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ith the passing of former county Rep. Richard Murphy, R-Town of Oneonta, many lost a mentor, a coach, a public servant and a friend. “He saw potential in people, whether it was Little League or FOR FULL politics,” obituary of the veteran said forlawmaker, see mer Town Page B6 Board member Andrew Stammel, a Murphy protégé who later succeeded him on the county Board of Representatives. “He was a great example of how people should behave in public office.” Murphy, 66, passed away at his home Thursday, Aug. 18, after a long battle with a brain tumor. A former real estate agent and a speech pathologist for BOCES, Murphy was elected in 2001 to the Town Board where he was instruPlease See MURPHY, A7
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t was an accident that led Roy Bartoo to make rustic furniture. “I used to do traditional woodworking, but I wasn’t very good at it,” he said. “One day, my wife Judy came out to my shop and showed me a picture of a table and asked if I could build it. Like most men who know everything, I said, ‘piece of cake’.” When he finished, he brought her back to the shop. “I was proud of it,” he said. “I told her, ‘It’s very strong,’ leaned on it Please See RUSTIC, A7
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Tannenbaum Priorities: 4 New Majors, Maybe 5 Zoologist Brings Quantitative, Qualitative Skills To Bear By JIM KEVLIN
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e must be glad school is starting. He isn’t saying so, but for Michael G. Tannenbaum, Hartwick College provost and vice president of academic affairs, the strategizing is over, the debate is over, the – no doubt
occasional – armtwisting since his letter to students last February announced plans to rethink the college’s offerings is over. At the time, he characterized the process as looking into what we could “stop doing” and
deciding “what we could start to do.” Now it’s done: In the next few weeks, the state Board of Regents is expected to approve at least four new majors that the venerable 229-yearold college – 88 years in Oneonta – is planning as it charts its way toward its in-city centennial. The new majors will range from the Please See HARTWICK, A3
Mackin’s Goal: Stability Until Vacancy Filled
The mugs in James E. Mackin’s corner office in the Netzer Administration building reflect two loyalties: SUNY Oneonta and the KOA campground he owns near Allentown, Pa.
His Career Spanned From Abu Dhabi To Allentown By JIM KEVLIN
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n James E. Mackin’s desk in his corner office in the Netzger Administration Building, there is a “Possibilities Full of Promise” cup from SUNY Oneonta’s just completed 125th anniversary fund drive that pushed its recordbreaking endowment even higher, over $50 million. But what’s with the KOA mug?
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As Dr. Mackin tells it, the campground option was a way home from a Persian Gulf sheikdom, where he had gone in 2009 as provost of Abu Dhabi University, where cultural differences – “it was very top-down” – presented particular challenges in an institution dedicated to free thought.
For instance, how to run a meeting was a mystery to many of his colleagues. The new provost took them through it, step by step: establish an agenda, let everyone talk and, when a consensus was reached, “how to keep people on task.” Please See MACKIN, A3
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Former Ommegang President Simon Thorpe Leaves Top Position At Duvel Moorgat USA COOPERSTOWN
Lake. He served on the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce board and became was active in local affairs during his tenure here. When Duvel, Ommegang’s parent, acquired Boulevard in Kansas City, in 2014, Thorpe was brought there to help with the transition, and soon was promoted to Duvel Moortgat USA president. Previously, had been a vice president of brand development for Kellogg, Crayola, Tambrands and other large companies, and won particular praise for the national launch of Stella Artois in the U.S. Krum joined Boulevard in 1994 and was CFO for 20 years before transitioning to vice president of corporate affairs for the combined companies in 2014. Krum is a co-founder of Ripple
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imon Thorpe, president of Duvel Moortgat USA and former president of Brewery Ommegang, has announced plans to leave the company at the end of August. He will be succeeded by Jeff Krum, who joined Duvel when it acquired Boulevard Brewing Co. in Kansas City, where Krum had been CFO. “We are grateful for Simon’s strong leadership, and wish him the very best in his future endeavors,” said Michel Moortgat, CEO of Belgium-based Duvel Moortgat NV. “Simon’s departure comes following a mutual decision by Simon and Michel Moortgat. Simon and Michel have worked closely together for eight years,” said Daniel Krug, COO of Duvel Moortgat NV in Belgium.
Simon Thorpe, former Ommegang president, has left the helm of the local brewery’s parent company.
“Their deep friendship and mutual appreciation made this a difficult decision.” Duvel appointed Thorpe Ommegang president in 2009, and he positioned the local brewery as a key player in the movement to ban fracking around Otsego
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eslie Orzetti, a biologist with 20 years experience in natural resource conservation, will join the Otsego County Conservation Association as its new executive director, the OCCA announced today. She succeeds Darla Youngs, who joined the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board in April.
