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he deal didn’t stay done.

A month ago, Common Council unanimously approved a severance agreement with City Manager Martin Murphy. Then-acting mayor Maureen Hennessy signed it. So did Murphy.

So why was the matter back on the agenda at the Tuesday, Aug. 18, Council meeting?

The settlement gave Murphy “...a lump sum payment for all sick, vacation, personal and holiday leave accrued...in the amount of $5,900,” according to the severance agreement.

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all it serendipity.

“In the Catholic church, we have a three-year cycle of readings,” said Father Scott VanDerveer, a priest at St. Mary’s Parish. “For the last five weeks, we’ve been studying the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John, where Jesus says ‘I am the bread of life.’ He understood that hungry people had to be fed.”

At the same time, parishioner Ellen Alex, a member WARD ONE RACE: Paul of the Bread for the World van der Sommen, Oneonta activist group, saw that the Tennis Club owner, has filed coalition’s mission this year a petition with the county was to urge elected officials Board of Elections to run for not to defund several nationCommon Council in Ward al feeding programs, includOne as an independent. He ing SNAP, WIC and the will be facing incumbent National School Lunch and Maureen Hennessy.

Breakfast program. “Last year the initiative was endGIBSON VISITS: U.S. ing world hunger,” she said.

Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, “This year, those programs was in Otsego County Please See BREAD, A6 Tuesday, Aug. 18, speaking to the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association at The Otesaga in the morning, and to the Otsego Electric Co-op Annual Meeting at Milford in the evening. ormer county Rep. Richard Murphy, DOneonta, will be the guest of honor at this year’s county Democratic dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Country Inn & Suites, Hartwick Seminary.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will keynote.

Reservations, call Dana Levinson at 267-4404 or go to www.otsegocountydemocraticcommittee.com.

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Charter Best Friend Goes Back To Basics Reforms Made Sense, She Recounts

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Janice Hinkley and Ellen Alex, members of St. Mary’s Action for Justice Committee, stand with Associate Pastor Scott VanDerveer with a basket full of letters bound for elected officials’ offices.

aurie Zimniewicz went back to basics.

When the Charter Revision Commission convened in September 2009, “no one had a set idea of what we were going to recommend,” said Zimniewicz, a member of that commission who came to the fore as the charter’s foremost Zimniewicz proponent after David Rissberger, the commission chair, ran for Common Council in 2011 and won. Another commission member, Larry Malone, was also elected to council.

In that same city election, the new City CharPlease See REFORM, A3 Mayor Russ Southard present a proclamation to Bank of Cooperstown President Scott White honoring the bank’s beautification efforts.

In Memory Of Mayor Miller, Bank Beautifies City Gateway

SAVING LIVES: The local chapter of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention announced its annual Out of Darkness Community Walk will be Saturday, Sept.

19, from the Moose Lodge on West Broadway.

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o after opening the Bank of Cooperstown’s Oneonta branch, Scott White, president, got a call from Mayor Dick Miller. “He said, ‘I want to buy you coffee and take you for a ride’,”

White recalled. “And what a ride it’s been.”

Ten months after Dick Miller’s sudden passing, the seeds of another of his Oneonta projects is blooming – literally.

“Before Dick passed away, he and Scott White drove around and looked at various Please See GARDEN, A6

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Severance Agreement, Justification, Stipend Haunting City Council approved the questionnaire GHOSTS/From A1 and process at their meeting Murphy is arguing that the sum doesn’t take into ac- on Tuesday, April 21.

“None of us celebrated the count the 172 hours of sick decision to suspend former time, for which he would be City Manager Martin Murentitled more money. “He phy,” he read. “But I stand believes he’s owed several fully behind the fairness of thousand more,” said Council member Bob Brzozowski. the review process.”

For their part, Murphy But in executive session, supporters had council decided not pointed out the to bring the issue 360 review wasn’t to a vote. “We’re intended as a firstabiding by the year process, but signed agreement,” something done afMayor Russ Southter five years to see ard said afterwards. what adjustments “He signed an might be made. agreement that said And the ghosts he couldn’t make appeared yet again, any changes after when a special seven days.” stipend for Finance Murphy, vacaMartin Murphy Director Meg Huntioning on the St. gerford to fill in as Lawrence River, couldn’t be reached for com- acting city manager, which failed at the last meeting due ment. to lack of a majority, wasn’t “I don’t know what’s brought up this time. going to happen next,” said With Council members Council member David Rissberger. “But this council Madolyn O. Palmer and Hennessy absent, it appeared will not be taking action.” the measure again would “What I want, as I hope every Council member does, lack a majority.

At the last meeting, a is to do right by Martin and $31,771 stipend for Hungerby the city,” Brzozowski ford was being considered said. which, it turns out, would The ghosts of controveractually pay her more in sies past again came forth, the acting role than Murphy as Council member Larry received full time.

Malone took the floor and As treasurer, she is paid read a lengthy statement $79,546. Because, under defending the “integrity the City Charter, she autoof the process” that led to matically becomes acting Murphy’s dismissal. city manager with the city Malone designed the manager is out of town or review process, based on best-practice guidelines from the position is vacant, she the International City/Coun- receives another $5,000 for that. ty Management Association With the additional stiand the review Dr. Robert pend, which Malone intends McEvoy, a consultant from to put on the agenda of the SUNY Oneonta, was paid $5,000 to conduct on former Sept. 8 Council meeting, Hungerford would begin city manager Mike Long in 2013. Council unanimously receiving $116,317.

David Rissberger, left, Charter Revision Commission chair, moderates a Feb. 9, 2011, panel of city managers and elected officials from Peekskill, Elmira and Corning at the First United Methodist Church.

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CHARTER/From A1 ter that he, Zimniewicz and 10 other prominent citizens had prepared was approved 1,177 to 370, a whopping 76.08 percent of the electorate.

As the commission interviewed fellow citizens, city workers and department heads, experts on municipal governance and officials from other Upstate cities, “it became obvious that part-time administration and part-time leadership was not enough to move Oneonta to the next level,” she said in a Monday, Aug. 17, interview.

“The community at large was telling us: We want leadership. We want vision. We want to change.”

That conclusion was bolstered by interviews with sitting and former aldermen (before charter revision, Council members were called aldermen): “They said the committee system and the requirements of day-to-day administration were overwhelming to them.”

As a result, “many of them were serving one term and getting off city council,” said Zimniewicz, proprietor of Z Solutions, a consulting firm, and currently serving as Hartwick College Citizens’ Board president and on the Fox Hospital board, among other civic activities.

As Charter Revision Commission discussions continued, other issues came into focus: • Credentials.

“Our city has a history of cronyism,” the commission concluded. “We aren’t always choosing the best people for the best jobs.”

To combat this, the commission originally sought to require that a city manager have a master’s in public ad-

ministration and 10 years’ experience, Zimniewicz said. However, when advised that might raise the salary necessary to attract qualified candidates from $110-120,000 to $140-150,000, the commission added flexibility.

“We didn’t think the community would buy it” at the higher salary, she said.

• Residency.

“We all felt very strongly about this,” that the city manager reside in the city, Zimniewicz said. “You need to be a neighbor to the people you’re caring for.”

Both these imperatives were challenged last year, when the city’s finance director, Meg Hungerford, was proposed for the job, Zimniewicz said, and she was gratified that both were affirmed in the selection of a city manager with credentials who then moved into the city.

