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project proposed by Rehabilitation Support Services. We “are seeking a full investigation of the financial dealings of (RSS), who have submitted funding applications to several state agencies,” the letter read. “We feel that because of the super-inflated costs of this project, historical evidence points to a project filled with Please See RSS, A7

im Mead, 61, who has spent his 40-year MLB career with the Los Angeles Angels, will be the next Baseball Hall of Fame president, chairman Jane Forbes Clark announced Tuesday, April 30. For the past 22 years, he has been the team’s vice president/ communications. He will succeed Jeff Idelson, who plans to retire after this year’s Induction on July 21.

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Representing the rest of the Susquehanna SPCA residents, Baby can’t restrain her excitement as Staffworks President Anita Vitullo, left, announces she will match donations to the $2 million “Shelter Us” fund drive dollar for dollar up to $250,000. Board member Merilyn Gould, there with fellow board member (and husband) Peter, couldn’t quite get Baby to settle down.

FIRST UM MARKS 30 ANNIVERSARY

► THE COOPERSTOWN YOUTH Baseball season began Monday, April 29, with a parade down Main Street. ► HAZMAT TEAMS were at Mirabito’s at Chestnut and West Beaver Saturday, April 27, only to discovered trained staff had By JENNIFER HILL mopped up a gasoline spill. ► 450 STUDENTS from around the state competed ONEONTA at New York History Day at The Farmers’ Museum.

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t will be a bittersweet celebration. On Sunday, May 5, Oneonta’s First United Methodist Church will celebrate its 30th anniversary as a “Reconciling Con-

‘Philo Vance’ Born There, Now House May Be Razed By LIBBY CUDMORE

gregation,” sanctioning same-sex weddings ONEONTA and gay clergy. But the milestone comes right as the idden behind a row United Methodist Church’s Judicial Council, of overgrown trees the church’s legal arm, has agreed April 26 on River Street is a to mostly uphold a “Traditional Plan” apliterary legacy. proved by the church’s General Conference As S.S. Van Dine, Willard Feb. 26 in St. Louis, which banned sameHuntington Wright (1888Please See GAY BAN, B6

1939), wrote 12 novels starring dandy detective Philo Vance – and Bob Brzozowski, Greater Oneonta Historical Society executive director, believes that they were written here. “We know his novel ‘The Man of Promise’ (1916) was partially written in the Please See HOUSE, B6

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ack Lambert, recently named the Upstate Sportswriters ‘Player of the Year.’ will be one of five students signing with NCAA during a celebratory signing day for students Lambert heading off to college sports careers at 3:15 p.m. Friday, May 3 at the Cooperstown High School library. Lambert, co-captain of the school’s first-ever Class C state championship basketball team, will attend the Division III University of Scranton. Other honorees, all headed to Division III teams, are • Baileigh Behan, SUNY Cobleskill soccer • Delilah Griger, SUNY New Paltz swimming • Delaney Holohan, Clarkson University soccer; •Taylor Keane, Elmira College soccer • Kyle Santello, Gallaudet University soccer.

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The Cooperstown Youth Baseball parade, delayed from Saturday (as was Oneonta Little League parade) by snow flurries, marched from Coopers Park down Main Street Monday afternoon into the 2019 season, which is played at the CYB field in Hartwick. Carrying the banner is girls softball team coaches Bud Lippitt and George Crippen, From left are Jensen Merwin, Mia Kaltenbach, Charlotte Campbell, Emmy Lippitt, Alexis Wolfe, Isabella Reich, Hailey Michaely, and Brenna Seamon.

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AVASATTHI PRAISED: Rima Avasatthi, Milford , received the Two Years of solar-powered radio receiver Service award, presented by in order to help Sonset’s Wilkes University Student ministry partners play an Government, during a lunaudio version of the Bible, cheon on April 25. a feature that Bolin added. Every year, Sonset Solutions ·· equips more than 100 different ministries worldwide with tools, and support services that will help make their work more effective.

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D’oh, Homer, You Got It Wrong. Comeback Coming

f you had driven That evening you from Cooperstown to may have watched “The Franklin late Sunday Simpsons”, where Homer afternoon, you would Simpson, inducted into the have been greeted by one Baseball Hall of Fame two lovely scene after years ago with ►SEE CLIP of another. laughter and great Homer Simpson’s frivolity, savaged The sun had “Upstate New broken through. Upstate New York” at” The brilliant York. (See text, ALLOTSEGO.COM facing page) light green trees promised the How could leaves that may be out Homer get it so wrong? by the time you read The “D’oh Canada” this, contrasting with the episode has Homer ripping solemn evergreens. That apart the Empire (Up)State panorama from the top on a road trip to Niagara of that back road leading Falls. “Along the way,” from Otego’s I-88 exit into reporter Geoff Herbert Franklin was never more recounted on nyup.com, sensational. “Homer and Bart cheered Homer treats a state trooper to hot wings, a New York It felt great be alive, and as they drove past sad delicacy that originated in Buffalo’s Anchor Bar. to be in Upstate New York. scenes, including •

crumbling infrastructure and closed stores like Circuit City and Toys R Us.” Daughter Lisa asks, “How can you ‘booyah’ this country’s decline?” Dad Homer replies, “Cheer up, honey. We’re headed to the one place that can never decline: Upstate New York.” Herbert continues: “Homer then sings a parody of Frank Sinatra’s famous ‘New York, New York’ as they drive by scenes including an empty Buffalo Bills stadium, Utica’s declining population, Rochester’s Kodak plant killed by smartphone cameras, and even

Syracuse University’s Otto the Orange dancing with opioids, lottery tickets and the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics mascot.” • One of the problems of success – and New York was arguably the most successful state in the nation for 200 years – is there’s too much to lose in abandoning the status quo. In canals, railroads, steel, textiles, dairy farming, and so many other sectors, The Empire State was king. Or rather, emperor. As has been noted here before, air-conditioning Please See HOMER, A5

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WSKG Listened: Classical Back To the Editor: Here at WSKG, we value your patience as we transitioned our radio stations in February. Since the switch we have heard from many of you about your listening preferences and desires. When we made the programming switch, 105.9 in Cooperstown remained WSKG News programming, with the understanding that was not necessarily a final decision. WSKG’s 91.7 FM, Oneonta, changed from classical music to an all-talk format. We wanted to hear your opinions. A survey before our programming changes showed members in Cooperstown preferred news programming 2 to 1 over music. Another survey after the switch shows members evenly split between news and music. We know that because of the nature of broadcasting, there will always be listeners in Cooperstown unhappy with either decision. So, to reflect the intensely musical nature of the

Cooperstown community, WSKG began broadcasting WSKG Classical Music (WSQX) on 105.9 at noon on Thursday, April 18. WSKG News will still be available via streaming at wskg.org, through our mobile App (https://wskg. org/uncategorized/wskgapp/) and through “smart” speakers like Amazon’s Alexa device. Many parts of Cooperstown can also receive WSKG News on 91.7 from Oneonta. Cooperstown is the ONLY location where WSKG can switch the radio programming on our stations. To be clear, it cannot be switched throughout the day or different days. It has to be one station or the other permanently. Our listeners spoke out. We listened. Your continuing support is vital to WSKG Classical being a part of the Cooperstown community. GREG CATLIN President & CEO WSKG, Binghamton

