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“I’m so excited,” said Hanna Bergene, on being nominated Thursday, Jan. 21, for a seat on the Cooperstown Village Board. Trustee Cindy Falk, the deputy mayor, is also running again. Details at

f not for Derek Jeter and his Classmates of 2020, this would have been another sparse summer

for baseball in Cooperstown. For the first time since 2013, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected none of the 25 Hall of Fame candidates above 75 percent, leaving the class of 2021 at zero. Hall of Fame President Tim Mead announced results pf BBWAA

balloting Tuesday, Jan. 26 – for the first time, broadcast from the Hall of Plaques at 22 Main St. He said he’s confident that the ceremony will take place on July 25, saying that there is a lot of “diligent” work happening “behind the scenes.” of Fame President Tim Please See INDUCTEES, A6 Hall Mead breaks the news.

ANDEMIC TAKES DOWN FLY CREEK CIDER MILL Cleaning up the sparser offerings at Fly Creek Cider Mill Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 26, are, from left, Caralee Elson, Mount Vision, cofounder Barbara Michaels, Lin Molloy, Springfield, and President Bill Michaels. Elson and Molloy are long-tenured employees at the attraction, which will close at least temporarily on Sunday, Jan. 31. Business dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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he numbers told Bill Michaels it was time. “I learned a lot going through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program,” said the Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard president. “One of them was knowing your numbers.

I spent a lot of time looking at them throughout the pandemic.” In 2020, “our customer visitation was down all year. Then, after the holidays, it just stopped, to the

point it was not sustainable.” said Michaels, whose family announced Wednesday, Jan. 20, they would close the regional tourist attraction, perhaps forever. Sunday, Jan. 31, it will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. That’s it. The decision set off a near panic, with loyal customers lined up, 6-feet apart, per social-distancing guidelines, waiting up to an hour Saturday and Sunday for perhaps a final taste of a favorite Cider Mill goodie.

Some 300 Internet orders came pouring in, Bill said. “We’re grateful for the online support and had a wonderful online season,” he added. “However, there are costs associated with operating online stores, as with brick-and-mortar stores.” By early this week, many favorites had disappeared, but not all. “We have plenty of cider left, plenty of doughnuts, plenty of extra sharp cheddar,” Michaels said. Please See CIDER, A7

Winter Carnival Will Go On, Precautions Working The System, Getting The Shot With COVID-19“Around the World” theme LIFE IN TIME OF COVID-19

had my first COVID-19 vaccination Sunday, Jan. 26. To get an appointment, I went through all the protocols and algorithms that I discussed previously in this column. I was able to find an appointment Sunday in Plattsburgh. A day later I found an appointment for Utica on Feb. 3 and canceled the Plattsburgh appointment and then I kept looking RICHARD STERNBERG for something closer and sooner.

Lucky for me, some close friends were also going through the various procedures and last Friday, Jan. 24, they found Kinney Drugs in Richfield Springs was scheduling appointments for the next two days; this past weekend. They had just scheduled theirs and immediately called me and told me about it. I went online, followed the proPlease See STERNBERG, A6

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his year, the Cooperstown Winter Carnival’s theme is “Around the World, but Safe at Home.” Scheduled Feb. 16-21, a couple of weeks later than usual, the carnival’s

was intentionally broad to allow for more participation, according to Committee Chair Molly Myers. And, because of COVID19, it sought to reflect the need to stay safe. In past years, all events were held in-person; precautions are being taken this year. Please See CARNIVAL, A6

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ith thanks, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Monday, Jan. 25, announced the resignation of Deputy Village Clerk Pat Winsor, former longtime Milford village clerk, at the Village Board meeting. “She came out of retirement to help us out and we were really glad that she did,” Tillapaugh said. Tillapaugh said Winsor would receive a gift from the Village of Cooperstown “in recognition of her dedicated service.” Five candidates were interviewed by Village Clerk

Jenna Utter and Trustee Joe Membrino. “They were all, shall I say, very good candidates, so this was actually kind of a hard decision,” Tillapaugh said. That said, “one really sort of stood out,” Andrea

Vazquez, Tillapaugh added. “She already worked parttime at it and had expertise as a registrar and was a notary, et cetera, so she was very familiar with the operations of a municipal township and village.”

Cooperstown Central School inducted five new members to the CCS National Honor Society, recognizing these students for their scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Honored at today’s ceremony were Mikael Foutch-Carkees, Juliet Cunnington, Maya Stevens, Henry Wager, and Brayden White. DEANS LIST: On the Fall 2020 Dean’s List for Washburn University, Kans. is Samantha Jasso of Richfield Springs. ON President List: These students were named to the President’s List at SUNY Canton for the fall 2020 semester: Danielle J. Conway, Gilbertsville; Brittany George, Mount Upton; Katherine DeThomas, Oneonta; Jordan B. Nelson and Morgan R. Randall, both of Richfield Springs; Roselli Ortiz, Sidney.

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ven as a boy growing up in Antrim, N.H., young Bob Brzozowski befriended his elderly neighbors, entranced by stories they told about the good ole days in their rural community. When, age 9, he got a stamp collection book for Christmas, it piqued his interest in the larger world, from emerging African nations to Great Britain’s islands in the Atlantic and Pacific. A broadening world view and the interest in everyday people have guided him, he’ll tell you, in 17 years at the helm of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, six as president and 11 as executive director. “People’s everyday lives are At GOHS, history,” he said in an interview after Brzozowski was announcing last week that he will also elected to Common Council. retired on Monday, Jan. 31. Plese See GOHS, A7

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Bob Brzozowski shows off one of the Oneonta History Center’s treasures not commonly available to the general public: Sherman Fairchild’s boyhood car. That his parents, Congressman George and Josephine Fairchild, could commission such a gift for their son, signals the future IBM chairman’s wealth by 1910, Brzozowski said. Sherman went on to found Fortune 500 Fairchild Industries.

