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A festive weekend across Otsego County Pirates overtake a motorboat on Otsego Lake on Sunday, July 3 as part of the Otsego Lake Association’s annual boat parade and, one day later, visitors to The Farmers’ Museum hear the Declaration of Independence proclaimed from the second-story porch of Bump Tavern, heralding the birth of a new nation in 1776. More pictures from the weekend on page 10.

Above, Breonna Talbot, center, holds a picture of Jerry Goodspeed, who loved Springfield’s historic July 4th parade.

That’s Mike Gage on the left and Georgia Goodspeed at right.

The photo to the left shows Springfield Fire Queen Hope Morrison (l) and Princess Emily Reckeweg (r) prepare to greet the crowd at the event. More photos on page 10.

INSIDE ►IT’S A FARCE IS WHAT IT IS: Two farces, to be exact, as the Templeton Players return for mayhem on the lawn at The Farmers’, page 7. ►GET YOUR HIKING BOOTS because the Otsego Outdoors Summer Octet Challenge is on, page 12. ►FREE Concerts abound across Otsego County this summer as local series return; the FENIMORE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA prepares its inaugural season, and the COOPERSTOWN SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL returns after a pandemic hiatus. Plus ‘what’s hot’ and some fine dining recommendations, all in this week’s SUMMER DREAMS insert. ►a few thoughts on important things: A visit to Gilbertsville, letters to the editor, Ted has questions, and Jefferson is written in stone, pages 4 and 5.

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Long-term plan takes big step forward

Springbrook completes purchase of historic Ford Block Springbrook’s long-term plan to convert space in Oneonta’s downtown to market-rate housing took a big step forward last week when the nonprofit finalized the purchase of the Ford Block buildings from 186 to 212 Main Street.

The nonprofit provider of supports and services to people with developmental disabilities will begin renovations on the space in July. The $8.9 million project will keep existing retail space on the lower floors while the upper two stories will be converted into 24 affordable, marketrate residential units, with four units reserved as integrated housing for people receiving services from the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

Renovations will also revive the pass-through area from the municipal parking lot to Main Street.

Springbrook has funded the purchase and planned renovations through various funding sources, including a City of Oneonta grant, a City of Oneonta Downtown Revitalization grant, an Empire State Development grant, Community Preservation Corporation funding, NYS Homes and Community Renewal financing, and the

Berkshire Bank Historical Tax Credit. ment to the mission,” he said. “This project is no “The planned renovations will add vibrancy different. Oneonta has supported our growth and to Oneonta’s downtown,” said Seth Haight, the needs of the people we support for nearly Springbrook’s Chief Operating Officer and 100 years, and we are proud to invest back into project manager for the renovations. “We are the community.” committed to preserving the beautiful historic Continued on page 11 character of the buildings while attracting professionals to live downtown and showcasing some of Oneonta’s outstanding small businesses, like the Latte Lounge and the Green Toad Bookstore.

We envision ‘The Ford on Main’ as more than a building — we hope it will be a destination, a testament to a community that can change to meet the needs of the people who live here.” “ S p r i n g b r o o k ’s success is built on sound The Ford Block on Oneonta’s Main Street, now a part of Springbrook and under strategy and our commit- development for market-rate housing in downtown Oneonta.

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

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Cornell Glass Museum’s “Mobile Hotshop’ visits Fenimore Art Museum for week-long free demonstrations and workshops

of Venetian glass on display, followed by a demonstration at the Hotshop showing how those particular objects were created.

The “Beyond the Bench” tour takes place at 4:00 p.m. each day (July 11-17). Registration required. Cost: $10 for museum members and $12 for nonmembers. Visit FenimoreArt. org for more information or go directly to Eventbrite.com for tickets.

Visitors to the Mobile Hotshop’s free demonstrations will receive a $5.00 discount off regular adult admission to Fenimore Art Museum. View the permanent collections and six current exhibitions including Unmasking Venice: American Photo courtesy Corning Museum of Glass Artists and the City of Water, Al Hirschfeld: Caricaturist Celebrating the summer exhibition Unmasking Venice: American Artists and the City of Water, the Corning to the Stars, North by Nuuk: Greenland After Rockwell Museum of Glass brings its Mobile Hotshop to Fenimore Kent—Photographs by Denis Defibaugh, and Drawn from Art Museum July 11-17 for free, outdoor demonstrations of Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies. Fenimore offers free museum admission for ages 19 and under. complex hot-glassmaking techniques.

The Mobile Hotshop takes the live glassmaking expeEach day find free outdoor demonstrations of complex hot-glassmaking techniques, every 45 minutes from 10:30 rience on the road, bringing the artistry and education of a.m. - 5 p.m., featuring exciting sessions such as You Design glassmaking beyond the walls of The Corning Museum of It; We Make It! and Don’t Try This At Home. There’s also Glass – to the public, the design community, and museums a free demonstration for kids at 11:15 a.m. — all on the worldwide. The Hotshop uses unique glassmaking equipment to recreate a state-of-the-art studio environment. At Museum’s front lawn.

Delve deeper into glassmaking with a special “Beyond venues around the world, in conjunction with exhibitions, the Bench” tour. Corning glass makers will lead daily events, and art and design initiatives, the museum’s gaffers tours of the Unmasking Venice exhibition to discuss pieces demonstrate complex hot glassmaking techniques.

Cooperstown Distillery wins top award Cooperstown Distillery has walked away with the top award at the New York International Spirits competition.

The Distillery’s Black Label was entered into this very prestigious yearly competition. This is the east coasts version of its sister component, the San Francisco World International competition.

The Cooperstown Distillery Black Label is 100% New York State made, and it won the NYS Single Malt Distillery of the Year. It also won a Double Gold 96.

This competition is considered one of the more acclaimed competitions in the entire United States.

“We are very happy to win this competition. This means credibility and recognition for Cooperstown Distillery.

We were a little late to the game in

producing the single malt. It’s incredible that we have achieved this high of a degree of this award in only two and a half years.

It puts us on the map. It puts our single malt at the top of the list, the very top of the list,” said Gene Marra, Founder and President of Cooperstown Distillery.

“This is very validating for us.”

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Thomas Jefferson: written in stone The worst of the pandemic, perhaps, in the rear view; a nation tired and shaken looks for a way to celebrate its birthday in public for the first time in two years.

We spent the morning in Springfield Center, delighted and refreshed as the crowd grew in happy anticipation of the return of the Town’s rightfully heralded Fourth of July Parade. A joy to behold, a joy to talk with the participants as they lined up for the 11 a.m. step-off.

Moms and dads, children and grandparents, friends and neighbors coming together on a postcard-perfect morning to celebrate the nation and salute the first responders, the veterans, the children, the bands so proudly marching by.

