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hen Patrick Dewey, who is living with Cerebral Palsy, learned the “mark” he used to sign Democratic candidate Andrew Marietta’s petition for the District 8 seat on the Otsego County Board of Representatives was being challenged in court by Republicans, he reacted:

Scout Council Plans To Vote On More Talks

tsego County’s Otschodela Boy Scout Council’s executive committee planned to meet Wednesday evening, Aug. 5, to decide whether to continue merger talks with the Utica-based Revolutionary Trails Council. Henry Nicols, council board member, said the Otschodela Council initiated talks with Revolutionary Trails, and thus a vote to cut off discussions is unlikely. For vote results, check

Otsego Land Trust has scheduled a public meeting at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the Brookwood garden house to report on the RFPs it solicited about leasing or selling 11 acres to maintain the rest of the 22 acres. STRONG PEOPLE: Tom Clark of Oneonta and Heather Pray of Davenport won the heavyweight category of the eighth annual Vis Vires Outdoor Strongman Competition Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Clark Sports Center. RARE BLUE MOON rose over Otsego County the night of Friday, July 31.

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“Democracy should be centered around the inclusion and common good of all people.” Nonetheless, GOP County Chair Vince Casale, Cooperstown, is staying the course, repeating Monday, Aug. 3, that he intends to go forward with the court challenge to a 13-signature petition that includes Dewey’s name and could remove Marietta from the Nov. 3 ballot, where he is vying against freshman county Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Fly Creek, in the Cooperstown/ Patrick Dewey Town of Otsego district. The issue, Casale said, is not Patrick – the The GOP is challenging Patrick Dewey’s signature Please See PETITIONS, A7 on Andrew Marietta’s District 8 petitions.

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Sarah True nee Groff, Otsego’s Olympian races along Copacabana Beach in the final leg of the trial that won her a berth on the U.S. triathlon team in the Rio Games next summer.

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tsego’s Olympian rides – and swims and runs – again. Cooperstown’s own Sarah Groff – now Sarah True, after marrying last year – took fourth place with a time of 1:59:46. in the ITU World Olympic Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro Sunday, Aug. 2, securing her spot alongside Gwen Jorgenson on the U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team. “It was so exciting,” said her mother, Jeannine Please See SARAH, A6

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Youth Opera Premiering With Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

fter years of singing chorus to adult performers, The Glimmerglass Festival’s young singers are ready to take the stage in their own show. “A big part of what I’ve done here has been building the numbers of young people who come to our shows,” said General & Artistic Director Francesca Zambello. “We started using the youth chorus for our mainstage shows, and then I thought, ‘Why not do some-

thing that features them’?” Zambello commissioned Glimmerglass dramaturg Kelley Rourke to write the libretto and brought in Ben Moore to write the musical adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey.” “When she first told me, I thought, ‘You’ve got to be crazy’!” said Moore, a Clinton Please See OPERA, A6

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IF YOU GO: Youth Opera, Homer’s “The Odyssey,” 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 11-20, Cooperstown Theatre Festival, across from Glimmerglass Festival.

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Victoria Munro, Milford, and Molly Bello, Richfield Springs, rear, practice the song “Ithaca.”

he Bresee’s Bronco rides again. “I got a call from Nancy Mitchell” – Phil Bresee’s daughter, who Buy the bronlives in Hartwick – “and co, get the badge. she said she had the coin-operated horse from Bresee’s if I was interested,” said auctioneer Buzz Hesse. “I said, ‘I’ll be right over!’ She even had it in the horse stable.” The mechanical horse – known as “Gene Please See BRONCO, A7

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ix Northern Otsego residents graduated in May from SUNY

Delhi: • Garrett Gott, Edmeston, AAS in electrical construction and controls, magna cum laude • Cory Kitson, Cooperstown, with two degrees: a BT in architectural design and building, and an AAS in architectural technology • Neil Palmatier, Hartwick, AS in business administration, summa cum laude • Austin Shirley, Richfield Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Springs, AAS in construction John Faso, who is looking to succeed U.S. Rep. technology, magna cum laude Chris Gibson, R-19, in the 2016 elections, was in • Jason Wilson, Fly Creek, Cooperstown Friday afternoon, July 31, meeting BT in architectural design with prospective supporters at the Main Street and building, cum laude home of Flis and Andy Blum. Here, the 2006 GOP • Michael Winnie, Fly gubernatorial candidate (against Democrat Eliot Creek, AA in liberal arts, Spitzer) chats with Mrs. Blum prior to the arrival of other guests. Faso, a lawyer and former Assem- social sciences bly minority leader, is a neighbor of Gibson’s in Kinderhook.

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graduate Caley S. SkyShrewsberry, Cooperstown, has been named to the Dean’s List at Boston University for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Mark and Mikal SkyShrewsberry. KJOLHEDE SHINES:

Hans Kjolhede of Fly Creek, Class of 2016, is on the Dean’s List at Union College for the spring semester. He is majoring in neuroscience. SCHOLAR-ATHLETE: Cas-

sidy Griger of Cooperstown is on the SUNY New Paltz women’s swimming team named named a College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar AllAmerica team for the spring semester.

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Mel’s proprietor Brian Wrubleski, center, Wednesday, Aug. 29, hosted Irv Frankil, 86, of Voorhees, N.J., and his son Barry, who were in Cooperstown through the Wish of a Lifetime, a national organization that grants wishes to seniors. Irv intended to visit all the major sports halls of fame over his lifetime; he did make it to the football, basketball and horse racing halls, and Wish of a Lifetime helped him complete his life-long dream by sending him to Cooperstown. Sports, Irv said, “kept him sane” in recent years, when both his wife and three of his four children passed away. He and Barry are stayed in the village overnight and intended to see “everything to do with the Phillies” the next day at the Hall. Brian served both men a thick steak.

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Council Rock Brewery’s Harvest Ale, or Cooperstown ooperstown Beer Distillery’s Beanball BourCheese’s Harvest Fambon. Each family of cheese ily cheese spreads have spread is offered in several been chosen by Beekman 1802 flavors. as its Cheese of the Month for “We’re incredibly excited July, shipping over 270 jars to that Beekman 1802 selected its Cheese Club subscribers our cheese spreads,” said nationwide. Diane Koffer, Cooperstown Beekman 1802 packaged Beer Cheese founder and one jar of each Harvest Family owner. “We could not have flavor: Harvest Blue, Harvest asked for a better partner and CBC founder Horseradish and Harvest Jalaflagship customer than the Diane Koffer peno flavors, along with beer Beekmans.” jelly made using Ommegang’s Cooperstown Beer Cheese Abbey Ale. are available at Spurbeck’s, Cooperstown Cooperstown Beer Cheese blends extraDistillery, Barnyard Swing, Mount Wellingaged, extra-sharp New York State cheddar ton Market, Fly Creek General Store and Fly cheese from Spurbeck’s Grocery with either Creek Cider Mill.

