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tudents from Cooperstown Central School will join student groups from Canajoharie, Sharon Springs, and Cobleskill at a Rally for Our Lives at 1 p.m. March 24 in Cobleskill Centre Park. The rally, like one in Oneonta, is a sister event to a national March for Our Lives in Washington D.C., featuring music and speakers calling for common sense gun safety measures. IN MEMORIAM: Harvey Leventhal, 90, a prominent neurosurgeon on Staten Island who retired to Cooperstown, died Tuesday, March 6, at Albany Medical Center. ASSAULT ARREST: Houston S. Hollister, 33, was arrested after an investigation revealed he allegedly assaulted a Springbrook resident. HENSON RETIRES: Jack Henson, county Veterans Affairs director, is retiring, to be replaced by Dennis Clark. FUNERAL PLANNED: The funeral for Rev. Doug Deer will be 10 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at Cooperstown Baptist Church, 21 Elm St.
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hen she was a young woman, Erin Collier entered a 5K race alongside her dad, Steven. “A boy and his dad passed us, and my dad said, ‘Are you going to let the boys beat you?’ and I sped up.” The only female candidate in a field of seven Erin Collier in Democrats hoping her family’s barn, to challenge U.S. from video Rep. John Faso, announcing her R-Kinderhook, on campaign. Nov. 6, Collier announced her candidacy Monday, March 16, with a video declaring, “I Won’t Let The Boys Beat Me.” Please See COLLIER, A7
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Faith Lafond-Fassett, 10, Cooperstown, receives a big tuft of cotton candy from Tim Chapman during the Cooperstown PTA’s annual Crayon Carnival in the Bursey Gymnasium on Saturday, March 10.
Milford BOCES in Milford, and all are welcome. ARC Otsego, the Otsego Express bus system and the Town of Milford may share the new county garage, and BOCES students may earn certification working on buses lodged there. “The facility that we Please See GARAGE, B7
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hen Chris Morley told his wife he wanted to open a brewery, she gave advice that changed his life: “Shut up and do it.”
“We had just come back from San Francisco, where we went to a lot of great breweries,” he said. “I thought I could do as well as they could.” Wife Barbara’s declaration capped it. Son of Terry and Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal BettyAnne Morley of Chris Morley introduces Please See BEER, A3 “Liquid Rapture”
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ocal tech-project manager and activist Chad McEvoy today announced his campaign in the 101st Assembly District. A Democrat, he is challenging Republican Brian Miller of New Hartford. In Otsego County, the 101st includes Springfield, Middlefield, Westford and Maryland. A long, narrow district, it extends from New Hartford, outside Utica, south to the Town of Montgomery in Orange County. “We can do more for our area – focusing state resources on the needs of our communities – by working with, not against, the majority in Albany,” said McEvoy, State Senator Jim Seward, R-Milford, welcomes Otsego County veterans from Richfield Springs Post 616 to the Capitol during the American Legion Department of New York annual legislative day on Tuesday, March 13. Seward recently advocated for a new career assistance program to connect veterans with jobs as part of the Senate’s “Jobs and Opportunity” Agenda. From left, Post Vice Commander Leo Mackin, Jr., Senator Seward, Wayne Dunkel, Post Commander Paul Zesewitz.
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he Glimmerglass Film Days has announced they are seeking photographers to submit their work for a chance to be featured on the Film Days poster, with a $250 cash prize. Photographers are invited to submit up to three images that convey theme “Passages.” Vertical format is preferred. All photographs must be approximately 8x10 and 300 dpi for jurying purposes, and must be submitted electronically (.jpg, .png, .pdf) to director@otsego2000.org by midnight, March 16, 2018.
who ran against Republican county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, last fall. “I am McEvoy running because we need someone working to advance individual liberties and freedom, promote sustainable economic growth, protect the environment and utilize intelligent, data-driven policies to improve our quality of life,” he said. Professionally, Chad recently managed the design and development of multimillion-dollar software
projects funded by major national nonprofits and companies like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Google. He has also worked as an analyst and project manager for organizations such as the American Red Cross and Heifer International. Chad spent several years volunteering in Africa for USAID-funded projects building agriculture and livestock databases. In 2015 he was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Obama for work with Senegalese agricultural schools. Additionally, he received a master’s degree in public policy from Johns Hopkins University.
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GOP Committee Endorses Devlin, But Race Goes On SHERIFF/From A1 to campaign at least through the Sept. 11 GOP primary. “It was a very fair process,” said county Republican Chairman Vince Casale. Both Devlin and Fernandez addressed several dozen committee members before the balloting. Casale said the outcome was 2-1 in Devlin’s favor, but Fernandez said the actual count was 42-27. In interviews, both candidates said they anticipate the suspension of the sheriff’s prison-guard son, Ros, will be an issue. Tuesday, Devlin said he outlined his department’s duties in addressing committee members, but also took the opportunity to correct inaccuracies in Fernandez’ statements to date. For instance, he said, his opponent accused him of nepotism in hiring wife Laurie. “My wife was hired 14 years prior to my becoming sheriff,” the incumbent said. Fernandez has also called him a “bully,” and the sheriff said he took issue with that. Interviewed Monday, Fernandez said he briefed the committee on a number of the cases he helped solve locally during his 30-plus years with the state police, including a three-year investigation into the death of Donna Evans of Westford that included hiring the suspect through a “front” antique shop run by Amarillo, Texas, police. He discussed the arrest of Corbin Douglas, the Morris man arrested for poisoning his son with oxycodone, the slaying of Les Bartlett of Springfield by an employee, and the arrest of Laurens farmer Herman Arbus’ son five years after the father “went missing.” The elder Arbus’ body has never been recovered; “when we find him, we’ll tack another 25 years on the sentence,” Fernandez said.
Fernandez, the husband of county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the former county board chair, also described helping set up a “county terrorism zone” at Troop C after 911, the first of its kind in the state. Coming around to the case of the sheriff’s son, suspended after a Jan. 5, 2017, incident at the jail, an instance of “poor judgment” in his opponent’s party. While Devlin has called the case a political “witchhunt,” Fernandez said he attended a county board committee meet where “all board members,” Republicans and Democrats objected to a “police violence report” offered by the sheriff. In his interview, Devlin, who often was at odds with Fernandez’s county board chair wife, said “political things are going on the background. People are starting to see that’s the case. I believe that will come out.” He said he expects Clark’s successor at the board’s helm, David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/ Town of Middlefield, “will do what’s right. I believe he’s an honorable man. He will not allow her personal political opinion cloud his judgment.” If Fernandez were to obtain the county Democratic crossendorsement, he could continue the campaign through the Nov. 6 general election. Kim Muller, the Democratic county chair, couldn’t be reached to discuss whether that’s a possibility. In other business, the committee endorsed John Salka, the Brookfield town supervisor, to run against Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, for a third time. Casale said the Madison County GOP committee had endorsed Salka the week before. Also endorsed for a second term was county Judge John Lambert of Cooperstown.
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Chris Morley, left, poses for a homecoming photo with his cousin Julie Hines, uncle Brad Morely and Michael Hines, all of Oneonta. Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal
Ace Brewer Brings Samples Home To Snommegang BEER/From A1 Cooperstown, Chris, OHS ’89, is now the owner of Mason’s Brewing Co., and he debuted beer locally from his popular Brewer, Maine, plant at the fifth annual Snommegang craft beer festival Saturday, March 10. “I started homebrewing about 14 years ago,” he said. “Having Ommegang right up the road, watching it transform from a small barn to this massive destination for craft beer, was an inspiration.” But he didn’t initially set out to be a craft beer magnate. Following graduation from OHS, he went to the police academy and served on the Clay police force, near Syracuse, for two years. He then spent eight years with the Bangor, Maine, police, including five years on the tactical team. “We don’t have kids, so my wife and I were able to travel across the U.S. and to Europe in pursuit of craft beer,” he said. “That’s the catalyst for everything. You taste what you like and do a variation on that.” Retiring from police work, he spent 13 years as a residential lender before opening Mason’s in 2016. “I just happened to be sitting at a bar next to Forrest Brown, who became my brewmaster,” he said. “We got talking, and he said he was looking for a different way. He’s an Army ex-ranger and a food scientist,
Brian Wrubleski, owner of Mel’s at 22 in Cooperstown, stands with Catelyn Cluber, Cooperstown, who prepares a batch of cheese bites to feed hungry Snommegang patrons.
so he’s got the discipline and the science to make good beer.” But more than science, said Morley, good beer is made from patience and good water, making his Brewer brewery a premier destination for serious beer enthusiasts. “We worked on our recipes for a year and a half,” he said. “Our first beer was an IPA, but we also did a German Roggenbier, which is a rye lager. Not a lot of people were doing it at the time.”
