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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, March 18, 2021

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BASSETT HITS HOME RUN

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

Goal Is 120,000 Shots In One Hundred Days State Approves ‘Massive Vaccination Site’ In SUNY Oneonta, To Begin On Thursday

By JIM KEVLIN The Freeman’s Journal

The SQSPCA has sold its “New Leash on Life” Thrift Shop on Route 28, Hartwick Seminary, to Montezuma Wineries, Seneca Falls, which plans to open a tasting room there.

Biden Stimulus Worth $23M To Otsego County

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n a “vaccine desert,” suddenly there’s an oasis.

After weeks of lobbying and some heightened expectation, it’s here: Bassett Healthcare Network announced Tues-

day afternoon, March 16, that a COVID19 “massive vaccination site” would be opening two days later, the 18th, in SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Field House.

The clinic, staffed by 30 “clinical professionals” from

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Bassett and a National Guard unit, will be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

Registration, via www.

SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Arena hasn’t been bassett.org, began the following the focus of such regional attention since Please See OASIS, A2 Tony Bennett sang at its opening in 1999.

SUNY Oneonta Students Share Fears, Hopes

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tsego County’s government, towns and villages will receive $23 million through President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus, signed into law March 11, according to county Treasurer Allen Ruffles.

However, Ruffles Ruffles said his numbers were provided by the county Association of Counties, and are not definitive.

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Diary Of The Plague Year Edited by MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART

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ast March, SUNY Oneonta sent students home.

Amidst massive disruption, Adjunct History Professor Ann Trainor was struck by the historic nature of the event. She encouraged her students and others to record diaries of their experiences.

Reading through these diary entries a year later feels like time travel, the experiences familiar while the perspectives seem naïve.

“I really thought we were going to come back to

Oneonta at the end of March and this hysteria would be over,” student Maggie McCann wrote in midApril. In July, looking back at her earlier entries, she commented that it “felt like it was written in a different decade, so much has happened since.”

Trainor collaborated with historians, librarians and others to create a blog-style website, “The Semester of Living Dangerously,” for the housebound campus.

In the summer, with more than 100 diary entries, essays, poems and other writing shared, the organizers extended the project.

The blog continues to grow, and will be edited into an academic book to be published by SUNY Press in 2022. Below are a few excerpts from hundreds on the website.

PANDEMIC DIARIES

By CHRISTINA AVANA, April 2020 DAY 1. This, the Coronavirus is something that we cannot see, unknown, uncharted territory. One day I am up at school getting ready for Spring break, and the next, I am quarantined in my home, with my family DAY 2. Nonstop news about the coronavirus. Not enough information. Where did it come from, who caused it, all speculation? The Chinese Virus it’s called. Something created in China and affected the whole world. How can something affect the World? A Global pandemic. What am I to do with these words? I am not alone.

Everyone is asking the same question with no answer. It’s spreading, Italy has over 60 cases reported in a 24-hour timeframe.

Creamy mushroom soup is the only item left in the canned goods aisle at Walmart in Oneonta, April 27, 2020.

Youth Has Its Day At Village Hall Benton, Now Bergene, Trustees Under Age 30

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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ewly elected Village Trustee Hannah Bergene was already sold on Cooperstown.

But her first Induction Weekend working for the People are dying all over. Sadness, Chamber of gloom, despair, depression is setting in. Is Bergene Commerce this an apocalypse? The end of the human – in 2015, the Randy Johnrace? This is like watching a movie. Unson and Pedro Martinez year real, a sense of loneliness. I can’t explain it. – she got sold all over again.

People are here in my house; how can I be Baseball fans were lonely? jammed onto the front steps DAY 3. My parents are wearing masks of Chamber headquarters in and gloves when they go in and out of that yellow-and-white cottage the stores. Sometimes they get what they at 31 Chestnut St., trying need and sometimes not. Supermarkets are to catch a glimpse of their working around the clock to keep shelves heroes passing by in the Legstocked as people are buying as if they are ends of the Game parade. building a panic room or bomb shelters.

“They were so in awe,” There is no toilet paper, paper towels, hand said Bergene. “They had sanitizer and Lysol around. The shelves are waited all their lives to come empty. Thank goodness for farmers. here. We” – who live here DAY 4. My parents are in a state of dis– “take it for granted.”

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DIARIES/From A1 array. Calm to the eye, but chaos inside. My family owns a transportation company, which now seems to be the forgotten industry as people are putting it. No work, no money, nothing is coming in. Quarantined in the house full of crazy people.

DAY 5. Social distancing, this is new. You have to keep space between yourself and other people. They recommend stay at least 6 feet from other people, do not gather in groups, stay out of crowded places.

What happens to my friends? I haven’t really seen anyone in a while. I went to the beach and met up with some friends. We sat in our separate cars and talked through the windows. 6 feet apart in separate cars is really hard to do. You never think about this until you actually have to do it. We drink coffee and discussed, what? Nothing. All of a sudden, we have nothing to discuss besides this virus. The thought of this lasting months is a nail biter!

DAY 7. How to get through a quiet day?

I miss school and I miss my friends. Being stuck at home for this long is torture. Having contact with my family only causes nothing but fights, it’s horrible. I miss my old life.

College was my safe place. I cannot wait to be let out of this lockdown. The second it’s over is the second I leave for days and never stay in this house again.

DAY 8. Taking a deep breath. So, my nails are a disaster. What to do? All the nail salons are closed. Idea, have my mother give me a manicure. Hey exciting, something different to do. Okay, not the best decision I’ve made so far. Ok so wanted a drink, I went to the cabinet to get a cup and took out a paper plate.

What was I thinking, oh yeah, I’m not!! I’m going crazy. I hope things get better within this month. It needs to.

Measuring A Month

By TYRA OLSTAD Assistant Geography Professor , May 3, 2021 Wake, walk, eat, work; work, walk, eat, sleep. Wake in the middle of the night, work, sleep. Wake, walk.

Days and weeks have blurred together. If I didn’t keep a calendar filled with reminders for “dept mtg”, “sr sem presentations”, “J b-day”, I wouldn’t know, is it Monday or Friday, already May or still mid-March? (Doesn’t help, that the sky continues to spit sleet.) And if I didn’t also fill the calendar with memories of “rainbow”, “first forsythia”, “forget-me-nots”, I wouldn’t know, has time actually passed, anything happened other than the odd progression of the semester, the escalating panic of the news, the accumulating silence?

Disorienting, now, to be stuck pacing the same sidewalks and streets, surrounded by people, all shuttered in their homes or sealed in their cars. I walk through a ghost city, sidewalks to myself.

There’s still the wildlife. Most of my calendar notes consist of weather or wild-

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Roommates Stephanie Mallen and Tara Tassio, SUNY Oneonta sophomores, cook a pasta lunch in the basement dorm of Grant Hall.

life-spottings. Killdeer by Corning (4/16), beaver by the golf course (4/25), barred owl in Wilber Park (4/17), common mergansers in Neahwa (4/24). Bald eagle by the West End wetland, eagle along the river, eagle in the cemetery; eagle over the Price Chopper parking lot, infiltrating a kettle of vultures (4/29). Woodchucks everywhere – a grand one-day tally of six. Stopped counting the ravens and crows scavenging deer and squirrels from the roadsides. Dead porcupine after dead porcupine after dead porcupine, 4/7, 4/10, 4/28. (With less traffic, how is there still so much roadkill? As if there isn’t enough sorrow in the world right now.)

HOT ZONE

By ROGER HECHT Associate English Professor, Aug. 30, 2020 All the late-summer flowers are out: blue cornflower, orange jewel weed, Queen Anne’s lace. Some are already wilting. Today’s cool breeze is enough to signal what’s ahead in the weather. Summer’s closing down. Oh, yeah, and the school is closing down. In the past five days we’ve gone from zero to 105 positive COVID cases, some of which must have first been symptomatic before they were reported. Someone mapped it on a graph–the sharp upward slope of it looked impressive but it didn’t look good.

Today the SUNY Chancellor posed an intervention and ordered what they’re calling a COVID Swat Team to campus to conduct massive testing. It sounds dramatic, though I don’t think it will entail either Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman in Hazmat suits (though that would be impressive) or Homeland Security pulling students into unmarked vans (that would be terrifying).

