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husband and wife fled a burning home at 312 Cornish Hill Road early Friday, Dec. 29, after a blaze broke out on the back wall where the fireplace was located. Fire crews from Middlefield were called out at 4 a.m. and quickly called for support in extinguishing the blaze before it consumed the entire house, which was owned and occupied by Eric H. Slater/DETAILS, A2 IN MEMORIAM: Paul J. Lambert, former Cooperstown Central superintendent of schools, passed away Dec. 27 at Bassett Hospital. Calling hours and the funeral are planned Jan. 19-20/DETAILS, B5 KATZ AT ROTARY: Mayor Jeff Katz updated Cooperstown Rotarians on the state of the village Tuesday, Jan. 2, holding out hope the funding will come through in time to begin improvements to Doubleday Field by its centennial next year. .

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ith Kathy Clark, R-Otego, telling the Otsego County’s State of the State breakfast “this may be the last time I will address you,” support seemed to be coalescing around David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, as the next county board chair. For outcome of Wednesday’s vote, check.

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Mattice Predicts Low Of Minus 10; Weather Service Expects Minus 13

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here’s cold, and then there’s “January in Otsego County.”

“We’ve had a day or two of

colder temperatures before, but nothing as prolonged a cold snap as this has been and will continue to be,” said Dave Mattice, the local National Weather Service observer for more than three Please See COLD, A3

Third ‘Seward Summit’ In Works, Senator Says Focus Will Be Finding People For Vacancies

Goodbye, Old 2017

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he first two “Seward Summits” heralded the most powerful drive for economic development in Otsego County since the go-go 1960s.

That drive sputtered in midsummer with the wholesale resignation of the staff at Otsego Now, the county’s economicdevelopment arm.

Undeterred, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is going back at it.

He is planning a third summit, sometime next spring, he told the Otsego Chamber’s State of the State Breakfast Tuesday, Jan. 2, at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Hall. This one will focus on workforce development.

“We need to do more in terms of preparing our workforce for the jobs of today and Please See SUMMIT, A3

Retired Cooperstown Elementary principal Doug Geertgens and wife Chris, left, dance away the last night of 2017 at The Otesaga.

Uptown at the Cooperstown Beverage Exchange, top, Noelle Palmatier and Sarah Fanion of Cooperstown celebrate the New Year with good music.

Down Main St., Carl Loewenguth’s band, Hanzolo, could be heard at Parker Fish/The Freeman’s Journal Mel’s at 22.

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Con-Con, Not Trump, Brought Out Voters Nov. 7, GOP Chair Declares

By JIM KEVLIN Cooperstown’s cable lineup, has gone dark.

Owner Walt Rasmussen received a letter, via certified mail, from Phyllis Wan, revailing antiSpectrum’s chief broadcasting attorney, Trump sentidated Dec. 7: ments and “It has come to our attention that your an upsurge in grassroots television station no longer has an FCC energy” won Democrats Please See CHANNEL, A2 seats on the county Board of

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Representatives and sets the stage for a victory this year against freshman Congressman John Faso, R-19, the party leaders believe.

But the Republican County chair, Vince Casale, tells a different story about Please See CON-CON, A3

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Family Flees Burning Home Near Village

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n early morning fire on Cornish Hill Road damaged part of a house, but was extinguished before the home was destroyed.

In the early morning hours of Friday, Dec. 29, a fire began along the wall near the fireplace in the Slater household. Fire crews from Middlefield responded around 4 a.m. and quickly called for support from multiple other departments. Volunteers from Cooperstown, Milford, Cherry Valley, Fly Creek and Hartwick all responded to the call.

“It was a pretty big fire, but the crews did an excellent job of extinguishing the flames pretty quickly,” said Otsego County Emergency Services Director Art Klingler. “Everything was cleared at about 8 a.m. that same morning.”

According to Middlefield Fire Chief Doug Roberts, there were no injuries, and the house was not completely lost in the fire.

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$40,000 Digital Hookup Turned Off WSIP Lights operated since 1989.

CHANNEL/From A1 “There was an FCC license broadcast license and that it available for the City of does not have ‘must-carry’ Oneonta and they were lookrights on one or more of our ing to put in a low-power systems. setup,” Rasmussen said. “It “As such, any program transport stream currently air- took me five years to get a license, and several more to ing will cease to be retransget on the must-carry mitted on or before schedule.”

Jan. 1, 2018.”

“Must-Carry” means “I didn’t renew my that the cable company FCC broadcast license has to run a local chanbecause it was too nel that meets certain expensive to upgrade,” guidelines, such as Rasmussen admitted. local news and educa“We were a low-power tional program.

TV station, and to go Farmer “In the early days, to a digital transmitter we carried the Jerry Lewis was $40,000.”

Telethon,” said the station As a result, Pastor Mel Farmer, whose “Gospel Hymn owner. “I’d film them at St. Request Hour” draws as many James Church, and all the firefighters and everyone as 3,000 views a week, never would come on to raise mongot to air the special he taped ey. We’d do the car shows for Christmas Day. downtown too.”

On Dec. 25, Spectrum “Back when they had a ceased the transmission. news show, I got the honor of “That was church for so covering the 2008 elections,” many people,” said Farmer, said Steve Dillon. “I got to retired River Street Baptist Church pastor. “I have a stack call the Obama presidency on live TV. It was a great of letters from people saying memory.” they’re sad that it’s gone.”

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he Bassett Healthcare Network Board of Directors and the Bassett Hospital Board of Trustees will have new chairs Jan. 1.

Ralph H. Meyer, past president & CEO of Guthrie Healthcare System in 198298, will chair the Healthcare Network board.

Terry Fulmer, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City and previously vice chair of the hospital trustees, will now chair the hospital board.

Both succeed Timothy Pedley, who is stepping down Dec. 31 as chair of both boards. Dr. Pedley has chaired the hospital board for two years and was vice chair for four years before that, serving on that board 10 years in all. He oversaw the development of and led the Healthcare Network board since it was formally established in February.

Recently, refining the separate goals of the eightcounty Healthcare Network and the flagship hospital

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at Cooperstown led to Dr. Vance Brown handing off his hospital responsibilities to Dr. William LeCates, who was named deputy hospital president while a nationwide search for the permanent hospital president, reporting to Brown, is conducted.

The other Bassett Hospitals – Cobleskill, O’Connor in Delhi, Tri-Town in Sidney and Little Falls already had their own presidents, reporting to Brown.