Hartwick Field days Held in the Hartwick Ball Field and Pavilion on wells avenue in the Hamlet oF Hartwick! “a Great Place to live”

Friday, august 14 Field opens at 3 pm Carnival Rides Vendors Food Tent Various Raffles Live Band 7 to 11 pm “Grit N Grace” Band

“Grit N Grace” Band Friday night 7 to 11 pm

saturday, august 15 Field opens at 9 am Vendors Food Tent Various Raffles Carnival Rides Games Car Show by “Tom & Doug’s Cruise In” Tractor Pulls

Pig Roast by “Larry’s Custom Meats” to be ready around 3 pm Parade at 6 pm Live Band 7 to 11 pm “Boots On”

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“Boots On” Kicking Country Band Saturday night 2 to 11 pm

sunday, august 16 Field opens at 9 am Food Tent Various Raffles Wrap-Up Carnival Rides Games Vendors Garden Tractor Pulls at 11 am Chicken BBQ at Noon

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These events are paid for in part by a grant from Otsego County Government. Contact Chief Robert O’Brien at 607-293-3009. For information on vendor’s booths or parade entries! All proceeds to benefit the Hartwick Fire Department Company #1.

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Liam and Emma Thorpe, here from Boston to visit their grandparents, Brian and Pat Levis, Oneonta, swoop through the air on the midway of the Otsego County Fair, which opened Tuesday, Aug. 4 at the Morris fairgrounds and continues through Sunday the 9th.

thursday, august 6 Buffalo Barfield and “Un-Herd” of Entertainment ......................................................11 am, 1 pm, 6 pm Jeff Wood.......................................................... Noon Open Karaoke ....................................................2 pm Teen Karaoke Qualifier.......................................7 pm Friday, august 7 Buffalo Barfield and “Un-Herd” of Entertainment ......................................................11 am, 1 pm, 7 pm Dirt Road Express ...............................................2 pm Kolby Oakly Band ..............................................8 pm

American Legion chaplain Bill Meade gets a quick trim from fair barber Ken Lowe, Burlington Flats.

saturday, august 8 Buffalo Barfield and “Un-Herd” of Entertainment ......................................................11 am, 3 pm, 6 pm 12 & under Karaoke Contest ............................. Noon Jeff Wood ..........................................................4 pm Karaoke Finale ...................................................7 pm Havey Connors, West Exeter gives Wonder the Goat a quick trim before his debut in the livestock show. She is joined by her friend Teagen Bolin, Edmeston.

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4th Annual 5K Benefit Run Open Gymkhana 10-Noon 4-H Photo Activities – Martin Hall 10:30 am My Favorite Culinary Delight Cook Off in Floral Hal Noon Gillette Shows Midway Carnival Opens 1 pm Livestock Parade of Champions 1-3 pm 4-H Community Service Sewing Activities – Martin Hall 2 pm 4-H Public Presentations – Martin Hall 3 pm 4-H Livestock Auction 3 pm Otsego County Fair Truck Pull 3-4 pm 4-H Preparing Healthy Snacks – Martin Hall 5 pm Kiddie Pedal Power Tractor Pull 5 pm Supreme Showman 6-8 pm 4-H Science Activities – Martin Hall 7 pm 4-H Variety Show – Martin Hall 7:30 pm Otsego County Fair Truck Pull 6-8 pm 4-H Science Activities 7 pm 4-H Variety Show 7 pm Gas and Diesel Truck Pull

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Flo Loomis, Oneonta, president of the Susquehanna Valley Quilters, holds up the prize quilt you can win in the club’s annual raffle, with proceeds going to support the group’s community projects. Stop by their booth at the fair and buy a ticket.

Wednesday, august 5 1 pm Baby Contest sponsored by SFCU 3:30 pm The Hillbilly Variety Show 4 pm Butternut Valley Grange Musical Entertainment thursday, august 6 TO BE ANNOUNCED Friday, august 7 5:30 pm Mary Frances Perricone, 50s and 60s songs saturday, august 8 1 pm Mini Talent Contest 3 pm Maxi Talent Contest 6 pm Best of Show Talent Contest sunday, august 9 8:30 am Church Service w/Rev. Steve Vodvarka

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EDITORIAL

Petition Challenge Simply Effort To Disenfranchise Voters

et’s cut to the chase: Republican county chairman Vince Casale doesn’t really care if a number at the bottom of a nominating petition, while clearly legible, has been overstruck. He’s worried that the intriguing and promising Rick Hulse, freshman county representative for Cooperstown and the Town of Otsego, can’t withstand a challenge from the equally intriguing and promising Andrew Marietta, the – for now – Democratic challenger in District 8. Hulse is the poster child of county Republicans, and with good reason. As managing director of Xonitek, an international consultancy, he has guided businesses in the U.S., Eastern Europe and South America, and thus brings a rare skill set to the Otsego County Board of Representatives. That experience is bearing fruit, even in the 20 months of his first term.

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County Board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, embraced Hulse’s idea in creating a Government Efficiency Committee, which, among other things, has been working with Onondaga County’s purchasing department to garner savings from bulk purchases of legal pads and other necessities of government administration. Lately, he received his colleagues’ approval for a countywide strategic-planning process aimed at building collaboration on roadwork, emergency services, healthcare delivery and more between and among the county and its 23 towns, seven villages and one city. One of the goals has been

to lower the barriers between rural localities, Castle Cooperstown and big-city Oneonta. Praiseworthy. Hulse’s crisp logic also showed in his reluctance to simply throw bedtax dollars at localities – Cooperstown, in particular – because they want it. He and Clark devised a process that logically distributes some of that money based on municipalities’ contributions to the tourist trade. (Last fall, Republican Hulse came under fire on this issue from Democratic Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz. Since the bed-tax distribution plan is for one-year only, it may be no more than a Resolution to Preserve Rick Hulse’s Seat. We’ll see what happens to the allocation next year.) • While Hulse – did we mention, he’s also well-spoken and charismatic? – is usually the smartest guy in the room, it doesn’t mean he’s always right. Does

the Onondaga County deal mean that money spent on in-county vendors – who create jobs and spend profits here – will now be spent in Syracuse? Worth asking. While Clark bears the ultimate responsibility (and, less so, county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta) in the county’s stunning failure to participate in the IDA’s Otsego Now economic-development initiative, Hulse, who now chairs the influential IGA committee, has been the foremost obstacle. He’s simply been effectively agin it. That alone should rule out his reelection, although he still has four months before elections to start setting things right. Into this mixed picture comes Andrew Marietta, who has spent the last dozen years as regional director of the Clark-Foundationchampioned state Council of Nonprofits (NYCON), strengthening the vitality of so many of our key county institutions.