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(Frankenstein), she gives birth to a monster,” the IMDb page reads. Shudder describes itself as “a subscription service for the horror, thriller and suspense genres.” Alix Wilton Regan stars in the film as Shelley alongside Giullian Yao Gioiello, Philippe Bowgen and a host of Cooperstown talent. Local cast members include Jen Vos Please See SHUDDER, A7

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xplore exhibit ‘Highlights of American Folk Art’ with manager of Arts Education Kevin Gray. Virtual Zoom tour includes looks at 19th century portraits, crafts, with works from artists like Anna Mary Robertson (“Grandma” Moses), Edward Hicks, and others. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3. 607-547-1400 or visit fenimoreart.org • Tune in for game show formatted open house with LARISSA the the Toastmasters RYAN of Oneonta. The theme will be ‘To Tell The Truth’ -- the audience will have to guess which of the contestants actually had an amazing adventure. Presented by the Oneonta Toastmasters. 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. Visit facebook. com/OneontaToastmaster/ for info. • Discover the world of Mark Twain with master storyteller Jonathan Kruk. Features Kruk reading from some of Twain’s most popular stories and bringing them to life. Great program for upper elementary students through adults. Presented by Arkell Museum, Canajoharie. 2 p.m, Thursday, Jan. 28. 518-673-2314 or visit arkellmuseum. org/events-calendar • Order oranges and grapefruits from from the 27th annual citrus sale to support missions by the First United Methodist Church of Oneonta. Order by Tuesday Feb. 2 for pick-up Feb. 18 & 19. 607-432-4102 ext. 102 or visit firstumc-oneonta.org

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he passing of the great Hank on the Saturday of Induction Weekend, Aaron last Friday, Jan. 22, at age when 5,000 fans line the route between 86, emphasized the death threats the fire hall and Hall of Fame. the future Hall of Famer received as he Sure, there’s lots of cheering for neared breaking Babe Ruth’s home run every Legend who parades down record on April 8, 1974. Main Street in order of seniority. Death threats? Contemptible. But Say you’re standing by the there’s a better perspective on Aaron’s Cooperstown Diner in recent years, 715th home run that broke Babe’s mark early in the cavalcade, and a roar at a Braves’ home game in Atlanta. breaks out to beat all roars. “A black man is getting a standing And there he comes, around the The Freeman’s Journal corner by Mel’s, on the back of a ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol,” The great Hank Aaron, and wife Kevin’s Ford pickup truck, with elBillye, about to round the corner at Vin Scully, Los Angeles Dodgers’ egant wife Billye seated beside him: Mel’s in the 2019 Parade of Legends. The great Hank Aaron, welcomed announcer, declared that night. “What a marvelous moment for by the greatest cheer, the First Hero today about a black athlete breaking a baseball. What a marvelous moment among the Heroes of the Game. record – it’s more than routine. for Atlanta and the State of Georgia. Every year, who isn’t saying, what a Today, Hank Aaron can be appreciWhat a marvelous moment for the marvelous moment for Cooperstown? ated simply as a great ballplayer and, country and the world.” overcoming adversity as he did, a great What a marvelous moment for the And it was, and it is. country and the world? American. That’s called progress. Even better, today, 46 years later, We’ll miss that roar this year. But In Cooperstown, the baseball capital of two generations have grown up since the memory of that great American Otsego County and the world, that is rein1974, and there’s nothing exceptional will live. That’s called progress. forced each year at the Parade of Legends

he idea was to bring fans to Cooperstown. What about taking Cooperstown to the fans? In the Age of COVID, the second sentence is a more intriguing one. And it played out this week with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s annual announcement of the Induction Class of 2021. While it turned out there was no one to announce this

year, the MLB Network spent the afternoon transmitting the Hall’s various exhibits and attractions to a national audience. The last few years, Hall of Fame presidents, first Jeff Idelson and, lately, Tim Mead, have been announcing classes from a sterile studio in Secaucus, N.J. How much more of an impact comes from staging the event in the cathedralPlease See EDITORIAL, A5

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Boy’s Message In Bottle: Let’s Think Differently To the Editor: I have always considered myself a logical thinker and have tried to teach my children to be realistic: Pay your bills on time, keep your things tidy, go to bed on time, eat healthy and above all show respect to others. I have been known to be a bit overbearing, and I am certain my husband and children can attest to that. When I was younger, I prided myself of on being tough and worked hard to make sure my peers saw me as such. I grew up with a hard-working father, who labored to make a living. My father was uneducated – as the dictionary states, unschooled – vulgar (often) and simple. However, his

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perseverance and motivation inspired my work ethic and has kept me strong even during the greatest challenges in my life. My mother, different than my father, was created purely on kindness, patience and understanding. She too understood the value of hard work, but never pursued more than she felt necessary to remain happy. Thankfully, I managed to adopt kindness as a personality trait from my mother; admittedly, I have had to work to acquire patience and understanding. Growing up, I don’t recall ever being a very vivacious thinker or someone who veered from the convenPlease See BOTTLE, A5

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efore the advent of COVID-19, basket loaded with to celebrate our 44th wedding chips, cheese, crackanniversary, Alice and I drove ers, Ferrero Rocher down to Key West, and were lucky chocolates and a enough to get a room at The Grand bottle of Cabernet Guest House in Old Town. Sauvignon wine. It’s a great place if you like to share There was even a breakfast table with fellow tourists. a card that read This time during our brief stay we met Happy Anniversary! a couple from Brussels, three people Compliments of the House. from Germany and an ex prize fighter TERRY named Joe from New Jersey. The next day we BERKSON People seem to be at their best when took an ice bucket traveling, and all were good company and much of what and had interesting life stories to tell. was in the basket to the beach at Fort • Zackery. The swimming there is great John, the Guest House manager, and it’s another place to meet people must have overheard us telling our from all over the world. story because when we returned to Around mid-day, to get out of the our room later in the day we found a sun, we found a picnic table under a

