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Historical Society move from NYC to Cooperstown stuns, but is it for real?

Ted Potrikus

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Come on in, the water’s fine!

The SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Volunteer Diving Team held an ice-dive training Saturday, February 12 for the first time this winter with the ice a foot thick and the air temperatures in the 40s. The dive team works with the field station and the Village of Cooperstown to maintain buoys, science instruments, and study the ecosystem of Otsego Lake. Pictured are left to right Ed Lentz (safety officer), Lucas LeTarte holding the safety line, Kari Minissale noting the divers’ direction, Wayne Bunn, Tiffany Valenti, and PADI Master SCUBA Diver Trainer Paul Lord. Diving are Noel Odell and David Turner.

INSIDE ►A CLARION CALL FOR ONEONTA: Mayor Mark Drnek outlines ambitious vision for City in address to Common Council, page 2. ►state police open exam schedule: Troopers expand options and encourage local residents to take recruitment exam, page 3. ►BASSETT’S HOUNDS: Healthcare network welcomes new good boy to the K-9 ranks, page 10. ►A FEW THOUGHTS ON IMPORTANT THINGS: Our columnists this week consider the joy and comradarie of playing in a band (with a plug for a weekend show), question the remaining value of overused phrases, wonder about January 6 and its ‘discourse,’ and take a good look at an organization preserving Otsego County’s natural abundance for all to enjoy. Pages 4 and 5.

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‘First-ever’ blood shortage has impact on local supply Bassett Healthcare Network is among the hospital systems across the country dealing with what the American Red Cross calls its ‘first-ever blood shortage crisis.’

The Red Cross said in January that reduced numbers of blood donors throughout the COVID-19 pandemic dwindled its national blood supply to a 10-year low. The Omicron surge, normal seasonal illness, and winter weather has the agency and health care providers concerned to the point where the Red Cross began limiting the amount of blood health systems can keep on hand.

The issue magnifies for a trauma center like Bassett Medical Center, where a significant emergency in the area or a busier-than-normal season of winter auto or snowmobile accidents could dangerously deplete the Center’s supply.

“Prior to the blood supply announcement, each medical facility set its own stocking levels,” said Veronica Park, Bassett’s network transfusion and tissue services manager. “For example, if Bassett Medical Center’s supply of type O-positive blood dipped below 25 units, we would reorder to

replenish the supply to 35. But now the Red Cross allocates how much blood Bassett Medical Center can order each day based on our history of use. If we use more than usual, the Red Cross has no extra reserve beyond our predetermined allocation.”

Tim Williammee, Laboratory Director for Bassett Healthcare, said the Network’s Incident Command team and senior leadership are preparing for possible emergencies.

“We have contingency plans in place for different scenarios,” he said. “We are prepared to make operational changes as needed to assure we can provide blood products to patients in need based on the urgency of the situation.”

To date, the Red Cross allocation system has met Bassett’s needs, with the biggest demand coming from the Bassett Cancer Institute, emergency departments, and surgical procedures.

“It’s difficult for all of us on Bassett’s blood bank teams to adapt to these new processes,” Ms. Park said. “We are often unable to keep our usual stocking levels Continued on page 2

Few — if any — outside of an apparently small circle know why, but word out of New York City on February 14 has the American Irish Historical Society moving from its $52 million, 125-year home on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue to somewhere in the Town of Otsego — perhaps the Village of Cooperstown.

If the Society has a specific location in mind, that would be news, too, even to top local elected officials. Town of Otsego Supervisor Ben Bauer, Village of Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, and Otsego County Board of Representatives Chair David Bliss each said they knew only what they had read in a report surfacing February 13 in the on-line newsletter Irish Central (www.irishcentral. com) by the publication’s founder, Niall O’Dowd.

Mr. O’Dowd reported that the Society’s Board of Directors met late last week, with many on the Board blindsided by the motion to move the organization upstate. Four members of the board, including the president-general, resigned after the motion was approved.

“This caught everyone off guard,” Mr. O’Dowd said in a conversation with The Freeman’s Journal. He said he spoke with one board member who resigned who told him he stepped down “because — Cooperstown.”

“It’s nothing against the Village, that’s for sure,” Mr. O’Dowd said. “No one can figure out where this came from. It’s baffling.”

Searching for a connection between the Society and Cooperstown, he speculated, “The Freeman’s Journal was the name of the leading newspaper in Ireland in the 18th century, maybe that’s what called them up your way.”

Mr. O’Dowd said one of the resigning Board members with whom he spoke after the vote said supporters of the surprise move chose Cooperstown because it is “halfway between the two great American Irish centers of Boston and New York.”

“But who’s going to drive three-and-a-half hours to visit up there?” the Board member asked.

“Or if a scholar wants to study the archives which are not digitized, they Reports say the American Irish would have to drive 200 Historical Society is close to a miles to get access. It deal on selling its headquarters at makes no sense.”

911 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Mr. O’Dowd called and will relocate its library and the Fifth Avenue building research center somewhere in “the jewel in the crown the Town of Otsego. for Irish American history in the United States,” a library and cultural center housing many of the most valuable Irish American and some Irish historical documents found anywhere in the world.

The New York Times first reported in March 2021 that the Society suddenly put its building on the market, writing “the Continued on page 2

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Mayor Drnek’s Council speech a ‘clarion call’ for all of Oneonta Oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek delivered his first ‘State of the City’ address February 15 to the city’s Administrator, d e p a r t m e n t heads, Common Council, commission members, and guests, but directed Oneonta Mayor his comments more Mark Drnek toward residents in his bid to loop them more fully into his vision of citywide revitalization. That plan, he said, centers on attracting a young and vibrant population — 1,000 “new, employed residents” to the city by making Oneonta a destination for relocation.

“As most folks are aware, my love of this community has been decades long,” he said.

“Over those years, I have employed dozens upon dozens of local young people and worked with hundreds more. I wish many of them had stayed here … and it frustrates me that so many of them have moved away.”

“When they’ve left us — many times not to come back — Oneonta lost its vitality and promise,” he said. “Our workforce has been diminished and the potential of our City for home-grown innovation, creativity, and community growth has been set back near zero. We must bring them back home.”

Telling his audience that he will “need new opinions, new ideas, and new strategies,” he said, “I am going to be soliciting you to join ad hoc committees. To brainstorm new, untried, and creative solutions to our issues.”

Mayor Drnek said he already has met with fellow mayors from Cooperstown and Milford and “other key players” to create a strategy for the joint promotion of the Cooperstown-to-Oneonta corridor for new businesses and residents and has scheduled meetings with SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College to develop programs of support and social connection for Oneonta’s elder

population. He said SUNY Oneonta has offered its facilities for “an initial meeting of more than two dozen local agencies and community leaders in our first exploration of a railroad-themed Children’s Museum in downtown Oneonta.”

Underscoring his downtown redevelopment agenda, the Mayor again outlined his goal of a “state-of-the-art entertainment” district aimed at the 25-39 demographic featuring, among other attractions, axe throwing. “Yep,” he said as an aside. “Axe throwing. It’s a thing.”