His services, among many other things, helped the Oneonta Family Y reach beyond its brick walls on Ford Avenue as a provider of after-school and recreational services to the city and county at large. Brilliant, really. Like Hulse, he’s smart, educated, and also a levelheaded consensus builder. • Regardless, District 8 is a swing district: Republican Jim Johnson defeated Democrat Nancy Iversen, only to be defeated by Democrat John Kosmer, himself defeated by Republican Hulse. The seat’s in play. So you can understand Vince Casale’s motivation. His best strategy for preserving Hulse’s seat for the Republicans is to knock Marietta out, even if it requires disqualifying a petition containing signatures of well-known Cooperstown Democrats – Frank Capozza, Lynn Mebust and Jeanne Dewey among them

– who certainly support Marietta and whose intentions in signing his petition are clear. Casale, a veteran of no-holds-barred campaigns elsewhere, has now backpedalled on bumping Patrick Dewey’s signature – cerebral palsy prevents him from “signing” a petition; he makes a “mark” and affirms it with a rubber stamp. But it was the most shameful aspect of an unwise strategy to bring bigcity political tactics here. State Supreme Court Judge Kevin Dowd will consider the Otsego County GOP’s challenge to the petitions Aug. 13 in Norwich. Likely, he will see the charade for what it is: A political calculation designed to deny the clear intent of petition signers and disenfranchise every voter in District 8 who would otherwise vote for Andrew Marietta in the Nov. 3 elections. Your honor, throw the challenge out.

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When People Vote, GOP Loses, Democrats Win To the Editor: As the former Democratic commissioner of elections for Otsego County, I offer some insight to the Republican challenge of the petition and signatures supporting Andrew Marietta. Republicans have a long history of challenging voters and using the technicalitystrewn and difficult petition process in an attempt to exclude some people from being counted. In 2000, the League of Women voters began a petition to have a referendum on weighted-voting. The Republican county attorney disqualified more than a 100 Otsego voters because of minor technicalities like failing to use a middle initial or using common names like Joe instead of full names like Joseph. The League appealed the decision of the county attorney but filed the appeal with the clerk of the county Board of Representatives instead of the county clerk and missed the filing deadline. The judge threw out the appeal because of the missed deadline but noted that the tactics being used were

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To the Editor: anyone who does not agree with him In the editorial “Isn’t It About Time does not have to run for office, as the reminiscent of those used To Stop Just Complaining About Mayeditorial seems to suggest, in order to on the deep south to exclude or Katz?” which appeared in the July express his or her point of view about voters of color – “but the 30-31 editions of The Freeman’s Jourthe mayor’s leadership. law is the law and a deadline nal and Hometown Oneonta, a detailed If a free press is indeed the key to a is a deadline.” defense of the mayor’s leadership of free society, then that press should be That is a fundamental difthe village is laid out. And, under the encouraging different points of view ference between Democrats First Amendment of the Constitution instead of trying to silence different and Republicans. Repubof the United States, which prohibits points of view. Yet not only the headThe Freeman’s Journal licans believe when vot“...infringing on the freedom of the line of the editorial suggests limiting Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz ers come to the polls, they press...”, the paper is quite within its free speech, so does the editorial’s last calls the question Monday, June lose elections. Democrats right to defend the mayor in this mancomment, namely, “As for complain29, on a four-story downtown believe when people come ner. ing – enough!” Trying to silence those hotel, which was then rejected to the polls, Democrats win by unanimous vote of the trust- with whom one does not agree is quite Likewise, under the First Amendelections. ees. ment of the Constitution of the United beyond the pale. And it is definitely The Republicans who States, which prohibits “...abridging not worthy of the free press guaranteed an elected official of the village, the challenged the current petithe freedom of speech...”, readers of by the First Amendment to the Constimayor represents all the constituents tion fail to see the people in your newspapers are also within their tution of the United States. of the village, not just those who the process. They are lost in rights to disagree with the mayor’s CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTH voted for him or agree with him. And the technicality of the law. leadership if they are so inclined. As Cooperstown To Commissioner Abbate I say, “Good Job! Count Patrick Dewey’s signature and Christina Noto’s petition!” They are people who To the Editor: To the Editor: may have not understood the Your newspaper did everyone a favor by setting the reKudos for your editorial reviewing the accomplishments complexity of the political cord straight on The Katz Years. and performance of Mayor Katz. It’s about time! minefield of petitioning, but Mayor Katz has made great changes to the village, but in While reading it, I thought of how a similar piece could they are identifiable voters this he was not alone, as the newspaper pointed out. Mayor – and should – be written about Ms. Jane Forbes Clark, who deserve to be heard and Katz was the leader of the A Team – with representatives reminding residents of the many and varied ways she included! of the political spectrum from the most conservative and and the Clark Foundation and other Clark entities benefit To the challengers of the disciplined – former Mobil exec Lou Allstadt – to the most Cooperstown and enhance the quality of life of all of us petition I say, try to win liberal and free thinking – Jim Dean. With the voices of who are privileged to live here. elections based on the issues moderation and wisdom – Ellen Tillapaugh and Cindy Falk In its July 24, 2015, edition, the New York Times puband candidates not on the – in the middle. lished a nice profile of Ms. Clark and her role at the Hall of technicalities of a filing or a The fact that most of them are Democrats is indicative of Fame. signature. how big the Democratic tent is, not how partisan the village I think all of us residents of Cooperstown would enHENRY J. NICOLS has become. Seldom has any village Cooperstown’s size joy reading a similar account of Ms. Clark’s non-baseball Cooperstown been blessed with such a deep bench of talent. philanthropic activities on behalf of the village – and your In that regard, Mayor Katz has had the wind to his back paper would seem to be a most appropriate venue for it. and the A Team on his side. JOHN A. RUDY CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown Cooperstown

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he musical “Candide,” now in a glittering production at the Glimmerglass Festival, is one of Broadway’s favorite death and resurrection stories. When it opened in 1956, it boasted a roster of bold-face talent: Tyrone Guthrie; Leonard Bernstein; Dorothy Parker; Richard Wilbur; Lillian Hellman. In spite of irresistible music and some of the wittiest lyrics ever to reach the stage, Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival “Candide” closed after 73 Andrew Stenson as Candide in The Glimmerglass performances. In 1974, with a rewritten Festival’s “Candide.”

book by Huge Wheeler and more witty lyrics by Steven Sondheim, the flop flipped and ran for 2 years. In 1982, Hal Prince convinced New York City Opera that “Candide” was actually an operetta, so more music and witty lyrics were written. In 1989, Bernstein created a concert version with less text, more music and more philosophy, optimistically titled the Final Revised Version; far from final, it is performed by symphony orchestras around the world. Please See CANDIDE, B5

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Notice: Attorneys and Others are in the habit of paying only single postage on letters addressed to the Editor, containing one or more enclosures. If these letters are only marked single when they are mailed, the error is uniformly discovered, and the double or treble postage added, ere they reach our hands. These impositions are too considerable to be countenanced. We beg that gentlemen out of this city (Albany), will also bear in mind, that all advertisements under the insolvent and absconding debtor Acts must be paid in advance. The prices of advertising are for six weeks, $2.50; for ten weeks, $3.00; for ten weeks, $5.00. N.B. Editors in this State who will have the goodness to give the above notice an insertion in their papers, will confer a favor, which shall be requited when opportunity offers. J.Buel, Albany. July 27, 1815

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Otsego County Medical Society – At the annual meeting of the Otsego County Medical Society, held at the Eagle Tavern, in Cooperstown, on the 20th July, 1840, the following officers were duly elected for the ensuing year – Dr. Drake of Westford, President; Dr. Hannay of Cooperstown, Vice-President; Dr. Gorton of Gilbertsville, Secretary; Dr. Curtiss of Cooperstown, Treasurer and Librarian; Marks, Harper, Boyce, Secor, Metcalf, Censors; Curtiss, Spafard, Peake, Trustees of the Library. July 27, 1840