In addition to announcing the appointments of Fulmer and Meyer as board chairs, the Bassett boards also recently elected the following new members: To the Healthcare Network board: Marion Terenzio, Ph.D., SUNY Cobleskill president; Robert Tamburr-

ino, a private equity/hedge fund representative, and John Zogby, the national pollster and senior partner in John Zogby Strategies, joined the Healthcare Network Board.

Two local men will be among new members of the hospital board: Walter A. Franck, Cooperstown, the retired physician and local dean of the Columbia-Bassett Medical School; and Bob Hanft, Pierstown, former COO of JP Morgan’s Global Equity Group and former Hartwick College trustees’ chair, now a senior adviser with Strategic Financial Services in Utica.

Also new to the hospital board are Maureen Killackey, M.D., New York Presbyterian/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center clinical director; Jim Patrick, Envestnet Inc. executive vice president, and Donald R. Bordley, M.D., professor and chair for education at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.

Drs. Franck and Killackey will be vice chairs of the hospital board.

Doctor Honored For Tending Transgender Youth COOPERSTOWN

young adults receiving transgender care at the Bassett Healthcare ediatrician Anne Gadomski, Network Gender Wellness Center, Bassett Research Institute which will be used to inform evidirector, was given the dence-based care going forward,” World AIDS Day New York Comthe doctor said. missioner’s Special Recognition for Participation in the registry is establishing the first rural pediatric voluntary; currently, there are 113 registry for transgender and gender patients participating who are in nonconforming youth in New York various stages of transition. The peAnne State. diatric registry includes diagnoses, Gadomski “There is not a lot of evidence to treatment, lab results and outcomes. help inform clinical care of transgender and The initiative was presented last Novemgender non-conforming youth, particularly ber at a national scientific meeting in San for rural areas,” she said.

Francisco by two of Bassett’s researchers, “The information we are compiling will Jane O’Bryan and Kim Leon, who helped help us address outcomes in youth and develop the registry.

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Senator’s 3rd ‘Seward Summit’ Focus: Workforce SUMMIT/From A1 tomorrow,” he told the county’s business and governmental leaders. “And at the same time, we need to do more to keep more of our young people right here to pursue opportunities locally.”

He was on a panel with, for the first time, U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19, plus Mayors Gary Herzig of Oneonta and Jeff Katz of Cooperstown, and county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who acknowledged “this may be Morgan the last time I address you.”

The county board’s annual reorganizational meeting was the following day, Wednesday, Jan. 3.

In a related development, Devin Morgan, Otsego Now board chair, in recent days submitted his resignation, effective on New Year’s Eve. For the time being, the vice chair, Rick Hulse, will fill in as chair.

In his letter, Morgan, a lawyer with an interest in entrepreneurship, said he is stepping aside to devote attention to Good People Energy Technologies, a new company that makes a fan-based energy-saving products for older buildings.

economic development and “shovel ready sites,” the county wasn’t even in competition to attract new enterprises.

Seward announced Mathes and Horvath’s appointments that January.

“Let’s bring together educators of all levels as well as employers,” Seward said in his closing remarks. “Let’s sit down together and develop a real strategy for addressing workforce development here locally, and keeping more of the thousands of young people Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal that we educate here in this region, let’s give them a reaPanelists at the Otsego Chamber’s State of the State Breakfast are, from left, Congressman Faso, son to stay once they complete their education.”

Senator Seward, and Mayors Herzig and Katz.

He put it in context, noting He also cautioned people velopment Initiative money New York’s population only “in political positions and the for the county’s only city. increased by 13,000 people in media, … If you want to conThe Otsego Now president 2017 after declining in 2016. tinue to have smart, motivated resigned under pressure last “That’s a very disturbing people serve in key positions summer, and his COO, Elizatrend, and it’s a wake-up call to improve our county, it beth Horvath, and other staff for those of us in policy makwould be a good idea to apalso departed. ing roles here in New York,” preciate their efforts and, at Mathes’ tenure grew out of said Seward. the very least, give them the the first Seward Summit on When the floor was opened benefit of the doubt.”

March 15, 2013, at The Otefor questions, county Rep. The comment reflects saga, which Seward organized Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick/ Morgan’s grueling tenure as after a business group, Citizen Milford/New Lisbon, spoke Otsego Now chair during the Voices, advised him existing on the importance of providtenure of the now departed economic-development efforts ing broadband in rural locales. president, Sandy Mathes, who were insufficient.

Faso agreed. “I am hopeful initiated numerous projects in At the second summit, that we can, on a bi-partiOneonta, Cooperstown and which Mathes helped organize san basis, come up with an across the county, and in 2016 in November 2014 at Footinfrastructure plan within the obtained a record $7 million hills, an industrial placement transportation and infrastrucin economic-development consultant, Dick Sheehy ture committee,” he said. “The funding, not including $10 told attendees that, without a real question though, is where million in Downtown Rede“single point of contact” for does the money come from?”

Beware Of Friday The 5th. Or, At Least, Dress VERY Warmly COLD/From A1 decades.

Normal temperatures for late December and early January hover around 32 degrees, according to Mattice.

But because the Northeast landed on the “back side” of Winter Storm Ethan, the low-pressure system, moving counter-clockwise, drew in the high-pressure system of cold, dry, arctic air, pushing the jet stream to the south.

“It’s 53 in Orlando, Florida,” Mattice said. “And we’ll be under this frigid air mass until the jet stream moves further back up north. It’s just one shot right after another.”

On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, it was 29 degrees. But

by Tuesday, Dec. 26, it had dropped 20 degrees, and got colder from there.

On Thursday Dec. 28, it was 5 degrees, with an overnight low of -5. That day, Paul Donnelly of Cooperstown reported ice forming on Otsego Lake; EPA figures show that doesn’t usually happen until mid-January.

By New Year’s Eve, it was 3, getting down to -14 overnight.

And it’s not going to get warmer. “Wednesday (Jan. 3) will be the warmest: 25 degrees with a calm wind, which is a little less than normal for this time of year,” he said.

“But then the wind picks up on Thursday, and it will go back down to 19, with gusts up to 40 miles per hour.”

On Friday, Mattice is predicting a high of 2 degrees, and -10 at night. But the National Weather Service is predicting a high of zero and low of -13.

And the cold has adversely affected fun times in the county. On New Year’s Eve, Sunday, Dec. 31, the annual First Night celebrations saw a decline in attendance.

