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Natural-Gas Shortfalls Energize Pipeline Push

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Undeterred by singledigit temperatures, Chase Burkhart goes for the net during drills at Badger Park Monday, Feb. 15. Behind him is Sam Lytel. Over the weekend, nighttime temperatures had dropped to a reported 28 below in towns around Otsego Lake.

t started a couple of weeks ago when SUNY Oneonta Energy Manager Patrick T. Ryan called a meeting of big energy users and energy suppliers in the Otsego-Chenango area to discuss what might be done about “interruptible power.�

Under that policy, NYSEG – New York State Electric & Gas, the natural-gas supplier serving the region – can direct big users, institutions like SUNY Oneonta and Fox Hospital, to shift to another heat source within 24 hours. NYSEG issued such a directive as recently as Friday, Feb. 12, anticipating the minus-23 reported in Oneonta the following night and the minus-28 outside of Cooperstown.

Attendees at the SUNY Oneonta meeting included Fox Hospital’s Don Libby, Mirabito’s Russ Southard, the Oneonta Common Council member, Chobani’s Tony Russo, NBT Bank’s Jamie Please See GAS, B7

2016 ANNUAL DINNER & CELEBRATION OF BUSINESS

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NYCM, Pillar Of Economy

By JIM KEVLIN

Teachout, Faso Win Democrat, GOP’s Backing COOPERSTOWN’

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ocal partisans have made their preferences known.

In the past week, the county Democratic Committee backed law professor Zephyr Teachout for the Congressional seat being vacated by Chris Gibson, R-19.

The county Republican Committee backed John Faso, the lawyer who ran for governor against Eliot Spitzer in 2006.

Teachout may face a primary April 19 from Will Yandik, an Ulster County farmer. See details at

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n these days of voice mail all the time, everywhere, ask Dan Robinson, NYCM Insurance president/ CEO, about customer service. “It’s a lost art,� he’s likely to remark with some emphasis.

That may be the case generally, but – as he quickly explains – certainly not on the vast campus on the north side of Route 80 that you pass

entering Edmeston from the east, the home of recently rebranded NYCM Insurance.

For one thing, if you call the 800-employee company, a human being will answer. No voice mail, (except for specific, non-customer purposes).

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SEWARD DUE: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will discuss the prospective $15 minimum wage with Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce members at a Town Hall Meeting 8:30-10 a.m. in the Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater. RSVP at mhazzard@cooperstownchamber.org

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Y Executive Director Frank Russo implemented the “Y Without Walls� strategy.

his is not your grandfather’s YMCA. “We did a market survey, and a lot of people responded that they knew the Y as, ‘Where Grandpa learned to swim.’ Or the place they had gone when they were kids, 20 years ago,� said Oneonta Family Y Executive director Frank Russo. “But we’re so much more than that.�

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Five years ago, the Y put together a strategic plan, with a focus on outreach, new equipment and programming and collaboration to assure continued relevancy in the community. “And five years later, I’m proud to say we’ve completed 90 percent of it,� said Russo, whose Y will receive the Otsego County Chamber’s Quality of Life Please See WALLS, A6

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High Scores Underscore NYCM’s Commitment To Customer Service NYCM/From A1 seconds.

Dan Robinson – his company will receive the 2016 NBT Bank Distinguished Business Award at the Otsego County Chamber’s Annual Dinner & Celebration of Business Thursday, March 3 – won’t just tell you customers appreciate that attentiveness; he can prove it.

He and NYCM are enthusiast participants in the NPS process, the “Net Promoter Score” system that business writer and strategist Fred Reichheld introduced in 2003 in a Harvard Business Review article.

The NPS is based on one question: On a scale of one10, “How likely is it you would recommend NYCM to a friend or colleague?”

Respondents who say nine or 10 make up the Net Promoter Score.

If 60 percent of customers polled answer nine or 10, that’s considered excellent. At NYCM, 70 percent answered nine or 10, unheard of, according to Dan Robinson.

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Last month, 600 of NYCM Insurance’s 800 employees attended the company’s annual retreat at Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, keynoted by FDNY Battalion Chief Rich Picciotto, a 9/11 survivor and inspirational speaker. NYCM tries to hire employees who care about people, and to nurture that quality, says President Dan Robinson.

– 100 of the company’s employees – works 24-7 at ensuring customers are happy and that claims are quickly resolved. “A lot of companies out-source customer service,” said the CEO, shaking his head in disbelief.

If caring about your customers leads to success, that goes back to the company’s beginnings in 1899, when VanNess Daniel Robin-

son was among a group of Edmeston-area farmers who joined together to insure each other’s barns against fire.

They elected VanNess as secretary, the then-equivalent of general manager, of what became New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Co., (with a train, symbolizing strength and dependability, as its symbol).

VanNess led the company for more than four decades, succeeded by son Ward (1943-67), second son Douglas T. (1967-86), Douglas’ son D. Theodore or Ted (1986-93), then Dan Robinson (his name is VanNess D., and his father, long-time board secretary and now chairman of the board, is also VanNess.)

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company grew steadily from decade to decade, moving to larger quarters and, in 1962, erecting the first building on what grew into today’s vast campus.

(A site outside Cooperstown was considered – where the Leatherstocking Golf Course driving range is today – but discarded.)

As far back as he can remember, Dan Robinson was aware of the family business. It was the talk at all family gatherings. He saw “this great building” rising from his father’s house up the street. By the time he was 10 or 11, “you start to put the pieces together.”

By 14, he was on the payroll, “mowing lawns and cleaning toilets,” learning the company from the ground up. He graduated from St. Bonaventure with a business degree, and joined the company.

(The family tradition continues: daughter Cheryl

and son Jeremy are vice presidents. Dan Robinson has a third child – Vanessa, working in Scranton, Pa. – and seven grandchildren.

“We think this company is going to be here for another 100 years,” he said.)

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The tradition continues: Dan Robinson and his great-grandfather, the company founder, share the name: VanNess Daniel Robinson.

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Perspectives

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

EDITORIALS

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t’s was a little bit jarring to hear Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Matt Hazzard told, at last month’s Village Board hearing, that the business community is just “one constituency,” whose interests have to be balanced with everybody else’s.

It’s a novel idea, a bit of an outlier, given the central place business – the romantic role of entrepreneurship, in particular – plays in the American drama.

It’s was also a bit of a shame to hear the idea put into words, as pretty much everybody, certainly in the business community, in Cooperstown and around, had reached that conclusion a long time ago. A shame, because – all constituencies must agree – a more varied and vital downtown would be a benefit to everyone.

The village’s new comprehensive plan, nearing completion but not yet publicly unveiled, likely will include a half-dozen or more “nodes” for business development.

Once identified, people from that just “one constituency” – not retirees, not doctors or nurses, not museum professionals – will have to be recruited to start businesses or expand there.

With high property taxes, the daunting regulatory hurdles, from

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sign regulations to tree-cutting laws, from the Planning Board, to the Zoning Board, to H-PARB and back to the Village Board, and a dismissive attitude toward the needs of small businesses, that may be a hard sell.

• The topic of the hearing was paid parking, of which one aspect has gained general acceptance: Who doesn’t like $380,000 a year in new money, mostly contributed by tourists from elsewhere. It has and will continue to be a very helpful contribution to a generally static revenue picture.

There’s a bit of an unintended consequence here, though. Village Hall has roughly 100 days to make its $380,000 – $3,800 a day.

When revenue becomes the driver,

all the other things necessary to create a successful downtown can go by the wayside.

