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POLICY SUPPORTS RENEWABLES, AND DECOMPRESSOR

Otsego Chamber Declares Independence On Energy As County Task Force Deliberates, Business Asserts What It Needs

THE D&H YARDS’ DEBATE, RENEWED

By JIM KEVLIN Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

A smiling Ryan Lansing heads for third on a Ticonderoga error at the Saturday, June 15, state championship game. He then scored one of CCS’ three runs.

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hough the CCS Hawkeyes baseball team took down the Pierson Whalers 5-2 in the semi-finals, they fell to the Ticonderoga Sentinels 7-3 in the state tournament at Binghamton University on Saturday, June 15.

Ryan Lansing managed to make it home in the first inning, but the team didn’t score another run until the sixth inning, when Lansing brought in his second run and Spencer Lewis grabbed a third.

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tsego County businesspeople support all energy options – renewables, yes, but also the controversial SPEAKING decompressor station proposed for West OUT Oneonta – states a county Chamber of Commerce “Energy & Infrastructure Policy” released in the past few days.

The statement came bottom-up from the Oneonta-based Heegan at organization’s countyEnergy Sumwide membership, said mit Chamber President ►Text Barbara Ann Heegan, of Otsego who also chairs the Chamber’s new policy/A4 Economic Development Committee of the county board’s Energy Task Force. “They (chamber members) collectively shared that they want their voices heard,” Heegan added.

With businesspeople worried their perspectives would not be reflected in the Energy Task Force’s conclusions, Heegan said work began on the policy soon after county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Mount Vision, announced the Energy Task Force membership at the chamber’s Energy Summit in January at The Otesaga.

The policy grew out of the 24-member Please See POLICY, A9

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CON: Rachel Soper, Town of Oneonta, tells Common Council, “If no specific impacts are identified in the review, if there are no conditions or thresholds specified, then there is nothing for future developers (of the D&H yards) to comply with.”

Environmental Review Too Fuzzy, Gas Activists Tell Common Council PRO: Former city Superintendent of Schools Dave Rowley: “Your process was incredibly open and I think it will lead to something great for our community.”

►Paula Lee Hobson, who just completed a $30 million “Imagine a Way” fundraising campaign at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, has been named Hartwick College’s vice president for college advancement, GRANT CAN BUY CAMERAS ► THE STATE SENATE passed a bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, exempting vintage snowmobiles from the $100 annual registration fee. ► ADAM HELMER, whose run to

By LIBBY CUDMORE alert settlers to a war party led Cooperstown Central School

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By JENNIFER HILL Superintendent Bill Crank- ONEONTA him a hero of the Americanshaw got some welcome Revolution, was honored with COOPERSTOWN good news. a historical marker unveiled he Huntington After a four-year wait, Saturday, June 15, in Richfield Library didn’t know Springs. hile contemplating CCS received word Monwhat it had.

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nti-gas activists from around Otsego County returned to Oneonta Tuesday, June 18, with the same message: The environmental review to allow redevelopment of the D&H Railyards is not detailed enough.

And Mayor Gary Herzig repeated the Please See GEIS, A9

City Father – One Of Originals – Speaks; Some Of It’s Humdrum, Some Endearing

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day, June 17, it has received When the Upper $500,000 in state Smart Susquehanna Historical Please See BEATING, A9 Society – now the GOHS

– was cleaning the SwartWilcox House for the 1976 Bicentennial, someone found all of Henry Wilcox’s diaries, said Helen Rees.

“They gave them to the Huntington Library and two were transcribed, but they Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal didn’t think they were very important,” Rees said, Henry Wilcox’s diaries Please See DIARIES, A3 coming to light.

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LOCALS IVERSON NAMED: Mary Iversen, Cooperstown, was named to the President’s List at SUNY Geneseo for the spring 2019.

TWO ON LIST: James Anania, Cooperstown and Meaghan Perrino, Milford, were named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List at SUNY Geneseo.

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ykahla Collins, Richfield Springs, Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Cazenovia College during their commencement exercises on May 18.

Also receiving their degrees are:

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• Rebecca VanBuren, Richfield Springs graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Inclusive Elementary Education.

• Kathleen Cotten, Richfield Springs, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications.

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As part of their final project, the Cooperstown Central School Sociology Class volunteered at the Cooperstown Food Pantry. Students from Jenn Pindar’s CCS Sociology Class unloaded over 18,000 pounds of food contributions to the pantry. In addition, they donated 64 pounds of food and $360 in monetary collections by CCS students. From back left, Avalyn Walters, Jennifer Pindar, Gracie Agostino, Stephanie Rudloff, Katie Martin, Baileigh Behan, Sheena Johnson, Giacomo Gentile, Erik Deysenroth, Victoria Henriksen, Kyle Santello, Stacey Smith and Rene Grundbog.

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TWO LAUDED: Toby Harmon, Hartwick and Jacob Kroll, Richfield Springs, were both named to the spring 2019 Dean’s List at Clarkson University.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-3

Mundane, But Authentic

DIARIES/From A1 founder of the Friends of the Swart-Wilcox House, Oneonta’s oldest home.

The diaries – seven in all – were later returned to the Friends. “We have very different views on what was important!” said Rees. “He wrote every day, so they are a very valuable insight into Oneonta’s life. He wrote about the weather, who died, what was going on.”

He wrote about his mother’s passing, his wife Phoebe and their sons Fred and Merton.

A daughter, Myrtle, died at age 5 of “moreness” in 1875.

The brothers were the last residents of the house.

In one diary, Henry wrote about making travel arrangements on the railroad – which could carrying him as far as Albany or Otego – only to find that it was often delayed.

“Went to Cobleskill and back to Oneonta at night, the trail was two hours behind,” he wrote on Friday, Feb. 8, 1867.

“He really detailed the development of the railroads in Oneonta,” said Rees, who reported on her findings Sunday, June 16, at the first of weekly Sunday Summer Series presentations.

“Went from Oneonta to Bainbridge to see Selebration (at the opening of the Rail Road to that place, talked with Mr. Skinner about selling the RR 500,000 ft Pine” (sic) he wrote on July 10, 1867.

Wilcox ran a lumberyard near today’s Main and River streets, in addition to his farming. “What I find fascinating is that he writes about

being at the lumberyard on Thanksgiving and Christmas,” said Rees. “That means that people were buying lumber.”

On Christmas Day 1867, he wrote, “Was at Oneonta all day. My wife went down to Otego to keep Christmas with her folks. Received a check of $250 from J.C Ward & Son of Albany.”

“That means the post office was working on Christmas too!” she said.

In addition to the lumber and the farm, Wilcox also sold plots of land to the railroad workers, helping to develop the Sixth Ward from farmland into a neighborhood.

“In 1890, he published a broadsheet about how there was no honest newspaper in the city,” Rees said. “He was down there paying taxes on all this land, and the city was putting lights and new roads up on Main Street and Walnut Street. That upset him.”

Titled “How To Make Business Good in Oneonta,” he satirizes the city. “Bond the town for $11,000 to build a bridge over the river” and “Mortgage the village with six fool trustees to throw away monies extorted from the taxpayers.”

