The Freeman's Journal 04-19-18

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Rain-soaked, Cooperstown’s Jacob Miller, the Harvard junior, competes Monday, April 16, in the Boston Marathon, but without his fellow competitor Patrick Dewey, due to restrictions on competitors in wheelchairs.

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NEW LISBON NIGHTMARE This goose stuck in an electrified fence tipped off a passerby something was awry at 166 Backus Road near Garrattsville, Town of New Lisbon.

TRUSTEE SWORN: Back from vacation, Jeanne Dewey, the new member of the Village Board, took the oath of office Thursday, April 12/PHOTO, A2

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WEDDING VENUE: The Landmark Inn is seeking an amendment to its special-use permit to allow it to conduct outdoor weddings. The application will go before the Village Board when it meets at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, April 23.

LANDMARK SOLD: Brian Wrubleski, proprietor of the Mel’s At 22 restaurant, has bought the landmark building at Main and Chestnut from Fred and Karen Lemister.

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Farm Couple Charged With Torture; 100+ Animals Rescued From Squalor

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n electrocuted goose on the front lawn. A goat carcass fed on by a pig caged nearby. A Pyrenees squeezed into a wire cage on a foot of excrement.

These were some of the sights that met Otsego County sheriff’s deputies arriving at dusk Friday the 13th of April at a 25-acre farmette at 166 Backus Road, about a half-

Collier’s Petitions Undergo Scrutiny

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ormer Otsego County Congressman Chris Gibson has agreed to serve as the chairman of Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro’s campaign for governor.

“Marc Molinaro is the right person to clear the cloud of corruption that has descended over the Governor’s office and restore New Yorker’s faith in the future of our state – I’m honored to serve as Chairman of his campaign,” said Gibson.

COUNTY WOMAN IN 19TH DISTRICT RACE

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mile northeast of this Town of New Lisbon hamlet.

By the next evening, more than 100 animals had been rescued by good Samaritans in the farming community, Stacie Haynes and a team Please See ANIMALS, A3

Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Stalter shines flashlight on a cage that confined a large dog atop a foot of excrement.

he Gardiner town Democratic Party vice chair has challenged petitions of Cooperstown’s Erin Collier, the only one of the seven Democratic candidates from Otsego County seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. John Erin Collier Faso, RKinderhook.

The local party in Gardiner, a town of 5,700 in Ulster County, has endorsed Pat Ryan, an Iraq War vet and tech entrepreneur from that same part of the district.

Barbara Rose Sides, whose mailing address is 13 River Park Drive, New Paltz, filed her challenge of the 2,700 signatures Monday, April 16, with the state Board of Elections deadline.

Collier, Ryan and the five other Democrats all claimed to have collected enough signatures by the Friday, April 13, deadline to get on the June 26 primary ballot. Only Collier’s petitions were challenged.

“I feel the integrity of the petitioning process was compromised,” said Sides. “They were shoddy petitions with signatures of people from New York City and The Bronx.”

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Oberacker All In On Schenevus Revival Set On Distribution Center, He Moves Business Here From Texas

By JIM KEVLIN SCHENEVUS

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eter Oberacker talked so often and so glowingly about the prospects for a distribu-

SCHENEVUS RISING/PART I tion center at Interstate 88’s Schenevus exit that his business partner finally said, “Why don’t you lead by example?”

Ron Wheeler is COO of Form-

Tech Solutions, a food-industry research firm based – for a few more months, anyhow – in College Station, Texas. Oberacker is CEO, and also Otsego County representative from District 6 (Decatur, Maryland, Westford and Worcester.)

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CRITERION CLUB CELEBRATES 90 YEARS OF SERVICE

Harry Levine Steps Aside At Land Trust

Jeanne Dewey Sworn In As Cooperstown Trustee

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Members of the Criterion Club of Cooperstown celebrated their 90th birthdays on Wednesday, April 4 at the Veterans Club of Cooperstown.

Dinner for the event was served by the American Legion Auxiliary Members. The club celebrates nine decades of philanthropy and service to the Cooperstown area, including an annual $500 scholarship awarded to a career-oriented CCS graduate. Back Row left to right: Jamie Foutch, Diane Koffer (obscured), Judy Hurtubise, Sue Markusen, Carol Taylor, Merri Hendricks, Elizabeth Susman, Carol Butts, Debbi Green, Barbara LaCava, and Jean Smullens Middle Row: Alene Foutch, Bernice Key, Jan McGrath, Catherine Mistretta, and Barbara Skinner. Front Row, Sherry Phillips, Joyce Weir, Jamie Carkees, and Cherish Paulson.

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tinue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships ooperstown Central School worth more the $32 million. These senior Wriley Nelson has scholarships will be awarded in the been named as one of 15,000 spring. finalists in the 2018 National Merit Wriley Nelson and all finalists Scholarship Program. fulfilled several requirements to The nationwide pool of finalists advance to this level of the comperepresents less than one percent of tition. Approximately half of the Nelson U.S. high school seniors. These finalists will win a National Merit academically talented students will conScholarship and earn the Merit Scholar title.

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tsego Land Trust board chair Harry Levine has announced that he will step down from the posiLevine tion during the annual meeting on Saturday, April 21.

Levine, who also served as the Land Trust’s former treasurer, raises sheep and bees with his wife Ellen on their property in Springfield. He spent a career in commercial real estate development and was a part time adjunct professor of real estate finance at several graduate programs in Princeton, N.J. He will be succeeded by board member Caleb Wertenbaker, an entertainment designer in Brooklyn who keeps a family home in Cherry Valley.

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Jeanne Dewey was sworn in as Cooperstown village trustee by Village Administrator Teri Barown on Thursday, April 12. Dr. John Dewey holds the Bible for his wife. The Deweys had been visiting daughter Sarah in Nashville when the Village Board was reorganized a week ago Monday, so she was unable to be sworn in then. The new trustee then performed her first official duty, presiding at the village Parks Board meeting that afternoon. She was appointed by Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, whose election as mayor on March 20 created the vacancy.

KNIGHT LAUDED: Thomas Knight was named the recipient of the 2018 New York Good Citizen Award during a reception hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday, April 14.

DEAN MEETS: Village Trustee James Dean met with new Richfield Springs Mayor Peyton Carter to discuss plans for revitalizing the downtown.

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NIGHTMARE at ANIMAL FARM

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Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Stalter prepares to rescue a large pig that had survived by eating a goat’s carcass, located off the photo to the right.

When DeSimone and ANIMALS/From A1 Bastian, who were from the from Susquehanna Animal Putnam-Westchester county Shelter in Hartwick Semiarea, arrived in the town nary, and Dr. Kathy Maa decade ago and began hon from Leatherstocking putting up fences and sheds Veterinary Services, New for animals, townsfolk were Berlin. pleased that a property was The SAS took nine dogs being improved, said Town – two Pyrenees, plus colSupervisor Ed Lentz. lie hybrids – and one cat.

“It looked like everything The following evening, Leatherstocking transported was well-cared for,” said Lentz, “at least in the early the 20 pot-bellied pigs. years.”

(Two of the Accordpigs had to be ing to county put down, said property Mahon.) tax records, The rest DeSimone – seven bought the donkeys, 13 house and chickens, 26 acres for three ducks, $165,000 in 25 geese, 13 November sheep, seven 2007. (Today, rabbits, one the assessment turkey, one has dipped to guinea hen, Dr. Christine Schneider was particularly upset that pot-bellied pigs had been placed in this metal $115,000.) two parakeets, horse trailer and, two others, in a box. She is seeking to place the final 11; if qualified, called Leatherstocking Veterinary Services, New Berlin, at (607) 847-9990.

Internet one pigeon listings have and a tortoise A straw sculpture of goose and gosling found one tethered to the 5:30 a.m. They wrapped the cuts right now; but they half eaten under a plastic DeSimone – were taken suggest the affection wall by a short rope standdogs in blankets and drove cover. feel a whole lot better for on by towns- the couple must have living here ing in its excrement, and fe- them back to Hartwick Sem- being clean,” staffer Becca Up the muddy path was a and in Cold folk and the felt toward their Daly said Tuesday, April 17. coop, where hens had been farming com- animals before matters Spring, on the ces piled so high in a second inary in the SAS’ van.

Covered with their own “They’re all so friendly, you packed so tightly their feathHudson River, room deputies could hardly munity. got out of hand. push open the door. excrement and gnats, the ers had rubbed off. By then, would never believe what and identify That first At 2:30 a.m. Saturday dogs were shaved and they had been adopted, as they’ve been through,” him as president of Devinyl evening, police reached the the 14th, Shelter Director washed, in some cases more well as the other animals.

Solutions, a vinyl-siding property’s owner, William Since the five animalHaynes was called at home, than once. company in Pound Ridge, DeSimone, 43, and wife “This didn’t happen in abuse charges involve the and had a team on site by “They all have silly hair- dogs, they must remain in also in Putnam County.

Gabrielle Bastian, 52, by days, or even months,” On her Facebook page, telephone downstate. They observed Sheriff’s Sgt. the shelter until the case is Gabrielle Bastian is listed drove up, and were arrested Michael Stalter, the departresolved, Haynes said. as growing up in Brewster, and processed through the ment’s information officer, Late Saturday afterPutnam County, and studylegal system. as he crossed the property. noon, a property that a few ing fine arts at C.W. Post DeSimone, who was in a No animal feed was found years ago would have been College. She is identified wheelchair, was issued an on the property, and no characterized by dogs yipas married, and the site appearance ticket, and Baswater where animals were ping around cages full of contains a photo of her and tian was released on $2,500 confined. pigs, goats and other farm DeSimone. cash bail after appearing At 6:30, a tractor with an animals presented a somber According to a press before New Lisbon Town attached trailer arrived from scene. release from Devlin, Deputy Justice William Burdick.

