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he City of Oneonta will be able to spend $10 million in DRI funding just the way its planning process determined it should, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul told a gathering at Foothills Friday, May 19. A signature project will be 30 one- and two-bedroom apartments, a public plaza and a Main-to-Market walkway on the Wescott lot next to Old City Hall. For complete list, type “Hochul” in search at
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ith three final peals that echoed across the valley, the bell from the Milford United
Methodist Church Church tower came down Monday, May 22, as the demolition of the church neared completion. “Our responsibility now is to look forward and find God’s will for our congregation,” said the Rev. Sylvia Barrett, pastor. Please See CHURCH, A7
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Compressed-Gas Trucks Reportedly Multiplying BELLS RING ON OYARON HILL Nursing major Karu Knudson, Oneonta, receives her mantle from Sydney Leo, vice president/ finance.
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President Margaret Drugovich presents the Margaret B. Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching to Dr. Wendell Frye, professor of German and the college’s oldest professor.
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Theater Arts major Greg Hunter, Oneonta, mugs for the camera as he walks in the processional among 279 seniors who received diplomas at Hartwick College’s commencement Saturday, May 20.
f you’ve see those trucks marked “XNG, Express Natural Gas,” plying up and down certain Otsego County roadways in recent weeks, you’re not alone. Residents along a north-south corridor, some sensitized by resistance to expanding the “natural gas infrastructure,” have noticed the proliferation, and are estimating as few as two trucks an hour each way, to as many as eight an hour, 24 hours a day, 200 in all daily, are on local roads. The northern terminus of this traffic is a compressed natural gas (CNG) terminal in Manheim, north of Please See CNG, A3
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Aaron Macken NEW RELAY SITE: Attenthanks dance was down to 100 from Catholic Charities’ 165 last year, but spirits Ameen were high and $50,642.55 Aswad, was raised at the Otsego a CoopCounty Relay for Life Saterstown urday, May 20, at a new site: resident, for Milford’s Wilber Park. helping him get back in AVANZATO SHINES: the mainGianluca Avanzato of stream.
Oneonta was a presenter at Union College’s annual Steinmetz Symposium Day.
Pastor Sylvia Barrett looks forward to the future of the Milford United Methodist Church. The ruins were demolished less than 24 hours after this photo was taken. Photos at
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Oneonta’s acting Police Chief Doug Brenner offered good wishes from the Sons of the American Legion at the Saturday, May 20, unveiling of a historical marker near the gravesite of Cato Freedom, a former slave who farmed in Town of Burlington. Seated is Joanne Fisher, whose husband, NAACP President Lee Fisher, was keynoter./MORE, A4
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said. “I came into Catholic Charities and met Ameen Aswad. He helped me get food and toiletries, connected me with parenting classes,
helped me get into housing. He really mentored me.” Macken, a graduate of the Otsego County Drug Court and sober for a year and nine months, will speak on the local impact of the organization Wednesday, May 31, at Catholic Charities’ 100th anniversary Please See 100TH, A7
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Sportsmen’s Club Sends 35 To DEC’s Adirondack Camp The Otsego County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs held its annual Kids to Camp Recognition Picnic at the Otsego County Fairgrounds in Morris on Wednesday, May 17. Back, from left, Sarah Feik, Marley Lippitt, Kamryn French, Leeanna West, Michael Bliss, Devon Blanton, Scott Lynn, Cole Bobnick, Joseph Seamon Jr., Kaleb Sonnenberg, Tom Dygert, Samantha Dixon. Middle row, from left, Logan Haner, Ian Quinn, David Sellick, Shawn Butler, Jacob Reynolds, Corbin Decker, Lincoln Waffle, Christian Valentine, Jacob Meiser, Ardell Wellman. Front row, from left, Braydon Hascup, Ethan Kukenberger, Jacob Burkhart, Alton Francisco, Kai Phillips, Colin McEnroe, Emma Dabreau, Logan Kantor, Jack Knapp, Nicole Hassman. Missing from the photo were Felix Palmer, , Kellen Patrick and Noah Chase.
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They also have the chance to earn a certificate in hunter, bowhunter and trapper education. The Oneonta Sportsmen’s Club offered eight camperships, the most, to Devon Blanton, Noah Chase, Logan Kantor, Scott Lynn, Jacob Reynolds, Kaleb Sonnenberg, Ardell Wellman and Christian Valentine. Other sponsoring clubs are: • The Dave Brandt Chapter of Trout Unlimited Corbin Decker, Alton Francisco, Felix Palmer and Kai Phillips. • The Hartwick Rod & Gun Club, Jacob Burkhart, Brady Hascup, David Sellick, and Thomas Dygert. • Decatur’s East Worcester Fish & Game Club, Shawn Butler, Samantha Dixon and Jonah Meiser. • The Cooperstown Sportsmen’s Association is sending Ethan Kuken-
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CITED FOR SERVICE: Heather Guzy of Oneonta, was among the 52 members of the SUNY Oneonta Class of 2017 who received Senior Service Awards during a May 12 reception for completing at least 350 hours of service through the college’s Center for Social Responsibility and Community.
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Oneonta Girl Scout Troop 30132 provided the Color Guard – and smiles – at the somtimes somber Otsego County Relay for Life Saturday, May 20, at Milford Wilber Park. From left are Bailey Roy, Liv Robinson and Sasha Dudek.
The dedication of a historical marker at the Butternut Valley Cemetery marking black Revolutionary soldier, freed slave and Town of Burlington farmer Cato Freedom’s gravesite was, as you might imagine, a magnet for local historians like, from left, Gilbertsville/Butternuts’ Leigh Eckmair, Yvonne Eckert from the Laurens Historical Society, and Wayne Wright, retired director of The Fenimore Research Library and past board member at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Brittany Scalise is entranced by the buttonbased jewelry in one of the 60 stalls at the Cooperstown Rotary’s Spring Fling! celebration in Doubleday Field parking lot. With her is mom Kim. The familly lives in Herkimer, but has a summer place on Otsego Lake.
Bob Hanft, Pierstown, former Hartwick College trustees chairman, now a professor of equity research and financial services, applauds the new graduates at the college’s commencement Saturday, May 20.
As the big crowds waned in late afternoon at the Brookwood Point Grand Reopening Saturday, May 20, Brent Baysinger, proprietor of Canoe & Kayak Rentals, tries out his wares while wife Amanda and their son Brooks, 20 months, wait on the shore.
