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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, March 25, 2016

Music Stops At NISS-Miff, Oneonta Tradition

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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his summer, the City of the Hills won’t be alive with sounds from young musi-

cians.

After nearly a decade of teaching

75-Year Tradition Ends Without A Whimper and inspiring young musicians, the New York Summer Music Festival at SUNY Oneonta is no more.

NYSMF – pronounced NISS-miff around here – had succeeded the 65year New York State Music Camp,

cancelled by Hartwick College 10 years ago.

“I’m very disappointed about it,” said Robert Barstow, retired chair of the SUNY Oneonta Music Department and former chairman of the

NYSMF board. “Being a part of it was one of the smartest, most beneficial decisions I ever made.”

With enrollments declining and the January 2015 passing of cofounder Kellie Place, executive director Jungeun Kim announced the Please See NYSMF, A7

CITY CHARTER ON THE SCALES

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Father Vasil Dubee, a Ukrainian Orthodox missionary assigned to Oneonta in January, holds samples of the pysanky eggs he is showing people how to make at workshops at 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 21 at St. James Episcopal Church. Public welcome. $10 donation requested for supplies.

Referendum Required, 3 On Council Now Say EASTER RAINBOW

Seward Adds $200,000 For City Policing

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tate Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has included $400,000 in the Senate budget resolution – $200,000 each for the cities of Oneonta and Cortland – to help offset public safety costs generated due to being a SUNY host community.

The measure must survive negotiations with the state Assembly and Governor Cuomo’s scrutiny to be included in the final state budget, due for completion

by April.

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t could go either way.

Three members of Common Council said they believe a referendum on proposed changes in the City Charter, as they stand, Council members Dana Levinrequire a referendum. son, David Rissberger and Three are leaning Paul van der Sommen in the the other way. One is new official portraits. waiting for the public hearing. And the eighth wasn’t available for comment.

Two of the new Common Council members, Dana Levinson, Fifth Ward, and Paul van der Sommen, First Ward, said no vote, no changes.

And a third, veteran David Rissberger, Third Ward, said he wants major changes scaled back; if they aren’t, a referendum is necessary.

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2 Entrepreneurial Parents Raised Otsego Now Chair

FIRE THIS TIME: A 20year-old SUNY Brockport student was charged March 18 with arson after allegedly setting fire to light poles and shrubbery on the SUNY Oneonta campus with a blow torch/DETAILS, A2

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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SORTA HEALTHY: A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study found Otsego among the states 20 healthiest counties, barely. It was Number 20.

SNOWY SPRING: Spring officially arrived Sunday, March 20 – then snow flurries were seen on Monday. Highs in the 50s and rain are due for rest of the week.

BY LIBBY CUDMORE

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The OWL egg hunt over, Cayden Garone, Walton, and Xabria Hooper, Oneonta, help to return the Easter eggs to the tub so they can be filled again next year! The annual Easter Egg hunt was held Saturday, March 20, at Fortin Park. OWL plans to move to the house on park grounds.

is mom was a special-ed teacher, but when Devin Morgan was born, she gave it up to raise him and his two brothers – and bought what became Morgan’s General Store in Livonia, at the end of Canisius Lake.

His father, a Kodak engineer, commuted to Rochester, but in his spare

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Devin Morgan in chair

time partnered with his wife. They added subs for a period, opened up space for a video store when that was the rage, and eventually built four apartments Please See MORGAN, A6

HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

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fRIDAY, march 25, 2016

HOMETOWN People

EASTER EGGS EVERYWHERE AT BOOKHOUT FUNERAL HOME ANNUAL HUNT

Holy Week Services Main Street Baptist Church 333 Main Street, Oneonta (corner of Main and Maple)

607-432-5712

Good Friday 6:45 PM – Prelude

by Dr. Jonathan Sastic

“Were You There?”

Pastor Phil Livermore Communion Service

Easter Sunday 7 am – Sunrise Service at the home of Ken and Meg Zulkosky

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Colby Dascher, front, and Owen Glueckert, both of Oneonta, gather eggs as they scoot through a blanket tunnel constructed at the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Bookhout Funeral Home on Saturday, March 20.

Shrubs, Lightpole Torched On SUNY Campus

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20-year-old was arrested Friday, March 19, and charged with arson after allegedly setting fire overnight to light poles and shrubbery on the SUNY Oneonta campus with a blow torch.

Zachary A. Penzabene of Ravena, south of Albany, was arrested after University Police responded to a report and found several fires, one on the quad and others near the track, and contacted the Oneonta Fire Department to extinguish them.

According to University police, Penzabene, a 2013 Ravena Central School graduate who has been attending SUNY Brockport, where he ran cross-country, fled and was apprehended by University police on campus.

No one was hurt. Both light poles were scorched, and the college was assessing the

10:30 AM Worship Service

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COO LECTURE: Retired SUNY Oneonta math professor Taylor Hollist lectured on “Eva Coo, Murderess” Sunday, March 20, at the Cooperstown Village Library.

Pastor Gary Bonebrake Nursery Care Provided

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Investigators examine torched shrubs at SUNY Oneonta.

extent of the electrical damage.

Penzabene was charged with three counts of arson in the fifth degree, and criminal mischief in the second degree. Charges are pending in both the City of Oneonta Court and the Town of Oneonta Court, because parts of the affected area are within each.

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Maundy Thursday: March 24 Holy Communion (representative foot washing and stripping altar) 7:15 am St. Matthew • 4:30 pm Hartwick College 12 pm Evangelical • 2 pm Atonement 5:30 pm St. John • 6:30 pm OCLP St. Matthew Seder Supper with Holy Communion for the parish (confirmands and communion class presence required)

Maundy Thursday, March 24, 7:30 pm Holy Eucharist with footwashing , Church. Followed

by Passion Watch, Chapel.

Organ Concert by John Cannon, 7 pm, Church

Good Friday Worship: March 25 2 pm Atonement • 12 pm Evangelical • 4:30 pm Hartwick College Chapel • 5:30 pm St. John • 7 pm St. Matthew @ The Presbyterian Church

Good Friday, March 25, 3:00pm Solemn Liturgy, Church Good Friday, March 25, 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday, Vigil of Easter: March 26 7 pm Atonement Easter Sunday, Festival of the Resurrection: March 27 7:15 am Easter Sunrise Service, Lakefront Park, Cooperstown Easter Services at all churches—regular service times

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3 On Common Council Would Support Referendum On Revised Charter CHARTER/From A1 Two members of Mayor Gary Herzig’s ad hoc Charter Revision Committee – Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward, and John Rafter, Seventh Ward – said they accept City Attorney David Merzig’s opinion that changes are insufficient to require a referendum.

(Three of the foremost state experts on local governance disagree with Merzig.)

While a third member of that ad hoc committee, Russ Southard, Sixth Ward, didn’t return phone calls, he made it clear in the committee meetings that he supports the changes.

Joe Ficano, Eighth Ward, said he is reserving judgment until after the public hearing, not yet scheduled.

Michelle Osterhoudt, Fourth Ward, hadn’t commented by press time.

That’s three for a referendum, three against, one unsure, and one unknown.

“The people voted on this originally,” said Levinson. “They

should have a say on the changes being made.”

“If people voted on it and now we want changes, we have to keep the voters involved,” said van der Sommen.

“Without any changes or adjustments to the recommendations, I believe it would need one,” said Rissberger, who chaired the original Charter Commission in 2010-11. “But I hope it doesn’t come to that.”

“As it was explained to me (by the city attorney), the changes weren’t substantive enough to require a referendum,” said Nicosia.

“If someone tells me it needs to be voted on by the constituents, then that’s what we’ll do.”

John Nader, chair of the revision committee, presented the proposed revisions to the mayor and Common Council at a special meeting of the Legislative Committee on Thursday, March 10.

Among the most contested changes was the removal of the city manager’s qualifications from the document.

“What I’m hearing from my constituents is that, overwhelmingly, they want to have the qualifications in the charter,” said Ficano. “I believe the charter needs something between a mention and a full description.”

“I’m fine with changing or reducing the qualifications elsewhere, but these are the minimum requirements we should be doing a search on,” said Rissberger.

“They need to stay in the charter.”

The proposed changes might be adjusted. “If we need to make changes, that’s not a terrible thing,” said Nicosia. “We’re hoping to start a conversation.”