Then, the drive back to Cooperstown brings news of a wholly different parade experience in Highland Park, Illinois, one in which seven died and dozens were injured because this country has failed, repeatedly, to ban the sale of assault weapons. Because it was more important for Congress to pull a muscle patting itself on the back last week for passing “groundbreaking gun safety legislation” strong enough to barely break a pencil in half.

Good job, Congress. You blew it, again.

Taking it all in took away the desire to stand under a canopy of happy fireworks which, this year, do little more than trigger PTSD and scare the fur off household pets and poor wild animals caught in harm’s unintentional way. We love a good fireworks display. Maybe not this year, though.

This year we needed a way to celebrate, and thank God for the good people of Springfield, Oneonta, and everywhere else in Otsego County hosting a parade as old fashioned and hometown as 2022 will allow. We can’t help but fear, though, that it could have been us in Springfield or Oneonta on Monday, running from some idiot on a rooftop with the assault rifle he was able to purchase, legally, all because there are too many people out there who think that the Constitution as written more than 200 years ago deserves to be interpreted as if today were the day that it was written.

We hope hardcore originalists reflect on the words of a genuine Original, Thomas Jefferson — his words literally inscribed in granite on the memorial in Washington, D.C., bearing his name: I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.

As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

These days, barbarism seems less a province of our ancestors than it does the crowd demanding James Madison’s document be followed to the letter of its colonial time. They’re wrong, and they’re making it awfully hard to feel celebratory when so many innocent Americans are dying in elementary schools, churches, grocery stores, and parades at the hands of their narrow-minded originalism.

Happy birthday, America. Hope you survive another trip around the sun.

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Answers, please This week, Ted has questions.

The Goodyear Lake Dam

How many of you, when you’re driving past the Goodyear Lake dam on Route 28, want to push those dead trees right over the edge? How long have they been there? How long will they stay?

Doubleday Field of Dreams

Major League Baseball and, I presume, its media partners, sunk a boatload of cash into redeveloping an Iowa cornfield to build from scratch a fictional baseball field from a fictional piece of fiction, all to play one non-fictional game each season in the “Field of Dreams.” It was a fun television presentation, I’ll give them that. And I totally get it: they built it, they came, etc., just like the movie. So why not Cooperstown? I don’t care what Hoboken says: Cooperstown is the rightful home of baseball and this is where MLB should play one game per year. If they can transform a cornfield, they can upgrade our ballpark. Ballplayers turn into little kids when they walk onto Doubleday, and Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame would put on a gonzo show for the nation to watch. Build it. They will come.

That’s the gas pedal over there on the right

How is it that every time we try to drive out of Cooperstown – and it doesn’t matter which route we take or the time of day we take it — we get stuck behind someone driving a steady five-to-ten miles an hour below the posted speed limit, but in front of someone who wants to go five-to-ten miles an hour above the speed limit?

Back off the Red Bull, pally.

I understand the convenience of and potential need for services like Instacart where someone does your grocery shopping for you, but that chore already is enough of a contact sport as it is. Why should I now have to compete with cart jockeys and store employees filling remote orders and careening through the aisles like it’s Roller Derby?

Why are you applauding?

I’ll bet it’s some corporate public relations officer’s dream to get his/ her/their boss(es) up there on the New York Stock Exchange’s Wall Street platform to ring the closing bell, but don’t they look like misguided clowns when they’re up there applauding and glad-handing and yukking it up with balloons while ringing the bell at the end of a day when the market tanked and millions of investors lost percentage-points off their 401ks?

The bug

Mark Knopfler once sang, “Sometimes you’re the windshield, baby/sometimes you’re the bug.”

This is true in life but why is it also true that the largest bug with the most splatter potential will be the one that hits your windshield directly in your line of vision?

Just admit it: you made it up

How did AAA know that 47.9 million Americans were planning to drive

over the Fourth-of-July weekend?

That’s what their press release said.

Did they ask? Did they stand on the side of the road(s) and count cars whizzing by? Can they prove it?

Will anyone question or doubt their assertion, and if so, how? They’ve made a statement that can be neither refuted nor proven, and the press just bought it carte blanche. I suppose I should congratulate them for all the ink they get for this baseless and utterly useless prediction, but it’s a cynical public relations ploy and I don’t like it one bit. Don’t forget, friends, 72 percent of statistics are made up!

What happened to vowels?

I’d like a word with the influencer who decided that from here on out, the correct use of the short “o” vowel should be more like “auh.” We used to say, for example, “follow.” Now, it’s “fauhlow.” The announcer on the national radio commercial for Honda gets his mouth all kinds of contorted (or, better yet, “cauhnntorted”) when he tries on the first two passes to say it as “Hauhnda” but then, by the third, he’s straight back to the tried-and-true “Honda.” I’m cauhnfident this need not cauhntinue.

So long

I’ve never been able to suss out the etymology of this method of saying goodbye. “So long” … until what? I like to stick with either “be well” or, when writing, “All the best.”

I lifted it from the title of a Paul McCartney greatest hits collection from the late 1980s. It’s a good one (the album and the phrase), and, from me to you, it conveys a fond departure and a wish that all news will be good news from now on.

All the best!

Letters

We’ll need more jails The Gilbane Company, Turner Construction, and Correction Corporation of America may not be on your personal radar, but they will be after June 2022. How come, you ask? I’ll tell you. With the Supreme Court denial of the right to abortion procedures, many states will immediately activate criminal charges against any persons engaging in any activity that contributes to an abortion. Federal protection will no longer exist for a person’s right to choose.

The states will control the criminal proceedings.

Thousands of women, spouses, family members, friends, physicians, and staff will be at risk of criminal prosecution, prison sentences as well as fines.

The Gilbane, Turner, and Correction Corporation are three of the major prison construction companies. They have earned billions of dollars constructing prisons, detention centers, and criminal justice centers, for example, Bergen County, New Jersey’s jail extension. The prison construction industry has been handed a financial bonanza by the folks in black robes.

Tom Golden, Ph.D. New Berlin

One for Castelli While the Cooperstown area has lost a responsive and responsible Member of Congress in Antonio Delgado, now running for Lieutenant Governor, there is a very reasonable antidote to the toxicity of Elise Stefanik, forced on us by recent redistricting.

Just to refresh your memory, Rep. Stefanik is a true believer in Trumpism and, perhaps, Trump’s greatest defender. She stepped forward out of the shadows during Trump’s first impeachment trial and fiercely defended him with the reward of being elevated from an

Upstate NY back-bencher to the third leading Republican in the House of Representatives. Since then, she has become a strong voice for the gun lobby.