Still, while no one wanted this outcome, it was easy to see it coming. Why, oh

Bergene 2nd Trustee Under 30 BERGENE/From A1 She maintained that excitement for her five years at the Chamber, where she rose to marketing director under Executive Director Matt Hazzard, and for the past two years as social media director at Paperkite Creative, the Internet marketing firm.

Tuesday, March 16, Bergene and Trustee Cindy Falk, the deputy mayor, ran unopposed and received 139 and 136 votes respectively.

Both are Democrats.

She ran, Bergene said in an interview Saturday, March 13, “because Mac asked me too” – Trustee Mac Benton, 23, who with County Democratic Chairman Clark Oliver, 22, have been recruiting young people here, in Oneonta and countywide to run for office.

The new trustee, her interest piqued by her work at the Chamber of Commerce, had considered elected office at some point, but “in my mind, it was years in the future.

“But why not? Why not get involved?” she asked herself. “The village needs young people to attract other young people here.”

For his part, Benton said Trustee Jim Dean, 80, whose seat Bergene will fill, had

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wanted to retire. “He had decided, if there was a good candidate to fill the seat, particularly someone young like Hannah, that he would be supportive,” Benton said.

“Hannah’s young, she’s hardworking, and she shares the vision for progress that a lot of trustees do.”

The Village Board has been criticized from time to time for not being sufficiently pro-business, he said, and Hannah, with her Chamber experience, would be someone businesspeople could turn to.

“Working with small business,” said Bergene of her Chamber, “I saw the passion young small-business owners have for their businesses.”

Plus, “with the pandemic, a lot of people have already started to come home,” she said. “Which is wonderful.

We want them to stay.”

The new trustee is the daughter of Gregory and Susan (Jones) Bergene, who both had careers in the Cooperstown Central School District. Her sister, Kristin, 33, is a student services administrator at RPI. She majored in Hospitallity at SUNY Oneonta, worked at the Stagecoach, and was hired away in 2015 by Hazzard.

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COVID EXPERIENCE JOURNAL

By Jaclyn Kennedy Sept. 6, 2020 Day 1: I have been trying to be fairly careful under the new COVID-19 rules and regulations. However, I have not been staying home completely. Some friends and I went out to dinner last Friday night. Now my group of friends is concerned we were exposed to the virus when we were out to eat. Personally, at this moment I think they are being paranoid, and I do not believe we were exposed.

Day 2: Today, my friends got tested for COVID-19. To my surprise, 4/8 of them came back positive; this included my roommate.

However, it’s odd… we were all together and yet only some of the group tested positive for the virus. Yet, since we were all potentially exposed we must quarantine to make sure symptoms of the virus do not develop later on. This means I am now getting calls from contact tracers.

Day 3: I still have had no symptoms of the virus. My roommate and I have been extremely careful to wipe down doorknobs, clean the bathroom and kitchen (which we share), and mainly stay quarantined in our rooms so she does not infect me. At this point, I am questioning… How did I not get the virus? I made myself a nice dinner tonight, did laundry, did homework, and felt fine. Just as the day crept into the evening, I began to experience muscle aches (a symptom of COVID-19). I am not totally concerned at this point. Muscle aches can have a lot of causes.

Day 4: I slept. And slept… And slept some more. Something wasn’t right. I finally pulled myself out of bed for the first time that day at 6:30pm, just to use the bathroom and

put some food in my stomach. By 7:00pm, I was exhausted from that little bit of activity and back in bed for the night. It was time to schedule a COVID-19 test. I had a pretty good hunch of how it was going to go. The craziest part of this virus and the way it affected me personally was how quickly the symptoms crept on me.

Day 5: Still very very fatigued. However, today I had to force myself out of bed in order to get my COVID-19 test. Sure enough, as expected, the test came back positive.

Day 6: By this point, I actually woke up feeling a lot better today. I still had muscle aches, and my headaches were horrible.

However, my extreme fatigue was lessening which made a big difference. I was still able to keep up with my school work considering it was all online, which was good. Yet, as expected it just wasn’t the first thing on my mind while being so sick. I felt like I got beat up by this virus.

Ghost Town

By Melissa Lavin Associate Sociology Professor, Nov. 1, 2020 There were a few trick-or-treaters on the street tonight. Their tiny feet tapped on gravel as they walked with flashlights. They were friendly and small, but few lit driveways greeted them. They were hungry for candy and to be loved for their costumes. In a pandemic, Halloween is by ghosts in a ghost town.

dECEMBER

By KRISTINA YIM Dec. 9, 2020 I spent the entire day staring at my computer. I feel like this is all I do every single day. I haven’t gone out in weeks and have not seen my friends in what feels like forever. Being alone in the house feels like the new “norm”, but it’s still weird to me that a year ago I was out every single day.

Semester 2 Draws To Close

By Susan Goodie Assistant History Professor, Jan 12, 2020 I cry when I watch the evening news, no matter how hard I try to be stoic. Everyone is dealing with such angst. The leadership is sorely lacking, the climate is fighting back against centuries of human exploitation, and incidents of injustice are manifest. No one is passing through this time unscathed.

Yet, every day there is also something to appreciate or even celebrate. Most of my students have stuck with me and are wrapping up a semester of learning they can be truly proud of. I am so proud of them. They have supported me and each other in ways that matter, not just for today, but for all the days to come. The human spirit cannot be quenched: we are unstoppable. This does not in any way diminish the terrible tragedies which I cannot stop grieving. But it does assure me we are going to be okay – we are going to get through

GOAL: 125,000 Shots In 100 Days

OASIS/From A1 morning, Wednesday the 17th.

The goal is to ramp up to 1,200 vaccinations a day for three or four months, according to Brinton Muller, Bassett’s Emergency Preparedness manager, who is managing the site.

Ballpark, that could be 100,000 people in the next 100 days.

People from across the state can get vaccinated here, but most people surrounding counties – Chenango, Schoharie and, to a lesser degree, Delaware – were already only a half-hour from “massive sites” at Binghamton, Utica or Albany.

That isolation is why former state senator Jim Seward, who lobbied for the site on Bassett’s behalf, said he used the “vaccine desert” term in his conversations with the Governor’s Office.

It just makes sense that Otsego County’s population will benefit most from the new site’s convenience.

“It’s been a long haul already,” said Seward, who himself was stricken with COVID in March 2020. “It would be wonderful to close it up by the Fourth of July, like President Biden said.”

The governor’s representative to the Mohawk Valley Region, Samantha Madison, met last week with Bassett Network President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim and COO Jeff Joyner, who is also Fox Hospital president, to work out the details.

Tuesday morning, Governor Cuomo announced the Oneonta site, along with nine other new state-run vaccination clinics around New York State.

But Muller said the local one is the first and only in the state where a healthcare network – in this case, Bassett – is handling operations instead of the state Health Department.

“We’re pioneers in this,” said Gabrielle Argo, Bassett spokesman. “It’s really exciting.”

In addition to Seward’s efforts – he joined Bassett as Albany liaison after retiring Dec. 31 from a 34-year state Senate career – Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig said he and county board Chairman David Bliss had been arguing in weekly Mohawk Valley Control Room sessions that “Otsego County and surrounding areas did not have adequate access to

vaccines.”

Other local officials in the control room, the conduit whereby the Governor’s Office communicates with the state’s 13 regions, came to agree with Herzig and Bliss, the mayor said, as did RoAnn Destito, the Office of General Services commissioner and Cuomo’s representative.

“She went to bat for us,” said Herzig, adding he is arranging for Oneonta Public Transit to ferry people from downtown to the Dewar for free.

“It’s terrific,” he said.

Bliss added, “Our hope is to have everybody vaccinated

by July – age 60, 50, 40, until we get down to everyone.

The vaccine’s been approved for everybody over 16.”

In Cooperstown, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch was likewise enthusiastic about the news.

“I had friends who had to drive to Potsdam in February” because the husband had an

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underlying condition, she said. “It was a 9-½ hour round trip.”

While she predicted the summer season won’t be completely back to normal, “there will be an uptick.”

According to Muller, the “learning curve” is shorter for Bassett – the Dewar clinic is the kind of thing a healthcare system does, and Bassett has had three dry runs in clinic at the Clark Sports Center, inoculating up to 600 people.

Also, he’s undergone annual training programs with the state Health Department for the past 10 years.

“What about HPPA?” he was asked, a reference to the hospital privacy law. “Our people live and breathe HPPA,” he replied.