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palm tree at the edge of the beach and began to unpack the basket of goodies we had brought along. Disaster struck when we pulled out the bottle of wine and realized that we had forgotten to bring a corkscrew. I thought of a similar predicament Please See BERKSON, A5

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Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library of samples has been shown to will Otsego County be affected have a “kick” equal to that of the by the recent U.S. Supreme Court “Gather up the fragments that stuff that the breweries used to decision lowering the voting age remain, that nothing be lost.” The turn out before the days of federal to 18 for national elections? When exemplification of this moral is prohibition. According to governthe next general election for federperpetually occurring on the most al offices takes place in November ment chemists the highest alcohol common objects of daily attention. content in the home brew stands at 1972, there will be approximately The very paper on which I am now 3.78. Under the Volstead Act beer 3,160 Otsego County residents in writing, affords me an example. A with an alcoholic content exceedthe 18, 19 and 20-year group, it is little while ago it was clipped off ing 3.50 is banned. The home estimated. They are the ones who from an old garment, a useless rag. brew percentage is about that of are 16, 17 and 18 years old now. Betty would have swept it to the high ale or porter, which prevailed Those who are 19 and 20 at this door. But the industrious rag man in days gone by. In short, federal time will have qualified by 1972. took it up and gave it to the papermachinery apparently is to be set The new voters will be eligible to maker who returned to me the in in motion to make Central New participate in Federal elections for a new form, no less pleasing than York absolutely “bone dry.” president, vice-president, and for useful. My gentle friends, in obeJanuary 26, 1921 members of the Senate and House dience to the Great Master, gather of Representatives, subject only to up the fragments which remain; a 30-day residency requirement. the little piece of cloth which falls Literacy tests are outlawed. The Redskin basketball from your scissors, may become January 27, 1971 quintet of the Cooperstown the means of carrying the light of Central School hit the deck three the knowledge of the Glory of God times last week and ran into strong to far distant and benighted lands. opposition at Sherburne and Gallery 53 at 118 Main Street, January 29, 1821 Oneonta and then lost to Milford Cooperstown, will offer an at home. The trouble began at alternative to the Super Bowl on Sherburne where they lost 40-20 Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Cellar Land Purchase – From 1795 and continued in Oneonta where Stage Theater. Chuck Brodsky to 1838 there were 91 Treaties of Weaverville, North Carolina the score was 39-25. At home between the United States and the will give a live performance of January 30, 1896 against Milford the Redskins Indian Tribes by which the Indian made it close but lost 31-28. groove-oriented acoustic guitar armories and arsenals of the at some length. Dr. Smith of Tribes ceded to the United States, William T. Hyde, well-known playing, and soulful, compassionUnited States. Chenango, a visitor, exhibited a 2,442,699,366 acres of land local resident, announced plans ate lyrics intertwined with January 31, 1846 portion of bone from the humerus for which the United States for reconstruction of the interior wisdom and humor. of a child, and gave a history of stipulated to be paid to them of the former Second National January 28, 1996 the case. The Society adjourned to Bank building at 62 Main Street. therefor since the year 1794, meet at Cooperstown on the third $85,974,053. In the Treaty of Semi-Annual Meeting of the Plans call for the construction of Tuesday in July next. 1818 with the Peorias, the United Otsego County Medical Society six modern offices and a large It’s a story that merits retelling January 26, 1871 waiting room. The space provided States received 6,865,280 acres, – The meeting was held at the – often – and Fred Lemister, one for $6,400, a little over ten acres Otego House in Otego. Dr. E. would be suitable for a large law of the longest-serving members for one cent! But, in the Treaty O’Dell of Unadilla was elected firm or for several smaller firms. of the Emergency Squad of the with the Shawnee tribe, in 1825, President Pro-Tem. Those in atMarking the first move in a Entrance to the building is directly Cooperstown Fire Department, did the United States received 400,000 tendance from Cooperstown were long-anticipated fight to be waged from Main Street. For the past so at the squad’s 40th anniversary acres for $244,005, or a fraction Wilson T. Bassett, T.B. Smith, and by the federal government to ban several years the building has been celebration Saturday, January 22 over five dollars per acre. Yet H. Lathrop. Dr. O’Dell, delegate the art of home brewing of alcooccupied by the Leatherstocking at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of The the average price per acre, of the to the American Medical Associa- hol, the Syracuse Home Brewing Council, Knights of Columbus. Lake” church hall. Joe Carentz, whole 2,442,699,366 acres ceded tion, reported that he had attended Enforcement headquarters has An oil-burning heating system is the squad’s last surviving charter to the United States by the Indian the annual meeting in May 1870 announced that it will seek the to be installed. member, Brian Clancy, Carol Tribes from 1794 to 1838, was and gave a synopsis of the proindictment of a home brew artist January 30, 1946 Affourtit, Mike Welch, Joe Booan, only a mere fraction over three ceedings. Dr. Boden introduced at the February session of the Bruce Maxson, Fire Chief Paul cents per acre. a clinical case which was duly U.S. Grand Jury at Albany. The Bedworth and Police Chief Diana Armament: It is estimated that examined and prescribed for. The recently inaugurated governmenEighteen-Year-Olds Eligible for Nicols were also present. there are at least one million fintal chemistry sub-bureau at New use and indications of the TherNational Voting. To what extent January 27, 2011 ished muskets in the different mometer in disease was discussed York City reports that a first batch