For instance, street fairs can help downtowns thrive. Induction Weekend is the primary one ($11,400 lost). But Cooptoberfest is a promising one, and reviving the Brush & Palette Club’s Labor Day arts and crafts show and bringing it downtown is another.

Whenever these kinds of things – common and welcome in most successful downtowns – are proposed, the village trustees won’t be asking themselves, how can we strengthen that “one constituency”? Rather, they will ask (or think), how much revenue will we lose?

Municipal revenues should be the byproduct of good governance

– the need to turn over parking in a business district, for instance – rather than the goal itself.

• While the $380,000 is welcome, a better, more appropriate goal is the revitalization of Main Street as a varied, vital, year-’round downtown. Baseball stores are fine, restaurants are good, but increasingly year to year, Cooperstown’s center village in the off-season looks like an abandoned Wild West mining town without the tumbleweed.

A first step toward reinjecting 12-month energy is redeveloping the upper floors of Main Street buildings for housing, i.e., get a critical mass of people living there who will strengthen that “one constituency” by shopping in varied shops and bistros. (Riverwood and Village Cobbler prove that, even now, quality retail can flourish downtown.)

But due to a lack of dedicated or at least dependable parking – there we go again – for tenants, most units aren’t achieving full potential, and many second and third floors are simply vacant.

OK, we’re having a little fun with the “one constituency” remark. But let’s say it: Helping businesses flourish is good for everyone.

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One positive element to come out of that same Village Board meeting was the decision to hire a parking consultant to do a study.

And, 25 years after then-trustee Pam Washburn fought that good fight, a parking garage is not being ruled out.

A study done back then concluded revenues won’t cover the costs of building a parking garage, but that misses the point. There’s not enough parking in downtown Cooperstown for downtown Cooperstown to flourish – not enough to create desirable housing, not enough for a varied retail base, not enough to accommodate Hall of Fame and Otesaga employees, not enough for visitors to probably the largest tourist attraction in the country that doesn’t have dedicated parking of its own.

The revival of the former Bresee’s Department Store in downtown Oneonta is a model to emulate: Grants closed the gap between cost of renovations and potential revenues. It can be done here. It should be done here.

Sure, let’s not pre-judge the consultant’s study, but part of the result should be a clear-eyed look as to whether a deck should happen and how it can. (The Village Board isn’t necessarily opposed to that idea, so maybe it can happen.)

Who Are Those Guys?

IDs Sought For Pin-Setters At Diz’s Bowling Alley

By LIBBY CUDMORE

dark jacket, is my father, Whitney,” said Kelly Zack-Decker, Otsego County Chamber vice president/member services. “He wrote about it in his memoirs, and when I compared this photo to younger photos of him, they look alike.”

She suspects her dad, Whitney Shaver, was 17 or 18 in the photo, which means it was taken in 1940-41, shortly after the bowling alley opened.

One Christmas vacation, Shaver and a pal, Warren Wormsley, went to Oneonta Please See PINS, B4

IF YOU recognize any of the pin-setters, call this newspaper at 547-6103 or e-mail info@ allotsego.com

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ich Ranieri discovered a photo of pin-setters at Diz Lamonica’s bowling alley among his father Jack’s personal effects, and has taken it to the Greater Oneonta Historical Society in hopes of identifying the boys.

“I’m quite certain that the third from the left in the front row, wearing the long

Photo courtesy Rich Ranieri

LETTERS

Only Good Jobs Will Attract Young Families To Otsego County To the Editor:

In James Dean’s recent Letter to the Editor, he correctly notes the declining school enrollments as symptomatic of our area’s economic problems. He suggests a solution.

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Target young families with children and businesses and persuade

them to move to Otsego County.

He sees it as a great place to live, raise children and operate a small business.

Create a demand under the brand “Otsego County New York.”

Otsego’s trendy, he tells us. Build your life here, be happy. The branding will lead to collective success.

Mr. Dean correctly identifies a problem, the hollowing out of our permanent population.

Several years ago Richard Deitz of the Federal Reserve’s Second District did a study of Upstate New York. He found that our out-migration of the 24- to 40-year-old age cohort is about average. However, the in-migra-

tion of that group, if Upstate New York was considered as a separate state, would rank 49th out of the 50 states.

While many come to our area to study at our colleges and universities, few young people chose to remain here to live.

The reason is simple. There are few jobs and limited opportuni-

ties in our area. Businesses and jobs are created in areas where the taxes are low, the regulation is reasonable, and the energy is cheap.

New York ranks 49th in taxes, only surpassed by California. In 2014 its regulatory climate was ranked dead last by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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To the Editor: I’ve known Henry Cooper since 1979.

In the 1980s, as a staff member of The New Yorker, while planning his visit to Russia, he asked me to arrange his visit to the House Museum of Sergei Korolev, the designer of Sputnik.

Upon entering the house we saw a wall of bookshelves, overloaded with books. Among them was a multivolume edition of James Fenimore Cooper’s “Collected Works,” in Russian translations.

“Henry, look there – your great ancestor’s novels,” I said.

Henry wondered, why? The guide told us that “The Leatherstocking Tales” were Korolev’s favorite books.

“But why?” Henry asked again. The answer came as one word: “The frontier.”

It turned out that the man who dreamed of reaching the frontier of the universe sought inspiration in the

Russians Fondly Recall Henry Cooper’s ’87 Trip

The Korolev House Museum that Henry Cooper visited in the ’80s.

writings of the creator of the brave and restless wanderer Natty Bumppo.

Later on, Henry in a two-part essay for the The New Yorker told the story of his visit to Korolev Museum and the conversation he had there.

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In 1987, he came as a guest to the museum and also visited with Ziolkovsky’s relatives. His visit produced a lasting impression on all of us. Family members and staff preserve their reminiscences of Henry Cooper.

On behalf of the Ziolkovsky family and museum, ELENA TIMOSHENKOVA Director (Ziolkovsky’s great-grandaughter)

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THURSDAY, February 18, 2016

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NYCM’s sprawling campus at Edmeston’s east end never fails to surprise.

Robinsons Aim To Keep Company Strong offered NYCM NYCM/From A3 that, the morning products for 27 of the decision, years, and whose a huge bonfire Morris agency dominated the has done so front page of local since 1948, said, newspapers. Let’s “They’ve built do it, Dan’s father their business on said. a backbone of (Although local agents.” If retired from daily a customer calls duties for years, Edmeston, the Robinson’s father, company refers now chairman of them back to the VanNess Robinson, board chair, and his the board, has an son Dan Robinson, president, chat daily local agent as the office down the expert. about the business. The father retired hall from his son. years ago as company secretary, but con“NYCM is “We talk every tinued as chairman of the board. a local comday,” Dan said.) pany that spends At the time, the company was doing $20 money to support the communities in which million in business annually; today, it’s a they do business,” he added, and that helps $50 million company, an achievement cred- the agents, too.” ited to that decision.

It’s insufficiently recognized that Otsego Another area of innovation has been tech- is “a caring county,” Dan Robinson said in nology. When he joined the company, all an interview in his corner office, and the records were kept on index cards. If not for company tries to hire people who care and computers, “our building would (extend to) nurture that quality, through communication Burlington Flats, four miles up the road,” and training. “Our tenure is phenomenal,” Dan Robinson said. he said.

