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Oneonta, N.Y., Thursday, August 31, 2017

City of The Hills

COMMON COUNCIL DUE TO ACT

Oneonta May Be First Recovery Community Julie Dostal in her natural habitat: The state’s – perhaps the world’s – official Recovery Community.

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Retired OPT director Paul Patterson completed his first day on the job as a OPT driver with the Cooperstown to Oneonta run on Monday, Aug. 28.

Kids’ Coats Drive Nears $2,500 Goal ONEONTA

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neonta Rotarians have raised $1,400 toward its goal of $2,500 for Operation Warm, enough to purchase 70 winter coats for local children, according to the club’s publicity chair, Lynne Sessions.

There are two more opportunities to participate in the raffle of $500 worth of scratch-off Lottery tickets and restaurant gift certificates: Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Susquehanna Balloon Fest in Neahwa Park, and Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Grand & Glorious Garage Sale on Main Street.

APP FOR OPT: Oneonta Public Transit is offering a free app to allow riders to track buses online. Called “Cooperstown-Oneonta HUB,” it can be downloaded at GooglePlay or AppStore. More info at www. oneontahub.com, or call 267-4193.

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ulie Dostal, LEAF executive director, believes recovery takes a village – or, more precisely, a city.

“If the Oneonta Common Council passes this resolution to make Oneonta a ‘Recovery Friendly’ community, it will be the first of its kind in New York State,” she said. “It might even be the first in the country that is desig-

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nated by the city government as such.”

Dostal will present her resolution to Common Council Tuesday, Sept. 5, the first Tuesday in National Recovery Month. “We wanted to make it a resolution, rather than a proclamation, because it carries a little more weight,” she said.

As a recovery-friendly community, Dostal hopes the city will work with local businesses, landlords and event committees to make the city more welcoming for those in recovery from drugs, alcohol or problem Please See DOSTAL, B7

Oneonta Schools Aim To Teach By Doing As Oneonta schools consider teaching by doing, new space is being sought, like this closet Superintendent Joseph Yelich envisions as a future classroom.

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

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or ONC BOCES Superintendent Nick Savin, education isn’t just about learning – it’s about doing.

“It’s not until people can apply what they’ve learned that they really understand the concept,” he said. “If you were, for instance, a culinary arts major, but all you did was read about cooking without actually tasting anything, you wouldn’t really know Please See SCHOOLS, B7

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IDA LACKS RESOURCES

‘Arrowheads’ Along The Susquehanna

City Hall Takes Back Otsego Now Projects

Natives Would Camp At Future Oneonta, And Artifacts Turn Up At Swart-Wilcox

By LIBBY CUDMORE

PARK CELEBRATION: ONEONTA The Oneonta Garden Club will celebrate the 25th ans a boy, Emerson niversary of Maple Park at 2 Horth would pick p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2. up “arrowheads” on his way to Riverside MURRAY SINGS: School.

Bill Murray, star of “GhostHow surprised he have busters” will perform at the been to learn his finds Glimmerglass Festival with would one day be presentcellist Jan Vogler on Tuesed to a gathered crowd day, July 24, 2018.

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in front of the historic Swart-Wilcox House.

“When the Wilcox brothers were still farming the land in the 1950s, Emerson and his friends would go through their plowed fields and find these little treasures,” said Helen Rees, a member of the Friends of SwartWilcox.

“Many of them turned Please See HOUSE, A7

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

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Helen Rees shakes a hatchet as she and historian Len Pudelka discuss artifacts on the Swart-Wilcox property.

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he City of Oneonta has taken control of two projects from depleted Otsego Now. “Otsego Now has played a strong role,” said Mayor Gary Herzig, “but they don’t

have any staff and are in a transition, and we don’t want that to slow us down.”

At Herzig’s request, the Otsego Now board of director agreed to the change at its Thursday, Aug. 24, meeting.

The two projects are: • Upgrading the Market Street Streetscape, which rePlease See HERZIG, B7

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en business owners and executives have been named to the Fox Hospital Foundation board.

• George Allen, president, Northern Eagle Beverages • Colleen Brannon, executive assistant to the president, SUNY Oneonta • Ryan Brooks, owner/operator, Brooks BBQ, Brooks Bottling Co. • Arnold Drogen, president/CEO, Drogen

Electric Supply • Michelle Eastman, CFO, Eastman Associates.

• Stephanie Holmes, owner, The Working Kitchen.

• Gary Laing, cwner of The Shipping Room, Oneonta Outlaws • Jamie Reynolds, NBT regional exec • Michelle Ianelli-Rubin, marketing and public relations, A&D Transport Services.

Zoë Vandermeulen Named New Rotary District Governor

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

TAKE US OUT TO THE BALL GAME

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The Levinson sisters, Dahlia, Delilah and Dannah, front, join Pat Croteau, Kathleen Feeney, Lisa Hall, Cori Wright and Lisa Peck in cheer on the softball teams at the annual Community Softball Game held Friday, Aug. 25, at Damaschke Field.

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oë Vandermeulen, Unadilla, vice president/communications of Unalam, the manufacturer of glulam beams made from laminated layers of wood, is the new governor of Rotary International’s District 7170, which stretches from Otsego County past Binghamton into the Southern Tier.

She is the first district governor from Otsego County in a decade, when Oneonta’s Sam Koury served. A member of the Cooperstown club, the late Catherine Black, was the first female District 7170 governor.

Installed at the District 7170 conference in May, she visited the Cooperstown Rotary Tuesday, Aug. 29, in her tour of the district.

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EDITORIALS

Afghanistan Strategy? Burn Poppies, Save Otsego Lives

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ately, we’ve all read or heard reports on the decline of The Great American Shopping Mall.

(A caveat at the outset: Some will survive, and Southside Mall, which in the past few years has attracted Dick’s, Petco, T.J. Maxx, Panera, Five Guys, etc., etc., falls into that category.

Foremost, its impoundment area – some 40 miles in all directions – and lack of competition works in its favor.)

Malls are stressed, of course, because who isn’t buying more online?

But whereas shopping is virtual, products are not.

What you buy, of course, has to be packed and shipped to your door, be it in Oneonta, Cooperstown, or Butte, Mont.

Making this happen is huge, just-in-time distribution centers – you see one after another around Scranton, a cluster around Amsterdam, and – for years now – the Walmart one in Sharon Springs; inciden-

just off I-88’s Exit 18 would be developed for a distribution center.

The other day, however, Oberacker was perturbed to receive an email from Devin Morgan, chairman of sadly reduced Otsego Now, saying the project is being delayed by the discovery of wetlands on the property.

A call to Mary Beth Bianconi, the Delaware Engineering partner leading the effort, brought a contrasting picture: Yes, state GIS maps identify 1.7 acres in the midHOMETOWN ONEONTA dle of the 140-acre parcel, County Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, at the but, she said, it doesn’t rule packed Feb. 20 meeting at the American Legion, out development; it just has where Sandy Mathes outlined prospects for a dis- to be worked around. tribution center at I-88’s Exit 18. He is dismayed The real obstacle is that the project seems to be losing momentum.

Otsego Now hasn’t signed a contract with Delaware tally, it’s the largest building most of them proximate to Engineering on work origi(and tax-generating strucflat, open spaces. nally scheduled to start on ture) in Schoharie County.

