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Common Core Controversies Pushed Aside To Pass Budget SED, Regents Will Issue Teacher Evaluation Protocols June 30

By JIM KEVLIN

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he thorniest of Governor Cuomo’s proposed Common Core reforms – linking teachers’ professional survival to test results – were set aside Tuesday, March 31, in the state Legislature’s furious negotiations to complete an on-time budget by midnight for the fifth year in a row.

“Rather than have some of these issues deter-

The Freeman’s Journal

Randy Johnson, who pitched the Arizona Diamondbacks to a memorable World Series victory, answers reporters’ questions during his Baseball Hall of Fame orientation Saturday, March 28.

He will be inducted Sunday, July 26.

Sidewalk Work To Start Again On Main Street

mined in the heat of budget deliberations, it’s better to take the time to get them right,” said state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, soon after exiting a key negotiating session.

Still, a fairly firm road map was set in place:

By June 30, the legislature gave the state Education Department and Board of Regents “broad directions” to issue regulations on reforming APPRs – annual professional performance reviews – that have been the focus of angry meetings in Cooperstown and demonstrations in Oneonta.

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Senator Seward accepts an anti-Common-Core petition from Cooperstown students at his Oneonta office.

Since the governor appoints the state education commissioner – the post is vacant since John Please See REFORMS, A6

SOLAR-POWER CRUSADE COMES TO COUNTY

Ommegang To Go ‘Completely Solar’

COOPERSTOWN

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elayed for almost a month by wintry weather, crews from Central Paving of Ilion will be back on Main Street the week of April 6 to complete the village’s $2 million sidewalk project.

Trustee Cindy Falk, Streets Committee chair, said the company hopes to complete sidewalks between Pioneer Alley and the Hall of Fame by Memorial Day, as originally planned.

“I think they will send multiple crews,” she said.

LIST, A6

HONEY HONORED: Longtime Smithy Gallery stalwart (with husband Bernie), the late Hortense “Honey” Kassoy, will be honored with a final memorial exhibit. The opening will be Monday, May 18.

Half Of 60 Students To Enter New Field

By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

THEY’RE TOPS: Booster Club members Ed and Patty Hazzard will be among inductees into the CCS Athletic Hall of Fame this fall/FULL

CGP To Double, Adding Science

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Southern Tier Solar Works Program Manager Adam Flint makes his presentation to a packed house at Brewery Ommegang Tuesday, March 31, urging homeowners and small businesses to act quickly to embrace solar energy.

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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f solar energy is good enough for Brewery Ommegang, it’s good enough for anywhere.

“By the end of next year, Ommegang will be 100 percent solar,” Larry Bennett, director of

creative services, announced at as the Solarize Southern Tier crusade for renewable arrived here Tuesday, March 31.

The volunteer-led program, introduced to the public at the brewery that evening, grew out of the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, which aims to double the Larry Bennett announces: sales of solar panel systems used to Please See SOLAR, A6 Ommegang is going completely solar.

he Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies is planning to double its Sorin enrollment to 60 over the next two school years as it begins preparing students to serve in the quickly expanding sciencemuseum field.

The initiative is part of “a huge push for STEM learning,” CGP Director Gretchen Sorin said in an interview Tuesday, March 31. “It’s a growth area.”

Please See CGP, A7

CITIZEN VOICES HOSTS MATHES

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he county’s “single point of contact” for economic development, Sandy Mathes, was due to address an open meeting Citizen Voices Wednesday morning, April 1, on the topic, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” Details at

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7 pm - Worship

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12:10 pm - Meditation with Word & Music 7 pm - Stations of the Cross

EASTER SUNDAY – APRIL 5

8:30 am - Service with Communion 11 am - Resurrection Service with Communion

The “Red Door” Church

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Easter Breakfast: 8:30 to 9:15 am Easter Sunday Service: 10 am

April 2

Maundy Thursday

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Maundy Thursday · April 2 7:30 pm Holy Eucharist with footwashing, Church Followed by Passion Watch, Chapel Good Friday · April 3 3:00 pm Solemn Liturgy, Church • 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross Easter Vigil, Saturday · April 4 7:30 pm (Meet at Lych Gate on River Street)

Easter Day, Saturday · April 5 8 & 10 am Festive Choral Eucharist

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St. James Episcopal Church

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Easter Sunday

8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Solemn Festival Eucharist

Good Friday: April 3

2 pm Atonement • Noon Evangelical • 10 am Hartwick College 5:30 pm St. John • 7 pm St. Matthew

Holy Saturday: April 4, Vigil of Easter 7 pm Atonement

Festival of the Resurrection Easter Day: April 5

8:30 am St. Matthew • 10:30 am Atonement 11 am St. John • 9:30 am Evangelical Holy Communion with rekindling of Paschal Candle and return of the Alleluia

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Good Friday Service 6:45 PM Prelude by Dr. Jonathan Sastic

“He Suffered for Us” Pastor Gary Bonebrake Communion Service

Easter Sunday Services 7:00 AM Sunrise Service Hartwick College Frisbee Field Bring your lawn chair 10:30 AM Worship Service

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First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown

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Holy Week Worship Schedule

-April 2 at 7 pmSanctuary Our Tenebrae Worship‒music by our choir, scripture readings and the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper

Schedule for the Sacred Triduum

ECuMENiCal Good Friday

Good Friday, 3 April 2015

(representative foot washing and stripping the altar) 10 am Hartwick College • Noon Evangelical 2:00 pm Atonement • 5:30 pm St. John 6:30 pm Seder Supper with Holy Communion for the parish at St. Matthew

Main Street Baptist Church

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

6:00 pm—Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 11:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize

Maundy Thursday: April 2, Holy Communion

5308 State Hwy 23 (across from Lowes) Oneonta 607-433-1083

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Holy Thursday, 2 April 2015

The Reverend Paul Messner, STS Sandra Shear, Associate in Ministry Atonement, Oneonta • 1 Center Street, Oneonta Evangelical, Hartwick Seminary State Hwy 28, 4 miles south of Cooperstown Shineman Chapel, Hartwick College St. Matthew, 125 Main Street, Laurens St. John, State Rte 80, West Burlington

Easter Sunday Worship 11 am

“The Gifts of Christ’s Resurrection”

Corner of Walnut & Elm Streets, Oneonta

Otsego County Lutheran Parish

Southside Wesleyan Church

8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer 12:30 pm-3 pm—Priests will be available for Confession.

4:00 pm—Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Death 7:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize

Holy Saturday, 4 April 2015

8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer and Blessing of Easter Foods

The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, 4 April 2015 9:00pm—The Liturgies of Fire, Word, Baptism, and Eucharist

Easter Sunday:

The Resurrection of the Lord, 5 April 2015

8:30 am & 10:30 am—Eucharistic Liturgy & Renewal of Baptismal Promises 10:30am—Eucharistic Liturgy & Renewal of Baptismal Promises

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EaSTEr SuNday

-April 5 - 6:45 amEcumenical Sunrise Service Pioneer Park by Otsego Lake -April 5 at 10 amSanctuary Worship Service “And So It Begins...”

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Perspectives

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, april 2, 2015

EDITORIAL

Numbers Show Upstate Failing, But We Have Assets To Build On

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retty much anyone with a hand on the cash register in Otsego County must have had the same gut feeling: Things have been inching in the wrong direction.

Now the numbers are in.

Census data released last week shows that population, after rising for a decade in New York State, has been dropping since 2010 – and dropping enough Upstate to offset growth in the New York Metropolitan Area.

Our neighboring Schoharie and Delaware counties, both hardest hit by Hurricane Irene, saw the largest population drops in the state, 3.6 and 2.9 percent respectively. But lucky Otsego County – we have so much going for us – saw only a 1.1 percent dip.

This should come as no surprise to anyone, given ONC BOCES’ latest projections, released last November: Enrollment in the 19 school districts is expected to drop 18 percent in the next decade and a half.

Cooperstown Central can expect a 31.9 percent drop.

Some districts, Milford

Central (46.8), for instance, can expect much worse.

Only Oneonta, with a 2.1 percent predicted dip, can be considered stable.

In contrast, 1.1 is nothing.

• Lucky Otsego County, because we have so much going for us: Stable employment from SUNY Oneonta, Hartwick College and Bassett Healthcare.

Big tourism draws – The Baseball Hall of Fame, the NYSHA museums, Glimmerglass Opera – injecting chunks of cash into the local economy annually, keeping county taxes among the lowest in the state.

Plus, exceptional brands: The Hall of Fame, certainly – everyone knows “Cooperstown.” But also James Fenimore Cooper’s Glimmerglass, one of the world’s front-rank symbols of a clean environment and natural beauty.

An Interstate runs through it. We’re served by rail. And there’s an airport that can be quickly upgraded as needed. There’s sufficient municipal water and sewerage in the City of

NY POPULATION DOWN SINCE 2010

Empire Center map • US Census data

IN-MIGRATION

OTSEGO COUNTY .44% DELAWARE COUNTY .22% SCHOHARIE COUNTY .21% UPSTATE 1.01% DOWNSTATE 3.23% NYS TOTAL 2.50%

Oneonta to handle substantial growth.

Still, an obvious strategy everyone says makes sense – add employers along the I-88 exits; house them by regenerating the lovely residential communities to the north – has gone nowhere.

OTHER VIEWS

Let ‘Invisible Hand’ Work For Us

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commend the mayor and Cooperstown village trustees for another year of little or no village tax increases. No doubt paid parking was a driver of this decision. Their actions are a small down-payment on what is a significant problem for our community.

Two hundred and fifty years ago the Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith used the metaphor of the “invisible hand” to describe the societal consequences of economic actions. In our community the consequences of cumulative state, county, town and village taxes can be seen in declining school enrollment, empty store-fronts on Main Street, a high inventory of unsold homes, and a void in local investment and creative entrepreneurship.

All of these are taking place in an area with significant cultural resources, superior public education, and what is generally regarded as a good quality of life.

The economic decline

of this region began in the 1950s when business and investment moved to the South. Later, the economic migration continued and headed out of the country.

People, wealth and capital have options. Economic opportunity, in part, is a function of the tax structure.