Leatherstocking VeteriIn front of the whiteThornhill responded to a The two were charged nary, and Stalter, Sgt. Jack sided home on Backus’ east report of a goose stuck in with five counts of torturWilkens and other deputies side – a single story above an electrified fence in front ing, injuring and failing to helped nudge the remaining a banked basement – was feed animals, plus one count of 166 Backus. She found pigs into the carrier. the dead goose, mirroring a the goose dead, and apeach of growing and posWhile two of the pigs straw sculpture of a white proaching the house saw the session of marijuana. Fifty have died, according to goose by the front door.

Pyrenees squeezed into the plants and “a quantity of Leatherstocking Veterinary’s The property sloped north dried product” was found on cage in the basement; other Dr. Christine Schneider, toward a feeder stream to dogs were barking. site, police report. seven had been adopted by nearby Butternut Creek.

Learning from neighbors They are due back in that DeSimone and Bastian New Lisbon court at 5 p.m.

Sloping upwards slightly, Tuesday afternoon, leaving were only home intermitWednesday, April 25.

11 at her home, set to be there was a metal horse tently, she and Animal ConCounty Sheriff Richtrailer to the left, where two picked up by Southern New trol Officer Elizabeth Fish ard J. Devlin Jr., who said York Pig Rescue in Hornell.

Leatherstocking Veterinary’s Dr. Kathy Mahon pigs still remained. To the entered the home to ensure “this is one of the worst leads three of the final pigs toward the trailer, “They’re severely malright was a pen with a single the dogs’ safety. In addition while Sheriff’s Sgts. Jack Wilkens and Mike cases we’ve had in some nourished,” Dr. Schneider pig; the goat’s carcass, the Stalter nudge them along with a piece of fence. time,” planned to meet with to the dog in the cage, they said. “Overgrown tusks. pig’s only nutriment, was District Attorney John M. Overgrown hoofs. Mange.”

Muehl later this week to And they have “behavdetermine how the prosecuiorial issues,” she contintion would proceed. ued. “They have no social Editor’s Note: Here is an excerpt from Sheriff Devlin’s excrement piled on the floor. There were five dogs living The D.A. said DeSimone skills for interacting with in that room. press release describing what the deputies found at 166 and Bastian had been “pretpeople or each other. And, There was no food or water for any of the dogs located Backus Road. ty cooperative with us,” as a consequence of being in this basement. All the dogs were covered in their own signing over the animals. starved for so long, food agexcrement, and to date it is unknown what medical condin the basement of the residence dogs were discov“They could have made it gression issues.” tions might exist. ered.

One was locked inside a standard wire dog real difficult for us.”

Some will end up at At the time it was unknown how long the dogs had cage half full of excrement, allowing only enough If maintenance of the SPCAs or pig refuges. Still, been left like this but, one report from a witness advised room for the dog to crouch. farm had gotten out of the she predicted, “with proper that the owners had not been seen in a week.

One dog was tied to a wall with a rope only the length pair’s control, “they should homes and rehab they’ll …It was discovered that there were numerous animals of its body, and standing on top of inches of its own have come forward sooner,” make wonderful pets for all across the property that were kept and maintained in excrement.

Muehl said. “If they were the same deplorable conditions as the dogs in the baseThe door to the side room of the basement could only people at some point in having trouble and had ment. be pushed open a few inches due to the severe depth of time. come forward, we could have helped them.”

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Sheriff’s Shown He’s Tough, Smart

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irst, voters should want a county sheriff who’s steady under fire.

Over the past 15 months, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. has proved he is.

With his son Ros, a guard at the county jail, accused in a workplace disturbance and ordered off county property by the county Board of Representatives, Devlin hung tough, arguing he was the target of a “political witch hunt.”

That didn’t seem completely out of the question when it surfaced that allies of county Board chair Kathy Clark’s husband were sounding out Democrats to see if they would endorse a sheriff’s run by her husband, retiring state trooper Bob Fernandez – first reported in these newspapers in March 2017.

Second, voters should want the county’s top law-enforcement officer to have a strategic mind.

Now, Sheriff Devlin is showing he does.

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et’s not be prophets of doom, but we’re all thinking people who can more or less put the pieces of the puzzle together.

In her March 29-30 column, our colleague, columnist Cathe Ellsworth, alerted us to an Albany Business Review report that Upstate New York lost 2 percent of its population between 2011 and 2015. Seven counties gained population; 20 lost it.

In our general area, Tompkins County – home of Cornell and Ithaca College – surprisingly lost the second most, 5.1 percent or 5,294 people.

Our Otsego County was 11th on the list, losing 2.26 percent or 1,408 people.

• The next week on our front page came the story, “Utility Retreats From Gas Pipeline Upgrade,” Please See EDITORIAL, A5

From NYSEG Facebook page

An Otsego Now contingent returned from a March 14 meeting reassured NYSEG’s new president Carl Taylor would help ease local energy shortages.

him in the Nov. 6 election, Devlin approached the more even-handed county board chairman, David Bliss, who succeeded Kathy Clark, and agreed to resign his son’s fate to an even-handed application of Sheriff Devlin Civil Service law. Going into the fall election with the issue unresolved would have been folly.

This is no endorsement of the incumbent. Bob Fernandez has some baggage, but he does bring an impressive resume and an engaging personality to the race.

Still, Sheriff Devlin has shown resilience under fire and a strategic mind in opening the way to a fair resolution to what must be a personally anguishing situation, qualities anyone would certainly want in the county’s leading law-enforcement officer.

Nation’s Two-Party System Guarantees ‘The Iron Law Of Oligarchy’

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ost voters enroll in one or the other major party, though the number of non-party enrollees has grown in recent years. In our area, and nationally, it’s very roughly one third Democrat, one third Republican, and one third non-partisan, or independent (small “i”).

The two-party system goes back to the battles between Alexander Hamilton’s Federalists and Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans. The Jeffersonian Republicans have since morphed into the Democrats, and the Federalists into the Republicans.

Unfortunately, these parties have become a big part of what’s wrong, rather than what’s right, with American politics.

ADRIAN The two KUZMINSKI political parties – they are not mentioned in the Constitution – have a strangle-hold on the electoral process. It’s difficult, though not impossible, to get on the ballot

without the approval of one or the other party.

In the current race in the 19th CD, for instance, party enrollees need to collect only 1,250 signatures to get on the primary ballot.

But if you run as an independent, you need 3,500 signatures.

Party candidates have other advantages. They can go to their county party committees to pitch for support and recruit volunteers to circulate their petitions. The parties are also a source of money for candidates.

Independents, by contrast, are entirely on their own.

Founding Fathers left their stamp on the Nation.

If the parties were democratic institutions, they might make some sense. But they are self-perpetuating bureaucracies and social networks which are fundamentally oligarchic in spirit, not democratic.

A well-known German sociologist named Robert Michels wrote an influential book over a century ago, entitled “Political Parties,” which argued that regardless of any democratic convictions and practices, political parties, like most complex human organizations, inevitably turn into top-down systems governed by the few who are able to stay in power indefinitely, with little or no accountability to the rank-and-file.

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LETTERS

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Otsego Now’s Jody Zakrevsky noted the probable loss of a Chinese manufacturer and the reluctance to expand on the part of a famous local institution due to the unavailability of reliable natural gas supply.

Together, these businesses promised 600 jobs. Other large local institutions are on the “interruptible list,” a group that has to switch from gas to oil during cold snaps due to lack of supply.

NYSEG’s president reported that the company depends on allocation from the Dominion Energy pipeline. The Dominion has

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To the Editor: Kudos to the local civic and political leaders who met with NYSEG’s new president to apprise him of the effect a lack of affordable energy has had on the Otsego County economy.

See “Do More, Otsego Countians Ask NYSEG President,” (Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, April 3-4).

Tensions arose when the proposed improvements on capacity for the DeRuyter/ Oneonta pipeline were shelved by NYSEG. State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, hosted the meeting.

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told NYSEG that it lacks the capacity to increase Otsego County’s allocation.

Checkmate? To be determined.

There is an alternate solution. The Constitution Pipeline is ready to go. It awaits water permits, which are controlled by Governor Cuomo. Estimated construction time for the Constitution – two years. If completed in 2020, it would be pumping gas two years before the DeRuyter line’s formerly projected (but currently doubtful) start date of 2022.

Benefits – good jobs on the pipeline and the distribution line build-outs.

Affordable and reliable natural gas for current and future businesses in our area, a discount for residential heating of 30 percent below propane, a secure source for New York City,

and cheap, domestic gas piped from Pennsylvania for the Northeast, instead of Russian LNG tankers in Boston harbor bringing gas from Siberia.

These benefits won’t happen. Cuomo’s political ambition checkmates all benefits for Upstate New York and our neighbors.

DICK DOWNEY Otego

President, Anyone?

To the Editor: The other day I noticed a truly unique bumper sticker that spoke volumes: “ANY FUNCTIONING ADULT – 2020” Suffice to say I checked with Amazon (of course) and it’s on the way!

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ning. That is what most states have always done.

In other words, New York State, with its more progressive income-tax revenues, would pay the tab rather than placing the burden on already hard pressed local property taxpayers.

By the way, the Faso proposal is not a new idea.

For all of the years I had the privilege of representing Otsego County in the state Legislature, the number one concern of our Board of Representatives was mandate relief. At the top of the list, always, was the tremendous burden imposed by Medicaid.

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To the Editor: In your April 5-6 editions, Adrian Kuzminski outlined his thoughts on how Democrats could defeat Congressman John Faso. He is certainly entitled to do so, but his rationale ought to be factually correct.