Another challenge has Earlier this month, been the rise of GEICO and NYCM held its first comProgressive Insurance, ofpany-wide retreat, hosting fering cookie-cutter cover600 employees at Foothills age. By contrast, when Performing Arts Center something bad happens in Oneonta. The keynote to its customers, NYCM speaker was FDNY Batis there. “We’ve made a talion Chief Rich Picciotto, promise that we’ll take care an inspiration. He stayed of them if something bad happens,” is how behind, helping disabled people escape Robinson describes NYCM’s approach. from the North Tower on 911, only to find Likewise, where the GEICOs can sell himself buried in the rubble. one-size-fit-all policies on the Internet, “I live this 24 hours a day,” Dan RobinNYCM supports its agents as knowledgeson said. “I don’t have to: I love to. We able professionals who can tailor offerings hope that everyone here lives the same to a customer’s needs. way.”

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement – ATTENTION! The Otsego Independent Volunteers are requested to meet at Henry’s Hotel, in Cooperstown, on Saturday, the 9th day of March at 10 o’clock a.m., for improvement in military discipline, and for making orders and regulations for the advancement of the company. The Captain is extremely solicitous that every person who has enrolled himself as a member should come forward at the time complete in uniform. It is presumed that none will doubt the propriety of such a course, or disregard an object of such primary importance in the formation of a volunteer corps. While nothing on his part will be neglected conducive to their complete organization, he hopes and expects to meet a corresponding willingness and exertion on the part of every officer and private. By order, William Wilson, Acting Orderly.

February 22, 1816

175 YEARS AGO

Death by Freezing – A man named Conrad Valhyder, supposed to be about 80 years of age, came to his death on the 10th inst. The deceased lived by himself in a small house in Hancock, Delaware County, and had been for a long time addicted with intemperate habits. He had the afternoon previous to his death, purchased a bottle of ardent spirits and returned to his residence as usual, where it is supposed he drank freely from his bottle, became intoxicated and laid himself down before the fire place – in which position he was found on the morning of the 11th, a frozen corpse. A Coroner’s inquest was held over the body of the deceased by Peter Pine, Esq. Verdict of the Jury: “That the deceased came to his death by intemperance and exposure to the cold.”

February 22, 1841

150 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from a Veto Message to The Senate of the United States from President Andrew Johnson: “I have examined with care, the bill which originated in the Senate, and has been passed by the two houses of Congress, to amend an act entitled ‘An Act to Establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees, and for other purposes.’ Having, with much regret come to the conclusion that it would not be consistent with the public welfare to give my approval to the measure, I return the bill to the Senate with my objections to its becoming a law. I might call to mind, in advance of these objections, that there is no immediate necessity for the proposed measure, and that the act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees, which was approved

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75 YEARS AGO

The fourth draft quota from the area covered by Draft Board No. 403 of Cooperstown left for induction headquarters on Friday of last week. Harold E. Fowler of Cooperstown, a Hamilton College graduate and recently established in a librarian’s position in Brooklyn, was appointed leader with Wilson O. Crounse, who was comFebruary 17, 2006 pelled to resign a recently acquired Victory Store management position in Ithaca because of the draft was named March last, has not yet expired. I have, with Congress, the assistant. Word has been received that James H. Kilts, RD strongest desire to secure to the freedmen the full enjoyment 2, Middlefield and William Skubitz, Burlington Flats were of their freedom and their property, and their entire indepenboth rejected upon examination at Albany. Their places will dence and equality in making contracts for their labor. But be filled when the fifth quota leaves on February 28. the bill before me contains provisions which in my opinion February 19, 1941 are not warranted by the Constitution, and are not well suited to accomplish the end in view.”

February 23, 1866 Brief Items of Current Interest In Cooperstown – Mr. and Mrs. Kent Barwick and son Peter of New York City spent the holiday weekend in town. Ken Smith, Director of Mr. Sanders Jones, one of our best known and highly the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was the esteemed citizens, died at his residence on Leatherstocking speaker at the regular weekly meeting of the St. Johnsville Street on Saturday last, aged 70 years. He had been in failRotary Club on Tuesday night of last week. Mr. and Mrs. ing health for several months past, but until quite recently A.G. Dunn, Sr., left over the weekend to spend several no one thought his end so near. Mr. Jones was a liberal, weeks on the west coast of Florida. valued and prominent member of the Baptist Church of this February 23, 1966 village, and for several years held in it the office of Deacon.

In all the relations of life he was esteemed for his good personal qualities and his integrity in all business matters. Mr. Seniors on the 12th Grade Honor Roll at Cooperstown CenJones first came to Cooperstown to become an agent for the tral School include Tina Baker, Elizabeth Cunningham, Scott Uhlmans in the purchase of hops.

Dewell, Tammy Flack, Richard Gannon, Michael Hewitt, February 20, 1891 Christy Horner, Kristin, Muehl, Kerry Lamberson, Michael Lincoln, Tracey Lindberg, Connie Martindale, Heather Minnich, Daphne Monie, Paula Raymer, Matthew Reese, Eric Reinholdt, Jennifer Robertson, Samantha Schwartz, Martin A demonstration of radio preparedness will be given by Smith, David Sprague, Webster Stayman, Beth Sywetz, Brett the 25,000 amateur licensed operators in the United States Utter, Matthew Washburn and Steven Wilber. beginning Monday, February 21, at 11 o’clock central February 20, 1991 time. At that hour a message in keeping with the spirit of the following day, the anniversary of the birth of George

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Washington, will be flashed from a station near the arsenal of Rock Island, Illinois, for relay throughout the United States. Government officials and army and navy officers have given the plan their unanimous endorsement, but will refrain from actual participation in the movement. This will be left entirely to the amateur operators, wireless associations and Boy Scout organizations, the latter being used to deliver the messages throughout their respective territories to each governor and to mayors of the larger cities.

February 16, 1916

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MLS#103746 Cooperstown $43,900 This home has had extensive renovations in the past but because of neglect it needs more work. Most of the previous work remains in good shape but the LR has had some leakage, roof and ceilings need replacing. The pictures are from when the home was redone and do not reflect the current condition. With the new lower price it leaves a lot of value to be repaired to its former condition. Currently listed at one-third of assessment.

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‘Y Without Walls’ Expanded Services To Cooperstown, Delhi WALLS/From A1 Award at the Annual Dinner & Celebration of Business Thursday, March 3.

Andrew Marietta, regional manager of the New York Council of Nonprofits, helped prepare the strategic plan. “The Y had never done one before, but Frank saw the value in it,” he said.

“When people made the nominations, they spoke about how the Y really met the community’s needs for children’s programming focused on wellness,” said Barbara Ann Heegan, Otsego Chamber president.

“Many families said their partnership with the Wilber Park pool really encouraged their children to swim.”

Founded in 1883 as a place for D&H Railroad workers to enjoy athletics, the Y has been at 20 Ford Ave. since 1965. Although an addition was made in 1985, space on the city block is limited.

So as part of their plan, Russo and the board developed what they called “The Y Without Walls,” partnering with community organizations to expand programming while meeting the needs of the municipality. “We stepped outside our footprint,” said Russo.

“We couldn’t expand inside, so we expanded our outside,” said Don Tubia, board president.

After the closing of Center Street School, the Y moved its pre-K and afterschool care program into the Ford Avenue building.

“After school we do crafts and play games, and they have time for homework,” said Russo. “There was a need.”

The program was so successful that it has been expanded into Cooperstown, Delhi and Walton schools.

“These schools hadn’t had after-school care in years,” said board vice president Sarah Manchester. “Those kids were going home unattended. With us, they have time to do their homework, play games and do crafts.”

The Y is in talks with other communities as well to continue expanding the program throughout Otsego and Delaware counties.

