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ooperstown resident Chip Northrup planned to appear before the Otsego Town Board here Wednesday, Sept. 9, to encourage it to purchase the southern half of Brookwood Gardens as a town park, arguing that would fulfill “several core objectives” of the town’s Comprehensive Plan.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. in the town hall in Fly Creek.

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V500, which is seeking a halfbillion dollars from Governor Cuomo’s $1.5 billion Upstate Development Fund for the six counties in the Mohawk Valley region, is offering a chance for Otsego County folks to provide feedback at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in the Baseball Hall of Fame Bullpen Theater.

Alicia Dicks, president/ CEO of the Herkimer & Oneida Community Foundation and MV500 chair, will preside. County representatives will be present.

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hen Lauren Groff, New York Times best-selling author of “Monsters of Templeton,” and “Arcadia,” began working on her latest novel, “Fates and Furies,” she had a different vision for it all together.

“I wrote on these huge sheets of butcher paper all over the walls of my studio,” she said. “On one side was the male character, and the other Lauren side was the female. I thought I was writing Groff two separate books, like Evan S. Connell’s ‘Mr. Bridge’ and ‘Mrs. Bridge.’ But then I realized that this story was becoming more like an actual marriage.”

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community service of prayer and remembrance of 9/11 is planned at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Cooperstown Methodist Church, led by Father Matthew Stromberg, Christ Episcopal, Rev. Sylvia Barrett, Milford UM, and Rev. Bill Delia, the church’s pastor. All are welcome.

By JIM KEVLIN HARTWICK SEMINARY

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hen Laura Derouin headed off to Harvard five years ago, could dad Art, a former Army sergeant, have imagined joshing his daughter about the Basic Training perils of a poorly fitting gas-mask?

But there they were the other sunny afternoon, swapping yarns about military training on the front steps of the family’s Beaver Valley home, where Marine Lt. Laura Derouin is enjoying a couple weeks of R&R before heading off to her first assignment.

“I really wanted to go overseas,” she said, and she will spend the next two years on Okinawa with a Combat Logistics Battalion, Please See DEROUIN, A7

Crossroads Founders Building Home For Those With Nowhere Else To Go As Otsego County Explores Options For Homeless, Feiks Offer Help

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purpose of giving a fresh start to those who are serious about recovery.

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Ann Meccariello, interim principal at Cooperstown Elementary School, greets students on the doorstep Tuesday, Sept. 8, the first day of the 2015-16 school year. Former president of the local teachers association, Mrs. Meccariello has taught eighth-grade English at CCS for 17 years. and was English Department chair since 2011. Prior to working in Cooperstown, she spent five years teaching English in the Worcester Central School District. Ann Olmstead when she was appointed on June 17, she married over the summer.

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llen Ruffles is the new manager of Key Bank’s Cooperstown branch, succeeding Jim Empie, who retired in July after a 45-year banking career.

As manager, Ruffles is responsible for coaching the team at 103 Main St. to fulfill customer expectations and to meet product, sales and service goals, the Key Bank announcement said.

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past three years working for New York Life Insurance in Syracuse, his new position is a homecoming.

He was raised in Ruffles Edmeston and graduated from Edmeston Central School, going on to earn in associate degree from Broome Community College, a bachelor’s from SUNY Oneonta, and a master’s in geo-science from Mississippi State.

He taught at Laurens Central for five years before joining New York Life, and joined Key Bank earlier this year.

He and wife Amy have been married for three years, and have a son, Cooper, 2.

Ruffles’ stepdaughter, Mia, 7, entered Cooperstown Elementary School Tuesday, Sept. 8, as a second grader.

His parents are Allen Ruffles, Unadilla, and Laura Bennett, Edmeston.

AT OTSEGO NOW: Josh Fitch, a summa cum laude grad at SUNY Delhi, has joined Otsego Now, the county IDA, as administrative director. He has a degree in accounting and is pursuing his master’s online at SUNY Poly this fall.

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Excerpted In New Yorker, Groff Novel Winning Praise From Early Reviewers NOVEL/From A1 A native of Cooperstown and sister to Olympian Sarah True, Groff’s third novel, “Fates and Furies,” will be published Tuesday, Sept. 15.

With shades of Greek mythology, the novel follows artistic power-couple Lotto and Mathilde through the complications of the marriage their friends all envy.

“I always work on two books at the same time,” said Lauren, who began “Fate” four years ago, while she was still working on “Arcadia.” “It’s so frightening to spend five years on something that might not succeed.”

The desire for community and utopia that makes up the central conflict of “Arcadia” is also present in the latest book.

“As I was thinking about community, I realized the smallest utopia was an intimate partnership,” said Lauren, daughter of Dr. Gerald Groff, the Bassett physician, and his wife Jeannine. “You go into it with the highest ideals, but we all have these

The third novel by Cooperstown’s Lauren Groff is due to be published Tuesday, March 15.

human frailties.”

Groff, who lives in Gainesville, Fla., with her husband Clay and her sons, Beckett, 7 and Heath, 4, also teaches fiction at the MFA program at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina.

Already the reviews are strong. Publishers Weekly praised her prose in a starred review, calling it, “Dewy, defiant, salacious, and bleak

– a hurricane of words thrown together on every page.” amazon.com listed it as a Best Book for September, and The New Yorker ran an excerpt of the book in August.

The butcher paper was a new way of writing for her.

“Every writer has their own way,” she said. “I’ve written stories on hundreds of index cards that I move around like jigsaw puzzle pieces.

That sort of thing is exciting, so it makes me want to write more.”

She has also begun her next novel, “But I can’t tell you what it is,” she teases.

She’ll be touring with the book for the remainder of the year, including the Brooklyn Book Festival later this month, but plans to take time off from traveling to write next spring.

And, of course, she’ll be in Rio next summer to cheer on her sister, a member of the U.S. Olympic Triathlon team. “Even if I have to hitchhike, I’ll be there!” she said.

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Regardless, Northrup will outline six revenue-producing options that he estimates could generate $36,900 a year, more than enough to cover the $15,000 shortfall the Land Trust said it is experiencing annually.

Noting there is a 16weekend “wedding and party season” from Memorial Day to Columbus Day, he suggests: • Renting the Tea House Gardens, $2,000 a weekend.

• With restrooms added on the lower floor, renting the Tea House itself for $150 per night.

• Reinstall boat slips (in part, with an insurance settlement) for $2,500, then charge $900 per slip, or $10,800 total for 12 slips.

• Rent six mooring balls, perhaps six for $150 per season, total $900.

• Offer dry-land storage, grossing perhaps $5,000 a

year.

• Rent kayaks and rack storage, for $3,000 total.

Even if only half the potential revenue of $36,900 is realized, that’s still enough to cover the Land Trust’s shortfall, he estimates.

The future of Brookwood Gardens, which was folded into the Cook Foundation after its last owner, Bob Cook, died in 1999, has been in contention for at least five years. In 2010, foundation plans to sell the whole property to future congressman Richard Hanna caused a public outcry, and the Land Trust assumed ownership.

After plans for the RFP surfaced, Northrup proposed that the Village of Cooperstown buy the property. The Village Board declined to do so, but suggested, since Brookwood is located in the Town of Otsego, the town should do so. That inspired Town Supervisor Ann Geddes Atwell to bring the matter to the full board.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

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Amphenol Advocates Need To Make Voices Heard

learly, Stop the Pipeline has dominated the debate about the Constitution Pipeline since January 2013, when “Alternate M,” the route through Otsego County, was rejected.

There was parity before that: The Otsego County Board of Representatives’ chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, and her then-ally, county Rep. Linda Rowinski, DOneonta, had marshaled colleagues behind the effort to win the pipeline and garner an estimated $13 million in property taxes for towns and school districts along the route.