He said he already has begun work with Development Coordinator Sandy Mathes about an “expressed interest in Market Street from one of New York’s premier developers” and cited the Lofts on Dietz and Hartwick Grain Innovation Center, as well as plans for “Springbrook’s reimagining of the Ford Block” as major steps forward in the downtown revitalization plan and in facing down the City’s housing challenge, what he called “the biggest hurdle we have.”

“Working together we will stop the escalation in taxes by identifying new revenue streams — which to be clear, we desperately need,” he said. “We will address child care and elder care. We’ll tackle homelessness and the contributing issues of poverty, disconnection, and marginalization.”

The Mayor thanked the City Administrator and others for “some of the many accomplishments of this past year.” He pledged a good working relationship between his office and that of the City Administrator.

“Having just returned from the New York Conference of Mayors, where I had the opportunity to swap stories with a lot of Mayors and City Managers, I will tell you that Oneonta’s well-documented problems in that area are not at all unique,” he said.

“This City Administrator and Mayor will end that. In fact, we have ended that.”

He closed his speech with praise for existing projects and excitement for the city’s future.

“Did you know there

is an app that sends dog lovers to Oneonta for a premier dog park experience?” he said. “I’ve talked to people there that have gone well out of their way to visit Oneonta and its dog park. How great is that? Same thing with the Pickleball courts. And how about the opening of a rapid-result, community-accommodating COVID testing site?

That was collaboration of the City, the County, SUNY Oneonta, and Quadrant Biosciences.”

“Collaboration,” he said. “That’s the word I want you to take home tonight. Oneonta — from its City government, to its elected officials, to its business owners, to its workforce, its students, its neighborhoods — we are going to shine.”

“This is our time,” the Mayor said. “This is our ‘light-switch moment.’”

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Downtown revitalization is at the center of Mayor Mark Drnek’s 2022 agenda.

American Irish Historical Society moving?

Continued from page 1 mansion has long symbolized the immigrant ascent of Irish America. The Irish tricolor and the American stars and stripes flying from its bowed façade staked claim on rarefied pavement, directly across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” The Times reported at the time that a Society board member said the sale of the building “would allow the society to preserve its extensive library in some undetermined location, and he played down the significance of the mansion the society has called home for 80 years.”

Mr. O’Dowd reported a sale of the Manhattan mansion

may be imminent, despite opposition from the Irish government and a petition from some 40,000-plus asking New York Attorney General Letitia James to step in to block the sale and an investigation on the management of the organization. Under state law, the sale of property by a nonprofit organization is contingent on the approval of the attorney general or the State Supreme Court.

The American Irish Historical Society did not return telephone messages seeking comment.

“There are a lot of people very upset by all of this,” Mr. O’Dowd said. “The building is a treasure and an important part of our lives in America.”

Blood shortage

Continued from page 1 of blood on the shelf. We want to be ready with blood for anyone who needs it, even in cases of major trauma or urgent medical need. It is stressful not having an emergency buffer.”

Unlike many strains placed on health care systems over the last two years, this is one that community members can help resolve through regular blood donations. “Barring a major disaster, most donated blood stays local,” Ms. Park said. “When someone gives blood, it directly strengthens the local supply — perhaps even helping someone they know.”

Most people over 16 years of age are eligible to donate blood. All types are urgently needed. Visit https://www. redcross.org/ to schedule an appointment, confirm eligibility, and learn more.

The Village of Cooperstown has an opening for a Boat Wash Attendants at the Village of Cooperstown Boat Launch.

Positions will start in April and run through October.

The salary is $15 per hour. Applicants must be a resident of Otsego County.

For further information including an application, please contact the Village Clerk at the address listed below or by calling 607-547-2411.

Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Jenna L. Utter, Village Clerk, Village of Cooperstown, PO Box 346, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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State Troopers open exams for new recruits

Troopers and their specialized gear flank New York State Police Troop C Major Jeffrey VanAuken as he encourages new recruits to the vital agency.

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New York State Police Troop C Major Jeffrey VanAuken put out the call last week announcing the law enforcement agency’s recruitment drive seeking candidates for what he called “the next generation of Troopers.”

The Trooper entrance examination — a two-hour test consisting of 150 multiple-choice questions measuring cognitive abilities, behavioral characteristics, and attitudes — is live online and open for candidates to sign up and schedule the date they’ll take the test.

“For the first time, our exam is being given at computer testing centers located across New York and

the United States,” Major VanAuken said. “For military members who are currently deployed, there are also international locations.”

He said the Troopers’ goal is to make the test more accessible to those with an interest in serving.

“Instead of regional testing a few weekends in the fall, applicants now have until April 10 to take the exam at an approved site at a date, time, and testing location they choose,” the Major said.

With Troopers alongside, Major VanAuken said, “We are much more than a highway patrol. Enforcing the vehicle and traffic law is a large part of

our job, but we are a full-service police agency.”

“We have an aviation unit, a dive team, a special operations response team,” he said. “We investigate criminal activity and major crimes like homicides and assaults. We’re active in fighting terrorism. We have K9 units, bomb disposal units, a marine detail, and bicycle patrols in certain areas. We have former teachers, military personnel, medical personnel, managers, financial planners, and computer experts, just to name a few, all on the job.”

“Our message today is to those who might not have thought of us as a career choice to take some time and give us a look,” he said.

To take the exam, a person must be a citizen of the United States and be at least 20 years old by the date of application; the person cannot have reached their 30th birthday by the date of application (although there are certain exceptions for active military); the person must be a high school graduate or hold an equivalency diploma at the time of application.

For more information, visit www. joinstatepolice.ny.gov.

Bassett lifting some visitation restrictions Improving COVID conditions throughout the region allow Bassett Healthcare to partially lift visitation restrictions at inpatient and clinic locations across its network.

Effective immediately, the Network’s inpatient hospital locations — Fox in Oneonta, Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, Cobleskill Regional, Little Falls, and O’Connor Hospital in Delhi — all permit three visitors at a time per nonC O V I D patient between the hours of 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. daily.

COVIDpositive patients are restricted to virtual visits only; general inpatient visitors must be at least 12 years old.

Bassett will continue to consider extenuating circumstances on a case-by-case basis for end-of-life patients and other exceptional situations.

Rules will vary across Bassett’s outpatient settings, clinics, and other off-site locations, including inpatient psychiatry, the Birthing Center, the intensive care and special care units at Bassett Medical Center, and emergency departments. There also remain guidelines in effect for support persons for patients who require cognitive or other extra support.

For full visitation guidelines, visit www.bassett.org.

Museum Interpreter • Seasonal, Part-time

The Farmers’ Museum and Fenimore Art Museum seek the following position:

STAFF ACCOUNTANT Seeking a full time Staff Accountant to join our team. The Staff Accountant will be trained to work in our Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable areas and will learn to process the weekly check run; manage vendor files; communicate with vendors and staff; maintain the fixed assets ledger; prepare 1099s; handle credit applications; process cash receipts; billing invoices; and prepare quarterly sales taxes and daily bank deposits. The successful candidate will be able to thrive in a busy environment; be highly organized and efficient; be a team player; communicate clearly and professionally and have earned a minimum of an Associate’s degree in accounting or business administration.

Experience with Abila Accounting software and experience with not-for-profit fund accounting is preferred. This salaried position offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package.

Covid-19 vaccination is required as a condition of employment.