• April 1. Bianconi’s firm These essential facilities Thus, there was huge – Amazon alone plans to fill enthusiasm around economi- was to do SEQR, the state environmental review. Elan 100,000 “fulfillment center” cally battered Schenevus Planning, Saratoga Springs, jobs this year through midwhen county Rep. Peter was supposed to update the 2018 – create opportunities Oberacker, in alliance with community master plan, but for jobs and tax revenues in Otsego Now then-president there’s no contract there places like Otsego County.

Sandy Mathes, revealed in Please See EDITORIAL, A5 We have seven I-88 exits, February that a 140-acre site

olks with scanners A better idea, easily heard the other eveimplemented with positive ning that a “young results assured, would be to woman” was being spirited simply burn the poppy fields off a sidewalk at Chestnut in Helmand Province, source and Beaver in Cooperstown of 90 percent of the world’s to Bassett’s ER, a suspected heroin, every acre. heroin overdose.

That one step Our obituary colwould drive up umns, in print and heroin’s price on online, continue to Otsego County’s reflect unexpected street corners deaths of our neighand across our bors’ children in nation. And the their 20s and 30s, higher the price, DEA photo the better – highalthough the cause is usually unstated. The opium er and higher, out poppy, beautiful Nationally, of the reach of – and deadly. the latest figures every American showed 50,000 teenager.

Americans died of heroin Recent news reports say overdoses in 2015, (about the Taliban has taken control 60 locally). That indeed is of heroin production, as well terror. The same year, only as protecting poppy fields, 11 GIs died in combat in so our foe’s finances would Afghanistan. also receive a body blow.

• • In his address to the President Trump ran, nation on Afghanistan the saying he would champion other night, President Trump average American families. seemed determine to take This is it, sir: Listen to your us back into the Mideast generals, or listen to grievquagmire, (not to be coning families in every comfused with the mid-Atlantic munity, large and small, in swamp). our stricken nation.

It sounds like more of the If we can’t save Afghanisame: More troops, and who stan, at least we can save expects a different outcome? Americans.

SEEKING NATTY BUMPPO David Shipman Descendant Finds Evidence Convincing, Deserving State Marker Editor’s Note: Bruce Shipman, a relative of David Shipman, has been seeking a New York State Historical Marker for The Hawkeye’s grave, between Fly Creek and Toddsville.

By BRUCE SHIPMAN

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t’s amazing to me why with of all the historical markers on our local highways, we don’t see one for the first American internationally known author’s inspiration for The Leatherstocking Tales.

Written by a local author, James Fenimore Cooper, about a local person, David Shipman, in our local area, Cooperstown, Otsego Lake: In opinion, this should be known and understood by local people.

The Cooperstown High School teams are now known as the Hawkeyes.

I wonder if players know the name’s origin. Many

Leatherstocking Tales” was our own local frontiersman David Shipman. He is buried in Adam Cemetery between Fly Creek and Toddsville. I will try to explain why I came to my conclusion like many others. I will tell who agrees with me and the end of this article. I am not alone.

In Cooper’s novel, “The Pioneers,” the first of the “Leatherstocking Tales,” there is a fictitious village of Templeton with a Daniel Day Lewis as fictitious character, Judge Bumppo in the most Templeton. Cooper would recent “Last of the never admit that anything Mohicans” movie. (1992) he wrote about came from real-life people or places probably think Hawkeye was just a name from a story or things. But even in his lifetime, a popular parlor or a movie, “the Last of the HOMETOWN ONEONTA game in Cooperstown was Mohicans.” Do they know Bruce Shipman, kinsman to the “Leatherstocking of the region,” reviews that a real person from their trying to identify the people family records at his home in the Town of Columbia in 2013. in his books. There was local area was the inspirainspiration.

Family Bible is in the complete agreement that the daughter, Sophia, daughter tion for Hawkeye, Natty of David’s son Samuel, I searched for hours for NYSHA library in main characters that Judge Bumppo, The Deerslayer, married Lewis Nash.

Lewis the identity of Hawkeye, Cooperstown. David Temple was Judge Cooper The Pathfinder, hero of Nash put the question Natty Bumppo and other Shipman is the name in and Leatherstocking was Cooper’s “Leatherstocking directly to James Fenimore names for Leatherstocking. that Bible.

David Shipman.

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Cooper: Who was his inspiIt would take several pages • Alan Taylor, PulitzerQuestion: Who would The inspiration for “The ration for the hero of “The to put all that information in Prize-winning author of know better than the people Leatherstocking Tales”? this newspaper, but here are “William Cooper’s Town,” who knew Cooper and Cooper answered, confidena few facts I discovered. believes that David ShipShipman? tially, that David was his • The Leatherstocking Please See SHIPMAN, B7 David Shipman’s grand-

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s summer draws to a close, we are always sorry to see it go.

Of course, there seems to be little doubt that the weather this summer has been somewhat un-summer like.

In fact, we think we are still waiting for those hot lazy, hazy days of summer that we tend to associate with August. And given that this is the last day of August, it doesn’t really seem at all that likely that we will actually get them this year. And it seems that this summer has been only one of many things we have found to be puzzling of late.

For example, it is our understanding

that students will return to school having done what was explained to us as their summer homework.

We must say we had never before heard of summer homework. And CATHERINE while we don’t LAKE really know what ELLSWORTH it might be, it sounds somewhat more ominous than the summer reading lists of our day. In fact, we found it so bemusing that we actually asked

what would happen if one did not do one’s summer homework.

Unfortunately, our source, who we believe was planning to do her summer homework, had no idea. And, unlike what we think our reaction to summer homework might well have been, she was not at all inclined to find out just what would happen if she didn’t do it.

• And then, as is often the case, we have to wonder about our seemingly incredible lack of timing. Last week we placed an online order with Staples for a number of ink cartridges for our Please See COLUMN, A5

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Compiled by TOM HEITZ with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

150 YEARS AGO

A special meeting of the Oneonta Library and Lecture Association will be held at the High School Room, Wednesday evening September 4, to elect officers to fill vacancies.

All interested in a public library are invited to attend. All persons having books from the Library in their possession are hereby notified to return them before this meeting. The names of all such persons are upon the Librarian’s book, also numbers of books; and by returning them promptly, as requested, will not be called upon for a tax.

Ed. Note: Among the ten resolutions adopted at The Convention of Common School Teachers at Oneonta on August 23, 1867 are the following: “Resolved: That when parents are willing to make the schoolroom as attractive as home; when teachers make it their aim to cultivate self-respect in their pupils, and studiously avoid ‘leading them into temptation’ by always permitting ‘patience to have her perfect work’ in their own hearts – corporal punishment will be abolished by the force of circumstances.” Resolved: “That as a general thing, the school houses throughout our district are not up to the demand of the time, or dictates of good taste, and we will not cease to agitate this matter until we see the desire of our hearts in a grand reform in this regard.

September 1867

125 YEARS AGO

The Union School reopens for the school year on Tuesday next week. It is very desirable that all pupils be in attendance at the opening of the school. At that time classes are arranged and pupils can then most satisfactorily begin the study of any desired subject. Parents of small children should write on a slip of paper the full name of the pupil, with year and date of birth. These facts, as necessary for the school records, are often obtained with the greatest difficulty from the pupils themselves.

“Jack” one of the Ursine tenants of Wilber Park, escaped from his enclosure Saturday night, the iron ring by which his “bearship” was fastened having worn in two. The animal was found the next morning “up a tree” making a square meal of viburnum berries. Upon his recapture he returned peaceably though somewhat reluctantly to the park.

