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A PROMISE KEPT: Campaigning in Oneonta in 2010, Andrew Cuomo proposed “a new New York.” On Tuesday, July 19, he delivered the means to “a new Oneonta,” with a $10 million Downtown Redevelopment Initiative grant to restore the city’s downtown.

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HOMETOWN People FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016 As Portrait Is Finally Hung, Judge Terry Reflects On 50-Year Career

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Son of Judge, Former Jurist, City Prosecutor Still Practicing Law At 75

By SAM ALDRIDGE

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he landscape around 22 Dietz St. may have changed markedly in the last 47 years, but the office of former Oneonta City Judge Walter Terry III has remained a fixture, much like its namesake occupant.

“Walt,” as he is known around the office, has been practicing law in Oneonta for the last 50 years.

Never one to avoid work, Terry was pleasantly interrupted Friday, July 22, when he was joined by family

and colleagues at the city’s Public Safety Complex to be honored.

In a packed hallway outside the City Courtroom, nine years after he retired, the judge’s official portrait was finally unveiled, on a line of portraits depicting his predecessors.

“I’m just a bit of history now,” he said with a smile.

The honor, however, doesn’t mean Terry will rest on his laurels. Far from it.

“My hero was Sheldon Close, a lawyer who died at his desk at the age of 96,” said the former city judge.

Terry’s 18-year tenure as city judge was preceded by 24 years working as a city prosecutor, a position he was appointed to soon after arriving in Oneonta and starting to practice law by then-mayor Sam Nader.

That was in 1966, shortly after Terry returned to the Delaware-Otsego area after obtain a bachelor’s and law degree from Notre Dame.

He was born and raised in Walton, where his interest in law was absorbed from his father, Walter L. Terry II, himself a judge, of Delaware Please See TERRY, A6

Judge Walter Terry III poses in front of his newly hung portrait with his wife, Diane.

The portrait was hung in the city courthouse on Friday, July 22.

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The new graduate is a a political science major.

SYMAN HONORED: Caitlyn Syman of Oneonta is on the Champlain College Dean’s List.

OSWEGO GRAD: Rochel L. DeSilva, Maryland, received a degree in human development from SUNY Oswego in May ON DEAN’S LIST: Zachary Pidgeon, Oneonta, a student-athlete majoring in Sport Management at Ithaca College, was named to the Empire 8 Athletic Conference President’s List for the spring 2016 semester.

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t was explicit from the beginning. The fund drive with a record goal of $32 million was “The Campaign for HARTWICK STUDENTS.” (Caps added for emphasis.) The

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Carolyn Elwell and Art Henry, both of Goodyear Lake, dance to Bob Dylan’s “Wagon Wheel,” performed by Jim and Marion Dorn, Unadilla, at the county Office for the Aging annual picnic Thursday, July 21, at Glimmerglass State Park.

NAACP Asks For Dialogue With Officers

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ust off a successful Community Candlelight Vigil on reducing violence, the NAACP, Oneonta chapter, is seeking dialogue with officers from Otsego and Delaware counties.

The Community Policing Dialogue is at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at Elm Park United Methodist Church.

The public is invited.

NAACP representatives will include Leroy Gadsden, the state NAACP’s Legal Redress chair. Police representatives include OPD Chief Dennis Nayor, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr., and Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert.

NEW BREWERY: Northern Eagle Beverages has purchased Glens Falls Brewing Co. near Lake George.

DMOC DECISION: After a four-month delay, the county Board of Representatives is expected to act Wednesday, Aug. 3, on a new contract with Destination Marketing of Otsego County.

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tagline was, “It’s Personal.”

With Hartwick College’s announcement that it has surpassed the original goal by $2.7 million, the success is going to be personally felt by hundreds of students, according to President Margaret L. Drugovich.

“We have 87 newly endowed

scholarship funds for tuition assistance and JTerm scholarships,” she said. “And 73 existing endowed scholarship funds were enhanced by gifts made during the campaign.”

The goal, revealed at a celebratory weekend in May 2013, was reached with the help of

9,719 individual contributions, Drugovich said in an interview.

While 15 were for more than a half-million dollars, most – many from undergrads still on campus – were for much less. In all, 250 faculty and staff members contributed to Please See HARTWICK, A7

$10 Million Aimed First At Oneonta Ford, Deck

By JIM KEVLIN

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ayor Gary Herzig and Otsego Now President Sandy Mathes were still walking on air in the days following word that $10 million is en route from the Cuomo Administration for downtown revitalization.

And, they said in separate interviews, this is just the beginning.

“The goal is to use the $10 million to leverage $50 million Mathes in private investment in the city,” said Herzig, who walking up Main Street two days after the announcement was continuously interrupted by congratulatory beeps and shouts from passing cars.

“In the end, it’s all about getting projects done with the private sector,” said Mathes, who has already told his board KCG Development of Indianapolis is interested in being a private partner in the “food hub” proposed in the former Oneonta Ford building at Chestnut and Market.

“The first project is always the hardest,” he continued. Once

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Posing for a photo shoot Thursday, July 21, Mayor Herzig was constantly interrupted from congratulatory hails and beeps from passing cars two days after the $10 million downtown redevelopment grant was announced.

completed, private developers start saying, “Someone’s making money in there. Let’s see what we can do.”

The low-slung black-painted Ford building, owned for the past

several years by the Twelve Tribes, developers of the Yellow Deli, would be the centerpiece of consultant Karen Karp’s proposed “food hub,” an entrypoint to “The Finger

Lakes of Beer.”

That, and the redevelopment of the adjacent city parking deck, adding retail around the edges and two Please See NEXT, A6

Oneonta Habit: Celebrating Success

James Rubin, state commissioner of Homes & Community Renewal, reviews what his agency’s grant is helping happen.

At Groundbreaking, Mayor, Seward, Maskin Reflect On City’s Progress

By SAM ALDRIDGE

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t was a reunion – a oneweek reunion.

Tuesday, July 19, elated

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lion downtown revitalization grants.

Tuesday, July 26, many of them gathered again, this time to celebrate a $15.9 million Please See SUCCESS, A7

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EDITORIAL

$10 Million Grant Says Oneonta, Otsego Now On Right Track

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conomic development, Otsego County has learned, is not easy. Quite the opposite. From our collective experience since state Sen. Jim Seward’s first “Seward Summit” March 15, 2012, at The Otesaga, we’ve learned it’s excruciatingly hard.

What babes in the woods we were, tsk-tsking when Senator Seward suggested that, just perhaps, we weren’t quite as focused on economic development as other of the nine counties in his 51st Senate District.