While educated at Harvard and starting out as a moderate Republican, her rhetoric has swung completely to the right, becoming ultra-MAGA and a purveyor of the Great Race Replacement Theory as well as conspiracy theories like the Democrats being “pedo-grifters,” her anti-gun control stance after Uvalde and Buffalo, and her anti-immigration positions (I gather she’s not aware of the renaissance of Utica thanks to the many immigrants who are settling there). Worst of all is her support of the Big Lie. Enough said about her.

The citizens of this congressional district have a reasonable alternative in Matt Castelli. Mr. Castelli is a former CIA officer and Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council who served in both the Obama and Trump administrations. He comes from a bipartisan family, his mom being a lifelong Republican and his dad a lifelong Democrat from whom he learned the importance of putting one’s differences aside and working together for the betterment of our society.

His path toward national service was spurred on by the events of 9/11, but his decision to run for Congress came as he watched domestic terrorists attack the U.S. Capitol and police officers, putting our democracy at risk.

He saw Elise Stefanik violate her oath to defend and protect the Constitution by supporting the Big Lie and the perpetrator-in-chief.

A native of upstate New York and a graduate of Siena College, he holds graduate degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management

at Northwestern University. While Stefanik is an opportunist, riding the coattails of a failed leader, twiceimpeached and unhinged as testified to by witnesses in the January 6th congressional hearings, Matt Castelli is a rational and reasonable choice at this time when our democracy and our national unity is on the brink of being destroyed.

Sanford Mayer Cherry Valley

One for Stefanik One of the many duties the nation’s top executive is tasked with handling is ensuring ample nutrition for our country’s most vulnerable; babies.

While it would seem obvious, President Biden has been shockingly incompetent, even for his standards.

At the end of May, the out-ofstock shelf rate for baby formula was 73%. There is no greater “kitchen table issue” that is more pressing in today’s climate than parents’ ability to feed their newborn babies. Despite the many warnings and internal signs that a potential shortage would hit the nation, President Biden did nothing to alter its course and as a result, has left many families in a state of desperation and panic.

Rep. Elise Stefanik addressed the crisis and detailed a Republican-led strategy to combat the supply chain problems, restock shelves, and provide necessary oversight into the administration’s mishandling of shortage to ensure it does not repeat itself.

Families deserve certainty, especially when it comes to their children, and no family should be forced to struggle to feed their babies. This issue is a metaphor for the incompetence and deterioration of the Biden administration and the solutions Rep. Stefanik is working every day to provide for the American people.

Maxim Verenich Frankfort

THURSDAY, jULY 7, 2022

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The Village Improvement Society of Gilbertsville Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

210 YEARS AGO

The period which we have, from the most pure and disinterested motives so long and so deeply deplored, has at last arrived. War against Great Britain and her dependencies, has been solemnly declared by the constituted authorities of the United States. Calculating largely on the united patriotism of the citizens of the United States, the government has taken a bold attitude. They have not been mistaken. War is declared. Duty will now impel every citizen, without distinction of party, to obey; and honor, and patriotism and love of country, for we know no country on earth but America, will soon steel every heart and nerve every arm, to support our country through her present difficulties, and bring the present war in which she is engaged, to a prosperous, honorable, and speedy issue.

July 4, 1812

160 YEARS AGO

Local – Base Ball: The match game of base ball between the Olympic Club of Cooperstown and the Leather Stocking Club of Middlefield Centre, played on the County fair grounds, resulted in favor of the former.

The game (9 innings) stood as follows: Olympic 39, Leather Stocking 20.

July 4, 1862

135 YEARS AGO

If you’ve ever been to Gilbertsville, you’ve probably been struck by the charm and historic character of the place. From the historic Empire House hotel, c. 1835, to the late 19th century commercial center of town, to the three beautiful churches, Gilbertsville feels like a place from another time.

But it’s more than a feeling: the entire village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Befitting that designation, residents take obvious pride in their properties and the appearance of their village.

And it’s in this spirit that the Village Improvement Society operates.

Established as a beautification committee after the Fire of 1874, the Village Improvement Society of Gilbertsville (VIS) is one of Otsego County’s oldest service organizations. For the benefit of the general public, the VIS’s mission is to combat community deterioration through charitable, educational, and historical projects that are promoted through existing organizations rather than by help to individuals.

Since 1910, the organization’s physical property has been the beating heart of Gilbertsville: the historic Overlook Park, the Tudorstyle Gilbert Block building, and the Post Office. Gilbertsville’s residents rely on the convenience and availability of food, postal correspon-

dence, and a feeling of community these locations provide. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the grocery store closed after half a century of continual operation, leaving two of the three Gilbert Block storefronts vacant.

Spurred by the urgency of the situation, the Village Improvement Society capitalized on the opportunity to make needed upgrades to both spaces. Their seven-member volunteer board and nearly a hundred active members-at-large mobilized last year, spending many Saturday mornings cleaning, painting, and organizing for this mass rehabilitation. Working with local contractors and tradespeople, the VIS installed a new cement basement floor, furnace, oil tank, bathroom, septic system, and new electrical service.

Maintaining a historic pillar of the community is an exhilarating, but costly endeavor, and the VIS fortunately received a generous donation from the Tianaderrah Foundation to kick off the project.

Community members contributed almost $30,000! With their generosity, the VIS has been able to prepare the Gilbert Block for another 50 years of service to the community. Additionally, the VIS has responded to traffic safety issues expressed by its membership, partnering with village government and

the Department of Transportation to find viable speed mitigation solutions.

The organization is open to considering new projects that foster community development, safety and beautification. Past projects have included planting and maintaining village trees, distributing free COVID masks, and sponsoring community events. Moving into 2022, re-vitalization of the Gilbert Block remains top-of-mind for the VIS executive board. Five Kids Bakehouse opened in the Gilbert Block, June 2021 offering extraordinary breads, baked goods and coffee — six days a week. The VIS is currently negotiating with an epicurean market to complement their offerings while making basic provisions available for purchase.

Membership in the VIS isn’t limited to Gilbertsville residents.

Anyone interested in maintaining the charm of this village and helping it thrive is welcome to join. Please visit the organization website, www.visgilbertsville.org, for more information.

“Spotlight” is an occasional feature sponsored by the Community Foundation of Otsego County (CFOtsego.org)

BY Merl Reagle

Three Little Words…A puzzle that goes great with apple pie ACROSS

July 8, 1887

110 YEARS AGO

Tuesday, Schneider Bros. Bakery celebrated its 24th anniversary of its establishment in Cooperstown. During all those years they have supplied our people with the best in homemade baked goods, and their store is more popular today than ever. Cooperstown is justly proud of its business places, and of none more than its bakery.

