Oneonta’s Joanna Foti leaves the Dewar Arena podium after receiving a bachelor of science degree from SUNY Oneonta President Nancy
Wide Margin
As Voters OK School
Budget
With 540 Oneonta residents voting, the Oneonta City School District budget passed 404-136 Tuesday, Nov. 17. In the $37,776,382 budget, the tax levy goes up .66 percent and expenditures 2.24 percent, but it allows addition of teachers and upgrades, including the swimming pool renovation. Running unopposed, incumbent Bill Grau took 443 votes, and Darren Gaisford, also an incumbent, took 415. Newcomer Melissa Jervis received 436 votes.
PIPELINE IN COURT: The Constitution Pipeline Co. has taken the state Department of Environmental Conservation to federal court, seeking to overturn DEC refusal to issue waterquality permits for the 125mile-long project. Details, WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
FORUM FOR 19TH: The League of Woman Voters, Oneonta chapter, is planning a forum for 19th District Congressional candidates at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, at Foothills.
DRIVER KILLED: Michael Berry, 58, East Meredith, was killed Monday night when his truck ran off West Kortright Church Road into a culvert.
Heroin Horror Stories Stun Council
OD At McDonald’s, Dead Body In Wheelchair; Tales Aim To Help City Hall Develop Strategy
By LIBBY CUDMORE
This year, the Oneonta EMS squad responded to 16 heroin overdoses. Seventeen, if you count the one on Tuesday, May 17, in the Chestnut
Street McDonald’s bathroom, where state troopers arrived first and administered Narcan. “That individual checked himself out of the hospital before we could finish the paperwork,” said Assistant Fire Chief Jim Maloney. Maloney’s was delivering his reguPlease See HEROIN, A3
ISLAMBERG
Islamberg youngsters joined the 300500 visitors in protesting “American Bikers Against Jihad.”
By LIBBY CUDMORE
ISLAMBERG
hen “Big Chuck” D’Imperio heard about the threat of bikers to his Delaware County neighbors, he knew something had to be done.
“I’m from Sidney, I have a great love for Delaware County, so when I heard about this I knew I had to help out,” the Please See RALLY, A7 Christians, Jews Join threatened muslims at anti-Biker protest
“Big Chuck” D’Imperio brought a big American flag, and sought out Islamberg residents who are veterans.
By LIBBY CUDMORE
few months back, Otsego County 911 Dispatcher Kristin Strong of Oneonta answered a call from a frantic man whose girlfriend’s motorcycle had collided with a deer. “All he knew was that he was on a road between Davenport and Worcester, but we were able to track his cell phone with our GPS system and dispatch
and EMS to the road they were on. Please See
New App Advises Riders When Bus, Trolleys Are Due
No more wondering; no more waiting, is how the Otsego County Department of Planning, Solid Waste & Economic Development is describing it. Beginning this week, anyone with a Smartphone or Internet connection can download an app and watch the progress of the Oneonta Public Transit bus as it goes back and forth between Cooperstown and Oneonta. By the start of the tourist Please See APP, A6
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police
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HOMETOWN ONEONTA Dispatchers Laurie Devlin, Milford, and Crystal Davidson, Hartwick, train on the new system.
Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Stunned Council members – from left, Rafter, Ficano, Southard and Levinson – listen to a cavalcade of heroin horror stories.
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ARMED FORCES SALUTE
Common Council Taken For Walk On The Wild Side
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lar Public Safety report to Common Council Tuesday, May 16. But it set the stage for what followed, as Julie Dostal, LEAF executive director of LEAF; OPD Lt. Doug Brenner; Fox Hospital CEO Jeff Joyner, and Susan Lettis, county Social Services Department lawyer, informed Council on what the gritty heroin epidemic means for Oneonta.
“Today is educational,” said Mayor Gary Herzig, who had invited the speakers to help Council begin working on a strategy to attack the scourge. “They’re all here to show us the magnitude of the problem we have here.”
Speaking first, Dostal walked the council through how the problem began in 1995, with the approval of OxyContin by Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the arrival of the “pain scale.” “If you went in for a cold, they (doctors and nurses) asked you how much pain you were in on a scale of zero to 10,” she said. “We as a society began to believe that a pain scale of zero was what we should be after.”
By 2002, Oxy sales had reached $1.5 billion. “As the sales rose and rose and rose, people were becoming physically dependent, sometimes getting prescriptions for painkillers from their primary doctor, their orthopedist and their dentist.”
iStop laws in 2012 shut down “doctor-shopping,” but without tapering guidelines, people in pain had three options: “They could admit they were addicts, which many didn’t see themselves as, they could buy pain pills for $100 each on the street...or they could buy heroin for $10,” said Dostel. “Many were left with very little choice.”
Since then, heroin has become an epidemic, tearing families and the community apart. “We have 30 kids in the foster-care system,
and half of them are because of substance abuse in the home,” said Lettis.
“These are our neighbors. These aren’t the people you pic-
“This
Michelle Osterhoudt. “One of my former students got arrested for heroin for the third time last week.”
Then came Brenner.
“I have five stripes on my uniform, one for every five years of service to this city,” he said. “When I started, opiates were unheard of. This year, we’ve had 13 arrests, with 12 open investigations. Of the 12 driving while intoxicated arrests, five of them were for drugs other than alcohol, two of them were after motor vehicle accidents. I’ve never worked for a department that had five in one year, or even in 10 years.”
Then Joyner told chilling stories from the ER, which he says last year averaged five visits a month for overdoses.
“One nurse told me about someone who came in, said his friend was sick and grabbed a wheelchair,” he said. “He went out to his car and came back in with someone, and before we could start processing his friend into the ER, he bolted, leaving his friend dead in a wheelchair.”
The ER teams can bring some people OD’ing back with Narcan, Joyner said, but getting them help is a whole different issue. “A lot of these patients, when revived, their first words are ‘Why did you wreck my high?’ or ‘Do you know how much that cost me’?” he said. “We have social workers, but a lot of times, they leave against medical orders.”
Herzig invited the group back in the future to speak to Council on what they and the community can do to try and curb the epidemic. Said Dostal, “What we want to do is make advocates out of everyone in this room.”
ture shooting up in an alley.”
has touched me. I see the effects of this on families in my classroom,” said Council member
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LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal, top; OPD Lt. Doug Brenner, left, and Fox Hospital
CEO Jeff Joyner, right, had chilling stories to tell Common Council Tuesday, May 17.
HOMETOWN Views
Given Breathing Space, Fox Directors Must Strengthen Hospital
Who knows what health care and hospital care are going to look like in a decade. For now, though, what the Bassett Healthcare Network is calling the “Fox Transformation Plan” is not what anyone particularly wants, but it may be the best less-than-perfect option.
Still, from the perspective of One Atwell Road, it may be a sensible step. And to the degree it assures the continuation of fullservice medical care in Otsego County, most everyone should agree with the institutional instinct toward self-preservation.
Sure, if the county were a world unto itself, Bassett would choose to continue delivering babies at the hospital located in our younger population center, where most women of child-bearing age live.
The numbers (from city-data. com) say so: Oneonta’s median age is 22.1 years old. Cooperstown’s is an astonishing 50.3 years old. And to anyone in labor, that 22-mile trip up Route 28 in the wee hours of a sub-zero morning is going to seem particularly long and painful.
• In asking around, though, this isn’t just Big Bassett telling Little Fox what to do. Bassett is truly a regional network, serving eight counties – Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida and Schoharie, as well as Otsego – and the two most populous, Oneida and Herkimer, are in the Mohawk Valley.
LETTERS
To the Editor:
Thanks for your recent coverage on the Susquehanna Animal Shelter, and the financial challenges posed when animals existing in dire conditions are rightfully seized by local law enforcement and come under the care of the shelter. I have treated some of these animals and seen them thrive.
I am glad the county is taking a serious look at this. Some contribution from the towns or the county would be appreciated in these sad situations. Your article
To the Editor: Regarding comments on my recent letter to your newspapers, I did not intend to say that all Republicans are unstable and insane.
Projections show a dip in women of child-bearing age in all of those counties over the next 10 years, flood-battered Schoharie most of all. But regardless, the even declining populations in Oneida (233,403 today) and Herkimer (63,589, on a par with Otsego’s 62,118), simply have a bigger pool of prospective moms. Delaware to the south (47,623) and Schoharie to the east (32,821) are not only smaller, they tilt older: Median ages in both are 43 years old, older than Otsego’s 40 and lacking Oneonta’s concentration of young women. Anyone looking at the map and the numbers would have to agree with Bassett planners’ conclu-
pointed out the notable case of the Weimaraners (also Vizlas, German short-haired pointers, in that case) seized in 2012, dogs very ably treated by Cooperstown Veterinary Associates (CVA), where I was employed at the time. (Other clinics and kennels were also involved in their care.)