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Compressed-Natural-Gas Trucks’ Appearance Raises Concerns In County CNG/From A1 Little Falls, that has been open since 2015, according to Bill Kitchen Jr. Fulton County, who has been observing the plant and even followed one of the trucks into Otsego County. The southern terminus is an Express Natural Gas processing plant in Forest Lake, Pa., in the heart of Northeast Pennsylvania’s gas-fracking fields, according to Vera Scroggins, an anti-pipeline activist in Dimock, Pa. The plant just opened in February, she said, which explains why the trucks have just shown up in Otsego County in recent months. “I can hear them at night,” said Kathy Shimberg, a musician and activist who lives in Mount Vision. From time to time, she sees them during the day. She said a Laurens Town Board member, George Decker, raised the matter at the May 8 meeting. It’s unclear what’s going on. Kitchen believes fracked gas from Pennsylvania is being inserted into the Iroquois Pipeline at Manheim. Scroggins, the Constitution Pipeline foe, called the trucks “a virtual pipeline.” But in a press release announc-
ing the Manheim plant’s opening in June 2015, partners Direct Energy Business and Xpress Natural Gas said the facility is compressing gas from the Iroquois, at a rate of 45 truckloads a day, for distribution throughout Central New York. Overall, XNG has “the largest fleet of high-capacity composite CNG trailers on the continent,” the press release said, and that the local plant can deliver 5.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually at a 20-40 percent savings over other fuels. The issue – “bomb trucks,” the activists are calling them – has been discussed for a couple of weeks on Sustainable Otsego’s and other list-serves, and is being brought to the attention of local media only in recent days. “This just came up last week,” said Nicole Dillingham, president of Cooperstown-based Otsego 2000. “I barely know enough to talk about it. I do think it’s a concern. We have to look at this.” While Kitchen followed the trucks south, Bill Huston, from Fenton, near Binghamton, has been following them north. The two men say the trucks come
brake-burning slope ahead; then a runawaytruck ramp halfway down – that concerns Kitchen. If a CNG bearing truck were to careen out of control, who knows what damage it might caused in the tightly settled community of 2,670 souls at the bottom of the hill, he said. “Obviously, they Here’s one of the XNG trucks carry- should not be on these ing compressed natural gas and rais- roads through Canadaing concerns in Otsego County. rago Lake and Richfield north from Pennsylvania on I-88. Springs,” Dillingham They take Exit 13 and head north said. on Route 205 from the City of Asked about the local concerns, Oneonta’s west end to 205’s termi- Alle Houstoun, a spokesperson nus a few miles north of Hartwick for Xpress Natural Gas in Boston, hamlet. said, “We’ve not received this kind They turn right onto Route 80 of inquiry before.” She referred for a couple of miles, then north the question to XNG’s co-founder on Route 28 through Schuyler Seth Berry, but he didn’t respond Lake, along the west side of Canto voicemails. adarago Lake, through Richfield At state Department of TransSprings, then down Route 28 into portation regional headquarters in Mohawk, Herkimer, Route 5S into Binghamton, spokesman David Little Falls and beyond to ManHamburg said he hasn’t heard heim. about the issue, but isn’t sure It’s the steep four-mile drop NYSDOT has any jurisdiction. “If into Mohawk – a pull-off for truck they have permits to use the roads drivers and warning signs of the – if they are of legal size – they
have the right to use the roads,” he said. Kitchen said it would make sense to him to route the trucks north on I-88 to the Thruway, then west to Little Falls, instead of along narrow country roads and through small towns. While there have been no incidents locally he is aware of, he referenced a news article on NGTNews.com on a CNG truck exploding in Howard, Wis., near Green Bay; one person was killed. “I can’t believe, if this is brought to Cuomo’s attention, he wouldn’t be forced to act on this,” Kitchen said. He said he’s conferred about what to do with Anne Marie Garti, the Delhi lawyer who was a leader in Schoharie County’s “Stop the Pipeline” organization. In Fly Creek, Adrian Kuzminski, the Sustainable Otsego moderator who oversees the list-serve, also characterized what’s happening as “a virtual pipeline.” “It appears, if this is correct, if the volume is what people say it is, large quantities of gas are being brought to Upstate New York out of Pennsylvania,” he said. “And not cheaply.”
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HERZIG, KORTHAUER, A DREAM TEAM?
Can Consensus-Builder, Veteran Exec Finally Prove Professionalism Works?
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he relationship between elected officials and paid professionals isn’t generally understood, sometimes even by those politicians and administrators. But last year’s collaboration between Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig (elected) and Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes (paid professional) in winning the Cuomo Administration’s $10 million DRI (downtown redevelopment initiative) grant is a shining example of how it can work well, and should. Mathes, one of the county’s appointees to the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council and a fish comfortable swimming in Albany’s seas, heard
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about the DRI a year ago spring and alerted Herzig, who was immediately enthusiastic. Herzig brought City Hall’s professional resources to the table, and Mathes Otsego Now’s, and with a two-week turnaround staff prepared the winning “Authentically Oneonta” that pictured a
community “on the tipping point,” needing only a little nudge to topple into so much more. While Mathes monitored the application as it wended through Albany’s bureaucracy, Herzig prepared the community for success, smoothing out citizens’ concerns as they arose. There were many examples, but a key one had the mayor converting Seth Clark of Peter Clark Students Rentals from warily “con” to solidly “pro” toward what might very well be a transformative initiative. On the Westcott parking lot next to Old City Hall, imagine a public plaza, a walkway from Main to the Market Street area, Please See EDITORIAL, A5
U.S. No Nation Of Xenophobes, But Of Immigrants – And Laws
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en. George A. Joulwan, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, ended his speech, excerpted below, with the following words: “At 93, my grandfather asked to see me. He was dying. At that time, I was a cadet at West Point. He told me he was proud that I was committed to serve in the military of a country that provided great opportunity for our family. He died the next day. “I never forgot those words. Our country provided opportunity for that grandson to rise to become a four-star general and Supreme Allied Commander of the NATO Alliance. I pray that I have made my grandfather proud as well as all of you and those we honor today.” Listening to this, the recent debate over whether the trustees are positioning Cooperstown as a “sanctuary village” or not came to
mind this Memorial Day. The general’s words remind us: Despite the rhetoric, we are not a nation of anti-immigrants, we are nation of immigrants. Many of us, like Joulwan, personally knew ancestors who passed through the golden door. We are likewise a nation of laws. In recent decades, politics – Republicans wanted cheap labor; Democrats, new voters – denied the nation a well-regulated system of immigration. Before we decry our fellow citizens as xenophobes, that must be fixed. Meanwhile, the village trustees have failed to say, purposely perhaps, whether Cooperstown police, if asked, will cooperate with federal immigration officers. As lawmen, simply, they must. After all, the general’s grandfather embraced a land of opportunity – and of laws.
SUPREME INSIGHT As Ever, Lessons Of Vietnam, WWII Relevant This Memorial Day Editor’s Note: On May 13, Gen. George A. Joulwan, retired NATO Supreme Allied Commander, spoke on the 20th anniversary of the Schuylkill County (Pa.) Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, honoring 39 local men killed in that war. Then, his support guaranteed the fund drive’s success; today, his wise counsel seemed more relevant than ever. This is an excerpt.
Gen. George A. Joulwan, retired NATO Supreme Allied Commander, addresses an SRO crowd at the 20th anniversary of the Schuylkill County (Pa.) Vietnam Memorial on May 13. In 1996-97, he assisted editor/publisher Jim Kevlin’s team at the Republican & Herald in fundraising for the monument.
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adies and gentlemen, it was my privilege to command and lead troops, not only in Vietnam but throughout a 36-year career, and I stand in awe of the dedication and patriotism (of the fallen memorialized by Schuylkill County’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial). We must never forget their sacrifice – not just in Vietnam but today in countless other places, like Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and, now, Syria and Africa. But let me be clear, our elected leaders, our senior military commanders, and those appointed to
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positions of trust and confidence, must ensure that commitment of troops is the last resort, not the
first, that other elements of our power – diplomatic, political and economic – are used in addition to
our military. That when American troops are committed, there must be clarity of mission and adequate
resources to get the mission accomplished. To me, the mission and the endstate were not clear in Vietnam. And, in my view, are not clear for current actions in Iraq and, now, in Syria and Africa. We are better than that as a nation, and better than that as a military. Clarity of mission is essential for the troops, for our allies and for the families whose sons and daughters voluntarily serve their country. I urge our senior military leaders to stand up and be counted and give clear military advice to the president and to the Congress of the United States, even before they think they need it. I recall the advice of Major General Fox Connor to Generals Eisenhower and Marshall prior to and during World War II: Never fight unless you have to. Never fight alone. Never fight for long. Please See JOULWAN, A5
LEE FISHER OTHER VOICES
What Inner Strength Led Cato Freedom From Enslavement To Otsego County Editor’s Note: Oneonta NAACP chapter president Lee Fisher delivered these remarks Saturday, May 20, at the unveiling of a historic marker at the Butternut Valley Cemetery, where Cato Freedom is buried.
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’m humbled and honored to stand here before you 200 years later to dedicate this New York State historical marker to commemorate the life of Cato Freedom and to honor a man born in slavery but
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fortitude and persistence, and an unbelievable foresight to strive for freedom’s goal when facing so many odds and challenges of sacrifices for his wife and daughter during this time period. Cato Freedom’s life teaches us several lessons: • Life is meant to be shared. It includes at times
moving against your comfort zone or stepping outside the box. • He must have had a deep sense of spirituality, in which you search your soul to reach your goal. • Don’t get side tracked, stay focused. • This community and Cato embraced each other Please See FREEDOM, A6
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This day is more than just an interest, this is part of my very being. Cato Freedom’s story is part of many black peoples’ roots of their families’ freedom journey coming from Africa, or their movement from the South to the North and even up to Canada. Cato Freedom had to be a man of tremendous courage,
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who always had a goal of gaining his freedom. Cato Freedom must have had a deep continuous commitment of faith to reach his hope of freedom as a sustainable, unbelievable means of perseverance to overcome the evils of slavery by the good of joy and peace for his wife and daughter.