150 YEARS AGO

New Streets – The Catholic Church property and the lot adjoining on the east having passed into the hands of an “improvement party,” a street has been staked out through those premises and the lands of Mr. Burditt on the south, connecting with New Street and the road opened through Mr. Russell’s farm – the whole to be hereafter known and designated as “Susquehanna Avenue.” The connecting link above mentioned will be opened in the fall. That portion of the avenue now known as New Street is to be widened ten feet – Mrs. Cockett having consented to give the land. The Avenue will then have a uniform width of 50 feet. Second District of Otsego: Number of inhabitants in Fly Creek: 319; Number outside of village in the district: 1,338; Whole number in district: 1,657; Number of voters in district: 410; Number of men enlisted in service: 63; Died in service: 23; houses visited 341; families: 355. July 28, 1865

100 YEARS AGO

August Busch has purchased several of the Vanderbilt horses which are prize winners. Both Mr. Busch and his son Adolph are very much interested in highbred horses and the sport of driving them. Among the horses purchased are the four-in-hand coach horses and the single carriage horses. These horses were purchased at the Durland Company sale who had charge of the disposal of the horses belonging to Alfred G. Vanderbilt who died in the Lusitania disaster. The leaders of the four-in-hand or trotting road four are “Old

Stager” and “General Grant.” The wheel horses are “General Sheridan” and Chief Uncas.” These four draw the large green road coach which made its first appearance on Main Street last Saturday. The other horses purchased are “Lady Warley,” “Melbourne Lady,” “Ursula,” and “Stanford Lily.” There is also “Silver Fox,” a sixteen-hand, four-year-old grey gelding. The horses are at Uncas Farm under the care of Manager Edward Rabart who is the bugler on the road coach. July 28, 1915

75 YEARS AGO

The British Ministry of Aircraft Production has entered negotiations with Richard Archbold, explorer and research associate of the American Museum of Natural History, for the purchase of Mr. Archbold’s twin-engined consolidated flying seaplane boat, named Guba. The 14-ton Guba, a frequent visitor to Otsego Lake when Mr. Archbold’s mother was a summer resident here, was unofficially reported as being wanted for regular service between Canada and England, to speed much-needed American aluminum to British aircraft factories. It could carry a three-and-half-ton cargo across the Atlantic. It has a cruising range of 4,000 miles. Mr. Archbold bought the Guba three years ago. In 1938, he flew it by way of Honolulu and Wake Island to New Guinea where he led a scientific expedition. July 31, 1940

50 YEARS AGO

A quartet of Cooperstown youths took off in two canoes early Monday morning for a month-long trip down the 444-mile-long Susquehanna River from its source at Otsego Lake to Havre de Grace, Maryland where it flows into Chesapeake Bay. The four are Alton G. Dunn, III, Kent St. John, Jim Peters and David Rath. They expect to complete the trip by the last week in August. July 28, 1965

25 YEARS AGO

Ron Schofield walked into the Bold Dragoon bar and restaurant on Pioneer Street on July 23rd and handed bartender Robert Beebe a note which read: “Cooperstown, Blue Dragoon (sic) Carter the Apache, from Jim in Richmondville. Take care of this man for me.” Schofield was trying to get ahold of Carter Morris, who like Schofield is a veteran of the Vietnam War. Schofield, however, is homeless. Schofield’s is walking from Vergennes, Vermont to San Francisco, talking to as many vets and newspapers as he can to call attention to the plight of homeless vets. When he arrives in California, the 39-year-old veteran will check himself into a treatment center for PTSD victims at Menlo Park. August 1, 1990

10 YEARS AGO

Several thousand Little Leaguers will pass through the gates of the Cooperstown Dreams Park this summer, but only one of them can call Cooperstown home. Winner of the 2005 Beanie Ainslie Award, 12-year-old Greg Brodersen is back playing with the Central New York Pioneers – a team based out of Ilion, featuring players from all over

EYE ON THE WEATHER Editor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service observer in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, is providing monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.

JULY 2015 Highest Temperature..........................................86°F (July 19, 29) Lowest Temperature....................................................44°F (July 3) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................76.9°F Average Minimum Temperature...........................................54.7°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................65.8°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................7.12″ Most Precipitation in One Day.................................1.63” (July 10) Thunderstorms........................................................4 (13 for 2015) Snow.............................................................................................0” (65.4” for 2015; 90.1“ for 2014-15 winter) Most Snow in One Day..................................................................0” YTD Precipitation....................................................................28.57” Number of Days at or below zero F................................................0 (23 for 2015; 23 for 2014-15 winter ) Number of Days at or below 32°F.....................0 (114 for 2015) Comments: ENOUGH ALREADY! In case you weren’t paying attention, it rained a lot in July, just like June! It was also cooler than normal, does that surprise you? Following a very warm and dry May, both June and July have been much wetter and cooler than normal. You can make your own assessment about the summer. During June we saw 9.36 inches of rain and in July we were dampened with 7.12 inches, which is nearly twice the normal 3.93 inches. We also had temperatures that were 2.6 degrees colder DAVID than the usual for July. May has been the only MATTICE month in 2015 that temperatures averaged above normal for our area! It’s been hard for our good friends the farmers, but they are tough and resilient and they always come through somehow. They could use a break in the second half of the summer. Normal year to date precipitation stands at 28.57 inches through July; normal is 22.80 inches. What a great Induction Weekend! I hope you enjoyed all of the fun. The entire Cooperstown/Oneonta area is buzzing with baseball fans both at the Hall of Fame and at the baseball camps! It’s so great to see so many visitors to one of the most beautiful areas of our country! Welcome to all of you who are here for the first time. It’s less than a month until Labor Day, can you believe it? Please visit this paper’s website for all of the many activities that are going on in the area…there is a lot to see and do. Have fun, stay safe, enjoy the area, and we’ll meet again in September! And as always, Keep Your Eye On The Weather!

Central New York. Brodersen has been a contributing factor in the Pioneers’ success. “I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with these guys,” Brodersen said. “So far, I’ve gone 1 for 3 at the plate in every game we’ve played,” Brodersen reported before Tuesday morning’s contest, a game in which he made a spectacular diving catch in left field on the first play. Greg is the son of Greg and Rosemary Brodersen of Cooperstown. July 29, 2005

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Groff Daughter Promises More Thrills At Rio Olympics SARAH/From A1 Groff, who traveled down to Rio with Sarah’s father, Jerry, to watch her race. “It was a hard race, hot and humid.” It’s the same course she’ll be racing next summer, as she and Jorgensen look to become the second and third Americans to win an Olympic triathlon medal, joining Susan Williams, who took bronze at Athens

2004. Triathlon debuted at the Sydney 2000 Games, according to a report on NBC’s OlympicTalk. “This is a dynamic course,” said Jeannine. “We first went out on the beach to watch, then we ran to the bike course and found a spot to see her go past and up a very tricky hill, then found another spot to watch her run.” In 2012, True took fourth

place in the Olympic Games in London with the famous “bunny hop” over a polish triathlete Maria Czesnik, who had crashed her bike on a tight corner right in front of True. She was the first American across the finish line, beating Jorgenson, who came in 38 after getting a flat tire. In 2014, Groff married long-distance runner Ben True, the top American at

both the 2011 and 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. “So proud of @sgroffy for her great race, punching her ticket to her second Olympics. One proud husband,” he tweeted Sunday afternoon.