The charter revision process was launched by former mayor John Nader in the spring of 2009, but he decided not to run again when he was promoted to SUNY Delhi provost. Former Hartwick president Dick Miller was elected in November 2011 to succeed him, and the final critical months of commission deliberations occurred on his watch.

“We realized we wouldn’t always have Dick,” said Zimniewicz of the hands-on, activist executive. “We wouldn’t always have the luck of the draw.” The charter was designed with that in mind, for Common Council to “focus on long-term planning, not on day-to-day operation.”

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She repeated a recommendation made at the outset, and repeated after Long’s departure: A “citywide seminar” is needed to train Common Council members and department heads in their new roles and lines of communication under the new system.

After Long’s departure, Zimniewicz chaired a Charter Revision Improvement Commission that made recommendations for change, few that were adopted. When Murphy ran into trouble, she spoke out for “due process” in ensuring he was treated fairly.

“We need to ensure employees of the city understand how this is going to work,” she said, looking ahead, “how the city manager form of government is going to work. What they know now” – following resistance to Murphy – “is how to get around it.”

A program for the public a large to understand the new regimen might be of interest to people, and would also be helpful to City Hall’s smooth functioning.

For now, she’s worried. “There’s no positive leadership,” she said, underscoring a crying need for more and better jobs, and more and better housing to attract new people here.

“There’s little positive leadership on how to improve our city.”

The answer, she suggested, is to “get a whole new council” – which, with four retirements, challenges in two other wards, and a newcomer running unopposed for mayor, could come close to happening.

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Heroin Scourge Continues. Embrace Opportunities To Fight It.

t was a shock.

At his swearing-in on Jan. 1, 2011, in the historic Otsego County Courthouse, County Judge Brian Burns of Oneonta told it like it was, and many of us were hearing it for the first time.

Three local people had died of heroin overdoses in the previous year, Burns reported. “Heroin was simply not a problem,” he said, harkening backwards. “It’s going to be the biggest problem in the next 10 years,” he said, looking forward.

Regrettably, he was right.

Since, then, of course, we’ve become used to the new reality. To so many obituaries of young people who “died suddenly.” Of Naxolone training sessions for police and civilians alike in the overdose-antidote treatment. To reports like that one out of Sidney last month, where a woman from the Bronx was pulled over and 500 bags of heroin were discovered in her car.

And it’s not just here,

we’ve learned from scary news reports in regional and national newspapers, TV and other outlets: The scourge lives in rural towns in places like Vermont and New Hampshire, and fancy Long Island suburbs.

• The good news is the problem has been diagnosed, to a degree, the first step toward working on solutions.

Much of the addiction spike was credited to the over-prescribing of Oxycodone and other drugs in aggressive pain-management regimens in legitimate hospitals and medical offices. Much has been done to scale that back.

State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, a member of the Joint Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction, hosted the committee at SUNY Oneonta in May 2014, and helped put together a comprehensive package of reforms that included mandating insurance coverage

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County Judge Brian Burns is sworn in on Jan. 1, 2011, when he issued his prescient warning.

for in-hospital rehabilitation, too often denied.

This week, more positive news came – underreported, it seems – of an Obama Administration “Heroin Response Strategy” aimed specifically at New England, Appalachia, some Eastern Seaboard cities and, yes, New York State, places with “severe heroin threats.”

“If somebody from Brooklyn is arrested with heroin in Burlington, Vt., we may not hear about it for

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n alarming 200,000, or 20 percent, of the students in grades three through eight in New York State public schools this year refused to take the state’s standardized tests in reading and math that are supposed to measure progress in meeting national academic standards.

This ill-conceived boycott could damage educational reform – desperately needed in poor and rural communities – and undermine the Common Core standards adopted by New York and many other states. The standards offer the best hope for holding school districts accountable for educating all students, regardless of race or income.

• Many parents who oppose the tests say the tests are too difficult or do not track with classroom instruction. Of the students who took the tests statewide, only 31 percent had a proficient score on

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reading while 38 percent were proficient in math.

And teachers have complained that they will be judged unfairly based on how well students perform on tests that they consider faulty; at least one of their union leaders urged parents to boycott the tests.

Some of these complaints are legitimate. New York has adopted some of the most stringent testing standards in the country – equal to or higher than the bar set by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which most experts consider the best measure of student performance – but has not done enough to train teachers to carry out a more rigorous curriculum.

• ...With opt-out activists threatening to redouble their efforts next year, political leaders need to convince everyone involved – school boards, superintendents, principals, parents, state education officials, guidance counselors, and teachers and their unions – of the importance of these tests and find ways to help students and teachers meet the challenge they pose.

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Oneonta Council Member Details Efforts At Equitable Process Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of Oneonta Common Council member Larry Malone’s report to his colleageus Tuesday, Aug. 18, on efforts to fairly assess now-fired City Manager Martin Murphy. The full report may be viewed at www.allotsego.com.

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rocess research was completed in mid March, 2015. After authoring a draft questionnaire for the 360 Degree (Multi-rater) interviews, Council members were solicited for comments on the proposed review process and the questionnaire.

At the April 7, 2015 Council meeting, copies of the draft document were circulated, and a second appeal was made to Council members and former City Manager Martin Murphy for comments and suggestions. Revisions were incorporated, and the process was approved unanimously at the April 21, 2015, Council meeting. The questionnaire was distributed to the audience and entered into the public record.

Council members were reminded that their responsibilities were to write individual appraisals and to conduct the 360 Degree (Multi-rater) interviews in complete confidentiality. It was also suggested that former City Manager Martin Murphy should provide an update on 2015 goals.

During Open Forum at the next Council meeting on May 5, 2015, I asked Council members to move forward “this week” with scheduling their assigned Department Head interviews.

A month later, again during Open Forum at the June 2, 2015, Council Meeting, six weeks before the decision to suspend former City Manager Martin Murphy, and six weeks after the Council had approved the process for the review, I urged Council members to complete their assigned Department

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Oneonta City Council member Larry Malone addresses colleagues.

Head interviews. My colleagues were reminded that the interviews were only one of four components of the review, the others being confidential memos from each Council member; a SelfEvaluation by the City Manager; and an update on the 2015 Goals.

The review process, originally expected to take four to six weeks, stretched out to almost three months.

When the Council met on July 15, 2015 to discuss the performance of former City Manager Martin Murphy, one interview team had completed only one of its Department Head interviews.

Of the three Council Members who voted against (or abstained from) suspending former City Manager Martin Murphy at the July 17, 2015 Council

Meeting, only one submitted a written appraisal. The Council Member who complained about the process being incomplete did not submit an appraisal. ...On July 15, 2015 five Council Members concluded, from a review and discussion of Department Head interviews and Council Member performance evaluation memos, that immediate action to suspend former City Manager Martin Murphy was warranted. The review process, as designed, was not completed. But some of the missing pieces were attributable to the decision by three Council Members to opt out of the performance review after its approval on April 21, 2015. The other missing pieces were attributed to a lack of response from the former City Manager.

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County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. concurred, but noted, “If there’s demand there’s going to be supply.”

There’s work to be done close to home to stem that demand.

Meanwhile, the specter continues to take its toll.

County Coroner Jim Hurley of Oneonta noted that, between himself and his Cooperstown counterpart, Jim Dow, 10 heroin deaths have been identified this year, putting the county on track for 15 by year’s end.