He was later sued for $25,000 for passing out the broadside. He died at age 77 in 1912. No photo of the man has been found.

Though four diaries have been transcribed – 1874, 1885, 1875 and 1890 – Rees is still looking for people willing to transcribe Wilcox’s words.

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THURSDAY, June 20, 2019

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Energy Amity Won’t Be Easy, Chamber Statement Shows

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he Otsego Chamber ber will also help connect of Commerce’s “Enbusinesses … with organizaergy & Infrastructure tions that can perform energy Policy,” was released last audits and make upgrades that Thursday, June 13. The title can help decrease energy usage sounds innocuous enough. as well as providing informaIn effect, it is rank-and-file tion for rebates and financing business owners’ Declaration options. The Chamber can of Independence. work with elected officials The whole of the Otsego and state agencies … to Chamber’s new policy implement renewable energies appears in this newspaper, and technologies.” beginning at right. Read it. Chamber PresiIf that paragraph is aspiraBut there are a couple of key dent Heegan tional, this one addresses the welcomes paragraphs. nuts and bolts of running a The first makes common attendees business. to January’s cause with every sensible “We currently have an energy summit. insufficient supply of natural person’s aspirations: “As we head toward the gas for existing business and inevitable move to renewable energy, because of this issue we have turned the Chamber will continue to support away new businesses … Lack of natuand help implement all forms of energy ral gas capacity also creates competiincluding wind, solar, natural gas, tive issues for businesses working in hydro as well as geothermal, ground national and international markets. and air source heat pumps. The ChamPlease See EDITORIAL, A5

OTSEGO CHAMBER POSITION PAPER

Renewables, Yes, But Decompressor As Well Editor’s Note: The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce released this Energy & Infrastructure Policy Thursday, June 13.

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County Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Mount Vision, addresses county Energy Task Force members at the chamber’s Energy Summit in January.

tsego County has a diverse economy. Manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and tourism have been part of the economy for hundreds of years. Having a large part of the economy linked to these sectors, the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce affirms that Otsego County requires a variety of energy sources to allow it to be both economically competitive and environmentally responsible.

To achieve these goals, the public and private sectors must collaborate to ensure that needed energy and transmission infrastructure upgrades are implemented.

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Steinem: NY Surrogacy Bill Puts Poor Women At Mercy Of Rich Editor’s Note: Another troubling idea out of Albany this session – the creation of a surrogate-mother industry – led Gloria Steinem to ally herself in opposition with the state’s Catholic bishops in this excerpted June 11 letter. The state Senate passed the bill, but as this edition went to press, it was stalled in the Assembly. The legislative session ends Wednesday, June 19.

“Child-Parent Security Act,” a bill that would legalize reproductive commercial surrogacy in our state. We need your help to stop this bill. Women’s GLORIA health, rights STEINEM and lives may depend on it.

The danger here is not the use of altruistic surrogacy to create a loving family, which is legal in New York now, but the state legalizing the commercial and profit-

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ear Friends, A few months ago, I joined over a hundred women leaders in New York State who wrote a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo opposing the

driven reproductive surrogacy industry. As has been seen here and in other countries, this harms and endangers women in the process, especially those who feel that they have few or no economic alternatives.

Under this bill, women in economic need become commercialized vessels for rent, and the fetuses they carry become the property of others. The surrogate mother’s rights over the fetus she is carrying are greatly curtailed and she loses all rights to the baby she delivers. The bill ignores the socio-economic and racial inequalities of the reproductive commercial surrogacy industry,

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aged woman who is herself a victim of an educational system that does not provide free or affordable college education.

She is often given fertility drugs, oral or injected, and not warned about such side effects as headaches, bloating, nausea, breast tenderness and an ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHHS) that can vary from physical discomfort to life-threatening illnesses. Then the surrogate mother is also at risk of all the documented medical and psychological injuries of pregnancy and birth, including an inability to bear other children and even death.

Please See STEINEM, A5

nder this bill, women in economic need become commercialized vessels for rent, and the fetuses they carry become the property of others.” and puts disenfranchised women at the financial and emotional mercy of wealthier and more privileged individuals.

The process usually starts with an egg donor, typically a college-

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To the Editor: This is in regards to letters written about Oneonta and attracting young people to work in our area.

What is needed is housing for all working individuals, as most housing in the City of Oneonta is geared for our student population.

There aren’t homes available to purchase that could be within the reach of these “young people,” nor are there sufficient apartments available to rent, as we have at least four student housing rental corporations that

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when you can earn $11,700 for a three-bedroom home renting to students per semester, so for nine months you collect $23,400. Then comes the baseball season with Dreams Park and Cooperstown All-Star Village, 12 weeks at a minimum of $2,000-$10,000 a week for an additional $24,000-$120,000.

So jobs would be great, but in Oneonta there is no housing to support an influx of new residents.

In addition, for those of us who are nearing retirement age, there too is a lack of adequate housing to meet those needs. Try finding a one-bedroom apartment that is affordable, by which I mean under $750, as wages in our area are low.

DAVID FLYNN Oneonta

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Attention, Boaters! Divers Below To the Editor: main 100 feet away from I was free diving (mask, fins the divers’-down flag, and and snorkel; no SCUBA) in motorboats must not create Otsego Lake last Thursday wake (must drive 5 mph or evening, June 13, when I less) if within 100 feet of the was run over by a motorboat shoreline or any humanmoving at high speed. created fixture in the lake.

No, I was not injured. I was That state law is extended frightened. I dug myself into to 200 feet by the Otsego Lake the lake bottom to avoid injury. municipalities to protect our A dive flag was clearly disartificially raised shorelines played, and I was within 70 feet from erosion. of the Biological Field Station Know the law. Take a New (BFS) boathouse dock. Clearly, Boating? Stay clear York Boating Safety Course. the boater involved would have of this divers’ down Several are held locally each flag. been devastated if blood had year, and there is the always been left in the water. available online option, He seemed oblivious (as did his passenger) wwww.boat-ed.com/newyork/. to the fact that he was violating at least If you are unaware of the no-wake zone three laws. restrictions or the diver’s-down flag requireEach year, the BFS volunteer divers report ments, you are probably unaware of other boaters ignoring the red and white divers’regulations intended to keep us all safe. down flag and approaching the site of ongoLet’s be safe.

PAUL H. LORD ing SCUBA diving. The volunteers have learned to keep one diver out of the water just BFS Divemaster & Instruction to direct boaters away from the diving.

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t’s a pleasure to be writing again for The Freeman’s Journal (as well as, for the first time, Hometown Oneonta.) I’ve been here before, though it was about two decades ago.

More about that in a future column.

For this new stint of columns, of course I need a new name. “From Fly Creek” just won’t do. Though all I learned and came to love while writing from that hamlet still lives in me, I’ve moved on, and not just in age.

(In August I’ll be 81.)

I’ve also moved through a range of new experiences, including deteriorations that have come with continuing Parkinson’s, and now with diabetes

and uncertain blood pressure.