Please send cover letter, resume and three professional references to: Mary Myers, HR Coordinator, PO Box 800, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or email to mary.myers@fenimoreart.org.

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Fenimore Art Museum seeks to hire a Museum Interpreter for our outdoor Native American cultural exhibition, Otsego: A Meeting Place, for the 2022 season. The ideal candidate will enjoy speaking with a diverse array of museum visitors and display energy, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn.

This position entails staffing a recreated Mohawk Bark House and an original Seneca Log House, tending a fire, leading tours along an outdoor path, and cultivating a small garden. A keen interest in Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) culture and history required. Knowledge of local history, anthropology, and ecology will support superior performance in this role. This is an excellent opportunity for a student looking for a fun, rewarding, paid internship at the Fenimore Art Museum

Performing Arts Theater Production Intern

Late May – Late August Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum seek one Theater Production Intern interested in assistant stage managing their live 2022 season for Glimmer Globe Theatre and the Templeton Players. This includes helping to facilitate rehearsals and performances. The performing arts have a unique presence at each museum and the Theater Production Intern will work with the Manager of Performing Arts Programs at both institutions to execute an exciting and diverse schedule of productions. The successful candidate will have a passion for theatrical arts, experience working on multiple facets of theatrical productions, excellent team communication skills, familiarity with Word and Excel (Photoshop/Publisher a plus), and the ability to work collaboratively with a director/production manager. Weekday and weekend availability required as rehearsal schedules can differ from week to week.

This position is paid for with an honorarium.

Public Programs Exhibition Experts

Seasonal, part-time Fenimore Art Museum is offering a unique opportunity for two paid internships for high school youths who are interested in art and enjoy interacting with the public. In this position, interns will join us this summer to work as “Exhibition Experts” in our special exhibition, Unmasking Venice: American Artists in the City of Water, conducting hands-on activities related to artwork in the exhibition with children and families. They will be stationed at our Art Cart within the gallery, greeting visitors, discussing topics related to art and science, and explaining the interactive art and craft opportunities within the space. Exhibition Experts will also provide scheduled mini guided tours within the exhibit. Shifts are four to five hours per day during the peak hours of operation at Fenimore Art Museum. Availability between Wednesdays and Sundays required. Candidates should have an interest in the arts and should be comfortable talking and interacting with others.

The Farmers’ Museum Blacksmith Interpreter

Seasonal, Part-time (up to 1,000 hours/year) The Farmers’ Museum seeks a skilled individual to work as a Blacksmith Interpreter in the museums’ shop. The position involves demonstrating the work of the blacksmith’s trade, as well as educating museum visitors about the role of the blacksmith in rural American life in the 19th century. The successful applicant will have prior blacksmithing experience and show proficiency in working with hand tools, as well as considerable mechanical and artistic ability. Applicants must be 18 years of age and able to engage the public in enthusiastic and informative manner. Employment is seasonal and will typically be 5 days a week April through October. Some weekend and Holiday work will be expected.

The Farmers’ Museum Heritage Interpreter

Seasonal, Part-time (up to 1,000 hours/year) The Farmers’ Museum is seeking history-minded, outgoing individuals to work as Heritage Interpreters in our mid-19th century rural village and Empire State Carousel. These positions are seasonal (April-October), with employment up to 5 days per week. Training will be provided. An interest in or aptitude for handcraft is helpful but not required for all positions. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong communication skills and be comfortable speaking in a one-on-one or group setting. Being a team player and engaging enthusiastically with the public are essential qualities.

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For more information, or to apply for a position, please go to: fenimoreart.org, or farmersmuseum.org. You may also contact Human Resources at 607-547-1462 or email mary.myers@fenimoreart.org.

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Perspectives

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022

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“Your call is very important to us. Please hold.”

That’s hard to believe, particularly after holding for an hour with a faceless conglomerate whose digital operator’s repeated reassurance becomes maddening.

“Thank you for your service.”

A thoughtful and once-meaningful sentiment that recognizes our heroes who serve or have served our nation during war and peace. It’s good in a one-to-one or small group setting, and it’s always important to say a sincere thank you to those who dedicated their lives to keeping us safe. Sadly, it has become a commoditized catchphrase for a television promotion or politician’s stump speech. A box on the speechwriter’s checklist.

“Small business is the backbone of our community.”

Yes it is, but that’s another that no longer carries a scintilla of sincerity. Perfect for the elected official searching for the right thing to say when government policies — usually far from his or her influence or control — have run roughshod over the Main Street retailers and restaurants just trying to make payroll at the end of the week.

It’s just blah-blah-blah.

“We’re following the science.”

The newest entry to the catchphrase roster. One of ex-Governor Cuomo’s leave-behinds from his daily COVID shows from back in the day, and, at the time, a reassuring comment when all around was dark. Like a lot of things he was doing and saying on those shows, politicians around the world picked up on it quicker than you can say “seven-day rolling average.”

We’re hearing it a lot now from people like Governor Kathy Hochul and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki who, in the face of a public’s waning patience for all things restrictive, keep hammering the idea that “we’re following the science” when rendering decisions on mask mandates and related guidance (“guidance,” we’ve learned, implies a different legal standard than “rule,” but both mean “you have to do this”).

But when the science in, say, Massachusetts or Connecticut says it’s OK to take the masks off in schools, why doesn’t New York’s science say the same thing? The governors in those two states say they’re “following the science” in lifting mask mandates. Here in New York, we evidently “followed the science” last week when we got the word that the state was calling a halt on its ‘winter surge’ indoor mask mandate for businesses (but not for places like nursing homes, transportation hubs, and other ‘congregate settings’). We have to wait until early March for science to reveal itself far enough to render a decision on schools.

What science are we following that the others aren’t?

Is ours better? Or is it just stuck in New York’s Byzantine bureaucracy that slows down everything from state park passes to driver’s licenses?

We do not question whether New York’s mask mandate wheel of fortune is right or wrong. (And we hear you, The Other Side of the Debate, when you’ll now trot out your own tired sloganeering by shouting various permutations of the word ‘sheep.’) We’re deeply grateful for the science — especially for those people who are and do science — that has been the light at the end of this long tunnel since the earliest days of the pandemic. We remain confident that science and its practitioners will see all of us through this mess.

We do question whether “we’re following the science” has become so overused that it now is just a throwaway phrase that checks a politician’s box but is as reassuring as “Your call is very important to us. Please hold.”