There’s an occasional outlier, but most of these fatalities are in their late teens and 20s, with attendant heart-break for families and friends.

It’s been almost five years now since Judge Burns issued his dire forecast, which continues to be true. At a community, let’s continue to reach out, striving to understand what’s happening among us, and striving for ways to stem the scourge as we may.

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Opting-Out Hurts Everyone Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the lead editorial in the Sunday, Aug. 16, New York Times, urging an end to opting-out of Common Core testing.

months, when that information could allow us to see a trafficking pattern that lets us focus on who to go after,” the Washington Post quoted a source saying. Certainly, that happens here; despite aggressive investigations spearheaded by District Attorney John Muehl, investigations can take one year, or two, or more before that loop is closed and arrests made.

“Public health data,” the Post report continues, “is

not widely distributed for many months, if now years, after the events that originate it.” The new initiative, using $2.5 million of $13 million in new heroin-fighting funding, “will allow public health and law enforcement agencies “to see where Fentanyl-laced heroin is turning up” – here, a few months back – “in real time, so we can react.”

• As noted, the initiative was not widely reported.

Local law enforcement leaders weren’t immediately aware of it, although they welcomed the prospect of any further help.

“Any resource that’s made available that helps combat the drug problem is going to be an asset,” said Oneonta Police Chief Dennis Nayor, who continued, “The drug issue is much more than drugs – it’s health issues, it’s crime, it’s violence. A lot corollaries come from this problem, this epidemic.”

Thanks For Help Dousing Glimmerglass Condo Flames To the Editor: I would like to thank the following for their assistance Saturday, Aug. 15, during the fire at The Glimmerglass Condominiums at Five Mile Point: The Otsego County 911 Center, state police, Cherry Valley EMS, CMT, Fly Creek Fire Company, Hartwick Fire Department Co # 1, Hartwick Fire Department Co #2, Middlefield Fire Dept., Milford Fire Department, Richfield Springs Fire

Department, Schuyler Lake Fire Department, Springfield Fire Department, Westford Fire Department, and our revitalized CFD Auxiliary.

I also would like to thank the members of our own fire department (fire/EMS/fire police) for the hours of training we do.

I am very thankful to the public for all of the kind words that have been mentioned about all of the fire departments, for opening their homes and

providing refreshments, and for all of the photos which have been forwarded to me. The photos help us with our investigation.

What a great community we are fortunate to live in, and to be able to call for so many mutual aid resources, it‘s so refreshing.

Thank you to everyone, and if I missed anyone I apologize.

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Auburn State Prison – It was an unpretentious funeral that occurred from Auburn State Prison at an early hour this morning. What the surgeons had left of the remains of William Kemmler had been placed in a plain pine coffin.

The coffin had been filled in with quicklime. No clergyman was present, and no word of religious import was uttered.

The family of the dead murderer had failed to claim his body and it was to be interred as the law directs. The same secrecy had been observed in the preparation for the funeral that characterized the whole of the execution. Nobody was apprised of the hour of its occurrence, and the grave, which is in the sixth row and the 21st grave in the row, was dug between dark and daylight, being completed at 4 a.m. It was at that hour that the coffin containing the remains was placed in the democrat wagon belonging to the prison. A convict drove it. Keeper Miller sat on the seat and that was the extent of the procession. Driving rapidly by a circuitous route, the wagon was sent to the cemetery, a mile from the prison. No one noticed it and no one knew what it contained. The graveyard is a neglected patch overrun with wild carrot. The wagon stopped and the men dismounted.

With the aid of two gravediggers, the coffin was placed in a rough box and lowered into its place. The gravediggers filled in the earth before the people of Auburn awakened to the duties of the day. Kemmler had been buried.

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p.m. on the tennis courts in Wilber Park. They have arranged for the band “August” to come from Binghamton for $275. Permission has been obtained to stay in the park until 11:30 p.m. Admission will be $1. Parks patrolmen Richard Bennett and John Catella are acting as advisors.

August 1975

30 Years Ago

Raise the pennant. The Oneonta Yankees are again champions of the Yawkey Division. After a two-year absence, Oneonta is heading to the New York-Penn League playoffs after beating Jamestown 7-2 Wednesday night to clinch its seventh divisional title in nine years. With 14 games yet remaining on the regular season schedule, only a natural catastrophe could have prevented the Yankees from reaching the championship series. In a pre-game ceremony last night at Damaschke Field Oneonta’s STAC championship baseball team was honored and coach Joe Hughes was presented with an engraved bat.

August 1985

20 Years Ago

80 Years Ago

A big army bomber flew itself over a triangular course today. Only at the take-off and landing did the pilot put his hands on the controls. Army Air Corps officers hailed the feat as “successful automatic radio navigation.” But, the engineers emphasized there is no thought of sending huge bombing planes, crewless, to rain death upon an enemy in any future war, even though England’s little “Queen Bee” planes have demonstrated that unmanned aircraft can be flown by radio remote control. Secret equipment aboard the Martin bomber flown today couples a radio compass and a Sperry automatic pilot and with this arrangement a plane can be turned toward any radio station at or near the destination. Army spokesmen insist that the equipment tested today is “purely a matter of navigation,” to bring “ship and crew safely through fog or storms, or over great distances.”

August 1935

60 Years Ago

Problems are shaping up in Otsego and Delaware counties over plans for police distribution of liquor identification cards for teenagers, although the ID card system is almost ready to begin. It is generally agreed that the cards would safeguard bartenders from selling illegally to minors. However, opposition has developed over use of police agencies

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August 1915 as distribution centers for the cards. County attorney Sterling P. Harrington has turned thumbs down on the official use of the Otsego County Sheriff’s office as a distribution agency for Otsego County. In the City of Oneonta, the Public Safety Board has given city police the green light to proceed with the distribution as soon as city liquor dealers complete final plans.

August 1955

40 Years Ago

The trouble in stereotyping any group of people is that so many of them do not fit the stereotype. Boys of the middle teen years are stereotyped in a most unpleasant role – hoodlums, vandals, rude, loud, and irresponsible. Five Oneonta boys are out to prove that teenagers in general are responsible, cooperative, well-behaved people who deserve more benefits than they are getting. Pete Eckman, Rod Kafchinski, Karl Barge, Tom Lettis and Edward O’Malley have decided they are going to help their peers change their image. Their first project is a dance for high school students only in grades 9 through 12, to be held from 8:30 to 11:30

A fire destroyed hundreds of priceless antiques overnight in two buildings at Secret Caverns, a tourist attraction 40 miles west of Albany in Schoharie County. A fire in the admission booth spread to the museum building located about 35 feet away. Several horse-drawn carriages, a horse-drawn hearse and several artifacts from an early 20th century oneroom schoolhouse were destroyed before firefighters from Cobleskill could bring the blaze under control. Fire Chief Douglas Angle said the fire was being investigated as suspicious.

August 1995

10 Years Ago

Otsego County has identified its first confirmed case of West Nile virus, a disease that affects the nervous system, Public Health Director Diane Cusworth said. The virus was found in a dead crow in Otego on August 2. It is also the first case of West Nile virus identified in the region. No cases have been reported and confirmed in Schoharie, Delaware or Chenango counties. Mosquitoes spread the disease, but birds, especially crows which become infected are often the precursors to reports of human cases. Otsego County did not have a case of West Nile virus last year until September, Cusworth said. That case was in an owl and was the only incidence confirmed. The department has submitted ten birds for testing this year, including the crow recently confirmed as infected with West Nile virus.