We’ve learned so much.

Anyone who still believed we knew what we were doing – and was paying attention – had the scales fall from his or her eyes at the second “Seward Summit” on Nov. 14, 2014, at Foothills.

There, Dick Sheehy, manager/ site selection for CH2Mhill, the industrial recruitment firm, told the assembled public officials and businesspeople, “I’m glad I wasn’t here with a client, because you’d be off the list.”

It was shocking. It was nobody’s fault that economic-development efforts were yielding so little. Despite earnest efforts, we just didn’t know what we were doing.

• Responding to Sheehy that day, Senator Seward made a pledge: “We will be ready. We will get ready.” And since then he has been the most steadfast advocate of the steps necessary to make economic development happen.

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Breaking into smiles as Empire State Development Corp.

President Howard Zemsky announced the $10 million award Tuesday, July 19, at Foothills are, front row, from right, Mayor Herzig, Senator Seward, SUNY Polytechnic’s Robert Geer and Assemblyman Magee; back row, from right, County Reps. Stuligross and Carson, Community Bank’s Jeff Lord, County Rep. Gelbsman, and county Board Chair Clark.

activity isn’t theoretical. Since 2010 alone, 2,000 people have left Otsego County.

Last fall, Oneonta was identified as one of the 10 poorest Upstate cities. Oneonta! Once home to three dozen IBM millionaires. Oneonta, the once-proud and prospering maintenance center of the mighty D&H. Seward got to work, bringing together the county IDA (since renamed Otsego Now), Oneonta then-Mayor Dick Miller and Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, the business group Citizen Voices,

the chambers of commerce, the colleges, even county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego.

For those who kept the faith, Tuesday, July 19, was a happy Judgment Day, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent word that the City of Oneonta, in competition with Amsterdam, Gloversville, even mighty Utica, would receive a $10 million Downtown Redevelopment Initiative grant – all of it – to expedite creation of a “food hub” and downtown entertainment district on Market Street, and to revitalize the D&H yards for com-

merce and light manufacturing.

(Another $18 million, for a bridge to the yards, is hoped for from the federal DOT by year’s end.)

Manna from heaven, indeed.

• Accident? No way.

With Senator Seward’s assistance, the IDA recruited Sandy Mathes, Greene County’s eminently successful economic developer, and he sure-footedly guided us through a brambled path toward success. Sheehy said we lacked a “single point of contact” and “shovel-ready sites,” and Mathes is creating both.

At Otsego Now’s initiative, Cooperstown, Richfield Springs and Oneonta are updating decades-old comprehensive plans to ensure projects are based on the public’s wishes. Mathes strengthened ties with the Mohawk Valley Economic Development Region, the conduit for state funding.

He – and Oneonta City Hall, independently but in tandem – brought in nationally known consultants – “food hub” expert Karen Karp and the LA Group, advisers to downtowns – who were soon at work, devising plans and doing market studies to ensure ideas are sound and financially viable.

Oneonta, with its new city-manager form of government, pursued grants it hadn’t been aware of before. The first, Mike Long, embraced programs to redo Wilber and Neahwa parks and to launch the “streetscape” project now underway. The second, Martin

Murphy, hired Community Development Director Bill Kerbin, who at one point had 17 grant applications in the works.

Before Mayor Miller’s untimely passing, he saw the completion of $20 million Hillside Commons, the largest addition to the city’s tax base in a half-century. He and Long pursued the Housing Visions senior and market-rate housing, an $18 million project now under construction.

• The new mayor, Gary Herzig, a longtime Planning Commission member, wrapped his brain around all of this, and summed it up in a DRI application with the endearing title, “Authentically Oneonta.”

It described a community on the go, a community seizing opportunity, determined to chart a course back to success. Oneonta is at a “tipping point,” Herzig said.

That must have resonated with Andrew Cuomo himself.

It’s been observed that the Cuomo Administration is doing more for Upstate New York than any administration in decades, with the Buffalo Billion, the nano-corridor, the Farm Brewery Act of 2012 and so much more.

But the governor isn’t going to throw good money after bad.

Communities need to show they can follow through, as Oneonta is doing, and as Mathes and his Otsego Now board are striving to do countywide.

It’s happening. Let’s stay the course. Even better, let’s redouble our efforts.

MIKE ZAGATA OTHER VIEWS

Solar’s Environmental Challenges: Mining Heavy Metals, Blight Of Aging Panels Editor’s Note: Michael D. Zagata, who lives in West Davenport, is a Ph.D. and former state Environmental Conservation commissioner.

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t seems that everyone is in agreement that, as a nation, we must find and move to using renewable sources of reliable energy.

That is true for two reasons.

First, fossil fuels are not renewable – that means we will run out of them at some point. Second, it is argued that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change.

The front runner of the renewable options appears to be solar power. We know

there is an abundant supply. The obvious question arises with regards to how to capture it during daylight hours and store it for use at night when the sun goes down.

We have made considerable progress with battery technology in being able to capture the sun’s energy during daylight and converting it to a form we can use to heat our homes and power our appliances. We’re less far along with being able to store it for night-time use. Thus we still need a “bridge” to cover the night-time hours.

Those are, however, the obvious questions. Have

we learned, based upon our mistakes of the past, to seek answers to the less obvious questions. Think back to the days when PCBs were thought to be a panacea for improving worker safety by reducing the likelihood of electrical fires in transformers. They were cheap to manufacture and they

worked very well for their intended purpose.

However, we forgot to consider their persistence and potential impact to the environment. GE has spent well over $2 billion addressing those questions. Had they asked those questions up-front, they might have selected another product

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site – both of which create environmental impacts.

Manufacturing the batteries requires energy and has related environmental impacts – as do the manufacturing of the other components used in a solar panel.

What happens to the solar panels and the heavy metals Please See ZAGATA, A6

LETTERS

To the Editor, I am sure by now the Cooperstown residents have read and/or heard about the Village of Cooperstown’s decision to have residents apply for a free permit to have a painted yellow curb by their driveway.

If you are approved by DPW Superintendent Brian Clancy and he

has “marked” your curb to be painted & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch yellow you have two choices:

1. You can pay $100 for the Village

Jim Kevlin of Cooperstown to do the work

Editor & Publisher OR 2.

You may purchase the paint and

Tara Barnwell Mary Joan Kevlin needed supplies and do the work

Advertising Director Business Manager yourself.