“Everything we’ve done has been because there’s

Y Executive Director Russo: “We keep reinventing ourselves.”

a need,” said Russo. “We have a responsibility to the community.”

In 2013, then-Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller approached the Y to take over the city’s summer parks program. “We didn’t have a choice,” said Russo. “If we didn’t take them over, they wouldn’t exist. We felt we had a responsibility to the community.”

Since then, the parks program has grown, with morning and afternoon programs in Neahwa and Wilber parks, and the Wilber Park pool. “It’s part of our mission,” said Russo. “We’re here for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.”

And when the Otsego County Alliance for Youth board disbanded in late 2013, members approached the YMCA about the Oneonta Teen Center, which would have to close if no one would take over operations. The Y jumped at the chance, and expanded programming and staff. “That’s what we do best,” said Russo. “We take on a need and we find a solution.”

Inside the Y, Russo and his staff continually look

for new programs to offer and equipment to buy. “We lease our cardio equipment so that it’s always state-ofthe-art,” he said. “We just bought four new machines.”

“We change the exercise rooms every four years,” said Tubia.

The new machines are there, in part, because the Y’s most recent membership drive brought in 332 new members. “We’re seeing growth like we’ve never seen before,” said Russo.

And although a capital plan was completed in 2010 to add handicap accessibility and building upgrades, the Y is continuing to look at new ways to use space. “When the building first opened, this was all opened up,” said Russo. “These walls are all just temporary. We want to go back to how it used to look.”

The Y has already expanded the entrance, and is about to open up the cardio room to accommodate the additional machinery.

“There’s an overhang all around the building,” Russo said. “If we expanded out to that, we’re looking at a lot more space. We just need to plan out what our best use of the space is.”

And with the five years complete, the Y is looking to write a new strategic plan, looking ahead to the future.

“A strategic plan is a living, breathing document,” said Marietta. “They want to keep it relevant.”

“We’ll keep reinventing ourselves,” said Russo.

“We’re a different Y since we started. We’re a different Y than a year ago. And we’re never closed-minded to opportunity and conversation.”

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or retired Fox Hospital CEO John Remillard, the “Fox Family” isn’t just a workplace buzzword.

He’s lived it.

“A few months after we moved to Oneonta, my wife Susan was diagnosed with cancer,” he said. “They provided world-class care when she was sick. I saw their obligation to creating a family atmosphere for their patients, both as the CEO and as a family member.”

Susan died in 1994, and Remillard found himself a single

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EUGENE A. BETTIOL JR. DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN father, running the hospital while raising his three children, Sara, Jack and Adam. “It was a big challenge, but the board at Fox was very understanding and flexible,” he said. “They helped me develop a work/ home balance. I was able to have supper with my kids most nights.”

The former Fox Hospital CEO retired Dec. 31 after nearly 30 years on the job, but he’s returning Thursday, March John Remillard with the children he raised in 3, to the SUNY Oneonta Hunt Oneonta: Jack, left, and Adam right (with wife Union Ballroom, to receive this Jessie); and daughter Sara, center. year’s Eugene Bettiol, Jr. DisCenter on Route 7. Patients upgrade, in 2013, the hospital tinguished Citizen Award from could now see their doctor, get launched “The Gold Standard” the Otsego County Chamber. a prescription filled, get lab campaign, a $1.5 million “John was a transformatests done, go to the eye doctor fundraising plan to upgrade all tive leader during a challengor even the gym in the former the patient rooms into single ing time in healthcare,” said Pyramid Mall in Oneonta’s occupancy. Families could Barbara Ann Heegan, chamber East End. “I’m very proud now stay with patients, and president. “He has truly given of that facility,” he said. “It infection rates went down. so much back to the commuallows us to provide outpatient Through it all, Remillard nity.” continued to foster the “Fox One of 14 children raised on care in a pleasant environment with lots of parking.”

Family” atmosphere he had a dairy farm in Peru, south of “Having the FoxCare Center found when he arrived. “We Plattsburgh, Remillard got his have a very active ‘Leave master’s degree at Russell Sage here is an important piece in driving people here to relocate Bank,’ where employees can College in Troy, and began his to this area,” said Heegan. donate some of their days off career with the state DepartDismayed with the hospital’s to co-workers,” he said. “That ment of Health and Mary Mcway, if someone has to take Clellan Hospital in Cambridge, outdated operating rooms, Remillard put together a building time off to take care of a sick east of Albany, before coming project that doubled the numfamily member, they can still to Oneonta in 1988. ber of operating rooms from get a paycheck.”

“My kids were excited to 4 to 8, and upgraded medical He was active in the ARC move to Oneonta because they Otsego, St. Mary’s Church, and had a Pizza Hut,” he said. “But equipment. “We also built a new emergency room and Catskill Area Hospice, as well when we got here, I didn’t X-ray department in 2004,” he as the Oneonta Rotary Club. “I know it would become my said. “We really did a lot of joined Rotary the first month I home. The community was so modernization.” got here,” he said. warm and welcoming to us.”

In 2011, faced with ecoAnd although he’s stepped He immediately set about nomic challenges and struggles down from Fox, Remillard isn’t helping the hospital navigate recruiting doctors to a rural ready to retire completelyt yet. the changing healthcare reimarea, Fox joined the Bassett On Feb. 8, he took on the role bursement system.

Healthcare Network. “All of interim CEO at Elizabeth“We aggressively began these issues are more easily ad- town Community Hospital in recruiting doctors to focus on the eastern Adirondacks, overprimary care,” he said. “Long- dressed when you’re part of a seeing that hospital’s network. standing practices like Oneonta larger network,” he said. “It’s ever-changing, ever-evolv“A colleague of mine said they Family Practice, Susquehanna ing, and we’re always lookhad a need, and my son Jack Family Practice were all creing for new ways to provide is here,” he said, from Elizaated during that time period.” bethtown. “But I still go back And with the hospital seeing more high-quality care to our patients.” and forth between here and huge growth in the late ‘90s, But perhaps harkening Oneonta. It’s the perfect place he combined all those practices back to that first surgical suite for a family.” under one roof in the FoxCare

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MLS#103489 $169,000 Original Character, Modern Comfort Village home is being sold for less than what has been invested.

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MLS#99011 $349,000 $30K Income per Year 75’ lake frontage, year-round home plus two 2-BR efficiency cabins, game room.

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MLS#97561 $89,500 1873 Classic In Village, walk to everything. Sunroom, 4 BRs, DR, eat-in kitchen. Was 2-family, still could be.

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MLS#103836 $235,000 Great Business Opportunity – Automotive Owner Financing! 19-year established business.

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MLS#103937 $110,000 Amazing State Land Buy! 52 acres borders State land, rushing stream, stone walls and deep woods!

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ARC OTSEGO DANCE: Put on your dancin’ shoes for Arc Otsego’s Valentine’s Dance, 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, featuring DJ Tom King. $2 admission, light refreshments. All welcome. Holiday Inn, 5206 Rte. 23, Oneonta. Info, www.arcotsego.org, (607) 432-8595.

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n 2007, The Fenimore Art Museum’s centerpiece was “Ansel Adams: The Man Who Captured the Earth’s Beauty.”

Paul D’Ambrosio, then vice president and chief curator, looks back on that season as Ansel Adams the first in a string of growing successes. “We had a spring that looked like summer,” recalled D’Ambrosio, now NYSHA president.

The seasons that followed featured the Hudson River School, John Singer Sargent, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper, American Impressionists, Winslow Homer and, last year, Maxfield Parrish.

