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Election Inspectors Les Rathbun, left, and Tom LeBeau print out the results of CCS balloting from the voting machine Tuesday, May 15.

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att Schuermann outpolled 24-year veteran Tony Scalici, but both – plus school board president Marcy Birch – won seats in the Tuesday, May 15 Cooperstown Central School Board of Education election.

Birch led the balloting with 433 votes, followed closely by Schuermann with 419. Scalici received 364, and Nancy Areliusson, 149.

The school and library budgets passed easily.

EMILY’S BLESSING: Emily’s List, which describes itself as the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has endorsed Cooperstown’s Erin Collier for the Democratic nomination in the June 26 primary.

The winner will run against U.S. Rep. John Faso,R-19, in November.

AGENCY REVAMPED: The Southern Tier Central Regional Planning & Development Board has been rechristened Southern Tier 8, and will announce its new name, brand and economic development strategy Wednesday, May 16, at Otsego Now’s office at 189 Main St., Oneonta.

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nticipation is building in Village Hall: Word is expected, perhaps as soon as the next few days, on a $5 million grant from the Empire State Development Corp.

Tillapaugh to largely rebuild Doubleday Field on its 100th anniversary in 2019.

“We’re excited things are moving along,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who briefed the Village Board Monday, May 14, on the particulars. The trustees, not all of whom were involved Please See PLAN, B8

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CCS Senior Jack Odell puts his hands in the air like he just don’t care, as Cameo had it in “Word Up,” dancing to the music of math teacher Mike Toulson’s band, Flux Capacitor, at the school’s senior prom Friday, May 11, at The Otesaga/MORE PHOTOS, A3

Zhexembayeva, ’01, At Hartwick

Russian ‘Ambassador’ Speaker At Graduation

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r. Nadya Zhexembayeva says her career as “the Queen of Reinvention” started at Hartwick College.

“I barely spoke English when I arrived,” she said.

“But I was surrounded by people who helped me make sense of it all. These profes-

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sors saw something in me that I didn’t comprehend, and that is a debt I will Please See SPEAKER, B5

Bobcat Cubs Rescued, To Be Released In Fall

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ore than a dozen financially struggling families were linked with community “navigators” Saturday, May 12, as part of the Oneonta Opportunity Conference at the Holiday Inn Southside.

The daylong session was part of Opporunities for Otsego’s effort to combat poverty, funded by the Cuomo Administration after it discovered Oneonta was one of the poorest small Upstate cities. ►Photos, full story on B4

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all them the Barnyard Swing bobcats.

On Friday, May 11, Marcy Birch, owner of Parker Fish/The Freeman’s Journal Barnyard Swing Mini The four bobcat kittens at Golf, found four bobcat kittens in a nest in one of Barnyard Swing said. “Thank God they had the course’s outbuildings. the common sense to not “The kids came running pick them up.” up to me saying that we had Please See BOBCATS, B5 kittens in the barn,” Birch

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

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Shannon Kirch Joins Cornell Cooperative Extension

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ornell Cooperative Extension of Schoharie and Otsego Counties announces the staff addition of Shannon Kirch as the Otsego County Agriculture

and Farmland Protection Plan Implementation Specialist.

Shannon is also the market manager of the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market.

Shannon plans to secure agricultural funding for the plan through state and pri-

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From Around NY, Garden Clubs Gather At Otesaga

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The Lake & Valley Garden Club opened the annual meeting of the New York chapters of the Garden Club of America with a flower show and luncheon at The Otesaga Tuesday, May 15. From left, Organizing Committee co-chair Patricia Hanft, Lake & Garden President Carol Steigelman, Garden Club of America President Dede Petri, and Hanft’s co-chair, Elaine Bresee. The meeting continues through Thursday the 17th.

Cooperstown’s Rita Sustek Marks 100th Rita Sustek, who moved to Cooperstown 10 years ago to live with daughter Rita Fenstermacher, celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family gathered for lunch at The Otesaga on Thursday, April 26. In addition to her daughter, she was joined by son Walter, who lives in South Carolina, and grandsons Tom and Wally, granddaughter Jessica, and great-grandson Wes, as well as friends from Scotia, where she raised her family. Her parents originally immigrated from Italy and settled in Schenectady, where she was born.

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We’re So Proud of You!

Congratulations on receiving your Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from SUNY Delhi on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Love, Your Family, Friends, Employees and Customers at Brooks’ BBQ and Brooks’ Bottling.

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Sydney Stegman (red dress), and (counterclockwise) Hayden Croft, Ted Mebust, Mae Loewenguth, Quincy Chase, Sam Bonderoff, Ally Baker, Mya Murdock, Lucas Grove, and Sydney Vezza, pose for a photo as they get ready for a delicious dinner in The Otesaga ballroom. Dancing followed.

Cooperstown’s Carson Guzy danced the night away at Cooperstown’s Senior Prom, held in the ballroom at the Otesaga Hotel.

Cooperstown Junior Sam Bonderoff hams it up with Flux Capacitor front man (and Cooperstown High School math teacher) Mike Toulson, just after the band finished its hour-long set.

Cooperstown seniors Meaghan Perrino, left, and Maggie Schuermann get their photo taken

by Meaghan’s father Mike Perrino ahead of Cooperstown’s Senior Prom Friday, May 11, at The Otesaga.

Smiling for the camera at CCS’ senior prom are, from left, Abby Ford, Lola Thompson, Anya McGoldrick, Eliot Carr, Reed Porter, Kate Donnelly and Natalie Fountain.

Posing for a formal photo in front of The Otesaga’s famous view of Otsego Lake are, from left, pals Noah Lifgren, James Rizzuto, Ryan Lansing, Calvin Sandler, Jesse Furnari, Jack Odell, Kyle Meyer and Jack Lambert.

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Perspectives

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WERTENBAKER LAND TRUST PRESIDENT

From the fields at the end of Graves Road, Cherry Valley, recently acquired

by Caleb Wertenbaker’s Glensfoot farm, no human habitation is visible.

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eople generally recognize Otsego County’s geographic schizophrenia. (Schizophrenic, in the best possible way, of course.)

To the south, there are 10 Interstate exits – 11 if you count Sidney’s – largely undeveloped (except Exits 14-15, at Southside Oneonta), ideal for commerce, manufacturing, distribution and other job-creating uses.

To the north is the pristine Glimmerglass watershed, a

national environmental icon, surrounded by pretty hamlets and villages, most of them in sad states of deterioration.

(Wouldn’t Westford and Westville, to pick two, be delightful with an influx of young families and new incomes?)

Jobs on the highway. Homes amid lovely hills and valleys.

An ideal future to contemplate.

• The Otsego Land Trust, which achieved its goal of Please See EDITORIAL, A6

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AMEEN ASWAD & JACK KLOSHEIM OTHER VOICES

Aaron Beat The Odds, But Most Former Inmates Can’t Without Help

Editor’s Note: This is one of periodic columns from the Otsego County Opioid Task Force to keep the community up to date on the fight against heroin. Ameen Aswad is director, and Pastor Jack Klosheim, Community Baptist Church, Toddsville, a member of the county Jail Ministry.

before they are released.

For 58 years, volunteers from the Jail Ministry of Otsego County have been going into the county Correctional Facility to share the good news of the Gospel with the men and women housed there.

Aaron was born in Oneonta and later raised by his grandmother.

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ransitioning from prison back into society can be a very difficult time. To be successful requires good choices, and those choices need to begin

He was charged with his first DWI at 17 and was jailed for harassment in one of his drunken fits. He ended up in the psychiatric ward at age 18.

Upon his release, drugs and alcohol continued to be part of his life. His choices caused him to lose his job, family and custody of his daughter. Before long Aaron was back in jail for stealing to support his addiction.

It was there that Aaron, having lost all hope, asked God to help him remove the chaos he had cre-

ated in his life. Aaron made a different choice and started attending the programs of the jail ministry where he committed his life to Christ.