On a typical day, said Muller, there will be 18-20 vaccinators at the Dewar, a doctor fulltime, a pharmacist, a data coordinator, “and myself.”

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Covid-19 Vaccines

What We All Need to Know Approximately, four weeks ago the Community Foundation of Otsego developed a plan to put together a program to see that all eligible Otsego residents were able to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. CFOC worked with many local churches, faith-based groups, other not-for-profit organizations, service organizations, and individuals, to identify those who needed help making and keeping appointments. This service was especially important for those without internet access or difficulty maneuvering the existing system, especially some elderly. CFOC working with many community leaders and members, was able to help over 125 of these people receive their first vaccination at the Basset Clinic March 6 and 7.

This process for distributing vaccinations is evolving, and changes regularly, but the trend is that many more appointments are becoming available locally. The opening of the SUNY Oneonta State Vaccination site will be a game changer for individuals seeking the vaccine and the organizations helping to get shots in every eligible arm. Travelling to sites in Binghamton, Albany, Syracuse, and even Plattsburg should no longer be necessary.

The information below is designed to help you find an appointment or help someone else find an appointment.

It is based on the work of volunteers who have been helping people, especially seniors and those without Internet or computer skills, find vaccine appointments.

New York State: https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/

Closest Mega sites are at SUNY Oneonta (which may be open by the time you read this) SUNY Poly in Utica, SUNY Albany, and SUNY Binghamton.

Make an Appointment by Phone

New York State COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline at 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829).

You will be asked the appropriate questions to see if you qualify.

Make an appointment online

https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/

Even if the home screen says “no appointments”—keep going—cancellations will show up on subsequent pages.

Due to cancellations, new appointment times and dates open up throughout the day.

RETAIL PHARMACIES

As of March 10, retail pharmacies can vaccinate people 60+, Preschool-12 faculty and staff, and childcare workers. Some of the limitations on who they can vaccinate may be lifted soon.

Kinney Drugs https://www.kinneydrugs.com/pharmacy/covid-19/vaccination-scheduling/ny/

Those without computer access, can call Richfield Springs location at 315-858-3229 option 7. Attendant will ask for name and check to see if any appointments are available.

CVS https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine Rite Aid https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier Walgreens https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19

Bassett Healthcare Network https://www.bassett.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine 607-547-5555

Updates will be posted as clinics become available. You can also sign up for a stand-by list.

Vaccine Finder

Otsego County Health Department https://www.otsegocounty.com/.../covid-19_vaccination...

This federally backed website allows you to search for vaccine appointments near you.

This site also lists pharmacies that do not yet have vaccines but may in the near future, such as Hannaford, Walmart, Browns Pharmacy (Unadilla), Church and Scott (Cooperstown).

Available clinics will be listed as available. They can vaccinate any Otsego County resident who is eligible. They are also coordinating home visits for homebound individuals. Email them at covidvaccine@otsegocounty.com.

Otsego County Office for the Aging https://www.otsegocounty.com/departments/office_for_the_aging/index.php

The Office of the Aging also has a summary of pharmacies that are currently offering vaccines as well as those that plan to offer vaccines in late spring. Staff can assist any Otsego County residents 60+ or those with comorbidities who do not have internet access, or who need help scheduling a vaccine appointment at local clinics. Call 607-547-4232. They can provide transportation to local vaccine clinics for residents 60+. They are also coordinating home visits for homebound individuals who live in Otsego County.

https://vaccinefinder.org/

General Tips

Open all of the websites in the morning, keep refreshing during the day to look for changes.

Get to know the websites and where they post new information, sometimes it is at the bottom of a webpage.

Have your driver’s license and insurance card handy when you make your appointment.

If you are having trouble, ask a friend or family member to help you. There are also community volunteers that can help you.

For the full article from Dr. Richard Sternberg, please check AllOTSEGO.com and cfotsego.org.

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THE PANDEMIC YEAR • March 15, 2020 - March 14, 2021

Much To Be Proud Of In Response To COVID-19

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espite the chilling toll – 3,483 COVID-19 cases and 54 deaths – Otsego County people, our neighbors, friends and family, have a lot to be proud of as we ended The Year of The Pandemic on Monday, March 15, we found in revisiting the last 52 editions of this newspaper.

Throughout, there was worry, dismay and grief in the face of the implacable and mysterious foe, but little panic. In reviewing the newspapers, there was, and is, much determination, focus and purpose among our neighbors and our community leaders.

• At the county level, board Chairman David Bliss promptly issued an emergency declaration on Friday, March 15, 2020, that outlined many of the steps that have marked our lives since then.

Going forward from there, the county board was tough and visionary in the face of disappearing sales- and bed-tax revenues.

The reps laid off 59 FTEs, no fun for anyone. Then – guided by county Treasurer Allen Ruffles – they assembled a plan based on historically low-interest loans and fast-tracking roadwork, which the

On Dec. 23, 2020, Dr. Lewis Brinton, Fly Creek, Little Falls Hospital ER doctor, receives the first Moderna vaccine administered

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Director of Pharmacy Kelly Rudd gives the shot.

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LETTERS

LIFE SKETCHES

Before Cuomo Resignation, Let Investigations Conclude

Lady With Horse

To the Editor: not the law.

I have never voted for By resigning, there will Andrew Cuomo and probably be no investigation, no due never will. I can’t. I’m not a process, no conclusive judgyear-’round resident ment. Not a great of New York State. precedent for the The allegations of law or the process. harassment against Senator Gillibrand him are troubling, is calling for his and, if proven, worresignation. I recall thy of condemnation. that she was the But I am going to first of Senator Al suggest that, rather Franken’s colleagues than simply clamour to condemn him for Governor for his resignation, alleged harassment.

Cuomo at it would be more When she was a press helpful, indeed rebuked for that therapeutic, to allow conference after he resigned, the investigations by last week. she said, “He could the state Attorney have gone before the Ethics Committee.” True, General and the state Legislature to play out. with her prejudicial dagger That’s what the harasssticking in his back. ment statutes are for. Under In hindsight, Franken the law, the presumption is should have gone through that the accused is innocent, the process, as Cuomo says and that guilt must be proven, he will. Daggers and all. not simply alleged.

If he comes out of it batAs a practical matter, if tered but unbroken, I might he resigned now, nothing even vote for him. Multiple would be proven. The only times, as my dead relatives lesson learned would be that and I do regularly in Texas. he was held accountable to CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown the court of public opinion,

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Lady Ostapeck with a sampling of her beloved portraits in 2008 in the yard of her home in the Fly Creek Valley.

heard about Lady Ostapeck about 20 years ago at my friend Buddy Crist’s house on Angel Hill outside of Schuyler Lake.

There was a picture hanging on his living room wall. It was of a man dressed in a Tolstoy-like shirt standing in the doorway of a weathered cabin.

When I took a closer look I realized it was Buddy, appearing very authentic in clothes I never saw him wear before. “Who took the picture?” I asked.

“Her name is Lady Ostapeck,” Buddy answered.

“I was gassing up in Richfield Springs. She was filling her tank on the other side of the pump and kept looking at me. I mean TERRY really looking – for a long time. BERKSON Finally she comes around the pump and says, ‘Are you finish?’”

“I’m still pumping,” I answered.

“No, are you Finnish – from Scandinavia?” she asked.

“I don’t think so.”

“That may be, but I’d like to take your picture.”

It turned out that the woman who was then in her seventies was a famous photographer of Finnish descent. She wanted Buddy, who had the “right look,” to pose for pictures she planned to use for Independence Day in Finland.

They made an appointment, and a week later my friend spent an entire day trying on clothes in a costume – and prop-cluttered house while talking with Lady Ostapeck as she tried to bring to the surface a Please See BERKSON, A6

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To the Editor: Recently, my travels took me slightly north of Cooperstown. I was rather surprised to see properties still displaying large Trump flags despite the actual, indisputable fact that he was roundly trounced in the last election.

Will the owners refuse to accept the actual relief checks that are soon coming their way, courtesy of our actual, legally elected president, Joseph R. Biden and the American Rescue Plan Act ?