So mine’s a different perspective now, and I should address you from it. And I’ve concluded to assure that by naming this series JIM from Anne’s and ATWELL my new home base: halfway down the two long blocks that form one of Cooperstown’s most handsome streets.

Delaware Street runs straight as a

die from Chestnut down to Beaver Street. It’s lined with fine trees and well-maintained homes. Nearly all the homes have comfortable front porches.

Just now almost every porch features hanging baskets of trailing flowers, plus a colorful pot or two arranged along the steps. Many are also brightened by our national flag, wafted by breezes.

And here’s my most important new insight, friends: It’s front porches that largely create a sense of community, of neighborhood. That last word is wondrous, akin to brotherhood and sisterhood. It bespeaks a real bond, shared Please See ATWELL, A6

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

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: Sale of Pews – The sale of the pews in the Presbyterian Church will take place on Thursday, the first day of July next at 2 o’clock p.m. Six month’s rent will then become due. It is earnestly desired that all would pay at that time. Geo. Pomeroy, Clerk, Cooperstown, June 21, 1819.

Advertisement: The inhabitants of Burlington intend to celebrate the anniversary of our national independence on the fifth day of July next, at Col. Sheldon’s, and invite the attendance of their friends in the adjacent towns. By order of the Committee of Arrangements, Burlington, June 15, 1819.

June 21, 1819

75 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown perpetuated as an Army Rest & Recreation Camp, as suggested recently at a dinner given in honor of Major Francis H. Poole, commanding officer of the hospital, will be made shortly by a committee of three by the Chamber of Commerce. The committee will confer with Major Poole and Waldo C. Johnston, agent for the Clark Estates and builders of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital now being used by the army. Inspectors from the Surgeon General’s department at Washington have been here during the meantime, and are said to have been impressed with the vast amount of good done at this hospital for officers of the air service who have come back to this country nearly nervous wrecks.

June 18, 1919

175 YEARS AGO

Democratic National Nominations – For President: James K. Polk of Tennessee; For Vice-President: George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania. Democratic Celebration – July 4, 1844 – Great Rally of the Democracy for Polk, Dallas and Victory! “Oh, flag of promise unto us, thy stars foretell thy country’s fame, our crimsoned stripes, translated thus, give promise to our foes, of shame.” “Honest labor seeks an equality of rights and privileges, and demands equal and exact justice to all men.” “Be always sure you are right and then go ahead.” In view of the vast consequences and momentous issues involved in the great contest for supremacy in the approaching Presidential Election, the undersigned, a Committee appointed by the “Otsego Democratic Association” for that purpose, hereby invite their fellow Democrats of Otsego and adjoining counties, to assemble in mass meeting in the Village of Cooperstown, on the Fourth of July next, at 10 o’clock a.m. to join in commemorating the glorious anniversary of American Independence and aid in cementing the Union.

June 17, 1844

150 YEARS AGO

New Grounds for the County Agricultural Society – At a meeting of the Managers two propositions for new grounds for the use of the Society were considered. The Committee appointed to select suitable Fair Grounds reported in favor of the purchase of a lot of Mssrs. Spafard and Hooker, to contain a sufficient number of acres for a first class track of not less than one-half mile, and a small piece called the “Oxbow” – about twenty acres at $250 per acre, and five acres at $150 per acre amounting to $5,750 in all. A resolution was offered authorizing the President and Treasurer to make the purchase, after the Society shall authorize the sale of the lot now owned by it. (Ed. Note: The property referred to is now occupied by the Cooperstown Elementary School, residences along Walnut Street from Delaware, and southward to the high school. The Old Fairgrounds is now occupied by the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, the Bassett Clinic, the parking area and residences along Fair Street).

June 18, 1869

50 YEARS AGO

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Crosier of North Adams, Massachusetts have announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan Carol, to C.R. Jones, son of Mrs. Weston E. Jones and the late Mr. Jones of Charles City, Iowa. Miss Crosier was graduated from Tufts University, studied Art History at the University of Kansas, and received the Master of Arts degree from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in May of this year.

She is Director of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica.

Mr. Jones was graduated from Iowa State University at Ames, studied Art History at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts and received the Master of Arts degree from the Cooperstown Graduate Programs in 1965. An October wedding is planned.

June 29, 1969 June 21, 1944

125 YEARS AGO

Base Ball – On June 29, the Athletics will play a famous Indian club from the West. They are known as the Minneconji Indians. A parade will be given before the game in full Indian costume. They are the genuine article, and will put up a great game of ball, and run bases like reindeer.

They should draw nearly as well as the Cuban Giants. Information has been received that the Athletics have secured Schoenhut, the famous University of Pennsylvania pitcher, for the coming season. With White and Schoenhut as regular pitchers, and J. Hollister for an emergency, Reung, of the University of Pennsylvania as catcher, and Captain Charlie to go behind the bat in the event of any accident, the Athletics will be stronger than ever before. Taylor, our popular big first baseman has been keeping his eye and nerves in order by daily practice at handball and batting.

June 14, 1894

100 YEARS AGO

An effort to have the U.S. Aviation Hospital in

1st Governor Cuomo Found Against Renting Surrogates STEINEM, FROM A4 The bill does not warn against any of the above risks.

In addition, the bill’s only requirement of what it calls the “intended parents” is a 90-day residency in New York State, which is waived if the baby is born in the state. No background checks are required, much less the home visits and attention to psychological and economic stability that are required of adoptive parents.

This means that anyone, from a well-intentioned and loving couple to a sex trafficker or pedophile, could enter into a commercial surrogacy contract.

The bill also allows for any woman, from anywhere in the world, to be brought to New York, by anyone, in order to carry a commercialized pregnancy. This carries the big risk of human trafficking for reproductive and other exploitation of both women and children.

Reproductive commercial surrogacy is banned in almost every country in Europe, as well as in India, Thailand, Nepal and Cambodia. If this bill becomes law, New York could therefore become the perfect destination for a global multi-million dollar commercial surrogacy industry that has already given other countries cause to ban it.

In 1992, Governor

Cuomo’s father, Gov. Mario Cuomo, founded the New York State Task Force on Life & Law, and six years later, issued a report unanimously recommending that public policy prohibit reproductive commercial surrogate parenting because it is harmful to the women whose bodies are used, and to the children they bear.

The two decades that have passed since that report was released haven’t erased or reduced the tragic risks of commercial surrogacy: it undermines women’s control over their bodies, jeopardizes women’s reproductive rights, renders women vulnerable to reproductive trafficking and exploitation, and further subordinates women as second-class citizens, all with a third-party profit motive that is unregulated.

New York State must continue to take the lead in protecting women’s rights, as it has done up to now under Governor Andrew Cuomo. A state that medicalizes and rents out female bodies – with third party profit as a motive and little or no regulation of risk to the women egg donors and surrogate wombs – jeopardizes a woman’s fundamental right to health and freedom and puts profit ahead of the longterm welfare of the fetus.

Approximately 200 community members attended a meeting at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown hosted by William F. Streck, M.D., Bassett’s President and Congressman Sherwood L. Boehlert. Boehlert provided the group with an update on health reform progress in Washington.