Those dogs received excellent care, as did every shelter animal treated by CVA. The expenses incurred for the proper rehabilitation of all of those starving dogs was considerable, to say the least - a prime example
I was referring to Donald Trump.
I would agree that sellouts and incompetents, unfortunately, applies to many Republicans. I would
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sion: Cooperstown, rather than Oneonta, is the better location to attract the greatest number of mothers-to-be in the next decade. Practically, where else will they go? Cooperstown is still more convenient to Oneonta (22 miles, vs. 50 miles to Binghamton), to Sidney (22 vs. 30) and to Cobleskill (23 vs. 35 to Albany).
Expense also argues for the socalled “Fox Transformation Plan,” announced April 19. In the 1980s, Cobleskill, TriTown in Sidney and Mohawk General in Ilion had maternity wards; but by the time Bassett opened its $4.7 million Birthing Center in Cooperstown in 2011,
rising insurance costs and consolidations had reduced these to two, the new one and Fox’s.
How many $4.7 million Birthing Rooms does the Bassett system have to afford? Answer: Probably one.
Dan Robinson, NYCM president/CEO and new chair of Fox’s board of directors, had it right in a recent op-ed that appeared elsewhere: “Families whose children were born at Fox Hospital regret seeing the program come to a close; we all do. However, we also want the hospital to be there for us when a sick child needs care, for an acute illness, emergency surgery and to fix those joints that wear out as we age.”
That’s a natural segue to where the Oneonta focus might best be going forward: The Bassett announcement talked about a “Center for Excellence” in orthopedics – bone and joint repair – but details were fuzzy. It turns out orthopedics will continue to be offered in Cooperstown, so there’s no clean break as with maternity cases. Competition for resources is inevitable.
The Fox directors should, to the degree they can, fight to ensure the “Center of Excellence” idea isn’t forgotten. Fox is special in the hearts of Oneontas; to flourish, it has to be particularly special in something else, orthopedics or otherwise.
The really good news April 19 was a $21.4 million state grant to erase Fox’s deficit – the budget
fearfully add apologists and messengers of appeasement.
What is very, very different about this presidential election is the possibility of a dangerous, authoritarian, violence-inciting, manipulative, ignorant, narcissistic, racist, xenophobic, misogynist, serial liar and sociopath (look up the definition, don’t take my word for it) becoming president of the United States.
Donald Trump does not care about anyone or anything except himself, his own self aggrandizement, the feeding of his insatiable ego, power and control.
Donald Trump will at-
tack anyone who does not support him or speaks out against him; man or woman, he does not care. He needs to demean them and try to shut them down as quickly as possible. This includes his threats to a free press that he calls “disgusting.” Donald Trump will say and do anything to get enough votes to be president. He does not care about other people or their concerns. He only wants their votes. Donald Trump’s supporters, except for some very wealthy contributors, are disposable to him, to be used to win the election and Please See DEAN, A6
To the Editor: I recently had a bad dream. Call it a nightmare.
I dreamed that a certain guy was right around the corner, if you will, from becoming president of the United States. This certain guy had already had already left his mark upon the American public. His branding of women as “pig
gap has kept the hospital’s directors awake at nights for years now – and truly make it the “Vital Access Provider,” as the state has defined it. In effect, essential.
“Since health reform was enacted in 2010,” Robinson said in his op-ed, “70 rural hospitals across the country have closed. That will not happen to Fox.”
“That will not happen to Fox.”
That should be the Oneonta mantra.
• Meanwhile, with hospitals across the country, many bigger than Bassett, bowing to the necessity of “affiliation” with even larger networks, the system’s larger focus certainly is to remain as independent and tenable as possible. (It doesn’t want to be outFoxed.) Sphinx-like as Bassett can be, it’s hard to know what the greater Otsego County community might do to ensure that happens.
Expect that state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is fully in the loop; we can be certain he will do what he can. If it makes sense for Bassett to reach out to other players in the larger community, let’s hope that happens.
In recent years, history has marched steadfastly away from Dr. Henry S.F. Cooper and Stephen C. Clark Sr.’s powerful, locally grounded 1927 vision that served the county so well for so long. As a county, let’s look to control our healthcare fate as much and as long as it makes sense to do so.
of why some municipal or county financial support to the shelter is needed. You did note that the City of Oneonta contributed to the care of the five cats recently seized from a home on Fonda Street, agreeing to pay $40 per animal, the current surrender fee (not $40 per day per animal, noted in the article).
Seized animals recovered from dire living conditions typically require more medical care than pets that are surrendered to the shelter. In the case of these five cats, Oneonta’s contribution
was a welcome start. Again, thanks for highlighting a serious issue for the shelter. It does a lot of good in caring for and placing homeless pets, and taking in animals that have been lawfully seized. Some degree of municipal and/or county financial support for that crucial, latter duty assigned to Susquehanna Animal Shelter is needed and would be appreciated.
JULIE HUNTSMAN, DVM Fly Creek
Villagers, Provide Guidance
To the Editor: On Monday evening, May 23, the Cooperstown Board of Trustees will readdress the issue of accommodating parking for construction and contractors’ vehicles in the village.
In March, after a public hearing where there was only negative criticism of the proposal that was put forward, the trustees did not enact the pending code and chose to reevaluate the problem. No citizen of the village spoke at the meeting. What may not have been clear to those in opposition to that proposal is that unless the code is changed, currently there is no accommodation to suspend village parking laws for construction. While the proposal affects both the paid and unpaid parking areas, it is in the paid areas, in season, that the importance is greatest and affects the most people. Currently, any vehicle parking in a paid parking spot Please See STERNBERG, A6
and dogs” was complemented by his reference to Mexicans as “rapists and murderers.” His egomania had taken over and left no room whatsoever for logic and reason. He personified the fury of the forgotten while trampling upon any who stood in his way. His rhetoric was never challenged. Specificity and logic in his planning was as alien as Mars.
Hate was no stranger to his persona and he thrived on the brutality of it all.
Yet here he was just a heartbeat from the nuclear button and the running of this country. I woke up frightened by it all and grateful it was all just a dream. Then I read today’s paper. KENNETH J. KAVANAGH Cooperstown
HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Dr. Joan Puritz, DVM, of Oneonta, tends a Weimaraners state police seized in a South Worcester raid in 2012.
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Dr. Carlton Rule shows Matt and Maureen Schuermann around Bassett Hospital’s new $4.7 million Birthing Center in 2011.
150
YEarS aGO
HOMETOWN History
We notice that Messrs. Sanders and Bissell are digging the cellar for their new brick building on the corner of Main and Dietz Street. This building is to be 70 feet long and 48 feet wide, suitable for two stores, each fronting on Main Street. The building is to be three stories high. For what use the second and third floors are to be put to we have not heard. We would suggest to these gentlemen the idea of putting the third floor into a public Hall. It would make a good one, and its location would be very convenient, and we believe it would pay a good percentage. a hall for public lectures, concerts, &c. is much needed in this village, and we hope Messrs. Saunders and Bissell will think favorably of the idea and conclude to build a Hall. (Ed. note: The building referred to is presently the home of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. The public hall referred to remains on the building’s third story.)
May 1866
125 YEarS aGO
What mothers are made for – a home is what a woman makes it. a daughter is, in nine cases out of every ten, the reflection of her mother. The training of the girl of fifteen is shown in the woman of fifty. a son, by contact with the rougher world, sometimes outlives his early home influences – a daughter rarely does. She may take a misstep. Indiscretion may be to her a necessary teacher; but her early training will manifest itself sooner or later. a mother’s word, a domestic proverb, told at eventide by the quiet fireside, has been recalled by many a woman years after it was uttered. “I thank God that my mother told me what other women have been taught by the world,” said a gentlewoman to me not long ago. This, my friend, is the tribute which your daughter and mine should be able to pay to our memories long after we are gone.