“I’ve encouraged Council members to write to me with their thoughts and concerns,” said Mayor Gary Herzig.

“Once I’m comfortable that they’ve all had the chance to do that, I’ll ask the Legislative Committee to compile them and present the list to Common Council for discussion,” he said.

He’s heard from a few council members so far, and others have

expressed that they would be contacting him shortly.

Other changes include: • The mayor, who now only votes to break ties, would have a vote to pick a city manager.

• Instead of hiring outright, the city manager would propose job candidates to Common Council, which would vote yea or nay.

• In emergencies, the police and fire chiefs, who report to the city manager day to day, would suddenly report to the mayor.

“I don’t think this is a final draft,” said Rissberger. “There are things we all like, others we don’t. It’ll be a compromise, and we’ll vote on a final product that everyone can agree on.”

And already, Council Members are deciding which parts of the document they’re in favor of and which ones they’re against.

“Some of the changes are a good idea,” said Rissberger. “We need to have something in place in case there’s another tie vote.

I don’t think it’s a bad idea to change how we see an abstention.

But I don’t agree that the Mayor should be the emergency point of contact.”

But Levinson thinks otherwise.

“I whole-heartedly think the mayor should have control in an emergency situation,” she said.

Both Levinson and van der Sommen will be holding ward meetings to hear more from their constituents, with Levinson’s on April 5 and van der Sommen’s on March 31. Nicosia also plans to announce a ward meeting in the coming weeks.

But both Nicosia and Rissberger expressed hope that the public would trust them to navigate the new recommendations. “I would hope that the residents of the city would place their trust in the elected officials to do the right thing for those that elected them,” said Nicosia.

“The voters placed their trust in the council to make decisions in their best interest,” said Rissberger. “I believe the legal and necessary adjustments will be made.”

Holy Week Services The “Red Door” Church (First United Presbyterian)

welcomes you!

Maundy Thursday: 7:30 pm Easter Breakfast: 8:30 to 9:15 am Easter Sunday Service: 10 am Main Street & Walling Avenue, Oneonta (across from Friendly’s) Church Office: 607-432-7520 The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Walton-Leavitt

St. Mary’s Catholic Church 39 Walnut Street, Oneonta, New York

www.saintmarysoneonta.org • 607-432-3929

The Parishes of Saint Mary, Oneonta & Holy Cross, Morris Celebrate

Holy Week

The Sacred Paschal Triduum Holy Thursday, 24 March 2016

6:00 pm—Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 11:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize

Good Friday, 25 March 2016

8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer 1:00 pm-3:00 pm—Individual Confessions 4:00 pm—Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Death 7:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize

Holy Saturday, 26 March 2016

8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer and Blessing of Easter Foods

The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, 26 March 2016

9:00pm—The Liturgies of Fire, Word, Baptism, and Eucharist

Easter Sunday:

The Resurrection of the Lord, 27 March 2016 8:30 am & 10:30 am—Eucharistic Liturgy and Renewal of Baptismal Promises

First United Methodist Church 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta 607-432-4102

A Reconciling Congregation · Wheelchair Accessible Welcoming LGBT · All are welcome Rev. Teressa Sivers, Pastor

MAUNDY THURSDAY – MARCH 24 7 pm - Worship GOOD FRIDAY – MARCH 25 12:10 pm - Meditation with Word & Music 7 pm - Tenebrae Service EASTER SUNDAY – MARCH 27 8:30 am - Service with Communion 9:30-10:30 am - Easter Brunch 11 am - Resurrection Service with Communion visit us online at www.firstumc-oneonta.org

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FRIDAY, march 25, 2016

EDITORIAL

C.J. Hebert Solved Problems Today, But Kept Eye On Horizon

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he Cooperstown Central School District wasn’t an easy ride for C.J. Hebert.

Think about it.

After he was hired as superintendent in March 2010, but before he took the job on July 1, one CCS student shot another that Good Friday in Cooper Park. In November, a culture of hazing was revealed on the football team, and whether that was linked to the earlier event was never really made clear, or at least made public.

The new superintendent soldiered through, eventually overseeing the implementation of the Dignity for All and Habitudes programs, the first aimed at building mutual respect; the second, character – in effect, the strength to do right when everyone else is looking the other way. It was an imperfect outcome, certainly, but a preferred one to criminal charges and ruined lives.

The proof of that pudding continues to be in the eating, but so far, so good.

Then, in 2013, the school board took the lead in walking away from the Redskins

mascot, and Hebert became the day-to-day implementer – Calmer in Chief, if you will – without becoming the target. While shifting to the less-offensive-to-some Hawkeyes was a logical outgrowth of Dignity for All and Habitudes, the PC-inspired dumping of a beloved mascot has torn a lot of communities apart.

There was disgruntlement in the CCS district, but that’s about it.

Then, in 2015, Common Core – CCS had been recognized as one of the most successful pioneers in the state – blew up in Hebert and the school board’s faces, when teachers, teacher/parents and the occasional actual parent revolted against a more rigorous regimen of accountability.

By the time it was over, the executive principal – a newly created position to drive the Common Core implementation – was out, and the board and Hebert had allied themselves to the former opponents, with everyone moving forward hand-in-hand. Kumbaya.

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And, by the way, C.J. Hebert liked kids, as his smile suggests as he observes a future student during the 2011 CCS graduation on the back lawn of The Fenimore Art Museum.

Each of these crises could have taken out your average superintendent, but C.J. wasn’t your average superintendent. He was brainy, he was determined, and, paradoxically, he was both self-confident and modest.

He had vision, and he got over the rough spots by keeping his eye on the horizon. He overcame challenges as he explored

opportunities.

It was that combination that allowed him to diffuse controversy, to dilute unhappiness in a larger sea of positivity – in a culture of accomplishment, of young people striving to excel, in classrooms and on sports fields, in music, drama or art, or simply in finding a comfortable place in life.

Beneath those pretty big

controversies was a quiet patter of improvement, of added AP courses, of collaboration with Milford, Schenevus, Cherry Valley and other school districts, of prudent fiscal management in hard times, and of the efficient, uneventful hum of education happening.

C.J. saw the big picture.

As the Upstate population continues to decline, school districts will have to be reorganized – that 21 districts that serve Otsego County spend more than $2.5 million annually on 21 superintendent salaries alone is just one indication. He was determined, when that inevitable day comes, that rural Otsego districts would logically and inevitably coalesce around Cooperstown Central, by no means a sure bet.

He also understood how good public schools require a strong local economy.

You would think all superintendents would understand that, but they don’t act as if they do. Hebert was at both Seward Summits on economic development, and was keenly interested

in innovations, collaborations and adaptive reuse of facilities to ensure this county would benefit from the Utica-based nanotechnology boom.

• So, today, after a random accident took him away too soon, his work undone, we mourn a smart man. We mourn a kind man, who was only as tough as he had to be, and never for the fun of it. We mourn a strategic mind and a confident step.

We’ve all met people successful, but sorely unhappy, in big jobs. Not C.J. A happy warrior, he. In reviewing his six short years at Cooperstown Central School, controversies that would have derailed many an executive were met and resolved, not perfectly, but sufficiently, and the focus returned to the greater challenge – happier pupils, greater accomplishment, a better world.

Going ever forward, C.J. would have been part of all that, but that isn’t to be.

Life IS unfair. We can only say, farewell, friend. And thanks.

RANDY VÉLEZ RUMINATIONS AT EASTER

Fear And Hatred? Or Faith And Reason Editor’s Note: Randy Vélez is a deacon at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church in Cooperstown.

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e have all used it to categorize individuals who are different religiously, politically, economically, physically, socially, culturally or in any other significant way. We refer to them as “those people.” When we think about them, we experience a strange paradox. We see them as inferior and at the same time, as a threat.

Many of the candidates who aspire to be president of the United States have taken full advantage of

this national paranoia, but Donald Trump has taken fear and hatred to an entirely new level. He exploits irrational fears, that have no basis in reality, with predictions of imminent doom. He offers himself as the savior, who would lead us out of his imagined wilderness.

Then he proposes “solutions” that are so extreme they would require nullification of major provisions of the Constitution, such as the immediate deportation of all (11-12 million) undocumented immigrants and the exclusion of all Muslims seeking entry into our country.

He favors torturing of prisoners, despite it being prohibited by all

civilized countries. He supports the unrestricted ownership and use of firearms, despite the gun-related atrocities that occur throughout our country, everyday.