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BERKSON: Forget Corkscrew, Make Friends BERKSON/From A4 that occurred after a reading given by one of my favorite writers, Jim Harrison. The wine was there but there was no conventional way to open it, leaving Harrison, myself and a friend, “toastless.” • Now at the beach, there was an animated crowd of foreigners sitting at a nearby table. We considered moving to a quieter spot but they seemed merry enough to be in possession of a corkscrew. So, I approached them to ask if they had one and they tragically replied, “No.” It turned out they were Mexican tourists who had disembarked from a huge ocean liner that was docked near Mallory Square. Moments later, after consulting his smart phone about ways to open a bottle of wine without a cork screw, one of the Mexicans, who we later learned was called Teddy, approached with a solution. “Do jou hab a knife?” he asked. “Yes,” we responded. “I thing I can open eet. • I pictured pieces of cork floating around in the wine bottle. But Teddy was very capable and using the knife he managed to push the cork into the bottle without getting too much wine on his bathing suit as a crowd of his companions cheered him on. We offered to share the wine, but they refused, telling us to have a good time on what they had learned was our 44th.

Alice and Terry Berkson of Richfield Springs pose with new friends on a 44th anniversary excursion to Key West. In later lingual as well as hand-sign conversation with our south of the border neighbors, we learned that in Mexico it is difficult to get financing for buying an automobile and that, given good grades, higher education in their country is more available and a lot less expensive than in the United States. Teddy took a group photo with his smart phone and somehow transferred it to our phone by way of Air Drop and not e-mail, which was way above my knowledge of internet technology. Back at the Grand we shocked John

the manager by telling him that his bottle of wine had caused an international incident. Then we explained that our having forgotten the corkscrew – that he had remembered to put in the basket – had served to lower the wall between two countries. Terry Berkson, who has an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College, lives on a farm outside Richfield Springs. His articles have appeared in New York magazine, the New York Daily News Sunday Magazine, Automobile and other publications.

EDITORIAL: Can Otsego County Be Beamed To World? EDITORIAL/From A4 like Hall of Plaques, sanctum santorum of America’s Pastime? For years, the announcement was made at this time of year at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Participants had fun, but there was no place for baseball enthusiasts at large. • If, in fact, this catches on, there are possibilities not just for baseball – doing more with the Cooperstown Classic, perhaps – but for all the attractions around here. Why not revive Doubleday Field concerts, fill the venue and broadcast or stream performances nationwide,

for pleasure and profit? (Not Furthur, perhaps; the Bob Dylan and Paul Simon concert were big hits, and relatively sedate.) That Fenimore Museum gala a few years ago, hosted by Peggy Fleming and Dick Button and featuring dancing skaters on simulated ice in the heart of summer. With appropriate marketing, that certainly would have had a broad appeal. Then there’s Glimmerglass Festival operas, the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival – in Oneonta, the Catskill Symphony Orchestra and numerous choruses. The world awaits.

For now, the BBWAA’s announcement is an encouraging start. If Class of 2021 members had actually been announced, the traditional press conference – convened a day later during Waldorf Astoria yesteryears – would have been done immediately after the announcement, via Zoom – much more immediate. As we get more and more used to doing this virtually, promotions will change – they already have. In addition to enticing in-person activities, Cooperstown and Otsego County, with so much to offer, is well positioned to capitalize on this new opportunity as well.

CARD: Kids’ Fresh Eyes Will Open Up Our Own BOTTLE/From A4 tional path, although I wish I had been. As an adult, I have been blessed to have two wonderful children who have taught me and continue to teach me the true meaning of life, albeit challenging for a contentious person like me. I have grown to believe in the value of compromise, patience (a work in progress) and kindness. My children have challenged me to pursue an education in understanding and I am forever indebted to them for this. They are different in many ways and both have traits that I struggle to understand and that I envy. There is a certain art that comes from connecting the dots between different personalities that can be truly inspiring. And isn’t this how conflicting ideas become valuable compromise and criticism becomes constructive: When two differing opinions become a lesson of trust and understanding? This has become my perception and aspiration I desire for my children and all children. As I was putting in yet another load of laundry, my son came to me almost in tears and explained his resistance in sharing his “Personal Declaration of Independence” during his, now normal, online seventhgrade history class. His hesitation, as he explained it, was that he knew his friends would disagree with his writing, which shared his concerns regarding his personal fondness of playing video games, plan for limiting game time and the need for focus on other activities. He said to me that his idea was different than “everyone” else and felt that that made it “wrong.” The very idea that my son,

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INDUCTEES/From A1 Mead’s presentation, which was broadcast live by the MLB Network, also marks the first time an Induction Class has been announced at the Hall of Plaques. For years, it was done at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Lately, HoF presidents, Jeff Idelson and last year Mead, announced the class at MLB Network headquarters in Secaucus, N.J. “It’s special for us to be able to showcase the Plaque Gallery,” said Jon Shestakofsky, the Hall’s vice president/communica-

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CARNIVAL/From A1 Events being planned include a snowman contest, a punch-card contest, where cautious revelers go to participating business to get their cards punched, a medallion hunt, talent show and more. The theme for the essay contest is: “What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?” Surprise tasks will be announced live at 3 p.m. daily throughout the week on Facebook, Instagram and the carnival website at: cooperstownwintercarnival. com as will medallion hunt clues at noon. A number of prizes are also available. According to Myers, Winter Carnival Tasks are intentionally ambiguous to encourage freedom and creativity when participating. Local business and restaurants are encouraged to participate and can inquire about doing so at: cooperstownwintercarnival@gmail. com. Different contests and events have deadlines, so continue to check the schedule as it changes daily. “We are excited and look forward to connect our community in a way that is safe to participate from home,” Myers said. “There is more to come,” Myers said, highlighting the volunteer committee’s efforts to continue to expand the event in the coming weeks ahead of the carnival.