July 3, 1912

85 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown’s grand and glorious Fourth of July celebration was held Monday with a crowd of between one and two thousand people. The celebration officially started in the morning with a parade, led by the village policemen, at 10 o’clock under the auspices of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce with C.B. Johnson as grand marshal. It was voted the best seen here in years.

Following the parade and a flag-raising ceremony at Doubleday Field, the Cooperstown Fire Department and the Hartwick CCC camp teams played a game of baseball won by the firemen, 10-0 behind the three-hit pitching of Gene Willsey. A band concert at 1:30 p.m. was followed by another baseball game between the Home of Baseball team and Richfield Springs, won by the home team, 10. A thousand spectators at the high school witnessed a horse show given by the State Police Troop C barracks at Sidney. Wondrous and Muggins, handled by troopers William Mossman and E.J. Palombo put their horses through their paces. Muggins the talking horse, answered questions put to him by Trooper Mossman, by a shake of the head and numerical questions by the pawing of his feet.

July 7, 1937

Solution: ‘‘Let It Snow” (June 30)

1 Restless one 6 It has a peel 10 Invisible attractions 16 Recede 19 The end of LSD 20 City on Hawaii 21 California county 22 Sine ___ non 23 Snippet from Miller’s “King of the Road” 25 Servings of strong coffee: slang 27 Object 28 Bout site 29 Bandleader Xavier 30 An embargo may stop it 31 Sugar Loaf Mtn.’s city 32 Query to warriors, “Are we ___?”

34 Bouncer 36 Competed 38 Number suffix 39 Fiber source 40 Printing measures 41 Some tournaments 43 Donny’s sister 46 Crescent moon’s horns 47 Picnicking place 48 Great American beast 49 Daphnis loved her 50 Notorious African 54 Money for the poor 55 Oklahoma city 56 Payment rate, time and ___ 57 De-Lovely star 58 Meadow 59 Pierce portrayer 60 Peron et al.

61 Jack Dempsey, “the ___ Mauler” 63 Salamander 64 Song about a resort city 67 Pastor’s preparation: abbr.

68 Type of dinner 70 Chromosome choice 71 Tomsk turndown 72 Actor Holm 73 Fishing spot 74 Satie et al.

76 Sammy of “High Hopes” fame 77 The father in Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying 78 Architect Saarinen 79 The “backed with” song 80 “Stay ___” (TV request) 81 Clashers on the set 82 As, in French 83 Clan emblem

84 Has a pressing job 85 Little bit 88 Start of a plaint 89 Jazz style 90 By and by 91 Heavy-sounding Tennessee county 93 Old questionnaire question 97 Jay’s ex-announcer, ___ Hall 100 Book after Jonah 101 Requires 103 Hardwood tree 104 Robin Hood, for one 105 Be very irritating 107 Mother’s Day time 109 Social ending 110 Make fun of 111 People in the back may not do it 112 Geneva’s river 113 Crossed (out) 114 Chief Christian feast 115 Frogner Park’s city 116 Entertainer with a whip DOWN 1 One who appoints 2 Liver in the Middle East?

3 Positive thinking 4 Commotion 5 Maligns 6 Post-shampoo effect

7 Ashkenazy’s instrument 8 Of a certain bone 9 Two in Tijuana 10 The same in quantity 11 Kind of makeup 12 First name in gymnastics 13 B ig-time wrestlers, the Three Stooges, etc.

14 Guillermo’s year 15 Mutes 16 Treat as identical 17 Eric of The Animals 18 Napoleon makers 24 Equine with lines 26 Perry Como, familiarly 29 Adduce 33 German possessive 35 Play tricks 37 Signs (a contract) 39 Papal decree 41 Be iridescent 42 Nabokov novel 43 Be polite 44 Thai, for one 45 Spindle 46 Great gap 48 Not topside 49 Cautious 50 Words before king 51 Being homesick, in a way 52 Available, as produce 53 Proximity

56 States positively 57 Grow together 59 Off the deep end 60 Conjure up 62 Change 65 Kind of binary compound 66 Moronic 69 “In excelsis ___” 75 Parts of specs 76 Remove from the roster 77 Flying prefix 79 Philippine weapon 80 Excellent 82 Battery terminal 83 Ready the romaine 84 “Summarizing ...”

85 Early cowboy star 86 Emulate Beryl Markham 87 Floored 89 Sotheby’s participant 90 Curve up, as one’s back 92 Actress Charlotte 93 Union general 94 Some woodwinds 95 Of the kidneys 96 Paris subway 98 Sam’s love, on Cheers 99 Apartment convenience 102 Send out 106 Museum funding org.

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Liberty Wept

Based on Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson, any personal right that was not enumerated in 1866 when the 14th Amendment was written is not protected.

Alito implied his reasoning applied only to abortion. But in his concurrence, Justice Thomas pointed out that the Dobbs precedent would apply to other practices, including same-sex marriage and contraception, birth control pills.

In Dobbs, reactionary Catholics on the

Supreme Court applied Catholic theology to American law, effectively breaching the separation of church and state.

Justice Sotomayor, also raised Catholic, wrote in her dissent that the practical result of Dobbs was that the state could force women to bear children against their will, like livestock, depriving them of their bodily autonomy.

And if the state could do that, it could, under Alito’s reasoning, deprive them of any personal right that was not recognized in

1866, including the right to marry someone of another race, which was illegal in 1866 in 18 states and was not overturned until 1967, 20 years before Clarence Thomas married his wife Ginni.

There is a rather straightforward solution to this: Congress should increase the number of justices on the court to 13 and overturn Dobbs for the misogynistic assault on women that it is.

Chip Northrup Cooperstown

The Dog Charmer

Tom Shelby

w h e n l o u d s o u n d s a n d s e pa r at i o n cause canine anxiety Dear Tom, I got my dog, Girlie, from the Susquehanna SPCA last December.

She is a Rottweiler/Australian shepherd mix, about 7 years old. She has separation anxiety that has worsened in the past few months. Fortunately, she does accept being in a crate when I am gone, after she ripped up the plastic tray that originally formed the base of the crate.

She is afraid of the sounds of strong wind, gunshots, or any sudden, loud noise, and tries to hide around my legs or under furniture.

When I am walking her, always on a leash, and we see another dog, she growls and barks and lunges at the dog, so much so that I have to step off the walk and hold her back. Does she want to play or fight?