Mr. Kuzminski objects to Congressman Faso’s proposal to eliminate local taxpayer responsibility for Medicaid costs. He states, “He made no provision for anyone else to pick up the tab…” This is patently false.

Were the Faso bill to become law, the responsibility for the local share of Medicaid would shift to state government, where it should have been from the begin-

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Refreshments will be served following the presentation. For more information, please CATHERINE call Woodside Hall LAKE at 607-547-0600.

ELLSWORTH • Recently we made our first trip to Main Street this year. And, as is so often the case, we found ourselves unable to get from the

car to the sidewalk. On the passenger’s side of the vehicle, our way was blocked by a rain garden that had piles of icy snow on each side of it.

As we surveyed our intended path to the sidewalk, we came to the conclusion that we would have to walk in the street until we came to a spot by which we could get from the street to the sidewalk. And while we suspect such a maneuver is probably some form of jaywalking, we had no other choice.

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

200 YEARS AGO

To Applicants for Pensions – Having prepared the papers for a great number of the Soldiers of the Revolution, applying for pensions, I have determined, in order to prevent the possibility of their rights being prejudiced through accident or neglect, to go to the City of Washington to prevent the possibility of their rights being prejudiced through accident or neglect, to go to the City of Washington to present and attend to their claims in person. And I take this method to inform all applicants for pensions, and those who have undertaken to assist in getting them placed on the pension list, that I will for a small commission take charge of their papers and will diligently and faithfully transact all necessary business relative to their applications, at the War Department.

Should there be any defect in the papers, I will give early notice of them that they may be supplied. Those who wish to employ me to forward their claims, will please to forward their papers to the Office of Morse & Stewart, in Cherry Valley, immediately, as I intend to set out by the first of June.

April 20, 1818

175 YEARS AGO

Much excitement was caused in Wall Street yesterday by the non-appearance of Mr. Jacob Shipman, the well-known agent of the brokers, as a Carrier between Philadelphia and New York. He left Philadelphia on Wednesday night, and was in the cars before they reached Trenton, since which he has not been seen. Yesterday, several of the Brokers received letters postmarked ‘”Philadelphia, April 6,” which their correspondents had delivered to Shipman as usual. Some were money letters. One contained $300 in bank notes; another was simply an account current, with a narrow slip of paper around it, upon which was the direction.

This letter had evidently been taken from a package of money. It is not known how much money he had with him, but a report

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paper, almost prohibitory. Taxing everything is the surest and quickest way to destroy the revenue while the largest income is secured by levying it upon a very few well-selected objects. The experience of England demonstrates this. For example, her tariff in 1841 taxed nearly twelve hundred different articles. It was gradually, though rapidly shortened, until in 1851 only six hundred paid duty, and in 1861 all these were put on the free list with but forty remaining. Yet the six hundred articles yielded nearly three millions of dollars more than the twelve hundred and the forty yielded six million more than either!

April 17, 1868

125 YEARS AGO

The Minstrels to be given by the juniors of the Y.M.C.A. on Friday evening of this week, is an entertainment worthy of the liberal patronage of the public. The boys are in need of better equipment for both baseball and football this coming season, and they have taken this way to earn the needed money. Although they are but boys – the oldest being but sixteen years of age – they promise you an evening of merriment well worth the price of admission. The following is the program: Grand First Part: Consisting April 17, 1968 of solos, choruses, jokes, etc. Second Part: Banjo Solo, Baton Drill, Clog Dance, and states it was less than usual. Another report, Stump Speech. Also, the Celebrated Cake however, states that Shipman had $100,000 Walk. The whole to be concluded with a in gold from one of the banks. We learn farce entitled “Box & Cox” played by Masfrom this morning’s train from Philadelphia ters Grant, Ben White, and Fred Richmond. that Mr. Shipman is not murdered but that Admission 25 cents; no extra charge for he is on his way, post haste, for Texas with reserved seats. about $120,000 in his possession.

April 20, 1893 April 17, 1843

150 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO

In this country we tax too many articles and give employment to far too many tax officials. The machinery is cumbrous and expensive. Our tariff is in many instances too high – in fact, as in the case of printing

High Anxiety And Twitter COLUMN/From A4 sidewalk was clear. And while we were able to deal with our dilemma without too much difficulty, it did remind us that we never know what obstacle we will encounter when we try to access Main Street.

• While reading our April 2018 edition of Your AAA New York, we came across an opinion piece, “Partnerships Could Aid Roadways,” which we found to be rather interesting. It made the argument that it is perhaps time to consider public/ private partnerships when it comes to financing aging roads and infrastructure as long, as those partnerships deliver the best results possible for the public.

Of course, it was pointed out that such partnerships would probably not work everywhere. It was thought “they might be worthwhile for the $1.5 billion replacement project for Goethals Bridge, which connects New Jersey and Staten Island, but won’t be as useful for roads and bridges in Cooperstown or Centereach.”

Why are we not surprised by this assessment?

• In the winter 2018 edition of the Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin, we recently read an article entitled “High Anxiety,” by Michael Blanding. In it, he interviewed a Kenyon alum, Maryanna Klatt, who is now a professor Maryanna of Clinical Family Medicine at Klatt The Ohio State University College of Medicine, where she studies the effects of stress on the body.

Professor Klatt points out, “We teach people about dysfunction in psychology, but no one teaches people how to be resilient and happy.

That training is something we need to be proactive about on every level.” She adds that people need to “...develop mechanisms to better cope with their life stresses.”

One suggestion made in the article for doing this is to monitor how much time one spends on one’s computer, tablet or cellphone. Plus, it is thought that spending too much time on Facebook or Twitter can lead to a sense of helplessness.

Professor Klatt suggests, “People need to focus on figuring out what their ‘minimum effect dose’ is so they get the news but don’t get stressed.”

• Since we are not on either Facebook or Twitter, they do not present a problem for us. But we have, after a bit of thought, come to the conclusion that, when it comes to the news, we should no doubt limit our “minimum effect dose” to something resembling zero.

That, we think, would leave us in a blissful state of ignorance, which for us would indeed be a radical, and probably much needed, change in our life.

Of course, we do have our doubts as to whether or not we really could exist being that disconnected from the world around us.

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Among those who formerly lived in Cooperstown who are at present doing war work in France is Dr. Daisy Cockett who is quoted in a recent article appearing in the New York Sun. “You people in the States have no more idea of the conditions over

here than a mouse in your bread tin. I’d give anything under the sun to be back home just one half hour to be able to condense the population of the country so that they would just about fill an assembly hall and then get at them. Good heavens, it drives me mad when I stop to think what we as a nation could do, what we have done, and what there is left to do.”

April 17, 1918

75 YEARS AGO

Manager Wally Schang and George Wiley, the new trainer of the Utica Braves now in Cooperstown for spring practice, had their first workout on Monday at the Alfred Corning Clark gymnasium. Ten members of the squad have arrived in the village and more are expected in a day or so. The weather has made the use of Doubleday Field impossible for the present.

But the team is getting plenty of exercise on the gym floor doing calisthenics to keep themselves in shape. The Braves arrived in Cooperstown on Sunday and are making their headquarters at the Tunnicliff Inn. Players added to the Braves roster include Al Festa, hard-hitting East Boston Italian catcher and Lefty Pierson, an infielder from Ogden, Utah.

April 21, 1943

25 YEARS AGO

Fourth-graders at the Cherry ValleySpringfield Central School had an opportunity to learn about life as a Continental soldier during the American Revolution when Mr. and Mrs. Gary Thompson, of Springfield Center, visited the class dressed in 18th century clothing. They brought many items, including a tin cup, a wooden bowl, and a canteen with cork stopper which the students were allowed to view and hold.

Gary also described how to load and use a musket, citing some gun safety rules as part of the discussion.

April 21, 1993

Energy, In Whatever Form, We Need Enough Of EDITORIAL/From A4 reporting how the utility serving our county, NYSEG, has backed away from upgrading the DeRuyter natural-gas line that runs to Sidney and then Oneonta, even though it received a rate increase to do so a couple of years ago.

In the article, Otsego Now CEO Jody Zakrevsky reaffirmed NYSEG can’t provide enough natural gas – or electricity, either – that any new manufacturer of any size would require to move here.

A Chinese company looking to establish a manufacturing plant somewhere in the U.S. came calling a few months ago, Zakrevsky continued. “We had proximity to an Interstate, water, sewer – but we could not meet their energy demands, either electrical or gas,” he said. “…Without that power, we’re limiting our ability to compete.”

The news hook for the story was a meeting state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, hosted at his Albany office in midMarch for local business and community leaders to make a plea to NYSEG’s new president, Carl Taylor.

Curiously, Lou Allstadt, the retired Mobil executive vice president who has since become a high-profile foe of natural-gas expansion, who in an interview reaffirmed his support for renewables, has concluded gas is a necessary “bridge” fuel, particularly in manufacturing.

“One of the tougher things to convert to renewables is going to be industrial processes,” he said. “…Very clearly, industrial processes are unique almost plant to plant.”

He didn’t say Amphenol, the former Bendix, in Sidney, which provides 600 of the best manufacturing jobs (of few remaining) in the region, but he must have been thinking it.

-The county Board of Representatives picked up on the issue at the monthly

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Former Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes walks the D&H yards in 2015 with Phil Fontana, Norfolk Southern’s regional economic development officer.

meeting April 5, with concerns expressed by Oneonta reps, in particular, that natural gas – perhaps even a CNG (compressed natural gas) station – might be necessary to make development of the D&H yards possible.

“There would be a lot of outcry about that,” said county Rep. Liz Shannon, DCity of Oneonta, in a follow-up interview.

