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osalind “Roz” M. Hewsenian, SUNY Oneonta ’75 and Helmsley Trust investing officer, is commencement speaker at her alma mater’s three graduation ceremonies Saturday, May 13, in Dewar Arena.

Four students, three faculty members and two staff members will be recognized as SUNY Chancellor’s Award winners.

Social science students graduate at 9, humanities, science and math at 1, and education, human ecology and business at 4. The three ceremonies may be viewed online.

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC: “Musical Notes from the City of the Hills: Oneonta’s Music History” – from John Phillip Sousa to Jerry Jeff Walker – opens Saturday, May 13, at the Oneonta History Center.

TASTY BREW: Home brewer Matthew Brown’s American lager won first place at a HOPS (Homebrewers of Oneonta Proper Society) tasting Saturday, May 6, a fundraiser for the Sixth Ward Athletic Club.

Oneonta postal workers with their 200th anniversary mementos are, front row, from left, Laura Emerson, Sandy Bollinger and Colleen Keenan; back row, from left, Cindy Mateunas, Steve Pitt and Larry McAteer.

Surprise! Staff Celebrates As Post Office Turns 200 he Oneonta Post Office’s 200th birthday surprised the people who know it best.

“We got a letter last Thursday from a man named Jake Wilhelm in Co-

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What’s a tea party with out some fantastic hats? Lilli Rowe, Oneonta, models the homemade hat she made for her mother when she was 4. It won the “Most Unique” prize at the Mother & Daughter Tea Party Saturday, May 6, at Foothills/ MORE PHOTOS, A3

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Schools Ask For Tighter Protocol Milford, Oneonta Educators Critical They Weren’t Told

quille, Ore., and he said he collects anniversary postmarks,” said Sandy Bollinger, lead clerk. “He said that according to his paperwork, our post office opened May 9, 1817.”

Wilhelm, a former newspaper reporter for the Coquille Sentinel, Please See 200TH, B5

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CANDIDATES AT ONEONTA FORUM

Already, 6 Run To Topple Faso Otsego County Democrats, from left, Oneonta First Lady Connie Herzig, Deb Marcus, director, Family Planning of Central New York, and Melinda Hardin, Cooperstown, grill candidate Jeff Beals after the Sunday, May 7, 19th District candidates’ forum at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club.

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he story broke at 12:19 p.m. April 12 on www.allotsego. com, and Milford Central’s new superintendent, Mike Place, found himself in his first crisis.

The county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee had released Mark Place a court order that morning alleging that Sgt. Ros Devlin, in a suicidal funk, had threatened to “shoot up” Milford and Oneonta schools before killing himself.

The allegations against Please See PROTOCOL, B7

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Democrats At 6th Ward Club Cheer 19th District Hopefuls

By JIM KEVLIN

OTSEGO NOW GETS IT, PANEL OF EXPERTS SAYS

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nder CEO Sandy Mathes, Otsego Now gets it when it comes to economic development, a panel of experts said at the county IDA’s annual meeting Thursday, May 4, at Northern Eagle Beverage in the Town of Oneonta. For details, type “otsego now” in the search line at

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Rhodes scholar, three Harvard Law School graduates, a diplomat who helped negotiate Iraq’s new constitution, two high-powered executives, two ambitious and well-spoken 20-somethings, and one whose family’s iron was forged when Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing his brother.

That adds up to 10 people. It could have been 20, given the range of talents and experi-

ence among them. But it was six, six prospective Democratic candidates intent, 18 months before the first ballot it cast, on defeating freshman U.S. Congressman John Faso, R-19, when the polls open on distant Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

The six are Jeff Beals of Woodstock, a former CIA agent and diplomat; code-writer Steven Brisee of Wallkill; Rhinebeck lawyer Antonio Delgado; Brian Flynn, a business executive from Elka Park, Greene County; Gareth Please See SIX, B7

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EDITORIALS

CAN COMMON-SENSE CONCEPTS GUIDE US?

Healthcare Too Expensive To Go It Alone

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n the second half of the 19th century, a number of barn fires prompted Otsego County farmers to band together and share the risk, resulting in today’s NYCM Insurance – one of the county’s top five employers – Leatherstocking Cooperative Insurance and others.

These farmers were conservative people. And they saw the logic in the concept of “shared risk” – not everybody’s barn was going to burn, but if yours did you were covered.

As we look around us for sensible guidance on how to react to Congress’ proposed reform of Obamacare – and, yes, it needed adjusting as co-pays have multiplied around here – “shared risk” is one concept that’s been tried and true locally.

Shattering shared risk – pitting 20somethings against the Baby Boomers – belies a concept that dates back to sensible Ben Franklin, “The Father of American Insurance.”

The most widely shared risk is the safest. (Same with go-it-alone 401Ks, which have replaced defined-benefit

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The dismay on the faces of local healthcare leaders meeting with Congressman Faso April 20 in Oneonta – from left, RN and health-insurance broker Judy Fleischer, Springbrook’s Patricia Kennedy, and Deb Marcus of Family Planning of CNY – said it all.

plans, and millions are ruing it.)

• Another idea you hear locally that’s again receiving a higher profile in the current national healthcare debate, and this one is mostly a stinker: A rising tide lifts all ships, (although, as Cooperstown Chamber Executive Director Matt Hazzard rightly observed the other day, local prosperity – like Oneonta’s former 33 IBM millionaires – can help localities.)

It’s been 40 years now since Ronald Reagan embraced the Laffer Curve, sketched on the back of a napkin – that taxing the rich less generates more revenues.

Didn’t happen. The deficit blossomed – it’s about to get worse with the $20 billion tax give-away in the ACHA. (To paraphrase The Gipper, “There they go again.”) And income for the bottom 90 percent has been flat since 1980.

The money hasn’t disappeared. It simply has to be folded back into the general economy, as Reagan expected Please See EDITORIAL, A6

If Candidates Won’t Tell Voters What They Think, Who Knows?

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hile the Cooperstown Central school board has strengths, a central weakness has been a poor sense of the public’s pulse, going back the secret creation of an executive principal position in the summer of 2013 and hiring of Lynn Strang. (As you can imagine, that didn’t work out well.)

The school board was further blindsided by the rebellion against Common Core testing in March 2015, and again by an embarrassing miscommunication last November, when it appeared a longtime elementary secretary, fighting cancer, had been denied benefits. Just the other night at the League of Women Voters’ candidate forum, an audience member asked about rumors, denied, that bus drivers will be “leased” from out of market along with leased buses.

So, that the one candidate who declined to fill out a questionnaire requested in contested races and posted verbatim – the candidates’ words, nothing more – on www.allotsego.com was the incumbent, Tim Hayes, is part of a piece. (Asked, he said he had filled one out three years ago.) As of this writing, almost 1,000 people have visited the questionnaires, and that will increase as the Tuesday, May 16, election day, approaches.

Happily, there are four other exceptionally good candidates – Kim Jastremski, Bruce Markusen, Gillian Spencer and Jeff Woeppel – who have explained their records and reasons for running. You don’t have to guess. To judge for yourself, just type “ccs candidates” in the search line at

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ISSUE & DEBATE Faso Explains Vote To End Obamacare, But Hartwick Professor Questions ‘Facts’ Editor’s Note: U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19, issued this statement after his Thursday, May 4, vote in favor of the American Health Care Act.