100
YEarS aGO
May 1891
The Divine Law of Healing – There was a good attendance Friday evening at the Woman’s Club rooms, where an address was given by Bliss Knapp, C.S.B., a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Christian Science mother church in Boston. Mr. Knapp is a very able speaker, and his talk on “The Divine Law of Healing,” had the close attention of all present. The speaker, whose talk was of an hour’s duration, was introduced by T.W. Stevens, who since
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the early days of the Christian Science church in Oneonta has been one of its leading members. “Moses,” the speaker said, “was the first man to know God well enough to know that he could heal sickness and sin.”
May 1916
80 YEarS aGO
about 25 girls have been added to the staff at the local dress factory of Unger & Sons during the past month according the announcement by Charles Unger, who is in charge. In addition, ten new sewing machines were installed last week to keep up with spring orders. He explained that new girls are being hired almost daily, and additions to the work force will continue as fast as equipment can be provided. There are about 135 employees, including 125 sewing machine operators. Nearly all are Oneonta residents. Sufficient orders have been received to keep the factory operating at capacity production until July 1 which is considered to be the end of the season for spring and summer dresses. Filling of fall orders is expected to start soon after that. Only four weeks of working time has been lost due to lack of demand during the 18 months since Unger and Sons located here.
May 1936
60 YEarS aGO
atomic power plants for airliners will be on the drawing boards of civil aircraft manufacturers by 1965, the Civil aeronautics administration predicted today. Other predic-
tions included: 1. airliners may be able to land automatically in bad weather. 2. aircraft in flight may be protected by “proximity sensing equipment” which would sound an alarm when the plane approached other aircraft, mountains or other obstructions. 3. Long-range flights may be guided along pre-selected flight paths, by means of automatic flight control using punch card on-board computers. 4. airports will stop growing size about 1965. This will be brought about by the introduction of better planes, able to use shorter and narrower runways. The airport map of the United States, instead of showing splotches, will show freckles, with landing places numbering in the tens of thousands instead of under 7,000 as of today.
May 1956
40 YEarS aGO
David Frick, 21, a SUCO student was treated at Fox Hospital early Monday morning after he sustained minor head injuries as Oneonta police officers were arresting him. Police said he was making obscene gestures and yelling obscenities to “pigs” while standing at the corner of Chestnut and Main early Monday. When police tried to apprehend Frick, he became more abusive and refused to cooperate with officers. Frick sustained a bump on the head while they assisted him into the patrol car. He was charged with harassment. Frick appeared in City Court before City Judge Frank Getman who instructed Frick to “get a lawyer” before entering a plea. Frick was released from custody on $50 bail.
May 1976
20 YEarS aGO
activities at Neahwa Park should be part of the solution to Oneonta’s drug problems according to Michael C. Lawson, 18, a junior at Oneonta high school. “There ain’t much activity in Oneonta to do to keep the teenagers out of trouble,” Lawson said. “Mostly, it’s the park and that’s where most of the drugs are – in the park. Lawson said the pickup basketball games and other informal Neahwa gatherings are ripe for drug dealers. The three-sport athlete at the high school says there ought to be more organized leagues and other social activities for the city’s youth. Lawson made his comments Sunday at a “Martin Luther King Forum” sponsored by the local chapter of the NaaCP. another teenager, 17-year-old Steven a. Melendez, said the drug problems will be resolved through actions, not words.
May 1996
Compiled by Tom HeiTz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
Trump’s Jeckyl, Hyde Persona Worries Many Watching Race
DEAN/From A4 then to be thrown away like garbage.
Donald Trump is a master manipulator of people’s fears and concerns and is using those fears and concerns to get people to vote for him and against their own best interests.
He is pushing all of their buttons and they are all responding, as planned, on cue. It is a scary scene played out over and over again. The only thing missing is a table and German beer gardens. Donald Trump has a Jekyll and Hyde personality. Listening to the two different voices coming out of the same person is frightening.
slate.com April 28, 2016 said in a very long article on Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s political strategist, “Paul Manafort made a career out of stealthily reinventing the world’s nastiest
tyrants as noble defenders of freedom. Getting Donald Trump elected will be a cinch.”
The security services said that they may not be able to give Paul Manafort security briefings because he is “so dirty”. The Defense Department, referring to Donald Trump, said that it will not follow illegal orders.
Many people who are supporting Donald Trump are way out of their league in not seeing through Donald Trump’s facade and intentions. They do not have a clue as to how dangerous this man could be to them, the United States of America and the world.
Supporting Donald Trump is like lighting the fuse on a bomb, holding on to it as a badge of honor, and then expecting everything to work out for the best.
JAMES R. DEAN Cooperstown
911/From A1 Luckily, she was okay.”
And with the updated system at the new 911 Center, which opened Tuesday, May 17, at the county’s Meadows Office Building, that information will come in even more quickly and accurately.
“If someone can’t talk to us, we rely on GPS,” said Strong. “The new system gives us that information automatically instead of having to track it manually.”
And with the prevalence of cell phones, the new system will also be able to track the location of calls made by texting 9-1-1 calls, in case someone can’t talk during an emergency.
Moved from a windowless room next door in the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department, the bright, white-painted E911 Communications Center, filled with the hum of high-tech equipment, is lit by windows on two walls.
There’s a practical reason for that, said the dispatcher:
Kim Strong
“Now we can look outside and see if there’s a storm and prepare ourselves for calls about downed trees and wires.”
“It’s a fresh start,” said Director Robert O’Brien.
“I’m like a kid at Christmas,” added Strong.
The new 911 center grew out of a debate within county government, here and elsewhere: Should a police department dispatch for itself, plus fire and EMS units, or should an independent entity be created to serve all emergency functions objectively.
County Board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, championed the latter model, based on what has come to be best practices in the emergency-management system.
Last year, when state and federal grants became avail-
Contractor Parking Needs Regulating App Will Track Buses, Trolleys
STERNBERG/From A4 hours that metering is in force will need a meter receipt in order to avoid a fine. While a village parking permit also allows parking in this area, it is only for a maximum of two hours. There are several constituencies here. One is the contractors and the businesses and homeowners who hire them. Two are the other businesses that do not want to see customer traffic decrease because of the loss of available parking spaces. Three are citizens of the village.
In the past, there was an informal system that enabled construction parking at contracting sites.
Unfortunately, there was abuse of the privilege and spaces were used by some as unpaid, on-site commuter parking. Some contractors were considerate of not using spaces any longer than necessary. Some try to schedule projects either before or after the season. Nevertheless, now that there is awareness of a problem, there is a need for a solution.
I for one would like more input from the citizens of the village before making my decision. Not having any accommodation to allow construction to be performed efficiently does not make sense, but unless we have a change in the law, that is what we will be stuck with.
I hope people come out for the public hearing at the trustees’ meeting on Monday and make their opinions known.
RICHARD STERNBERG Village Trustee Cooperstown
AP/From A1 season – Memorial Day Weekend – the system is due to be in place so tourists can also track Cooperstown trolleys.
The phone (or tablet) screen will show a map and
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a moving icon for the bus or trolley position, refreshed every 2.5 seconds. The ap was developed by Sweet Home Oneonta for the county, and may be downloaded at www.OPTrides. com
able to fund the new model, “we decided it was easier to construct a new center than work around the dispatchers in the live one,” said O’Brien.
“Our current system was getting old and difficult to maintain, to find parts for,” he continued. “The new one is much more reliable, with better redundancies built-in in case phones or radios go down.”
The Meadows is also grounded better, meaning that the systems are less likely to go down during a storm. “Two years ago, we experienced a lightning strike,” said O’Brien. “Our phone system went down and our backup was destroyed. The Meadows grounding would reduce that.”
A new backup center is also being built in the County Office Building in downtown Cooperstown.
The updated system will also help pinpoint the sheriff’s cars on the road,
and may add the state police in the future. Protocols for taking the fire, police and EMS calls will be displayed on screen to guide dispatchers through the call. But almost as important as the new system and the windows are bathrooms. “In the old center, dispatchers had to leave to use the restroom,” said Clark, who was on hand the other day as a reporter went through on a tour. “We built one into this center, as well as a kitchenette.”
A final piece remains in the emergency-responses updates: 12 radio towers with video surveillance are due to start rising this fall, with a multi-million-dollar radio upgrade to switch off low-band frequencies for better coverage.
‘Bikers Against Jihad’ Here, Quickly Go
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WDOS radio host and popular-history writer said. He contacted Oneonta Common Council member Michelle Osterhoudt, who has led City Hall outrage at the rally, “and we went and stood with our neighbors.”