As We Toil, Thanks For Nothing, Homer To the Editor: Regarding the ongoing New York Times articles about people moving up to the Hudson Valley and the Catskills: It cannot not come soon enough for me. I have driven back and forth through those areas for 50 years and I have seen the decline and loss of people and interest. It has gone from not being able to pass cars on the road in the 1970s, to being the only car on the road today. There are not enough people on the roads of Upstate New York, in many places, to keep a coffee shop open. It will be a while before they get up our way, but I support every effort to encourage them to come. These new people are critical to bring money, ideas, contacts, children and life back to Upstate New York. Our fields are turning back to forests, our residents are getting older, historic old homes are collapsing, schools are being closed, the economy is hollowing out. Upstate New York has some of our country’s best land, fresh air and clean water. For many reasons, I believe that Upstate New York will rise again. The second home buyers are an

We need to make a concerted effort to promote the entire, understandable, package of Otsego County (not unrelated bits and pieces) to the New York metropolitan area. That is where the young people, the ambition, the entrepreneurs, the existing small businesses, the money, the contacts, and the need for of a life of one’s own, is located. JAMES R. DEAN Cooperstown • Editor’s Note: After Homer Simpson’s criticisms (see editorial), Mr. Dean sent this addendum: OK, so the Upstate New York sell just got harder. Is it an honest cartoon or is it a The Freeman’s Journal political hit job? Jane Forbes Clark and Homer Either way, we still need to turn Simpson cut the ribbon on the our fortunes around by repackaging “Homer at the Bat” exhibit on May 27, 2017, after the cartoon what we have to offer and sell it, in character’s induction into the an organized and sustained way, to Hall of Fame. the outside world. There is no alternative. important part of that process as they We either, collectively, take the hopefully will transition to full-time reality of our situation very seriously, homeowners. and invest collectively to create a We should be very thankful for demand for Otsego County, or we all of the assets that we have in can just turn out the lights and keep Otsego County that will allow us replaying the cartoon. to be a major player in the rebirth of “You cannot save the world, so save Upstate New York. yourself” – Ram Dass

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development. The city has a 2014 document that the Greater Oneonta Economic Development Council worked on. GO-EDC enlisted the support of Cornell University’s student graduate program (Design Connect Cornell). They spent a year and a half developing a railyard redevelopment project. Why wasn’t the work submitted by GO-EDC given a chance? Thousands in taxpayer

money now has been spent on a flawed generic environmental impact statement (GEIS), not to mention the deal that allowed the County of Otsego IDA (aka Otsego Now) to use $250,000 in taxpayer money for an 80+ acre parcel within the railyards. Originally owned by the Oneonta River Corp., the property paid in taxes (county, city, library and school). Now, unless the property is developed

(minus any IDA tax break deals), no taxes will be paid. Where is the social justice and shared sacrifice? Herzig says some of us who have submitted comments and concerns “are economically secure, by comparison, telling those who need jobs they can’t have them.” Is being retired and living on fixed income economically secure? The mayor is politicizing the situation, failing to

engage with the residents about key issues that would impact our neighborhoods. Jobs and tax relief are what we need, not more of our tax money being wasted on studies and taking more property off the tax rolls. Oneonta residents deserve better. We deserve our area to be kept clean, safe and protected, just like folks up Cooperstown way. ART RORICK Resident, Fifth Ward Oneonta

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ay is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and with the number of reported cases in New York rising each year, it is important to arm yourself and your family with the tools to avoid the disease when possible, and detect and treat when necessary. Lyme disease is an infection, caused by bacteria, that is spread by the bite of an infected blacklegged tick. Lyme disease can affect the skin, joints, nervous system and/or heart. When detected early, it usually can be treated with oral antibiotics. If left untreated, it often causes serious health problems.

According to reports by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), New York State has the third highest number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the country, trailing STATE SEN. only our neighbors in Pennsylvania JIM SEWARD and New Jersey. While this problem has historically been concentrated on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, the state Department of Health

reports that it is quickly migrating to other counties across New York. Not all ticks carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease; they become infected after feeding on infected animals such as mice or other small mammals. Transmission times for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases vary, and the sooner a tick is removed, the lower the risk of infection. Always check for ticks after spending time outdoors. You cannot get Lyme disease from another person or an infected animal. Ticks can be active all months of the year when temperatures are above freezing. However, most tick Please See SEWARD, A6

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200 YEARS AGO

Died at Westport, Massachusetts Peleg Tripp, a young man of about 20 years of age. Having with a number of his associates, spent most of the preceding day in idleness and drinking, towards evening one of the company offered to pay for it if he would drink off a tumbler of strong spirits containing half a pint or more. He immediately swallowed the contents and was soon wholly senseless. Medical aid was exerted in vain and he expired early the next morning, a victim to the degrading vice of intemperance! – And, we hope, an awful warning to others. May 3, 1819

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up all hope that Simmons is alive.” The letter states that Simmons was sent on a difficult mission with other soldiers on November 1, ten days from the end of the war, and that only the First Sergeant of the detail returned. The belief is that Simmons was either killed by the withering Hun machine gun fire, taken prisoner, or wounded severely, and is now in a German or American hospital. Clarke Simmons was one of the most dependable men in the company. When shot he was well ahead of the First Army advance line. His task was nigh impossible but he never flinched. April 30, 1919

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The Honorable Frank J. Loesch, a prominent summer resident of Cooperstown, is quoted in a recent interview with Gene Morgan, a Chicago newspaperman. Loesch, the former head of the Chicago Crime Commission, is now 92 years old. “There is much idealism among the younger generation of political leaders, some of whom find time to consult with me,” said Mr. Loesch. “The worst problem I see in the offing is the wartime threat to the integrity of the family and the proper raising of our children. The fact that so many mothers are much of the time away, with fathers also fully employed, or in the armed forces, leaves us a generation of uncontrolled children, and fast-spreading juvenile delinquency. This situation seems to have gotten beyond the control of the courts. The welfare of the child requires the maintenance of the home and the responsibility of the mother.” May 3, 1944

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School Libraries – 1844: H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown, beg to state that they have added in their large selection of approved Books for School Districts, many new and interesting works not before offered, among which are the following of their own publication: Jowen’s “Scientific Dialogues with 185 wood cuts” – a most valuable and interesting book for the young, the principles of Philos being made familiar by dialogues of a father with his family, after the plan of Edgeworth. Full instructive illustrations and experiments are presented in Mechanics, Astronomy, Hydrosintics, Pneumanics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism, etc. “The Character and Manner of the Chinese in the history of their intercourse with foreigners , by Jacob Abbott, to which is added an account of the late war between China and England with 20 illustrations of Chinese characters in costume. May 6, 1844