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The Driftwoods, then and now and why

John Thompson — he owns musician on that record. I wanted to guy was like a clock. He’d just call Advantage Maytag in Oneonta with know more. out songs that ranged from the stanhis father-in-law, John Elderkin Pretty soon John and I were trading dard to the outrageously obscure, 90 — and I have been best friends for “you’ve gotta hear this” piles of percent of which were foreign to me. nearly five decades now. We first albums — he’d hand me records from Yet the more I played, the more I dug met as fellow percussionists in the Rodney Crowell, Willie Nelson, and the deep cuts. I still have the bumper Cooperstown Central high school Merle Haggard, I’d force-feed him sticker the band sold at its shows: “If band when he transferred in from things from the likes of Nick Lowe you don’t like country music, you Milford and announced upon arrival and The Who. We found unexpected don’t know Dick.” I can confirm. that he had been drumming in his common ground in Elvis Costello John retired The Driftwoods after dad’s band since he was 11 years old. who, at the time, was just branching Dick died in 2004, but revived it a few Probably not the years ago as an excuse best way to ingratiate to go back to play some yourself to a bunch of classic country music teenaged boys prone to with friends, just for goofing around in the fun. They’re letting us back row of the band out in public this room while the rest of weekend at our favorite the musicians strugplace to play — The gled with technical B-Side Ballroom stuff like reading music in Oneonta, where and tuning instruments Wayne and Rebecca while we just waited Carrington created a for our turn to hit somemusic-friendly atmothing with a stick. The sphere that brings out teasing began in earnest the best in us every when John told us his time. John is at the lead dad’s band was The Dick Thompson and the Driftwoods, circa 1974, with, from left, Bob with umpteen beautiful Driftwoods and they Utter on pedal steel guitar, Ken Adkins on guitar and vocals, Sherily guitars he’ll bring from played country music. Stone on drums, and Dick Thompson on bass and vocals. his arsenal; we’ve got Country music? To my 1979 out into country music by performing New York State Country Music Hall ears, that meant “Hee Haw” corn- with genre stalwarts like George of Famer John De Maille on pedal ball that couldn’t hold a candle Jones and Ricky Skaggs. steel, on bass we have Jody Taylor to my steady diet of FM-radio rock The summer before I went off — Otsego County’s Director of and Beatles records. to college, John invited me to sit in Weights and Measures and the only Despite our initial back-and-forth on a gig and play drums with The person out there who could step into snarling about whose music was Driftwoods. I’d never played in a Dick Thompson’s shoes. Jason Wicks “better,” John one day brought in band per se, and I told him I didn’t takes a night off from his own great “Seven Year Ache,” an album by know the music. “Don’t worry,” John band to join us on vocals and guitar Johnny Cash’s daughter, Rosanne. said. “Dad will walk you through it.” to bring us a whole new catalog of “Take this home and just listen to it,” John’s dad, Dick Thompson — I songs and a fine night out for all. he said. I did so, reluctantly, and left know a lot of you remember Dick These guys make it fun to play it by my bedroom stereo until I got — was a great guy all around and a music which, last I checked, is what sick of his “did you listen to it yet?” drummer’s dream as a bassist. All I it’s supposed to be about in the first pestering. I put it on, and by the third had to do was watch his right hand place. I think we do a pretty good job track on side one — the ballad “Blue as he plucked through an absolute of passing that fun along to the audiMoon With Heartache,” I was sold. downbeat; no matter the song, I knew ence and holding up the legacy of the Not just on Rosanne, but on every where the tempo was because the band Dick led for 50 years.

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Legitimate Political Discourse?

The Republican National Committee recently declared the January 6, 2020 attack on the U.S. Capitol a “persecution of ordinary citizens in legitimate political discourse.” Normally opposing a mob that grew violent and disrupted proceedings of Congress in the midst of certifying a presidential election would be a political layup. But these are dizzyingly polarizing times.

Contrary to President Trump’s claim, that it was a “loving crowd”— like it was somehow a mellow group attending an Air Supply concert, our eyes do not deceive us. What we witnessed wasn’t a peaceful demonstration or Americans linked arm in arm singing “we shall overcome” as they battle racial injustice. It was an attack. A legitimate political discourse doesn’t involve outnumbered police officers being pummeled, bloodied, and beaten by sticks, fists, and other weapons, or crushed in doorways by surging mobs. Legitimate political discourse doesn’t involve pipe bombs that were planted at both the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Parties as diversions to lure law enforcement from the Capitol so the mob would be

able to sow more chaos. Legitimate political discourse doesn’t include a mob infiltrating the hallowed halls of the seat of our national government in the middle of finalizing a presidential election. Legitimate political discourse doesn’t result in the Vice President and Legislators being rushed out of their Chambers because the barricades law enforcement made couldn’t hold back the mob. Legitimate political discourse doesn’t include erected gallows and chants of hanging the Vice President who won’t go along with overturning the will of the people. No, this wasn’t legitimate political discourse.

Left in the wake of the rioters was damage to our institutions of democracy—both physical destruction but also to the national psyche.

Were all people who marched on the Capitol on January 6, 2020 rioters?

No. Did all have an intent to disrupt our democracy in action? Of course not. Did some come to use their voice to express their constitutional right to disagree? Yes. But these individuals were overrun by the mob.

Such acts of political violence must not be normalized. And this isn’t an ideological response. It’s not because I

worked for Democrats. It’s a response to protect our democracy — still very much a noble experiment that could teeter and fall if not attended to. The violent acts of January 6, 2020 are no more legitimate political discourse than the 1971 bombing of the U.S. Senate by the radical left group the Weather Underground. Back then the act was roundly condemned, regardless of one’s political affiliation. And that reprehensible act didn’t temporarily halt the certification of our presidential election.

It’s perplexing for a political party that has passed numerous resolutions calling for the criminalization of flag burning as illegitimate political discourse to turn around and actively support rioters who stormed our Nation’s Capital and disrupted the sacred foundation of our Republic — free and fair elections. This isn’t cognitive dissonance; this is insanity or worse, cynical politics.

[Jim Malatras currently is at SUNY Empire State College and has his Ph.D. in political science. He spent his 20-years-plus career in public service in various high-level roles in New York State government and the State University of New York.]

LETTERS

Farmers deserve a fair return will hurt farmers. Prices would need and inefficient to squeeze costs out of Recent reports and letters that advocate for keeping the overtime pay threshold at 60 hours rather than reducing it to 40 present valid issues facing farmers today. Farmers struggle, caught between increasing costs and low income from processors who set the prices they will pay.

Farming is a noble profession; farmers need and deserve to make a steady, predictable profit. Paying overtime at the 40-hour threshold

to rise to accommodate that pay increase.

My question: if a business needs to underpay workers to survive, isn’t that business marginal? Aren’t the workers subsidizing those businesses?

Americans need to pay farmers more for their products. We have the cheapest food in the world. Food processors get to set prices to ensure that they always make a profit, while farmers take all the risks. It is unfair

the lowest link in the production food chain — the farm workers.

Perhaps Americans could begin to look at the true cause of the crisis in farming, and help farmers look UP the food chain for a fair return for feeding us. Americans could support farmers in their effort to get paid fairly. Maybe then we could save more family farms.

Virginia Tomlinson Oneonta

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

NEWS FROM THE NOTEWORTHY

Community foundation of otsego county

Otsego Land Trust: preserving nature

Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

210 YEARS AGO

Two ingenious mechanics in Montpelier, Vermont, are competitors for Bonaparte’s premium of one million of francs ($187,400) for the best improvement for spinning flax. Their machine has been in operation 6 months; and it is ascertained that with suitable variations it will spin flax or hemp, from the coarsest rope yarn to the finest cambric, four times faster than can be done on the ordinary wheel.

An improvement possessing almost similar advantages has been made by a Mr. Bouier of Schaghticoke. A citizen of Massachusetts has lately deposited in the patent office, drawings, specifications, &c. of a machine for cutting files. This machine will perform the labor of six or eight hands per day. It will cut with the greatest accuracy.