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t 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 25, the Woodside Hall Community Evening Programs will present “Uses of Essential Oils” with Debbie Bittenbender, Wellness Advocate. The program will discuss how Essential Oils are wonderful natural healers that can deter, without pesticides, such problems as ticks and mosquitoes as well as ants that come inside with the spring rains. Essential oils are more powerful than most people might think, both strong and effective, but with no sideeffects or addictions. Debbie Bittenbender will share uses of essential
oils and answer questions about the oils. Following the presentation refreshments will be served. For more information contact Karen Cadwalader, CATHERINE LCSW at 607-547LAKE 0600. ELLSWORTH • We were indeed sorry to learn of the recent death of Cooperstown native Aline Heller. We have known Aline since we first mar-
ried into Cooperstown in 1971. And we have always been amazed at how active she was over the years in the community. And each activity always seemed to be one of helping others in whatever way she could. In more recent years we enjoyed the times she rode out to Ohio, where we dropped her off to visit her daughter Marian, before we went on to visit our son. Both the rides out and back were delightful as Aline was always a good conversationalist. We shall miss her. To her family and friends we extend our sympathy. Please See COLUMN, A5
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150 Years Ago
Oneonta – J. Cutshaw has a lot of fine pure black Spanish fowls. One of their eggs before us measures seven and seven-eighths inches by six and three-eighths inches around. They are some of the best varieties known. Esek Blind has bought the lot between the express office and the market at $1,300, and proposes to erect thereon a business building the present year. The location is one of the best in town. Since the rains stopped last Friday, farming has been going on with a rush. Building lots are changing hands quite briskly, and buyers preparing to build. Robert W. Hopkins, a highly esteemed citizen of Oneonta was buried yesterday with the rites of the Masonic Order, of which he was a devoted member. The funeral address was given at the Baptist Church by his pastor, the Rev. A. Reynolds. A firm and earnest friend of Temperance, a sincere patriot, and a good citizen has departed. May 1867
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Anyone who has doubts as to the material prosperity of Oneonta or who fears that the “boom” in this metropolis of southern Otsego has subsided, may have both doubts and fears laid at rest by a stroll about town and a brief survey of buildings in process of erection. Beginning on upper Main Street he comes first to a three-story store built at an expense of about $6,000 by L.S. Emmons. Below this is the Reynolds and Wilcox building, costing about $5,000; then the block of Mrs. L.L. Bundy, for which ground is already broken, and which will cost $8,000; then the Baird block, to cost $28,000; and then the residence of W.L. Brown, estimated at $4,000. All these buildings are of brick. The Central Hotel addition will cost $3,000 and a brick barn in the rear of the Central $4,000 more. Lewis and Wilson contemplate building an Opera House at an estimated cost of $25,000 on the present hotel barn site. May 1892
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Attorney General Gregory today instructed United States attorneys and marshals throughout the country to use their utmost efforts to arrest and prosecute all persons responsible for the agitation which has manifested itself in localities from New England to Texas against the registration on June 5 of men subject to selective draft. Officials have undertak-
A Puzzling Message COLUMN/From A4 We were somewhat surprised last week when we answered a telephone call from what we thought was a local caller. Instead, we found ourselves listening to a telemarketer who wanted to talk with the home owner. Although we were stunned, we did have the sense to hang up. We then called the number from which the call came to see if that person knew that a telemarketer was somehow using that number to make calls. We were told that there had been some real problems with telemarketers calling. We must say we have no idea how a telemarketer would get a personal telephone number to use, although we think we have read about such a dishonest practice in the past. But, we do think that even using one’s telephone ID to screen callers no longer works to avoid telemarketers. And we have to wonder what the implication of having one’s telephone number used to make telemarketers calls might be. It is indeed an understatement to say that we are completely disgusted to think there are such dishonest people who must think using someone else’s telephone number is an accepted practice. But perhaps it is not surprising given the number of telemarketers who pay absolutely no attention to the “Do Not Call” registry. • We must say we are still puzzling over a message we received not long ago that we had missed a doctor’s appointment on April 19. We can but conclude it was sent to us in error. We distinctly remember finding someone to drive us to the appointment. We paid our $20 co-pay when we registered for the appointment. We remember quite well discussing a medication with the doctor before he sent a prescription for it to Church & Scott. And we know full well that our appointment driver was also kind enough to drive us to the pharmacy to pick up said prescription. After that, we got notification from our health insurance company that they had been billed and paid for our visit to the doctor. Then, to add insult to injury, we received a request to answer a survey about our experience at this particular visit. The visit was fine. It was the notice afterwards declaring we had missed our appointment that really ticked us off. As of yet, no one has asked us to answer a survey of what we thought about the message accusing us of missing an appointment. And that is the survey in which we would very much like to participate. PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-547-8124 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.
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20 Years Ago
cost index to 119.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, a new record. This means that it took about $1.20 in April to purchase the same amount of goods and services you could get for $1 in the 1947-49 period. It was the eighth straight month that living costs set a record. The average weekly earnings for an unmarried factory worker, after tax deductions, were computed at $67.09 in April. This compared with $65.08 a year ago. But that increase was more than absorbed by rising prices. A sharp seasonal jump in food prices was the principal factor in last month’s rise. May 1957
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School Drinking – Most schools have a strict rule that May 1997 anyone drinking or drunk in school is automatically suspended. Students in one school reported their teachers en an exhaustive investigation to determine if the anti-draft were dumb not to notice they had been drinking. A teacher sentiment is not centered in machinations of German propa- explained that if students are sent home, they will spend gandists in this country having a central headquarters. Some the day in the park drinking. It is better to have them in officials believe that the entire agitation is manufactured by school where maybe they can be helped, the teacher reaGerman agents who once called for an uprising of German sons. “Suspension takes the child out of the classroom,” a reservists in this country upon America’s entry into the war. principal explained. “But, it doesn’t help the child.” A guidAttorney General Gregory today invited the entire nation to ance counselor reports: “In the last eight or nine years we constitute itself a committee of the whole and every man of have averaged one dropout per year. If we came down hard military age a committee of one to report slackers. on drinking, we would throw out more than we do. Some May 1917 schools say it is not their responsibility and the only way to deal with drinking teens is to throw them out. But, in small schools there is a new theme – alcoholism is only one of Premier Benito Mussolini’s Milan newspaper asked Jews many problems which must be dealt with. A gym teacher today to give whole-hearted support to Fascism and cease remarked: “We see the effects of parents involved in drinkcriticism of Germany, or to leave the country. The choice ing. The children bring their problems to school. We can appeared to be one between race and country. Editorial tell if Dad has come home and been mean – emotionally or writer Oreste Gregorio wrote: “Jews must decide whether physically.” they are Jews in Italy or Jews of Italy.” The editorial emMay 1977 phasized that Italian Jews must give up any opposition to the German Nazi principle of a pure Teutonic race and must abandon any participation in the Zionist movement for a naDiversity Rules magazine will celebrate the completion tional Jewish home in Palestine. The paper held that opposi- of its first year of publication from 4 to 7 p.m. at Sego Café tion to Nazi ideas would be “irreconcilable with the friendat 291 Main Street in Oneonta. There will anniversary cake, ship that binds us to Germany and which has objectives far food, and music by the Chris Wolf-Gould Ensemble and more vast and fundamental than the Jewish question.” a prize for the most colorful “out there” outfit. Diversity May 1937 Rules magazine serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-
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Herzig, Korthauer Can Build Firm Foundation For Future EDITORIAL/From A4 topped by 30 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Imagine a renovated parking deck with shops and a transit center. Imagine now-vacant upper floors of Main Street buildings redone and bustling with life. That’s how Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul described it Friday, May 19, at Foothills where she affirmed “Authentically Oneonta” will become a reality. If so, credit the Herzig-Mathes combination. • …which paves the way for a HerzigKorthauer combination, the mayor and George L. Korthauer, who should be in the City of the Hills any day now, househunting with wife Brenda in preparation for joining City Hall Aug. 1 as city manager. Korthauer was a celebrated city manager in Petoskey, Mich., for a quarter century – 1983-2009 – and, in an interview the other day, sounded like he was channeling Oneonta. Three experiences he shared: • One, get a good plan and use it; DON’T put it on the shelf. A master plan devised in 1982, the year before Korthauer arrived there, mapped how to transform the industrial waterfront for recreation. The year after he resigned in 2009, a final project was completed. In Oneonta, he’s arriving just in time to participate in revising the city’s compre-
hensive master plan. Great timing. • Two, the waterfront Korthauer found was criss-crossed with rail lines, populated with abandoned industrial buildings, filled with tainted soil. Fixing that sounds like a tailor-made experience for redeveloping Oneonta’s D&H yards. Different goal, same challenges. • Three, an elevated highway built through Petoskey in the 1960s separated the waterfront from the Victorian-era downtown. Sound familiar? Through a wide pedestrian walkway, foot bridges and viewscapes, the downtown and waterfront today are both visible and accessible to each other. Imagine Oneonta as a riverfront community once again. Korthauer quickly became involved in the Michigan Municipal League, that state’s equivalent of our NYCOM. He plugged Petoskey into the Great Lake state’s Harbors of Refuge program that sought to create recreational marinas every 20 miles. With a comp plan that defined Petoskey as a recreational community, he was able to get state agencies to spend industrial-development money for recreation. While the waterfront was the grand success, Petoskey during the Korthauer years redeveloped 2.5 miles on each side of the Bear River, revived the downtown and rebuilt the city’s infrastructure. • This, regrettably, does not do credit to
all of Petoskey’s accomplishments during the Korthauer Years. Suffice it to say, there was plenty, plenty that applies to Oneonta. With Herzig’s steady hand on the helm, with a new atmosphere of collaboration on Common Council, with a savvy executive, and City Hall staff playing ball, the planets appear aligned for exciting progress in our City of the Hills. A couple of final points. First, a city manager doesn’t prove his worth by winning grants to cover his salary – that’s simply insufficiently ambitious. Look at Mathes. He’s been paid about a half-million over four year – he’s brought in $14 million to the city alone, and counting. Much more countywide. Second, that George Korthauer isn’t going to be here forever is beside the point. Who is? At 66, it would make sense that he establish a sound, smoothrunning executive function in City Hall, to map the future, to begin the work, then hand it off, in three years or in six, to a capable successor. Sure, two city managers didn’t work out, and the fault wasn’t in their stars, or ours. There was simply a lot of onetime unnecessary turbulence that Mayor Herzig and his smart Common Council allies are moving beyond. Think about it. Smart cities make professional management work. Oneonta is a smart city. This is going to be just fine.