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Advertisement – Young Goldfinder is Five Years Old and was sired by Goldfinder of Delaware County, an excellent farm and road horse. His dam a cross of the Morgan and Messenger stock. He is a dark bay, of excellent style and action, great strength and weighs upwards of 1,200 pounds. He is 16 hands high. Will be kept at the farm of the subscriber on the road leading from Cooperstown to Westville, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and on Saturdays at Peck’s Hotel, Cooperstown, for the service of a few selected mares. This horse took the first premium in his class in 1867 and 1868 at the Otsego County Fairs. Terms: $10 to insure. Season to commence May 1. Service money due March 1, 1870. E.W. Reynolds. April 30, 1869

125 YEARS AGO

Hops – There has been more life in the local hop market during the past week, and our village dealers have purchased about 400 bales at prices ranging from 13 to 15 cents for good to prime hops; choice shippers would command a little more. The weather has been rather favorable for the growth of the hop vine and it has obtained a fair

50 YEARS AGO

Henry J. Phillips of Cooperstown was elected president of the Cooperstown Parent-Teachers Association at the meeting on April 23. Other officers include William H. Hermann, vice-president, Mrs. Raymond E. Bowden, secretary, and Mrs. Robert Taylor, treasurer. Mrs. Donald O. Pollock, Mrs. Gus P. Chiarello, Dr. Edward F. Whalen, and Mrs. May 1, 2009 Francis M. Reynolds were named as members-at-large to the executive board. Mr. Phillips announced that if the acts of vandalism in the village do not stop, village authorities start. As is always the case, some old yards are not lookmay impose a curfew. Mrs. Robert W. Mackie, outgoing ing well, but more acres will be poled in the hops district president, read a letter of thanks from the CCS Faculty Asof the State than ever before. To a subscriber who writes to sociation for the double silver tea service presented to the inquire: “Do you expect any boom in 1893 hops, later in school by the PTA. the season?” we answer thus publicly: “We do not. NothApril 30, 1969 ing short of an evident failure of the growing crop here and abroad could start a genuine boom in hops.” May 3, 1894 The Cooperstown boys and girls track and field teams were in action this week and came away with a sweep of The Fate of Clarke Simmons – What is believed to be the Waterville. “We did pretty good against Waterville,” said Cooperstown girls coach Connie Herzig. “The most notemost direct word of the fate or whereabouts of Clarke Simworthy performance of the day was probably by Renee mons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simmons, who was listed Welch, who ran the 3,000 for the first time and won.” as missing has been received by Miss Maude Simmons, Welch finished in 11:57. his sister, in a letter from Captain Henry Warren of Albany. May 3, 1994 In this letter Captain Warren declares he “would not give

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For Now, Gas Necessary, But Before Long, Goodnight Irene

Doing The Numbers On Universal Basic Income

s the economic insecurity of a is about $4 trillion/year, including large segment of the country $700 billion for the military, while continues without relief (debts, total annual U.S. corporate profit is taxes, low wages, health costs, educaabout $2 trillion/year in an economy of tion costs, etc.), some big new ideas about $21 trillion. (like the Green New Deal) are getting The total net financial assets of attention. American households, according to In my last column, I the Federal Reserve, are examined one of these big much greater than that. They new ideas: the proposal for a add up to about $70 trillion. universal basic income (UBI) What are net financial assets? put forth by presidential They include stocks, bonds, candidate Andrew Yang, who funds and other financial proposes to give every US instruments. That’s where the citizen over 18 years of age money is. $1,000 a month. He calls it The major asset for most the Freedom Dividend. Americans is their home. Yang argues that automaNet financial assets don’t ADRIAN tion and robotics are relentinclude your personal lessly eliminating wage-labor KUZMINSKI property (your home, jobs, hence the need for a vehicles, furnishings, art, UBI. He may be right. I specuetc.); nor the debts you owe. lated that a UBI might be paid out of Exempting personal property from corporate profits, but it turns out that a net financial asset tax protects the that’s not where the money is. major assets of most people, and shifts FOR THE RECORD • the tax burden to those holding mostly To see how it can be funded, let’s do financial assets. some math: If that $70 trillion of net financial ogether we can punish the present The current adult (18 plus) populaassets were to be spread equally among tion of the U.S. is about 250 million 250 million adult Americans, each of for the past.” people. Giving $12,000/year to each us would own a piece of the nation’s TOM MORGAN, on the New York Yankees’ banning financial pie worth $280,000. Kate Smith’s “God Bless America.”/See A6 person would cost about $3 trillion. To put that in context, the federal budget • To the Editor: Have followed the local fossil fuel v. renewables debate from afar and would like to suggest that there may be more compatibility between the two than either side is willing to admit. What the fossil-fuel junkies fail to understand is that the source of that gas is literally the bottom of the hydrocarbon barrel, the source rock. When it taps out, it’s Goodnight Irene. Wish your grandkids good luck in all their future endeavors. Because of its environmental impacts and limited life expectancy, gas should never be used as a primary

source of energy – it should be kept for peaking uses – when the wind don’t blow and the sun don’t shine. What the renewable fans may not appreciate is that using natural gas is a viable way to generate heat or electricity to supplement renewable sources. So they are complementary and should be used and discussed as such. We will be coming back to town soon and we’d really appreciate it if you would get this rancorous matter sorted out so that we can all get on to another rancorous debate. Won’t that be jolly ? CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown

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But the pie is in fact not equally divided. Presently financial asset distribution across the population shows that 22 percent of the population has financial assets greater than $280,000, and 78 percent has fewer or no assets Please See KUZMINSKI, A6

Homer, You Should Know: NY Is The Once And Future Empire State HOMER/From A1 developed in Syracuse opened the Southwest to development. After the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the non-union South became much more inviting. New York State’s development industry, labor unions and governmental infrastructure, were expensive. Jobs – and employees – left in droves. Take Homer’s cruel digs at Rochester: Kodak was a marvel of the world, but iPhones replaced film. Xerox was replaced by attachments to emails with

multiple addresses. With globalization, Bausch & Lomb was bought by a Canadian, and the soft-lens maker moved to Laval, Que. With USA Today, Gannett repositioned itself as a national newspaper company, and moved headquarters to the D.C. suburbs. That’s an awful lot of reinvention, and it’s going to take a while (but not forever). • But wait a minute. Sometimes you have to get pretty low before you embrace something really new, and that happened when

Albany embraced nanotechnology, the miniaturizing of everything, in medicine, electronics, food, batteries, the list goes on and on. High-tech prosperity has spread up the Hudson Valley from Wappinger’s Falls, to Saratoga, reviving Kingston, Hudson, Troy and blessed Saratoga. Support for Nano began during the Mario Cuomo Administration at places like Clarkson University, and was maintained through Republican Pataki and Democrats Spitzer and Paterson through Cuomo II.

►HOMER SIMPSON’S ‘UPSTATE NY’ (apologies to Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’)

tart watching Fox News, Stop watching your weight There is no fancy part of it Upstate New York They’re fond of their booze Hot wing sauce is great I’m going to clog my heart in it Upstate New York • I want to sleep in, in a city That never wakes

And find I’m fitting right in One of the gang Par for the course The Kodak plant closed But I’m longing to stay And go on disability In Upstate New York Can’t make it anywhere But I can make it there I love you so Upstate New York • Benedict Arnold fought here, baby!”