February 15, 1812

185 YEARS AGO

The “Otsego Outdoors Winter Octet Challenge” continues into March and includes trails through Otsego Land Trust locations that the group’s volunteers work to keep open throughout the year.

Otsego Land Trust is a private, not-for-profit organization that preserves the rural character of the region by protecting its working forests and farms, natural ecosystems, and scenic landscapes.

Community volunteers, including the Trust’s board of directors, maintain the trails and gardens on its public access properties, plan community events, and promote educational programs. Volunteers also help with special projects as needed, including environmental research, clean-up, and monitoring.

The Trust provides free public access to 13 distinctive natural areas in the Otsego region. “Blueway” sites offer opportunities for hiking, paddling, snowshoeing, birdwatching, or simply enjoying the changing seasons. Brookwood Point Preserve just north of Cooperstown offers direct public access to the shoreline of Otsego Lake. Deowongo Island in Richfield is accessible only by non-motorized watercraft. The Parslow Road Preserve includes wetland trails along Oaks Creek; the Lordsland

Preserve in Roseboom has miles of trails through upland forests.

Public access lands are open to visitors free of charge during daylight hours.

Otsego Land Trust works with private landowners and local communities to ensure that valuable farmland, forests, and waterways are protected in perpetuity. Through conservation easements that run with the land, property owners can limit or prevent environmental degradation and overdevelopment on the region’s rural vistas and landscapes.

Otsego Land Trust current holds easements on over one hundred properties in Otsego and adjacent counties, accounting for more than 11,000 acres.

Otsego Land Trust relies primarily on generous support from private donors, partners, and benefactors. Public funding represents less than 10 percent of the organization’s operating revenue. The Trust maintains productive partnerships with private landowners and communities throughout the region, including Otsego 2000, Otsego County Conservation Association, and the Otsego County Soil and Water Conservation Service. Regional partners include the Butternut Valley Alliance, the SUNY Biological Field Station,

Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Upper Susquehanna Coalition.

Otsego Land Trust is the only local organization that conserves and sustains the Otsego region’s farms, forests, and waterways in perpetuity for the benefit of residents and visitors. The group’s goal: healthy farms, healthy forests, and healthy waters throughout the area. With so much of the region’s rural landscape at risk, Otsego Land Trust hopes to encourage thoughtful land management and sustainable economic development through community education and local engagement.

For more information about Otsego Land Trust, visit www.otsegolandtrust.org or contact Executive Director Gregory Farmer at 607547-2366 or by e-mail at gregory@ otsegolandtrust.org.

[This week’s ‘Noteworthy’ column on the Otsego Land Trust comes to us from the Community Foundation of Otsego County (www.cfotsego. org) Its mission: Lead and inspire community-wide efforts that significantly improve the quality of life and the prosperity of the Otsego County area. Connecting people who care with causes that matter, the Foundation leverages collective knowledge, creativity, and resources for a greater impact than any one person or group can make alone.]

BY Merl Reagle February 20, 1837

85 YEARS AGO

The Sangerfield Natural Gas & Oil Company’s Well #3, located on the Hines poultry farm, south of North Brookfield, was finished on Thursday of last week and is declared to be the largest producing well they have drilled thus far. The results being obtained from the Sangerfield field are being watched with a great deal of interest by natural gas men everywhere.

February 17, 1937

60 YEARS AGO

The death of Ernest J. Lanigan, retired historian of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, occurred Tuesday afternoon of last week at the Arden Hall Nursing Home in Philadelphia where he had been a patient since the fall of 1958. He was 89 years old. Mr. Lanigan was a legendary figure in the world of baseball, its statistics and history. He became curator at the Hall of Fame on May 1, 1946, and when the late Bob Quinn was named director on July 10, 1948, Mr. Lanigan became historian of the diamond shrine, a position he held until his retirement on October 31, 1958 February 14, 1962

35 YEARS AGO

Manual Emanuel, a consulting firm hired by the village, has made a series of recommendations regarding village zoning and planning ordinances among which are the following: The zoning map should include all land under Lake Otsego. Prepare an updated circulation and parking plan and a Capital Program for public improvements in utility systems and other community facilities. Study the feasibility of expanding the village boundaries in a southerly direction. Extend the historic district and the architectural control zone throughout the entire village and combine the two districts with the structures of historic significance into one rewritten section. Consider the addition of a lakefront development district, a low density residential district and a laboratory office district.

February 19, 1987

Solution: ‘‘Double Double Meanings” (Feb. 10)

You’re All a Bunch of Animals…Born to be wild ACROSS 1 Airline once run by Eddie Rickenbacker 8 Wit or good looks, e.g.

13 Did a squirrel job 19 E.T. setting 20 Pack animal 21 Cracker with cheese 22 Animals who are standing by to take your calls?

24 Trail’s end, ca. 1850 25 Like many AARP members 26 Navy rank: abbr.

27 Eskimo knife 28 Type of party that leaves everyone feeling a little slimy?

30 HI instrument 31 Runner-up 35 Yogurt shop crumble 36 Today’s testifiers in kangaroo court?

41 Elephant feature 45 Reset numbers 46 Type of whiskey 47 Bulrushes 49 SE Asian language 50 Voter who wasn’t there 54 The drink of choice at animal weddings?

57 Women, to Cervantes 58 Alias letters 60 Like Rome 61 Part of AMPAS 62 Convert into code 66 Reaction to a mouse 67 Interstate, e.g.: abbr.

68 They cover the waterfront?

71 Often angry group 74 Picked up 75 Act 76 Bat’s home 77 Paris exclamation 80 Bruce or Brandon 81 Tried 84 Where animals do their heaviest drinking— I mean, thinking?

87 Bayer essentials?

88 Saving option, familiarly 89 Light ___ (weightless) 90 Trouble 92 In the past 93 Round of gunfire 96 Where most animals can be found on league night?

102 “Going ___ ...”

104 Item of attire for a barbershop quartet 105 Pan dessert

106 Where 68 Across hang out after work?

110 Start of a Midwestern capital 111 Court zinger 114 Queen of Spain, 1906-31 115 Attack 116 The oldest bank in the animal kingdom?

121 Threatening words 122 Love Story star 123 Irrigation measures 124 Does a sentence?

125 Adorned, as with parsley 126 Teal’s relative DOWN 1 California’s motto 2 Let up 3 Early Presley label 4 Bark place 5 Black, to Blake 6 Cut (wood) with the grain 7 Not, to a Scot 8 Mother-of-pearl source 9 Certain stitching job 10 Sellout sign 11 Commit a foul 12 Flip 13 Clean, as pots 14 Firing range cutout 15 ___ the road 16 Road ___ (driver anger) 17 Narrative poetry 18 Nick’s cousin?

19 Clean, as pots 23 Out of practice 29 Get totally flustered 32 De Niro’s ancestors’ dinero 33 MGM dog 34 Red October, for ex.

37 Attendees 38 A coon’s age 39 ___ memory 40 Freestone peach 42 Arm bone 43 Salt, briefly 44 F amed Indian diamond, the ___-i-noor 48 Take the wheel 50 Miles off 51 Bandit in black 52 Spot 53 Marketing VP, e.g.