That opportunity – or lack of it – will help determine our future.

Last year, there was a demonstration in Albany for “social justice” and economic equality where the crowd chanted “Tax the Rich” as a solution to our troubles. Basically, this has been going on for fifty years – and there are three reasons why this approach does not work: • First, the “rich” – and that is always being redefined – have options. They can shelter their wealth – or they can leave the state.

When they leave they often take their businesses and jobs with them.

• Second, governments are poor allocators of

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-1.54% -1.96% -3.68% -1.69 -2.91% -2.51%

TOTAL

-690 -833 -1,136 -43,675 42,049 -1,626

This, despite an educated workforce ready to provide the brainpower to meet the demands of business and commerce of the future.

(One of Ioxus’ concerns was the ability to recruit PhDs, but that’s turned out not to be a problem at all:

One of our elected officials, at a recent economic-development forum in Chenango County, was surprised to hear our fair county referred to as “Cantsego” and “Notsego.” What a rep.

Before we start beating ourselves up too much, we should consider that the nation, and our state and county, have yet to recover from the devastating Great Recession. (Nationally, the Democrats need to stop bragging about decreasing the unemployment rate to 5.7 or 5.8 – that simply won’t do.)

Plus, there are many, many good things going on.

As it happens, next week’s edition will include our first “Progress” supplement in a decade, simply because so much is aborning. It sometimes seems that hurdles are placed in front of every promising idea.

If the fault is in ourselves, not our stars, likewise we can recognize possibilities – and, you will read, there are many – and pursue them. The latest data is just another compelling argument for doing so.

LETTERS

JIM HOWARTH

OUT-MIGRATION

It turns out Albany, an hour away, has more PhDs per capita than any region in the country.)

The Upstate beer boom is flourishing here (Ommegang, plus), and there’s more in the offing (Hager Hops). Month to month, there seems to be an increasing consciousness that we can profitably, very profitably, help fill New York City’s $1 billion unmet Farm-to-Table demand.

In effect, we have it all, we just haven’t capitalized on it.

• Some of this is conscious: At least some of our most well-watered citizens – SUNY and Hartwick employees, plus those affiliated with Bassett, and well-off pensioners – don’t really want to see any change. But don’t blame them alone: Chobani opened just down the road from Edmeston, has hired its children and invested in its community infrastructure, but all you hear there is complaints about increased truck traffic on Route 80.

Word’s gotten around.

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wealth. There is a large gap, driven by the costs of government, between money taken in and funds given out.

• Third, there is an opportunity cost of these policies and actions. That is, opportunities simply never materialize in a high tax environment. They go elsewhere.

High taxes often impact poor and lower income working people most. For example, last month I paid $1.91 per gallon for gasoline – full service at that – in New Jersey. Later that day I noticed that gasoline in Cooperstown was almost 50 cents per gallon higher. The difference was state tax. For a person with a minimum wage job that $10 to $15 per tank is important.

Our future should largely be driven by young families, with children in the school system, who have local jobs.

These people will create the demand for goods and services that mark a vibrant community. The alternative is a living museum, with summer homes for retired - now out-of-state - people, Dreams Park rental units, and seasonal tourist stores.

None of these are necessarily a bad thing, but are they the drivers of our future?

What can we do?

Most importantly, we can create an environment where the “invisible hand” of economics will work in our favor, by lowering costs and taxes. We can look at ways to consolidate school systems, combine local governments – or at least some services of local governments, and expand the use of contractors for government services.

We have a lot to offer.

Let’s take actions to attract the people and investments that will shape our coming decades.

Jim Howarth is a Cooperstown resident and business executive.

Parents Of 75 Cooperstown Pupils Won’t Participate In State Testing To the Editor: We the undersigned, after thoughtful consideration, have decided to refuse to allow our children to participate in New York State standardized testing. We are the parents of over 75 children who will not take the tests.

We made this choice not as an act of rebellion, but rather in support of our teachers, our children, and the education provided to them by the Cooperstown Central School district. We hope other families will join us; parents have the right to refuse for their child up until the morning of the test.

Governor Cuomo’s pro-

posal to use standardized test scores to determine the quality of education provided by an individual teacher or school has absolutely no research to support it, is fraught with error, and unlikely to improve the quality of education.

These tests have never been validated, are not consistently reproducible, are developmentally inappropriate, and have not been shown to produce higher achievement or reduce the achievement gap. In fact, they do little more than reflect the current socioeconomic wellbeing of a community.

To base 50 percent of a

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teacher’s evaluation on one measure has the likely, if unintended, consequence of harming the education our children receive. Once teachers are rewarded or punished by a single metric, motivations will change and teachers will strive to improve test scores rather than foster an environment where a child can create, imagine, and experiment, and where teachers can collaborate with one another rather than compete.

In short, high-stakes standardized testing does not enhance the educational experience of a student, and therefore, we will politely decline.

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After 35 Years, Goodbye To Meadows, Manor, Focus To the Editor: Today I walked out the front doors of Focus at Otsego for the last time as an attending physician.

I did so with very conflicted emotions.

My visit exposure to geriatric medicine, although it was not known as that at the time, was some 35 years ago at what was the The Meadows.