Since, the route through Delaware County has been mired in debate, some of it smacking of hysteria, from Stop the Pipeline and its allies. Whether as a result or not, the state Public Service Commission is taking its time coming to a decision.

Pipeline construction was supposed to begin in the spring, and is still awaiting the go-ahead.

The decision on the pipeline is a different animal than the fracking ban. It’s a technical decision – does the Constitution meet the

requirements of the regulations? – not a policy one.

If it meets parameters, the PSC should approve it.

• The impacts of the PSC decision are more than technical, though. In convincing Amphenol Aerospace to build a new plant in Sidney after its downtown workings suffered extensive damage in the floods of 2006 and 2011, the Cuomo Administration, in addition to offering a $20 million package, assured the company it Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal would have a ready supply Pursuant to a $20 million state package and the of natural gas – from the promise of plentiful natural gas, Amphenol’s plant is open on a hillside in Sidney – but for how long?

Constitution.

Amphenol proceeded on In January, Amphenol’s Otsego, Delaware, Chenanthat assurance, building a then-general manager, go and northern Broome futuristic-looking structure John Wall, wrote the PSC, counties for 90 years now, on the heights above Back emphasizing the state had providing our ever-fewer River Road, ensuring the fu- promised natural gas for the coveted manufacturing ture of 1,000 jobs and a $30 plant. “We suffer a 30-40 jobs. The impact is more million annual local payroll. percent energy-price disadthan economic; Its salaries It opened last spring and all vantage by not having acallowed such local titans as is well. cess to natural gas.” Wall’s former Oneonta mayor Sam Then, in late August, successor, Ryan Fisher, said Nader to remain here, raise Leatherstocking Gas Presienergy prices might impact families locally, and contribdent Michael German, in the company’s strategic ute to our common good. an interview, acknowledged decisions in the future. “We Amphenol’s departure his company is focusing its work for Wall Street,” he would be a tragedy of masoperations on Northeastern observed. sive proportions to our relaPennsylvania until the ConThe Sidney plant – as tively happy Otsego County, stitution gets approval. He Scintilla, Bendix, Allied and which is doing somewhat said, sensibly, “You need a now, Amphenol – has been better economically than supply to build a utility.” an economic mainstay for Upstate generally, but still

OTHER VOICES

for dirtier fossil fuels.

The point is, there are counter-arguments to Stop the Pipeline, and those counter-arguments need to be made. The Otsego county board, given its support of Alternate M, could certainly lead the way, making common cause with the Delaware supervisors, Otsego Now, the Delaware Economic Development Department, the Otsego, Sidney and other chambers of commerce, and the many other potential beneficiaries.

The municipalities of Sidney, Unadilla, Otego and Delhi are in conversations with Leatherstocking Gas, pending the Constitution’s approval. Any major institution – SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick, Fox and Bassett hospitals, public schools, you name it – would also be strengthened by a 30-40 percent reduction in energy costs.

When Stop the Pipeline and its allied organizations can bring a few hundred antis to public hearings at short notice, our local politicians get one message.

There’s a legitimate counter- message, and legislators have to get that one, too.

ISSUE & DEBATE

Parsing Prejudice Editor’s Note: SUNY Oneonta sociologist Mike King’s work was cited in the Aug. 30 issue of the New Yorker in Evan Osnos’ “The Fearful and the Frustrated,” a piece on Donald Trump’s emerging coalition.

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lost another 2 percent of its population since the 2010 Census. Dropping school enrollments, with declines up to 40 percent anticipated in ONC BOCES schools in the next 15 years, are scarier indicators.

• Ah, true believers! Stop the Pipeline leadership is sanguine about 1,000 families losing their livelihoods. Absent the pipeline, tourism will grow, they say, and there will be seasonal, minimum-wage jobs aplenty! The focus, of course, is saving the world, and our little corner of it can go to blazes.

In reality, not Stop the Pipeline or anyone can say, with certainty, how the challenge of climate change will be met. Certainly, renewables, but not yet, and perhaps never. Possibly upgraded nuclear – horrors!

Possibly technologies that haven’t been invented yet; (the multi-billion, multination ITER, exploring hydrogen-based fusion, is particularly promising.)

Meanwhile, some argue that burning more natural gas has actually slowed climate change by substituting

rump’s phantasmagorical visions of marauding immigrants are part of a genre in which immigration and race are intermingled.

In recent years, hoaxes and theories that were once confined to the margins Mike King have been laundered through mainstream media outlets. In 2013, Fox News repeatedly broadcast warnings about the “knockout game,” based on a self-published book by the white nationalist Colin Flaherty, which described black men randomly attacking white pedestrians.

“In a study published in the journal Race & Class, Mike King, a sociologist at SUNY Oneonta, searched for a single actual case of the knockout game and found none. The news reports were largely patched together from unrelated viral videos of street violence. Bureau of Justice statistics show, King wrote, a “marked decrease in random assaults, including black assaults on white strangers.”

What’s Town, Village Role In Brookwood?

Editor’s Note: Two of the Village of Cooperstown’s most ardent commentators – Chip Northrup and Catherine Lake Ellsworth, traded wits on the future of Brookwood Gardens in this e-mail exchange from Thursday, Sept. 3. In the end, they agreed!

On Sep 3, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Chip Northrup wrote:

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he Village has four lakefront parks.

What I proposed was that the Village take the northern half of Brookwood – where the old house is – as a nature preserve. Not a park. After much debate, the Village Trustees voted that Brookwood should be a park – in the Town of Otsego – which has no parks.

The southern half of Brookwood – where the Tea House and Gardens are – is a readymade park for the Town. A kayak concession, boat storage, event rentals of the Gardens and the rental of the Tea House could make the southern half of Brookwood self-sustaining for the Town – as a park.

The Town has warmed to the idea – which was first presented in the Freeman’s Journal editorial. The Land Trust is receptive to the Town taking the southern half as a park.

No confusion over any of that. Just have

Photo courtesy Ed Rowley

The former Cook mansion is viewed from lakeside through mature trees.

to show up for the meetings on time to hear the proposal.

• On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Catherine Ellsworth wrote:

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t is indeed true that the village has four parks on the lake. It is also true that, although the Town of Otsego does not

own and maintain its own park on the lake, all residents of the Town of Otsego can obtain a free park pass from the Village of Cooperstown to use The Three Mile Point Park.

Likewise, residents of the Town of Middlefield can obtain a free park pass Please See ARDENT, A6

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To the Editor: Leatherstocking Gas Co. has merely acknowledged the obvious: Its current distribution plans for natural gas in Sidney must wait on the Constitution Pipeline, which has suffered chronic delays and has no certain start date.

Constitution was never necessary for this company to bring gas to Amphenol Aerospace in Sidney. In the years before the misnamed Constitution project, Leatherstocking was pursuing bringing it from the Dominion Transmission pipeline in Madison County.

Gas was to come south through the existing EmKey Energy pipeline, which was built by Norse Energy and then sold to partly cover losses of its failed drill-

ing program. Then the gas was to come east along a new pipeline to be built along County Highway 206 through the towns of Coventry, Bainbridge and Sidney.

In the year before Constitution was announced, Leatherstocking had obtained at least one of the necessary franchises and was perusing the other towns.

Only after the Constitution project was announced, and Leatherstocking was offered four taps along the pipeline, was the earlier project abandoned and apparently forgotten. Thereby, Constitution gained the veneer of a local benefit (the only such along the entire 124-mile route) and Leatherstocking gained greater prospects.

Local politicians have been played: accepting

the Constitution as necessary for gas to Amphenol and therefore advocating for this greenfield project.

Belatedly, they realize that this precedent of a pioneer pipeline eases the way for all subsequent projects to gain the necessary approvals. The politicians’ protests of gas infrastructure now are a day late and a dollar short.