He calls for tax reform that generally benefits the rich and he seeks to diminish government assistance to the poor, disabled and elderly. Mr. Trump would do all of this in the name of patriotism and the defense of Christianity.

Mr. Trump and his competitors purport themselves to be Christian.

In fact, this has become a litmus test for serious consideration as a Republican candidate. However, they equate being Christian with having been baptized and they are

intolerant of all who are not.

When Pope Francis, a true Christian leader, points out the inconsistencies between their concept of Christianity and that of Christ, Trump says that he is being manipulated by the Mexican government and what happens in the United States is none of his business. In that way, he dismisses the Pope’s serious concerns without having to address them.

When I inquired to the Presbyterian Church (USA) about Mr. Trump’s membership, which he often uses as a political credential, they responded: “It is a fact that Donald Trump was baptized in the Presbyterian

If You Don’t Know Joe, You Can’t Understand Donald

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big question about Donald Trump is how did they get it soooo wrong? The pundits. The party elite. The consultants. The editorial writers. The other candi-

Plumber.

He’s the guy who dared to question Barrack Obama.

During a campaign stop in dates. Howcum they were 2008. He questioned his so totally wrong about the tax policies. He told the rise of Trump? candidate he wanted to The answer is Joe the start a plumbing business.

John McCain and Sarah Palin quickly made Joe the Plumber part of their campaign.

& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch They did so because none of these guys knew

a plumber. (Well, Sarah

Jim Kevlin did.) And they don’t know

Editor & Publisher any plumbers today. They

Tara Barnwell Mary Joan Kevlin don’t know electricians and

Advertising Director Business Manager bartenders and brickies.

They don’t know barbers Thom Rhodes • Allison Green Kathleen Peters • Christine Scales and cops. They don’t know Advertising Consultants Graphics Army privates and machine operators. They don’t know Celeste Brown Thomas Libby Cudmore Ian Austin truckers and waitresses.

Copy Editor Reporter Photographer Candidates want votes from these folks. So in

Judith Bartow Ivan Potocnik Tom Heitz every campaign they assault

Billing Office Manager & Web Architect Consultant us with fakery. The candiMEMBER OF New York Press Association • The Otsego County Chamber date bowls a strike with a Published weekly by Iron String Press, Inc. bowling club. Or raises a 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 mug of suds with miners. Or Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080. drives a tank or tractor. Or E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com eats a hot dawg with county fair-goers.

But once the cameras quit, they don’t know these folks. These voters. They

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In recent years, Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher has been involved in Second Amendment causes.

don’t sit in saloons with them. They don’t party with them at the Elks’ Club. They are not off to the church chicken supper tonight. This goes for the candidates as much as for the pundits, consultants, commentators, etc.

Because they don’t really know such folks they did and do a lousy job predicting how they will vote. Because they don’t really listen to such folks they don’t know how angry many of Please See JOE, A6

Church (USA). According to the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Trump and his family used to worship there. He attended Sunday School and was confirmed there. However, there is no factual evidence that Trump currently holds membership in any PC(USA) congregation. The PC(USA) does not condone hatred for any part of God’s creation.”

Jesus, in his discourse on the Good Shepherd, said that he had other sheep that were not of this flock and that he would seek them out and unite them. And there would be one shepherd and one Please See VÉLEZ, A6

LETTERS

Signatures Needed To Place Teachout On Primary Ballot To the Editor: Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University professor who beat Governor Cuomo in Otsego County in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary, is now running to replace our retiring U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19.

We registered Democrats now have the opportunity of signing a petition to place this remarkable Teachout on the ballot for the Primary Election, which will be June 28.

These petitions, however, will be collected on April 6 so that they can be properly reviewed. Therefore, if you wish to be one of those signers, now is the time to contact someone who has one of those forms.

You are invited to call me at 547-9725 and come to my home at 6 Pine Boulevard to sign it or to call James Dean, member of the Democratic Committee, at 435-0255 to have the petition brought to you.

Author of the thoroughly well-researched book, “Corruption in America,” (Harvard University Press), Teachout grew up on a farm in Vermont, one of a family of five children, and in 1993 graduated from Yale University and in 1999 received two advanced degrees, graduating summa cum laude from Duke University.

In the Catskills and elsewhere, she worked with community leaders against fracking. She also fights against Common Core curriculum and works to try to overturn Citizens United, maintaining that corporations aren’t people.

We are wonderfully fortunate to have a person of her caliber running for office as our congresswoman. I hope you will take a moment to do your part as a Democrat to see to it that her name is placed on our Primary ballot.

HILDA MADER WILCOX Cooperstown

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History

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

125 Years Ago

Millinery Fashions – Bright millinery was not in good taste a year ago, but it is not now necessary to be quiet to be in good form. Gold lace and glittering jet are very much worn, and the hat upon which some floral decoration does not appear is the exception rather than the rule. Mrs. J.T. Fox has some of the most beautiful flowers, ferns, etc. One might almost imagine some of them growing, so natural they are. Snakes are also one of the season’s novelties.

There are gold, jet and silver snakes. They are shown on some of the trimmed hats at Mrs. J.T. Fox’s, coiled among flowers and climbing into view upon aigrettes of lace. The stylish woman, who thinks the small hat dressier than the larger shapes, has both the togue and plateau to choose from. The saucer bonnet is the name of a pretty little hat which does look a little bit like a large saucer decorated and made into a chapeau. Undoubtedly this will be one of the favored shapes for spring.

March 1891

100 Years Ago

Friday was the anniversary of the patron saint of Ireland and in Oneonta as elsewhere there was general observance of the date. There were no parades or other formal observances, but everywhere there was “wearing of the green” and even in frosty weather a little sprig of genuine shamrock peered occasionally forth. In several business places there was display of the colors of Erin. More than 300 people attended the annual ball which was held under the auspices of the Bar Tender’s Association at Liberty Hall on Friday night. A St. Patrick spirit was evident throughout the entire evening. The hall was appropriately decorated for the occasion and everyone wore the emblem of Erin or a sprig of shamrock. The dancing started shortly before 8 o’clock and ended at 3:30 o’clock. Gardner’s orchestra furnished the music. Over a hundred guests of the Daughters of Isabella enjoyed a delightful evening in the K. of C. Hall Friday night in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. The colors used in decorating were green. The evening was spent in games. Messrs. Cobb and Delancy and Miss McNee danced the Irish reel to the delight and amusement of all present.

March 1916

80 Years Ago

On the heels of a British plea for a conciliatory gesture, Adolf Hitler praised Germany’s power Thursday night to

20 Years Ago

March 1996 get what she wanted through her own might. “Germany,” Der Fuehrer declared in an election speech at Leipzig, now does not have to rely on “chance or a gift from the League of Nations.” Hitler spoke after only a few hours after Anthony Eden, Great Britain’s foreign secretary, in a speech to the House of Commons, called upon Germany to “do something to allay the anxieties of Europe.” Britain, Eden disclosed, pins its hope for a peaceful solution upon some concession from Hitler. “I do not view the future with a light heart,” Eden commented.

March 1936

60 Years Ago

Nearly 700 boys are expected to participate in the first Otschodela Council Boy Scout Exposition to be held indoors since 1950. Scheduled for Saturday, April 7, at the New York State Armory in Oneonta, the Exposition will feature exhibits by more than forty Boy Scout, Explorer, and Cub Scout units from the three-county Council. A highlight of the day’s activity will be the presentation of Eagle Scout Badges, Scouting’s highest award, to three area boys who have completed the rigorous requirements. Since 1951, the expositions have been held in outdoor locations.

The last to be held in Oneonta was in 1951 on Webb Island.

The Exposition will be open to public inspection from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday. At 7:30 p.m., all participating units will march onto the Armory floor behind the Yale Lyon District band with massed colors.

March 1956

40 Years Ago

Rev. Betty Bone Schiess at the Zion Episcopal Church, Morris, last night, were varied on the subject of women in the priesthood. Several felt that women should be allowed to enter the priesthood. But, at least one woman thought the whole concept was the work of the devil. Several others did not want to offer opinions. “I can’t believe how hypocritical the church can be,” said Debra Wilson of Oneonta, noting that there were no church laws against women becoming priests, “but it is still not allowed to happen.” “It’s fantastic. Why not?” exclaimed Judy Bartoo, an Episcopalian from Morris. But Dee Poole, who attends Christ Episcopal Church in Gilbertsville, said women’s ordination “is not of the spirit of Christ. Satan found a loophole in our canon law and is using it for his advantage,” Mrs. Poole said. Mrs. Poole said Mrs. Schiess’ “meekness” was a mask covering what will come about because of her ordination to the priesthood. “I feel it has brought dissension and not the love of Christ,” she said.