August 2005

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projects,” said Rachel Jessup, Oneonta branch manager. “One of the ideas was to do a small garden, like Al Cleinman did at the corner 6208 State Highway 28 • 547-7126 of Maple and Main.”

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On Tuesday, Aug. 18, a small garden at the base of the “Welcome to Oneonta” gateway on lower Main Street was dedicated with a proclamation read by Mayor Russ Southard.

“The Bank of Cooperstown, in partnership with the Oneonta Garden Club, Asbury Gardens and the Oneonta Job Corps Academy, has undertaken the improvement of this city through the addition of beautiful landscaping and signage,” he read, declaring the day “Lower Main Street Gateway Beautification Day.” “Scott understood that

we needed something done to the welcome sign and offered to pay for the landscaping,” said Phyllis Gunther, Oneonta Garden Club president.

“Dick said that we’d be perfect to spruce up this end of town,” said White. “He said that since we’d already invested $1.5 million in the bank, for a few dollars more we could make that gateway really beautiful.”

New Asbury Gardens’ Brian Fawcett, who designed Cleinman’s gardens, was chosen to design and plant this one, too, with juniper, daylilies, grasses and, of course, the black-eyed

Susans that mirror the city’s “Life Enjoyed” logo.

“I chose plants that were low maintenance and deer resistant,” said Fawcett.

And the Oneonta Job Corps pitched in, repairing the service insignias underneath the sign.

But White isn’t content with just this small garden.

“In Dick’s spirit, I’m going to keep going,” he said.

A second project on the southeast corner will find them planting daffodil bulbs later this fall, so that when visitors come off the exit ramp in the spring, they see before them a full row of bright yellow blooms.

“Eventually we hope to do the other two corners of the intersection as well,” said White. “This makes a nice entrance and adds to the great ambiance of Oneonta.”

And though Fawcett and the garden club will ultimately take on tending the garden, White isn’t above getting down in the dirt.

“We were out there pulling weeds this morning!” he said.

“How a community looks helps with how a community feels,” he continued.

“And this gives the community a good feeling.”

Like Loaves, Fishes St. Mary’s Anti-Hunger Letters Multiply BREAD/From A1 are up for reauthorization.”

“These programs are on the chopping block,” said VanDerveer. “It’s important for us to live our faith and let these elected officials know that our faith wants hungry people to be fed.”

Alex suggested that they invite the community to live their activist faith and organized a letter writing party

on Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 8-9, after each mass.

Over 150 people joined in to hand-write letters to U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, and New York’s U.S. senators, Kristin Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer. “An email takes five seconds to read, it doesn’t make much of a splash,” said VanDerveer.

“Nothing affects officials like a hand-written letter.”

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But even more than that, they invited the community – especially those who use food pantries and feeding programs – to sign letters of support.

“What really amazed me was that, as we stood at the doors when people left, we said, ‘Thank you’, but they said, ‘No, thank you’,” said VanDerveer. “They told us, ‘I had no idea I had a voice’.”

The letters will all be blessed at this weekend’s masses before being hand-delivered to the representatives’ offices in

Governor Signs Bill Allowing Delaware County 2% Bed Tax

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overnor Cuomo has signed legislation allowing Delaware County to enact a “bed tax” up to 2 percent on hotel and motel room rentals, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced Friday, Aug. 15, from Albany.

The bill (S.5075/A.7316) follows a home rule request from the Delaware County Board of Supervisors and is now Chapter 205 of the laws of 2015 The estimated return of between $200,000 to $250,000 will be dedicated to promoting and developing Delaware County’s tourism industry.

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Cooperstown and Albany.

“We want to establish a relationship with them by delivering these letters,” said Alex. “Thousands of parishes across the nation are doing this.”

And the hope is that the senators and the congressman will vote to keep - or better still, increase - funding for feeding programs.

“Nobody is against children being fed,” said VanDerveer.

“We can’t be the kind of society that balances the budget on the bellies of hungry children.”

many other rural counties, is struggling to generate income while diligently working to keep propSeward erty taxes in check,” said Seward. “The good news though is that tourism is on the rise and by promoting our winning attributes people will come, businesses will reap the rewards, and our local economy will grow exponentially.”

“By increasing funds available to promote tourism, Delaware County’s name and our outstanding attractions will be known to a much larger audience and will translate to a profound economic boost,” said Jim Eisel, chairman of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors.

Delaware County will need to pass its own local law before the occupancy tax takes effect.

Additionally, Governor Cuomo also signed into law a bill (S.4143/A.5765) allowing Delaware County to maintain its local sales tax at the current 4 percent, one percent above the rate authorized in state law.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUGUST 20-21, 2015

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-7

The Power of Partnership Our Network Working for Patients “We have accomplished a great deal over the past year on behalf of our patients. I credit the hard work of our clinicians, nurses and staff who make a difference every day in the lives of the people we serve. As I consider all that we’ve achieved, I am also reminded of the power of partnership. In concert with the Bassett Network, we have been able to expand access to specialty care such as general surgery, orthopedics, heart and cancer care; modernize patient rooms, and undertake a major upgrade of our electronic health record. It is a continuous journey to improve what we do and how we do it.”

John Remillard, President, A.O. Fox Hospital

Collaborating for a Better Patient Experience

• Shorter wait times & higher patient satisfaction as a result of Fox Hospital Emergency Department improvements

• Inpatient modernization project yields 53 private patient rooms and patient-centered design at Fox Hospital

• $17 million information technology investment at Fox Hospital means a better care environment for patients no matter where seen in the Bassett Network

• Improved care coordination as a result of Bassett consolidating its outpatient cataract surgery in Oneonta to Fox locations

• Bassett and Fox are part of a five-county Performing Provider System working to transform local Medicaid health care delivery and reduce the need for people to be hospitalized or visit the emergency department

“A.O. Fox Hospital is an anchor for health care delivery in the Greater Oneonta Region. That is one of the reasons Bassett is investing $17 million to provide Fox Hospital with the same information technology available at all other network hospitals. The result will be improved collaboration and care coordination for patients. Collectively, the strengths of the organization are many and the most notable of those is its people.

They are people of tremendous character, compassion and dedication to the mission of great patient care. It is their work that will allow us to meet the challenges ahead and continue to improve on what we do for you, our patients.”

Vance Brown, MD, President & CEO Bassett Healthcare Network

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MLS#100140 $35,900 Mature sugar maple trees. Property is ideal for sugar bush w/natural gravity flow or harvest the valuable timber. 16.8 acres on County road.

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MLS#95247 $195,000 Recently reduced farmhouse estate, newly renovated with 5 BRs, 2 baths on 25 acres.

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‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ star Mark Strong leads the cast of Arthur Miller’s “A View From the Bridge,” in London’s West End, part of the National Theatre’s broadcast series at Foothills.

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Pastors Donna and Dan Martin, after grappling with the aftermath of 2011 Tropical Storm Lee and a “Year of Loss,” began preaching in Oneonta and Worcester-Westford respectively on July 1.

After Tropical Storm Lee Ravages, Pastors Martin Find Safe Port Here Methodist churches, were visiting his parents in the Thousand Islands when they heard the news of the Great Flood.

