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Father John P. Rosson Monday, March 26, blesses 750 containers of oatmeal, 325 jars of peanut butter and the rest of the results of St. Mary “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church’s Lenten Food Drive, to benefit the local food pantry.

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e has the job. Dr. William LeCates will “become president of Bassett Hospital when the network CEO transition is completed,” it was noted in last week’s press release announcing the resignation of Vance Brown as CEO of the eight-county healthcare network. LeCates was appointed to the post on an interim basis Nov. 3, when the Bassett trustees announced they were creating the position of president at the Cooperstown hospital so the CEO could focus more fully on managing the healthcare network.

here actually is a drawer in the Mission-style table where Jeff Katz has presided as mayor for the past six years, containing his gavel and three ►IF YOU GO: Baggies. A reception In the Baggies are honoring retiring Mayor Jeff rocks – big ones in one, Katz, 5-7 p.m. middling in another, Sunday, April 8, and small in the third 22 Main. Public – sent to him by Charwelcome. lie Hill of Eagle Street. “The street was basically falling apart,” said Hill. “And I said, ‘If you haven’t been down Eagle Street lately, you will find it crumbling apart.’” Today, he said, “It’s 100-percent better.” Jeff Katz, who steps down as mayor Monday, April 2, after serving three twoyear terms (plus seven years as village Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal trustee), will likely be remembered as the Six-year Mayor Jeff Katz, who spent 13 years in all on the Cooperstown Village Board, Please See KATZ, A7 is retiring April 1.

ONEONTA MARCH, COBLESKILL RALLY

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uring a March 14 walk-out at Cooperstown Central School, freshman Alex Bohler volunteered to read the biography of one of the students who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in RECORD SET: Jeff Parkland, Fla. Katz’s last Village Board “When reading, meeting as mayor Monday, I realized how hard March 26, took 95 minutes, a it must have been record for meetings that used on those who had to last until midnight. to write it,” he told REQUIRED TRAINING: CCS’ Josie a crowd gathered at Cobleskill’s Otsego County and the state Hovis Veteran’s Memorial are hosting required training addresses Centre Park during crowd. for new planning board and the “March For Our ZBA members 5-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Milford Lives” on Saturday, March 24. “No child should be murdered in what Central School. Register at should be a safe space just because 547-4225. our country does not have sufficient gun control.” The Cobleskill march was one of Please See RALLY, B7

t’s likely to be a oneof-a-kind happening political season. The seven candidates (so far) seeking the Democratic nomination in a June 26 primary to run against U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-

Kinderhook, will be debating in Otsego County 7 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at Cooperstown Central’s Sterling Auditorium. It is likely to be the only such debate in the 10county 19th Congressional District, according to its Please See DEBATE, A3

Drone Regulations Debated; Trustees Await Attorney OK By PARKER FISH COOPERSTOWN Kyle Taylor for The Freeman’s Journal

Jeannine Webster and daughter Cate Bohler await remarks by CCS student Alex Bohler during the Cobleskill rally.

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on’t expect to say goodbye to those buzzing drones

Meeting Monday, March 26, the Village Board opted not to vote on the proposed drone law, and decided to table it for further revisions, but not before hearing it debated at a public hearing. “This law is totally unPlease See DRONES, A3

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Knave;” and a Juror’s Citation for her charcoal drawing “Second Nature;” “An Artistic Discovery” is an annual, nationwide visual art competition designed to recognize and encourage artistic talent for high school students. Additional Award of Merit winners are: • Gabby Card, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School • Josie Herzog Kaito, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School • Julian Rivera, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School • Megan Wilmont, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, Jurors’ Citations were awarded to: • Willow Bennet, Laurens Central School • Whitney Fink, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School • Josie Herzog Kaito, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School • Brie Moore, Laurens Central School • Mariah Padilla, Cooperstown Central School The Cooperstown Art Association is located at 22 Main Street in the Village Building on the corner of Main and Fair Streets.

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Trustees Table Drone Regulations After Hearing Pros, Cons DRONES/From A1 necessary and not needed in the Village of Cooperstown,” said drone enthusiast Bill

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Waller. “If you’re familiar with anything to do with drones, you know that in 2015, the federal government enacted a ruling mandating that the FAA come up with rules and regulations, which they did.” Thus, a local law would add nothing to already existing Federal Aviation Administration regulations. But Cooperstown is not

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the only village seeking to regulate drones. “Across the country, there are about 130 municipalities that have enacted their own local ordinances,” said Mayor Jeff Katz, presiding at his last meeting before retiring from office at the end of the month. Much like in Cooperstown, many of other drone laws conflicted with FAA regulation. “Some of them run afoul to FAA regulation that haven’t been challenged; some of them don’t; some of them feel secure in what they’ve adopted; and some of them are waiting to see,” he said. Others spoke in favor of the local law, including Evan Chase, Baseball Hall of Fame director of security. “Drones have the capacity to crash,

whether it is accidental or intentional,” he said. Incoming-mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, who will be sworn in at noon Monday, April 2, in Village Hall, said Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh couldn’t attend the meeting, and the trustees were uncomfortable adjusting the law without the advice of their attorney. The Hall hosts 285,000 visitors a year, and wants to keep all of those guests as safe as possible, Chase said. “For us, this is a public safety issue, and we want to be part of that,” he said. “We want to make sure that everyone is safe.” Accompanying Chase was state police Lt. Christopher Zaba, who helps provide security each summer for induction weekend. “The drone

aspect of Induction weekend is a big safety concern for us,” said Zaba, who also discussed the Heliport located across from the site of the induction ceremony, which is located outside village limits in the town of Middlefield.

“As a pilot, I’ve had to fly around them, or over them on many occasions,” said Allstadt. “I think that this is a situation that would be similar to many sporting events and things like that that the FAA establishes these restrictions for.” The FAA requires drone “We actually had a meetoperators to notify personnel ing with the FAA, and they if they intend to fly a drone will not give us a TFR here,” within five miles of any said Zaba. “They said that the airport or heliport. “We have only reason that they would a helicopter here during the give a TFR is if the President weekend for the ceremonies, came in,” as occurred during and we worry about drones in President Obama’s visit in the flight path for an immedi- 2014. ate flight for that New York Regardless, Allstadt, as State Police helicopter.” well as most of the other Village Trustee Lou Alltrustees, still had questions stadt, a licensed pilot, sugabout the proposed law as it gested applying for a tempo- was being presented to them. rary flight restriction (TFR) around the village during Induction Weekend.

Sole Debate Before Democratic Primary May Be In County

March 30, 7 pm

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EastEr sunday sErvicEs Portlandville united Methodist church state Hwy 28, Portlandville Early service 7:30 am Easter Breakfast 8:15 am Morning service 9:15 am

Milford united Methodist church 133 Main street, Milford Morning service 10:45 am Enjoy special music and refreshments following the service

DEBATE/From A1 host, Democratic organizer Richard Sternberg, the retired physician and village trustee. The seven candidates who “have agreed and confirmed to appear in Cooperstown” are: Former State Department staffer Jeff Beals, Coopertown’s Erin Collier, who worked in the Obama Administration; lawyers David Clapper and Antonio Delgado, investor Brian Flynn, former Cuomo aide Gareth Rhodes and tech company executive Pat Ryan. The event will be “a debate rather than a forum,” Sternberg said. “A question will be put forward. Each candidate will have an opportunity to make

a brief response. Then the candidates will be able to question each other.” While host, Sternberg will not emcee the event. He said is conducting interviews with possible moderators now. “I’m looking for somebody who has not yet formulated an opinion on which candidate they favor, with demonstrated knowledge of government and a firm personality in order to keep this in control as much as possible,” he said. Sternberg has been organizing Sunday afternoon appearances by individual candidates at Cooperstown Village Hall, where voters have had a chance to question them individually. Thus, he thought the debate format would be

more likely to give voters new understanding of each candidate’s qualities. Cooperstown’s Collier is the final candidate scheduled to appear at an individual session: Sunday, April 22. Faso has also been invited, Sternberg said, and he has asked county Republican chairman Vince Casale to co-host the session to assure the congressman the session is bi-partisan in intent. Sternberg said he rented the 300seat auditorium because voters from throughout the county and 19th District are being invited to attend, and said he expects at least 200 people at the session.