March 1976

30 Years Ago

Anthony Cuozzo of Oneonta is a plank-owner – a member of the first crew of one of the Navy’s most modern warships. His ship, the guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes, has a hull of steel, not wood. But, the time-honored term “plank-owner” is still used to connote a crewman hand-picked to be on a ship’s commissioning crew. It’s that crew’s challenging task to take an inert mass of newly manufactured steel and whip it into shape as a living, breathing ship of the line. Cuozzo is a gas turbine systems technician working with electrical control systems.

March 1986

10 Years Ago

Three tenants at a Southside development near BJ’s Wholesale Club should be open within the next 45 days, James Reeks, Jr., an Albany-based developer said. A sign, already installed on the structure, indicates that one of the tenants will be a Quisnos Sub shop. The Quisnos chain has been running advertisements looking for job applicants.

Southside was going to grow,” Reeks said. “It has grown.”

Although downtown Oneonta is still viable, Reeks said, “some agencies in the city are difficult to work with and ineffective.”

March 2006

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Trump Should Remember: ‘Those People’ Were Among Christ’s First Followers VÉLEZ/From A4 flock. While theologians can argue about what he meant, we should remember that those to whom he was speaking were ordinary folk. The meaning had to be clear to them as it should be to us.

Today, “diversity” is the popular term. In an earlier iteration, it is the motto of the United States of America, “E Pluribus Unum” (“One From Many”). There is

also a Christian analogy that dates back 2,000 years.

Jesus was a Jew and so were his first disciples. Those who came to know him later, through the efforts of Saint Paul and others, were pagans. And from these two diverse and often hostile groups, Christianity was born. It survived and continues to grow because our ancestors in faith often risked everything to proclaim Christ by

their example and to welcome “those people” into their community.

Mr. Trump should read in the Bible (his favorite book) the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the biographies of Jesus’ life on earth. He should read the Acts of the Apostles, which recounts how the first Christians lived and survived in the very hostile early days.

The more he reads, the sooner he should come to realize that those to whom Jesus and his first disciples offered his compassion, his healing, his mercy and his love were exactly like “those people.”

Being a Christian requires far more than simply being baptized.

As true disciples, we place Jesus’ teachings at the core of our lives.

By this standard, Mr. Trump is no Christian.

Otsego Now Chair Has Entrepreneurism In Veins MORGAN/From A1 into the complex.

“My heart has always been in small towns, in small business, in seeing what people can build locally,” Morgan, now 42 and an intellectual property lawyer, said in an interview the other day after his election as only the second chairman of Otsego Now, the “Hub for Economic Progress” that emerged in the past two years from the more traditional IDA. “Grassroots economic development is my thing.”

At the annual meeting in February, Morgan was elected to succeed Bob Hanft, Pierstown, the retired J.P. Morgan vice president, and also Joe Bernier, Oneonta, who chaired the IDA-related Capital Resources Corp.

Both Hanft and Bernier remain on the Otsego Now board.

Grassroots economic development is a piece of Otsego Now’s strategy, manifest in the food-hub initiative that aims to get locally grown produce to New York City’s market, but it also includes “shovel-ready sites” to attract new employers.

“My philosophy is a balanced approach,” said Morgan. “There’s no doubt we need outside investment.

But you need to combine that with what you’ve actually got.”

Graduating from Livonia Central in 1992, Morgan went on to Dartmouth, intending to study engineering and pursue a career in computer science. But a product-development class and an alumni’s guest lecture on patent litigation nudged him in another direction.

After graduating in 1996, he enrolled in the University of New Hampshire’s School of Law, emerging with a specialty in intellectual property. After interning with a Chicago law firm, he worked for two Washington D.C. firms with patent practices, which he described as explaining “cutting-edge technologies to bureaucratic government agencies.”

By 2006 he was in the Boston area as patent counsel for Seagate Technology, married to Cooperstown native Daphne Monie. In 2008, with son Finn, now 10, having arrived (a second son, Lachlan, 4, has since joined the family), the couple decided to move to Cooperstown. “We grew up in small towns,” the father explained. “We wanted our kids to grow up in small towns.”

Moving to Delaware Street, Daphne first taught biology at Cooperstown Central, then joined the Columbia-Bassett Medical School Program, where she

lab dedicated to testing the quality of hops, barley and other ingredients in beer making. Morgan wasn’t sure it could compete with Cornell, until learning Cornell wasn’t interested; it was otherwise focused.

Another piece of the niche-ing – the redevelopment of Oneonta’s Market Street into a “food hub,” with a boutique hotel, a craft-food-and-beverage focused restaurant, meetThe Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA ing and entertainment space Devin Morgan says comprehensive planning upat Foothills, and more – is dates Otsego Now is underwriting will help comalready underway. (It would munities decide what they want to be. Here, Lisa include a siding at the D&H Nagle of Elan Planning, Saratoga Springs, faciliyards to move product in tates discussion in Cooperstown in October 2014, and out.) and is also working in Richfield Springs and, soon, “I envision (the hub) as in Oneonta. the showcase of the craft is now director of research tegic plan. Otsego Now has food and beverage tourism and an assistant professor. contracted with Fairweather industry,” he said, adding at Devin began developing Consulting, New Paltz, to another point, “We need to a law practice, and also lead the process. expand our product capacity dipped his toe into entrepreWhatever the outcome, as well.” neurship, founding Three Morgan will bring a focus, He also expressed enBlazes Innovation, providnot on everything, but on thusiasm for the compreing services to entrepreTHE thing which, for now, hensive plan revisions now neurs, and experimented with a $1 billion unmet need underway – Cooperstown’s, with Eat Drink Law, a blog in New York City alone, Richfield Springs’ and, for the craft food and bever- looks to him like the craft soon, Oneonta’s – in helpage industry. food and beverage sector. ing communities focus on In November, he also afWhen Morgan first got what they want, and on the filiated with Hoffman Warout of law school, every opportunities to benefit from nick LLC, a patent law firm place was “going to be the the Utica-area nanotechnolin Albany, which, he said, next biotech cluster. Evogy boom. allows him to take on the erybody can’t be the next “You’re never where additional responsibilities biotech cluster. For us, you want to be,” he said on the Otsego Now board, that’s the challenge,” he of economic development which he joined in October said. “We’ve got to ‘niche generally. “It’s always one 2014. it’ properly.” step ahead of you. If you As Morgan takes his first An example is Hartwick ever get there, the quessteps as chair, he will have College’s Center for Craft tion would be, How do you the assistance of a new stra- Food & Beverage, the only sustain it?”

It also calls into question the position being taken by the candidates running against him, to support him unconditionally should he be nominated. They want a Republican president so badly that they are willing to set aside the truth and their faith. They will say or do anything for our vote. They are hoping we will ignore the fundamental truths of our JudeoChristian heritage.

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By Getting To Know Joe JOE/From A4 them are.

These are important voters. Because many are on the blue-collar side of the Democrat Party. They’re not crazy about the intellectual side of the party.

The academics and social workers don’t do much for them. A lot of them jumped ship and voted for Ronald Reagan. They - the Reagan Democrats - helped elect him. A lot of them are voting for Trump.

Now Trump’s support is much broader than that. But if the pundit class had been slurpin’ suds with plumbers over the years they would have heard alarm bells.

Bells so loud they would have known the noise would resonate well beyond the plumbers.

But they don’t hang out with the low brows. They don’t hear them. They sip Sancerre with their fellows.

And hear only what their fellows think. Instead of what the Great Unwashed think. Most of them haven’t gripped a calloused hand in years. Unless they have a weight-lifting pal.

Novelist George Orwell wrote “Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton…” He was referring to the qualities of elite officers educated at Eton.

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If Trump wins this battle someone may declare it was won in the truck stops, greasy spoons, factory floors, saloons and county fairs of this country. The very places the media and political elite meet and greet during campaigns. The very places they avoid between elections.

