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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, January 2, 2020

GENEROSITY EXPANDS CONCEPT CSO Picks Polish Conductor, ‘Shelter Us’ Campaign Citing Musicians’ Preference Ups Goal To $5 Million

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

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n the end, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra chose Maciej Zoltowski.

“In advance of the first rehearsal, Maciej asked for a roster and he

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Greg Lee, head of Cosmic Karma Fire, leads his troupe in the First Night Parade Tuesday, Dec. 31, down Main Street in Oneonta, where the action was in Otsego County this New Year’s Eve.

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heck out slide shows on two of Otsego County’s New Year’s traditions: ►Oneonta’s New Year’s Eve celebration, from the parade down Main Street, the community celebration at Foothills and fireworks. ►New Year’s Eve swearings-in, including the addition of six new members to Oneonta Common Council.

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studied it,” said Diane Williams, CSO board chair. “One musician told me that pleased him so much that Maciej knew his name when he called on him.”

The selection of Maciej, the former managing and artistic director of the Radom Chamber Orchestra in Poland, as the orchestra’s music Please See CONDUCTOR, B5

COOPERSTOWN It hasn’t been easy, but in the year since the Susquehanna SPCA launched its capital cam-

Social Media Buoys Gun Sanctuary Idea New County Rep Brockway Finds Proposal Going Viral

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Facebook Group aimed at making Otsego County a “Sanctuary for the Second Amendment” is picking up momentum.

On Dec. 20, an active hunter and gun owner, Kaleb White of Oneonta, created the “2A Otsego County Sanctuary Group” on the popular social media platform.

In just over a week, more than 800 people joined the group,

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A crew from Parrett Wolff Inc., Syracuse, was testdrilling for the DEC this week on the Riverside Drive site of Bassett’s new parking lot.

paign to build a new animal shelter, more than $3.2 million has been donated towards the project.

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THE GOAL: TO IGNORE STATE LAWS

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n 2018, the City and Town of Oneonta collaborated on a state Department of Transportation grant that would have built sidewalks and increased lighting on both sides of Herzig Lettis Highway, from www.

OTSEGO.com Main Street to Route 23, the Southside strip.

“The roadway could be ON OTSEGO.com safer for pedestrians,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “It is ►a notable route 33 home, formerly owned by the late Dr. used by pedestrians out of Rodman Carter, was damaged necessity to get to work or by fire Thursday, Dec. 26. Two the shops on Southside.

“But our application was homes in Morris and one in Laurens were also damaged by not funded.” separate fires.

At 7:45 p.m. Monday, ►DICK CASE, 84, noted SyraDec. 30, an Oneonta woman, cuse columnist for a halfPlease See INJURY, B5 century and a CGP graduate, passed away to accolades. ►THE MINIMUM WAGE in Upstate New York counties like Otsego rose to $11.80 per hour on Dec. 31, and will rise to $12.50 at the end of 2020. ►SENATOR SEWARD will be back in the public eye Jan. 24 at the Otsego Chamber’s State of the State luncheon. Congressman Delgado will also participate.

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including county Rep. Rick Brockway, R-Laurens.

White is circulating several petitions – at Losie’s Gun Shop and Sportman Adventures, and elsewhere.

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Sportsman Adventures owner William Decker signs the “sanctuary” petition.

ith Gary Koutnik retiring as vice chairman of the county Board of Representatives, word is circulating that another Democrat, perhaps Andrew Marietta, who represents Cooperstown and the Town of Otsego, may succeed him during the reorganization meeting. Learn the outcome after the county board’s swearing-in at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, on

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Hearing Set On Bassett Parking Lot Public Comment Final Step In Putting 150 Spaces On Riverside Drive

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assett hospitalized 4,324 patients in 2018, and many of

►IF YOU GO: Public hearing on Bassett’s new parking lot, 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 17, Village Hall, 22 Main.

them and most of their loved ones needed to park.

“We’re a victim of our

own success,” said Johnathan Flyte, Bassett vice president, corporate services & facilities management.

“People can’t get the basic need of parking their car.

And that’s what we’re after.

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Wyant Succeeds Orzetti As OCCA Executive Director COOPERSTOWN

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my Wyant, a founder of the Richfield Springs Community Co-op, was due to succeed Leslie Orzetti Thursday, Jan. 2, as executive director of the OCCA, the Otsego County Conservation Association.

While continuing to be active in the co-op, Wyant most recently served as clean energy community coordinator at the MVEDD, the Mohawk Valley Economic Development District.

Orzetti and her family relocated to Buffalo, her hometown, the Friday before Christmas. Her

‘Food v. Fuel’ Drive Brings Food To 30 Senior Households COOPERSTOWN

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he annual Food vs.

Fuel drive once again donated food, blankets, personal items and treats to 30 senior citizen households across the county to combat both cold weather and hunger.

“The joy that is expressed as a result of these deliveries has spilled over to anyone who has volunteered for more than a decade,” said founder Sheila Serbay, Cooperstown.

In addition to food and personal items, each household also received a gift card.

This year, the Bank of Cooperstown, Council Rock, Hillside Kennels, and Church & Scott have joined the list of supporters.

“I am excited that our supporters continue to grow each year,”,Serbay said.

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husband, Robert Gollhofer, a Bassett Healthcare Network strategic planner, has joined a medical practice in Western New York.

They have two children, Jack, 11, and Mady, 8.

In a telephone interview, Orzetti, who joined OCCA in 2016, said she is most gratified by strengthened ties with the Chesapeake

Bay Watershed Program, emphasizing Otsego Lake as the source of the river. She has also been serving on the county Energy Task Force leadership team.

“Otsego County is a great place, and people really care about where they live,” she said. “Some people are slow to change, but that may be the same everywhere.

Coming from D.C., a fairly progressive area, that was probably the hardest part for me.”

For now, she said, she has no plans, but intends to return to academia – she taught at Northern Virginia Community College before coming to Otsego County

– and to be active with the Western New York Conservancy.

Calls to OCCA President Vicky Lentz and Wyant were not immediately returned.

The new OCCA director graduated in 2006 from Alfred University, where she studied biology, history and anthropology.

She worked in retail for Apple until 2013, when she began pursuing an entrepreneurial bent, found Tech Geekery Inc. In May 2017, she opened A&M Retreats, available for business retreats and family reunions on a farm on Earl Road.

Bassett President LeCates Named State Surgeon For National Guard COOPERSTOWN

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assett Hospital President William LeCates has been selected to serve as the New York Army National Guard’s top medical adviser. A lieutenant colonel in the National Guard, Dr. LeCates will serve as state surgeon of the state Army National Guard.

In his new role, LeCates will be the senior medical adviser to Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of the state National Guard, ensuring medical readiness and adherence to state, Pentagon and national medical standards.

He officially takes over the job on Jan. 1, replacing Col. Mathew Liepke.

LeCates is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, deployed there twice. In 2015, he was deployed to Liberia to help combat

Bassett President Bill LeCates is state surgeon for the Army National Guard.

tropical and infectious diseases, including an Ebola virus outbreak.

LeCates has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, the NATO Medal,

the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Flight Surgeon Badge.

“I’m looking forward to working with Soldiers across the state,” LeCates said. “It gives me a chance to get to know areas of the New York Army National Guard that I haven’t gotten to know well. I see their great work and now I can finally meet the people who are doing it.”

LeCates is a nephrologist, a specialist in kidney diseases and hypertension, who studied at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for ten years, which included a residency and fellowship.

He is also a graduate of Amherst College and worked as an assistant economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before studying medicine.

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Over 150 friends and family, some coming from as far away as Denver, gathered Sunday, Dec. 29, at Elm Park United Methodist Church in Oneonta to honor Everett Bassett, seen here with wife Sharon, on his retirement. Everett has served the United Methodist community for 43 years, for the past 3½ as superintendent of the Oneonta District, overseeing 57 United Methodist churches. The Bassetts will be moving to Virginia Beach, Va. The church assembled numerous cleaning kits in their honor, which will be donated to the North East Mission Central Hub. From there, the kits will be sent out to UMCORPS operating in disaster zones.

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THURSDAY, January 2, 2020

OBITUARIES

Ann B. Clinton, 78, Cooperstown; Made Fudge At Fly Creek Cider Mill COOPERSTOWN – Ann B. Clinton, a long-time resident of the Cooperstown area, passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 27, 2019, at Wilson Health Care Center at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Md. She was 78.

Born Judith Ann Barrett on Oct. 5, 1941, in Baltimore, Md., she was a daughter of William Milton Barrett and Mildred Lee Rippard Barrett. Raised in Maryland, she graduated from Franklin High School in Reisterstown.

During her first marriage, she assisted her husband with his real estate appraisal business, George H. Cade Appraisals. During this time, they raised a family and lived in various places until settling down on a farm just outside of Cooperstown.

On Dec. 14, 1979, Ann married Douglas C. Clinton.

She served as the secretary for his Ann business, Clinton Douglas Clinton Restoration Contractor, which was responsible for the restoration and preservation of many historic buildings throughout nine states and the District of Columbia, including several former U.S. presidents’ homes, Blair House and Hyde Hall.