Dr. Streck discussed state-level reform and Bassett’s response to reform. Boehlert shared his concern that funding of health care reform plans has not been properly addressed. “Regardless of who is driving health reform, changes are coming,” said Dr. Streck.

June 21, 1994

10 YEARS AGO

Eight Cooperstown Central School students have been sent home with Swine Flu virus. That news followed CCS nurse Jane Hanson’s decision, Monday, June 15, the last day of classes for the high school and middle school to send home a couple-of-dozen students with flu-like symptoms.

The Cooperstown outbreak followed the confirmation of seven cases at Morris Central School and two at Oneonta High School. Countywide 18 cases have been reported.

June 19, 2009

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Do Renewables Make Sense Yet?

see the left is at it again. If you disagree with or question their agenda, then you are labeled as “evil.”

Now I’m being accused of being opposed to renewables. If you’ve read my writings on the topic, then you know nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone who is aware of the concerns regarding climate change and understands that fossil fuels are not renewable, i.e. we’re going to run out of them, would be looking for new sources of energy. Renewables like solar and wind MIKE must, at some point in time, ZAGATA be part of that mix.

What I am opposed to is being asked to drink the renewables Kool-Aid without being told what’s in it. That’s what happened to the cult members who died in Jonestown, Guyana – the results weren’t good.

• Renewables are not a panacea – either environmentally or economically.

They, like the other forms of energy, have their costs. It is up to us to evalu-

ate their environmental and economic pros and cons via a scientifically honest debate and then decide how to proceed.

For example, for renewables like wind and solar to work, the energy they produce must be stored so that is available when and where it is needed. Given today’s storage technology, that means lithium ion batteries.

The raw materials used to make them are largely found in China, Russia and the Congo. That means the United States would have to rely on foreign governments that are not our biggest allies for the materials necessary for us to rely on solar and wind power.

Do you recall what happened in 1974 when we relied on OPEC for our oil? It wasn’t pretty as people shot one another while waiting in lines to buy gasoline. Do we really want to repeat that? To make matters worse, China recently announced that it may curtail the supply of the rare-earth metals used to make the batteries.

This is a satellite photo of the largest solar farm in the world, the 43-square-kilometer Tengger Desert Solar Park in China. For top 10, visit www.digitaltrends. com

• The raw materials used to make lithium ion batteries must be mined in countries that don’t have our strict mining regulations. Is it really OK for us to close a blind eye to that environmental damage just because it isn’t in our back yard?

After they’re mined, the materials must be transported to where the Please See ZAGATA, A6

Chamber Members Issue Declaration Of Independence

EDITORIAL/From A4 Most light manufacturers … need and want natural gas, while also being open to renewables … The fact that some natural gas users in our area are offered only interruptible supply is a graphic indication that a better gas transmission ON THE RECORD infrastructure is needed.

Options such as the proou can take a cluster of nine Demo- posed decompressor station will help on a temporary cratic positions that each poll over basis, but more natural gas 50 percent individually, and find that capacity is clearly needed only 18 percent of Americans agree with all of if our community and local employers are to grow them. And a single strong, focused disagreeand prosper.” ment can be enough to turn a voter against This should be a wakeup liberalism, especially if liberals seem uncom- call for the county Energy Task Force, which next promising on that issue.”

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If the business community doesn’t buy in sufficiently to the task force’s eventual proposed solution, it will be DOA. Right now, the task force’s Economic Development subcommittee contains people who deal with business, but not a single businessperson, per se. In effect, they represent bureaucracies: the New York Power Authority, NYSERDA, the Southern Tier 8 Regional Planning Commission. Even Heegan herself and Otsego Now CEO Jody Zakrevsky, advocates of business as they are, are a more than a few steps out of the trenches in the battle between P&L.

Perhaps it’s time for a mid-course adjustment, to broaden the representation with, not bomb-throwers, but thoughtful diplomats from the business community, people like Custom Electronics’ Mike Pentaris, who are walking the walk.

The threat of the boogeyman – that anyone who doesn’t agree with Big Environmentalism’s agenda is evil, as Mike Zagata writes this week – it getting old, even becoming fake news.

There are hard heads, sure. But no thinking person doesn’t accept the reality of Climate Change.

The question is: How, really, do we fix it? To replace wishful thinking with tough thinking that will bring

results. Meanwhile, how much does the tiny, tiny piece of the problem, Otsego County, have to suffer?

Reading the tea leaves, it seems like the Otsego Chamber members seized a debate from which they have been excluded. Well done. Energy Task Force members will ignore the Energy & Infrastructure Policy to their detriment.

Instead, let’s all focus on the conclusion: “Economic growth and community prosperity are the prime objectives of the entrepreneurs and business leaders who work as part of the Chamber to help make Otsego County a better place to live, work and raise a family.”

We’re all in this together.

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In Richfield, Candidate Offers Chaos, Negativity To the Editor: It is heartbreaking that our town has been plagued for over a year by Nick Palevsky’s horrendous and derogatory articles in the Pennysaver and other papers about a draft zoning law, the zoning volunteers and board members.

Whenever there is chaos, negativity, and turmoil in Richfield, it is Palevsky at the helm. And his statements are RARELY based on fact. So then the bullying and placing of doubt and fear into residents’ minds begins. The current scene is all too familiar.

Palevsky doesn’t understand that you cannot get a different outcome if you

Only Communications Can Root Out Bullying To the Editor: Last week’s article about school bullying recounts a serious incident in Cooperstown High School (by no means the first), but it begins – and exists – at much earlier levels, as parents and administrators of the lower grades will verify.

This is a problem that needs to be addressed prophylactically and at multiple levels, by parents talking to their own children, by teachers and administrators, and by health care providers.

They need to talk to each other, and to the kids, on an ongoing basis, and not just once. The students are right to ask: What are they doing? All of them?

All of us?

MARY ANNE WHELAN Cooperstown

continue to do the same old thing. Some change is necessary, and some of the current board members understand that there are steps you need to take to reach your town’s goals.

Bullies and backdoor politics, which Palevsky has used in Richfield for 20 plus years, will set us back even further.

In all his articles, what has he offered?

Nothing but misinformation and rumors.

Is this the person that you want to put in as supervisor, yet again?

Read between the lines, fellow residents. Palevsky has damaged reputations and the integrity of our town, over and over again. But it is not too late.

Republicans can vote in the very important Republican Primary on June 25.

A vote for David Simonds for supervisor will bring unity. Kane Seamon has become a strong councilman and deserves our vote. NO vote for Fred Eckler who lives in Florida four months of the year, is always negative. In November’s General Election another young businessman will be on the ballot for councilman – Jeremy Fisher. He runs the much improved bowling alley, and is excited about Richfield. He gets my second vote!

BONNIE ENJEM Town of Richfield

Democrats Seek To Dampen Competition To the Editor: For years, the City of Oneonta has struggled to find passionate candidates in its local elections. Oftentimes, those in power have pushed individuals to run strictly to fill a seat, as evident by a handful stepping down after only one term. While I thank our entire Common Council for its service, Oneonta needs enthusiastic candidates who are committed to our future.