True will compete for his own slot on the long distance Olympic team next summer. “She’s happy to be able to focus a little of her attention on her husband’s career now,” said Jeannine. The Women’s Triathlon

is scheduled for 11 a.m. (10 a.m. EST) on Saturday, Aug. 20. “We’re so happy for her,” said Jeannine. “She’s worked so hard – it’s not always easy, but mentally, she’s a tough customer.”

Youth Opera Stages First Performance, Adaptation Of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ OPERA/From A1 native who now lives in New York City. “It’s 12,000 lines of very difficult material.” But then, he realized, that it was perfect for kids. “It’s got a wonderful adventure – monsters, magic, sorcery.” “All ages can come to this show,” said Zambello. “Even small children will enjoy it. And now we have 16 more children who’ve read ‘The Odyssey.’ That’s a miracle.” “Odyssey” is Moore’s second opera; his first, “Enemy: A Love Story,” based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer, premiered this past February in Palm Beach, Fla. Sixteen children, ages 7 to 16, performed. “I find it very moving that they work so well together with such an age split,” said Zambello. “Every kid has some part to play,” said Moore. “Even the youngest has a few lines. They’ve all been in operas before, so they’re real veterans.” And the music ranges from traditional opera to

jazz and a tango number, and even a rap where the characters sum up the story thus far. “It’s our own little joke,” said Moore. “The characters are on stage, and they ‘fast-forward’ through the action.” Continuing, he said, “The music in ‘Odyssey’ is very eclectic,” he said. “We want young kids to be exposed to beautiful operatic singing

so that they can enjoy it and seek it out. We’re showing them that all kinds of music can be exciting.” Zambello hopes to continue the program in the future. “Our goal is to really embed ourselves in the community,” she said. “We want everyone to realize that opera is for everybody.” “It’s cheaper than a movie,” said Francesca.

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Ballot Challenge Hangs On 13 Signatures On CCS Grad’s Petition PETITIONS/From A1 2015 CCS grad, who cannot sign his name, drew a line on the petition and identified it with a rubber stamp. It is the 13-signature petition itself which, if thrown out, would remove Marietta from the Democratic line. “We’re not going after this kid,” said Casale. “We believe more than half the signatures are bad.” Regardless, Casale’s counterpart, Democratic County Chair Richard Abbate, also of Cooperstown, said petitions are being circulated to put Marietta on the ballot as an independent, regardless of whether state Supreme Court Judge Kevin Dowd upholds the petition or throws it out when he hears arguments Aug. 13 in Norwich. While Dowd is a Republican, “I hear he’s fair and honest,” said Abbate. “If so, he will rule on our side.” If he doesn’t, Democrats will challenge the decision in a higher court, Abbate said. Several petitions circulated on Marietta’s behalf collected 81 signatures. The petition in question, circulated by Christina Noto, a CCS honor student and Dewey’s classmate, contains 13 signatures. Abbate, who also serves as Democratic elections commissioner, and the Republican elections commissioner, Sheila Ross, concurred that 27 signatures on the other Marietta petitions were invalid.

the witness. “That’s not just for a petition; that’s for any legal document.” “Most of their complaints are frivolous,” Abbate countered. “It’s all about getting to Election Day without an opponent.” He said that since Casale, a professional political consultant who’s managed races across the state, The Freeman’s Journal became Otsego County GOP chair, every signature Democratic County on every petition submitChair Richard Abbate, ted to the county Board of left, and his GOP counterpart, Vince Casale, Elections in the Meadows shake hands during the Office Building is being Cooperstown Rotary’s scrutinized by a team of pancake breakfast on Republicans. “That’s what Election Day 2014. they do: They sit around the That reduced total signatable and go through every tures for Marietta to 54; he signature,” Abbate said. needs 43 valid signatures to Maybe, as Democratic get his name on the ballot chair, he should have put a as a Democrat. If the Noto committee together to do petition is invalidated, that the same, he offered. “We will subtract another 13 sig- briefly review (petitions) natures, bringing Marietta when they come into the to 41 signatures, two fewer Board of Elections. Maybe, than he needs. as chair, I dropped the ball When Patrick’s signaby not going line to line. I ture was questioned, Ross don’t think so. It’s imporvoted to remove it; Abbate tant to find good candidates, voted to keep it. When the not to knock out good Republican and Democratic candidates.” commissioners are split, the After the situation signature remains on the surfaced Friday, July 31, petition. Abbate said, “Rick knows It’s not the Dewey him (Patrick) personally,” signature, Casale said, but and he called for Hulse to the Democratic petitions withdraw the challenge to themselves. “They’re a Marietta’s petitions. Hulse mess,” he said. “They are didn’t return two calls and sloppily done. There are an e-mail for his reaction a bunch of corrections on and what he planned to do. them.” Further, “they’re For his part, Marietta not properly witnessed,” called the court challenge he continued: It’s not the “just a distraction. I hope rubber stamp, it’s that the we” – he and Hulse – “can stamp had to be initialed by talk about the issues and the

future of Otsego County.” He said he wasn’t aware Noto was circulating a petition on his behalf, but was pleased to learn she had done so. As regional director of the New York Council on Nonprofits (NYCON), Marietta said Christina had approached him about setting up a non-profit for “Soles for Souls,” which she organized at CCS to collect students’ little-used sneakers for other kids who needed them. He had connected her with CFEE (the Cooperstown Foundation on Excellence In Education), which had been able to act

as an umbrella for “Soles.” “Here’s a high school student interested in the political process,” he continued. “What kind of perspective does this give Christina and, of course, Patrick as well? That to me is the bigger problem here: It discourages people, and younger people, from getting involved in our political system. Disengagement is the perpetual issue.” As it happens, both Noto and Dewey played prominent roles in this year’s CCS commencement Sunday, June 28, on the lawn behind The Fenimore Art Museum. Noto was

one of the top four students who delivered the valedictory. Dewey, who drove his wheelchair over uneven ground to reach the podium, received his diploma, with honors, to a standing ovation by the crowd. For his part, Casale challenged any suggestion that he is insensitive to challenges Patrick may face. He reported he worked as a job coach for people with disabilities, taught special education, and served on the Herkimer BOCES board and the Herkimer Arc. “I’ve been involved with people with disabilities since I was in college.”