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can Tonalist School, incorporating loose brushwork and muted colors into his rural landscapes. ►Matika Wilbur, Project 562/April 1–Sept.19 Directed by acclaimed Northwest photographer Matika Wilbur, Project 562 is a national documentary project – the first of its kind – photographing contemporary Native America. The 2010 Census shows some 5.2 million Native Americans, yet stereotypical images from the 19th century prevail. The film offers images and narratives from all 562 tribal communities in the U.S. ►The Clothing Project/April 1–June 5 Throughout 2014 and 2015, Curatorial Fellow Mary Alexander blogged about the intriguing clothing treasures she found in The Fenimore and Farmers’ museum collections. The exhibit includes 16 of the most popular.

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FREE FILM: Free screening of 2011 award-winning film “Moozlum,” in honor of Black History Month, 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20.

Film follows story of a young man from a strict Muslim background who begins college in the aftermath of 9/11. Starring Danny Glover and Evan Ross. Q&A follows film. Upstairs Theater, Production Center, Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-2080.

IDELSON TALKS HoF: Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, shares anecdotes from his tenure and thoughts on the Hall’s future. 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. Free; all welcome; part of Village Library of Cooperstown’s Sunday Program Series. Village Library, downstairs meeting room, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 4343418 or www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org

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VALENTINE’S DANCE -- 7-9 p.m. Arc Otsego’s Valentine’s Dance features DJ Tom King. $2 admission, light refreshments served. All welcome. Holiday Inn, 5206 Rte. 23, Oneonta. Info, www.arcotsego.org, (607) 4328595.

LOL PLAY READING -- 7 p.m.

“LOL” play reading of play “Hell Haven,” by local author Judy Steiner-Grin. Free by donation; all welcome. Part of series of “LOL” play readings. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.feni-

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AUDUBON PROGRAM -- 7:30 p.m. Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society presents noted landscape photographer Wells Horton. Come and experience the beautiful landscapes of New York Free; all welcome. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St. Oneonta.

Saturday, February 20

POLAR BEAR JUMP -- 12:30 p.m. Annual winter lake plunge raises funds for local families and organizations in need.

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Awards banquet follows at 6:30 p.m. at Oneonta Elks Club, 8486 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 286-7101 or www.pbjump. com

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO OCCA SNOWSHOE HIKE -- 1 p.m. Otsego County Conservation Association’s 2016 Nature Walk Series. Join Trish Riddell Kent and Steve Kent for a snowshoe hike in Robert V. Riddell State Park. The Kents, who donated the land for the park, will share history of the area on easy, 1.5-mile hike, for all skill levels.

Bring own snowshoes. If not enough snow, hike will proceed on foot. Bring water and wear weather-appropriate clothing.

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Dinner and comedy night, by Northern Country Comedy. Age 21 & over. $20 dinner & show; $12 show only in advance ($15 at door). Advance sales till Feb. 13. Sidney American Legion Post 183, 22 Union St., Sidney.

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FREE FILM -- 2 p.m. Free screening of 2011 award-winning film “Mooz-lum,” in honor of Black History Month. Film follows story of a young man from a strict Muslim background who begins college in the aftermath of 9/11. Starring Danny Glover, Nia Long, and Evan Ross. Q&A follows film. Upstairs Theater, Production Center, Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-2080.

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Chicken & biscuit dinner with all trimmings, followed by youth musical “Welcome Back, Billy Best,” the story of the Prodigal Son set in the 1920s. $10 adults; $5 ages 6-12; under age 5 free.

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LIBRARY TALK -- 3 p.m.

Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, shares anecdotes from his tenure and thoughts on the Hall’s future. Free; part of Village Library of Cooperstown’s Sunday Program Series. Village Library, downstairs meeting room, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 434-3418 or www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org

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LOL PLAY READING -- 7 p.m. “LOL” play reading of hit play “God of Carnage.” Free by donation; all welcome. Part of series of “LOL” play readings.

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CFA Grant Will Help Fenimore Reach Out To Rochester, Hudson Valley, NYC ADAMS/From B1 public, has only increased.

So “Ansel Adams: The Early Works,” which opens April 1, goes back to where it all began, completing the picture begun by “The Man Who Captured…”

The 2007 exhibit was from the photographer’s years at the peak of his fame. The images, from Adams’ negatives, were prepared in the great man’s studio under his direction, but probably not by his hand. The contrasts were sharper, more “bombastic.”

“If you saw that show 10 years ago, you’ll have a very different impression … This is the show to see,” D’Ambrosio said in an interview. “Ansel Adams, in his early years, was much more into the subtleties, the middle tones.”

D’Ambrosio’s favorite image in “The Early Works” is of El Capitan, the 3,000-foot-tall rock formation in California’s Yosemite Valley. Of the many images taken of that landmark, “you won’t see one that captured it like Ansel

“Ansel Adams: Early Works” is the centerpiece of this summer’s offerings at The Fenimore Art Museum.

Adams.”

Since, photographers looking to capture El Capitan seek out the “3- by 4-foot square” spot where Adams stood on making that im-

age. “He’s the one that found it,” D’Ambrosio said.

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and explores the history private female education in the U.S. and the role of women educators in the growth of our educational system. ►Arnold Newman: Luminaries of the Twentieth Century in Art, Politics and Culture/ Oct. 19–Dec. 31 Explore the minds and personalities that defined a century through the eyes of one of its own; Arnold Newman. Known as the ‘Father of Environmental Portraiture,’ Newman’s work is exhibited globally in major museums.

See over 60 portraits, including those of Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, Martha Graham, John F. Kennedy, and Woody Allen.

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24–Dec.31 The Clothing Project exhibit transitions into the fall and winter with a look at The Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum collections of apparel for colder months. View seldom-seen clothing from Upstate New York’s past, including mittens, muffs, capes, dresses, and hats. Just in time for the holidays! ►Ongoing Exhibitions: • Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art • The Coopers of Cooperstown • American Memory: Recalling the Past in Folk Art

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►Scott McKowen’s Shakespeare Illustrations/June 17–Sept. 5 In a celebration of Shakespeare in the quadricentennial of his death, Stratford, Ontario artist McKowen reveals an impressive array of sketches, engravings and “colorized” works in an exhibition of Shakespeare theatre posters for venues in the U.S. and Canada. The exhibit complements the Glimmerglobe Theatre’s production of “Romeo & Juliet” planned on the museum’s lakeside amphitheater. ►The Instruction of Young Ladies: Arts from Private Girls’ Schools and Academies in Early America/Sept.

24–Dec. 31 “Young ladies” in early America were schooled in academics as well as pictorial needlework, weaving, rug hooking, drawing, and painting in multiple media. To demonstrate their skills, girls produced “samplers.” The exhibit highlights these works,

– the third in four As has always seasons – provided been the case, the $108,000 for promosignature exhibit is tion of “the exhibit part of a full menu. and, by extension, Again this year, The Fenimore,” he The Fenimore and said.

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Sure, Try Ads; But Jobs Better LETTER/From A4 As for energy, Governor Cuomo has opted for subsidized renewables, with $6 billion recently earmarked and more to come. There will be mandates, tax incentives, government contracts and all the crony goodies that a $100 billion budget will allow. Expect electric rates to mirror those in Germany, where customers pay three times what we are currently charged.

If you drive businesses out of New York with high taxes, abusive regulations, and a governor who replaces the marketplace as energy arbiter, young families will follow those businesses as they flee to Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas and other low overhead states. That’s where young people can get decent jobs and find opportunity.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: COOPERSTOWN HAPPY CAMPERS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 17 November 2015.