September 1892

100 YEARS AGO

Protest Negro Segregation – Protests against segregation or distinctly different treatment of Negro troops in training camps were made to President Wilson and Secretary Baker by a committee of Negro and white educators. After a conference it was said a unanimous opinion was reached

That Sneaky Spectrum COLUMN/From A4 printer. And as our luck would have it, we received a coupon the next day in the mail from Staples which was good for 15 percent off our next order of ink cartridges. Of course, the coupon expires long before we will have to order more ink cartridges.

Nonetheless, we must point out that when our order arrived, it included a $30 gift card for hellofresh.com, which we gather offers healthier cooking in three easy steps, as well as a $100 wine voucher from nakedwines.com., neither one of which interests us in the least. However, we would gladly pass them on, as well as the Staples coupon, to anyone who would be interested in them.

• And then there is this rather bemusing experience.

Back in the spring, we changed our Spectrum television/Internet/telephone service which resulted in a savings of about $40 per month. At the time, we were assured that this was not an introductory price and that the cost for our Spectrum package would not go up in the future. And while that certainly did sound nice, we must say we were somewhat dubious about the claim.

As it turns out, we were right to be dubious. Our last Spectrum bill showed an increase of 2.3 percent.

Granted, the basic costs of the three services we have did not change. But, the cost of the TV receiver and associated fees went up. The surcharge for broadcast TV also went up. And, the bundle discount for the Internet was reduced. Thus, even though the basic cost did not change, the bill went up anyway, leaving us to wonder how long it will be before we will be paying substantially more for our television/Internet/ telephone services.

• We are also wondering about a new service, “Informed Delivery,” which we signed up for with the United States Postal Service. Each day for which there is mail delivery, we receive an email which contains images of the letter-sized mail that will be arriving soon in our mailbox.

Exactly why we need to know this is a bit of a mystery to us. But so far, each email has indeed shown the images of the mail we received that day.

Of course, the email also informs us that we can “Look for opportunities to interact with your mail where mailer provided content is available!”

We have absolutely no idea what that might mean, but we tend to think that the only interaction we intend to have with our mail is to open it and deal with it as necessary.

• In fact, we are of the opinion that there is so much going on in the world around us, that we really have little time to do anything other than ponder all the various events of the day. It seems to have become a somewhat overwhelming task.

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a while it gets so it is just like a great big family.” Horton was hired by the late Dr. Percy I. Bugbee. In his will, Dr. Bugbee left Mr. Horton 14 volumes from his private library.

September 1937

60 YEARS AGO

A surprisingly potent and colorful atomic bomb was fired today as more than 100 paratroopers lay exposed on the desert in a test to determine their ability to fight efficiently during nuclear warfare. The soldiers lay face down with their feet toward the blast 4,800 yards or 2.7 miles distant.

They were warmed by heat from the fireball, then given a mighty shove from the shock wave. But, within seconds they were up and participating in the test. Unofficially, a spokesman said their performance did not appear to suffer from blast exposure. Today’s shot, the 16th of the summer series, was fired just before dawn from a five hundred foot tower. The force was equivalent to 10,000 tons of TNT or about half that of a nominal bomb.

September 1957

40 YEARS AGO

The day after the night before dawned well for Hubert H. Heron, the errant feathered fisherman and frog hunter who became the subject of an Oneonta police investigation.

Hubert, an immature great blue heron was found near the General Clinton Pub, a victim of some unexplained misadventure. Because he was the center of attraction and some September 1997 feared for his welfare, City Police took the ungainly bird into custody. Hubert was later released into the custody of and that a definite announcement would soon be made by Oneonta optometrist Edgar B. Vermilya, a local bird enthuSecretary Baker. The Negro leaders promised to cooperate siast. Vermilya picked the confused bird up and checked to eliminate as far as possible danger of race riots near Nehim over for broken bones or obvious injury. Finding none gro concentration camps. They made no definite objection Vermilya released the bird along the Susquehanna. to the movement of Negro troops to northern states, where September 1977 the danger probably would be lessened other than to object to different training or treatment of Negroes.

September 1917 The school year began for about 190 teachers in the Oneonta School District with a superintendent’s conference day. “Tomorrow is the most important day in a student’s W.A. Horton was always cheerful about his work, always life,” said Superintendent Michael Shea at the hour-long willing to help and to do more than was expected of him. assembly held at the high school. Afterwards teachers Such was the tribute paid by a Normal school faculty mem- returned to their individual buildings for further sessions. ber. Mr. Horton, of 45 Cedar Street, will retire today after Shea said the focus of teacher training this year will be on serving more than 19 years as assistant janitor at the school. doing things better. If each teacher improved one lesson He began his work there April 19, 1918. “My greatest plan at a time,” he said, “it can get contagious.” Board trouble will be to sit down and take it easy. That is hard afPresident Grace Larkin, a former teacher, said the first day ter a man has been active so many years. I have had a very for instructors was a favorite for her. “It’s wonderful to good time here at the Normal school. The faculty has been meet new teachers,” she said. very pleasant and after you work with people like that for

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80 YEARS AGO

EDITORIAL: Faltering Local Economy Has Human Victims EDITORIAL/From A4 either.

The Otsego Now board, which had fallen behind on its minutes’ postings, is now up date, and they show the IDA was unable to obtain a state grant sufficient to pay for the SEQR. Finding money in Albany was one of Mathes’ particular strengths, but that’s gone.

The original hope was for groundbreaking to occur in 2018. Now, the minutes say not to expect anything for five years.

• At last week’s monthly meeting, the Otsego Now board also turned management of all its Oneonta projects over to City Hall – the $10 million DRI (downtown redevelopment initiative), redevelopment of the D&H yards, the Twelve Tribes acquisition, and a master-plan update being facilitated by Elan’s Lisa Nagle.

The minutes also reflect a scaling back of Cooperstown’s plans for Doubleday Field (its centenary is 2019) and abandonment of an exciting Railroad Avenue redevelopment vision, at least for now.

By all measures, Cooperstown is flourishing. Monday, Aug. 28, it launched a $1.2 million redo of Pioneer Street, paid for solely with local money from parking fees. Word is the inventory of homes under $300,000 is pretty much exhausted, meaning values will rise for the first time in a decade.

In Oneonta, the SUNY and Hartwick

students provide an economic base, and – as Mayor Gary Herzig told the Otsego Now board is he determined to do – ambitious plans are in the offing.

But outside those two major population centers, things are tough.

Take Otego and Unadilla: Dairying, the mainstay for decades, continues in decline. The only manufacturer is evergrowing Unalam – its glulam beams are evident in the 21st-century Clark Sports Center, just expanded – but it’s doing most of its manufacturing in Sidney, Delaware County.

The Unatego school district has closed Otego Elementary, (although a new bloc that favored its preservation was elected in May, and in turn elected Jim Salisbury – former Otsego Now veteran board member – as president).

The reality is, only economic development can save Otego Elementary or, for that matter, Unatego, and make the “for sale” signs disappear from the communities’ charming streets. Otego and Unadilla have three I-88 exits. Perfect for distribution centers. But with a fiveyear window for Schenevus, what can be expected?

• A thriving local economy is not just about dollars. It’s about lives. There have been three murders in Otsego County so far this year, committed (allegedly) by people with too much time on their hands. (It’s said the three men living in the New Lisbon woods had lost their homes in county tax sales.