Remember, Fight Only When You Must, Never Alone, Never For Long JOULWAN/From A4 Great advice then, and great advice now. Allow me to elaborate. 1. Never fight unless you have to. As I have said, all means should be employed to include political, diplomatic and economic elements of our power before we commit forces to a war. Deterrence of war is possible if we commit the resources necessary to do so. That is what we are doing in Europe, imposing sanctions to deter Russian provocative behavior. And in Asia, with a carrier battle group against a North Korean regime threatening the use of nuclear weapon. And we must be prepared to act if deterrence fails. No bluffing and drawing of red lines unless we are prepared to respond if the bluff does not work or the red lines are crossed. 2. Never fight alone. In my view, allies are important and we have spent nearly 70 years leading a NATO alliance that brought about the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain, the
breakup of the Soviet Union, and an end to the Cold War and stability in Europe – without firing a shot! Clearly our NATO allies must do more financially, and every indication is that they will. NATO is not obsolete – it is highly relevant in a dangerous and complex world. Witness their commitment to Bosnia and, more recently, to Afghanistan and Iraq. Our president’s upcoming visit to Europe (President Trump was to confer with NATO leaders Wednesday-Thursday, May 24-25, in Brussels) is a great opportunity to reassert U.S. leadership and outline a path for the future. I urge he do so. 3. Never fight for long. As we discovered in Vietnam – and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan – the United States should not fight a long, protracted war of 10 years or more. It is not in our DNA. That is why clarity of the mission is important. And we should know the desired end-state before we engage. I mention all of this today because
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U.S. engagement is important. Alliances are important. The United States is not the world’s policeman, but is the world’s leader. And we must lead, not from behind but from the front. When I retired 20 years ago, the United States was clearly leader of the free world. The Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain were torn down in 1989. Desert Storm liberated Kuwait from a hostile Iraq, and Operation Just Cause freed Panama from a dictator named Manuel Noriega. The Soviet Union was no more, and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe were in partnership with NATO. In the next 10 years, 12 new members would increase NATO membership to 28 nations. In 1995, I was proud to be the overall commander who led a 39-nation NATO force to stop the killings in Bosnia – to include a brigade of Russian troops under my command. Where we have common interest, such as the defeat of ISIS, I support cooperation with Russia – but with our eyes wide open.
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FREEDOM/From A4 in order for him to purchase land with his Revolutionary War pension. We should all have Cato Freedom’s living spirit inside us, overcoming evil into good by having and sharing a more purposeful, fruitful life that connects us all to one’s freedom. His lessons learned will steady you, shape you, secure you, and I’m sure strengthen you. In life’s journeys, taking the seemingly right path has its peaks and valleys and winding twisting curves that go over the river and through the woods to, at times, places unknown. But God had a special plan for Cato Freedom.
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Keynoter Lee Fisher, left, president of the Oneonta chapter, NAACP, is introduced by Deb Mackenzie, right, Otsego County Historical Association president, at the unveiling of the Cato Freedom state historic marker Saturday, May 20, at the Butternut Valley Cemetery.
He served three years in the Third Regiment of the Connecticut Line during the American Revolution; his reenlistment lasted beyond the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown. Records show he purchased a tract of land in Burlington Township with his wife Amelia on Feb. 10, 1816. We also find in life sometimes it’s the “little things” that make a big difference. Cato Freedom retained his honorable discharge certificate; this allowed him to purchase land and this was filed with his affidavit in Cooperstown by a John Russell, the judge of the Otsego County Court, for the price of $333.33. The NAACP would like to
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close food,” she said. “We can work with the state to get grants to help farmers who might not otherwise be able to afford it to protect their lands through the conservation process.” She plans to make the Land Trust more regionally inclusive. “We need to start having these larger conversations in towns and villages throughout the region,” she said. “It’s important that we begin to identify Szarpa lands we want to protect.” She also wants to further educate people on the importance of Otsego Lake at the top of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. “It all starts here,” she said. “And I don’t think that gets much attention. For example, if we don’t have good water, we don’t have good beer!” Brookwood’s reopening capped a two-year project, and she looks forward to ex-
or Pat Szarpa, checking bluebird boxes at the Otsego Land Trust’s Parslow Road site is the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. “I love to open them up and see who’s inside,” she said. “I opened one box, and a little mouse looked up at me!” Pat Szarpa, the former Chamber of Commerce executive director and owner of the Owl’s Landing B&B with her husband, Darryl, has been named executive director of the Otsego Land Trust, succeeding John Winter, who resigned in November. Before moving to Otsego County in 2012, Szarpa had been Western NY Land Conservancy executive director for six years. “It was very much the same mission as we have here,” she said. “I worked with landowners and farmers who didn’t want to see their lands fall into development.” While Land Trust board president Harry Levine announced the appointment Monday, May 22, word of Szarpa’s appointment was circulating at the Grand Reopening of Brookwood Point on Saturday the 20th, where she was very much in presence. “When we went out for the search, we searched nationally, and we were looking for a couple attributes,” said Levine. “We wanted someone who really had land in their heart, expertise in running a small not-forprofit and, as a bonus, someone who had direct experience in land trust activities. We got all of that, and she’s local and knows the community.” Szarpa seconded that: “We moved here from Buffalo five years ago because we wanted a switch. Five years later, knowing everyone in town, we’ve really enjoyed being part of the community. We both volunteer with the Land Trust, so when they offered me the position, I said yes.” At the Otsego Land Trust, she hopes to increase the more than 10,000 farmland parcels protected by conservation easements. “It would be a real shame to lose those lands that provide us with
panding the Blueway Trail – it includes Deawongo Island in Canadarago Lake and other sites along Oaks Creek, even beyond Otsego County. “We really want to
develop that as the Appalachian Trail, but for water,” she said. “We’re working to enhance signage and mile markers for people out on the water.”