The morning of July 15, I purchased Thom Rhodes • Allison Green Kathleen Peters • Christine Scales the supplies needed: one gallon of Advertising Consultants Graphics paint (the approved paint comes only Libby Cudmore • Sam Aldridge Ian Austin in a gallon can), one paint brush, and a Reporters Photographer roll of painters tape.

The cost of my purchases came

with less unanticipated costs.

What are the unanswered questions surrounding the use of solar energy? There are many. How do we get the heavy metals, mainly Lithium, used to manufacture the batteries? They must be mined and transported to a manufacturing

close to $50. I came home and within about 10 minutes I had a yellow curb by my driveway. And I still have a gallon of yellow curb paint left.

I will give residents a 3rd choice because I have a gallon of yellow required paint needed and other supplies.

I am willing to come to your Cooperstown residence and paint a yellow curb, IF Brian Clancy approves your permit and he has “marked the curb” to be painted.

Your cost will be $10 per curb. IF I get five requests I break even. Any requests beyond the five I will divide and donate to the Cooperstown Food Bank and the Susquehanna Animal Shelter.

Just let me know if you have an approved curb to be painted yellow. My phone number is in the book.

RENA LULL Cooperstown

Clinton Is No Prize, But Trump, Disaster To The Editor: Of course Hillary Clinton is no prize, no prize whatsoever. Considering the baggage she carries, one wonders again and again just how and why she is the Democratic nominee. She has a huge hill to climb in the days and months ahead.

But Donald Trump projects disaster.

If he loses, as his Republican constituents who refused to attend “his” convention underscored (i.e.

Lindsay Graham, John McCain, John Kasich, George and Jeb Bush, and so many, many others) it will be a disaster for the Republican Party as we knew it. Indeed perhaps it already is.

If he wins it will spell disaster for this country as we knew it.

KENNETH J. KAVANAGH Cooperstown

CVS Fine, But Cooperstown Motel Site Can Be So Much More To the Editor: The CVS move to the Cooperstown Motel area is correct.

But a better policy would be having the village buy the land and build a tall multi-use building rented to CVS on two lower floors only.

On the upper floors: rented small

studios, a new children’s library of classics from Dover Books, and luxury housing on the top floor. All parking should be in the back.

Instead, what we are likely to get is another ugly building and ugly parking lot, in Cooperstown’s least attractive and least diverse area.

And, so far, because of anti-retail sentiments among our provincial rulers, there are no plans to covert the CVS building to a diverse location for non-baseball arts, books, antiques and collectibles.

GERRY WEINBERGER Cooperstown

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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016

LETTERS

Congregations From Around County To Co-Sponsor ‘Jesus And Race’ Forum Dear Friends and Neighbors, We are heartbroken once again to read news of innocent people shot while simply living their lives, while driving in the car with their family, while protecting peaceful protestors. Minnesota, Baton Rouge, and Dallas are the most recent incidents to grab our attention. These events are occurring too frequently.

As people of faith who believe a loving God created this world for a

good purpose, let us say clearly we do not believe hatred and violence are in any way a part of God’s vision for us, or for the planet.

We invite our congregations and all who wish for an end to violence and hatred to join us in prayer and in action: prayer, because we are people of faith; and action, because we believe deep prayer leads to faithful action.

First, please join us in praying – in offering prayers for healing,

The Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown

Pastor Sharon Rankins-Burd Fly Creek & Schuyler Lake United Methodist Churches

wisdom, and guidance – and in opening our hearts to God’s leading.

Second, join us in action. Each senseless death demands a new round of confession from deep within each of us. As white clergy we must again and again acknowledge to ourselves, our community, and our God that we are also indicted in these deaths, that the system which brings forth each of these acts of racial violence is the

The Rev. Thomas LeBeau United Methodist Church of Cooperstown

The Rev. Mark Monfort First Presbyterian Church, Oneonta

system that gives us security and privilege.

Centuries ago, the prophet Micah pondered the question, “What does the Lord require of you?”

The response he offers is simple: “…to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God.” We call on our congregations and our communities to join us as we seek to embody God’s love and respect for all persons.

Please join us at 7 p.m., Sunday,

Aug. 7 at the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown for a program entitled “Jesus and Race.”

We will examine artwork from around the world and throughout history, and engage in conversation about portrayals of Jesus from a variety of cultural settings.

Our intention is to begin dialogue, and move toward action.

In the spirit of repentance and reconciliation,

Karen Walker, Parish Leader St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Cherry Valley

Matthew Nabinger Theological Seminary Intern, Toddsville First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown

Deacon Randy Valez St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Cherry Valley

Tamara Razzano Candidate for Ministry (PCUSA)

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History

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

150 Years Ago

Are lead pipes poisonous? The question of lead poisoning is attracting considerable attention at the present time. There has been a large and influential gathering of scientific gentlemen and representatives of the Water Boards of New York and Brooklyn, and delegates from the Board of Education of the former city at the Manhattan Lead Works, to witness tests and inquire into the merits of the lead encased block-tin pipe.

A long and interesting discussion took place on the danger of using lead pipes, ending in a recommendation that block-tin be generally substituted in their place.

July 1866

125 Years Ago

George B. Shearer has made satisfactory shipping rates with the railroad company in case the McGammon Piano factory is located in Oneonta, and he has completed all arrangements for the removal of the factory here except the securing of the subscription to $10,000 of the stock, some of which, however, is pledged, and we doubt not the citizens of Oneonta when called upon will readily take the remainder. The piano factory would be a valuable addition to the industries of the village, would employ a high class of skilled labor and would give a ready market for much of the hard wood timber growing hereabouts. It is proposed to capitalize the new company at a very low figure.

July 1891

by name several of her Rhode Island Red chickens which she discovered among the flocks of Dewey Goodridge, Oneonta poultry dealer, gave State Police Sergeant John L. Cunningham and Trooper Matthew V. Haskins of Cooperstown the clue on which they arrested Asa E. Barley, West Laurens farmer, a neighbor of Mrs. Peaslee, Tuesday.

Brought before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Carpenter, Barley denied the charges of second degree burglary and petit larceny preferred against him and demanded a hearing.

Bail of $1,000 was approved by County Judge Lee D. VanWoert at Oneonta and Barley was released. “Nuisance,” “Susie,” and several other choice Rhode Island Red broilers were missed by Mrs. Peaslee when she shut her hens up the evening of July 13. Mrs. Peaslee reported her loss to the local state police, who immediately started an investigation.

Dewey Goodridge told the troopers he had purchased the nine Rhode Island Reds from Asa Barley on July 16, paying one dollar for the lot.