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Mackin’s Role: Maintain SUNY Stability SUNY/From A1 The lack of tenure limited give-andtake. “They were really scared their jobs would go away if they expressed their opinions,” he said. And such basics as an Institutional Review Board, to ensure human-subject research was conducted with no abuses, had to be established. Nonetheless, by 2013, Mackin had largely achieved his goals: foremost, Abu Dhabi U had been accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges, “the equivalent of our Middle States.” And it was time to go home. The campground – a lifelong dream – seemed like a safe berth, and he and his wife, Theresa, went through the KOA owner-in-training program. They were intrigued by a KOA in New Mexico – he suspected opening up and closing down a campground for the season would be a challenge, and he’s since learned he was right – but the Mackins were outbid by another buyer. And so they settled on another KOA in Pennsylvania, his wife’s home state, just west of Allentown off I-84 in New Tripoli. Meanwhile, Mackin had applied to the Registry for College & University Presidents, which also lists top administrators who may be available for interim appointments, and Kutztown University, just 20 miles away, ap-
faculty in 1984 and had obtained tenure when, in 1994, his younger brother died suddenly, prompting the older brother to think hard about how to spend the rest of his life. So when a friend became president of Stillman College and offered him vice president of academic affairs, he took it. Provost stints followed at Prairie View A&M in Texas and Clayton State in Georgia and Bloomsburg Gulf News photo As Abu Dhabi University provost, University in Pennsylvania – there, he Dr. James Mackin joins Abdullah also served as interim president for a Hashim, senior vice president at year – before Abu Dhabi. SUNY President Nancy Kleniewski Etisalat, the emirate’s telephone company, in announcing a plan had specific plans for an interim year to use mobile phones in instruc- in Oneonta. One, elevate “general tion. education” – employers were seeking such skills as writing, speaking, pointed him provost for a year. calculating, critical thinking. Two, add When the Kutztown year was up, consistency and transparency to the the phone rang again. It was SUNY tenure process, which differed from Oneonta, looking for a provost for the department to department. 2015-16 academic year after Maria Intrigued, he took it. As the year Thompson accepted the president of proceeded, he said, it became clear Coppin State University in Baltimore. the provost search would not succeed, Mackin was born in Brooklyn. His and Kleniewski asked him to accept a father, who had wanted to be an oceanfurther two-year appointment, which ographer, had been pressured by his he did. lawyer father to practice law. In turn, He does not intend to apply for a he pressured his son to be an oceanpermanent appointment, but has noneographer, and young Jim earned a theless became impressed by the local bachelor’s and master’s at the Univercampus’ academic ambitions, in the sity of Michigan in that subject, going range Art Department exhibits at the on for his Ph.D. at the University of Martin-Mullen Gallery, and the scope Chicago. of offerings in Human Ecology. He joined the SUNY Stony Brook
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tribute to other majors, and HARTWICK/From A1 be available as future stuvery practical: Actuarial dents chose Philosophy & Math and Criminal Justice, growth fields. To synthesis: Religion as their majors. “I think students discover them Environmental Sustainabilafter they are here,” he said. ity & Society, and Global Allaying faculty conStudies, that will draw on cerns, the reorganization existing expertise in politineither adds cal science, nor reduces social sciteaching posience, anthrotions, which pology and are 114 (“and other existing a half”) as fields. A Muclasses begin sical PerforMonday, Aug. mance major, 29, including which grew 15 new faculty out of student members. demand, may Hartwick College photo The changalso be subes also come mitted soon. Provost Tannenbaum with wife Karen and on the heels By the daughter Amy at son of a turnend of the Evan’s graduation from around: After 2016-17 aca- Hartwick. a scary dip in demic year, enrollment among incomHartwick hopes also to ing freshmen last year, the have approval for a major incoming class is 410 memin Public Health from the bers, well above the goal of state Department of Educa375. Tannenbaum said. tion, and, perhaps, its first The administrator who master’s degree, in Translahelped guide this transition tional Biomedical Research would have been a life-long Management, a discipline New Yorker, Upstate and that seeks to “translate” down, if not for the sweep promising research into of his academic career. medical practice. Finally, Raised in Queens and on a Media Studies major will Long Island, he attended be sought during the 2017Cornell, obtained in Ph.D. 18 school year, aimed at in zoology at Clemson in producing graduates comSouth Carolina – his wife, fortable in the full range of Karen, a South Carolina nacommunications methods. French will continue to be tive, was a master’s student there – worked in Texas and available as either a major West Virginia, and settled at or minor, and will also be Truman State in Missouri. part of the Global Studies His particular area of initiative. The Hartwick interest was hibernation trustees, meeting in October, will decide on the status – how mammals with high metabolic rates and oxygen of German. needs can reduce their body And while there are also temperatures and heart rates no Philosophy & Religion so drastically. At the time, majors right now, that the Navy, concerned with department is being maintained as a major because of hypothermia suffered when its central place in a Liberal pilots crash in icy waters, and hospitals involved in Arts education, the provost organ transplants were parsaid. “Who am I? What Complete Deli ticularly interested in that am I doing here? What can Subs, Sandwiches Little Neck field, and willing to fund a do to make the world a Homemade Beer Kegs and Breakfast Clams and original research. better place? These are the Salads and Cases Sandwiches Shrimp Serving as department fundamental questions,” he chair, he saw the possibilicontinued. 82 Center Street, Oneonta | 607-432-0402 | 607-432-0819 (fax) | Open 7 days a week ties of extending his reach Its professors will conthrough administration, and in 1998 returned to his Stanley-Wade School of Dance native New York as dean of where bodies and minds combine science at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. A decade FALL REGISTRATION−September 1st from 4-6 pm later, he joined Hartwick in Band Instrument Rentals & Tune-ups! Registration at the studio his current role in President Sign Up for Lessons! Margaret L. Drugovich’s new administration. Huge Selection of We are proud to offer a quality education in the art of His daughter Amy, now Guitars • Amps • Drums • Keyboards • Accessories dance & fitness. Our students learn technique, self28, a Hamilton grad who confidence and awareness, the art of expression, and respect for themselves & others. We believe dance is a 10 South Main St, Oneonta • 607-432-0344 worked for legal non-profits since 1971 way of life for each of us and your heart and soul goes in Washington D.C., is in www.theeighthnote.com The area’s oldest and largest music store into every movement you create. Let us help you bring her third-year of Stanford out your creativity through your mind, body, and soul. law school. Son Evan, 25, a Hartwick grad, is a state modern ~ ballet ~ jazz ~ hip hop ~ flamenco ~ yoga trooper in his mother’s na~ adult fitness and dance tive South Carolina. As a scientist, Dr. Tannenbaum is drawn to datadriven solutions – “quantitative,” he calls them. Coming out of the process led to the new majors, 140 Main St. Oneonta • 607.431.2320 that he added, “I believe there 140 Main St. Oneonta • stanleywadeschoolofdance.com needs to be a qualitative perspective as well.”
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Were Salem Witches Just Tuning In, Dropping Out?
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he modern-day relevance of the Salem witch trials and Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” – it’s available to us locally this summer as the original play at The Fenimore Art Museum and a Glimmerglass Festival opera – just keep coming at us. During a start-of-school interview, Mike Tannenbaum, Hartwick College provost and vice president of academic affairs, a zoologist, talked about research into “ergot alkaloids,” fungi in forage grasses that are also sources of LSD. Cattle farmers go to great lengths to pull up grasses so infected and replace them with certified fungus-free seeds. As it happens, Tannenbaum reported, ergot alkaloids were found in the neighborhood of 17th century Salem, Mass., causing some scientists to posit that the ravings and hallucinations experienced by the accused witches – much like staggers in cattle – actually had a chemical basis. Political scientists, jump back. With the final Fenimore “Crucible” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, and Glimmerglass’ related opera at 1:30 p. m. this Saturday, the 27th, there’s a chance for scientists among us to develop a parallel explanation: Were the ladies of Salem simply tuning in, turning on and dropping out – with profound effect on subsequent American history?