Thanks Tom, Girlie’s frustrated companion

In lieu of drugs, if you want to actually de-sensitize Girlie to loud noises, go on the internet and get a recording of the sounds that often scare dogs such as Dear Girlie’s frustrated companion thunder, sirens, gunfire, etc. Then have her (GFC), lie down on one of her favorite comfort First things first — thank you for being spots and play the recording softly enough one of the good guys and adopting from the for her to tolerate it as you give her tiny shelter. You are not alone when it comes pieces of people food. With patience and to separation anxiety, because of people repetition slowly increase the volume, staying home due to the pandemic. The increasing her tolerance and desensitizaquantity of separation anxiety complaints tion to the scary noises. has increased dramatically over the last In the great majority of cases, dogs are two years. more aggressive on-leash than off. And GFC, the first thing I want you to do is while you may think they are protecting get Girlie to love the comfort and security you, in actuality they just feel more secure of the crate. It’s the ONLY place she gets being attached to you with that leash. It’s people food. Several times in the course like the little kid who acts a lot tougher of the day and evening, toss into the crate with his big brother standing behind him. little pieces of chicken or ham or what- The first mistake that most people make is ever as you tell her to go to her house. The reacting negatively the moment they see crate door is left open. Feed her one of her another dog. Imagine you’re standing in a two meals a day in the crate with the open park and Girlie is sniffing for gossip and door. oblivious to the person who just entered the Next, I want you to seriously park with their dog. You, seeing the other DEEMOTIONALIZE leaving and coming dog and anticipating a problem tighten the home. No sorrowful goodbyes. Just “See leash and say “Girlie” with great anxiety ya later Girlie” as you toss a few of the in your voice. “special” treats into the crate, in addiSo now, Girlie hears your nervoustion to a couple of hollow marrow bones, ness as she feels the leash tighten on her one with a piece of meat wedged in the collar on her neck, and what’s she going middle and the other with peanut butter or to relate all this negativity to? The other whatever wedged inside. When you come dog that she now sees for the first time. home you don’t run over to the crate to let You’ve actually exacerbated the problem her out with hugs and kisses. It’s a casual by anticipating a problem and sharing that “Hi Girlie” as you put on a cup of tea, or feeling with Girlie through your voice and whatever, and then let her out of the crate, the leash. no big deal. Then remove the special In the future, when you see another dog marrow bones. She only gets them when you want your response to be positive, nobody’s home! Period. Soft classical or coupled with treats. Con Girle — “Look believe it or not, country western music in at that Girlie, there’s a strange dog coming your absence may help. who could turn out to be your best friend” The old saying, “A tired dog is a well -- as you’re giving her treats, as long as behaved dog” has some validity to it. A she’s not acting aggressive. But to be realwalk before you leave can’t hurt. istic, this is much easier said than done. I There are now very many products on suggest you get a “gentle leader” and look the market to help all kinds of anxieties at the video on acclimating her to it. I’ve from thundershirts to adaptil diffusers to acclimated several hundred dogs to them calming hemp in addition to CBD calming for a reason, it eliminates 90 percent of products. I have seen some of these prod- a dog’s ability to pull on a leash. And it ucts help with some dogs and not help works on the principal of leverage, not with others. You may want to ask your Vet pain like a prong collar. who knows Girlie what she recommends.

Girlie also needs to be taught the “Leave However, be aware that what you don’t It” command, the command to ignore want to do is reward the fear response by whatever she’s focused on, be it a squirrel, telling her “It’s OK” and giving her treats a dropped slice of pizza on the ground, or as she’s cowering. an owner approaching with another dog.

My search-and-rescue dog Michelle For that command I suggest you read the was afraid of nothing until age 14 when “how to” in my book, or get a trainer to she shocked me by being extremely fearful help you. for the first time during a nasty thunderOnce again, thank you for being an storm. Instead of commiserating with her adopter. And BTY — There are plenty of fear response I conned her into a great dogs who have great lives without being game of tug of war with a rope toy while social butterflies when it comes to being the thunder was booming. She flinched with other dogs. when the thunder boomed but continued Good luck to play.

Dog Charmer Tom

Summer hours for Village Library of Cooperstown

Summer hours are in effect at the Village Library of Cooperstown now through September 1.

These include additional evening hours, Sunday closure, as well as opening at 8 a.m.

Monday through Friday to take advantage of free parking.

onday M 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Tuesday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Wednesday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Thursday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Sunday: Closed Be sure to ask Library Director Heather Urtz Amendolare for summer reading recommendations; she’s currently reading Dearie: the remarkable life of Julia Child (non-fiction) and says Black Cake (fiction) is the last book she loved!

News Briefs

Oneonta tour takes walkers through 6th Ward history

Join the Greater Oneonta Historical Society on Saturday, July 9, as native Oneontan and historian Dr. John Nader leads a historic tour of Oneonta’s Sixth Ward – a.k.a. the “lower deck.”

Dr. Nader will explore the influx of Italian, Eastern European, and Lebanese immigrants in tandem with the growing presence of the D&H railroad, reflections on the lives of immigrant families, and the unique Sixth Ward social institutions they created.

This tour will meet at 2 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club on River Street, where parking will be available. The tour is by donation and reservations are not required. GOHS advises attendees to dress for warm weather and bring a water bottle!

Middlefield Community Day is July 10

Town of Middlefield Historical Association hosts the town’s Community Day on Sunday, July 10, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Old District No. 1 Schoolhouse in the hamlet of Middlefield.

This year’s Community Day features a vendor extravaganza with talented artisans exhibiting a variety of media ranging from art works to woodworking products made on site, handmade children’s clothing to locally collected products like honey and wax items to maple syrup. There will be activities such as face painting for the children.

The town’s historical schoolhouse will be open to the public, with featured displays downstairs and a self-guided tour through the upstairs museum. The Old School Gift Shop will also be open all day.

The day includes a nondenominational church service to be offered outdoors at 10:30 a.m. The Tickled Pink food truck and Triple K’s Kandy will be on hand, along with music by Sarah & John and a Lucky Draw Auction table to take a chance on an item donated by the local crafters. All auction proceeds will benefit the Historical Association.

Private yard sales are also going on throughout the day so make sure to take a ride around the Middlefield Hamlet to find that treasured item.

This family-friendly event is free and open to the public.

A.O. Fox Hospital is proud to be nationally recognized for excellence in patient safety Congratulations to our clinicians and staff – we received an ‘A’ hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national safety nonprofit organization. This achievement is a testament to our number one priority every day – the safety of our patients. Thank you for entrusting us with your care.

Safe care for your family. Every day.