Should Constitution be built, there will be few constraints on future projects being co-located along this route, such as the NED pipeline and compressor stations.

And without the Constitution proposal, Leatherstocking’s original plan could well have had Dominion gas flowing into Amphenol by now.

BRIAN BROCK Franklin

Do Bricks Belong At Council Rock?

To the Editor: I just arrived home from visiting Cooperstown and, let me tell you, it is a beautiful town that has many things to do and see.

One thing I went to see was Council Rock Park and as I was looking at the lake I couldn’t help but notice lots of brick colored rocks – or so I thought they were rocks; I picked one up and in fact it was a brick.

I also found many old nails.

I would love to know what stood at Council Rock Park or could it be someone dumped bricks into the lake shore?

GEOVANNI MARIN San Pedro, Calif.

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EYE ON THE WEATHER

BOUND VOLUMES 175 YEARS AGO

Who pays? We are told, from good authority that the Whigs bid up $1, with expenses paid, for troops from this village on Thursday, to swell the numbers at the “log cabin” dedication in Richfield. The purpose was to secure some of the “Huge Paws” for final action, but they had too much selfrespect to be caught in the trap set for them. These attempts to “buy men like cattle in the market,” will meet with no favor from any man who is a MAN, but rather stern rebuke and indignant scorn, as they richly merit. The poor voter is too rich in manly feeling, to be used for corrupt purposes by the designing knave and unprincipled politician.

September 14, 1840

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.

200 YEARS AGO

AUGUST 2015 Highest Temperature...............................................87°F (Aug. 18) Lowest Temperature.................................................47°F (Aug. 29) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................76.8°F Average Minimum Temperature...........................................54.4°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................65.6°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................2.66″ Most Precipitation in One Day.................................0.61” (Aug. 11) Thunderstorms........................................................1 (14 for 2015) Snow..............................................................................................0” (65.4” for 2015; 90.1“ for 2014-15 winter) Most Snow in One Day..................................................................0” YTD Precipitation....................................................................31.23” 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)

150 YEARS AGO

Hops – The picking is about over. The crop is very light; the quality, as a general thing, better than last year’s. The price for first-sorts rules high, with not much activity in the market. From 45 to 55 cents is paid in the country. At the west several hundred bales were picked up by eastern buyers at about 40 cents; the price there has since advanced.

It is said that most of the brewers are using far less than the usual quantity of hops in the manufacture of beer, which is doubtless correct. Indeed, it is a source of complaint that such stock ale as could be bought a few years ago cannot be had of many brewers at this time; they use less malt as well as less in hops. This is to be regretted on account of the working classes who consume most of the beer, and who should not be driven to the use of distilled liquor as a substitute for ale.

September 8, 1865

125 YEARS AGO

Local Briefs: It has been a disputed question whether shad were ever found in the Susquehanna River. We find the following in a Journal kept by one of Sullivan’s officers, under date of June 1779: “The river Susquehanna abounds with fish, shad in great quantity in the spring, as they go up to spawn, and the shores are covered with these fish which have died up the river, through their too long stay in fresh water.”

Probably the first sermon ever delivered at this place in the presence of white men, was by Rev. Mr. Gano, Chaplain to General Clinton’s brigade, July 18, 1779, from Job 22:21.

He preached again on the 1st of August.

September 12, 1890

75 YEARS AGO

A new full-time instrumental music program has been instituted at Cooperstown High School with Eldon Lee as instructor. This course is open to any student desiring instruction on one of the following instruments: clarinet, cornet, trombone, baritone, tuba, French horn, alto horn, flute, oboe, saxophone, drums, violin, viola, cello and string bass. Beginning students will be placed in small classes.

Advanced students will be given private instruction. The band and orchestra will be an important part of the program and will rehearse two or three times a week. A Junior Band

Comments: What a great month! It’s what we’ve been waiting for! So, the temperatures were 0.8 degrees cooler than normal, big deal. It was dry however. Normal rainfall for August is 3.69 inches, we received only 2.66 inches, so we were 1.03 inches lower than average. The crops, rivers and streams need a good soaking, but the dry weather made for some sunny and gorgeous days for haying and recreation!

Year-to-date precipitation is still 4.74 inches DAVID above the norm, but we do need rain to catch up; things dry out in a hurry. Apples, pears and MATTICE most all vegetables seem large and very plentiful this year. It looks like a bountiful harvest this late summer and autumn. At my home we only had one thundershower during the month; that’s rare for August. We have had a really warm start this September, let’s see how the rest of the month plays out. The baseball campers are gone, the students are back in school and a full slate of autumn activities are upon us. Please visit this paper’s website or the Happenin’ Otsego calendar and you’ll find a ton of things to do! Please make sure September 14, 1815 that you get outside and enjoy this beautiful season of the year, will be organized for grade students. The organization of and remember to Keep Your Eye On The Weather!

an instrumental music department is a move on the part of the Board of Education which is designed to meet a demand that has been very insistent in the past few years. It is believed that it will prove to be of benefit to a large number of the young people in the community.

September 11, 1940

50 YEARS AGO

The Cooperstown Graduate Center will open for its second academic year next week with 30 students enrolled to study either History Museum Operation or American Folk Culture. The programs are presented through the combined resources of the State University College at Oneonta and the New York State Historical Association. Each will lead to a Master of Arts degree. Dr. Bruce R. Buckley and Frank O. Spinney will be on full-time assignment to the Graduate Center from Oneonta State. Also scheduled for teaching assignments are Dr. William B. Fink, Chair of the Social Sciences Department at SUCO; Per E. Guldbeck, research associate at NYSHA; Dr. Louis C. Jones, Graduate Center

Director and NYSHA Director; and Dr. Maynard G. Redfield, Professor of History at SUCO. September 8, 1965

25 YEARS AGO

The Village Innkeepers hosted the Fly Creek Bees at the Village Crossroads on Sunday and took the match by a 22-16 tally, improving their record in the Leatherstocking Town Ball League to 4-2 in the last match of the regular season. The Bees were slow to find their bats and did not register a tally until the seventh hand when “Phenomenal” Haney caught one of Walter “Wigwam” Wilson’s tosses and smashed it over the trees for an easy four-staker. “Union Jack” Saphier, having returned from a trip to the British Isles, hurled for the Bees but could not keep the Innkeepers’ bats in check even with his dart-like deliveries.

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from the Village of Cooperstown to use the Fairy Spring Park.

Thus residents of both the Town of Otsego and the Town of Middlefield have local park access to the lake, within their town boundaries, thanks to an agreement reached years ago between the village and the towns.

And since I have already read the proposal to be presented to the Town of Otsego, I shall pass on the meeting, choosing to read about the results in the paper.

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On Sep 3, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Chip Northrup wrote: he Village Trustees voted unanimously that Brookwood be a park The majority voted for it to be the Town’s park None of them voted for it not to be a park. None.

Not one of them suggested that it be sold for development.

Not one.

Town of Otsego residents pay more than double for a boat slip than a Village resident in Cooperstown. So much for reciprocity.

The Town residents’ survey of 2006 specifically called out for Town playgrounds, a park,

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boat ramp, fishing docks, more open space, etc.

Furnished by the Town – not by Cooperstown, Middefield, Springfield, the county, state or feds.

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On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Catherine Ellsworth wrote: t matters not a whit that the village trustees voted unanimously that Brookwood should be a park. They have absolutely no jurisdiction over Brookwood. Likewise, they are not in a position to take a vote in favor of making Brookwood a Town of Otsego Park, as they have no jurisdiction over the Town of Otsego.

Nor does it matter that none of them voted for it not to be a park. The Village Trustees can only concern themselves with village business, which Brookwood is not given the fact that the village voted to not get involved.