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he Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed in its promises to the American people. From the start of this process, I have stated that the responsible path forward includes keeping what works and fixing what doesn’t. The ACA as it stands now will collapse under its own weight

if nothing is done, imperiling millions of Americans through higher premiums and fewer choices.

John Faso These are the facts: • Currently one third of U.S. counties have only one insurer.

• Premiums rose an average of 25 percent this year for those on the exchanges.

• Deductibles will average more than $6,000 this

year for those in the lowestpriced ACA plans.

• 4.7 million Americans were kicked off their plans by the ACA. • The ACA raised taxes by $1 trillion, including new payroll taxes for employers, business investments, and taxes on over-the-counter drugs and medical device manufacturers.

• 18 out of 23 ACA coops have failed, including Health Republic in New York State, costing taxpayers billions of dollars.

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Editor’s Note: This is an assessment of U.S. Rep. John Faso’s explanation of his vote on the ACHA, posted on the congressman’s Facebook page by David Anthony, Hartwick College anthropology professor and curator of The Yager Collection of Native American artifacts.

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et’s go through your claimed “facts”, just to see if you are being honest, or dishonest in this life-or-death matter for your constituents, and to deter-

mine if the reasons you gave for voting are factual. If your “facts” are a smokescreen, then you had other, unDavid stated reasons Anthony for casting your vote, and your constituents should ask themselves what your real reasons are.

1. “Currently one third of U.S. counties have only one insurer.” You represent

NY-19. In New York, “95 percent of New York’s statebased marketplace is expected to have three or more health insurers to choose from in the next open enrollment period.” This statement is true nationally, but is NOT FACTUAL applied to your district and constituents. (http://www. beckershospitalreview. com/.../state-by-state...)

2.”Premiums rose an average of 25 percent for those on the exchanges.” Again a national average, and only Please See ANTHONY, A5

LETTERS

Give Otsego County’s Poor A Break – It Will Help Local Economy For Everyone To the Editor: At the United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties, we fight for many women and men who work hard at low-wage jobs yet can barely make ends meet. They find it nearly impossible to cover even the essentials such as food, transportation to and from work, and electric bills.

One way we help struggling workers in our community is by connecting them with the federal

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). It’s one of our most effective tools to keep people working and help them get a fair shot at a decent life. During this most recent tax season, we helped connect 95 individuals and families to the EITC through MyFreeTaxes.com and our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program resulting in over $147,000 coming back to our community.

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ing children would give 871,000 working people in New York State the financial stability to cover the basics, build a better future for themselves and their loved ones, and contribute more to our local economy.

Studies show that the EITC helps working people buy necessities like food and gas from local businesses, which in turn helps our local economy grow.

A stronger EITC would reward the hard work of people in Delaware and Otsego Counties –young and old, male and female, from every background – who do essential, low-wage

jobs in schools and office buildings and on construction sites to keep New York State running.

So, as Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Congressman John Faso, look for ways to help hardworking Americans in the next year, they should support expanding the EITC for workers not raising children.

Workers in our region and working people across the country are counting on them.

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are largely excluded from the EITC, they are the only group in our country that is taxed into or deeper into poverty. This situation makes it even harder for workers to pay their bills today and build the financial stability they need to succeed in the future.

Our nation’s leaders can solve this problem. Bipartisan proposals are pending in Congress to improve the EITC for workers not raising children by lowering the eligibility age to 21 and increasing the maximum credit amount.

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– and more concerning – statistic is the number of struggling workers who we can’t help because the EITC is largely unavailable to them. Right now, the EITC largely or entirely shuts out millions of working Americans who are not raising children. For example, noncustodial parents who want to provide more support to their children receive very little from the credit, and young childless workers aged 21-24 – many of whom are struggling to get a foothold in the workforce – are completely ineligible for the EITC. Because these workers

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No Sixth-Grade Teacher After All

eedless to say, there are always issues concerning the possibility of running into a bit of a snag when writing a weekly newspaper column. And we recently encountered the very snag which we always try to avoid, namely an important change in an issue upon which we had reported.

And as luck would have it, that is the case of our noting that the CCS budget called for the hiring of an additional sixth-grade teacher.

In an e-mail which we received after our column regarding the school budget appeared, CCS superintendent, Dr. William Crankshaw pointed out

that “...we have decided to departmentalize from fourth through sixth grade by subject, holding off any need to hire a sixth-grade teacher (at least we are CATHERINE trying this route, LAKE and believe that ELLSWORTH creativity, hardwork and diligence will benefit our students).”

We thought this was certainly encouraging on several levels. Plus, we

hasten to note that we believe this was what was being done in grades four, five and six when our son was in elementary school in the 1980s. In fact, since he was used to changing classes in both the first and second grade at the school he attended in Michigan, he could not understand why he had only one teacher when he started third grade at CCS. • The superintendent also pointed out that, depending on the source, enrollment numbers can be different. For example, the proposed enrollment Please See COLUMN, A5

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History

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

150 Years Ago

Oneonta Home & Vicinity – The late freshet in this town has passed away without material damage to lands or crops.

The flats along the river were considerably inundated, and a rich alluvial deposit has been left. Cropping will be quite late on the lowlands.

Edgar Reynolds, Esq., of St. Louis, Missouri, was in town last week for a brief visit. He is agent at that city for one of the main fast freight lines over the Pennsylvania Central and connecting roads.

East of Laurens on the farm of Mr. Sleeper, D.A. Park of Burlington is erecting a cheese factory, 48 by 24 feet, three stories high. The “big spring” of Mr. Sleeper supplies the water. The factory will use the milk of 400 cows. The factory system bids fair to change the general style of dairying in all this section, to the great relief of over-burdened wives, mothers and daughters.

May 1867

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125 Years Ago

The Normals Are In It! The Normals played their first ball game of the season on Saturday with the Union College team. The weather was very cold yet the few spectators who witnessed the game were well repaid for the hardships endured. The Normals played a strong game and made a very favorable impression, the team this year being undoubtedly the strongest that has yet represented the school. The boys fielded, batted and ran bases with a vim. The Unions, on the other hand, played listlessly and barely escaped a shut-out.

Beebe pitched an excellent game and was well supported

by Chase.

May 1892

100 Years Ago

Joseph S. Lunn, Mayor of the City of Oneonta, died at 6 o’clock Saturday morning, after prolonged illness at his home, 6 Walnut Street. His last hours were peaceful, and he was surrounded by all the members of his immediate family as he passed quietly to rest. Mr. Lunn’s illness, which was pernicious anemia, dated from August, 1913, though it was not until the following January that his condition became alarming. Joseph Seth Lunn was born October 27, 1868, in the Town of New Lisbon. For a short time after coming to the then Village of Oneonta, Mr. Lunn was engaged in the wood business. Later, he was an employee in the hop office of L. Westcott, and afterwards was with him in the ice business. Later, he purchased a controlling interest in this business and organized the Oneonta Ice Company. Absorbing as were his personal interests, Mr. Lunn was a public spirited citizen, always willing to heed the call of his city when his services in civic capacities were demanded.