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A Reconciling Congregation · Wheelchair Accessible Welcoming LGBT · All are welcome Rev. Teressa Sivers, Pastor

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March 30 · Good Friday

Noon · Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ. Meditations from Richfield area clergy. 5 p.m. · Good Friday service with Holy Communion

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Friday, March 30: Good Friday

Noon to 3 p.m. The Three Hours’ Devotion in the Church (Prayers, readings, hymns, meditations on the Seven Last Words. Worshippers may come and go during the service.) 5:30 p.m. The Stations of the Cross in St Agnes Chapel 7:30 p.m. The Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday

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The Feast of the Resurrection: EastER saturday, March 31: Easter Eve 7:30 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter with the Lighting of the New Fire at the Lychgate

sunday, april 1: Easter Sunday 6:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunrise Service at Lakefront Park 8:00 a.m. Festal Holy Eucharist with Choir in the Church 10:00 a.m. Festal Holy Eucharist with Choir in the Church

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Change Hard, But Bassett May Emerge Stronger

ypically, after a long period of stability under one chief executive of whatever enterprise, there’s a lot of “we always did it this way” going on, and a period of turnover at the top can follow. So it’s probably inevitable that whomever succeeded Dr. Bill Streck after 30 years at the helm of the Bassett enterprises would be transitional. Thus, it should be no surprise that the experienced and capable Dr. Vance Brown, who arrived here from Maine Health almost four years ago, is leaving April 20. His last year has been particularly change-filled, with a major reorganization of the Bassett

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Bill Streck, left, and Vance Brown during the initial changeover in the summer of 2014.

structure last November into two boards: one for Cooperstown’s Bassett Hospital, and a second to make strategic decisions for the eight-county, six-hospital, mul-

tiple-facility healthcare network. Brown’s original job, looking inward to manage the local hospital and outward to manage inter-hospital relations and adapt as necessary to changing state and national healthcare politics and policies, seems near-impossible. They are two different jobs. Streck did both for 30 years, but the job grew incrementally as the system evolved. • In announcing Brown is departing, the press release cryptically mentioned Dr. Bill LeCates, the nephrologist who was named “interim president” of Bassett Hospital when the two-board system was created, will become perma-

nent president “when the network CEO transition is completed.” And this is good. Can any institution avoid criticism? Certainly not. But the chorus of dissatisfaction with Bassett patient care has seemed to swell in recent years. Sometimes it’s like everybody has a complaint, and they can sound scary. Under the new setup, LeCates can focus single-mindedly on patient care inside the Cooperstown hospital, and on the physicians and nurses who provide it, to ensure if there are problems beyond perception they will be addressed. The two-tier system is how it’s always worked at the other hospitals – Fox Hospital President,

Jeff Joyner, for instance, focuses on how care is provided at the Oneonta facility, and reports to the network president. It seems like a model that will work better for the headquarters hospital in Cooperstown than what’s been in place. • Another surprise in the press release was news that Bill Streck, a vigorous 71, will return in the interim as network CEO to oversee the transition, which will certainly take a year, maybe more. After departing in the summer of 2014, Streck soon joined HANYS, the Healthcare Association of New York State, as “chief mediPlease See EDITORIAL, A6

ISSUE & DEBATE OHS, CSS Students Want Action. But Gun Owners Want Their Rights Protected Editors’ Note: Several hundred comments appeared on the AllOtsego.com Facebook page after reports were posted on student rallies in Oneonta and Cooperstown over the weekend. Here is a sampling of the back and forth. See the full string of comments of www.facebook.com/allotsego1808/.

the guns away so government can gain more control. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is to blame of the latest shooting. They could’ve Baker-billed the kid and he wouldn’t have been able to buy a firearm. Mental health is to blame. Not an inanimate object.

eather Crayon The teenagers did a great job of organizing and spoke passionately about the need for common-sense gun safety reform. If only all adults could listen.

Jennifer Stewart Reform not unarm. Restrict not unarm. It’s not 1776 anymore.

Jeff Usher Reform what? As you watch the TV footage of kids walking out of school to force repeal of the Second Amendment and to try to confiscate your guns, may I remind you that Mao used the same strategy in 1966 to force Communist rule in China – a youth movement

Timothy Schorer One thing these kids don’t understand, they wouldn’t have their first amendment rights if it weren’t for the Second. It’s what was meant by keeping and protecting our rights! Bonita Gibb Stay strong kids! Everyone wants to be heard but not everyone wants to listen. You got this!

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Jeff Usher What a way to jump on a gun-grabbing bandwagon. I’m sure this movement is highly funded by the left. Take

OHS senior Caroline Bagby delivers an impassioned poem at the Oneonta rally in solidarity with the March For Our Lives” Saturday, March 24, in Washington D.C.. “The living, you, me, we stand together in solidarity.”

Richard Campbell Just like what happened with gun reform in Australia. They executed everyone. Oh wait...no they didn’t. In 20 years they have seen an accelerating decline in intentional firearm deaths and an absence of fatal mass shootings. Please See FACEBOOK, A6

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Relapse Is Part Of Recovery From Heroin Addiction – But It Can Be Fatal

Editor’s Note: This column, by Susan Matt, LCSW/ CASAC, Otsego County Mental Health director of community services, in one being provided monthly on the opioid epidemic by the Otsego County Opioid Task Force.

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hope. The loss of life is usually not so directly connected to active addiction, but the lethality of opiates allows no room for doubt. Unlike other addictive substances, a relapse for someone addicted to opiates can be fatal. Relapse, a moment in time when the person doubts the power that a substance has over their life and can no longer fight the cravings sent from their brain, is usually not fatal. In fact, relapse is a common and often important

hurdle in the recovery process. Because of this, in treatment we often look at relapse as an opportunity to better understand one’s own personal dynamics of addiction. Relapse encourages a person to develop recovery skills on a deeper level. Looking closely at the thinking and behaviors that preceded the relapse is vital for long term recovery and

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wellness. Treatment professionals know that addiction significantly changes the way the brain works. Retraining is a multifaceted longterm process that includes the mind, body and spirit. This is why opiate addiction is most effectively treated with a combination of medication and specialized treatment by a trained professional. There are many other things that help

support recovery and wellness, and exploring these should be part of anyone’s recovery journey. The person we see during active addiction is often far from the person who emerges in recovery. That is the tragedy of this epidemic. So many are being lost, often as they are working toward recovery, that we as a community are denied the possibilities of what their life in recovery might have held. Often by the time Please See OPIOID, A6

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hile recently reading an article in the naturalgasnow. org weekly update, we were referred to the Albany Business Review website, bizjournals.com, where we found the article, “These Upstate New York counties had the most people move to other states.” Written by Todd Kehoe, research director, Albany Business Review, it points out “about 2 percent of Upstate New York’s population left for other states between the years of 2011 and 2015.” In fact, it notes, “Only seven upstate counties have grown in population since 2010, according to Census esti-

mates.” And the article included a list of the 20 Upstate counties that have lost the biggest share of their population between 2011 and 2015. In this area Tompkins County, CATHERINE which is #2 on the LAKE list, saw 5.1 perELLSWORTH cent of its population exit. That was a loss of 5,294 people, leaving the county with an estimated population of 104,871 in 2016.