tions, “the most sacred place in all of baseball,” adding, “anytime we can bring Cooperstown to the fans and Cooperstown to the greater baseball world, it’s a great outcome.” Shestakofsky said the broadcast was “months in the making,” and merged from a more general discussion on how the Hall of Fame would cope with COVID-19. On BBWAA balloting, baseball sportswriters are asked to consider the The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA players’ record, playing Jane Forbes Clark presented Cal Ripken with his ability, integrity, sportsman- jersey when the Class of 2007 was announced, ship, character and contribu- then at the Waldorf Astoria. tions to their teams. Curt Schilling leads the balloting at 71.1 percent

with Barry Bond, Roger Clemens and Scott Rolen trailing behind at 61.8, 61.1 and 52.9 percent respectively. Schilling, Bond and Clemens, despite outstanding records, were tainted in the steroids scandals of a decade ago. Eight players did not receive the 5-percent vote necessary to remain on the ballot and the most variation between last year’s and this year’s ballot happened in the middle of the pack. Of the 25 candidates included on this year’s ballot, 11 were new this year and 14 were holdovers.

Schilling was in his ninth of 10 chances at winning a plaque. But it circulated that the BBWAA had asked he be removed from the 2022 ballot for tweeting minutes after the results: “Former players will be the ultimate judge, as it should be. I won’t allow a group of morally bankrupt frauds another year to lie about my life.” In addition to Jeter, the famous Yankee who was elected in 2020 in his first year of eligibility, the 2021 Induction would honor Larry Walker and Ted Simons, and Marvin Miller posthumously.

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STERNBERG/From A1 tocols, and filled out forms. I put in a request for an appointment for Saturday, and up popped my appointment, assigned to Sunday. I have no complaints. In fact, that system worked better than the state system inasmuch as it asked you when you wanted an appointment but, regardless, apparently gave you the next available. If the appointment you asked for was already taken by the time your request went in, you’d still get one without having to reenter all that information. Unfortunately, the state Department of Health’s online registration requires you to put in a great deal of information, then you pick the time from what you saw earlier in the process, and if the appointment that was in that spot had already been taken by somebody else while you were doing the application, you have to go all the way back into the beginning to try and find next available appointment. Somebody needs to fix their software. • This is where the unfairness of the system

comes in. I am trying to help some of my (more) elderly friends get appointments. For a few days I could get appointments in April, which seem too far away for them, but I suggested they take them and continue to look for earlier ones. One couple felt the location I found was too far to drive. Another couple, that something else would come up sooner. They are still waiting for something to open up in Cooperstown, to try and schedule that. The problem with all of this is that you have to be both computer literate and computer savvy. You have to have an Internet connection, which is something that many people in our community don’t have. You have to have a great deal of patience because when you try and schedule an appointment to see what’s available, frequently by the time you finish the request it’s gone. Many of my elderly friends still do not have appointments because they do not know how to use the system. I offered to help but that requires giving me the medical information to put on the forms and I can

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Much Done, But Much Remains To Do, Retiring GOHS Executive Says GOHS/From A3 Graduating from St. Anselm’s College, he joined the Peace Corps in Brazil, but bristled when a boss told him, “My goal is to have a television set in every household.” That was the last thing the farmers he was advising needed, he said. After a carpentry stint back in New Hampshire – he also worked on George McGovern’s campaign, driving Shirley McLaine to a political event – he pursued an advanced degree at the University of the Americas in San Andrés Cholula, near Puebla, Mexico. Naturally, his thesis dealt with the challenges of regular folks: In this case, how a local Aztec tribe, the Nauhas, was adapting to Mexico’s modernization. That interest in the broader world took him next to Milwaukee, where he spent 16 years as associate director of Marquette University’s international programs, before assuming a similar role at SUNY Oneonta in 1996. Even serving later as director of client services at Prof. John Clemens’ Leadership Institute at Hartwick College – adapting leadership skills from the Classics to modern life – served his interest in what makes people tick. In Wisconsin, he also conducted tours for Historic Milwaukee Inc. and was active in the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance. Arriving in Oneonta, the Upper Susquehanna Historical Society was in disarray, he was discouraged

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from getting involved. That changed when the GOHS emerged and Sally Mullen took charge. In 2002, the historical society bought three-story brick 183 Main St., today’s history center. Mullen, who by reputation was hard to refuse, sought out Brzozowski and drafted him onto the board in February 2003. He was unaware she was fighting terminal cancer. But when she entered Hospice in October, she again drafted the new board member – as her successor. Jim Kevlin/ OTSEGO.life She passed away on Jan. 8, Bob Brzozwoski leans over to examine a portrait of a young Oneontan, 2004. Otto McCrumb, which was donated to the GOHS recently by The Fenimore Finishing 183 Main has Art Museum been the centerpiece of the west. photo of Oneonta,” to complete five murals on Brzozowski’s tenure. With a grant from the late Brzozowski said. “It was the History Center’s Dietz By Sally Mullen’s Assemblyman Bill Magee, fun to watch people pick Street wall memorializing passing, lead and asbestos D-Nelson, attention turned out their homes, or share all the businesses that were removed. The chalto the second floor, and how memories of buildings that occupied 183 Main. lenge was “the adaptive to keep it from collapsing are no longer there.” All this was accomreuse of the oldest brick into the first floor as the Oneontans were plished with a $65,000 building on Main Street.” Sally Mullen Community reminded of the great Collis annual budget – most of that With guidance from pres- Research Center, now Huntington, a store clerk salaries – and no full-time ervation architects Crawford almost complete, was drawn to California by employees. & Stearns, Syracuse, the installed there. the 1849 Gold Rush, who “He was standing on the first floor became an exhibiFinally, on Sept. 21, became one of that state’s shoulders of Sally Mullen tion and lecture space, and 2017, state Sen. Jim Seward, Big Four, responsible and others, but his hard a gift shop. Renovations R-Milford, now retired, for linking the first transwork, his commitment revealed the tile floor, sponsored a $250,000 state continental railroad to the society and history tin ceiling and lead glass grant to complete renovaPromontory Point, Utah, center made it what it is,” windows. tions of the third-floor ballon May 10, 1869. said former GOHS president There were expensive room, a piece Brzozowski And of the great Carleton Janet Potter, who succeed surprises. Architect Randy has been developing for Watkins, who went West as Brzozowski when he was Crawford “claims he’s the his successor, due to be well, crafting photographs appointed executive director only person who crawled announced in the next week. and paved the way for Ansel in 2009. in the crawl space” under A lot more has happened: Adams. “He’s persistent,” she the roof. He discovered almost monthly programs And the collaboration said. “He chips away at there was no firewall – and quarterly exhibits. “My of Oneonta artist Carol things until they get done.” since installed – between favorite was a simple one: Mandigo and Hamden Former president Corinne 183 Main and its twin to the 28-foot-long panoramic muralist Frank Anthony, Bresee said “it was a plea-