The “American Bikers Against Jihad” promised nearly 100 riders would visit the Sufi enclave near Hancock, Delaware County, in what they called the “Ride for National Security.” In the end, though, only five bikers and five cars rode by 300-500 supporters (estimates varied) gathered on the side of the dirt road that passes the Muslim community. “It was a glorious day,” said D’Imperio, who brought
an enormous American flag to the rally. “It inspired all of us to get together in fellowship and brotherhood.”
Prohibited by state police from stopping, and thus blocking, on the road – a public thoroughfare – the driveby lasted less than a minute.
“Our biggest concern was public safety,” said Trooper Scott Henggeke, who was at the scene. “But everyone had a chance to assemble lawfully and peacefully.”
The riders did not engage the crowd. Some wore masks, and many filmed as they drove by. Overhead, a drone (troopers said they didn’t know who was operating it) buzzed recording the action, and the crowd gathered underneath to chant
“Freedom! Justice! USA!” upward.
A minute later, the bikers were gone.
“That was anti-climactic!” said Kathy Dodd, Oneonta.
“I thought there would be more bikers,” said Islamberg resident Naimah Azza, smiling.
“It’s amazing how many people were here to support Islamberg and how few showed from the biker group,” said Osterhoudt, who read Mayor Gary Herzig’s proclamation of solidarity during the rally.
That proclamation was also framed at the entrance to Islamberg.
Afterwards, the residents of Islamberg invited everyone into the village to join them
lunch and fellowship under a tent.
“It’s all very touching,” said Rahkiah Abdullah, a 20year resident of the village.
“It’s a lot of love.”
“The response here was phenomenal,” said Faruq Baqi, a spokesperson for the community. “As long as the family comes together, we are not scared. We were supported by our Muslim, Christian and Jewish brothers and sisters. We showed our children that we are not alone,” he said.
“They could not have been more gracious,” said D’Imperio. “I was most struck by the ones who were veterans in several branches of our Armed Forces. I thanked them for their service
and was able to see how proud they were.”
He also spent time talking with a 28-year-old man named Hussein, who had some celebrity as the first baby born in the village, which was founded in 1980.
“He had been raised there and went away to school, but he came back when he heard about the protest,” he said.
“You learn a lot about people when you share a meal with them.”
And after lunch, the speeches began. “All of you here today set a beautiful example for unity,” said Mayor Rashid Haqq. “We came together on common ground for peace, justice and unity to stand against bigotry, Islamophobia and hatred.”
“Today is our day,” said Lee Fisher, president of the NAACP, Oneonta Chapter.
“You came to the right place to fight hatred and what I would consider terrorism. We overcame evil with truth and justice.”
“Why am I making this my fight?” said attorney Thomas Schimmerling, Delhi. “I came from a family decimated by prejudice. My father was in a concentration camp; other family didn’t make it
out. A bunch of sociopaths on Harleys calling themselves patriots are not Americans.” Nancy Furdock, Hancock, even had kind words for the bikers. “I want to thank them for this amazing opportunity that you have afforded our community,” she said. “We can show the world that we stand by our neighbors regardless of race, creed or religion.”
And it formed a new bond between Otsego and Islamberg. “We were overwhelmed by the response from Oneonta,” said Mohammad Matthew Gardner, public relations director. “They made up more than 50 percent of who showed up, and they have our respect. Whatever they want us to do, all they had to do is tell us what and we will send folks.”
“These are friendships that will last beyond one day,” said D’Imperio. “I was delighted to be a part of it.” Looking ahead, Gardner said that Islamberg hopes to continue working with Christian and Jewish faith communities in Otsego County. “It’s important that we keep moving,” he said. “We will never stop working on interfaith relationships.”
Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTa Five “American Bikers United Against Jihad” motorcyclists and five of their vehicles passed by Islamberg Sunday, May 15, a much-feared confrontation that was over in a few seconds.
& dedication to
Franklin Stage Keeps ‘Free Model’ Alive For 20 Years
By LIBBY CUDMORE FRANKLIN
Twenty years ago, Carmela Marner got a call that would change her life. “My ex, David, and I were living in England and my parents said, ‘Hi, do you want to have a theater’?” she recalled. “I said, ‘Sure!’ and we came over that summer. We had no idea what to expect.”
Now about to open its 20th season, the Franklin Stage Company will celebrate two decades of free theater with operas, staged readings, music and more.
“When we approached out 19th season, I began thinking, what does a 19th season mean? We focused on works in progress, seeing what the process was about,” she said.
“Now for the 20th, it’s a combination of works we did last year, Please See FSC, B3
FOR THE Love OF IT
Volunteers Declare: Helping Others Helps Us, Too
By LIBBY CUDMORE
Any time she asks a volunteer why they do it, Francis Wright, Otsego County Office of the Aging director, already knows the answer.
“They all say that they get more from volunteering than it takes to volunteer,” said Wright. Ann Schultz, West Oneonta, Carol KeihnKirkey, Oneonta and Jean Finch, Hartwick are this year’s recipients, were to be honored for their service at the annual Volunteer Luncheon Wednesday, May 18, at
helpful and important,” said Wright. “By recognizing them, we show that we recognize the value in what they do, and hopefully keep them interested in doing it.”
► Ann Schultz, MAker of Soup
For some, it was just a cup of soup – but to Anne Schultz, it was a way to connect with a community.
The Otesaga. “What these volunteers do is incredibly
“About 18 years ago, Janice Downing and I thought it would be a nice thing to make soup for people at the Elm Park Methodist Church,” she said. “We wanted
to do an outreach program that focused on our community and friends, rather than people outside of the country.”
They started the Soup-To-Go program on Wednesday afternoons. From January to March, Please See HELP, B3
Cooperstown’s Railroad Avenue will host the Rotary Club of Cooperstown’s third annual “Spring Fling Street Fair.” Live Auction kicks off weekend of fun: Friday, May 20, 4:30-5:30 p.m. preview, 5:30 auction. Saturday, May 21, noon-5 p.m.: Vendors, including Beverage Trail representatives, food, arts, crafts, local businesses, community groups, wine, beer and spirits tastings. Live music with Ah Coopella, Small Town Big Band, Irish Dancers, CCS Jazz Ensemble and over 60 items in silent auction. Railroad Avenue, Cooperstown.
MURAL DEDICATION: Greater Oneonta Historical Society unveils Brown’s Hardware mural by artist Carol Mandigo, part of Oneonta Fabulous Friday, May 20. 183 Main St. Info, (607) 432-0960, www.OneontaHistory.org
PANCAKE FLY-IN: 7:30-11:30 a.m. Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department/ EAA Chapter 1070 annual Fly-In Pancake Breakfast, Saturday, May 21. All you can eat pancakes eggs, real maple syrup, sausage and beverages. $7.50 adults; under 12, $5. Cooperstown/Westville Airport, Route 166.
RELAY FOR LIFE: “Colors of Hope,” 8th annual event to benefit American Cancer Society, Friday-Saturday, May 19-20. 6 p.m. Friday opening ceremonies, followed by survivors’ and caregivers’ laps around track; Survivor Reception and Luminaria ceremony. Entertainment includes Paint n’Sip session, dancers, DJ and more. Cooperstown Dreams Park, 4550 State Rte. 28, between Milford and Cooperstown. Info, www.relayforlife.org/Cooperstownny, 1-800-277-2345.
ANIMAL GUY! 7-9 p.m. Family fun with Jeff Musial and his exotic friends! From kangaroos to a baby spider monkey; reptiles galore. Great educational entertainment! $15 per person, $35 VIP tickets for front-of-theater seating, meetand-greet with Jeff and animals after show. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4312080, www.foothillspac.org
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Jean Finch, in red, leads the Hartwick Exercise Group. They are, from left, Karen Justice, Mt. Vision, Faith Chase, Hartwick, Jean Finch, Caroline Stalter, Index, Irene Parker, Cooperstown and Rose Pink, Cooperstown.
Ann Schultz holds up one of the pots she uses to make “Soup to Go”
Carol Keihn-Kirkey holds a picture of her late husband, Terry, who inspired her to work with Alzheimers patients.
Carmela Marner still has the poster for the first play the Franklin Stage Company ever put on.
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO
Brown’s Hardware mural to be unveiled 6 p.m. at Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.destinationoneonta.com MURAL UNVEILING – 6 p.m Brown’s Hardware mural by artist Carol Mandigo to be unveiled. Free, all welcome. Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0960, http://www.OneontaHistory.org AUCTION – 5 p.m. viewing,
6 p.m.
auction. Morris Rotary Club annual Charity auction. Antiques, tools, small appliances, used furniture, building supplies, general merchandise, goods and services donated by local merchants. Food booth. Benefits community projects in the Butternut Valley. Grange Building, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Morris. Info, to donate, Gary Johnson, (607)263-5043.