2019 is that year. In multiple Common Council races, we were lucky enough to have had at least two, and in some three, candidates file petitions for office including in the Eighth Ward, which I am running to represent.

Personally, I was excited for a threeway race. It would have forced discussion and debate, the fundamentals of a functional democracy.

Unfortunately, “Democratic” party leaders and my opponent are not so democratic after all, forcing two independents, Eric and Nate Roberts, off the ballot and trying to kick an independent county board candidate, Wilson Wells, off as well – a power move limiting the debate that Oneonta residents so desperately deserve.

Why would they do this? I only see one reason: They are scared of the very democratic principles they claim to uphold because, for the first time in recent memory, the elite few controlling our city are in jeopardy of losing their stronghold.

Local politics should not be partisan politics. We should not be scared of discussion on new ideas, rather embrace them.

JOSHUA BAILEY Common Council candidate, Oneonta’s Ward 8

Chamber Policy Backs Renewables, Decompressor POLICY/From A4 The sources of energy we rely upon need to be accessible, affordable, practical and sustainable. Without balancing these requirements, energy security in Otsego County will be at risk and businesses in Otsego County will struggle to remain competitive.

Otsego County businesses need to maintain their competitive edge in this new energy landscape. During this evolution we must recognize that sectors of the economy, particularly agriculture, will be more carbon-dependent because of the lack of low-carbon alternatives or the inability to quickly implement cost-effective innovation. Without this realization, many areas of our economy (including agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare and tourism sectors) will be negatively impacted.

It is important to note that Otsego County and neighboring counties in our region continue to experience population losses. Since 2010, we have lost 2,528 residents or 4.1 percent of our population, according to Census Bureau.

Neighboring counties have experienced population losses of 3.6 to 7.1 percent.

Part of the reason for these declines is the tax and regulatory environment in Upstate New York. High energy costs are another reason for slower economic growth, as many businesses have limited access to affordable energy options that will meet their energy demands.

To become a responsible and environmentally conscious energy producer, Otsego County must address three key components: 1. Environmentally Responsible Energy Production/Consumption, 2. Energy Security and Availability 3. Cost Competitiveness Focus Areas of the Three Key Components: ►ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY PRODUCTION/CONSUMPTION 1. Increase investment in competitive low-carbon energy infrastructure and 2. Move towards a long-term lowcarbon economy by: a) Utilizing low-carbon energy

nity. As we head toward the inevitable move to renewable energy, the Chamber will continue to support and help implement all forms of energy including wind, solar, natural gas, hydro as well as geothermal, ground and air source heat pumps.

The Chamber will also help connect businesses by placing them in contact with organizations that can perform energy audits HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal and make upgrades that Kathleen O’Donnell, the retired Hartwick can help decrease energy College professor and a Concerned Citizen usage as well as providing of Oneonta, was among attendees at the information for rebates Chamber’s Energy Summit in January. and financing options.

Second from left is Tracy Allen, SUNY The Chamber can work Oneonta dean of sciences. with elected officials and state agencies, such as resources; NYSERDA, to implement renewable b) Use technology to reduce the energies and technologies to foster carbon footprint; and, energy efficiency and conservation. c) Have substantive, thorough and It is also clear that we currently timely environmental review processes. have an insufficient supply of natural ►ENERGY SECURITY & AVAILABILITY gas for existing business and because 1. Invest in electric transmission of this issue we have turned away infrastructure to allow low-carbon new businesses that wanted to locate energy to flow between regions. here. Lack of natural gas capacity also 2. Support updated and new pipeline creates competitive issues for businesses infrastructure to allow the movement of natural gas resources for local and export working in national and international markets. Most light manufacturing opportunities. businesses located in our area need and 3. Support safe energy storage to want natural gas while also being open complement renewable resources. to renewable alternatives. ►COST COMPETITIVENESS The fact that some natural gas users 1. Utilize existing energy infrastrucin our area are offered only interruptible ture for its full life cycle term to avoid supply is a graphic indication that a better stranded assets and to control energy gas transmission infrastructure is needed. costs.

Options such as the proposed decom2. Support industrial energy efficiency pressor station will help on a temporary and energy solutions that complement a basis, but more natural gas capacity is reduction in emissions strategy. clearly needed if our community and 3. Achieve predictable and reliable local employers are to grow and prosper. energy supply/rates for business sectors Economic growth and community that are reflective of the sector’s impact prosperity are the prime objectives of on the economy. the entrepreneurs and business leaders ►Our Solution: who work as part of the Chamber to help The mission of the Otsego County make Otsego County a better place to Chamber of Commerce is to be the proactive voice for the business commu- live, work and raise a family.

ZAGATA: Warm, Fuzzy Renewables May Not Be Solution ZAGATA/From A5 batteries are manufactured, used to manufacture the batteries, distributed to where they will be used to store energy and, when their useful life is over, either recycled or disposed as a hazardous waste.

Each of those steps requires energy, and that’s why during the entire life cycle of a lithium ion battery, especially the ones used in cars, it may actually be carbon negative for the first 10 years.

Does that make sense? Does it make economic sense to buy an electric vehicle knowing that you won’t own the vehicle long enough to recover its incremental cost over that of a car with a normal combustion engine?

• More and more authors are beginning to point out the amount of farm and forest land that will be impacted by solar and wind farms. For New York State alone, we’re talking hundreds of

thousands of acres.

Each wind turbine occupies a certain area that no longer sequesters carbon and must be accessible by a road that takes more land out of production and no longer sequesters carbon. Each solar farm covers acres with glass and thus is no longer covered with green plants that sequester carbon.

Will we produce enough renewable, carbon-friendly energy to offset the carbon that is not sequestered but that would have been sequestered by the green plants that grew on that land?

If not, then it would not make good environmental “sense” to proceed.

• During the public meetings on the Constitution Pipeline Project, I recall hearing the vocal opposition to the clearing of a right-of way for the pipeline because it would negatively impact wildlife. Emotion was rampant and facts were few as the opposite would occur.

However, that same opposition will, if the playing field is level, likely rear its head again because the electricity produced by solar and wind farms will, in order for it to be delivered to where it is needed, require the construction of new transmission lines – lots of them.

You see, the Kool-Aid that we are being offered is laced with environmental and economic inconsistencies.

Before we spend a dollar for environmental benefits, we must make sure we will indeed receive a dollar’s worth of environmental benefits.

Capital is too scarce to do otherwise and crying wolf without having a viable solution to offer will make it more difficult in the future to gain the public’s support.

Mike Zagata, DEC commissioner during the Pataki Administration and an environmental executive for Fortune 500 companies, lives in West Davenport.

Ask Davies About 6 Goals To the Editor: Please help to put Mark Davies, the top candidate for Common Council from Ward 2, on the Nov. 5 Ballot by voting in the primary, noon-9 p.m., Tuesday, June 25, at Foothills.

His June 25 opponent is already on the Republican line for the Nov. 5 ballot. Mark needs your vote on June 25 to win his line on the Nov. 5 General Election ballot. Let me know if you need a ride.