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Catholic Charities Shifted From Orphanages, Hospitals, To Social Justice 100TH/From A1 Celebration & Annual Dinner at the Holiday Inn Southside. A service of the Albany Diocese, Catholic Charities was founded in 1907 as a way for the church to serve Catholics, including orphans, the sick and dying, and women struggling to care for their children. “They ran orphanages and foster homes, and visited the sick in hospitals. They did a lot of work to comfort people,” said Lynn Glueckert, executive director. Catholic Charities of Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties, based in Oneonta, was founded in 1976, part of a large-scale initiative to expand services into rural areas. “Rural poverty is so much different than urban poverty,” said Kathie Greenblatt, who served as local executive director in
the late ’90s. “If you can’t afford a vehicle in Albany, you can still get to your job. If you can’t afford one in Franklin, God help you.” Social justice was also an issue in the 1970s, as Director the organization reached beyond Catholics to poor and vulnerable populations. “We always advocate for the rights of those living in poverty,” Glueckert. “For example, we’re working with schools to try and make their supply lists less costprohibitive to lower-income families. Rather than asking for specific twist-up Crayons that cost $4 a box, just ask the student to bring crayons, which are 17 cents a box.”
Today, the local Catholic Charities’ provides singleoccupancy, low-income housing, a domestic violence shelter, case management for Glueckert court, dispute resolution and mediation, a food pantry, a victim impact panel and more. “We’ve really started to work a lot with mental health issues and addiction,” Glueckert added. For a time, Catholic Charities even ran a group home for foster children in Delaware County. In 2012, it partnered with local churches to create Caring Connections, a clearing house for people in need. “Churches
were dealing with people coming to their door asking for things,” said Glueckert. “And they want to help, but they don’t have the kind of staff trained for that. So they can call us and we’ll do intake screenings and referrals.” With the rise in poverty in the county, Glueckert and her staff sees as many as 6,000 people a year. “So many people are living paycheck to paycheck,” she said. “The car breaks down, their kid gets sick and it just tilts everything over the line.” “We had a woman whose car broke down,” said Tracy Martindale, executive administrative assistant. “She had a good nursing job in Binghamton, but her hours got cut in half because she was catching a ride with a co-worker. She got behind on her rent and her
electricity was about to be shut off.” Catholic Charities used funds to get her car fixed, worked with the electric company to get her on a budget, and invited her landlord to mediation to set up a payment plan. “She was able to go back to work full time,” said Martindale. In addition to Macken and Glueckert, speakers at the dinner will include Bishop Edward Scharfenberger and retired Bishop Howard Hubbard. Ten people will be honored with Centennial Medallions: Grace Allidi, Lloyd Baker, Susan Cimino-Cary, Larry and Rosemarie Joyce, Donna Kankiewicz, Jo-Ann Lamonica, state Sen. Jim Seward, Linda Wheeler and John Wilwerth.
“When I see people come in crying and leave with hope, that’s fulfilling,” said Lamonica, a board member. “It’s about knowing you can make a difference.” “I’m deeply honored,” said Seward. “I’ve been involved at the state level, and I’ve been pleased to partner with an organization that helps the most vulnerable in our communities.” Since 2012, the senator has secured more than $65,000 for the domestic violence program in Schoharie County, as well as advocated for money for the Dispute Resolution Center and childcare services in Otsego. And for Macken, he sees the dinner – and every day – as a chance to tell his story. “I can make a difference,” he said. “Somehow, some way. It’s a journey.”
Milford Methodists Planning For New Church By ’18 End CHURCH/From A1 The village’s last active church burned in a March 12 fire that started in an electrical outlet behind the fridge, but – with demolition – Barrett is looking, not back, but forward to Thanksgiving 2018, when she hopes the church will be rebuilt and reopened. “People keep telling me it’s impossible,” she said. “That only makes me want to do it more.” No plans have been finalized, and Barrett is working with the UM’s Upper New York Conference with reconstruction in mind. “We have to make sure we satisfy the requirements of the conference in regards to the rebuild,” she said. “My hope is that we can break ground in January.” Following the fire, a task force was formed to discuss the next steps. “Part of it was about figuring out who we were serving,” she said. “And we decided our biggest focuses were the elderly, the low-income and children. And once we figured that out, we could begin looking at how we want to build the new church.” New outreach programs, including the start of a community center, are already underway. “When the church burned, we lost the food pantry and our free clothing drive,” Barrett said. “But within a week, the Milford Legion offered to let us use their space.” The Legion had been shuttered for a while, and last month, the members formally agreed to donate the building to the church to start a not-forprofit community center. “It’s an exciting development,” she said. “We’re going to call it the
West 1566 Community Center.” The Legion’s members will still have use of the space, as will Scout troops, AA and other community events. “We had someone rent it for a baby shower over the weekend,” said Barrett. “We’ve had a couple other people call to ask when they can rent it too.” They are looking into grants to help fix up some crumbling infrastructure, and donations have come in specifically for the center. The food pantry and the clothing drive are in the basement, and Barrett says the upstairs hall will soon be repainted and decorated for their use. “It’s about aligning ourselves with what God wants us to do,” she said. “We took this as a wonderful opportunity to make this church the heart of the community.” And they are looking at several sites, including a possible expansion of the existing site, for the new building. “Building codes have changed,” she said. “There isn’t a lot of parking here, and we’re already backed up against the cemetery. It’s something we have to look at.” But wherever the building is, the salvaged bell and the three large stained glass windows depicting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane were salvaged and are in storage, ready to be placed in the new building. “From the smaller stained-glass windows, we’re thinking we might cut them into squares and hang those over the new windows, like large suncatchers,” she said. She had hoped that they would be able to incorporate some of the brick, but fears of asbestos contamination may make that impossible.
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MLS#110425 $175,000 unique European-Style Home 3-acre beautiful lot. Spacious 4 BR,stone 2 bath house iscathedral close to I-88. Largein large Impressive fireplace, ceiling backyard, smalland shed. Make your open LRworkshop/garage, makes it feel spacious cozy. appointment to go this week! Call Melissa today. Klein @Priced 518-705-9849 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
MLS#110577 $149,900 Incredible Value! 3-BR, 2-bath, contemporary, home on 5+ acres w/stream, 500 sq ft cabin perfect for an all-season Airbnb rental. Bring TLC and a chain saw! Call Karin Wolfe @ 917 327-1017
MLS#106998 $109,500 Peace, Tranquility, SerenityWonderful 3-BR, 1-bath ranch in Unadilla. Just under ¾ acre, views. Call Leonard Finkelstein @ 607-201-6805 (cell) Virtual tour @ https://vimeo.com/180204185
MLS#110886 $699,000 Authentically Rehabbed This spectacular Victorian was spared no expense in its rebirth. 5 BRs, 5 baths, 2-car garage, incredible patio. Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#110873 $389,000 Hunters, Artists, Investors Anyone will be pleased w/this multiple possibility property. The historic East Meredith train depot is a 3-unit in great condition. Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#110819 $300,000 135.93 Acres Home has electric,water,septic, partially finished apartment and room for at least 2 more. The survey has been completed, sub-division is requested. Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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Immaculate Oneonta Home! Centrally located near town amenities a well laid out home. Freshly sealed driveway, impeccable landscaping, large front sitting porch, detached garage, and private large fenced in back patio w/koi pond!! Inside beautiful oak and pine floors, french doors, and grand fireplace. Formal foyer, LR, family room, formal DR w/laundry in closet, kitchen, 2 half baths and back room currently used as beauty salon. 5 BRs including master w/updated full bath. Perfect set up for a home based business !! MLS#109741 $164,900
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(8287) One-owner 2BR/2+BA valleyview Chalet on 13.80 acres. Natural woodwork, hardwood flooring, 2-story LR, eat-in kitchen, partially finished walk-out basement. Airy floorplan, loft, beamed and cathedral ceilings, skylights. Wainscoting, gas heat, large 2-story barn, garage and deck. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$285,000
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MLS#110921 Middlefield $410,000 Modern Cape. Just Minutes from Cooperstown on east side of Otsego Lake. Fabulous Workmanship, attention to detail from terracotta tiles, Vermont slate and hardwood floors w/radiant heat. Chef ’s kitchen w/stainless appliances, cherry cabinets and slate counter tops. First floor Master Suite, abundant closets. Cul-De-Sac. Deeded lake rights. Deck, private back yard. Deer Proof Garden area. Call today! Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405
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The National Anthem played on Memorial Day Weekend 2012 as the Wounded Warriors prepared to play the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department team in Doubleday Field.