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Hugh’s Legacy Linked To Famed Novelist Editor’s Note: On hearing of Hugh MacDougall’s March 6 passing, former columnist Cathe Ellsworth, now retired from Cooperstown to Mount Vernon, Ohio, resubmitted this column from Feb. 15, 2018, as a tribute to the James Fenimore Cooper expert.

have not had the opportunity to read all of the tributes to Hugh, we would like to share part of the one written by Steven Harthorn, the Cooper Society’s executive director for publications.

Harthorn wrote: “Hugh MacDougall is an extraordinary person in many ways, and when spending time with him, CATHERINE it doesn’t take long to recognize e have recently LAKE his vigorous energy or his learned that at the ELLSWORTH encyclopedic knowledge.

21st International “One quality that has stood Cooper Conference, held in out for me as I have tried to carry on Oneonta last September, Cooperstonian Hugh’s legacy in editing the Cooper Hugh MacDougall was recognized as Society’s publications is Hugh’s passion founder of the Cooper Society and longfor outreach. Hugh’s vision for the time Cooper Conference participant.

Cooper Society has made it distinctive in At the conference, a handout entitled The Freeman’s Journal the world of author societies.

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

210 YEARS AGO

Observations on the Culture of Hemp – The soil peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of Hemp should be rich, strong and mellow – low lands, and even cleared swamps, well ditched and drained, exhibiting a deep black, loamy soil, and a sandy bottom, are extremely prolific in the production of Hemp. When the soil is judiciously selected, and properly prepared, the seed must be entered early in the month of May and sowed very thick to prevent its great height, which ought never to exceed five feet. Hemp sown thin on strong ground runs up 7, 8 and 9 feet high is coarse in its texture, and never so good in its quality nor its quantity, as when sown thick. No further attention is necessary until the blossom appears and begins to decay. The Hemp is then pulled by hand in the same manner as flax is pulled, and never to be cut. After pulling the crop it is to remain on the ground 10 or 12 hours; then bound in small, portable bundles and placed under the surface of running or still water to remain 6, 8 or 10 days; when taken from the water, spread to dry as soon as possible on poles, or sticks laid on crotches to admit free circulation or air. The article will command from 300 to 500 dollars per ton. (Ed. Note: Hemp from which rope was made, was at the time a scarce commodity in the United States) March 16, 1811

160 YEARS AGO

Gas works are to be erected in this village the present season. Mr. Fred T. Story, of Watertown, who has had considerable experience in such matters, has received sufficient encouragement from our citizens to determine him – associated with four or five gentlemen of this village – to proceed immediately to the erection of the necessary works for generating rosin gas. This is a desideratum long “devoutly wished for” by our citizens, and it is to be presumed

185 YEARS AGO

and occupations, etc., many dates and figures, and the names of about 600 persons. More than a thousand in all will be mentioned in the book. We hope to get it out before the first of May – if we do not go to Florida.

March 20, 1886

110 YEARS AGO

John Weeks, who died of stomach cancer at his home at Hartwick Seminary on Friday, was one of the best known survivors of the Civil War residing in this locality. He possessed a medal and certificate for valor, presented to him by the War Department. While his Regiment, the 152nd New York infantry was advancing upon the enemy and the Confederates were hustling for cover, Mr. Weeks, a private in the ranks, rushed ahead and captured a stand of colors and a squad of five men, whom he took as prisoners. The strange part of it was that Mr. Weeks’ musket was empty when he rushed upon and held up the squad.

For this act, the medal and certificate March 18, 1836 were presented.

March 15, 1911 that they have only to be convinced of the economy of the thing to determine them upon its immediate adoption. Of the conEvery American boy and girl, some venience and utility of gas over every other time or other in his or her childhood, has kind of light, there can be no question. played “Indians.” If they have not, Lester March 22, 1861 G. Bursey, director of physical education at the local school is seeing to it that they have this rare opportunity not only to play We shall this week complete 170 pages of Indians, but to make honest-to-goodness The History war bonnets and headbands. Miss Elizabeth of Cooperstown – equal to 250 pages of the A. Prine, art instructor, is instructing all history published in 1862. A portion of it grades in Indian designs and every child has been slow and rather tedious work. The will be wearing a headband they have made first 20 pages under the head of “Village themselves. A cast of 400 students will take Interests” enumerate the churches, schools part in this year’s exhibition pageant on past and present, newspapers, fire departApril 3 and 4 in the school’s gym. This ment, banks, different public works, streets is the seventh annual event conducted by and number of structures thereon, profesMr. Bursey. sional and business men, the different trades March 18, 1936

85 YEARS AGO

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The finding of dangerous war souvenirs on the village dump on the Fly Creek road Sunday has prompted local police to issue a warning to families against disposing of this type of material at the dump, and also against “junk picking” which is forbidden at the dump. Police officer Gerald Smith reported that a group of young boys found the souvenirs on the dump.They were spotted by an unidentified adult who took them from the youngsters and turned them over to Officer Smith. The find included a loaded practice hand grenade, a Garand rifle clip loaded with nine blank cartridges, two morphine hypo sets, and various other drugs usually contained in armed forces emergency kits.

March 15, 1961

35 YEARS AGO

Democrat Harold Hollis reclaimed the village mayor’s office in last week’s election, defeating Republican Bill Purcell 344 to 212. In the mayoral race of 1984, Purcell defeated Hollis 342 to 289. The new administration faces a projected deficit of $4,719.

An amendment to the village charter allowing the mayor to appoint replacements for trustee vacancies carried 237 to 84.

March 19, 1986

20 YEARS AGO

Glenn Hubbell and Stuart Taugher were chosen as village trustees for threeyear terms in the annual charter election held on March 13. A total of 415 votes were cast in the village which has a population hovering around 2,000.

Hubbell received the most votes with 167, followed by Taugher with 133. Steve Mahlum, who has served as trustee the past three and a half years, received 115 votes. He will not return.

March 16, 2001

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learn something new with ELLSWORTH/From A4 each and every one of them “He has aimed to appeal that we read. And we would to academics and non-acaencourage anyone who is demics alike, reaching out interested in Cooper’s with nearly evangelical many works to also join the fervor to attract interest Cooper Society. in Cooper from scholars, • students, local history buffs, Interestingly enough, at book collectors, recreational the same time we received readers and others from all the most recent edition of over the world. the James Fenimore Cooper “Even today, after Hugh has stepped back from some Society Journal, we also of his former duties with the received the most recent copy of the Fly Creeker, both of Society (which now take several people to do), he still which mentioned possible people who served as delights in serving as “Ask Cooper’s inspiration for the Fenimore” point of contact, character of Natty Bumppo. ably fielding whatever In declaring a state of emergency on March 7, 2020, Governor Cuomo was flanked by counsel And, in the Cooper Cooper questions people Beth Garvey, left, and aide Melissa DeRosa.

Society Journal, we read might throw his way.

“Hugh always believed in an article entitled “The Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II NOW, THEREFORE, I, Andrew Editor’s Note: Here’s the beginLeatherstocking Fountain making knowledge accesM. Cuomo, Governor of the State of declared a public health emergency ning of the executive order Governor in Edenkoben, Palatinate, sible with minimal barriers, for the entire United States to aid the New York, by virtue of the authority Cuomo issued on March 7, 2020, putvested in me by the Constitution and the providing editorial guidance Germany,” written by nation’s healthcare community in ting New York in a state of emergency Robert Becker. He explains responding to COVID-19; Laws of the State of New York, hereby while letting the ideas of while it combatted COVID. that this fountain in Edenhis contributors speak for WHEREAS, both travel-related find, pursuant to Section 28 of Article koben features a statue of themselves...” cases and community contact trans2-B of the Executive Law, that a disaster HEREAS, on January 30, Leatherstocking, with his • mission of COVID-19 have been is impending in New York State, for 2020, the World Health rifle, dog and two beavers as We could not agree more documented in New York State and which the affected local governments Organization designated well as Leatherstocking’s Inwith Harthorn’s thoughts more are expected to continue; and are unable to respond adequately, and the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, dian friend, Chingachgook. and thank him for sharing WHEREAS, New York State is I do hereby declare a State disaster outbreak as a Public Health EmergenBecker points out that on addressing the threat that COVID-19 emergency for the entire State of New them. They are not only cy of International Concern; the current site of the founcompletely appropriate, but poses to the health and welfare of its York. This Executive Order shall be in WHEREAS, on January 31, 2020, tain in “...1952, a memorial also most deserved, when residents and visitors. effect until September 7, 2020.