Ever since that time, working with Don Pollack and Peter Howard, I have had a strong affinity for the care of our elderly.

I obtained board certification in geriatric medicine.

My practice has always included a

preponderance of patients aged more than 65 and, up until today, I have always made weekly rounds in skilled nursing homes and adult care homes.

I have previously made my comments public regarding the decision to sell the Manor. Today, I just want to thank the staff of the Meadows/Manor/Focus for their dedication and excellent care of their charges.

And I especially want to say that it has been a special privilege to care for the most vulnerable citizens in our community – our mothers, fathers, kin and neighbors.

DOUGLAS. M. DeLONG, MD, FACP

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: Village Lots – The subscribers offer for sale three eligible and conveniently situated building lots on both sides of West Street, in this village – one of 35 feet front and 100 feet deep, and two of 27 feet front and 35 feet deep. These are the only lots in the center of the village (unencumbered with buildings) known to be for sale. For terms, apply to H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown.

April 6, 1815

175 YEARS AGO

We are authorized to contradict the Marriage Notice published in the Journal of the 23rd ult. of Mr. C. Reed to Mrs. Wetmore, both of Ames, Montgomery County. It was sent to us for publication marked Cherry Valley, with someone’s signature attached to it, but the original being lost we cannot tell whom; and we, in good faith, gave it publicity, but it proves to be a vile fabrication. Persons should be cautious how they trade with the names of parties immediately interested, with

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Printers, and with the public, in cases of this kind, as it is not only villainous, but justly subjects them to the severe penalties of the Law, if proved upon them in a Court of Justice.

April 6, 1840

150 YEARS AGO

The Old Flag once more waves over the City of Richmond!

The Army of the Potomac, after four days hard fighting, has put the army of Lee to route and taken possession of the rebel stronghold and capital. There are sounds of rejoicing throughout the land – for we are so much nearer an honorable peace.

The turning point in the terrible battle which won Richmond was the bloody engagement at Five Forks on Saturday which was “fairly won” by General Sheridan, who proved himself in that fight to be one of the most brilliant generals this war has produced. The turning of Lee’s right, which he accomplished by that battle, sealed the fate of the rebel capital as it made the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg untenable.

April 7, 1865

125 YEARS AGO

The children of the late Mrs. Jane R. A. Carter have withdrawn their offer of $10,000 for the erection of a hospital building as a memorial to their mother. This gift was proffered on condition that the hospital would be named in her honor. The hospital board, with commitments of $22,000 in land and money and $6,000 more in their control, and mindful that considerably more funds will be needed to furnish and equip the building, refused the condition. Thus, the offer of $10,000 was withdrawn with sincere regret by Mrs. Carter’s family. As a result, the building project will be delayed.

April 4, 1890

75 YEARS AGO

Sixty-three percent of the sale bills and throwaways left at the doorsteps of Cooperstown and vicinity residents are a total loss. They never receive any attention from the prospective purchaser. This is the verdict of readers of Cooperstown newspapers who recently expressed their opinions in response to a questionnaire sent to them by The Freeman’s Journal. On the other hand, 83 percent of those responding stated that this newspaper remained in their homes more than a week where family members could read it. Answers to another question revealed that each copy of this newspaper has an average of 4.20 readers. Questionnaire returns also show that classified ads are perused by 95 percent of readers who consult the newspaper for advertising placed by both businesses and individuals.

April 3, 1940

50 YEARS AGO

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100 YEARS AGO

Sixty-six seniors or recent graduates of 11 rural central schools in Otsego and southern Herkimer Counties will share nearly $60,000 in new scholarship grants awarded for the 1965-1966 academic year by the Clark and Scriven Foundations, philanthropic organizations of the Clark family of Cooperstown. Ten Cooperstown Central School se-

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April 7, 1965

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Dr. David Svahn of Cooperstown will present “Reading, Writing and Medicine: A Role for Literature in Medical Education and Practice” at 7 p.m. on April 6, in the Anderson Center for the Arts Theatre on the Hartwick College Campus.

Svahn will discuss the rationale behind the increasing role of programs encouraging the study of literature and the practice of reflective writing at medical schools and teaching hospitals. Since 1999, Svahn has directed Bassett Healthcare’s Humanities in Medicine program in which various activities provide focus on the humanistic side of medical teaching and practice. Dr. Svahn is co-editor of “Let Me Listen to Your Heart,” a collection of 42 essays, poems and stories .

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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, april 2, 2015

Albany Fails To End Common Core Debate Roiling County REFORMS/From A1 King joined the federal Department of Education at year’s end – and the Regents’ chair, Merryl Tisch, is a close ally, it might be expected that the recommendations will cleave to Cuomo’s preference.

But Seward, one of the most senior members of the Republican-controlled senate, said he and his colleagues directed the SED and Regents “to develop guidance with less reliance on testing.”

Local school districts will then have until Nov. 15 to negotiate a new APPR regimen into local contracts with teachers. If they fail to do so by the deadline, the state will withhold increases in state aid that were also part of the package that was due to be sent to the Governor’s Office for Cuomo’s signature by the deadline. All but two of 700 school districts were able to accomplish that in 2012, Seward said.