May 1917

Remember To Vote On May 16 COLUMN/From A4 number of 897 for 2017-18 we used, since we believe it was in the information we were given, is correct for the number of students who will be found in the school buildings. However, the school actually serves 950 students when considering such things as outside placements, Rotary exchange students, home-bound instruction and so forth. It leads us to think that the information available about the school has become so complex it has become difficult to fully understand all the ins and outs of the various information.

Nonetheless, voters in the district will have the opportunity to get out on Tuesday, May 16, sometime between 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., to make their way to the Junior/Senior High School Rooms 304-305, to vote on the $19,061,937 school budget as well as two propositions, one to lease three new school buses for not more than $167,000 over a five year period, and the second to approve the proposed library budget, in the amount of $184,000, for the Village of Cooperstown and the Kinney Memorial Libraries.

Additionally on the ballot, there are five candidates, Timothy Hayes, Kim Jastremski, Bruce Markusen, Gillian Spencer and Jeffrey Woeppel, vying for two seats on the CCS School Board.

We feel it is important that all residents of the district do their part by making certain they vote on May 16.

• In the third attempt, the first two being cancelled by snow storms, Woodside Hall is hosting, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, the program “America’s First Presidential Campaign, The Election of 1800 and How It Changed the U.S.” Presenter Dr. Richard Sternberg will recount the story of how America’s first

president, George Washington, was elected and re-elected unanimously in the electoral college. The electoral system as set up in the Constitution did not foresee the development of political parties. But after Washington set the precedent and stepped down after two terms, the race for the presidency split along party lines, though the law regarding how they were elected did not change to accommodate this. This set up a recipe for disaster. This program will relate the story of that race.

Refreshments will be served following the program. For more information, please contact Karen Cadwalader, LCSW at 607547-0600. And we certainly hope, for everyone involved, when it comes to this program, the third time will be the charm.

• In closing, we must admit we had to chuckle when we read in “Village Voices,” the newsletter of the Village of Cooperstown, the headline: “Village Did Not Adopt ‘Sanctuary City Law’.” And we must admit that is something with which we can readily agree. Indeed, the village did not adopt a law concerning sanctuary status.

It adopted a resolution which, unfortunately, still seems to be, as far as we can tell, so ambiguous as to its meaning that one can decide it means whatever one might want it to mean.

PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-5478124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny.rr.com. Or, for more thoughts about the comings and goings of Cooperstown, visit the website, cooperstowntoday.com.

William J. “Billy” Robson, 13, and his brother Robert, 15, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Robson, were in the family home alone, when the fatal accident occurred. According to Delaware Undersheriff Harold D. Owens, Jr., of Delhi, the two boys were in the dining room where “Bobby” was handling a 30-40 caliber Krag hunting rifle, when suddenly it fired, the bullet striking William in the head. Robert, in desperation, ran half-a-block to the DeLancey Post Office for help. John Newkerk, postmaster, summoned Dr. Robert L. Wilbur of Hamden, who was quickly on the scene, as was Undersheriff Owens. Dr. Harry J. Wilbur of Walton, cousin of the Hamden physician was also called, and after investigating, issued a verdict of accidental death stating that William had died instantly. “The boys were like twins,” their mother said. “They were very close to each other.” They were both members of Troop 49, Hamden Boy Scouts, under the leadership of Herbert Eckert. “The boys had handled guns ever since they were little. Their father had trained them in the proper handling of firearms. It was not Bobby’s lack of knowledge of firearms,” Mrs. Robson said. “I had expected the boys might sometime have to go to war, but I never expected anything like this would happen right out of a clear sky.”

May 1957

20 Years Ago

The eight surviving victims of the U.S. government’s notorious Tuskegee syphilis study will receive a formal apology from President Clinton on Friday. It’s not often a nation formally says it is sorry. When a nation apologizes, May 1977 the regrets tend to come generations after the offense, when the wrongdoers have long passed from the scene. President Clinton’s apology comes 25 years after it was disclosed the In the annual Kellogg prize speaking contest for Oneonta government promised 400 poor black men from Alabama free medical care and then denied them treatment of the High School juniors, held last night in the school auditodisease they did not know they had. rium, John Disbrow took first prize among the boys and May 1997 Peggy Reilly received first award for the girls. Winners of second prizes were Charles Getman and Evelyn Sheehan.

The Hon. A.L. Kellogg provided the prizes which were $10 for first place and $5 for second. Disbrow gave as his oraColorful birds and butterflies flutter about this historic tion, “The Ideal Man” (George Barton), and Miss Reilly’s property located in the East End of Oneonta Township. “It’s selection was “Lucky Jim” (John Luther Long). “The Great a butterfly paradise,” co-owner Christine Ryan said as she Stampede” (Richard Barss) given by Getman, and “Virgie” sat on a bench at the Joseph L. Popp, Jr. Butterfly Con(Edward Peple) by Miss Sheehan, were the other winners. servatory on Tuesday, morning. The conservatory opened Ten students took part, the others being Marie Coarsey, Erthis past weekend at the former Stonehouse Farm on State nest Roth, Julia Thompson, Howard Yates, Joseph Buerger Route 7. It is named fort Joseph Popp, 55, who was killed and Helen Hallenbeck. The judge was Willard B. Marsh, June 27, last year, in a crash on Interstate 88. Ryan and professor of public speaking at Hamilton College, Clinton.

Popp had been working to create the Conservatory before he died. It was supposed to have opened last summer. “We didn’t want to give up,” Ryan said.

May 2007 DeLancey – A 13-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his 15-year-old brother here Saturday morning.

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FASO: AHCA Keeps ‘Essential Benefits,’ Kids On Policy FASO/From A4 • 20 million Americans are without health insurance under the ACA. Acknowledging the ACA’s failures, the people’s representatives were faced with a choice: do nothing and watch millions of our citizens continue to be forced to buy insurance they cannot afford, or work together to improve a broken system. Unfortunately, Democrats offered not a single alternative.

They simply obstructed any changes to the ACA. I believe the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as amended addresses the concerns I have heard from residents, businesses, providers and insurers.

The AHCA will continue to protect Essential Health Benefits (EHB) and those with pre-existing conditions.

Children up to 26 years old can continue to stay on their parents’ healthcare plans. In addition, New York insurance

ISSUE & DEBATE law requires health insurance plans to include Essential Health Benefits and also includes provisions for guaranteed issue of health insurance. This remains unchanged under the AHCA. Approximately 7 percent of the insured nationwide are in the individual market. Essential Health Benefits only cover those in the individual and small group markets under current ACA law.

Those who receive health insurance from employers with over 50 employees have never been affected by ACA provisions relating to Essential Health Benefits.

This too is unchanged under the AHCA. The limited waiver provision would only affect those in the individual market and would not affect New Yorkers. That’s because New

York State law already contains these consumer protections and, as such, our state would not be able to seek this waiver in any event.