United States Health and Human plaque was unveiled in it comes to acknowledghonor to a certain Johann ing Hugh’s many contribuAdam Hartmann (1743tions to the James Fenimore Cooper Society, not the least 1836), former citizen of Edenkoben. of which was encouraging things – organized outdoor dining on The new Community Foundation EDITORIAL/From A4 This Hartmann fellow us to join.

Main Street during summer weekends, of Otsego County, launched ahead She was already heralded as this is purported to have been And while we often think a morale builder for sheltering citizens. of schedule to join the COVID fight, newspaper’s 2020 Citizen of the Year, a ‘model’ for Fenimore some of the articles are way The mayor helped bring SUNY has been bashful about promoting but not enough appreciation can be Cooper’s Natty Bumppo above our understanding of Oneonta to account when a lack of its efforts. But, to mention just one, expressed to her team’s hard work – the Leatherstocking.”

Cooper, we always feel we rigor allowed runaway infections it launched a phone bank of volunteers and accomplishment.

– more than 700 in one week – to get a few weeks ago that helped connect Bassett Hospital was fast off the FOOD FOR THOUGHT out of control. He quickly firmed up seniors lacking computers with mark, with then-President/CEO Bill relations with the new COVID-fightvaccination sites. Hundreds of our Streck immediately announcing a ing president, Dennis Craig, and his neighbors benefited from this sensible, COVID Hotline to answer people’s liaison to the city, Franklin Chambers, low-cost initiative. questions and, when necessary, hurryto ensure what could be done to limit • ing those infected into treatment, part the scourge would be done.

What was notable in the first few of an extensive planning process that revisited (social scientists James Q. Wilson and George In Cooperstown, Mayor Ellen months of the newspapers over The had begun in January. The hospital, as L. Kelling’s 1982 article, “Broken Windows,” in the Tillapaugh Kuch, cheered on by Pandemic Year was hope. You may you would expect, has been central to Atlantic) because I was trying to solve a mystery. On Trustee Richard Sternberg, enacted remember, infections tailed off last the anti-COVID fight. the Masks on Main program, requiring May, only to rebound in July. But even a recent reporting trip to New York City to ask bankers, Slowed at first by the lack of policy analysts and real estate brokers about the city’s ecotourists and residents alike to follow 12 months since Bliss’ emergency COVID vaccine, Bassett’s new nomic future, I kept hearing that crime was a major risk.

COVID-fighting practices on cramped declaration, you see no indications of President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim ...When I probed, I found that they talked less about sidewalks between Fair and Chestnut despair. We’re grinding it out. We’re announced this past Tuesday that a violent crime than disorder. Homeless encampments were streets. going to get through this and come daily vaccination clinic will be flourishing, panhandling had become more aggressive, and Her “Porch Lights for Support” back stronger. launched this Thursday, the 18th, minor crimes like public urination or open drug use were program ensured frontline workers A plea: As we near the end, don’t and be ongoing for the next two wouldn’t be driving home through flag, continue to follow the proscribed not just more visible, but making the papers. months. That’s as ambitious a plan The summer had brought looting and riots close to home darkened streets from long shifts at precautions – masks and social disas it is necessary. as well. Moreover, many of them saw this as a result of Bassett. That was extended when tancing, in particular. And, please, if • the city’s deliberate decision to ignore the “quality of life” homeowners kept their Christmas you have a chance to get the vaccine, In Oneonta, six-year Mayor Gary offenses that broken windows had emphasized. lights on for months after the holiday take it.

Herzig rallied the community under Megan McArdle No one wants to be the last person the banner of the Survive, Then Thrive season – in some cases, even Washington Post, March15, 2021 in Otsego County to die of COVID-19. until today.

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BERKSON: Lady With Horse Became Legend In Fly Creek BERKSON/From A1 certain spirit she saw in him.

When his wife Cathy, who had been sitting in their car for hours, came around to see how the photo session was going, Lady ushered her away, saying that her presence would affect the aura.

Each shot took a long time.

Lady would remove a makeshift velvet-lined bottle cap that she used to cover the lens of her antique Korona box camera.

Then she’d start counting exposure time out loud. The speed of the count depended on the light that was coming through a nearby window.

In an attempt to repair the camera’s broken shutter, she had taken it completely apart but was unsuccessful in making it work.

When it was time to reassemble the damaged instrument she lubricated the screws with oil from the back of her ear. She also used spit in some places.

Though the shutter remained broken, the repair procedure lent to the mystic approach she brought to her photography.

Lady believed the resultant portrait, accented by the use of costumes, lighting and conversation would reflect something from a sitter’s soul.

Lady Ostapeck, whose birth name was Alma Kaukinen, was born in Brooklyn. Her mother died a few days after she gave birth and her father, an immigrant from Finland, left the newborn baby in the care of her mother’s sister.

He fled to the Northwest to work as a lumberjack and avoid the World War I army draft.

Incredibly, two years later, the aunt taking care of the child was murdered along with the rest of her family by a deranged neighbor. The child was spared and later passed through several Finnish families before she wound up in the mothering care of a widow by the name of Jansson who lived in New Jersey.

As an adult, Lady worked at retouching negatives and photographs for studios in New York City. The work was piecemeal and enabled her to answer a “calling” to frequently visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Commuting across the Hudson by ferry allowed her to maintain residence in New Jersey.

She married Peter Ostapeck and had one child, a boy. The marriage lasted about five years. She later stated that she wasn’t cut out to be an ordinary housewife.

The “Lady” part of her life started when she put an ad in a newspaper stating, “Lady with horse wants house.” The appeal resulted in her finding an abode along with barn in the tiny hamlet of Fly Creek. It was then that she bought a horse and gave it a Finnish name that sounded risque in English.

She continued working for the studios in Manhattan but a lost portrait resulted in her termination. It was in 1970 that she bought the Korona with the broken shutter. The purchase turned out to be her first step on the long road to international fame as a vintage photographer.

Fame did not come with fortune, but over the years Lady managed to make at least a dozen trips to Finland where her work was well received.

Finns first assumed that the accomplished artist was selfsustaining – and in her own way she was. Once, a government official arranged for her to make the expensive voyage as a courier.

A shopping bag was all she needed to carry her belongings.

In lieu of having to pay for lodgings she sometimes slept on a train. If the weather grew

cold a slit in an old blanket made a poncho. She had an aversion to throwing broken things away.

In Lady’s words: “Forty years doing negative retouching does not teach one to be a photographer … I became a photographer anyway.”

Several years ago I met Lady Ostapeck at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown.

While we were talking I got the feeling that she was checking me out in much the same way she did Buddy years before at the gas station.

At one point she asked if I had ever been on the stage to which I responded, no. The last thing she said to me was, “Come up and see me some time,” which I took to mean that she wanted to do a portrait.

Regretfully, I never responded to her invitation.

Lady’s funeral was held on the 8th of February, 20 days before her 99th birthday. James Atwell, the Quaker minister, presided over the impressive ceremony. Friends spoke of a triumphant life in spite of tragic beginnings, and of Lady’s possessing a curiosity that outweighed fear.

I have never attended a funeral where mourners broke into applause from descriptions of her style and attitude towards life. In response, she’d probably say, “Keep a straight face when you think of me. Smiles don’t hold up for an extended exposure time.”

Terry Berkson, who has an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College, lives on a farm outside Richfield Springs.

His articles have appeared in many national magazines,

IN MEMORIAM

Constance Marie Clemente Panzarella, 74 May 10, 1946 - March 8, 2021

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. loving, nurturing and deeply – Constance Marie Clemente affectionate person who Panzarella, 74, loving mother, found joy in giving of herself grandmother and sister, to others. She was an excelpassed away March 8, lent baker who especially 2021, at Mission Hospital in loved baking cookies with Asheville, N.C., from her grandchildren. non-COVID related When she wasn’t in complications associcookie or pie making ated with chronic mode, you could still health conditions. often find her in the She was born May kitchen cooking and 10, 1946, in The trying new recipes Bronx, a daughter of or making a big the late Amadeo J. family meal to bring and Pauline E. Joslin everyone together.