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t sounded like Mayor Herzig and Common Council were exactly right in seeking out two experts on professional city management – Jerry Faiella of the state City & County Managers Association and Michael Ritchie of the International City/County Management Association – to advise them on recruitment of what will be Oneonta’s third city manager. In a briefing at last week’s Common Council meeting, a number of fresh ideas were offered: • First, to have a facilitator to engage in conversations within City Hall to understand what kind of person could best fill the expectations and needs of Council members, department heads and city workers – and in the end, of course, the citizenry. • Then, instead of hiring a head-hunter, allow Faiella and Ritchie, or someone else, to network within the city-manager community, to find someone to “enable, advocate and mentor” elected and appointed officials locally to take the city to the next level. The ideal candidate may not know he or she is looking for a
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next job, or that Oneonta indeed would be the perfect fit. • Meanwhile, discussions within City Hall – perhaps even a “retreat” for Council members and department heads – can develop a welcoming and accepting atmosphere that would give a professional a chance to succeed in what’s turned out to be a challenging leadership role. Of course, no one expects perfection – that doesn’t exist. But Faiella and Ritchie envision the next city manager as
From The Mayor’s Desk
SARAH GROFF TRUE LETTER FROM RIO
Village Of ‘No,’ Changing Image
Hometown Support – And Donuts – Fuel Sarah Editor’s Note: This letter of thanks from Sarah Groff True was distributed to the crowd at the Hard Ball Café during the Saturday, Aug. 20, community gathering to watch her compete in Rio.
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reetings from Copacabana! First off, a huge thanks to everyone for the support and for putting this viewing party together. A special thanks to Matthew Hazzard and his team for all of the hard work. Matthew, we’ve come a long way since Little League, huh? It turns out that as much as I love baseball, I’m far better at sports that don’t require coordination. I’m sitting here before my race, reflecting on what an amazing opportunity lies ahead of me in a few hours. I mean, I get to compete in my second Olympic Games! The whole experience is incredible – not only do I get to represent my country and show my sport to the world, but I get to share the experience with my family and friends and, yes, also with the little Village of
Cooperstown, New York. A lot is made of the “perks” to being an Olympian: we get to rub elbows with other athletes, we get lots of free gear, we get media coverage, etc. As cool as all of that is, however, nothing compares to the honor of being able to take all of the people on my life on this journey and that includes everyone in this room. So much of who I am is the result of growing up in one of the greatest small towns in the country. The characteristics that define Cooperstonians are also the same ones that make me good at triathlon. I’m a dreamer, an idealist, communityminded, hard-working and a bit stubborn; all are traits that I picked up as a kid in Coop. I’ll also credit Schneider’s Bakery for starting a lifelong love affair with donuts. Not sure if that helps with triathlon, but it certainly HOMETOWN ONEONTA makes me happier. Sarah Groff True received support from national No matter what happens sponsors, but the best support she reports receiving is from her hometown. today, I’II fight every step of the way, strengthened by This amazing town has Cooperstown on the world’s the knowledge that I have shaped me and I couldn’t stage. Thank you all for my hometown behind me. be prouder to represent your love and support.
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someone who is approachable and flexible, as well as experienced and broadgauged. We might add: self confident and, perhaps most of all, with a sense of humor. Common Council, of course, will have to stay the course with whoever is selected. It’s going to take a five-year tenure, at least, to allow City Hall to shake out cobwebs and emerge as a forward-looking haven of best practices. There will be good times to celebrate and less-good times to weather. Even though the first two city managers left against their wills, we’re still seeing benefits they brought to the City of the Hills, mostly in grantsmanship – essential – but other areas as well. Third time’s a charm? That apparently is an American echo of Shakespeare’s “luck lies in odd numbers” from “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” And it’s much to be hoped for here, not just for the City of Oneonta, but for the city, by example, setting a promising model for Otsego County and other local governmental entities to follow.
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Editor’s Note: Unopposed, Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz was elected to a third term this past March.
Clearly the starting point was a full review of our zoning laws. Over time, our zoning law became filled with counterproductive, senseless or inadequate By JEFF KATZ laws. Along with the chairs of the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Apn the last two peals and H-PARB months, the (Historic PreservaCooperstown tion & Architectural Board of TrustReview Board), ees has approved we identified those special-use permits laws that had for both a new proved to be both hotel on Railroad unhelpful or inexAvenue and a new plicable, running CVS on the site of counter to what our the Cooperstown Motel. That those Mayor Katz goals were in moving forward. developers, and othWith laws ers, are now looking reviewed, clarified and at Cooperstown as a place improved, the Village has to do business is extremely positive for the future health evolved into a place where business can be done. One of the village. example: a reversion of When I became mayor our Commercial district in 2012, Cooperstown’s reputation was destructively back to commercial usage allowed for the creation of negative. Not only were we the Cooperstown Distillery perceived as the “Village and the sale of a building of ‘no,’” but, even worse, to local attorneys. We fully people had come to the expect that other changes point where they wouldn’t we’ve implemented, such as even speak with us about our Planned District Depotential business projects. velopment law, will create The conventional wisdom future opportunities, giving was, “What’s the point? The village won’t let you do the village the ability to recruit businesses and, that,” “that” being anything Please See KATZ, A6 new or different.