July 1936

60 Years Ago

These twelve men face serious charges if they do not contact the Otsego County Selective Service Board within the next ten days. Anyone knowing information regarding

the whereabouts of the men are urged to contact the board at once: Donald C. Wing, John S. Wilson, William T. Jubin, Leo F. Griffin, John A. Herron, Allen F. Scott, Ronald W. Sutton, George C. Leano, Robert W. Bowen, Judson K. Shaffer, Clarence E. Gould, and Gordon L. Gray.

First Lieutenant Ralph Clarkson, Delhi, in command of Company D, 175th Armored Infantry Battalion, headquartered at the Walton Armory, presently on maneuvers at Camp Drum, reports that all 125 men are in fine shape, proud, and producing an excellent record so far.

July 1956

10 Years Ago

The Greater Oneonta Historical Society will offer a trolley tour showing some of Oneonta’s oldest houses. The tour will begin in the Dietz Street parking lot. The guide will be local author and historian Jim Loudon. The itinerary will include many of the oldest houses in the Oneonta area during the two-hour tour.

Participation is limited to 32 people. Tickets are available at the GOHS History Center at 183 Main Street. Tickets are $5 for GOHS members and $7 for non-members.

July 2006

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100 Years Ago

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Stephen Craft of Maryland, recently released from Auburn prison on parole, was placed under arrest about 6 o’clock Tuesday evening at the farm of Carl Hubbard on the Crumhorn, where he was working. Craft was charged with having sent a “black hand” letter to Byron Burnside, the well-known farmer and lumberman, residing midway between Cooperstown Junction and Maryland. On Saturday last, Mr. Burnside received a letter postmarked the previous day at Maryland, directing him to deposit $50 in the mail box of W.H. Burnside near the former’s home at 9 o’clock Saturday night.

The letter warned him if he failed to do as directed, if he watched the box or told anyone about the letter, all his buildings would be destroyed by fire. The letter was signed “King of the Black Hands.” Burnside contacted authorities and the evidence pointed to Craft as the originator of the “Black Hand” letter.

July 1916

80 Years Ago

Arrest Caused by Intelligent Chickens – The ability of Mrs. Ardella Peaslee of West Laurens to identify positively

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GILLETTE SHOWS PAY-1-PRICE RIDES 5 to 10 pm 10 am.......Hay Stacking Competition 1 pm.........100 Bicycle Giveaway Registration 3 pm.........100 Bicycle Giveaway 7 pm.........Otsego County Fair Truck and Semi Pull

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GILLETTE SHOWS PAY-1-PRICE RIDES Noon to 5 pm 1 pm.........Total Destruction Demolition Derby 6 pm.........Total Destruction Demolition Derby

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Ethan Harris August 5 at 6 pm

100 Bicycle Giveaway August 6 at 3 pm

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Former Ford Dealership, Parking Deck Projects Are First In Line NEXT/From A3 floors of housing on top, will probably be the first projects tackled, said Mathes. “The YMCA (at an expanded Foothills) and boutique motel (between Foothills and Stella Luna) should be next.”

The state Department of State will be guiding imple-

mentation of what’s called the Downtown Revitalization Initiative, or DRI, and its first step will be to name a consultant/liaison between Oneonta and Albany.

Locally, Herzig will be appointing a steering committee to work with the consultant – perhaps Elan Planning, Design & Landscape Architecture of Saratoga Springs.

Its principal, Lisa Nagle, has been helping Cooperstown, Richfield

Springs and, soon, Oneonta update their comprehensive master plans, a first step in successful grantsmanship.

To Herzig, the grant is the Cuomo Administration’s affirmation of Oneonta progress to date: Bresee’s, which proved there’s a demand for high-quality housing downtown; Housing Visions’ 60 units of highquality moderate-priced rental house (groundbreaking was Tuesday the 26th), and Foothills’ completion

and eight-year track record of operation.

“If you give us the tools, we know how to get things done,” the mayor said.

Mathes pointed out that the “reputation and seniority” of state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, added “credibility” to the city’s “Authentically Oneonta” application. “He’s built relationships on both sides of the aisle. This is an example that parties can be put aside for the good of

communities that are doing a good job.”

Herzig also praised the make-up of the city he represents, pointing out that the colleges, businesses, non-profits, the IDA (rechristened Otsego Now), the county and the Town of Oneonta came together to prove the mayor’s argument that Oneonta is at a “tipping point,” and the DRI grant can push it over the top.

“You have real people living side by side – despite

the work they do; despite their income,” said Herzig, who Thursday, July 14, hosted an SRO Community Candlelight Vigil at Temple Beth El after three police officers and four black men had been killed nationally in the previous several days.

“Oneonta is a real community.”

Mathes added a reminder: “What’s good for Oneonta is good for the county – for the region.”

City Judge Lucy Bernier and City Prosecutor Michael Getman. “When you have a good staff, it makes your job really easy, makes it smooth.”

Judges Burns and Bernier were among those who delivered remarks on Friday praising Judge Terry’s character, ethics, respect, fairness and temperament.

“He, for the most part with my dad, for 25 years, shaped the Oneonta City Court as a Prosecutor,” said Getman. “And he continued that as judge. He set the tone for how City Court was run and what the people of Oneonta could expect from City Court.”

“He was a great judge,” the lawyer added.

Terry arrived in Oneonta in 1966 and joined a firm with Sterling Harrington, George Silvernell and Robert Harlem Sr. In 1969, Harlem Sr. left and moved to the office on Deitz Street, bringing the young Terry with him. Harlem moved again in 1975 when he became County Surrogate Judge, leaving Terry alone

at 22 Deitz.

“I had only good relationships with the people working in his firm and the prosecutors who worked with him,” Terry said of Harlem Sr. Referring to those who shared his own work space, he said they all had their own legal experience or were fast enough learners that he was never called upon to be a mentor.

Speaking of experience, Terry added that from 25 years litigating civil cases in the state Supreme Court, and numerous criminal cases as city prosecutor, by the time it came to being Judge, nothing could take him by surprise.

And through all the hun-

dreds of cases he handled as City Judge, Terry said he never once felt he had made a wrong decision or mishandled a case.

Outside of City Court, former Judge Terry married Diane Terry with whom he raised four girls. His daughters went on to pursue studies in fields of social work, public policy and Italian Renaissance Art History, with one following in his footsteps as far as Notre Dame, but none became lawyers.

“It has been a very fulfilling career. What with the excellent caliber of the court staff and the attorneys, it was always a fun day at work.”