Meanwhile, he was building his brewery on Brewer’s Penobscot River waterfront. It was not only the largest waterfront project at the time, but the largest microbrewery built in the state. Soon, word began to spread. “We’ve been written up twice in Down East Magazine,” he said. “We distribute in five states. I thought this would take five years, but we’ve been able to do it in two.” The brewery restaurant serves burgers, pizza and pub food, and helped support the brewery in the early days. “Maine doesn’t have a huge population, so people are drawn in by the restaurant and they try a few beers,” he said. “Now, the beers support the restaurant!” But naming is one of his favorite parts of the process. “It started with our Halloween beer, which was brewed with ghost peppers,” he said. “We called it Ghost Reaper, and the names went from there.” Among his favorites are “Hipster Apocalypse” and “Liquid Rapture,” both of which he brought with him to Snommegang. “It’s a play on the current beer scene,” he said. “No one wants to say they’re a hipster, but they are. It’s ironic and funny.” The label artwork, by comic artist Ben Bishop, has also brought in some fans. “He’s done covers for ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’,” he said. “He’s great.”
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ow thrilling it would be, of course, to have a congressman from Otsego County again. At one time, it was routine. ►Judge William Cooper (1754-1809), of course – founder of Cooperstown and The Freeman’s Journal, among other notable accomplishments – represented us in Washington D.C. as a Federalist in the Sixth (1795-97) and Eighth (1799-1801) Congresses. His successor, publisher of The Freeman’s John Prentiss (1784-1861), a Democrat (i.e., a Freeman), served two terms in the 1830s. ►Republican David Wilber (1829-90) of Milford, then Oneonta – secure in his hops and banking fortunes – represented us in Congress in the 1870s and 1880s, dying before he could serve his final term. Four years later, his son, David Forrest Wilber, succeeded him for two terms. (The younger Wilber, before retiring to Oneonta in 1923, then served in such exotic diplomatic posts as consul
Congressmen from Otsego County include, clockwise from upper left, William Cooper, George Fairchild, and the David Wilbers, son and father.
to Barbados, Singapore, Kobe and Auckland.) ►Another Oneontan, George Fairchild (18541924), owned the Oneonta Herald, served six terms in the early years of the 20th century, hosting former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft at his mansion (today’s Masonic temple). He was the first chairman of the
board of IBM (outgrowth of Oneonta’s Bundy Manufacturing Co., the time-clock maker), dying that same year. • It’s been a long drought. Recently, the most likely prospect was state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, in 2008, when he stepped aside to allow Assemblyman Ray Meier to seeking an open seat then won by Democrat Mike Arcuri. Richard Hannah, the Republican who succeeded Arcuri in 2010, was from the Mohawk Valley, but lived briefly on Otsego Lake’s shores before his election; he was redistricted back to the Mohawk In a field of six Democratic males, Cooperstown’s Erin Collier brings Valley in 2012. instant visibility – as the one woman in the 19th District Congressional It was fun this year race. To view her complete announcement video, see www. OTSEGO.com when Sue Sullivan, a 1980 Cooperstown Central grad funding available to women D.C., worked for the Obama and the ability to work hard. and a healthcare execu– from Emily’s List and the Administration, and was Very impressive. tive in the Hudson Valley like – didn’t materialize. most recently involved in • – her aunt, Janet Potter The other day, another administering famine relief You would think, with of Oneonta, was retired CCS graduate, Erin Collier, internationally. President Trump’s approval director of SUNY’s Milne a Cornell grad with a In addition to taking rating hovering in the 40s Library – briefly entered the master’s in economics from knowledge of Otsego and the amount of energy race against freshman John Michigan State, emerged as County to Capitol Hill, she’s Democrats are devoting to Faso, R-Kinderhook, in our the one woman in a crowded a nationally ranked tri-athunseating Faso, that our current district, New York’s six-man Democratic field. lete, which demonstrates first-term Republican would 19th. She dropped out when She went on to Washington determination, discipline Please See EDITORIAL, A5
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That statistic underscores how commonplace gun violence has become in America, with students in primary and high schools regularly performing drills on how to react in an “active shooter” situation. Those kinds of drills don’t happen anywhere else! Just compare how many innocent people have been deprived of their guns to how many innocent people have been deprived of their lives – because of lax and non-existent gun safety laws. Whose interest is served by NRA’s massive spending on political campaigns? See the list that accompanies this letter. While these bought-off politicians are quick to offer their “prayers and heart-felt condolences” at each and every gun massacre and school shooting, they consistently refuse as a group to do anything legislatively to guard against the next massacre. Even the recent attempt to just ban
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To the Editor: When will catechized Second Amendment defenders realize that the NRA is no longer about protecting their right to own a gun? For years now, their primary concern has not been your rights, but the rights of gun manufacturers to sell guns – all kinds of guns – in order to maximize their profits. That is where most of the NRA’s money to buy politicians comes from – not membership fees. Our individual right to legally own a gun has never been in jeopardy, but our gun safety has been. Just since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, more than 150,000 students attending at least 170 primary or secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus. That figure is a conservative calculation and does not include dozens of suicides, accidents and after-school assaults that have also exposed youths to gunfire.
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while ago now, we received a brochure from state Assemblyman Bill Magee which pointed out that unused prescription drugs could be disposed of at both the Oneonta Police Department and the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department, Town of Middlefield. It now should be noted, that Bassett is participating in a “Drug Take-Back” program. Along with five other hospitals in the state, Bassett will accept leftover medications that are either outdated or not needed. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the six-month pilot program allows individuals to
drop off unwanted, expired, or leftover medications, with no questions asked. At a recent appointment at Bassett we checked out not only the locked box, but also the CATHERINE mail-in envelopes, LAKE located in the ELLSWORTH lobby of the Clinic Building here in Cooperstown, for the collection of such prescriptions.