Mark is by the far the most qualified and energetic candidate for the Ward 2 seat. He has served the city and Greater Oneonta on five groups related to the development of the city and initiating environmentally sound policies, such as area-wide composting of waste, ways of saving and introducing clean energy, ways of introducing sustainable practices contributing in long range planning for the city, and ways of supporting challenging athletic programs for youth such as soccer and biking, As a member of the city Environmental Board, I have watched Mark, who is chair, work with other board members and the community to bring to fruition things like the Community Gardens, to

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obtain grants to reduce the city’s energy consumption, and to support bringing a few hundred high school students and their families to Oneonta two weekends ago for a biking competition (good for local businesses).

When Mark stops by your house in the next week, ask him about his six goals for the City.

Mark might not tell you this, but his real skill is working with people of all political interests as long as they are interested in working for the betterment of the city, its youth and older citizens.

As a professor at Hartwick College, Mark knows younger folks and has involved them in the sustainability efforts of the city, helping to bring students in contact with other city residents.

Make sure your neighbors in Ward 2 vote too on Tuesday, June 25. It is important!

DAVID HUTCHISON Oneonta

Kaytee Shue Good Manager

To the Editor: I wanted to introduce you to Kaytee Lipari Shue, a professional colleague of mine, and also a lifelong 30-year resident of Ward 4. Kaytee, with her husband Jared, as new parents moved back to Oneonta to ensure their family would have the same rewarding experiences that Kaytee had growing up.

Born and raised in Ward 4, Kaytee has the understanding, strength and a commitment to seek solutions to grow the center city community that we can all be proud of.

Kaytee has over 12 years in management and has the keen ability to uncover the root cause of any concerns and will find the solution to fix the issues.

In her management positions, she developed strong teams and maintained her Maurice’s store ranking in the top of the Northeast Region, while also growing the store brand and

gross sales.

In working daily with Kaytee for over seven years, I know from experience her strong leadership skills are above expectations and her commitment to getting the issues resolved is what we need in Ward 4.

Kaytee is very personable, has great communication skills and is extremely responsible.

Kaytee has a lifelong connection to our entire community and will seek out the resources to provide the 4th Ward residents’ with the support and the solutions that WE are looking for.

Please join us 9:30-11:30 a.m. this Saturday, June 22, at Latte Lounge Express & Lizard Lick Ice Cream located on Dietz Street. Come and meet Kaytee Lipari Shue, the candidate that I am endorsing!

LUISA MONTANTI Oneonta

Davies Experienced, Committed To the Editor: On June 25 voters in the city of Oneonta’s Ward 2 will have the opportunity to choose between two candidates running for Common Council on the Democratic ticket.

While I live in the adjoining Ward 3, I encourage those in the second to choose Mark Davies. It has been an absolute pleasure working alongside Mark both as a faculty colleague at Hartwick College and on the city Environmental Board.

Mark has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the health of our community.

For instance, he has been instrumental in the countywide composting project that secured a grant to purchase the necessary equipment and has been working to get the logistical side off the ground.

He is the co-chair of the Environment Sub-Committee of the Otsego County Energy Task Force. He has been a part of the city’s Comprehensive Planning Committee. He is board member for the Center of Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship, and a

former board member of the Otsego County Conservation Association and the Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth.

Finally, he has been a member of the city’s Environmental Board for six years, chairing it for the past four years.

At Hartwick and on the Environmental Board, he is a wonderful leader who works hard to get as many diverse voices to the table; and once he gets them there, he listens carefully to what they have to say.

His ability to facilitate discussion and broker agreements between parties that may have originally thought they were at odds with one another is just the sort of ability the City of Oneonta needs in a council member.

So while I can’t vote for him in the primary nor in the general election, I encourage the voters of Ward 2 to vote Mark, because I know he will do everything he can to make Oneonta the vibrant, healthy community we want it to be.

KEVIN SCHULTZ Oneonta

ATWELL: Welcome To My Porch

ATWELL/From A1 values, even shared dependency. Anne and I experience all those qualities in our new neighborhood.

And never more so than when sitting in breezy shade on the porch on a summer afternoon, when so many neighbors are ambling along Delaware, walking their dogs and often stopping to banter with us across the porch railing, or even to join us on the porch for something cool to drink and more leisured talk.

Those are simple but precious times. I hope my describing them will prepare you to expect with some regularity a repeated headline in this historic paper: “A Front Porch Perspective.”

Jim Atwell, a Quaker minister, retired college administrator in the State of Maryland, and a local columnist for more than two decades, lives in Cooperstown.

His column will appear every other week.

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Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98; Built Home On Otsego Lake

SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98, who built a house on Otsego Lake with her husband, the late John M. Reynolds, passed away on June 5, 2019.

She was born in Garland, N.C. on Aug. 29, 1921 to Dr. Robert Samuel Cromartie and Mary Blanche Jester.

She went to Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. for 2 years and then went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina in

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Chapel Hill in 1942. Anne worked as a teacher until she was old enough to join the Red Cross, which sent her to Simmons College in Boston for a Masters in Social Work.

After working at the Red Cross military hospital in Staunton, Va. assisting soldiers returning from World War II, she transferred to the Red Cross office in Washington, DC. In 1947 she met her future husband, who was

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from Oneonta, Their married life was divided between homes in McLean, Va. and a house they built in Springfield Center on Otsego Lake. Anne’s interest in modern art and architecture was reflected in these houses.

She herself was a painter and student at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Va. and, with her husband, supported local modern artists and sculptors. Always a lover of animals, both wild and domestic, Anne instilled in her family a deep appreciation of nature.

She had a very open and inquiring mind about many subjects and a great sense of humor. Throughout her long life, her home was a welcoming and gracious gathering spot for the whole family.

She is survived by her sons John and his wife Christine, William and his wife Dale, daughter Anne and her husband Barton, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

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BY ONONDAGA COUNTY - RFP #19 -001 FOR FURNISHING TOWN OF HARTWICK BOND COUNSEL SERVICES IS DUE JULY 10, 2019 AT 4:00 PM AT THE ADDRESS BELOW: ATTENTION: ANDREW TROMBLEY ONONDAGA COUNTY DIVISION OF PURCHASE – 13TH FLOOR, JOHN H MULROY CIVIC CENTER, 421 MONTGOMERY STREET, SYRACUSE, NY 13202.

FOR COPIES OF THE PROPOSAL PLEASE CONTACT LATASHA HILLS – 315-435-2244 latashahills@ ongov.net 1LegalJun.20 Legal nOtice

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company 1. The name of the LLC is Bronson Construction, LLC.

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Notice of Formation of Matsis Realty I, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 2/20/2019.

Office: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 69 Harrington Ave Lindenhurst NY 11757.

Purpose: any lawful 6LegalJul.25 Legal nOtice

NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Pike Company is partnering with SWBR Architects to submit a designbuild proposal for the SUNY Oneonta – Ford Hall Renovation Project in Oneonta, NY. We are soliciting quotes from M/ WBE and SDVOB Contractors as the participation goals on this project are: 18% MBE, 12% WBE and 6% SDVOB by Business Enterprises certified by the state of NY. To obtain a copy of our NDA in order to gain access to design documents, contact Michelle Candelaria at candm@ pikecos.com. Bids are due 6/28/2019.

