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A month before occupying his office in the complex at Elk and Fair streets, Ibrahim – “call me Tommy,” he may tell you – slipped into town and spent a few days touring Bassett’s footprint – the four hospitals, the nursing homes, the dozens of clinics – in the eight-county service area. So when he arrived at a welcoming dinner Monday, July 13, Please See IBRAHIM, A10
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Ian Williams, Horseheads, right, representing the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, explains he, Mark Hopper, Wells Bridge and Bob Wilmott, Oswego, were picketing the Susquehanna Animal Shelter construction site Tuesday, July 14, to warn against a contractor who might not be paying the prevailing wage/DETAILS AT www.AllOTSEGO.com
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said. “She introduced herself, and she was up from Maryland, visiting Jim Atwell. She just had this zeal about her.” Geddes-Atwell, 77, former Otsego town supervisor and, previously, a town board member, passed away Sunday morning at Cooperstown Center after a Please See OTSEGO, A8
hen Cooperstown Central schools start back up this fall, 50 percent of the If coronastudent body will virus lingers, start the year put- CCS won’t be ting the “home” back to norin “homeroom.” mal this fall. For the first few days, that is, they’ll be at home. “A hybrid opening,” Superinten dent Bill Crankshaw calls it. “Half of students will attend classes in-person on Mondays and Tuesday, and the other half will attend classes in-person on Thursdays and Fridays.” But those days aren’t free for sleeping in and goofing off – stuPlease See CCS, A6
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for uninsured farmers, while working to decrease the cost tate Senator James of health insurance for small L. Seward, Rbusiness owners. Milford, received “You cannot put a price national recognition tag on the health and Wednesday at the well-being of our North American farmers and investAgricultural Safety ments in safety pay Summit for dividends for years supporting the ROPS and generations to rebate program and come,” said Seward, other programs a long-time member designed to assist of the New York State Seward small farmers. Senate Agriculture “Agriculture is New York Committee. State’s number-one industry. “Senator Seward has It is vital to our economy made marked contributions Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kevlin and way of life,” said to the health and safety Seward. “I have continually of New York farmers and advocated for policies and serves as an example to laws to help our farmers other state senators,” and that includes crucial says NYCAMH director safety programs like the Julie Sorensen. “He has COOPERSTOWN Citizen of the Year profile. highly successful New York demonstrated what is The bridal party, limited Rollover Protection System possible when farmers, ylvia Elizabeth by NY Forward regulations, (ROPS) Rebate Program.” researchers, health profesBarrett and James C. also included Anne Lacey, Seward also successfully sionals and educators work Kevlin were married sister of the groom’s late pushed to increase availcollectively towards the Saturday, July 11, 2020, wife, Mary Joan, who was common goal.” Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal ability of health insurance on the porch at Hyde Hall, co-publisher of the media David Lamb, assisted by Randy Bailey, foreground, overlooking Otsego Lake. company. hoists a new banner across Cooperstown’s Main The Rev. Teressa Sivers, The bride, a native of Street Friday, July 10, encouraging residents and 10 Named To SUNY New Paltz Dean’s List pastor, St. Paul’s Methodist Fareham, England, and visitors alike to follow measures recommended COOPERSTOWN • Elizabeth Jacoby, Van Church, Ithaca, and former graduate of York University, to stem COVID-19, including wearing masks and Hornesville social distancing. Lamb started putting up the pastor of First United was a minister in Calgary, elilah and •Marcus Mosenson, banner on returning from the service in the Methodist Church, Oneonta, Alberta, before moving to Tessa Griger, Roseboom 1980s – an adjunct to his father’s banner-making performed the ceremony. The States. The groom, a Cooperstown, were • Odessa Quinonez, business. And he’s been doing so ever since. The bride was given away native of East Orange, N.J., two of 10 local students who Edmeston by state Sen. Jim Seward, and Colgate University were named to the Dean’s • Emily Rifanburg, ·· R-Milford. Cindy Seward graduate, has spent his List at SUNY New Paltz for Edmeston was the matron of honor. career in newspapers, the Spring 2020 semester. • Liv Spina, Worcester The best man was Matthew moving to Otsego County Also on the list were: • Emma Warner,Westford Lacey, Exton, Pa. in 2006 when he and M.J. • Bryce Graham, • Abigail Waters, Milford The bride is