• Upon his release, Aaron chose to enter the Treatment Court program and, with the help of the jail ministry’s after-care program and a local church, he has received a foundation to remain clean and sober. He now has joint custody of his daughter and is employed full-time.

People like Aaron abound in our community and need our help to start making choices that will help them find hope to succeed in sobriety, family life and in becoming part of the community.

Someone coming out of jail for opioid addiction faces many choices, the first of which is where to live. Most go right back into the same living situation that led them to jail in the first place.

Finding a place on the bus line is crucial, because they have lost Please See OPIOID, A5

LETTERS

Tell Trump Administration: Save Wildlife Refuge To the Editor: The Trump Administration is rushing forward with plans for destructive oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This pristine wilderness belongs to all Americans and was established in 1960 by President Eisenhower.

Millions of birds from six continents (including North America and New York State) migrate there every spring to raise their young. The impacts of fossil-fuel extraction would

be costly and have serious biological consequences that are irreparable.

Recently, the Department of Interior released a notice of intent to hold a lease sale in the Refuge, the first step toward drilling.

I urge everyone who cares about our environment, our climate, and our future to speak up during the current public comment period and tell Secretary Zinke not to permit oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

It is vital that the Administration

hears loud and clear that we will not stand by as this unique environmental treasure is sold off to Big Oil. Even our own congressman, John Faso, RKinderhook, sent a letter to the Trump Administration opposing drilling in the Refuge.

Please go to websites of the Alaska Wilderness League or Alaska Audubon for information on how to make a public comment.

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in this election.

Most likely, had Bobby been mature enough to engage in true political discourse, the outcome would have been much different. It is apparently lost on Bobby that Mr. Butterman certainly CAN vote in the General Election on November 6th.

Oddly, Bobby feels banning someone from Facebook is a disqualifier for being sheriff, yet putting your son on 16 months of PAID leave, at the expense

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of taxpayers, AND refusing Parker Fish/The Freeman’s Journal (until just recently) to order Mel’s at 22, now operated by the Wrubleskis, is your son to have a comon a site long attractive to restaurants. prehensive mental health examination is not!

Nevils, Pelletiers, Lemisters, Now Wrubleskis Perhaps when Bobby grows up, he will be able Operated Restaurants ‘By The Light’ In Coop to see that one situation is far more egregious than the To the Editor: other.

I enjoyed your article regarding Sherry’s Restaurant.

As for the rest of us, we However, to go back even further in the history of the resalready know which of taurant, Harry Sr. and Gladys Nevil owned Sherry’s before those should be the real dis- Emile Pelletier. qualifier for this election.

The Nevils were a great “fixture” in the village.

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wo weeks ago when we sent the column in to the paper, we received the following e-mail from the editor: “You can write a good column about anything. Just for the fun of it, I ought to assign you a topic: Carrots. Or bifocals. And see what you come up with. (You already did ear wax!) It’s a gift!!!”

We replied with: “Thank you for your kind words. We do like to think we have mastered the art of versatility when it comes to writing. And we do think writing about bifocals would be rather easy. The carrots might be more problematic. Of course, given

their supposed value to eyesight, it might be possible to include the carrots in the bifocal discussion.”

• Over the years we have learned that from time to CATHERINE time that we have LAKE found ourselves ELLSWORTH searching desperately for something about which to write. And we always seem to come up with some-

thing although we must admit that we have written some rather sketchy columns at times.

Of course, we can always fall back on the ever-popular column topic, namely the weather, especially when the village is rather quiet as it seems to be at the moment. At least we have not encountered any pressing issues of late.

And while the village is relatively quiet, it seems the same cannot be said for the Town of Otsego. As we understand it, at the last meeting of the board, a vote was held to Please See COLUMN, A5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Hydrophobia – A melancholy instance of this dreadful disease occurred in Richmond, Virginia a few weeks ago. A boy of 14, who was bitten on the hand, was attacked with all the symptoms of the disease about six weeks after the wound was entirely healed. He died in the greatest agony upon the fourth day. The India Stone generally applied in such cases was placed on the wound a few hours after the accident happened, and other medical remedies were also given. He appeared to experience no uneasy sensations from the time he was bit until the symptoms of the hydrophobia appeared and attended school as usual. This furnishes another proof, among many others, of the inefficacy of the India Stone, which has frequently sold for several thousand dollars.

May 18, 1818

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50 YEARS AGO

175 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from an essay by Martin Van Buren, former President of the United States (1837-1841): “The manufacture of paper money has been attempted in every form. It has been tried by individuals, been transferred to Corporations by the States themselves, and has signally failed in all.

It has, in general, proved not the handmaid of honest industry and well-regulated enterprise, but rather the pampered menial of speculation, idleness and fraud. It has corrupted men of the highest standing, almost destroyed the confidence of mankind in each other; and darkened our criminal calendar with names that might otherwise have conferred honor and benefit on the country. There is a strong ground for believing that such a system must have some innate, incurable defect, of which no legislation can divest it, and against which no human wisdom can guard, or human integrity sustain itself.”

May 15, 1843

150 YEARS AGO

The Impeachment – The vote on the question has been postponed until Saturday of this week. This is considered by many equivalent to an acquittal. The alleged reason for the postponement is the sickness of one of the members of the Court. How much the meeting of the Republican National Convention on May 20 influences this movement is hard to determine, but that political considerations enter largely into the question of the postponement is not doubted.

There is a growing conviction throughout the country that the greater number of Agricultural Societies have so lapsed and fallen away from their original standards, as to be set down as either total or partial failures. Certainly they have failed to develop any strong interest in the higher

What’s All This About Barns?

COLUMN/From A4 eliminate the town’s law regarding Heirloom Barns & Buildings.

Found in Section 3.15 of the town’s Land Use Law, it reads: “Barns and agricultural buildings older than 60 years and buildings of any kind of older than 110 years add historic and rural character to the town and merit protection afforded by adaptive rehabilitation for special permitted uses subject to site plan review to ensure restoration and protection of the historic external appearance and minimum impact on neighbors.

“Permitted special use of heirloom barns and buildings, for any land use district, included all listed special permitted uses for RA-1, RA-2, H-R, H-B, GB1, GB-2 and R/E districts if additional required parking, can be masked from roadway and adjacent property view.”

• As we read this law it seems fairly straightforward, making it easy to understand and apply to those wishing to save the agricultural barns and buildings as well as historic structures which add greatly to the rural, if not to say charming, character of the area.

We would think that any law which seems to be intended to preserve the history of the area would be one to keep. In fact, we have trouble trying to figure out why there is thinking afoot that it should be eliminated.

Granted, repurposing a building is not a strict restoration project. But we would think a rejuvenation project would seem to be a better solution to maintaining the area’s character than the seemingly inevitable demise of buildings as they age.

Plus, in this day and age we would think that any governmental entity would be interested in maintaining, if not growing, the prop-

erty-tax base. It is certainly a concern we have heard expressed concerning the limited tax base of the CCS district, of which the Town of Otsego is a large part.

• We find it equally difficult to believe that the town board members are not concerned with offering opportunities which would increase the job prospects in the area. To not do so would seem to just make it that much more difficult for young people, who are the future of our communities, to secure jobs that will allow them to stay in the area. And once the young people leave, most of them will never return.

Thus, we would find it hard to believe that the Town of Otsego would not be concerned about the exodus of young people from our area.

And we must say that we have to wonder why, since the law was obviously deemed worthy of adopting, does the board want to get rid of it at this point. We have to think it was written with some legal advice as to its viability. And it must have been thought to serve a purpose as to the goals of the town’s land use law.

What exactly has changed to make the law no longer viable? Additionally, we are curious as to what the lawyer for the town thinks of the proposed elimination of the law. Surely the board has solicited its lawyer’s thinking on the subject.

• It is our understanding that a public hearing on the elimination of Section 3.15 Heirloom Barns & Buildings of the Town of Otsego Land will be scheduled, supposedly as part of the next board meeting on June 13.