Email quotes to bids@pikeco.com.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of

Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/17/19.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Joel S. Charleston, 11 Pearl Street, Valley Stream, NY 11581.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: PRISTINE ACRES LLC. Certificate of Conversion filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 3 June 2019.

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 793 County Highway 10, Laurens, NY 13796.

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

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: LEANSolutions LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 May 2019.

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 584 Co Hwy 22, Burlington Flats, NY 13315.

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

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company

08108, registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: All lawful purposes.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company

State (SSNY) was 20 May 2019.

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 4868 St Rt 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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Name: JaNo CAMPERS LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 May 2019.

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 PO Box 404, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Kai Zen Strong, LLC Filed 5/23/19 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 26 Brookside Avenue, Worcester, NY 12197 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJul.18 Legal nOtice

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Vibbard Electrical Contracting, LLC Filed 5/20/19 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 151 Heap Road, Edmeston, NY 13335 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJul.18 Legal nOtice

NOTICE OF App. for Auth.

(LLC) DMZ Planners LLC. App. for Auth. filed w/ the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/29/19.

LLC formed in NJ on 11/17/17.

Office Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process c/o Donna M. Zalecky, 208 Carlton Ave., Haddon Twp., NJ

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Index No. EF-2019-83 SIDNEY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, -vs- SHANE M. HOVICK, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear in this action by serving a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty days after service of this summons is complete and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO THE DEFENDANT: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on May 28, 2019 in Cooperstown, New York, and filed on May 29, 2019 with the Summons and Complaint in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office under under Index Number EF201983.

The object of this action is for breach of contract for nonpayment of monies due and owing under a Loanliner Loan and Security Agreements and Disclosure Statement executed on August 31, 2017.

Dated: May 31, 2019 Amanda C. Shaw, Esq. Riehlman, Shafer & Shaw, LLC Attorneys for

Name: DON BURTON EXCAVATING LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 15 May 2019.

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 775 Upcounty Rd, Worcester, NY 12197.

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

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: HARRIS LANDSCAPES & CONTRACTING LLC.

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Notice of Formation of Wingspan Property and equipment LLC Article of organization was submitted 3/5/2019.

Office located in Otsego county.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and SSNY shall mail process to 311 42nd and Broad New Berlin NY 13411.

Purpose: All lawful purposes.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of SNAPSHOT SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEMS, LLC

Name:

A Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on May 16, 2019.

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: Snapshot Security Camera Systems, LLC at 5199 US Highway 20 Springfield Center, NY 13468.

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

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COOPERSTOWN HYDE PARK ESTATES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY

Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 13 May 2019.

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 296 Hoose Rd, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company

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COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is Price Automotive, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is April 29, 2019.

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

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 339 State Highway 7, Sidney, NY 13838.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of E2H2NANO, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/26/2019.

Office loc: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Miao Yu, 5 Summers Circle, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Reg Agent: Miao Yu, 5 Summers Circle, Pittsford, NY 14534 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Wellfit Yoga, LLC Filed 5/6/19 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 42 Nelson Avenue, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJun.20

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Chamber Policy Pro-Renewables, Pro-Decompressor

POLICY/From A1 chamber board “listening to our members,” Heegan said.

The nine-member steering committee, chaired by Al Rubin, A&D Transport Services president, then assembled the final document from inputs. Other steering committee members include BOCES Superintendent Nick Savin, Rubin’s predecessor, realtor Barbara Fox, and Deb Marcus, CEO of Family Planning South Central New York.

Rubin failed to return several telephone requests for comment seeking details on how the steering committee crafted the policy.

“It gives guidance on our focus,” said Heegan. “It’s all positive. Everyone has shared. At least they (the Energy Task Force) know where the chamber stands on the issue. If we have no policy, they don’t know where we stand.”

Chamber members wanted the policy to reach the county Board of Representatives’ leadership, she said, and that the document will be delivered personally to board Chair David Bliss, D-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield.

By Tuesday, June 18, that had not happened, Bliss said.

In an interview, Meg Kennedy, the county Task Force chair, said she understands where Heegan is coming from: “She is painting a picture of a reality that does exist: People in the county that want to have a decompressor station.”

With the chamber policy preempting the Energy Task Force’s deliberations – a countywide policy is not expected until the end of 2020 – Heegan acknowledged she is in an awkward position as both chamber president and Economic Development Committee chair.

But Kennedy said, “Her committee, her group, elected her to be chair. I think it would be shortsighted to disqualify her from that position of leadership, especially when we are well aware there are equally committed proponents of looking no further than renewables.”

For her part, Nicole Dillingham, president of Otsego 2000, the Cooperstownbased environmental group, said: “Let me just express my disappointment.

(The policy) reads like a happy-go-lucky walk through the tulips, completely divorced from reality.”

Much of the policy supports renewables, she said, “and then, the kicker: ‘Oh, yes, we also need more natural gas’.”

“If we invest hundreds of millions of dollars in pipelines and decompression stations, supplied by bomb trucks, … how does that allow the resources to be available to switch to renewables?” asked Dillingham.

She was on her way Tuesday evening, June 18, to Oneonta’s Common Council meeting, to object to the city’s adoption of a GEIS (a general environmental impact statement), a step in the redevelopment of Oneonta’s former D&H railyards.

The full Energy & Infrastructure Policy is printed in this edition, beginning on Page A4.

Kennedy said the task force, which next meets as a group at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26, at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, is proceeding on a structure course. The next step is to issue an RFP (request for proposals) for a facilitator to help members with different perspectives reach a common ground.

“The county task force will continue moving forward with a systematic approach,” said county Rep. Michele Farwell, D-Morris, Kennedy’s co-chair.

“We still have a lot to learn and understand about the issue.”

As In March, Protesters, Common Council Joust Anew GEIS/From A1 same response he has since a stormy hearing Tuesday, March 5 at Foothills: If someone shows up with a plan to actually do something, a more detailed environmental review will be done.

In an unusual change in procedure, no public comment was permitted at this Common Council meeting before a 7-1 vote was taken accepting the final GEIS (general environmental impact statement) the state requires of any prospective development.

State Then, as requirements have expected not been in advance met, Otsego reports, the 2000 Concerned President Citizens of Nicole Oneonta Dillingham and allies tells as far away Council. as Cherry Valley accused Common Council of ignoring the concerns they’ve been raising.

Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham, Springfield Center, said City Hall has not fulfilled its “function as a lead agency.”

Instead, she said, “you have simply deferred everything.”

“Only handed-in comments were included in the study.

Spoken comments were not, making it incomplete,” added the Citizens’ Colleen Blacklock, who lives in the city. “I don’t want to live in a community with this kind of plan. This is unacceptable.”

Herzig has said all 80 people who raised concerns have had those concerns addressed in writing, as required by the SEQR Act. The sole supportive voice came from Dave Rowley, West Oneonta, the former city school superintendent: “Your process was incredibly open and I think it will lead to something great for this

community.”