“A lot of people decided it was too cold to venture out,” said Julie Dostal, executive director of LEAF, one of the major First Night sponsors.

“We haven’t had this kind of bitter cold since the early

years.”

According to First Night organizer Carol Mandigo, numbers were down to 2,500 from 3,000 last year. “It was so cold, people didn’t want to bring their kids out,” she said. “But I was pleased with how many people did come.

There were enough to make it festive.”

By the end of the night, temperatures were hovering around -3, but it reaffirmed First Night’s decision to move the event indoors. “The only time people were outside was to go from the Atrium to the performance space,” said Dostal. “Once they were inside, it was warm.”

“Dancing to the Latin band might have helped,” she added. “People couldn’t sit still!”

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“The vast majority of our participants understood and supported the decision,” he said in an email. “Shirts and bibs were distributed with the future date in mind” A few brave – and bundled up – runners still took to the course, nicknaming it the “Frost-Spite 5k.”

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CON-CON/From A1 what happened in Otsego County on Nov. 7, this past election day.

He said fear of losing their retirements, not anti-Trump sentiment, brought state pensioners to the polls in droves to vote “nay” on the ballot question calling for a state Constitutional Convention, where they feared benefits would be rolled back.

With six Democrats now vying for Faso’s 19th District seat, the question isn’t just academic. It may suggest the outcome next Nov. 6.

A Democratic press release in recent days claimed “a massive increase” in voting by their party faithful.

“Democrats running for county representative seats … collectively generated 6,265 votes, almost double that of the previous county legislative election cycle in 2015,” said a press release from Chad McEvoy, a county board candidate himself who also analyzes data for the ACLU. McEvoy credited two factors in raising Democratic seats on the county board from four to seven: • One, “Democrats simply contested more county board races, fielding candidates in 13 of 14 districts, compared to only eight in 2015.”

• Two, anti-Trump feelings and “an upsurge in grassroot sentiment.”

The press release also points out that, since county Rep. Meg Kennedy, Hartwick/ Milford/New Lisbon, is a registered Conservative, Democrats actually control seven seats to the GOP’s six and the Conservative Party’s one.

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(Kennedy has generally voted with the Republicans.)

Casale said, “as much as everybody wants to think it’s something special, it was nothing more than turnout due to the Con-Con.” The GOP chair pointed out there were over 13,000 votes on the Con-Con resolution, with Allen Ruffles, the Republican candidate for county treasurer, receiving 9,300, “1,200 more votes than a countywide candidate would normally get in an off-year election.”

That suggests a preponderance of voters cast “nay” votes for Con-Con, then – as long as they were there – turned over the ballot and voted for candidates.

“When you elevate turnout,” he continued, “you overemphasize enrollment figures.”

Thus, the two Republicans in predominantly Democratic county board districts in the City of Oneonta – Craig Gelbsman and Len Carson – lost, in Carson’s case by only a handful of votes.

Likewise, Republican turnout was buoyed in predominantly GOP districts, with Ed Frazier in Unadilla and Peter Oberacker in Schenevus, for instance, winning by 70-30 percent margins.

Since Republican enrollment exceeds Democratic countywide, Casale said, “The GOP would have easily won if there had been more countywide races.”

“You could almost say this election normalized,” he said, “and didn’t really have anything to do with anything special.”

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018

EDITORIAL

Nation Needs – And Has – Unifying Symbols Mr. Mayor, Help Make Cooperstown Flag Village USA I t’s not unusual for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oneonta to go the extra mile in welcoming everyone into the fold.

Its outreach during the crisis at Islamberg in May 2016 comes to mind, when leaders of that threatened Muslim-based community in Delaware County spoke at the Ford Avenue house of worship. The church then organized bus trips to the Hancock enclave that, through a peaceful demonstration, deterred the Tennesseebased “Americans Bikers United Against Jihad” from anything more than a quick drive-by.

So this year’s Nativity Pageant was part of a piece, with Pastor Craig Schwallenberg recruiting a transgender woman from outside the county for the role of the

Virgin Mary. The point was clear: There’s a place for all Americans in the United States of America.

Edgy, but on it.

• It should go without saying, 135 years after Emma Lazarus wrote it, that Americans are united in “yearning to breathe free,” as many of the “wretched refuse of your teaming shores” – i.e., our ancestors – have since risen to the heights of business, government and academia by buying into the formula that education and hard work lead to success.

We all recognize that progress hasn’t been uniform, that not everyone has moved through Lazarus’ “golden door,” but progress, while uneven, has been achieved across the board.

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Editor’s Note: This is a New Year’s Day proposal from Vera Talevi, who with husband Bruno lives alongside Otsego Lake, to Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz.

Dear Jeff, I have a dream and you can help it come to fruition.

My dream is to make Cooperstown the Flag Village of the nation.

What if everyone who purchased the village parking permit was given a flag, and at a nominal cost could purchase a flag holder for their cars, their front doors or their mailbox.

This holder may be purchased from the village and

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Vera Talevi with husband Bruno, the retired Oneonta accountant, at Memorial Day ceremonies in 2014. He can still fit in his WWII midshipman’s uniform.

in that way could possibly negate the cost of the flag

for each participant. OR it possibly may be a mer-

chant-sharing promotion.

The participant could purchase flags of any size and the holder to fit the flag.

This idea may possibly go further than the Village, with skillful promotion it might go nationwide.

I do believe with the turmoil in this world, the presence of our American flag in this nation may bring peace, love and pride for our country. I for one will purchase a flag for my car, my front door and my mailbox.

Please let me know your thoughts and how I can help to make it happen.

Sincerely yours, VERA TALEVI Cooperstown

IN WITH THE NEW Muller: Public Service One Of Most Rewarding, Challenging Endeavors One Can Undertake

Marisol Wappat witnesses her grandmother, Patty Jacob, being sworn in to another term on the Oneonta Town Board. Her fellow town board members Randy Mower, Town Supervisor Bob Wood, City Mayor Gary Herzig and county Rep. Gary Koutnik were also sworn in.

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Three new county reps sworn in by City Judge Lucy Bernier on New Year’s Day at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel are, from left, Danny Lapin with wife Emily and son Rafe; Adrienne Martini with husband Steve Segar, and Liz Shannon, accompanied by retiring county Rep. Kay Stuligross, who she will succeed. The fourth new rep is Michele Farwell, Morris. All 14 representatives were to be sworn in again at the county board’s reorganizational meeting Wednesday, Jan. 3

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oday is a celebration for those about to engage, or re-engage, in public service. This is no small step. Public service is one of the most simultaneously rewarding and challenging endeavors that one can underKim take.