It – and other good stuff – is going to happen everywhere else Upstate, too. There is too much money, brainpower and love of our great state for it not to. It’s just going to take a little longer. Meanwhile, who doesn’t love Buffalo hot wings? And for the next six months, we’ll be living in the most beautiful place on earth. (And many of us are entranced even more by winter’s harsh beauty. Just dress for it!) D’oh, Homer, you got it wrong, pal.

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If Path To Renewable Is Wrong, So What? It Won’t Do Any Harm To the Editor: Mr. Downey and Mr. Zagata, apparent experts in fracked gas, and I (pro-renewable) will not be here in 50 years to say to one another, “I told you so”. Therefore it makes sense for us to ensure there is a future that includes four changes of season per year for posterity and for wildlife in Otsego County. While both Downey and Zagata tout gas, and recently attempted to show negatives of renewables, neither made an attempt to paint a true picture of their buddy down in Pennsylvania, fracked gas. There are well over 500 new “fracking ponds” scattered across northern and western Pennsylvania. Looking like a bad case of acne on a clear face, they

are illustrated on easy to obtain maps. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) does not keep a list of where these ponds are. I wonder if that is by design or due to a lack of oversight staff? Many ponds contain chemical waste. While it appears that these “ponds” are eventually “cleaned up,” there are no signs telling wildlife which ponds to avoid. If you were around for the acid rain issues in the 1970s and 1980s, you know how hard it is for wildlife to tell us there is an issue, other than laying belly up. It can also be difficult to pinpoint the culprit – in the acid rain case, it was soot from coalburning smoke stacks in the indus-

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Tom Pullyblank, Catholic Charities director of mediation services, describes setting up chairs in a circle to help discussions flow more openly during “A User’s Guide to Democracy” Saturday, April 27, at Springbrook’s Family Center, sponsored by Cooperstown and Oneonta’s League of Women Voters. Participants included Laura Ladd Bierman, right, state League executive director.

trial Midwest that was impacting the lakes of the Adirondacks. No one can claim to have a crystal ball that will tell him/her that the geology of Pennsylvania is permanently stable for eons to come, and therefore, that it is safe to frack in Pennsylvania. Remember Pangea from Earth Science? Things move! Surprise! There are indications of apparent health-related issues being reported already, less than a decade into fracking. How about a neighbor to a fracking site who decides he/she wants/needs to put in a new water well. Will they hit clean water or contaminated water? Will the well have to be monitored permanently to be on the safe side? Who picks up the cost

long after the frackers are gone? Why would anyone in Otsego County, New York want us to contribute to Pennsylvania’s developing geological nightmare by buying in? Solar and wind are currently at a levelized cost equal to if not better than that of electricity from natural gas fired power plants. Geothermal as indicated by Jay Egg appears ripe to give gas a run for the money as a heat source. You want jobs? Well let’s consider laying geothermal pipe! The secret issue with natural and fracked gas that no Democrat, Republican or gas-industry representative wants to talk about is methane. Based on an MIT study done almost 10 years ago, all that is

needed is a 3 percent loss of natural gas anywhere along the pipe (the frack well, frack site, CNG truck, decompressor station, destination site) and then natural gas is worse than coal for the environment. All this because of the impact a small amount of escaping methane has in the air. We have two paths we can choose from that I am aware of. Gas will keep us toasty warm for years, but if gas climate deniers are wrong, they leave us no “out.” And you always want an “out” or “mulligan.” If the renewable path is taken and climate scientists are wrong, well, we then happily take our mulligan and life goes on. PAUL AGOGLIA Oneonta

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To the Editor: At its April meeting, the Board of Directors at Opportunities for Otsego resolved to support local, state and national efforts to ensure every resident in Otsego County is counted in the 2020 decennial census. A complete decennial census count is critical to communities as collected data determines federal, state and local political representation and the allocation of public and private resources for a decade. An incomplete census count jeopardizes the fair distribution of over $800 billion in annual federal funding to support public

education, transportation infrastructure, economic development, housing, community healthcare, emergency services and public programs provided by Opportunities for Otsego. A major focus of the 2020 Census complete count campaign is to boost participation in areas identified as Hard to Count. In Otsego County, those areas are census tract 5911, which include the Sixth Ward and parts of the Fifth and Eighth wards in the City of Oneonta, and tract 5913, which encompasses SUNY Oneonta. Additional communities of interest due to low mail-in return rates

are the Town of Oneonta, the Town of Hartwick, Milford Center, the MorrisGilbertsville area, and Westford-Decatur area. For the first time the Census Bureau will be urging households to submit their 2020 census responses online. Through their efforts, Opportunities for Otsego intends to devise strategies to address this barrier for the 21 percent of Otsego County households who have no internet access and low-income families who cannot afford high speed internet. With the support of our Board of Directors, we will work with our community

KUZMINSKI: Only Net-Worth Tax Could Float Yang’s UBI KUZMINSKI/From A5 at all. That’s one way to distinguish the haves from the have-nots. Net financial assets, in short, may be the only pool of wealth deep enough to fund something as big as a UBI. To produce the $3 trillion dollars needed to fund Yang’s UBI, you’d have to tax the $70 trillion of net financial assets at a rate of 4.3 percent. Everyone would pay the same rate on the value of their net financial assets. But since every adult would also be receiving $12,000 UBI/year, only those with financial assets over $280,000 would actually pay the tax. Actual taxpayers would be the 22 percent of the population with net financial assets over $280,000. The vast majority – 78 percent of the population – would receive more in UBI payments than they would pay in a net financial assets tax.

• Some examples: If I had, say, $100,000 in taxable net financial assets, I would have a $4,300 tax bill (at a 4.3 percent rate), but I would also have a UBI of $12,000, a gain of $7,700. If I have taxable net financial assets of $280,000, the UBI and the tax would both be the same at $12,000. And if I had, say, $500,000 in taxable net financial assets, I would have a tax bill of $21,000; but I would still have the offsetting UBI of $12,000, trimming my actual tax to $9,000. In short, if you tax financial assets, it looks like there’s plenty of money to fund the UBI. Let’s consider some of the pros and cons. Funding a UBI with a net asset tax has the advantage of not being inflationary. By redistributing existing wealth, it avoids the need to print money. It also avoids cuts in social programs

which fall disproportionately on lower-income individuals. And, as a simple redistribution system, it requires little bureaucracy. • Although Yang’s UBI is designed to make up for the long term erosion of jobs, giving out $12,000/ year – combined with continued low-income supplements like welfare, food stamps, etc. – might lead to labor shortages, especially for low-paying jobs. A lower UBI – say $6,000/year – might be less disruptive of important service jobs. Perhaps the most visceral criticism of UBI is the widely felt moral reaction that money should be earned by hard work, not just redistributed with no strings attached. But, if Yang is right, some form of UBI may be in our future as jobs disappear. Are holders of large financial assets – the 22