If right, that will certainly limit the range of enterprises Otsego Now, which owned the property, and City Hall can consider as they seek to move the multimillion-dollar enterprise forward.

It may be wrong, but before going too far down any road to the yards, Mayor Gary Herzig and Common Council must test community sentiment about what might be possible, be sure it avoids the hornets’ nest Mayor John Nader walked into 10 years ago with the soon deepsixed biomass plant at Pony Farm.

Liz Shannon said that is already being contemplated. “With people at both colleges interested in sustainability, this is a chance to do something really sustainable there.” Some discussion has focused on developing the yards as a food-distribution center, less energy-needed and

perhaps powered to some degree by solar energy, she said.

-If Oneonta zigs on natural gas, other communities are ready to zag.

When his Oneonta colleagues questioned a CNG station there, county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, remarked, “There’s a wonderful spot in the Town of Maryland.”

The reference was no doubt to that 140 acres at I-88’s Schenevus exit, where Oberacker and Maryland town officials are seeking to attract a distribution center, given that Otsego Now has shifted its focus to the D&H site.

Another dimension is that NYSEG can’t even deliver sufficient power to existing entities, with SUNY Oneonta, Hartwick College and Fox Hospital being forced to shift from natural gas to more expensive fuel oil every time there’s a cold snap.

The reality is, Otsego County can have sustainable power and natural gas, too, and the business leaders who plan to meet with Taylor again May 5 should go after the whole range.

Without ready and sufficient energy, there’s no chance The Empire State can ever approach its former glory – and, frankly, NYSEG is required to provide sufficient energy, or should be. It’s supposedly a regulated utility – the state Public Service Commission should insist on it.

In March, NYSEG’s new president gave the local contingent a sympathetic ear; let’s hope he follows through.

Regardless, sufficient energy of whatever type is a non-negotiable. Here and throughout New York, the NYSEG’s of this state must be required to provide it.

Without it, the future is limited, as our 1,408 departing friends and family members must have concluded.

LETTERS

Free Citizens Of A Democracy Should Be Able To Stop Wars To the Editor: In case we forget who started the Iraq War that inspired the development of ISIS and othe conflagrations throughout the globe, we should read -- or reread – the letter to the editor that Topher Hammond wrote in this paper last week.

Among other sharp thrusts, it reminds us who the people are who, by our silence, we allowed to pull the strings of elected officials who financed that bloodshed and lasting misery, including the continuing war in Afghanistan, which

netted the near-record 2,258 civilian casualties during the first quarter of this year, according to the Washington Post.

And lest we forget the terrible costs of our Iraq War, economists reported in The New York Times of April 13, they will top $3 trillion, which amounts to about $24,000 per American household and, still worse, 4,400 American soldiers, as well as 500,000 Iraqis.

Depressing as it will be, especially at this tax-paying

time, we need to face the fact that the taxes we are paying our government this spring will – unless we speak up, as we did to end the Vietnam War – finance the ongoing undeclared wars and future wars.

As Hammond warned, unless we say something aloud, “our sheepish representatives in Congress” will “ignore their duty to debate and authorize all of these wars and hand a blank check to the executive branch to do the bidding of the wealthy

contributors who finance their political campaigns!”

We do not have to fold our hands and look the other way.

We can rise up again as we did during the Vietnam War and demonstrate our will on the street, if necessary, and when election time comes, pick representatives who will yell “Stop” to our part in the continuing wars in Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria.

We are free citizens of a democracy: let’s act our part!

HILDA WILCOX Cooperstown

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Albany Catholic Diocese Proactive In Stemming Abuse Of Children

Editor’s Note: This is a response by Mary DeTurris Poust, director of communications, Roman Catholic Dioces of Albany, to “2 Priests Who Served In County Named In Report On Sex Abuse” in the editions of April 5-6.

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am happy to share information about the program the Albany Diocese has put in place to prevent sexual abuse of children. The Diocese is committed to keeping children safe in every Catholic place, and to addressing the scourge of sexual abuse in a comprehensive, proactive and accountable way: 1. The Albany Diocese has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse of minors. This means no priest or deacon who is determined to have sexually abused a minor at any time is permitted to remain in ministry, nor can he be transferred into, out of,

or within the Diocese.

Any employee who is determined to have sexually MARY DETURIS abused POUST a minor also will be removed from Diocesan employment. There are no priests or deacons in ministry nor any employees serving the Diocese today whom the Diocese has determined sexually abused a minor at any time. All allegations of clergy sexual abuse, regardless of when the incident was alleged to have occurred, are reported to law enforcement agencies. The Diocese cooperates fully in all investigations.

2. The Diocese conducts mandatory background

checks on priests, deacons, employees and volunteers who interact with children.

The background checks are conducted on new employees and volunteers and are repeated periodically.

3. The Diocese provides age-appropriate safety training for children to help them recognize the warning signs of inappropriate behavior and to protect themselves by reporting the behavior.

Training is also provided to parents, teachers and volunteers on an ongoing basis to help them recognize potential signs of abuse.

4. The Diocese is committed to being providing meaningful, accessible support to survivors of clergy sexual abuse. Albany was one of the first Dioceses in the nation to establish in 2004 an independent reconciliation program to help victims and survivors take the next step toward healing. The Independent

Beware Of ‘Iron Law Of Oligarchy’ KUZMINSKI/From A4 He called it “the iron law of oligarchy.”

The founding fathers disdained political parties even though they were eventually caught up in them. To them parties represented “faction,” by which they meant the distortion of beliefs that comes with the polarization of opinion.

The two-party system is polarizing because it reduces all opinions to two choices: left or right, liberal or conservative, the blue team or the red team. A parliamentary system, by contrast, though hardly perfect, allows for a spectrum of views to be heard.

Political parties filled a vacuum left by the Founding Fathers. They distrusted democracy, preferring to leave politics in the hands of elite – persons of property, experience, and judgment, as they put it.

To this end they separated representative government at the state and federal level from local governments, such as New England town meetings, where real democracy was still practiced.

Instead of local governments (towns and counties)

being represented at the state level, large electoral districts were created with no direct relationship to local government.

Election to state and federal government required, even in the early days, mass politics to influence anonymous voters; in other words, a propaganda machine to get out the vote, or what we know as a political party.

Thomas Jefferson, in his later years, bemoaned this development.

He argued that the American revolution was incomplete because it failed to integrate democratic local government with broader jurisdictions. He feared the latter, through the instrument of political parties, would come to oppress the former, and it’s hard to argue he was wrong.

The alternative he envi-

sioned he called confederal democracy, where local communities were directly represented in broader levels of government.

The idea was that local communities be represented in larger decision-making bodies, something not the case today. State and federal governments have been captured by financial and corporate interests all too willing to sacrifice the welfare of local communities to their own profit.

Fixing our political system may not be possible without reintegrating local with state and national politics. I hope to say more about this in the future.

Adrian Kuzminski, a retired philosophy professor and Sustainable Otsego cofounder and moderator, lives in Fly Creek.

Mediation Assistance Program (IMAP) was developed by retired New York State Court of Appeals Judge Howard Levine, who served as the program’s first administrator. The program was funded by the Albany Diocese, and assistance totaling nearly $3 million was provided to more than 40 individuals. The Diocese continues today to provide financial support, counseling and other assistance, based on the procedures and protocols of the IMAP program, to individuals who were sexually abused by a priest or employee of the Diocese.

5. Our policies are grounded in the Charter for the Protection of Children and

Young People, the comprehensive set of procedures established by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2002 for addressing allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy. The Charter includes guidelines for reconciliation, healing, accountability, and prevention of future acts of abuse. Our Diocese has undergone multiple periodic independent audits, all of which have found it to be in full compliance with the Charter.

6. In the interest of transparency and accountability, our policies are posted on the Diocesan web site: https://www.rcda. org/offices/protecting-children-young-people/pro-

tecting-children-policiesand-guidelines. The web site also contains the list of all diocesan clergy – both living and deceased – who were the subject of a finding of reasonable grounds to support a complaint of sexual abuse of a minor through our own diocesan review process and/or action by civil authorities.

7. We encourage anyone who knows of or suspects sexual abuse of a minor to contact a law enforcement agency. Anyone wishing to report a complaint of clergy sexual misconduct in the Albany Diocese can contact our Diocesan Assistance Coordinator at 518-4536646.

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Oberacker, Town Of Maryland Seize Initiative On Distribution Center

SCHENEVUS/From A1 “I’m willing to invest in the Town of Maryland,” Oberacker said the other day while examining progress on the company’s prospective headquarters under construction in a post-and-beam farm building on Route 11 east of Schenevus. “So if I’m willing to do it,” he plans to ask

Life is calling

prospective distribution-center developers, “would you be willing to do it?”

Wheeler and his wife, Christine, a Ph.D. at Texas A&M and FormTech researcher, are packing up operations at College Station and moving up here this summer. She is looking into opportunities at SUNY

Cobleskill, which had a bent toward agriculture.

Oberacker, who was born on Long Island, was raised in Schenevus and still now lives on Smokey Avenue with wife Shannon. (Children Holly and Derek are grown.)

A year ago February, Otsego Now’s then-president, Sandy Mathes, proposed

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a 300-600 job distribution center on 170 acres just off Exit 18, and Oberacker was sold. (And so was the rest of Schenevus, as a SRO crowd attested at an informational meeting Feb. 20, 2017, at the AMVETS on Main Street.)

In May, Mathes was pushed out of the job, and the Otsego Now board of directors walked away from Delaware Engineering, which was due to conduct the necessary SEQRA review, and Elan Planning, Saratoga, which was about to start the necessary comprehensive master plan update.