Clemente. She was She loved music raised in The Bronx, and dancing, whether Connie Whitesboro and in the kitchen or at Panzarella Waterville, NY and a party, and became was a graduate of Waterville the legendary “Aunt Connie” High School. at countless weddings and She attended Buffalo State parties with her spunk and University where she earned energy on the dance floor! her bachelor’s degree and She treasured her collecmet Frank Blaise Panzarella tion of ornate porcelain dolls, Sr., whom she married on was a history buff who loved July 6, 1968, at St. Bernard’s to visit and explore historic Church in Waterville. sites, was a voracious reader, They lived in Buffalo for and recounted often her 17 years, where she taught favorite music experience elementary education in the – seeing The Eagles in Lackawanna school system and concert. started their family, before In 2017, she reunited with relocating to New Jersey, where her high school sweetheart, she worked for Aetna US Health- Paul Gendron, sparking a care as an account represenrenewed passion for life, tative and was a homemaker and in 2018 moved to who helped raise three of her North Carolina, where they daughter’s children. found immense joy together, She later moved to traveling the region, spending Cooperstown, where she time with friends, and caring resided with her son’s family for each other. and enjoyed many years Surviving are her son baking, playing games and and daughter-in-law, Frank creating lifelong memories and Jennifer Panzarella with her grandchildren, of Cooperstown; and who endearingly called daughter Maria Christine her “Ninie.”

Panzarella of Runnemede, Connie was an incredibly N.J.; grandchildren, Jordan

Michelle, Gregory, Dante, Christopher, Emma, Frankie and Matthew; a sister, Joan C. (Mike) Wheeler of Rhinebeck; brothers, Arthur Clemente of Edgewater, N.J.; Paul E. (Joyce) Clemente of Southfield, Mich.; Emile L. (Linda) Clemente of Deer Park, L.I.; Robert A. (Deborah) Clemente of Doylestown, Pa.; plus many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Friends are invited to call from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, at the Burgess & Tedesco Funeral Home, 210 E. Main St., Waterville, followed by

a funeral service at 4 p.m.

Interment will be private in St. Bernard’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers we ask donations be made in Connie’s name to the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (www.stopsarcoidosis.com), a condition she valiantly battled for almost 20 years; or, to the Susquehanna SPCA (www.sqspca.org) in honor of her love for animals including her beloved dogs Honey and Annie.

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Haring-Inspired Mural In Pioneer Park

By JIM KEVLIN

Angel Garcia has some fun with one of his murals.

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few years ago, Angel Garcia had just completed what he described as an anti-racism mural, “balanced with positive imagery,” at New York City’s Dual Language Middle School on West 77th Street.

‘Simple, Cheerful,’

“The theme idea was to create a mural that would explore the topic of racism – and healing,” said the Brooklyn artist, who will be creating a mural in Pioneer Park this summer in connection with the Keith Haring exhibit that opens May 29, Memorial Day Weekend, at The Fenimore Art Museum.

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hough he died in 1990, in many ways Keith Haring is still alive. His art is everywhere. There are Haring T-shirts, Haring shoes, Haring chairs. You can buy Haring baseball hats and badges and babycarriers and playing cards and stickers and keyrings.

“Keith Haring’s work pops up all over the place – his radiant baby, the barking dog, the dancer, the three-eyed smiling face.

Simple, cheerful, upbeat, instantly recognisable ...

“But Haring did much more than provide cute cartoons ... His art faced outwards. He wanted to inform, to start a conversation, to question authority and convention, to represent the oppressed.”

The Fenimore exhibit will include “Radiant Baby,” Keith Haring’s best-known work.

Miranda Sawyer

►AN ORIGINAL EXHIBIT OF MORE THAN 100 WORKS BY KEITH HARING, WHOSE “ANIMATED IMAGERY,” ACCORDING TO ONE CRITIC, has “become a widely recognized visual language,” WILL BE HOSTED BY THE FEnimORE ART MUSEUM, BEGINNING MAY 29.

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If Grandma Moses harkened back to simpler times, Haring’s concerns – though he died on

The Guardian, June 2, 2019, on opening of major Haring exhibit at the Tate Liverpool

Feb. 16, 1990 April 1, but anticipa– are center tion is centering on stage in the 21st “Keith Haring: Radiant Century.

Vision,” which will open “It’s a whole May 29, Memorial Day new ballgame,” Weekend, and run through said Fenimore Sept. 6, Labor Day. President/ It will include CEO Paul more than 100 pieces, D’Ambrosio.

D’Ambrosio said.

“It’s very Born on May 4, Keith Haring different from 1958, and raised in what you’d Kutztown, Pa., Haring expect from The Fenimore.” studied art at the University of The Fenimore’s season begins Pittsburgh, but by 1978 he had

moved to New York City, where he began creating graffiti – at first, chalk drawings on black, unused advertising backboards in subway stations, according to accounts of his life.

“It was made in the streets, it was made in the subways,” said Erna McReynolds, the retired Oneonta financial adviser who is co-sponsoring the show with husband Tom Morgan. “People carted it home and framed it.

This is living art.”

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• MANZANAR: Wartime Photographs Of Ansel Adams, April 1 - July 25, images of Nisei interned in California during World War II. Discuss with Adams’ son, Michael, May 1 or June 19, via Zoom.

• WORLD OF JAN BRETT, April 1 - May 16, 70 original paintings from popular children’s writer. Live story time with author at 10:30 a.m, April 17.

• KEITH HARING, Radiant Vision, May 29 - Sept.

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• BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: What we learned from Arthur, featuring illustrations from Marc Brown’s children’s books.

• TOYING WITH THE WORLD: Works by Laurie Krasny Brown, featuring art from “author, educator, and parent committed to providing answers to the questions children have,” including “How To Be A Friend.” ►FULL LISTING: fenimoreartmuseum.org/exhibitions

Find works like the above at the Cooperstown Art Association through Saturday.

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Participants will begin the hunt for the eggs of this ecological hazard on March 20. Free, registration required. Presented by Otsego County Conservation Association. 7 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 18. 607-547-4488 or visit occainfo.org/calendar/spottedlanternfly-egg-hunt/ • Prepare for the gardening season.

Learn how to do soil testing and what amendments to use, which to avoid, and how to use compost. Presented

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607-547-2536 or visit www.facebook. com/CCEOtsegoMG/ • “The Struggle to Bring Broadband to Rural America” presentation with Tim Johnson, CEO Otsego Electric Cooperative, will provide update on the work to better connect Otsego County to the Web. Presented by The Friends of the Village Library Sunday Speaker Series. 3 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 21. 607-547-8344.

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Angel Garcia basks in the sun in front of a characteristic mural.

Brooklyn Muralist Planning New Mural In Pioneer Park “I’ve always been MURAL/From B1 interested in art and ral, “was one student art-making since I was explaining the imagery to a young child,” he said. another. They were using “Things really started to the mural to educate each take off in high school. other.

After school programs to “It was beautiful mocreate murals piqued my inment,” said Garcia, now 29, terest to pursue art further.” a prolific artist whose opus He began working at to date includes 10 public Groundswell while still in murals in New York City high school, continued while and many individual he obtained his BFA in canvases.

The Fenimore’s president, illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology; Paul D’Ambrosio, said the he’s still there today. idea of commissioning a The collaboration with mural downtown in connecThe Fenimore began “very tion with muralist Haring’s spontaneously” two years exhibit came out of staff ago when he received an brainstorming during the email, Garcia said. “They grant application process. mentioned they would work “Everybody loved the with me to create a mural to idea,” he said. “We couldn’t go with the Keith Haring put the (Haring) artwork exhibit. That’s how the downtown. But we could conversation started.” create one.”

The outcome, he said, A wooden wall will be will be “a little bit inspired built in Pioneer Park’s

by Keith Haring’s style,” left-hand corner. After the as well as Cooperstown Haring exhibit closes, the themes. mural will become part of “As related to public The Fenimore’s permanent collection, D’Ambrosio said. murals,” he said, “I enjoy the whole process of it.

Calling Pioneer Park, in I enjoy the research part, Cooperstown’s center, “an speaking to folks in the urban little park,” Mayor community, researching Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch said the community, creating a she’s excited about Garcia’s design that reflects all those undertaking – she had a things.” chance to meet the artist Finally, “I enjoy painting; a couple of years ago at a it’s a very meditative Fenimore reception in New process.”

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Garcia said his murals “It’s a wonderful way for the village to work coopera- are influenced by Diego Rivera’s, and Kerry James tively with The Fenimore,” Marshall influenced his she said. painting.