SEWARD: Democrats Killed Lyme Funding SEWARD/From A4 encounters occur from April through November. Their preferred habitats are wooded areas and adjacent grasslands. Lawns and gardens at the edges of woods may also be home to blacklegged ticks. Ticks may feed on wild animals such as mice, deer, birds and raccoons, but domestic animals such as cats, dogs and horses can also carry the ticks closer to home. I have worked to enact several new laws in New York State to improve our response to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. We have also taken steps to upgrade education efforts and enhance efficiency when it comes to treatment and reporting measures. Last year several measures I co-sponsored were signed into law, including: • Senate bill 7171, requiring the state to study the effect Lyme and tick-borne diseases have on mental health; • Senate bill 7170, establishing an expertbased Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group to review current best practices for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Lyme and TBDs; • Senate bill 7242, requiring Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs at all statemanaged parks, including trail entryways and campgrounds. Another bill that I have co-sponsored would serve as a major step forward for treatment of Lyme. The legislation would create specific protocol to notify individuals

of their diagnoses related to Lyme and other TBDs. The bill would require the commissioner of health to work with health care providers to develop a standard protocol and patient notification for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and TBDs. In discussing this issue with individuals who have contracted Lyme and doctors alike, it is clear that diagnosis and treatment plans vary greatly. We need to develop a uniform health care strategy that will increase positive outcomes so people aren’t left guessing if they are infected or if they will be left to struggle with a debilitating disease for the rest of their lives. I have also helped secure state funding to combat Lyme. Last year, a record $1 million was included in the state budget for research, education and prevention efforts. Unfortunately, the new Senate majority failed to continue that commitment this year and the funding was not included in the new state budget – a major disappointment. Additional information regarding Lyme disease prevention, how to remove a tick, and symptoms is available through the state Department of Health website at www.health.ny.gov. By knowing the facts and taking precautions, you can enjoy the outdoors and avoid Lyme disease. James L. Seward, R-Milford, represents the 51st state Senate district, which includes Otsego and eight other counties.

percent – willing to share their assets to make it happen? No doubt most would resist. Yet, without such a controversial tax, the much needed redistribution of wealth, which the

UBI would promote, looks unlikely. Adrian Kuzminski, retired Hartwick College philosophy professor and Sustainable Otsego moderator, lives in Fly Creek.

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Neighbors Turn Criticism On RSS Generally, Not Just For Sixth Ward RSS/From A1 potential kickbacks, selfdealing, improper loans between nonprofits, some exorbitant expenses and a potentially improper relationship with a for-profit entity.” Seward forwarded the letter to state Attorney General Letitia James for her review. “Whenever there are public funds, there has to be accountability,” he said this week. “I’m open to making sure there is a full accounting of funds, from RSS or any agency.” These concerns arose during a meeting of the Neighbors on Thursday, April 25 when organizer Bill Shue, the former alderman, brought up the Comptroller’s fiscal oversight audit of the company’s 2014 finances. Among them, the Comptroller’s office found: • $16,872 for a half-day RSS Board retreat at Lake Placid, which included hotel nights for two days even though there was no meeting scheduled for the second day; and a cocktail hour, even though the Office of Mental Health specifically prohibits alcohol at events or events that are largely entertainment in nature. • $1,129 for flowers and plaques for individuals who spoke at RSS events or visited residences. • $319,777 for contracts not competitively bid. OMH requires that all contracts over $5,000 be competitively bid. • $35,477 for food for clients and staff. While purchasing food for clients is acceptable under the guidelines, purchasing food for staff is not. The report also said RSS should be assisting clients with locating support services, such as food pantries and emergency SNAP benefits. • $7,642 in gift cards listed as “holiday gifts”

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rather than for client assistance. The report recommended future gift cards to clients, which are susceptible to fraud, be better documented, including receipts showing that the card was used for its intended purpose. RSS responded to the allegations as “flawed” and “strongly disagreed” with several, but did agree to make some changes, including better documentation of gift cards. “We’re a multi-million agency,” RSS Managing Director Ed Botz said in an interview. “We’re audited on a regular basis. They find things and we make adjustments.” But Shue is concerned the $23 million RSS hopes to receive for the Sixth Ward project will not all be used for housing. “It’s 64 units, and if you divide $23 million by 64, that’s $359,375 per unit. I understand there are soft costs involved with building, but this is way above the national average for lowincome housing. It needs an investigation.” Botz said the cost is in line with other projects in Upstate. “It would be three times that in Manhattan,” he said.

But Shue believes it adds to the continuing mistrust of RSS’ plans to build an apartment complex in the Sixth Ward. RSS does have a presence in Oneonta already, overseeing Elmwood, The Oneonta Bagel Company and the Mountain View Wellness Center. Seward said he hasn’t heard of any issues with those projects. “My opposition is based on the fact that RSS hasn’t done the community outreach necessary of involving citizens,” the senator said. “A project this size needs community buy-in.” Botz said that community outreach, including a website, had been done. “We’ve had a lot of favorable support,” he said. “And we will continue to do outreach, but there are some people you can’t change their mind.”

Benefactress Will Match Every Dollar Donated To ‘Shelter Us’ Up To $250K Susquehanna SPCA raised more than MATCH/From A1 $75,000, winning $10,000 in matching Oct. 1, any grant given to us will be funds, plus the $10,000 Newcomer Award. matched. If you give $5, she’ll give $5, In all, the local SPCA garnered $95,949. and we get $10. And if we can generate “This is a woman who truly cares about $250,000 in donations, we get $500,000 making a difference,” said Haynes. towards our capital campaign.” “$250,000 is a lot of money,” said Vitullo. Donations can be made online, by mail or, ideally, in person. “We love when people “What would make me come and give it to this shelter? Last year, when I met Stacie, I was stop in to bring a donation and tell their immediately impressed with her energy.” stories,” said Haynes. “And then when they Vitullo founded the come visit in our new Community Foundation, building, they can see which supports the Save the difference their a Life campaign, in donation made.” 2005. “Since then, it has The new shelter will grown to $13 million have a surgical suite, in assets, and we have separate entrances for given away $2.3 million adoptions and surrento organizations that ders, and rooms where serve at-risk animals,” potential families can she said. meet and play with Only no-kill shelters animals to find the – shelters that do not kill best fit for their pet. for age or space – are The site, where eligible for Save a Life Judith Brown, CPA’s Funds. Last year, the former office and foundation supported 18 an adjacent home animal organizations, are located, has this year, Vitullo said, been purchased, and they will donate to 25. site preparations, “Stacie called and including demolition, asked us to support her,” could begin as early as she said. “We were so this summer. impressed with their “This new shelter spay and neuter program will be bigger not so we can take in The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA – when they got backed more animals, but SSPCA Executive Director Stacie up, Stacie called around to so we can increase Haynes hugs Staffworks President try and get these animals Anita Vitullo, who announced taken care of so they could efficiency and help a $250,000 matching gift to be adopted quicker.” more animals,” said “Shelter Us.” She also praised Haynes. “This way, Haynes’ response to the they have a decreased Garrattsville farm animal cruelty case. “You length of stay and can find homes faster.” don’t handle farm animals, but you called Haynes and Vitullo first met when the Springfarm Cares and now those goats and Susquehanna SPCA was selected as part of pigs live happily there. I applaud your vision Staffworks annual “Save a Life” campaign, and collaboration.” which raises money for shelters around the “This challenge is very special,” said state through the Holiday Season; Staffworks Haynes. “Anita is a role model and has matched $10,000 of all funds donated. pursued her passion for helping animals.” With the “Shelter Us” drive underway,

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Adrian and Antoinette Kuzminski stride across the underground loop of pipes, the basis of the geothermal system that heats their Fly Creek Valley home. Once installed, you don’t know it’s there.