The public is a demanding boss, and rightfully so.

Because those elected to represent them hold a great deal in their hands that affects the people they represent.

Which pothole will get filled, which street paved, whose land will be taken by eminent domain to put up a cell tower that benefits a community...

You have to be sensitive to the issues of individuals and learn how to weigh that versus the public good. You have to be sensitive while

growing your own thick skin.

You learn that when people get angry at you, they’re not angry at you, the person deep inside. They’re angry at your role, at decisions that you make. They might be scared about how those decisions impact them.

You have to be accessible, while protecting your own privacy and that of your loved ones.

And you have to find a way to remember where you came Muller from, why you’ve taken on the position you’ve taken on. What you hope to achieve and what others hope you would achieve. And how you hold on to yourself, your morals, your deep-down commitment, to the very reasons that got you there in the first place.

And the calling, the feeling that you get when you help one person, when you give voice to one person who may otherwise have no one speaking for him or her, and you make a positive difference, you know you’ve done something really good.

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Editor’s Note: Kim Muller, former county rep and Oneonta mayor, emceed the New Year’s Day swearingins at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel. Here are her remarks.

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ontinuing again this week we offer, with apologies to “Do You Hear What I Hear,” the Cooperstown Carol from 2005...

Do you see what we see?

Do you see what we see?

The tourists, the tourists Crowd upon the street With no parking spots do they meet.

With no parking spots do they meet.

Did you do what we did?

Did you do what we did?

Online, Online Game tickets we did buy As the long wait did not bring them nigh.

As the long wait did not bring them nigh.

CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTH

Do you hear what we hear?

Do you hear what we hear?

The park, the park Wants to grow some more By adding to their fields with four.

By adding to their fields with four.

Do you hear what we hear?

Do you hear what we hear?

The address, the address Might change, sakes alive.

We’d be 9 instead of 105.

We’d be 9 instead of 105.

Do you see what we see?

Do you see what we see?

Stop signs, stop signs Posted everywhere Making drivers in less of a tear.

Making drivers in less of a tear.

Do you hear what we hear?

Do you hear what we hear?

Fly Creek, Fly Creek How will it fare With the disagreement over there.

With the disagreement over there.

Do you hear what we hear?

Do you hear what we hear?

Beach Boys, Beach Boys Singing on the field Please See COLUMN, A5

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018

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

200 YEARS AGO

Died in Otsego, on December 20, Mercy, relict of Abner Doubleday. She was a professor of Christianity, and, borne up by the hope of a blessed immortality, was enabled to endure with patience, a long and painful illness. She has left an extensive circle of friends and a bereaved family to lament her loss and revere her memory. Died on the First of January, Mr. Isaac Cooper, in the 37th year of his age.

Married in this town on Tuesday last, Mr. William Thayer to Miss Abigail Stone.

January 5, 1818

125 Years Ago

S/Sgt. Osterhoudt is one of the unsung heroes of December 7, 1941. While standing guard near the hanger line that morning, he saw the first bomb fall, hitting one of the large hangars. A few seconds later a soldier was seriously wounded nearby. After commandeering an unattended car, Sgt. Osterhoudt drove the wounded man to the station hospital for emergency treatment. Later, he resumed regular duties as a teletype operator.

January 6, 1943

50 YEARS AGO

175 YEARS AGO

(Excerpts from a letter from J.S. Buckingham, Esq. written while traveling in Ireland) Dear Sir: I have now been in Ireland three months and have not seen a single person intoxicated, through a journey extending from Dublin over all the south of Ireland, embracing the counties of Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork and Limerick. What an example is this for England. I accompanied the great and good Father Mathew to Ardmore, near Younhall, on Sunday last, and saw him administer the pledge to 20,000 persons.

I thought it might interest some of your readers to know that there is no retrograde movement in Ireland. Every day hundreds are added to the Temperance ranks. Already there are more than five millions of registered and pledged members and more than three hundred Temperance bands, well dressed in uniform, well furnished with instruments, and full of zeal in the cause that they will march twenty or thirty miles to attend a meeting.

January 2, 1843

150 YEARS AGO

Sixty years ago the publication of the Freeman’s Journal was commenced in this village by the late Col. Prentiss, who remained its editor for upwards of forty years. For two and a half years it was published by D. Shaw and J.T. Titus, and for over sixteen years it has been in the hands of the present Proprietor Samuel M. Shaw. The size of the paper was originally five short columns to the page.

It was enlarged to six and then to seven columns by Col. Prentiss; to eight columns by his immediate successors, the month before it passed into our hands. A few years later we lengthened the columns somewhat, and today we present the Old Journal to its readers as the largest county paper in the Union, printed on clear and handsome type, on the best quality of newspaper. Our desire is to furnish those who take but one newspaper, a weekly sheet which shall give them a full synopsis of local, general and foreign news,

Verse Captures Village Foibles COLUMN/From A4 While we wonder what next year will yield.

While we wonder what next year will yield.

Do you see what we see?

Do you see what we see?

The books, the books Every columnist writing one Except for us because we’ll never get it done.

Except for us because we’ll never get it done.

Do you know what we know?

Do you know what we know?

The gas, the gas Is no longer had Where it passed to son from dad.

Where it passed to son from dad.

Do you see what we see?

Do you see what we see?

The signs, the signs Placed upon the street The capital project to beat.

The capital project to beat.

Do you have what we have?

Do you have what we have?

The flyer, the flyer Placed into your hand Asking you to take a stand.

Asking you to take a stand.

Do you hear what we hear?

Do you hear what we hear?

The vote, the vote Seemed to get it right But will what we need be brought to light?

But will what we need be brought to light?

And thus we end our trip down memory lane with some Cooperstown Carols of yesteryear. And while we certainly enjoyed seeing them again, we are only most sorry that the Rev. Canon George F. French, long time rector of Christ Episcopal Church is no longer here. Each year at Cooperstown Carol time, he would call us and sing the carol of the year for us. It was a tradition that we still sorely miss.

PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-547-8124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny. rr.com.

January 1893 market reports &c. and, at the same time afford a liberal amount of interesting and instructive family reading.