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Templeton Players bring rare 19th Century comedy gems back to life with weekend performances throughout July and August

Director Mike Tamburrino, left, checks in on his cast for “Petticoat Perfidy” featuring, from left, Uh-oh, they’re onto him ... from left, Dan O’Neil, John Melvin, and Shane Neidecker have a thing Angela Buesing Potrikus, Emily Travisano, and Mary-Jo Merk. Two shows each Saturday at the or two to say in “Cox & Box,” a musical comedy operetta from 1866. Two shows each Sunday at the Farmers’ Museum Leatherstocking Stage!

Farmers’ Museum Leatherstocking Stage!

The Templeton Players — the Farmers’ Museum’s resident theatre troupe — welcomes another summer season of performing rare comedic gems from the mid-late 19th century. All shows are free with museum admission and are performed outdoors (weather permitting) on the Leatherstocking Stage on the tavern green in the museum’s historic village!

Each Saturday in July and August, the Players present “Petticoat Perfidy,” first performed in 1885. Mayhem ensues when Mrs. Mountrevor returns home from a journey abroad and decides to throw a lavish party for all her friends — to which no one shows up. As she and her quick-witted

French maid Juliette scramble to make it appear that her drawing room has recently hosted gaggles of socialites, they receive an unexpected visit from an old acquaintance, the pompous Mrs. Norwood-Jones, who brings an unwelcome bit of news with disastrous and hilarious results!

The Players perform “Petticoat Perfidy” on Saturdays from 12 noon until 12:35 p.m., and again from 2 p.m. until 2:35 p.m. The show stars Angela Buesing Potrikus, MaryJo Merk, and Emily Travisano. Mike Tamburrino directs.

Each Sunday in July and August, the Players present “Cox & Box,” a musical comedy operetta from 1866.

Mayhem ensues yet again in this rollicking, silly, musical

farce when conniving landlord Sgt. Bouncer tricks Mr. Cox and Mr. Box (who have opposing schedules) into sharing the same apartment! But how far can he take the scheme?

The operetta features music by Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan fame!

The Players perform “Cox & Box” on Sundays from 12 noon until 12:35 p.m., and again from 2 p.m. until 2:35 p.m. The show stars Shane Neidecker, Dan O’Neil, and John Melvin, with accompaniment by Tim Iversen. Mike Tamburrino directs.

OBITUARIES Geoffrey H. Goodwin, 50 December 30, 1971 – June 15, 2022

FLY CREEK – trouble in high Geoffrey Harrison school for reading Goodwin, 50, the dictionary passed away on instead of whatJune 15, 2022, ever he should at home in Fly have been doing.

Creek. He was Based in Natick born December 30, and Framingham 1971, at New York Mass., Geoff Hospital to Gary really enjoyed Geoffrey H. and Sally Goodwin. living in the Goodwin The family moved Boston area. He to Cooperstown in 1972 and had a lifelong passion for the then to Fly Creek in 1988.

Boston Celtics.

After graduating from Geoff’s enthusiasm and Cooperstown Central School infectious energy made with the Class of 1990, life interesting. The entire Geoff attended Syracuse family remembers how he University where he received orchestrated the search for a B.A. degree. He worked as his grandmother’s lost rings a laboratory technician at after her memorial service.

Bassett Medical Center for He motivated the group to four years before moving turn an initially frustrating to Boulder, Colo., where hunt into a fun and satisfying he earned an M.F.A. degree experience. Geoff was intelfrom Naropa University. ligent and sensitive. He was Geoff was a writer. His appreciated for his sense of freelance publications were humor and quick wit as wide ranging but he took well as for his kindness. He the greatest pleasure in his stayed in touch with many poetry and short stories. He people and he treasured his loved and collected books community of friends near and also ran an independent and far. bookstore where people In 2014 Geoffrey’s back delighted in stopping by to was injured in an auto accivisit and joke with him. He dent caused by a drunk was fascinated by words and driver. He faced chronic their meanings and got into pain and health compli-

Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special.

Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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cations for the rest of his life. He returned to Otsego County in 2019. He never lost hope but the COVID19 pandemic hampered his rehabilitation efforts. His unexpected death was due to cardiac failure.

Geoffrey is survived by his parents, Gary and Sally (Marks) Goodwin, his brother, Thomas Goodwin, his beloved aunts and uncles, Sharon Cresci of Auburn, Maine, Elizabeth Gunn and Don Kash of Norman, Oklahoma, and Harrison and Suzie Marks of WinstonSalem, North Carolina, and his cherished cousins, Kathryn Marks (Jim Nelson) of Alexandria, Virginia, Andrew (Lindsay) Gunn of Norman, Oklahoma, and Benjamin (Tracey) Marks of Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

When you think of Geoff hug a friend, offer encouragement or share a cup of coffee.

A gathering to celebrate his life will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

David K. Mattice, 69 December 10, 1952 – June 26, 2022

ONEONTA – and Minnie Beams David K. Mattice also survived him. passed away on David is predeJune 26, 2022 ceased by his due to health parents, John and issues. He was Frances Mattice, proud to live his son in law Adam entire 69 years in Pierce, and many the Oneonta area. aunts and uncles He is survived David K. Mattice who were near and by his wife dear to his heart.

Constance Mattice, daughter Anyone who knew David Carol Pierce (DJ Wooden), knows that he loved to tell son Daniel and Kimberly stories about his life expeMattice and four grandchil- riences. As a high school dren Makenzie and Andrew student, he was an active Pierce and Kara and Eric athlete. David was a lifeMattice. He is also survived long member and Elder of by his twin sister Debra and the First United Presbyterian Robert Archer, brother John Church in Oneonta. He and Pamela Mattice, sister recorded the weather for Melissa and Chris Carvin, the National Weather brother-in-law Craig and Service for over 35 years Karen Schaffer, nieces and was locally known as a Samantha Tetor (Nicholas) weather specialist and liked and Rachel Schaffer, to remind people to “Keep nephews Christopher an eye on the sky”. David Carvin (Madeleigh Place), was a proud member of the Ryan Schaffer (Talene), Oneonta Rotary Club for 36 Philip Schaffer, and Bradley years, serving one year as Schaffer (Denielle) and president, and several years great nieces Kylie Mattice on the Rotary Fund Board, and Ellie Schaffer. David’s the RYLA committee, and aunts Joyce Stone (Louie) the Board of Directors.

David was a fixture in local sales, making connections with many people over the years. He worked for Metropolitan Insurance Company, Prudential Insurance Company, Wilber Bank, and Country Club/ Otego Automotive. Later in his career he became a real estate agent and broker.

Calling hours were at Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main Street, Oneonta, on Wednesday, July 6 from 5-6 pm. A service followed.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Operation Warm, a Rotary program that provides winter coats to local children in need. Checks can be made out to Oneonta Rotary Fund with Operation Warm in the memo line and mailed to PO Box 1122, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www. bookhoutfh.com for the Mattice family.