• The AHCA contains a provision I authored to eliminate the ability of New York State as of 2020 to impose Medicaid costs on county property taxpayers. For a typical homeowner or commercial property owner residing in the 19th District, Medicaid costs represent over 40 percent of their county property tax burden. New York’s Medicaid spending dwarfs that of most other states. For instance, New York spends more than Texas and Florida combined, even though these states have more than double our population.

The provision I authored will bring much-needed property tax relief and keep people and jobs in Upstate New York.

ANTHONY: Obamacare Not In Extremis In 19th District ANTHONY/From A4 for this year’s adjustment – it was much less in years before and will probably be less next year, if you leave the ACA alone. But in New York State, the statewide average was 16.6 percent. And most people did not pay the full percentage because the ACA subsidies covered most of it. You just voted to revoke those subsidies and expose your constituents to the full cost of plan increases in the future.

This “fact” is ok nationally, but is NOT FACTUAL applied to your district and constituents, and your vote will make it worse. (https://dailygazette.com/.../ ACA-increase-NY-less...)

3. “Deductibles will average more than $6,000 this year for those on the lowest-price ACA plans.” Again, a national statistic. The lowest-price plans always have the highest deductibles, ACA or no ACA – that’s how for-profit insurance works. The most popular ACA plans are not the lowest-cost, but the mid-cost Silver Plans, in states like New York where we have ACA premium subsidies, which you voted to revoke. Silver plan deductibles averaged $3,572, nationally. This statement is true nationally, but is NOT FACTUAL applied to real out-of-pocket costs for your constituents. Morever, your vote will make the problem worse. (https:// www.healthpocket.com/.../2017-obamacare-premiums...)

4. “4.7 million Americans were kicked off their plans by the ACA.” Again, a national, not a New York statistic, and your vote will take health coverage away from at least 24 million Americans nationally, so apparently you thought that 4.7 million was not enough. And the reason why those 4.7 million lost their plans was because they were worthless plans that did not cover basic health problems like cancer, diabetes, and birth control. The ACA fixed that by requiring ALL plans to cover the basics. You just voted to go back to the days of cheap plans with huge deductibles that will not cover the health problems that most people suffer from. So your fact number 3 just ran head-on into your fact number 4. The statement was true nationally, but your vote will MAKE IT MUCH WORSE. 5.“The ACA raised taxes by $1 trillion.” Over 10 years. Most of the tax increases affected people making over $250,000 annually, or businesses with more than 50 employees, or the health care industry itself. 85 percent of Americans nationally were not affected at all by the taxes, but 20 million got new health insurance, and the ACA reduced the national debt by $143 billion (CBO). Most of your constituents in NY-19 paid no extra taxes for the ACA, so this “fact” does not apply to most of your constituents.

(https://www.thebalance.com/cost-ofobamacare-3306050) 6. “18 out of 23 ACA co-ops have failed.” The co-ops were an experiment to offer start-up Federal funds to begin new non-profit insurance companies (co-ops) to start new businesses that would create cheaper plans. But they couldn’t compete with the established for-profit companies and most of them failed. Again, this is a national issue that was a minor part of the ACA and didn’t affect most NY 19 constituents.

7. “20 million Americans are without health insurance under the ACA.” The ACA got insurance for 20 million Americans who previously had none, while health care costs are lower today than they would be without the ACA. The un-insured fell from 16 percent of Americans to 8.8 percent, a huge success. Your vote will take insurance away from 24 million. You don’t actually seem to care how many are uninsured.

Overall, you issued a smokescreen made out of national statistics that do not apply to your own district. It was not an honest statement about how NY-19 is affected by the ACA. Most of your ‘facts’ do not apply here in NY 19. Your constituents should ask themselves what your real reasons are, and whose interests you actually represent.

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Healthcare Too Costly For Citizens To Go It Alone EDITORIAL/From A4 would happen naturally (but hasn’t).

• Third, the debate over the new ACHA (that American Health Care Act; not yet law) has increased general understanding that Medicaid isn’t just for poor people, although – also better understood – its expansion under Obamacare has created an influx of cash into Bassett Healthcare.

County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner used to send out a weekly compilation of property transfers and judgments, including bankruptcies – most in-

volved Bassett Healthcare going after people who couldn’t pay their medical bills. Obamacare, for all its growing pains, has cut healthcare-related bankruptcies in half.

Plus, most people at Focus are on Medicaid, many middle-class folks who had to divest their savings to avoid ruin. Plus, clients at Springbrook, another of the county’s top employers, are heavily dependent on Medicaid.

The dismay on the faces of key local players who met with our congressman, John Faso, April 20 at Senator

American Legion Post Asks All To Join Memorial Day Parade

Seward’s Oneonta EDITORIAL office says it all.

• This isn’t the space for an in-depth assessment of the AHCA. Change is scary, and this qualifies.

But the lessons around us – sharing risk, paying as we go, and understanding the benefits of Obamacare affect our friends, neighbors and locally economy – may help guide our understanding of the worth of whatever healthcare regimen emerges.

Bottom line, health care is too expensive to go it alone.

LETTER

Jastremski’s Record Impresses To the Editor: During my years on the board of Friends of the Village Library, I had frequent opportunities to work with Kim Jastremski, who has been head of the library board since 2013.

Kim has led the board with competence and professionalism. She was instrumental in writing successful state grant applications for beautiful, functional improvements to the library. In addition, Kim helped earn the community’s support for a library tax, making funding of the Cooperstown and Hartwick libraries more sustainable.

With Kim at the helm, the Village Library has increased programming for both children and adults, and has improved communica-

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tion with the community through traditional as well as social media.

Kim’s familiarity with state Department of Education operations, her service as secretary of the CCS PTO, her advocacy for the environment, and her many years of serving the community, demonstrate her dedication to all the children in the CCS district. As the mother of an eighth grader and a 10th grader, she is totally committed to public education at a time when our schools are threatened by the voucher mentality.

Kim Jastremski will make an excellent school board member. She will get my vote on May 16.

MELINDA HARDIN Cooperstown

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ee letters from Ellen St. John, Jeff Katz and Lou Allstadt endorsing Kim Jastremski, and Bobby Walker endorsing Bruce Markusen.

Woeppel To Balance Perspectives

To the Editor: I am a candidate for the Cooperstown Central school board.

I am a retired healthcare administrator with significant experience having served on a number of boards during my career. I have developed expertise in facilitation and consensus building and worked extensively with models of resource sharing and integration. Functional capabilities characterizing my career include financial management, strategic planning, relationship building, and system structures.

I believe school boards must adopt a posture of balancing the perspectives consider voting for him on of the various stakeholdMay 16, 2017. Voting will ers engaged in education, take place from 7 a.m. to 8 including students, teachp.m. at Cooperstown High ers, patients, support staff, School.

SHIRLEY TYLER taxpayers, administrators Cooperstown etc. Financial stewardship, quality, connection to the

Markusen Can Teach, Let Him Lead To the Editor: Beyond a doubt, Bruce Markusen is the most qualified person to run for a school board position at Cooperstown Central School. He has worked directly in education for the past nine years.

Bruce has done it all, from being a museum teacher at The Fenimore Art Museum and Farmers’ Museum, to currently sharing the wonders of Cooperstown by teaching baseball as the backdrop to help students across the United States discover objectives in diverse topics like mathematics, geography, and civil rights history.