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‘Village Hall’ Misidentifies 22 Main And Confuses To the Editor: The village building at 22 Main St. now displays a new designation, “Village Hall.” All authorities agree that this building has never been called “Village Hall,” that the only Village Hall in Cooperstown’s history was located on the second floor of the old Cooperstown fire house, which was opened in 1889 on Chestnut Street. In the “History of Cooperstown,” Harold Hollis states that in 1973 the new Fire Hall “was erected on Chestnut Street following demolition of the Village Hall which it replaces.” The building at Main Street has had a variety of uses and a variety of labels, usually “village building” or “village library building” – but there was no village office in the building until Village Clerk & Treasurer Douglas Walrath, appointed in 1965, moved into a single room on the second floor,
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The lettering above 22 Main’s pillars appeared during recent renovations of the south side.
now partly occupied by the children’s library. The village board can give the building any label it wants, even if this involves ignoring long-standing village practice. More disturbing is the big bold designation “Village Hall” in a dominant position above the pil-
lars. In addition to defying tradition, it provides an unwelcome focus that diminishes the impressive view of the building. If the purpose of the “Village Hall” label is to direct visitors to the village offices, it will not be effective. It is above the front entryway, which will lead them to the library and art association. Much more effective would be a simple sign on the front lawn directing them, with an arrow, to the village offices at the building’s Fair Street entrance. The existing sign opposite that entrance very clearly indicates the offices within. It is ironic that this action defies the intent of all the laws relating to signs and the appearance of structures within the village. Compare the blatant label, “Village Hall,” above the pillars to the gentle Please See TRIPP, A6
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
The citizens of Oneonta and vicinity are requested to meet at the High School room on Friday evening, August 24, for the purpose of organizing a Society to procure funds to erect a monument to the memory of soldiers from this town, who died while in the service or were killed during the late rebellion: E.L. Ford, L.S. Osborn, D.J. Yager, Jay Champlin, A.F. Wing, E.M. Vosburgh, N.I. Ford, E.C. Bundy, A. Mendel, S. Brownson, N.C. Moak, D.M. Miller, P.C. Burton, E. Crowell, Samuel H. Case, Timothy Sabin, John Cope, Jr., Geo. O. Phelps, T.S. Gault, C.A. Clark, Jas. H. Keyes, Wm. Johnston, S.S. Burnside, E.W. Hopkins, H.N. Van Dusen, L.L. Bundy, Josiah Farmer, James Roberts, N. Bridges. August 1866
100 Years Ago
The weather in Oneonta – It is the verdict of the oldest inhabitant of Oneonta, and of many others, that never in their recollection has there been in Oneonta such a combination of heat and drought as has distinguished the present week. Saturday was warm enough; Sunday was hotter and dryer; and Monday was hottest and driest. That there will be a change for the better, which means for cooler air and a considerable more moisture, is what everybody is asking. There was a rainbow Monday morning just at sunrise, and a few minutes afterwards there was a slight shower – not enough to lay the dust, but just to encourage the belief that there was something in the old saw about a rainbow in the morning. Later, and only a little later, the sky was clear, and the unclouded sun got in its effective work. August 1916
80 Years Ago
Oneonta police officer Raymond Bliss flagged Stanley Fish, 18-year-old Hartwick motorist, early Sunday morning for not coming to a dead stop in crossing Center Street. When told by the youth that he had just secured his license to drive, Officer Bliss gave a friendly warning that he observe the various motor vehicle regulations. Fish then dashed off at a rate of speed which opened the officer’s eyes, and he took after him in a police radio cruiser. The chase went out East End via Main Street at speeds of 45 and 50 miles an hour. The officer was forced to pursue the erring driver outside the city limits before he could be brought to a stop. A summons for exceeding the city speeding ordinance was issued forthwith for which Fish added $5 to the city’s funds. Garry Munson of 11 Fairview Street was arrested by Officer Bliss early Sunday morning following an altercation
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have to have a background to compete with others. Already this year, McVinney estimates $60,000 is needed to help 15 needy OHS students planning college careers. August 1956
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Oneonta’s East End will have its first French restaurant if the Oneonta Town Board approves a zone change on Emmons Hill Road. The Farmhouse will be a small, intimate restaurant serving about 65 people, said Dr. James Lawrence, a former Hartwick College administrator who will own the establishment. A farmhouse on Emmons Hill Road dating back to 1835 will be the restaurant site. The Farmhouse façade will be kept intact with only minor changes. The property is currently zoned residential and restaurants must be located in a business district. Hartwick College is calling in the National Guard to help finish athletic fields that have been under construction for the past three years. Completion has been delayed due to lack of funds. The Clark Foundation of Cooperstown donated $50,000 to complete the work but there still was not enough money to complete the project. Robert Mansbach, Hartwick’s faculty chair, suggested the National Guard’s community service project program. While Hartwick gets August 2006 its athletic fields, the National Guard gets experience with the unit’s bulldozers, graders and dump trucks. with Florence Knapp of the same address. Neighbors heard August 1976 the woman scream and called police. She displayed a cut on the head, suffered she said when Munson struck her with a potato masher during an argument. Munson was sentenced Republican candidate Bob Dole regretfully called his to 30 days in the Otsego County jail and fined $10 when he failure to address the NAACP last month a “missed oppleaded guilty to third degree assault. The jail sentence was portunity” as he pledged Friday to wage an all-out fight for suspended by Judge Sterling P. Huntington in City Court the “hearts and minds” of black Americans. “We’re going yesterday morning. to earn it,” Dole told the National Association of Black August 1936 Journalists. Dole also repudiated a plank in the GOP platform – adopted just last week at the party’s convention in San Diego – advocating for a constitutional amendment to Oneonta High School vice-principal Clifford McVinney deny U.S. citizenship to children born in the United States called on Rotarians and Oneonta businessmen, and the gen- to illegal immigrants. “I would not support that part of the eral public, to start a $60,000 scholarship fund for needy platform,” Dole said during a lively question and answer Oneonta High School seniors going to college. Schoolsession with journalists. Dole, who has no blacks in top ing will be tougher for average or non-collegiate students, campaign jobs, also was asked what black Americans he he said. Higher standards will be set up. McVinney also had consulted in coming up with his programs and views. described “Operation Bootstrap” a high-powered program He cited discussions with civil rights leader Jesse Jackson geared to academics. McVinney said the teenage antiand Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, school trend, culled by home or adult, should be reversed. Jr. Meanwhile President Bill Clinton is keeping his promise “Pep talks from businessmen,” can help he said. “A modern to reduce the impact of the new welfare overhaul law on leschool with a modern program is urgently needed,” McVin- gal aliens. Clinton’s measures ensure that benefits for legal ney continued. McVinney also serves the school as guidimmigrants are continued through an expedited citizenship ance counselor for boys. “No longer can our boys and girls process. go to college because they want to. It’s now selective. They August 1996
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He rarely uses green wood because it splits more easily than seasoned. “I don’t cut live wood,” he said. “Unless someone gives me lilac, I mostly use seasoned wood, dried in a shed out behind my house.” And although hemlock requires shaving off the barbs in order to use it, Bartoo said that he’s begun enjoying the process. “In my old age, I’ve become more patient,” he said. “I used to want to just build right away, but now I enjoy sitting down and getting a stick ready to use.”
