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Aug. 22, as well as faculty, staff and anyone working on Oyaron Hill, will have to review the Compact and sign it. Classes are due to begin Aug. 31. “We believe (the Compact) is enforceable, we believe that Please See HARTIWICK, B6
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n Juneteenth, Friday June 19, the bell was rung 155 times in the First Presbyterian Church steeple to mark 155 years since the end of slavery in the U.S. Volunteers Tom Heitz and Jim Leslie rang it 50 times each, with the Rev. LaDana Clark ending the sequence with 55 rings. A historical marker in front of the church also marks the end of slavery in New York State in 1827, when local freed blacks held a celebration in the sanctuary. For more details, visit
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hat do Franklin Delano Roosevelt and elephants have in common? Both will be part of a county-wide parade this Fourth of July – virtually, of course. “When Springfield announced that they would be cancelling their 4th of July parade” – the second-oldest conBosma tinually running such parade in the country – “I knew we had to put something together Please See PARADES, B6
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t was a constituent that alerted Village Trustee MacGuire Benton to verbiage on historic markers at Council Rock, a Native American meeting place where the Susquehanna River The word “Indians” flows out in the Historic of Otsego Marker at Council Lake. Rock led to the vil“I was lage trustees’ vote. shocked that I hadn’t noticed it previously,” he said. “The sign refers to Native Americans as ‘Indians’. It’s racially insensitive and incorrect, and it needs to be updated.” Please See PLAQUES, B6
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“It will be a full ceremony, By JIM KEVLIN with all the students suited up on the field above,” ew York State’s – and Otsego said Superintendent Bill County’s – primary elections Crankshaw. were Tuesday, June 23, but the results won’t be And when families hear known for at least a week. their student’s name over That’s because, due to the coronavirus threat, all Otsego the loudspeaker, they’ll be County voters – and all voters statewide – received abseninvited up to present the Please See PRIMARIES, B4 Please See CCS, B4
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Sunday, the 28th, but one provision that’s emerged so far is tough-minded and reassuring: As campus reopens Aug. 22, all members of the college community will have to read and sign “Our Social Compact: A Healthy Hartwick College,” requiring them to wear masks, social-distance and
adhere to other safety-assuring (but not safety-ensuring) measures. “We just don’t think individuals have the right to put other people at risk,” Drugovich asserted. That’s leadership: Moving forward forcefully, reopening the campus, even while understanding the
virus will still be with us. Mum SUNY Oneonta is a sad contrast. • President Drugovich is not alone. There are other examples of, yes, leaders. People who are not rash, but not frozen by fear or adversity, moving to reopen their enterprises sensibly,
but with an understanding there will be setbacks. There will be successes, but some failures are inevitable. And yet they act. Governor Cuomo, of course, is a sterling national example of what people hope for in time of crisis. He didn’t choke, even when Please See EDITORIAL, A5
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Americans Should Know Where Rx’s Come From To the Editor: I’m writing to you about my concerns regarding the fact that the majority of our prescription medications (as much as 90 percent, I’ve been told) are manufactured outside of the U.S. – primarily in China and India. Many of us are interested in “sustainability,” and this, I believe, is related to our sustainable future! Having “Googled” this subject, I’ve also read that the welfare of the U.S. regarding these prescription medications is largely hinged on our maintaining good relations with China. One of my grandchildren, who is a staffer for the current chair of the Oversight Committee, had sent me several links to House and Senate bills concerning this subject. All, it seems, are currently “stalled” and/or descriptive text on the bills
is currently unavailable. As you might guess, there is little to no oversight in the laboratories where many of these medications are being manufactured. Some prescription medication labs in China are operated under the names of U.S. corporations. Family members who use prescription medications have endeavored (by phone or online) to identify the source of their current meds, but the providers of these prescriptions were unable or unwilling to identify the source of manufacture. Today, if we purchase a garment, or shoes, or food products, or a piece of equipment, labeling of these products is required to list country of origin. Why not so for the prescription meds we are putting into our bodies? MAUREEN DILL Morris
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Governor: Love Helped State Overcome Pandemic Editor’s Note: Here are three excerpts from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 111th and last of “daily briefings” that became part of New Yorkers’ lives since the day of his emergency declaration Friday, March 13, as the coronavirus epidemic loomed, until Friday, June 19. He will continue briefings on an as-needed basis. By Gov. ANDREW CUOMO
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oday, we have done a full 180, from worst to first. We are controlling the virus better than any state in the country and any nation on the globe. Even more, by reducing the infection rate, we saved over 100,000 people from being hospitalized and possibly dying, just think about that. It is an unimaginable achievement. I’m so incredibly proud of what we all did together, and as a community. We reopened the economy and we saved lives. Because it was never a choice between one or the other, it was always right to do both. • I ask myself and today I ask you: Why did it take a crisis to bring us
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together? Why does government usually appeal to the worst in us rather than the best? Why do our politics today play to our fears and weaknesses rather than appeal to our strengths? Why doesn’t government challenge us to reach higher and speak to our better angels? Why can’t it motivate us by love
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rather than hate? Why doesn’t government urge us to realize we are members of the same community, the same family? That we all benefit when we work together. Isn’t that what we really showed over the past 111 days? That working together works. That the only way forward is if I protect you and you protect me. I wear a mask for you and you wear a mask for me. • If you care for me and I care for you, we showed that in the end love does win. Love does conquer all. That no matter how dark the day, love brings the light. That is what I will take from the past 111 days. It inspires me and energizes me and excites me. If we could accomplish together what we did here, this impossible task, of beating back this deadly virus then there is nothing we can’t do. We will be better and we will be stronger for what we have gone through. It shows us how capable we are when we are at our best. It shows us that we have great potential to do even more and we will.