As for the boat slips rented by the village, they are located within the village, unlike Three Mile Point and Fairy Spring.

Thus, there was no reason for the village to cut a deal on the boat slips with either of the towns. Charges for the village boat slips are decided based on village resident vs. non-village

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At this point the Town of Otsego can make a proposal for Brookwood if they are so inclined. But I am also reasonably certain that the fate of Brookwood ultimately is in the hands of the current owners of Brookwood, namely the Otsego Land Trust. They have simply made a request for proposals

by September 30 after which they will consider the proposals and presumedly act on the one which best meets their goals.

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On Sep 3, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Chip Northrup wrote: rookwood is a special place and would make a great park. That’s what the village trustees voted for.

Three Mile is a nice place, but it’s no Brookwood. Fairy Springs? Great swimming hole but nobody goes to Fairy Springs to get married.

The Land Trust is not in the park business.

If the Town offers to take the southern half as a park, the Land Trust will very likely convey it to them.

This was first proposed in a FJ editorial.

And is probably going to get done – because it’s the right thing for the Town and the right move for the Land Trust.

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Chip CROSSROADS/From A1 • With the county Board of On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:30 Representatives considering PM, Catherine Ellsworth housing options for the homewrote: less – many suffering from agree that Brookwood is addiction or mental illness – the a special,place. I thought Feiks are offering an option. that back when I visited Appearing before at the Harry and Grace Cook when board’s September meeting on they lived there. Of course, in the 2nd, Neil said Crossroads those days they owned a great Inn stands ready to fulfill some deal more than the 22 acres that of the needs identified in an 18are in the parcel today. page report by former Delaware But I do believe at this point County social services commisI shall leave the destiny of sioner William Moon.

Brookwood to the Otsego In a subsequent interview Land Trust. I am certain they at the former motel on Route will make the right decision 7 here, Noel said Crossroads’ that will preserve at least the residents come from a variety southern half of the parcel and, of circumstances. Many are should the right party make a referred by agencies or former proposal, perhaps the northern residents. Most are men behalf as well. tween the ages of 25 and 60.

Cathe All of them must promise to abstain.

• “We try not to be judgmental, On Thu 9/3/2015 5:40 PM but we have a three-strikesChip Northrup wrote: and-you’re-out rule,” Brad said. ll agreed Chip “We want to encourage and help those people who are serious about getting sober.”

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“One time, I knew this man had been drinking,” Noel said.

“He promised he hadn’t but I kept asking him - telling him it is better to tell the truth. I could see he was struggling.

“Finally he came clean, and pulled out the bottom drawer of the dresser. Between the back of the drawer and the dresser there was a little space and in that space he hid a little bottle of whiskey.”

Another time, late one night, an unfamiliar car idled in the parking lot of the Crossroads Inn until a resident came out and spoke to the driver briefly.

“One of our other residents knew that car, and he knew who was driving it,” Brad said. “He turned the camera so that we got a good shot of the car and the license plate. He was not about to risk his parole with a violation.”

The recently remodeled facility has four efficiencies with kitchenettes and bathrooms, seven singles with a bathroom, and four bedrooms with a shared bath. The common rooms and kitchen are shared by all of the residents. There is a closed-circuit camera monitoring system the Feiks access remotely.

The walls of the main house are inscribed with messages of hope and prayer.

“The Crossroads is about God, it’s not a Brad and Noel effort,” Noel said. “It’s truly only by His intervention and grace that we are able to do this work. He has given us love for our community that only He could give.”

Noel, a Bassett Hospital administrator, has been active in a jail ministry for about six years.

She is involved with several groups working to break the cycle of addiction.

It was after a couple of different but associated experiences that Noel and her husband, a former Clark Sports Center executive director, were convinced they had to do something to help homeless people.

“I knew there was a need, I had seen it so often, when one of my girls (in the jail ministry) would get out of jail, sometimes there was no place for her to go,” Noel said. “I really wanted to do something. And then one time, when one of my girls got out, she lived with us for three months. She was able to get on her feet after that.”

Around the same time Noel began to explore the options for released inmates and victims of homelessness. She found that the county’s emergency service providers give people vouchers for hotels, but there was no follow-through.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-7

After 16 Month Of Marine Training, Laura Derouin Reports To Okinawa DEROUIN/From A1

part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

When the Derouin’s only daughter left dad Art, mom Cynthia and younger brother Will to enter Harvard in 2010, she had no specific intent. She pursued a Liberal Arts major, which allows undergrads to explore a wide range of intellectual interests.

She had studied French at CCS, but sophomore year, with Mideast strife dominating current events, began studying Arabic. She spent a summer in a remote part of Jordan – “no ex-pats” – to fully experience the local culture. (It was so close to turmoil the program was cancelled the next year.)

She found herself attracted to such courses as “The Politics of War,” and Professor of National Security & Military Affairs Stephen Rosen’s “History of Wars,” which immersed her in strategic thinking from

she met and talked to men and women who had walked the walk that, by the end of her junior year, she was considering for herself.

Mom Cynthia and dad Art were on hand when Lieutenant Deroiun recently graduated from Basic Training.

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Not for her. She focused on the Marines as “much more meritocratic” than the other forces, where West Point or Annapolis training matters more in advancement, she said. “I had a pretty good idea of what would be physically required of me,” she said. She didn’t lift weights, but began distance running – she was between the two bombs that went off at the 2014 Boston Marathon.

The military is no mystery to Derouins. In addition to her dad – his motorcycle’s “5WARS” license plate is a tribute to the family legacy – two older brothers served in the Army, her grandfather in World War II and her greatgrandfather in World War I; all were sergeants. (Younger brother Will is a senior at VMI.) At graduation, only three students – herself, and two men who had undergone two summers of OCS training and were graduating with commissions – were joining the Corps. Fewer than 10 of her classmates were entering the military.

She was not in the least deterred, and soon found herself in OCS at Quantico on 15-mile runs in “full utility,” in camo,

To prepare for the Marines, Derouin took up distance running. She was nearing the finish line on her first Boston Marathon in 2014 when the bombs went off. carrying 80 pounds of equipcomrades were commissioned ment, including a flak jacket second lieutenants, then bearing 20-pound ceramic entered another six months of plates, a rifle and a Kevlar hel- Basic Training, also at Quanmet. “I had never worn boots,” tico, to learn to be an “officer she said. Or, for that matter, of Marines.” shot a rifle. “People who have By this point, the military never used a rifle do better,” acronyms roll off her lips. She she said. “Because they don’t had to choose an MOS – milihave bad habits.” tary occupational specialty All officers, whether future – from among 23 possibilities, JAGs, pilots or logistics ofand picked logistics, “a big ficers like herself, are screened MOS.” for leadership potential during She’s flying commercial out the 10-month OCS, culminatof Boston Wednesday, Sept. ing in the feared “Quigley,” 23 en route to her first posting, swimming in full gear through and on a military flight out of culverts filled with swampy Seattle on the 25th, arriving in water.

Okinawa the following day. “I “This is so cool,” Laura have people there who are gofound herself thinking. “Even ing to pick me up and show me when it’s hard, you say, ‘How around,” she said. cool is it that I’m doing this.’”

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That Monday, the 28th, she’ll report to Lt. Col. Eric C. Malinowski, commanding officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 31. Its motto: “Ready.

Reliable. Responsive.” It’s part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), which is part of a MAGTF (pronounced mag-taf), a Marine Air-Ground Task Force that patrols the Pacific.

Laura’s eager to get started.

“I just want to go to this unit,” she said, “and I just want to be awesome at my job.”

She doesn’t expect to see action in Middle East hot-spots – the unit is fully occupied in the Far East – but there will be surprises. For instance, in a recent cruise to Australia, the Marines were diverted on a humanitarian mission to Saipan, which had been struck by a hurricane.