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hen you’re out cheering for the Wounded Warriors during their games this weekend, be sure to cheer loudly for Otsego County’s own Nick Clark. The left fielder, who has been with the team since they first started in 2011, moved to Fly Creek in February with his wife, Kirsten, and their 5-month-old daughter Stella. “My wife and I had been looking for a nice place for our new daughter to grow up,” he said. “I met people here through the team, and we really liked this area.” Clark, who served in Afghanistan in 2007, lost his left leg after his unit was ambushed with rocket propelled grenades. He did his rehabilitation at the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, Texas. “They had rock climbing and basketball, sports
►Wounded Warriors, noon Saturday, May 27, in Damaschke Field, Oneonta, and 1 p.m. Sunday, May 28, at Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. ►WALL THAT HEALS, Evening, Thursday, May 25, through 4 p.m. Monday, May 29, in Neahwa Park, Oneonta.
Oneonta’s Gordy and Karen Saggese examine the Wall That Heals over Memorial Day Weekend 2013, when it was in Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field parking lot. It returns to Oneonta’s Neahwa Park this weekend.
for active guys,” he said. He had played baseball in high school in Yakima, Wash., and in 2011 was invited to try
out for the adaptive sports team, which started at the University of Arizona. “At first, playing for the team was about proving to
myself that I could still be athletic,” he said. “Now, it’s about teaching other people.” The Wounded Warrior team will take on the Oneonta Fire and Police departments at noon Saturday, May 27. The next day, a doubleheader is planned at Doubleday Field, starting at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 28, first against the Cooperstown Fire Department and then against a team made up of NYCM and Five Star Subaru. After each game, there will be Please See VETERANS, B5
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aseball’s greats return – Wade Boggs, Ozzie Smith, Wallie Joyner and Rollie Fingers among them – return for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Classic at 1:05 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. The pre-game Homerun Contest starts at noon. HOMER AT BAT HERE: The Hall of
Fame honors “The Simpsons” in American culture with a roundtable discussion followed by Homer’s Induction into the Hall of Fame. 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Hall, 25 Main St., Cooperstown. 1,500 CANOEISTS DUE: Contestants in the 55th annual 70-mile General Clinton Regatta enter the water at 7 a.m. Monday, May 29, at Brookwood Point, one mile north of Cooperstown on West Lake Road. The finish line is in downtown Bainbridge, where four days of festivities – see www.canoeregatta.org – are planned. COOPERSTOWN FUN RUN: Take a
COOPERSTOWN ored in an art history class at Bates College, Victoria Wyeth opened a letter from her grandfather. “This photo of Andy” – her nickname for legendary painter Andrew Wyeth – “in this bloody Halloween mask, just popped out at me,” she said. “I knew it was him because of the blue eyes peeping out, and I just burst out laughing.” That photo, along with letters, the brown leather boots that appeared in “My Shoes,” a watercolor pallette, sketches, finished portraits and some of Please See WYETH, B5
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Oneonta’s Carleigh Bettiol took a break from the cast of “Hamilton” last Memorial Day Weekend to sing the National Anthem at the start of the Hall of Fame Classic.
Famed artist Andrew Wyeth’s granddaughter returns to The Fenimore at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 27, and throughout the summer.
fun 5K scenic run through Cooperstown with selected former MLB players, or the 10K run, to benefit BASE, the Hall of Fame’s “Be A Superior Example” healthy-lifestyle initiative. 9 a.m. Saturday, May 27. Begins and ends at Doubleday Field. WINE FOR A CAUSE: Try 12 different wines with paired appetizers and enjoy music by “Alone Together.” 7-9 p.m. Saturday, May 27. Oneonta Country Club. Proceeds benefit the Catskill Symphony Orchestra.
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WATERSHED TRAINING – 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Learn how you can help defend your local water bodies from invasive species. Free, bring a bag lunch and a drink. SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Boathouse, 7016 St. Hwy. 80, Springfield. Info, call Paul H. Lord at (607)435-4989 or email paul.lord@oneonta.edu NO TILL WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.-noon. Sarah Williford of East Brook Farm teaches about sheet mulching to build an organic garden bed. Eliminates erosion, conserves moisture, and builds the soil while producing crops without disturbing the soil. East Brook Farm, 2253 Cty. Hwy. 22, Walton. Info, http://www.cadefarms.org/events-1/2017/5/26/ no-till-workshop DASH FOR CASH – 4 p.m. 5 mile sprint race to Bainbridge. Entry fee $10 with. Starts in Sidney, just above the Main street bridge. Info, https://www.canoeregatta. org/Dash_For_Cash.html CONCERT – 5 p.m. Spend and evening with CAKE, the 90’s band that was an antagonistic answer to Grunge. Show starts at 8 p.m. Ommegang Brewery, 656 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.thisiscooperstown. com/events/evening-cake OPENING RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Opening “8x10: Recent Paintings by Edward McDaniel, Leatherstocking Brush and Palette Club Fine Arts Exhibition, and the 26th Annual Essential Art Regional Juried Art show. Cooperstown Art Association. Info, http://www.cooperstownart. com/ EXHIBIT RECEPTION – 5-8 p.m. The EcoArt Exhibit has been a favorite of the OCCA Earth Day Festival and now the public can view the results of the trash-totreasure challenge at the Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. THE WALL THAT HEALS – 6 p.m., opening ceremony, Neawha Park. On exhibit 24 horus a day through 4 p.m. Monday. Info, http://act.vvmf.org/page/s/thewall-that-heals---oneonta-ny TASTE OF THE REGATTA – 6 p.m. Taste the products of local producers before the canoe regatta. General Clinton Canoe Regatta Park, Bainbridge. MORE CALENDAR, B4
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Memorial Weekend 2017 Saturday, May 27 • NooN Historic damaschke Field, oneonta
It’s Official! It’s Summertime!
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SuNday, May 28 • 12:30 Historic doubleday Field, Cooperstown double Header
Time to come back down to the Mingo to relax and enjoy lunch, dinner and a cocktail or two at the edge of beautiful Otsego Lake. Open daily 11 am to 10 pm Mingo Dinner Reservation 607-547-7496
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House For Rent Month-to-Month Available Nice 2BD, 2BA in West Laurens. Wood stove, oversized 1-car garage and sits on 2 acres. No large dogs, no cats. Available June 1st. $700 plus utilities (607) 267-4214 3ClassJune1 Cooperstown Village House 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, in-house laundry, garage, large yard.