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hen life hands you zucchini, relish it. “One year, our garden produced tons of zucchini,” said Megan Scrivener, co-owner of Simply Good Farms with her husband Erik. “I remembered my grandfather, Rodney” – lifelong dairy farmer

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hat business makes the world go ’round is probably underappreciated. Directly or a few steps distant, business provides all the needs of our daily lives, jobs, taxes, and the revenues that allow our universities, hospitals, museums and theaters to operate. It’s convincingly argued there is no freedom without free enterprise. And at the base of free enterprise is an individual with an idea and the courage and energy to pursue it. With this edition on this page (and every 4-6 weeks), AllOTSEGO.business, Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal will seek to change that, to celebrate the people and private concerns that, by thriving, help our Otsego County thrive. Enjoy! JIM KEVLIN Editor & Publisher

Rodney Rutenber, who passed away in 2009 – “used to make a zucchini relish, so I called my aunt and got the recipe.” Megan, who is also SUNY Oneonta internship coordinator, and Erik, a senior planner for Otsego County, gave Rodney’s Relish, canned in their kitchen, as gifts that year. But their friends and neighbors couldn’t get enough. “They always wanted it!” said Erik. “It was the biggest hit at barbecues.”

And thus, a booming business was born. Megan made more and took her relish to farmers markets and food trade shows, and at every one it was a hit. “I had one kid who said, ‘I don’t really like zucchini,’ and I told him to give it a try. He loved it,” said Megan, who was chosen as one of this newspaper’s “20 Under 40” up-and-comers earlier this year. The couple also expanded their line, Please See ZUCCHINI, B3

Ensuring Tourists Have Fun – Safe Fun Doubleday Drivers’ Donley Chauffeurs Beer, Wine Fans On 37-Mile Beverage Trail By ANNE LEONARDO

ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Beat the heat with an old-fashioned summer treat, part of Fabulous Friday along Main St. Free. 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org ‘RUN FOR THE ROSES’: Sip mint juleps, play lawn games, and dine and dance under the stars at Hyde Hall’s annual Kentucky-derby theme fundraiser. 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. $130 adults; $100 under age 30; also premium tables for 10. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, tickets, www.hydehall.org or (607) 5475098. BEER, BANDS: Belgian and Belgian-style ales from more than 100 breweries await your taste buds. 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. Live music (8 p.m.), food, camping, fireworks, more. Tickets $20-$110. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Co. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, www. ommegang.com

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s a tourist adviser at the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, Jim Donley found himself telling visitor after visitor about the Cooperstown Beverage Trail, three breweries, two wineries, one distillery and the Fly Creek Cider Miller over a 37-mile route. “They would say, ‘That’s great, but how am I going to drink, drive, drink, drive, without even knowing where I’m going?’” Jim recounted. “So I thought something was needed.” What he devised is Doubleday Drivers LLC, a designated-driver service, where visitors could hire Donley to drive their cars Please See DRIVERS, B5

hat could be more picturesque than strolling amid juried landscape art of many genres, against the backdrop of Otsego Lake? The eighth annual Art By The Lake festival is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. Music, kids’ activities, locally crafted food, wine, beers. Audience-favorite voting till 2:30 p.m. $10 adults; museum members & ages 12 and under free. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Also on the museum lawn: 7 p.m. Friday Aug. 7, Lake Effect Jazz ‘n’ Swing Concert with the Patti Tassel Quartet, $10 adults; $5 children. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.

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COMING UP: 20 chefs pair with 60 food producers to prepare farm-totable treats, complete with local spirits, wine and beers at the third annual Local Foods, Local Spirits Celebration. 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug 13, Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Info, tickets, www. cooperstownfarmersmarket.org

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â€œThe Country Wifeâ€? by William Wycherley. Free; donations welcome. Franklin Stage Co., Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin, Tickets, schedule, www.franklinstagecompany.org

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COUNTY FAIR â€” 8:30 a.m. (Also Aug. 9.) Otsego County Fair Agriculture Day. Carnival, 4-H activities (animal, food, floral, science shows). 8:30 a.m. 5k benefit run; 10:30 a.m. cook-off; 3 p.m. livestock auction; 7 p.m. variety show. Full schedule at www.otsegocountyfair.org. HISTORIC HOUSE TOURS -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tours of historic homes and other buildings,

Hosted by Cherry Valley Historical Association & Museum.Tickets $15 at Cherry Valley Museum, 49 Main St., Cherry Valley. Lunch for purchase at Katieri Hall, Cherry Valley, hosted by Catholic Church. ART BY THE LAKE -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 8th annual juried landscape art festival, overlooking Otsego Lake. Music, kidsâ€™ activities, locally crafted food, wine, beers. Audience-favorite voting till 2:30 p.m. $10 adults; museum members & ages 12 and under free. Fenimore Art Museum lawn, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org RENAISSANCE FAIR -- 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (also Aug. 9.) 7th annual fair. Crafters, music, dancers, reenactors, games, magician, BBQ,

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Couple Relishes Opportunities For Zucchini ZUCCHINI/From B1 making a hot relish – Homerun Hot – with jalapeño peppers. “We got it on the first try with the second pepper,” she said. “There wasn’t too much experimenting.” On Friday, July 31, the Scriveners took their creation to Brooks BBQ’s plant to be bottled for an everexpanding taster audience. “It’s a really unique product,” said Megan. “It’s not common; I’ve never seen it outside of Amish country.” The couple met on spring break when they were both in high school – she was at Unadilla Valley and he was at Edmeston – and a mutual friend invited them to Myrtle Beach, S.C. They started dating, and 14 years later – Sept. 27, 2014 – they were married. They are now expecting their first child in December. Once married and living in South New Berlin, “I started the garden,” she said. “But it soon piqued his interest.” They had been bottling their product at Nelson Farms, near Cazenovia, but it closed its production line this year, leaving Megan scrambling for a replacement. “I had spoken with Ryan Brooks in 2013, but the machines couldn’t handle a product this thick,” she said. “But I called him again this year, and they were ready!” The Scriveners delivered 15,000 pounds of zucchini to be shredded and bottled over four sessions, each yielding about 100 cases of 12 jars each. Each jar contains three-quarters of a pound of zucchini - plus Rodney’s secret blend of spices. “It’s a little weird to step back and not do anything,” said Megan. “Last year, we cut all the onions ourselves, 150 pounds. We spent the whole day crying!”

And there’s plenty more to come from their South New Berlin farm, which they just expanded their original garden to three plots, totaling one and a half acres, in order to keep up with the demand. “It’s the Italian delight that grows in the night,” said Erik. “You forget to pick one, and the next day it looks like a baseball bat.” They started early this year, cultivating plants indoors to plant over Memorial Day. That weekend’s late frost, however, killed the first crop. “They made it one night,” said Eric. “The frost got them. But we planted up through July, so we should be picking until mid-September.” Rodney’s Relish is currently available at the Green Earth, the Cooperstown Cheese Company and Cooperstown Natural Foods, and the business partners have applied to Hannaford in hopes of getting it on supermarket shelves. Megan is always surprised at the different ways fans use the relish. “You can mix it with cream cheese to make a cracker dip, and we know people who put it in omelets and mac and cheese,” she said. And though national Leave Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Day is coming up on Friday, Aug. 8, Megan’s neighbors are probably looking forward to the surprise. “We still make our relish at home and give it as gifts,” she said.