In addition to the drop-off center in Cooperstown, medications will also be accepted at the O’Connor Hospital in Delhi and the FoxCare Pharmacy in Oneonta. We would encourage everyone who wishes to dispose of unneeded prescriptions to take advantage of this pilot program. • We must admit that we tend to think we receive a fair number of emails on a regular basis, many of which are personal. But, some of the emails share all sorts of jokes. Others address current issues. And then there Please See COLUMN, A5
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library
200 YEARS AGO
A woman named Susannah Bramin, has been convicted of horse stealing, at Plattsburgh, and sentenced to three years confinement in the New York State’s Prison. Maj. Gen. Jackson, accompanied by the officers of his staff, arrived at Fort Hawkins, yesterday and has since gone on to Hartford, the headquarters of Gen. Gaines. A thousand mounted men from Tennessee, it appears, are to cooperate in chastising the Indians. We have no confidence in the idea that the capture of Pensacola is contemplated. A parcel of Africans that had been clandestinely introduced into the Creek Indian Nation from Amelia Island, have been seized on the road to Alabama by United States officers, and with others found in the nation, were last week brought to Fort Hawkins. March 16, 1818
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Advertising Notice: “Eunice, my Wife, has grown quite lewd, and left me in a lonesome mood; and gone in spite of friends and Church, and took her lodgings with Timothy Murch. She’s left my board but took my Bed, and carried off my Meat and Bread. Know ye therefore who read this paper that since she’s cut this reckless caper, I will not pay one single fraction for any debt of her contraction.” Frederick Wilcox, Edmeston, February 22, 1843. March 13, 1843
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The Dangers of Impeachment: Let us not feel that this (impeachment) is to be a habitual remedy. If it is a simple one, it is a heroic one, and used to meet a great disease. Let us feel that the pass to which we have been brought is really a crisis, and see to it that we do not come to such crises again. When in governing a country by expedients, you get driven to the expedient of deposing your Chief Magistrate, you have got very nearly to the end of your resources. When this medicine becomes a daily food the people can scarcely be said to have any Government at all. When it can be administered without passion, and for good cause, and, as the present time, without unduly disturbing the public mind or deranging its business, it serves its legitimate purpose, and enables the Government, although in strife, to move on according to law. If we come to like this process of cure, we shall be the victims of disease which shall require sterner remedies, if indeed any can be found. March 13, 1868
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The Charter Election in this village, held on Tuesday last, excited considerable interest, judging by the large number
Big Universe, Tiny Planet COLUMN/From A4 is the occasional email which really makes us stop and think. Such was the one with the subject of “Pale Blue Dot.” It explained that “This excerpt from Carl Sagan’s book ‘Pale Blue Dot’ (1994) was inspired by an image taken, at Sagan’s suggestion, by Voyager 1 on Feb. 14, 1990. From a distance of about six billion km, Voyager 1, which had completed its primary mission and was leaving our Solar System, was commanded by NASA...to turn its camera around and take one last photo of Earth across the great expanse of space.” As a result of that picture, Sagan wrote in “Pale Blue Dot”: “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. “The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every ‘superstar,’ every ‘supreme leader,’ every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. “The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the
momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. “Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. “The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. “It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” This was true in 1994 and it is still true in 2018. PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-5478124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny.rr.com. Or, visit the website, cooperstowntoday.com
25 YEARS AGO
was giving forth many brilliant hues as the trolley wire came in contact with it. The members of the Cooperstown High School basketball team defeated the Walton high school team at Walton, Friday in a snappy and interesting game. The score at the end of the first half was 13-10 in favor of the visitors, a lead which the second half increased until the score stood 33 to 26. Honors for Cooperstown were carried off by Graham, guard, who made eight baskets. March 13, 1918
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Naval Aviation Cadet James Douglas Callahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Callahan of Cooperstown has successfully completed the intensive three-month course at the U.S. Pre-Flight School on the campus and athletic fields of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has been promoted to primary flight training at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Chicago, Illinois. After three months of primary flying and three additional months of advanced flying, he will be eligible for his commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve or Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, and will wear the coveted “Gold March 17, 1993 Wings” of a U.S. Navy Aviator. Cadet Callahan is a graduate of Cooperstown High School, Class of 1939 and attended Springfield College, Class of 1944. March 17, 1943 of votes cast. The total vote polled was 443, against 392 last spring, and 349 the year before – and yet only 218 straight party votes were cast. The Democratic candidates were all Mrs. Alton G. Dunn, Jr. of Cooperstown has been named elected with the exception of Collector, by majorities ranglibrarian of the Cooperstown Village Library, according ing from 42 to 81, the latter for Mr. Stocker. The defeat of the one candidate mentioned by 28, was owing to a personal to the Board of Trustees. She succeeds her sister, Mrs. J. Gordon Fowler, who has resigned. Mrs. Dunn assumes her matter growing out of last spring’s election. It is due to Mr. duties on March 15. Mrs. Dunn is a native of Cooperstown Basinger, one of the Republican candidates for Trustee to and a graduate of Cooperstown Central School. She attendsay, that he was not present when nominated, did not want ed Oswego State Teacher’s College for one year and Syrathe office, and was the only candidate in the field who did not circulate any posters. The following were elected: Trust- cuse University for one year. She has served as substitute Village Librarian for the past year. She is married to Alton ees – M.R. Stocker and Malachi Kraham; Clerk and TreaG. Dunn, Jr., who is Supervisor of the Town of Otsego. surer – Harry Springer; Constable and Collector – Charles March 13, 1968 C. Peck; Assessor – Theo. S. Sayles. March 16, 1893
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In Our Town – The first woman to cast her vote Tuesday was Miss Antoinette Abrams who voted No. 1. Residents of Cooperstown and the surrounding community believed that they saw lightning in the sky Saturday evening shortly before midnight. However, the light was caused by the trolley which was conveying the patrons of the Village Theatre to their homes after attending the motion picture “The Birth of a Nation.” The ice on the wires
The 2007-2008 Lady Redskins Basketball has made it to Class C State Final Four after winning a heart-stopping 39-37 victory over Tioga at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. It is the first time a Cooperstown team has made it this far. On March 15, the 25-0 Lady Redskins will meet Haldane, a 20-4 powerhouse from Cold Spring across the Hudson River from West Point. March 14, 2008
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ur prior discussions have helped us understand that forest fragmentation isn’t the biggest threat to our forests and that we have more forested land today than we did in the 1960s. We’ve looked at preservation as a management tool and now appreciate that preservation alone may have unintended consequences, i.e. the eviction of birds and other wildlife that rely on young forests for all or part of their habitat. We’ve also lost some tree species to invasive critters like fungus and insects – among them the American Chestnut – and with the use of genetic engineering we’re trying to either bring them back or keep other species from declining. Some examples of current threats include the gypsy moth (maples), emerald ash borer (EAB), hemlock wooly adelgid, Dutch elm disease, forest tent caterpillar (sugar maple), eastern tent caterpillar and peach bark beetle (black cherry), and the Asian long-horned beetle. When we introduce a “pest” from another continent, our native tree
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species haven’t developed adequate defense mechanisms and are thus vulnerable to attack. • A less dramatic threat but with more long-lasting consequences may be the impact that property taxes have
on our forests. For example, in a typical scenario, a person from downstate is looking for recreational property and buys 100 acres of forest land Upstate. He or she visits the property a few times a year, possibly harvests a deer or two and, after 10 years, looks back at how much they have used the property versus how much they have paid in taxes. Looking at the imbalance of “joy” versus “pain” leads the owner to make the decision to sell the property and try to recover their perceived loss. To do that, he or she needs to make the most return they can on the sale of the 100 acres.
What usually happens is the property is first logged with the goal of making an immediate “profit” and with little concern for how that is done and when the land will be ready for a future harvest because ownership will change. The next step is to divide the 100 acres parcel into two 50 acres tracts and sell them. They will likely be sold to another well-intentioned buyer looking for a place to recreate. After another 10 years have passed the scenario repeats itself and now we have four 25-acre parcels with nothing left standing but low-quality wood and no way to generate the revenue needed to offset the taxes. After the same scenario happens again, and history tells us it will, the remaining 12.5-acre tracts are too small to attract a logger and the wood on them is of such low quality that, without a market for it, it has no monetary value. It will either be developed or become a mature stand of low-quality wood that will likely remain that way for decades and, due to the lack of Please See ZAGATA, A6
Democratic Ferment May Be Good News For Faso EDITORIAL/From A4 be in trouble. It’s not clear that he is. In fact, the ferment on the Democrat side suggests the opposite. Of the six Democratic men – Jeff Beals, former CIA operative from Woodstock; Kingston lawyer David Clegg; attorney Antonio Delgado, a Rhodes Scholar and former hip-hop impresario; Brian Flynn, an investor with Caroline Kennedy’s husband, Ed Schlossberg; and two young Hudson Valley contenders, Gareth Rhodes, former Cuomo aide, and Pat Ryan, an Iraq veteran and tech entrepreneur – no one has yet risen above the pack. That’s not necessarily surprising, given the fragmentation of the 19th District, which stretches from the Hudson River to southwest of Oneonta, and includes all of Otsego, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties, and parts of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery and Rensselaer. Plus, what a fractured media market. Some of the best political reporting is being done by the Daily Freeman in Kingston, but who thinks to look at dailyfreeman.com? No one paper even pretends to serve the whole 19th, and
TV and radio markets likewise divide up audience share. • That makes someone like Erin Collier – the sole woman in the race – immediately identifiable. But, too typically these days, she came out of the gate declaring herself The Woman’s Candidate. Her introductory video (follow the link from www.allotsego. com) is titled, “I’m not going to let those boys beat me,” as if she’s in a contest between the genders. Why write off 49 percent of the electorate, part of which she’ll certainly need if she were to win the June 26 Democratic candidate? No matter, it’s early enough to reposition. Another oddity was the announcement a month ago by Democrat Diane Neal of Woodstock, who played an assistant district attorney for nine years on “Law & Order SVU,” that she would enter the race as an independent. Cipher the arithmetic: A Republican incumbent splitting the voters with two Democrats: a Democrat-to-benamed, plus a Democratic independent, (the only candidate with a “Q rating,” which measures celebrity, as Democratic organizer Richard Sternberg of Cooperstown observed).