Now I am not recommending these birds change their social habits. But in an election like this they should hang up their predicting boots. Because they’ve got no mud on those boots. And most of their predictions thus far have fizzled.

A few elections ago a network media gal in the Big Apple made a big announcement. She wailed that she could not understand how Reagan got elected. Because nobody she knew voted for him.

A few weeks ago I saw a similar comment from a female movie star. About The Donald. She does not know a single person who plans to vote for him.

Maybe she should attend one of her movies. And chat up the guy or gal who vacuums the popcorn between shows.

From Tom...as in Morgan.

Morgan, whose “Money Talk” column is syndicated nationally, lives in Franklin.

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omething was wrong.

The 6 a.m. alert Monday, March 21, through the Cooperstown Central School District’s “School Messenger,” the automatic e-mail and telephone system, told students and parents school was cancelled, but gave no reason.

If the cause was water outage or a power break, why would teachers and staff be summoned to an 8 a.m. meeting at Sterling Auditorium?

Jim Kevlin, Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal As the hour Retired CCS Elementary School principal Teresa Gorman, center, was among the mourners at the vigil at 5 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the flagpole at the middle-high school entrance. approached, the school board waited in the library, some members C.J. Hebert tearful, all melancholy.

Then School Board President Theresa Russo shared the sad and surprising news: C.J. Hebert, just 51, a strong man, 6-foot-4, would not be returning to his office down the hall.

Sunday afternoon, March 20, State Police from Troop B, Latham, reported, Hebert had departed his home near the Cobleskill-RichThe flag at Main and Pioneer in downRescue vehicles left deep tracks in the dirt lane mondville line, for a “pleasure town Cooperstown was lowered to leading off Patrick Road near the Richmondvilledrive” on his ATV on the acreage Cobleskill town line. “Trail conditions were ‘mud- half-staff in remembrance of CCS around his farm.

Superintendent of Schools C.J. Hebert, dyish,’” said Troop G spokesman Trooper Mark At 3 a.m. Monday morning, who died in a four-wheeler accident on Cepiel, which may have helped turn “a pleasure search and rescue teams had spotted Sunday In Schoharie County. drive” into a tragedy. a lit rear light of the ATV and, a few minutes later, discovered Hebert’s County Search & Rescue Team. task vehicles), plus three groundsite, the fire chief said. body at a crash scene. A Schoharie Cepiel said a relative, presumsearch teams, from Carlisle, In Cooperstown, CCS board County coroner was brought in and ably Hebert’s wife, Tammy, alerted Central Bridge, Schoharie, Sharon President Russo was alerted by pronounced him dead at the scene. authorities when he didn’t come Springs and Summit departments. phone at about 4 a.m. that the • home.

Deployed in the post-midnight superintendent was missing. She According to the official State Hebert was found, less than a darkness, the riding units systemcalled the school board members Police press release, troopers half-mile from home. The trail atically circled a network of trails and Mike Cring, the middle-high were called to the Hebert home on Hebert had been riding on was in the vicinity of the Hebert home, school principal, and during that Patrick Road, off the Warnerville muddy, and the accident occurred and divided the territory into grids process was alerted to Hebert’s Cutoff, Cobleskill, at 11:47 p.m. on an incline, said Cepiel. He had for the walking teams. passing.

Sunday, “for a report of a subject been wearing a helmet.

After a few hours of searchBy 6 a.m., the decision had been who was overdue from an ATV • ing, one of the walking teams ran made to cancel classes. outing.”

Cobleskill Fire Chief Phil Slater, across some money on one of The district’s Crisis Response A search was organized that who organized the search, said he the trails, which caused them to Team met at 6:45 a.m. to plan the included troopers from the Coquickly realized his fire company intensify the focus on that vicindistrict’s actions and response. The bleskill Barracks – the shift that alone lacked sufficient equipment ity, Slater said. Suddenly, one of response team is usually adminiswas ending was held over, said for the search. Through mutual the rear lights of Hebert’s fourtrators, counselors, social workers Trooper Mark Cepiel, Troop G aid, he was able to assemble 14 wheeler – still lit – was spotted, and representatives of each departpublic information officer – state units on ATVs and UTVs (utility and drew the search teams to the ment. forest rangers, and the Schoharie

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The CCS board’s vice president, Mary Leonard, who with Russo was interviewed Monday afternoon after returning from paying their respects to the Herbert family on Patrick Road, said she couldn’t remember the team assembling in a crisis in her nine years on the board.

At the 8 a.m. Sterling Auditorium assembly for faculty and staff, Russo described the “great sadness and shock” the school board felt at the news. She said counseling was available for the audience members, and that counselors were preparing age-appropriate messages for them to read to their classes when school resumed Tuesday morning.

“We’ll miss him very much,” said Leonard.

• Looking forward, Russo and Leonard said an interim superintendent will be named shortly.

With plans announced just last week to appoint Cring to the position of K-12 director of comprehensive student services, programs and athletics, both principal positions need to be filled.

The school board members said, since the search for an elementary principal is nearing completion, that process will move forward.

Since the search for a new middlehigh school principal is just beginning, its outcome will probably wait until a new superintendent is in place, they said.

Tuesday, the school board announced it would meet at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday, the 23rd and 24th. Their spokesman, Jake Palmatier, said the appointment of an interim superintendent will be made “sooner rather than later.”

NISS-Miff’s End Lowers Curtain On 75-Year Tradition Of Serving Young Musicians NYSMF/From A1 closing of NYSMF on the festival’s website.

“From my understanding, enrollments had gone down, and although they were trying to reach a resolution with the college, they couldn’t raise the funds,” said Rob Roman, current SUNY Oneonta Music Department chair.

Both Place and Kim worked at the Hartwick Summer Music Camp, a program that had been in place for 65 years.

“My mother was a backbone of the festival,” said Jessica Place, Kellie’s daughter. “She wasn’t a musician, but she enjoyed

working with the kids, and she was always excited about being part of it all.”

After leaving Hartwick College, in 2006, Place and Kim started the SUNY Oneonta version. “I got a call one day from Chuck Schneider” – the Catskill Symphony Orchestra conductor – “saying that Jungeun would likely be calling me to ask if I would be a part of it,” said Barstow. “He said I should do it if at all possible, and I said, ‘That’s all I need to know!’

And sure enough, within a day or two, she called.”

The three-week long festival brought in students

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“My mom would always talk about how she would go to lunch with the artists,” said Jessica. “She had a different story every week.”

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Throughout the week, the public was invited to watch students and guest musicians alike perform in free concerts. “When they got through, everyone clapped,” said Barstow. “It made them feel good, even if they missed some notes.”

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or Randy Miritello, bluegrass is a family tradition.

“I grew up around it,” he said. “My dad, Randy, was a banjo player, and I used to go with him to parties and festivals on the weekends.”

Miritello’s bands, the Horseshoe Lounge Playboys and the Hop City Hellcats, were both part of Foothills first annual Bluegrass

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But for Emily Conner, an art and education coordinator and master’s student at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, Woodstock was about the people. “I wanted to show what festival life was like,” she said.

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were hungry and dirty, YOU GO: they didn’t have a place IF Opening recepto sleep, but they pulled tion, “Three together. There were Peaceful Days,” no reported incidences 6:30-8 p.m., of violence, even with Friday, April 1, 500,000 people there.”

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She also has pictures of the National Guard helicopter landing to bring food, water and emergency medical supplies to the three-day festival.

And though she knew the classic stories, there was still plenty to intrigue her. “In looking through the photographs, I was really surprised to see how many babies were there,” she said. “Wavy Gravy brought members of his Hog Farm commune to volunteer, and a lot of them brought their kids. Bethel Woods even had photos of a baby race!”

But photographs are just a piece of the exhibit.

Some of those 500,000 included funeral director and Cooperstown Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh and his future wife, Meg; Cooperstown’s Jim Howarth, Delaware Otsego Corp. vice president, and Gabriel Schecter of Cherry Valley, the baseball writer and former Hall of Fame researcher. They shared their oral histories as part of the museum’s interactive portion.

“Meg and Martin were there less than 24 hours,” Conner said. “Meg thought it would be a small camping trip, but when they got there, the rain had stopped performances, and by 2 a.m., they’d had enough and they left.”

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Howarth, then a SUNY Oneonta student, told a similar tale of an impulse trip to the concert, and although he also left after a day, having his motorcycle allowed him to weave through the miles of parked and abandoned cars leading to the festival gates.