Laura’s on-island training will prepare her to assume command of a 30-40 Marine logistics platoon, responsible for trucking supplies and soldiers wherever needed, on Okinawa or throughout the Pacific command. “It’s a huge leadership opportunity.”

Lieutenant Derouin isn’t sure what the future holds, but she’s excited by the prospects.

By January 2016, women will be permitted to perform all military functions, although waivers can be sought. So far though, the Navy Seals, requiring some of the toughest training, has announced it will accept women in all roles, Laura said. The Marine Corps will be weighing in on this in the next few months.

At 24, the future awaits and options are many. Laura can extend her military career, or she can eventually pursue a civilian law degree or MBA with help of the GI Bill. (With Harvard’s $30+ billion endowment, she graduated with no debt.)

She will be on Okinawa for the next 24 months, and plans to use the opportunity to explore the Pacific Rim nations.

Meanwhile, until Aug. 7, 2018, “I belong to the Marines.”

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Coloring Books Not Just For Kids Anymore Carol Highfield’s beautiful creations exemplify a national trend: coloring books for adults.

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“I used to love coloring as a girl growing up,” said Carol Highfield. “This is the house I grew up in, and I remember sitting and coloring right here at this table!”

Highfield, who lives on Beaver Street, is jumping on

board a new coloring-book craze, which has seen a revival as a pastime for the young at heart.

“It’s so relaxing,” said Highfield. “You get so involved, you forget what might be stressing you.”

You may be surprised to learn that Johanna Basford’s “Secret Garden” coloring book is the number-one best-seller on Amazon.com, with two other adult coloring books occupying spaces in the top 20.

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Nineteenth-century lasses like these from 2014 are sure to be on hand this weekend for The Farmers’ Museum’s 37th annual Harvest Festival.

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tep out of summer right into the 19th century, at the annual the Harvest Festival at The Farmers’ Museum. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 12 & 13. Local food, music, blue-ribbon cloggers, animals, activities, performers, artisans, exhibitors. Included with paid museum admission (ages 6 and under & NHSHA members free). 2-day passes available. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. farmersmuseum.org

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Sarah Livingston has become acquainted with the namesake family over 13 years administering the Huntington Memorial Library’s New York State Room. Behind her, from right, are founding father Solon Huntington, his world-famous son Henry Huntington, and Solon’s wife Harriet.

Lecture Reacquaints Many With Library’s Cache

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t was a big story at the time, but that was 64 years ago.

It was 1951 and Dr. Edward J. Parish, president of the Upper Susquehanna Historical Society (since renamed Greater Oneonta Historical Society), was on the hunt, looking to solve a mystery: Whatever happened to 13,000 handwritten pages of Oneonta and Otsego County history penned by Willard V. Huntington?

Willard, nephew of Collis Huntington, one of the Big Four Californians credited with completing the first transcontinental

The library’s New York State Room has 13,000 pages of Willard Huntington manuscript, and one of two bound 12-volume sets, top.

railroad, and brother of Henry Huntington, Collis’ business associate and railroad magnate, was killed on Sept. 27, 1915,

in a crash on Route 7, a half-mile east of Otego. Then 59, he was thrown from the car as it overturned thrice tumbling down an embankment.

Oneonta-born son of local hardware tycoon Solon Huntington, Willard worked briefly with brother Henry in California, but decided business was not for him.

Instead, he began researching and compiling notebooks of historical research, much of it about Oneonta and his native Otsego County. The only outcome by the time of his death was “Oneonta Memories,” boyhood recollections.

The crash was a sensational one, and not just because of its famous victim, who had arrived back in the county only a few days before to continue his research. He Please See FAMILY, B3

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Individual registration $25; families $60; Fire/EMS/police with ID $20. Register in advance at www.clarksportscenter. com, or at the Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Also register 4-5:30 p.m. day of race at race location. Race starts and ends at Fly Creek Fire Dept., 832 County Hwy. 26, Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-2800 ext. 111.

TAYLOR 2 DANCE: Oneonta Concert Association opens season with Taylor 2 Dance Company. 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 11. $25 adults,; $6 students.

Tickets at door, or at Green Toad Bookstore or The Eighth Note in Oneonta. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation.org.

GRAND & GLORIOUS SALE: 36th annual Catskill Choral Society’s “Grand and Glorious Garage Sale.” 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. Over 100 vendors and nonprofit groups; food, crafts. Main Street closed to auto traffic for event. Main Street, Oneonta. Info, www.catskillchoralsociety.org

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Adult Coloring Books Part Of A National Craze COLORING/From B1 Ann Garbarino, an adviser at SUNY Stonybrook’s Small Business Development Center, believes its part of a general reaction to high-tech’s high stress.

“Far more people are looking for things that are unplugged,” she told Robin Stein in a Sept. 2 article on Yahoo News. “And it’s something that a lot of generations can agree on.”

Said Highfield, “I didn’t realize it was a craze.”

She got her first book, a collection of Victorian-style Christmas art, last December. “I get a lot of catalogues, and I saw that they

had these books,” she said.

“When my daughter Ann and my son Jay asked what I wanted for Christmas, I told them, ‘I’d like a coloring book’!”

It’s an extension of her love for cross-stitch, she explained. “I don’t draw myself, and I can’t grow flowers, so I can cross-stitch or color them!” she said. “I still love cross-stitch, but I can work one of these up

much quicker.”

There were two books under the Christmas tree, and Highfield got started right away. She quickly filled those books, framing the pictures and hanging them around her house. “I give them as gifts in a frame,” she said. “I hung one on a plain white plate, which gave it a nice, 3D effect.”

She’ll be selling several of her creations at the Cooperstown United Methodist Church’s annual Christmas Bazaar in December.

Her collection quickly grew to eight books, with her favorites being flowers

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“I had to buy a second copy of ‘Secret Garden’ book,” she confided. “It’s my favorite!”

Lately she’s been using a rainbow pencil, with several colors in one lead depending on which way you turn it. “I prefer the pastels, but my daughter Ann loves the brighter colors,” she said. “I tried the watercolor pencils, which I didn’t much care for, but she loved them.”

And Ann joined in with her mother. “She always leaves me a surprise on my pillow,” she said, holding up a framed flower print Ann left after a late-August visit.

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ing to a local news FAMILY/From B1 report on Sept. 18. was riding in Arthur The funeral was Strait’s taxicab on a held at Colliscroft, research trip to Masonthat Greek revival ville when the accident mansion on Franklin happened.

Mountain Road, just Strait, a Laurens resoutside city limits, ident, had been driving and things settled too fast in downtown Henry down. However, the Oneonta in June, just Huntington, 13,000-page manuthree months before script – a treasure and had run over and library killed a young man at benefac- trove of local history – had disappeared. the corner of Chestnut tor.

This is part of and Main. “He manithe dynasty’s story Sarah fested the same indifferent Livingston, librarian for the attitude yesterday,” accordNew York State Room at the city’s Huntington Memorial Library, related in an Aug. 2 lecture, “The Huntington Family,” one of the Swart Wilcox House’s Summer Sunday series. It is still being much remarked-upon by local history buffs.

“They all loved Oneonta,” said Livingston in an interview. An Otego native, she graduated from Elmira College, obtained an MLS from Indiana University at Bloomington, was hired in 2004 to fill a library clerk position in Oneonta and, within days, was assigned the New York State Room,

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Sarah Livingston reviews Huntington material that includes Willard’s manuscript, photos and maps.

a job she loves. “It was kismet,” she says.