In that same time frame, Otsego County, on the list at #11, lost 1,408 people, 2.26 percent of the population of the county, leaving an estimated 2016 population of 60,097. • And as distressing as the loss of population is to this area, we found what naturalgas.org wrote in its update about Otsego County even more disturbing. It read: “Otsego County, for you readers from Manhattan, is home to Cooperstown and ‘Lake Glimmerglass’ of “Leatherstocking Tales” fame, the Baseball Hall of Fame and some very 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

Extracts of a letter from Lexington, Georgia – “A person has this moment passed through this place carrying accounts that General Jackson had marched from Hartford at the head of three thousand troops. When I was in Augusta, I was informed by Dr. Coming of the army, who was on the point of setting out to join the troops, that they had received instructions to pursue the Indians into the Spanish territories, and if necessary to take possession of both East and West Florida. This Indian War excites much interest here, and is a topic of general conversation.” March 30, 1818

125 YEARS AGO

Lee, laborer; #349 Philip L. Philbin, cook; #447 Carl R. Temple, auto driver, boxer, wrestler. March 27, 1918

75 YEARS AGO

Hartwick Over the Top – Mrs. Orlo G. Burch, chairman of the Hartwick Red Cross Branch campaign reported Wednesday morning of last week that her town had gone over the top. The dance held Tuesday night with net proceeds of $127 did the trick. Mrs. Burch said the money is still coming in and considerable over-subscription is assured. Hartwick was the third branch to reach its quota. The fourteen towns of northern Otsego County have since passed the $22,000 quota set by national headquarters. In Cooperstown, the bowling tournament came to a successful close Saturday night with receipts far above what they were last year. March 31, 1943

175 YEARS AGO

Our paper again goes to press while the tempest is beating without, causing snowdrifts that are impassable, and thus retarding the mails, none of which have been received on the eastern route since Wednesday night. The snow is plump four feet deep on a level. Elsewhere, all over the country, the snow is super-abundant, and is as much talked about as the appearance of the Comet. Another seduction and attempted suicide – A young and beautiful girl attempted to commit suicide in a house of ill fame in Philadelphia on Monday. A year ago she worked at the shoe binding business. Her black-hearted employer professed his attachment for her, and she, only sixteen years of age, poor an inexperienced, yielded herself a victim. For several weeks she has been confined in a brothel, and no other way of escaping appearing, she rashly endeavored to take her own life. If there is justice in heaven, the destroyer of this poor girl’s innocence will not go unpunished. March 27, 1843

would not be a high estimate. Traveling expenses to the people of this town should be at least $1,500 less than now in time and money. In the transportation of hops, butter, cheese, wool, &c., a saving should accrue to the producer of at least $2,000. March 27, 1868

What influence is the building of a railroad to this place likely to exercise on its business prospects and local traffic? The taxpayers of Otsego have subscribed $50,000 and bonded the town for $150,000 -- $200,000 in all, most of which comes out of the residents of this village. The interest on this sum will be $14,000 per annum and we will assume that it will have to be raised by taxation. That is the apparent debtor side of the page. During the past season about 500 tons of coal has been carted from Colliers to Otsego at an expense to the consumers of about $4 per ton. The effect of this consumption of coal has been to bring down wood $1 on a cord, a saving to those who buy their wood in the town of over $2,000. When the railroad is completed to Cooperstown, it is fair to estimate that $2,500 tons of coal will annually be brought over it to the town at a saving to consumers of say $1,000. A like saving on flour and merchandise generally to the extent of $2,000 a year

The local board for the second district of Otsego County on Monday received a call to furnish 23 men for the national army. The men are to leave over the Delaware & Hudson for Cap Dix at Wrightstown., New Jersey on Thursday, April 4. The following are those called: #204 Horace Benajah Firman, farmer; #225 Raymond Coville Derrick, merchant; #244 Ernest Crim Hull, farmer; Howard Oscar Jaques, hospital attendant; #259 Claud E. Thompson, carpenter; #263 Lynn James Reynolds, chauffeur; #265 Robert Edward Evans; #272 Charles Austin Brown, farmer; #294 Samuel Harrison Cheney, bookkeeper; #315 William Delos Griffin, mill hand; # 322 Gordon James Fancher, laborer; #339 Blaine Irving Talbot, dentist; #358 Joseph Lefevre, farmer; #361 Charles Benjamin Allen, laborer; #363 Wesley John O’Connor, printer; #374 Alfred Miller, laborer; #389 Frederick Wm. Launsbach, barber; #392 Eliphalet Eli Cole, farmer; #407 Joseph Neil Esmay, printer; #422 Robert E.

150 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown Takes A Hit COLUMN/From A4 snobby folks who generally oppose anything they might, under the most remote of circumstances, see or hear.” Of course, this attitude toward Otsego County in general, and Cooperstown in particular, is not new to us when it comes to natural gas. We well remember attending a meeting in Oneonta on the issue of natural gas at which we were greeted with an audible gasp of horror when we introduced ourselves as being from Cooperstown. Fortunately, it is a reaction we do not normally get when we mention we are from Cooperstown. Nonetheless, it was an experience we shall not soon forget. -Not long ago a friend cut out from his newspaper and sent us an opinion piece, “Threat from campus speech police,” written by Peter Morici. It begins with the somewhat startling sentence, namely, “American universities pose a terrible threat to our prosperity and democracy.” It goes on to explain that, in the opinion of Morici, college graduates no longer are able to think critically, noting, “Although essential at every level of professional work, employers find that facility lacking in about 4 in 10 graduates.” He continues: “In the 1950s, freshman composition was an arduous rite of passage. Each week, students wrote themes, which were rigorously graded for grammar and logical structure. They learned not merely how to bang a subject against a verb but also how to think clearly and put aside personal biases. Gradually, such rigor has been removed from required undergraduate curricula. These days repeating faculties’ and administrators’ politically correct orthodoxy, and running off campus speakers whose views challenge their prejudices, are what passes for intellectual

competence.” Additionally, he points out that “universities are undermining American civic values of tolerance and respect for due process.” For entire piece, Google “Morici campus speech.” As we read the piece, we must say that it quite made us think that we shall not remove the sign we have on our back door which reads: “Critical Thinking...The Other National Deficit.” -Not long ago, we came across a pink satin down comforter which we believe belonged to our maternal grandmother. At least we remember it being in her house when we were growing up. It has a label on it which points out it is a Blue Goose Brand comforter which was made in Detroit, Mich. And since we always wonder about exactly when such things appeared on the scene, we were delighted to discover that the original price tag was still attached. From it we learned, it was purchased at Gilmore Brothers Department Store probably sometime around the end of January 1931, at a cost of $32.50. Since we thought $32.50 was not an insignificant sum in 1931, we turned to the online inflation calculator to discover that in today’s dollars the cost would be $532.38, also not an insignificant sum. But, we do think it is safe to say that the family has gotten its money’s worth from the comforter, especially since it is still in good condition. 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, for more thoughts about the comings and goings of Cooperstown, visit the website, cooperstowntoday.com.