I first met Bruce while attending Cooperstown High School. Bruce was the volunteer announcer for the girls’ basketball team in which I played on. Bruce not only continues to volunteer for the girls’ basketball team, but has recently made numerous visits as a classroom speaker to the Cooperstown school, announced soccer matches, hosted pep rallies and announced other community events, including Relay for Life.

I have personally benefited and learned from working with Bruce and sincerely hope that his efforts will be rewarded by being elected a member of the Cooperstown Central school board. Please

community and communication are critical success factors.

The primary focus of education is to create and maintain a teaching and learning environment which actualizes the potential of each student. I am committed to working on the important challenges facing the school district and to learning about the areas with which I am not familiar.

Education is a passion of mine as it is an essential element in a vibrant, flourishing, democratic society.

Also, I have a compelling familial interest as I have two children currently in the CCS system and a child who previously graduated.

I appreciate readers’ consideration of my qualifications for their ballots on May 16.

JEFFREY J. WOEPPEL Cooperstown

Dear Fellow Americans, This year’s Grand Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by the City of Oneonta’s American Legion Post 259 and a host of Volunteers, will step-off at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29, proceeding down Main Street and ending with appropriate ceremony at the War Memorial in Neahwa Park.

We would like to invite all Armed Service Personnel – active, retired, veteran members of civic organizations, scouting clubs, benevolent groups, schools, marching bands, fraternal groups and anyone who would like to march, walk, ride down our beautiful Main Street to honor those who presently serve, have served, and – most importantly – to remember and honor those who made the supreme sacrifice to keep us “The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.”

If you would like to join this grand parade, please contact me a (607) 263-5349, or email me at vicjbronner@frontiernet.net God bless America!

VIC J. BRONNER Chairman, Memorial Day Committee American Legion Post 259 Oneonta

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A rapidly growing energy storage company that develops, manufactures and sells advanced, high-performance ultracapacitors and ultracapacitor-based energy storage systems is looking to fill the following positions:

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Kelly Morrissey holds her side-plank pose as Nigerian dwarf goats Jenny, Forest, Chloe and Bonnie get their own workout in, climbing and running at The Gilbertsville Farmhouse, which will soon offer goat yoga classes.

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Yoga with baby goats.

“It’s the latest craze!” said Kelly Morrissey, a yoga instructor at the Oneonta Family YMCA. “It’s an intermediate yoga class, but with cuddly little creatures climbing all over you.”

The class – the first around here – will be taught at The Gilbertsville Farmhouse, owned by Sharon and Ardo Boustani, by Morrissey and Vanessa Pellegrino, also a certified yoga instructor at the Y. “I had seen goat yoga online and in the news,” said Boustani. “Then our kids got us two Nigerian dwarf goats for Gilbertsville Farmhouse owner Sharon Boustani cuddles with the kids.

Easter, and the whole weekend kind of turned into informal goat yoga, just playing with them. We fell in love with the idea, and went out and got three more.”

She posted an ad on Facebook looking for instructors, and both Morrissey and Pellegrino replied. “I had never done it before, but I’d seen videos,” said Morrissey. “It looked like fun.”

Each about the size of a large cat, Boustani’s five goats – Forrest, Jenny, Bonnie, Clyde and Chloe – climb, nuzzle and hop around as practitioners go through the hour-long class. One minute, they might be climbing on your back, the next, crawling through your legs or nibbling on your yoga pants. But don’t worry – they don’t bite hard, and they love to be cuddled.

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Annika Koehn, then 3, of Oneonta and her sister Adella, 5, dance around the maypole under the guidance of Mary Margaret Kuhn, Cooperstown, during 2016 Mother’s Day festivities, planned again this weekend.

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Saturday, May 13. Hyde Hall National Historic Landmark, Glimmerglass State Park Road, Town of Springfield.

THANKS, MOM: Or take that special lady to the Oneonta Elks Club breakfast buffet, 8:30 a.m.-noon,, at 84 Chestnut St. $10 adults, $5 children (3 and under, free). Public welcome.

SKATING STAR: Dick Button, the Olympic skating champion and famed broadcaster whose collection is the focus of “The Art of Figure Skating Through The Ages” at The Fenimore Art Museum this summer, will deliver a lecture on gardening, skating, and why we do what we do. A novel way to treat mom on her day. 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at The Fenimore, Cooperstown.

STRONGER FAMILIES: 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, May 13, at Oneonta’s Foothills Performing Arts Center to mark Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Games, free ice cream, popcorn, prizes and youth theater.

MUSIC & ART: Cooperstown Central School’s Art & Music Night features original creations by K-12 students. 5-7 p.m., Friday, May 12, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St.

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BAGEL & BENEFITS – 8:30-10 a.m. Otsego County Chamber of Commerce networking event, presentation about the benefits of membership. ServPro Fire & Water Cleanup and Restoration member presentation. Northern Eagle Beverage Exchange, 41 Browne St., Oneonta. Info, https://www.facebook.com/ TheOtsegoCountyChamber/ RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Clothes, toys, linens, and household items. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, Merrilee Gomillion (607) 432-3132, M_Gomillion@ msn.com RUMMAGE/BAKE SALE – 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Clothes, dishes, records, books, and more. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rte. 28 N., Hartwick Seminary. Info, (607) 547-9613.

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 9-11:30 a.m. Learn to manage your high-blood pressure in an evidence-based way with a group of your peers. 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Info, (607) 547-3360, LivingWellSessions@bassett.org, http://www.bassett.org/information/myhealthy-decisions/news/ bassett-offers-free-living-wellhigh-blood-pressure-workshops/ AFTER SCHOOL ART – 3:15 -5 p.m. Create scratch-art CD Mandalas. $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Upstairs classroom at the Cooperstown Art Association.

Info, reservations, (607) 5479777, http://www.cooperstownart.com/for-kids.html EXHIBIT RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Opening the Lake Exhibit by the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Free, all welcome. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass St. Park Road, Cooperstown. Info, http:// hydehall.org/events-2/ POTLUCK GATHERING – 5 p.m. Dinner for Tri-County Women’s Coalition to meet and enjoy

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by Cooperstown students. The library will also be open with a craft program for children and a preview of the Library’s Summer Program. Cooperstown Art Association. Info, http://www. cooperstownart.com/ SQUARE DANCE – 7:30-10 p.m. Celebrate Mother’s Day with the Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Club of Cooperstown. Admission $5.

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BIRD WATCHING – 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Bring your binoculars and field guides to come see what birds inhabit the 135 acre Mohican Farm. Lead by Becky Gretton.

Meet at the Mohican Farm office, 7207 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown.

Info, http://occainfo.org/calendar/morning-birding-mohican-2/ RUMMAGE/BAKE SALE – 9 a.m.-noon. Clothes, dishes, records, books, and more. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rte. 28 N., Hartwick Seminary. Info, (607) 547-9613.

BAG SALE – 9 a.m.-noon. Clothes, toys, linens, and household items. $2/bag. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta.