Or, looking at it another way, at their home heating and cooling system. “We get our heat from the earth,” said Adrian. “We’ve had geothermal for more than five years.” Adrian examines the heat Inspired by pump in their basement. It his sister-in-law effect, it’s an electricalpowered refrigeration unit that in Virginia, the couple installed throws off heat in the winter and cool air in the summer. a horizontal geothermal ground is always 55 system in a square of that field about half the size of degrees,” she said. “In the winter, the water courses a football field. Eight feet underground, through and picks up some of that heat.” water mixed with a The water – now at 55 “veggie-grade” anti-freeze degrees – passes through is continuously pumped the home-heating system through a network of in the basement, which flexible plastic tubing. Please See HEATING, B3 “At that depth, the

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Ken Bender, right, and Dan Wigington have opened Ken’s Cafe on Oneonta’s Southside.

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sion, $2/cake walk. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960. FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Showing “Summer in the Cage”. Discrimination Matters film series. Open discussion to follow. Free, open to public. Light snacks available, or bring your own. Waterfront Room, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta. DANCE – 7:30-10:30 p.m. The Otsego Dance Society offers monthly contradance. Refreshments. Suggested donations: $8 adults. Presbyterian Church Chapel, Pioneer & Elm Sts., Cooperstown. 607-965-8232 CONCERT – 7:30 pm Catskill Choral Society Spring Concert, “An American Miscellany: 250 years of American Choral Music.” Reception w/light refreshments. Adv/At the door: Adults $19/$22, Under 12 Free. First United

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2 Otesaga Colleagues Offering ‘Comfort Food’ At New Oneonta Café COMFORT/From B1 Ken’s – Sabatini’s for years; most recently, Asian Temptation – has a menu replete with names of dishes that refer to the culinary influences during Bender’s 30 years of managing restaurants all over the country. The names should also appeal to his customers, 14,000 of whom will be coming soon from all over the country for the summer baseball camps. Examples are the appetizers Santa Cruz Brussel Sprouts (fried and tossed with apple and lemon aioli), Maui Coconut Shrimp, and Buffalo Chicken Poppers. Other Comfort Classics are Jambalaya, Texas Barbeque Tips and the Santa Barbara Garden Pasta, the latter a nod to Ken’s sister, who lives there. Ken did not take a direct path to the restaurant industry. He first tried law

school, but dropped out his second year, and joined Greenpeace in Boston in 1982. Greenpeace hardly seemed the place to learn about managing a business, but Ken said that’s exactly what happened. “We ultimately had to have employees and run it like a business,” he said. “I raised a lot of money for Greenpeace, and then we had to hire people, set up contracts, and pay them.” According to Ken’s resume, he raised over $100 million and hired and supervised managers overseeing 400+ employees as Greenpeace USA’s National Fundraising director in 1984-86. But Ken decided he would have a more financially lucrative career in the forprofit world, so he enrolled in Suffolk University’s MBA program. It was at that

find a job because of his “radical past” at Greenpeace. When Ken’s Steak House in Framingham, Mass., founded by Ken Hanna, who also created the multimillion dollar Ken’s Salad Dressing line, offered Ken Bender a business manager position in 1989, he accepted. Ken Bender became general manager after Hanna’s youngest son Timmy fired the oldest son, a time which Ken called “intense.” When the elder Hanna died in 1995, Bender and his wife opened their own restaurant, Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life the first Ken’s American Café Ken Bender named the wood-fired pizza oven in in Littleton, Mass., which his new restaurant in memory of his mom, Betty. they ran until 2004. That’s comfort, indeed. For the next 11 years, Ken oversaw different restaupoint that he put a toe in the first bartending job was at rants, from an Uno Chicago restaurant industry. the Trapp Family Lodge – of Grill and Applebee’s, to the “I had always wanted to “Sound of Music” fame – in legendary El Tovar lodge in bartend,” Ken said, “so I Stowe, Vt. the Grand Canyon, which he did it to help pay my busiAfter earning his MBA, called his “dream job.” In ness-school expenses.” His though, Ken struggled to 2015, he moved back to his

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hometown of Delhi to care for his elderly parents and joined The Otesaga. When the property at NY-28 was up for sale, Ken asked Dan if he wanted to join him in buying the property and opening a restaurant with him. “I always wanted to have my own restaurant, so when Ken asked me, I jumped at the opportunity,” said Dan, who is Ken’s co-owner and executive chef. In addition to comfort food appetizers, lunch, sandwiches and desserts, Ken’s American Café serves wood-fired pizza, baked in the new wood-fire oven, which Ken named “Betty” after his late mother. Ken’s American Café is located at 748 NY-28, Oneonta. It is open TuesdaySaturday, 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m., Sunday brunch, 10 a.m. 2 p.m., Sunday dinner, 2 - 7:30 p.m.

More Money Upfront, But Geothermal Said To Pay Off Longterm HEATING/From B1 compresses the water and releases that heat. “It’s like a fridge in reverse,” said Kuzminski. “In the summer, the water carries the warm temperatures out of the house.” Previously, the couple had been heating their home with two wood stoves. “We were using 16 face cords of wood every winter,” he said. “We also had an oil furnace that needed replacing, and that was going to be several thousand dollars.” They did the calculations and realized that although the cost of a geothermal system was around $30,000, a $10,000 rebate helped, and the system would pay for itself in 13 years. “It’s a lot easier to just turn up the thermostat than have to haul all that wood,” said Antoinette. The price has come down since they purchased the system, Adrian said, and

being underground, the system doesn’t include intrusive solar panels or windmills to disturb their view. The only downside, he said, is an increase in their electric bill in the winter. “It’s about an extra $100 on our bill,” he said. “But we were spending $800-$1,000 on wood every winter.” But even using more electricity, they’re still able to do so with an environmentalists’ conscience. “We’re on the electric co-op, and when we were considering this, we asked if it would mean burning more coal in order to run this eco-friendly system,” she said. “But the co-op buys hydropower from Niagara Falls.” A homeowner would still need a separate water heating system, but Leslie Orzetti, executive director, OCCA, said that a home solar system could provide that electricity. “It’s a great way to get off fossil fuels,” she said. “Geothermal is the most