Owego, where they owned a home, Tioga Center very morning in the shower, the Rev. Donna and Smithboro, where she was pastor of two United Taylor Martin, new pastor at Oneonta’s Elm Methodist churches, and Nichols, where he tended a Park Methodist Church, would sing contemporary Christian hymns. Danny Daniels’ “I sing flock, were being inundated by a flood, not of Biblical proportions, but – from Tioga to Broome to Schopraises to your name, oh Lord,” was a favorite. harie counties – unlike anything ever experienced in After Sept. 8, 2011, she stopped.

That day, she and her husband, the Rev. Dan Mar- Upstate New York.

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Maxfield Parrish Outdraws Homer At Fenimore Time Running Out To See Surprise Hit

NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio details aspects of Maxfield Parrish’s works that have packed the Fenimore this summer.

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n 1925, enough copies of a lithograph of Maxfield Parrish’s “Daybreak” were in circulation to adorn one in every four American households.

But, as The Fenimore Art Museum’s Parrish exhibit proves, Parrish’s appeal

endures.

IF YOU GO: “People The Fenimore know ‘Dayis open 10 break’ from a.m.-5 p.m. hotels, daily. restaurants, maybe their grandmother’s house,” said NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio. “But when they see that we have this whole collection, they know they have to see more.”

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ave yourself the cost of a plane ticket and still see Mark Strong star in ‘A View From the Bridge’ as a broadcast of the National Theatre production from London’s West End. $20 adults; $18 seniors; $10 students.

12:55 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www.foothillspac.org.

NEW MURAL: Carol Mandigo’s second mural, Laskaris Restaurant, will be unveiled as part of Oneonta’s Fabulous Friday. 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www. oneontahistory.org. The Center also hosts an opening reception for its new “Oneonta & the Civil War Part II” exhibit, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.

MORE ART: Opening reception for 24th annual Fine Craft Invitational, “Made in NY: The Art of Wood,” Gallery A. New work by Tracy Helgeson in Gallery A & B. 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownart.com OUTDOOR MOVIE: Bring a blanket and enjoy “Penguins of Madagascar” (PG) on the outdoor screen. Free.

8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, Clark Sports Center fields, 124 Co. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com PARTY LIKE IT’S 1924: The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival presents “1924: Now and Beyond,” celebrating the music of The Roaring ‘20s.

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23. Tickets $25 ($15 ages 6-18). The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownmusicfest.org.

BARNS OF OTSEGO: Lee Rathbun, retired dairy farmer, talks about these rapidly disappearing symbols of rural life. 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.

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PARRISH/From B1 Forty-five pieces of Parrish’s work, including murals, wood carvings and metalwork – he often insisted he was “a machinist who paints” – are on display in The Fenimore’s Scriven Gallery. “We wanted to show a full representation of his career,” said D’Ambrosio. “It gives people an understanding of the full scope of his talents, a better appreciation.”

Parrish famously painted androgynous, fairy-tale figures, often using his mistress, Susan Lewin, as his model – and occasionally, photos of himself. His paintings appeared in the leading popular magazines of the day and were favorites of advertisers, including Edison-Mazda Lamps, Colgate, Oneida Cutlery and Hires

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He painted a mural, “Interlude,” in the Eastman Theater in Rochester, comParrish missioned

by George Eastman, and the “Old King Cole” at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, commissioned by John Jacob Astor IV, who insisted that for the sum he was paying – $5,000 – he should be portrayed as the king.

Despite all this success, in 1931 Parrish declared, “I am through painting girls on rocks!” For the rest of his life, he turned to landscapes.

“You really need a magnifying glass to see how exquisite these landscapes are,” said D’Ambrosio. “The

three we have here capture either dawn or dusk. The light was all in his head, but he captures it so perfectly.”

Those same landscapes inspired filmmakers George Lucas and Peter Jackson as they created landscapes for “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings.”

It’s one of the few such expansive collections of Parrish works, gathered from museums and collections across the country.

“We traded the loan of three American quilts to the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut for their upcoming show to get use of ‘Dusk’,” said D’Ambrosio.

And the exhibit unearthed a long-forgotten family treasure: “Girl on a Swing,” bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Susan Vanderpool Clark,

Gail Jehan of Honeoye Falls, near Rochester, thought The Fenimore’s Parrish exhibit superior to one at Rochester’s Memorial Art Museum.

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They drove on to Tioga Center. In front of the church, she was putting on one of the mud boots, when members of the congregation came out through the front door carrying sodden fabric. At first, she thought it was carpet; then, she realized, it was pew cushions – the water had risen that high.

Then others emerged carrying soggy Bibles and hymnals.

“And that was when I lost it,” she said, again breaking into tears at the memory. What followed was “just a scene of hugs. You just didn’t know what to do.”

In her office, “my chair was flipped upside down” by flood waters. Nearby was a soaking wet hymnal, provided to the pastor by “my spiritual mother,” Marge Spaulding. “She was the person who started my spiritual life again.”

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version of the troubles of Job, more than two years of ordeal, culminating during 2013, which Pastor Donna calls, “My Year of Loss.”

“I can see how God’s hand has brought us to a different place,” said the minister, who July 1 succeeded Pastor Olu Harding at Elm Park UM on Oneonta’s west end.

“God works in the midst of all of it,” said her husband, who succeeded the Rev. Sue Wenner at Westford-Worcester, “the good and the bad. But he does heavy-lifting during the bad.”

The Revs. Martin are secJim Kevlin/ OTSEGO.life ond-career “licensed local pas- Pastors Dan and Donna Martin are happily ensconced in their new home, tors” in the United Methodist the Worcester parsonage, amid yellow finches, wind chimes and softly Church. Many young people swaying pines.

– for instance, the Martins’ district superintendent to ask The fire hall became Church years. Tioga Center First UM son, John, pastor of AdironDinner Central, until – eventureceived $50,000 to repair the dack United Methodist Church, him, “Are you a teacher who preaches, or a preacher who ally, since it took days for help parsonage, an undertaking Lake Placid – find their vocateaches? And don’t answer to arrive in the smaller towns estimated at $400,000. Of the tion right out of college. flippantly!”

– FEMA showed up, shut the 60 homes in Tioga Center, 25 (John, now 33, is married That question prompted kitchen as unregulated, and had to be razed. with three children. The couPlus, every time it began ple also has a daughter, Ashley, him to accept his first full-time shifted the menus to PB&J and pulpit in 2006, in Nichols, his MREs. raining, people who had expenow 31, who is a teacher, and wife’s hometown.

The Smithboro and Tioga rienced the flood worried. “I’ll married with two children.)

Meanwhile, Donna was Center congregations had been never live in the valley again,” In contrast, the Martin back to school, earning an at odds over the years, but the Martins heard again and parents evolved into the clergy associate’s at Broome Commu- the Sunday after the flood the again. over time. nity College and a bachelor’s latter’s worshippers welcomed Then, in June 2014, the Dan Martin and Donna at SUNY Binghamton. She the former’s. A big, tall 16Martins received the final Taylor both graduated from was working as a chaplain year-old, Keegan Brink, stood blow: Conversations began Tioga Central School, Class of in the women’s wing of the by the door, hugging every on whether the congregations 1976. They dated the summer Broome County Jail, and in single person who entered. could any longer afford them. after graduation, then went 2006 earned her license.