Solar Panels Also Source Of Pollution His Official Portrait Hung, Former Judge Still Practicing At 75 ZAGATA/From A4 within them once the panels have reached the end of the productive live-span – about 20 years? How and where will the toxic heavy metals be disposed and who will pay for it? It is the latter question that is plaguing local landowners who are being asked as this is written to lease 20 acres or more, the number of acres of glass-covered solar panels it takes to be economically attractive, to solar energy companies that want to build solar-panel “farms” on their property.

Once the Mike energy is capZagata tured in the solar panels, how does it reach the electric “grid” that transports the energy to the end user? That requires construction and with that comes environmental impacts.

How much land will be needed to house the solar farms that will capture the solar energy? For a city like Oneonta with about 10,000 homes, it will require about 400 acres of forest or croplands be converted to solar farms. It takes about 40 acres to supply 1,000 homes. There are 322 million people in the US. Thus, if the calculation held true across the country, it would take about 13 million acres of solar farms to supply them with energy. That’s a lot of open space, wildlife habitat, farmland and forestland and, even if it was reduced due to high-rise apartments, clearly illustrates there is no free “environmental” lunch when it comes to energy – renewable or non-renewable fossil fuels.

Solar energy may well prove, after an in-depth and honest debate, to be the right choice for our nation. However, before coming to that conclusion we need to have that informed debate.

TERRY/From A2 County Court.

With law always in his background, the son said entering law school was a natural and easy decision.

Terry served as a city prosecutor until 1991 when the city judge at the time suddenly went missing, leaving the seat vacant, he told last Friday’s gathering. Terry ran for the office and was elected. As judge, he ran unopposed for all of his three six-year terms. In 2008 when he was nearing the cut-off age of 70 for city judges, Terry retired from the position and turned his Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA focus entirely to his own Judge Terry enjoys the practice, where at age 75 he unveil of his official is still working 40-50 hours portrait. a week.

Oneonta, he dealt with civil, City prosecutor and city criminal and small claims judge are both parttime cases, everything from trafpositions, so for 42 years fic infractions to felonies. he would start work at In his private practice, he City Court, then return to mainly handles trusts and his private practice in the wills, settling estates and afternoon.

“It’s still fun. I’ve always other matters.

“For every case as a looked forward to doing my judge, I had excellent proswork, and that’s not someecutors working under me,” thing everyone can say.”

Terry said, among them now Working for the City of County Judge Brian Burns,

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SUCCESS/From A3 60-unit housing development, Oneonta Heights.

“Oneonta is on a roll,” said state Sen. Jim Seward, R-19, shortly before donning a hard hat and grabbing a shovel to break ground on a site Housing Visions is developing at the corner of Columbia and West streets.

That was just one of Oneonta Heights’ three “clusters” that will transform several abandoned properties and vacant lots into quality, affordable housing in the heart of Oneonta. The largest cluster is off the north end of Clinton Street, a fiveacre site for a 40-unit senior building, plus family units.

The developer, Housing Visions Unlimited Inc., is

a nonprofit developer of affordable housing. Created in Syracuse, it is dedicated to revitalizing towns throughout the state.

“It is very rare that an idea comes along that everyone agrees on, but this is one of them” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “This project, along with the downtown project, came together because the people of Oneonta put their differences aside and worked together for the common good.”

The Oneonta Heights project was made possible by the investment of multiple partners, including the state Division of Homes & Community Renewal – the commissioner, James Rubin, was at the groundbreaking – and National Equity Fund.

HARTWICK/From A3 the drive.

Leadership stepped up, too. Provost & Academic Vice President Mike Tannenbaum endowed a scholarship in his parents’ memory, as did Drugovich and her partner, Beth Steele. Both benefit first-generation college students. Trustees Chair Francis Landry, whose son blossomed through study abroad, created a JTerm scholarship.

“When the board met in July 2010,” Drugovich Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA recalled, “the economics of the times weigh very heavOn May 10, 2013, Hartwick President Margaret ily on everyone’s minds.”

L. Drugovich toasted the college’s ambitions: to raise $32 million. It’s time to break out another Still, “we thought there was bottle of Welch’s grape juice to toast accomplish- a basis for support, as long ment: The “It’s Personal” Campaign has suras we picked projects that passed its goal by $2.7 million. The Welch’s was we believed people would appropriate: Drugovich’s family grew grapes for invest in.” the company on its Ohio farm.

During hard times, and in the midst of the muchdecried rise nationally in crippling student debt, the focus on helping undergrads struck the right note. “People are very generous,” said Drugovich, “and they invest in things they believe in.

Every adult – every parent – understands the importance of education.”

Top donations included $1 million from former Intel president and William Campbell, who passed away April 18. It built the Campbell Fitness Center, adjacent to the renovated Stack

Lounge, the student gathering place in Dewar Hall.

“When it was finished, we asked, ‘How did we ever live without it,” she said. “Our students love it. It’s a very welcoming place to be.

She found it particularly heartening that Campbell, who was invited to deliver Hartwick’s commencement address in 2010 by the late Dr. Jim Elting, a pal of his from Columbia’s rowing team, embraced the Hartwick community after just 36 hours on campus.

“He witnessed the passion people had for Hartwick, and he decided to make a remarkable gift,” said Drugovich. “That really was extraordinary.”

Equally heartening was Frank Perrella, ’50, founder of JBF Industries Inc. in Gloversville. When Campbell center funds fell short, he responded to Drugovich’s request for help, “’What do you need?’ He helped us finish the fitness center with a very generous gift.”

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Gavin Tandle, 2, Oneonta, rides Merry the Dog on the Empire Carousel with his aunt Krystal Tandle.

He won free rides for a year at The Farmers’ Museum annual easter egg hunt.

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Alexandra Fassler of Oneonta, who is pursuing a Broadway career, sings the National Anthem for the second largest crowd in Hall of Fame Induction history. Standing at attention behind her, from left, are MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Rollie Fingers, Ozzie Smith, Joe Torre and Whitey Ford. Alexandra is the daughter of Allen and Paula Fassler.

Hall Curator John Odell volunteers to distribute bottled water to thristy VIPs.

Homer Osterhoudt attends his 73rd of 76 Inductions, including the first in 1939.

Son Darryl was up from Virginia for the occasion.

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Tickets $20, $10/youth. Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion, 7300 State Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-2255, www.glimmerglass.org KIDS FUN: Music and Movement Day, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, July 30.