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expensive system, but the advantage is that it does heating and cooling.” But the Kuzminskis aren’t the only ones using Mother Earth to heat and cool their home. Bennett Sandler, campaign director, HeatSmart Otsego, estimates that between 20-30 residen-

cies – including ones in the city of Oneonta – are using geothermal, as is Sidney Federal Credit Union and Revolution Solar in Middlefield. “They’re highly incentivized,” said Sandler. “There is a 30-percent tax credit, a $1,500 per ton rebate – most

systems are between four to six tons – and a National Grid rebate. It’s expensive up front, but it pays for itself in about five to 10 years.” To get a system installed, an energy audit must first be done on the house. “You have to have an assessment of a home’s energy needs,” said

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Antoinette. Once that is done and found to be sufficient, the system still runs between $20,000-$25,000 to install. “The technology to put it in is still very primitive,” said Adrian. “It’s clunky, like putting in a well.” Though the horizontal system takes up a considerable amount of space, Antoinette says that a vertical system can be installed under a driveway. Systems can also be installed in ponds. “The pond has to be at least 10 feet deep to put in a heat exchange,” said Sandler. “It can’t be a cattle pond.” The Kuzminskis’ system was installed by Aztech in Ballston Spa, part of their commitment to environmentally friendly living that includes an electric-hybrid car – charged at non-peak hours – and even a hot tub that runs on burning wood, rather than using up electricity. “It’s been a blessing,” said Adrian. “It’s all about quality of life”

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Suzanne E. Wart, 71; Farmer’s Wife Devoted To Large Family COOPERSTOWN – Suzanne E. Wart, 71, who farmed with her husband on Christian Hill Road, Town of Otsego, and raised five daughters there, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, surrounded by her family. Born Feb. 11, 1948, in Cooperstown, Suzanne was the only child of Corlis and Joyce (Coleman) Sharp. She grew up on Glen Avenue in the village literally across the street from the “old high school” from which she

graduated in the Class of 1966. She married Lowell Wart in the Fly Creek United Methodist Church on Aug. 17, 1968. She would often say that she had fallen in love with Lowell the first time she saw him unloading railroad cars on Railroad Avenue when she was just 14. A true “native and local” couple, they would go on to happily share more than 50 years of married life together on their Christian Hill Road farm.

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Suzanne and Lowell would have five girls, Katrina, Melissa, Jennifer, Laurel and Corlissa, all of whom continue to Suzanne live within Wart “walking distance” of the family farm. Suzanne relished being a mom and more recently a grandmother and great-grandmother. For her, nothing was more important than family. Never one to sit idle, she loved to garden (flowers and vegetables) knit, sew, crochet, study ancestry, read books of every genre, listen

to country music, Elvis and The Beatles, do jigsaw puzzles, have tea time with anyone who wished to join her and watch “Days of Our Lives” with Aunt Audrey. She was patient “to a fault” and could always find an enjoyable way to entertain herself and others. She loved life on the farm, so much so that she named and more remarkably remembered the name of virtually every single one of the family’s several hundred cows. Her love and kind nature were so pervasive that no one in the family or her ever expanding circle of friends could ever feel unloved by her. Indeed, her children will never forget her nurturing and unselfish nature or

their trips together, especially their Mother’s Day trips out to dinner. Suzanne worked for many years in the cafeteria at Cooperstown Elementary School, enjoyed every one of the children she met there and got to know them all by name. Again, her loving, kind and giving nature was infectious. Suzanne is survived by her husband, Lowell; her five daughters, Katrina Wart (Sean White), Melissa Rathbun (Scott), Jennifer Phillips (Randy), Laurel Wilsey (Frank) and Corlissa Card (Rickie); 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brothers-in-law, Hank Wart, Charlie Wart (Jill), and Everett Pashley

and sisters-in-law, Belle Ashline, Audrey Winnie and Lois Thayer; as well as by a long list of nieces and nephews, each of whom held a special place in her heart. A funeral was held Saturday, April 27, at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, with the Rev. Thomas LeBeau, pastor of the Cooperstown United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the family graveyard on the family’s farm. For those who so desire, the family suggests donations in Suzanne’s memory to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Jimmy Fund Organization, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168. Arrangements are entrusted to the Tillapaugh Funeral Home.

Frank Kasprowicz, 82; Farmer Led Snowtopper Snowmobilers RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Frank Kasprowicz, 82, second president of what became the Canadarago Snowtoppers’ snowmobiler club, passed away on Saturday morning, April 27, 2019, at Foltsbrook Rehabilitation & Nursing Home in Herkimer. He was born on the family farm in South Columbia on Nov. 10, 1936, son of the late Frank and Ida Siedletska Kasprowicz. Mr. Kasprowicz was the snowmobile club’s second president and worked to incorporate it as the Canadarago Snowtoppers. He also was an Agway committeeman and member of the Polka League of the Mohawk Valley. Frank was a lifelong member of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church here, where he at one time served as a trustee. He won several awards for dairy production and with his wife Barbara’s hard work, together they earned the Dairy of Distinction award. Frank graduated from Richfield Springs High

School with the Class of 1955. He married the former Barbara Robertson on Jan. 29, 1966. Frank took over the family farm in 1957 and operated it until 1986 when they moved to the village of Richfield Springs where he drove school bus for 20 years. Along with that he also had a one-man trucking business, delivering saw dust to farmers. He bought, remodeled and sold some houses that included one he built from the ground up. For a number of years he was the caretaker of Saint Joseph’s Cemetery in Richfield Springs. Along with his wife Barbara they owned and operated the Richfield Car Wash. To all who knew him, they will never forget a caring, honest and hardworking man. Any conversation with him was straight and to the point, yet you always felt

a warmth and friendship whenever you were with him. He will be deeply missed. Besides Frank his loving Kasprowicz wife of 52 years, Barbara, he is survived by a son, Gregory and his wife, Gloria, of Utica; daughter, Lisa and her husband, Barry Williams of Cassville; stepchildren, James Truax and his wife, Merleen of Centerville, Ind., Sandra Truax of Leonardsville, Kelly and Jeff Stone of Schuyler Lake, Terry and Matt Ward of East Herkimer; one brother, Anthony Kasprowicz and his wife, Kathy; a sister, Genny Smith of Richfield Springs; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Helen and her husband, Anthony Polinski; and a brother-in-law, Edward Smith. Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 2, at Fenner Funeral Home Inc., 115 Court St., Herkimer. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Friday, May 3, at Saint Francis de Sales Church, Herkimer. The Rev. Mark Cunningham, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Richfield Springs. Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to the American Cancer Society or American Heart Foundation. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Arrangements are entrusted to the Fenner Funeral Home.