If only…)

Distribution centers provide, not just paychecks and tax revenues, but work ethic, steady habits, an alternative to mischief – i.e., productive citizens.

Unemployment breeds poverty, hopelessness, vice. And we’ve seen shocking examples of that.

Take a look at the Otsego Now minutes. They reflect insufficient energy.

Of course, it’s an organization under duress, having lost all its staff after forcing Mathes out. Happily, the hiring of a new president is expected any day, and Otsego Now can begin to rebuild.

If it does, great. But a stronger local economy is essential.

Responding to Herzig the other day, Morgan assured the mayor Otsego Now stands ready to provide its traditional services – PILOTs and bonding to aid development. That’s fine, as far as it goes.

But, clearly, some entity has to do more than that. If Otsego Now with its soon-to-be named president steps up, fine. If not, the county board might consider reviving its economic-development office – or a public-private alternative – and reducing the IDA to its traditional, more minimal role.

The word is candidates will soon be proposed to fill Otsego Now board vacancies. It might make sense to wait until after the Nov. 8 election, to allow the county Board of Representatives to agree on the most fruitful path forward.

OTHER VIEWS

Cuomo Administration Blocks Natural-Gas Benefits From Northeast Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from the lead editorial, “Cuomo’s Natural Gas Blockade,” in the Thursday, Aug. 24, edition of the Wall Street Journal.

fracking), and now he’s blocking natural gas pumped in other states from reaching Northeast markets.

The Empire State’s southern tier overlays the rich Marcellus and Utica Shale formations, among the most productive drilling regions in the country. Shale he U.S. shale boom has lowered fracking has been an economic energy prices and created TO READ boon for Appalachia – and could hundreds of thousands of have lifted Upstate New York. jobs across the country. But those full editorial, subSince 2010 natural gas production living in Upstate New York and has surged 520 percent in West VirNew England have been left in the scribe at WSJ.COM ginia, 920 percent in Pennsylvania cold by New York Gov. Andrew and 1,880 percent in Ohio.

Cuomo, whose shale gas blockade …Last year the Governor compoundcould instigate an energy crisis in the ed the economic damage by blocking the Northeast.

120-mile Constitution pipeline transProgressives once hailed natural gas porting natural gas from Pennsylvania as a “transition fuel” to renewables like solar and wind, but now they are waging to upstate New York and New England.

Although (FERC) approved the pipeline a campaign to “keep it in the ground.” in 2014, Mr. Cuomo’s Department of New York is ground zero. First, Mr. Cuomo banned hydraulic fracturing (i.e., Environmental Conservation conducted

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a separate review and denied a waterquality permit putatively because the developers hadn’t provided sufficient information.

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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA LETTERS

Elected Executive Would Give County The Clout Of One Voice

To the Editor: Otsego County is currently run by its Board of Representatives through a system of committees by which board members supervise the various county departments. That process is widely recognized as slow, cumbersome and inefficient.

Some people have suggested that a county manager appointed by the board might provide some focus and expertise, and relieve the board of some of its stress. Others have suggested instead an elected county executive.

I think an elected county executive is the much better choice.

Otsego County, especially in these times, needs its own voice, something only an elected county executive can provide. He or she could speak for the county’s interests in Albany, Washington and beyond with an authority no county manager, nor the 14 separate county representatives, could ever have.

Otsego County has had no advocate, no one to officially and exclusively promote and defend its interests to the powers that be beyond its borders.

Our county has been a small part, at best, of the larger districts our legisla-

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ur political system is dysfunctional not because it’s too democratic, but because it’s not democratic enough.’ tors represent in Albany and Washington; our priorities are often not their priorities, and we’ve suffered the resulting neglect (unfunded mandates, infrastructure neglect, wide income disparities, regressive taxes, health care issues, lack of economic growth, etc.).

A county executive, backed by popular electoral mandate, could take on these issues, as well as be the county’s chief administrator.

We need to reaffirm our faith in democracy. Our political system is dysfunctional not because it’s too democratic, but because it’s not democratic enough.

An elected county executive, directly accountable to the people, would be an important step in expanding local democratic accountability. He or she would have to come before the voters periodically to defend their

record and ask for reelection.

Critics of the executive would have a timely opportunity to run for that office.

This new elected office would offer a new and needed opportunity to develop local political talent. A county executive position, as the most important local public office, would help create a deeper bench of experienced local officials – another asset to our community – who might rise to higher things in the future.

A county manager is really the opposite of democracy: it would substitute a bureaucratic solution for a political solution.

By hiring a county manager, county representatives would no longer have to do the committee work, it is true.

Unfortunately, once relieved of that duty, they risk losing their hands-on knowledge of county affairs, while still being responsible for them.

A county manager would control most of the information going to the representatives and the to the public. It would be hard to contradict his or her recommendations, so the tail could easily wag the dog. It’s not easy to fire someone with the kind of power given to a manager.

It’s how CEOs take over corporate boards.

The representatives who hired a manager would depend on that person, and have a lot invested in protecting them. Moreover, a county manager would be chosen by and accountable only to whatever faction happened to have a majority on the board at the time. There’s no guarantee that such a manager would be non-partisan or otherwise objective.

By contrast, with an elected executive in place, the county representatives would get what they want.

They would be entirely free of the burdens of administrative management, as well as the responsibility for it. (That would be the new executive’s job.) Legislative and executive functions would be entirely separated, as they should be. board members would be able to devote themselves exclusively to the task of being legislators.

That would greatly ease their workload while clarifying their responsibilities.

Salaries might be reduced proportionately. County department heads would be serving one master, the county executive, not many, as they are now. The county executive and the county Board would be entirely independent of one another,

Stammel Thanks Signators, Outlines 2nd-Term Platform

To the Editor: Thank you to the hundreds of Oneonta Town residents (Democrats, Republicans, independents and others) who signed petitions for my reelection to the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

Because of your hard work and support, our campaign has been endorsed by multiple parties and will be appearing on the ballot on the Democratic, independent, Working Families, and Women’s Equality lines.

There are four broad goals that we have been focused on over my two years on the Town Board and two years on the County Board.

1. Encouraging 21st Century Smart Growth that builds and modernizes our local economy while also protecting our environment and residents’ quality of life; 2. Promoting Public Safety, including maintaining our Town’s professional fire protection and battling the opioid epidemic; 3. Reforming Government to ensure that it is effective, ethical, transparent and accountable, and represents our residents, not the parties, personal interests, or special interests; and 4. Managing Our Budget to avoid property tax increases and to reduce inefficiencies in operations.

These have been my priorities and I hope we will also have a productive discussion over the next two months about the issues most important to you. There have been reports that some candidates around the County are already bombarding our homes with automated robo-calls.

I pledge as a candidate to avoid these one-sided invasions of your home life.

Over the fall I will endeavor to knock on the doors of all voters so we can have a reciprocal dialogue about what matters to you.

My law office on Chestnut Street will also be open for visits every Tuesday evening in September and October from 5:30 to 7 for conversations. Please visit, email, or call.

Four years ago, I first ran for office because the Town Board was not representing our residents and I’ve

seen the same issue with the County. But change is in the air and progress is starting.

As reported in last week’s paper, I am a member of the informal bi-partisan Reform Caucus that is starting to move County government beyond its stale status quo.