During her years spent in the Cooperstown area, she also worked at the Fly Creek Cider Mill where she earned quite the reputation for

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

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After living in the Town of Springfield, Ann moved to Belleview, Fla. In recent years she made her home with her daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Chip Brennan, in Bethesda, Md. Ann is survived by one son, Stanley H. Cade and wife, Katrina, of Roseboom; one daughter, Sherry Brennan and husband, Edward T. “Chip” Brennan, Jr. of Bethesda, Md.; five grandchildren, Kassandra Laymon and husband, Craig, Joshua Cade and wife, Amanda, Tyler Cade and wife, Erica, Sierra Dressing and husband, Benjamin, and Bret Brennan and wife, Kelly; nine great grandchildren, Caden and Eliana Laymon, Kristopher, Hunter, Addilynn and Deacon Cade, Catie Ries, James Brennan and Leona Dressing; a sister-in-law, Pat Barrett of Raynham, Mass.; many nieces and nephews; and her beloved dog, Taco. She is further survived by two stepsons, Keith Clinton and Wayne Clinton; a stepdaughter, Peg Wilson and husband, Doug; and stepgrandchildren Sean Clinton, Taryn Wilson and Laura, Cyndy and Patrick Shephard and their families.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 29 years, Doug Clinton, who passed on Feb. 22, 2009; a son, Michael H. Cade; a brother, William Milton Barrett III; a sister, Mildred Lee Barrett Bradley; a step son, Dale R. Clinton; and her beloved dog, Jackie.

A Celebration of Life will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, with the Rev. Terry Brant, pastor of the First Christian Church of South Valley, officiating.

Ann will be laid to rest later this spring in the Fly Creek Valley Cemetery.

As an alternative to flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts may be made to the Susquehanna SPCA, 4841 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home

William Rathbun IV, 59, BOCES Teacher SPRINGFIELD – Williams “Bill” A. Rathbun, IV, 59, who taught manual trades at BOCES for almost a quarter-century, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 26, 2019, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by his family.

Bill was born on Oct. 26, 1960, in Cooperstown, the son of Williams A. Rathbun III and Virginia (Marr) Rathbun of Springfield. He was raised in the Springfield area and graduated from the former Springfield High School in the Class of 1980.

Following high school, Bill worked as a general contractor and undertook many projects of varying types for many local families.

In spring 1996, Bill joined the teaching staff at Milford BOCES, teaching students career skills in the manual trades. He first taught “Career Pathways” in

special education and later, Welding and Auto Tech, which he did for more than 10 years.

Most recently and for the balance of his 23 plus years at BOCES, he taught Natural Resource Occupation, which involved such topics as logging and heavy equipment operation.

When not at BOCES, Bill put in long hours assisting his wife, Anna at “Finders Keepers,” her antique and second-hand store on Main Street in Richfield Springs.

He was a former member of the East Springfield Fire Department and a member of the former Masonic Lodge No. 482 in Richfield Springs and when that Lodge closed, transferred to Winfield Masonic Lodge No. 581 in West Winfield, where he remained a member.

Bill is survived by his wife, Anna (Fort) Rathbun of the Town of Springfield;

son, Williams “Alden” A. Rathbun V, also of Springfield; mother, Virginia Rathbun, now of Rotterdam; sister, Priscillia Burgess (Robert) of Rotterdam; niece, Lily Burgess; brotherin-law, William Fort and his children, James and Rachael of the Milford area; brother-in-law, Steven Yager (Cheryl) and family; and his “sister-in-law,” Diane Mondore (Jerry) of Colorado and their family.

He was predeceased by his father, Williams A. Rathbun III, in 2000.

A funeral was held Monday, Dec. 30, at Tillapaugh Funeral Home, officiated by Ronald Fralick, Pastor of the Cherry Valley Presbyterian Church.

Burial will occur in Springfield Cemetery in the spring.

Arrangements are entrusted to Tillapaugh Funeral Services.

Marion R. Cotten, 84, Milford, Farmed With Husband MILFORD – Marion R. Cotten, 84, who with her husband operated a Town of Milford dairy farm for 36 years, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at Bassett Hospital.

Born Aug. 1, 1935, in the Town of Butternuts, Marion was the daughter of Fields and Lulu (Smith) Miller.

She was raised in the family home on Fields Miller Road (named for the family) and graduated from Gilbertsville High School in the Class of 1955. She married her sweetheart, Lloyd Cotten on Nov. 17, 1956.

From 1956 until his death

in June of 1993, Lloyd and Marion owned and together operated their dairy farm on county Highway 35 in the Town of Milford. Following Lloyd’s death Marion and her boys, Ed and Dennis continued operating the farm, becoming the third generation of Cottens to have farmed the land. The farm was ultimately sold in 1999.

In her spare time, Marion was a homemaker, baker (she was well known for her apple pies), maker of crafts of all sorts (crocheting, knitting, beading and plastic canvas arts) and enjoyed frequenting

garage and lawn sales.

Marion is survived by her two sons, Edward (Debi) Cotten of the Milford area, and Dennis Cotten (Lisa Fleming), also of the Milford area; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

A memorial service officiated by the Rev. Sylvia Barrett, Pastor, was planned at the Milford Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2. The family was to be in attendance Thursday before the service from 2 to 3 p.m. to receive friends.

Burial was planned in Milford Cemetery.

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THURSDAY, January 2, 2020

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‘Green Light’ Law, Bail Reform ASTOUND

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any sages over the centuries have concluded: The future has not yet been written, (if it ever is). Whatever we’re going through, this too shall pass.

• You may have seen the Associated Press dispatch the other day: The Government Justice Center in Albany is suing to prevent Governor Cuomo from getting a pay raise, saying Section 7, Article XIII of the state Constitution prohibits raises during an elected official’s term.

When he was last elected in November 2018, his salary was $179,000, and has since risen to $200,000. Jan. 1, it rose to $225,000 and on Jan. 1, 2021, it will rise to $250,000.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is also receiving raises, from $151,500 in 2019

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Governor Cuomo on his last visit to Otsego County, during President Obama’s Hall of Fame visit on May 22, 2014.

to $210,000 in 2020 and $220,000 in 2021.

Section 7, Article XIII, reads, “Each of the state officers named in this constitution shall, during his or her con-

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tinuance in office, receive a compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he or she shall have been elected or appointed.”

Seems pretty straightforward.

The AP dispatch reports, both Cuomo and Hochul declined comment.

• Because the U.S. has been governed by laws for some 250 years now, we take the rule of law for granted. That our governor – our chief magistrate – appears to be operating outside the state Constitution is troubling, but “troubling” is coming to characterize a lot of what’s coming out of Albany these days.

Take the “Green Light” Law, which, as of Dec. 14, requires county clerk’s Please See EDITORIAL, A5

The New Decade Will Bring Pretty Much What We Expect

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ounty Rep. Meg Kennedy, in her interview on being named this newspaper’s Citizen of the Year for 2019, shared this story, which captures just the right note as we begin the new decade.

A customer pulls up to a local gas station. As the owner is filling the tank, the driver asks, “I’m moving to this town. How are the people here?”

“How are they where you come from?” came the reply.

“Great!” says the driver.

“They’re friendly, cheerful, helpful, welcoming – you name it.”

“Well,” says the station owner, pausing from his labors, “I think you’ll find

people around here pretty much the same.”

That afternoon, another customer pulls up. While the gas station proprietor is filling the tank, the driver asks, “I’m moving to town.

How are the people around here?”

“How are they where you come from,” came the reply.

“Terrible,” says the driver.

“Angry, penny-pinching gossips. No one gives anyone else a helping hand or cheerful word.”

“Well,” says the station owner, pausing from his labors, “I think you’ll find people around here pretty much the same.”

OK, New Year’s Resolution made!

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good, is disingenuous.

New laws to “reform” New York State’s criminal justice system are also going to be costly – increasing expenses for local governments and putting public safety at risk. These measures, that are set to take effect at the start of the year, have received a great deal of attention in recent weeks as more and more people voice their concerns.

The measures, which I opposed, include: • Bail changes that will allow 90 percent of individuals arrested to walk free without posting bail; • New discovery laws that put increased demands on local prosecutors and could put crime victims and witnesses in danger.

A letter I just received from the state Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM) states, “The dramatic acceleration in the timing of discovery and the expansion of the matters to which it applies will have significant cost and compliance implications for cities and villages with police departments and/or Plewase See SEWARD, A5

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t this time of year, I normally review positive policies and new laws that have been adopted in Albany. Unfortunately, there was more bad news than good coming from the state Capitol during 2019.

One item that will benefit homeowners is a permanent 2-percent property tax cap.

I have long supported this tax relief measure and have helped pass Senate legislation on a number of previous occasions to guarantee this savings tool.

However, as I have JIM said in the past, for SEWARD the property tax cap to truly deliver we need to end unfunded state mandates that tie the hands of local government officials.

Unfortunately, no mandate relief measures were adopted this year. And, in fact, local governments will now have to prepare for plenty of new costs thanks to the state budget and other Albany missteps. If state officials believe a program is important, than funding must be part of the package.