Nancy C. Wayman Graveside Service Planned

O N E O N TA for friends and – Nancy C. family will be 11 Wayman, formerly a.m., Saturday, of Oneonta, passed July 9, 2022 at away Aug. 8, the Glenwood 2021.

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OBITUARIES Mary M. McGowan, 85 August 13, 1936 – July 2, 2022.

COOPERSTOWN – Mary Martha McGowan passed away on July 2, 2022, surviving her beloved husband Victor Salvatore, Jr by 18 months. Universally known as Martha, she was born August 13, 1936 in St. Paul, Minnesota. After attending the College of New Rochelle and graduating with an art degree from the University of Minnesota, she moved first to Chicago and then to New York City in 1966.

In New York she worked at the Associated Council of the Arts, the South Street

Seaport project, and for Hall, and provided housing the Brooklyn Academy of for performers of the nearby Music, of which she authored Glimmerglass Opera. She a history. When she met and was an avid golfer, particumarried Victor larly at the Otsego Salvatore, Jr, she Golf Club adjacent began to spend to Swanswick. She time at their was widely known home Swanswick for her culinary in Springfield and entertainment Center. skills, often putting Martha fully on dinners for e m b r a c e d twenty, apparently Cooperstown and without effort.

Mary Martha all the activities She and Victor McGowan there. She was a spent winters variprimary founder ously in New York of Otsego2000, organizer City, Washington, DC, and of concerts at historic Hyde Phoenix, Arizona, ulti-

mately alighting in Sarasota, Florida.

Upon Victor’s passing in 2020, she relocated to Waco, TX. Born one of seven siblings, she is survived by Patricia Cardozo, Anne Cline, Jack McGowan, Sheila Hayes, and Bob McGowan. She was predeceased by her sister Janet King. She is also survived by her step-daughters Ellen Cunningham and Joy Salvatore of Waco, Texas, and Andrea Hook of Jericho, Vermont.

Martha will be interred next to Victor in Springfield Center, NY.

The family of

Dr. Emery C. Herman, Jr. invites you to a

Backyard Gathering

Saturday, July 30 • 2pm - 4 pm Please join us at the Herman tennis courts to celebrate Emery’s life.

Stories and memories. Light refreshments.

Masks enouraged and provided.

Handicapped parking in driveway near tennis courts and general parking on Brooklyn Avenue.

Please RSVP by July 24 with name and number of guests to EmeryHermanGathering@gmail.com Nancy Herman and Family

MeMories to Cherish every life has a story. everyone deserves a final appreciation.

For more information send email to info@Allotsego.com, or call Larissa at 607-547-6103.

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BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK

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bids will be received by the Owner until August 17, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. at the Village of Cooperstown Municipal Office Building; 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York for the work described below at which time and place all such bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The Village of Cooperstown invites sealed bids for renovations at the Village Hall, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York.

You are invited to bid on the above project which will consist of one (1) prime contract as follows: General Construction In general, the scope of work includes the removal of the existing window sash and associated window hardware for repair, restoration and reinstallation on the 3rd floor only.

Repair and restoration will include the restoration of existing window framing, trim and window moldings.

Copies of the proposed Contract Documents are on file at the office of the Architect: Holmes King Kallquist & Associates 575 North Salina Street, Syracuse, New York 13208 Phone: (315) 4768371

Bidders are hereby informed that a pre-bid conference will take place at the Village of Cooperstown Municipal Building on August 3, 2022, at 10:30 A.M. Jenna Utter, Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 Email: jutter@ cooperstownny.org Dated: July 5, 2022 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

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Bonafide contract bidders may secure copies of the proposed Contract Documents at Syracuse Blue Print Co., Inc., 825 East Genesee Street, Syracuse, New York 13210, Telephone – (315) 476-4084, 1-800962-1458.

Public Notice is hereby given Under Sec. 182 NYS Lien Law, that property described as contents of storage unit, will be sold at public auction at 6:00 PM on July 20th, 2022 at Rt. 23 Self Storage of Oneonta, 8745 St Hwy 23, Oneonta NY. The sale of such property is to satisfy the lien of Rt 23 Self Storage of Oneonta on property stored for the accounts of :

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Unit #86 size 10x20.

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Sale date is July 20 at 7:30 pm at Westside Storage 12 Miles ave Oneonta NY 13820 607-434-9696 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board for the Village of Cooperstown will hold the following public hearing on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 5:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as can be heard: Meeting to be held in the Village Office Building, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown.

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Formation of Revlis Services LLC. Filed 2/10/22.

Cty: Otsego.

SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 469 Peeters Rd, Schenevus, NY 12155.

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Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/13/22.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 829 E. 15th St, Brooklyn, NY 11230.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/21.

Office location: Otsego County.

Princ. office of LLC: 80 Exchange St., Binghamton, NY 13901. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: Christopher L. Roma, Esq., Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/8/22.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 115 Armstrong Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Po box 248 Cherry Valley, NY Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of FORD BLOCK, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/21.

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

The Secretary of State has been designated as 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 to: The LLC, 14 Miles Ave., Oneonta, NY 13820.

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Principal Business and Office Location: 103 Main Street, P.O. Box 431, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326, Otsego County, N.Y. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail process to 103 Main Street, P.O. Box 431, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Springfield Parade The weather couldn’t have been nicer for the hundreds who turned out to celebrate the return of the Town of Springfield’s festive Fourth of July parade along Route 80. Clockwise from right: Brig Seaver, Mike Boyson, Cubby Gage, Peter Barrett, Rich Balcom, and Bob Crawford prepare to lead the Town of Springfield’s Fourth of July parade; Rosie the Clown entertains while she’s on mute; the Cherry Valley/Springfield band marches down Rte. 80; bicycle riders pedal up some holiday patriotic spirit; parade judges Frank Farmer, Annie Donovan, Caroline Brown, and Will Kleffner get ready to rate the marching companies; Unlce Sam stops by Springfield for a marching visit, and five-year-old pals Emma Dawson (l) and Meadow Aramini (r) are all ready to pedal their craft along the jolly parade route.

Oneonta Parade As in the rest of Otsego County, the weather was beautiful in Oneonta for the Fourth of July parade.

Clockwise from right: BJ the Clown and her helper Eli Boynton prepare to make the kids smile; the Hill City Ice Queen Party company shows Moana, Ariel, Rapunzel, and Flynn Rider from the Kingdom of Corona, and Belle.

Representing our finest in the parade were Retired Senator James Seward, James Kelman, Cooperstown PD, Jess Lanza, Cooperstown PD, Katelynn Kiuber, Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, David Schulte, NYSP, Oneonta and Beth Jerome, NYS University Police, SUNY Oneonta.