January 3, 1868

125 YEARS AGO

Illegal Fishing. The Fish and Game Law of 1892 does not seem to be understood fully by the people generally.

Many persons are reported as fishing through the ice with “tip-ups” in Otsego Lake and elsewhere. This is unlawful. Fishing through the ice in any other way or device than “angling” is absolutely prohibited in all the waters of this county. “Angling” is defined in the law to be “taking fish with hook and line or rod held in hand,” and does not include set lines. Fishing through the ice, in any waters of this county “inhabited by trout, salmon, trout or land-locked salmon,” except in the waters of Otsego Lake, is absolutely prohibited – not even “angling” is allowed therein.

January 3, 1893

75 YEARS AGO

The promotion of Ralph H. Osterhoudt to the grade of staff sergeant was announced by the Seventh Air Force headquarters in the Territory of Hawaii. S/Sgt. Osterhoudt enlisted in the Signal Corps in September, 1940, at Oneonta, and arrived in the Hawaiian area in January 1941. He graduated from Cooperstown high school in 1938 and was employed by Bruce L. Hall prior to enlistment.

The severest weather of the winter season struck the Cooperstown area with the beginning of the New Year.

The temperature dropped to 20 below zero Tuesday morning, the coldest ever recorded here on a Tuesday morning.

The old record of 18 degrees below was set on that date in 1918 and equaled in 1956. During the past week nearly a foot of snow has fallen here, bringing the season’s total so far to 41.6 inches. The year 1967 closed with temperatures averaging better than 10 degrees below normal for the last days of December.

January 3, 1968

25 YEARS AGO

After a year which featured violent incidents across rural New York State, Otsego County’s Board of Representatives took action to protect its social services employees.

The Board voted 9 to 4, with one abstention, to authorize Bar Lef Company, Inc., of Fly Creek to install security barriers on the third floor of the county office building in Cooperstown, where social services maintains its offices.

The project will cost $16,669.60. A counter will be moved forward, lining it with bullet-resistant material, enclosing the space above the counter with bullet-resistant glass and adding combination locks to doors.

January 6, 1993

10 YEARS AGO

With this edition, The Freeman’s Journal marks the beginning of its 200th year as chronicler of Cooperstown.

Very few newspapers in the U.S. have made it so far.

Tongue in cheek, Tom Heitz, Otsego Town Historian and long-time compiler of our Bound Volumes feature likened 200 years of Freeman’s Journal accretions to guano deposits mined from South Sea islands and brought back to New York and elsewhere as fertilizer. So be it. Our goal this year will be to mine the rich deposits among the fading ink and powdery paper to celebrate not this newspaper, but this community as reflected in this newspaper’s pages.

January 4, 2008

Flag, Declaration Unifying Statements To Embrace EDITORIAL/From A4 Looking back over 50 years, a 1998 Brookings study reported vast progress, progress that nonetheless falls short of full equality in all measures that all Americans of good will wish for.

Since, a black president – yes, Barack Obama is also white – was elected twice.

While the wedding-cake case headed to the U.S. Supreme Court has absorbed the oxygen, the reality is gay marriage only became a centrist position in 2012 – just six years ago – when Vice President Biden, inadvertently or not, forced President Obama’s hand on the matter. It’s now widely acted on and accepted.

Living in a 94.3 percent white county, many of us may not be aware that expanding multicultural acceptance continues to carry the day. In fits and starts, it’s the American story. Spend a day in New York City or Philadelphia, and it’s before your eyes. Barriers are down, and a vastly wider array of peoples are living together and, generally, amicably interacting.

While economic progress, even in Otsego County, which generally lags behind national trends, and growing acceptance

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The Unitarian Universalist Church cast a transgender woman from outside the county as Mary (in the saint’s signature blue) in its Nativity Pageant, a signal of widening acceptance in American society.

of all peoples are the rule as 2018 dawns, the national debate lately is all about not enough fast enough, guilt about past practices, and hair-splitting about ideological purity.

With the new year, let’s refocus on today – and tomorrow’s promise.

Let’s celebrate positive trends and do what we can to accelerate them, while embracing the right of all Americans to “breathe

free,” even if we disagree with them – the transsexual woman from Binghamton and Pastor Jerry Kabat alike, Islamberg and the Tennessee bikers – as long as the right to be wrong falls short of crying fire in a crowded theater.

• These thoughts are brought to mind by Vera Talevi’s proposal to Mayor Jeff Katz about elevating Cooperstown to Flag

Village USA. Vera’s right: Why shouldn’t the flag once again be an expression of our common ideals, rather than a hobby horse for niche issues?

The flag is a big enough symbol to encompass support for our troops in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, AND to decry the shooting of unarmed black youths, and to promote the pursuit by all men and women of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” however we choose to do so.

(Handing out a flag with every downtown parking permit would also be great PR for the Village of Cooperstown: Some local folks are still refusing to buy a permit – $25, about a quarter day, is a pretty good deal – and stay away from Baseball’s Mecca during the tourist season.)

And let’s polish up that devalued metaphor – the United States as a “melting pot” – that puts pizza alongside the Puritans’ Thanksgiving turkey.

The “mosaic” idea, fetishizing our differences, doesn’t serve.

Americans, at base, are simply human beings, who will accept other human beings’ traditions that serve, and let the ones that don’t lapse.

Happy New Year.

LETTERS

Bassett Is The Top To the Editor: Last Friday, Dec. 29, I was admitted to Bassett Hospital for scheduled surgery to be done under general anesthesia. Just a little scary, I’d say.

However, the surgery was a success and the patient lived, having been the subject of an extraordinarily positive experience.

Surgeon, anesthetists, nurses, resident doctors, the entire support staff from admission to discharge displayed caring and kindness.

Every detail of every protocol was carefully ordered and explained. And this praise applies as well to the weeks of pre-admission consultations, testing and scheduling.

While we may all know and appreciate what Cooperstown is, Bassett is at the top.

Thank you all.

ALLAN J. AHEARNE, DVM Cooperstown

‘Da Mayor’s’ Talents Useful In Albany, D.C. To the Editor: Great review of “The Best Mayor Cooperstown Ever Had,” aka Jeff Katz.

You failed to mention that Jeff is supported by Team Katz, who, led by Coach Karen, are an exemplary family in town.

While Jeff will always be “Da Mayor” in Cooperstown, his newly developed political administrative talents are sorely needed elsewhere - like Albany, or, indeed, Washington.