We would suggest that anyone who is interested in the proposed change in the land use law, should plan to attend the public hearing in order for their thinking to be heard on the subject.

ply hiding from view is not camouflage. The occurrence of camouflage in nature is the first point stressed. Protective coloration is shown in the cocoon imitating a dead leaf, the ruffled grouse freezing into a stiff, angular position to appear like part of a stump. These principles are guiding the present application of color spots on military uniforms.

May 19, 1943

May 16, 1918 standards of agriculture. And, they do not secure the hearty cooperation of the foremost agriculturists of the country.

Success is now measured by the amount of receipts for admission to the grounds, and by the number, which on a given day, can be collected to witness a horse race. The novelty of the old-fashioned agricultural fair is gone.

May 15, 1868

125 YEARS AGO

Binghamton, May 15: Barnum & Bailey’s $5,000 Gorilla created remarkable excitement here today. While the workmen were at dinner the brute forced the door of his cage from the hinges and jumped out. He made for the dressing rooms, which were occupied by two ladies. The frightened women ran screaming from the tent and the big monkey escaped into the open air. The people immediately scattered in every direction. The brute finally took his stand near a barn, where several of the canvas-men, who tried to capture him, were badly injured. His Portuguese keeper finally arrived, and after hugging and kissing him with joy, the brute accompanied him to his cage. He would not enter, however, until an elephant, of which he stands in mortal fear, was brought in.

May 18, 1893

75 YEARS AGO

The Museum of Modern Art exhibition “Camouflage for Civilian Defense” is now on exhibition at the New York State Historical Association building in Cooperstown. The purpose of camouflage is to render objects indistinguishable or unrecognizable by means of imitation or disguise. Sim-

In Cooperstown – A man’s yellow jacket has been turned in at our newspaper office. If you have recently lost one along an area highway, please stop in and see if it belongs to you.

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mitchell of Meadville, Pennsylvania are the parents of a son born on May 14 at Meadville Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Mitchell of this village are the paternal grandparents and Mr. and Mrs. James Yule of Oaksville the maternal grandparents.

Mrs. Hugh MacDougall of New York City is spending several days at the home of her mother, Mrs. Joseph B. Cooke, at her home on Chestnut Street.

James Aufmuth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Aufmuth and Michael Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Phillips, have completed their freshman year at Villanova University.

May 15, 1968

25 YEARS AGO

The Canadarago Lake House is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Proprietors Joseph and Loius Cassillo have owned the Lake House since 1969 and continue the tradition of providing meals and lodging for guests. The Lake House was built in 1843 by John Steele.

May 19, 1993

10 YEARS AGO

Why is Cooperstown Village Historian Hugh MacDougall getting an honorary doctorate from SUNY Oneonta at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 17, in the Dewar Arena of the Alumni Field House? “I certainly wasn’t expecting it,” he replied. Could it be in recognition of his academic accomplishments? After an early childhood education at the experimental Putney School in Vermont, MacDougall went on to graduate cum laude from Harvard in 1954. At Columbia where he was an editor of the law review, he earned a Juris Doctor and an M.A. in International Affairs four years later.

After further training MacDougal began a distinguished career as a U.S. diplomat. And, in retirement as a resident of Cooperstown, MacDougall founded the James Fenimore Cooper Society.

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ou’ve got to have money to Together these made it far easier make money, the saying goes. for private banks to issue loans to the If you have money, you can public. These loans, which circulated invest (or speculate) in something you as bank notes, or currency, pumped hope will produce a profitmoney into the economy. able return. If you don’t have This was no small thing. It money, you’ll need to figure started the industrial revoluout where you can get some. tion. The “English System” of There are two basic opcredit, as Alexander Hamilton tions for most people: work later called it, made it posand debt, and they usually sible for English landowners go together. Earning money and manufacturers to borrow by working, by selling your large sums to improve their manual or intellectual labor, is estates and industries. The what most people do. But it’s ADRIAN British economy exploded. usually not enough.

The hitch was that borrowKUZMINSKI Most people also need to ers still had to pay interest borrow money. You have to on their loans – a kind of repay with interest as time goes on, but private tax – even though the money you can use the borrowed money right which the private banks lent was creoff the bat to invest in something you ated out of thin air. need or want, like a house, a car, an When you borrow money, even education, or a business. today, say for a mortgage, the bank The ability to borrow money is fun- isn’t giving you money that it already damental to modern societies, and is has on deposit. Rather it’s giving you a part of what makes them modern. line of credit backed almost entirely by Until the invention of modern the likelihood that you’ll repay it with finance in early 18th century Britain, interest. it was hard to borrow money. Banks The effect is to concentrate wealth were few and far between, and most in the hands of creditors. It’s tolerloans were private affairs between able for debtors as long as they remain individuals. productive enough to cover their loans Money in circulation was largely and interest, and still leave a profit for limited to inelastic precious metals. themselves. A loan provides a way, What happened in England was the not otherwise available, to appropriate creation of a set of interlocking institu- new assets and put them to use. tions: a central bank, national debt, That works as long as the economy stock and bond markets, and instituis growing as fast as the interest rate. tionalized lending.

When loans get too far ahead of

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“Charging Bull,” in New York City’s financial district, has become a symbol of our monetary system.

productivity, however, and can’t be repaid, we have a crash.

Up to now, crashes have weeded out the less efficient investors, and allowed the rest to restart the process.

That was possible as long as opportunities for economic growth remained.

For better or worse, after a long run of 250 years, the credit-based industrial revolution may be coming to an end. We have a finite planet with finite resources, weighed down by pollution and environmental degradation, struggling to support over seven billion people.

As the rate of production decreases, it gets harder and harder individuals and governments to pay off their debts.

The federal government – with its $20+ trillion debt – isn’t even trying anymore. There is increasing concern that the overall debt burden is getting too big for the economy to absorb.

In the old days, not paying debts led to insolvency and bankruptcy. More recently, government bailouts have Please See KUZMINSKI, A6

Often-Overlooked Resource, Churches Can Save Souls OPIOID/From A4 their licenses. Thankfully, places like The Crossroads offer a different living option where they can find help to begin making better choices, but the availability is limited. Finding work is complicated, requiring an employer who is patient with all the mandated meetings associated with drug court that will cause them to miss work.

Their newfound desire to choose sobriety may not be enough to overcome the discouragement of be-

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ing treated poorly and the stigma of having been in jail. Most people are quick to judge and slow to help, which works against the Aarons.

More than ever, they need people to walk with them and encourage them. Not

to hold their hand, but to pick them up when they fall.

There are many government agencies that do wonderful things, but most are undersupplied and understaffed.

An often-overlooked place of great resource to help the Aarons of the world is available and waiting to help. It’s a place that can provide wise counsel, support, accountability, and a place to belong. These are vital to long-term success.

It may surprise some, but the church has always been a place of refuge and

strength for struggling and suffering people. It’s a place where grace abounds to help those who are looking for help.

There are many churches that are working to come alongside and help struggling people and give them hope to make the kind of decisions that will change the trajectory of their lives.

This is what Aaron found in a loving church community that continues to walk with him. Most of all they have loved him and given him a place to grow.

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EDITORIAL: Torch Passed At Otsego Land Trust EDITORIAL/From A4 bringing 10,000 acres under conservation easements by 2010 (a little late, but no matter), is an important piece in achieving the happy equation: When the jobs inevitably arrive (fingers crossed), entities like the Land Trust, it is to be hoped, will have ensured sufficient protections are in place to avoid ruination.

So how nice, on the one hand, is it to reflect on Princeton, N.J., developer Harry Levine’s successful conclusion of 12 years as Land Trust president, and his succession by Caleb Wertenbaker, a ninth-generation member of a family that has tended Glensfoot farm in Cherry Valley since the 1790s. (Currently, Todd Gohde is managing production of certified organic hay there.)

Glensfoot now encompasses some 1,200 acres, and Wertenbaker under-

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scored the importance of the Land Trust’s mission the other day during a walk on rolling hills at the top of Graves Road, the latest 500 acres added to the family’s holdings, now being placed under conservation easement.