It has been a privilege and honor serving our Town

but both would be directly accountable to the public.

The distrust of politics – reflected in the preference for an appointed county manager – is a distrust of ourselves.

Some say that we don’t have a choice, that local talent can’t be found to run our local government, that there wouldn’t be good candidates for county executive. That’s a sad commentary, almost an insult, to our community.

In the recent successful struggle against fracking, it turned out that we had a large pool of local people with extensive business, financial, technical, and scientific experience who were able to defend local interests against unfriendly outside forces.

There’s plenty of local talent if you go looking for it.

We hear that a county manager would be a trained expert, neutral and objective, ideally someone recruited

from outside, where the talent is said to be. But an outsider, expert or not, is going to be ignorant of the special circumstances of the county, its history, and the key but elusive personal networks that influence events behind the scenes.

His or her training is likely to be some standardized degree in administration (one size fits all), or some experience in a different kind of community, perhaps on the other side of the country, which may or may not be relevant to our needs. I’d rather take my chances with someone from the community who can gain the support of a majority of county voters.

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“He was speaking about General James Clinton’s campaign down the Susquehanna River and I thought it was a natural tie-in,” she said. “We have a button from a Revolutionary War-era coat, so we know

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“Imagine, 2,000 men, boats and cattle in Neahwa Park!”

Though the projectile points were generally referred to as “arrowheads,” Buzz Hesse, the Otego archeologist, pointed out to Rees that the bow and arrow was only invented 500 years ago, so these were most likely spear tips, scraping tools and knives.

Dating back to pre-historic times, Rees said the projectile points were likely abandoned or dropped when Native Americans came up the river to fish and hunt.

“They would come down from Mohawk in the summer, settle on the SwartWilcox lands and fish, then map their flint around the campfire at night,” she said.

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Nancy Herman, Cooperstown, models one of several spectacular hats made by Wendy Weeks for the Positive Pollinators, who spread cheer throughout the day-long Be Positive Festival in Cooperstown.

... And You’ll Feel Better, Be Positive Fest-Goers Learn Rev. Cynthia WaltonLevitt, Oneonta, and Debby Dickinson, Cherry Valley, chat outside the Beehive, where people could post positive messages on honeycomb paper.

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he more you smile, the more you wake up,” advised Ashok Malhotra.

“And if you want to find yourself, lose yourself in compassion for others.”

Malhotra, SUNY Oneonta philosophy professor emeri-

tus, was on a full slate of speakers in the first annual Be Positive Festival Saturday, Aug. 26.

Add public arts and music, and the festival drew more than 500 people to Pioneer Street. “It was so much of what I had envisioned,” said co-founder Lori Solenstein.

The idea for the festival came out of the Positive Action Committee, formed Please See POSITIVE, B3

IS NEW TRADITION ABORNING?

Cooperstown Artisan Fest Draws 50 Vendors To Courthouse Lawn

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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or Matt Hazzard, Chamber of Commerce executive director, bringing the traditional Labor Day weekend arts & crafts festival back to Cooperstown is personal.

“My grandmother, Nancy Larbig, used to show her paintings at the Brush & Palette Club show when it was on Main Street,” he said.

“Her parents owned a summer camp on the east side of the lake” – Camp Chenango and Otsego Children’s Camp – “so when she and my grandfather Please See ART FEST, B5

hat better way to get a sneak peek at the coming fall foliage than from a hot air balloon?

The annual Susquehanna Balloon Festival marks the end of summer with a balloon glow at dusk, live music, rides and more. Balloom launch at 6 p.m. 5-9 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 1 and 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2. Neahwa Park, Oneonta.

SHOPS OF THE PAST: The history of the Drago, McManus, Rizzo, Sargent and other Oneonta corner groceries will be celebrated at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society as part of their newest exhibit. It’s opening 10 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2. Oneonta History Center, with an opening reception at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10.

SAY GOODBYE TO SUMMER: Bring summer to a close with an afternoon of music, food, children’s activities, adult activities, art, an auction, and more.

Noon-6 p.m. Sunday, September 3.

West Kortright Center, East Meredith.

MORE ART IN COOPERSTOWN: In addition to the Cooperstown Artisan Fest this weekend, the Cooperstown Art Association’s Art On The Lawn is planned in front of Village Hall at the other end of Main Street, featuring oil painting, watercolor, pastel, photography and more by independent artists.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 2-3, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown OPENING DAY: Summer is ending and the Hartwick Farmers’ Market is opening. Enjoy root beer floats at Waro’s Store. 3-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1.

County Route 11, Hartwick.

IF YOU GO: Cooperstown Artisan Festival, 10-5, SaturdaySunday, Sept.

2-3, county courthouse lawn, Cooperstown.

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PAINTINGS PLUS: Oil paintings, etchings, photographs and more in a multi-artist exhibit at CANO, featuring Anthony Hanakovic, Judith Lamb, James Nefsey, 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1.

CANO Galleries, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

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Friday September 1

Summer is ending and the Hartwick Farmers’ Market is opening. Enjoy root bear floats at Waro’s Store, Co. Rt. 11, Hartwick. Call (607)2937530.

CLOSING PARTY – 4-7 p.m. Celebrate ‘Homeland’ exhibit, launch the publication “Lavern Kelly: Farmer

MEDITATION GROUP – 11 a.m.-Noon. Join FORDO for an 11th step meditation group every Friday. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

Call (607) 267-4435.

CELEBRATE – 3-6 p.m.

• Acrobatics • Ballet/Pointe • Jazz • Gentle & Power Yoga • Modern • Tap • Parent-Tot • Pre-School • Belly Dance • Lyrical • Children’s Combo Classes • Two Performing Companies • Conditioning

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Artist,” & book signing by Ashley Norwood Cooper of her book “Deployment” which accompanies her exhibit.

The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown.

Call (607)547-5327 ART RECEPTION – 5-8 p.m.

Art exhibit by Anthony Hanakovic, Judith Lamb, James Nefsey. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Call (607) 432-2070.

BALLOON FEST – 5-9 p.m.

Enjoy food, music, hot air balloons this Fabulous Friday.

Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call 607-432-2941.

MUSIC IN RETRO – 7:30 p.m. Performance celebrating 25 years of music with The Millenium Strings. Features works by Beethoven, Brahms, Gliere, Mozar, Pokofiev, more.

The First Presbyterian Church, Rt. 51, Gilbertsville. Call 607263-2304.

CONTRADANCE – 7:3010:30 p.m. Dance, exercise, meet people at fun, lively dance. Beginners arrive at 7:15, learn the basics. The

Rosetree duo will provide the music, Gary Aney calls.

First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown.

Call 607-965-8232.

Saturday September 2

COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown.

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mueller Plaza, Oneonta.

BALLOON FEST – 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Enjoy food, music, hot air balloons. Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call (607)4322941.

COOPERSTOWN ARTISANAL FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Open to the public, artisans show & sell their work. Includes ongoing Craft demonstrations and training for adults & children. Outside Otsego County Courthouse, 193 Main St., Cooperstown.

Call Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce (607)547-9983.

FINE ARTS SHOW – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Outdoor sale of fine art by over 40 CAA

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members, other regional artists. Includes pieces in oil, photography, print, water color, pen & ink, pastel, more.

Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

EXHIBIT OPENING – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. “Oneonta’s Neighborhood Markets: A Walk Through Time” exhibit opens to the public. See pictures of interiors/exteriors, ads, calendars, more. Remember Drago’s, McManus’, Rizzo’s, Ross’, other markets.

Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Call (607)432-0960.

FREE FAMILY SATURDAY – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Enjoy guided tour & fun activities in the mill workshop. Up to 2 adults may enter free when accompanied by a child under 18. Teens and children enter free. Han-

ford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith.

FARM FAMILY TOUR – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Discover family life in 1845. Includes hands on activities on learning, playing, working in the 19th century.The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

TRUNK SHOW – 12:301:30 p.m. Presenting “Box and Cox” (1847) by John Madison Morton, performed by some of the best actors in our area. On the Tavern Green at The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

GARDEN CLUB – 2 p.m.

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Maple Street Park with Mayor Gary Herzig & Oneonta Garden Club. Maple Street Park, Oneonta.

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Fine Arts on the Lawn 10-5pm Daily Rain or Shine!

*Fall Hours begin Labor Day Weekend*

Saturdays, 9 to 2 September-December Seasonal produce, artisan cheeses, free range eggs, pastured meats, fresh baked goods, specialty crafts, live music and more!

101 Main St, in Pioneer Alley www.CooperstownFarmersMarket.org

A Show & Sale of Artwork by our talented members on the porch, artist-run tents on the lawn, local musical entertainment, & delightful demonstrations!

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40th Anniversary Celebration

June 18 through October 9

310 Genesee Street, Utica, New York I 315-797-0000 I mwpai.org Exhibition sponsored by Empire State Development Division of Tourism Market NY Funds, KeyBank, Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Insurance Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D., for all education and public programs, Carbone Auto Group

Reginald Marsh, American (1898-1954), Texas Guinan and Her Gang (detail), 1931, tempera on canvas, 36 ⅛ x 48 in. Edward W. Root Bequest, 57.196 Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY

6 p.m. | Saturday, September 9 Lambros Arena Binder Physical Education Center Hartwick College You are invited to join us as we honor the team and their title!

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POSITIVE/From B1 in the wake of Jeannie Webster’s attendance at the Women’s March on Washington in January and aimed at lifting the spirits of a beleaguered community in the wake of national malaise. “We had no agenda but creating positive feelings of kindness,� said Solenstein. “We wanted to get people together to feel good.�

Opening the festival was a talk by the Leonard family, owners of Origins CafĂŠ and Carefree Gardens, to 200 people packed in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church. “We didn’t just create a place to grow flowers and make a living,â€? said mom Mary. “People come in when they’re having a bad day, they see friends, they enjoy the flowers. It’s a community gathering space.â€? “Forget politics,â€? said Kristin. “We all need to eat three times a day. We wanted to create a place for connections to form.â€?

But the festival wasn’t just focused on improving the outlook of life in the county. “It’s about sharing economic resources, sharing love and being together,� said Faith Gay, who spoke on art and justice with her wife, Glimmerglass Festival Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello. “We think it’s possible to make this a blueprint for other areas.� “We’re bound by more than our geography,� said Jeanine Webster in opening remarks. She is co-founder

with Solenstein and the Rev. Elsie Rhodes, First Presbyterian Church. “I hope today shows us we have no barriers.� “There are four parts of the heart,� said Malhotra. “The first is taking care of yourself. The second is taking care of your family.

The third is taking care of your country and the fourth is taking care of the world.

Most people stop at the first or second, but we all need to think about human needs.�

In the Lounge of the First Presbyterian Church, artist Ashley Cooper led a workshop on painting cards for Otsego County soldiers stationed overseas, just as she did when her husband, Bassett surgeon Shelby Cooper, was serving in Afghanistan. “I know people who have done four tours overseas,� she said. “It’s important that they know how much we appreciate them.�

Families of those serving can go to the county Department of Veterans’ Affairs and pick up some of the artwork created to mail to their loved ones, free of charge. “Shelby told me they get a lot of candy, but not much art,� she said.

And Gay and Zambello spoke on the importance of arts in the community. “We see art as an instrument for social change,� said Zambello. “It becomes a bridge.

The arts have often been perceived as elitist, so we’ve worked to set pricing that allows all people to come.� “When you’re sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with someone, and you’re sweat-

ing in the dark together, you can’t help but love that person, even if you have massive disagreements,� said Gay. At the Farmer’s Market, kids could participate in a scavenger hunt, searching for “10,000 Pails� (a label for the Pail Shop Vineyard) or a woman in a white bonnet. And artists of all ages could paint a positivity rock or write what they were joyful for on a honeycomb-shaped paper, to be delivered back to a walk-in beehive by a “pollinator� dressed up as a flower.

At Templeton Hall, visitors could Be Involved by registering to vote with the League of Women Voters, learning about free healthcare at the Oneonta Community Heath Center or preserving nature with the Otsego Land Trust.

And the day ended with a drumming circle and a dance party with music by Veronica Pokorny and Will Walker and belly dancing

by Maureen Broeking. “We must have had 100 people there,� said Solenstein. “The dancing was open and engaging, and people just joined in. It wasn’t intimidating.�

The group plans to offer the festival next year, and will meet in the coming weeks to look at what worked well and what can be improved. “Love is an active word,� said Webster. “We have a remarkable community, and we want to keep making this a place of hope.�

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Francesca Zambello, Glimmerglass Festival artistic & general director, speaks about the role of arts and justice alongside her wife, attorney Faith Gay.

Michelle Bosma, Cherry Valley, shares a spoonful of quinoa salad from Origins Cafe with her daughter Hazel.

Elonore Boston, daughter of Father Dane Boston, Christ Episcopal Church rector, runs up and embraces her friend Charlotte Brose on the lawn of the First Presbyterian Church.

Lydia Garcia, Cooperstown, Kandy Festa, Cherry Valley, Suzanne Summers, Cooperstown, Tracey Lippitt, Fly Creek and Susan Miosek, Cooperstown keep the rhythm in the drum circle.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME: J&S ProTek Restorations, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/25/2017.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 57 Maple Avenue Unadilla NY 13849.

Purpose: for any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Otsego County was awarded several fiscal year 2014 and 2015 grants under the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

These grants were awarded in varying amounts and used for public facilities’ improvements, housing and economic development purposes. A brief summary of the grants is provided below.

Grant No. Amount Purpose 868PP23-14 $400,000 Improvements, Springbook, NY facilities 868CRF-HR10814 $660,800 Mobile Home Replacement 868CRF-ED822-14 $60,000 Economic Development, Morris Tent 868CKF-ED82414 $200,000 Economic Development, Workforce Development 868ME6-14 $200,000 Agricultural Microenterprise Assistance Program 868SB847-15 $80,000 Economic Development, Cooperstown DistilIery Pursuant to CFR 24 570.486 the County is required to hold a public hearing during the grant administrative period of each grant to provide details with respect to the program/project/grant and its progress, solicit comments with respect to funded activities and program administration, respond to proposals, and answer questions with respect to the County’s overall CDBG Program or grant activities.

Comments may also be submitted in writing to the County, c/o Karen Sullivan, County Planning Director, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

This hearing, scheduled for Wednesday September 6, 2017, at 9:45 AM will be held in the Otsego County Office Building, 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326. The venue is handicapped accessible. Persons or groups needing other special accommodations should contact Carol McGovern at least one week prior to the meeting. Carol

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Notice of Formation of Hulse Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 08/17/2017.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 190, Fly Creek, NY 13337.

Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of TRIUMPH OF FLORA, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at: 53 Chestnut St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of formation of Sportzstraw LLC Filed with SSNY on 6/29/17.

Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 345 W 58th St Ste 6M NY NY 10019.

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Public Notice of formation of Denninger Construction, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on June 22nd, 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to: PO Box 480 Cherry Valley NY 13320.

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

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 127 STATE HIGHWAY 165 CHERRY VALLEY, NY 13320

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District: Section: 102.2 Block: 1 Lot: 48 INDEX NO. 2017167 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs.

PAMELA FREDERICK, if living, and if she/he be dead, 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; VERONICA H. WHITE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; THE 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, Defendant(s) To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s 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 $150,000.00 and interest, recorded on October 13, 2011, at Liber 2011-4690 Page , of the Public Re-

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cords of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 127 STATE HIGHWAY 165 CHERRY VALLEY, NY 13320.

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 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.

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 9, 2017 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY:DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalSept.7 Legal nOtice

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. 24/2016 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 228 LOCKWOOD RD MOUNT UPTON, NY 13809 Section: 328 Block: 1 Lot: 37 CIT BANK N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES ROXBURY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; THEODORE J. ROXBURY, JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; DEBRA PATTERSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; KAREN JUCHA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; 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

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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; NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY; OTSEGO RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE, INC.; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE TAX COMPLIANCE DIVISION-C.O. -ATC, “JOHN DOE 1 to JOHN DOE 25”, said names being fictitious, the persons or parties intended being the persons, parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the abovenamed 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 $123,000.00 and interest, recorded on November 19, 2007, in Book 1539 at Page 408, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 228 LOCKWOOD RD, MOUNT UPTON, NY 13809.

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

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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 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.

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 9, 2017 Westbury, New York RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalSept.8 Legal nOtice

Notice of formation of COOPERSTOWN BEVERAGE COMPANY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on July 20, 2017. The office af the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon hirn/her to: The LLC, P.O. Box 827, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name of LLC: Royal Equities of Cooperstown LLC; Date of filing: 7/26/17; Office of the LLC: Otsego Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 5069 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.

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Royal Ford Motors of Cooperstown LLC; Date of filing: 7/26/17; Office of the LLC: Otsego Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 5069 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 20160786 Date of Filing: July 13, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO JAMES B NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, -against-

THOMAS D. LYNCH, JR. A/K/A THOMAS D. LYNCH, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said THOMAS D. LYNCH, JR. A/ K/A THOMAS D. LYNCH, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVENAMED 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(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, 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 YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who

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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.

Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-2265697) or visit the Department’s website at www. banking.state. ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

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

Leatherstocking Trolley Company, LLC

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. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Michael V. Coccoma of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on June 28, 2017, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego, State of New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed

by THOMAS D. LYNCH, JR. A/K/A THOMAS D. LYNCH, to JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY bearing date April 4, 2008 and recorded in the County of Otsego on April 25, 2008 in Book 1551 of Mortgages at Page 42.

Said premises being known as and by 32 FAIR STREET, ONEONTA, NY 13820, which is more fully described in the attached Schedule “A.” Date: June 12, 2017 Batavia, New York Andrea Clattenburg, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process.

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Filed 7/13/17 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 328 County Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalSept.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: GOHDE ENTERPRISES RENTALS LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 26 July 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 319, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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

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New Artisan Festival Seeks To Revive, Expand Old Tradition ART FEST/From B1

took it over, she would go out and paint scenes of the lake and the camp.”

The Brush & Palette Club show was held for 47 years.

At one point, downtown merchant complaints caused it to be moved out to the Clark Sports Center, leaving Main Street largely abandoned on Labor Day, when families with children have headed

home to get ready for school.

In 2013, citing an aging membership, the Brush & Palette Show ended its tradition. But after 30 vendors had a successful trial run at last year’s Cooptoberfest, Hazzard is confident that he can bring a full-scale arts and craft show to downtown Cooperstown as the Artisan Festival, Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 2-3. “Fall is a huge part

of our local economy,” he said. “We want to make sure we’re bringing people back for Labor Day.” The festival will feature over 50 vendors – spaces are still available – selling handmade paintings, pottery, fabric goods and more, as well as live music and performances.

“We have so many local residents who have such skill

and craftsmanship,” he said.

“The locals really see us as an arts and culture town, and we want to welcome people into this community and show them that we do appreciate the arts.”

Initially, the idea was to have the festival line Main Street. “We pitched this to the village, but (the village trustees) said the loss of paid parking was too significant,” he said. “They wanted us to pay a significant amount to cover every dollar they would lose in parking revenue.”

The store owners had concerns too. “They expressed that they didn’t want Main Street shut down for two days,” he said.

After speaking with the county board, they agreed to let him host the event on the lawn of the county building.

“It’s perfect,” he said. “It’s a big public space, and they want to start using it as such.”

The festival will follow the sidewalk at the county building, with vendors lining either side and part of the street closed off for parking.

The event is free and open to the public.

But to draw people downtown, Hazzard is placing the music in Pioneer Park and collaborating with the Cooperstown Art Association, which will be hosting its

annual Fine Arts on the Lawn show at 22 Main.

“The Clark Sports Center is a great space, but people would come into the show and leave,” he said. “We want people to come into Cooperstown and spend the day here.”

The money raised from $140 vendor fees will go into a mini-grant program to help businesses with small renovations. “It can get expensive to repaint a building or put up a new awning,” he said. “If we can bring people in from the outside, we can use that to give back to the people who are here year-round.”

“We could even give some to businesses to buy a new sandwich board,” he added.

In some places, similar events have grown to huge proportions. In State College, Pa., for instance, the Central Pennsylvania Arts Festival – C-PAF – founded in 1967, has grown into a five-day event, attracting 125,000 people each July.

Hazzard hopes this weekend’s event will be the start of a long and growing tradition.

“We’d love to see it double next year,” he said. “At its peak, the Brush & Palette club had 120 booths. We think we can do that in a couple of years if the community comes out and supports us.”

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He is survived by his mother, Bookhout Funeral Home Kathleen Hartman; his father, with the Rev. John Grenier, Pastor of Oneonta Assembly Mark Vergari; his brothers of God Church, officiating. and sisters, Aaron, Keli, Elijah, Clairice, Giulian, and Burial will be private at a Danielle; his grandfather, later date.

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Remembering REAL Hawkeye SHIPMAN/From A4 man was the inspiration for Cooper’s hero in “The Leatherstocking Tales.” Taylor had all the writing of William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper available to him. That’s a pretty good source.

• Cooper himself said, “I thought I invented an uncouth appellation that no one would claim. Six months did not go by before that very man lived within five miles from me, I named him Bumppo.” Certainly, Daniel Boone didn’t live within five miles from him. Fly Creek is where David Shipman lived.

• Susan Cooper said she remembers Shipman visiting the family’s house many times wearing leather leggings.

Shipman brought game that helped the family survive the first winter in the first year of Cooperstown. The Coopers knew him well.

• In his “Chronicles of Cooperstown,” Cooper called Shipman “the Leatherstocking of the area” who could furnish a saddle of venison at any time.

Who is David Shipman? David Shipman was born in Old Saybrook, Conn., in 1729. He died in a fever epidemic in Fly Creek in 1813. He was a Revolutionary War veteran, a wellknown hunter and fisherman from the Otsego County area.