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Giles Russell, Good Citizen
iles Russell was the kind of citizen – active, engaged, sure-footed in the projects he undertook – that any community would welcome and cherish. “Giles was a very hardworking, very caring – I can’t think of anyone who cared more for the village than Giles; and a lot of people care about the village,” said Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk. To Cooperstown’s gain, he and wife Jane chose “America’s Most Perfect Village” as their new home in 1989 as he prepared for his retirement in 1991 from an engineering career at IBM. They precisely duplicated a traditional saltbox (with all the modern amenities) in the Cooper Park neighborhood. Soon, he was on the Village Board, then served as village administrator.
He was a longtime member of the Library Board, determined firm up the finances of the often-strapped institution into a district library, with an almost guaranteed Russell annual levy from the Cooperstown Central School District. He chaired the Tree Committee during its initial collaboration with Cornell in preparing a tree master plan that the village still follows today. His influence reached to Oneonta and beyond through his participation in the Executive Service Corps. Former Mayor Wendell Tripp re-
members he gave a lot to the village and, being an engineer, “in a very precise way.” Heading the Village Board’s street committee, Giles and then Streets Superintendent Carter Coleman walked every sidewalk to determine which needed replacement or repair, said Tripp. He could surprise, too. When the Fenimore hosted a Grandma Moses exhibit in 2006, it turned out that Giles, raised in Eagle Bridge, knew the family and had many telling anecdotes to share. Behind a kindly and courteous mien was an analytical mind, a combination that allowed him to subtlely instruct without offense. When communities everywhere have citizens like Giles, they’re valued, as he was valued here. – Jim Kevlin
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library
210 YEARS AGO
A new Republic appears to be rising in South America, at Caracas, including a vast territory and a population nearly equal to that of the United States in 1776, to the government of which, the people and their leaders are strongly attached. Should they succeed in becoming independent, they will be the second Republic on the globe, as, until this event the United States are not only the first, but the only republic on earth. June 23, 1810
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Newspapers – The man who takes no newspaper cannot reasonably expect to occupy a very high station in society. How can he expect to know what is passing in the world, what mankind is about, and what he ought to occupy himself about, unless he has access to those chronicles of the times, which disseminate intelligence, and herald in due form all earthly Monarchs, to the birth of Mrs. John Smith’s twins – from the conquest of empires to the capture of a hummingbird? How can a man expect to rank equal with the best, unless he takes a newspaper? June 29, 1840
135 YEARS AGO
Few men in this county are more widely known throughout the State than George Clarke of Hyde, Otsego County, and none have more marked personal peculiarities. Favors may be obtained of him; he has the reputation of being kind and indulgent to good tenants, though not inclined toward many improvements; but it is questionable whether his opinions or actions are influenced by any one; in politics an independent; a good conversationalist; educated well and well read; fond of music and the drama; caring nothing for everyday personal appearance, yet thoroughly at home in the drawing room. With an immense landed estate – much of it very valuable, extending over several counties in this state – which we think he could close up in his lifetime, meet all obligations, and retire on not less than a million and a half of dollars. He will run an expensive lawsuit if crowded for money as long as he can, or till he gets
ready to pay, sooner than sell a valuable town lot or farm – because his income exceeds his expenses. On his farms are over 100 acres of hops. Mr. Clarke is about 63 years of age, is a hard worker, and wastes little vitality on fret or worry. June 23, 1885
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Cooperstown Topics – Judge L.J. Arnold, Harold T. Basinger, C.R. Hartson, and Wm. Macdonald danced a jig on the four corners Wednesday morning. The cause of it was the Fenimore Farm Milk Wagon, which was running away up Pioneer Street. Upon seeing the terpsichorean efforts of the gentlemen above mentioned the horse stopped before any damage was done. June 25, 1910
80 YEARS AGO
Carl Sandburg, winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize in history, will give an address July 4th in Cooperstown at the Dedication of the Hall of Life Mask in the Museum of the New York State Historical Association. The dedication of the Hall of Life Masks will have patriotic significance as the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, is represented in the collection by a remarkable mask for which he sat at the age of 82. June 26, 1940
60 YEARS AGO
On Thursday, June 16, about 54 parents and younger brothers and sisters of the 31 Kindergarteners in Mrs. Rutledge Manchester’s room were entertained at a play day. The children presented a circus in which they demonstrated many of the songs and rhythm games which they have learned this year. The “Circus McGercus,” as it was called, was complete with a ring, a band, wild animals, tight rope acts, and refreshments. Mrs. Manchester was ringmaster. Taking part as galloping horses were Charles Jennings, Mark Butler, Jimmy Robinson, Billy Snoad, Richard Weland, Craig Phillips, John Cook and Michael Kraham. High-stepping horses were Michael Mondore, Danny Dodge, Danny DeSena, Randy Selan, Michael Frey, David
Wilfeard, Danny Coons, Charles Ainslie and Michael Kraham. Bareback riders were Kathy St. John, Randy Selan and John Cook. Elephants were Peggy Norwood, Aleyne McRorie. Shelly Schallert, Teresa Petrucco, Patty Larbig, Barbara Mahlum, Melody Williams, Susan Walrath, Peggy Rees, Karen Bozosi, Cheryl Newell, Kathy St. John and Patty Weir. June 22, 1960
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Portable signs became an official part of Cooperstown Monday night, following a packed public hearing on a proposed amendment to the sign ordinance. The village board voted 4-2 with one abstention to pass the amendment and quiet a controversy that had reverberated through the community for almost a year. The amendment goes into effect immediately, Mayor Bill Purcell said. The village planning board was to begin defining the amendment and possibly begin hearing requests from business people at its meeting on Tuesday, June 25. The amendment allows the signs from May 1 to October 15 from 7 a.m. to sunset when the businesses are open. Proper papers and a sign permit approved by the planning board must be obtained before a business can display a portable sign. Trustees Bill Burnett, Gerald Wilson, Tom Malone and Mayor Purcell voted yes; Pam Washburn and Stu Taugher voted no. John Mitchell abstained. June 26, 1985
15 YEARS AGO
The provisions of a new dress code for students at Cooperstown Central School include the following: “Shirts may not be off the shoulder, sheer, nor low-cut; shirts worn outside the waistband must be of sufficient length that no flesh is exposed when the student fully extends one arm above the head.” Long-slung pants “exposing underwear” are outlawed as are “holes, rips or tears” in “inappropriate places.” June 24, 2005
10 YEARS AGO
When Price Chopper opens its doors in Cooperstown Tuesday, June 29, it plans to have produce from at least one local farmer on its shelves. Gaia’s Breath Farm, Jordan-
June 25, 1895 ville, was expecting Price Chopper inspectors at his farm Thursday, June 24, the last step to supplying the 127-store grocery chain – Cooperstown’s will be 128 – with locally grown food. June 25, 2010
What’s In A Name? In Current Climate, Plenty Of Debate If Philip Schuyler Statue Is Toppled, What Else? Editor’s Note: FYI, William Cooper, founder of Cooperstown (and The Freeman’s Journal), also owned slaves.