At the top of a meadow, less than two miles from busy Route 20, and half that from the Village of Cherry Valley, there was no sign of human habitation in any direction, only fields, forest and blue sky.

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KUZMINSKI/From A5 replaced bankruptcy – provided you’re too big to fail.

In 2008, only one major company – Lehman Brothers – was allowed to go under.

The other big players, from AIG to General Motors to the big banks, were bailed out. Since it was politically impossible to raise taxes, this was done by increasing the federal debt.

However the debt crisis may be resolved, the need for credit will remain.

One alternative is public banking. The idea is to lend money not for profit, as private banks do, but at little or no interest, as a public service. We need to transition to a steady-state as opposed to a growth economy, and no-interest loans might help get us there while still meeting the need to invest in our future.

But that’s another column.

Adrian Kuzminski, former Hartwick College philosopher-in-residence and Sustainable Otsego moderator, resides in Fly Creek.

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saved Brookwood Gardens, 23 acres on Otsego Lake a mile north of Cooperstown, from falling into private hands and, thus, lost to the public forever. A businessman, though, he was particularly concerned about the P&L. Making Brookwood financially sustainable requires $25,000-40,000 a year, depending what Land Trust overhead is assigned to it, Wertenbaker said.

Shortterm, Levine had lined up a handful of donors to keep Brookwood going.

But it’s no surprise that Szarpa, when asked for her three top priorities, listed Brookwood as one of them.

Some of that will be generated by giving a franchise to Brent Baysinger’s Canoe & Kayak Rentals of Portlandville to enable canoe rentals at Brookwood.

of David “Natty Bumppo” Shipman’s cabin.)

• Whereas Levine, out of necessity, took the lead, Wertenbaker inherits a more mature organization, and sees his role as helping the Land Trust work. “I’m not going to be the driver. I’ll play a leadership role, but ‘leading from behind’,” he said. “The day-to-day business is 100 percent in the hands of the staff.”

As a set designer – and, mostly recently, as creative services director for productionglue, a New York City events company – Wertenbaker as manager helps “creative projects and creative people” accomplish their goals, rather than his agenda. “What I want (in the Land Trust) is a group of people to work together on a common goal.”

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and will always be here,” said Wertenbaker, who since graduating from Oberlin in 1996 has made a living in set design in New York City and Boston, escaping up to these parts whenever he can.

• Harry Levine, by all accounts, has been an activist Land Trust president.

Foremost, he raised staffing from a sometimes half-time executive director to five professionals, including the latest executive director, Pat Szarpa, about to mark her first anniversary. She served for six years as executive director of the Western New York Land Conservancy, based in East Aurora, the Buffalo suburb, before moving to Cooperstown in 2012.

To the heartfelt thanks of many, Levine and the Land Trust board stepped up and

Additionally, the northern half of the property, the deteriorating home there razed, the two bridges over Leatherstocking Creek repaired, will soon be reopened, enhancing weddings and other uses on the southside – and, meanwhile, available for birding and other passive uses.

For the Land Trust to flourish, the general public has to care, and Szarpa is working with the national Land Trust Alliance “to create strong images so we can tell our story,” an outreach effort in its early stages.

Plus, she is preparing for reaccreditation and taking other steps to make sure the organization is as strong as it might be.

(Plus, expect additions to the “Blueway,” a trail of publicly accessible sites from Deawongo Island in Canadarago Lake to where Oak Creek meets the Susquehanna, (near the site

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Bridge Condemned, Volunteers Build Link To 4 Miles Of Trails Bicycles’ Ed Lorenz knew something had to be done.

“There have always been trails ONEONTA on New Island for biking, skiing and hiking,” he said. “Eighty hen news arrived percent of those trails are acthat the state had cessible across that bridge, and condemned the those trails get used a lot.”

And now, thanks to INTO THE WOODS Lorenz and dedicated volunteers, a quarter-mile of new trail has been built to bypass the abandoned bridge and link up with the four miles of established trails beyond.

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“All the boards and screws had to be carried in either by hand or pulled on a bike. We can’t just drive a truck in.”

To build the trail, volunteers built up over roots and dug out under low-hanging branches.

“It’s a tradition in mountain biking to go into the woods and make trails, but also to maintain those trails so everyone can ride them,” said Richardson.

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CGP Sees Stronger Future Through Science

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►IF YOU GO: Induction into the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce’s Hall of Fame is 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 31, at The Farmers’ Museum. For reservations, call 547-9983 of go to www. cooperstownchamber.org

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For the past few years, the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies has been thinking intensely about science.

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ence-museum studies.”

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Saturday, May 19, Doubleday Field parking lot, Cooperstown.

RELAY FOR LIFE: Honor cancer fighters while raising money for the American Cancer Society. Music, a luminaria ceremony, more. Noon - 4:30 p.m , Saturday, May 19, Wilber Park, Milford. Info, Lauren Ferraro, 607-766-6925.

FAMILY DANCE: Families of all stripes: put on your semiformal best for a fun night out! Cost, $25/family.

6 p.m. Friday, May 18, Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta, sponsored by Otsego Pride Alliance. Call 607-386-1508.

DUCK DERBY: Festival features games, bounce house, music, food, cake walk, vendors, more. Duck Derby begins 12:30 p.m. Cost, $5/duck or $25/6 ducks. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, Fortin Park, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. Call 607-432-4592.

OPENING RECEPTION: Photos from the “Day in Cherry Valley” contest will be on view. Win prizes, enjoy free hors d’oeuvres, desserts, refreshments, music. Includes open mic sessions. 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19, Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. Call 607-264-3080.

COUNCIL ROCK RACE: Run 4.4 miles from Council Rock park to Council Rock Brewery. Enjoy spring in Otsego County and a good meal at the end of it. Cost $25/individual.

11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, Council Rock Park, 11 River St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2800.

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OPENING EXHIBITS – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Art In Bloom presents floral arrangements based on works in the museum’s permanent collection.

Global Splendor: Traditions in ceremonial dress showcases ceremonial clothes from

around the world with contributions from local collectors.

Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, 310 Genesee St. Utica. Call 315-797-0000.

BLOOD DRIVE – 10 a.m.

- 3 p.m. Give Blood, Save a Life. Otsego County Office of Emergency Services, 140 Co. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown.

ART CLASS – 3:15 - 5 p.m.

Kids learn about “The Great Wave” print by Japanese artist Hokusai, then make their own prints. Cooperstown Art Association. Call 607-5479777.

FAMILY DANCE – 6 p.m.

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PANCAKE BREAKFAST – 7:30 - 11 a.m. Enjoy all you can eat pancakes, egg, real maple syrup, sausage, and beverages. Cost, $7.50/ adult. Cooperstown/Westville Airport, 866 NY-166, Cooperstown.

LAWN SALE – 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Featuring tools, glassware, dishes, picture frames, kitchen implements, shelves, architectural items, more on sale by the Otego Historical Society. Also features tours of the Victorian home of Malcolm Ross, deceased. 331 Main St., Otego. Call 607988-7973.

WAFFLE BREAKFAST – 10 a.m. - Noon. Fundraiser for OMS French Club featuring a toppings bar, scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, juice, water, milk, tea or coffee.

Oneonta Middle School Cafeteria, 130 E. St., Oneonta.

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p.m. Family festival features games, bounce house, music, food, cake walk, vendors, more. Duck Derby begins 12:30 p.m. Cost, $5/duck or $25/6 ducks. Fortin Park, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta.

Call 607-432-4592.

SPRING FLING – 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. Find crafts, vendors, food trucks, live music, a gift basket auction, more.

Doubleday Parking Log, Cooperstown.

SAVING GRACE – 10 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Meet rescue dogs from North Carolina seeking their forever homes.

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Saturday, May 19 Doubleday Field Parking Lot

Rotary Club of Cooperstown Saturday, May 19 10 am to 5 pm

Craft, Food, Drink, Vendors in Doubleday Field Parking Lot

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GARDEN FAIR – 10 a.m.