Restrained as he is in public, Faso must be secretly thrilled. • You’ve read here before about that WAMC interview a year or two ago with the Siena Poll director, who stated that in the 19th you have a Republican and Democratic candidates who’ll win the party faithful, but the one who reaches into the center wins. Thus, Republican Chris Gibson was unassailable in 2012-16, and Democrat Zephyr Teachout, attractive to Democrats and well-funded, easily fell to Faso in the end. In truth, Faso is something of a sensible centrist, who probably would face little opposition if these were normal times. As he was in rising to GOP leader in the state Senate, he’s an organization man, seeking desirable committee assignments in Congress and to ingratiate himself with key leaders. Ferment is good. But unchanneled ferment is chaos. Scenarios similar to the 19th’s are developing nationwide. This may not be a Democratic year, after all. And if President Trump emerges from meeting with Kim Jong Un with a peace treaty ending 60 years of hostilities, well…
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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA LETTERS
Grassroots Reaction Alone Doesn’t Explain Anti-Fracking Success To the Editor: Adrian Kuzminski uses a “straw tiger” approach in his column last week, “When It Matters, Citizens Respond” – misstate the opponent’s premise, then attack the misstatement. He felt my earlier letter underestimated the power of the people opposed to gas development. I don’t underestimate that power. My earlier LTE acknowledges the mobilization, Kuzminski’s leadership, the community divide, and the outside forces in Otsego County’s Gas Wars. Where we differ is Mr. Kuzminski sees Big O&G as the sole outside force. I suggested a few more. Gas companies left the state early in the game; the other outside forces remained: the Governor, the courts and billionaire family foundations that provided the money, strategy, and overall organization for the opposition. The Governor’s prolonged moratorium and long-term suppression of DEC regulations effectively killed any gas-development enthusiasm. Gas companies fled. Landowners grew dispirited. Cuomo’s DEC leadership appointments further eroded confidence. Finally, after his December 2015 fracking ban, he shut down pipeline
construction, increasing the price of energy Upstate and throughout New England. We now have Russian supertankers off-loading LNG gas in Boston while a cheaper, abundant supply is available only 400 miles away. Mr. Kuzminski, tell me the Governor wasn’t (and isn’t) a factor. The courts were a second factor in the Gas Wars. The Middlefield case hinged on legislative intent of the Oil, Gas & Mining Law. Did the legislation give the state jurisdiction on where gas wells could be placed or did that that right remain with the local governments? Here’s the backstory: In 1986, the New York legislature struck a deal, exchanging local government’s “home rule” zoning rights for the state’s right to collect revenues. It was a straight swap – loss of local zoning for local collection of revenues. The rule was in place for about 30 years. No problems. Surely this extensive operational time should have been enough to determine legislative intent. It wasn’t. Case law concerning gravel pits covered under a separate section of the overall law was used as precedent for oil and gas drilling. Since there was no case law for oil and gas – remember, no problems – a gravel-pit case law trumped 30
years of operational experience. Thus oil and gas plays were deemed equivalent to gravel pits. This judicial finding complicates everything, adds costs, delays and discourages gas development. From watching the trials, the outcome was predetermined. Justice wasn’t blind. Finally, the Fear Factor. . . and the Fear Machine. Mr. Kuzminski notes the real and palpable fears of the community. Over the last decade these fears have been stoked by the Fear Machine that runs on foundation money and personnel. The Park Foundation that Mr. Kuzminski mentions in his column is illustrative. Centered in Ithaca, the Park Foundation funds a circle of academics, media outlets, and activist groups/individuals to create fearoriented anti-fracking research and articles that are fed to environmental media which, in turn, disseminates them to activists and a broad environmental audience. The result is a propaganda perpetual motion machine that makes enough noise to break into the mainstream media as legitimate news. The academics and media outlets are self-referent, quoting one another, peer reviewing each others’ work, and presenting themselves to the mainstream media and press as unbiased scientists and reporters. The research is often inferior, based
Foam-Rubber Strips Would Cushion Doors’ Closing To the Editor: The newly restored front doors to the Cooperstown Village Hall with their brass hardware are terrific to look at and are a great improvement. However, the clamorous racket that results from closing the door carries all the way from the library into the gallery room at the north end of the building, with the library getting the worst of the noise. This is avoidable and needs to be addressed. The installation of foam-rubber cushion strips or pads with adhesive backing would eliminate
the problem. In the past two months, I have hand-delivered two separate letters regarding this problem to the village office. These letters were addressed to the Building Committee and were never acknowledged. It is a shame to have such beautiful architectural features overshadowed by this avoidable racket. It is my hope that this issue will be addressed by the village, perhaps using the suggestion previously mentioned. MICHAEL WHALING Sharon Springs
Despite Snows, 300 Attend Empty Bowls Benefit To the Editor: Despite the March 2 snowstorm, 300 guests turned out to support the 12th annual Empty Bowls Luncheon on Saturday, March 3. Christ Episcopal Church again welcomed the event with open arms. We appreciate the generous support of our corporate sponsors: Bieritz Insurance, Scott Cornelius Architect, PC and NYCM Insurance. Thank you to the Smithy Clay Studio and many of its potters for creating 350 soup bowls, in addition to donating several beautiful raffle items. More than 30 individuals and restaurants
provided the delicious soups and breads, while 40 volunteers ensured that the day ran smoothly. Our deepest thanks to all businesses that helped make the event a success. The list of selfless individuals who donated their time and talents is lengthy, and includes many of your friends and neighbors. Together, we generated over $7,000 for the Cooperstown Food Pantry that serves Northern Otsego County. We look forward to a day when there are no more “empty bowls” KATHY CHASE Empty Bowls Coordinator Cooperstown
Cabaret Night Helps Music, Art At Cooperstown To the editor: CCS Friends of Music and Art would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to making FOMA’s Cabaret Night a resounding success. We’re so grateful to the volunteers, the Leo Club, the chefs, the performers,
everyone in the audience, everyone who donated items, and especially all the teachers for all the hard work they do to provide all kinds of wonderful opportunities for our students to experience the arts. Every year, FOMA donates thousands of dollars within our school district to ensure equal access to arts education across the income spectrum, and to foster, recognize, and reward student
accomplishment in the arts. The application for FOMA’s annual scholarships is available now on the CCS website (www.cooperstowncs. org, search for FOMA). Any student residing in the school district who plans to participate in a qualifying summer arts program is eligible and encouraged to apply by June 1. Kim Jastremski Nancy Tarr Wager FOMA Co-Presidents
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on slight or unreliable data. By the time the research is questioned or refuted by reliable, unbiased sources, the Fear Machine is on to new material that goes through the same process. The original studies get Page One treatment. The refutations, often coming after months of checking the data, are considered old news and placed accordingly. An interlocking group of family foundations supports and directs the circle of fear so prevalent in the Gas Wars. Google “Gas Heat” by Jon Entine, “Excellence in Philanthropy: The Billionaire’s Club,” and “The Chain of Environmental Command,” U.S. Senate, 2014, for a closer look. Finally, in his last article Mr. Kuzminski dismisses my listing of family foundations in the Billionaires Club, adding a touch of snark, “Only the Russians seem to be missing from Downey’s list.” Well, count ‘em in, Adrian. Over 9,000 posts opposing fracking on Facebook and Twitter were generated by Russian churn farms. (March 2, 2018, WSJ) You got to love it! Putin, Soros, the Rockefellers – united against fracking. Might explain those Russian tankers in Boston Harbor. Only in America! DICK DOWNEY Otego
NRA Helps Gun Companies, Not Gun Owners Or Citizens GOMES/From A4 about Fake News! But it does sell guns. And all the while, their million dollar campaigns are working to distract us from the real fact that we are really on a slippery slope towards gun madness. When this madness finally hits bottom, however, a great irony will become manifest. For it is then that the repeated prophecy of NRA lackeys about gun confiscation is likely to actually be fulfilled – with a vengeance. When the public finally wakes from their coma, it will be judgement day. It will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
And even then, the NRA will advertise to its dwindling membership that they were right all along. DAN GOMES Schenevus
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Cooperstown Candidate Stakes Out Territory As Woman In Race COLLIER/From A1 “Women make up 50 percent of the population, and the fact that there is no other female democratic candidate is absurd,” she said in an interview. “Less than 20 percent of Congress is made up of women, and I felt strongly that there needed to be a voice for women.” “As the only female, she’s going to offer something else,” said Rich Sternberg, Cooperstown, the Democratic organizer. “Sue Sullivan had been in, but she dropped out.” Collier, a 2002 Cooperstown Central graduate, has family roots dating back to just after the Revolutionary War, when Isaac Collier founded Colliersville. “My family has been here for eight generations,” she said. “And we’re the
fifth generation of farmers.” Steven and Evelyn Collier raised Erin on their beef farm on Barnes Road, just north of the village in the Town of Middlefield. “Farming is a full-time job,” she said. “But, as so many farmers in the district know, it’s tough to make ends meet, so my dad worked in the chem lab at Bassett and my mom waitressed at The Otesaga. That’s the work ethic I grew up on.” She waitressed alongside her to pay her way through Cornell, where she majored in Developmental Sociology and graduated in 2007. She also has a masters’ in Food and Resource Economics from Michigan State. Collier became an agricultural economist with USAID during the Obama Administration, assessing
food security throughout the world to help determine aid packages. Though she had been commuting between Washington D.C. and Cooperstown, she fully transitioned back her hometown in the last year. Though rumors of her run had been circulating since the beginning of the year, she hesitated to announce her candidacy. “It’s hard to run for office if you’re not wealthy or privileged, and that’s a big problem in our system,” she said. “This is a barrier for the working class to get a seat at the table, and that made me fight even harder.” She reached out to people throughout the district to gauge support, and was surprised by what she heard back. “I was overwhelmed,” she said. “People I
knew, people I hadn’t heard from in a long time, people I didn’t know, they all said they would support me,” she said. “It was the final push I needed.” Her campaign platform is strong on women’s issues, including closing the gender wage gap and protecting reproductive rights. She is also a proponent of a $15 minimum wage, “common sense” gun laws and fix access to affordable healthcare. “I couldn’t accept Faso voting on anti-women legislation and to take away healthcare in my own hometown,” she said. An accomplished triathlete, she hasn’t left her racing days behind. “I was on the Clark Sports Center Sharks swim team with Sarah True,” she said. “I’m known for being an intense racer, and I put
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my all into everything I take on.” Sternberg said he is in the process of inviting her to one of the Sunday afternoon sessions he’s been organizing for candidates at Cooperstown Village Hall. (At 12:30 p.m. this Sunday, the 18th, Jeff Beals, a former State Department staffer living in Woodstock, is appearing.) In a June 26 Democratic primary, she will face Beals and five other Democrats – attorneys David Clegg and Antonio Delgado, investor Brian Flynn, former Cuomo aide Gareth Rhodes and tech entrepreneur Pat Ryan. But in between campaign stops, there’s still work to be done in Cooperstown. “I still help my parents on the farm,” she said. “I was shoveling snow out of the barnyard over the weekend.”