50 YEARS AGO

March 30, 1893

100 YEARS AGO

Pfc. Robert W. Atwell, 20-year-old son of County Clerk and Mrs. Robert M. Atwell of Cooperstown was killed in action in Vietnam Thursday morning of last week, according to word received by his parents. Atwell suffered a fatal gunshot wound on March 21 in a landing zone when the area came under a hostile mortar and ground attack. He had been stationed in the vicinity of Hue. He is the first Cooperstown soldier to lose his life in the war in Vietnam and the sixth from Otsego County. March 27, 1968

25 YEARS AGO

A brand new law – the Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act – goes into effect tomorrow across New York State. Under the law, merchants may sell tobacco products only to men and women who can prove they are older than 18. March 31, 1993

10 YEARS AGO

Margie Landers, a life-long nurse from New Jersey, was working in Bassett’s Radiation Oncology Department in the early 1980s. She discovered she was “good at it” – not because she was unemotional – quite the opposite. She found she simply had a gift for providing emotional support to patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. So when Catskill Area Hospice formed 25 years ago, she signed on as its first nurse. Margie’s commitment – and that of hundreds of volunteers and professionals like her – will be recognized at the Otsego Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner at SUNY Oneonta as the NBT Distinguished Business of 2008. March 28, 2008

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he one program to help New York’s forest landowners be able to retain their property provides property tax-relief in exchange for landowners agreeing to prepare a plan outlining how they will harvest their timber. It is housed under New York’s Real Property Tax Law, Section 480-a, and was crafted to address only one facet of a forest – wood production. If you put something into the required forest MIKE management plan intended to benefit ZAGATA wildlife, the DEC will remove it. Participation in Sec. 480-a is complicated and burdensome for participants and, as a result, only about 7 percent of eligible landowners participate – even though doing so could lead to an 80-percent propertytax reduction. It can also be burdensome to local governments

that, with the 2 percent tax cap imposed by Governor Cuomo, can ill afford to lose tax revenue. State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is keenly interested in doing something to address this shortcoming and is working on a plan to address it. Here’s the part where the rubber meets the road. If you’re a forest landowner and a logger knocks on your door around tax time and offers you money for your standing timber, it’s very tempting to take it. After all, it’s money you need and didn’t know you had access to. At this point, there are some questions to ask yourself. First, do you know the person who approached you and do you trust that person? Second, are you qualified to make a determination as to the value of the wood you’re about to sell. The answer for most of us

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Seasons

eadows, dales, flowers and bees branches, twigs, covered with leaves. • Songs from birds, from roosts on high nature be heard, Spring has arrived! • A flicker, fight, nectar, the dew first there was one, then there was two. • Life is a dance, a labor of love the rustle from wind, the stars up above. • Fetching, catching, hatching the new thunder, lightning,

shelter them too. • The cricket, the cow, hummingbirds bound spider, sprig, a worm to be found. • The lizard, lark, snake in the grass watching, waiting, a part of the task. • Needing, feeding, preening and prune nudging, coaxing, take flight in June. • Fly away both family and friends birds of a feather, together again. GERRY M. WELCH Cooperstown

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is a resounding “no.” We don’t know: how to estimate the standing volume of the timber on our property using a Doyle, Scribner or International scale; how to use a Biltmore Stick to estimate the number of saw-logs in a given tree; have a clue as to what the sawmills or China are paying for stumpage; and how much the logger will charge to have the harvested wood trucked to the sawmill. In other words, we have no idea of what the wood is worth and therefore could sell it for far less than it is worth. If the answer to either of the two questions asked in the preceding paragraph is “no,” it’s time to consider investing in a consulting forester who, for a small fee, is trained to advise you about what you should

expect to net from a timber sale and how to conduct the harvest in a manner that will create conditions in your woodlot more likely to maximize the growth of the remaining “desirable” trees and provide wildlife habitat for the species you want in your woods. By helping you put your proposed timber sale out for bid, the consulting forester is likely to help you secure a price for your wood that not only covers the cost of the forester, but also increases the amount you make or net from the sale. The traditional timber harvest, unless directed by someone knowledgeable about how to achieve the landowner’s goals, tends to be poorly done. I say that because the general practice is called high-grading Please See ZAGATA, A6

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Airport Commission Praiseworthy, As Is Former Chairman Jeff Back To: The Editor: I was impressed to see the positive and supportive mention by Mayor Gary Herzig of the Oneonta Municipal Airport (OMA) and its Commissioners, appointed by the Mayor, in his recent State of the City Address. As a member of the Friends of the Jeff Airport, I believe his assertion about the promise of OMA as a driver of economic activity is right on target. There are so many others who feel the same way. But I must point out a notable omission: namely the dedicated efforts of Jeff Back, former commissioner and its chair. I was privileged to work with Jeff Back for several years and can attest to the countless hours he has spent

in voluntary service – often at the sacrifice of his business (Fyr-Fyter) demands. As his fellow Commissioners well know, no one was more responsible for the very successful 50th Anniversary celebration in September, 2016, or the service honoring the late Dennis Finn in June, Back 2017. He has worked diligently with the on-going development of the Federal Aviation Administration 20 year comprehensive plan. Always leading with quiet reasoning, insight and determination, Jeff is an outstanding example of the work of all the City’s many commissioners. Indeed, he continues to serve now on two city commissions. ALAN DONOVAN Oneonta

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Otsego County Needs To Tell World About The Great Things Here To the Editor: I completely agree with Hartwick College Professor Carly Ficano when she said at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society Sunday, March 25: “Oneonta needs to consider how it looks to the outside world.” And: “We need to consider what we have to offer to bring new people and businesses to the area”. I would add that the same applies to all of Otsego County. We need to see all of Otsego County as a single, multi-faceted, interrelated business and promote

its components with a single vision and cooperative actions toward mutual growth and long-term economic sustainability. We need to create a new model for selling a rebirth of life in small town America where people can see a long-term future for themselves and their families. We have the land, air and water. We have the life worth living. Technology can and will help us create the means to a new economic and social sustainability. It will now take focused cooperation and diversified investment

Bassett Changes May Allow New Focus On Patient Care EDITORIAL/From A1 cal and health systems innovation officer.” Last year, when the Republican health non-care reforms were under consideration, he was the key local player in explaining what the impacts might be. When you think about it, three years immersed in thinking about how the world of hospitals is chang-

ing and innovative ways to adjust well prepares him to guide Bassett during this transition. At base, with its new management structure, Streck as interim network CEO and LeCates empowered to tackle patient-care issues on the ground, Bassett’s patients may come out of this better than we’re going into it.

for the long-term common good, built on cooperative, multi-sized, micro economies, that cannot be taken down overnight. Everyone going their own separate ways, operating only in their own self-interest, is a failed model for population and economic sustainability going forward. Working together, we can promote Otsego County to the “outside world” with a unified vision and voice, attracting outside people to live here with their families, businesses, outside money, contacts and investments. We have

the quality of life they need. Selling it is the key to a viable future for Otsego County, in my view. The City of Springfield, Mass., recently voted to spend $100,000 of taxpayers’ money to promote their city. Many cities and counties are facing the same problems and are trying to improve their situations. We are fortunate with the assets and resources that we have in Otsego County. Promoting Otsego County is manageable. We need to invest in ourselves, and create a demand for all of

Part Of Recovery, Relapses Can Also Be Fatal OPIOID/From A4 someone with an addiction enters the treatment door, their life is spinning out of control. The main focus of every minute of the day is consumed with their active addiction. Their presentation is often the very opposite of what is really going on below the surface. They present in control of their lives, never showing how terrified and hopeless they feel underneath. For those of us who are committed to walking alongside them on the

journey into recovery, our first priority is to ignite some hope. Hope that they can gain more control over their lives through active management of their addiction. Those with opiate addiction are much like those with other addictions in that the recovery process often involves multiple setbacks. For those addicted to opiates the chance of a fatal relapse is much greater. Another tragic distinction of opiate addiction is that those whose deaths are directly caused by their addiction

Gun Debate Has AllOTSEGO Facebook Page On Fire FACEBOOK/From A4 Jeff Usher So we should be like Australia? Where I live here in New York a police response would be 15-20 minutes. More than enough time for a home invasion to take my belongings and or murder my family. You’ll never get rid of firearms here in the United States.

Jeff Usher So you’re thinking firearms should be banned? The guy in Austin used bombs. I guess that you want bombs made illegal.

Jennifer Stewart Because that happens so often. Honestly. How many home invasions have you had? You’d be more likely killed in school at this point.

Bill Tallman Maybe we should ban fire extinguishers because while your house and belongings are burning, the fire department is on the way and will bethere in 15-20 minutes.

Timothy Schorer On the brighter side of things, package theft in Austin has fallen by a dramatic eighty percent in the last week!