Editor’s Note: Here are reactions that appeared on www.AllOTSEGO.com’s comment section regarding an aritcle, “Village Board Concludes: It’s Time To Revisit Use Of Word ‘Indian’ On Plaques, Statues,” posted Monday evening, June 22.
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econsidering the Past, One Statue at a Time,” was the front-page above-the-fold headline in The New York Times on June 17. The article begins by noting the “boiling anger” that exploded after the murder of George Floyd. It has gone national. In religious terms, we are witnessing the attempt to purify America by cleansing it of all vestiges of its racist past. Back on July 19, 2019, Maureen Dowd, Times op-ed columnist, wrote a piece entitled PETER “Spare Me the Purity FEINMAN Racket,” in part: “The progressives are the modern Puritans. The Massachusetts Bay Colony is alive and well on the Potomac and Twitter. They eviscerate their natural allies for not being pure enough while placing all their hopes in a color-inside-the-lines lifelong Republican prosecutor appointed by Ronald Reagan. The politics of purism makes people stupid. And nasty.” She was writing about the Mueller Report and had no idea about the world we are now living or what John Bolton would reveal. Still now as the purification of America is underway, it is worth considering what the end game is. How far will the cleansing go? Exactly what is at stake here?
Commentators: Is Word ‘Indian’ Even Offensive?
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan is looking to removed this statue of Philip Schuyler, in front of Albany City Hall and across from the state Capitol.
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan has announced that the city will be taking down the statue of Philip Schuyler because he was a slave owner. Dr. Alice Green, executive director at the Center for Law and Justice, said: “He enslaved them, he devalued them, and the lesson for young people is that: Why are we glorifying people who treated us that way?” Please See FEINMAN, B2
►JOE BRANT – If you really want to be sensitive to Native Americans we should return to them the lands that were taken in Cooperstown. I am sure Trustee Sternberg’s house with a view of Otsego Lake was occupied by native Americans, as was Trustee MacGuire’s mother’s house, where he lives. Isn’t that the correct way to be sensitive to the original inhabitants of the village? ►ANONYMOUS – From the website of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian: “What is the correct terminology: American Indian, Indian, Native American, or Native? “All of these terms are acceptable. The consensus, however, is that whenever possible, Native people prefer to be called by their specific tribal name. In the United States, Native American has been widely used but is falling out of favor with some groups, and the terms American Indian or indigenous American are preferred by many Native people.” ►DOREEN BUSH – Be very careful not to take away or minimize the real history of the village. ►JOHN WARD – If the signs need to be changed, then the Indian hunter statue needs to be taken down, as it depicts a Native American in a stereotypical appearance that could offend someone, and the name is no different than the name on the state signs.
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The word “Indian” on the Historic Marker at Council Rock prompted the Cooperstown Village Board Monday, June 22, to seek a wholesale cleansing of village signage.
James Fenimore Cooper wrote “in defense of slavery”. That dictates that his statue in Cooper Park should be taken down (and the name of the park changed), and the name “Fenimore Museum“ needs to be changed. William Cooper, the founder of Cooperstown and father of James Fenimore Cooper, owned slaves right here in Cooperstown. Thus, the very name of the village needs to be changed. Since the Village Board has opened the door these actions are the only logical thing to do – how can the village board possibly pick and choose what might be considered offensive and insensitive to others? What is the standard used? Best to take it all down and change all the names. George Orwell would be proud. ►ALEX D. TOCQUEVILLE – Why has our village thwarted our constitutional right to elections? With the primary elections being Please See INPUTS, B2
EDITORIAL: Pandemic Crisis Separates Men, Women From The Boys EDITORIAL/From A4 faced with hundreds of deaths and mass graves in the world’s greatest city, a challenge that would stagger most people. He focused on data, and didn’t panic as the data worsened, even though his face became more ashen and the bags grew under his eyes. When the numbers didn’t drop as badly as predicted, then rebounded, he didn’t hesitate to reopen our Empire State, step by determined step. He communicated, which
Drugovich considers critical, too. And his daily briefings, he brags, attracted 59 million viewers. “There are only 18 million people in New York,” he exclaimed in awe and delight. How good a governor is Andrew Cuomo? Mixed at best, his Buffalo Billion buffeted by corruption and imprisonment of close associates, his support for truly awful legislation – the Green Light Bill and “bail reform” come to mind – and choking off natural gas from energy-starved portions of the state.