Asked if his bosses have any plans for the site, Mathes’ successor, Jody Zakrevsky, said, “At this point, we do not.” But he added, “We are still evaluating other sites in the area that might be more conducive” for a distribution center.

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Paul Smith, right, recites the Pledge of Allegiance Feb. 20, 2017, at the Schenevus AMVETS, when 75 attendees cheered on a presentation on a proposed distribution center. To his right are James Heaney, his son Tom and Victor Hansen.

Oberacker isn’t waiting for Otsego Now to come around, or not.

In collaboration with Town Supervisor Harold Palmer and the Maryland town board (Schenevus is a hamlet in that town), 800 surveys have been sent out to gauge townsfolks’ attitudes, a preliminary step in a comp plan update.

Oberacker is forming an ad hoc committee of local leaders to put together an action plan. Town Water Superintendent Peter Andrews is looking into extending the water system to the site. And Highway Superintendent Tim Walke is examining ways to access it.

“The town and the townspeople are behind it 130 percent,” Oberacker said over a cup of coffee the other day at the Chief Schenevus Diner, now open for the season.

Buoyed by that support, Oberacker is already putting out feelers with Walmart and other mega e-retailers who require these distribution centers to get their analog products to customers. (Nearby Amsterdam has attracted Dollar General and Target distribution centers in the past two years. It’s said Amazon needs two dozen such facilities in the Northeast.)

In an interview, Zakrevsky raised negatives about the Schenevus plan, but Oberacker was having none of it.

Zakrevsky questioned

access from the I-88 access road and the site, which is just across Route 11. Oberacker said the necessary slope can be engineered so the 90 trucks a day can easily ply in and out.

Zakrevsky pointed out wetlands have been located on the site. Oberacker pointed out it comprises 1.78 acres of the 170-acre total.

Zakrevsky pointed out the price tag is $500,000, and half the property is undevelopable. Oberacker is undeterred.

Despite reservations, Zakrevsky said Otsego Now “would certainly assist the town in any grant applications,” perhaps for a CFA (the state’s main vehicle for economic-development funding), which are due in July.

“A grant application can be done in the matter of a month,” he said.

Said Oberacker, a rising star on the county board, “I would have thought they” – the Otsego Now directors – “would at least have come up personally to look at the site and talk about it.”

Have there been such forays? “There’s been none,” he said.

NEXT WEEK: Get an indepth look at Peter Oberacker’s FormTech Solutions, a food-research corporation with clients nationally that is relocating in Schenevus.

Candidate’s Petitions Challenged PETITIONS/From A1 Sides circulated petitions for Ryan, who lives in Gardiner with his wife, Rebecca. And in February, Gardiner Democrats voted overwhelmingly to endorse Ryan for the nomination.

But Sides said she filed the challenge “as a Democrat and a Gardiner voter,” not on behalf of Ryan or any other candidate or of the local party.

“These petitions have to be scrutinized for faulty signatures and people who don’t live in the district,” she said.

Amanda Clarke, Collier’s campaign manager, characterized the objection as a misogynistic attack.

“If her name was Eric Collier, I don’t think she’d be challenged,” she said. “This is a very thinly veiled attempt to kick the only woman candidate off the ballot. She is the only candidate being challenged by his campaign.”

However, Ryan’s campaign manager Tim Wagner replied, “Every citizen has the right to review petitions. That’s how we ensure the integrity of our election process, something everyone should be supportive of. The Board of Elections will determine if Erin’s petitions conform with New York State Election Law. This is how our democracy works.”

Wagner also said Sides did not file the petition on behalf of the Ryan campaign.

In addition to Ryan, Collier is running against former State Department official Jeff Beals, lawyers David Clegg and Antonio Delgado, investor Brian Flynn, and former Cuomo aide Gareth Rhodes in the June 26 primary.

“It’s a crowded primary,” said Clarke. “Erin really shook up the race. We’re seeing it in Texas, in Illinois, in Arizona. This is the year of the qualified woman.”

“I support other women,” said Sides. “But we need to do this the right way. I heard

from several people that her petitioners were not asking if people were registered Democrats or if they had already signed another petition. If you signed another petition, one of those gets thrown out.”

“Just as any woman has the right to run, any voter has the right to question any signature on the petition,” said Rich Sternberg, Democratic operative who has been organizing candidate forums in Cooperstown.

Clarke said that Collier’s petitions gathered 2,700 signatures, more than double the 1,250 needed to get on the ballot.

“We feel confident in our petitions,” she said. “We met with and talked to Democratic voters in the community.”

Sides has until April 23 to file a more detailed challenge.

“When a petition comes in, anyone who thinks there might be something wrong with the petition has three days from the deadline to file a general objection,” said Kim Galvin, a lawyer with the Board of Elections. “They then have three days to file specific objections.”

According to Galvin, the Board will then conduct a “line by line” review to see if those objections are valid, and make a decision on the petition based on that.

“Petition objections are not uncommon, especially when multiple candidates are running on one line,” said Cheryl L. Couser, a state Board of Elections spokesman. “It’s part of the process, and the board will make sure everything is in order.”

Meanwhile, Collier will be at the planned Town Hall meeting in Cooperstown at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22. At 6 p.m. that evening at SUNY Oneonta.

“Erin is going to fight this every step of the way,” said Clarke. “She is not stepping aside.”

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11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Milford Central School, from pre-fest bird walk to Eco-Art Competition.

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“My friends and I get together twice a year and do a clothing swap,” she said.

“One of my friends has a sister in France, so she always has these beautiful artpiece dresses. And I get them for free!”

Palmer, an accountant by trade, will head up the new clothing swap at the Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life OCCA’s 13th annual Earth Festival Everything Angelica Palmer has on her, she got Saturday, April 21, at Milford Central for free at a swap!

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neonta’s spring tradition returns with a street fair, arts and crafts, live vendors, inflatable rides and more on Main Street, followed by a free concert in Neahwa Park featuring “Drowning” hitmaker Boogie Wit da Hoodie.

Street fair, 1 - 5 p.m., concert 6 9 pm. Saturday, April 21. Info at 607-436-2550.

CIDER RUN: 5K/10K run open to children and adults, to benefit the Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Racers receive a glass of cider at the end.

10 a.m. Saturday, April 21, Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek.

Call 607-547-9692.

KIDS DAY: Enjoy fun activities ranging from a visit with the goats of NY Goat Yoga fame, and open swim.

10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010.

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Peter Winograd, Laurie Carney, Wolfram Koes­sel and Daniel Av­sha­lo­mov open the 20th annual Cooperstown Summer Music Festival with Debussy’s “String Quartet in G Minor, Op 10” before a rapt audience at the Otesaga on Sunday, April 15.

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wenty years ago, flutist Linda Chesis found a way to share her family’s “sacred space” with others.

“As a musician, I spent every summer traveling on the festival circuit,” she said.

“My husband, John Guiton, spent all of his summers at the family’s home in

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Cooperstown, and when we could go there, it was a sacred space to relax.”

But as their daughter Sophie got older, Chesis began to miss those summer afternoons on the Otsego Lake. “She traveled with me, but that meant she never got to see her grandparents,” the mother said. “John said we should look at venues in Cooperstown, and I started going around to places and clapping my Please See 20TH, B3

UPCOMING CONCERTS ►ARGUS QUARTET, 4 p.m. Sunday, May 6, Christ Episcopal Church, Haydn and more. ►JOHN PIZZARELLI TRIO*, Sunday, Aug. 5, “reinvigorating the American songbook.” ►PIANISTS* Ran Dank & Soyeon Kate Lee, Sunday, Aug. 12, Mozart, Debussy, more ►BON APPETIT!*, Monday, Aug. 20, Mezzo-soprano Samantha Malk performs one-woman opera on Julia Child’s cooking show ►BACH’S BRANDENBURGS*, Sunday, Aug. 25with violinist Joseph Lin and Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra * All at 7:30 p.m. in The Otesaga ballroom

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THEATER: Stuff of Dreams productions presents John Steinbeck’s classic “Of Mice and Men.” Tickets, $17/adult. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080.

TEA & TALK: Artist Mary Lou Ganio discuss her linocut series ‘Possum’s Persimmon Picnic’ over tea and treats. Afterwards, stay and enjoy the exhibit. 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22, Cooperstown Art Association. Call 607-547-9777.

HAMILTON PANEL: “Alexander Hamilton: What You Should Know” panel discussion on the life of the American statesman featuring Doug Ambrose, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Hamilton College, as moderator. 4 p.m. Saturday, April 20, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1472.

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FAKE NEWS – 8:30 a.m.

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Hear from librarian Sarah Livingston on the history of fake news and the impact of social media. Learn to evaluate news you see online.

Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, 5th floor, 189 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607432-4500.

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. Everything from crochet to coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314.

ROAST PORK DINNER – 6 p.m. Celebrate spring.

Reservation required, takeout available. Middlefield Baptist Church, Middlefield. Call Dorothy, 607-547-9093, or Sue, 607-264-8042.

MOVIE NIGHT – 7 - 8:30 p.m. Screening of “Landfill Harmonic,” a film about ‘The Recycled Orchestra,’ a group of children from Paraguay play instruments made entirely of garbage. Milford Central School, 42 Main St., Milford.

Call 607-547-4488.

INTERFAITH – 7:15 p.m. A Season of Faith and Understanding continues with a presentation by Rabbi Molly Karp, Temple Beth El, 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta. E-mail ksider@hotmail.com.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story, The Ugly Duckling.

Titled ‘Honk!.’ Tickets, $10.

Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-3414.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Oneonta Concert Asso. presents award winning ensemble, The Verona String Quartet. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

THEATER – 8 p.m. Presenting a performance of “Of Mice and Men.” Tickets, $17/adult.

Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607431-2080.

Saturday, April 21 EARTH DAY!