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Hyde Hall Hosts Movie To Shudder About SHUDDER/From A3 and Joelle Lachance. Vos, a curatorial administration student at the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, has made a few small screen appearances prior to her debut in the short. “My partner is in the film industry and I participated in some amateur student films,” Vos said. She was originally approached by Hyde Hall’s marketing manager, John Henry Aborn, who had conducted tours at Hyde Hall. “From leading tours to watching the transformation for the film, it was magical to see the building come to life,” Vos said. Lachance, raised in Fly Creek, is a professional opera singer who found herself at home in November 2018. She responded to an ad looking for local talent for the film and she was selected. “I had done everything on a stage you could think of: operas, operettas, and musicals,” she said, “but I had never tried film.” Lachance was initially drawn to the project by a “deep love” of Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” “I read the novel in high school and was so drawn to it,” Lachance said. “Shelley was struggling to be taken seriously as an author at that time in her life and had just suffered a miscarriage – she was trying to create life from death,”

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sure and honor to work with him and learn from him.” The current president, John Pontius, was on the board with Brzozowski in the early days, left to complete his career at Albany’s Excelsior College, then rejoined the board after his return. “When I returned, it was an all-new organization,” he said. “…Bob was the driving force.” While he’s retiring, the GOHS mainstay isn’t done. A former city councilman, he plans to refocus on “saving the Oneonta Theatre,” the former vaudeville house on Chestnut Street. Also, he hopes to work with the “sh-PO,” the state History Preservation Office, in expanding the downtown National Historic District that Sally Mullen (and Cooperstown historic preservationist Jessie Ravage) helped create in the 1990s. And, third, he plans to begin nudging City Hall toward a landmarks commission that would seek to preserve Oneonta’s truly historic buildings. He also wonders whether the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, the largest and by far the most active in Otsego County, will be called upon to play a larger role in preserving and celebrating the county’s history. “It’s probably something we should be thinking about,” he said, “and be open to at least exploring the possibility that there would be a need for an organization that has a broad mission.”

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CIDER/From A1 Cheryl Kondrick, the Cider Mill’s ace fudge-maker, has been flat out for four days, “but we’ll probably be running out of fudge.” A waiting period will follow. “We’re going to take the next three months to reassess the situation,” Michaels continued, “to make some hard choices, reevaluate our position, and go from there.” The family – himself, and dad and mom, Charlie and Barbara, who opened the property for a two-month Friends cavort on the front steps as they arrive at Hyde Hall in “A Nightmare Wakes,” but the mood of “A Nightmare Wakes,” to be streamed cider-making season in Feb. 4 on shudder.com, soon turns dark. 1962, and expanded from there – may then reopen, if a theme Lachance says tion to represent the film.” balcony on the topmost Otsego County’s summer the film does well to pay “When we set about bedroom – that unfortueconomy is rebounding. making ‘A Nightmare “homage” to. nately couldn’t be fit into While the family hasn’t “The film is not your Wakes,’ we knew the success the film - that I remember ruled out seeking a buyer, it traditional jump-scare horror, was hinged upon the right stepping onto that first hasn’t explored that option it is a dark, historical thriller location,” said director Unkel. rainy day and seeing the yet, the son said, adding, that keeps elements of gothic “We looked high and misty lake spread across my “We’ve had no feelers from low around New York but it view,” Unkel continued. romance as well,” Lachance buyers yet.” said. “It’s a neat take people wasn’t until we drove up the “I loved the feeling of Since 1856, a series of might not know.” lake-side drive on a rainy spectral eyes on us as we owners had used the same Both Vos and Lachance gray day and saw the front worked, ensuring our utmost Boomer & Boschert wateragree Hyde Hall was an door of Hyde Hall that we respect and care...I only run hydraulic press and ideal location. knew this film had a real hope that the film does grinder to turn local farmers’ “The area is breathshot,” she said. some amount of justice to apples into sweet cider. taking – cute and “Odd coincidences started showcase the incredible, The cider mill closed in quaint,” Lachance said. to occur,” she continued. impeccable, and infinitely the mid-1950s, but Charlie “Cooperstown and the “Almost every object and detailed work that the Hyde and Barbara bought the surrounding area has a lot piece of furniture displayed Hall folks have put into property, and renovated the to offer – in terms of local in the house was to our era.” that gorgeous home and former mill owner’s home. talent as well – and I think “We needed a chapel and museum,” Unkel concluded. In the 1960s, intrigued by should be considered for there was a chapel inside The gothic period piece cider making, they began future productions.” the house itself and weirder was filmed from September planting apple trees, and Vos added, “I no longer still, there was an original to October 2018 at Hyde pressing and selling their live in the area, but I revisit portrait of one of our main Hall and takes advantage own cider. Cooperstown and Hyde Hall characters, Lord Byron, in of period lighting, among Over the years, a modern in watching the film.” the study. It was meant to other architectural attributes, old-fashioned country store “It’s such a beautiful be. There was no question, alongside the “regency grew up around the cider place,” she continued. from the moment we laid attire” that Vos loved so press, selling everything “They picked a great locaeyes on it, to the final big much. from apple pies to jars hug we got from Jon Maney, The film had its world of habanero garlic, from this was our location,” she premiere at the Salem barbecue sauce to pickles. continued. Horror Fest in October of The cider mill has been “The dining room takes last year and will be availhome to many charitable my breath away every time able on Shudder within the events, from the fall I walk in and when it’s next few weeks. Cider Run to benefit the completely lit up; there’s Shudder is an “American Susquehanna SPCA to the nothing like it. I love the over-the-top subscription “Big Squeeze” Weekend to artwork around the house, video on demand service promote Bassett Hospital’s making me feel like I’m owned and operated by 607-432-2022 breast-cancer awareness AMC Networks,” according actually stepping into 22-26 Watkins Avenue, Oneonta effort. history itself. I love the to Wikipedia. Monday through Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm Closing the mill will