PRESERVATION AWARDS – 5:30-7:30 p.m. 2015 Historic Preservation Awards of Otsego and Schoharie Counties. Preservation Advocate award presented to Leigh Eckmair, historian, towns of Butternuts and Gilbertsville. Community Pillar award recipients Kelly and Bruce Button for rehabilitation of the New York House B&B in Sharon Springs.Ed. and Outreach award recipient, Otsego County Historical Association, More. Free, all welcome. RSVP to Terry Donley, (607) 547-8881, admin@ otsego2000.orgRoseboom Historical Assoc., 123 NY 165, Roseboom.
DANCE RECITAL – 5-7 p.m.
“Breathe, Live, Dance.” StanleyWade Shool of Danced at the Oneonta High School Belden Auditorium. Tickets, 410. Info, tickets, (607) 431-2320.:
ANIMAL GUY! – 7-9 p.m.
Family fun with Jeff Musial and his exotic friends! From kangaroos to a baby spider monkey and reptiles galore, enjoy an unforgettable experience. Great educational entertainment! $15 per person, $35 VIP tickets for front of theater seating and a meet-and-greet with Jeff and animals after the show. Foothills performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-2080, www.foothillspac.org
BIRDING– 7:30 p.m., “Focus on Optics” with Barry Stevens of Wild Birds Unlimited. Free, all welcome. Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society at Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, info@doas.us Saturday, May 21
FLY-IN PANCAKES – 7:3011:30 a.m. Annual Middlefield Vol. Fire Department and EAA Chapter 1070 annual Fly-In Pancake Breakfast. All you can eat pancakes, eggs, real maple syrup, sausage and beverages. $7.50 adults; under 12, $5. Cooperstown/Westville Airport, Rte. 166, Cooperstown.
YARD SALE – 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church Yard Sale, benefit scholarships in
the Domincan Republic. Lawn, Christ Church Parish Hall, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9555, parishadministrator@ ceccoop.net SPLASH PATH – 5K and Fun Walk. 9 a.m. start at Pathfinder Village, Edmeston. A family-fun paint run & walk in support of Pathfinder Village’s community walking trail and the Edmeston Town pool Fund. Sales, raffles, food, kids’ activities, DJs & more. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Raffle Auction, drawing, 1 p.m. Kids free; youth (10-18) $10, adults $20; families (3-6 member) $45. Register online @splashpath.racewire.com, www.pathfindervillage,or/get-involved/splash-path MOTOR SPORTS
– 9 a.m. gates open. Anything and everything Motors welcome! Mohawk Valley Mud Crawlers, Tired Iron Tractor Club, antique/modern stock cars, Doug Bush’s Cruise In, Catskill Tractor Club Pulls, kids power wheel derby. Drawing and give-aways. Food, fun. $5 per person, and under free. Otsego County Fair Grounds, Morris. Vendors wanted. Info, (607) 263-5352. MORE CALENDAR, B5
..at the YOUNG ball game!
Often, Running Franklin Stage Was Like Tending Big Family
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like ‘We 3,’ the adaptation of ‘The Three Sisters’ we did as a work in progress last summer, as well as new works.”
The new works include a re-telling of “Carmen” set in a women’s prison, with a counter-tenor playing the titular role as a transwoman in a women’s prison, as well as adaptations of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and clown comedy inspired by “As You Like It.”
In addition, “Evolution” and “The Tarnation of Russell Colvin,” two works that premiered at the Franklin Stage, are planned. “People really responded to these pieces,” she said. “It’s important to bring these pieces back, but look towards working and traveling with them in the future.”
And though they split up, Carmela and David continued working together until 2010.
When things got tough, Carmela turned to the building itself for inspiration. “When this place was built in 1854, a storm knocked the frame into a pile of sticks,”
she said. “But instead of giving up, they put it back together.
Eugene Marner and Carole Luchia Satrina, her parents, acquired the old Masonic Lodge – formerly part of the Delaware Literary Institute – and in 1996, the Marner family put on two shows, “Hedda Gabler” and three short Chekov farces.
“My parents paid everyone by making them two meals a day during rehersals,” Carmela said. “My mom designed the costumes. Mary Helen Epps drew our posters, helped with costumes and acted in some of our shows.”
And when the curtain parted, they had no idea what to expect. But the arts community – Franklin’s, but also Oneonta and Otsego County’s – received them well, and they kept coming back to the stage. “We came back every summer, when we were living in New York and L.A. We were running a theater company now!”
They continued putting on shows every summer. “I was housing four ‘families’ a summer,” she said. “When my parents couldn’t cook for them anymore, we made a deal with the Franklin Diner so they could eat there. Their kids grew up going to our library, swimming in our creek.”
“That was what it was like in the summer of 2010. We had performances in the space, but we didn’t put anything on ourselves. We had to ask if we could keep going. That was our ‘sticks fell down’ moment.”
David moved on, and Carmela put the sticks back together to produce and star in “Blythe Spirit” and “The Trojan Women” the following summer.
Now, Carmela is more focused on looking ahead. “20 years is a generation,” she said. “We have to ask, ‘What do these plays mean now’?”
She’s started getting more young people involved, including a staged reading of “King Lear,” where she’ll be reading for Lear. “It feels so powerful to have young people reading these important texts.”
One thing has remained constant – the mission to make sure everyone has access to theater, free of charge. (FSC does accept donations from its audiences.) “Theater is an experience that all human beings should have,” she said. “Coming into a room and sharing these stories is a crucial part of the human experience.”
Office On Aging Director Reports: Volunteers Say Volunteering Helps Them, Too
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Ziploc bags filled with homemade soup are given away, free of charge, to anyone who wants some. “There are no age, membership or economic restrictions,” said Schultz. “If you walk in, you can have soup.”
They started in 1998 with 10 volunteers making four gallons of soup a week. “We would give out soup, and we would dish it up and deliver it to members of the church we knew would enjoy it,” she said. “And as word got out, it continued to evolve.”
Now, volunteers prepare
Upholstered
five seven-gallon pots a week, serving up between 150-170 two-cup portions of soup. “We use recipes from Saturday’s Bread, as well as our own that we’ve modified,” she said. “And we never have any left!”
► Carol Keihn-KirKey, others’ MeMory
While visiting her husband Terry in Serenity Place, the former Otsego Manor’s memory care unit, Carol noticed another resident was too agitated to sleep.
“He was swearing, close to tears, so I asked what
was wrong,” she recalled.
“He was upset about a car he thought he still owned, thought a dealer had bilked him.”
She thought fast. “So I told him, ‘Let’s call this S.O.B. and talk to him.’
Then I took him into the office, picked up the phone and chewed out the salesperson – of course, there was no one on the other line – and at the end of the call, I asked, ‘Is there anything else you want me to tell him?’ and he said, ‘No, that’ll do.’ Then he went right to sleep.”
Though her husband passed in February 2013, Carol, a retired OHS math teacher, has remained active with the Alzheimer’s Association and works as an
Ombudsman at The Manor – now Focus Rehabilitation & Treatment Center – and at Foxcare.
“It’s a remarkable experience to help someone who can’t advocate for themselves,” she said. “A lot of these people don’t have family, so I do everything from holding their hands to solving paperwork issues.”
And when she isn’t at the nursing homes, she’s on the airwaves, where she produces a weekly radio show called Elder Advocate. “Each week, I invite an eldercare professional on to talk about a range of issues,” she said. “Hospice, veteran’s affairs, grief counseling, wills, that kind of thing.”
► Jean FinCh, Fitness Guru
Twice a week, Jean gets together with the girls at the Hartwick Community Center, but it’s not to lunch or catch up on the local news – it’s to stay fit.
“I started attending the Hartwick exercise group in 2004,” said Jean. “A few years ago, the Office for the Aging asked me to lead it because I’d been there the longest.”
The program is based on Miriam Nelson’s book “Strong Women Stay Young,” which helps older people prevent osteoporosis and stay strong.
“When the group first started in 2003, they went
to nursing homes,” she said.
“After a while, people who had been in wheelchairs could use walkers, and people who had been using walkers could use canes.”
The youngest woman in her class is 70; three of them are 90. They use light weights and gentle movements to ward off osteoporosis and practice balance.
“We don’t get sweaty,” she said. “But people in the class have really noticed a difference.”