Forcing the costs on to local governments (and ultimately taxpayers) and then boasting about doing something

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nance since the Eisenhower administration. It’s always been an important part of my life, from dinners as a boy listening to the news on the radio, and talking about it with my family, all the way to today, listening to and reading about the current Congressional hearings, and talking about them with my wife.

So in 2011, when Rich Murphy suggested that I run for the county Board of Representatives, I didn’t hesitate.

Now that I’m a newly minted private citizen after eight years on the Board, I’d like to share some thoughts about county government with the county in general.

First and foremost: the quality of the folks who serve you in Cooperstown.

We hear a lot about government corruption and malfeasance and how you can’t trust politicians. From the state level on up, some of this is true and most of it is not.

But in Otsego County, it’s clear to me that everyone who serves on the county board is there to provide a public service. No one’s

21st Century. The Rules of Order say that county board meetings are at 10 a.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. That might have worked in the old days, but those days are past.

Meeting in the middle of a working day reduces transparency and accountability, and it has to change.

Many counties have board meetings at night, and the The Freeman’s Journal sky hasn’t fallen.

Changing the meeting Democrat Gary Koutnik, left, and Republican Tony time would take a superGerman, the Congressional candidate, work on a bi-partisan “Get Out The Vote” effort Nov. 5 in majority – two-thirds – so Oneonta. it’s a high bar. Call your getting rich, there’s no power cap, and we’ve got the low- county representative and to speak of; and not once in est tax rate of any county in tell them that you’d like to be able to attend a meeting eight years did anyone call the State.

– maybe even speak at one! me and offer to buy my vote.

And, by the way, all that - if maybe someday they Public service is one of partisan stuff you see in the changed the meeting time the great foundations of news? They just don’t have so that most citizens could American patriotism, and it time for it in Cooperstown. attend without taking time goes back to the Founding They’ve got work to do. In Fathers and even before that. eight years, I do not remem- off from work.

All my best to my friends That’s what’s happening in ber a single party-line vote. on the board as they take on Cooperstown – patriotic folks So when you get the the challenges of 2020 and who want to make a differurge to complain about beyond, ence, to contribute to their government and lawmakGARY KOUTNIK community, to give back. ers, aim higher. The folks in Oneonta They’re there to serve you Cooperstown are giving up On Jan. 1, Gary Koutnik – and to spend your money time, energy, and in some completed four terms on wisely: Otsego County has cases, income, to serve you. the Otsego County Board of stayed beneath the tax cap We accomplished a lot Representatives. ever since there’s been a tax during the time I was on the

Praise For Fracking? Let’s Call It Fossil-Fuel Fiction To the Editor: Normally, I would not respond to such pithy paeans of praise to the poison profits of pipelines as recently described by Mr. Zagata (Nov. 28-29) in this space.

However, since my name and likeness, along with friend and fellow environmental activist Nicole Dillingham, were used as poster people for the piece, I feel I must.

First I must admit surprise at Zagata’s entry into fossil-fuel fiction arena, an area more usually occupied by the ever-zealous Dick Downey. Don’t worry, Dick, I find your efforts at fiction much more entertaining.

I have never been a paid activist and to claim that I and the thousands of others who gave of their time and energies were is an outrageous lie. Indeed most of

Robots Arrive At Coop CVS To the Editor: For those who have not been to the Cooperstown CVS in the last week or two, there are two new additions now. Not two new employees, but two automated check-out stations.

Whoever enjoys listening to annoying robotic voices overlapping each other will be glad to possibly be able to save a few seconds so that the upper echelons of CVS management and their stockholders can add to their already bloated bottom line.

These machines take job opportunities away from real people who are trying to make an honest living.

And, they are showing up with greater frequency at many places where we shop. They serve one main purpose. They replace humans and they do not have to be paid. The only real benefit is to the corporations.

Is enough never enough?

CONNIE KRAHAM VELEZ Cooperstown

the people I worked with used their personal means of transportation and funded their travel expenses out of their own pockets, a situation which may seem quaint to the former short-term head of the DEC. As for the single “informant” who Zagata would have one believe speaks for all, there are no citations of

payment, to anyone, in any amount, or on any continuing basis. Is the anecdotal evidence factual or just something Zagata pulled out of a “frackhole”?

Likewise his claim of a billion-dollar loss to the area. From whence do these figures derive? Or is this just another use of the tirePlease See EKLUND, A6

Battle Of The Bulge Reminds Of Drago, Nader’s Sacrifices To the Editor: It’s always the right time to be thankful for our veterans who have served selflessly around the world so that we at home can live in peace.

The 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge reminds me of the privations and sacrifice these magnificent soldiers faced all those years ago.

I recommend Academy Award winning movie, “Patton,” to see a depiction of the frozen hell that came crashing down upon the hundreds of thousands of American heroes who were

Sam Nader Tony Drago

literally sacrificing life and limb to free the world from the grip of Nazi tyranny.

And, yes, we have two of those heroes living and thriving among us, the incomparable Tony Drago and Sam Nader.

ED LEONE Oneonta

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

200 YEARS AGO

From the Editor John H. Prentiss: Since we resumed the publication of this paper, the subscription list has increased more than four hundred, and not a day passes but adds more or less respectable names to it. This fact is mentioned, because we are certain it will be highly gratifying to many gentlemen in the county, who have manifested a warm interest in the prosperity of the establishment.

January 3, 1820

125 YEARS AGO

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175 YEARS AGO

With this, the first number of our paper for the year 1845, are tendered to its numerous readers the compliments of the Season. We have a long while held converse with them, and of course the acquaintance has strengthened our attachment to their interests, which it will be our pleasure to further and promote to the best of our ability so long as the present interesting relations between us shall exist. The condition of things throughout our widespread country, with the exception of here and there a scudding cloud of disaffection to good order in the observance of the laws, is such as to afford gratification to all, and can safely be counted upon as harbingers of good to the Great Republic. May the propriety of conduct, and good citizenship, characterize us all throughout our lives.

January 6, 1845

150 YEARS AGO

Prominent Points Emphasized in the New York State Governor’s Annual Message: The state’s debt has been decreased over four millions during the past year and is now less than thirty-five million. A great reform is demanded in the management of the State Prisons and the prompt action of the legislature is needed. Our Common School system commands the hearty sympathy and support of the people, and may be further perfected. What the Governor so feelingly urges in regard to the condition of the insane poor of the Stare, will command attention and sympathy. It is recommended that the Excise Laws be made general in their application and that there be a return to the old system of granting licenses by local Boards.

January 6, 1870

100 YEARS AGO

The contest between Herkimer High School and Cooperstown High School Basket-Ball teams at the gymnasium on Friday evening last resulted in favor of the home team by the close score of 22-21. A large audience witnessed the struggle. Many took part in the dancing afterward. Music was furnished by Reisman’s orchestra. Games are scheduled for this Tuesday and Friday evenings – Independents vs. AllCollege for Tuesday and high schools on Friday.

SEWARD: Bail Reform Worries Sheriffs, D.A.s SEWARD/From A4 local justice courts.”

Recently, the state Sheriffs’ Association, the District Attorneys Association of New York, and the state Association of Chiefs of Police held press conferences around the state to voice their concerns and opposition to the new laws.

As I have said previously, I am open to discussing changes that could better address the way bail is utilized, but judges should still be afforded some discretion.

Starting on Jan. 1, judges will have no opportunity to consider an individual’s criminal history or flight risk when it comes to a bevy of crimes including manslaughter, assault, criminal possession of a gun, and a number of drug sale offenses. Instead, these perpetrators will be released immediately without bail.

Another new law I opposed, which has already taken effect, allows illegal immigrants to receive a driver’s license. Providing a driver’s license, a secure identification document, to someone who is intentionally breaking the law is inconceivable.

This measure is bad public policy that could put

lives in danger, rewards lawbreakers, and sends the wrong message to those who take the legal path to citizenship.

Supporters of the measure like to mention that other states already allow illegal immigrants to drive. However, those states require substantially tighter proof of identification and may impose limitations on driving to incentivize naturalization.

None of those states relies solely on foreign documents for identification purposes, which is the case in New York.

One other new law that will have a major impact is the new farm labor bill. The mandates associated with the law will hurt our upstate farmers and drive up the cost of farm goods that we all purchase.

At the start of the 2019 legislative session, I pledged to advance policies to improve New York’s economy, help reduce the crushing tax burden, and combat population loss. I will continue to advocate for those priorities in 2020 and am hopeful that the mistakes of this past year will not be repeated.

Senator Seward, R-Milford, represents the 51st District, which includes his home county of Otsego.

January 3, 1895 What Pine is worth – The Otsego farmer must plant white, red and Scotch pine. His profit will be in the growth which will accrue year-by-year. An acre of pines at 40 years of age planted six by six feet will be worth $900 on the stump.

What better legacy could a father leave his children than a block of pine forest?