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MURPHY/From A1 mental in improving playing fields in Fortin Park. He was unopposed for reelection in 2005, and in 2007 was elected to the county board, and reelected in 2009 and 2011. “We often espoused different views on the challenges before us, but we were collegial about our differences and did not let them get in the way of collaboration,” said the county board chair, Kathy Clark, R-Otego. “Much of our time together in office was spent cultivating the common ground that would allow us to make progress and move the county forward.” He served on the Public Works, Technology, Efficiency and the Soil and Water committees. When he retired in 2013, he was board vice chair and chaired the Administration Committee. “He accomplished so much, and he was such a kind fellow,” said Cooperstown Village Trustee Jim Dean, who served with him on the county Democratic Committee. “He was a man of many accomplishments, and even when he wasn’t feeling well, he was an upbeat guy.” After retiring, he took it upon himself to mentor up-andcoming politicians. Another protégé, Dan Buttermann, said Murphy suggested he run for county board at the 2012 Election Night celebration at the Autumn Café. Murphy retired the next year, and recruited Buttermann to succeed him. His mentor “didn’t tell me what to say; he helped me craft my ideas better,” Buttermann said. “And when I’d go over to his house to talk about the campaign, he’d play games with my girls – they were always asking ‘Can we go to Rich’s house’?” “When we were doing debate prep, he showed up with a stopwatch and a windbreaker,” said Buttermann, who lost that bid to Republican Janet Hurley Quackenbush, but was elected to the Oneonta City school board the following year. “It was like being on the baseball field.”
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Former county representative Rich Murphy and his wife Pat chat with state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli at the county Democratic Dinner in September 2015. Murphy was the guest of honor at the event, and DiNapoli the keynoter. Stammel had a similar experience: “I first got to know him when I was running for town board in 2013. He was just always willing to give his advice and energetic support. He didn’t know me, but he wanted to help me. After his diagnosis, Murphy’s energy may have waned a little, but it never ceased. “Even last year, when I was running for county board, he made phone calls for me every night,” said Stammel. “He tried to be of service, even though his mobility was not so great.” A lifelong baseball fan, Murphy coached Little League for 28 years, where he helped start the minor league program. In 2014, the minor league field at the Doc Knapp complex was named in his honor. At the wake Monday, Aug. 22, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home – hundreds attended – baskets of baseball pins and the cedar balls he always gave his teams — a play on his advice to “See The Ball” – were offered to mourners. “Rich has definitely left our community better than he found it,” said Clark. “He will be remembered for the many lives that he touched in such a positive way.”
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Hartwick’s soccer team was still filling Elmore’s stands in 1985, when striker David Magistrale helped the Hawks to the Final Four.
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Duncan Macdonald salutes the new “Historic Elmore Field” scoreboard on Hartwick College’s campus, and he ought to know: Recruited from Southhampton, England, he helped take the Hawks to the 1977 NCAA Division One championship. Friends of long time SIO Ed Clough, who died last November, raised $30,000 for the enhancement.
n the glory days, when Hartwick College’s soccer team scored a goal on Elmore Field, you knew it no matter where you were in town. “A lot of their games would start at 2 p.m. and school wasn’t out yet,” Macdonald still said Dave Lubell, Hart- wears his chamwick’s media relations pionship ring manager who was still in every day. elementary school in the 1970s. “But the crowd was so big that when they scored, you could hear them cheering all down the valley.” The soccer field, which has been in continual use since 1956, has now been re-designated Please See ELMORE, B3
Plants Take Up Residence In SUNY Science Building Glass Walls, ‘Pods’ Trying Out New Ways Of Learning
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xperience the passion and effervescence of the Sonia Olla Flamenco Dance Company 7:30 p.m., Sunday, August 28 with the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival at The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. $25 Adults, $15 students. Info, www.cooperstownmusicfest. org, 1-877-666-7421. FLY CREEK FUN: Enjoy the 17th annual Fly Creek Day and 23rd annual Antique Engine Show, Saturday, August 27! Day-long fun begin 8:30-11 a.m. with hot coffee, donuts at the Fly Creek Grange. Then community-wide yard sales, food treats, entertainment, more. Burgers and hot dog lunch 11 a.m. at Fly Creek Area Historical Society at old Grange, 210 Cemetery Road. Rev up the engines from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard with restored gas engines and farm machinery of the past. Free to public and engine exhibitors. 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9692, www. flycreekcidermill.com SWIM ON: The Oneonta YMCA Gilbert Lake swim is rescheduled for this Saturday August 27. 8:30 a.m. check in, 9:30 swim. Open to all swimmers 13 and over, less than 13 requires coach’s verification of competency. Benefits Oneonta YMCA, $35 entry, T-shirts available, $6 BBQ lunch. Gilbert Lake State Park Beachfront, 18 CCC Road, Laurens. Info, Lisa Birdsall, (607) 432-0010. ELEPHANTS: Special guest speaker and Cherry Valley native Alexis Saba returns 3-6 p.m., Saturday, August 27, for “Homage to Elephants” exhibit closing party at Cherry Branch Gallery. Free, all welcome, donation to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust appreciated. Exhibition through August 28, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 264-9530. GARLIC: 18th annual Dancing Veggie Garlic Harvest Celebration! Explore biodynamic garlic, seedstock, and garlicky food samples 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28. Take Allen Lake Road to Ainslie Road. Follow the signs from Fly Creek and Richfield Springs! Info, (315) 858-0506.
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POKEMON GO SAFARI – 10 a.m. Join Professor Cedar from SUNY Delhi on a Pokemon Safari that will take you to nearby Pokemon Go stops & gyms. Start and end at Huntington Memorial Library. Refreshments will be served after the safari. Children under the age of ten must have an adult with them. Registration required, August 12. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4321980, www.hmloneonta.org/ JUSTICE GINSBERG – 3 p.m. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg again shares her passion for opera and her perspective on law in the arts. Program features a balance of performance and commentary, with members of the Young Artists Program enacting selected scenes that deal with law and
justice, followed by Justice Ginsburg’s insights.. Tickets $40, $15/youth. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 State Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5472255, www.glimmerglass.org ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Opening reception, “Made in New York: Art of the Garden” and Solo Show by Lynn Johnson. On display through Sept 30. Gallery hours through Labor Day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 6479777, www.cooperstownart.com MERCHANT OF VENICE – 8 p.m. “Two-Man Merchant.” Arresting two-hander adaptation of Shakespearean classic. Two strangers discover text of Shakespeare’s play. What starts as game turns into confrontation. A stunning and innovative feat. Also Sat. at 8, Sun. at 5. Free, donations gratefully accepted, reservations recommended.