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 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalFeb18 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: DYKSTRA CONSTRUCTION LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 4 January 2016. 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 69, Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Arts LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/15, under LLC Law Sec. 203. Office location: 1149 County Highway 27, Richfield Springs, NY, 13439, Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Christina Milliman,1149 County Highway 27, Richfield Springs, NY, 13439. Purpose: Any lawful business.

6LegalFeb25 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: WILLSUE, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/13/2016.

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: 50 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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The name of the entity is Suntime LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 21, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10128. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3

limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 168 Sugar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3

business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3

Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/04/2016. Office loc: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Devin S. Morgan, ESQ. Hoffman Warnick LLC, 540 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is P & L Properties VII, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 20, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the

Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Bissell Road, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 20, 2016.

The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10128. The purpose of the

Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is N811SA LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 20, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10128. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3 Legal notice BARRISTER AND MANN LLC, Arts. of

Legal notice MEGAMOTION, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/11/2016.

Office loc: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3514 Craig Road, Clinton, NY 13323. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

6LegalMarch3 Legal notice EMILYSARA, L.L.C. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 01/07/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O TROSSET GROUP ATTORNEYS, P.O. BOX 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending for beer, wine and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 4918 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326, Otsego County, for on site consumption.

FELCHER ENTERPRISES. 2LegalFeb18 Legal notice THE EMPIRE HOUSE HOTEL, LLC filed with SSNY 12/18/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Sasan Khashaei, 136 Marion Avenue, Gilbertsville, NY 13776. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMarch17 Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by Otsego County:

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2016 BID #1 ASPHALT CONCRETE & RELATED WORK BID #2 STONE, SAND & GRAVEL BID #3 COLD-INPLACE RECYCLING (HAMMERMILL PROCESS) BID #4 STRUCTURAL STEEL BID #5 GABION BASKETS BID #6 GUIDE RAIL BID #7 STEEL, CORRUGATED, PLASTIC CULVERT PIPE BID #8 LIQUID BITUMINOUS MATERIAL All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2016 Bid #1 - ASPHALT CONCRETE & RELATED WORK) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street 2nd Floor, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 08, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF

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THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

Bidders are responsible for examining the Instructions to Bidders /General Conditions of the bid.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws. The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Superintendent of Highways or by visiting our website at www. otsegocounty. com to view bid.

CAROL McGOVERN CLERK OF THE BOARD OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: February 12, 2016 1LegalFeb18

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We will be at our Mirabito store location at: 4968 Route 23 • Oneonta, NY

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To apply, please complete an online application on the NYCM careers page at www.nycm.com. Specify Contract Management Specialist as “Area of Interest” on the employment application.

Associate Actuary

The Product Management Division at NYCM Insurance is seeking a talented, motivated and technically inclined individual for the position of Associate Actuary. We offer a challenging and rewarding work environment with potential for advancement. NYCM Insurance offers an excellent compensation and benefits package.

This position will fulfill an actuarial ratemaking, reserving, and product analysis role. The incumbent will be responsible for conducting all aspects of traditional rate level pricing indications, loss reserving analysis, and evaluation of financial results by line of business.

The incumbent will work with team members in the development and maintenance of one of the primary product lines by monitoring rate level analysis, product pricing, and competitive pricing alignment; May need to analyze business pricing from an Underwriting and Claims perspective; Work with various team members to retrieve data from various internal and external sources in preparation for analysis; Construct modeling datasets that support GLM based model development; Run or modify existing database queries against multiple computer sources; Verify accuracy of data pulled and revise methods of data retrieval by following a standard process Compile and prepare reports, graphs, and presentations of analysis to support financial forecasts, recognition and/ or identification of performance trends, corporate initiatives, and cross divisional alignment and communication.

The successful candidate must have Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Finance, Mathematics, Accounting, Economics or Statistics. Candidate should posess 1-3 years of insurance analysis experience including reporting line/interaction with management; have successfully completed and passed at least one actuarial exam. Skill set should include intermediate knowledge of business processes and analytical support systems; Intermediate computer skills including MS Office and demonstrated skills in Excel, Access, SQL, and SAS; Intermediate understanding of Business Objects and database concepts; Be detail oriented with thorough understanding of insurance concepts; have strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity; Have good written and oral communication and presentation skills; The flexibility to work on multiple projects simultaneously; the ability to learn new concepts, processes, and applications quickly; and be a team player within and across teams.

To apply, please complete an online application on the NYCM careers page at www.nycm.com. Specify Associate Actuary as “Area of Interest” on the employment application.

Associate Product Analyst The Product Management Division at NYCM Insurance is seeking a talented, motivated and technically inclined individual for the position of Associate Product Analysis. We offer a challenging and rewarding work environment with potential for advancement. NYCM Insurance offers an excellent compensation and benefits package.

The incumbent will be responsible for working with team members to provide greater visibility into product level performance trends through the development of product performance analysis and reporting. The incumbent will work with teammates to identify opportunities, refine product frameworks, and help with discovering opportunities and solutions to product related challenges. Duties include: support the development and maintenance of a given product line; Monitor performance including growth and profitability; Provide support of the given product line by analyzing business performance from a Marketing, Underwriting and Claims perspective so as to allow for greatest degree of insight into loss experience trends and related pricing schemes; work with teammates in a data gathering capacity to retrieve data from various internal and external sources in preparation for modeling or complex variable analysis; Run or modify existing database queries against multiple computer sources; Work towards development and use of SAS to structure data sets for structuring of data, production of reports and analysis ; Verify accuracy of data pulled and revise methods of data retrieval by following a standard process; Compile and prepare reports, graphs, and charts of data; May at times act as liaison for Product Management by working and collaborating with other NYCM business units; Supports business area projects by applying general knowledge of the business area processes including best practices; Sharing knowledge within team setting; Build on reporting and analysis skills as well as business understanding through internal and external course work.

We’re Hiring Truck Drivers & Maintenance Technicians!

For our Production Facility in New Berlin, NY With a growing team of thousands, Chobani strives to stay true to and honor Hamdi’s vision and goals for our company: To develop and foster meaningful relationships with those around us, to give back to our local and global communities, and to create one perfect cup of yogurt at a time. As a company, we’re proud to offer careers with limitless opportunities. We look for only the most passionate and hard-working people who will share this vision and help our rapidly growing company reach the next level. Chobani gives us all the chance to make a difference.

For more information & to apply, please visit our website at www.chobani.com/careers EEO: Chobani is an equal opportunity employer. Chobani will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on any basis including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, predisposing genetic characteristics and genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state and local laws.

Available: Part-time Managing Director Bright Hill Press & Bright Hill Literary Center Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Managing Director (MD) will have overall operational responsibility for Bright Hill’s part-time staff, expansion, and execution of its mission, and will work with the Artistic Director.

Responsibilities include: — Create and execute local fundraising strategies, including grants, with the Board of Directors.

— Supervise the Administrative Assistant, and work cooperatively with the Artistic Director.

— Coordinate the development of a Strategic Plan with the Board of Directors.

— Engage and energize volunteers, board members, committees, and partnering organizations and funders.

— Record, monitor, and present financial statements.

— Organize Board meetings and reports.

The successful candidate will have Bachelor s Degree or equivalent amount of experience. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision; ability to be a self-starter and adaptable, fast learner. Ability to think strategically, translate plans into action, and exhibit excellent judgment in decision-making and ability to deliver quality, professional work. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, Excel, and WordPerfect Programs. Love of and passion for literature and commitment to Bright Hill’s mission.