December 31, 1919

75 YEARS AGO

Aviation cadet Harold V. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harris G. Clark, Sr., of Cooperstown, RD2, a recent graduate of the Army Air Force bombardier school at Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been appointed a flight officer and awarded the “Silver Wings” of the aerial bombardier. Flight Officer Clark is a graduate of Cooperstown High School, class of 1942, where as an undergraduate he served as captain of the basketball team and played baseball. In civilian life he was employed as an apprentice carpenter. His brother, also serving in the Air Corps, holds the rank of First Lieutenant. Prior to his successful completion of 18 weeks of flight and combat training in high level precision bombing and navigation at Kirtland Field, Flight Officer Clark was stationed at the Santa Ana California Army Air Base.

January 3, 1945

The number of working wives is on the increase in Otsego County. No less than 46.3 percent of the married women in the local area leave their homes each day and head for their outside jobs in offices, stores, factories, schools, hospitals and the like. In 1960, the figures show, only 35.1 percent did so. In Otsego County there has been an increase since 1960 in the proportion of females – married and single – who are holding down jobs. The 1960 census listed a total of 6,997 at work, equal to 34.7 percent of the female population over age 14. It has now reached approximately 40.6 percent.

The Fourth Annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival will open with a gala parade through the center of town to the skating rink where a skating exhibition will take place and a Queen will be crowned. Then, it’s on to the Teen Dance, the Western Square Dance, or the Bavarian Beer Party.

To round the evening off, a Night Owl’s breakfast will be served at Sherry’s Restaurant. Saturday events will include an art show, a fishing contest, sled and ski races, golf tournament, Klondike derby, snowmobile races, and a squash tournament. Highlight of the afternoon will be the Gymkhanna on ice. The traditional Susquehanna Ball will be followed by a Nite Owl’s Breakfast at Hickory Grove.

January 7, 1970

25 YEARS AGO

Plans for a tourist excursion train from Milford to Cooperstown are foundering but the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society isn’t giving up just yet. The society’s grant request for $700,000 to begin work on the tourist train line was denied. “We’re still working with Assemblyman Bill Magee and Sen. James Seward,” Bruce Hodges, the group’s president said. “We have also contacted Congressman Sherwood Boehlert and are looking into other funding or some other way to pay for this project’s future,” Hodges said. According to Hodges the excursion train would run on tracks now owned by the DelawareOtsego Corporation and is projected to bring in $8 million per year with 100,000 tourist riders on board while creating 50 jobs in the area.

January 4, 1995

10 YEARS AGO

William Durland Preston, a long-time and well-respected sign painter, died Saturday evening, December 26, 2009, surrounded by family at his Fly Creek home. He was 73.

Bill was born October 31, 1936, at Bassett Hospital. For many years, Bill was one of the area’s finest sign painters, a passion he pursued for more than 40 years.

January 1, 2010

THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT

Must Eagles Be Sacrificed To Green Agenda?

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n 1969, our country moved from demonstrating against the Vietnam War to marching for environmental protection.

That year, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which required federal agencies to do an Environmental Assessment (EA) and/or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prior to granting a permit allowing a “project” to go forward.

If it was determined the project wouldn’t cause any “significant” environmental MIKE impact, a NegaZAGATA tive Declaration (Neg Dec) could be issued.

If it was determined, via a sciencebased review, that there would be significant impact, the applicant was required to do things to mitigate or offset that impact.

If the impact couldn’t be addressed, the project was either dropped or revised in a manner that would allow the agency or agencies to grant the permit(s).

In 1975, New York State passed its own version of NEPA known as SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review [Act]. It too was a science-based law that directed the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct the science-based environ-

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This beauty was photographed soaring over Goodyear Lake in May 2016. Will it be sacrificed to the governor’s green agenda?

mental review prior to a project moving forward.

President Obama and our Governor have bastardized those processes by fast-tracking projects that fit their energy “agenda” and by using those laws to stop projects that don’t – even if doing so jeopardizes our energy security.

• President Obama granted a 30-year exemption from the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow wind power companies to push his renewable energy agenda.

Those companies can now each kill up to 4,200 eagles over a 30-year period and that’s after we spent millions to help the bald eagle population recover so it could be removed from

being listed as an Endangered Species.

It seems that with the Left, the end justifies the means. If an inconvenient law gets in the way, ignore it. Does that also apply to you and me?

Then Audubon President and CEO David Yarnold reacted to President Obama’s ruling with the following statement: “Instead of balancing the need for conservation and renewable energy, (the Department of the Interior) wrote the wind industry a blank check. To essentially give power companies a 30year hunting license to kill eagles and other birds is unconscionable.

“I think we’re opening a Pandora’s Box that will kill millions of birds (also protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act) over the next 30 years, maybe tens of millions. I don’t understand why we’re making this devastating and senseless compromise.”

• Something has happened within Audubon since then as Audubon, initially founded as a bird-protection organization, is supporting the windpower project near Windsor, Broome County – much to the dismay of our local Audubon Chapter. Will we ever learn the political motivation behind that decision?

Why is it that Audubon, now a much broader environmental protection group, is willing to condone wind and solar power while knowing full well the environmental impact associated with mining the metals used in lithium Please See ZAGATA, A6

EDITORIAL: ‘Green Light’ Law And Its Voting Implication, Bail Reform Worry

EDITORIAL/From A4 offices that operate DMV offices, like Otsego’s, to issue New York State driver’s licenses to undocumented residents.

The explanation is that some undocument residents are driving anyway, and this at least ensures a subset of those will learn to drive to a sufficient level to obtain a license, thus making New York State’s roads safer.

But the contradiction is hard to get over: Persons in the U.S. illegally are being issued legal documents.

Further troubling, when the successful applicant goes to the paywindow computer to be guided through the payment process, at one point the question, “Are you a U.S. citizen?” appears on the screen.

If the applicant checks the “yes” box, his or her information is automatically forwarded to the Otsego County Board of Elections.

According to Mike Henrici, the county Democratic elections commissioner, all voter registrations are then sent to Albany for

verification. Plus, potential fines and jail sentences should deter fraudulent voting. Let’s hope for the best.

• Even more troubling are the “justice reforms” that, as Senator Seward notes on Page A4, will allow 90 percent of people arrested to go free.

Already, the New York Post reported the other day a suspect “sucker-punched” an officer and was freed without bail. More examples will no doubt be flowing forth in the weeks ahead.

Changes in how evidence is handled – for instance, requiring suspected cocaine or meth seized in drug arrests to be confirmed within 15 days; now, the testing can take months – will put many suspects, some facing serious charges, back on the street, and hinder how their cases are eventually resolved, if they can even be found and brought before the bar.

Add in the possibility of not just legalization, but muscular commercialization, of marijuana, and other measures – there are worri-

some clouds forming on New York State’s horizon.

• This is not to start the New Year on a down beat.

Swings between reform and rebalancing are part of not just U.S. history, but functioning democracies generally. Think “Peace, Love and Woodstock,” followed by the Reagan years.

To the degree any of the reforms are an overreach, they will be event-ually corrected, although perhaps not in 2020.

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LETTERS ZAGATA: What Does Green Mean? Need Administrator? Why Not ‘Citizen Of The Year’ Kennedy?

ZAGATA/From A5 ion batteries in countries lacking our mining protection laws?

Just as New York mirrored the federal government’s NEPA legislation with its SEQR law, our Governor is now following in President Obama’s footsteps.

He is using the SEQR process to fast-track renewable energy projects that are consistent with his “renewables” agenda and to stop projects, especially those associated with fossil fuels, that aren’t.

Is he putting New York’s energy security at risk by doing that?

In 1974, the U.S. relied upon OPEC for its energy and OPEC brought us to our knees by cutting off the supply.

Do we really want to repeat that situation by relying on China, Russia and the Congo for the materials used to make the lithium ion batteries needed to store the energy from wind and solar power?

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again – before we drink the Kool Aid, we need to know what’s in it!

Mike Zagata, DEC commissioner in the Pataki Administration and former environmental executive with Fortune 500 companies, lives in West Davenport.

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To the Editor: Where will you find a person who would know all about all 24 departments in the Otsego County system?

The department heads will be giving the administrator the information that he or she needs. The department heads know the laws, state mandates and the ins and outs that apply to their departments.

We have a county treasurer and deputy who do a great job with the budget.

I see that the board is heads and taking informaputting out the cost will be tion they need back to the $150,000 for the adminisfull board, it would be less trator. I bet this person will cost to taxpayers. have a deputy and secretary After reading last week’s so it could be over $200,000.

Citizen of the Year profile The administrator is just in this newspaper, why not another layer of government.

Meg Kennedy?

Think about it: If the Look at the City of board gave one of the board Oneonta. It is on a third Kennedy members a raise, but not manager in a short period $150,000, and the job of of time. The county is much working with all the department larger, with a lot more different

EKLUND: Don’t Blame Lack Of Natural Gas For Everything

EKLUND/From A4 some tactic used by the fossil-fuel industry of throwing out eye-popping numbers in an attempt to appeal to the greed of those who would ignore any cost to the common weal?

I believe it was Mr. Zagata’s fellow fabulist, the aforementioned Dick Downey, who recently linked the opioid crisis to lack of methane gas.

To link the tragic opioid cancer occurring in America regardless of whether there is methane available or not is reprehensible.