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evening of lawn games, auctions, mint juleps, BBQ, and dancing to The Handsome Hearts, a Brooklyn-based trio. $130 adults; $100 under age 30; also premium tables for 10. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, tickets, www.hydehall.org, (607) 547-5098. ART RECEPTION — 5-7 .com p.m. Public opening of art otsego l l info@a to show depicting Delaware tems i dar County community heroes. Milsend calen Free. Meet artist Janet Wentford. Res. at worth Erickson and subjects of (607) 432-2429. More rides, the works. Delaware County Hisinfo, at www.lrhs.com torical Association, 46549 Rte. Saturday, CHARACTER TOUR/HISTORI10, Delhi. Info, www.dcha-ny.org CAL VIGNETTES -1 p.m. garden August 8 BELGIAN FEST — 3 p.m. “Beltour with Susan Fenimore Cooper gium Comes to Cooperstown” CONTINUED FROM B2 ($2 plus admission). 1:30-4 p.m. festival. Taste Belgian and TRAIN ‘ROBBERY’ — 1 p.m. (also vignettes on Women’s Rights Belgian-style ales from more Aug. 22). Experience an Old West Movement (free with admission). than 100 breweries. Music (8 train robbery, with period cosThe Farmers’ Museum, 5775 p.m.), food, camping, fireworks, tumes, shootouts, fun. About 2 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. more. Tickets $20-$110. Brewery hours. Adults $19; seniors $18; farmersmuseum.org Ommegang, 656 Co. Hwy. 33, ages 3-12 $16; under 3 free. HYDE HALL GALA — 5 p.m. Middlefield. Info, (607) 547-1800 Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Annual “Run for the Roses” fundor www.ommegang.com Railroad Depot, 136 E. Main St., raiser: a Kentucky Derby-themed

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THEATER -- 7 p.m. (Also 3 p.m. Aug. 9.) “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged revised)” live. Monty Python meets Shakespeare as three men try to perform all The Bard’s works in 90 minutes. $15 adults, $12 seniors & members; $10 ages 7-12; 6 and under free. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org. THEATER — 8 p.m. (also Aug. 9) “The Country Wife” by William Wycherley. Free; donations welcome. Franklin Stage Co., Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin, Tickets, schedule, www.franklinstagecompany.org EXHIBIT CLOSING – Last day for exhibit celebrating Oneonta National Register of Historic Places properties. Free. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Hours, info, www.oneontahistory.

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Car Show. Free. Club will donate to Milford’s Wilber Park fund, and present 15th annual scholarship to BOCES graduate Adma Renwick. All welcome. RENT WARS — 1:30-4 p.m. vignettes on Anti-Rent Wars. Free with admission. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org THEATER — 3 p.m. Final performance of “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged revised)” live. Monty Python meets Shakespeare as three men try to perform all The Bard’s works in 90 minutes. $15 adults, $12 seniors & members; $10 ages 7-12; 6 and under free. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. MORE CALENDAR, B6

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Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for beer and wine, has been applied for by the Cooperstown Distillery, LLC to sell beer and wine at retail in a beverage tasting room under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 73 Main St., Cooperstown, NY for on premises consumption. Cooperstown Distillery, LLC - DBA Cooperstown Beverage Exchange. 2LegalAug13 Legal notice MILL STREET STABLES, LLC filed with SSNY 6/2/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Mill Street Stables, LLC, P.O. Box 107, 28 Mill Street, Gilbertsville, NY 13776. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalAug21 Legal notice BLUE WATER STUDIO, LLC

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do some other things as well. People will just go on one-way trips to Ommegang, or out to a restaurant for the evening, or the airport.” The Trail is adding another winery, and there are brew pubs along the route where visitors like to stop. All of the options make for a great variety of tours. “It’s never the same thing,” said Donley, who operated Cooperstown Gifts, selling Catholic religious articles and church goods over the Internet for a decade before retiring in 2012. “I go according to the people’s taste. A typical tour lasts about five hours – but it could be a little less, it could be a little more. Some people like to end at a place where they can have dinner.” As more establishments are added to the trail, Donley

sees possibilities to expand his business even more. He also advertises “general livery service,” and over Hall of Fame Induction Weekend brought a van-load back and forth from Albany International Airport, and another party to and from their hotel in Oneonta. “Next year maybe we’ll get another van, but we’ll see how business goes,” he said. “It’s been doing very well at building through the season. Of course, this is the peak of the season, but there seems to be a good demand in the spring and fall too. “The fall has been very strong generally for tourism. The problem now is that people can’t get hotel reservations then! If someone wants to come for a weekend in September or October they can’t find a place to stay.”

One of the main attractions for visitors to Cooperstown is Brewery Ommegang; Donley often structures the rest of the tour around when his guests want to be sure to include a stop there. The people who use Doubleday Drivers are usually the more responsible ones who see the danger in driving to tour several breweries and vineyards in an unfamiliar area, the proprietor said. He hopes that, despite knowing the region and the roads better, more locals will take advantage of the service. “I’ve had some local folks, but I guess they feel familiar enough with the roads to say ‘oh, I can do this myself.’ Usually the responsible choice is either get someone to drive for you, or to have a member of the group be the designated

driver so they don’t drink. So they kind of become the odd man out in the group. Unless someone doesn’t drink, but if they’re not participating, it makes for a less enjoyable day.” Though he’s now visited each of these places countless times, Donley, who with wife Teresa has raised two daughters and two sons in Coopertown, always likes having the opportunity to talk to people from all over the country. “I get to meet a lot of people who are coming from various places,” he said. “Most of them are from regional places – Albany, Syracuse, New Jersey, but some come from further away. I enjoy getting out and meeting new people. It’s kind of a retirement job in a sense for me. It keeps me busy.”

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Revisions continue up to the Glimmerglass “Candide.” At each stage, musical numbers are moved, lyrics reworked, libretto updated. All the relentless tinkering points to the central problem of “Candide.” Voltaire’s slender satire from 1759 sends its hero sailing across the globe in search of love and truth, but mostly to furnish targets for Voltaire’s outrage: Greed and corruption in politics; abuse by religious orders; the futility of war; the horrors of slavery and colonialism, all attacked with suave wit and evenhanded vitriol. The characters are insubstantial as

cartoons, and like cartoons they die and return to life repeatedly. Motion is a substitute for plot and the result can be travel fatigue. However, the Glimmerglass “Candide” is so entertaining that occasional narrative letdowns might not be noticed. Kathryn Lewek as Cunegonde is the leading gem of the cast, with a superb soprano for the considerable demands of the role; she brings surprising depth of feeling and charm to a self-infatuated Material Girl. Helping her to survive is Marietta Simpson, a delight as the outrageous Old Woman. Andrew Stenson has a sweet tenor and guileless face for the

optimistic “Candide,” but is a little too bland to keep our attention, especially next to sidekicks like the pessimistic Martin, played to furious perfection by Matthew Scollin. David Garrison thoroughly fulfills our vision of Voltaire as he narrates the action and gracefully doubles as Dr. Pangloss. Bernstein ransacked European musical history to create a pastiche of Old World dances like the mazurka, schottische and gavotte; those familiar rhythms are draped in dazzling lyrics and tunes you can’t stop humming. It is thrilling to hear this music beautifully played by a full orchestra, conducted with verve by Joseph Colaneri. The cavernous and versatile wharf-side warehouse set by

James Noone sums up the endless cycle of travel endured by our characters. Jennifer Moeller has designed luxurious 18th century-style costumes for the principle characters, while the large ensemble resembles a half-dressed commedia dell’arte troupe. In the finale, Bernstein abandons Voltaire entirely. Setting Richard Wilbur’s translation of the famous last line, he creates a soaring anthem of hope in everything we love and live for. “We’ll build our house, “And chop our wood, “And make our garden grow.” Pat Thorpe is reviewing Glimmerglass Festival productions for The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta.