HISTORY PRESERVATION – 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Partners in Preservation features Jim Havener, on running a historic house, and Deb Mackenzie, on making exhibits “pop.” Includes booths with

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local historical associations.

Milford Community Cultural Center, St. Rt. 28, Milford.

Call 607-293-6635.

CIDER RUN – 10 a.m.

5K/10K run open to children and adults to benefit the Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Call 607-547-9692.

EARTH DAY SPECIAL –10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Learn about planting for pollinators, composting, natural pest control, soil evaluation for your garden this Earth Day. The GROW exhibit, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450.

PAVER PARTY – 10 a.m. 2 p.m. Create a paver for a Cancer Memorial and Survivor Garden to be built in Fortin Park, Oneonta.

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Cost, $4. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. Call 607-431-8543.

CONTAINER GARDENING – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Kids learn to make an upcycled container for gardening. Bring any container you can punch a drainage hole in, boots, basket ball, bottles, eggshells, more. Admission, $5.

Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta.

Call 607-431-8543.

KIDS DAY – 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Enjoy activities ranging from a visit with the goats of NY Goat Yoga fame, an open swim, and OH fest. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010.

SPRING GARDEN DAY – 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Features exhibits, vendors activities and workshops from the

Master Gardeners. The theme is “Try Something New.” Workshops include “Native Plants: Gardening with Nature,” “Herbs 101: Introduction to Herbs,” and more. Admission, $10. Register by 4/16.

Milford Central School, 42 Main St., Milford. Call 607547-2536 Ext 0.

RECYCLING – 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Otsego County Conservation Association will be accepting items for recycling including styrofoam, nonworking Christmas lights, used fishing line, natural cork, tennis balls, cell phones, used pens/markers/mechanical pencils, inkjet cartridges, cell phones, chargers, tablets, more. Shredding of personal documents also available, up to 5 boxes/person. Milford Central School, 42 Main St., Milford. Call 607-547-4488.

OH FEST – 1 - 5 p.m. Street fair features inflatable rides, arts & crafts, food truck, live music, more. Main St., Oneonta.

WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Call 607-432-1980.

THEATER – 2 p.m. Musical adaptation of the The Ugly

Duckling. See Friday Listing.

HAMILTON PANEL – 4 p.m.

“Alexander Hamilton: What You Should Know” panel discussion on the life of the American statesman featuring Doug Ambrose, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Hamilton College, as moderator. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

Call 607-547-1472.

SPAGHETTI DINNER – 5 p.m. Enjoy spaghetti and support the Cooperstown Emergency Squad & Fire Department. Donations Gratefully Accepted. Cooperstown Fire Hall. Call 607-547-2222.

BUFFET & BAZAAR – 5:30 p.m. Enjoy an Egyptian buffet and a presentation by the SUNY-O drumming class.

Meal reservations required.

Cost $15/adult. Benefit for the Mali Education Project.

Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-3491 TEEN SCENE – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Teens get together to discuss topics important to them. Families are welcome to stay. Dinner provided, registration required. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0001.

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Maestro Schneider’s Farewell concert Join us in celebration as Maestro Schneider retires his baton as the Music Director for Catskill Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, April 28, 2018 • 7:30 p.m.

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The concert will open with Beethoven’s Overture to Prometheus, C major, Op.43. John Rutter’s choral work Mass of the Children, led by Hartwick choral conductor Lee Wright, will follow. The Mass will feature Hartwick College, the Oneonta Youth Choir and members of the Catskill Choral Society and the Octavos Singers from Schenectady choruses.

The second half of the program

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will conduct the 2nd, 3rd and 4th movements of Symphony No. 5, D minor, Op. 47 by Dmitri Shostakovich

celebrating Maestro Schneider’s long career Join us for awithreception CSO immediately after the performance !

Tickets: $30 • 607-436-2670 • www.catskillsymphony.net CSO gratefully acknowledges the support of 5 STAR SUBARU, ROBINSON-BROADHURST, STEWART’S SHOPS and O’CONNOR This performance is made possible with funding from New York State Council on the Arts.

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Linda Chesis’ Dream – Cooperstown Music Festival – Still Thrives accessible to all. “We offer “When she was 13, we had 20TH/From B1 free and reduced-price ticka show at Foothills, and hands for acoustics!” ets to residents from Pathshe volunteered to make Thus, the Cooperstown dinner for the performers,” Summer Music Festival was finder Village, the Thanksgiving Home and the Plains Chesis said. “We got back born. at Parish, and the Little to the house, and she had Now in its 20th year, the Delaware Youth Ensemble,” marinated the chicken with annual festival opened the a tzatziki sauce and made season on Sunday, April 15, she said. “I don’t want anysalad and brownwith a concert by ies. She got so The American much attention, String Quartet, and she kept dowith Chesis on ing it, so by the flute, performing time she was in Charles Thomhigh school, I linson Griffes’ could call her and “Poem,” Claude tell her how many Debussy’s “String we had coming Quartet in G Mifor dinner, and nor, Op. 10,” and she would make Franz Schubert’s it.”

“Death and the Volunteers also Maiden” in The help make the Otesaga ballroom. Linda Chesis receives praises from Mona musicians feel at “This is the Harris, whose husband, Dr. Bruce Harris, was former director. The concert was home, with many kind of music Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life you would go to dedicated to him. At left is Caroline Mook. offering golf Musicians themselves, the Higgins family of Otsego enjoys the Cooperstown games, boat rides Musical Festival’s first concert of its 20th season. From left are Siobhan, Boston or New one to feel shut out.” and dinners. “We want them Keely, mom Katie, dad Dennis, Anna and Patricia.

York City for, and pay a lot As the chair of the Manto enjoy their time here so of money to see,” she said. ing. This season features one-woman opera based on served at intermission. hattan School of Music’s they want to come back,” “But this is our gift to the the world-renown jazz trio Julia Child’s cooking show.

“I don’t like to repeat woodwind department, Che- she said. community.” led by guitarist John PizChesis will bake a chocolate myself,” she said. “I like to But even after 20 years, In the early days, the con- sis has first-hand access to zarelli, and “Bon Appetit,” a cake right on stage, to be keep it fresh and new.” some of the finest musicians the series is ever-evolvcerts were at The Farmers’ performing today, including Museum and tickets $27, the Julliard String Quartet, before Chesis moved the the Tokyo Quartet and piaprice down to $25. “Somenist Simone Dinnerstein. one once asked how we “These are big names,” could charge so little,” she she said. “And you can hear said. “We raise most of our them on a Sunday afternoon money from donors. The at The Otesaga. “ price has stayed the same The musicians love playfor the last 10 years, because a lot of people around ing here, they always want here can’t afford any more.” to come back.”

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Understanding continues with a presentation by Jim Atwell and Deb Dickinson of the Religious Society of Friends Lenny Small (Gary Herion) (Quakers). Red Door Church, and George Milton 2 Walling Ave., Oneonta. E(Steve Dillon) dream mail ksider@hotmail.com the impossible dream of TOURNAMENT – Noon - 4 owning their own farm in Depression-era California p.m. Fourth annual Terrence Parker Basketball Tournain John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” ment to raise funds for the opening this weekend Terrence Parker Memorial at Foothills.

Scholarship. SUNY Oneonta.

GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried and tested Saturday, gardening tips. The Farmers April 21 Museum, Cooperstown. Call OH FEST CONCERT – 6 607-547-1450.

- 9 p.m. End the day with a WORKSHOP – 1 - 4 p.m. concert featuring A Boogie Bring the kids to use the wit da Hoodie. Neahwa Park, Student Learning Kits from Oneonta.

Hartwick College students.

THEATER – 8 p.m. Present- Featuring Mystery Microbes ing a performance of “Of Mice (1-2), Sign Language (3-4), and Men.” See Friday Listing.

Animal Habitats (3-4). Cost, Sunday, $5/child. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., April 22 Oneonta. Call 607-431-8543.

CLEAN-UP – 10 a.m. Clean THEATER – 2 p.m. Presentup the 3rd Ward with help ing a performance of “Of Mice from Phi Kappa Psi and and Men.” See Friday Listing.

Alpha Omega Pi. Meet at 17 YOUTH PROGRAM – 2:30 Maple St., Oneonta. Call Dave p.m. Workshop introducing Rissberger, council member, children to methods arat 607-435-6800 or e-mail chaeologists use to find and daverissberger@gmail.com identify archaeological sites.

INTERFAITH – 10:45 a.m.

Cooperstown Village Library.

A Season of Faith and

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The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: Mandy’s Bar & Grill, LLC of 1 Railroad Avenue, East Worcester, New York 12064.

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TEA & TALK – 3 p.m. Enjoy Tea and Treats, hear artist Mary Lou Ganio discuss her linocut series ‘Possum’s Persimmon Picnic’ currently on display. Cooperstown Art Association. Call 607-5479777.

CANDIDATES FORUM – 6 - 8 p.m. Democrat Congressional candidates for the 19th district, Jeff Beals, David Clegg, Erin Collier, Antonio Delgado, Brian Flynn, Gareth Rhodes, and Pat Ryan discuss issues, more. HIRC Lecture Hall 1, SUNY Oneonta.

MUSIC – 6 p.m. Presenting “Musikang Piupino: Music of the Philipines.” Anderson Theater, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4428.

Monday, April 23

BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m.

Worcester United Methodist Church, 111 Main St., Oneonta. Call 1-800-7332767.

HISTORY DAY – 4 - 6:30 p.m. Award Ceremony for student history presentations.

The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5478181.

TEEN SCENE – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Teens participate in alternative group exercise POUND. Teens are given weighted drum sticks which they use to pound to the beat of the music. Dinner is provided. RSVP required.

Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0001.

FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with live model.

Poses chosen by consensus.

Cost $12/class. The Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-4358718.

NIGHT HIKE – 7 - 9 p.m.

Walk with the Environmental Science club and learn about light pollution and how to reduce it. Bring your own light source. All welcome. Meet in Room 102, Schumacher building, SUNY Oneonta.

- 7 p.m. Bring your device and get free advice from the technology instructor. Community members welcome to use computers and internet.

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field Central School, 597 Co. Hwy. 54, Cherry Valley. Call 607-264-3265, ext 518.

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Tuesday, April 24

TINKERING TUESDAY – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Design and Print Mother’s Day photo frame. Material fee applies.

Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980.

BLOOD DRIVE – 10:30 a.m.

- 3:30 p.m. Edmeston School, 11 North St., Edmeston. Call 1-800-733-2767.

CHICKEN & BISCUIT DINNER – 5 - 7 p.m. Support the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts program in Morris. Enjoy a delicious dinner or get takeout.

Cost, $9/adult. Morris United Methodist Church, 17 Church St., Morris. Call 607-3168239.

COMPUTER NIGHT – 5

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Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx. com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www. dot.ny.gov/doing-business/ opportunities/ const-notices.

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doingbusiness/opportunities/constplanholder.

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and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/MBEs. NYSDOT will ensure that disadvantaged businesses will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids and will not be discriminated against in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.

Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

Region 09: New York State Department of Transportation 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY, 13901 D263734, PIN 935833, F. A. Proj Z001-9358-333 Otsego Co. I-88, Exit 13 to 16, Milling and Resurfacing, Town and City of Oneonta.

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that a license number, “Pending” for a Restaurant Wine License has been applied for

by Dobler Brewing Company LLC d/b/ a Dobler’s Brewery and Tavern to sell wine, beer, and cider at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1917 State Highway 205, Mount Vision, Town of Laurens, County of Otsego, State of New York for on premises consumption.

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Notice is hereby given that the Otsego County Department of Social Services will conduct a public hearing on the Child and Family Services Plan in the Third Floor Conference Room of the Otsego County Office Building, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York on the 8th day of May, 2018 at 9:00 am at which time all persons interested will be heard.

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Notice of Formation of Think Like A Fish, LLC Articles of Organization Filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/11/18.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 49 Lakeview Drive North, Cooperstown 13326.

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Notice of Formation of ONEONTA RED VAN TOURS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/27/2018.

Office loc: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 121 Township Rd., Oneonta, NY 13820. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp.

Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Notice of Formation of The Hartwick Leasing Co., LLC Filed 3/23/18 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 3496 State Route 205, Hartwick, NY 11348 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalMay.10 Legal nOtice

Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BioSistemas Network LLC.

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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.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED

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LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company is: Stretch’s Lawn & Landscape, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Incorporation with the NY Secretary of State is February 22, 2018.

3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom the process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 115 Fork Shop Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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Notice of Formation of NY Goat Yoga, LLC Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NY Department of State: March 13th, 2018 Office of the LLC: Otsego County The New York Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: Sharon

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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.

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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.

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Notice of Formation of HH Wellington LLC. Arts. of Org. filed

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with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Jack Howell, 64 East Elm Street, Unit 4, Chicago, IL 60611.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Frog Hollow Apartments, LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 03/08/2018.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 523, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of 4M Enterprise, LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 03/08/2018.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 523, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose:Any Lawful purpose.

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Wednesday, April 25

SPRING CONCERT – 3 - 9 p.m. Instrumental concert.

Auditorium, Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton School, 693 St. Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville. Call 607783-2207.

DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478344.

BOOK CLUB – 6:45 - 8 p.m. Social Justice Book Club

discusses “Another Day in the Death of America” by Gary Younge. The Green Toad Book Store, 198 Main St., Oneonta.

Call 607-433-8898.

HISTORY MEETING – 7 p.m. “Ethnicity, Family, Alliance and War: Scots-Irish Immigration and Defense of the Colonial New York Frontier, 1740 to 1778” presented

by Terry McMaster. The Old Grange Building, Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek. Call 607-5479334 or e-mail inthevalley@ oecblue.com THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy

“The Magic Play” featuring magician/actor Brett Schneider. The audience will have the opportunity to participate.

Tickets, Pay-What-You-Will.

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. Call 315-4432636.

AL-ANON MEETING – 7:308:30 p.m. Support meeting for the families and friends of Alcoholics or those suffering from chemical addictions. Cooperstown Center, 128 Phoenix Mills Cross Rd., Cooperstown.

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FAMILY FORUM – 10 a.m.

- Noon. Families learn about how Medicaid Service Coordination will transition to Care Coordination on 7/1/18 and how they can adapt. Holiday Inn, 5206 NY-23, Oneonta.

Call 607-433-8417.

FAMILY ART HOUR – 11 a.m. Young students with their families learn about art in a variety of mediums. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-6732314.

BLOOD DRIVE – Noon - 5 p.m. Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 1-800-7332767.

YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Knitters, 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.

PUBLIC FORUM – 6:30 9 p.m. Discussion on “Editing Evolution: Rewriting the Human Genome” with featured speaker Dr. Jill Fielhaber, SUNY Oneonta Department of Biology. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-2011.

COMMUNITY HISTORY – 6:30 p.m. Learn about “The Influence of Mills on the Early Development of This Area” with Ron Jennings, who is writing a book on the subject.

Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5470600, ext. 101.

FILM SOCIETY – 7 - 8:40 p.m. The Film Society of Cooperstown presents “Bad Day At Black Rock” following the adventure of a one-armed WWII veteran as he travels to a small town to pay his respects to a Japanese-American soldier, rocking the town.

Cooperstown Village Library.

Call 607-547-8344.

SUPPORT GROUP – 7 - 8 p.m. Supporting family,

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friends of addicts. New members welcome. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-3291.

Friday, April 27

SPRING SUMMIT – 9:30 - 1:30 a.m. Event for Youth Food Movement featuring film, school garden discussion, Disco soup, live music, seed starting, internship/job info, Community Building.

Cooperstown Farmers Market, 101 Main St., Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Call 607-4372862.

FOREST WALK – 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Celebrate Arbor day and learn about the urban forest in Oneonta.

Includes a tree planting, demonstration of inoculation against emerald ash borer.

Starts at Swart-Wilcox Historic Park, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta.

Call 607-282-4087.

BLOOD DRIVE – Noon - 6 p.m. Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 1-800-7332767.

EXPLORE ART– 3:15 - 5 p.m. Kids learn to make wallets, flowers, bracelets, anything else they want with colored duct tape. Cost, $20/ non-member. Cooperstown Art Association. Call 607-5479777.

MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment.

Materials provided for many differnt hands-on activities to inspire creative thinking and problem-solving. Everything from crochet to coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314.

Roast Pork Dinner – 4:30 -7 p.m. Eat in or take out. Adults $10, children $5. Handicapped accessible. United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479540.

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WORKSHOP – 6 - 8 p.m.

Create a Spring or Mother’s Day wreath with hand-crafted felt flowers.

Cost, $10/wreath. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. Call 607-431-8543.

OPEN MIC – 6 - 8 p.m. Writers, poets, and songwriters are welcome to share their work and get inspired. The Meeting Place, 187 Main St., Suite A, Unadilla. Call 607765-7386.

ART & POETRY – 6 p.m.

Contest to explore the beauty of living life free from the negative impacts of addiction.

Opening Gala in the CANO Gallery, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607432-0090 Ext 106.

FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Annihilation.” Tickets, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

FAMILY FLOAT NIGHT – 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. Play Volleyball in the Pool. Guests must be accompanied by a member. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Call 607-432-0010.

THEATER – 8 p.m. Presenting a performance of “Of Mice and Men.” Tickets, $17/adult.

Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607431-2080.

DRAG SHOW – 9 -11 p.m.

A Trip Down Memory Lane show for all ages. Entrance fee, $5. Benefit for Oneonta Pridefest 2018. My Father’s Place, 5690 St. Hwy. 7, Oneonta. Call 607-386-1508.

Saturday, April 28

BABY SHOWER – 9 a.m.

- Noon. Annual community baby shower featuring information and mini-classes on pregnancy, breastfeeding, fatherhood, babies, birth, breastfeeding, and beyond.

Door prizes and games galore. FoxCare Center, Oneonta. Call 607-433-8000.

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Saturday, April 28

CLEAN UP – 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Prepare the historic mill for opening day. Tasks include spring cleaning of the many historic buildings, raking/preparing flower beds, repairing fences, more. Hanford Mills, Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Call 607-2785744.

GOATS IN THE MUSEUM – 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Play with the baby goats from Angry Creek Orchard and learn about the origins of one of the earliest domesticated animals. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-2011.

DRAGON DATES – Noon 3 p.m. Enjoy game night with Family Resource Network.

Free for OPWDD eligible people. Registration required, Parent or Guardian must accompany. Family Resource Network, 46 Oneida St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0001.

OPERA – 12:55 p.m. See Massenet’s “Cendrillon” streaming live from The Met. Tickets, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080.

WRITERS GROUP – 1:303:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft.

Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980.

PERFORMANCE – 3:30 p.m. See a performance of the Morris dance by the Binghamton Morris Men, a living tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Pioneer Park, Main St., Cooperstown. E-mail kkearns92@hotmail.com.

FAMILY GAMES – 3:30 p.m. Bring the family for your favorite table, card, and board games. Bring your own or use the café’s. Meet new people.

The Meeting Place, 187 Main St., Suite A, Unadilla. Call 607765-7386.