- 12:30 p.m. Find a variety of locally grown plants from perennials, vegetable, bedding plants, hanging baskets, more. Also includes gift basket raffles and the Duck Derby, $3/duck. Town Park, 607-609 Highland Ave., West Winfield.

SCIENCE SATURDAY – 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Morning story hour for children, learn about electrons at the Electricity Alive demonstration at 11:30, learn about the Earth at 1, and tap your sense of wonder at the planetarium matinee show at 2. Free, registration required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta.

Call 607-436-2011.

MOTORCYCLE RUN – 1 p.m. Charity event to support the American Cancer Society.

Registration from 11 - 12:30.

Estimated 100 miles, ends at Wilber Park, Milford. Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call, 607-4320494.

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.

BEFORE THE ONSLAUGHT – 5 - 10 p.m. Enjoy the mellow season of spring before the baseball fans arrive. Music by Poverty Hill. Comedy by local stand-up artist Kevin Johnson, and an outdoor screening of “42.” THE CHURCH, 2381 St. Hwy. 205, Mt. Vision. Call 607-638-5119.

TEEN NIGHT – 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Open swim and gym night open to teens between the ages of 12 - 19. Includes board games, light dinner.

Registration required with the Family Resource Network.

Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-4320001.

OPENING RECEPTION – 7 p.m. Photos from the “Day in Cherry Valley” contest will be on view. Win prizes, enjoy free hors-d’oeuvres, desserts, refreshments, music. Includes open mic sessions. Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. Call 607-264-3080.

CABARET – 7 - 10 p.m. A performance of live Broadway Cabaret. Includes dessert buffet. Cost, $15/adult.

Oneonta Moose Lodge, 119 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call 607-432-1800.

Sunday, May 20

SAVING GRACE – 10 a.m.

- 1 p.m. See Saturday listing for details.

COUNCIL ROCK RACE – 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Annual Council Rock park to Council Rock Brewery 4.4 mile race.

Cost $25/individual. Council Rock Park, 11 River St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5472800.

BENEFIT – 1 - 4 p.m. Shop, Sip, Support the SAS. Features great deal, donated beverages, sidewalk sale items. Susquehanna Animal Shelter Thrift Shop, 4841 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9462.

GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried and tested gardening tips. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1450.

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Bridge Condemned, Volunteers Build ‘Boardwalk’ To Bike Trails couldn’t make TRAILS/From it fun going B1 up and down, Susquehanna, we could so water over make it fun the trails is a going side-toconstant probside.” lem, especially But in in the early building the spring. So a setrail, Lorenz ries of elevated realized the “bridges” were cyclists would built to keep have to ride bikes out of the along the I-88 mud, funded by on ramp at private donaLettis Hightions and money way for a from City Hall’s short distance.

Greenway com“We couldn’t mittee. do that unless “They’re a fence was more like put up,” he boardwalks,” said. “I knew Lorenz said. the city didn’t “They’re staked have the into the ground.

Photo courtesy Ed Lorenz OTSEGO.life money.”

They’re built to Winter trail biking is doable on Oneonta’s New Island, but not for the faint of heart.

The bold-hearted Ed Lorenz describes Lorenz last, and they include Marty Corsi, Mike Maven and David Bullock, all of Oneonta. called state all survived the the new access point to the New Sen. Jim winter.” put up the fencing themthe west coast, from Canada Dotsenko riding the trails. from all over, it’s good for Seward, RHe rated the Island bike trails. selves.” and Europe too.”

“I really enjoyed being fitness and for families. I Milford, on a quarter-mile The new trail is just one Stevens, a filmmaker in Oneonta,” said Stevens. was happy to help, and I’m Thursday in November, who more way to bring in riders trail extension “PG-13,” from Philadelphia, was “We were there shooting for looking forward to getting meaning that while a begin- within a few days asked from around the country contracted by professional the whole weekend.” out there myself!” the regional DOT office in ning rider might struggle, – and the world. “In 2013, cyclist and PinkBike writer And Lorenz is hoping With trails in Wilber Binghamton to get the fence Timothy Stevens made a it’s not impossible for a Brice Sherbach to make that Sherbach – or another Park, the College Camp, built. newbie. short documentary about short films about East Coast filmmaker – will be inspired Catella Park and Homer “It was going to cost “There’s not a whole lot our trails called ‘From riding. Oneonta, described to come see what’s new on Folks, Oneonta has 40 miles upwards of $15,000, and of climbing or elevation, Where We Stand,’” said in the film as “a mountain the trails. of trails within minutes of but there are some embank- I didn’t think the City of Lorenz. “We’ve had a lot of biker’s dream town” made New trail maps are avail- downtown. “Many comOneonta or the cyclists ments,” he said. “There are people come into Oneonta the list alongside Beacon able on the Otsego Bicycles munities are realizing that should have to be burdened places where it’s kind of because they saw that video. and Wilmington, Del. The website. cycling is great for tourwith that cost,” said Seward. We regularly draw from a serpentine, so you’ll have film, available on You“It’s important to mainism,” he said. “People come “Because it involved I-88, I to learn how those handle500-mile radius, but we’ve tube, features cyclists Sam tain these trails,” said here to ride.” bars work! We figured if we urged the regional office to seen people come in from Brown-Shaklee and Paul Seward. “People come here

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Age 64, CGP Builds New Dimension – Science Museum Studies

CGP/From B1 and the late Allen Friedman of the New York Hall of Science in Queens to explore what to do.

Sorin’s exploration also discovered a number of CGP students, holding history degrees, ended up with jobs in science museums: The Museum of Natural History in New York City, the Boston Museum of Science, “Pac-Sci” – the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.

“Amazing!” she concluded: Disney, NASA, zoos, botanical gardens, nature preserves were all looking for museum professionals but, given their history degrees, had to train them in science specialties.

So the CGP, an arm of SUNY Oneonta, began the lengthy process of getting a new major approved by the SUNY trustees in Albany, with proposals, and revisions, and more proposals.

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Perched above Otsego Lake, the CGP campus has been renovated and modernized in the past decade.

nationwide began offering at least one course in museum management.

“We want to make sure our program makes our students stand out,” said Sorin, who has led the local program for almost a quarter-century.

That’s happened on the history trac, with grads rising to prominent nationwide posts: from Elizabeth Kornhauser, curator of American painting at New York’s Metropolitan Museum to Greg Harris at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Now and into the future, future science-museum leaders are finding their

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way to the shores of Otsego Lake. Of the 60-70 applicants in the past three years, 20-25 are drawn here by the science curriculum, the director said.

And there are results from which everyone around here can benefit: CGP scholars are helping at SUNY Oneonta’s planetarium, and played a key role in developing the college’s new Discovery Center, opened last year, which is “largely science based,” Sorin said.

Enrollees are also studying digital technologies to make exhibits more interactive, and such things as the development of apps, topics museum professionals would never have contemplated a few short years ago.

The museum world is suddenly a fast-changing one, Sorin said. “Almost as soon as you start teaching something, it’s obsolete.”

The today’s key debates – climate change, food

justice, energy innovations – are all science-related, and CGP Science Museum Studies’ students will emerge ready to “further conversations about such difficult issues,” she continued.

The SUNY trustees’ decision allowed a fifth fulltime professional to join the CPG’s faculty (Sorin also teaches and, as adjuncts, Fenimore Museum President Paul D’Ambrosio and other experts at the art museum next door.)

The first was Carlyn Buckler, a Ph.D. in molecular biology who is returning to the Paleontological Institute after three years. She will be succeeded this fall

by Eric Stengler, an astrophysicist from Cambridge, England.

“Museums have changed a lot,” Sorin said with some satisfaction in an interview the other day. “We’re changing with them – and even leading change.”

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Approval was finally won in 2014 for what it is now being advertised on cgpmuseumstudies.org as “One Program, Two Tracks.”