News reports out of Albany also had the legislature and governor agreeing on extending the time teachers need to qualify for tenure from three to four years, with Common Core test results determining proficiency, which appears to allow the camel’s nose under the tent.

It was also reported that the governor might be authorized to take over 27 long-failing schools, mostly in New York City, Buffalo, and other big cities, and allocated $75 million to help achieve turn-arounds.

Speaking for his senate caucus, Seward said, “Other than trying to reduce the testing, we weren’t addressing Common Core head-

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on. The general consensus in my conference is that it’s been a horrible rollout of Common Core on the part of the state Education Department. They’ve been testing on material that has not yet been taught, and not promoting buy-in on the part of teachers, parents and the community.”

The amount of damage done to implementation of the Common Core concept since the Jan. 21 State of the State speech, where the governor asked legislators to tie APPRs to Common Core test scores: Teachers whose classes fail to meet standards in math and English for two years would lose their certifications, and at least 50 percent of teachers’ scores would be determined by evaluators from outside their districts.

Southern Otsego County teachers staged a “Because I Care Rally” Feb. 27 in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza, and last Thursday, March 26, sought to create a human chain around city school district offices in the former Center Street School, although the effort was hampered by heavy rains.

In Cooperstown, parent Kim Jastremski rallied teachers and parents to object to the APPR reforms – and the Common Core generally – at CCS board meetings on March 4 and 18, and invited in Opt Out

CNY, a teacher-led organization, to speak against the testing program on March 8 in Village Hall.

On Monday, March 30, Jastremski provided a letter to the editor signed by parents of 75 students, saying they would not allow their children to take Common Core tests planned for midApril. (For text of letter, see Page A4.) Last year, only six families – nine children total – opted out in Cooperstown. In Oneonta, however, the opt-out rate was 20 percent.

Both school superin-

tendents, Cooperstown’s C.J. Hebert and Oneonta’s Joseph Yelich, expressed concern at the fast-track negotiations and tieing increases in school aid to a successful outcome.

“That will put the districts in a difficult (negotiating) situation,” said Hebert.

Added Yelich, “This particular framework provides a really disadvantageous position for school boards and district to negotiate.”

But Yelich expressed satisfaction at the increase in state aid after eight years of austerity; he said the money

leader in solar power,” he said. “We blow them away in sun. There’s enough sun here in Upstate.”

“Resistance is futile,” joked Dr. Gay Canough, of ETM Solar. “Get ready – you will be solarized!”

It’s with these rebates and buying plans, Bishop notes, that he wants homeowners to know that solar power isn’t just for the wealthy. “It costs less than getting your house painted and it can cut your electric bill down to nothing,” he said. “Lots of people can afford this. We just need to find who goes first.”

Even schools can even get in on the savings, with a free assessment and quote on going solar.

And there was even more good news for historic homes. “Any home in a historic district that gets geothermal does qualify for the 20 percent historic home tax credit,” said Ellen Pope.

Solarize Southern Tier aims also hosts community meetings and events, including house tours, to encourage neighbors to share their solar stories. “It’s about building trust in the system,” said Flint.

“We’re encouraged that our community is moving towards renewable,” said Bennett.

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“It’s a move to increase people’s personal interest in renewables,” said Ron Bishop, SUNY Oneonta chemistry teacher. “We want to let people know what’s available to them.”

At the launch, Solarize Southern Tier invited residents to learn about their program from three pre-selected providers, Renovus Energy, ETM Solar Works/ Taitem and Astrum Solar.

The three providers not only can install the systems, but help residents navigate tax credits and incentives that can reduce the systems’ costs by half.

“So you apply a 40 percent discount to an $18,000 system, then take a 5- or 6-percent rebate, and it cuts the cost of the system in half,” said Bishop.

And the more people sign up, the cheaper the systems get. “In Madison County, it was 40 percent cheaper,” said Bishop. But you have to sign up by June 10 by filling out a form at www. southerntiersolarworks.org.

Adam Flint, project coordinator for Southern Tier Solar Works, gave a presentation on the benefits of solar, from the cost savings to negating the naysayers. “Germany is the world

will be used for intervention. “As kids flag or as kids need enrichment, we want to make sure we have personnel for that,” he said.

And Hebert said that, despite setbacks, CCS teachers continue to support the Common Core concept, having been designated a “Rewards School” in 2014 when scores were in the top 20 percent of New York State schools. “I’m very proud of the way our staff has worked with students and their families,” he said.

“Our students have performed very well.

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Responding To Changing Market, CGP Adding Science Curriculum CGP/From A1 Not only is interest in science, technology, engineering and math resulting in museums, it is spawning botanical gardens, aquaria, nature centers, all of which need to be staffed, Sorin said.

Beginning this fall, 15 “first years” will be in the traditional “history track,” and another 15 will be in the new “science track,” she said.

The “science track” students will receive part of their instruction in SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station, in the bottom floor of the CGP’s new building to the north of The Fenimore Museum, and the BFS’ Thayer Farm farther up Otsego Lake.