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►IF YOU GO: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 6, First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. For free tickets, contact Jeff Gardner, (607) 432-4102 or jeff@firstumc-oneonta. org. Goodwill offering requested.
overheard her polished playing, came to listen, talked to the performer – and an idea was born. “We’ve been looking for a way to raise money to restore the stained-glass windows,” said Gardner, who has been overseePlease See BENEFIT, B3 John Jergensen, the church’s music director, warms up the Steinway.
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BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 1-800733-2767. JOB FAIR – 2 - 5:30 p.m. Network with manufacturing businesses in our area. Includes Golden Paint, Chobani, Astrocom, Unalam, more. Dress for success and bring plenty of resumés. Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, 189 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607-267-4010. MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided for hands-on activities to inspire creative thinking, problem-solving. Everything from crochet to coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314. DINNER – 4:30 - 7 p.m. Enjoy a Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner with a 50/50 and Lottery Raffle with a Basket of Green. 87 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call 607-441-4007. SHAMROCK SWING – 6 9 p.m. Mothers & Sons, enjoy dinner, dancing, activities, win prizes. Cost, $65/couple. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607431-2080. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 and 9 p.m. Showing “Pitch Perfect 3.” Cost, $3/person. The Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. . CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Misha and Cipa Dichter perform on their pianos. Presented by the Oneonta Concert Association. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. CHAMBER ENSEMBLE – 7:30 p.m. The Capital Trio performs works by Dvorak and Haydn. Free, open to the
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 15-16, 2018 public. Anderson Theater, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4000. CONCERT – 8 p.m. Themed musical revue “Shakin’ The Family Tree,” by The Fly Creek Philharmonic. Cost, $10. Fly Creek Methodist Church, Co. Hwy. 26, Fly Creek. Tickets at Riverwood, Cooperstown, & Fly Creek General Store.
Saturday, March 17
TOURNAMENT – 9 a.m. March Madness 3 vs. 3 basketball tournament. Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. Call 607-286-3349. BIKE RACE – 9 - 10:30 a.m. The Fatty Bumpo Fat Tire race featuring fun races for bikes with fat tires for all classes. Race fee, $20/rider, $30/rider to ride all classes. The Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-5472800 ext. 111. CONCERT – 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Interactive musical performance with the Little Delaware Youth Ensemble. Features instrument petting zoo, demonstrations, sing-a-longs. Free. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080. BAG SALE – 9:30 a.m. Take home amazing items. Only $10/large black garbage bag. Silks & Treasures Consignment Store, 11 Elm St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0587. COMMUNITY ART DAY – 10 a.m. - Noon. Create mosaic garden stepping stones and other garden-centered crafts. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. LEGO FUN – 10:30 a.m. - Noon. Bring the kids to build with the library LEGO collection. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. 5 MILE RACE – 10:30 a.m.
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- 12:30 p.m. The Not- SoFrozen Toes Race on a challenging, off-road, trail. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2800. BREW & STEW – Noon - 5 p.m. St. Patrick’s day Brew & Irish Stew Buffet to support the Oneonta Outlaws. Tickets on sale at The Shipping Room. Cost, $25/person. Damaschke Field Clubhouse, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call 607-432-6326. WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. DINNER – 4 - 7 p.m. Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner for St. Patrick’s Day. Featuring a performance by The Irish Step Dancers. No Charge, donations accepted. St. Mary’s Parish Center, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. Call 607-437-4626. PLAY READING – 4 - 6 p.m. Presenting “Miz MacQuillin” a new work by Central New York Playwright John Paul Porter. Feedback welcome.
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Sunday, March 18
SUGARING SUNDAY – 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Features contemporary and historic maple sugaring demonstrations, activities for the kids, more. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. FILM SCREENING – 1, 6:30, & 9 p.m. Showing “Pitch Perfect 3.” See Friday Listing SUNDAY PROGRAM – 3 - 4 p.m. CCS Superintendent, Dr. Crankshaw, presents on “The Importance of Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships in Our Public Schools.” Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. SQUARE DANCE – 5 - 9 p.m. Round and Square dancing with Randy Hulse. Cost, $9/person. Oneonta Moose Club, 119 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call 607-435-6871.
Monday, March 19
LEGOS – 3 - 4 p.m. The library LEGO collection is available for children to build with. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. WOMEN’S HISTORY – 5 - 6:30 p.m. “Mental Illness and Stopping the Stigma” presented by Sydney S. Scalici and Laura Maneates of the Counseling Center. Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4428. COMEDY – 9 p.m. A/C Presents Chilling W/Luke Mones. Tickets, $3. Water-
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Tuesday, March 20
BOOKMOBILE – Check out the mobile library. 9:30 - 9:50 a.m. Town Hall, 3966 NY-23, West Oneonta. 10:10 - 10:50 a.m. Little Lambs Children Center, 383 Co Rd 11, Oneonta. 12:20 - 12:45 p.m. Methodist Church, 811 Co Rd 26, Fly Creek. 1:15 - 1:35 p.m. Methodist Church, 2343 NY-205, Mt Vision. 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. Firehouse, 116 County Rd 4, Wells Bridge. Call 607-723-8236 KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478344. WRITING WORKSHOP – 2 - 4:30 p.m. Dan Maskin, of Opportunities for Otsego, provides a grant-writing workshop for historical groups, public historians… Free, RSVP required. Conference Room, Opportunities for Otsego, 3 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call Deb Mackenzie at 607-293-6635. TINKERING TUESDAY – 3:30 p.m. Design and print a Bubble Wand. Material fee applies. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. ART STUDIO – 3:30 p.m. Young artists, families are invited to explore basic art techniques, from acrylics to watercolor. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314. COMPUTER NIGHT – 5 - 7 p.m. Bring your device and get free advice from the technology instructor. Community members welcome to use computers and internet.
Free. Cherry Valley - Springfield Central School, 597 Co. Hwy. 54, Cherry Valley. Call 607-264-3265, ext 518. SEED SWAP – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Participate in Oneonta Oasis/Seed Swap and Healthy Local Biodiversity. 3rd floor, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. SELF ADVOCACY – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Discuss topics that are important to you with the group. Family Resource Network, 46 Oneida St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0001. WOMEN’S HISTORY – 7 - 8 p.m. “History and Future for Hartwick Women” presentation continues the series “Focus on Women’s Experiences in Academia, Politics and History.” Shineman Chapel House, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4428. INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT – 7 p.m. CCS Band students perform. Includes grades 5 - 12. Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181.
Wednesday, March 21
DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. FAMILY NIGHT – 6 p.m. Story time, crafting, scavenger hunt, build with LEGOs, games, more. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-5478344. MEETING – 6:30-7:30 p.m. Richfield Springs Chamber of Commerce Meeting. Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Call 315217-1485.