But when he needed to step up, he did. (Bill De Blasio’s dilly-dallying and erratic President Trump didn’t fare as well.) • Another example in a more limited sphere is Greg Harris, the CGP graduate who rose to president of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. From the day that Hall was forced to shut down, he sprang into action, focusing on what would be needed to reopen again, the no-touch doors,
temperature checks, no dead-end exhibits and more, as our managing editor, Libby Cudmore, reported last week. The Rock Hall opened Monday, June 15. You can even include restaurateurs Brian Wrubleski at Cooperstown’s Mel’s at 22, or Mike Joubert at Oneonta’s Wise Guys Sammy’s, the sandwich shop. They doubled-down on takeout and promotion, and no doubt got through the crisis better than many. Inspiring stuff. People like Drugovich, Cuomo,
Harris, Wrubleski and Joubert aren’t reckless or dismissive of troubles ahead. Drugovich put it this way: “It would be magical thinking that we won’t have the virus in the fall. We WILL have the virus in the fall. We’re going to have to learn to cope with it.” They’re just brave enough and bold enough – and sufficiently prudent – to move forward because they have to – as do the rest of us – despite expected pitfalls certain to come.
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DENMEADE TOPS: Jeremy Denmeade, Schuyler Lake, has been named to the COOPERSTOWN Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire for ebecca Marmorato, the spring 2020 semester. RICHFIELD SPRINGS Cooperstown and Denmeade is majoring in Samantha Harvey, Homeland Security. aniel R. Sullivan, Milford, were awarded the chair of the Town of DAR Good Citizenship TWO ON LIST: Ian Bolin Richfield Planning Award from the Otsego Chapter of the Daughters of and Teagen Bolin, Edmeston, Board, was recently elected were both named to the to the Board of Directors the American Revolution. 2020 Dean’s Honor List at of the New York Planning Both were chosen based Cedarville University. Federation. Mr. Sullivan will on dependability, service, represent the NYPF’s Central leadership and patriotism. CURTIS NAMED: Kaitlin New York Region consisting Each senior was given a of Cayuga, Herkimer, pin, a certificate and a check Curtis, Cooperstown, has been named to the Emerson Madison, Oneida, Onondaga to further their education. College Dean’s List for the and Oswego Counties. WORMAN LAUDED: Spring 2020 semester. Curtis A resident of Richfield Benjamin Worman, Milford, is majoring in Marketing Springs, he is also serving as was named to the Spring Communication and is a a member of the Otsego Land 2020 Dean’s List at Hudson member of the Class of 2022. Trust Board, Board Member Valley Community College. and Blueway Committee Chair of Otsego 2000, Dining room member of the Richfield open soon! Springs Area Chamber of Commerce, director of the Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, member of the Otsego County Farmland 2 large plain pizzas $25* Protection Implementation Tax included! Toppings extra Committee, and a TAKE OUT Daily 11am-9:30pm member of the Richfield 75 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown · 607-547-2930 Springs Community Food Not valid w/other offers • 1 coupon per person Cooperative. He is a Sustainability and Economic Development Consultant and was a NYSERDA subcontractor as a Clean Energy Wine Wednesday BOGO Communities Coordinator from 2016-2018. Happy Hour Friday Founded in 1937, the New 50% off all pizzas, York Planning Federation is a well drinks & beer & wine BOgO Friday First Come, First Served statewide, member-supported 5 - 8 pm non-profit whose focus is on 11am-10pm daily • Closed Mondays training planning boards and 5438 State Hwy 28 • Cooperstown • 607.282.4031 • www.boccaosteria.com zoning boards of appeal.
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What the “Rally for Justice” in Richfield Springs lacked in numbers it made up in enthusiasm, with a dozen participants waving signs for two hours on each side of Main Street in front and across from the Post Office on Friday, June 19. “I wanted black voices to be heard in this town,” said Arianna Gulley, who organized the event with Claire Collins. Protesters, from left, included Adam Lindsay, sisters Isabelle and Brooke Green, Donna Moglia and Charles Williams, Arianna’s parents; Arianna Gulley, Finn Cox, Claire and Paige Cooper. All, except Cox, who is from Burlington Flats, are Richfield Springs residents. Drivers passing by beeped their horns.
FEINMAN: No End To ‘Purification’ FEINMAN/From A5 An objection was raised by former state legislator and city historian Jack McEneny: “Philip Schuyler is one of the people who … if we didn’t have him, we would’ve lost the Battle of Saratoga.” In response, Dr. Alice Green, said: “I don’t believe in censorship. I do believe if somebody wants to glorify Philip Schuyler ... They should, but not on my government property.” There are other examples glorifying Philip Schuyler. One is the nearby Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site located on state government property and operated by the state Office of Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation. Another is the Schuyler House, Philip Schuyler’s country house near the Saratoga battlefield and owned and operated by the National Park Service on federal government property. What is the basis for removing the statue but keeping state and federal ownership of his houses? Why should taxpayer money be used to support the homes of a slave owner? Shouldn’t these houses be privatized as
Green suggested? One thing always leads to another. That’s the way the purification process works. What about Schuylerville, the village where the Schuyler House is located? Shouldn’t its name be changed? A bigger problem is Schuyler’s daughters. They appear in the musical “Hamilton”, as one of them married Alexander Hamilton. The daughters were all beneficiaries of white privilege. What are they doing on Broadway in positive roles? Shouldn’t they be removed from the musical? If seeing a statue is traumatic, what does that make seeing living examples of these daughters of white privilege singing and dancing before an appreciative audience? What does that make the people who pay to see them? “Who tells your story?” the musical famously asks. The real story is one of slavery and not that of Hamilton’s immigration. That’s the way the purification process works. Peter Feinman, who advocates for local history to be taught in New York State schools, is president of the Institute of History, Archaeology & Education.