Collis (1821-1900) and Henry (1850-1927) showed their love of the City of the Hills by naming things after their hometown, Sarah told the 40-some attendees. Their luxurious private railroad cars were “Oneonta #1” and “Oneonta #2.” Henry named a station on his “Yellow Car” trolley service in Los Angeles “Oneonta.” He named one of his yachts “Oneonta,” and he named Oneonta Beach on Oahu.

Originally from Harwinton, Conn., Solon (18121890), the paterfamilias, married Harriet in Burnt Hills, outside Albany, in 1840, and moved to Oneonta that same year, establishing his hardware store. His younger brother Collis joined him, but after gold was discovered in Sutter’s Mill, California, in 1848, setting off the Gold Rush, Collis set out to make his fortune – not in gold itself, but in selling supplies to throngs of miners.

Solon and Harriet built a house at what’s now Chestnut and Wall streets, but moved it in 1880 up the street to where the Dollar General is now, building the mansion (that today is the Huntington Memorial Library) at the first home site.

After his parents died, Henry inherited the mansion, but spent most of his time in L.A. and New York City (where the newspapers on a refectory table in his Fifth Avenue office always included the latest edition of the Oneonta Herald, published by his friend, Congressman George Fairchild.)

Meanwhile, the Oneonta library, founded in 1837, had bounced around to three or four sites in subsequent decades, and was in the process of outgrowing a city-owned building on Ford Avenue when, in 1918, the trustees received a letter from Henry offering the mansion as the library’s permanent home.

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gift would include what today is library park. Henry also offered to create a trust fund, (which the library still draws on today.) What wasn’t to like? The transfer occurred on Jan. 1, 1919.

Still, what of Willard Huntington’s manuscript?

Dr. Parish wanted to know, and in the mid-1940s, and for several years, wrote letters, many to Huntington descendants on the West Coast, seeking the document.

Then, in November 1951, the mystery was solved, when a letter arrived from the famed Henry E. Huntington Library & Museum, repository of such masterpieces as Gainsborough’s “The Blue Boy” in San Marino, Calif.

Mrs. E. Burke (Caroline) Holladay, Willard’s sister-inlaw, had taken the manuscript under her protection in 1915 after the funeral services at Colliscroft, the home of her son, Collis H. Holladay. She had given her permission for journals to be loaned to the Oneonta library, a loan later made permanent.

Sarah Livingston has the hand-written documents in a safe in a corner of her office, and showed a sample at the Swart Wilcox lecture. Dr. Parish had the 13,000 pages typed, and there are two 12volume sets, one in the New York State Room, the other at the GOHS’ collection.

“Writing specifically about history and Oneonta is what he did,” said GOHS Executive Director Bob Brzozowski, who hopes to have the society’s copy digitized so the contents can be more widely available.

Meanwhile, Gene Milener, former Hartwick College professor now retired to Florida, used Willard’s material in researching his “Oneonta: Development of a Railroad Town.”

“I think he (Willard) is right up there, if not above, Harvey Baker,” author of the early “Oneonta In Olden Time,” said Brzozowski, “in his importance to early Oneonta history.”

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Benefit race in honor of who lost their lives on 9/11, and all who still the answer the call. Proceeds support Fly Creek Fire and EMS Depts. purchase of safety gear and equipment. Individual registration $25; families $60; Fire/ EMS/police with ID $20. Register in advance at link at www.clarksportscenter.com, or at the Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Also register 4-5:30 p.m. day of race at race location. Race starts and ends at Fly Creek Fire Dept., 832 County Hwy. 26, Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-2800 ext. 111.

FIRST RESPONDERS CAMP WEEKEND — (Also Sept 12, 13).

Meadow-Vale Campsite hosts weekend for first responders and families. Welcoming firefighters and EMTs and their auxiliary; law enforcement; and ER personnel.

Food, hay rides, horseshoes, dance music, kids activities,

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO more. One free night; 25% off 2nd night. Meadow-Vale Campsites, 505 Gilbert Lake Rd., Mt. Vision. Info, reservations, (607) 293-8802, (800) 701-8802.

HARTWICK FLOATS -- 4-7 p.m. Hartwick Historical Society offers free root beer floats; copies of book “Around Hartwick” also for sale. In front of Waro’s Store (next to U.S. Post Office, Hartwick.

DANCE CONCERT — 7:30 p.m. Oneonta Concert Association opens season with Taylor 2

Dance Company. $25 adults; $6 students. Tickets at door, or at Green Toad Bookstore or The Eighth Note in Oneonta. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation.org.

CONCERT - 7:30 p.m. The Rubber Band, offering toe-tapping Cajun-Zydeco music. Tickets $10.

Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, www.cvartworks.org

Saturday, September 12

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays; live music 10 a.m.-noon. Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontafarmersmarket.com COOP FARMERS MARKET — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 101 Main St., Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Rain or shine. Info, www.CooperstownFarmersMarket.org GRAND & GLORIOUS SALE — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 36th annual Catskill Choral Society’s “Grand and Glorious Garage Sale.”

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BREAST CANCER FUNDRAISER — 9 a.m. Athletes from Oneonta’s Cooperstown CrossFit perform workout for spectators and those who wish to donate, to raise funds cancer-fighting charity “Barbells for Boobs.”

Cooperstown CrossFit, 174 Roundhouse Rd., Oneonta, Info, dan@cooperstowncrossfit.com CROHN’S SUPPORT -- 9 a.m.

Susquehanna Crohn’s & Colitis Support Group first monthly meeting of season (breakfast optional). Open to those affected, and families. Morey’s Family Restaurant, Rte. 7, Oneonta. Info, (607) 293-6124.

COLORSCAPE 5K RUN/WALK -- 2nd annual Colorscape Color Dash 5k Fun Run & Walk, during Chenango Arts Festival, Norwich.

Register by Aug. 28 to run/walk.

Info, www.colorscape.org HARVEST FESTIVAL — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Also Sept. 13). Annual celebration with local food, music, blue-ribbon cloggers, animals, activities, performers, artisans, exhibitors. Included with paid museum admission (ages 6 and under & NHSHA members free). 2-day passes available. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org OPEN HOUSE — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Studio B Performing Arts Academy grand opening. 4 Academy St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 287-5450.

MAKE-A-WISH RECORD ATTEMPT — 11 a.m. World-record attempt at Largest Parade of Subaru Vehicles Ever, with fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Foundation, hosted by Five Star Subaru.

BBQ lunch, music, canoeing, nature trails, giveaways, games, community groups. Pre-register at www.wedosubaru.com. All ages welcome. No fee to enter park. Gilbert Lake State Park, 840 Co. Hwy 12, Laurens. Info, www.wedosubaru.com BENEFIT LUNCH -- 1 p.m. Benefit for Burlington Flats resident Carl Pritchard. Buck’s Inn, 9189 Main St., North Brookfield.

FASHION SHOW — 2 p.m.

Fall fashion show featuring local models, items, and trends, from Southside Mall. Visit vendors 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Southside Mall, 5006 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. Info, www. shopsouthsidemall.com.

CHURCH DINNER -- 4-7 p.m.

Cherry Valley Methodist Church harvest dinner & Chinese auction. By donation; drawings begin at 7 p.m. Cherry Valley Firehouse, 11 Railroad Ave., Cherry Valley.

DEMOCRATIC DINNER — 6 p.m. Former county Rep. Richard Murphy, D-Oneonta, honored; State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli keynotes. Country Inn & Suites, Hartwick Seminary. Reservations, Dana Levinson, (607)

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CHURCH ANNIVERSARY — 5 p.m. St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Laurens celebrates 100 years. Communion service, dinner reception follows. $15 for dinner, BYOB. St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 97 Maple St., Laurens. Info, reservations, (607) 432-9120

Sunday, September 13

ANIMAL CARE CLASSES 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.— Alethea Kenney teaches three successive classes in holistic animal care. $30 each 3-hour class, of $75 for all three classes. Hawk Circle, 3496 NY Rte. 166, Cherry Valley. Info, www.HawkCircle.com HARVEST FESTIVAL — 10 a.m.5 p.m. Annual celebration with local food, music, blue-ribbon cloggers, animals, activities, performers, artisans, exhibitors. Included with paid museum admission (ages 6 and under & NHSHA members free). 2-day passes available. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org

tions, Tuesdays (also Thursdays).