Thursday, March 22
BOOKMOBILE – Check out the mobile library. 10 - 10:30 a.m. Schenevus Valley Lodge, 4 Main Street, Schenevus. 10:45 - 11:30 a.m. Fire Station, 1812 County Highway 34, Westford. 12:30 - 1 p.m. a.m. First Christian Church, 1160 State Highway 165, South Valley. 1:15 - 2 p.m. a.m. Town Hall, 3717 County Highway 35, Middlefield. Call 607-7238236 FAMILY ART HOUR – 11 a.m. Young students with their families explore art in a sensory-friendly setting. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-6732314. MORE CALENDAR, B3
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Pianist Loved First UM’s Steinway, Inspired To Do Benefit For Windows BENEFIT/From B1 ing extensive decade-long renovations of the greystone complex at Chestnut and Church. “Our 100th anniversary is coming up in 2026, and we want them all restored by then.” Walters, whose husband – also a Jeff – is a Lutheran minister, is currently on a world tour performing, “500th Birthday Party: A Musical Celebration of the Reformation,” marking Martin Luther’s posting of his revolutionary 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral in 1517. Inspired by First UM, Walters offered to perform the concert at the church as a fundraiser for the windows, 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 6. “It was her idea,” said Gardner. “She was in Europe in January, and our church has a very European feel to it. I think that’s why she was drawn to it.” The piano concert will feature Bach’s “Chaconne in D Minor,” and Franz Liszt’s “Hymn of Morning” and “Crusader’s March From The Legend of St. Elizabeth.” Several Liszt chorales will follow intermission. A review in Catholic New York, the New York City diocese’s newspaper, enthused about “ethereal trills, athletic runs and lilting melodic phrases hang in the air,
Thursday, March 22
SCIENCE WORKSHOP – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn about Cubelets at ScienceWorks. Free, registration required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-4362011. WOMEN’S HISTORY – 4 - 6 p.m. Celebrate the contribution of women at Hartwick college at this awards ceremony and reception. Chesboro Room, Dewar Union,
away,” she said. “But I began to tour more, and we weren’t spending as much time there, so we sold it a few years back to a young family.” Tickets are required for the show, and limited to 400; goodwill donations will be accepted for the Window Restoration Fund. “It’s her way of giving back,” said Gardner. “She wants to give concerts that are affordable to people.” The funds raised will go specifically to “The Calling of St. Matthew.” “We have 26 stained glass windows total,” said Gardner. “We only have four left to restore, but they can cost as much as $40,000 to repair. “The glass is starting to bow and the lead is beginning to split. We have to do it before we lose the faces, because once you lose those, it gets much harder to restore.” There are also plans to put together a booklet about the windows ahead of the concert, to hand out to attendees. A meet and greet with Walters after the concert, and her albums will be for sale. “We are a very arts- and music-oriented church. We’re always looking to do concerts,” said Gardner. “She just walked in and made our jobs easier.”
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First UM Facilities Director Jeff Gardner, right, and Music Director John Jergensen shows the Oneonta church’s nine-foot Steinway piano, which drew famed performer Teresa Walters to the church.
lovingly and meticulously rendered” in its review of “The Abbe Liszt,” an album of her performances. “One of our church members saw her perform in a church in the Adirondacks,” said Gardner. “She’s phenomenal. It was serendipity that she
happened to come in.” Walters earned her doctorate from Peabody Conservatory and has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, among other venues. According to her website, she is the first American pianist invited to present three anniversary
concerts in honor of Liszt’s birthday and is widely considered to be one of the foremost interpreters of his music. “This program is very inclusive,” she said. “The chorales have roots in the Psalms, in the Jewish and the Roman Catholic faiths.
The Reformation really opened the doors to greater religious freedom. It’s an important date to remember.” For many years, Teresa and her husband owned a house on Grand Street in Cobleskill. “We would come to Upstate to get
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Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4428. EASTER EGGS – 6 p.m. Create Pysanky eggs, the Ukranian Easter eggs, with traditional methods using beeswax and dyes. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Knitter, Crocheters of all skill levels meet to work on projects. The Study, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.
Call 607-432-1980. COMMUNITY PROGRAM – 6:30 p.m. Patricia Szarpa, Executive Director, Otsego Land Trust, shares how to identify different species of blackbirds in her presentation “Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Blackbird ID.” Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-
set in 1964 about the doubt of a nun in the guilt or innocence of a priest. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-3456.
0600, ext. 101. SUPPORT GROUP – 7 - 8 p.m. Supporting family, friends of addicts. New members welcome. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-3291. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Mask and Hammer Theater club present “Doubt: A Parable”
Oneonta. Call 607-431-4428. MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided for hands-on activities to inspire creative thinking and problem-solving. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 and 9 p.m. Showing “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Cost, $3/person. The Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. MORE CALENDAR, B4
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WOMEN’S HISTORY – Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch discussion on “#MeToo Movement” continues the “Focus on Women’s Experiences in Academia, Politics and History.” Farrington Room, Dewar Union, Hartwick College,
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Friday, March 23
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Mask and Hammer Theater club present “Doubt: A Parable.” See Thursday Listing. SQUARE DANCE – 7:30 - 10 p.m. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Doubleday Dancers of Cooperstown. Admission, $5. Cooperstown Elementary School. Call 607547-8665.
Saturday, March 24
LGBTQ FAMILY FUN – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Day of learning, sharing, empowerment for diverse LGBTQ families and allies. Holiday Inn, 5206 St., Hwy. 23, Oneonta. Call 607777-3717. HOME SHOW – 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Look for ideas and meet vendors for your spring home improvement projects. Southside Mall, Oneonta. Call 607-432-4401. March For Our Lives – 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Oneonta High School conducts a sister march to the Washington D.C. March For Our Lives
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against gun violence. Begins at Oneonta High School and concludes in Mueller Plaza, Oneonta. WORKSHOP – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Learn to stock your medicine cabinet with homemade remedies from all natural products. Learn about the properties of plants from the backyard and the spice rack. Registration required. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450. SCIENCE SATURDAY – 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Morning story hour at 10:30, Electricity Alive demonstration at 11:30, learn about microscopic life at 1, and planetarium matinee show at 2. Free, registration required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-2011. PICTURES – 11 a.m. Bring the kids for pictures with the Easter Bunny. Cost, $8. Southside Mall, Oneonta. Call 607-432-4401. DRAGON DATES –Noon - 3 p.m. Youths can enjoy board/card/video games and
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a baked potato bar with many toppings to choose from. Family Resource Network, 46 Oneida St., Oneonta. Call 604-432-0001. WRITERS GROUP – 1:303:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 and 9 p.m. Showing “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” See Friday Listing. COFFEE HOUSE –7 - 9 p.m. (and every 4th Saturday of the month). Music by amateur local performers; light refreshments; all welcome. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church. Church Street, Schuyler Lake. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Mask and Hammer Theater club present “Doubt: A Parable.” See Thursday Listing. CONCERT SERIES –7:30 p.m. Enjoy the lush harmonies and non-conformist songs of The Railsplitters as they perform music from the Samba to Hip Hop with an Appalachian mix The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471812.
Sunday, March 25
SUGARING OFF SUNDAY – 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Contemporary and historic maple sugaring demonstrations, activities for the kids, and more. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1450. BREAKFAST – 10 a.m. - 1
p.m. Enjoy a pancake breakfast with the Easter Bunny featuring a free egg hunt, crafts, and photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607431-2080. PICTURES – 11 a.m. Bring the kids for pictures with the Easter Bunny. Cost, $8. Southside Mall, Oneonta. Call 607-432-4401. THEATER – 2 p.m. Mask and Hammer Theater club present “Doubt: A Parable.” See Thursday Listing. RENEWAL DISCUSSION – 2 p.m. Panel discusses trends of urban renewal policy, past and present, locally and nationally, with Hartwick College professor Carli Ficano, Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, SUNY-O president Nancy Kleniewski. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607432-0960. YOUTH PROGRAM – 2:30 p.m. Learn to distinguish between real archaeological discoveries, and pseudoscientific hoaxes. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344.
Monday, March 26
LEGOS – 3 - 4 p.m. The library LEGO collection is available for children to build with. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. ARTS & CRAFTS – 5:30 7:30 p.m. Teens create, have fun, socialize with friends. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St.,
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Tuesday, March 27
TINKERING TUESDAY – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Create a 3-D print from one of your photos. Material fee applies. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. ART STUDIO – 3:30 p.m. Young artists and their families are invited to explore basic art techniques, from acrylics to water colors. All welcome. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314. COMPUTER NIGHT – 5 - 7 p.m. Bring your device and get free advice from the technology instructor. Community members welcome to use computers and internet. Free. Cherry Valley - Springfield Central School, 597 Co. Hwy. 54, Cherry Valley. Call 607-264-3265, ext 518.