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have an effect beyond the Michaels family. It employs a half-dozen people during the off-season, and 35 fulland part-time during the summer, Bill said. The attraction has drawn some 165,000 patrons a year, so the closing “could have a huge impact,” said Otsego Town Supervisor Meg Kiernan. While some neighbors may be happy with the drop in traffic, “the Fly Creek General Store gets a lot of people stopping in.” Plus, the fun of the place will be missing. “Local people just like to go down with their children to see the ducks. The fall festivals – they’re a huge hit.” While the facility pays property tax, the greatest impact will probably be on sales-tax collections, which are distributed to the county, then to the localities. But COVID-19 just keeps on coming. “We’ve survived floods. We’ve survived hurricanes, tropical storms, the 2002 recession, the 2009 recession,” said Bill Michaels. “We just couldn’t survive this pandemic.”

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Free, registration for Zoom conference required. Presented by The Cornell Cooperative Extension. 518-234-4303 x120. WATERSHED WEBINAR – 3:30 p.m. Informational webinar about the Chesapeake Bay Headwaters Educational Ecosystem, a new program by OCCA aimed at increasing student understanding of local watersheds, ecosystem functions, and issues that impact them. Free, registration for Zoom required. Presented by Otsego County Conservation Association. 607-547-4488.

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THURSDAY, January 28, 2021

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-9

IN MEMORIAM

Frank Siwiec, 89 Sept. 2, 1931 - Jan. 24, 2021

ONEONTA – Frank Siwiec Marine sergeant during the passed away peacefully on Korean War. Jan. 24, 2021, at The Plains, He attended Adelphi College Oneonta. from 1953 to 1957 and got a He was born Sept. 2, 1931, degree in Bachelor of Arts. He in Glen Cove, Long Island, the worked 35 years and retired son of Frank and from the State of Viola Siwiec. New York. He was He is survived an employment by seven children manager and retired and their spouses, in 1989. Steven Siwiec (ElizaHe moved to beth) of Denmark, Richmondville and Susan Biederman lived there with his (David) of Florida, first wife, Ingrid, Stacie Ambrose for 10 years. She Frank (John) of Virginia, predeceased him in Siwiec Lesley Bidwell the year 2000 and (Philip) of Laurens, Michael he then moved to Oneonta. Stich of Florida, Kevin Stich In 2002, he married Judith (Christy) of Texas, Kristoffer Beilby of Richmondville. AfBeilby (Danyelle) of Endicott; ter 15 years they moved to a 19 grandchildren; 9 greatPatio Home in The Plains. grandchildren; brother-in-law, He was a jovial person, alGary Frey (Marie). ways telling jokes and stories Frank was a United States to the grandchildren.

He was a 3-G man – his hobbies were gaming, gardening and golf. He was an avid golfer and made many friends on the golf course. As a recent pastime, he took up writing books. He currently has 3 novels on Amazon: “Trick or Treat,” “Profit or Punishment” and “Silver Spurs.” After retirement he and Judy traveled to Europe and throughout the United States, this he enjoyed greatly. He will be missed by all. A graveside service will take place at a later date at the Veterans’ Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton, NY. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to, www.lhpfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are with Oneonta’s only family owned funeral home, Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono at 51 Dietz St.

Margaret E. Ann O’Hara May 24, 1920 - Nov. 28, 2020

OTEGO – Margaret E. Ann productions at Unatego Central O’Hara passed away peacefully School and a few local theater Nov. 28, 2020, after living a groups. long, healthy and wonderful life. Margaret met the love of her She was born in New life, Thomas Patrick O’Hara of Haven, Conn., on May 24, Otego, and they were married 1920, on the heels in 1943 just before of the Spanish Flu his deployment in pandemic. Her World War II. family moved to They had three Oneonta when she sons, Thomas, Timowas young. Her parthy and Terrance ents supported and and moved to a encouraged her love farmhouse on Briar of dance and music Creek Road, Otego and at the age of 14 in 1962. Margaret E. she became a very Along with raising Ann O’Hara her sons, with her well-known dance instructor throughlove of nature, she out the area. raised two orphaned fawns, Margaret owned two differnursing them with bottles in ent dance studios in Oneonta, the living room until they were teaching ballet, tap and jazz able to live on their own. It for many years. After her was not uncommon to see retirement, she found herself chickadees and butterflies assisting with the theatrical landing on her finger for a rsar y Our 132nd annive