The village wrote a letter “A final (mural) is very of support for the state grant rewarding,” Garcia said, that funded the project, she “both as an artist, and seeing said, adding, “I think public how the public interacts with art is wonderful; it will be the piece.” great to continue something like this going forward.”

In an interview from Susquehanna Brooklyn’s Groundswell, Landscaping LLC which, in collaboration with young people and arts 607-226-1970 educators, has produced 500 • Fruit Tree public murals over the past 25 years, Garcia said he was ApplePruning Tree • Bluestone born in Chicago, spent his Pruning + & Walkways first few years in Mexico, Patios then returned to the U.S. • Landscape with mom Araceli and sister Design Evelyn when he was 7.

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Keith Haring’s Exhibit To Break New Ground At Fenimore This Summer

HARING/From B1 Beginning in 1982, Haring’s works – simple images and strong colors were their hallmark, taking up where Andy Warhol’s pop art left off – were being exhibited in major New York exhibits, and in Germany, in Brazil, in New York, in London, in Venice, in Australia, everywhere.

“It’s a liberating kind of style,” said D’Ambrosio.

“Because of its simplicity, it doesn’t require any elitist notion or many years of training to understand.”

In particular, “because of its energy, it strikes a chord with young people,” he said.

McReynolds added, “It takes art from being something fusty and covered with cobwebs, which (young people) may think when they hear ‘museum’.”

Through Haring, “they may learn how art can relate to their world,” she said.

By his mid-20s, Haring was a wealthy man. As early as 1982 at a show in Soho, he sold a quarter-million worth of paintings, CBS reported at the time. And that was just the beginning.

Throughout Haring’s career, his social activism guided his art. A gay man, his works elevated consciousness about the AIDS/HIV epidemic and safe sex.

Keith Haring with “Figures And A Heart,” which became a popular poster, in a New York City Gallery.

He designed a Free South Africa poster in 1985, five years before Mandela was freed. In 1989, he painted “Tuttomundo” (All World) on a convent wall in Pisa.

His Keith Haring Foundation, founded in 1989, ensured solutions to the issues he cared about would continue to be pursued, AIDS/HIV awareness, but also education for disadvantaged youth. He died the following February at age 31.

Since, two collectors of his work, Gary Casinelli, a friend of Haring, and Nicholas Preston, moved to Central New York, where they met Erna and Tom Morgan, who were stunned by the extent of their collection.

“It was incredible,” said Erna. “I don’t know all the pieces they have. You might have a cupboard, and he painted the cupboard.

He painted everything in sight.”

The Morgans, who serve on The Fenimore board of trustees, posed the idea of an exhibit to D’Ambrosio, and were energized by his enthusiasm. “It takes a lot of forward thinking,” she said.

Three years ago, D’Ambrosio met with Cassinelli and Preston, and the steps were taken that led to “Radiant Vision.”

(Originally, the exhibit was planned for 2020, but was delayed a year by the pandemic.)

“I was astounded,” said D’Ambrosio. “I didn’t know of any other private collection of Keith Haring work – not potentially available for exhibition.”

And “Radiant Vision” is original to The Fenimore. If you go, you’ll be among the first people to see it. Later, it will go overseas, then to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and to other prestigious venues in the U.S. “How often do you see Keith Haring?” D’Ambrosio asked. “I’ll go to New York and see one or two pieces.

MOMA, if they happen to have one out. At the Met. Here, you’re going to have 100 of them in one place.”

The museum obtained a $120,000 state grant to promote the show, so

patrons will be visiting from near and far. (The Fenimore’s protocols – face masks, social distancing, hand-sanitizing stations – are designed to ensure patrons’ safety, even as vaccinating accelerates.)

Among the novel promotions, Angel Garcia, 29, a Brooklyn muralist, will paint a mural in late June in Pioneer Park, to lure visitors in the downtown to the lakeside museum. (See related story).

But D’Ambrosio is most intrigued about what impact the exhibit may have on young people, as young as teenagers, and the museum is training two high school students to do tours, with the idea they will connect with their peers.

“Among teenagers, there’s incredible interest in Keith Haring as an artistic rebel,” said the museum president. “They have a particular reverence for things that go against the grain, that go against the establishment.

“It didn’t hurt that Haring was devoted to youth.”

Until now, visitors under 12 get in free. This year, it will be 19 and under.

“Any teenager can come to the museum and see this exhibit for free,” D’Ambrosio said.

The idea, of course, is that, sold on Keith Haring, young people will be sold on art, becoming lifelong museum frequenters.

“We could have a superb summer,” he said.

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811 289.00-1-69.00 St Hwy 7 Ryan Christine A 812 289.00-1-78.00 208 Riverstone Rd Clapperton Brandon; Bennett Sarah 820 299.10-1-6.01 100 Oneida St Bredin James M 821 299.10-1-8.00 112 Oneida St Bredin James M Village of Otego 840 317.15-1-29.00 75 Fair St Macken John J Town of Otego 847 272.00-1-27.22 1983 Co Hwy 8 Spitzer Catherine A; Gordon Spitzer 851 272.00-2-11.00 1265 Co Hwy 6 Mudge Tracy M 862 286.00-1-35.81 136 Forest Way Strickland Wayne R; Strickland Rose M 863 296.00-1-12.00 955 Flax Island Rd Linson Thaddeus Michael 873 308.00-1-17.02 3785 St Hwy 7 Condon Joshua; Seefried Crystal 874 308.00-1-22.04 1169 Co Hwy 48 Chambers Jeffrey W 880 318.00-1-43.02 Co Hwy 48 Hurlburt Douglas A; Hurlburt David A 882 318.00-1-48.00 Co Hwy 48 Hurlburt Douglas A; Hurlburt David A 883 318.00-1-50.00 Co Hwy 48 Hurlburt Douglas A; Hurlburt David A 884 318.00-1-51.00 Co Hwy 48 Hurlburt Douglas A; Hurlburt David A 885 318.00-1-53.00 Chamberlain Hill Rd Hurlburt Douglas A; Hurlburt David A 893 324.18-1-15.00 102 Maplecrest Way Thompson Gary A Village of Cooperstown, Town of Otsego 904 131.06-1-48.00 47 Chestnut St RMH Properties, LLC Town of Otsego 915 113.00-1-57.64 Williams Rd O’Brien Laurel A 925 52.00-2-10.41 Co Hwy 22 Rocco Joseph A Jr; Rocco Barbara A 931 67.00-2-10.00 788 Keating Rd Francis Kristi J 932 67.00-2-11.00 834 Keating Rd RMH Properties, LLC 937 69.52-1-12.00 St Hwy 80 Bueti Management Corp 948 84.00-1-37.01 130 Armstrong Rd RMH Properties, LLC 954 96.00-1-8.03 NYS Route 80 Rd Brown Audrey D Town of Pittsfield 967 155.00-1-37.03 Parker Rd Ext E Vossbrinck Jonathan H 968 155.00-1-37.05

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Parker Rd Ext E Vossbrinck Jonathan H 978 156.00-1-50.01 163 Sugar Maple Spur The Estate of Claude H Davis Jr; Davis Victoria L 990 171.00-1-31.00 1138 Co Hwy 13 The Estate of Helen E Knickerbocker fka Helen E Larrabee; Hoag Leland E 993 172.00-1-28.01 Ketcham Rd Baker Kristoffer H 994 172.00-1-28.05 699 Ketcham Rd Baker Kristoffer H 1006 186.09-2-12.00 106 Grove Ave Patrick Alyssa N 1020 188.00-1-56.00 Co Hwy 49 The Estate of Dorthea Friedman 1022 188.00-1-65.00 Co Hwy 49 The Estate of Dorthea Friedman 1023 188.00-1-67.00 Co Hwy 49 The Estate of Dorthea Friedman Town of Plainfield 1035 2.00-1-12.03 9923 US Hwy 20 Eddy Kevin 1037 20.00-1-16.01 977 Co Hwy 21 The Estates of Elmer E Ostrander and Gertrude Ostrander 1044 34.00-1-10.01 Talbot Rd Paternoster II Dominick A; Paternoster Jr Frank J 1047 35.00-1-3.04 7279 St Hwy 51 Doyle Barton T; Rogers Laurie A Village of Richfield Springs 1060 13.20-2-41.00 6 Lakeview Ave Moglia Francis; Moglia Donna 1064 13.20-3-47.00 15 River St Morales Martin 1080 24.08-1-13.00 Prospect St Thompson Gary A 1084 25.05-2-13.03 21 Park St Pierce David M; Pierce Jr Harry W 1085 25.05-2-16.00 20 Bronner St Billy Phelan’s 300, LLC 1086 25.05-2-17.02 41 Center St Brooker Everett L III; Brooker Melissa 1089 25.05-3-55.00 18 Canadarago St Winslow Michael L; Winslow Kelly E 1091 25.05-3-63.00 43 Lake St Folts Property Management Services Inc 1092 25.05-3-64.00 49 Lake St Folts Property Management Services Inc 1093 25.05-4-12.00 18 Johnson St Shafranov Igor Town of Richfield 1104 13.00-1-10.02 339 Brighton Rd Dziadik Chad M 1108 13.00-1-37.00 2714 US Hwy 20 Yerdon Alberta J; Yerdon Timmy 1117 24.08-2-21.32 10 Linden Ave Mendoza Enrique I; Abata Gladys M