The opioid epidemic was caused by Big Pharma as recently shown by the “real” billions of dollars of settlements agreed to by some of the more egregious offenders. Ulster County, an area with ample access to methane gas, was recently named as the leading county in New York State for opioid-related fatalities. Of course, Big Pharma, like the Fossil Fuel Industry, throws millions of dollars into disinformation campaigns in an attempt to disguise their profit from poison business, one at the expense of individuals, the other at the expense of the planet.

I recall a conversation I had with Mr. Zagata a number of years ago in which I expressed surprise that (at the time) the DEC might support fracking.

I questioned how it was that the DEC tightly controlled the effluvia emanating from farming practices in order to prevent the contamination of waterways, but was willing to condone the rendering of millions of gallons of previously potable water owned by the public into permanently toxic waste.

The tiresome trope of people leaving New York

State due to lack of methane gas, with acknowledgement to Clemens, is an example of twisting stats to a pre-formed idea. Might I suggest that a large number of people leaving are simply part of the “boomer” effect?

Ever since the advent of air conditioning, northerners have been seduced by the charms of winter weather below the Mason-Dixon Line.

New York being one of our most populous states had/has one of the largest populations of boomers reaching retirement age. It has been a time-honored tradition that they move south long before the advent of fracking. Another factor causing migration is the total lack of modern up-to-date communication abilities throughout most of rural New York.

The linking of diminishing church attendance is at the “are you kidding me?” level. More likely, people have stepped away from the church after having become dismayed by so many wrapping themselves in a holy banner in the service of Mammon.

Yes Mr. Zagata, I include you. At a time of year when many celebrate the story of a child born to parents fleeing oppression and hiding in a primitive manger is upon us, your assertions do little to help and much to harm. To suggest that the adherents of this faith, the same ones who are descendants of people who suffered persecution for their beliefs, are not up to dealing with a lack of methane gas is laughable.

Unless of course, you are of the opinion that Mary and Joe would have been more comfortable in that manger if only they had a pipeline.

BOB EKLUND New Lisbon

departments and covers many more miles than the city does.

The unfunded mandates are going to keep coming from New York State and this board will have to deal with where all the money comes from for the unfunded mandates.

SHEILA ROSS Fly Creek Retired county Republican Elections Commissioner

Don’t Harass Applicants Seeking Licenses Under NY State’s New ‘Green Light’ Law To the Editor: Prominently displayed next to each of three cashier window signs at the Otsego County Department of Motor Vehicle office in Oneonta that explain how the new “Green Light” Law will be implemented in Otsego County are signs proclaiming the phone number of the ICE Tip Line.

At the Cooperstown DMV office, there is an ICE Tip Line sign on the entrance door and there is another inside. This signage is suggesting that Otsego County residents doing business with DMV “spy” on others – OTHERS being the operative word – who are exercising their legal right to apply for a driver’s license.

New York State’s “Green Light” Law means that undocumented immigrants

can once again obtain drivers’ licenses, a right that they had until 2001.

They have to pass the same test that all residents must pass, rather than drive on our state’s roads unlicensed. No one in Otsego County, or any other county in New York, must face harassment when at the DMV. We call upon the Otsego County DMV to remove these intimidating signs immediately!

MARY BREUNINGER IRENE MORRISSEY MARGARET PARISH Grey Matters Social Action Group First United Methodist Church A Sanctuary Church Oneonta

As Humanity Ignores Rules Of Nature, Bounteous Earth Can Run Out Of Gas To the Editor: So the fracking industry comes into town and uses a lot of clean water that then becomes unusable, tears up and down the roads with trucks, and drills for the gas. Then pipes it out of the county and sells it to? … and this will benefit the poor people, how?

Poor people don’t always own the land. Mike Zagata’s description of fracking left out a number of critical elements. One of which is the use of water.

Living around here it may be hard to believe that water is a finite element. It is more precious than gold. It is past time to start finding solutions to using less water and using it more intelligently.

That is another problem with fracking. It is not just the process, it’s the mindset.

Take, take, take. If we do not start thinking in terms of the cycles of nature and remain focused on the illusion that we can just keep taking from

nature to transform elements into our own fantasies and uses, we are going to end up starving on a dry wasteland.

At the beginning of industrialization, industrialists’ goals were to drive people out of the rural areas, away from farming into cities, in order to have workers for their factories. Then the corporations pushed for big farms in order to create monopolies so they could increase profits.

They totally ignored the cycles of nature. This took away the sense of independence and self-sufficiency from many people. The variety of foods that we used to consume was greatly reduced. This is part of the cause of our problems with poverty and poor foods that are lacking the nutritional elements and varieties of foods that keep us healthy and intelligent.

It is an outdated concept that businesses and corporations are our salvation. That

is not to say that some of it is not good. But we need to find a better balance between industrialization and the agrarian life style.

Instead of thinking about more money to solve problems, think about what is essential in sustaining life and build on that. More money is not an answer.

Creativity and ingenuity are needed.

We have some incredible resources in this area; if we learn to preserve them and enrich them, we will do away with poverty. If we look around here for solutions and not out there, we will have a better long-term gain.

The earth is a living organism that can supply humanity forever, but if we keep ignoring the rules of nature, we will be destroyed along with all the other species we have already destroyed.

R. SCOTT DUNCAN Hartwick Forrest

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itchie Egan and his wife Penny Trimble believe that the secret to a long life might just be pepperoni Pizza 23 West, where the pizza – perhaps from their action was on Nov. 16.

Pizza 23 West shop.

“When we opened in December 2013, Harry and Barb Martin were our first customers,” said Egan. “Harry’s mom, Rhoda Martin, was turning 99 that year, and he ordered some pepperoni pizza for her.”

Egan made a bet with him: If she celebrated her 105th birthday at Pizza 23 West, the pizzeria would cater the whole thing free.

“The only catch was she had to come in here on her own,” he said. “No ordering it and taking it to her.”

As each year passed, the centenarian-plus ordered a pepperoni pizza for her birthday, and this November, Harry came in to make plans for the party.

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rowing up, Jack Harris would jam on the drums while his father, Greg, president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, played guitar.

“We always had guitars around the home” said Greg. “Our daughter Alex plays piano, and his mom Deirdre sings Irish songs. We played a lot of albums for them, and he had nicknames for all of them. ‘The Pirate’ was Van Morrison, ‘The Growly Guy’ was

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Tom Waits. I tried to expose him to good music.”

In high school, Jack got into writing poetry and short stories, and needed a musical outlet more conducive to his newfound passion.

“I picked up a guitar and taught myself a few chords,” he said. “Then I taught myself a few songs, like John Fullbright’s ‘Unlocked Doors.’”

Jack, now a freshman at Ohio State, made his local debut Friday, Dec. 27, at the Cooperstown Beverage Exchange. “It was a lot of fun,” he said. “There were a lot of familiar faces, old friends and their Please See HARRISES, B3

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• Time to take down that Christmas Tree, and the best way to say goodbye is by throwing it onto a roaring fire! Free hot chocolate, lunch specials.

Brewery Ommegang, 656 Co Hwy 33, Cooperstown. Info LIBBY www.ommegang.com.

CUDMORE • Get outside and out on the hills! Have fun this winter. Slide down a hillside on a tube. Tubes provided. Cost, $5/ person. Warming hut with hot cocoa. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday in Jan. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Rt. 31, Cooperstown. Info (607) 547-8662.

• After you finish sledding, head to the Fly Creek Cider Mill to pick up some cider and mulling spices for a cozy drink to warm you up! 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info www.flycreekcidermill.com.

• Whether it’s a sci-fi epic (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”) a murder mystery (“Knives Out”) or dark drama (“Uncut Gems”) there’s something for every moviegoer at the Southside Mall Cinema, now with comfy recliners.

Southside Mall Cinemas, Southside Mall, Route 23, Oneonta. Info, showtimes, www.southside.zurichcinemas.com.

• Get a head start on what could be the biggest Baseball Hall of Fame induction yet with a tour, now featuring artifacts from The Washington Nationals’ 2019 World Series win. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main Street, Cooperstown. Info www.baseballhall.org

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Bring stamp collections, discuss with other stamp enthusiasts. Tillapaugh Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

607-547 5646.

â–şFRIday, January 3 PRESENTATION – 8:30 a.m. Join Otsego Electric Cooperative CEO Tim Johnson for presentation ‘OEConnect Broadband Update.’ OtsegoNow, 5th Floor, 189 Main St., Oneonta. RSVP baheegan@otsegocc.com.

BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m.

Give Blood, Save a Life with the American Red Cross. Receive long-sleeve Red Cross tee shirt while supplies last.

BJ’s Wholesale Club, 756 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 1-800733-2767.

CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Fun group dance to music by TRAVERSE with caller Peter Stix. 1st Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8164 or visit http://otsegodancesociety.weebly.com/

►Saturday, January 4 BLOOD DRIVE – 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Give Blood, Save a Life with the American Red Cross.

Receive long-sleeve Red Cross tee shirt while supplies last. Briggs Hall, Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767.

TUBING – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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down a hillside on a tube.

Tubes provided. Cost, $5/ person. Warming hut with hot cocoa, snacks available for sale. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Rt. 31, Cooperstown. 607-547-8662.