54 Climbs mountains, in a way 55 Marketing VP’s boss: abbr.

56 Mom’s bro 58 Height, in combos 59 7-foot-2 actor Richard 63 Kwame of Ghana, 1960-66 64 Despair’s opposite 65 N ame that sounds like a nobleman 68 No-longer-available avian 69 New York city 70 They’ll see you now 71 Polite question 72 Where bacon may be bakin’ 73 Oyster homes

74 An econ. indicator 76 Chocolate substitute 77 Paul’s Oscar-winning daughter 78 Australian gem 79 Holy day 82 Pool alternatives 83 Exhalation of frustration 84 P ronoun that’s capitalized in the Bible 85 Shoreline structure 86 Desire 87 Landon and an alien 90 L ung sacs (anagram of I LOVE L.A.) 91 What “i.e.” stands for 94 Sequoia contents?

95 In scoring position 97 Eliminated one 98 L ake that’s the source of the Mississippi 99 Letter insert 100 Like Pegasus 101 Most minuscule 103 Actress Phoebe 106 Turbulence, to pilots 107 ___ avis 108 “That’s all; back to you” 109 Industrial haze 112 Rob Reiner’s dad 113 First name in stunt lore 117 Santa ___ 118 Where to catch poissons 119 Son of Noah 120 “___ man answers ...”

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Legal nOtice VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on February 10, 2022, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown, in the County of Otsego, New York, adopted the bond resolution entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Cooperstown, New York, adopted February 10, 2022, authorizing the construction of improvements to Doubleday Field, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $1,750,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $1,750,000 to finance said appropriation” an abstract of such bond resolution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING the Village of Cooperstown to construct improvements to Doubleday Field, including demolition and replacement of bleachers, bullpen improvements, construction of a multi-use building and other related or ancillary work in connection therewith; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $1,750,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; and STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $1,750,000 to finance said appropriation, and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $1,750,000 pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING that (a) the period of probable usefulness of the object or purpose for which the bonds are authorized is fifteen (15) years; (b) the proceeds of the bonds herein authorized and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and (c) the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes is-

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sued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: February 10, 2022 JENNA UTTER Village Clerk 1LegalFeb.17 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO: EF2021-448 D/O/F: 06/25/2021 Premises Address: 1 Weidman Street Unadilla, NY 13849 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Plaintiff, -againstRONALD T. MOHR A/K/A RONALD THOMAS MOHR any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an intertest in, or General or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely; the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all person deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; CHARLES MOHR AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR A/K/A RONALD THOMAS MOHR; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ADVANCED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; ADVANCED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with

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this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Brian D. Burns, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Otsego County, entered January 21, 2022 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office.

THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage recorded on October 25, 2006 in Document Number: 200600049831 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of OTSEGO. Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Advanced Financial Services, Inc., to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assignment of mortgage dated June 23, 2016 and recorded in Instrument Number: 2016-3245 on July 14, 2016. Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned from Nationstar Mortgage LLC to Plaintiff by assignment of mortgage dated July 20, 2017 and recorded in Instrument Number: 2017-4233 on September 6, 2017.

Said premises are commonly known as 1 Weidman Street, Unadilla, NY 13849 bearing tax map designation: Section: 334.15, Block: 1, Lot: 30.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for the defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT

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ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE AWARE:

State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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(1) that debt collectors, in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., are prohibited from engaging in abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection efforts, including, but not limited to: i. the use or threat of violence; ii. the use of obscene or profane language; and iii. repeated phone calls made with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass.

(2) If a creditor or debt collector receives a money judgment against you in court, state and federal laws may prevent the following types of income from being taken to pay the debt: 1. Supplemental security income, (SSI); 2. Social security; 3. Public assistance (welfare); 4. Spousal support, maintenance (alimony) or child support; 5. Unemployment benefits; 6. Disability benefits; 7. Workers’ compensation benefits; 8. Public or private pensions; 9. Veterans’ benefits; 10. Federal student loans, federal student grants, and federal work study funds; and 11. Ninety percent of your wages or salary earned in the last sixty days.

DuBois Timber Frames LLC.

TO THE DEFENDANTS, except THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: Jan. 24, 2022 Cynthia A. Nierer, Esq. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 165 Eileen Way, Suite 101 Syosset, New York 11791 516-921-3838#99145 4LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Brigadoon Staffing LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/08/2021.

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 Brigadoon Staffing LLC, 6959

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Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/05/2022.

Off. Loc.: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 381 CO HWY 36A Schenevus NY 12155.

Purpose:any lawful.

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is Good Taste Associates LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is February 4, 2022.

3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 230 Nichols Rd, Gilbertsville, NY 13776.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of ROSEANNE’S PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 01/27/2022.

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

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 26 College Ter., Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown will hold the following public hearing in the Village Office Building, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard, to discuss the following Amend Chapter 300-4 – Zoning Law –amendment to the Village of Cooperstown Zoning Map- applicant seeks to change 16 Chestnut Street from R-3 to Business Any resident of

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the Village of Cooperstown is entitled to be heard upon said local law at such public hearing. Disabled citizens, who require assistance in attending said public hearing, or in furnishing comments or suggestions, should contact the Village Clerk to request assistance. Copies of the proposed laws are available for inspection at the Village Clerk’s office, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York during normal business hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Dated: February 8, 2022 By order of the Village Board Village of Cooperstown Jenna L. Utter Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-2411 (phone) jutter@cooperstownny.org (email) 2LegalFeb.17 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of SPC Management LLC, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/13/17.

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

SSNY shall mail process on behalf of the LLC c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklynn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business of Reg Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklynn, NY 11228.

6LegalMar.17 Legal nOtice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received as set forth in Instructions to Bidders (https://www.dot. ny.gov/bids-and-lettings/constructioncontractors/important-info) until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Maps, Plans and Specifications may be seen at Electronic documents and Amendments which are posted to www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-notices.

The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat.

252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federallyassisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement,

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disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

Region 09: New York State Department of Transportation 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY, 13901 D264737, PIN 9PM022, FA Proj Z24E9PM0-223, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, Tioga Cos., PAVEMENT MARKING, Various Locations., No Plans, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $125,000.00), Goals: DBE: 0.00% D264743, PIN 930710, FA Proj , Otsego Co., PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION / REHABILITATION, NY Route 7, Village of Otego., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $375,000.00), Goals: DBE: 8.00% 2LegalFeb.17 Legal nOtice STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF OTSEGO SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. EF2021-755 COMMUNITY LOAN SERVICING, LLC F/K/A BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE JASON T. PURCELL A/K/A JASON PURCELL, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, and JOHN DOE, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a

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copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Brian D. Burns, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 27th day of January, 2022 at Cooperstown, New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: SBL: 53.00-1-5.03 ALL that tract or parcel of land situate and being in the Town of Otsego, County of Otsego and State of New York, located in Stewarts Patent, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point formed by the intersection of the center line of pavement of County Route No. 26 with the center line of Brick House Road, “PK” nail set; THENCE North 34 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds West, along the said center line of County Route No. 26, a distance of 365 feet “PK” nail set; THENCE North 53 degrees 49 minutes 50 seconds East, along the division line between lands belonging to Dykstra and this parcel, through an iron rod found, a distance of 262.75 feet, iron rod set; THENCE South 48 degrees 35 minutes 53 seconds East, along the division line between lands belonging to Purcell and the parcel, through an iron rod set, a distance of 249.16 feet, “PK” nail set in the center line of Brick House Road; THENCE along the said center line of Brick House Road, North 34 degrees 31 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance of 117.50 feet, “PK”