Village of Cooperstown. Comfortable, convenient ONE BEDROOM. No pets, smoke. $660/mo plus security, utilities. Available June 1st. One-year contract firm. 607.547.1301 3Class.May25 Hartwick Studio Apartment 2nd floor…cozy…small deck… newly redone…parking…$475 plus electric…no smoking or pets…references. Call Dave, (607) 435-2405. 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, updates coupled with rare 2nd to none outdoor seating area venue makes your operation run at the heart of center city Oneonta. Contact Rodger
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GENERATION GAP RACE – 6:15 p.m. Fun 4 mile downstream canoe race for Moran, Benson Agency Real young and old (at least 14 Estate, LLC (607) 287-1559. years older). Entry Fee, $30 TFN per canoe. Sidney Fishing Access, Rte 7. Info, https:// www.canoeregatta.org/FriLAND FOR SALE day_Gen_Gap.html FIDDLERS FROLIC – 7 p.m. Financed Ready-to-Build Come out for an evening of Lots for Sale: Prestigious Winney Hill Commons address! food, drink, and live traditional music with Tommy Grasso. School, tennis court, pool all Free and open to the public. walkable, along with gorgeous views! Shovel-ready lots Greater Milford Historical Association, 906 Main St., feature underground utilities and public water/sewer/natural Milford. Info, call (607)286gas. Owner financing: $35,000 9525 or visit http://www. price, $5,000 down, $30,000 @ tommygrasso.com/ MUSIC – 7 p.m. The Robert 5% for 5 years $566 per month. Mabe performs ‘Somewhere Call today, build your future in the Middle,” his Bluehome tomorrow! Contact Rodger Moran, Benson Agency grass/Newgrass show. B-Side Real Estate, LLC (607) 287-1559. Ballroom, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, http://robertsTFN banjo.com/
SPRING CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. “A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening” presented by Oneonta’s Catskill Chamber Singers. Includes pieces like “Fa Una Canzone” and “Hard By a Fountain” and others from Brahms and Schubert. No charge, free-will donations accepted. Christ Episcopal Church Chapel, 46 River St., Cooperstown. Info, Emma Kirsch, (607) 433-0999, http://www.catskillchambersingers.com/
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CARS & COFFEE – 8-11 a.m. Meet other car enthusiasts for a casual gathering. All vintages, marques, an interests are welcome. Excessive revving, burnouts, and such are not. Mt. Wellington Market, 7471 St. Hwy.. 80, Cooperstown. Info, https:// www.facebook.com/CooperstownCarsNCoffee/ MORE CALENDAR, B7
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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: Sattvika LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with the Secretary of State (SSNY) was February 13, 2017. LLC office is located in Otsego County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. (USCA) has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJun.29 Legal nOtice Notice of Collection of Village Taxes Take notice the I, the undersigned Village Clerk/Tax Collector of the Village of Milford, New York, have received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of Village taxes for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2017 and ending May 31, 2018. Taxes will be collected at the Village Office, 64 South Main Street, PO Box 1, Milford, NY 13807 from June 1, 2017 through October 31, 2017. Office hours are Monday 12pm – 6pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 10am-3pm. Take further notice that on all taxes remaining unpaid after June 30, 2017 five percent (5%) will be added for the first month and an additional one percent (1%) for each month and fraction thereafter, until paid or returned to Otsego County Treasurer.
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In Part, Exhibit Is Act Of Love By Andrew Wyeth’s Granddaughter Victoria WYETH/From B1 Victoria’s own photographs will be on display in The Fenimore Art Museum’s “Andrew Wyeth at 100: A Family Remembrance,” which opens Saturday, May 27. “This show is not about Andrew Wyeth,” said Fenimore President Paul D’Ambrosio. “It’s about Andy. Most people think of him as this recluse, but this show is about how he was anything but. “It’s a complete view of his life and his work, as seen from
the inside.” The boots aren’t the only surprise. There’s a famous photo with son Nicholas – Victoria’s father – of the artist wearing a faded denim jacket. It will be displayed for the first time. “He was very fond of this Ralph Lauren jacket,” D’Ambrosio said. “It appears in several of his paintings, including one he did on a letter to Victoria. He had certain items he was very fond of, including this jacket.”
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In 2013, The Fenimore hosted “The Wyeth’s: A Family Legacy,” the first collected showing of the entire family’s work, from N.C. to Andrew to Jamie, and Victoria was on hand to give a gallery talk. “During that time, she mentioned her desire to put together a more intimate show about her family.” And with Wyeth’s 100th birthday approaching on July 12, Victoria, 38, as she was starting treatment for breast cancer last fall, began curating the show with Chris Rossi, the local museum’s director of exhibitions. “I was looking for a museum to curate a show in honor of his birthday and The Fenimore was perfect,” she said. “She came down as I was going through surgery and took me to dinner. We’ve really become friends.” Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life “She was so kind,” said Fenimore President Paul D’Ambrosio holds up a famous photo of Andrew Wyeth Rossi. “We went through her wearing a denim jacket with a flag on the back, which will be on display in apartment, and she had all “Wyeth at 100,” a centennial exhibit which opens Saturday, May 27. these sketches on display. We work in the context of his stu– and go driving. He’d take me “It was such an intimate, also worked with the Brandydio,” said Victoria. “I included to places he used to paint, and personal understanding of the wine Museum, the Farnsworth his paintbrushes and letters to I would photograph them and process and the foundation of Art Museum in Maine and make the show accessible to the people he painted.” his rich textures. She was one private collections.” everyone, including children.” “He was her favorite subof the few people allowed in Included in the show are Also included are several of ject,” said D’Ambrosio. “He his studio.” Wyeth’s self-portrait, “The Victoria’s own photos of her writes about her with such Victoria will be on hand for Revenant,” “Master’s Bedgrandfather. “In eighth grade, affection.” three weeks throughout the room” and “Only Child,” Many of the paintings also summer, giving a series of galpainted in 1999, depicting Vic- I took a photography class, but I didn’t want to take photos in have notes about Wyeth’s prolery talks, “Food for Thought” toria leaning against a fence. New York City, where I lived. cess, told only to Victoria and presentations and a children’s “This was an opportunity Every weekend, we’d go to carefully chronicled in her pritour. She is also giving a series we couldn’t pass up,” said visit Andy in Chadd’s Ford, vate journals. “He told her how of talks at prisons, women’s D’Ambrosio. “It’s an inside to ‘build in the excitement’ of shelters and nursing homes. look that you don’t always get, and they’d get me up at the crack of dawn – or that’s what black, using reds and greens “It’s the best way I can think this complete view of his life.” 8 a.m. felt like to a 14 year old and blues,” said D’Ambrosio. of to say ‘I love you’ on his “I want people to see his birthday,” she said.
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Warriors, Wall In County For Memorial Day VETERANS/From B1 a meet and greet with the team members. “After we brought the team to Cooperstown (for a second time) in 2015, they asked if they could come back and play again!” said Becky Davidson, event organizer. “Their attitude is such an inspiration. They like to say that life without a limb is limitless.” It’s part of a Memorial Day weekend celebration that brings two national events to the county. Starting Thursday, May 25, the Wall that Heals, the traveling Vietnam Memorial, will be installed in Neahwa Park. “My boot camp friends are on that wall,” said Gene Schmidt, who, in 2014, raised the funds to build a Vietnam Memorial in Neahwa Park. “There are over 58,000 names on that wall. They all had parents and siblings and friends. It’s very emotional thing to so many people.” Schmidt, a retired Marine, volunteered to go to Vietnam, but his number never came up. On Thursday, the Wall will be escorted into Oneonta by the Patriot Guard and state police, starting in Harpursville. “They take the back roads so that people can see it go by,” he said. In Oneonta, the police and fire departments will escort the Wall into Neahwa Park on Thursday morning, where it will be assembled and opened by 4 p.m. that afternoon. At 6 p.m. Friday, May 26, a ceremony will be held, with remarks from Mayor Gary Herzig, the National Anthem and words from Schmidt. The Wall is open 24 hours a day, staffed by volunteers who can assist visitors in finding names and giving information. “They’ll even just talk to people if they want to talk,” he said. “We want to make it as meaningful as possible.” Visitors are also encouraged to bring photographs and letters, which will be archived by the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Fund. “They’re building a library of memorabilia,” said Schmidt. “And they’re especially looking for pictures of everyone who is listed on the wall, so photographs are especially welcome.” Because the names on the wall are printed, etches cannot be done, but cards are available to request an etching from the memorial in Washington D.C., free of charge. Admission to the Wall and the baseball games are free. “I get emotional just thinking about it,” said Schmidt. “People shouldn’t forget.”
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IN MEMORIAM Dennis Finn, 74; From Beginning, Advocate Of Oneonta’s Airport ONEONTA – Dennis Finn, 74, an engineer in the construction of the Oneonta Municipal Airport who later chaired the City Airport Commission and was still a member at the time of his passing, died unexpectedly May 18, 2017. Born April 12, 1943 in Englewood, NJ, Dennis, his mother, Julia Finn, and his twin brother, Donald, moved to Oneonta from New Jersey in the early 1950’s. He attended St.