Please email cover letter and curriculum vitae to wordthur@stny.rr.com; or mail to Director, BHP, 94 Church St., Treadwell, NY 13846.

The successful candidate must have Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Finance, Mathematics, Accounting, Economics or Statistics. Candidate should possess proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, skill requirements include beginner level familiarity with SAS, Emblem and Radar with demonstrated skills in Excel, Access, SQL, including the ability to create, manipulate and formulate spreadsheets and databases; Innovative thinker with creative problem-solving skills; Strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills; Ability to learn new concepts, processes, and applications quickly; and be a team player.

To apply, please complete an online application on the NYCM careers page at www.nycm.com.

Specify Associate Product Analyst as “Area of Interest” on the employment application.

Brewery Ommegang-Duvel Moortgat USA is currently seeking a Laboratory Technician for the Cooperstown location. This position will be responsible for assisting the Quality Control Manager in maintaining the lab and performing tests. For a full description, please see http://www.ommegang.com/#!jobs. Competitive wages, medical/dental, 401k, and other benefits are available.

Resumes should be e-mailed to mikol@ommegang.com.

Brewery Ommegang – Duvel Moortgat USA is an equal opportunity employer.

ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (PaRT-TIME) The Village of Cooperstown, listed in the Glimmerglass Historic District on the National Register of Historic places, and a Certified Local Government, seeks qualified applicants for the position of part-time Zoning Enforcement Officer. Duties include explaining and interrupting the Village zoning ordinances to contractors and the general public, reporting to the various zoning boards and Village Board of Trustees, investigating complaints of violations, attending monthly meetings of the zoning boards and Board of Trustees, assisting the public in applying for zoning permits. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in municipal planning, zoning enforcement, historic preservation or related field. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships between the public and Village representatives is an essential component of this position. Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

Please send resume, cover letter, and references to the Teri L. Barown, RMC, Village Clerk, Village of Cooperstown, P.O. Box 346, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or by email to vcooperstown@stny.rr.com.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Any questions regarding this position should be directed to the Teri Barown at 607547-2411. Candidates must be Otsego County residents at the time of appointment. EOE.

The Farmers’ Museum and Fenimore Art Museum have the following openings available: Visitor Services Associates: Seeking friendly individuals to fill seasonal positions during the museum season (April-December). You will be working with the public in the museum stores and admissions desks. Successful candidates work well with a team and deliver exemplary customer service.

Custodians: Seeking part-time, seasonal custodians.

Experience helpful, but will train enthusiastic individuals willing to learn. Neat appearance and good customer service skills required. Must be able to work independently and as part of a team. Must be able to work weekends, holidays and overtime when needed.

Docents: Seeking part-time, seasonal docents for 2016 season. Successful candidates will be engaging public speakers, enjoy research and learning, and have a passion for art. Experience with leading tours or teaching is preferred. This position offers limited hours.

Museum Teachers and Interpreters: Seeking part-time, seasonal museum teachers and interpreters for the 2016 season. Successful applicants will have excellent communication skills; be engaging speakers; have a passion for history and learning; and be able to learn and demonstrate historic crafts to the public. Experience leading tours or teaching is preferred.

For more information and application, visit NYSHA.org, FarmersMuseum.org or call 607-547-1462.

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THURSDAY, February 18, 2016

OBITUARIES

Catherine ‘Kitty’ Elliott, 85; Co-Owner Of Milford Market, Captain At Otesaga

MILFORD – Selfless mother, grandmother and great grandmother Catherine T. “Kitty” Elliott, former co-proprietor of the Milford Market, completed her 85year-journey, surrounded by her loving family and friends Monday, Feb. 8, 2016.

Kitty joined the world with her twin sister on May 21, 1930, in Wilmington, Del. She was one of eight children born to the late Antonio and Mary (Uzzo) Mazzio.

She began her hard-working career at a young age, leaving academic pursuits to help care for her siblings.

On Aug. 7, 1954, she wed the late Robert F. Elliott, who served in the Navy. In 1970, she and her husband moved to Upstate New York, settling in Milford.

There, Kitty raised her three children with exceptional love and devotion of which she took great Catherine pride.

Elliot This was by far her favorite and most rewarding profession. In return, each is eternally grateful for all she taught and provided to and for them.

Through the years, she “wore many hats” at various local establishments; but her hardworking, determined, and sassy persona always shone through. Kitty was known for her colorful words and keen wit, at any time, and in any given setting.

For some years, she and her husband owned and operated the Milford Market. Always a people person, Kitty also worked at The Meadows, The Otesaga (where she was a captain) and Taylor’s Mini Mart. She especially loved being a waitress and spent many enjoyable years employed by dear friends, Jim and Polly Renckens at The Hickory Grove Inn. During her time here on earth, Kitty helped countless people in her family and community, not least of which being the seniors who attended luncheons with her at the Christ Church Parish Hall.

In her free time, she enjoyed a good game of Bingo, wherever it was held.

She was an avid bowler and won many championships.

Helen Mondore, 78; Of Well-Known Richfield Family SCHUYLER LAKE – Helen E. Mondore, 78, widow of Glenn Mondore, passed away on February 11, 2016.

She was born on June 6, 1937, a daughter of the late Earl and Mildred Allan Bogart.

On June 30, 1956, she married Glenn A. Mondore.

The shared a devoted union of 54 years until his passing on September 4, 2010.

Helen was a caring person always ready to lend a helping hand to family and friends.

She is survived by a son, Larry Mondore, a daughter, Bonnie Duncan. and her husband Raymond, a brother, Richard Bogart a sister, Katherine Hempstead, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren all of Richfield Springs.

Besides her parents and

She loved music, especially country-western or dancing to a good polka.

While a resident at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, she grew particularly fond of Paul Ryder and his style of country music.

Kitty is survived by her loving children, Sharon A. Elliott of Oneonta, Robert F. Elliott, Jr. of Milford, and David M. Elliott of Cooperstown; her grandchildren Matthew Parslow (Rachel Nolan) of Mount Upton, Zachary Parslow of Oneonta, and Samantha Fox (Erin Fox) of Troy; and a great-granddaughter, Sophia

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husband Glenn, she was preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Fred “Shorty,” Charles, Marie Bogart, Pearl Stocket, and Ruth Bogart.

A graveside service in Schuyler Lake will take place in the spring at a time to be announced.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs.

lacrosse, and every level of high school football.

Denny was a loving son, husband, father, Dennis Carr brother, uncle and friend who will be deeply missed.

He is survived by his loving wife, Susan Carr of Oneonta; three children, Joshua Carr of Greensboro, N.C., Chad Carr and fiancé Brittany Shea of Boston, and Chelsea Carr of Oneonta; his parents, Roger and Gloria Carr of Oneonta; two brothers, Kevin Carr of Esperance and Tim and Jacky Carr of Oxford; his Aunt Norma (Bill) Slawson of Oneonta,

and his Uncle Dale Carr of Oneonta; father-in-law Ken Swift of Amblerville; two sisters-in-law, Kathy (Joe) Stewart of Norwich and Julie Swift of South New Berlin; brother-in-law Joe (Marianne) Swift of Florida, as well as many loved aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his mother-in-law, Lee Swift, and his brother-inlaw, Kevin Swift.

There will be a private family gathering to celebrate Denny’s life at his home.

Memorial donations in memory of Dennis M. Carr may be made to the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, P.O. Box 298, Milford NY 13807.

Funeral arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home of Oneonta.

St., Cooperstown. At 6 p.m. a Celebration of Life will be offered at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to either the Resident Council Fund at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 330 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, NY 13820, or Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820 who both provided excellent care to Kitty in her later years.