But while the other three were hightailing it out of there, Schecter was loving the mud and the music. “The music was his thing,” said Conner. “There’s a photograph shot from the stage that ran in Life magazine, and you can see him right up front!”

Inspired by the “The Information Tree,” where attendees posted notes for lost friends and missed connections, Conner has set up a painted “tree” where visitors can write out their best concert memories to post.

On Saturday, April 2, Conner has planned a fullday of activities around the exhibit, including family mural painting, lectures by Schecter and Dr. Will Walker, music making, story-time and a scavenger hunt.

And at the end, Conner asks visitors whether or not they think Woodstock could happen again. “With all the technology, I don’t think that it would,” she said. “At Woodstock, people had the music and they had each other. I don’t know that people would interact the way they did back then.

“It was a one-off cultural event. It can’t ever be duplicated.”

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The festival was a hit, bringing 450 people into the venue’s 600-seat auditorium. “I was surprised at how many people stayed all day,” said Youngs. “We gave people wristbands so they could leave and come back between acts, but we

had Sabon, a Cajun dance group, play, so there was never a moment without music.”

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Youngs hopes to expand the offerings into a three-day event, featuring workshops, lectures and vendors. “We could have a Gospel Bluegrass Brunch on Sunday,” he said. “Eventually, we want to be in every musical venue in the city, make it a real City of the Hills event.”

Now the go-to man for Oneonta’s bluegrass scene, Miritello got his first guitar at 19 and picked up the fiddle in his mid-20s.

“The music is about the common human struggle,” he said. “There’s a lot of songs about coal mining and labor, a lot of murder ballads. It’s a throwback to simpler times.”

Americana, as he plays with the Hop City Hellcats, is the broad category between Rock and Country.

“It draws from a lot of traditional melodies, but with a modern edge,” he said. “We might play a Bob Dylan tune, but we give it a twist.”

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THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 50 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 The limited liability company is to be managed by: ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. I certify that I have read the above statements, I am authorized to sign these Articles of Organization, that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that my signature typed below constitutes my signature.

WILLIAM C. GREEN, ESQ., ORGANIZER (signature) WILLIAM C. GREEN, ESQ., ORGANIZER Filed by: GREEN & GREEN 50 MAIN STREET PO BOX 148 Cooperstown, New York 13326 6LegalApril7 Legal notice TROIX REALTY GROUP, LLC Notice of formation of Troix Realty Group, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary

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of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 2/26/16. Office location: Otsego County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served.

The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 54 Lancaster Street, Cherry Valley, New York 13320.

Purposes: are to acquire, own, hold, improve, manage and operate the real property, including the property located at 157 First Street, in Troy, New York (the “Property”); to incur indebtedness, secured and unsecured; to mortgage, finance, refinance, encumber, lease, sell, exchange, convey, transfer or otherwise deal with or dispose of the Property; to enter into and perform contracts and agreements of any kind necessary to, in connection with or incidental to the business of the Limited Liability Company.

6LegalApril14 Legal notice NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Bassett PPS, LLC filed articles of organization

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with the Department of State on February 23, 2016. Its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent upon whom service of process against the LLC may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the Company is One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. The purpose of the Company is to serve as a lead entity for the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program and any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under §203 of the Limited Liability Company Act. 6LegalApril14 Legal notice LUNDIN CHRISTMAS TREES LLC, Articles of Org. filed N.Y. Sec. of State (SSNY) 18th day of February, 2016.

Office in Otsego Co. at 12 Forster Street, Otego, New York 13825.

SSNY desig. agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy

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of process to 12 Forster Street, Otego, New York 13825. Reg. Agt. upon whom process may be served: Spiegel & Utrera, P.A., P.C. 1 Maiden Lane, NYC 10038 1 800 576-1100 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApril21 Legal notice Notice of Formation of ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MONETARY SERVICES, , LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/9/15. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

6LegalApril21 Legal notice BLUEBIRD HOMES, LLC Notice of formation of Bluebird Homes, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 3/11/16. Of-

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fice location: Otsego County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 54 Lancaster Street, Cherry Valley, New York 13320.

Purposes: are to acquire, own, hold, improve, manage and operate real property, including the property located at 59 Elm Street, in the Village of Cooperstown, New York.

6LegalApril28 Legal notice SEELEYS ALL SEASON SERVICES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/03/2016.

Office loc: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Mark Seeley, 129 Skyline Drive, Bainbridge, NY 13733. Reg Agent: Mark Seeley, 129 Skyline Drive, Bainbridge, NY 13733. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Saturday, March 26

DINNER THEATER -- 5 p.m. cocktails; 6:15 p.m. dinner 3-course surf & turf dinner, dancing, and show by Mary Frances Perricone and Judy Pitel. $29 per person. 6th Ward Athletic Club, 22 W. Broadway, Oneonta, Info, (607) 436-9136.

COFFEE HOUSE -- 7-9 p.m. (and every 4th Sat. of month).

Music in a range of genres by amateur local performers; light refreshments. Free, all welcome.

Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church St., Schuyler Lake.

SUPPER CLUB -- 9 p.m. local band “Off the Record.”

B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta, Info, www.basideballroom.com

Sunday, March 27 Easter!

SUGARING OFF/EGG HUNT – 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. breakfast; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. activities; 1 p.m.

Egg Hunt. Final “Sugaring Off Sunday” featuring full breakfast, maple syrup demos, activities.

Also 1 p.m. Easter Egg Hunt: 1st heat (up to age 6), followed by 2nd heat (ages 7-12). Find the golden egg and get a season carousel pass, carousel tokens, candy. Admission to all events $9 ages 13 & up; $5 ages 7-12; free for 6 and under, includes breakfast. No reservations needed.

The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. farmersmuseum.org

Monday.

March 28

LIBRARY ORIGAMI -- 9 a.m.-

p.m. Free “Make It Monday” program on Origami, Japanese art of paper folding. All ages.Free.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www. hmloneonta.org

Tuesday, March 29

UKRANIAN EGG WORKSHOP -- 5 p.m (Tuesdays & Thursdays until April 21). Learn Ukranian “Pysanky” egg decoration. $10 supply donation. Basement of St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. To attend, email Fr. Vasil Dubee at fr.vasildubee85@gmail.com HISTORIC HOMEOWNER WORKSHOP -- 6-8 p.m. Is your house over 50 years old? In a historic district? You may be eligible for state Historic Homeowner Tax Credit to rehabilitate it.

Free public workshop. Hartwick Community Center, 3146 County Hwy. 11, Hartwick. To RSVP, call Otsego 2000 at (607) 547-8881 or email admin@otsego2000.org

Wednesday, March 30

OHS ROBOTICS FUNDRAISER -- 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Meal fundraiser for Oneonta High School’s awardwinning Robokronos robotics team. 15 percent of sales go to team; bring flyers posted around town for credit. Moe’s Southwest Grill, 5001 Rte. 23, Oneonta.

Info, www.robokronos.org CLIMATE CHANGE -- 7 p.m.

Talk on “Climate Change and Agriculture” by Robert L. Thompson, visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University. Free; all welcome.

Prelude to the museum’s annual agriculture conference in November, this year focusing on regional impacts of climate change.

Louis C. Jones Center, The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80,

ONEONTA GARDENERS --- 7 p.m. Oneonta community gardeners organizational meeting. Topics include increasing community involvement in the City’s community gardens near the Swart-Wilcox House and improving the gardens’ productivity. All welcome. Frances E. Rowe House, 31 Maple St., Oneonta.

Info, kim.noling@gmail.com

Thursday, March 31

CHILDHOOD ANXIETY SYMPOSIUM -- 4:30-7 p.m. How local school nurses can help students struggling with anxiety. With Hilary Pope, LCSW-R of Morris and Edmeston central schools;

Q&A after. Complimentary buffet dinner. Champlin Lounge, SUNY Cobleskill. RSVP to Marcia Kozubek by March 23 at (607) 5477630 or email marcia.kozubek@ bassett.org.

UKRANIAN EGG WORKSHOP -- 5 p.m (Tuesdays & Thursdays until April 21). Learn Ukranian “Pysanky” egg decoration. $10 supply donation. Basement of St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. To attend, email Fr. Vasil Dubee at fr.vasildubee85@gmail.com WILDLIFE PROGRAM -- 7 p.m.