Since 2015, the CGP has been offering its traditional curriculum dating back to the 1964 History Museum Studies, and the new Science Museum Studies, which “enables students to collaborate with scientists and learn the best strategies to communicate science to a broad range of public audiences in a variety of settings.”

As it happens, there was some urgency to innovate.

The CGP and the University of Delaware’s program, Winterthur, used to be considered the only programs in the country training museum professionals. (“We used to compete,” said Sorin. But with Winterthur focusing on early American decorative arts and the CGP on training future museum managers, “we don’t anymore.”)

But as history departments felt pressure to prove vocational relevance to their students, 260 such programs

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 17-18, 2018

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO

Kimberley McManis, with her new laptop in hand, thanks and embraces Dr. Donna Beegle the conclusion of Opportunities for Otsego’s Oneonta Opportunity Conference on Saturday, May 12 at the Holiday Inn.

Sunday, May 20

CALF SALE – 1 p.m. Find calves for the 2018 show season raised by the Otsego County 4-H youth. Includes silent auction prior, food also available. Otsego County Fairgrounds, 469 Mill St., Morris.

Call 607-267-2011.

ARTIST SHOWCASE – 2 p.m. Young artists audition for the “Opening Acts: Young Artists Showcase 2018.” Local Children and Young Adults are Ian Austin & Parker Fish/The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA invited to audition to perform for five minutes before featured performers from around the globe. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church, Rd., East Meredith.

Call 607-278-5454.

YOUTH PROGRAM – are the conferences for the 2:30 p.m. Archaeological neighbors who are struggling? Where can they have workshop introduces children to the idea of cultural stewa fun event with food and ardship and archaeological prizes?” preservation, teaching them With a workbook to guide what to do when they find an her, McManis checked off archaeological site and how nearly every job skill she to document it. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547didn’t know she had, from 8344. cutting hair to caring for

At OFO Conference, Struggling Families, ‘Navigators’ Vow To Fight Poverty United

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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hen Kimberley McManis heard about the Oneonta Opportunity Conference, she knew it had the potential to be life-changing.

“I thought it could help me get information on how to better my life,” she said.

“I want to get my driver’s license so I can get to appointments and get a job to support my family.”

McManis was one of more than a dozen “neighbors” who turned out for the conference and heard a keynote address from Dr. Donna Beegle, president of Communications Across Barriers, a consulting firm dedicated to creating Opportunity Communities to break the cycle of poverty.

“We received a grant through the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative,” said Daniel Maskin, president, Opportunities for Otsego. “Donna is wellknown in the resource community, and we thought this was a perfect opportunity to attract people to this event.”

It’s the first such Opportunity Community in New York. “An Opportunity Community is designed to tear down barriers and attitudes about the poor,” said Maskin. “It’s working towards systematic changes, as well as empowering those who get involved. It could be as simple as dropping off

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Notice of Formation of Trixie 101, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/16/18.

Off. loc.: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: 90 State St., Albany, NY 12207.

Purp.: any lawful purp.

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“This is the beginning of a national movement where we create a communities where poverty is not okay,” said Dr. Donna Beegle.

a bag of diapers.”

Beegle shared her own stories of growing up in generational poverty. “At age 26, I couldn’t write a sentence or read a newspaper,” she said. “I got married at 15. I had six pregnancies, I lost three babies. All around me I saw people who were working hard, but not making it. I saw people fighting that evil villain, poverty, for a long time.”

Now with a doctorate, she travels the country giving talks on helping lift people out of poverty through these conferences. “Every time I speak at a conference for professionals, they tell me how motivated they are and how they get to meet people and get jobs,” said Beegle.

“I began to think, where

family members. “I just lost two family members to cancer in the last year,” she said. “I took care of them, and that made me realize that I wanted to be a CNA – so I could help people.”

“I learned a lot of skills from my mom and dad,” said Amanda Cedrone, as she filled out her workbook.

“But we’re still struggling.

We’re getting there. Part of it is trying to figure out how to ask for help.”

In addition to workshops and information tables from community organizations, each neighbor was paired with a navigator, a trained volunteer tasked with assisting their neighbor, whether it was giving them a ride, helping them fill out a form or look for a job or educational opportunities.

“It’s a really good program,” said Rev. Dr. Cynthia Walton-Leavitt, pastor at the First United Presbyterian Church. “It reaffirmed my sense that our neighbors are just people who have aspirations like the rest of us.

They have skills and knowledge we don’t realize.”

QUARTET PERFORMANCE – 3 p.m. The Formosa Quartet performs amazing music from Hungarian folk songs to pieces by Dvorak & Gershwin.

Stamford United Methodist Church, 88 Main St., Stamford.

FUNDRAISER – 3 - 6 p.m.

Get into the spirit of the holiday, paint something patriotic on a large 16” x 20” canvas while enjoy a glass of wine or beer. Cost, $35. Support the Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0494.

CLOSING RECEPTION – 3 - 4:30 p.m. Meet the designers at the closing of the Art In Bloom exhibit. Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, 310 Genesee St. Utica. Call 315-797-0000.

Monday, May 21

BLOOD DRIVE – 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Give Blood, Save a Life. Cooperstown High School.

SPAGHETTI DINNER – 5 - 7 p.m. Enjoy spaghetti with homemade sauce, sausage,

meatballs, bread, salad, drinks, dessert. Support the Cooperstown Boy Scouts.

Take out available. Cost, $10/adult. Cooperstown Veterans Club, 60 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-5478282.

PHOTO EXCURSION – 6 - 8 p.m. Visit the historic village in the golden hour before sunset with photographer Kevin Gray who will provide helpful tips on composition, lighting, camera techniques, more. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471450.

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.

DRAWING GROUP – 7 - 9 p.m. Mondays. Open drawing group. $10 per class suggested donation. Cooperstown Art Association, 5 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown. Info Janet Erway, 607-547-9777.

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dining&entertainment Featuring music by : ALONE TOGETHER : The Mollin-Clay Jazz Duo

Wine & Food Tasting evening

Saturday May 26 · 7 to 9 pm OneOnta COuntry Club

Taste 12 Different Wines or Sparkling Cider Paired with Appetizers provided by Bella Michaels Restaurant · Fiesta Mexican Grill Humphrey’s East End Bistro · My Father’s Place Pizza Land · Roundhouse Event Center The Autumn Café · The Depot The Empire House · Traditions at the Plains

tickets: $35 in advance $40 at the door

To beneFiT The CaTskill symphony orChesTra

Reserve a table for 8 for $15

Tickets on sale at: The Green Toad bookstore, The oneonta Country Club, catskillsymphony.net or call 607-436-2670

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Notice of Formation of COOPERSTOWN BUZZZ FARM LLC Articles of Organization Filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/25/18.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 473 Maples Rd Milford, NY 13807.

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WOODS LLC Arts. of Org. of Hilltop Woods LLC (“LLC”) filed with Dept. of State of NY on 4/25/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 207 Lower Reservoir Rd, Oneonta NY 13820-4611, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution.

Purpose: All legal purposes.

Filer: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110.

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Notice of Formation of Northern Catskill Properties, LLC

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company

Filed 4/12/18 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 10 Hill Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJun.7

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: BOB’S ROSEBOOM COUNTRY STORE LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 21 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 141 Roscoe Jones Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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PARKVIEW LIQUORS LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12 April 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 236 Springer Rd, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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

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Notice of Formation of Foster Baby Gear LLC Articles filed on April 20, 2018.

Office location: Otsego County The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whose process against it may be served and shall mail any process served to 161 Zeke Wiltsie Rd., Cooperstown, NY

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13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of CREEKSIDE STATION LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/2018.

Office Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 229 Chase Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Tribe Yoga, LLC. Filed 2/9/18.

Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc.,

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

Purpose: General.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of MANDY’S BAR & GRILL, LLC A Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on January 9, 2018.

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.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of TALLETTE CREEK TREASURES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/26/2018.

Office location, County of Otsego.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 296 County Road, 41west Edmeston, NY, 13485.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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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

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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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Recent Grad, Futuristic Thinker Hartwick Commencement Speaker SPEAKER/From A1 never be able to repay.”