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

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Dennis M. Carr, 54; OHS Teacher, Intended Polar Bear Jump Recipient ONEONTA – Dennis M. Carr, 54, the OHS teacher and coach who received an outpouring of support in his fight against cancer, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016,, with his family by his side.

He was born July 28, 1961, in Oneonta, the son of Roger and Gloria (Brown) Carr.

Denny graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 1979, and received a degree in education from SUNY Oswego in 1983.

Following graduation, Denny became a teacher at OHS where he taught technology for the past 30 years.

On April 5, 1986, Denny married Susan Swift at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Norwich.

Denny loved working around the house, and he always had a project going outside, whether it was rebuilding his deck for the tenth time, or lifeguarding at his pool. He could fix anything with the help of his dad, and even built his own house.

Denny always enjoyed family camping trips, and vacations to the beach.

His true passion was coaching. For over 30 years he coached everything from Little League baseball, JV

Parslow.

She is further survived by her twin sister, Philomena Cahall, a set of twin brothers, Louis Mazzio (Jackie Debrady) and Anthony Mazzio, brother Robert Mazzio, and sister Rosemarie Mazzio, and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her son Rob’s long-time companion and love, Sonia L. Prendergast, and two brothers, James and Vito Mazzio.

Kitty’s family will receive friends 4-6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut

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THURSDAY, february 18, 2016

‘Interruptible Power’ Concept Worrying Large Local Institutions GAS/From A1

Reynolds and others, including Blake Lutz from Lutz Feeds.

At the meeting, Lutz reported that his company on Lower River Street, Oneonta, by the Norfolk Southern tracks, had installed a dryer to process bird seed, only to discover after the fact that NYSEG would not provide natural gas necessary to run it. (NYSEG and Lutz have since reached an agreement to get the fuel.) “Until then, I’d never heard of ‘interruptible power’,� said Sandy Mathes, president of Otsego Now, the county’s economic-development arm and IDA. “I’m very concerned about this lack of natural-gas capacity in the Oneonta-Sidney corridor,� said state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, in an interview, adding that some of the

people at the SUNY meeting had approached him separately with concerns about “interruptible power.�

Briefed by Mathes about the SUNY gathering, the senator arranged a meeting for the two of them with Commissioner Diane X. Burman of the state Public Service Commission and Cynthia McCarran, deputy director for gas & water of the PSC’s Office of Electric, Gas & Water.

Seward said he didn’t argue for approval of the Continental Pipeline which, by allowing communities along the route to tap in, would immediately resolve the pent-up demand. But he did tell Burman there needs to be a decision on the state water permits that, lacking for now, have been holding up the start of construction.

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ing a meeting with NYSEG President/CEO Mark S. Lynch to discuss the company’s application to the PSC to replace a 50-year-old, 8-inch gas line between Norwich and Oneonta with a larger 10-inch line in the next five years.

Most immediately, Seward is concerned about 800-employee Amphenol at Sidney, which built a new plant three years ago, convinced by a “more than implied commit-

ment� that natural gas would be forthcoming. “Through Otsego Now, we’re developing these shovelready sites,� he continued. “We’re looking for major new development in the Oneonta railyard. How are we going to attract new business if we can’t offer them natural gas?�

He said he’s as concerned that existing businesses, like the ones represented at the SUNY Oneonta meeting, get the natural gas they need.

For his part, Mathes said he has discussed the developments with Otsego Now’s energy consultant and come up with a five-point program to address the central concerns.

Part of it is working toward PSC approval of the Constitution Pipeline, designed to carry natural gas fracked in northeast Pennsylvania, through

Delaware and other New York counties, to East Coast markets. (Sidney, Unadilla and Otego have already arranged to tap into the line if or when it goes through.)

Other points included encouraging NYSEG to move ahead with dispatch on the Norwich-Oneonta pipeline upgrade, and to seek NYSEG’s collaboration on a solar component being developed in the Oneonta Business Park (formerly Pony Farm).

Mathes said he views natural gas as a necessity for now for manufacturing uses, but also as a transitional energy source as the nation moves to renewable.

This push for approval of the Constitution Pipeline, which has received the necessary permits from FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), but is held up by state regulators, is the first significant challenge to the Stop the Pipeline organiza-

tion, which has controlled the debate to date.

Anne Marie Garti, the Delhi lawyer who is among Stop the Pipeline’s leaders, scoffed at efforts to move construction forward, calling it “fantasy.�

The better option, she said, is to wait until 2020, when the NYSEG project is expected to move forward.

For his part, Seward said he has worked with his constituents in Delaware and other counties to shift the pipeline route for minimum impact, and has also opposed Kinder Morgan’s Northeast Energy Direct pipeline, which has been proposed to parallel the Constitution.

NED, the senator said, doesn’t allow communities along the route to tap in, as the Constitution does, and therefore offers no benefits to his district. Further, he said, he opposes the region becoming a “highway for pipelines.�

YarnIt Takes Inventor To Oscars YARNIT/From A1

‘If this is a con, don’t waste my time’.�

But it wasn’t a scam.

As it turns out, the wife of one of the producers of the Oscar’s Gifting Suite, which caters to the stars, was a huge fan of Sullivan’s YarnIt, a plastic globe that allows knitters to take their projects wherever they go without fear of tangled yarn. “They even have shoulder straps, so you can wear it while you knit!� she said.

So Thursday, Feb. 25, she’ll fly out to L.A and set up a booth in the Dolby Theater, where, on Saturday, Feb. 26, Oscar nominees and celebrities will be able to take a YarnIt home as part of their Oscar Gift Bags. “I usually work in my pajamas,� she said. “When I told my neighbor I was going to the Oscars, she said ‘You’ve got a problem – you’ll need to go buy some clothes, or sew some sequins onto your nightie!’�

Some 120 of these bags will be given out at the pre-Oscars festivities. “I partnered with a friend of mine, Karin Skacel, to put together a bag with a ball of her beautiful yarn, a pair of Addi needles and a scarf pattern,� she said.

Sullivan saw a need for such a product when, while traveling, the beautiful white yarn she was using for a baby blanket fell out of her bag and onto the floor of a plane, where it got covered in grime and crumbs. “I bought $400 worth of fancy bags to keep my yarn in, but nothing worked – the yarn got crushed, or you had to cut it to get it out.�

In a moment of frustration, she went into her husband Michael’s golf trophy room and took one of the globes he kept his golf balls in and cut it in half.

And thus, the YarnIt was born.

She refined the design and filed for a patent, launching

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Necessity – the inability to keep yarn under control – led Cooperstown’s Kate Sullivan to invent YarnIt.

the product in January 2015, “I had stuck a mustache decal on one and put it on our website when we first launched, and 10 minutes later, Vogue was calling me up,� she said. “We sent them one, and the featured me in the April 2015 issue.�

Since then, the YarnIt has been featured in Vogue Knitting, Knitty and Creative Knitting magazines, and will be featured on QVC.com in April.

And The YarnIts are 100 percent American made, tooled in Syracuse and manufactured in Binghamton. “The only thing that isn’t American is me, I’m British-born!� she joked.

She has several models, including “The Cooper,� and an accessory package for the base that she calls “Bases Loaded,� which contains scissors, stitch markers and a darning needle.

She’s hoping to get them into the hands of some celebrity knitters, including Julia Roberts and Russell Crowe. “We’re just a small company,� she said. “But I talked to two other people who’d done this, and they said it changed their business 100 percent.�

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