Mayor Katz is a quick study, shrewd and forthright.

Just what we need in elected officials; now more than ever.

CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown

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Mayor Katz poses with wife Karen and sons Robbie, right, and Nate after announcing he won’t run again.

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Although Markle hasn’t picked her dress yet, Norah Doyle, owner, Rainbow’s End, Otsego County’s remaining bridal store, has personally designed a dress fit for a princess.

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In each of Montell’s four Please See ESCAPE, B2

FOCUSED FILMS: Race Matters Film Series hosts a screening of “Fences” (2016) followed by discussion led by community/ religious leaders. Free. 7 - 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, The Community room, near JC Penney, Southside Mall, Oneonta.

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FAIRY TALE THEATER: The Starstruck Players present “Grimm Scenes: Tales from the Brothers Grimm,” a family-friendly performance. $5 at the door. 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.orpheustheatre.org.

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Montell Marra leads Julie Ruffo of Oneonta, her son Peter, visiting from Shanghai, and grandsons Jonathan and Paul from Dallas through a Cooperstown Escape Room puzzle.

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Cooperstown Escape Room Example Of ‘Puzzling’ National Phenomenon She partnered with ESCAPE/From B1 Orlando-based lighting rooms – Curse of the designer Fraser KerriBambino, The Posgan and began writing sessed Puppeteer, puzzles. “We wanted Lock N’ Roll and, our rooms to be really through mid-Januthematic,” she said. ary, Saving Scrooge “We have a lot of – players must use access to antiques in the clues to solve the Upstate New York, and mystery and “unlock” people can handle all the room before time of it. They’re mesmerruns out. ized.”

William Chen, Each room has a founder of www.esCould a clue be hidden in this, storyline, and with that caperoomtips.com, has the ledger of Scrooge and story in mind, players participated in almost Marley? must solve all the puz200 such venues, and friends in Florida who zles, finding keys that describes than as “a opened one and asked me to unlock boxes containing the real-life team-based puzzle next clue. “You might have game, where you are locked help. I have a background Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.weddings to look around the room for ...or maybe Montell Marra will find Hot Garbage’s stolen concert cash is in a room and have to solve in theater design, and after puzzles together to get out.” I built some props for them, numbers that could open a hidden inside this couch in the Lock N’ Roll room.

I thought I might like doing combination lock,” she said.

Said Montell, “I had want to challenge them, but a hit with baseball families. a bachelor or bachelorette it.”

“We run a video that gives you want them to win.”

“The Bambino room can parties because we can run you your first clue.”

But be warned – she hold up to 20 people,” she several games at once,” won’t make it too easy. “I said. “We got a lot of teams she said. “In one scenario, From that point on, you in there.” the groomsmen played the have 45 minutes to solve the hate playing the fail video, but I will.”

They’ve become a Bambino room and the puzzle, whether it’s finding From her game master destination in themselves. bridal party played Lock 12 Christmas ornaments or position, she can observe “There are escape room enand Roll. They really get saving New York from an the human psyche. “You’ll thusiasts,” she said. “People into it, naming their teams army of evil puppets. “The see someone in there lookwill plan their whole road and dressing up with props.

Possessed Puppeteer was ing completely disengaged, trips around these. We had It’s fun, it becomes part of our first room,” she said. but then suddenly, they’ll one family come in that the wedding spirit.”

“It’s loosely based on the crack a code and you realdid over 200 of these, and And when Saving textile history of Utica.” ize that they’ve just been they had a really good time Scrooge is finished, she is And if you get stuck, thinking,” she said. “That’s here.” even considering writing a Marra and her game masthe most fun part of being a But lately, Marra has seen wedding-themed puzzle. ters are watching, ready to game master. You get to see a real rise in Cooperstown “It’s great for team buildoffer clues. “We try to trick people really bond.”

Escape Rooms as a preing,” she said. “It really puts people, we joke with them, The Escape Rooms wedding destination. people to the test.” it’s a very personalized “It’s the ideal venue for experience,” she said. “You opened last April and were

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And because it’s a more custom gown than some of the others in her store, the bride has more options, including different colors for the lining. “There’s a blue that is just stunning for winter weddings,” she said.

For the venue, there’s no more perfect place than Hyde Hall.

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And although you cannot get married inside the house, the South Lawn, overlooking Otsego Lake, is an ideal place for a summer wedding. “It’s the more spectacular view in Otsego County,” said John Bower, marketing manager.

And the bride will be able to relive a tradition started by Anne Hyde Choate at her wedding in 1907. “You can throw your bouquet off the balcony, just as we have a photo of Anne doing,” he said.

As for the food, the days of jokes about bland British food are long past. “Some of the best restaurants in the world are in London,” said Lucy Townsend, L.M. Townsend Catering, Cooperstown.

“Mini beef wellington croquettes would work as an appetizer, and there are hundreds of English cheddars, so just one of them would be a fun addition to a cheese board.”

And for the main course, savory, hearty meals are key. “Lamb is very popular in England,” she Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.weddings said. “Roasted leg Janet Hurley Quackenbush prepared a of lamb or lamb chicken and waffle in a teacup, while Erica Mileski prepared Bruschetta crosti- chops, with aubergine – eggplant – or nis. But if called upon to perform a royal wedding, Janet is full of ideas for a menu courgette – zucchini. They use fit for a princess.

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“I’ve done Cornish game hens, or a salmon mousse with roasted root veggies and cabbage,” said Janet Hurley Quackenbush, Sunrise Catering, Oneonta. “And wine pairings with the dinner would be really important.”

And because of Markle’s American background, Quackenbush suggested adding an American twist to classic British Fare.

“Instead of, for example, a traditional Yorkshire pudding, do a couscous or a saffron risotto, or

a raspberry mango sauce on the partridge,” she said. “It needs that American spin.”

Beyond wine, gin based cocktails would be good for a signature drink, as would rum, bringing back a taste of the old British colonies. “Or you could go with a lot of different pub ales, English beers on tap,” said Townsend.

“Of course, locally sourcing the foods is the most important thing,” said Quackenbush.

But, Doyle stresses, even those without a royal budget can still have the wedding of their dreams.

“Skipping Starbucks twice a week

means you can save $500 in a year,” she said. “Don’t go to the movies or order pizza as much, and you’ll be surprised by how much you save.”

Dresses at Rainbow’s End start at $700 and range as high as $3,000, with an average price between $900 – $1,500. The dress from her custom line was $1,300.