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treat, or hummingbirds flying by to say hello and letting her know she needed to refill their feeder. She always had a dog at her side and sometimes would take in a stray cat. There was always a huge vegetable garden and hollyhocks adorning the farm. For many years, Margaret and Tom grew hundreds of gladiolus and people came from miles around just to buy a bouquet from their roadside stand. She was known to her friends as Peg, or Peggy, and she often shared many fun adventures and photos that she loved to reflect upon – trips to Florida, time spent on their motor boat and the many parties and picnics they hosted at their homes in Oneonta and Otego. To her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, she was known as Mimi, and she loved to teach and share with them the important things in life: how to dance, how to play the piano and appreciate music, how to tell a good joke, how to lose and how to win at several card and board games, how to enjoy and appreciate nature, and most of all how to smile and enjoy life. To her many nieces and nephews, Aunt Peg loved to be around them and watch them grow up and eventually share a rye and Coke with them. Most everyone in the family has something from her that she fondly made for them, whether it be a knit hat, mittens or blanket, crochet Christmas Angel or ornament, painting, stuffed doll or animal – she was always making something creative with her hands. While the family is sad about her passing, we are blessed to have had her in our lives for so long. She was what one would call a “real character”, quick with her witty responses and a smile. She taught us to enjoy our time here on earth and to have no regrets. Margaret is survived by her son, Timothy O’Hara of Cliffside Park, N.J., and daughter in-law, Cindy O’Hara (Terrance) of Otego; grandchildren, Capri (Anthony) Taibi, Timothy O’Hara, Patrick (Silvia) O’Hara, Christie O’Hara, Holly O’Hara, Kelly O’Hara, Conor (Alley) O’Hara, Casey O’Hara, Grady O’Hara and Maggie Hudson, and her 15 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Sadly, she was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Patrick O’Hara, and sons, Terrance Oakly and Thomas Patrick Jr. During the last few years of Peggy’s life, the family was fortunate to have assistance with her care from many special people whom we have great gratitude towards. There are many, but the family gives special thanks to Linda Dickerson and Karen Schaffer for their never-ending love and support. They were there and with her during times we could not be, so Thank You. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date when it is safe to gather. Arrangements have been entrusted to Oneonta’s only family-owned funeral home, Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono at 51 Dietz St.. www.lhpfuneralhome.com

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Amy Jane (MacGregor) Rose, 57 Dies 3 Months After Cancer Found BURLINGTON – Amy aging gracefully, shows a Jane (MacGregor) Rose, 57, serene gray-haired woman an accomplished artist and surrounded by houseplants, eldercare professional, passed with a cat curled up in her away on Tuesday, Jan. lap. This piece remains un19, 2021, at Cooperstown finished on her art desk. Center, three months after She married her high her unexpected diagnosis of school sweetheart, Daniel Stage IV brain cancer. L. Rose. They had 38 lovAmy was born in Huning years together which tington, L.I., on Oct. 13, included two children, four 1963, to Margaret grandchildren, two Winifred Kampf golden retrievers, a MacGregor. She black Lab, canaries, was one of six guinea pig, rabbit, brothers and sisters and many generations who grew up as of cats. free-range children Amy worked in roaming the woods elder care for more and creeks of than 25 years, first as Hartwick. The only an activities aide at house rules were Amy Jane the Oneonta Nursing to look after those & Rehabilitation Rose smaller than yourCenter, where her self – whether children or children often joined her to animal – and to be home for volunteer. Later, she became dinner before the streetlights the activities director at flickered on. During these Focus Otsego. Amy’s life adventures, Amy developed revolved around the responher love of exploration, cosibilities she took very seriexistence in harmony with ously of bringing optimism, nature, and an understanding joy, peace and comfort to of the value of cultivating those within her care. Her close loving relationships residents were her first priwith friends and family. ority. She deeply valued her Amy spent many happy friendships with residents at childhood summers on her each facility, and spoke of brother Lance MacGregor’s them often and fondly. dairy farm. Whenever she As an activities director, drove by a farm, she would among the hundreds of birthremind everyone around her day and holiday celebrathat this was her favorite tions, folk music concerts, smell. Among Amy’s hapCeltic dance performances, piest memories was the art classes, and theatrical tradition of Fourth of July events orchestrated by Amy, barbecues out at the farm were the Center’s farmers’ cabin, surrounded by family markets, annual springtime and friends. Easter egg hunts and petting Amy graduated from zoo – popular public events Cooperstown High School in which valuably integrated 1982. She was an accomnursing home residents with plished artist since high school. outside community memHer artwork was displayed bers. She also orchestrated in many shows, and received and managed an amazing occasional awards. Her final set design for a memorable piece – an acrylic on canHalloween theatrical pervas tribute to the beauty of formance of “The Legend

of Sleepy Hollow,” and designed backdrop scenery for performances of “Cinderella” and “Oklahoma!” at Edmeston Central School. Amy was honored to serve as a registered hospice volunteer. She was predeceased by her mother, Margaret Kampf MacGregor; sister, Kathy MacGregor; father-in-law, Robert Rose; twin Golden Retrievers, Emmitt and Cedar; many kitties; as well as countless friends and loved ones who she met through hospice and nursing facilities. Amy leaves behind her husband of 38 years, Daniel L. Rose of Hartwick; daughter, Amanda (Danny) Pelletier; and grandchildren, Patrick and Margaret (Peggy) of Auburn; son, Christopher (Ryann) Rose of Vestal; grandchildren, Asher and Langston; niece, Katie (David) Selleck and their children, David and McKenna of Hartwick; nephew, Scott MacGregor; and brothers, Lance MacGregor (Claudia Basile) and Patrick MacGregor (Maribeth) and baby, Freyja; beloved niece, Samantha Phillips; and very close friends; Autumn, Stacy, Mona, Barb, Lori and Linda. A celebration of Amy’s life will be planned and announced when COVID precautions allow. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a loving donation in her name to the Susquehanna SPCA, Super Heroes in Ripped Jeans animal shelter, or Helios Care in Oneonta. In accordance with her wishes, Amy will be cremated and laid to rest near her running path in Hartwick Cemetery.

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