It was the 10th anniversary In January, they learned their their separate ways, he to the By 2009 she was preachof 9/11. “We’ve had our own jobs were being downgraded to University of Maine at Presque 9/11,” Pastor Donna preached parttime.

Isle to study wildlife conserva- ing parttime, that July she was assigned fulltime to Tioga Cen- to the united congregation.

The couple needed at least tion, she into the workforce. ter, her husband’s hometown, “Nothing will ever be the one full-time position to keep They ran into each other and a second church in nearby same.” benefits. So the worries conagain in the early 1980s, Smithboro.

Nothing ever was, even tinued. Still, the United Methdated and married. They were Sept. 8, 2011, abruptly though the Tioga Center conodist hierarchy assured them spiritually inclined – he was gregation moved back into its things would work out. “We raised Catholic; she a “Congre- halted all that progress. But what could the couple do? church on Christmas Eve. knew we were going someBaptist-Presby-Costal” – and The Martins obtained an As the pastors shepherded where,” said Pastor Donna. in 1991, the wife joined the their congregation back from “But we didn’t know where.”

Owego UM Church: “They had inflatable mattress, camped in her mother’s small apartment the brink during 2012, they In April 2015, optimum a choir that knocked me out; I word came: Pastor Dan was never left.” He joined her at the in Owego, and dove into reviv- scheduled a two-week vacaing their churches and comtion in Hawaii in early 2013. assigned to Worcester-Westchurch six months later. munities.

“We needed something to look ford, and Pastor Donna to Elm In the decade that followed, Doing what needed to be forward to,” Pastor Donna Park. They preached their first “we become more intensely done, they soon won the nickexplained. sermons the first Sunday in involved in the church,” said name “Porta-Potty pastors” for During the first week, the July, and moved their belongthe wife. obtaining the necessary basic couple cruised toward the trop- ings to the Worcester parsonIn 1994, when the husfacilities from FEMA, the fedical paradise, then “My Year of age on the 9th – as it happened, band was only 36, he suffered eral Emergency Management Loss” began: Arriving in port, in a “torrential downpour.” congestive heart failure. The Agency. Drinking water had the couple learned Donna’s In the shower a few mornprognosis was poor. Yet while to be helicoptered in from the mother, Sally Haner, had gone ings later, Pastor Donna found he was being examined a few Tioga Downs race track. into Hospice care. The Martins herself humming the words months later, his surprised Pastor Donna recalls the day hurried home, but Donna’s from another contemporary doctor declared, “Your heart’s the Tioga Center church’s altar mother died on Jan. 25.

Christian hit, “I love you God regenerating,” adding in wonwas ripped out by somber men In May, Pastor Donna was and I raise my voice to praise der, “You never gain cardiac who had been baptized atop it diagnosed with virulent triplethee.” tissue back.”

60 years before. negative breast cancer, which She surprised herself. “I Eventually, “it restored Power was out, freezwas caught at Stage 1-A, very hadn’t realized I had stopped completely,” said Pastor Dan. ers were thawing, food was early. (She is currently cancer doing it until I started again.

(His doctor went on to lecture in danger of being spoiled. free). In September, the couple My voice had been silent.” nationally on the case.) While The Nichols church was the sold their home, which Dan It was a sunny day on the the couple was fully immersed less damaged – a dyke built had built and where they had parsonage porch. A gold finch in UM activities by then, the there in years before simply raised their family; the next fluttered around the feeder. A episode impressed fellow day, they drove by to see it breeze rustled the tall pine on worshippers that “miracles can diverted the water across the Susquehanna to more heavily being demolished. In Novemthe front lawn. In a box in the happen.” damaged Tioga Center – and ber, Pastor Donna had her gall livingroom, a few steps away, In 2000, Dan underwent the so Pastor Dan began cooking, bladder removed. was Marge Spaulding’s hymintensive study that led to a with congregants ferrying dinSince the flood, families nal; Pastor Donna had dried it UM license to preach. ners to the nearby fire hall. had been relocated, and they slowly, carefully separating the Enjoying his work at Turkey (26 birds, bought weren’t moving back. Many pages. vice principal of an alternaahead for harvest dinners) and jobs no longer existed. Federal The husband paused, then tive school in Endicott, Dan gravy, ham, big trays of ziti, aid to repair homes was a long said, “I can see God’s hand in declined an assignment, bringing us here.” prompting the Wyoming Valley turkey tetrazzini – you name it: time coming, typically 2-3

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CHURCH PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE -- 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. open house for preschool for ages 3-5. Meet the staff. Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta (by the Hess Station). Info, Courtney at (607) 432-6081, or MainStreetChildrenCenter@gmail.com.

LUNCH & LECTURE -- 12:30-2:30 p.m. “Food for Thought” lunchtime series lecture “Maxfield Parrish: Art of Light and Illusion.” $22 NYSHA members, $25 nonmembers.

Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Pre-register at (607) 547-1461; info at www.fenimoreartmuseum.org COOPERSTOWN CHESS -- 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Informal, open to all, boards provided. Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org or (607) 547-8344.

COMMUNITY SOFTBALL -- 6:30 p.m. Oneonta Job Corps Academy takes on Dick’s Sporting Goods, of Oneonta, in friendly community softball game. Free admission. Damaschke Field, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-1455.

FCAHS SUPPER -- 6 p.m.

Potluck covered-dish dinner and election of Fly Creek Area Historical Society officers. FCAHS bldg,

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Community Services Worker (P/T) –$12.1397/Hour

Assists staff members and clients by performing supportive services that relate to determining financial eligibility for the various programs administered by local social services districts. Supporting staff in implementing programs and delivery of services to clients. LDTF: 8/25/15 For applications and minimum qualifications, visit the Otsego County Personnel Office, 183 Main Street Cooperstown, or our web page at www.otsegocountyemployment.com. EOE

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Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9334.

CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Richfield Springs Area Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series presents “Double Image,” (country, rock, contemporary, oldies, disco & requests). Free. Bring lawn chair or blanket; dancing encouraged. Spring Park, Main St. (Rte. 20), Richfield Springs.

Info, (315) 858-0964.

THEATER -- 7 p.m. Final performance of Glimmer Globe Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” $15 adults; $12 seniors & members; $10

ages 712; ages 6 and under free. Lucy B. Hamilton amphitheater (overlooking Otsego Lake), Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Tickets, info, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org or (607) 547-1453.

Friday, August 28

ART PARTY -- 5-7 p.m. Closing party for The Summer Show.

Free; refreshments served.

Reservations recommended. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow

AllOTSEGO.life B-5 Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5327.

FARM FRIDAY -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Featured farm mini-farmers’ market. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org REGISTRATION FOR COLORSCAPE RUN/WALK -- Deadline for 2nd annual Colorscape Color Dash 5k Fun Run & Walk, set for Sept. 12, during Chenango Arts Festival, Norwich. Info, www.colorscape.org HYDE HALL WINE SIP -- 7-8:30 p.m. Cooperstown Graduate Association invites all to “A Sip Around the World.” Enjoy wine and food pairing with Dr. Carlyn Buckler, CGP Science Museum Studies Prof. and San Francisco Bay area wine consultant.

Sample wines from France, Italy, South Africa and the U.S. $50. ; tickets limited. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. RSVP to Catherine Raddatz, (607) 5472586.