Wednesday, March 28
MUD FUN – 10 - 11:30 a.m. Take a walk around the farm, learn about mud, find animal track, make some of your own. Wear boots or bring a change of sock & shoes. Mohican Farm 7207 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Call 607547-4488 DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344 JUSTICE FILM SERIES – 5:30 p.m. Screening of “My County, My Country,” (2006).
Includes vegetarian dinner at 6, screening begins at 7. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave, Oneonta. Call 607-432-3491 CHESS NIGHT – 7-11 p.m. Chess enthusiasts of all levels welcome to play. Includes free lessons for beginners. Hunt Union Cafeteria, SUNY Oneonta. E-mail dmv2012@ aol.com
Thursday, March 29
FAMILY ART HOUR – 11 a.m. Young students with their families learn about art in a variety of mediums. Explore art in a sensory-friendly setting. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Knitter, Crocheter’s of all skill levels meet to work on projects. Accompanied youths welcome. The Study, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980 SUPPORT GROUP – 7 - 8 p.m. Supporting family, friends of addicts. New members welcome. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-3291 READING SERIES – 7:30 p.m. Melora Wolff, essayist & prose writer published in The Southern Review & The New York Times, shares her writings for the Red Dragon Reading series. Craven Lounge, Morris Cnference Cente, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-3446
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Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of HH Wellington LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Jack Howell, 64 East Elm Street, Unit 4, Chicago, IL 60611. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalApr.19 Legal nOtice PUBLIC NOTICE OF LAW NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Representatives of the County of Otsego at a meeting thereof held on the 7th day of March, 2018, duly adopted a Local Law 3 of 2018 entitled: A Local Law amending Local Law No. 2 of 2015- Imposing a tax on the occupancy of certain hotel, motel, and similar rooms in Otsego County. This Local Law reenacts the previous local law. The full text of this Local Law of 2018 is available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board’s Office in the County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours. Dated: March 9, 2018 Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalMar.15 Legal nOtice PUBLIC NOTICE OF LAW NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Representatives of the County of Otsego at a meeting thereof held on the 7th day of March, 2018, duly adopted
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a Local Law 4 of 2018 entitled: A Local Law to establish Energize NY benefit financing program for Otsego County. This Local Law establishes a program which allows for property assessed clean energy financing to qualified commercial property owners for the installation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency measures. The full text of this Local Law of 2018 is available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board’s Office in the County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours. Dated: March 9, 2018 Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalMar.15 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of Frog Hollow Apartments, LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 03/08/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 523, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalApr.19 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of 4M Enterprise, LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 03/08/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 523, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose:Any Lawful purpose.
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Notice of formation of DECCANA HOSTING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/31/18. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o The Law Office of Joel S. Charleston, 11 Pearl Street, North Woodmere, NY 11581. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApr.5 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of MOUNTAINVIEW MOBILE HOME PARK II LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/23/18. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 1455, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 122 Mountain Vista Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. 6LegalApr.5 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 6 BRONK STREET ONEONTA, NY 13820 District: Section: 299.8 Block: 1 Lot: 12 INDEX NO. 2017-
vs. MICHELLE KALB, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SALLYANNE D. ROCK; MICHAEL KALB, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SALLYANNE D. ROCK; ANMARI LINARDI, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SALLYANNE D. ROCK; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest 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 persons 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; FRANK LINARDI, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SALLYANNE D. ROCK if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest 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
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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 persons 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; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, 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 this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer
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for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; 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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $172,500.00 and interest, recorded on February 28, 2013, at Instrument number 2013-1059, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 6 BRONK STREET ONEONTA, NY 13820. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE
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COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: December 28, 2017 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: IRINA DULARIDZE, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalMar.22 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 525 Main Street, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is February 21, 2018. 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: 697 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820. 5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law. 6LegalApr.5 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of Three Ivy Court, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 02/05/2018. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY
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shall mail copy of process to: 3 Ivy Court, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMar.22 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of DEG Holding, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 02/05/2018. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 3 Ivy Court, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMar.22 Legal nOtice
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Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalApr.5 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of OECONNECT, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/31/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Otsego Electric Cooperative, Inc., PO Box 128, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 3192 County Highway 11, Hartwick, NY 13348. 6LegalMar.15 Legal nOtice
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Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/26/18. Office location: Otsego County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/23/18. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalMar.15
Filed 1/29/18 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 22 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalMar.15
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Legal nOtice Notice of formation of HARTWICK HIGHLANDS CAMPGROUND, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/22/2017. Office location, County of Otsego. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 131 Burke Hill Rd., Milford, NY 13807. Purpose: any lawful act 6LegalApr.12
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In Many Ways, Mother Nature Tells Us: Spring’s On The Way SPRING/From B1 With a fairly warm week followed by yet another snowstorm, some might be concerned about birds flying north too early. Not to worry, said Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society co-president Susan O’Handley. “It’s not necessarily weather-dependent but more daylight-dependent,” she said. Like the skunks and groundhogs, birds will return to the area once the ground begins to thaw. “A lot of times, the spring migration coincides with the available food resources.” Regardless, migratory
birds are already becoming evident in Otsego County. “In general, within the last couple of weeks we have started to see the return of migratory songbirds,” she said. Most people may equate spring and robins. “The bird that has always been an indicator for the beginning of spring for me is the red-winged blackbird,” said O’Handley. Otsego County Land Trust Executive Director Pat Szarpa, says to not only look, but also listen. The Otsego Land Trust executive director who describes herself as a hobby ornitholo-
gist. “You’ll start to see more birds in your backyard,” she said. “But even more so, you’re going to start to hear more songbirds singing. They sing to establish their territory.” Accompany the redwing blackbirds will be European starlings, grackle and pileated woodpeckers, Szarpa said. Among the most reliable predictors of spring, however, are birds that have been around all winter: hens. “The longer days in the spring and the warmer temperatures are certainly
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a stimulus for the hens,” said Roger Vaughn, Vaughn Poultry Farms in Richfield Springs, who keeps his chickens under artificial light so they’ll continue laying year ’round. Kathy Peters, Schuyler Lake, lets her 23 hens respond to the rhythm of nature’s light, and was surprised by the jump in production at the beginning of March. “We had no eggs at all from Thanksgiving through almost the end of February,” said Peters. “Toward the end of February and beginning of March we started to get a
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most she’s ever found in one day. “It was a really drastic change,” she said.
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seeing people succeed and was generous with his time and knowledge. He achieved success but remained humble and kind. He had a gift for bringing people together and lived every day with joy. He is survived by his devoted wife of 28 years Jhilmil (Jill) Ghaleb, his mother, Samira Foster and her husband Robert of Utica, his mother-in-law Gouri Dey and his father-in-law Bishu Dey of West Winfield, and his brother-in-law Spondon Dey of Long Branch, N.J., along with many aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was a deeply loving husband, son, son-in-law, and brother-in-law. Funeral service for Dr. Hany Ghaleb will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday March 17 at Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Richfield Springs. The Reverend Jill Stellman, Priest in Charge, will officiate. Expressions of sympathy may be made in his honor with memorial donations to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Funeral Arrangements are with J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs.