REACTION: When Did ‘Indian’ Become Racist Word INPUTS/From A5 held (Tuesday, June 23), we should be able to vote Benton out of office. However, the village has allowed him to act unabatedly, continuing to suppress our right to vote and have effectively kept him in office indefinitely. This is not democracy! And the Democrats thought it would be Trump postponing elections to stay in power – pot meet kettle in Cooperstown. ►DOM – Why not change everything and start over. ►BRIAN HINDENBRAND – Who in the h…
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Parish held one of the golden shovels at the groundbreaking on Nov. 12, 2007, and June 24, 2010, Erbe and five other residents moved into the main building. “Bernie lived right on top of me when I first moved in!” said Erbe. “I had the first floor apartment, she had the second floor.” She later moved to the second floor, after the air-conditioning unit was placed outside her window. “It drove me up the wall!” she said. “But now I have a balcony in the shade. I like to sit out there, and I can leave the door open in the evening, get a cool breeze.” Roberts and his wife Alyce had a patio home on Roberts’ Way, which was completed in 2008. “Every
time we saw him, we would thank him for what he did,” said Nonenmacher. Alyce died in May 2010; he died that December. The Plains remains popular, said Executive Director Trudy Claudy, because residents can transition to more advanced care without having to transfer facilities. “We have people who live in the residential homes or the apartments for a few years who then need a little more help, so they can move to the next level of care,” she said. “But they don’t have to leave the community.” Though not a skilled nursing facility like Fox Nursing Home or Cooperstown Centers, The Plains does offer services,
ranging from helping with bathing and dressing to a memory care unit for patients with dementia. It is the only such facility within an hour’s drive, said Claudy. “A lot of seniors are tired of taking care of their lawns and housekeeping or preparing their own meals, but they still want their independence,” she said. For Erbe, an Oneonta native, and Nonenmacher, Edmeston, being able to stay local was a draw, but it’s not just for regional residents. “Much to my surprise, we have people from Florida who come up to live here,” said Parish. “They’re parents of people who come to work at the college, and they want to be here. It’s not just locals.”
Artists Interpret Amendment Freeing Slaves, More ART/From B1 people born in the U.S. or naturalized, and guarantees the right of citizens to vote. “Ashley and I were both interested in current events, and she expresses her engagement and concern through her artwork,” Waller said. The idea to focus on the constitution was inspired by Amy Snider, professor emerita, Art & Design Education at Pratt, who used to show her work at Waller’s gallery. “Amy used to invite her neighbors to hand write amendments from the Constitution,” she said. “The average person only knows freedom of the press, freedom of religion and the right to bear arms, but this was a way of connecting with it.” Snider died in 2018. A few of her early works are for sale at the gallery, with proceeds benefitting the NAACP. Submissions were collected Friday, June 19, in a ballot box designed by Cooper. “Ashley thinks of life in America right now as a phoenix, rising from the flames,” she said. More than two dozen submissions came in from artists across the region. “Louise Fishman had done a piece on the preamble
and wanted to submit that,” she said. “So we put that on the wall as well. There were some really wild interpretations.” Charlie Bremer, Otego, submitted his own spin on the 15th Amendment, which reads, “The right of citizens of this Earth shall not be denied or abridged by any nation or state on account of race, color, sex, spiritual belief or political view.” “Some artists got really upset as they were writing them,” she said. “They could see the spirit of the law, written by white people, was so clear. But the creativity that came out was really a kinetic exercise of recognition.” In addition to the Amendments, Cooper’s painting “Crying Man” is on display. “Her gallery in Seattle is selling prints of the painting, with all proceeds going to voting
registration organizations,” said Waller. Cooper also lit candles representing “Justice” and “Truth,” and purified the gallery with sage in a Native American ritual. “I got a lot of emails from people who wanted to do it, but couldn’t come on the 19th,” she said. “But it was crucial that we do it on Juneteenth.” Initially, the plan was that every artist who participated in the project would then draw a name from the ballot
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No Primary Results For Week PRIMARIES/From A1 tee ballots in the mail, along with a postal return envelope, and many took advantage of the opportunity for absentee voting, avoiding any infection at polling places. The mailed-in ballots had to be postmarked Tuesday, June 23, and must be received by the county Board of Elections by June 30, when the counting begins, according to Lori Lehenbauer, the Republican elections commissioner. Statewide, 1,744,931 absentee ballots were mailed out and, even before primary day, 157,885 had been sent back, according to the state Board of Elections, which said it is expecting an “unprecedented number of voters.” Locally, 7,550 ballots were mailed out this year. In 2016, the last year of a presidential primary, 317 came back, according to Mike Henrici, the Democratic elections commissioner. This year, the vote will be “a lot bigger,” he predicted. In Oneonta and Cooperstown, there were three ballots: • For the Democratic presidential primary. It included Joe Biden’s name; experts say he already has the nomination wrapped up. But it also includes 10 other names, from Pete Buttigieg to Tulsi Gabbard, all who suspended their campaigns after the filing date. Bernie Sanders’ supporters objected to cancelling the state’s primary, hoping to gain delegates that will give them more leverage at the National Convention
Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee. • For the 19th Congressional District, where Republicans will decide between lawyer Kyle Van De Water of Millbrook and Ola Hawatmeh, a Poughkeepsie native and fashion designer. The winner will challenge Antonio Delgado, Millbrook, the Democratic freshman, in November. The district includes all or part of 11 counties. • For the 121st Assembly District, where Democrats were choosing between Oneonta’s Dan Buttermann who is competing with Corey Mosher, a Hamilton farmer. The winner will challenge Republican freshman John Salka of Brookfield in November. The district includes Oneonta, Cooperstown and Richfield Springs, the county’s three largest population centers, plus Madison and part of Oneida counties. Instead of the 121st ballot, voters in the towns of Morris, Butternuts and Unadilla received the 122nd Assembly District ballot, to decide a four-way Republican primary. Former Otsego County Board chairman Jim Powers was vying with three other Republicans to succeed Clifford Crouch, Bainbridge, who is retiring. The other three are Nick Libous of Binghamton, the former state senator’s son; Victor Furman, also of Binghamton, running with support of NaturalGasNow, and Joe Angelino, former Norwich police chief.