Info, Merrilee Gomillion 4323132, M_Gomillion@msn.com LEARN COMPUTERS – 10 a.m.-noon. Introduction to SketchUp. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ ORIGAMI WORKSHOP – 12:30-1:30 p.m. Craft and story time with special guest Vivienne Clark. Cooperstown Village Library. Info, http://www. villagelibraryofcooperstown. org/calendar OPERA – 12:30 p.m. “Der Rosenkavalier.� The Met streaming live in HD. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Cost $18/seniors, $20/adults, 10/students. Season pass $200. Box Office: (607) 431-2080, http://foothillspac. org/index.php/shows/metropolitan-opera-in-hd/ COMMUNITY RESILIENCE FAIR – 1-4 p.m. Join the Family Resource network for the Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Fun activities, free ice cream, popcorn, prizes, and a youth theater performance.

The Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0001, kwinn@familyrn.org or visit https://www.facebook. com/FamilyRN/

ATHLETIC CLUB – 1-4 p.m.

Headed by Aaron Macken.

Activities include running, hiking, biking, weight training, and more.

Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

Info, http://www.friendsofrecoverydo.org/events DRAWING WORKSHOP – 1-4 p.m. Begin your “Journey into Drawing� with Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego counties. Materials free. All skill levels welcome. Registration preferred. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www. friendsofrecoverydo.org/events GARDEN PARTY – 1-4 p.m.

Treat Mom to a garden party that includes tea and treats on the veranda, a maypole and live music for dancing, activities, and a first look at a new exhibit by the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Free, all welcome. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Springfield. Info, or call (607) 547-5098, http://hydehall. org/event/celebrate-mom-garden-party/ 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 if you want. Led by Jen Donohue.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/hml-writers-group/

SKATING ART – 2 p.m. Dick Button, Olympic figure skating champion and avid gardener, presents “In The Eye of the Beholder.� A lecture on the art of gardening, figure skating, and why we do what we do. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. fenimoreartmuseum.org/ programs/%5Bfield_program_ type-raw%5D/dick_button_on_ the_eye_of_the_beholder EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION – 2 p.m. “Musical Notes from the City of the Hills� opens AT Greater Oneonta Historical Society. 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http:// www.oneontahistory.org/ or call (607)432-0960 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 TEEN CENTER – 5:30-7 p.m.

Grand re-opening and ribbon cutting. Includes an open house, refreshments, and food. Regular hours continue 7-10:30 p.m.

Ages 13-19. The Oneonta Teen Center, The Asa C. Allison Building, 4 Academy St., Oneonta.

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Goat-Yoga Craze Due Soon Sundays. It’s GOATS/From B1 $22 per class. and bleating playfully In good in the grass. weather, classes “Just seeing them will be held jump around, you outdoors. In can’t help but smile,” case of rain, the said Boustani. “6 class will be p.m. in our house is held inside, and known as ‘goat time,’ the goats will and we wanted to wear diapers share that with everyand onesies to one else.” prevent any ac“It helps with cidents. stress reduction,” “Afterwards, said Morrissey. everyone is “You’re there with invited to stay this beautiful little and play with creature who just wants to be with you. A little yoga may the goats, take It’s not unlike bring- calm down those pictures, and feed them if ing a cat or a dog into little rascals. they’re huna nursing home. It’s gry,” said Boustani. very soothing.”

Additionally, a two-day And while goat yoga is a goat yoga retreat is planned recent trend, but one that’s June 9-11, including classes, gaining steam nationally. “glamping” in the tents on the April Gould, a contestant on hill above the farmhouse, and “American Ninja Warrior,” catered meals. trained with her goats, and The Gilbertsville Farm opened Arizona Goat Yoga in Gilbert, Ariz. And in Oregon, opened four years ago as a wedding venue, and Boustani Lainey Morse, considered will offer goat yoga as a way the founder of goat yoga, has for the nervous bride to relax a waiting list of over 1,000 with her bridesmaids before trying to get into her classes the big day – and get some in Corvallis. one-of-a-kind bridal party Purpose Farm in Baldpictures too. winsville, near Syracuse, has “It’s gentle and restorclasses – already sold out ative,” she said. “We really – beginning June 24. The know the therapeutic value of Gilbertsville Farm’s first the goats.” class will begin June 1 – at 6 p.m. Thursdays and 3 p.m.

Website Sends Outdoor Enthusiasts Into Wilds WEBSITE/From B1 The kick-off party on Thursday, May 4 at Gilbert Lake wasn’t the warm spring weather Pope was hoping for, but still brought out a small, devoted crowd to get their first glimpse at the new website.

“We get calls from people all the time saying they want to do something outdoors, but they don’t know where to go,” said Leslie Orzetti, Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life Otsego 2000’s Ellen Pope outlines website’s feaOCCA executive director.

“This is a tool we can use tures at the Gilbert Lake kickoff Thursday, May 4. and amenities, including nance.” to point them where to go.”

ADA accessible, parking, “We hope this becomes Want to take an easy hike fees and whether you can a grassroots community with a dog where there are bring your dog. effort,” said Shannon Kirch, restrooms and parking availYou can even find restaumarket manager at the able? There are six lovely rants along the way, as well Farmers Market. “If you trails that meet that criteria.

Looking to take the canoe as lodging. “We want to see think a trail is missing, sugsome economic developgest it. Send photos we can or kayak out? The site post.” directs you to boat launches ment along these trails,” said Pope.

“Maybe someone The trails are also on Canadarago and Otsego will see this as an opportuin partnership with the lakes. Plan to walk away nity to start that sandwich Otsego Land Trust, and the winter blues on snowshop or food truck, to serve promoted through This shoes? There are entries for people on these trails.”

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The site is also a way for Cooperstown Getaway.

“Cooperstown doesn’t hikers to contribute their “We’ll be able to better need an influx of visitors own favorite trails, as well develop trails and signage, in the summer,” said Pope. as report on whether a trail and tap into the grants they “What we need to focus on needs upkeep.

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“This way, if a family is in town for the Cooperstown Dreams Park, Mom can join a bike race or Dad can go for a run,” said Pope.

And Pope is hoping that some clever volunteers will help develop itineraries recommending a full day of outdoor fun, with locallysourced dining and entertainment options along the way. “You might look for an itinerary for a family of four, and it might include hiking a trail in Glimmerglass and then going to get ice cream,” she said.

A road suitability map for cyclists, researched by Hartwick College students and overseen by Marc Kingsly, is forthcoming, first as a paper map, and later, on the website.

“This is a great way to get people outside enjoying nature,” said Otzetti.

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The full text of this Local Law of 2017 is available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board’s Office in the County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours.

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VILLAGE OF MILFORD PUBLIC HEARING All Village of Milford residents, please take notice: On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 6:30 pm, at the Village Office, 64 South Main Street, Milford, New York, the Village Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing concerning the adoption of a local law imposing a temporary moratorium on new short-term rentals in the village of Milford.

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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 61-63 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Name: COOPERSTOWN BTM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 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 61-63 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

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Name: BLUESTONEWALL PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 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 105, 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 Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC): Principle Design Engineering, PLLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/31/17.

Office location: Chenango County.

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Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Date of dissolution: None.