Kids experience chants and games, bongos, tambourines, and boomwhackers explore movement and storytelling to classical and popular music.

First Presbyterian Church Chapel, 27 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8401.

At the CCS Class of 2017’s booth, Ethan Niles, Ally Davine, Tessa Grigor and Mae Loewenguth serve Theresa Kessler and daughter Terri Ann. Neil Riddell, now of Otego, joined the fledgling Friends of the Hall of Fame in 1979 as a charter member. Since, the organization has grown to 35,000 members.

Jeff Katz, center, Cooperstown mayor and basdball writer, wouldn’t be anywhere else on Induction Day.

Dad Chris Doucas helps collect returnable bottles for Troop 1254.

PHOTOGRAPHY FUN ... and history exploration. Bring your digital camera or iPhone and explore the charms of the Swart-Wilcox House with Bill Ryall, Sunday, July 31, 1-3 p.m. Contribute to the pictorial wall created as a permanent display. Free, all welcome. Wilcox Avenue, Oneonta, across from Riverside School. Info, www.swartwilcoxhouse. wordpress.com

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KIDS FISH: 59th Annual Fishing Derby, free “catch and release” competition for kids 5-15 years, Saturday, July 30 at Hodges Pond, Oneonta’s Neahwa Park. 3-3:45 p.m. registration, 4-5 p.m. fishing. Bring you own pole, bait/lures, and a clean bucket. Raffle, awards for biggest bass caught. Pre-register at Office of City Clerk, Oneonta City Hall 1st Floor, 258 Main St. (8 a.m.-4 p.m.)

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Parade Of Legends Brings Heroes Close To Earth Peter Deyenroth, wife Maria and son Eric viewed the Legends of Baseball Parade from atop the Masonic Temple and sent along this image to share the bird’s-eye view with the rest of us.

The Saturday evening event featured crowds eight and 10 rows deep.

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DNY Battalion Chief Vin Mavaro recounted the lessons of life he learned on findng a signed baseball in the rubble of the Twin Towers. He keynoted Saturday’s awards ceremony at Doubleday Field, where the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy won the Taylor Spink prize.

Cooperstown’s Dave Karpovich, with wife Chris, cranes his neck to spot the Hall of Famers parade by at Main and Pioneer.

Karen and Fred Lemister watch the cavalcade from the steps of their Rudy’s Liquors.

The diminutive Pat Szarpa, former Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce executive, was at a particular disadvantage.

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the NatioNal BaseBall hall of fame’s 2016 iNductees

Dan Shaughnessy 2016 J.G. Taylor Spink Award Winner

Mike Piazza New York Mets

Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners

Graham McNamee 2016 Ford C. Frick Award Winner

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Fans & The Famous Mingle On Main Street

One-time LA Dodgers’ manager Tommy Lasorda gives and gets from fans while signing autographs in front of the former TJ’s Saturday morning. At Sunday’s Induction ceremony, he would receive thanks from Mike Piazza for helping with his early career.

From left, Ralph Snell, David Vaules and Richard Sternberg man the Rotary booth, where miniature Griffey and Piazza bats sold out by mid afternoon.

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As Joe Vitale of St. Louis, Mo., guards the door, fans flock around the steps of the Tunnicliff Inn, one of the most active autograph venues, waiting for their number to be called. Among the mighty inside were Randy Johnson, Barry Larkin and Jim Bunning. Mike Piazza held a private signing session there later in the weekend.

CVS Assistant Manager Jessica DiPippo had a chance to take in the sun while assisting Juan Marichal, Rollie Fingers and other stars signing at 100 Main St. Sal Grigoli hustles to keep up with the lines of pizza customers Saturday at Sal’s Pizzeria.

Lia Solensten sells tickets outside the Cooperstown Beverage Exchange, where a brisk business was being transacted inside for sips of Spitball, Cooperstown Distillery’s flavored whiskey.

Jamie Curci, Johnstown, R.I., digs into a sausage sandwich as, Faith Johnson and Connor Boyle man the grill in front of Nicoletta’s.

LEGALS Legal

Legal notice Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company: Name: UNDERWOOD PLUMBING & HEATING LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of the State of New York(SSNY) on 05/23/2016.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O UNDERWOOD PLUMBING & HEATING LLC, 369 Wilbur Hill Rd, Unadilla, NY 13849.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date.

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license, number “Pending” for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for by Oneonta Hotels LLC to sell beer, liquor and wine at the Holiday Inn Oneonta/ Our Town Café & Pub under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law 5206 State Highway 23, NY for on premises consumption.

Oneonta Hotels LLC d/b/a Our Town Café & Pub. 2LegalJuly28 Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a license, number “Pending” for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for

by C121 Star LLC to sell beer, liquor and wine at The Inn at Cobleskill, NY/ BW Delaney’s under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 121 Burgin Drive, NY for on premises consumption. C121 Star LLC d/b/a BW Delaney’s.

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ONEONTA HOTELS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/02/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 5206 NY-23, Oneonta, NY 13820. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Mayank Keshavlal Patel at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: To own and operate a hotel and any other lawful business activity.

6LegalAug25 Legal notice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC): Name: MC BREW COMPANY ONE, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/23/2016.

Office Location: Otsego County.

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it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o MC BREW COMPANY ONE, LLC, 84 Main St., Oneonta, 13820.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date.

6LegalAug25 Legal notice Kingfisher Property Group, LLC Filed 6/10/16 Office: Otsego Co SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 35 Nelson Ave, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalAug18 Legal notice Notice of Formation of GARLINDA ENTERPRISE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on May, 5, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as

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agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 142 Beilby Road, P.O. Box 463, Otego, NY 13825. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalAug11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Ricky-Tick Logistics LLC. Art. of Org. filed SSNY on 02/22/2016.

Office Loc: Otsego County. United States Corporation Agents, INC. designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation of Agents, INC. 7014 13th Ave. Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful activities.

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tion of Limited Liability Company, (LLC). Name: RICHARDSON RESTORATIONS, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/29/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 22 Leatherstocking Street, Cooperstown NY 13326. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

6LegalAug11 Legal notice Legal Notice of Formation of TECH TAMER WOODWORKS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) 05/03/2016.

Principle office of the LLC is located in Otsego County, NY. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against

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LLC to 31 Nelson Ave., Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose/Character of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity or purpose.