INTERFAITH – 7 p.m. A Season of Faith and Understanding continues with a presentation by Marybeth and Vali Vargha of the Baha’i Community of Oneonta. Red Door Church, 2 Walling Ave., Oneonta. E-mail ksider@ hotmail.com COFFEE HOUSE –7 - 9 p.m.

Music in range of genres by amateur local performers; light refreshments; all welcome. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church. Church Rd., Schuyler Lake.

FAREWELL CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. The Catskill Symphony Orchestra performs works by Beethoven, Rutter, followed by Maestro Charles Schneider’s farewell performance of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th

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movements of Symphony No. 5 by Dimitri Shostakovich, followed by a reception. Tickets, $30. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-4362670.

MEMORIAL CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Remembering the contributions of Hans and Edith Wilk. Features Hartwick College Chorus and others performing Rutters ‘Mass of the Children,’ Beethovens’ Overture to Prometheus, more. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-4362670.

THEATER – 8 p.m. Presenting a performance of “Of Mice and Men.” See Friday Listing.

Sunday, April 29

COLOR RUN – Noon - 3 p.m. Kids enjoy a run through a half-mile course. Features games, prizes, more. Pre-register for free T-shirt and sunglasses. 6th Ward Playground, 22 W. Broadway, Oneonta.

Call 607-432-0010.

GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn gardening tips.

The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450.

THEATER – 2 p.m. Presenting a performance of “Of Mice and Men.” See Friday Listing.

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KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478344.

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Carl L. Hughes, 76; Ran One Of Oneonta’s Last Farms ONEONTA – Carl L. Hughes, 76, a lifelong farmer, passed away April 13, 2018 at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing.

He was born Dec. 2, 1942, in Oneonta, the son of Abram and Ermal Ruby (McLean) Hughes.

He married Marguerite Hollenback, on April 29, 1967, in Worcester.

Carl was a life-long dairy farmer, working the family

business, Hughes Farm in Oneonta.

He is survived by his wife, Marguerite Hughes of Oneonta; a daughter, Sharon Hughes of Oneonta; two brothers, Kenneth and Patricia Hughes and Charles and Ester Hughes, all of Milford; a sister, Martha and Paul Constatine of Fort Walton, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April

20, at the Hartwick Cemetery, 3664 State Route 205, Hartwick, with the Rev. Keith VanDewerker, officiating.

Donations may be made to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter, 4841 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Dorothy A. Marsh, 82; First Woman To Drive School Bus For Worcester School District WORCESTER - Dorothy A. Marsh, 82, the first female bus driver at Worcester School, passed away April 14, 2018 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.

She was born Aug. 9, 1935, in Hawk Run, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Stephen and Anna (Obester) Duritzo.

She married Joseph Marsh on Sept. 17, 1955, in New Jersey.

They moved to Worcester in 1957. Dottie was an Avon representative for more than 50 years. She was the first woman school bus driver for Worcester Central School, driving a bus for 20 years. Dottie was a 50-year member of the Worcester American Legion Auxiliary, a member of the Wanderers

Car Club and the Worcester Board of Elections.

She is survived by her husband, Joseph Marsh of Worcester; children, Joseph Marsh of Worcester and Cheryl Marsh of Orlando, Florida; grandchildren, Samantha, Alexis, Joseph and Logan; sister, Mary Reiling of New Jersey; nieces and nephews, Tonya, Sondra, Gregory, Stanley, Michelle and Michael; great-nieces and nephews, Brianna, Evan, Bradley, Jennifer, Julie, Jake, Stanley Jr., Heather and Richard Jr.; as well as five great-great-nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her sister, Helen Kapulka.

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day, April 19, at the Heller & Skinner Funeral Home, 155 Main St., Worcester.

A priest Dorothy from Holy Marsh Trinity Monastery in Jordanville will officiate.

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Cynthia Mary Preston, 86; Drove For Meals On Wheels ONEONTA - Cynthia Mary Preston, 86, who delivered for Meals on Wheels, died Sunday, April 15, 2018.

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OBITUARIES William G. Ronk, 71, Hartwick; Retired Major Led Cooperstown Vet Post HARTWICK – William G. Ronk, a U.S. Army Reserves major (ret.) and past commander of the Cooperstown veterans’ post, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning, April 12, 2018, at his daughter’s home in Hartwick. He was 71.

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After attending Clintondale and Triboro schools and graduating from Highland High School, he studied nursing at the Hudson River State Hospital School of Nursing and eventually became a registered nurse.

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his country in the Army Medical Department.

He transferred into the Reserves in 1970, ultimately William earning Ronk the rank of major when he received his honorable discharge.

For many years Bill was a certified RN anesthetist, and last worked for Upstate Medical University Gastroenterology in Syracuse.

He was a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and the state Association of Nurse Anesthetists. He was a life member of the Reserve Officers Association and was a past vice commander, commander and adjutant of the Clark F. Simmons American Legion Post No. 579 in Cooperstown. He had been a member of the Cooperstown Fire Department and Highland Grange 888.

He is survived by his former wife, Kathryn Ronk of Cooperstown and his current wife, Patricia Conlon Ronk of Deer Park; four children, Jennifer Kehoe and husband, Jason of Hartwick, Amy Lynn Ronk and Richard O’Hara of Norwich, Katie Petreszyn and husband CJ of California and Ryan Ronk of Rochester; eight grandchildren Broc Gilbert, Haley and Natalie Kehoe, Aiden and Zachary O’Hara, Luka Petreszyn, and Layla and Piper Zylinsky; two sisters, Barbara Jane Burdine of Orchard Park and Beverly Briggs of Pleasant Valley; a brother, Leonard Ronk and wife Arlene of Gastonia, North Carolina; a niece, Amanda Burdine; and a nephew, Brian Briggs.

He was predeceased by his and mother, and a niece, Diana M. Burdine.

The Office of the Burial of the Dead with Holy Eucharist was offered Wednesday, April 18 at Christ Church, Cooperstown, with Rev’d Dane E. Boston, Rector officiating.

He will be laid to rest with his father in Modena Rural Cemetery.

Derlene Peplinski, 84, Bowerstown

COOPERSTOWN – Derelene (Dolly) H. Peplinski, 84, of Bowerstown, passed on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Phoenix, Az. Arrangements are pending.

William Coveny, 69; Classic-Car Buff SPRINGFIELD – William M Coveny, 69, a classic-car buff who spent his working years with the Town of Springfield highway department, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018 at his home.

He was born at Little Falls Hospital on April 3, 1949, the son of Timothy and Dolores Coveny.

On May 4, 1968, he married Beatrice Virginia Cook in the Blessed Sacrament in Springfield Center. He spent 32 years with the love of his life prior to her pass-

ing on May 1, 2000.

He spent 30 years working for the Town of Springfield Highway Department, retiring in 2015. After his retirement, he enjoyed spending time working on his classic cars and showing them at local car shows and cruise-ins.

He is survived by two sons, William M Coveny Jr. and wife April of Salt Springville, and Daniel Coveny and wife Stacy of East Springfield; four grandchildren; three sisters Kathy David and husband Stew

of Springfield Center, and Laurie Coveny, and Deedy Herman and husband Larry, all of Chicago; two brothers, Timothy Coveny and wife Noreen of Richfield Springs, and Butch and Helen Brown of East Dover, Vt., and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral was held Wednesday, April 18.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mr. Coveny’s name may be made to the Catskill Area Hospice.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home.

Madaline Skramko, 88; Vets Club Treasurer for Two Decades SPRINGFIELD CENTER - Madaline Ruth Skramko, 88, a military wife who served as the treasurer of the Richfield Springs Veterans Club for 20 years died Friday, April 13, 2018.

She was born on March 28, 1930, in Richfield Springs, daughter of the late Wesley and Colista Loomis Stickles.

On May 1, 1951, she was united in marriage to John P. Skramko in Saint Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Herkimer.

She is survived by her

son, John P. Skramko Jr. with his wife, Donna and their children, Sean, Kyle and Lauren of Garden City; her two daughters, Cheri Skramko of Springfield with her children, Melissa, Michael and Ashley; daughter, Lori Fox of Hartwick and her children, Amanda, Samantha and Martin. She is also survived by nine great-grandchildren; along with numerous nieces and nephews. She also leaves three sisters, Barbara Ferguson and husband, Donald, Donna Murdock, all of

Richfield Springs and Jean Treen and husband, Fred of Ilion.

Besides her parents; and husband, John, she was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Hannahs; and sister, Gertrude Dinger.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 19 at Saint Joseph the Worker RC Church, Richfield Springs, with Father Silvaster Sarihaddula officiating. Interment in Springfield Center Cemetery will be announced later this spring.

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“Fashion changes so quickly, it’s disposable,” said Palmer. “By doing a swap, you get something that’s new to you and you keep fabric out of the landfill.”

Palmer, a native of Cherry Valley, learned about clothing swaps while living in San Francisco. “They were very common,” she said.

“When I moved here, I started doing them with my friends.”

Previously, she organized a large-scale clothing swap at the Community Center in Hartwick. It was successful, and she set up a “Really Really Free Market” in the Hartwick hamlet gazebo, expanding the swap to household goods, toys, books and even services, such as garden help or babysitting.

At the Earth Fest, Palmer and 15 volunteers will sort the clothes by size and gender to make for easier shopping. “We always have so much left over, so take as much as you want!” she said. “It’s a great way to get creative with your fashion.”

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“Maybe you love the color or the pattern or the feel of the fabric,” said Palmer. “Why not make it into a bag or something else you can use?”

The Clothing Swap will be one of many activities at the Earth Festival, which will also include a Recycled Fashion show, a yoga class, a pre-festival bird walk and recycling of many household goods, including plastics, paper shredding and more. Also new this year is a free screening of “Landfill Harmonic,” an inspiring,

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