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IN MEMORIAM Gay Ruth (Heller) Langellotti, 77; Owned Andy & Gay’s ONEONTA – Gay Ruth (Heller) Langellotti, 77, the former owner of Andy & Gay’s Restaurant on Chestnut Street, passed away on June 16, 2015, in Hollywood, Fla., after a brief illness.

Gay was born on Nov. 2, 1937, in Oneonta, to Seldon L. Heller and Julia (Eldred) Heller.

She attended Oneonta public schools, graduating from Oneonta High School in 1955.

While working at the phone company, she met and then married the love of her life, Andrew A. Langellotti, on Aug. 8, 1959.

When The Oasis Inn opened, Jerry Monser asked Gay to be the manager, a position she held until she and Andy bought the old Bob’s Diner on Chestnut Street and transformed it into Andy and Gay’s. She and Andy owned and operated

the establishment from July 1964 until October 1987.

Gay had a love for life, loving her Gay family, Langellotti her work and her play. She was a person of high integrity and was as honest as the day was long.

To know her was to love her. She loved all sports and had a passion for golf, at which she excelled. She was a member of the Oneonta Country Club for decades, winning countless trophies, tournaments and championships. She loved the sport and watched it on television the day she died.

In Hollywood, Fla., she was also a member of

Nancy Lee (Rathbun) Hussey, 71; Managed Hartwick Seminary Diner LAURENS – Word has been received that Nancy Lee (Rathbun) Hussey, 71, passed away Wednesday, June 24, at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany.

She was born Jan. 13, 1944, in Springfield, the daughter of Levant G. and Jennie Marie (Stocking) Rathbun.

Over the years, she worked for U.S. Care, Kimberly Quality Care, The Cooper Inn, The Baseball Hall of Fame, and as manager of a diner in Hartwick Seminary.

She is survived by a brother, Joe Rathbun of Schoharie; three sisters, Wanda Kubiak of Stedman, N.C., Sandra (Warren) Brigham of Cooperstown, and Lillian (Iver) Lindberg of Cooperstown; uncle James (Carol) Rathbun, Ballston Spa; aunts Marion Rathbun of Cooperstown, Dorothy Smith of Oneonta and Marion Stocking of East Springfield, and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by a brother, Gene Rathbun, and three sisters, June Rathbun, Polly Rathbun Nancy and Linda Hussey Roberts.

A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Springfield Presbyterian Church, Route 20, East Springfield, with the Rev. Susan Burdsall presiding.

A luncheon and burial in the Springfield Cemetery will follow.

Orangebrook Country Club, where she and Andy enjoyed many years of playing golf together and with friends.

They enjoyed Florida winters and Oneonta summers from 1987 until 2006, when they became full-time Floridians.

From 2006 until her death in 2015, Gay was secretarytreasurer of the board of directors at Mayfair Apartments, where she and Andy owned a unit. It was an extensive and demanding job which she filled with her little shoes. She soon became the volunteer property manager, which kept her busy from morning till night. She loved Mayfair and her many friends who lived there. She also had two cousins and a sister who owned there and, when everyone got together, she was in her glory.

Gay is survived by her brother, Owen (Janet) Heller

and their children Erich, (Margaruitte) Heller and Gretchen (Howard) Haltiwanger II; sister, Cheryl Heller (life partner, Donald Jones) and her children, Joanna (David) Owens and Philip (Pamela) Hernon; several grandnieces and grandnephews. She is also survived by her sister-inlaw, Antoinette (Langellotti) Gallucci and husband, Arthur; as well as countless family members and friends all over the United States and Canada from Key Largo to Calgary. Gay was predeceased by her parents; her beloved husband, Andy; all but one of his siblings; and countless cousins and friends.

Interment of Gay’s ashes and a Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, in Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

Joseph William Rexford, 75; SUNY Oneonta Custodian

ONEONTA – Joseph William Rexford, 75, a retired SUNY Oneonta custodian, passed away on July 24, 2015, in Golden Valley, Ariz.

Born on Aug. 15, 1939, in Cooperstown, he was the son of William and Julianna Rexford.

Joseph attended Schenevus Central School and was a member of the Class of 1960.

He married Frieda Anderson on April 7, 1972.

Joseph worked at SUNY Oneonta for many years as a custodian and assistant locksmith, retiring in 1994. He moved to Arizona in 2002.

Surviving are his wife,

Frieda of Golden Valley, Ariz.; sons, Woody Rexford of Roscoe, Joe (Cindy) Baglieri of New Port Ritchey, Fla., and Eddie (Barbara) Knudson of Hudson, Fla.; daughter, Lucy (Santos) Rodriguez of Kiamesha; stepchildren, Michael (Kim) Anderson of Guilford, Jacqueline Anderson of Golden Valley, Ariz., Troy Anderson of Oneonta and Dawn Anderson of Los Angeles, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A celebration of Joseph’s life was held at 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 17, at the Aldrich Baptist Church in North Franklin.

Alice E. Nowhitney, 72; Moved From Bronx, Raised Family Here ONEONTA – Alice E. Nowhitney, 72, of Oneonta, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at home.

Alice was born Nov 7, 1942, in the Bronx, the daughter of the late George and Dorothy Perry. She married John Nowhitney on December 15, 1965.

Alice is survived by her husband, John P. Nowhitney; her son, Joseph Nowhitney and wife, Dawn, of Franklin; her daughter, Lisa Dolezel and husband, George of Otego, 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by her sister, Jane C. Perry of Franklin; her brother, George Perry, and wife, Debbie of Holly Springs,

NC; her brother-in-law, Bill Downs along with several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Alice was predeceased by her parents and her beloved sister, Dorothy Downs A service to celebrate the life of Alice Nowhitney will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2015, in the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, 14 Grand St., Oneonta with Reverend Paul Messner, officiating.

There will be no calling hours and in lieu of flowers, the family’s choice of memorial contribution is to your local SPCA, in honor of her beloved dog, Angel.

Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home of Oneonta.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. Address to be maintained in FL: 7614 Trento Circle, Naples, FL 34113. Arts of Org. filed with the FL Secy. of State, R.A. Gray Bldg., 500 South Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Saturday, August 29

FLY CREEK DAY -- 7:30 a.m. start. 16th annual community celebration with yard sales, food, entertainment & activities, hosted by Fly Creek Area Historical Society. 7:30-11 a.m. pancake breakfast at Fly Creek Fire Co.; 8-11 a.m. coffee & treats at Historical Society; 11 a.m. lunch & free museum tour. Also Methodist Church bake sale/tag sale.

Vendor applications at Fly Creek General Store; deadline to sign up on map is Aug. 21. Donations to FCAHS also welcome. Rte. 28, Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9334.

GUIDED HIKE -- 10 a.m. OCCA’s Jeff O’Handley leads easy 2-mile hike along the blue trail in Basswood Pond State Forest. Free hike includes pine plantations, mixed forests, beaver ponds, streams. Meet at small parking area on Basswood Rd. (unmarked dirt road about 1.5 miles north of intersection of State Rte. 80 & County Rd. 16), Burlington Flats. Info, (607) 547-4488.

CIVIL WAR WORKSHOPS -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Also Aug. 30.) $45 ($40 NYSHA members) for one day, or $75/$70 for both days.

The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org ANTIQUE ENGINE SHOW -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Annual Antique Engine Show and Fly Creek Tent Sale. Enthusiasts display restored gas engines and farm machinery of the past. Free.

Saturday Tent Sale in conjunction with Fly Creek Day, a community-wide celebration & sale. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 688 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9692.