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COOPERSTOWN - Anna “Ann” Kenney, 94, known locally as “Cheesecake Annie” died Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Born Sept. 30, 1923, in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Brown) Hallock. She married Francis E. Kenney in 1941, and they moved to the Cooperstown area to raise their family in the mid 1950s. Ann was employed for a number of years at Astrocom in Portlandville and thereafter and again for many years, in the coffee shop at the Otesaga Hotel, retiring in the mid 1980’s. She was known to many as “Cheesecake Annie,” in recognition of her baking talent. She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years Francis E. Kenney on Oct. 4, 2002; her sons, Francis R. (Richard) Kenney and John Shulkie; and brothers Albert, Henry and Francis Hallock. She is survived by her children, Catherine (Phillip) Moore of Cherry Valley, Barbara (Donald) Ende of Cobleskill, Diane (Warren) Bunn of Earlville, Joseph (Cricket) Kenney of Cooperstown, Patricia (Dennis) Cohen of Portlandville; daughter-in-law, Janet Shulkie of Toddsville; 14 grandchildren; many greatgrandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren. Calling hours will be held from 4 - 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Graveside services will be held in the spring at the time of burial in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Index. Arrangements entrusted to Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.
settled with his wife and loyal dog Domino. They later settled in Cooperstown in Hany Ghaleb 1998, and over the years added their dog Daisy, and cats Hallie, Sunshine, Twinkie, Solo, and Velveteena. Hany was a man with a true sense of community, serving as a 25 year member and President of the Richfield Springs Rotary Club. He was appointed to the Attorney Grievance Committee of the Appellate Division (Third Judicial Department). He also served as an attending dentist at Faxton-Saint Luke’s Medical Center, New Hartford where he taught dental residents for the past 25 years. Hany was a truly special man, an old soul with a heart as pure as a child. He loved spending time with family and friends, and saw the best in everyone. He made a difference wherever he went, helping any person or animal in need. He enjoyed
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Anna Kenney, 94; Renowned for Baking Talents
RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Hany Mikhail Ghaleb, D.D.S., 52, passed away suddenly from natural causes, on Thursday evening March 1, 2018, at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, with the comfort of his loving wife, Jhilmil (Jill) Ghaleb, at his side. He was born on January 29, 1966 in Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, son of Samira Shafik Ghaleb and the late Dr. Mikhail F. Ghaleb. Hany came to the U.S.A. at eight years old and graduated from New York Mills High School. He furthered his education receiving a Bachelor’s Degree of Chemistry from Utica College where he met his soul mate Jhilmil. They have been inseparable ever since. He then went on to graduate from New York University Dental School. He completed his residency at Saint Luke’s Medical Center in New Hartford. On July 29, 1989 he was united in marriage to Jhilmil (Jill) Dey in Saint George’s Orthodox Church in Utica. In 1992, he established a successful dental practice in Richfield Springs, where he
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Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.
of San Antonio, Texas, and her daughter, Rebecca Lambert of Rome. She is also Joann survived Lambert by three grandchildren, Desiree A. Jester, Khloe M. Watkins, and Jakob T. Watkins all of Rome; her sister, Pamela Kinstle of Westmoreland; her sister, Ellin Vogel of Buffalo; and her mother, Shirley of West Lyden. A funeral was held Monday, March 12 at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, with Chaplain James Boyd officiating. Interment will occur in the spring. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations in Joann’s memory be made to La Societe de Femme C554, P.O. Box 474, Canastota, NY 13032. Arrangements are entrusted to Tilllapaugh Funeral Service.
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Luxembourg, France, Austria, Switzerland, and England. She also visited many others, among them East Germany before the Berlin Wall fell. Their eldest child Brandon was born in 1979, while they were living in Italy, and their daughter, Rebecca Marie was born in 1981 in Athens, Greece. Ultimately returning to reside in Otsego County, Joann worked for Otsego County Home Health and served as a home health aide. She was a member of Madison County La Societe de Femme No. 554. Joann enjoyed many arts and crafts and was known for her photography. Joann was predeceased by her brother, Andrew Scott Wahl; sister, Linda Susan Thorn; and her father, Andrew. In addition to her husband Thomas, Joann is survived by her son, Brandon Lambert
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MIDDLEFIELD - Joann (Wahl) Lambert, 58, a home health aide who traveled the world with her family, passed away suddenly at her home on Wednesday morning, March 7, 2018. Joann was born on Sept. 5, 1959, in Plattsburgh, on the Air Force Base where her father was serving. She was the daughter of Andrew A. Wahl and Shirley (Tiffany) Tanner. On Sep. 17, 1977, Joann married Thomas R. Lambert in Floyd. A member of the Class of 1978 of Holland Patent High School, Joann actually completed her high school degree in Italy, where her husband served on the Aviano Air Base. As part of a true military family, Joann in her young married life resided in various European countries including Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece,
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ATHLETE/From A1 ions at first, but then I thought about what might happen to me and what might happen to my coaches because they are a family of four who now are without income, and then I cried,” she said. “I was crying for like three hours.” Kotanchyan is one of two dozen international students that make up half of two Division I teams, soccer as well as water polo. As a sophomore attacker, she has netted 58 goals and 30 assists so far this season, second overall. After the college’s Feb. 28 announcement, Moscow native Kotanchyan and 47 other D-I athletes are deciding whether to stay at Hartwick or transfer to another D-I program. “Both my father and my grandfather are water-polo coaches, and I was kind of exposed to the sport since my early childhood,” she said. She jumped in the pool at 6, and was playing water polo by 8. “I grew up, and water polo became my lifestyle. I’m an absolute team player, but at the same time, I’m a very competitive person. “I found that in water polo, you can combine both of these characteristics.” When it became time for college, Hartwick recruited her. “My parents wanted me to get a good education, and they looked at the United States,” she said. “As it usually does, it came down to money – and Hartwick offered me a full ride.” Graduating in Russia with a class of 30, Kotanchyan knew she wanted to go to a small school, and Hartwick’s larger group of international students helped make the transition easier for her. “I liked the coach and I liked the team because there were a lot of
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Sophomore Lena Kotanchyan is one of the top-ranked Water Polo players at Hartwick College, but faces an uncertain future with the program’s demise.
international players, so I felt more comfortable being around people from other countries,” said Kotanchyan. In fact, Kotanchyan was on her way to a 12:45 p.m. team meeting when she received the email from President Dr. Margaret Drugovich. “Most of the team figured out that we were downsizing before we actually had a meeting,” said the athlete. Hartwick has in fact struggled in the past with its Division I programs, proposing to demote both to D-III in 2004 and 2008 under late president Dick Miller. When asked if she believed the water polo team could be saved, Kotanchyan seemed optimistic. “I actually think we can save it,” said
Kotanchyan. “People are supporting us and the president didn’t expect such a resistance.” Being that water polo has been such an integral part of her life, Kotanchyan isn’t ready to retire from the sport just yet. “I was just officially released today,” said Kotanchyan. “That means that other D-I coaches can reach out and talk to me now, and I think I might do that.” But Kotanchyan still believes that there is hope for Hartwick’s D-I programs. “I’m not quite ready to give up just yet,” she said. “Something like this happened 14 years ago where they said they would give up water polo, but at the end of the season they said they would return the program.”
County Seeking To Share One Garage With Many
GARAGE/From A1 currently have is a 60 year old block building, and way undersized,” Highway Superintendent Bill Mason told the county Board of Representatives at its March meeting on the 7th. Location is leading to relocation. “Updating what we have, in the location that we have, in the school zone, in the village, in Cooperstown, in the summertime, it just doesn’t make sense,” he said. County Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, who chairs the board’s Public Works Committee agreed, calling the garage “questionable at best. In essence, the building is past its prime. It’s an old building.” As the building stands now, no one in a wheelchair can get to the second floor. “The biggest issue is ADA compliance,” said Oberacker. “We don’t think we can make those upper floors of the building accessible.” A Milford facility would “put us in a more central location in the county, and would give us a facility
consolidating garages. “It would be a much more efficient use all of our resources to have everything in one central location,” Knuth said. Apart from sharing the garage, the entities might at some point share mechanics and drivers, vacancies that are sometimes hard to fill, she continued. “If we don’t have a driver for a route on a given day, we can’t run that route.” CDL licensed drivers for Parker Fish/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal the buses are difficult to Standing in the deteriorating Otsego County gafind, she said. rage in Cooperstown, Deputy Superintendent Rich Funding for the project Brimmer, left, and Superintendent Bill Mason are could come from mulworking to relocate to a newer facility in Milford. tiple sources. According to Mason, “it’s going to take that’s in the 21st century,” said Mason. a combination of grants, said Mason. “There is an educational bond, and sale of possibly In part because of county element that the county the property that we have participation in a statewide needs to consider as well,” in Cooperstown right now.” consolidation drive, includsaid Otsego County Senior The county has already ing seeking a $20 million Planner Karen Sullivan. applied for a grant through grant to help consolidations, Being next to BOCES, the New York State Muthe county is reaching out to the facility might provide nicipal Consolidation and others. training for mechanics Efficiency Program. If sestudents. “It’s something we lected, Otsego County could “We are looking to consolidate the county highway discussed with the Superinreceive up to $20 million in system, the county bus tendent, and he supported funding for the project. system, possibly the ARC the idea,” said Sullivan. While strides are being Otsego bus system, and posAlso in dire need of a new made to build a consolidated sibly the Town of Milford garage, ARC Otsego Execu- transportation facility, Sulinto the property immeditive Director Patricia Knuth livan stressed that the plan is ately adjoining BOCES,” fully supports of the idea of still in its infancy stages.
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