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FLY CREEK DAY – 17th Annual Fly Creek Day! Community-wide yard sales, food vending, entertainment and activities. Family fun by Fly Creek Area Historical Society, at Grange Building, 208 Cemetery Rd., Hot coffee and do-
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THURSDAY-Friday, AUGUST 25-26, 2016 that the beach is not closed due to blue-green algae bloom. Benefits Oneonta YMCA. $35 entry, 415 T-shirts if available, $6 Brooks BBQ lunch. Gilbert Lake State Park Beach Front, 18 CCC Rd., Laurens. Info, Lisa Birdsall, (607) 432-0010. GARLIC FEST – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 18th Annual Garlic Harvest Celebration. Biodynamic Garlic, seedstock and growing tips, garlicky food samples. Also Sun. Dancing Veggie Farm, Allen Lake Rd. to Ainslie Rd. Follow signs from Fly Creek and Richfield Springs! Info (315) 858-0506. ANTIQUE ENGINE SHOW – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 23rd annual Antique Engine Show and Fly Creek Tent Sale. Enjoy restored gas engines and farm machinery of the past. Free to public and engine exhibitors. Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9692, www.flycreekcidermill.com
PAINTING WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Double Vision, plein air painting workshop taught by Lisbeth Firmin and Richard Kathmann. Two day workshop, $100 ($80 WKC members), $55 per day. The West Kortright Centre, 49 West Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Info, registration , (607) 278-5454, www.westkc. org, info@westkc.org TRAIN ROBBERY – 1 p.m. Travel back in time as a passenger on the Train Robbery featuring action packed shoot outs, period costumes, and fun entertainment for the whole family. $20 adults, $19 seniors, $17 children 3-12, free under 3. Reservations encouraged, not required. Milford Depot, Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, 136 Main St., Milford. Info, reservations, (607) 432-2429, (607) 432-2824. MORE CALENDAR, B7
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Hartwick Claims Moniker Of ‘Historic’ Elmore Field ELMORE/From B1 as “Historic Elmore Field” on a new scoreboard given in memory of Edward Clough, Class of ’56, the college’s longtime sports information officer and sports photographer, who died last November. “After he died, I was asked to raise the funds to honor him,” said Duncan Macdonald, Hartwick’s athletics giving officer. “I reached out to a select core of soccer alumni and within a few months, we had the $30,000 we needed.” And Macdonald would know plenty of soccer alumni – he was one of them, recruited from Southport, England, to play on the team that won Hartwick the NCAA Division One National Championship in 1977. “We were a very talented team,” he said. “There were 10 freshman recruits from Great Britain, New Jersey, Massachusetts. But the common denominator was
to go all the way to either edge of the field,” he said. “There would be 4-6,000 people here.” “People would be standing 10 deep on the track,” added Lubell. “I used to come watch Duncan play!” said Mark Greene – “Greenie,” who has served as Elmore Field groundskeeper for 30 years. “I bleed blue. I used to get in fights with kids at school who rooted for SUNY.” And Hartwick soccer fans in the stands made their own loyalties known. “When the announcer would call the names of the opposing team, the fans would clap once,” said Macdonald. “It was an intimidating atmosphere to play in for visiting teams.” OTSEGO.campuslife The team came in third Player Duncan in the National ChampionMacdonald and 30-year ships in 1974, then third groundskeeper again in 1976. But in 1977, Mark Greene share they defeated San Francisco memories of Elmore Field’s days of glory. 2-1 at a game in Oakland. that we all had a blue-collar “Because so many of us background. We didn’t like were freshman when we were recruited, the team’s to lose!” The football program had backbone stayed in place,” he said. “It’s a lot like the been closed out a few years team is this year. They have prior, so, Friday nights, 11 freshman players now.” soccer was the name of the Macdonald was the outgame. “The stands used
side fullback, and still wears his championship ring every day. “It was a special thing to be a part of,” he said. After graduation, Macdonald spent three years playing with the North American and then the
American soccer leagues, before he took a sales job for Colgate Palmolive. In 2003, he returned to Hartwick as the athletic giving officer. The scoreboard will debut during the first game of the
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Dine on The Porch of the historic Clubhouse overlooking Otsego Lake. Play a round then enjoy local fare, including beer and wine…all day! PRO SHOP • YOUTH LESSONS • GREENS fEE $20
Robin and Linda Williams Concert & Pot Luck Supper Sunday, Aug. 28
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Robin & Linda are known for their rich harmonies & original songwriting rooted in Country-Bluegrass & traditional gospel. Featured on the Prairie Home Companion, Robin & Linda have performed together for more than 40 years. This is their first visit to Windfall in over 26 years! Bring a dish to share for this fundraiser.
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The two completely different programs are FREE TO THE PUBLIC and include works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Berg, Bottesini, Debussy, Rota & Schubert. (The Summermusic 2016 Festival is made possible, in part, with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts/Chenango County Council of the Arts and the Hoyt Foundation.) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL 607-263-2304 or email us at musicfarm@mindspring.com
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New York 1LegalAug25 Legal notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 1091 COUNTY HIGHWAY 46 ONEONTA, NY 13820 Section: 193 Block: 2 Lot: 9.01 INDEX NO. 725/2015 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. MARK MOHR, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GLORIA MOHR; RICHARD MOHR, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GLORIA MOHR; SHARON FARGE, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GLORIA MOHR, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; OTSEGO RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE, INC.; CITIBANK N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A.; NEW YORK STATE
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DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.
copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.