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You can’t debate an issue with those who live in fear. Jeff Usher Fear? Hardly? Ever jump from 25,000 feet into a combat zone? You have no idea. Timothy Schorer It’s not fear, It’s our rights as they are written, it’s really not difficult. Well, maybe for you it is! Richard Campbell

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Before You Cut, Consider Seeking Expertise ZAGATA/From A4 (diameter limit cut) and that translates to “cut the best and leave the rest”. If you, as a landowner, do that a couple times in a row, you are lengthening the time between future economically successful harvests, as the proportion of “low value” trees is increasing at the expense of the high-value trees. In other words, now you’re stuck with low-value wood and no market for it and, to make matters worse, what’s left may be

of little value to wildlife. Here’s where the use of wood for fuel (biomass) enters the picture. In the next article, we’ll look at biomass as a way to rejuvenate your forest, Governor Cuomo’s goal of 40 percent renewable energy and lots of other fun things. Mike Zagata, a former DEC commissioner in the Pataki Administration and environmental executive at Fortune 500 companies, resides in West Davenport.

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Bob Murdock It’s probably considered a monster now because of its use in all those mass shootings. Makes sense considering it was designed to be an effective rifle for the U.S. infantry. Bob Murdock Yes, if people were using fire extinguishers to kill dozens of people in a matter of minutes we would probably look at restricting access. Good call.

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Katz Is Optimistic About Vibrant, But Different, Future For Village KATZ/From A1 Street Mayor, largely eliminating potholes from the 1.6 square miles where he presided. He did it by championing paid parking, which has been generating $400,000 a year in extra revenue, mostly from tourists. Without that, he probably would be remembered for other things: rebuilding and beautifying downtown, renovating the historical Village Hall at 22 Main, and obtaining an unprecedented $9 million in state and federal grants for village projects. “I think he’s done a wonderful job,” said Hill, who served as village Planning Board chair for several years. It’s been a few years since the Paid Parking Wars were fully waged, but Katz remembers it all, most searingly the Nov. 19, 2007, public hearing that packed CCS’ Sterling Auditorium with 300 citizens, many rowdy, to debate parking fees in the Doubleday Field lot. Despite cries of “go back to Chicago,” where Katz had spent most of his career, and “shame, shame, shame,” he joined three members of the Police Committee – Trustees Paul Kuhn, Lynn Mebust and Grace Kull – in the 4-3 vote creating the first law. (Mayor Carol B. Waller and Trustees Eric Hage and Milo V. Stewart Jr. voted nay.) “Paid-Parking ‘Aye’ Vote Met With Insults, Hoots,” read the headline the next Freeman’s Journal. In an interview as he prepares to step down, Katz saw that low point as the beginning of a better way of doing things, so that today he can say, “I can’t imagine anyone in the history of this village enjoying it (being mayor) as much as I did.” “I love the work,” he continued. “We’ve made incredible progress. I loved representing Cooperstown, advocating for Cooperstown. Loving Cooperstown from afar. Moving here, then being elected mayor, then helping solve a lot of problems – it’s unbelievable.” His successor as of April 2, now-Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, put it this way: “He took the image of Cooperstown and managed to present it more on the world stage, and that has really assisted us a lot in our state and federal funding.” And, she added, “he’s been a great mentor and team leader of the board.” The retiring mayor was born in Brooklyn on Sept. 14, 1962, and grew up after December 1971 in Lake Grove on Long Island, graduating from Sachem Central School in January 1980. After a year at Buffalo, he completed college at SUNY Binghamton in May 1984, worked at New York Futures Exchange until 1987, then moved to the Chicago Board Options Exchange as a floor trader. He had married Karen Kurkhill in October 1986, and they had three sons, Nate, now 27, an artist; Robbie, 25, a CGP student, and Joey, 22, a recent SUNY Purchase graduate now looking for a job in the film industry. A lifelong baseball fan – he was first entranced by Tom Seaver’s Mets – he moved his family to Cooperstown on his retirement in June 2003, age 41. When he was asked to run for village trustee two years later, and won, he found a municipality strapped for money as it sought to serve visitors from around the nation and world. “It wasn’t anyone’s fault, per se,” he says today. “We had limited funds and unlimited, seemingly, problems. And there wasn’t a consensus mood to push into a new way.” Democrat Katz first ran for mayor in 2010, receiving his only setback at the polls, defeated by Republican Joe Booan. “Joe said, ‘We need to reprioritize and put all our resources into fixing streets’,” Katz recalled. “But you’re never going to be done paving the streets. It’s a 10-year cycle, and you’re back to Year One.” The Village Board had already approved paid parking in the Doubleday Field lot, during Booan’s term, his majority – including Republicans Jim

ficer jobs are filled. “We aren’t going to fill a fourth if we can’t fill a third,” Katz said. “And the sheriff’s department helps us more than they used to.” Developing the budget used to take hours and multiple meetings. This year’s took two meetings. And, then, there was the $9 million in grants. “By pushing Cooperstown, what I found is so much pent-up good will about Cooperstown.” With Cuomo pushing Upstate tourism, “we are the cornerstone. Cooperstown is the nationally and internationally known site.” The Freeman’s Journal Most of all, Katz believes Three Baggies of rocks the Village of Cooperstown, remind the mayor of for years considered anti-busithe village’s formerly ness, is putting that reputation decrepit streets. behind it, with the creation of the Cooperstown Distillery and Potts, Matt Schuermann, Willis the Railroad Inn. Monie and Neil Weiller – voted “CVS was going someagainst on-street paid parking. where,” he continued, but “To my memory,” Katz said, Village Hall was able to keep it “the public hearing brought within village limits in a larger out about 30 people. But it was store, still paying village taxes. about 50-50 pro and con.” “We’re in transition,” he In 2012, his standing eroded said. “But I think it’s a positive by a plan to abolish the village transition.” Police Department, Booan Downtown, Katz sees the decided not to run again, and nightlife on Main Street taking Katz won unopposed. (He off. “The Beverage Exchange” didn’t face an opponent in 2014 – where son Joey’s band often or 2016 either.) plays – “is packed. Mel’s is “When I became mayor, packed with people going to there was something I learned hear music. There’s a different in seven years as a trustee,” he kind of nightlife that’s happensaid. “If you’re going to fight ing.” the good fight (during the camWith Jane Forbes Clark’s anpaign), you better implement.” nouncement the Baseball Hall By the end of 2012, “we of Fame will be expanding its had talked it through again. gift shop into the former GenWe weren’t going to have eral Store, Katz expects some 100 meetings again. It wasn’t of the marginal baseball stores months of analyzing,” he said. will close, opening up store“If the board wants (on-street) fronts to more varied shops. paid parking, let’s set the hearPDDs – planned developing and do it. Let’s implement ment districts, new to the zonit. Let’s vote for it.” ing code – “will be a godsend,” Katz’s “insistence on creatKatz predicts. ing revenue, on looking for “I think that’s the future,” grants – it isn’t really sharp he said. “I think the next few thinking,” he says today: There years there will be housing was no other option. “The projects that come to fruition money just wasn’t there.” and a new set of demands on Still, “the fallout was not Main Street.” good. Now, rollouts seem to In addition to younger folks, be seamless. The first month empty nesters and retirees are or so, that wasn’t the case,” he moving to the village, attracted said. Further, in the summer, by its convenience and walkSavor NY proprietor Brenda ability. He pointed to Jim and Berstler, with support of other Anne (Geddes) Atwell, and downtown merchants, sued to Tom and Roberta Hohensee, block paid parking, eventually who recently moved in from unsuccessfully. Fly Creek. But as the new revenues, “If we raised the populaadded to $125,0000 being tion of the village from 1,800 generated in the Doubleday lot, to 2,100 – that’s huge, isn’t it? began to reach $400,000 annuI’m pretty optimistic. Not Polally, resistance largely disaplyanna – based on what I know, peared, he said. based on what I see happening The $400,000 is important in other parts of the states. to the village’s financial health, “Around the country, people of course, but the mayor also are trying to create what we oversaw a general streamlining. have: Healthcare, a walkable The Streets Department village, good restaurants, natuwas reduced by six to fourral beauty.” five fulltime employees. “It Assessing his tenure, Katz took a dramatic drop when we said, “If Cooperstown was ever outsourced the trolleys,” Katz going to move from the ‘tried said. The Village Hall custoand true’ way of doing things to dian position was outsourced. a new way of doing things for The deputy clerk and deputy the benefit of the community, it treasurer became one position. needed somebody like me – not Ten years ago, there were 10 me, but somebody like me.” fulltimers in the police departAs for the future, he’s got ment, plus a chief. Today, there tickets for the Yankees’ opener are three officers and a chief, on April 4. and often only two of the of-