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nail set, and North 37 degrees 49 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance of 107.50 feet, “PK” nail set; THENCE South 42 degrees 00 minutes 34 seconds East, through an iron rod set, along the division line between lands belonging to Purcell and this parcel a distance of 517.71 feet, iron rod set; THENCE South 48 degrees 00 minutes 10 seconds West, along the division line between lands belonging to Purcell, lands belonging to Van Leuven, and this parcel, through an iron rod set, a distance of 679.54 feet, “PK” nail set; THENCE along the aforementioned center line of County Route No. 26, the following three courses and distances: North 18 degrees 02 minutes 31 seconds West, 105.00 feet; North 20 degrees 54 minutes 17 seconds West, 150.00 feet; North 31 degrees 15 minutes 40 seconds West, 150.00 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. EXCEPTING and RESERVING from the above described parcel, all lands deeded or dedicated for highway purposes.

Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record.

These premises are also known as 114 Brick House Road, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the professional service LLC is to be located is Otsego County.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the professional service LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the professional service LLC served upon him or her is: 357 COUNTY HIGHWAY 4, UNADILLA, NY 13849.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the professional service LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

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Cty: Otsego.

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Steven Donald Steven overBrown passed came the demons away February 6, of his past and 2022, from comlived in peace. He plications of is survived by his diabetes. He was brother Thomas born in Albany and hundreds on September of people in the 26, 1963 and Mohawk Valley graduated from Steven D. Brown who loved him. He Richfield Springs was predeceased Central School in 1982. by his mother and father, He drove a truck and trav- Raymond and Joan Brown. eled the country for work. There will be a gathering However, for the past five next Sunday, February 20 at years, he’d been residing in 2 p.m. at Fenner’s Funeral Herkimer.

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Leslie E. D. B. Jordan, 71 Leslie Elaine Dolezel Blum Jordan passed away on February 5, 2022 in Lennox, S.D. with her devoted granddaughter Skyler Grace at her side and other family there in spirit.

Leslie was born October 11, 1950 in Oneonta, N.Y. She was the daughter of Douglas M. McLaud and Joan Crandall McLaud.

Leslie began her life on State Street in Oneonta and attended Bugbee School.

At ten, her family moved to their farm on the Otsdawa Road in Otego where she attended and graduated from Otego Central School. She played flute and piccolo in the band and loved singing and acting in school produc-

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

SSNY shall mail process to 3473 St Hwy 166, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business loc: 3473 St Hwy 166, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: William Craft Construction LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 01/24/2022.

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

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SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: William Craft, 502 Lougheed Rd, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 27 January 2022.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 410, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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

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Notice of formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: Dazzo’s Kitchen LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with the Secretary of State (SSNY) was 09/30/2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 158 Brookline Road Ballston Spa NY 12020.

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

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: DOG WILD PROPERTIES LLC.

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tions. She was a lifeand her new career guard at the Otego took her to Lusk, pool and was Miss Wyo. and on to Otego. She was an Hot Springs, S.D. avid reader, even Leslie loved helpsneaking books and ing people. She a flashlight into worked at Behavbed. Her son Daniel ioral Health Systems credits his mother as a chemical Leslie E. D. B. Jordan with teaching him dependency counto read and instilling in him selor and therapist. Leslie a lifelong love of books. also worked at The Pine Leslie loved cooking and was Ridge Reservation with The proud to have won contests Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe for The Oneonta Star and helping to write a book for Otsego County Fair for a national Native American her delicious orange baked Advocacy Group. She lived chicken and desserts. In in Buffalo Gap and recently high school she was a candy in Hot Springs. striper at Fox Hospital and Last year she moved to worked at Grossinger’s the Sioux Falls area to be Resort in the Catskills. near her granddaughter Leslie married George Skyler. Leslie loved her Dolezel and they had a son family deeply. She enjoyed Daniel Dolezel and lived painting, music, and musiin Otego. The family then cals and loved singing show moved to Germany where tunes. Leslie had an amazGeorge served in the Army ingly strong constitution and and Leslie gave birth to their survived many challenges. daughter Ginny Kathleen Leslie is survived by her Dolezel. son Daniel Dolezel of Leslie received her bach- Challis, Idaho; her grandelor’s degree in Psychology children Skyler DeSersa at the University of New of Sioux Falls, S.D.; Jacob Orleans. She received her DeSersa of Reno, Nev.; Jade master’s degree at St Mary’s DeSersa of Hot Springs, University in San Antonio, S.D.; Logan DeSersa of Texas.

Reno, Nev.; Daniel DeSersa Leslie’s love of travel and of Rapid City, S.D. She is learning brought her to the also survived by her sisters west. She became a counselor Susan VanCott (Craig) of

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tion filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 27 January 2022.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 410, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of MEADOW CREST COMMUNITY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/26/22.

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

SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 1455, Oneonta, NY 132820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/09/2022 Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5001 ST HWY 23 STE PMB 190 Oneonta NY 13820 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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BIG GUNS CONSTRUCTION, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/18/22.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 6451 County Highway 18, West Winfield, NY 13491.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Office Location: Otsego County N.Y. Articles of Organization Filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 18, 2022.

SSNY is designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and SNNY shall mail process to Rolling Hills Rentals, LLC located at 139 Quinn Road, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/13/22.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 139 Collins Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Andrew Hunt Contracting LLC The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on July 20th, 2021.

OFFICE LOCATION: Otsego County.

The Secretary of state is designated as Agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 157 Canham rd, South New Berlin, NY 13843.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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Unadilla, N.Y.; Mary McLaud of Southwest Harbor, Maine and her sister-in-law Pauline McLaud in Fla. She is also survived by nieces and nephews Amy Callahan, Stephanie Horlock, Zoe Vandermuelen, Leif VanCott, Suzi Spisak Moutinho, Gillian Morrison, Ian and Alex Van Cott.

Leslie was predeceased by her parents Douglas and Joan McLaud, her sister Kathleen McLaud Spisak, her brother Douglas McLaud, her beloved daughter Ginny Kathleen Dolezel, as well as her husbands George Dolezel, Emmett Blum and Jack Jordan.

Thanks to Brandi and Kelly from Asera Hospice for their quick response and help. Special thanks to Juan Gutierrez for being there for Skyler and Leslie.

She will be missed by her family and friends. Her laugh and light will forever be remembered. A memorial service will be announced in the spring. Meanwhile sing a show tune out loud for Leslie. In the end, love is all that matters.

Donations can be made in her name to: Asera Care Hospice, Kirkwood Plaza, 6009 W 41st Street Ste. 4, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57106.

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Office location: Otsego County.

SOS is designated as agent of LLC for service of process.

SOS shall mail copy of process to 13 Fernleigh Dr, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

6LegalFeb.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: SCHOELLIG’S FIELDCREST FARM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 7 January 2022.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 325 Santoro Road, Garrattsville, NY 13342.