CCS Plans Main Street Parade For Class Of 2020 CCS/From A1 diploma. “It’s a nice way for families to be involved with their student,” he said. And that evening at 5 p.m., Project Graduation will host a Parade of Seniors up Main Street, accompanied by the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department, passing the photo banners of each of the 75 graduates on lampposts and in the window of the former CVS. “Usually the lawn of the Fenimore Art Museum is filled with family members, neighbors and friends cheering on the graduates,” said Colleen Donnelly, Project Graduation co-chair. “Because that is not possible with COVID-19, the Parade of Seniors is a way for people to congratulate the Class of 2020 before they head off for college, the workforce and military service.” Families are encouraged to gather under their student’s banner to facilitate social distancing. Additionally, Crankshaw said that two private ceremonies were held for students, including Eric Kukenberger, whose mother, Carrie, died of cancer on Monday, June 8. “She wanted to see her son graduate,
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Janet Bowen, 83; Taught Home Economics EDMESTON – Janet M. Bowen, 83, a 37-year Home Economics teacher at Edmeston Central School, passed away at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center on Wednesday June 17, 2020. Janet was born on Oct. 22, 1936 in Oneonta, the daughter of the late John D. and Pansy Eller Moore. A lifetime resident of the area, Janet attended SUNY Albany, and graduated from SUNY Oneonta. While in school, she met the love of her life, Russell. Many hours were spent traveling to see each other while she was in Oneonta, and they could be found dancing
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almost every Saturday night. She and Russell married on Aug. 4, 1957, and she began her 37-year Janet career as Bowen a Home Economics teacher at Edmeston Central School. She and Russell travelled extensively, visiting Italy, Greece, Mexico, France, Turkey and England, as well as the Caribbean. She attended West Exeter Methodist Church, and will be remembered as a great cook, loving wife, mother, and grandmother. In addition to her parents,
she was predeceased by a son Ronald in 1974, and two brothers, Frank and Fred Moore. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Russell Bowen of Edmeston; her children, David (Heather) Bowen of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Daniel (Bridget) Bowen of Liverpoool, and Bonnie (Darin) Hickling of Edmeston; her seven grandchildren. Also surviving is her twin sister Virginia Higgins of Burlington Flats, along with many nieces and nephews. A private funeral service will be held on June 20. A celebration of her life will be held this summer at a time to be announced. Arrangements are entrusted to the Delker & Terry Funeral Home.
Evelyn Whitford; Longtime Waterville Times Columnist SOUTH BROOKFIELD – Evelyn “Teddy” Whitford, a longtime columnist for the Waterville Times, passed away June 19, 2020, at the Waterville Residential Care Center. Born in Ilion in 1930, the daughter of David D. and Lucy (Young) Singer, Teddy received her education at Mohawk Central School. On Oct. 14, 1947, she married John K. Stillman in the Jenks-Stillman family homestead in South Brookfield. The couple raised three children: Jacqueline, Lynn Kenneth, and Brian Robert. Teddy and John belonged to the North Brookfield Baptist Church, the Johnson-Rogers American Legion Post #1492, the Brookfield Historical Society, the Beaver Valley
Rod and Gun Club, and the Chenango Chapter of the state. Archaeological Society. Teddy also delighted in writing the “West Edmeston” column in the Waterville Times for many years. Teddy married Calvin Whitford in 2003. Teddy is survived by her grandchildren: Bryden Jones; Paula (Glen) Michiels; Jonathan Stillman; Matthew and Michael Stillman; Marla (Darryl) Warner; and Sarah (Erick) Wilcox. Daughtersin-law Kim Stillman and Wendy Stillman also survive her, as do her five great-grandchildren. Teddy was predeceased by husbands; by her children; and by her grandson Sean Jones. Also by her parents, and her siblings:
Leona Bailey; Irene Buck; Charlotte Kupris; Marion Luthart; Edgar Singer; Evelyn Lloyd Whitford Singer; William Singer; Jane Sleighmaker; and Isabel Williams. A Celebration of Teddy’s Life was held at Monday June 21, at Delker & Terry Funeral Home with the Rev. Edward Whitehead presiding. Teddy will be interred between her husband John and son Brian in the Brookfield Rural Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to the Delker & Terry Funeral Home.
Summer A. Fletcher, 56; Lloyd S. Bishop, 78; Farmed in Cherry Valley, Springfield farming tradition on his own his siblings, Earl (Ginger) Cancer Claims Lifetime Resident CHERRY VALLEY