PAINTING WORKSHOP -- 11 a.m.-noon. Susan Fenimore Cooper Plein Air Painting Workshop. $10 with museum admission for NYSHA members & those who bring supplies; $15 plus admission for others. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org PATRIOT HIGHLANDER CHALLENGE -- 3 & 6-mile team & individual race courses. 1/2 and 1-mile children’s course; 3 mile

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senior course. Money raised benefits wounded veterans. Spectators $10. 21 Little York Rd., Cobleskill. Info & link to register at www.clarksportscenter.com FLOWER SHOW -- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Lake & Valley Garden Club of Cooperstown presents an Indian Summer Flower Show.

Free; all welcome. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownart.com or (607) 547-9777.

CHURCH SOCIAL – 3-6 p.m.

River Street Baptist Church hosts a “get to know the community” picnic. Bounce house, face painting; all welcome. 133 River St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-8285.

Sunday, August 30

ORPHEUS GOLF TOURNEY - 8 a.m. registration; 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Orpheus Theatre inaugural Captain & Crew Golf Tournament fundraiser. Registration $65 per person, with four

Completely Restored 1929 Chris-Craft for Sale!

people on each team. All skill levels welcome. Colonial Ridge Golf Course. 195 Bateman Rd., Laurens. Info, www.orpheustheatre.org CIVIL WAR WORKSHOPS -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Also Aug. 29) $45 ($40 NYSHA members) for one day, or $75/$70 for both days.

The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org ANTIQUE ENGINE SHOW -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Annual Antique Engine Show. Enthusiasts display restored gas engines and farm machinery of the past. Free. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 688 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-9692.

MUSEUM TALK -- 1-3 p.m.

David Brenner, former Oneonta mayor, talks about his recent book, “The Life and Letters of Christopher F. Kompare, U.S.N.” Brenner shares the sailor’s story and discusses “The Greatest Generation.” Free; refreshments served. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave. (off River St.) Oneonta.

JR. GOLF CAMP -- 4 p.m. Final session of Greater Oneonta

Junior Association Golf Camp Summer 2015 Junior Golf Program, for ages 5-14. Hosted

by Oneonta Country Club, Country Club Rd., Oneonta. $40 for 1st junior; $20 each additional family member. Info, Kevin Burnsworth, (607) 434-5058 or Kbpga1@gmail.com.

Friday, September 4

BALLOON GLOW FEST -- 5-8 p.m. (Also 5-9 p.m. Sept. 5) Annual Susquehanna Balloon Glow Festival. Free admission; live entertainment. Hosted by First Night Oneonta, Five Star Subaru, and Balloon NY. Hot-air balloon rides 6 p.m. Sept 4 & 5 and 6 a.m. Sept. 5 & 6. Neahwa Place, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Ride bookings at www.balloonny.com.

Saturday, September 5

ART SHOW & SALE -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Also Sept. 6.) Fine Arts on the Lawn (and porch). Live music, demonstrations, kids’ activities. All welcome. Rain or shine. Cooperstown Art Associa-

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BALLOON GLOW FEST -- 5-9 p.m. Annual Susquehanna Balloon Glow Festival. Free admission; live entertainment. Hosted

by First Night Oneonta, Five Star Subaru, and Balloon NY. 8 p.m.

Sept. 5 “balloon glow” display.

Hot-air balloon rides 6 p.m. Sept 4 & 5 and 6 a.m. Sept. 5 & 6.

Neahwa Place, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Ride bookings at www. balloonny.com.

Sunday, September 6

ART SHOW & SALE -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fine Arts on the Lawn (and porch). Live music, demonstrations, kids’ activities. All welcome. Rain or shine.

Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St,. Cooperstown.

Info, www.cooperstownart.com

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2013 oPtImA LX

2013 sorento ex Full Pwr, Lthr, Htd Seats, 71K, Stk: 101094A ....................................$232mo/$17,495

$209mo/$15,994

2013 sorento lx awd Pwr Equip, 47K, Stk: 942570 ....................................$238mo/$17,896

Pwr Equip, 41K, Stk: C942180 SALe PrICe

2011 Sorento eX

Full Pwr, Lthr, 64K, Stk: 942440 SALe PrICe

$232mo/$17,482

2012 sorento lx awd Pwr Equip, 42K, Running Brds, Stk: C100856 ....................................$239mo/$17,995 2012 rogue sv awd Full Pwr, 41K, Stk: 942240 . .$255mo/$18,995

2012 Sorento LX Awd Pwr Equip, Run Bds, 40K, Stk: C101039A SALe PrICe

Golf Course Open Daily at 7 am Restaurant Open Daily at 11 am

$245mo/$18,376

• Public 9-hole golf course - Club rental available • FootGolf Program - Soccer ball rental available • Outings, tournaments and leagues welcomed

2013 SPortAge LX Awd Pwr Equip, Run Bds, 22K, Stk: C942270 SALe PrICe

$293mo/$21,495

• Steaks - Seafood - Salads and the Best Burger anywhere • Slow-roasted Prime Rib (Fridays and Saturdays only)

Watch your favorite teams in HD! (Happy Hour daily 4 to 7 pm)

2013 sportage ex awd Pwr Equip, 44K, Stk: C100981A ....................................$274mo/$20,252

2012 rogue Sv Awd Full Pwr, 26K, Stk:C942040 SALe PrICe

$246mo/$18,359

2015 sorento lx awd Pwr Equip, 11K, Stk: C101013A ....................................$324mo/$23,444 2008 frontier se crew 4x4 Pwr Equip, 82K, Stk: 941870A ....................................$324mo/$23,444

2013 Sorento eXAwd

Full Pwr, Leather, 41K, Stk: C942100 SALe PrICe

$293mo/$21,495

2013 pathfinder sl Full Pwr, Lthr, 50K, Stk: 942580 ....................................$342mo/$24,644 2015 frontier se crew Pwr Equip, 16K, Stk: 942260 ....................................$375mo/$26,803

• Relax and unwind on the upper and lower patio dining

• Only minutes from the Cooperstown Allstar Village!

2014 outlander sport se awd Pwr Equip, 14K, Stk: 100926 ....................................$270mo/$19,995

2012 rogue sl Full Pwr, Nav, Lthr, Snrf, 27K, Stk: C942520 ....................................$289mo/$21,195

Welcome…Baseball Families!

When you need to take a break from the diamond!

2013 sorento lx Pwr Equip, 3rd Seat, 42K, Stk: C942430 ....................................$270mo/$19,884

2008 ford edge

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

$303mo/$15,728

2014 outlander se awd Full Pwr, Lthr, Snrf, 3rd Row Seat, <1,000 miles Stk: 941800.....................$409mo/$28,995

2014 outLAnder Se Awd

Full Pwr, Snrf, Lthr, 3rd Row, Less than 1K, Balance of 5Yr/60K Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty Stk: 941790 SALe PrICe

$378mo/$26,995

C in stock# denotes Certified Warranty. *R in stock# denotes rental. Pre-owned financing 2011 and newer up to 72 mos @ 3.49%, ‘10 up to 66 mos @ 4.59%, ‘09 up to 60 mos @4.69%. Payments based on $2,500 down or trade equity, sales tax, title, and fees due at delivery for Tier 1 qualified borrowers. Certain conditions may apply with approved credit. Not responsible for any typographical errors, mistakes, or omissions.

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