CGP, a collaboration of SUNY and NYSHA, will also use the Science Discovery Center at the Oneonta campus, which was renamed Thursday, March 26, in honor of retired Professor of Physics Emeritus Al Read for a significant contribution to the center’s endowment.

Some students will use the Paleontological Research Center & Museum of the Earth in Ithaca. Others, the Cornell Lab for Ornithology.

Proximity to the great outdoors – from Otsego Lake to the Adirondacks – offers a ready natural laboratory for students, the director said.

Current staff will take on science-related topics – Prof. Will Walker, for instance, will teach “Environmental History.” Plus, Sorin has been authorized to hire another professor.

So far, the news has been closely held, but it began to

circulate as student prospects for the 2015-16 academic year spent a weekend of visitations and tours here in late March.

Sorin pointed out that, in the 1960s and ’70s, the CGP also had 60 students – 15 in history; 15 in folk culture and 30 in conservation.

There will be challenges – housing, for instance.

Although already, landlords

who rent their properties to Dreams Park families in the summer are making them available at affordable rates to CGP students from September to May. Community-wide, “it’s going to make a huge difference in the number young people here in the winter,” said Sorin. “It adds vibrancy.”

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MLS#98593 $146,000 Cozy Cape Cod close to I-88. 3 BRs on ground floor and 1 upstairs. Upstairs could also be expanded. Recently refinished hardwood floors throughout.

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MLS#98850 $159,900 Nearly $30K in Updates Pristine and beautifully restored village home. All modern updates with vintage charm. Priced to sell immediately!

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MLS#95003 $152,000 Must Sell Now! Listed below original price w/$16,000 in improvements! Move-in ready, 3 BRs, updated oak kitchen w/new appliances.

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MLS#98072 $75,000 Great View of Canadarago Lake! Hunters! Private 22 acres w/cabin, lake rights and dock. Build a dream home, hunt, fish and hike. This is a special price!

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MLS#98732 $249,000 Seller Has Invested Nearly $300K in this 3-BR, 2-bath home on more than 30 acres! Rushing stream and waterfalls. Short commute to Cooperstown or Oneonta.

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MLS#95366 $62,900 Build! 3.5-acre building lot w/private lake access and dock! Great views, water access and low taxes. Deedrestricted subdivision, investment protected.

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LOCALS PORTRAIT HONORS CIDER MILL FOUNDERS

The modern-day founders of the Fly Creek Cider, Barbara and Charlie Michaels, were honored on this season’s opening day Saturday, March 28, with the unveiling of a portrait by noted Mohawk Valley artist Monica Acee. “We are amazed at the level of detail and how Monica captured the likeness of Mom and Dad,” says Bill Michaels, co-owner of the Mill.

“I saw Monica’s work highlighted in Mohawk Valley Living Magazine and knew that her style would be best for painting my parents in front of our historic cider press.” Acee specializes in dry water coloring using a timeconsuming method of layering paint resulting in depth and luminosity while maintaining a contemporary feel. The portrait is currently exhibited in the Mill’s Cider Gallery on the second story. The elder Michaelses began the development of a simple apple-pressing operation into the multiproduct country-themed retail establishment it is today.

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enior High students in the Cooperstown Central School and graduating in June 2015 are invited to apply for the Leadership Scholarship offered

by Cooperstown resident Rich McCaffery.

Deadline for applications is April 15. Applications are available at the CCS guidance office at 547-5300 or from McCaffery at 5475256 or e-mail richcooperstown@gmail.com.

The $500 scholarship is for a student studying volunteerism, communityi developement/organizational leadership, or hospitality/tourism.

he Hartwick Arc won first place in the Hartwick Historical District’s third annual Chili Fest Sunday, March 15.

Second and third place winners were Pauline Vatovec and Sandy Austin, respectively. The People’s Choice Award went to Caren Kelsey, historical society president.

Judges were Roger Davidson of Coucil Rock Brewery and Brian Wrubleski of Mel’s..

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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Wheelhouse Studio, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on March 3, 2015. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him is 21 Schiller Ave, Huntington, New York 11746. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMay7 Legal notice NOTICE OF SUBSTANCE OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF MV LIVING, LLC. 1. The name of the limited liability

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company is: MV Living, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the articles of organization with the Department of State was March 12, 2015.

3. The county in New York State in which the office of the company is located is Otsego.

4. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of teh company upon whom process may be served upon him or her to 1096 County Route 29A, Springfield Center, New York 13468.

5. The business purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized.

Karl E. Manne, Esq. Herkimer, New York 6LegalMay7 Legal notice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index#: 616/2014 Filed: 3/20/2015 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Bank of America, N.A. Plaintiff, -against-

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Dan Crowell, Otsego County Treasurer, as Administrator for the estate of Patricia F. Pugliese a/k/a Patricia Pugliese a/k/a Patricia Puglises, his/her respective heirs-at-law, nextof-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lied or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Loreen Lamb a/k/a Lori Lamb as heir to the estate of Patricia F. Pugliese a/k/a Patricia Pugliese a/k/a Patricia Puglises, Edward Pugliese as heir to the estate of Patricia F. Pugliese a/k/a Patricia Pugliese a/k/a Patricia Puglises, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Midland Funding LLC, Defendants.

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as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated.