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

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Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent for process and shall mail to: P.O.Box 132, Laurens, NY 13796.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalFeb.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of CNY JOINT RECON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/06/22.

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, 5 Ravine Park South, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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We, the undersigned, mourn for the millions of unborn children and their mothers wounded by abortion.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Declaration of Independence Paul Geertgens Mark D’Amico Caroline Geertgens Carmen D’Amico Elianna Geertgens Teresa D’Amico Jeana Geertgens Elena D’Amico Thomas Geertgens Joseph D’Amico Douglas Geertgens Benjamin D’Amico Margaret Kenyon Mary Muller Richard Kenyon Debi Sanna Karen Elliot Henry Sanna Mark Kenyon Jim Sanna Amanda Kenyon Tricia Sanna Tom Gebhard Mary Sanna Shirley Gebhard Jacob Sanna Margaret Monaco Elizabeth Sanna Walter Peck Tim Sanna Brian O’Connor Cindie Sanna Dianna O’Connor Dave Sanna Robert Abarno Debi Ann Sanna Dixie Sperbeck Kristin Craft David Sperbeck Jennifer Sutton Patrick Hawkins Ernie Sutton Laura Hawkins Gabor Bordacs Owen P Kennedy Sr. Supunsa Bordacs Mary Kay Kennedy Arthur Shaw Owen Kennedy Jr. Alana Shaw John Maximilian Kennedy Carole Trotta Monica Kennedy Paul Trotta Polly Kennedy Paul Wenner Robert Kennedy Janet Wenner Edmund Kennedy Robert Beckman Alice Kennedy Loretta Beckman Jackie Yarborough Robert Ball Pastor Don Yarborough Patricia Ball John Elliot Judy Tompkins Justin Bailey Ken Tompkins Suzanne Smith Sal Grigoli Ken Smith Dian Grigoli Patrick Hanus Christine Hanus Christine Gartung Jim Buff JoAnn Buff Paul Cerosaletti

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An unborn baby’s heart is beating until she dies from abortion.

Her brain waves could be recorded as early as six weeks.

She, along with over 800,000 potential playmates, will die from abortion this year.

And powerful political forces believe there should be more abortions, even late in pregnancy, and paid for with your tax dollars.

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Fly Creek artist displays at SUNY

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Fly Creek’s Amy Cannon’s expansive Sea Psyche: Real and Imagined exhibition is on display now through March 10 at the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery at SUNY Oneonta. The recent works explore the artist’s ‘watery world’ that inspires her with ‘unexamined thoughts and feelings, abstract shapes, and colors alluding to things both real and imagined.’ The exhibition shows the range of Ms. Cannon’s practice, from her two-and three-dimensional intaglio/relief impressions in stoneware, textural collage paintings, and graphite frottage drawings to the intersection of her passion for aquatic life with the ‘Zone’ and ‘Flow’ of her imagination. She also employs a variety of surrealists’ exercises, primarily automation and frottage, to create an abundance of “familiar yet abstract forms.”

Bassett’s hounds on patrol Bassett Healthcare welcomes three-yearold German Shepherd Ryker to its K-9 security program — a “critical part of its care team, offering comfort and safety to patients and staff across medical settings.”

The Network introduced its K-9 security team in 2019 with Hudson, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois, and his handler, officer Robert Meiser. Ryker comes to Bassett complete with his own handler, officer Jared Hubbard.

Officer Hubbard trained with Ryker for several weeks before beginning work at Bassett in early February.

“The training was rigorous and a really fantastic experience,” Officer Hubbard said. “Ryker and I have bonded deeply.”

Basset’s Director of Public Safety and transportation Harold Southworth developed the K-9 program along with Security Operations Manager Andrew Zuk and said it has introduced “diverse benefits into clinical settings.”

“Ryker and Hudson are both extremely intelligent and adaptable to the moment,” Mr. Southworth said. “Their presence can immediately bring calmness to patients, families, and staff. They are approachable, comforting distractions when called upon, especially for children in the emergency department.”

“I can’t tell you how much relief Hudson has brought to kids — and adult patients – who are frightened and upset,” he said.

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comfort and safety to patients, their loved ones, and our caregivers,” said William LeCates, M.D., Bassett’s northern region executive. “We are very proud of our K-9 program and the vital work they do to keep our patients, visitors, and staff safe.”

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Butterman, Mennig announce candidacies for 122nd District Dan Buttermann this week announced he plans to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the New York State Assembly in its newly formed 122nd district, which covers parts of Otsego, Madison, Oneida and Herkimer Counties. Among those he’ll be facing in the party’s contest, Colton Mennig of Morrisville, New York.

Mr. Buttermann has served as a member of the Oneonta City Schools Board of Education, the Oneonta Town Planning Board, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Opportunities for Otsego, and the Oneonta Concert Association. He also is a member of the NAACP, Farm Bureau, and President of the Oneonta Rotary Club.

Mr. Mennig is a graduate of LeMoyne College in Syracuse and received a master’s at American University in Washington, D.C., in its public policy program.

CFOC grant helps open ‘resilience room’ in Richfield Springs The educational organization Safe Schools Mohawk Valley won a grant from the Community Foundation of Otsego County to build a Resilience Room in Richfield Springs Central School.

The Resilience Room will be a safe, comfortable space students can use to decrease anxiety, regulate stress levels, and transform their feelings of isolation and hopelessness.

The room will be staffed with appropriate professionals and students can be referred in or can ask to go.

Anne Lansing, CEO of Safe Schools Mohawk Valley is currently working with

Dr. René Wilson, Elementary Principal for Richfield Springs Central School, and others to develop the room, which they plan to complete by the end of the current school year.

“Our students are having trouble bouncing back from COVID stressors and life in general,” Dr. Wilson said. “They don’t have control over many things in their lives and this room will help them.”

“The goal is to keep kids in school and help them deal with social and mental health issues so they are better able to learn,” said Ms. Lansing.

The CFOC continues to invite nonprofits working in Otsego County to apply for new awards; there are no application deadlines.

The Community Foundation also offers a range of services and plans to assist donors

in meeting their charitable goals. For more information please visit the Community Foundation of Otsego County website, cfotsego.org, or email contact@cfotsego.org.

Scriven underwriting allows grants for non-profits Underwriting from The Scriven Foundation allows the New York Council of Nonprofits (NYCON) to launch its 2022 Otsego County Mini-Grant Program, helping groups in the County improve governance and management of qualifying 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofits.

“The foundation is proud to support this important program,” said Jane Forbes Clark, President of the Scriven Foundation.

“We recognize how essential it is that our local nonprofits have access to high-quality advice and training as they seek to fully serve their clients and communities.”

With $45,000 in grant funds available, NYCON will accept applications through March 15, 2022 for awards averaging $1,000 per nonprofit applicant.

NYCON says the Mini-Grant Program “is an important resource for local nonprofits facing significant challenges and can help staff and boards adapt their management and/or programs or services in a rapidly changing environment.”

Applicants can review the 2022 criteria at https://bit.ly/3JgtjlG and fill out an application at https://bit.ly/3GAsRU1. For more information, visit www.nycon.org.

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