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Office location: Otsego County.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: TRINITY MEAT COMPANY LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 March 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 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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Friday, MAY 12, 2017

On Learning Of 200th Birthday, City Postal Workers Leap Into Action 200TH/From A1 requested that on the date the post office hand-cancel an enclosed postcard – “barely touching the tree and another to the side would be perfect” – and to return in the enclosed envelope, also with a hand-

cancellation, to add to his collection.

Intrigued, Bollinger called the postal historian in Washington D.C., and he sent her a list of all the former postmasters.

A little more research and she discovered that, yes,

Wilhelm’s claim was true.

“This all came together very quickly,” she said. “There wasn’t time to do too much research.”

According to a history written by the late Ron Whalen for the Greater Oneonta Historical Society,

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James McDonald, one of the future city’s first settlers, was the first Milfordville postmaster, locating the office in his family’s tavern at 2 River St., where Stewart’s is today.

McDonald’s daughter, Julia, married John Watkins, and the Watkinses’ son, Carleton, would go to California during the gold rush of 1849 and find fame as the first eminent landscape photographer of the early American west.

According to Dorothy Scott Fielder’s “Otsego County Postal History,” published in 1994, Eliakim Ford was postmaster in 1830, when the state Legislature separated Oneonta from Milford.

“In the early days, a post office wasn’t one building,” said Bob Brzozowski, GOHS executive director.

“William Angel had the Oneonta Hotel at the Corner of Chestnut and Main, and when he was postmaster it operated out of there. Postmaster William Fritz had it in his tailor shop, and it was in the Central Hotel for a time.”

The first dedicated post office was at 2 Dietz St., where Destination Oneonta is now, and from 1915 to

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On display in the Oneonta Post Office lobby, the sign on this photo asks, “Do you recognize two of your carriers who are working today?” Well, do you?

As requested, the city Post Office stamped this post card and sent it back to Oregon.

1967, it was in what is now City Hall.

The former Oneonta News Company headquarters was selected as the site of the new post office, where it has remained since.

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On May 9, Bollinger and her colleagues set out old archive photos for visitors to browse, including photos of several generations of postal workers.

“If we had known earlier, we could have set up a special cancellation stamp,” she said.

But the post office obliged to Wilhelm’s request with a standard hand-cancellation, along with a short note thanking him for bringing the date to their attention. “I wish we had known sooner!” said Bollinger.

“Maybe we’ll do something for the 300th anniversary.”

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ONEONTA – Oneonta native David Arnold Stewart Sr., 86, whose love of history was expressed in the restoration of his Pennsylvania home and participation in historical societies, passed away peacefully May 3, 2017, under the care of Hospice in Jackson, Mich.

Dave was the son of James and Helen (Morris) Stewart, born May 24, 1930, in Oneonta. A 1948 graduate of Oneonta High School, Dave graduated from Tri-

State College (now Trine University) in Angola, Ind., with a degree in civil engineering in 1957. Earning his professional engineering license in the early 1960s, he enjoyed his professional career working for McFarland Johnson, in Binghamton and Woodbury, N.J., Kuljian Corp., Philadelphia, and Day & Zimmermann, Philadelphia.

He retired in 1980 to concentrate on the complete restoration of Stone Forge,

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their circa 1756 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, farmhouse. The reconstruction of their property’s blacksmith David shop ruins Stewart earned them national architectural recognition.

An avid antique firearms collector from age 9, for over 50 years Dave was a member of the Pennsylvania Antique Gun Collectors Association, where he consistently enjoyed his table at the association’s biannual Pottstown shows, and the American Society of Arms Collectors for over 32 years.

He is survived by his wife, Marilou (Parsons) Stewart; his three children, David (Wendy) Stewart Jr. of Ripton, Vt., Deborah (Gary) Weber of Bend, Ore., and John (Elaine) Stewart of Clark Lake, Mich.; eight grandchildren: half-brother, Matthew (Gaire) Stewart of Pumpenbil, Australia, and half-sister, Clarissa Stewart of Oneonta, and numerous nieces, nephews and inlaws.

Dave was preceded in death by his parents and his brother William.

The funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 13 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 240 Main St., Unadilla, New York.

Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta.

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KINGSTON – Daniel E. Coons, who coached football at Cooperstown Central and taught at SUNY Oneonta before going on to a career at Delaware State University, passed away at his home on May 3, 2017, surrounded by family.

He was born Oct. 6, 1932, in Kingston, to Russell T. and Mildred A. (Rittie) Coons.

He taught at SUNY Oneonta and Cooperstown High school.

He served in the Army overseas during the Korean War era. He was a founding member of the Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame, which honored him with induction to the Hall in 2011.

He is survived by his wife JoAnn and his children Daniel E. Coons (Cassie) of Wolfeboro, N.H., Kim M. Coons (Morton Korn) of Nyack, Candace Coons Snyder of Madison, N.J., and stepchildren Karen Furlong Shemwell (Charlie) of Santa Clara, Calif., and Robert Furlong (Ann Hicks) of Muncie, Ind.. He is also survived by his 15 grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will take place at 3 p.m. May 20 at the Delaware Airpark, 127 Durham Lane, Dover, DE 19904.

Jeremy Allen, 86; Businessman In Kenya Later Owned Robynwood Home In City ONEONTA – Jeremy Allen, 86, a polo player, race car driver and businessman in his native Kenya before moving to the U.S. and in 1986 buying Robynwood Adult Home in Oneonta, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2017.

Born Oct. 16, 1930, in Nairobi, Kenya, to Brian and Lorna (Henley) Allen, Jeremy spent his youth in Kenya where he developed a lifelong love of nature and agriculture.

He spent his early school years in Kenya, and at age 14 continued his studies in 1944 at Wellington College in England. Although accepted to Cambridge for biochemistry, he chose to return to Kenya.

Back in Nairobi, he assumed ownership of his father’s business, Queens Cleaners & Dyers, Ltd., where deliveries were made by horse-drawn wagon.

Never one to sit idle, Jeremy also started a livestock export business in which he “supplied horses to the police in Zambia; pigs to a

mission in Burundi; horses and cattle to Zaire and Ruanda; and even a donkey to the Little Sisters of Jeremy Mercy in Allen Burundi”.

This work required him to drive over 300 miles each day over unpaved roads, which eventually led to him racing cars competitively.

He took part in the East African Safari Rally competing with drivers from all over the world. The open road course is usually three to four thousand miles long.

An accomplished horseman, Jeremy played for the Kenyan National Polo Team. He was able to utilize his equestrian skills in his career, as well, by supplying horses to movie sets, training thoroughbreds and eventually establishing a successful business leading saddle safaris. He was instrumental in starting the Kabete Pony

Club which gave children an opportunity to take part in new and unusual riding adventures and to build natural riding skills.

Ten years later, in 1986, Jeremy moved to Oneonta where he became the owner and operator of Robynwood until his retirement in 2010.

Jeremy was an active member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Oneonta Rotary Club where he served a year as president.