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 attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

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judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. ‘ Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York January 15, 2015’ FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISMAN GORDON, LLP By Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-063963-FOO TO: Dan Crowell, Otsego County Treasurer as Administrator for the estate of Patricia F. Pugliese 197 Main Street • Cooperstown, NY

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Loreen Lamb a/k/a Lori Lamb as heir to the estate of Patricia F. Pugliese 2311 County Highway 22 Richfield, NY 13439

West St Rental LLC, Date of Formation: 2/02/2015, Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose 6LegalMay7.

Edward Pugliese as heir to the estate of Patricia F. Pugliese 4755 Troop K. Road Manilius, NY 13104 New York State Department of Taxation and Finance W.A. Harriman State Campus Bldg. 9 Albany, NY 12227 Midland Funding LLC 99 Washington Ave #122 Albany, NY 12206 and/or ‘ 80 State St Albany, NY 12207 4LegalApr23 Legal notice 9 Lawn Ave LLC, Date of Formation: 1/29/2015, Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Legal notice 1-3 Watkins Ave LLC, Date of Formation: 1/29/2015, Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMay7 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: SHURMER CONSTRUCTION LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 24 March 2015.

Office location: Otsego County.

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designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 261 Burdick Road, Milford, NY 13807.

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

6LegalMay7 Legal notice NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF OTSEGO, COUNTY OF OTSEGO, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Cooperstown Central School District, Otsego County, State of New York, will be held in the Junior/Senior High School Library in said District on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 6:30 PM, prevailing time, for the presentation of the proposed 20152016 budget.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the annual meeting of the qualified voters of the Cooperstown Central School District, Town of Otsego, Otsego County,

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New York, will be held at the Junior/ Senior High School in Rooms 304-305 in said District on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at which time said vote and election will be held between the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM, prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2015-2016 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2. To authorize leasing and expending therefore, including costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, pursuant to Chapter 472 of the Session Laws of 1998, an amount not to exceed the estimated maximum cost of Two Hundred SeventyEight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($278,750), and for a term not to exceed five (5) years, the following motors vehicles: three (3) sixty-five passenger school buses and one (1) twenty-nine passenger school bus; AND, that such sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy

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of a tax collected in annual installments; and that in anticipation of such tax, obligations of the District shall be issued.

the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds for making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

3. To elect three (3) members of the Board for a 3-year term commencing on July 1, 2015 and expiring on June 30, 2018 to succeed Dr. David Borgstrom, Mrs. Marcy Birch, and Mr. Anthony Scalici, whose terms expire on June 30, 2015.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which would be required to fund the School District’s budget for 20152016, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident during business hours beginning Monday, April 27, 2015 at the District Office, Junior/Senior High School. Included in the detailed budget document are the following: Superintendent’s salary, benefits, and other remuneration, School District Report Card, State supplied comparative measures of fiscal performance for regular education and special education, a report on special education placement, a Property Tax Report Card, and the tax exemption report.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday through Friday, except holidays, from the District Clerk. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered to the voter in person. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after Tuesday, May 12, 2015 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the day set for the election, and said list will be posted at the polling place at the election.

Any qualified voter present in

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the qualified voters of the School District shall be entitled to vote at said annual vote and election.

A qualified voter is one who is (1) a citizen of the United States, (2) at least eighteen (18) years old, (3) a resident of the School District for at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual vote and election and (4) who is not otherwise prohibited from voting under the provision of section 5-106 of the Election Law. The School District may require all persons offering to vote at the budget vote and election to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law Section 2018-c.

Such form may include a driver’s license, a nondriver identification card, a utility bill, or a voter registration card. Upon offer of proof of residency, the School District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name, and address.

Wendy L. Lansing, District Clerk Cooperstown Central School District March 30, 2015 1LegalApr2 Legal notice Versatile Equipment Service, LLC, a domestic LLC filed with the SSNY on 12/16/14.

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 7 Oak St., Oneonta, NY, 13820. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalMay7 Legal notice Jorgensen Enterprises, LLC Articles of Org. files NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 03/26/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 944 Whiteman Rd Roseboom, NY 13450 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: WEAVER’S SALES AND DISTRIBUTION, LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 February 2015. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1273 East Side Rd, Morris, NY 13808.

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

6LegalApr30 Legal notice Notice of Publication Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for an on premise liquor license (seasonal) has be appliced for by the undesigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant establishment under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 4874 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.

New York Barbecue Corp. d/b/a New York BBQ & Ale House 4874 State Highway 28 Cooperstown, NY 13326 2LegalApr2 Legal notice SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 2014-665 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF OTSEGO GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, -vs.

THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF RALPH D. AHNE A/K/A RALPH AHNE, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; DANIEL AHNE, ROBERT AHNE, DANIELLE AHNE, JEFF AHNE AND PAUL AHNE, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RALPH D. AHNE A/K/A RALPH

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AHNE; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 163 COUNTY HIGHWAY 56, SCHENEVUS, NY 12155.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you unless the defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF

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THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include the Heirs of Ralph D. Ahne a/k/a Ralph Ahne, deceased, and Robert Ahne, Daniel Ahne, Danielle Ahne, Jeff Ahne and Paul Ahne, as possible heirs to Ralph D. Ahne a/k/a Ralph Ahne, deceased. That this action is also being amended to include New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and United States of America as necessary parties to the action.