“You’re going to have those pictures for the rest of your life,” she said. “You don’t want to look back and regret not getting the dress you want. When you start thinking about that, it gets a lot easier to save.”

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Legal nOtice UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC Project No. 2788-017 NOTICE SOLICITING SCOPING COMMENTS (December 20, 2017) Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License b. Project No.: 2788-017 c. Date filed: February 27, 2017 d. Applicant: Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC (Goodyear Lake Hydro) e. Name of Project: Colliersville Hydroelectric Project f. Location: On the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, in the Town of Milford, Otsego County, New York.

The project does not occupy lands of the United States. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. §§ 791 (a)-825(r) h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager; Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300, Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935 6039; kevin. webb@enel.com. i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or emily. carter@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file scoping comments using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://www.ferc. gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www. ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp.

You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).

In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P2788-017.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the

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responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. Project Description The existing Colliersville Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) a dam that includes: a 200 foot long, 35-foothigh, reinforcedconcrete, Ambursen-type dam or spillway structure with a crest elevation of 1,150.22 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); a 50foot-wide concrete headgate structure located on the west side of the river and adjacent to the spillway, forming the closure with the west bank; and an L shaped, 66 foot long, concrete wall with one side along the east side of the spillway and the other side parallel to the axis of the dam, extending approximately 6 to 8 feet above the crest of the dam; (2) a 364 acre reservoir (Goodyear Lake) with a gross storage capacity of 7,800 acre feet at a normal pool elevation of 1,150.22 feet NGVD29; (3) a 550 foot-long reinforced concrete power canal, approximately 50 feet wide and 6 feet deep at the head gates, extending from a head gate structure adjacent to the dam (i.e., the intake) to the powerhouse; (4) a 103-foot-long by 33-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse with trash racks with a clear spacing of 1.5 inches, and containing two turbines rated at 850 horsepower (HP) and 1,150 HP, and two generators having a rated capacity of 650 kilowatts (kW) and 850 kW, respectively; (5) a 300-foot-long and approximately 50- to 60-foot-wide tailrace; (6) three, approximately 80-foot-long, 4.16 kilovolt underground generator leads or transmission lines from the powerhouse to an adjacent substation owned by the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.

Goodyear Lake Hydro operates the project in a run-ofriver mode. The project experiences substantial seasonal and annual variations in generation, and generates an annual average of 5,985 megawatt-hours.

Goodyear Lake Hydro proposes to continue to operate the project in runof-river mode. m. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s website at http:// www.ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to address the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. n. You may also register online at http://www. ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.

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asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. o. Scoping Process The Commission staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Colliersville Hydroelectric Project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.

Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping meetings at this time.

Instead, we are soliciting comments, recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document 1 (SD1) issued December 20, 2017.

Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission’s mailing list. Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the web at http://www. ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link.

Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document.

For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.

1LegalJan.4 Legal nOtice UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC Project No. 2788-017 NOTICE OF APPLICATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND SOLICITING MOTIONS TO INTERVENE AND PROTESTS (December 20, 2017) Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License b. Project No.: 2788-017 c. Date filed: February 27, 2017 d. Applicant: Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC (Goodyear Lake Hydro) e. Name of Project: Colliersville Hydroelectric Project f. Location: On the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, in the Town of Milford, Otsego County, New York.

The project does not occupy lands of the United States. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791 (a) - 825(r) h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager; Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300, Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935 6039; kevin. webb@enel.com.

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i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or emily. carter@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.

Please file motions to intervene and protests using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://www.ferc. gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).

In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P2788-017.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The existing Colliersville Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) a dam that includes: a 200-foot-long, 35 foot-high, reinforced-concrete, Ambursen-type dam or spillway structure with a crest elevation of 1,150.22 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); a 50-foot-wide concrete headgate structure located on the west side of the river and adjacent to the spillway, forming the closure with the west bank; and an L shaped, 66 foot long, concrete wall with one side along the east side of the spillway and the other side parallel to the axis of the dam, extending approximately 6 to 8 feet above the crest of the dam; (2) a 364-acre reservoir (Goodyear Lake) with a gross storage capacity of 7,800 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 1,150.22 feet NGVD29; (3) a 550-foot-long reinforced concrete power canal, approximately 50 feet wide and 6 feet deep at the head gates, extending from a head gate structure adjacent to the dam (i.e., the intake) to the powerhouse; (4) a 103-foot-long by 33-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse with trash racks with a clear spacing of 1.5 inches, and containing two turbines rated at 850 horsepower (HP) and 1,150 HP, and two generators having a rated capacity of 650 kilowatts (kW) and 850 kW, respectively; (5) a 300-foot-long and approximately 50 to 60-foot-wide tailrace; (6) three, approximately 80 foot-long, 4.16

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kilovolt underground generator leads or transmission lines from the powerhouse to an adjacent substation owned by the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.

Goodyear Lake Hydro operates the project in a run-ofriver mode. The project experiences substantial seasonal and annual variations in generation, and generates an annual average of 5,985 megawatt-hours.

Goodyear Lake Hydro proposes to continue to operate the project in runof-river mode. m. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s website at http:// www.ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. n. You may also register online at http://www. ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription. asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 C.F.R. §§ 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular application.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title “PROTEST” or “MOTION TO INTERVENE;” (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 C.F.R. § 385.2001 through 385.2005.

Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant.

A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular application. p. Updated procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule.

Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Scoping Document for comments December 2017

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February 2018 Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) April 2018 Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis May 2018 Commission issues EA or draft EA November 2018 Comments on EA or draft EA December 2018 Commission issues final EA (If draft EA Issued) March 2019 Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.

1LegalJan.4 Legal nOtice notice to bidders Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on January 25, 2018 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 WOLF RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 1CM, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www. bidx.com).

A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid.

NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/ doing-business/opportunities/constnotices Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder.

Amendment may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

Contact Robert Kitchen (518) 4572124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where sub-contracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to, D/W/ MBEs. The Contractor must comply with the Regulation relative to nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the USDOT 49 CFR 21.

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BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 D263620, PIN 9M10.18, F.A. Proj. Z2339M10-183, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan & Tioga Cos., Wash 392 Bridges & Seal 77 Bridges at Various Locations, Bid Deposit $150,000.00., NO PLANS. Goals: DBE 3% 2LegalJan.4 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of SOUTHERN TIER CONNECT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Hinman Howard & Kattell LLP, Attn: Christopher L. Roma, Esq., 80 Exchange St., Binghamton, NY 13901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalFeb.1 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of MEULENBERG HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/19/2017.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2518 County Hwy 35, Schenevus, NY 12155, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalFeb.1 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Mp Rentals, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/13/17.