o all who loved, smiled, laughed with, cried with and cried for our mother, Suzanne E. Wart, family, friends and otherwise, we are grateful. Death often brings about reflection and with reflection comes a rejuvenation of life past, some sad but in our case memories of happiness and joy. Stories you shared with us, of our mother, that we may have never-before heard. Meeting friends of a past life that we may have otherwise never met. These memories that you’ve shared with us in the past few days are now sacred memories of ours. And we are so thankful for these memories and for you all. We would like to send a very special thank you to all who donated the beautiful flower and plant arrangements. Our mother loved flowers of all types and had a green thumb that the five of us could only aspire to. To all who donated food and refreshments and helped set up and clean up, we are so grateful for your efforts and contributions. To our friends and family who helped us create an everlasting sanctuary for our mother in our family cemetery we are so thankful for you. We will forever remember your efforts and kindness in helping us establish this “forever” space. To the Tillapaugh funeral home and Martin Tillapaugh, we could never thank you enough for your kindness, your comforting nature and the care that you took with our beautiful mother. We are ever so grateful for you and for your compassion. Words will never be enough. To Pastor Tom LeBeau, we cannot express our thanks enough. You were able to paint an everlasting picture of our mother in Heaven. You seemed to know our mother personally from one simple conversation with the five of us. We could not have asked for a more perfect sentiment for our mother. We are more certain now than ever that our mother has a special place in Heaven. To the Grandchildren, your Grandma is so proud of you. It made us all so proud to see you come together to represent your feelings for your Gram. We love you all. To our father, Lowell F. Wart, mommy always loved you and was always there for you here on earth, she will remain your love and will guide you always, from Heaven above. Know, that us five girls, will always be here for you and will always love you…forever. Remember, “it’ll be alright” just have a cup of tea. Love and everlasting gratuity, Katrina (Katie), Melissa (Missy), Jennifer (Jenny), Laurel (Laurie) and Corlissa (Corky) Wart

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Brzozowski: Can Famous Novelist’s Home Be Saved?

Seeking to preserve the “reconciling congregation” are, from left, Margaret Parrish, Irene Morrissey, and Pastor Marti SwordsHorrell.

Neglected, perhaps, but the home of a famous detective novelist should be saved, GOHS Executive Director Bob Brzozowski believes.

HOUSE/From A1 cupola of 31 River Street,” said Brzozowski. “It’s set in Greenwood, which is based on Oneonta. H.L. Mencken called it ‘the Great American Novel’. We believe Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal he wrote some of the Vance novels here as well.” The heritage will remain, but the house, neglected for years, is about to succumb to Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal the ravages of time. The Salvation Army, whose local Smart Set” and brought Wright aboard. few years, he only had access to detective shall be ordained or appointed operation is growing, bought the property GAY BAN/From A1 During Wright’s two-year tenure there, novels,” said Brzozowski. “He thought, ‘I in the United Methodist sex weddings and gay clergy. in March, first to build a parking lot, then he published works by Joseph Conrad, could write better than this.’” Church.” The local church plans expanding its building. D.H. Lawrence, Ford Madox Ford, Ezra It was a gamble that paid off: All 12 That amendment angered anniversary events each Sunday “We need more room,” said Maj. Pound and William Butler Yeats, among novels, starting with ‘The Benson Murder church members, especially in May and, as urged by the Sharon Harford, the veteran commander others. Case’ in 1926 and ending with ‘The Winter those with gay and AIDSReconciling Ministries who is retiring at the end of May. “We Wright’s maiden aunts, Bertha and Julia Murder Case,’ posthumously in 1939, stricken relatives. Network (RMN), will explore want to expand our food pantry, Wright, owned the River Street were best-sellers. He died at age 50 shortly “The language in the Book ways “to rise and resist.” and the city is looking to us to home. Though he was not a native after the publication of ‘The Gracie Allen of Discipline was offensive to create a warming station for the “We have a strong legacy of Oneonta, his father, Archibald Murder Case.’ the whole church,” said Morhere, and we want to have it homeless when the temperature Wright was, and the son, along Oneonta historian Ed Moore labeled rissey, whose daughter was strengthen and deepen,” said drops.” with his brother, modernist painter Wright as a “mystery story writer and openly gay at the time. the pastor, Rev. Marti SwordsThe first stage will include Stanton MacDonald, is believed creator of Philo Vance, one of the most In the following years, Irene demolition of the house, creating Horrell. to have spent time here as a child. famous detectives in history”. The church’s first event aims and other people in a Sunday a parking lot and a children’s play Stanton, the elder son, was Wright also wrote twelve 20-minute class “on Methodist issues” to do just that: J.J. Warren, an area. Following a future capital named after his childhood friend screenplays for Warner Brothers, and all worked “a study” of the issue, campaign, Harford says the openly gay, almost-college but two of the novels were turned into Van Dine Willard Huntington, the son of including information from graduate, and a candidate building itself will be expanded. Solon Huntington and the brother feature-length films, with William Powell “God Loves Everyone,” a for the Methodist ministry, Brzozowski was first made of Henry Huntington who Collis and Basil Rathbone both starring as Vance. publication by Reconciling will deliver a speech entitled, aware of the prospective demolition during Huntington, one of California’s “Big “We don’t know if he wrote any of the “Forward Together: Reclaiming leaders Beth Richardson and the weekly Community Conversations Four,” brought into the business and was scripts in Oneonta,” said Brzozowski. “But Mark Bowman. Our Church Through Radical session. his eventual successor. we want to try and do a dramatic reading “It showed how conservative Love,” at the 10 a.m. Sunday, In researching the home’s history, he Wright’s portrait, painted by Stanton, of one of his novels.” Methodist leaders took minor May 5, service. found that it was not listed on the 1890 hangs in the Gallery in Washington. Brzozowski has written to the Planning “J.J. gave an amazing speech Biblical passages out of context map of Oneonta, but by 1903 was listed Wright spent time in New York City, Commission and the Common Council at the February General Confer- to justify their ban on gay clergy as belonging to H.E. Huntington & Co. writing and publishing for the Smart Set about the proposed demolition, and plans in the Book of Discipline,” ence in St. Louis before they Further research revealed the connection in 1912, but he was soon dismissed for to address the GOHS board during their Rev. Marti said. voted on the Traditional Plan,” to Wright. publishing unconventional and sexually meeting on Wednesday, May 1. The group submitted its Rev. Marti said. “You’re not Mencken, along with George Nathan, explicit stories. “I want people to know this is report to local church’s admin- edited the literary magazine “The supposed to applaud at the “He had a nervous breakdown and, for a happening,” he said. istrative board, which met at General Conference, but in the the end of May 1989. middle of his speech, all the “The room was packed,” Irene bishops on the balcony stood recalled. “The board voted to up and started clapping.” become a Reconciling church. “The General Conference’s We were probably the fifth vote for the Traditional Plan congregation to become one.” brought out the churches She said that almost everyleaning toward Reconciliation,” one at the church supported the said Irene Morrissey, who was decision, and it gained many involved in the 1989 discusmore members than it lost sion that led to the Reconciling because of it. Congregation here. “They’re Margaret Parish was one the ones who may join RMN who joined the church, in 1994, because of it.” when she found out it was a In response to the budding Reconciling Church. Reconciling Congregation “I was searching all over Program in 1984, the UMC Join Our Team of Dedicated and Caring Professionals for one,” said Margaret, a General Conference amended lesbian and lifelong Methodist. the Book of Discipline, which Matthews Buses, Inc. has an opening for a Home-Based Family Partner “I moved to Oneonta when I spells out UMC’s law and School Bus Road Service Technician in the Oneonta area. found this church. I knew I doctrine, to state that “no selfClassroom Teacher avowed, practicing homosexual was in the right place.” We are seeking a motivated individual who can work

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