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he hunt is on at Hyde Hall as kids take off across the lawn at the annual egg hunt. Visit with the Easter Bunny, have treats and more. 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31, Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass St. Prk. Rd., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5098. UNDERWATER HUNT: Some Easter eggs will float, some will sink and the kids have to swim and dunk to collect them as the YMCA holds an egg hunt in the pool. Cost, $5/child. 7 - 8 p.m Friday, March 30. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010.

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Clare and Eugene Thaw

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Stripes is a complicated one, said Fenimore President Paul D’Ambrosio in an interview discussing the 2018 season that opens this Saturday, March 31. While a symbol of an enemy, “the American flag was a symPlease See THAWS, B3

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Opening Saturday, March 31

►EUGENE AND CLARE THAW: A MEMORIAL EXHIBIT, through Dec. 30. ►Edward Weston: Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist, through Aug. 5 ►History: Photographs by David Levinthal, through Dec. 31 ►Native Celebrations of the Inland Northwest: Photographs by Jeff Ferguson, through Dec. 31 ►Hamilton’s Final Act: Enemies and Allies, through Dec. 31 ►The Barber Surreal: Eugene Berman’s Reimagined

Barber of Seville, through Dec. 31 ►American Folk Art: Seven Decades of Collecting, through May 13

Opening Friday, May 25

►Thomas Cole and The Garden of Eden, through Sept. 30

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►Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, Aug. 11-Oct. 15 ►Puzzles of the Brain: An Artist’s Journey through Amnesia, Oct. 15-Dec. 31

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MORE EGGS: Children 0 - 11 are invited to hunt through themed rooms for Easter eggs, followed by refreshments and pictures with the Easter Bunny. 11 a.m. - 1p.m. Saturday, March 31, Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-8600. VILLAGE EASTER: Festivities include sack races, Easter basket toss, egg & spoon race, a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny, more. Noon - 1 p.m. Saturday, March 31, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. Call Rich McCaffrey at 607-547-5256. OPENING DAY: The Farmers’ Museum and the Fenimore Art Museum open for the 2018 season. Baby animals, new exhibits, workshops and more. 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31. The Farmers Museum and Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1450. FOLK ART: Last chance to see Lavern Kelley drawings, carvings and photographs in show that includes works Tracy Helgeson and Alice Hudson. 4 - 6 p.m. Saturday, March 31, The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5327.

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DEADLINE – Last day to register as a farm or sponsor for Family Farm Day. Call 607547-2536. POLLINATORS – 10 a.m. - Noon. Children learn about pollination and the role of insects. Includes games, activities, discussion. Cost, $5/child. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. Call 607-431-8543. EASTER PICTURES – 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Bring the kids for pictures with the Easter Bunny. Cost, $8. Southside Mall, Oneonta. Call 607-4324401. MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided for many different hands-on activities to inspire creative thinking and problem solving. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314. SPAGHETTI DINNER – 4:30 - 7 p.m. Enjoy spaghetti and

meatballs, 50/50 lotto and more with the Women of the Moose, 87 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call 607-441-4007. TASTE NEW YORK – 6 p.m. Enjoy craft wines and beers from the Cooperstown area in the setting of a 4-course meal. Cost, $99/person. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 and 9 p.m. Showing “The Disaster Artist.” Cost, $3/person. The Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. FLOAT NIGHT – 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. Shoot hoops in the pool for March Madness float night. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010. EGG DUNK – 7 - 8 p.m. Bring the kids to hunt through the small pool for Easter eggs. Some will float, some will sink and the kids swim and dunk to collect them. Cost, $5/child. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010.

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Lavern Kelley: drawings, carvings & photographs. Free admission. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown NY. Call 607547-5327. MASTERPIECE CONCERT – 4 - 7 p.m. Celebrate the opening of the Masterpiece Concert Series and the Birthday of Maestro “Slava” Rostropovich with a cello concert featuring rock hits from the ‘60s to modern pop music. Seating for 100. Tickets, $100. The Masterpiece Performance Center, 350 Galina Lane, Mohawk. Call 347-559-1076. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 and 9 p.m. Showing “The

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COMEDIAN – 9 p.m. Chilling w/Matthew Broussard. Hunt College Union Waterfront room, SUNY Oneonta.

Tuesday, April 3

RESEARCH – 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Learn the basics of genealogy research. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980. KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478344. ART STUDIO – 3:30 p.m. Young artists and their families are invited to explore basic art techniques, from acrylics to watercolors. All

welcome. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314. TINKERING TUESDAY – 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Design and print a 3-D item. Material fee applies. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. 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. BOOK SIGNING – 6 - 7 p.m. Jen Bokal signs “Her Rocky Mountain Defender.” The Green Toad Book Store, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607433-8898. HISTORY DISCUSSION – 7 - 8 p.m. Historian Wayne Write of GOHS, discusses the Central New York Fair in Oneonta (1873-1926) which was the second largest fair in the state. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. MORE CALENDAR B5

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THAWS/From B1 bol of power that could be appropriated,” said D’Ambrosio. “If you captured one, it was a cause to celebrate.”

The Plains Indians in particular, who recognized the power of the U.S. cavalry they were fighting, saw the flag as “a protective symbol,” and that protection

was considered transferable, First among them he said. is photography where, In modern times, Native D’Ambrosio said, the Americans are among the museum has developed “a most patriotic segments of hardcore niche” for “high the U.S. population, as mea- quality photography exsured in military enlistment, hibits” – Upstate, it is in he continued. competition only with the Second, variety. George Eastman Museum in Eugene and Clare Thaw: Rochester. A Memorial Tribute, is just Among Saturday’s one of a range of exhibits, openings is “Portrait of the equal to any Young Man summer to as an Artist,” date, that will photos by Edopen over ward Weston, the next few “a friend and months. colleague” of The highAnsel Adams, light of the himself the season will subject of two come May popular exhib26, Memorial its over the Day Weekend, past decade. an exhibit of (Another the Hudson Adams associRiver School’s ate, Imogen Thomas Cole Cunningham, that features is featured his “Expulin an exhibit sion from the opening Aug. Garden of 11.) Fenimore Vice Eden,” on loan President/Facilities The musefrom Boston’s Joe Siragusa passes um continues Museum of to leverage through a door into the gift shop that Fine Arts. its original But the va- is a foot wider, to Alexander riety is evident improve handicapped Hamilton letin the other ex- access. The museum’s ters, formerly hibits opening front entrance is displayed in also more wheelchair this weekend. accessible. the upstairs

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“The Barber Surreal,” images from a set Surrealist Eugene Berman created for a “Barber of Seville” performance in 1953 at the Metropolitan Opera. The Glimmerglass is staging Puccini’s “Barber” July 14Aug. 25. Rounding out the offerings opening Saturday is “American Folk Art: Seven Decades of Collecting,” featuring Thomas Chambers’ “View of Cold Spring” on the Hudson River. Stephen C. Clark’s collection of American folk art is considered one of the two best in the country. Still, the “Memorial Tribute” to the Thaws is a favorite for those who worked with the eminent art collector and his wife, who both passed away in the past year. Another exhibit of the Thaw collection has been planned, but after Gene Thaw’s passing Jan. 3, “We felt compelled to do it,” D’Ambrosio said. As with the flag-decorated pillow, the exhibit is of early pieces of Native American art the Thaws began to collect retiring in 1981 to Santa Fe and reflects “the joy of discovery,” D’Ambrosio said. At the time, the Thaws “had been disillusioned with the art world, with investment-based patrons lacking passion” in what they were doing. “In stepping away,” he continued, “unexpectedly he stepped back in a huge way.” “And he began to find it because no one else was seeing it as art,” D’Ambrosio said. As word got out, “because he was who he was, things started coming to him. What a fantastic way to be in retirement, honestly.” The Thaws’ donation of more than 870 pieces to The Fenimore in the 1990s, along with Jane Forbes Clark’s leadership since about that same time, “made the museum what is it. It was transformative,” D’Ambrosio said.

