUSINESS FOR

SALE! Thriving Downtown Oneonta Eatery seeks new business owner/operator.

Smart interior renovations and updates coupled with a rare 2nd to none outdoor seating area venue makes your operation run at the heart of center city Oneonta.

For more Info Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC 607287-1559.

TFN LAND FOR SALE FINANCED READY TO BUILD LOTS FOR SALE: Prestigious Winney Hill Commons address can be yours!

School, tennis court, pool all walk-able, along with gorgeous views! Shovel ready lots feature underground utilities and public water/ sewer/natural gas. Owner financing: $35,000 price, $5,000 down, $30,000 @ 5% for 5 years $566 per month.

Call today, build your future home tomorrow! Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC 607287-1559 TFN

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The Customer Service Division at NYCM Insurance is seeking a positive and friendly individual for the position of Workflow Coordinator.

The Workflow Coordinator is responsible for scheduling the Call Center staff in order to maintain 24/7/365 staffing needs required to meet the needs of call volume, processing, and meeting divisional goals. This individual approves or denies vacation requests for all Call Center locations. The Workflow Coordinator also organizes and schedules training and other meetings that involve Customer Service Representatives and Interviewers.

Cooperstown Central Schools Employment Opportunities Immediate Long-Term Substitute through June 23, 2017: 7-12 Social Studies Teacher K-8 Art Teacher

Friday, April 7

been impacted by domestic and dating violence to commemorate National Crimes Victims Week.

Southside Mall, Oneonta. Info, http://www.ofoinc.org/ AUTISM CONFERENCE – 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. “Autism and Challenging Behaviors: Teaching Coping and Self Management Skills” featuring Dr. Daniel Mruzek and Dr. Bobby Newman. Registration required. Holiday Inn, 5206 State Hwy 23, Oneonta.

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Visit our website www.nycm.com/careers to learn more about the requirements and to complete an online application.

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Gary Benedict (FDNY EMS) and Detective David Norman (NYPD Emergency Service Unit). Worcester Fire Department, 36 Church St., Worcester. Info, http://www. nysfirechiefs.com/calendar_list. asp

Museum Teachers & Interpreters The Farmer’s Museum is seeking enthusiastic and engaging part-time and seasonal museum teachers and interpreters to share their knowledge and expertise about rural life and the trades of the 19th century. If you enjoy speaking with students and visitors of all ages, this is the job for you! Spinning, weaving and broom making are some examples of the crafts that museum educators demonstrate to the visiting public.

Qualified candidates must possess strong communication skills with the ability to engage visitors and educate by drawing connections between the past and the present and providing an informative, enjoyable and authentic experience. Training is provided. Must be willing to work weekends and holidays if necessary.

To apply, visit farmersmuseum.org for an application or contact Human Resources at j.zinger@fenimoreart.org or 607-547-1462. EOE

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