6LegalAug4 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION RITTON TRANSPORTATION LLC Articles of organization filled with secretary of state (SSNY) on 04/21/2016. office location: Otsego county.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1735 co. Hwy. 34 Westford, NY 13488. Purpose: any lawful activity 6LegalJuly28 Legal notice Notice of Formation of MKW ENTERPRISES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary

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of State on June 9, 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 served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 22 South Belmont Circle, Oneonta, NY 13820. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalJuly28 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: DOUBLE PLAY CABINS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 14 June 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may

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be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 957, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

6LegalJuly28 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: NEW PLANET LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 14 June 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 PO Box 957, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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LOST LUGGAGE– 4:30 p.m. in Rossini’s one-act comedy, an inadvertent luggage exchange sets in motion a madcap chain of theft and deception -- all in the service of love. Also Aug. 16. Tickets $20, $10/youth.

Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion, 7300 State Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5472255, www.glimmerglass.org JERRY GARCIA – 5 p.m. Jerry Garcia Birthday Jam Celebration.

Some of the best Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Tributes in the northeast. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 437-0463, www.oneontatheatre.cominfo@oneontatheatre.com THE THREE SISTERS – 8 p.m.

Vibrant new production telling story of Olga, Masha and Irina.

Through July 31, Sundays at 5 p.m. Free, donations gratefully accepted, reservations recommended. Franklin Stage Company, Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, reservations, (607) 829-3700.

Saturday, July 30

LEARN TO ROW – Morning, Cooperstown Country Club Learnto-Row Open House. (Camp follows next week.) CCC Beach, 5738 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown.

Info, time, Andrea, (607) 5479211, info@cooperstowncc.com YARD SALE – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Annual Pierstown Grange yard and bake sale to benefit building preservation fund. Yard sale donations may be left on Grange Hall covered porch. No clothing or electronics. Pierstown Grange, Wedderspoon Hollow Rd. (just off County Hwy. 28), Cooperstown.

(Tax deductible donations to building fund, contact Sue Drake, (607) 264-3069).

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT DAY – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Kids K-5th grade special day of music and movement. Chants and games; African American Spiritual workshop; bongos tambourines, and boomwhackers; Movement to classical and popular music; story telling through movement; relay race, water games. 3 p.m. performance for parent in chapel.

Free, all welcome. First Presbyterian Church Chapel, 27 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, 9607) 547-8401.

CAROUSEL 10th – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A weekend of games, fun and carousel-based activities celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Empire State Carousel.

Meet the carvers that created the carousel animals and watch them demonstrate. Also Sun. A Step Back in Time Weekend at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. farmersmuseum.org ARTS & MUSIC FEST – Daylong crafters and entertainment.

Info, www.sidneychamber.org WINDFALL DUTCH BARN – 1 p.m. Rock the Barn Music Festival. A day and evening event of Blues, Rock, Country and Soul performed by local musicians including Deadwood, Bluestone, Carl Waldman Band, Blind Willy Band, Loose Cannon Band, Saratoga All Stars, and the Proper D&A duo. Refreshments by the Amvets of Fort Plain. $8.

Windfall Dutch Barn, Cty. Rte. 31, 5 miles north of East Springfield.

Info, (518) 993-2239, kmacgreg@roadrunner.com, www. windfalldutchbarn.com KIDS FISHING – 3-3:45 p.m. day of registration, 4-5 p.m. fishing. 59th Annual Fishing Derby, free “catch and release” competition. All participants must provide their own pole, bait/lures, and a clean bucket.

Raffle, awards for biggest bass caught. Participants 5-15 age.

Pre-register at Office of City Clerk, Oneonta City Hall 1st Floor, 258 Main St. (8 a.m.-4 p.m.) Event at Hodges Pond, Neahwa Park.

SONDHEIM – 5 p.m. Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim joins Jamie Bernstein for a conversation about work and life in the theater. Tickets $40, $15/youth. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 State Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info (607) 5472255, www.glimmerglass.org SILENT AUCTION – 5-7 p.m.

Annual Fundraiser Art Exhibit & Silent Auction final bidding party!

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Doris Tiffany, 77; Operated Coachlines With Husband ONEONTA – Doris Marie Tiffany, 77, a partner with her husband in Pathfinder Coachlines, peacefully passed away in her sleep early Sunday morning, July 24, 2016 at the Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin.

She was born on May 8, 1939, in Oneonta, a daughter of the late Ken and Marie (Leonard) Harvey. Doris grew up in Oneonta and attended Oneonta schools.

On Dec. 29, 1956, Doris married Jack M. Tiffany in Oneonta. The couple celebrated 47 years of marriage together until Jack’s passing in April 2003.

In the early 1980s, she and Jack established Pathfinder Coachlines. Doris

loved every part of their business, from planning the trips and guiding the tours to meeting all sorts of new and different people along the way. She especially enjoyed meeting with her customers and made many, many friends through the business.

Doris was a woman of faith, who always found the good in people and never had an unkind word for anyone, qualities that made her a beloved friend to so many.

In her spare time, Doris loved to go shopping and talking with her friends and family on the phone. She will be fondly remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and dear friend.

She is survived by her

son, Kenneth C. (Eileen) Tiffany of Cary, N.C.; her daughter, Jacquelyn (Rick) Swift of South New Berlin; her grandchildren, Tiffany Swift, Craig Swift, Meegan Tiffany and Brie Tiffany; two great grandchildren, Esme Bundy and Presley Swift; and her sister, Dolores Gonser.

Doris was predeceased by her husband, Jack Tiffany; her son, Michael Tiffany; and her grandson, Brett Swift.

A service to celebrate Doris’ life will be at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, at the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Albert Bullard officiating. Friends and family are invited to visit during

the hour prior to the service at the funeral home, starting at 3 p.m., at which time her family will receive guests.

Following the service, Doris will be laid to rest next to her husband and her son in the Glenwood Cemetery in Oneonta.

In lieu of flowers, Doris’ family requests that you kindly consider making a charitable donation in her memory to her granddaughter’s non-profit by visiting www.therileyfoundationinc. com or to the Alzheimer’s Association, Northeastern New York Chapter, 4 Pine West Plaza, Suite 405, Albany, NY 12205.

Arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.

Edwin Van Hensbergen, 94; Patriarch Of Naples Family ONEONTA – Edwin Van Hensbergen of Castleton, whose survivors include Oneonta’s Jean Naples and her five sons, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, July 21, just shy of his 95th birthday.

He was born on his grandfather Hoffman’s Farm in Castleton-on-the-Hudson on Aug. 1, 1921, and spent the rest of his life there.

He graduated from Maple Hill High School where he played basketball. Ed served his country during World War II in the 391st Infantry.