Learn all about fishers, from state DEC wildlife biologist Mike Clark. Free, all welcome. New Lisbon Town Hall, 908 CH 16, Garrattsville. Info, Butternut Valley Alliance, (607) 263-5425.

BLUEBIRD PROGRAM -- 7 p.m.

Otsego Land Trust hosts John Rogers, co-founder of NYS Bluebird Society. Free, all welcome.

Coffee & pie served. Richfield Springs Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Info, RSVP to Sara at (607) 547-2366 or sara@otsegolandtrust.org

drive. Appointments at www.RedCrossBlood.org, or 1-800-7332767, or call Clinical Lab office at (607) 547-3701. Walk-ins also welcome. Bassett Hall Auditorium, Bassett Medical Center (Beaver and Pioneer streets), Cooperstown.

CHICKEN & BISCUIT DINNER -- 4:30-7 p.m. Dinner with trimmings, homemade desserts; takeouts available. $10 adults; $5 kids. Benefits Jamaica mission to Pringle Home Orphanage.

First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info (607) 432-4286.

FENIMORE RECEPTION -- 5:30-7 p.m. Spring members’ reception; celebrate opening

Friday, April 1

NOMINATION DEADLINE -- Last day to nominate local person or business for Otsego 2000’s 2015 Historic Preservation Awards for Otsego & Schoharie Counties. Info, nomination forms at www.otsego2000.org or (607) 547-8881.

BLOOD DRIVE -- 1:30-6:30 p.m. American Red Cross blood

AllOTSEGO.opportunities OtsegO COunty vaCanCies: Otsego County has the following employment opportunities available:

Social Welfare Examiner – Social Services $26,984 - $31,789

Determines financial eligibility for various programs administered by local social services district and recommends amounts of assistance in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Cook – County Jail (Part Time) $12.7346/Hour

Responsibility for efficient, economic and palatable cooking of a wide variety of foods.

Usually works under direct supervision; however supervision may be exercised over work of food service helpers. Hours require flexibility and availability to work weekends.

Registered Nurse - Public Health $36,473 - $42,588

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Provides comprehensive professional community health nursing services including prenatal, child, family, geriatric and adult case management, family planning and communicable disease counseling to county residents.

All positions include competitive wages, retirement, health insurance, and stable long-term employment.

For applications and minimum qualifications, visit the Otsego County Personnel Office, 183 Main Street Cooperstown, or our web page at www.otsegocountyemployment.com. EOE

Please apply in person at 359 Delaware Cty Hwy 11, Oneonta.

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Lake ‘N Pines Motel Full & Part Time Part-time Receptionist Housekeeping Approximately 30-35 hrs Days & Weekends Nights & Weekends all jobs seasonal Call Lake ‘N Pines Motel Rt. 80 Cooperstown 607-547-2790

Physician (Internal Medicine) Job opening at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY. MD and NY State Med. License Required. Send resume to michelle. empie@bassett.org.

We specialize in offset printing of publications, magazines, newspapers, catalogs, advertising & government communications.

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Now takiNg applicatioNs for poteNtial summer help • Lifeguards & Swim Lesson Instructors • Welcome Center (desk) staff & Summer Program Staff Required for above: Proven experience.

Customer service skills, ability to work in outside & inside environments.

July & August for weekdays, nights & weekends with minimum time off needs.

Also seeking Certified Fitness Instructors & Trainers (Spin, TRX, Zumba & more) send full resumes for all positions by april 23, 2016 (no calls) to hrrep@oneontaymca.org or apply online at www.oneontaymca.org

Database & Website Support Tech

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Responsibilities: —Assist/back-up Webmaster on assigned web projects —provide basic website support for external customers, including logging and verifying web site issues —provide eRp database and interface maintenance and support —Assist with the determination and implementation of best practice in the eRp software —CRM support, including but not limited to database design, module display design, data access between the CRM package and other applications —other application development and support, especially those that are browser-based eduCAtion RequiRed: Associates degree in Web design and development, with emphasis on database design & Management, or equivalent degree/work experience. expeRienCe desiRed: 2 years working with HtMl, pHp 5.x, Css3, Mysql, Javascript libraries, programming frameworks/CMs, responsive design techniques/ libraries. prior Ms sql experience a plus. Familiarity with Restful Api (important for CRM work).experience with report-writing software (especially Crystal).

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day and spring exhibitions.

Kindly RSVP to Kate Morgan by March 24; (607) 547-1536 or k.morgan@nysha.org. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown.

CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m.

Otsego Dance Society hosts.

Music by Crooked Sixpence, of Ithaca. Ed Bugel will call. No partner or experience needed. All dances taught. Suggested donation $8 adults; $4 students and 18 & under; ages 12 & under free. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown.

Info, www.otsegodancesociety. blogspot.com

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Qualified candidates are invited to submit their application and resumes in confidence through our online application process: www.goldenpaints.com/company_jobs

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questions about this and any other career opportunity with Golden can be made to bill berthel, HR director Golden Artist Colors, inc. 188 bell Road, new berlin, nY 13411 or email to bberthel@goldenpaints.com

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Deadline for resume submission is 04/15/16.

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Friday, March 25, 2016

IN MEMORIAM Ernest Martin Fishman, 86; Writer Founded Bright Hill Literary Center TREADWELL – Ernest Martin Fishman, 86, who founded the Bright Hill Literary Center with his wife, Bertha, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at his Bright Hill Farm home in Treadwell.

He was born to Abraham and Rosabel Fishman on March 19, 1929, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in The Bronx. He grew up in Mount Vernon, graduating from A.B. Davis High School and earning a bachelor’s in textile engineering from Philadelphia Textile (now Philadelphia University). He went to work for a decorative fabric manu-

Vera Spaziani; Native Of Italy Dies At Age 96

facturer in New York City.

Ernest entered Army OCS at Fort Dix, N.J., in 1951, and was comErnest missioned Fishman second lieutenant and assigned to B Battery, 704th AAA Gun Battalion, a unit of the 26th (Yankee) Division, the Massachusetts National Guard, as a radar officer. In October 1953, when he joined the Reserves. A half-century

later, he organized the 50th anniversary reunion of his OCS class, Able One, at Fort Bliss, Texas.

He returned to the textile business for the next 20 years. He earned an MBA from Columbia, and entered the equipment-leasing business.

Moving to the western Catskills in the late 1980s, Ernest wrote for several local newspapers and, while reviewing a reading by women writers at Huntington Library in Oneonta, was taken by the poet, Bertha Rogers. The two married on Oct. 3, 1993, in a stone circle at Bright Hill Farm.

In 1992, they began a reading series, Word Thursdays at Bright Hill Farm, that morphed into Bright Hill Press and, ultimately (in 2002) Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell.

Ernest was responsible for major fundraising to buy the building and, later, to build the library, replace the roof, install a new heating system, and renovate and winterize the former garage, now the education wing.

He also began writing stories, several of which have been published in literary magazines and anthologies. He took thousands of photographs and put on ex-

hibits at Bright Hill, Catskill Area Hospice’s Delhi office, and other locations.

He served on the Catskill Symphony Orchestra board, narrating Aaron Copland’s “The Lincoln Portrait” and other works conducted

by Maestro Charles Schneider. During his time in the Catskills, He was a field representative for the Census Bureau, travelling through the Northeast.

He also served as Treadwell town justice in 1999.

In addition to his wife, survivors include sons Theodore (Christine), Glastonbury, Conn. and

James (Carol), Cortlandt Manor; stepdaughters Jade Roth and Rachel Ariana Roth, Brooklyn; and several grandchildren.

A memorial service and tree planting will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at Bright Hill Farm, followed by a luncheon.

Contributions in his memory may be made to Treadwell EMS, Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care, www.cahpc.org, or Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, www.brighthillpress. org.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home.

Mary Danzi Birdsall, 100; In First Graduating Class At St. Mary’s

ONEONTA – Mary (Danzi) Birdsall, 100, a member of the first graduating class ONEONTA – Vita Pinto of the former St. Mary’s Spaziani, 96, a native of Italy School in 1929, passed who worked for many years away March 15, 2016. An at the former Oneonta Dress independent woman, she Factory, passed away Saturlived on her own until age day, March 19, 2016 at home 97. in Oneonta.