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Two landowners have requested that their agricultural land, located in the Towns of Worcester and Milford be included in Agricultural District # 2 and #6 within Otsego County.

Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 March 2018. Certificate of Amendment filing date with the SSNY was 9 March 2018. 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 471 County Highway 40, Worcester, NY 12197. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalMay.3

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Notice of Formation of RED ONION FARM, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/16/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 83, Fly Creek, NY 13337, which is also the principal business location. Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApr.26 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of SWATLING BROTHERS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/16/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 83, Fly Creek, NY 13337, which is also the principal business location. Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApr.26

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The Technician fabricates a finished component through all necessary stages of assembly. May build an entire production run, including mixing, coating, pressing, stripping, welding, winding, cell assembly and testing. Place parts in ovens and operate at the specified time-temperature to produce a properly dried assembly. High School Diploma or Equivalent and be able to work with hands, simple math, follow instructions. This is a full time hourly position with competitive benefits. additional information can be found on our website: www.ioxus.com send cover letter and resume to ioxus, human resources 18 stadium circle, oneonta, nY 13820 or joinourteam@ioxus.com ioxus, inc. is an equal opportunity employer, m/F/d/v

Hartwick College seeks a full-time, experienced Director of Student Accounts who is responsible for all aspects of student billing, in addition to the accounts receivables for the entire college community. For detailed information, please visit https://www.hartwick.edu/about-us/employment/human-resources/employment-opportunities/staff-positions/. EOE

Looking for an Experienced Construction Worker Must be familiar with equipment. CDL preferred but not required. Salary dependent on qualifications. Call 607-547-5559 or email ubnerexcavating@gmail.com Scott R. Ubner Excavating, Inc.

2018 Glimmer Globe Theatre Auditions Fenimore Art Museum’s 2018 theatre season begins with auditions scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, April 3 and 4, from 5 pm to 8:30 pm in the Fenimore Auditorium. Productions this year include William Shakespeare’s Othello and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Actors will receive a paid stipend. To sign up for an audition slot, or for more info about the audition process, contact Mike Tamburrino at m.tamburrino@fenimoreart.org or 607-547-1453.

ESSAY CONTEST – 9:15 a.m. Ruggles essay competition. Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181. DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344. TOWN HALL – 6 - 8 p.m. Gubernatorial candidate, Larry Sharpe. Hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty. The Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-287-9022. BIRD WATCH & HIKE – 7 - 8 p.m. Search for American Woodcocks performing their spring “sky dance” with local birder Bob Donnelly. Parslow Road Conservation Area, 127 Parslow Rd., Town of Otsego. RSVP, 607-547-2366.

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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS – 8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. Regional literary competition. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080. PHOTOGRAPHY – 6 - 8 p.m. Local landscape photographer leads seminar on photo composition. Participants learn about light, color, lines, and space in photography. Free, registration required. Continues 4/12 & 4/19. Community Room, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Knitters and crocheters 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. WRITING FESTIVAL – 7 p.m. New American Writing Festival presents readings by Marian Crotty, award winning author of short story collection “What Counts as Love?” Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607431-4911. DRAMA CLUB – 7 p.m. GMU presents “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Tickets, $5. Gilbertsville-Mount Upton High School, 693 St. Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville. Call 607-7832207 ext. 140. SENIOR PLAY – 7 - 9:30 p.m. CCS produciton of “Almost. Maine.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181.

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Explore employment options and connect with local employers. A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital • Around the Clock In Home Care Referrals At Home Care Inc. • AT&T Premier Technologies • Bassett Healthcare Network Birnie Bus Service • Casella • Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. • CDO Workforce • Chase Memorial Nursing Home and Rehab Cooperstown All Star Village • Cooperstown Dream Park • Dirig Design Inc./ American Bubble Boy • Fidelis Care • Hampshire House Adult Home • Holiday Inn Express Cooperstown • Literacy Volunteers of Otsego or Delaware Counties Mallinckrodt • National Baseball Hall of Fame • NYCM Insurance Company ONC BOCES • Pickett Building Materials and Oneonta Block Company • Springbrook • The Arc Otsego • The Daily Star The Otesaga Resort Hotel • Upstate Companies

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CONFERENCE – 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Political science conference features speakers from around NYS discussing topics from foreign and domestic affairs to immigration and gun control. Morris Hall, SUNY Oneonta. LIVING HEALTHIER – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Features fun activities, vendors, a Red Cross Blood Drive, and presentations on preventing Lyme disease, Tai Chi demonstration, more. Admission, Free. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-547-4230. FACULTY LECTURE – 3:30 p.m. Hartwick Biology professor, Dr. Mark Kuhlman, presents “The Octopus’s Garbage, and Other Tales of Marine Research.” Free, open to the public. Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4865. BENEFIT – 5 - 8 p.m. Spaghetti Dinner & Chinese Auction to benefit the Cory Perrault Hartwick Fire Dept., 3088 Co. Hwy. 11, Hartwick. Call Beth O’Brien at 607-293-6046.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is currently hiring for the following 2018 summer seasonal positions: Retail associate VisitoR seRVices associate MeMBeRsHip associate WaReHouse associate For details and instructions on how to apply please visit www.baseballhall.org/employment or contact Ryan Selzner, Human Resources Director at 607-547-0207.

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OBITUARIES Rosa Grigoli, 87, Oneonta; Matriarch Of Sal’s Pizza Family ONEONTA – Rosa Grigoli, 87, who helped her sons operate Sal’s Pizza parlors in Oneonta and Cooperstown, passed away in the comfort of her Ford Avenue home on March 23, 2018. She suffered for several years with dementia and relied on the strength of her Catholic faith to carry her through. She was born in Carini, Sicily, on Oct. 3, 1930, to John and Rosa Picone. She was an immigrant from Sicily, landing on Ellis Island on Dec. 6, 1956, with her family in tow. She helped to run the family pizzeria business in Brooklyn until they moved to Stamford to run and operate a dairy farm. Her family settled in Oneonta in 1976, where she helped her sons run their pizzeria businesses. Rosa

resided in Oneonta for more than 40 years and enjoyed her home at 27 Ford Ave. very Rosa Grigoli much. Rosa loved her faith and was very active at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which was just down the street from her home. She was part of the altar ministry, washing and ironing of all the beautiful linens that graced the altar. She took this duty very seriously. She was a faithful communicant and was known and loved by many at the parish. Her family knew, if she wasn’t at home, then she was at church. Rosa was also a wonder-

Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar. Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special. Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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Geraldine Ann Crist, 82; Elementary Teacher