On July 5, 1947, he married Marion Dennis. They were married for 58 years and had five children. Ed was predeceased by his wife in 2005, his oldest daughter, Sharon Fisher (June 2011), his oldest son, Robert (March 2012), and a son-inlaw, the Oneonta Common Council member Michael Naples (January 2012).

His remaining children include Jean Naples, and her sons, Dale, Brian, Father Tim, a Catholic priest in Orleans, Vt., David and Anthony Naples and their families.

Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special.

Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 www.grummonsfuneralhome.com

He is also survived by son Thomas Van Hensbergen and daughter Margaret Massad, and grandsons David, MatEdwin Van thew, and Hensbergen Jon Fisher, plus. There are 12 great-grandchildren, with another due in August.

His sister-in-law, Katherine Dixon, lives in Rensselaer and there are numerous nephews and nieces.

Ed worked at the Fort Orange Paper plant in Castleton. He built his own home and enjoyed working in the yard, tinkering with motors, and camping with his family.

He was admired and loved by family and friends alike.

The graveside service was held Monday, July 25 at New Sacred Heart Cemetery, Castleton.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Castleton Senior Citizens 1150 Maple Hill Rd., Castleton, NY 12033.

Kenneth R. Stiefel, 93; Retired From City Hall ONEONTA – Kenneth R Stiefel, 93, who retired from the maintenance department at Oneonta City Hall,

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HOME GAMES -- BE THERE! Wednesday, July 27 • TJ Maxx Kids Night – Free general admission – Kids 18 and under be sure to get a ticket for a chance to win a new bike and helmet! • Gates open at 6 pm • Saugerties Stallions Thursday, July 28 • Doubleheader – Gates open at 4 pm, first game at 5 pm • Amsterdam Mohawks Saturday, July 30 • Fan Appreciation Night – Free general admission Gates open at 6 pm • Adirondack Trail Blazers

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passed away Monday, July 18, 2016, at Albany Medical Center.

Kenneth was born in Oneonta on Oct. 9, 1922, to Mabel (Moon) and Frederick Stiefel.

He married Esther Coats on Oct. 31, 1953. They raised a family of four children and shared 47 years together before her passing in 2010.

Surviving are his sons Ronald, Raymond, and Terry (Linda), and daughter Deborah; sisters Kathryn, Joyce, and Shirley; brothers Robert, Donald, and Jack; and many grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Also surviving is Cynthia McCarthy, granddaughter and her family who brought much love, joy, and comfort into his life.

Kenneth is predeceased by his parents, wife, and sisters Janet and Daurice; and brothers Fred, Gordon, Norman, Richard, and Lloyd.

There will be a graveside service at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the Oneonta Plains Cemetery with Kenneth’s son, Pastor Ronald Stiefel, officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Kenneth’s name to Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820 or the American Cancer Society at 13 Beech St., Johnson City, NY 13790.

Arrangements are by the Johnston Funeral Home of Morris.

Saturday, July 30

HOMAGE TO ELEPHANTS – 5-7 p.m. Stunning exhibit of accomplished artists. Silent auction, accepting tax-deductible donations, directed to Friends of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, 501(3) organization. Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 main St., Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 264-9530, info@ cherrybranchgallery.com 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 SMITHY CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Bluestone, 6-piece blues and blues rock outfit. Ticket at the door: $12 adults, $10 seniors/ student, kids 6 and under free.

Drinks and snacks available by donation. The Smithy, 55 Pioneer st., Cooperstown.

CONCERT – The Lumineers plus Langhorne Slim & The Law and Rayland Baxter. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, www. ommegang.com; Tickets, dansmallspresents.com THE THREE SISTERS – 8 p.m.

Vibrant new production telling story of Olga, Masha and Irina.

Through July 31, Sundays at 5 p.m. Free, donations gratefully accepted, reservations recommended. Franklin Stage Company, Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, reservations, (607) 829-3700.

BLUEGRASS – 8 p.m., doors 7:30. The Barefoot movement, Bluegrass Band of the Year. $20, $15 members, $10 students and children (under 18). Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main St., Earlville. Info (315) 681-3550, www.earlvilleoperahouse.com HYDE HALL GALA – Save the date! Fundraising fun: music, dinner, dancing, and treats.

Enjoy the best view in Otsego County! Tickets $195. Hyde Hall National Landmark Historic Site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5098, infohydehall.org

Sunday, July 31

GOLF TOURNEY – 8 a.m. registration; 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.

2nd Annual Orpheus Theatre Captain & Crew Golf Tournament. $65 / player. Colonial Ridge Golf Course, 195 Bateman Rd.,

Laurens. Info, Gary Stevens, stevensg@hartwick.edu, (607) 432-5407; Kathy Tobiassen, ktwolf@aim.com, (607) 263-9933 CAROUSEL 10th – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A weekend of games, fun and carousel-based activities celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Empire State Carousel.

Meet the carvers that created the carousel animals and watch them demonstrate. A Step Back in Time Weekend at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org GALLERY TALK – Noon. Jack Beal Print Retrospective. Gallery talk with Sondra Freckleton. Mural on Main Gallery, 631 Main St., Hobart. Info, (607) 528-3002, www.muralartgallery.org SWART-WILCOX – 1-3 p.m.

Photography with Bill Ryall. Bring your digital camera or iPhone and explore the charms of the Swart-Wilcox house. Pictorial wall will be created as a permanent display in the Swart-Wilcox House. Free, all welcome. Light refreshments served. Summer Sunday Series, Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta, across from Riverside School. Info, www.swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com ORGAN MEDITATION – 4 p.m.

“Moments of Music for Summer, Organ Meditation and Texts from the Psalms.” Roberta RowlandRaybold, c.a.g.o., guest organist, The Rev. Paul R. Messner, S.T.S., reader. Free will offering. Reception following. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rte. 28, Hartwick Seminary.

HONEST BROOK – 4 p.m. Amphion String Quartet with program of Grieg, Debussy and Borodin.

Enjoy summer chamber music concert in a preserved dairy barn! $25 per person per concert K-12 free.Honest Brook Festival, 1885 Honest Brook Rd., off Rte. 28 between Delhi and Meredith. Info, tickets, (607) 746-3770, hbmf.org MORE CALENDAR, B7

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Christine Goerke, 2014 Artist in Residence presents a public mater class with members of the Young Artists Program, the opera company’s training program for emerging performers. Tickets $40, $15/youth. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 State Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Info (607) 5472255, www.glimmerglass.org THE THREE SISTERS – 5 p.m.

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