BOTTLE DRIVE – 2 - 4 p.m.

Bring bottles, cans to help Cooperstown baseball players be part of the Ripkin Experience. Call to schedule pick-up or drop at trolley behind High School. 607-282-6529 or e-mail CoopBaseball2020@ gmail.com

Personal Safety with Diana Nicols. New monthly series focusing on how to keep yourself safe in, out of the home.

Cooperstown Senior Center, behind St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com

community organizing meeting. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta. 12 Ford Ave, Oneonta. Call 607-4323491.

CONCERT – 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Presenting ‘Songs of Struggle’ a concert of political & rights music by John O’Connor.

Coincides with exhibit “Art/ Politics: Power, Persuasion, and Propaganda� Free, open to public. Yager Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta.

607-431-4480.

ENERGY WORKSHOP – 6:30 - 8 p.m. Learn how homeowners can reduce energy bill, impact on environment in NYS. Refreshments available.

Free, registration requested.

Richfield Springs Food Coop, 140 W. Main St., Richfield Springs. 607-282-4087.

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BOARD GAMES – 6 - 8 p.m. Night of fun board & party games with Serenity Hobbies. Ages 16+ welcome.

Huntington Memorial Library, 61 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

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BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m.

Give Blood, Save a Life with American Red Cross. Walk-ins welcome. Worcester United Methodist Church, 11 Main St., Worchester. 1-800-7332767.

SEMINAR – 1:15 p.m.

what’s fun ►Wednesday, Jan. 8 in INTERNATIONAL OtsegO COunty NIGHT – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Enjoy 3-course international-themed dinner. Experience flavors from around the world. This week, try food from Nigeria. Cost, $20/person. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931.

COMMUNITY EVENT – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Join the Otsego Pride Alliance for the 2nd

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Martini Mondays BOGO Wine Wednesday BOGO Happy Hour Friday

50% off all pizzas, well drinks & beer & wine BOgO Friday First Come, First Served 5 - 8 pm

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►Thursday, January 9 ENERGY WORKSHOP – 6:30 - 8 p.m. Learn how homeowners can reduce energy bill, impact on environment in NYS. Refreshments available.

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THURSDAY, January 2, 2020 Free, registration requested.

Awestruck Cider, 8 Winkler Rd., Sidney. 607-282-4087.

►Friday, January 10 SQUARE DANCE – 7:30 p.m. Join Doubleday Dancers Modern Western Square Dance Club for Harvest Dance/Pie Night. Bring the friends, enjoy fun music/ dance. Cost, $5/person.

Cooperstown Elementary School. 607-264-8128.

►Saturday, Jan. 11 MOBILE SCREENING – 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Find Cancer Services Program available to give free cancer screenings at Coaches Vs. Cancer Basketball Tournament. Laurens Central School, 55 Main St., Laurens. 1-888-345-0225.

FAMILY ART DAYS – 10 a.m. - Noon. Parents & children work together on art projects to support community organizations. This month join Susquehanna SPCA to make art all about your pets. Louis C. Jones Center, The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

BOOK COLLECTION – 10 a.m. - Noon. Donate gently used books to be sold at the Winter Carnival book sale to support your village library. Fair Street Entrance, Cooperstown Village Library.

607-547-8344.

BOOK CLUB – 11 a.m.

Meet to discuss “It’s All Relative: Adventures Up And Down The World’s Family Tree� by

A.J. Jacobs on his quest to discover his family tree. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego, 607-988-6661.

WINTER RUN – 11 a.m.

Enjoy challenging offroad 5-mile race through wooded trails in all weather conditions. Cost, $20/person. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800.

TUBING – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

See Sat. Jan. 4 listing.

OPERA – 12:55 p.m.

Performance of “Wozzeck,� by Berg, streaming live from Metropolitan Opera House. Cost, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

607-431-2080.

POTLUCK – 6 pm Bring a dish to pass at community dinner, followed by a movie (TBD). Drinks, dinnerware provided. All welcome. Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 852 Co. Rd. 26, Fly Creek. E-mail mariadeysenroth@yahoo.com CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy performance by the red hot Alex P. Sutter Band. Cost, $20/adult. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-1812.

►Sunday, January 12 FLEA MARKET – 8:45 a.m.

- 2 p.m. Find many interesting, unique items including antiques, collectibles, jewelry, old postcards, more. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta.

TUBING – 11 a.m. - 4 See Sat. Jan. 4 listing MORE CALENDAR Pg. 4

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Call 607-547-1812. Tickets also available at Church & Scott Pharmacy, Fly Creek General Store, Ellsworth & Sill and Riverwood.

Tickets available on line at http://www.cooperstownconcertseries.org/

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HARRISES/From B1 parents. It was great to share my passion with them.”

Jack was born in Cooperstown and lived here until he was 8 years old, when his father, a CGP graduate then working for the Baseball Hall of Fame, accepted the top job at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

“We come back every summer and Christmas,” said Jack.

In Cleveland, he met Chris Allen, of the band Falling Stars.

“He knew I’d been learning some songs, so he called me up and asked me to play one,” said Jack.

“I played him a couple covers, and then he said, ‘Do you have any originals?’”

He only had pieces right then, but got to work finishing some original compositions “And the next time I saw him, he was in the studio recording my song!”

With Falling Stars, Jack recorded “I Get Lost” and “Song For You” and “Hold On To Me” at Peppermint Studios, and released a video for “No One Listens” on YouTube. “Just two weeks ago, we heard my song ‘No One Listens’ on The Summit, the local radio station in Akron,” he said.

He played gigs with Falling Stars, as well as solo perfor-

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mances, including a coveted spot at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s “100 Days of Music” summer live music series.

“A big chunk of that is local singer-songwriters,” said Greg.

“They can play a few covers, but we want all originals, no tribute or party bands. And I told him that Lisa Vinciquerra – the Hall’s production manager – has to book him!”

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also attracts larger touring acts, including Interpol and John Mellancamp, who, when passing through the area, decided to hop on stage and play five songs. “He used the instruments of the band that

was on before him!” said Greg.

The Hall also hosted the Catch Meaning Festival on its grounds, and Jack was booked without having to go through Vinciquerra.

“He knew some of the people involved,” said Greg. “They asked him to play, and I didn’t even know about it!”

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is set to announce its 2020 Induction Class, and celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. “We want to make every day feel like a festival,” said Greg. “It’s not a museum about yesterday, it’s alive today.”

They’ll once again have a summer series, and Jack hopes to play, as well as look into internship possibilities at the Hall. “I want him to see that songwriters are regular people who walk among us,” said Greg. “Whether they do it for a living or if performing is their day job, it’s a great way to express yourself.”

Jack’s songs are on Apple Music, Spotify and his website, JackHarrisSongs.com, and he is hoping to get back in the studio.

“My next step is finding someone to work with on an album project,” he said. “I’ve been doing a lot of writing the past few months.”

When You’re 105, Maybe You Will Get A Free Pizza Party, Too 105TH/From B1 “I told him we could hold 80 people,” said Egan, “and the only thing they would have to pay for are drinks.

“He sent out the invitations.”

On Nov. 16, five generations of the Martin family gathered at the restaurant to dine on 20 pizzas — including their special “Grandma” pizza, made with smashed tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil – “the way they make

it in Italy,” said Egan.

“We got her two cakes, and when I walked the first one over to her, she said, ‘I can’t cut this,’” said Trimble. “I told her I’d cut it for her, and when everyone was done taking pictures, I went to take it back to the kitchen – and she said, ‘Wait, don’t I get any?’ She’s so funny.”

At 105, Rhoda is believed to be the oldest resident of Otsego County. Born Nov.

21, 1914, in Rhode Island to parents who immigrated from England and Italy, she moved to Hell Hollow Road in 1957 to the home where she raised eight children and still resides independently.

“She lived through the Depression, two world wars, Vietnam, so many tough times,” said Egan. “She’s seen so much in her lifetime, and she’s such a nice lady.”

“She told us that she distinctly remembers the Hurricane of 1938 in Connecticut!” said Trimble.

(Among other things, on landfall near New Haven it destroyed Katherine Hepburn’s summer home at Old Saybrook.)

Egan and Trimble opened the pizzeria Dec. 22, 2013, after moving up from The Bronx. “We had a pizzeria in Midtown, but it cost me

$550 to park my car,” he said. “My lease was coming up, so we sold the pizzeria and moved up here.”

They took over the former Long Island Pizzeria, which had been Millie’s before that. Trimble painted the walls in between phone calls and little by little, Long Island turned into Pizza 23 West.

“My delivery guy thought I was crazy,” he said. “But he came back six months later and we had doubled our business.”

With its proximity to Cooperstown All-Star Village, it’s popular with baseball teams and families, and in the winter it’s the go-to spot for West Oneontans in need of pizza and wings for the game, as well as Italian specialties and subs.

And on her actual birthday, Nov. 21, Rhoda came in and ordered another pepperoni pizza. “I told her I’ll make her one every year on her birthday,” he said. “And when she turns 110, I’ll throw her another party.”