But just as much as they get together to stay fit, they also come together for camaraderie. “If someone is having a problem, we talk about it,” she said. “And the best part is, we don’t gossip!”
CCS elementary gym teacher Bud Lippitt throws first pitch of the season to daughter Marley.
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The beloved Sharky Nagelschmidt, retired Clark Sports Center assistant director, gives out high-fives to Carleigh Williams, Cooperstown, and his team before the start of the Cooperstown Youth Baseball’s Opening Day Parade Saturday, May 14, in Hartwick hamlet.
The boys of the Church & Scott Pharmacy team bear the banner as they lead the teams in the parade. From left are Coach Tres Loeffler, Ethan Lickman, Bryson Whitaker, Henry Loeffler, Jacob Burkhart, Gavin Lesco, Matt Larusso, Connor Voulo, Alex Hage and Coach Chris Voulo, all of Cooperstown.
Carmela in an early production of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.”
LegaL notice
SUPREME COURT Of THE STATE Of NEW YORK – COUNTY Of OTSEGO
iNDEX# 2015-745
fiLED: 4/05/2016
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTiCE
Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated.
WELLS fARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, against SAMERA WiLSON, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirsat-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said Defendant(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, and “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE”, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, WTEX LLC, WEBSTER ASPHALT iNC. DBA WEBSTER PAViNG, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT Of TAXATiON AND fiNANCE, and THE UNiTED STATES Of AMERiCA iNTERNAL REVENUE SERViCE, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 ATTORNEYS 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 YOU CASE iS PENDiNG fOR fURTHER iNfORMATiON ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDiNG A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COM-
PANY WiLL NOT STOP THiS 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. 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); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof 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 captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage in the sum of $152,692.00 dated September 3, 2010, executed by Defendant SAMERA WiLSON to WELLS fARGO BANK, NA recorded on September 15, 2010 in instrument No. 20104279, in the Office of the Clerk of the County of OTSEGO, covering premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 (Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16). The relief sought within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Oneonta, County of Otsego and State of New York, Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16, said premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.
YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTiCE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTiNG TO COLLECT
A DEBT AND ANY iNfORMATiON OBTAiNED WiLL BE USED fOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. By reason of the aforesaid, there is due and owing to Plaintiff the sum of $140,764.80, with interest thereon at 4.87500% per annum from April 1, 2015. UNLESS YOU DiSPUTE THE VALiDiTY Of THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTiON THEREOf, WiTHiN THiRTY (30) DAYS AfTER YOUR RECEiPT HEREOf THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTiON THEREOf, iS DiSPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAiNST YOU AND A COPY Of SUCH VERifiCATiON OR JUDGMENT WiLL BE MAiLED TO YOU BY THE HEREiN DEBT COLLECTOR. if APPLiCABLE, UPON YOUR WRiTTEN REQUEST, WiTHiN SAiD THiRTY (30) DAY PERiOD, THE HEREiN DEBT COLLECTOR WiLL PROViDE YOU WiTH THE NAME AND ADDRESS Of THE ORiGiNAL CREDiTOR. if YOU HAVE RECEiVED A DiSCHARGE fROM THE UNiTED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LiABLE fOR THE UNDERLYiNG iNDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAiNTiff/ CREDiTOR AND THiS NOTiCE/DiSCLOSURE iS fOR COMPLiANCE AND iNfORMATiONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP fOR HOMEOWNERS iN fORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.
SUMMONS AND COMPLAiNT
You are in danger of losing your home. if you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.
SOURCES Of iNfORMATiON AND ASSiSTANCE
The State en-
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courages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. in addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York state Banking Department at 1-877Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking. state.ny.us
fORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS
Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303
NOTiCE YOU ARE iN DANGER Of LOSiNG YOUR HOME
if you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving the 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 may 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 your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERViNG A COPY Of THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY fOR THE PLAiNTiff (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND fiLiNG AN ANSWER WiTH THE COURT.
Kozeny, McCubbin & Katz, LLP.
Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747
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LegaL notice SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS index No. 20150286
STATE Of NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY Of OTSEGO
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATiONAL ASSOCiATiON, S/B/M TO CHASE HOME fiNANCE LLC, S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATiON, Plaintiff, -vs-
THE HEiRS AT LARGE Of RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMiN MORRELL,
and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; SHARON MURWiN, DEBRA DESiLVA, DONNA MORRELL, ROBERT MORRELL, JR., ROXANNE MORRELL, DONALD MORRELL, KENT MORRELL, KELLY MEYERS, DARYL MEYERS, KiM DiXON, ViRGiNiA CARMEL, LEROY GLENN MORRELL iii MANDY MORRELL, CHRiSTOPHER MORRELL, KEViN MCLOUGHLiN, ROBERT BREWER, GERARD BREWER, BRiAN MORRELL, RiCHARD MORRELL, JR. STEVE MORRELL, AND KATHALEN PARKER, AS POSSiBLE
HEiRS TO THE ESTATE Of RONALD B. MORRELL
A/K/A RONALD
BENJAMiN MORRELL, DECEASED; and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; MiCHELLE BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAL CULHANE, AS POSSiBLE
HEiRS TO THE ESTATE Of RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD
BENJAMiN MORRELL, DECEASED; CAPiTAL ONE BANK; SPRiN-
GLEAf HOME EQUiTY, iNC. f/K/A AMERiCAN GENERAL HOME EQUiTY, iNC. UNiTED STATES Of AMERiCA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT Of TAXATiON AND fiNANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 14 RiVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. in the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.
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 to 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 payment to your mortgage company will not stop this 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. That this action being amended to include MiCHELLE
BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAN CULHANE, AS POSSiBLE HEiRS TO THE ESTATE Of GERALD BREWER, DECEASED, AS POSSiBLE HEiR TO THE ESTATE Of RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMiN MORRELL, DECEASED. That this action is also being amended to include THE HEiRS AT LARGE Of GERALD BREWER, as said individual is deceased.
OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.
Dated: NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Mark K. Broyles, Esq. fEiN SUCH & CRANE,LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 317.15 Block: 2 Lot: 33.00
NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION
The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.
TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MiCHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated fEBRUARY 4, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL Of LAND, situate in the Village of Otego, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEiNG the same land as conveyed to Ronald B. and Shirley Morrell by deed as recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office in Liber 585 of Deeds, at Page 557; BEGiNNiNG at a survey monument set on the southwesterly boundary of River Street at the easterly corner of land of John Pochis and Kathleen M. DeMatteo (L 737/P 765), said monument being S 32-34 E, 408.7’ from a rebar bound at the back of sidewalk intersection of the southwesterly boundary of said River Street and
the southeasterly boundary of Main Street (N.Y.S. Route 7); thence S 3041-30 E along said boundary of River Street, 66.00’ to a survey monument set at the northerly corner of land reputedly of the Presbyterian Church Society; thence S 60-00-00 W along said church land, 165.27’ to a survey monument set on a northeasterly boundary land of Jeffrey M. Sakowski (L 766/P 499); thence N 30-41-30 W along said land of Sakowski, 66.00’ to a point in a 12” Maple tree (painted and flagged) at the southerly corner of said land of Pochis and DeMatteo; thence N 60-00-00 E along said land of Pochis and DeMatteo, 165.27’ to the place or point of beginning. Premises known as: 14 RiVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of Worcester BTS Retail, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/29/2016. Office location, County of Otsego. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 14600 Detroit Ave., Ste. 1500, Lakewood OH 44107. Purpose: any lawful act.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of Winston Lax, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/4/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3 Raymond Ave, Oneonta NY 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of CLAPPER RENTALS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on May 2, 2016. The office of 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 serviced. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 96 Willow Street, Otego, 13825. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: DANE
& SONS EXCAVATiNG & LOGGiNG LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 9 March 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1895 Co Hwy 19, Burlington flats, NY 13315. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: ROD’S WELDiNG LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 9 March 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 141 Roscoe Jones Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: CHERRY VALLEY HARDWARE LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 26 April 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 38 Genesee St, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.