To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $240,264.00 and interest, recorded on August 11, 2004, in Official Record Book 1353 at Page 186, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 1091 COUNTY HIGHWAY 46 ONEONTA, NY 13820. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 4, 2016 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: Joseph J. Karlya III, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 2807675 4LegalSept1 Legal noticE Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: GRANDE WAY ASSOCIATES, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 16, 2016. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 285 Grande Way, Unit 1505, Naples, FL 34110. Purpose: to engage in any and all business for which LLCs may be formed under the New York LLC law. 6LegalSept29 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: QuarterBACK LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 01 July 2016. 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 c/o William Farnham 197 Belmont St. Fall River, Ma 02720. Purpose is to
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routine checkup,” he said. “It was a complete gut rehab, but the space remains the same.” Upgrades were also done to several dorms, including enhanced Wi-Fi and fitness centers, as well as sidewalks in front of Blodgett and Curtis. “Students were walking in the road to get to the dining hall,” he said. “It wasn’t safe.” And the new Red Dragon Outfitters is starting to take shape next to the Hunt Union. “Right now, the OTSEGO.campuslife bookstore is in what used to SUNY Oneonta’s Tom Rathbone looks through be a bowling alley,” he said. “The new building will be the glass walls and the bookstore and the souveshelves that will allow visitors to the rehabbed nir shop, where people get their sweatshirts and gifts. Science Building to observe the scientific The space that the Red method in action. Dragon Outfitters currently occupies will be turned into in other schools, so we’re programming space for the trying it out here.” Student Union. “We’re lookAnd in keeping with the ing at putting offices like the college’s commitment to Career Development Center green energy, the chemior the Center For Social cal ventilation systems in Responsibility in there,” he the organic chemistry labs said. “We want to use that run on sensors, adjustspace to provide more oping the ventilation needed portunities for students.” depending on the amount All told, it was one of of chemicals in the system. SUNY’s largest renovations “They’re highly efficient,” in recent history. “There said Rathbone. “They take a were days when we had lot less energy.” 160 contractor personnel on Faculty members are in campus,” he said. “That’s the process of moving in, more than we usually have.” and office hours will be held And next summer, a twoin the building. Classes will year renovation of the Milne start in the spring semester. Library will begin, as well The Health Center also as construction of the new got an upgrade. “It was welcome center in the North built in 1965 and needed a Parking Lot above Fitzelle Hall. “It’s our Million Dollar view,” he said. “And we want to capitalize on that.”
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IN MEMORIAM Donald Gaughan, 91, Morris; Helped Liberate Dachau In WWII MORRIS – Donald Gaughan, 91, a World War II combat veteran who helped free the prisoners at Dachau and later worked as a union carpenter in Oneonta before his retirement, passed away peacefully on Aug. 14, 2016, at Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin. The son of William and Delilah (Joy) Gaughan, he was born on Dec. 31, 1924, in Oneonta. During WWII, he first landed in Africa and then traveled to Anzio, Italy. He was in the landing of the beachhead of Southern France and then to the Siegfried Line. He then helped liberate prisoners in Dachau in Munich. He was also past com-
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P. Murphy of Albany; his mother, Frances V. Leahy Murphy of Dominican Village Amityville. Also, his brother Eugene J. Murphy and wife Janet of North Patchogue, NY; his sister Joan E. Mercurio and her husband Christopher of Baldwin; brothers and sisters-in-law, George and Pat, Bill, Kathy and Joe, Ken and Adria, Susan and John, Robert and Eileen, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, great nieces and great nephews, and his best friends, Kermit and Vivian Weaver and John Keilly. Rich was predeceased by his father. A funeral mass was offered Tuesday, Aug. 23, at St. Mary’s Church, with Rev. David Mickiewicz, pastor, officiating. Interment was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Emmons. Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home of Oneonta.
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OPENING RECEPTION – 2-4 p.m. Art Gallery opening and reception. Exhibition of the works of Sandy Finkenberg, Rhoda Harrow. Mural Art Gallery, 631 Main St., Hobart. Info, (9607) 538-3002, www.muralartgallery. org CLOSING PARTY – 3-6 p.m. “Homage to Elephants,” with special gust speaker, Alexis Saba (Cherry Valley native, now NYC attorney). Free, all welcome, donation to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust appreciated. Exhibition through Aug. 28. The Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 2649530. COFFEE HOUSE –7-9 p.m. (and every 4th Sat. of month). Music in range of genres by amateur local performers; light refreshments; all welcome. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church. Church Street, Schuyler Lake. BLUES EXPRESS – 7 p.m. Saturday night blues train featuring best bands in upstate N.Y. Riders enjoy food and drink. Cooperstown Blues Express, depart Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, Milford. Info, reservations, (607) 432-2429, (607) 432-2824 RUBBER BAND – 7:30 p.m. The Rubber Band returns! (‘nough said.) One of the regions best known and best loved bands staring in the 80s. Cherry Valley Artworks concert at The Star Theater. Cherry Valley. Info, www.
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GARLIC FEST – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 18th Annual Garlic Harvest Celebration. Biodynamic Garlic, seedstock and growing tips, garlicky food samples. Dancing Veggie Farm, Allen Lake Rd. to Ainslie Rd. Follow signs from Fly Creek and Richfield Springs! Info (315) 858-0506. SWART-WILCOX – 1-3 p.m. Swart-Wilcox & Hops, with Al Bullard. “The Hop Farmer’s Year”, book for sale. Free, all welcome. Light refreshments served. Summer Sunday Series, Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta, across from Riverside School. Info, www.swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com WINDFALL DUTCH BARN – 3 p.m. Robin & Linda Williams Concert & Pot Luck Supper. Rich harmonies and original songwriting rooted in Country-Bluegrass and traditional gospel music.
Prairie Home Companion performers! $10. Potluck supper following concert. Bring a dish to pass! Windfall Dutch Barn, Cty. Rte. 31, 5 miles north of East Springfield. Info, (518) 9932239, kmacgreg@roadrunner. com, www.windfalldutchbarn.com HARP CONCERT – 4 p.m. “Harping on Glimmerglass.” Professional Harpist Andre Tarantiles highlights dinner concert at The Horned Dorset Inn, benefitting the non-profit Horned Dorset Colony Artist Residency Program scholarship fund. $68 per person. The Horned Dorset, 2000 NY 8, Leonardsville. Info, reservations (315) 855-7898, www.horneddorsetinn.com. MERCHANT OF VENICE – 5 p.m. “Two-Man Merchant.” Arresting Two-hander adaptation, two strangers discover the text of Shakespeare’s play. What starts as a game turns into a confrontation. A stunning and innovative feat. Free, donations gratefully accepted, reservations recommended. Franklin Stage Company, Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, reservations, (607) 829-3700. MUSIC FEST – 7:30 p.m. Flamenco: Tablao Sevilla. Experience the passion and effervescence of the Sonia Olla Flamenco Dance Company. Cooperstown Summer Music Festival at The Otesaga Resort Hotel, Lake St., Cooperstown. $25 Adults, $15 students. Info, www.cooperstownmusicfest.org, 1-877-6667421.