He was in the Cooperstown area before Cooper.

I have a copy of the will of Joshua Uncas, the chief of the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut, giving 3,000 acres to an Edward Shipman. Edward was the first Shipman in America and helped Joshua Uncas, along with other settlers, fight off warring tribes.

Who else believes that David

is the inspiration for Hawkeye, Natty Bumppo, The Deerslayer, The Pathfinder and the hero of the first “Leatherstocking Tales.” Here are a few.

• Alan Taylor.

• Gayle Clark, author of “Natty Bumppo: Trailing the Pathfinder,” “Mohican Musings …the beginning, and Tracking La Longue Carabine.” This can be found on the internet. Gayle Clark did research for the latest “The Last of The Mohicans” movie.

• “Otsego Town: Early Settlers,” by Debbie Axtman and Holice Young.

• “Cooper’s Otsego Heritage: The Sources of The Pioneers,” James H. Pickering • “James Fenimore Cooper: Cooperstown’s Literary Ghost,”

by Victor A. Walsh.

• David Shipman (Colonist) in Wikipedia.

• “James Feninnore Cooper: The Early Years,” by Wayne Franklin.

My name is Bruce Shipman. All my life I was told we were descended from Cooper’s Leatherstocking, David Shipman. I will confess that I am only a cousin as far as I can figure. David and I have a common grandfather. I tried to work with ancestry.com, but too many people draw conclusions that are not correct. I did have an uncle named Raymond Shipman who looked like the man on the pedestal. My cousin, on seeing the statute the first time gasped and said, “that looks like Dad.” There is a word in the Webster’s dictionary, “atavism,” taking on the resemblance of a remote ancestor.

I don’t understand why not one sign has been made for the inspiration for Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales.” Fly

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“For example, we would educate employers about how to work with people in recovery, helping them schedule around 12-step meetings or treatments,” she said.

“That might mean making sure that there are alcohol-free options at company functions, or training convenience store clerks how to spot a gambling addiction.”

Signage could also be added to designate the city’s status, and Dostal hopes that being a recovery-friendly community would inspire businesses near recovery sites, such as FOR-DO or churches that host 12-step meetings, not to post signs promoting alcohol or gambling.

In addition, signs will be put up alerting visitors and residents to the community’s status, and she has begun working with both colleges to offer recovery programming and services to staff and students.

“Students shine a bright light on the abuse of alcohol,” she said. “The fact that there are so many places for them to get into trouble is not going to help us address the problem, but if we can get people where they can get on a path away from addiction, it’s a win-win.”

Dostal also wants to work with landlords in considering designating some of their properties as drug-free so those in recovery can find a safe place to live.

“The houses could have a recovery coach assigned to them to support people there, even though they won’t be regulated as sober living.”

The resolution also asks that the city consider alcohol-free events while planning large city functions, such as festivals in Neahwa Park or on Main Street, as well as working to increase access to transportation, legal and health care needs.

Though discussions about the ongoing

heroin crisis sparked the forming of the task force that wrote the resolution, Dostal believes the problem is more than just illegal drugs.

“We’re not just in an opioid crisis, we’re in an addiction crisis,” she said. “Studies have shown that the number of people who are misusing alcohol on a regular basis has increased. We need to really start reducing stigma around addiction and start identifying problems before they get serious.”

Serving on the task force were Council members Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward and Dana Levinson, Fifth Ward, Assistant Fire Chief Jim Maloney, OFO Director Dan Maskin, FOR-DO Director Kelly Liner and Otsego County Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan.

“We want to make sure we’re supporting those in recovery to make their chances of success a higher possibility,” she said.

Oneonta Schools Look At Learning By Doing SCHOOLS/From A1 what you were doing.”

With programs in engineering, cosmetology, welding, auto repair and more, Savin says that BOCES is expecting approximately 410 students from across the district this year.

“We serve about 30 percent of juniors and seniors,” he said. “Parents and students are really starting to see that they have an opportunity to learn these skills.”

It is this push towards experiential learning that also inspired Oneonta School Superintendent Joseph Yelich to plan a building project to upgrade labs and classrooms for music, art, technology and family sciences.

“It’s part of a broad strategy to make sure we have a rich, deep offering of coursework,” he said in an interview prior to the opening of the 2017-18 school year Wednesday, Sept.

6. “We want our students to have a taste of higher education as well as the working world.”

Plans for the art classroom include space for 3D sculpture, including printing and carving,

But Yelich stressed that the courses offered were strictly of the beginner variety. “We see it as a pipeline to a program like BOCES,” he said. “We would do the preliminary work and teach basic skills, and if they’re interested in exploring more, we’ll send them there.”

“There’s a gap in these ‘middle-skills’ education, but it’s what a lot of employers are looking for,” said Savin.

“These are good-paying jobs out there, and they’re not like the factories in the 70s and 80s. They’re a cleaner environment, and the idea of working Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA with your hands appeals to a While they plan to upgrade classrooms and curric- lot of students.” ulum in the future, Yellich also addressed a need At BOCES, plans are in the for immediate repairs, including fixing lockers that works to also add a robotics were broken and held together with zip ties. and mechatronics – combinas well as computers for media figured for better food sciences ing engineering and robotics – component in 2018. “Our arts, graphics and animation. programming, and the music Robotics team placed first at “If we give them a chance to wing would include a recordthe SkillsUSA competition,” learn media arts, for example, ing studio so students could he said. “We want to be able to they may not be making Nike learn audio engineering. “This have our students assist manushoes, but they may be in prois an area where they really facturers in our area, especially motions or design,” he said. “It need people,” he said. “And now that more of them are gives them a broader base and it’s a good link to the program being automated.” makes them better equipped to at SUNY Oneonta.”

And though the construction compete for jobs.”

And the technology wing projects aren’t slated to begin The Family & Consumer would be upgraded and diuntil next summer, discussions Sciences labs would be reconvided into two parts; a “dirty” of curriculum are slated to lab for welding, automotive begin soon, with design foland other skills, and a “clean” lowing shortly after. “This is lab for design and robotics. about taking advantage of tal“Local businesses and manuent internally,” he said. “We’re to make a presentation to the facturers want to see people asking the teachers, ‘what Common Council’s Community with a board base of skills,” would you love to do?’ and arDevelopment Committee on the said Yelich. “There are jobs SEQR process at a meeting on out there. We see it as teaching ticulating that into a vision for classrooms and curriculum.”

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Herzig believes the issues facing the D&H Yards will be wetlands, traffic and brownfields.

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• Buying, preparing and building the headquarters for the proposed Food & Beverage Innovation District in the former Oneonta Ford building, currently owned by the Twelve Tribes. “We are still in negotiations with the property owners, but we are getting closer to an agreed-upon price,” said Herzig. “We’re not there yet.”

The mayor made his request at a meeting where the Otsego Now board delayed hiring a new president to succeed Sandy Mathes, who resigned in May. His COO and office manager also departed, leaving the organization without any staff. As of presstime, a special meeting to hire his successor had not been scheduled.

For the immediate future, the D&H Railyard redevelopment remains under Otsego Now. “Delaware Engineering is doing a generic environmental impact statement, which should take about nine months,” he said.

However, Delaware Engineering is in the process of filing with the city Planning Commission to trigger the site plan review ahead of the commission’s meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 20. It is also scheduled

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