RICHFIELD SPRINGS education at Geneseo State Geraldine’s family will - Geraldine “Gerry” Ann Teachers College. receive relatives from 9:30 Crist, 82, an elementary Miss Crist first taught kin- 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March school teacher in Richfield dergarten and first grade in 31, at J. Seaton McGrath ful mother, grandmother, Springs for more than Canandaigua, and then went Funeral Home, 40 W. James and great-grandmother. three decades, passed away on to teaching those grades St., Richfield Springs. She doted on those that she peacefully on Wednesday in Richfield Springs Central A funeral service with loved and made sure that morning, March 21, 2018, School for 34r years. She Holy Communion will be everyone was eating. She celebrated at 11 a.m. at Saint loved to invite people to her at Saint Elizabeth’s Medical retired in 1995. Surviving her are one John’s Episcopal Church, home, especially after rosary Center in Utica. Geraldine was born brother, Ronald (Alice M.) Richfield Springs, with the on weekday mornings. March 29, 1935, in Crist of Richfield Springs; Rev. Jill Stellman, priest-inRosa was always cookCooperstown, daughter of two nieces, Jennifer (Micharge. ing and cleaning. She took the late Howard and Ethel chael) Millett of New Interment in Lakeview great pride in her home and Stickles Crist. Hartford, Lisa Kafer of Las Cemetery, Richfield Springs, maintained it so well. She A lifelong Richfield Vegas, Nevada; great-niece, will be announced later this was also known for her great Springs resident, she was Kristen Millett, greatspring. stamina and strength. She nephew, James Millett; and Arrangements are entrustendured many falls and ail- a Class of 1953 graduate cousins, David and Lucy ed to the J. Seaton McGrath ments in her lifetime amaz- of Richfield Springs High School. She continued her Crist of Florida. Funeral Home. ingly well. Rosa leaves behind her children; sons, Anthony (Rosa) Grigoli of Bainbridge, Joseph (Josephine) HERKIMER – Michelle three daughters, Alison grandchildren, Augusta and Grigoli of Oneonta, SalDeanne Woytowich, 62, Cooper and her husband, Abram Cooper of Rottervatore (Diane) Grigoli of the former owner of the Jason of Rotterdam, Lara dam; several nieces, nephCooperstown, John (JenRichfield Housing Center, Woytowich of Concord, ews and cousins. nifer) Grigoli of Oneonta, passed away peacefully on New Hampshire, and Haley Calling hours for Michelle grandchildren, John (Franc- Friday, March 23, 2018, at Perry of Binghamton; son, will be held from 5-7 p.m., esca) Grigoli of Bainbridge, Faxton-Saint Luke’s MediMatthew Perry of Utica; Saturday, March 31 at J. Croce Grigoli of Bainbridge, cal Center in New Hartford. sister, Julie Solomon of Seaton McGrath Funeral John (Jaclyn) Grigoli of She was born on Feb. 14, Norwich; two brothers, Home. 40 W. James Street, Katonah, Anthony (Kelly) 1956, in Ithaca, daughter Roger Smith and his wife, Richfield Springs. A funeral Grigoli of Sidney, Rose of the late Leland Kent and Tammy of Cooperstown service will follow with Pas(Kevin) Sherwood of Clifton Marjorie Helen Hollenbeck and Bradley Smith and his tor Allen Miller officiating. Park, Roseanne Grigoli of Smith. wife, Suzanne of Richfield Arrangements are entrustPortland,Oregon; Natalie Surviving are her devoted Springs; uncle, Stephen ed to the J. Seaton McGrath (Nate) DelGado of Colcompanion, Ralph Perry; Smith of Spencer; two Funeral Home chester, Vermont, Christina Grigoli of Cooperstown, Samuel Grigoli of Cooperstown; great-grandchildren, Anthonylouis, Sophia and Vincenzo Grigoli of Bainbridge, Jack, Henry and Ella Grigoli of Sidney, Nicholas and Luca Grigoli of Katonah, and Mattea Sherwood of Clifton Park. Rosa was predeceased by her husband, Giovanni Grigoli; mother, Girolama Ruffino; father, John B. Picone; brother, Vito Picone; baby daughter, Crocifissa Grigoli; as well as family members in Carini, Sicily, Anna Ruffino and Francesco LoDuca. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. May perpetual light shine upon her and may all the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace. Amen. A funeral mass was held Tuesday, March 27, at St. Mary’s Church with the Rev. David Mickiewicz, pastor, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, For this reason, obituaries have always been 39 Walnut St., Oneonta, published at no cost in Hometown Oneonta, NY 13820 and the National Alzheimer’s Association. The Freeman’s Journal and www.AllOtsegO.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. GrumBe sure to remind your funeral director to provide mons Funeral Home. obituary information to our newspapers, along with your favorite photo of your loved one.

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700 March In Oneonta, Rally In Cobleskill In Solidarity With Parkland Pupils In D.C.

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Toby Green, Milford, drew 40 bullet holes in his sign to show how quickly an AR-15 could kill innocent people.

Congratulations Bargain Baby! We are HOPPY to announce our official ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, March 29, 4 to 5 pm. Come celebrate the hatching and growth of Bargain Baby at 152-154 Main Street, Oneonta! There will be light refreshments and a mini Easter egg hunt for the little ones! Stop in and grab your last minute Easter outfit or gift all while celebrating and experiencing EGGCELLENT bargains!

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RALLY/From A1 hundreds of sister marches held in solidarity with the national “March For our Lives” in Washington, D.C., aimed at raising awareness of school shootings and to pressure Congress into enacting stronger gun laws. Some smaller counterrallies were held across the nation, but there appeared to be none locally. “Our congressman, John Faso, has an A rating from the NRA,” said Mayor Gary Herzig to the 400 at a rally in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza. “We need to let him know that protecting his rating is not as important as protecting you!” Faso, who received $5,950 in campaign contributions from the NRA, was the co-sponsor for HR-38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would force states with concealed carry laws to recognize other states’ concealed carry laws and allow gun owners to cross state lines with their

weapons. “I refuse to believe that children’s lives are simply the cost of the ‘right’ to own weapons of mass destruction,” said CCS junior Josie Hovis. “If I don’t stand up now and demand a safe space to go to school, it might be my body on the floor of my classroom next time.” She encouraged students to vote Faso out of office, as well as to call on legislators to institute universal background checks, require longer waiting periods, target straw purchases, ban assault rifles and repeat the Dickey amendment, which prevents the CDC from studying gun violence. “We need to put a ban on all military-style weapons,” said Bohler. Organizer Carolyn Bagby, who was named one of the Oneonta’s Trailblazers on Tuesday, March 20, helped organize the local march, ordering T-shirts, posters and stickers from the March for

Our Lives website, as well as the Progressive Turnout Project. “It’s been an absolute honor to do this,” she said. “Students created this movement and are continuing it,” said OHS student Kyle Sinclair. And many brought their own posters. “The Number of Bullet Holes Are As Many As Can Be Shot In The Time It Takes To Read This,” read a poster made by Toby Green, Milford, at the Oneonta march. “It takes me three seconds to read this,” he said. “There are 40 bullet holes, 40 people who could be dead. Guns have changed since the laws were written, and the laws need to change with the guns.” “We had a poster-making party!” said Laurel Fox, an OHS student. “It feels really good to see adults here – and the dogs! It’s emotional and it’s so relevant.” “We all made signs before we came,” said Bohler, at the Cobleskill march, who

carried one that read “Our Safety Is More Important Than Your Destructive Hobby.” In addition to protesting, tables were set up at both marches so people could also register to vote and send letters to their representatives. “We are doing something,” said Koutnik. “We are voting. We are writing. We are a voice that demands to be heard, and I thank the students in Parkland who were brave enough to stand up.” And this won’t be the last rally the students hold. “We’re going to try and show what we believe in as many venues as possible,” said Bohler. “The power to change is not in the hands of the so-called powerful,” said Oneonta’s Dan Buttermann, who is running for Assembly. “Power is in the hands of those who come together to reject what was, and do not accept that we cannot control change.”

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