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- Lloyd S. Bishop Sr., 78, with farms in Cherry Valley, Bishop, Linda Vassak and who owned farms in Cherry Springfield, Mount Vision, Debra (Robert) Miller. June 14, Valley and elsewhere, Morris, Bloomville and Lloyd is also survived by 2020, after a peacefully passed away on finally Delhi. many grandchildren, greatheroic battle June 16, 2020. Lloyd was predeceased grandchildren, nieces and with cancer. Lloyd was born on July by his parents and a sister, nephews. Summer 20, 1942, in Mount Kisco to Wilma McKinney. A celebration of his life was born the late Harland and Helen Surviving are his children, for friends and family will on July 21, (Mahoney) Bishop. Toya (Vince) Alescio, Lloyd take place 11 a.m. Saturday, 1963, in Lloyd was a farmer all Jr. (Penny) Bishop, Harland June 27, at 4 Kilfoil St., Cooperstown, Summer his life. He first farmed with Bishop, Chester Bishop, Cherry Valley. the daughter his father in Dover Plains, Helen (Todd) Hull, Waylon Arrangements are of Fred Tilbe, Fletcher (Tonya) Bishop, Conway entrusted to the Ottman and the late Stephanie Rego. before moving to Sharon Springs. (Jennifer) Bishop and Serina Funeral Home, Cherry Summer was a lifetime Lloyd continued the Bishop. Also surviving are Valley. resident of the area, who was employed as a manager of Hess and Speedway convenience marts. She loved reading books, especially Nora Roberts novels, and singing karaoke. March 14, 1934 - June 17, 2020 She was a one-time COOPERSTOWN – Giles E. made their home in Clintonsory Committee. member of the Second dale, N.Y., until moving to Giles is survived by his Baptist Church in Edmeston. Russell, 86, of Cooperstown, died on Wednesday, June 17, Cooperstown in 1989. loving family: wife, Jane Anne, Summer will be remembered 2020. Giles led an active his three children, as a loving mother and Born March 14, 1934, and life of community serMichael (Diana), grandmother. raised in Eagle Bridge, N.Y., vice in Cooperstown, Thomas (Karin), and She is survived by her Giles was the son of Giles Sr. serving as village Catherine, and grandsons, Fredrick J. (Cricket) and Kathryn (Mahar). trustee and adminischildren Max Holmes, Canfield of West Edmeston, He graduated from RPI in trator, library board and Aram and Jem Thomas B. (Brittany) Troy with a degree in electrical member and active Russell. Canfield of Garrattsville, engineering in 1955. He was member of St. Mary’s The family held a an IBM engineer in PoughChurch. His diverse private burial on June and Bradley (Brittany) keepsie from 1955 until his interests also led 20. A funeral mass Canfield of Schuyler Lake, retirement in 1991. him to contribute to will be held later. and her daughter, Laura In August 1961, Giles marthe Executive SerArrangements are Canfield of Garrattsville. ried the love of his life Jane vice Corps., County under the care of Also surviving are her Anne (Loman), having met Environmental Management Tillapaugh Funeral Service, father Fred (Dorothy) Tilbe her while she was teaching Council, Tree Committee, and Cooperstown. of Edmeston, brothers Chris in Dutchess County. They Bassett Hospital Citizen AdviTilbe of Edmeston, and Kyle (Sue) Tilbe of Richmond, Va., as well as her grandSept. 16, 1923 - June 17, 2020 children Naeshawn, Jahmell, ONEONTA – Helen Stam, family and friends, traveling Helen enjoyed get-togethers Adison, Cambrie, Haylie, age 96, a life-long resident of to Greece, Florida, and many with friends and family, playGrace, Andrew, Kaydence, Oneonta, NY, died peacefully other places. Sam died in ing bridge, tackling New York Makaylie, Hunter, Marissa at home on June 17, 2020, 2001 from Alzheimer’s Times Sunday crosswords, and Tyler. surrounded by her loved complications. catching the latest movies, Funeral services will be ones after a long battle with Helen is survived by and watching ballgames at private and at the conveParkinson’s. her son, Nicholas (Linda); Damaschke Field. She dearly nience of the family. Helen was born on Sept. daughter, Stephanie (Gunter) loved her grandchildren, Arrangements are 16, 1923, to the late Steege; stepdaughhosting many cookouts and entrusted to the Delker & Harry G. and Mary ter-in-law, Carol outdoor games in her big Terry Funeral Home. N. Lambros (ZahaStam; her brother, backyard at her home.
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Helen Stam, 96, Oneonta
ris) at Fox Hospital. Nick (Sharon) She graduated from Lambros; her sisterOneonta High School in-law, Mary Lambros; in 1941. her grandsons, For over 50 years, Christopher Stam, Helen assisted her Gregory Stam, Alex father, and later her Steege, Nikolas brother George, with Steege, and Darle day-to-day operations Stam. She is also Helen of Diana Restaurant, survived by many Stam a well-known eatery dear nieces and in Oneonta for 70 years. She nephews. retired in 1991 when George Helen is predeceased by sold the business. her husband, Sam T. Stam; Helen married Sam T. Stam stepson, Thomas (Carol) in 1954 at the Greek OrthoStam; brother, George Lamdox Church in Binghamton. bros; sister, Angie Bertuzzi; Sam was a Sales Manager at brothers-in-law, Sam Bertuzzi LaMonica Beverages for over and Nick Farmakis, and sister30 years. After he retired in in-law, Mary Farmakis. 1985, he and Helen enjoyed In addition to being a many great years with their dedicated and loving mother,
Helen will be deeply missed by family, friends, and all who knew her. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, services will be private. A celebration of Helen’s life will be held at a future date after restrictions have been lifted. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Dollars for Scholars (Helen Stam Scholarship in the memo field), P.O. Box 1083, Oneonta, NY 13820, www. oneonta.dollarsforscholars. Online condolences may be sent to www.lhpfuneralhome. com, the website of Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.