Jeremy is survived by his wife of 26 years, Linda (Chambers) Allen; four children, Dr. Suki Allen of Newham, Australia; Benjamin Allen of Nairobi, Kenya; Jacqueline Allen of Melbourne, Australia; and Priscilla Davey of Nairobi, Kenya; and seven grandchildren.

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6 Democrats Give Credentials, Win Warm Applause From 80 Party Faithful said Richard Sternberg, the Cooperstown village trustee who, on behalf of the Otsego County Democratic Committee, organized the Sunday, May 7, forum at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club. “So the Democrats, to be able to compete with him, will have to raise similar amounts of money.�

Although nominating petitions won’t be circulated until June 2018, to begin raising money candidates must file their intent to run with the state Board of Elections.

Sternberg said the six have or will shortly, and he expects a seventh candidate will soon

THE SIX/From A1 Rhodes, a lawyer and former Cuomo aide, and Sue Sullivan, a CCS graduate and healthcare executive and consultant, now living in Plattekill.

Given the national – and District-19-wide – turmoil since Donald Trump’s election as president Nov. 7, the full field suggests ambitious Democrats “smell blood in the water,� as one prominent Democrat put it, and aim to reclaim the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. But there’s a practical reason they’re getting started so early, too. “Faso is raising money,�

enter the field. “They all have some roots one way or the other, enough not to be considered carpetbaggers,� said Sternberg, reacting to a criticism of the last two Democratic nominees in the 19th, Zephyr Teachout and Sean Eldridge, who moved into the district to run for Congress.

Here’s a synopsis of what the six told the 80 Democrats – a who’s who in the local party – at Sunday’s session: ►Jeff Beals shifted from a CIA officer in the Mideast to the State Department, working with Chris Stevens who later, as ambassador in Libya,

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Candidate Sue Sullivan was joined by parents Steve and Betsy Sywetz, Town of Springfield, and Janet Potter of Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta’s retired Milne Library director. downfall. He also reported on his great-uncle Mike Quill – he passed the Irish cultural center named for him en route to the forum – who died in a New York City prison cell two days after he was arrested for his 1966 role organizing a transit strike. He and his wife of 18 years have two children. ►Gareth Rhodes reported working on his family’s turkey farm while at Kingston High School, then drilling wells – some in Oneonta – and volunteering at his local fire department. Responding to the encouragement of others, he went to City College, interned in the Cuomo Administration, and has been at Harvard Law School for the past two years.

At 28, he is second youngest after Brisee. â–şSue Sullivan noted her great-great-great grandfather “Honeymoonâ€? Potter settled in

Hartwick’s Blue Jay Hollow in 1809. Another forebear, John Curry, ran unsuccessfully for Hartwick supervisor, a job her aunt Mary Balcom later won.

A former vice president at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, she was “sick and disgusted� by Faso’s lack of understanding of healthcare reform. “He doesn’t know what it costs or what the impact is going to be,� she said. Relying on the U.S. Senate to fix the bill is “a copout.�

She has two sons.

After nine-minute presentations from each candidate, Sternberg ended the formal part of the afternoon so attendees could talk with the candidates individually. Given the strength of the field, he asked for a pledge to get behind whomever does eventually get the nod. “Of course, they all said yes,� he said later.

D.A. Muehl Takes Lead On ‘Protocol’ happen again – “an individual can be held accountable.�

By Monday, May 8, District Attorney John B. Muehl had stepped into that vacuum. “It did fall through the cracks,� he said. “I believe we let these schools down. I never want it to happen again.� He was planning to meet at 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, May 11, with the county board’s Public Safety Committee.

Normally, he said in an interview, “the sheriff’s department would have alerted the school. (In this HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal case) the sherMCS Superintendent Place to county iff couldn’t be board: “To NOT be notified of a involved.� specific and potentially lethal threat As it hapagainst our school was an egregious pened, Muehl error. was out of town. The sheriff called state police to He was about to call his counterpart at the other schools take over the investigation, “but that took five or six days,� mentioned in the court order, the D.A. said. “It was a very Oneonta’s, when the phone unique situation.� rang. It was Oneonta SuperinFor his part, the sheriff said tendent Joe Yelich, calling him. the initial report was labelled Place’s concerns, affirmed “a workplace violence inciby Yelich and the Milford dent� – according to the court Central school board, brought order, the younger Devlin had the first-time superintendent to talked of shooting himself the floor of the county board’s May meeting on the 3rd, where in his boss’s presence – not a school threat, so a “central he stated “unequivocally that reporting agency� in Albany this lack of communication is was alerted. totally unacceptable.�

Agreeing with Muehl, he He called for the county to said a review is needed “to establish “standard operating see where the failure was, and procedure� in such situations, make sure it doesn’t happen adding, “If no such procedures again.� exist, we request that they be For his part, Yelich said he created,� so – if this were to PROTOCOL/From A1 Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son had first surfaced Jan. 5, but – four months later – Place had no inkling any such allegation was out there. He issued reassurances through the school district’s “robocall� parent-notification system, and spent the afternoon trying to calm down students and staff.

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was killed in Benghazi, on easing tensions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Later, he was assigned to Iraq. Returning home, he married, has two sons, and is teaching at Woodstock Central School, where his wife is a kindergarten teacher. â–şSteve Brisee, in his mid20s, identified himself as “the youngest candidate.â€? He is data-focused in tackling problems. He described his job as trying to extract meaning out of raw information. “We need to bring facts back into how we run this country,â€? he said. â–şAntonio Delgado, a commercial lawyer for the past six years, was raised in Schenectady by two GE-employee parents striving to move the family into the middle class. He worked hard, attended Colgate, then Harvard Law School, then Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. He then worked with black youth in L.A. before returning to the Hudson Valley. He is also married with two children. â–şBrian Flynn spoke of being called to Buffalo to revive an ailing manufacturing company (medical soft goods), reenergizing the staff and raising the gross from $20 million to $100 million. But he stunned the gathering with his account how, when he was 19, his brother was killed when terrorists blew up the Pan Am jet over Lockerbie. The tragedy energized his family, who found “light in the fightâ€? that eventually led to the perpetrators’ arrest and Khadaffi’s

was concerned the news “didn’t come from an office of authority.� As Place expressed in his letter, he intends to follow this through with Oneonta’s county representatives to ensure a “protocol� is established. “I expect this will be a one-time sort of thing,� he said.

As high school principal at Jamestown in 2000 – the year after Columbine – Yelich remembers when security first became “a matter of real importance.� At Oneonta, he has a “really well-operating school safety committee� of representatives from local law-enforcement agencies.

Police use the schools for K-9 drills and hostage-taking drills, so they know the layout in the event anything happens. “It’s absolutely something we pay attention to,� he said.

In his office at Milford Central, Place – he succeeded veteran superintendent Peter Livshin at the beginning of this school year – Place reaches behind his desk for a thick folder of security protocols created by the state Education Department for schools to follow.

As it happened, the students and staff were outside the school, undergoing a proscribed fire drill, on April 12 when he heard about the report.

There are evacuation drills and lockdown drills regularly.

Depending on what kind of incident is reported, “you act on it,� he said. “Then you find out� the specifics. “That’s what we expect the district attorney and sheriff or whomever to have – these procedure, and to act on them,� he said.

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