pastor of bought The Freeman’s Burlington Flats WHILE Milford Methodist Church. Journal. SUPPLIES The groom is editor & The couple has four LAST publisher of Hometown children: Jennifer Findlay Oneonta, The Freeman’s and John Gerrard, Calgary; Journal and www. John C. Kevlin of Oakland, AllOTSEGO.com. Calif., and Joseph J. Kevlin The couple met in of Tempe, Ariz., who were December 2017, when the unable to attend due to HURRY! SALE ENDS AUGUST 1! groom interviewed the bride, travel restrictions. Open weekdays: 4316 County Hwy 11 who was rebuilding the A luncheon, with social 9 am to 5:30 pm Cooperstown Chuck Gould 607-432-2022 607-547-6038 Milford church after a fire, distancing in place, followed Thursday: 9 am to 7 pm krazytoms.com 22-26 Watkins Avenue, Oneonta for the newspapers’ 2017 at The Otesaga. Saturday: 9 am to 4 pm sales@krazytoms.com
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ho built “Fairyland” along the trail in Wilber Park? Only the fairies know. “At first I thought it was just kids painting rocks,” said Lou Lansing, Parks & Recreation director. “But then it started to grow and get really cool!” There’s a pet store and Dragon Mountain. Aladdin serves Snow White at a tea party, and penguins skate around the South Pole. “It’s really thriving!” said Melissa Miosek, who lives in the neighborhood. “I observed them daily while I was walking my dog,” said Jill Basile, an Otsego County rep for District 14. “It seemed like every day there were more of them.” Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life The scenes are built out of Such teeny scenes began mysteriously appearing in Oneonta’s Wilber Park in May. Please See MYSTERY, A7
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DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Roger Clemens, Oh My! Editor’s Note: Mike Brown, publisher of a local newspaper, The Sporting Eye, in the 1980s, was in Otsego County this week promoting his memoir, “The Umpire’s Bunkhouse: Baseball Stories from Cooperstown’s Dreams Park,” available on Amazon.com. This is an excerpt. By MIKE BROWN
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he best part of life was my role as sports editor while covering the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. I had a one-on-one interview with Baseball Commissioner Bowie
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Kuhn, and attended The Otesaga’s fabulous festivities and a private luncheon for the Hall of Famers every year. Many of my connections were due in great part to a wonderful relationship with Bill Guilfoile, the HoF’s late director of public relations. After perusing The Otesaga’s Please See MEMOIR, A7
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deally, laws are required so people don’t do things that are bad for themselves or others. That, applied to the City of Oneonta, is an argument in favor of the $1,000 fine localities may now levy against people who refuse to social-distance or wear a mask. With 7,000 college students from all over the country – highinfection and low-infection states alike – due back in the City of the Hills by early September, Oneonta
needs the tools to protect itself. As Mayor Gary Herzig understands it, Governor Cuomo Monday, July 13, issued an executive order directing municipalities to levy fines, $1,000 per violation, on anyone who refuses to take the precautions. In Cooperstown, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch believes she’s The Freeman’s Journal guided by the state Department Stores – and citizens – are playing of Health, which last Thursday, an enforcement role, too. July 9, revised a rule to enable violation, but didn’t order that localities to levy $1,000 fines per they do so.
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• The situations are different between Otsego County’s two population centers. Herzig is facing a potential scourge. If college students return and pack the downtown bars on weekends, as college students are wont to do, any coronavirus infection could very well take off like wildfire. If that happened, the governor could shut down the local economy again, and all the hard
work and precautions of the past four months would have been for naught. “Our approach is, we will enforce it because it’s important,” Herzig said. “We see what’s happening in the areas of the country where it isn’t. We’re going to have 7,000 students from all 50 states in the nation. If we expect them to follow the regulations we are going to have to do it ourselves.” Please See EDITORIAL, A5
Help Cooperstown Help All During a July 8 appearance at Doubleday Field, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., pledges he’ll send federal funds directly to local governments, bypassing Albany, where the money sometimes stays. At left is county Board Chairman Dave Bliss.
Editor’s Note: Lee Fisher, president of the local NAACP chapter, sent this letter to supporters this week.