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LegaL notice
NOTiCE Of fORMATiON Of LiMiTED LiABiLiTY COMPANY
The name of the entity is Leatherstocking Construction LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 26, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 313 Brunner Road,
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO
Saturday, May 21
PLANT SALE – 10 a.m.-1
p.m. Oneonta Garden Club annual plant sale. Wide variety of beautiful perennial and annuals plants along with gardening treasures in the “gently used garden shed.” Proceed beautify downtown Oneonta! At historic Swart-Wilcox House, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. Info, Anita Sears, searsa@hartwick.edu
GARDEN FAIR – 10 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Upper Unadilla Valley Association’s (UUBA) annual Plant and Garden Fair. Dozens of perennial varieties from $2-$5 per pot. Bedding plants, hanging baskets, vegetable seedlings. Gift basket raffles, duck derby, more. Town of Winfield Park, Rte. 20, West Winfield.
RELAY FOR LIFE – 11 a.m.-11
p.m. “Colors of Hope” American Cancer Society Otsego County annual celebration walk. Community event, all welcome. Cooperstown Dreams Park, 4550 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. Info, www.relayforlife.org/cooperstownny, 1-800-277-2345
SPRING FLING – Noon-5 p.m. street fair. Food, drink, arts and crafts and more for Rotary Club of Cooperstown’s third annual event. Live music (Ah Coopella, Small Town Big Band, Irish Dancers, CCS Jazz Ensemble, over 60 items in silent auction! Railroad Ave., Cooperstown. PLANT WORKSHOP – 1 p.m. Free native plant workshop with Sara Scheeren of Otsego Land Trust. Learn about indigenous beneficial regional plants, explore woody native plants on short hike to Parslow Road Conservation Area, and plant native perennials in raised garden bed at Parslow trail head. Free, space limited. Jerry’s Place Restaurant, 6355 St. Hwy. 28, Hartwick. Info, RSVP, (607) 547-2366, sara@otsegolandtrust.org, www.otsegolandtrust.org
CHICKEN DINNER – 5-7 p.m. Chicken & Bisquit Supper. By donation. South Valley Women’s Club, South Valley Commu-
nity Hall, 472 Krishman Hill Rd., Cherry Valley.l BLUES EXPRESS – 7 p.m. Saturday night blues train featuring best bands in upstate N.Y. Riders enjoy food and drink. Cooperstown Blues Express, depart Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, Milford. Info, reservations, (607) 432-2429, (607) 432-2824. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.
Cooperstown Concert Series proudly presents Willy Tea Taylor at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Adults $20, seniors and college students $14, children 18 and under $8. Info, tickets, (607) 547-1812, www.cooperstownconcertseries.org BENEFIT CONCERT – 8 p.m. (Door 7 p.m.). The Last Waltz Live, a recreation of The Band’s Classic Concert Film with The Rev Tor Band, performing the music of The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Eric Clapton. A food drive benefit for St. James Food Pantry & The Lord’s Table. $27/$43. All ages. The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 437-0463, oneontatheatre.com
Sunday,
May 22
MOTOR SPORTS WEEKEND – 9 a.m. gates open. Anything and everything Motors welcome! Mohawk Valley Mud Crawlers, Tired Iron Tractor Club, antique/modern stock cars, Doug Bush’s Cruise In, Catskill Tractor Club Pulls, kids power wheel derby. Drawing and give-aways. Food, fun. $5 per person, and under free. Otsego County Fair Grounds, 48 Mills St., Morris Vendors wanted. Info, David, (607) 263-5352. FESTIVAL– 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Build-Fix-Grow Festival. Celebrate creativity and entrepreneurship with exhibitors, kids’ fun, Gravelyard Bluegrass Band, BBQ, and tours of sawmill, gristmill, woodworkshop. Adults and teens $9, seniors $7, kids 12 and under, free. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Cty. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5744,
Physician (Endocrinology)
Endocrinology. Job Opening at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY. MD and NY State Med. License required. Send resume to michelle.empie@bassett.org
Cooperstown, New York 13326.
The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJune9
LegaL notice
Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company
The name of the entity is Ed’s Repair Shop LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 26, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 3213 Co. Hwy. 16, Burlington flats, NY 13315.
www.hanfordmills.org
Monday, May 23
OPENING RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. “The Land,” honoring the local landscape and all it provides. Oil painting by Bruce North, “Almost Lost Landscapes,” a tribute to Henry S.F. Cooper curated by Otsego 2000, oil painting by Judith Lam, and “The Land” (member theme.) The Smithy Pioneer Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8671, www.smithyarts. org, gallery@smithyarts.org
TALKING OPERA – 7 p.m. The Crucible: SUNY Oneonta professors, Dennis Banks, William Simons and Colby Thomas, discuss Miller’s play. Free, all welcome. Refreshments and informal discussion. Christ Church Parish Hall, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. 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. Te register, Pietrafaces at (607) 432-1385.
MORE CALENDAR, B7
AllOTSEGO. opportunities
Office Manager/Communications
Join the busy, lively staff of a growing operation, in a key full-time position. You will open the office each morning, and warmly welcome visitors, e-mailers and phone-callers. You must have good people skills, communications skills and computer skills. You will handle cash and credit-card payments with accuracy.
You will learn Adobe InDesign and Photoshop in order to manage
Oneonta Ford has immediate openings for the following positions: Finance Manager
Sales Professionals
Excellent pay plan. No experience necessary. Will train the right individuals.
Please call Danny at 607-432-7300 to schedule a confidential interview today
TO PLACE AN AD IN AllOTSEGO.opportunities CALL THOM RHODES AT 547-6103
LEGALS
The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act of activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of J.E.L. Transport LLC. Art. of Org. filed SSNY on 03/08/2016. Office loc: Otsego County. LEGALiNC CORPORATE SERViCES iNC. designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: LEGALiNC CORPORATE SERViCES iNC., 90 STATE STREET, SUiTE 700 BOX 80, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalJune6
LegaL notice
Damulis Trucking, LLC. Purpose is to transport goods within and outside New York State. filed articles of Organization on 4/12/2016. The
Secretary of State has been designated as an agent of the LLC, and the service shall be sent to 451 Gulf Rd, Burlington flats, NY 13315. 6LegalJune2
LegaL notice
MiTTMAN ONEONTA LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/4/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10467 East Raintree Dr., Scottsdale, Arizona 85255. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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LegaL notice
NOTiCE Of fORMATiON
195 BiSSELL, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/13/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 23
Third Street, Manhasset, New York 11030. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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LegaL notice
NOTiCE Of fORMATiON REELTOURS 360 LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 28 fair St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Stephen Mahlum at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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LegaL notice
NOTiCE Of fORMATiON
Notice of formation of All About The Girls By May, LLC on 3/31/2016 filed with Secy. of State. Office Location: 147 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. in Otsego County.
The Purpose of business is women’s fashion jewelry and accessories, gifts. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to All About The Girls by May, LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activities.
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LegaL notice
D&R ENTERPRiSES i, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/16/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 16 Water St., Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of Aspire Performance Coaching, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/16. Office Location: Otsego
pre-production and production cycles of our newspapers and web page. You will coordinate ad creation, production, proofing and billing, collaborating with the editor, ad director, office manager and staff. You will update pages and process copy for our website. Organized, cheerful, calm on deadlines? We want to talk. Send us your resumé: Iron String Press, PO Box 890, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or info@allotsego.com.
Sales Director for Heritage at the Plains at Parish Homestead Heritage at The Plains provides Independent, Assisted Living, & Memory Care Apartments seeks an individual to be an integral part of our Active Senior Community who is Creative, Enthusiastic, High Energy, Innovative Thinker, Eye for Detail This individual will be responsible for establishing relationships with referral sources, providing tours and performing other sales/marketing activities. Candidates must have sales/marketing experience preferably in a senior living environment and a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field. Must possess leadership qualities, strong presentation, communication, writing and computer skills. If you have a passion for working with seniors’, please apply. We offer competitive salary and benefits. Qualified candidates submit cover letter and resume to: Trudy Claudy, Executive Director at tclaudy@capitalseniorliving.net Or apply in person at 163 Heritage Circle, Oneonta, NY 13820 EOE
County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 53 fair St, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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LegaL notice
Notice By Publication of formation of Limited Liability Company
Cohn Media Group LLC
filed articles of organization with the Department of State on April 5, 2016. its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The street address of the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. 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 LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland,
NY 12116. The registered agent is Christopher Cohn, 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116, and the registered agent is to be the agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC)
Name: MiLfORD CORNER LOT, LLC
Articles of Organization filed with Secreatry of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/24/26. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 99 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326: Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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LegaL notice
GRECO ROMAN LLC. Art. of Org. filed
with the SSNY on 03/11/16. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 286116, NewYork, NY 10128. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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LegaL notice
NOTiCE Of fORMATiON Of Byler Brothers Construction, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on March 22, 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2168 U.S. Highway 20, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of OLDESCHOLE, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: PO Box 800, Morris, NY 13808. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph Norman at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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LegaL notice
Notice of formation of OTSDAWA BERRY, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 1432 Co. Hwy. 8, Otego, NY 13825. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Nathaniel Posner at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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ONEONTA – Carol Schwartz
Robbins, an active participant and leader in Oneonta’s civic life for more than six decades, died at her home Sunday, May 1, 2016, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Friends and family are invited to a celebration of Carol’s life at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 5, at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta.