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CONTINUED FROM B4 THEATER -- 5 p.m. Final performance of “The Country Wife” by William Wycherley. Free; donations welcome. Franklin Stage Co., Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Tickets, info, www.franklinstagecompany.org FARM HIKE -- 5 p.m. Join Otsego County Land Trust for sustainable agriculture hike and presentation, followed by appetizers. Tour of Stock Farm. Free; all welcome. Meet at 1 H Moyer Rd., Van Hornesville. Info, RSVP to at 607-547-2366 or sara@otsegolandtrust.org CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Cooperstown Summer Music

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Festival presents “A Little Night and Day Music,” with artists Frank Huang (soon to be NY Philharmonic concertmaster) violin; Dimitri Murrath, viola; David Requiro, cello, and Linda Chesis, flute. Works by Handel, Beethoven, Villa Lobos, and more. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Tickets, (800) 8383006. Info, http://www.cooperstownmusicfest.org CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Glimmerglass Festival musicians, “Ensembles Large, Small.” Star Theater, 44 Main., Cherry Valley. Suggested donation $15; info www.cvartworks.org.

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CHENANGO FAIR -- (Aug. 1116.) Opening Day of the 168th Chenango County Fair. Rides, games, music, 4H & youth exhibits, harness racing, conservation shows, tractor pulls, more. County fairgrounds, Norwich. Info, www.chenangocountyfair. homestead.com COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS -- 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays. Join Oneonta Common Council members for coffee & chat. This week at Oneonta Bagel Co., 171 Main St., Oneonta. STORY TIME -- 10:30 a.m. “Everything But the Horse,” by Hollie Hobbie, for preschoolersfirst grade. Cost included with museum admission. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org. FLY CREEK LUNCHEON -- 11:30 a.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society luncheon. FCAHS building, Fly Creek.

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Michael J. Muehl, 89, Emmons; Farmer Painted Snoopy On Barn ONEONTA – Michael Joseph Muehl, 89, who famously painted Snoopy on the roof of his Emmons farmhouse, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015. Michael was born on Jan. 18, 1926 in Palesnik, Yugoslavia, the son of the late Jakob and Katherine (Schmall) Muehl. He was raised in Worcester. He married Lois Jennings June 8, 1946. From 1952-1979 Mike and Lois operated a dairy farm in Emmons. He painted his favorite comic character, Snoopy, on the roof of his barn, delighting passerbys on I-88. Michael is survived by his children, Michael Linda Borfitz and her husband, Harmon, The Villages, Fla., Andrea Anne Mack and her husband, Barry, Plattsburgh, Mark Muehl and his wife, Priscilla of Fairborn, Ohio, Drue Muehl and his wife, Kathy, Millport, Alex Muehl and his wife, Annmarie,

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Pwr Equip, 11K, Stk: 942220 SALe PrICe

$172mo/$13,587

2007 sportage lx v6 4x4 Pwr Equip, 87K, Stk: 100943A ..................................... $152mo/$8,995 2007 xterra s 4x4 Pwr Equip, 77K, Stk: C1010980A ....................................$208mo/$11,387 2009 rogue s Pwr Equip, 69K, Stk: 100963A ....................................$172mo/$11,847 2009 sedona ex Full Pwr, Lthr, Snrf, 34K, Stk: 100963A ....................................$174mo/$11,995 2013 outlander sport es Pwr Equip, Stk: 101003B.....$209mo/$15,995 2011 rogue sv awd Pwr Equip, 38K, Stk: C942060 ....................................$227mo/$17,208 2008 frontier se crew 4x4 Pwr Equip, 82K, Stk: 941870A ....................................$342mo/$17,399 2013 sorento ex Full Pwr, Lthr, Htd Seats, 71K, Stk: 101094A ....................................$232mo/$17,495 2012 sorento lx awd Pwr Equip, 42K, Running Brds, Stk: C100856 ....................................$239mo/$17,995 2012 rogue sv awd Full Pwr, 26K, Stk: 942050...$245mo/$18,359 2012 rogue sv awd Full Pwr, 17K, Stk: C941730..$245mo/$18,374 2012 sorento lx awd Pwr Equip, 40K, Stk: C101039A ....................................$245mo/$18,376 2012 rogue sv awd Full Pwr, 41K, Stk: 942240 . .$255mo/$18,995 2012 rogue sl awd Full Pwr, Lthr, Sunroof, Nav, 37K, Stk: 942400 ....................................$262mo/$19,495 2013 sorento lx Pwr Equip, 3rd Seat, 42K, Stk: C942430 ....................................$270mo/$19,884 2013 rogue sl Full Pwr, Nav, Lthr, Snrf, 32K, Stk: C101016A ....................................$270mo/$19,995 2014 outlander sport se awd Pwr Equip, 14K, Stk: C100926 ....................................$270mo/$19,995 2013 sportage ex awd Pwr Equip, 44K, Stk: C100981A ....................................$274mo/$20,252 2014 rogue s awd Pwr Equip, 20K, Stk: C942170 ....................................$281mo/$20,713 2012 rogue sl Full Pwr, Nav, Lthr, Snrf, 27K, Stk: C942520 ....................................$289mo/$21,195 2015 sorento lx awd 12K, Stk: C101013A...........$324mo/$23,444 2015 frontier se crew Pwr Equip, 16K, Stk: 942260 ....................................$375mo/$26,803 2014 outlander se awd Full Pwr, Lthr, Snrf, 3rd Row Seat, <1,000 miles, Balance of 5Yr/60k Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty Stk: 941790........$378mo/$26,995

2012 rogue S Awd

Pwr Equip, 57K, Stk: C100574 SALe PrICe

$199mo/$15,387

2014 outLAnder Se Awd

Pwr Equip, 3rd row, Nav, Less than 1K, 5Yr/60K Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty Stk: 941800 SALe PrICe

$409mo/$28,995

2008 ford edge

Full Pwr, Snrf, Lthr, 69K, Stk: 100987A SALe PrICe

$303mo/$15,728 2007 mAXImA Se

Full Pwr, Snrf, 69K, Stk: 942210 SALe PrICe

$176mo/$9,994

2013 oPtImA LX

Pwr Equip, 41K, Stk: C942180 SALe PrICe

$209mo/$15,994

2013 rIo eX hAtChbACk

2010 rogue SL Awd

$162mo/$12,954

$185mo/$13,495

Pwr Equip, 16K, Stk: C100649A SALe PrICe

Pwr Equip, 80K, Stk: 100784A SALe PrICe

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