Office: Ulster Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Legalinc Corp Srvcs . 1967 Wehrle Dr #1-086 Buffalo, NY 14221 General Purpose 6LegalFeb.1 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of CC&S LAND HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/13/2017.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail to 333 County Hwy 2, Mt. Upton, NY 13809, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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6LegalJan.25 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of NAP 58 MAPLE STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/14/17.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 19-43 77th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11370.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalJan.25 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Chestnut Np, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/29/17.

Office: Ulster Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Legalinc Corp Svcs 1967 Wehrle Dr #1-086 Buffalo, NY 14221 General Purpose 6LegalJan.25 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Sweet Sweat Fleet, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/21/17.

Office: Ulster Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Henning Grentz 67 Old County Rd 1 Kingston, NY 12401 General Purpose 6LegalJan.25 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of HINMAN HOLLOW, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/08/17.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Meagan O’Brien, 1202 County Highway 45, Milford, NY 13807.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalJan.18 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME: King Kuupa LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (SSNY) on 08/22/2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 1740 State Highway 7, Unadilla, NY 13849.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

6LegalJan.18 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: OAKVIEW

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LODGE, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/29/2017.

Office Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 182 Toy Farm Road, Hartwick, NY 13348 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalJan.18 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of WOODWARD LAKE PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/01/17.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Bob Lesperence, 297 River St, Ste 3, Oneonta, NY 13820, which also serves as the registered agent address.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalJan.18 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Livingston Rentals & Management LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/30/17.

Office: Ulster Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 95 Canal St Ellenville, NY 12428 General Purpose 6LegalJan.11 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Sawtooth Shelf System LLC Articles of Org. filed N.Y. Sec. of State (SSNY) 09/28/17 Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and ssny shall mail copy of process to U.S. Corporation Agenst Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11228 Purpose: Any lawfull activity 6LegalJan.4 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of GRIA HOLDINGS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

Princ. office of LLC: 26 Myrtle Ave., Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Helen was born July 19, 1927, to Charles and Helen E. M. (Korinek) Chetner in Lodi Township, N.J. In 1944, Helen, her parents and brother Charlie moved to a farm on Christian Hill, near Cooperstown.

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

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He was predeceased by his brother Charles (Dick) Bostwick (Shirley) and his sister Hazel Bostwick Gollegly. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6 at Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

Visitation will be immediately followed by a service officiated by the Rev. Sylvia Barrett, pastor of the Milford United Methodist Church, including a Fireman’s Service by members of the Hartwick Fire Company.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Hartwick Fire Company No. 2, 4877 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or to the Hartwick Emergency Squad, PO Box 208, Hartwick, NY 13348.

Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Service.

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Helen graduated from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1945, and in 1948 moved to Long Island, where she worked as a supervisor for New York Telephone, based in New York City.

In 1982, she moved back to Cooperstown to care for her parents while she continued to work for New York Telephone in Utica. Helen retired from New York Telephone in 1983.

An active member of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church, Helen served on the Altar Guild, as a lector, as a leader of the Rosary, a member of the Faith Enrichment Group, a member of the Liturgy Committee, and a member of the Marian Prayer Group.

She was a Lay Carmelite in the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Helen is survived by her sister-in-law Catherine Chetner; niece Ann and husband Eric Kummer; nephews and wives James and Debbi Chetner, Michael & Laura Chetner, John & Karen Chetner; great nephews and nieces, several cousins and special friends.

Helen was predeceased by her good friend and companion of many years Arletta Kortz, and her brother Charlie.

Calling hours will be 4-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, Cooperstown. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan 6., at St. Mary’s in Cooperstown, with Father John P. Rosson officiating. Burial in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Index, will be in the spring.

Arrangements are entrusted to Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.

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COOPERSTOWN – Helen F. Chetner, 90, a New York Telephone Co. retiree who was very active in St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” parish, peacefully left her family and friends on Dec. 26, 2017.

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Helen P. Chetner, 90; NY Tel Retiree

he trained as a tool maker.

Better known as “Sparky” to co-workers, he retired in 2007 after 42 years.

Jerry was an active volunteer firefighter for over 50 years and for much of that time was certified as an EMT. Serving first in Ilion and later in Richfield Springs and Schuyler Lake, he spent the last 10 years with Hartwick Co. 2 in Hartwick Seminary. Jerry had many interests, but his association with his brother and sister volunteers was central to his life. He was proud to serve, proud of them, and grateful to be a part of their service to their community.

Jerry is survived by his wife Janet (Smith) and their children — son Emery J. Kane (Stephanie), granddaughters Sarai and Emily of Milford; son Clayton B. Kane (Miriam), grandson Charles of Bath, Maine, and daughter Carrie L. Kane of

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Paul Lambert, center, on receiving the Clark Sports Center Fetterman Award for service to youth in 2010.

COOPERSTOWN – Gerald Donald “Jerry” Starks, 72, an active EMT for more than a half-century, passed away at his home Dec. 19, 2017, with his family by his side.

He was born on Jan. 29, 1945, in Endicott to Donald A. and Vivian M. (Williamson) Starks. Jerry grew up in Ilion, and described his childhood as idyllic, complete with a paper route.

He had numerous stories about friends, neighbors, and the locales of Russell Park, the marina, and airport, as well as listening to the trains that passed through in the night. He walked to school, church, and later work from the family home on Otsego Street.

Jerry graduated from Ilion High School in 1963, spent time at Syracuse University, and then went on to a career at Dupont Remington Arms where

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Wednesday, Dec. 27, at Bassett Hospital, also served as principal and, later, Clark Foundation Scholarship Program director. He was also a coach and well-respected community member.

A loving and supportive husband, father, and grandfather, he was 87.

A complete obituary will be forthcoming.

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

Gerald D. ‘Jerry’ Starks, 72; EMT Locally For Half-Century

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Calling Hours Set For Paul J. Lambert, 87; Past CCS Superintendent, Clark Executive COOPERSTOWN – Funeral arrangements have been announced for former Cooperstown Central Superintendent of Schools Paul J. Lambert.

Calling hours will be 3-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home. The funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church in Cooperstown.

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