His remarks were greeted with applause.

Before the Council voted, Delaware Engineering Vice President Mary Beth Bianconi also tried to reassure attendees: “The intention of this document is to be a planning document or a marketing one. A developer will learn what barriers and impediments there might be to building on the site.”

Blacklock disagreed: “We don’t want to just have boxes checked.”

Herzig added: “It would not serve as final approval of a large industrial development. They’re simply adopting the document.” A developer would be subject to full environmental and land-use review, he said.

Another objecter, Rachel Soper, tried to tell Council before the vote that her comments had been left out, but Herzig ruled her out of

order.

“It may just increase taxes for us instead of actually helping with poverty,” she added.

Scrutiny To Intensify After Beating At CCS

BEATING/From A1 School Bond money intended for security and infrastructure improvements in the schools.

“It’s great news and it’s a relief,” said Crankshaw.

It means the district has funds to help assuage parents’ and students’ safety concerns after two high school students allegedly called a classmate a “f----t” and kicked and beat him.

Parents and students packed a Cooperstown PTA meeting on Tuesday, June 11, and a school board one Thursday, June 13, some upset at school administrators’ handling of the alleged attack and bullying prevention, in general.

Of the half-million dollars, $240,000 will be used to install security cameras campus-wide “in areas that have the most traffic and potential for safety concerns” and about $70,000 will go to installing “a new centralized proximity-reader system connected to the security camera system,” according to CCS’ Smart School Bond’s Plan Summary in using the funds.

The rest will upgrade the

junior/senior high school’s main entrance and relocating the school district’s main office. The plan summary describes the main entrance as “several yards from the actual main office. This has posed some safety issues with controlling entry into the building with regard to visibility, but also immediate containment of visitors.”

Crankshaw credited state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, for getting the money released. “Senator Seward was instrumental in making that happen, not just for Cooperstown, but for all schools in his district,” he said.

The superintendent is also exploring ideas about antibullying measures, managing behavioral problems, and making students feel safe at school. A recurring idea was for more student involvement in developing initiatives.

Crankshaw said he, his staff, and the board are looking at “the best mechanism” to enable parents, teachers, staff and students to work together on important school issues.

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This is one of the loveliest properties on Otsego Lake: 1.17 acres, approximately 237' of lake frontage with beach, deep-water docking, exceptional views and privacy. This is the property which James Fenimore Cooper dubbed the famous “Peggs Point” in his Leatherstocking Tales.

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Second floor has 4 BRs w/tongue-and-groove bamboo floors, full bath. Finished 3rd-floor room w/storage and pull-out queen bed. No heat source, but owners use electric space heater, heat could easily be added. Spacious, move-in ready home sits on a deep lot w/1-car detached garage and fenced backyard.

MLS#120837 $159,999

Property address: 159 Lippitt Development Road, Cooperstown, NY. Call 201-755-7488. Legal notice in The Daily Star on 5/24, 6/7, 6/21.

Beautiful Village Victorian Home

Historical gem, built in 1872, has a perfect mix of classic and new. Original details include: charming entry porch, 10' gilded mirror, antique light fixtures, curved staircase. Many period architectural details have been preserved. Back yard features patio, garden, small pond. 2 porches and balcony provide enjoyment of front gardens.

Easy walking from central village location .

(House is vacant and real estate taxes are paid for 2019.)

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ExtErior FEaturEs —Masonry/brick construction —Red cedar roof —Detached 2-car garage —Open, screened, covered porches —Patio

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For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Real Estate Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5557 Donald DuBois, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5105

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MLS#120019 $589,000 Renovated Catskill Mountain Money Maker 19,000 sq ft of prime commercial real estate on 2.6 acres. Full-service restaurant, bar, and 10-lane bowling center.

Call Gabrielle Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)

MLS#121865 $58,900 Single-Wide on 2 acres Surrounded by fields, raspberries, blueberries. Perennial gardens, newer roof.

Call Donna Schulz@ 607-267-6330 (cell)

MLS#120481 $279,000 Secluded Log Cabin on 11.75 acres in the scenic Catskills. 3 BRs, 2 baths, 3-car garage, full basement, wood stove. Renovated kitchen w/granite counters.

Call Gabrielle Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)

MLS#121150 $249,000 Cooperstown Area Commercial Opportunity!

Massive exposure, parking. 3,000 sq ft, built 2013.

Auto repair/sales business w/3lifts, NYS inspection.

Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#118224 $675,000 Owner Financing Possible! Custom log home.

Spectacular FP in great room, waterfalls, stream, bridge, pond!

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Nearly 53 acres.

Spaciouskoi 4 BR, 2 bath house is close to I-88.

Large Call Davidworkshop/garage, K. Mattice 607-434-1647 (cell) backyard, small shed.

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MLS#121223 $299,000 Goodyear Lake Home 3-BR, 2-bath remodeled home w/paddleboat, canoe, 2 kayaks. Successful baseball rental. Large decks, great lawn.

Call Stephen Colwell@ 607-435-6542 (cell)

MLS#119869 $349,000 Prime Commercial Location 1.37± acres. Opposite Dreams park entrance. 300’± frontage on State Hwy 28. Salon/spa, retail space. High visibility.

Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#118481 $524,900 Custom home w/5 BRs, 5,200 sq ft, 27 acres, stream, breathtaking views, huge deck, radiant heat, finished basement, cathedral ceilings, master suite.

Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)

MLS#121550 $399,000 Views of Goodyear Lake on 92+ Acres Large 4BR, 3-bath contemporary home, just 2 miles to I-88 in Oneonta. Private, lake rights. Priced to sell!

Call Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#120431 $799,000 Home of Distinction – Contemporary Ranch 3 BRs, 3½ baths, 5,005 sq ft, on 112 acres.

1 mile of waterfront on Otego Creek. One level, MLS#114624 $59,900 master 1982 double-wide w/3 BRs, 2open bathsfireplace, and 1½ story, 2-car suite. Enclosed garage. New heating system,BRupdated electrical, new room. bath. walls and ceiling in 1 BR. Newall-season ceiling in master Call Carol(cell) Olsen @ Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 607-434-7436 (cell)

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MLS#118994 $399,000 Magnificent Log Home on 90 Acres! 4 BRs, 2 baths, 2 kitchens, large pond, indoor pool! Great hunting and hiking!

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Call David Mattice @ 607-434-1647 (cell)

MLS#120582 $650,000 Priced Below Appraised Value Offering a $15,000 credit at closing! True working farm in the Butternut Valley. 181 acres mostly fenced and tillable. Barns.

Call Erin Moussa @ 607-435-1285 (cell)

MLS#116968 $450,000 7-Acre Private Island Featured in National Geographic Magazine. Above the flood plain, historic 3-BR home is equipped w/every modern convenience.

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Asking $127,000

Located in the historical district of the Village of Cooperstown, this 1852, 1,700 sq. ft. home is the perfect location. Right on the 5th green of Leatherstocking Golf Course and with The Otesaga Resort Hotel as your backdrop, this home has been renovated inside and out.

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