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Hartwick Plans ‘Social Compact’ To Help It Reopen Safely HARTWICK/From A1 individuals who refuse to agree – whether a student, employee or individual who refuses to adhere – they can’t be on our campus,” Drugovich said in an interview. “We just don’t think individuals have the right to put other people at risk.” The community is advised “that you will adhere – to markings on the floor, to daily screenings, to masks in the presence of others, to reduced density rules. You will be refused access to campus if you have symptoms. This is what we need to do to minimize the spread,” she said. “We feel we have a right to do so, and we’re going to exercise that right.” Governor Cuomo’s Reopening New York website posted “Higher Education Guidelines” late Saturday, June 20, and Drugovich advised the campus community that Hartwick’s reopening plan has been submitted to Albany. She said more details will be forthcoming, perhaps as soon as her
A smiling President Drugovich breaks the good news in her latest video: The college hopes to welcome students back Aug. 22. Sunday, June 28, video. Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta’s 8,000 students are cornerstones of the local economy, so their plans are of intense local interest in some quarters. While Hartwick is sharing its reopening plans, SUNY Oneonta is apparently prohibited from doing so. “We are not
Trustee: Plaques ‘Insensitive’ PLAQUES/From A1 The signs, which were installed by the state Department of Education as WPA projects in the 1930s, refer to Council Rock as: “Famous meeting place of the Indians.” That prompted Trustee Cindy Falk to raise the same concern about The Indian Grave, two blocks away at Estli Avenue and Main Street. A “newer” sign, it commemorates remains that were excavated and reburied in a mound there. Even newer plaques, such as the one installed a year ago January at First Presbyterian Church, commemorating New York State’s 1827 emancipation of slaves, does include updated language, said Benton. “We’re not the only municipality making these changes,” he said. “In this moment of social awareness and racial justice, I’m sure the state Department of Education is familiar with this request.” Trustee Richard Sternberg made the motion to reach out to the Education Department. “We need to get ahead of this,” he said. “That way, we can acknowledge that we recognize this and immediately send it on to be corrected.” Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh
Kuch asked Trustee Jeanne Dewey, as chair of the Parks Board, to spearhead the task. However, Trustee Joe Membrino cautioned against jumping too quickly to make the change. “I’ve been involved in Indian Affairs and we need to be careful how we’re presenting this,” he said. “We should investigate and we should make the request, but we shouldn’t assume what is politically or culturally correct. We need to do our due diligence.” “Whoever is making the new signs will be awfully sensitive,” said Sternberg. As part of the TEP project on Pioneer Street, the mayor said the village had to work with Mohawks and Oneidas to assure compliance, and that they still have connections to the tribal organizations that they can reach out to clarify the proper language for the sign update. “It’s not about taking down the signs,” said Tillapaugh. “It’s about using language that is culturally appropriate.” No one mentioned that one of Cooperstown’s most famous statues, “The Indian Hunter” by John Quincy Adams Ward, is in Lakefront Park.
at liberty to say what that is until we receive approval from SUNY,” said spokesperson Kim MacLeod. Hartwick’s decision didn’t just happen, Drugovich said. It grew out of her creation of a “strategic response team,” convened March 3, 10 days before Cuomo’s emergency declaration. Key administrators and faculty members, as well as vendors that operate the dining halls and provide other services, have been meeting twice a week since then, “making decisions on what we need to do. First, to close and go to remote instruction; and every significant decision we’ve made since then.” Drugovich also convenes weekly Zoom conversations, open to all employees, and “145 people show up every week.” In them, “I bring people up to date with what is true,” but “we spend most of the time talking about people’s concerns. I keep people informed, so they can leave and think for themselves,
and decide for themselves.” In early May, Drugovich convened 15 “problem-set groups,” involving more than 100 people, “that came together on one of 15 problems.” “One problem: how to be ready to deliver education, whether or not we’d be able to meet in person,” she said. “Another problem, how to reopen athletics. Another: how to support students who would not be able to return because of COVID but want to continue their educations. “That ended up being the core of our plan.” A key “problem” was how to keep people safe. In addition to individual actions contained in the Compact, “we’ve been making major changes in dining. There’s no more self-service. There will be kiosks to order; or students can order their food online. “We’re going to be limiting foot traffic. We’re going to screen people as they come into buildings … We’ve been able to operate in a certain way
for so long: But this has allowed – has required – us to think differently.” While Hartwick’s plan is one of the early ones to surface, Drugovich said components will be contained in other institutions plans, because “we’ve all been talking to each other.” In her case, as vice chair of the national Council of Independent Colleges. She declined to comment on what she’s learned about leadership from watching Governor Cuomo, President Trump and others, but observed, “Many leaders are trying to stay isolated and making decisions on their own. It’s making a terrible mistake. You need the insights of colleagues to solve these problems and solve them well.” Insights obtained from the last few months? For one, the lack of dependable Internet within short distances from campus. One administrator kept going dark during a meeting. Another, students have always gotten sick; now distance learning will let the college continue to serve them.
There Will Be Parade On 4th, A Virtual One
PARADES/From A1 that would uplift people,” said Michelle Bosma, New York State History Day coordinator at The Farmers’ Museum. She partnered with historical associations across the county and asked them for photos of parades in days gone by to create a “virtual parade” for The Farmers’ Museum, It will available beginning 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, on www.farmersmuseum.org. “We were doing virtual programming and we came up with the idea to do this parade,” said Todd Kenyon, the museum’s communications director. “We want to let people know the history of parades in the area, and we have so many great images in our collection.” And that’s when Bosma found FDR. “He was in a Cherry Valley parade in the 1930s,” she said. “I had no idea!” The photo was sent by Sue Miller of the Cherry Valley Historical Society. “The photo is from the sesquicentennial parade on July 20, 1932,” Miller said. “Roosevelt was governor then, and he’s riding in Wilkie Maddox’s car.” Following the parade, she said, he gave a speech on the
steps of Village Hall. The photo she sent Bosma was from a postcard she found at a show in Virginia. “I recognized Wilkie right away!” she said. “I paid $8 for the card.” Not to let Oneonta’s great parade history go unrecognized, Bob Brzozowski, Greater Oneonta Historical Society executive director, sent a photo from that collection, depicting elephants walking down Main Street. “We have a poster from the Ringling Brothers in 1901,” he said. “They were here for five days in May, and they had a circus parade every night. I imagine that’s where this image is from.” Similarly, John Philip Sousa brought his band by railroad to the city five times, and each time it would march up Broad Street to Main, playing for crowds gathered on the sidewalk. “People like Tony Mongillo (b. 1924) would talk about seeing elephants on Main Street in his lifetime,” said Brzozowski. “It was a big deal. It might be nice to have them again!” (Mongillo would also talk about having to shovel out the elephants’ freight cars.) And no Fourth of July is complete without fireworks,
so Brzozowski also submitted a panoramic from Stephen Joseph, who photographed the fireworks in 2015. Bosma, a Springfield native now living in Cherry Valley, was also inspired to create the parade from her own family’s collection of photos. “My grandfather purchased
a Kodachrome camera in the early 1960s,” she said. “He always took pictures of the parades, and the earliest color photos we have are from 1963.” Her grandmother, Mae Robertson, owned Glimmerloch Farms, and, like many in Springfield, was active in the annual parade.
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