Zhexembayeva, a 2001 graduate, will give the commencement address at the college’s graduation ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19, on Oyaron Hill.

She was back on campus last September leading some seminars, and recalls President Margaret Drugovich telling her: “I hope you will come back for graduation; we have a very special speaker.”

“Two days later,” she said, “I got a paper letter, which is very rare these days, asking me to be the speaker! I was so surprised.”

A Kazakhstan native, Zhexembayeva came to Hartwick in 1998 through the Freedom Support Act, which invited 50 students from former Soviet Union countries to study in the U.S. “The idea was that when students from former dictatorships see this culture, they can become ambassadors,” she said. “They will bring the coun-

Hartwick commencement speaker Nadya Zhexembayeva addresses a TedxTalk, designed to share futuristic ideas and broadcasts throughout the nation on NPR.

tries together.”

Hartwick selected her from the list, and she had to learn about the school from a rudimentary website. “They were the first school in America to give every student a laptop,” she said. “I had never even seen a laptop before! I used a public computer at the library.”

She earned a full scholarship, and later, served as an RA. But it was during an independent study that she found her true passion: studying Organizational Behavior. And after graduation at 22, she was the youngest person ever accepted into the Organizational Behavior Ph.D. program at Ohio’s

Case Western Reserve in 2001.

The World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, three weeks after she had begun her program, had a profound effect on her. “We began to ask what was the role of business was in driving conflict, but also in preventing it.”

The school founded the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, and she currently sits on the board. But after graduation, she founded the consulting firm WE EXIST, which partners with businesses to reinvent themselves in an everchanging world. “We help companies rethink products to be more beneficial,” she said.

She has partnered with CocaCola, IBM and Cisco, and coined the term “reinventing” to better explain sustainable business practices in a changing world. “The word ‘sustainability’ doesn’t have that uplift,” she said. “It’s a word that’s used so often that it doesn’t

have meaning. But companies respond to the word ‘reinvention’.”

And she wants students to know that they can reinvent themselves, just as she has. “When change comes, you can fight it or deny it, but my suggestion is that you should use it to your advantage,” she said. “You are born to reinvent yourself.”

Her husband, Vladimir, and their 14-year-old daughter Lila will also be in attendance. “I want her to get a sense of where I came from,” she said. “She wants to go to Stanford, but I am trying to convince her to look at some of the hidden gems.”

And she still thinks back to one moment that she treasures most of all. “It was very early, maybe 7 a.m., sunrise, and I was walking to the dining hall,” she said.

“You could see the entire valley, and I just felt an amazing sense of groundedness … like I had roots forever.”

Bobcats Close Barnyard Swing For Day, But Rescued, To Be Released This Fall BOBCATS/From A1 Birch closed for the day and contacted the state conservation officers, who said they wouldn’t move them in hopes that the mother would come back and relocate them.

“The mother probably hid them in the barn trying to keep them safe from coyotes,” said wildlife expert Wes Laraway, who runs the private New York Wildlife

Rescue Center in Middleburgh.

“If the area is frequented by humans, the mother bobcat will relocate the kittens soon after their eyes open,” said Rick Georgeson, spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

But by Saturday the 12th, Mama Bobcat didn’t come back, and Laraway arrived with a DEC officer, who

allowed him to take the kittens to his Middleburgh shelter.

The kittens’ mother may never see her young again, according to Laraway.

“She’ll ultimately have to move on with her life, and relocate to someplace else on her own,” he said, likely having another litter next spring.

According to the DEC, bobcats have inhabited New

York for hundreds of years, but are becoming more and more commonly observed.

“While seldom seen, this elusive carnivore is more common than people think, both in rural areas as well as suburbia,” said Georgeson.

“However, they are doing well, expanding their range throughout New York.”

He did not have an estimated number for the bobcat population in Otsego

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Brewery Ommegang is seeking an experienced Staff Brewer. This position will contribute to all aspects of the brewing process. Must be able to continuously lift 40 lbs. and do shift work. For full job description and to apply, please see https://goo.gl/B1mFB9.

Brewery Ommegang is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Effective July 1, 2018 Full-time position for second shift. $12/hour with benefits. Application to Rob Walker, Maintenance Supervisor, Richfield Springs Central School, PO Box 631, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Deadline: June 1, 2018.

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Huntington MeMorial library Clerk The Oneonta Municipal Civil Service Commission announces an open-competitive exam for Library Clerk at Huntington Memorial Library on June 9.

Application deadline is May 25. Applications and the exam announcement are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main Street or at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel

Museum Interpreter

Otsego Lake

Please submit resume in person or by mail to: The Village of Milford, 64 South Main Street, PO Box 1, Milford, NY 13807.

Full and part-time seasonal positions April through October

Sailing Assistant

The Farmers’ Museum is seeking history-minded, outgoing individuals to work as heritage interpreters in our mid-19th century rural village. These positions are seasonal (April - October), with employment up to 5 days per week. Training will be provided.

Qualified candidates will demonstrate strong communication skills and be comfortable speaking in a one-on-one or group setting. Being a team player and engaging with the public are essential qualities.

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Join Our Team of Dedicated and Caring Professionals

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Salary high $30,000s commensurate with experience; excellent benefits package including but not limited to 8% employer contribution to 403(b) pension; health, dental and vision insurance (employer pays 95% of cost of plan); and portable term life insurance policy. Application review will begin June 11, 2018. EOE To apply: Send cover letter and resume to Amy Faulkner, Watershed Agricultural Council, 33195 State Highway 10, Walton, NY 13856; or e-mail afaulkner@nycwatershed.org. EOE.

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As for the Barnyard bobcats, Laraway hopes to be able to release them into the wild this coming fall.

“My goal is to raise them wild, and then release them wild,” said Laraway. “I’m going to try to raise them with as little human contact as possible. Basically, the only time they’ll see a human is when I feed them.”

Laraway explained that the kittens will grow to roughly 25 pounds, just above three quarters of their full size. Laraway declined to disclose where he would release the bobcats, citing past experiences.

“I used to publish my releases on my website,” said Laraway. “But people would actually show up to where I released the animals and try to kill them. So, I don’t do that anymore.”

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The Village of Milford has an open position for a part-time seasonal worker (May–September) for park maintenance, 24 hours per week.

• Conservation Planner. The Watershed Agricultural Council is seeking an Agricultural Program Conservation Planner to be responsible for the development of Whole Farm Plans (WFP), maintenance and monitoring of existing WFPs and the implementation of conservation practices within the West of Hudson (WoH) Catskill/ Delaware Watershed region of the New York City drinking water supply. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in agronomy, environmental science, agriculture, natural resource management or related disciplines (i.e. biological sciences). Substitution of an Associate’s Degree in similar field of study and at least two years relevant field experience will be considered; Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Certified Nutrient Management Planner (CNMP) certification preferred. Applicants in the process of receiving this certification may be considered; NRCS Conservation Planner certification and CNMP experience highly considered; as well as additional requirements further detailed in position description. Salary: low to mid $50,000s.

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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018

Alice Talbot, 94; Widow Of Hall Of Fame Director Howard Talbot COOPERSTOWN – Alice L. Talbot, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away peacefully with her family by her side early Thursday morning, May 10, 2018, at The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home.

The widow of Howard C. Talbot, Jr., former director (the title is now president) of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, she was 94.

Born June 11, 1923, in White Plains, Alice Caroline Losee was the eldest child of Edward Samuel Losee and Bertha Weiss Losee.

In her youth she attended East New York School in Brooklyn, near Ebbets Field. She was first employed as an IBM operator for National City Bank in Brooklyn.

On June 1, 1944, Alice entered into active service with the Navy and served her country during World War II. Upon receiving her honorable discharge from the Military on March 4, 1946, Seaman First Class Losee followed her family from Brooklyn to Edmeston.