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Herzig: DOT Rejected Grant For Safety Upgrade Where Accident Happened INJURY/From A1 April Johnson, 32, was struck by a car as she allegedly attempted to cross Lettis Highway just 100 yards from the Main Street intersection.

“The area is not marked for pedestrians and it is dimly lit,” said Police Chief Doug Brenner.

The driver was identified as David Shafer, 41, Otsego, who was driving northbound on the highway. “As he was changing lanes, she just appeared,” said Brenner. “He couldn’t stop in time.”

The front passenger side of the car struck Johnson, and the James Cummings/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal driver immediately stopped and Solemn police and firemen stand by as April Johnson, 32, is treated after she was hit by got out of the car. The friend she was walking with called 911, and a car on Oneonta’s James Lettis Highway about 100 yards south of Main Street Monday, Dec.30.

Oneonta Police responded to the scene.

Medical Center, where she was issued a ticket for aggravated unli- and her family.”

“She was lying in the road, very admitted to the intensive care unit censed operation, as his license In October 2018, Katy Doughty, seriously injured,” said Brenner. and remains in critical condition. was suspended for unrelated 45, Walton, was struck and killed “The firefighters got her right into The preliminary investigation offenses. by an eastbound car when she an ambulance.” revealed that Shafer was not “It’s a tragic situation for attempted to cross Route 23 near She was transported to Fox impaired by drugs or alcohol. everyone involved,” said Herzig. the Lettis Highway.

Hospital and transferred to Albany However, Brenner said, he was “All of our thoughts are with her Herzig said that even though

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BRIDAL EXPO – Noon. Engaged couples network with providers of catering, flowers, photography, more to make a perfect wedding. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080

Send calendar items to info@allotsego.com

►Monday January 13 GENEAOLOGY – 11 a.m.1:30 p.m. Support each other search through the past for ancestors. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980.

PREVENTION – 1:15 p.m.

Learn ways to keep you strong, minimize risks of falls. Includes maintenance checks on canes & walkers.

Cooperstown Senior Center, behind St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com UPDATE – 2:15 p.m. Learn whats “News” in our local area with Michael Lachance.

Cooperstown Senior Center, behind St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com

►Tuesday, January 14 WORKSHOP – 1 - 2:30 p.m. ‘Access to Capital’ workshop with Small Business Development Center & Small Business Administration.

Learn how to obtain a small

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business loan. Otsego County by Mary Beth Keane. CanaChamber of Commerce, 189 joharie Library, 2 Erie Blvd., Main St., Oneonta. 607-432Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

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BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m.

MEMORIAL LECTURE – 7 Give blood, save a life with p.m. Caitlin Jewitt (class of American Red Cross. Walk-ins ‘06) presents Rude Memorial welcome. Bassett Medical CenLecture titled “The Primary ter, 1 Atwell Dr., Cooperstown.

Rules and the 2020 Presi1-800-733-2767. dential Nomination Contest.”

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT Free, open to public. Celebra– 5:30 - 9 p.m. Enjoy 3-course tion Room, Shineman Chapel international themed dinner.

House, Hartwick College, in OtsegO Experience COunty flavors from Oneonta. 607-431-4044. around the world. This week, try food from Sardinia. Cost, ►Wednesday, Jan. 15 $20/person. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931.

ARTIST CALL – Artists BOOK CLUB – 6:30 p.m. are invited apply to exhibit Non-fiction club discusses in 2020-2021 season at ‘Irena’s Children: The ExtraorCommunity Arts Network of dinary Story of the Woman Oneonta. Application fee, Who Saved 2,500 Children $25/non-member. 607-432from the Warsaw Ghetto’ by 2070.

Tilar J. Mazzeo. Canajoharie RECRUIT – 8:30 - 10 a.m.

Library, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajo‘Get on Board’ Non-Profit harie. 518-673-2314. board recruitment event.

FILM SOCIETY – 7 p.m.

Foothills Performing Arts Cen- Cooperstown Film Society ter, Oneonta. 607-432-4500. presents ‘Yesterday: What BOOK CLUB – 12:30 p.m.

If No One Remembered the Book club discusses ‘Fever’

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Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: COOPERSTOWN CASITAS LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/25/2019.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 1251, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Exile On Main Street, LLC Notice of formation of Exile On Main Street, LLC, a limited liability com-

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Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 12/17/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 53 Dietz Street, Oneonta, New York 13820.

Purposes: any lawful activity.

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process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to William D. Callas at the princ. office of the LLC. Cert. of Form. filed with State Treasurer, State of NJ Div. of Revenue, 33 W. State St., 5th Fl., Trenton, NJ 08608-1214.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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BEEKMAN WOODS LLC.

Notice of Qualification of

Art/Org filed 10/7/19.

Ofc loc Otsego Cty. SSNY desig. agent for svc/proc & shall mail to 24 Andrea Ln, W Sayville, NY 11796.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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BK COFFEE ASSOCIATES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/09/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 07/31/19. Princ. office of LLC: 178 Old River Rd., Edgewater, NJ 07020. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom

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Beatles But You?’ (2019) with long-time rock tour manager John Draper welcoming all to the third season of Film Society. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

COMEDY – 9 - 11:30 p.m.

Enjoy side-splitting stand-up show by Daniel Franzese whose starred in shows like Mean Girls, ABC’s Conviction, HBO’s Looking, more. General admission, $3. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta.

►Thursday, Jan. 16 LOCAL HISTORY – 1:15 p.m. Presentation “History On Ice” presented by Liz Callahan of Hanford Mills. Learn about past, present ice harvesting, and about the historic mill.

Cooperstown Senior Center, behind St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com

►Friday, January 17 THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

Orpheus Theater presents Frozen Jr. by the Starstruck Players. Cost, $15/person.

Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-1800.

PRESENTATION – 7:30 p.m. Join Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society to hear from Kathryn Davino about the amazing birds on Heron Island & Lamington National

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with the SSNY on 12/09/2019.

Office loc: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1577 County Highway 16, Burlington Flats, NY 13315.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: LINCOLN HOPKINS LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 11 December 2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 689 Beaver Meadow Rd, Cooperstown,

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NY 13326.

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

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Notice of Formation of M.E.B Records LLC Articles Of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on 12/03/19 Office in Otsego County Secretary of State of NY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Secretary of State of NY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 19 Ford Avenue suite D, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of PROJECT ACE & NINE, LLC. Articles of Or-

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ganization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/27/19.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon it to: 2453 St Hwy 205, Mt Vision, NY 13810.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of Grand Rentals, LLC. Articles Of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on 11/12/19 Office: Otsego County United States Corporation Agents, Inc., has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served A Copy of Process

the city and town were denied the grant, the city “has every intention” of reapplying when the funding is announced again in 2020.

“Upgrading that walkway is part of our strategic plan,” he said.

“We intend to continue working with DOT to secure enough funding to assist us in undertaking this multi-million dollar project.”

In addition to the sidewalks in the original proposal, the street lights would be upgraded and lighting installed along the walkway, as well as the installation of a green median.

“It will be more attractive and better connected to our downtown, but more importantly, it is designed for pedestrian safety and use,” he said.

In 2016, the state DOT upgraded the lights and signage at the corner of Main and Chestnut, in the city, at Herzig’s request, after Daniel Heath, 75, was struck by a car that made a left-hand turn, and hit his head when he fell. He later died of his injuries.

Park on her 2018 trip to Australia. Free, open to public.

Refreshments will be served.

Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-397-3815.

►Saturday, Jan. 18 BUS TRIP – All day. Travel to Seneca Falls to celebrate 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, and the strides made in women’s rights since. Cost, $55/person. Contact Amy Pondolfino, 607-267-0493 or e-mail BVIndivisible@gmail.com.

BIRD COUNTY – 6 a.m.

- 6 p.m. Delaware & Otsego Audubon Society participate in Statewide waterfowl county survey. Identify waterfowl to aid management for the coming year. To volunteer call Andy Mason 607-652-2162.

TUBING – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

See Jan. 4 listing BOWLING LEAGUE – 1 - 3 p.m. Bring the kids to have fund & learn to bowl with instructor Gus Lampo, professional bowler, Art Rigas, long-time high school bowling coach. Cost, $10/child for shoes & 3 games. Thru 3/28.

Holiday Lanes, 5198 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 607-287-2540.

AUTHOR READING – 2 - 3:30 p.m. Author Tom Travisano presents illustrated discussion of his travels explor-

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Name: WALLER HILL FARM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 19 November 2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 689 Beaver Meadow Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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►Sunday, January 19 WINTER LIVING – 11 a.m.

- 3 p.m. 42 annual event includes horse-drawn sleigh ride, snowshow hike, be a human bird feeder, demonstrations by environmental conservation officers, live music, maple sugar treats, vendors, much more.

Rogers Environmental Education Center, 2721 St. Rt. 80, Sherburne.

607-674-4733.

TUBING – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

See Jan. 4 listing.

BOOK LECTURE – 2 p.m.

Local author T.M. Bradshaw presents ‘Ned Buntline: So Much Larger Than Life’ detailing the colorful, outrageous, oft-times legendary adventures of an American paradox to start Hobart Winter Respite Lecture Series. Free, open to public. Refreshments served.