Otsego Lake Boat Parade It was a picture-perfect July 3 afternoon for the return of the Otsego Lake Association Boat Parade, and this year, pirates abounded along with patriotic-themed craft decorating the lake.

Boaters entertained each other and their landlubber audiences on shore to celebrate Otsego Lake, the beautiful weather, and the chance to be out on the water on such a gorgeous day.

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Cooperstown Chamber pitches funds for mural Through its 501(c)(3) arm — The Cooperstown Foundation — The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce is looking for business sponsors to support the creation of a mural by local artist Kelcy Kimmerer for the back of the Chamber’s 31 Chestnut Street cottage.

A letter from Chamber Executive Director Tara Burke tells donors the mural’s theme, “Why Cooperstown,” challenged artists to visually encapsulate why they think locals love to live in Cooperstown and why visitors return repeatedly to the region. Her letter says the Chamber’s Board chose Ms. Kimmerer’s design for its “thorough representation of our scenic beauty, baseball connection, rural and agricultural nature,

ties to Native American history, prevalence of live music and opera, and the solidarity and diversity of our community.”

Hoping to have the mural completed as soon as possible this summer, the Chamber has set a fundraising goal of $2,500.

“This is a first step for the Foundation of what we hope will be several more projects to create more public art in Cooperstown,” the letter states.

Contact the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce at 31 Chestnut Street for more information.

Gas Prices GasBuddy says gasoline prices in New York fell 7.2 cents per gallon in the last week for an average priceper-gallon of $4.85, $1.68 per gallon more than they were a year ago on July 5.

The price of diesel fell 6.3 cents per gallon nationally and stands at $5.72 per gallon.

The survey says the cheapest station in New York on July 5, 2022 was serving up a gallon of regular unleaded for $4.20/ gallon, the most expensive at $6.15/gallon.

Thanks for the cheery news, GasBuddy!

Cooperstown fireworks rescheduled for July 8 The dark clouds moved in and the rain started not long after the Cooperstown Community Band played The Star Spangled Banner on the evening of July 1; moments later a few bursts of thunder and a heavier downpour moved the Cooperstown Fire Department fireworks celebration to its July 8 rain date.

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Springbrook will be posting regular construction updates on The Ford on Main website (www.thefordonmain.com).

As Work is underway now on the interior of the sprawling Main Street the project begins, the space, soon to welcome 24 all-new, all-modern apartments in a hiswebsite will house toric setting. architectural plans, Continued from page 1 along with a “contact The building, which will be renamed us” option for community members who “The Ford on Main,” will offer 24 all-new, wish to share their perspective on the plans all-modern studio and one bedroom apart- and renovation progress. Leasing informaments in a historic setting, with four units tion will be available on the site later in the reserved for people who receive supports renovation process. through OPWDD. Situated on Main Street in Oneonta, it offers easy access to downtown, including shops, restaurants, cafes, and more, with several parks like Huntington Park and Neahwa Park within walking distance.

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Otsego Outdoors sets Octet challenge for summer hikes, bikes, more With plenty of summer left and abundant natural space to discover, the Otsego Outdoors Summer Octet includes state forests, state parks, local parks, Otsego Land Trust properties, private property open to the public, and the “New Lisbon Ride” that links Gilbert Lake State Park and Texas Schoolhouse State Forest.

By completing eight activities before September 21, participants earn a free embroidered Summer Octet patch and get listed on the Otsego Outdoors Challenge Roster. Participants can head to otsegooutdoors. org to find the full range of ‘summer octet’ possibilities.

“The menu of challenges this summer offers many opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors,” said Jeff O’Handley, program director for the Otsego County Conservation Association. “In addition to the hikes and bikes and berry picking, we hope some will join us in some of our dirty and wet invasive species activities.”

Destinations new to the Octet Challenge this year are Bear Swamp State Forest in Decatur, the Robert V. Woodruff Outdoor Learning Center in Jordanville, Emmons Pond Bog in Oneonta, and New Island Forest Trails in Catella Park, Oneonta. Not all destinations are located directly inside Otsego County’s borders, but organizers note all are within approximately 10 miles of the county.

“The Woodruff Center in Van Hornesville has lovely waterfalls, and the Emmons Pond Bog is a great place to hike,” said Peg Odell, program and communications manager at Otsego 2000. “Participants tell us they love to explore new places, so we’ve widened our scope and welcome suggestions for new places and events to include.”

“Doing the hikes with my kids was the best,” said Paula Wengert of Burlington Flats, who completed the Spring Octet Challenge with five of her children. “The Otsego

Outdoors website made organizing these hikes so much easier.”

More than 500 have completed the seasonal Octet Challenges since their February 2021 debut, totaling more than 4,000 hikes, paddles, and cycling routes throughout Otsego County. Participants have ranged from young children hiking with parents or grandparents to an 84-year-old who made a point to note her age on her activity log. Some complete the challenge solo or with their dog, others hike or paddle with friends or family members.

Hikes range from one to four miles, and participants can choose their own distance when paddling or cycling.

The Summer Octet offers a ‘Your Choice” option, so people can get credit for swimming, horseback riding, fishing, berry-picking, camping, geocaching, or any summertime outdoor activity. People also can get credit for participating in guided hikes and paddles, lake, river, and trail clean-ups, and other outdoor events listed at www.otsegooutdoors.org.

A collaborative effort of Otsego 2000, the Otsego Land Trust, and the Otsego County Conservation Association, Otsego Outdoors connects people with year-round opportu-

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Otsego Land Trust Executive Director Greg Farmer says the Fetterly Forest trail is one of the best short hikes in the region.

“It’s a gradual ascent to the overlook where you can gain a clear view of Canadarago Lake and Deowongo Island,” he said. “If you’re more inclined to an upper body workout, there’s nothing better than renting a canoe or kayak at the Brookwood Point conservation area.”

On June 20, hiker Tom Walsh completed a 208-mile continuous thru-hike to all 25 state forests and state parks in Otsego County to raise funds for Bassett Cancer Institute and Otsego Outdoors. He also used the hike to promote the many green spaces across the county.

“Bear Swamp State Forest is a favorite of Tom’s, so we’re glad to add it to the Octet Challenge,” Ms. Odell said.

“There’s a wonderful view hiking along the Roseboom Forest Access Road.”

To participate in the Otsego Outdoors Summer Octet, visit www.otsegooutdoors.org for information on the featured trails and an activity log form. The website also lists upcoming trail work days, lake clean-ups, and outdoor events. Call 607-547-8881 or e-mail outdoors@otsego2000. org for more information.

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