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Thompson Gary A 1408 215.00-1-29.311 1082 Co Hwy 39 Kisiolek Malgorzata D 1409 215.00-1-29.313 Co Hwy 39 Kisiolek Malgorzata D 1413 215.06-1-5.00 10 Church St Smoot Jr Barry Wayne; Smoot Amanda M 1415 216.00-1-29.01 510 Smith Rd Flynn Thomas M 1418 232.00-1-20.52 Jerome Smith Rd Milillo Properties Inc 1419 233.00-1-16.12 Burnside Rd Sang Miguel A 1423 233.00-1-4.00 495 Mooney Rd Currie Bria 1426 248.00-1-18.22 Hall Rd F. Pops’ Property Inc Effect of filing: All persons having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such petition are hereby notified that the filing of such petition constitutes the commencement by the Tax District of a proceeding in the court specified in the caption above to foreclose each of the tax liens therein described by a foreclosure proceeding in rem.

Nature of proceeding: This proceeding is brought against the real property only and is to foreclose the tax liens described in such petition. No personal judgement will be entered herein for such taxes or other legal charges or any part thereof.

Persons affected: This notice is directed to all persons owning or having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such petition. Such persons are hereby notified further that a duplicate of such petition has been filed in the Office of the Otsego County Treasurer and will remain open for public inspection up to and including the date specified as the last day for redemption.

Right of redemption: Any person having or claiming to have an interest in any such real property and the legal right thereto may on or before said date redeem the same by paying the amount of all such unpaid tax liens thereon, including all interest and penalties and other legal charges which are included in the lien against such real property, computed to and including the date of redemption.

Such payment shall be made to Allen Ruffles, Otsego County Treasurer, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326. In the event that such taxes are paid by a person other than the record owner of such real property, the person so paying shall be entitled to have the tax liens affected thereby satisfied of record.

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tion is hereby fixed as the 30th day of June, 2021.

Service of answer: Every person having any right, title or interest in or lien upon any parcel of real property described in such petition may serve a duly verified answer upon the Attorney for the Tax District setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his or her interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure. Such answer must be filed in the Office of the County Clerk and served upon the Attorney for the Tax District on or before the date above mentioned as the last day for redemption.

Failure to redeem or answer: In the event of failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer, such person shall be forever barred and foreclosed of all his or her right, title and interest and equity of redemption in and to the parcel described in such petition and a judgement in foreclosure may be taken by default.

Enforcing Officer: Allen Ruffles Otsego County Treasurer Attorney for Tax District: Phillips Lytle LLP Richard M. Beers, Jr., Esq. 28 East Main St, Ste 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 (585) 238-2000 3LegalMay.13 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 Wheat Hill LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is March 15, 2021.

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: 205 Wheat Rd, Mount Vision, NY 13810.

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

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Index No. 19-CV-1538.

Plaintiff Designates United States District Court Northern District of New York as the Place of Trial.

The Basis of Venue is that the premises herein is situated in Otsego County. 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(s) within 21 days after the service of this Summons, the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; 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.

That this Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated March 11, 2021.

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 AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Thérèse Wiley Dancks dated March 11, 2021.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 16 Liberty Street, Morris, NY 13807 located at Section 221.13 Block 1 and Lot 41 Dated: December 12, 2019 Pincus Law Group, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Nicole B. LaBletta, Esq., 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556 (516) 699-8902.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK– UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,

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DONNA L. HENNESS, Defendant

SMITH’S SANCTUARY PROPERTIES LLC.

Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company

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Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 8 February 2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1926 Bank St, Baltimore, MD 21231.

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

6LegalApr.22 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: AA PROPERTY CARE LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 8 February 2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 106 Beaver Street, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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

6LegalApr.22 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Blue Hill LLC, Articles of Org. filed 3/4/2021.

Office: Otsego County.

Secretary of State of NY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail to 8 Hazel Street, Oneonta, N.Y. 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalApr.22 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York at a meeting thereof held on the 24th day of February, 2021, duly adopted pursuant to section 6-C of the General Municipal Law, a resolution subject to permissive referendum, the purpose and effect of which is to authorize an appropriation of up to $20,000.00 from a capital reserve fund (Police Equipment Reserve) to be used for the purpose of upgrading ticketing equipment.

BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK Jenna L. Utter Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-2411 (phone) jutter@cooperstown-

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ny.org (email) 1LegalMar.18 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York at a meeting thereof held on the 24th day of February, 2021, duly adopted pursuant to section 6-C of the General Municipal Law, a resolution subject to permissive referendum, the purpose and effect of which is to authorize an appropriation of up to $20,100.00 from a capital reserve fund (Parks Reserve) to be used for the purpose of the Lakefront Park Design Fee.

BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK Jenna L. Utter Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-2411 (phone) jutter@cooperstownny.org (email) 1LegalMar.18 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF LIQUOR LICENSE Notice is hereby given that a license, (pending), for beer, wine, cider, liquor, and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, cider, liquor, and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 50 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, Town of Otsego, County of Otsego for on premises consumption.

Hotel Pratt LLC d/b/ a Sherman’s Tavern 2LegalMar.18 Legal nOtice Notice of LLC Formation of Cherry Valley Naturals LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/18/21.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1561 County Highway 54, Cherry Valley, NY 13320 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.15 Legal nOtice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, April 08, 2021 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s

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check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid.

NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

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

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

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Robert Kitchen (518)4572124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federallyassisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Please call (518)4572124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate

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in the letting.

Region 09: New York State Department of Transportation 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY, 13901 D264472, PIN 980737, Chenango, Otsego, Schoharie Cos., Job Order Contract: Repair/Rehabilitation of Drainage Along Various State Highways, CHENANGO, OTSEGO and SCHOHARIE COUNTIES, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $40,000.00), Goals: MBE: 5.00%, WBE: 10.00%, SDVOB: 6.00% 2LegalMar.18 Legal nOtice

Notice of formation of CREATIVE MIDDLE AGED WOMEN, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State (DOS) on February 21, 2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

DOS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail service of process to the Company at 106 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Company is organized for any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.15 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Brickhouse Pizzeria R.S. LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/13/20.

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, 1 West Main Street, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.15 Legal nOtice Notice of LLC Formation of Middlefield Orchard, LLC, a NY limited liability company (LLC).

Arts. of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (NYSS) on 2/16/21.

Office: Otsego County.

NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail process to: 2274 State Highway 166, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.8 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of SAFE AIR MANUFACTURING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/28/21.

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 Joel S. Charleston, 11 Pearl Street,

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Valley Stream, NY 11581.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.8 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of ARMOR CONSTRUCTION ONEONTA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on January 27, 2021. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: ARMOR CONSTRUCTION ONEONTA LLC, 21 Country Club Rd Oneonta, NY 13820 The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalApr.1 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Palumbo Property Management, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 2/17/21.

LLC’s office is in Otsego Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 804 Pegg Rd, Morris, NY 13808.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalApr.1 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Cherry Valley Market LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/29/2021.

Office: Otsego County.

United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation, Inc. at 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar.25 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name of LLC: NED’S SPIRITS LLC; Date of filing: November 12, 2020; Office of the LLC: Otsego Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served.

NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at Reinhardt Corp., 3919 State Highway 23, West Oneonta, New York 13861; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.

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