Four-county Cybermobile visits Oneonta, Schenevus, Westford, South Valley & Middlefield. For info, times, (607) 723-8236 or check Twitter (@4clsCybermobile) HARTWICK MEET -- 7 p.m.

Monthly meeting of Hartwick Historical Society. Auction of cool & creative donated items. Kinney Memorial Library, Hartwick. Info, email htownhall10@stny.rr.com WRITERS’ SALON — 7:30-9 p.m. (and every 3rd Thursday of month). With mystery writer Lesley A. Diehl. Writers’ Salons begin with an open mic, where guests are invited to read their writing. Followed by presentation from featured author. Free; public welcome. Refreshments served. CANO, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta, Info, www. canoneonta.org MORE CALENDAR, B7

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TROUT UNLIMITED -- 7 p.m.

Monthly meeting of Dave Brandt Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Guest speakers Jeff Skelding and Sherri Resti, of Friends of the Upper Delaware River. Also nominations of new officers. All welcome.

Plains at Parish Homestead, 163 Heritage Circle, Oneonta. Info, (607) 563-1978

Tuesday, September 15

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS — 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays.

Join Oneonta Common Council members for coffee & chat. Starting Aug. 25: moving back to Main Street Creamery, 254 Main St., Oneonta.

MOBILE LIBRARY — 9:30 a.m.-2:50 p.m. Various locations, Tuesdays (also Thursdays). Fourcounty Cybermobile visits West Oneonta, Oneonta, Fly Creek, Schuyler Lake, Mt. Vision & Wells Bridge Sept. 15. Then Oneonta, Schenevus, Westford, South Valley & Middlefield, on Sept. 17.

For info, times, (607) 723-8236 or check Twitter (@4clsCybermobile) RABIES CLINIC -- 6-8 p.m. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Previous certificate must be presented for 3-year booster.

Dogs on leash; cats and ferrets in pillow case or carrier. Cherry Valley Town Barn, Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 547-4230.

Thursday, September 17

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Executive Director Otsego Land Trust seeks a leader with passion for protecting land who demonstrates the ability to energetically engage the community, foster strategic partnerships, close deals, and broaden support for rural conservation efforts. Responsibilities include strategic planning, outreach and fundraising, land conservation and stewardship, community relations, financial management, and team/staff leadership.

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OBITUARIES Paul E. Okarski, 89; WWII Navy Aviator Went On To Aerospace Career At Sperry HARTWICK – Paul Edward Okarski, 89, a retired defense contractor employed for 37 years with Sperry Gyroscope Corp., passed away Sunday evening, Aug. 30, 2015, at Bassett Hospital, just three days shy of his 90th birthday.

Born Sept. 2, 1925, in Paul Okarski as a WWII Peabody, Mass., Paul was a naval aviator, right, and son of Frank Joseph Okarski more recently. and Anna née Krusciewicz Gyroscope, where as a Okarski. He was raised marketing representative he in Lynn and later Newton, was responsible for the conMass. tract administration of the On Aug. 11, 1942, Paul $100 million B-52 airborne joined the Navy, serving his integrated countermeasures country during World War system. This equipment II as a naval aviator. Ensign utilized high-accuracy mulOkarski was honorably tiple jamming techniques, discharged on Oct. 22, 1945. sophisticated receivers and He then attended Middleflight-test equipment, and bury College, graduating provided a new measure of in the Class of 1951 with a protection for U.S. superdegree in physics. bombers of that era.

In July 1951, he joined In 1960 Paul advanced the Industrial X-Ray Divito senior marketing represion of Westinghouse as an applications engineer, and in sentative of the Radiation Division, responsible for September 1952 he began a marketing and contract career with the Sperry Gyroscope Co. that would span administration of the Navy’s TALOS missile program. four decades.

In 1963, Paul became the Starting as a field engisenior marketing representaneer, he became involved tive for the Information and with the Sparrow I missile Communications Division program. Paul did on-site of Sperry Gyroscope. He installation, checkout, had overall responsibility for calibration and operational sales and contract adminisactivation of missile astration of Anti-Submarine sociated radar and ground Warfare (ASW) Systems support equipment, as well as in-plant contracts. He also including submarine fire controls and state-of-the-art served as a technical liaison sonar systems, as well as the between engineering and preparation and execution of field support personnel. market plans for sophisticatIn June 1956, he became a representative associate for ed intelligence equipment.

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Univac, then simply the Sperry Corp., and Paul’s responsibilities continued to grow. Elevated to senior overseas contract manager, he travelled extensively world-wide, and was considered by his peers to be one of Sperry’s top contract negotiators. He retired in 1989.

Married in 1957 to Barbara E. Okarski, also employed by Sperry Gyroscope, they had four children, all of whom have fond memories of vacationing in Florida where many now reside, as well as learning to ski and sharing fun times at Scotch Valley Ski Area in Stamford.

Paul loved being outdoors and enjoyed designing and building tree houses, doll houses, go-karts and even a backyard ice skating rink for his children and grandchildren. He loved a long road trip, a good grilled steak, and growing the best tomatoes. He paid attention to detail and believed any job worth doing was worth doing well.

He imparted much wisdom to his family including having pride in our country, being happy, not worrying, and being brave. He was a man of science, who valued education, and was happy to share his knowledge with his family. He cared for us, participated in our lives, and made us better people.

In his retirement, Paul built his dream house in Stamford, and enjoyed a relaxed lifestyle while skiing throughout New York and New England until age 82.

For the past five years, he made his home in Hartwick with his youngest son, Steven, founding franchisee of the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge in Hartwick Seminary and its transition to Country Inn & Suites..

In addition to Steven, Paul is survived by his three other children; Lawrence Paul, Carol Ellen, and Scott Edward and his wife, Kristen, all of Ormond Beach, Florida; their mother, Barbara, of Port Orange, Fla.; four grandchildren, Brian, Jason, Kelli and Abby; two nieces, Christie Lyons-Otto and her husband, Luther, of Athol, Mass., and Mary Lyons of Paris, France; and two nephews, Joseph Lyons of Boston, Mass., and David Okarski and his wife, Diane, of Los Angeles, Calif.

He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Anna Elizabeth Okarski, and all of his siblings: Edward Okarski, Helen née Okarski Lyons and Joseph Okarski.

Calling hours were Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home. A brief prayer service concluded the visitation, with the Rev. Paul R. Messner, pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hartwick Seminary, officiating.

Arrangements were entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

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BASSETT PREPAREDNESS FAIR -- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Bassett Medical Center’s annual Emergency Preparedness Fair. Learn more about preparing for times of crisis. Free. Bassett clinic, River Street, Cooperstown. Special presentation on state’s Citizens Preparedness Corps 3 -4:30 p.m. in Bassett’s Clark Auditorium.

Info. www.bassett.org AUDUBON TALK — 7:30 p.m.

Roger Foote, award-winning wood carver, presents program featuring bird carvings at DelawareOtsego Audubon Society meeting.

All welcome; free. Refreshments served. Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.doas.us MUSICAL — 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Theatre presents “Gypsy.”

Goodrich Theatre, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, www.orpheustheatre.org, (607) 432-9392.

SQUARE DANCE — 7:30-10 p.m. First dance of season, Western Square Dancing, hosted

by Doubleday Dancers. Ray Taylor calls; Emma Taylor cues.