Mary’s School and Oneonta High School. After graduating from Delhi College, he served in the United States Army. Upon completion of his service, Dennis moved to Long Island where he attended Hofstra as an engineering student. Dennis worked as a consultant in the construction and engineering field for over 50 years around the state of New York. He returned to Oneonta over 10 years ago and devoted his
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time to serving the City. An avid pilot who was involved in the construction of the municipal airport in the 1960s, he had served as Airport Commission chairman and, as a member of the commission, helped organize 50th anniversary ceremonies last September, and attended a commission meeting the evening before his passing. He served as Chairman of the Planning Commission, and had been named to the City’s newly constituted Steering Committee to update the Oneonta Comprehensive Plan. A passionate photographer, Dennis spent many
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Patricia A. Allen, 82; SUNY Oneonta Department Secretary ONEONTA – Patricia A. Allen, 82, retired secretary at SUNY Oneonta’s Speech & Theatre Department, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Dec. 16, 1934, in Mount Kisco, the daughter of the late George C. and Marie (Hanley) Supple. Pat graduated from Somers High School, attended SUNY Oneonta and was a Katharine Gibbs graduate. She then worked at General Foods in White Plains. On August 18, 1962, Patricia married Floyd C. Allen. Following their marriage, they settled in Oneonta. Floyd predeceased her on Oct. 11, 1991. Family was very important to her. While her boys were growing up, Pat was involved with Pee Wee Football, Oneonta Little League where she was the head of the Women’s Little League Auxiliary, the OHS Booster Club and she was the den mother for Cub scouts. Pat was a member of St. Mary’s Church where she served on the parish council and was a member of the Young at Heart Group. She
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happy hours behind his camera lens. His photographs have been on display in various locations and he enjoyed spending his summers photographing the events at the Cooperstown Dennis Finn on the runway during the 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame Dreams Park. induction. He was broadly gifted, who encountered him. humble, and A loving, loyal and devotunassuming man who gave ed father, grandfather, life unequivocally of his time, partner, friend and neighbor, energy, knowledge and Dennis was always there skills. His great love for ready to help (and then the people and the City of some). Oneonta was tangible to all
ONEONTA – Joyce R. Atchinson, 84, an Oneonta native, died Thursday, April 6 in Burlington, Mass. She was born and raised in Oneonta,the daughter of George and Helene (Bowen) Roberts. She married William K. Atchinson, Jr. in 1955 after dating throughout high school and college. They shared 51 years together until his death in 2006. She was also predeceased by her daughter, Karen Hart, and her brother, Richard Roberts. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, June 3 at the First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta with the Rev. Mark Montfort officiating. Burial will be in the Plains Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to the Bedford Funeral Home.
was also a member of the CSEA. Patricia is survived by her three sons, Scott Allen of Oneonta, George Allen and Beth Murwin of Oneonta, and Mark Allen and Melissa Patterson of Lockport; one granddaughter, Amanda Allen of Lockport; one sister, Marie Hawes of West Redding, Conn.; two brothers, George C. and Grace Supple
of Rochester and John H. and Diane Supple of Lincolndale; one sister-in-law, Mary and Bill Miller of Windsor; as well as several nieces and nephews and special friends. The funeral mass was held Tuesday at St. Mary’s. Burial was in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations in Patricia’s memory
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Saturday, May 27
BASE RACE – 8:55 a.m. 5k and 10k event to benefit the HoF educational initiative “Be A Superior Example� promoting healthy lifestyle choices for all ages. Race will include selected former major league players. Begins at Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.clarksportscenter. com/events/baseball-hall-offame-base-race/ MASTER GARDENER PLANT SALE – 9 a.m.-noon. Buy perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetable, and native plants raised locally by the Master Gardeners. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, http://cceschoharie-otsego. org/events/2017/05/27/ master-gardener-volunteerspring-plant-sale HONORING THE SIMPSONS – 9:30-11 a.m. A roundtable featuring Hall of Famers Boggs and Smith with executives from “the Simpsons� discuss the episode “Homer at the Bat� and include Homer Simpson’s ‘induction’ into the Hall of Fame. An exhibit dedicated to the Simpsons will also be introduced. The National Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St., Cooperstown. FREE FAMILY SATURDAY – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Enjoy a guided tour and fun activities with the kids. Listen to folk music by Catfish Meyer from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Up to 2 adults may enter free when accompanied by a child under 18. Teens and children enter free. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info, http://www.hanfordmills.
org/ HERITAGE PLANT SALE – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Get a start on your spring garden with these hardy, locally grown plants. Outside the Main Entrance of The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.farmersmuseum. org/Heritage-Plant-Sale WWAST SOFTBALL GAME – Noon. Wounded Warrior Amputees play softball against the Oneonta Police and Fire Departments. Support your heroes. Admission by donation. Concessions open 11 a.m. Damaschke Field, 15 James Georgeson Ave., Oneonta. Info, http://woundedwarrioramputeesoftballteam.org/events/ 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 HOF CLASSIC GAME – 1:05 p.m. Hall of Famers return to Cooperstown for the Classic game. Preceded by the Home Run contests at Noon. Doubleday Field,
Cooperstown. Info, baseballhall.org/events/classic17 ZUMBA & CRAFTING – 2-5 p.m. Dance to support RUS NY or create interesting items like a Burlap Wreath, $10, Clothes Pin Horse and Cowboy Scene, $5, or essential oils. Space and supplies limited. Also enter raffles and contests, check out the vendors, and participate in the outdoor games. Pittsfield Fire Dept., 167 NY-80, New Berlin. Info, e-mail Michelle Miller mnmiller84@gmail.com or call (607)643-8047 OPEN HOUSE – 3-9 p.m. The Church kicks off it’s summer season with a night of food, beverages, music by Tommy and the Spins, and an outdoor film screening just after sunset. Decommissioned Baptist Church, 2381 St. Hwy. 205, Mount Vision. Info, http://www.upsi-ny.com/ upcoming-events-news/ 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 WINE & FOOD TASTING – 7-9 p.m. Taste 12 different wines paired with an appetizer provided by a local eatery. Music by “Alone Together� Tickets, $30 in advance or $35 at the door, available at the Oneonta Country Club or the Green Toad Bookstore. Benefit for The Catskill Symphony Orchestra. Oneonta
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Country Club, 9 Country Club Rd., Oneonta. Info, http:// catskillsymphony.net/newsevents/upcoming-events.html MUSICAL HISTORY – 810 p.m. The Ebony Hillbillies perform jazz, bluegrass. Admission, $27 at the door, $21 member, $11 under 19. West Kortright Center, 49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5454, info@westkc.org, http://westkc.org/event/theebony-hillbillies/
Sunday, May 28
AT REGATTA – 3-on-3 Soccer Tournament, 9 a.m.; Paddle Board demos, 10 a.m3 p.m.; Sprint Race, noon. Check https://www.canoeregatta.org for details HERITAGE PLANT SALE – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See Saturday listing for details. DOUBLE HEADER – 12:30 p.m. The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team face off against 1st the Cooperstown Fire Dept. and then against representatives of event sponsors. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Info, http://woundedwarrioramputeesoftballteam.org/event/ cooperstown-ny/ GIFT BASKETS – 2 p.m. Enter to win a gift basket, win other prizes or just come have some fun. Drawing begins at 4 p.m. Cherry Valley Community Center, 2 Genesee St., Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 264-3779, http://turnpikecatholics.com/ PADDLEBOARD RACE – 3:30 p.m. 2-mile, easy course for beginners. Entry, $10. Boards available for rent. General Clinton Park, 2507 Hinkley Ln., Bainbridge.
Info, https://www.canoeregatta.org/SUP.html CONCERT – 5 p.m. The Old Crow Medicine Show returns performing Bob Dylan’s album “Blond on Blond.� Show starts at 7 p.m. Ommegang Brewery, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.ommegang. com/#!events TALENT SHOW – 6-9 p.m. Northern Star Production hosts the “Regatta’s Got Talent� competition. On the Pavilion, General Clinton Park, 2507 Hinkley Ln, Bainbridge. Info, https://www.canoeregatta.org/Regatta_s_got_Talent.html POTLUCK DINNER – 6 p.m. Opening event of a Metaphysical Summer Lecture series. Come for an Interfaith Blessing Puja, to release the past, and invoke the new. Bring lawn chairs and a dish to pass. Darling Hill Gardens and Retreat House, 404 Ed Herman Rd., Westford. Info, Tapashb@aol.com, Lucile, 638-5111 CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. The Cherry Valley Artworks opens its season with an homage to jazz legend Paul Bley who was a CV Native and passed away last year. Featuring Kris Adams, Pat Battstone, Richard Poole, and Rich Mollin who were friends, students and collaborators of Paul Bley’s. The Star Theater, The Foundry, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, http://www.cvartworks.org/
Monday, May 29
MAIN CLINTON REGATTA EVENTS – 7 a.m. Entrants in the 55th annual, 70 mile canoe regatta, enter the river at Brookwood Point, 6000
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