Liberty Rocks Books LLC, 678 Main St., Hobart. 607-5381760.

THEATER – 2 p.m. Orpheus Theater presents ‘Frozen Jr.’ See Fri. Jan. 17 listing

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company

ing life of Elizabeth Bishop, the subject of his new book ‘Elizabeth Bishop: Her Artistic Development.’ Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

Orpheus Theater presents Frozen Jr. See Fri. Jan. 17

Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company

BeArt Farm LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 19 November 2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 312 Valley View Drive, Radcliff, KY 40160.

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

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Notice of Qual. of Kingfisher Properties, LLC. Auth. filed with SSNY on 7/9/19.

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LLC formed in NV on 4/16/19.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to: 13 West James St., Richfield Springs, NY, 13439.

Arts. of Org. filed with NV SOS. 4730 S. Fort Apache Rd., Las Vegas, NV, 89147.

Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Country Wood Cellar, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) was 08/08/19.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 537 Morris, NY 13808.

Purpose: All Lawful purposes.

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Contact Larissa at 607-547-6103 or ads@allotsego.com and she can get you started.

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Pending Visa, Macief Zoltowski Appointed CSO’s New Conductor CONDUCTOR/From A1 director designee comes at the end of a two-year conductor search, following the retirement of maestro Charles Schneider.

“Chuck conducted for 45 years,” said Williams.

“It’s been very different for the orchestra, having three conductors this season, but we felt that Maciej was the best fit. We believe he will transition beautifully and bring his own essence to the symphony.”

In November, Maciej conducted “The Fairy Tale,” the third and final in the conductor search series. Finalists Silas Huff conducting “The Firebird” in September and Carolyn Watson, “The Elements” in October.

The three finalists were whittled down from 73 applicants and six semifinalists, then the search committee took surveys from both the musicians and the audience.

“The audience liked all of the conductors,” said Williams. “And what we really wanted to know is if they enjoyed the concert and if they would be interested in attending the next season.

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Maciej Zoltowski, director of the Radom Chamber Orchestra in Poland, accepts accolades from the audience at the Catskill Symphony Orchestra concert he conducted in November at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. At right is Janet Nepkie, founder of the college’s Music Industry major and lead cellist.

have one negative thing to say about any of the candidates.”

Weighing more heavily was the survey of the musicians. “Maciej was a very strong candidate not just musically, but the way he was able to work with

the orchestra in such a short period of time,” said Williams. “He has a broad experience, and really was the best fit.”

“We think Maciej has a great vision for growing the orchestra in style and skill,” said Laurie Zimniewicz,

Following Virginia Lead, Sportsmen Here Seek Gun Sanctuary In County SANCTUARY/From A1 And on Feb. 5, with Brockway’s support, he plans to ask the county Board of Representatives to designate Otsego a “sanctuary county.”

Meanwhile, Brockway, who will be sworn in on Jan. 2, is seeking to line up other board members behind the idea. So far, only one other Upstate county – Wyoming, south of Batavia – is considering a “sanctuary” policy.

White took action after learning all but six counties in Virginia have or plan to declare themselves “sanctuaries,” exempt from guncontrol laws.

The “sanctuary” movement there erupted after Gov. Ralph Northam, with the support of a newly elected Democratic General Assembly, vowed to toughen gun laws.

“In just a matter of days, almost the entire state became a Second Amendment sanctuary,” White said.

The drive picks up on “sanctuary cities” movement, where 560 cities, counties and states nationally have declared they will not cooperate with the federal government in enforcing immigration laws.

Where White and others say Virginia may decide to seize legally owned guns, members of the new Virginia majority have been talking about “commonsense gun legislation.”

To the south of Oneonta, a “Delaware County 2A Sanctuary” Facebook page was created Dec. 20, and White heard about it from relatives there.

He spoke with T.J. Conant, who launched the Delaware page. “They have gained 1,939 members since December 20,” he was told.

“It’s been absolutely taking off there.”

He said, “Nobody in Otsego County was doing it, so I said I would be willing to get it off the ground.”

With Conant’s help, the Oneontan launched the

Otsego County page, two days before Christmas.

Tuesday, Dec. 31, membership rose from 783 in the morning to 826 in the afternoon.

“I’m amazed at the amount of support,” said White.

“I would like to go to the county board with 6,000 signatures minimum,” he continued. “That’s 1 percent of the county population.

The more signatures we get, the easier it will be to bring it in front of the county board and to say that this is what the people want.”

Sportman Adventures’ owner William Decker Jr. thinks “it’s a really good idea to keep (the) political agenda in check. This is something that goes back hundreds of years to our Constitutional rights, so we need to preserve it,” he said.

“We don’t have a lot of signatures yet, but we’ve talked to a lot of people and they’re excited about it,” he said. “There is strength in numbers. If other people make their voice heard, it will keep these ridiculous laws in check.”

For his part, Brockway is contacting “fish and game,

and rod and gun clubs. We are going to get petitions out to as many people as possible to get signatures. If you have several thousand signatures you will get other people on the board to listen. It will take a group effort.”

Can he get his county board colleagues to pass the resolution? “I think it will depend on the number of petitions we have and how we present it. I know that a couple of representatives became part of the group.

It’s a start,” he said.

Kaleb White sees the responses to date as coming from frustration that began with passage of the state’s Safe Act in January 2013 after the Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut.

“It’s frustrating trying to get a handgun or any sort of rifle other than a bolt action in New York. We’re not looking for absolutely no gun control or gun laws, we just want it to be more streamlined. We don’t want to jump through hundreds of hoops and spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on permits or training just to protect ourselves.”

chair of the search committee.

“The musicians had great things to say about all three conductor finalists, but they strongly supported Maciej.”

Four musicians sat on the search committee, who was tasked with compiling both sets of surveys and

delivering a list of strengths and weaknesses to the board, who made the final decision.

In addition to the surveys, the candidates were introduced to members of the community, including presidents of Hartwick

College and SUNY Oneonta and the Glimmerglass Festival, as well as asked to put together a budget for their concert season. “The symphony has to remain strong financially or there won’t be a symphony,” said Williams. “Maciej was the only candidate to come in on budget.”

Maciej will still need to get a visa before he can officially get the job; until then, he is the designee.

He will make his first formal appearance at the CSO’s annual Cabaret Concert on Saturday, March 14, which will also feature the annual Guest Conductor Competition and a performance by Mandy Harvey, a deaf jazz singer who finished fourth on “America’s Got Talent” in 2017.

“He is already excited and has started working with Thomas Wolfe to put things in place for that concert,” said Williams.

“He hasn’t selected his pieces yet, but he’ll also be working with Mandy to help pick her pieces.”

“I’m happy we’ve come to the conclusion,” said Williams. “We’re so fortunate that things worked out. so well.”

Hearing Last Bassett Parking-Lot Hurdle PARKING/From A1 It’s part of our goal, to make us more accessible.”

The immediate plan to help alleviate the parking crunch is a new surface parking lot on Riverside Drive, the cul de sac at Walnut and Susquehanna.

(The plan replaced a parking garage to be built into the hillside, which proved too expensive.)

Flyte briefed the Village Board on plans at its December meeting on the 29th, but a final step before construction can begin is a public hearing. Community members will have a chance to comment at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, the trustees next meeting.

“They are doing everything by the book,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch.

“I think there is a level of support, in that Cooperstown generally needs a lot of parking,” Flyte said. The trustees “recognize we are a major contributor to the community, but it all comes down to their vote in the end.

“We have to convince not only them, but the community as well,” he said.

At Bassett, parking for patients is a daily struggle,

Flyte said.

“We had a fellow who called. He was crying because he couldn’t find a place to park and his wife was dying. A staff member had to run out and park his car for him while he went inside. These types of situations happen daily, if not several times per day.”

The would-be Riverside Drive parking lot is close enough that it might just be the solution, adding 150 spaces.

“It’s close to the hospital and underutilized,” he said.

“This being our property, it’s a natural place for something like this to exist.”

Lots One and Two, in front and behind the Clinic building at the end of River Street “routinely fill with outpatients.” Lot Three, down the hill by the Susquehanna “is used somewhat by patients now, and includes a shuttle. It’s been pretty successful and we want to expand that service,” said Flyte.

Additionally, as many of 41 percent of Bassett’s patients are over the age of 65.

“We have a lot of elderly people here,” said Flyte.

The plans for the new parking lot include a shuttle, which would help

senior patients who might have trouble walking long distances.

“We’re a hospital. We want to make it easier for folks to seek medical services,” said Flyte.

“People like the shuttle service, it brings them right to the front door.”

Flyte began working on the project over two years ago with Chazen Companies, an engineering consultant firm with offices in Glens Falls, Troy, and Poughkeepsie, “looking at options and refining this plan to make it useful, attractive, and serviceable,” he said.

As part of the planning process, Flyte invited neighbors of the hospital to provide input as well.

“We reached out to our neighbors and even had a meeting here at the hospital,” he said. “Homes are precious in this community. We value them.”

Located as it is near the Susquehanna River, the state Department of Environmental Conservation must also issues permits, and a DEC contractor was drilling test bores earlier this week. Flyte expresses confidence no issues will be found.

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