Dated: February 3, 2015 /s/_____________ Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & RANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 245.00 Block: 1 Lot: 52.21 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated March 5, 2015 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage.

The premises is described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being on both sides of County Road # 56 in the Town of Maryland, Otsego County, New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center line of County Road # 56 where the premises herein conveyed join the lands now or formerly of Patrick C. and Mildred Rooney (L549 P597); thence running

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along the center line of County Road # 56 the following courses and distances: S. 11 degrees 00’ 38” E., 37.71 feet to a point; S. 15 degrees 53’ 52” E., 39.64 feet to a point; S. 23 degrees 06’ 01” E., 37.52 feet to a point; S. 30 degrees 18’ 13” E., 13.67 feet to a point where to the premises herein conveyed joint the lands now or formerly of James Figary and Suzanne Arnold (L731 P51); thence running along the lands of Figary and Arnold, and essentially along a wire fence line and hedgerow, the following two courses and distances: N. 38 degrees 58’ 07” W., 454.33 feet to a point’ N. 65 degrees 12’ 12” W., 181.86 feet to a 5/8” iron rod; thence running N. 78 degrees 18’ 17” E., on a new division line, 377.89 feet to a point in the center line of County Road # 56; thence running on new division lines through the lands of Frie, the following eight (8) courses and distances: N. 83 degrees 05’ 42” E., through a 5/8” iron rod set 25.09 feet from the center line of County Road # 56, 36.64 feet to a point at a maple tree; S. 51 degrees 37’ 16” E., 23.31 feet to a point at another maple tree; S. 89 degrees 30’ 24” E., 37.17 feet to a 5/8” iron rod set; N. 59 degrees 10’ 48” E., 69.17 feet to a 5/8” iron rod set along the edge of a pond; N. 32 degrees 26’ 08” W., along the edge of the pond, 68.60 feet to a point; N. 08 degrees 05’ 40” E., continuing along the edge of the pond, 16.38 feet to a point; N. 35 degrees 49’ 01” E., continuing along the edge of the pond, 23.12 feet to a 5/8” iron rod set; N. 14 degrees 01’ 43” W., 60.11 feet to a 1 ½”iron pipe found in the southerly bounds of the lands now or formerly of Lucy Mickle (L614 P623); thence running along the lands of Mickle the following two courses and distances: S. 77 degrees 27’ 08” E., 263.50 feet to a large stump found; S. 89 degrees 36’ 32” E., 200.11 feet to a found iron rod where the premises herein conveyed join the lands now formerly of Patrick C. and Mildred Rooney (L549 P597); thence running along the lands of Rooney, the following three (3) courses and

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distances: S. 50 degrees 42’ 10” E., 629.53 feet to a found iron rod at the face of a granite monument; S. 04 degrees 02’ 28” E., 95.70 feet to a point at a corner; S. 89 degrees 34’ 29” W., 1,026.26 feet to the point or place of beginning, containing 11.212 acres, more or less.

Excluding all that part of the above parcel which lies on the westerly side of County Road No. 56 and being 1.12 +/- acres on which there is presently located a house and a barn and which land abuts the property now or formerly owned by James Figary and Suzanne Arnold as shown on Survey and Subdivision Map of Lands of Richard W. and June M. Frie dated March 28, 1990.

Premises known as 163 County Highway 56, Schenevus, N.Y. 12155.

4LegalApr9 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability company (LLC): Name: AO RENTALS 1 LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the secretary of state of new York (SSNY) on 02/05/2015. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o AO RENTALS 1 LLC, PO Box 16, West Edmeston, NY 13485.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date.

6LegalApr23 Legal notice 110 LAKESHORE, LLC Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of 110 Lakeshore, LLC (the “LLC”) were filed with the Department of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 3/2/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process c/o the LLC, 143 Balford Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. The LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes.

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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Complany, (LLC).

Name: LORD AND TOMPKINS HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/11/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of proces to 2628 State Highway 23, Laurens, N.Y. 13796. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of Gifford Hill, LLC (the “LLC”) were filed with the Department of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 2/27/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process c/o the LLC, 143 Balford Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. The LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes.

Filer: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110 6LegalApr16 Legal notice DIETZ STREET REALTY, LLC Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of Dietz Street Realty, LLC (the “LLC”) were filed with the Department of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 2/27/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process c/o the LLC, 143 Balford Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. The LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes.

Filer: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110 6LegalApr16 Legal notice Notice of Qualification of Cooperstown Realty Partners LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/15.

Office location: Otsego County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/02/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Catherine L. Burns, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Two Seaport Lane,. Ste. 300, Boston, MA 02210.

Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of Strand Swappers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/19/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: STRAND SWAPPERS LLC, 37 Elm Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

6LegalApr9 Legal notice Notice of formation of TRACY HELGESON LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/17/2015.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of any process to the LLC at 116 Donlon Road, Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalApr2 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: DRI 4, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 18 February 2015. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10 Market Street, Suite 11, New York, 13820. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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