Mary was born on July 3, She was born on July 27, 1915, to Antonio and Dona1919, in Monopoli, Italy, the ta (Civita) Danzi. She grew daughter of Carlo and Euup in Oneonta, and was pregenia (Sardella) Pinto. She deceased by all eight of her married Angelo Spaziani on brothers. After St. Mary’s, April 30, 1964. He predeshe attended Oneonta High ceased her in 1970.

School, graduating in 1933.

She enjoyed flower and Singing since seventh vegetable gardening. grade, she was a member of She is survived by her St. Mary’s Church and of its nephews, Francesco Bagchoir. She also did solos at nardi and his son, Victor of the church for weddings and Nokomis, Fla., Carl Bagnardi of Stamford, Frank Bagnardi of Oneonta, and many great nieces and nephews; a sister, Rosa Pinto Barletta of Italy; sister’s in law, Madeline Santos, and Connie Spaziani Basani; and step children, Mike and Julie Spaziani.

She was also predeceased by a sister, Luigia Bagnardi of Oneonta; five sisters in Italy; one brother Onofrio Pinto of Italy; stepdaughter, Paula Spaziani; and a stepson, John Spaziani.

A funeral was held Wednesday, March 23 at Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home with Rev. David Mickiewicz, officiating.

Burial will take place in the spring at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Emmons.

Arrangements are entrusted to Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.

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funerals, and participated in several musicals in the community.

During World War II, she worked Mary at Bendix Birdsall Scintilla in Sidney, where she met her husband C. Albert Birdsall. They were married May 26, 1946, and were married 47 years before his death in 1993.

Mary worked as a receptionist at Dr. Ferdinand Perrone’s office until she became a mother. Mary was

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a president of the American Legion Auxiliary 1555.

At 97, she moved in with her daughter Donna and family, filling their home with rainbows, butterflies and adventures.

She is survived by daughter Donna (Patrick) Thrush; son Francis (Annette) Birdsall; daughter Helen (Tom) Zimniewicz; daughter-in-law Jane

Birdsall; four granddaughters; three grandsons, two great grandsons and a great granddaughter. Mary is also survived by several nieces and nephews and a special thanks to niece Beth Sienkiewicz for the years of loving support.

In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her son Arthur and grandson Thomas.

The funeral mass was held Tuesday, March 22, in St. Mary’s Church, Oneonta, with Rev. David Mickiewicz, officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery, Otego.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.

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CONCERT -- 8 p.m. The Garcia Project and special guest, Acoustically Speaking. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Tickets, www.oneontatheatre. com

Saturday, April 2

HD OPERA – 12:55 p.m. Live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

Info, tickets, www.foothillspac.org TEACHER FREE DAY -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Pre K-12 educators admitted free with proof of educator status, at The Farmers’ and Fenimore Art museums, Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org or www. farmersmuseum.org FIRE DEPT. DINNER -- 4-8 p.m. (or until food runs out).Spaghetti dinner fundraiser, hosted

by Cooperstown Fire Dept.’s Emergency Squad. Takeout available; limited delivery ala carte to Bassett facilities in Cooperstown.

Cooperstown Fire House, 24 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 544-4393.

Sunday, April 3

FOOD & WINE TASTING – 3-6 p.m. 17th annual Epicurean Food & Wine Tasting, to benefit Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care. Local culinary delights and wine, silent auction, live

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by March 28. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, Bob Escher at (607) 432-6773.

Tuesday, April 5

OCCA HIKE– 10 a.m. Join Otsego County Conservation Association’s Jeff O’Handley and the Adirondack Mountain Club, Susquehanna Chapter, for a hike in R. Milton Hick State Forest.

Free. Meet at trailhead on Perry Hill Rd in Roseboom. To carpool with Adirondack Mountain Club, meet at Oneonta Price Chopper parking lot, Rte 7 at 9:15 a.m.

Dress for weather, bring water.

Pre-register at www.occainfo.org.

Info, www.susqadk.org.

UKRANIAN EGG WORKSHOP -- 5 p.m (Tuesdays & Thursdays until April 21). Learn Ukranian “Pysanky” egg decoration. $10 supply donation. Basement of St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. To attend, email Fr. Vasil Dubee at fr.vasildubee85@gmail.com

Thursday, April 7

UKRANIAN EGG WORKSHOP -- 5 p.m (Tuesdays & Thursdays until April 21). Learn Ukranian “Pysanky” egg decoration. $10 supply donation. Basement of St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. To attend, email Fr. Vasil Dubee at fr.vasildubee85@gmail.com

April 9 at 3 p.m.) Catskill Choral Society’s spring concert “Bach to Bach,” featuring two concertos by J.S. Bach. With Hartwick College Choir. Tickets $12-$22; under 12 free. Tickets at Artware, Green Earth and The Plains in Oneonta, and at Cooperstown Natural Foods. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www. catskillchoralsociety.com or (607) 431-6060.

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First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.catskillchoralsociety.com or (607) 431-6060.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER - 5 p.m. “G-Fest” fundraiser for Gary Johnson Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to an OHS senior excelling in music. Local musicians entertain; raffles.

B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, www.bsideballroom.com THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 8 p.m.

April 15, 16 & 2 p.m. April 10, 17). Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” $15 adults; $12 students/seniors; $10 under age 12 (some material may not be appropriate for under 13.)

Tickets at Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta, or call (607) 432-5407.

Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www. foothillspac.org LADIES’ NIGHT -- 7 p.m.

Oneonta Theatre hosts tasteful male revue “50 Shades of Men.” VIP tickets include meet & greet before show. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St, Oneonta. Info, tickets www.oneontatheatre.com

Friday, April 8

LEAF CONTEST DEADLINE -- Last day to submit entries for LEAF Council’s 6th annual “True Colors” Art & Poetry contest.

Adult and “under 18” categories; $500 grand prize. For info, guidelines visit fb.com/LEAFartcontest or contact Carol Mandigo at leafartandpoetry@gmail.com or (607) 432-0090, x106.

THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 8 p.m.

April 9, 15, 16 & 2 p.m. April 10, 17). Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” $15 adults; $12 students/seniors; $10 under age 12 (some material may not be appropriate for under 13.)

Tickets at Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta, or call (607) 432-5407.

Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www. foothillspac.org

Saturday, April 9

EARTH DAY FESTIVAL -- 8 a.m.

Annual area Earth Day Festival at Milford Central School. Food, vendors, exhibits, family fun. Kids yoga exercises 2:30-3 p.m.; adult beginner’s yoga classes 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. (yoga re-registration preferred at (607) 547-4488.) All events free. MCS, 42 W Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 286-3349 CONCERT -- 3 p.m. Catskill Choral Society’s spring concert, “Bach to Bach,” featuring two concertos by J.S. Bach. With Hartwick College Choir. Tickets $12-$22; under age 12 free.

Tickets at Artware, Green Earth

items for disaster relief kits. Hosted by United Methodist Council on Relief. Seeking washcloths, toothbrushes, combs, band-aids, bottles, more. Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church, 66 Church St., Oneonta. Info, Angela at (607) 434-2435.

PAINT & SIP -- 1-3 p.m.

Orpheus Theatre Paint & Sip fundraiser. $25. Supplies and light snacks provided; cash bar.

Reservations requested. 6th Ward Athletic Club, W. Broadway, Oneonta. Info, www.orpheustheatre.org THEATER -- 2 p.m. (also 8 p.m.

April 15, 16 & 2 p.m. April 17).

Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” $15 adults; $12 students/seniors; $10 under age 12 (some material may not be appropriate for under 13.)

Tickets at Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta, or call (607) 432-5407.

Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www. foothillspac.org

Tuesday, May 24

BUS TRIP – 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Day trip to historic City of Auburn sponsored by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Includes tour of Harriet Tubman House, Seward House, Willard Memorial Chapel, lunch at Springtime Inn and free time in Skaneateles. Depart Eastern Travel bus garage at 8 a.m., return 9:30 p.m. $100/person, lunch and all admissions included. Registration deadline, May 8. Info, register, call Bill or Marge Pietraface, (607) 432-1385.

Sunday, April 10

SOUP! – 11 a.m.-2 p.m., “Second Sunday Soup,” serving homemade hot soup every 2nd Sunday of month. All welcome, donations appreciated. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church St., Schuyler Lake.

HEALTH KITS FOR UMCORPS -- 12:30-3 p.m. Calling all to bring

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