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SHAKESPEARE – 6 p.m. 29th Annual Shakespeare in the Valley and picnic Dinner! Indoor performance of “Second Fiddle Follies” by the Introduction to Acting group, followed by an outdoor picnic (BYO or have hot dogs, beef or veggie burgers on site.) 8 p.m., full stage Shakespeare comedy by Young People’s Theater Arts Workshops. Also Sat. Bring your own lawn furniture. $12; $5 under 12. West Kortright Centre, East Meredith. (607) 278-5454. MORE CALENDAR, B8
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LAKEFRONT CONCERT SERIES– 7 p.m. high energy classic and modern rock cover band plays wide variety of favorite 80s, 90s and present-day hits. A fabulous evening of high energy rock. Free, all welcome. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, your dancing shoes! Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. SHAKESPEARE – 6 p.m. 29th Annual Shakespeare in the Valley and picnic Dinner! Indoor performance of “Second Fiddle Follies” by the Introduction to Acting group, followed by an outdoor picnic (BYO or have hot dogs, beef or veggie burgers on site.) 8 p.m., full stage Shakespeare comedy by Young People’s Theater Arts Workshops. Also Sat. Bring your own lawn furniture. $12; $5 under 12. West Kortright Centre, 49 West Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Info, (607)278-5454. SO PLEASE YOU – 7 p.m. A clown show for all the family! Inspired by one moment of mischief in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s Conservatory Company has created a “Tragical-comical, comical-tragical”
THE CRUCIBLE – 7 p.m. 1953 Arthur Miller drama presented by Fenimore Art Museum & Glimmer Globe Theatre. $15 adults, $12.50 seniors & members, $10 juniors (7-12), free under 6. Lucy B. Hamilton Amphitheater, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, tickets, (607) 547-1461, fenimoreartmuseum.org
play about Dennis, a servant who appears once in Shakespeare’s “As you Like It.” Revel in the classic art of clowning in this inventive comedy for all the family. Free, donations gratefully accepted, reservations recommended. Franklin Stage Company, Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, reservations, (607) 8293700. LAKEFRONT CONCERT SERIES– 7 p.m. Code 41, a high energy classic and modern rock cover band, playing your favorite 80s, 90s and present day hits. Enjoy! Free, all welcome. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, your dancing shoes! Lakefront Park, Cooperstown.
BALLOON FESTIVAL – 5-8 p.m. 6 p.m. takeoff. Susquehanna Balloon Festival. Bands, bounce houses, theater, food vendors and more, through Sunday. Free except for balloon rides. Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Book a ride, www.balloonny.com FABULOUS FRIDAY – 5-8 p.m. Fab Friday Appraisal Clinic. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0960, info@OneontaHistory. org OPENING RECEPTION – 5-8 p.m. Kevin Q Gray, John Hudanish, Kim L’Heureux. Through Sept. 18. Community Arts Council of Oneonta (CANO), Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2070, admin@
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CHORAL AUDITIONS – 4-6:45 p.m. Catskill Choral Society adult auditions for 46th season. (Children choir audition Tues., Sept. 6th.) Rehearsals held every Thursday at 7 p.m., starting Sept. 1. Auditions by appointment only. Unitarian Universalist Society Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, appts. (6070) 431-6060. ARTIST TALK – 4:30 p.m. Artist Gary Bower, Dialogue at The Art Garage. Exhibit “Beauty/ Flat Out, on view through Sept. 10. All welcome, reservations recommended. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown, Info, (607) 547-5327. MENTAL HEALTH SERIES– National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) announces Family-to-Family, a free 12 week educational course for those with a
ALGAL BLOOMS – 7 p.m. Dr. Rebecca M. Gorney , research scientist with DES, speaks on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) which have occurred in Canadarago Lake, Casey Park Pond, and Gilbert Lake. Free, all welcome. Otsego Country Water Quality Coordinating Committee (WQCC), Classroom A of Meadows Office building, 140 Cty. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5478778, Ext. 333, Holly.Waterfield@oneonta.edu
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POWER EQUIPMENT, STK# 943910, 38K, $12,495
168
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149*
$
OV E R
100 HICLES USED VE CK IN STO E S TO CHOO FROM
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2015 CHRYSLER 200 LIMITED
176*
174
$
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2013 FORD ESCAPE SEL
POWER EQUIPMENT STK# 101261B, 32K, $15,679
POWER EQUIPMENT, STK# 101316A,, 59K, $17,444
194*
$
55 Oneida Street, Oneonta
big NISSAN Sign
199
$
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PARTS
WE WANT YOUR TRADE!
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2012 SUBARU IMPREZA
UP TO 100,000 MILES
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FULL POWER, STK# 101322A, 40K, $13,685
POWER EQUIPMENT, STK# R943880, 35K, $15,495
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FACTORY CERTIFIED WARRANTIES
2011 SONATA GLS
www.countryclubnissan.com by the
FOR UP T O 72 M O S .
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We will buy your car even if we can’t make a deal.
432-2800 M-Th 8-8; F 8-6; SERVICE Sat SALES:
800-388-3632 607
SALES
C in stock # denotes Certified Warranty. R in stock # denotes rental car. *indicates payments calculated with sfcu’s balloon payment. 07-08 up to 66 mos. @3.79%, 09-10 up to 72 mos. @3.79%, 11-12 up to 72 mos. @ 3.45%, 13 & newer up to 72 mos. @ 2.99%. All payments based on $1,000 down or trade equity plus sales tax and DMV fees at delivery. To Tier 1 qualified buyers. Certain conditions may apply with approved credit. Not responsible for any typographical errors or omissions. See dealer for details.
8-5, SERVICE & PARTS: 8-1