Carol Helen Schwartz was born Dec. 15, 1925, in Brooklyn, daughter of William John Schwartz and Mabel Lambert Schwartz.
In 1930, her brother, William Lambert Schwartz (Bill) was born. The family resided in Brooklyn until 1931 when they moved to Briarcliff Manor, where Carol attended the village school and graduated from high school in 1943. In 1945, she completed a two-year curriculum at Mary Washington
ONEONTA – Ruth Anne
Pushkar, 84, wife of an OHS varsity football coach and herself the Oneonta City School District’s payroll officer for 40 years, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016, at Fox Nursing Home.
She was born on Nov. 16, 1931 in Larksville, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Borkowski) Gieda. She married Edward S. Pushkar on August 29, 1953 in Plymouth, Pa. He predeceased her on March 3, 1987. Growing up in Plymouth, Pa., Ruth graduated in 1949 from Larksville High School. She worked at Gieda’s Café, a restaurant owned by her family, as well as Isaac Long’s Department store in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Several years after high school, Ruth met and later married her husband. They eventually moved to Mohawk, where Edward was a teacher. In 1956, they moved to Oneonta, where Edward taught history and coached football.
College of the University of Virginia at Fredericksburg. She then worked in New York City and Westchester County as executive xecretary in publishing at Hastings House and Time Life and as private secretary to writer Albert Q. Maisel.
During this time she sang many times at Town Hall in Manhattan with the Golden Hill Chorus directed by George Mead.
On June 14, 1952, she married Philip Porter Robbins (Phil) after his discharge from the Army and graduation from Columbia University. They moved to Wooster, Ohio, where Phil taught at the College of Wooster, and Carol was secretary to the dean.
When their children were young, Ruth and Edward enjoyed traveling up and down the East Coast camping. Purchasing a camp on Goodyear Lake in 1971, they were a fixture of the community there. Ruth was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone that needed it. She was a long-time member of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, the Oneonta Elks BPOE #1312, and the Oneonta Business Women’s Club.
In 1953, they moved to Meadville, Pa., where Phil taught in the Business Department at Allegheny College and Carol was secretary to the librarian. While living there she gave birth to two children: Gary Frederick in 1955 and Gail Christine in 1959. In 1961 the family moved to Oneonta, where Phil joined SUNY Oneonta’s Business and Economics faculty, and where their third child, Joel William, was born.
In Oneonta, Carol was executive secretary of the Unitarian Universalist Church and administrative assistant of the Greater Oneonta Community Chest (United Way). In 1966-67, she served as president of SUNY Oneonta’s Faculty Wives Club. She retired from the United Way in June 1986. Carol continued to be active in the UU Church as assistant treasurer and co-historian; Girl Scouts Board of the Indian Hills
She is survived by her daughter, Anne M. and William McCanty of Gilbertsville, Pa.; her son, Stephen E. Pushkar of Oneonta; grandchildren Daniel E. and Lindsey McCanty of Massachusetts, Patrick W. and Jennifer McCanty of New Jersey, and Taylor J. Pushkar of Oneonta; a great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Marie McCanty; her sister, Betty Petras of New Jersey, and Theresa Gieda of Pennsylvania.; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was also predeceased by two sisters, Helen Yamrus and Marie Prego; and three brothers Chester, Joseph and John Gieda.
A funeral mass was Tues-
Council; editor of the monthly newsletter of the Delaware Otsego Audubon Society; treasurer of the Center for Continuing Adult Learning (CCAL); and member of the Governing Board and Hospitality Committee chairman of the Glimmerglass Opera Guild, where she was honored as Volunteer of the Year in 2004.
On Jan. 2, 1989, her husband and best friend, Phil, died. She is survived by her children: Gary F. Robbins, Gail C. Baden and Joel W. Robbins and his wife, Lisa Delsante; grandchildren Sarah Baden; Jonathan, Jordan, Jessica and Jeannine Robbins and several great-grandchildren. Carol was predeceased by her parents, brother and grandson Ryan Baden. Carol loved to knit and sew original garments. She was a founding member of the “Sewing Ladies” a group of local women established in the 1960s that still
day, May 17 in St. Mary’s Church, with Rev. David Mickiewicz, pastor, officiating. Interment followed in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Emmons.
meets every Wednesday afternoon. She never did like games, but she and the children in her life loved wind-up toys.
She knew the value of laughter and a good martini, as well as travels to new places. No doubt she will find this last trip quite an adventure. She especially enjoyed collecting creative obituaries. This obituary, written by Carol herself, concludes her collection. A private burial took place at Glenwood Cemetery on Friday, May 6, 2016.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Guild of Glimmerglass Festival, PO Box 191, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, N.Y. 13820 in memory of Carol S. Robbins. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.
Donations may be made in Ruth’s memory to St. Mary’s Food Pantry, 39 Walnut Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.
Condolences to the fam-
ily may be made online by visiting our website:www. grummonsfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.
Carol Robbins
Ruth Ann Pushkar
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO
$50 per person, includes lunch and classroom materials. Limited to 15 participants. SUNY Cobleskill new Meat Laboratory, Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources. Info, registration, Linda Serdy, (518) 255-5528, SerdyML@cobleskill.edu
JANE FORBES CLARK – 6:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. lecture. Fly Creek Area Historical Society, “Cooperstown and the Clark Family Legacy.” All welcome. Refreshments served. FCAHS building, Cemetery Road, Fly Creek, parking adjacent at Adirondack Leather.
Thursday, May 26
LITERARY GROUP – 2:30 p.m. Topic, Tina Fey’s “Bossy Pants.” Literary Discussion Group of the Women’s Club of Cooperstown, Village of Cooperstown Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Enid Hinkes, (607) 547-1880, evinces@aol.com
HISTORY– 7 p.m. Regular meeting of Fly Creek Area Historical Society. GCAHS Bldg.,
Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek.
AUTHOR READING– 7 p.m.
Nights at the Round Table with author Ginnah Howard, “I’m Sick of This Already, At-Risk Learning in a High School Class.” Free, all welcome. Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8344. MIND/BODY – 6 p.m. Mind
Body Spirit Collective Meeting. Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower talk on tree medicine. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta.
Friday, May 27
CANOE REGATTA – Day-long
General Clinton Canoe Regatta. Through Mon. Beginning at Lakefront Park, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown and ending at General Clinton Park in Bainbridge. Info, www.canoeregatta.org
CLASSIC CLINIC – 4-7 p.m.
Cooperstown Classic Clinic, for children 7-12, a chance for hands-on training from several former major leaguers. Bring glove, wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. Rain or shine.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
Cooperstown Village attractive one-bedroom, off- street parking,. No pets, no smoking. $650/ month + utilities and security. One year lease, available June 1. (607) 547-1301.
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Lovely two-room studio. $495 + utilities. No pets. Spacious two-bedroom apartment. No pets. $695 + utilities. Carriage House: three bedroom on private estate. $925 + utilities. No pets. Camelot Apartments, (607) 433-1978.
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HOMES FOR RENT
Beautiful 2BD, 2BA home in West Laurens. Wood stove, oversized 1 car garage and sits on 2 acres. No large dogs, no cats. Available May 1st. (607) 267-4214
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Available April, Spacious 3 or 4 BR, 2 Bath, Kitchen w/Island, Den, LivRm w/ Fireplace, Dining & FamRm w/Pellet Stove, Enclosed Porch, Garage, 15 Acres, Located 3 Miles From Cooperstown. $1900. Mo. + utilities. Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ (607) 267-2683 (cell)
SPACE FOR RENT
Cooperstown multi-use commercial /w Main St. & Doubleday lot access. Optional 1st floor double retail space, outdoor courtyard. 2nd floor: 4 private rooms/offices. Restrooms/ central air/alarm/phone. Call to discuss ideas/options. Kathy Fistrowicz 607-267-2683
Oneonta Retail Space For Lease! Over 8,000 square feet of space featuring loading dock with overhead door and warehouse area, plus a light and