Cooperstown Elementary School, Walnut St., Cooperstown. $5 at door. Info, (607) 547-8665.

Saturday, September 19

FLY-IN BREAKFAST -- 7:3011:30 a.m. Middlefield Volunteer Fire Dept. & EAA Chapter 1070 offer all-you-can-eat pancake/ egg/sausage breakfast. Drive-ins also welcome. $7.50 adults; $5 under age 12. Cooperstown/ Westville Airport, Rte 166, Cooperstown.

OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK — Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 11:30 a.m. Annual “Out of the Darkness” community walk to raise awareness of, and aid prevention of, suicide. Also Chinese raffle, food sale, and guest speakers. Oneonta Moose Lodge,

West Broadway, Oneonta. Info, Donna Lange, donnalange30@ yahoo.com.

GARLIC FESTIVAL -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Susquehanna Valley Garlic Festival. Live music, face painting, kids activities, a raffle, garlic tasting, food, braiding demonstrations. All welcome. Field near Woodbull Antiques , 3920 Rte 28, Milford. Info, www.svgarlicfestival.com CITY OF THE HILLS FEST — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 13th annual City of the Hills Art & Music Festival.

Regional artists & fine craft vendors offer handmade wares outdoors. Variety of live music, food vendors, craft brew tent, art demonstrations, kids’ activities.

Wilber Mansion galleries open.

Free. Dietz Street parking lot, behind CANO’s Wilber Mansion at 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, www. canoneonta.org.

RODEO — 1 p.m. K-F Championship Rodeo; fundraiser for Oneonta Outlaws. Bull riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, team roping, more. $30 adults, kids under 12 free. Damaschke Field, Neahwa Park, Oneonta.

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MUSICAL — 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Theatre presents “Gypsy.”

Goodrich Theatre, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, www.orpheustheatre.org, (607) 432-9392.

Sunday, September 20

SCHENEVUS DRAGON RUN — 11 a.m. Schenevus Foundation for Excellence in Education 2nd Annual Dragon Run 5K Run & Hike. 5K scenic trail. Fundraiser for school programming beyond regular budget. $20 registration online until Sept. 18 at www. dragonrun.itsyourrace.com. Raceday registration 9:45 -10:45 a.m. for $25. Kids under age 10 free ad welcome if accompanied by adult. Fee covers race t-shirt, water and lunch. Info, email foundation@schenevuscsd.org

MUSICAL — 2 p.m. Orpheus Theatre presents “Gypsy.”

Goodrich Theatre, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, www.orpheustheatre.org, (607) 432-9392.

LIBRARY PROGRAM -- 3 p.m.

Friends of the Village Library open fall monthly Sunday series with program “What Will It Take to Convert to Renewable Energy?”

Presented by Lou Allstadt, former executive VP of Mobil Oil Corp.

Free, all welcome. Downstairs meeting room, Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org

Monday, September 21

BOY SCOUT DINNER -- 5-7 p.m.

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PIPE BAND OPEN HOUSE — 7 p.m. Leatherstocking District Pipe Band hosts an open house. Meet the kilt-clad pipers, learn about Scottish bagpipes and Scottish drumming. Parade, performance and competition band. Free. St. James Episcopal Church (corner of Main & Elm Sts.), Oneonta.

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2015 CRUZE LT

$169

PER MONTH FOR 24 MONTHS ULTRA LOW-MILEAGE LEASE FOR QUALIFIED LESSEES $2,429 DUE AT SIGNING (after all offers.) $1,929 DUE AT SIGNING FOR CURRENT NON-GM LESSEES (after all offers.)

$177

PER MONTH FOR 24 MONTHS ULTRA LOW-MILEAGE LEASE FOR QUALIFIED LESSEES $1,500 DUE AT SIGNING (after all offers.) $0 DUE AT SIGNING FOR CURRENT NON-GM LESSEES (after all offers.)

2015 MALIBU 1LT

2015 EQUINOX FWD LT

$189

2015 TRAX LT

$199

PER MONTH FOR 39 MONTHS ULTRA LOW-MILEAGE LEASE FOR QUALIFIED LESSEES $1,589 DUE AT SIGNING (after all offers.) $1,089 DUE AT SIGNING FOR CURRENT NON-GM LESSEES (after all offers.)

2015 TRAVERSE 2WD LT

PER MONTH FOR 39 MONTHS ULTRA LOW-MILEAGE LEASE FOR QUALIFIED LESSEES $3,679 DUE AT SIGNING (after all offers). $3,179 DUE AT SIGNING FOR CURRENT NON-GM LESSEES (after all offers).

Payments are for a 1) 2015 CHEVROLET Cruze LT with an MSRP of $20,920. 24 monthly payments total $4,056. 2) Payments are for a 2015 CHEVROLET Malibu 1LT with an MSRP of $23,735. 24 monthly payments total $4,071. 3) Payments are for a 2015 CHEVROLET Equinox FWD LT with an MSRP of $26,170. 24 monthly payments total $4,536. 4) Payments are for a 2015 CHEVROLET Traverse FWD LT with an MSRP of $34,670. 39 monthly payments total $10,881. 5) Payments are for a 2015 CHEVROLET Trax LT with an MSRP of $23,320. 39 monthly payments total $7,761. Mileage charge of $0.25/mile over 32,500 miles for Traverse and Trax. All other vehicles mileage charge of $0.25/mile over 20,000 miles. Take delivery by 11-02-2015. Not available with other offers. Tax, title, license, dealer fees and optional equipment extra. See dealer for details.

SILVERADO

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL FOR HIGH STRENGTH DEPENDABILITY

2015 SILVERADO 1500

DOUBLE CAB WITH CUSTOM $1,500 CONSUMER CASH + $2,000 PURCHASE BONUS CASH

2015 GMC SIERRA 1500 CREW SLT

PER MONTH FOR 24 MONTHS ULTRA LOW-MILEAGE LEASE FOR QUALIFIED LESSEES $2,609 DUE AT SIGNING (after all offers.) $1,109 DUE AT SIGNING FOR CURRENT NON-GM LESSEES (after all offers.)

$279

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE EXCEPTIONAL OFFERS

$1,500 CONSUMER CASH + $1,000 PURCHASE BONUS CASH

CASH $2,500 TOTAL ALLOWANCE

2015 GMC ACADIA SLE-2

$4,136

OFF MSRP

HURRY! ONLY 1 IN STOCK! $41,935 MSRP. $1,386 COUNTRY CLUB DISCOUNT. $2,750 GMC REBATE.

HURRY! OFFER ENDS 9/30/15

EXPERIENCE THE NEW BUICK 2015 BUICK ENCORE $169 24 $2, 069 PER MONTHS

MONTHS

DUE AT SIGNING AFTER ALL OFFERS

CASH $3,500 TOTAL ALLOWANCE Not available with finance or lease offers. Take delivery by 11-02-2015. Residency restrictions apply. See dealer for details.

HURRY, OFFER ENDS 11/2/15

Ultra Low-Mileage Lease for Qualified Lessees. $569 due at signing for current NonGM Lessees (after all offers). Payments are for a 2015 BUICK Encore 1SB with an MSRP of $24,065. 24 monthly payments total $4,056. Mileage charge of $0.25/ mile over 20,000 miles. Option to purchase at lease end for an amount to be determined at lease signing. Take delivery by 09-30-2015. Lessee pays for maintenance, repair and excess wear. Not available with other offers. Tax, title, license, dealer fees and optional equipment extra. See dealer for details.

PARTS & SERVICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm, Sat. 8am-1pm. SALES DEPT. HOURS: Mon.-Thurs. 8am-8pm, Fri. 8am-6pm, Sat. 8am-5pm. FAC. #4390001