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On Sept. 11, 1948, Alice married Howard Chase Talbot, Jr. in a ceremony at the Second Baptist Church of Edmeston. They met in the youth choir and their shared fondness of music continued throughout their marriage. Soon after they wed, Alice and Howard moved to Cooperstown where they made their home first on Walnut Street before settling in at 95 Pioneer St. They raised their family and remained there for 60 years.

While Howard was “the Mayor of Pioneer Street”, Alice was “The First Lady.”

Even with their busy work and family schedules, they always enjoyed sitting together on their front porch and eagerly welcomed family, neighbors, friends and passers-by for conversation and camaraderie.

Although she never graduated from high school, Alice was an ambitious student who enjoyed learning. She earned her GED and took night courses in accounting.

She returned to work as her children grew older and did the first Medicare billing

Phyllis J. Van Alstine, Age 90; Cherry Valley Native Taught In L.A. CHERRY VALLEY – Phyllis J. Van Alstine,90, a Cherry Valley native and longtime teacher in Los Angeles, Phyllis passed away Van Alstine on Feb. 10, 2018, in Boulder City, Nev., where she had retired.

Phyllis was born on July 5, 1927, in Cherry Valley to Alberta and Victor Yerdon.

She attended Cherry Valley High School and received a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Albany University in 1948.

She married Earl Van Alstine on March 23, 1947.

She is survived by her daughter, Karen A. Van Alstine, and was preceded in death by her husband, Earl, and son Reginald.

Graveside funeral services will be at 11:30 on May 18, at the Cherry Valley Cemetery, with a reception to follow at the United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Cherry Valley Museum.

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for Bassett Hospital. Alice also worked for the Otsego County Forestry Service and for the county Real Property Tax Department.

Being the wife of the Hall of Fame director meant that Alice was directly involved with many of her husband’s work-related affairs. At one particular Hall of Fame event that she was nervous to attend, new Hall of Fame Inductee “Pee Wee” Reese came over to meet her.

Upon learning that he was her favorite ball player of all time, he embraced her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, then told her that she was indeed an important part of the Hall of Fame family by virtue of being married to

Howard.

While living in Cooperstown, Alice was involved in many organizations, including as a volunteer at Bassett Hospital. She was a member of the Criterion Club, the Cooperstown Woman’s Club, and the Native Daughters of Cooperstown.

Alice and Howard were devoted members of the First Baptist Church of Cooperstown. Through the years she taught Sunday School, was a member of the Fidelis Guild (now the Women’s Guild) helped with rummage sales and in the kitchen with church suppers. She also enjoyed singing in the choir, and often sang duets with Howard.

Alice and Howard moved to The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home in the spring of 2015.

She is survived by her three children, Julia T. DeLaurentiis and husband Thomas, of Morris, Judy Talbot of Liverpool and Cooperstown, and James C. Talbot of Fayetteville; one granddaughter, Teresa M. DeLaurentiis and her husband, William C. Burdick of Morris; two great grand-

daughters, Fiorenza Marie Burdick and Silvana Marie Burdick; a sister-in-law, Jean Losee; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Alice was predeceased by her beloved husband of 66 years, Howard, who died July 18, 2015; three brothers, Robert (and his wife, Nellie), Frank and Edward Losee; and a sister, Florence (and her husband Graydon) France.

A funeral service was held Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at the First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, with the Rev. Joseph Perdue, pastor officiating; he will be assisted by the Rev. Betsy Jay. The Talbot Family respectfully requests that memorial gifts be directed to The First Baptist Church Memorial Fund, 19 Elm Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, or Cooperstown Emergency Squad, PO Box 322, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.

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Cooperstown Anticipates $5M For Doubleday PLAN/From A1 in the plan’s development to date, are “totally aboard,” she said.

Developed in collaboration with Delaware Engineering, it includes: • Reconstruction of the thirdbase bleachers, much now cordoned off with yellow tape, with a three-story building behind for offices (ground floor), a press box (second floor) and a public space (third floor) that would be available for meetings and wedding receptions, a revenue source. An elevator would add a now-missing The grant application provided to Empire State Development Corp. includes artist’s renderings of a leafy, pedestrian-friendly element of handicapped accessibil- entrance to Doubleday Field, left, and a three-story redo of the third-base bleachers, much now cordoned off with yellow tape. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch emphasizes: The renderings are not precise depictions, and will be adjusted. ity.

• A more pedestrian-friendly enof concern that rainfall might damIn 1919, the Cooperstown During a presentation that sorship might also be available. trance from Main Street: A green age the pitcher’s mound.

Chamber of Commerce gained included a yellow Post-It note on Tillapaugh said there’s been swath that would run alongside control of the property, and vila slide of the view of Doubleday Many of the ideas in the grant no commitment from the Hall of Key Bank and the east end of the proposal came out of a well-atlage folks pitched in to level it from Main Street – “tourists don’t Fame to help financially, but noted parking lot, that might include and create a baseball field there. have the Post-It note,” she told the Scott Mondore, a Hall executive, picnic tables in a park-like setting. tended community “charrette” in Doubleday Field, as we know it, October 2014 in the Cooperstown MVREDC – the mayor noted most serves on the Village Board’s “The Sandlot Kid,” the Victor Central cafeteria, conducted by was completed in 1939, baseball’s people think the field is owned by Doubleday Field Committee, Salvatore bronze statue now next Elan Planning principal Lisa Nagel centennial; also, the year the Hall the Hall of Fame. Actually, it’s (chaired by Trustee Bruce Maxto the bank, might be relocated to of Fame opened. village property. “It’s a big piece son). and funded by Otsego Now. the front of the grandstand.

While scholars have since of infrastructure for a village of “For me, I’d like to see a lot of One idea – a parking deck with • The bathrooms, now understores on the first floor in the area concluded baseball evolved 1,800 people,” she told the comthis work,” Tillapaugh said. Howneath the grandstand, would be of the batting cages – is not insimultaneously in many places, mission, which whole-heartedly ever, a priority list will allow the replaced with museum-like space, endorsed the plan. most significant pieces to be done discussing Doubleday Field’s con- cluded in this proposal, Tillapaugh Doubleday Field remains the Tillapaugh said, with the $5 first, depending on the funding, said. Without former Otsego Now spiritual birthplace of the game to nection to the origins of baseball million in hand, she hopes to mini- she said.

CEO Sandy Mathes on a relatively many. and famous activities that have If the grant is announced soon, mize the impact on local taxpayers An art conservator, the new occurred there. Also, the interpre- complicated piece, she said, “it’s not going to move that quickly.” as expected, then – optimally of supporting what’s a national, mayor has a particular soft spot tive panels on Bud Fowler story The origins of Doubleday Field – some work may begin this fall, even international, icon. about including motifs developed – the Cooperstown resident is with the bulk being during the Further funding may be forthare in the Mills Commission, by iron-worker Art Calhoun, considered the first black to play formed to establish the origins of centennial year, the mayor said. coming from the local state who operated Calhoun & Son on Major League ball, in the 19th the National Game. In its final reTaking office April 1, one of delegation, led by state Sen. Linden Avenue for decades, in century – would be expanded into port at the end of 1907, it conclud- Tillapaugh’s first activities as directional signs planned downJim Seward, R-Milford, and the perhaps 10 panels, making the ed the “best evidence” indicated Friends of Doubleday – former town, pointing tourists toward mayor was to brief a Mohawk field’s history more accessible. mayor Jeff Katz recently assumed Doubleday (and stores en route). local boy Abner Doubleday, hero Valley Regional Economic De• Improvements to the field velopment Commission, meeting the FOD presidency – will initiate Even though, she noted, some itself. The mayor reported that, at of Fort Sumter and Gettysburg, had devised the game’s basic rules in Canajoharie, on the village’s fundraising. Ford has been among folks misuse the planter across the Bud Fowler Memorial Tourin 1839 in a Cooperstown cow hopes and plans for Doubleday’s national sponsors of Hall activities the bottom to dispose of cigarette nament last week, play had to be renewal. in recent years, so corporate spon- butts. pasture owned by Elihu Phinney. called after a few innings because

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