Matter events in recent weeks as an opportunity for citizens to listen, think, and learn about criminal justice matters, voter suppression, housing discrimination and any members other critical issues. of the It should be obviOneonta ous that the NAACP area branch of opposes violence the NAACP have and property damage observed and caused by provocaparticipated in teurs and political demonstrations in extremists. We Oneonta, Delhi, continue to support Cooperstown, and non-violent efforts Unadilla recently. Fisher to end racial discrimWe applaud the ination and promote organizers and all equal opportunities for all who attended in support of Americans. racial equality and justice LEE FISHER for all Americans. President We view the nationwide NAACP, Oneonta branch nonviolent Black Lives
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whole new introduction of the COVID-19 “plague.” Recent reports of new upsurges across the country show us this will happen. The presidents of Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta evidently have not thoroughly considered the danger their decisions to reopen the colleges will have to the local area. The decision to open the colleges is irresponsible, as it will certainly impact negatively on the local population. It is, therefore, ethically and morally wrong. The two Oneonta college presidents should reconsider their decisions to open the colleges. Otherwise they will be responsible and should be held accountable. BUZZ HESSE Otego
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To the Editor: Otsego County and the surrounding geographical area have up to now been minimally affected by the COVID-19 “plague.” No doubt this is due to our geographical location, the practicing of staying home, social distancing and wearing of face masks, all combined with a diligent effort by our indigenous population to behave responsibly in the face of the pandemic. This safe environment is about to be seriously compromised by the openings of Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta. It is certain that these openings will bring an influx of thousands of students from a multitude of outside geographical regions into our area. And along with the students will come a
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Mayor: When Village Prospers, So Does Region Editor’s Note: When U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, visited Doubleday Field Wednesday, July 8, Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, in her remarks, underscored that the Leatherstocking Region depends on Cooperstown, and Cooperstown needs direct federal help to get through the COVID-19 economic crisis and fulfill its regional role.
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ooperstown is a small village with a huge economic impact for our region. Cooperstown is known nationally as the Home of Baseball. And usually the National Baseball Hall of Fame can be expected to attract a quarter million visitors each year. We are an economic engine for Upstate New York, and certainly for surrounding communities. The Cooperstown name and proximity to our village benefits many businesses – stores, hotels, restaurants and youth sports camps. I often tease Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig that two of those sports camps – Cooperstown All Star Village and Cooperstown Baseball World – are both in his city: Oneonta. And the Cooperstown Dreams Park
is in Hartwick Seminary: Five miles south of the village. The only place that doesn’t actually have a Cooperstown sports camp is Cooperstown itself. But we have a lot to offer tourists and they are attracted to Cooperstown not just for baseball, but also for recreation: golfing and hiking, as well as MAYOR boating on Otsego TILLAPAUGH Lake. They come for arts and cultural events at The Fenimore Art Museum, The Farmers’ Museum and to see world-class performances at Glimmerglass Festival. In our fall shoulder season, Glimmerglass Film Days – with four days of film screenings – provides an additional economic boost. The business of Cooperstown is tourism. Regionally it is a multimillion-dollar industry which creates and sustains businesses and provides employment for thousands. But not this year. The COVID-19
pandemic created a cascade of cancellations from March on. All the youth sports camps with their 13-week season – cancelled. The Glimmerglass Festival Season – cancelled. Film Festival – cancelled. All our museums closed for nearly four months. And critically, we had to sustain the cancellation of the HoF Classic Weekend in May and the much-anticipated 2020 Induction Ceremony in July, featuring the Class of 2020 Inductees, most notably Derek Jeter. It is estimated that our region will see a $150 million revenue loss in tourism. If it were a baseball game, we would be in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, and no tying runs in the offing. But we are still a team and still at bat, and the Village Board took what action we could with our finances. The village’s fiscal year is June 1 to May 31. We reworked our 2020-21 budget prior to its May 1 adoption. We made major cuts in anticipated revenue – in sales tax; in facilities rentals – usually Doubleday Field opens in April and hosts three games a day in the summer months. A major funding stream for us. Please See MayoR, A5
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emember me? I’m the guy who used to visit with you through a column in The Freeman’s Journal. I loved doing it – till the sky fell on me. Or more precisely, till I fell off our back deck, down four steps, and onto an unforgiving asphalt drive. I was knocked senseless when my forehead hit the driveway. (Later, lots of stitches up there.) But as I caromed down the steps, I reflexively led with my right hand. That meant the brunt of my body’s weight was transferred to my right wrist – and the wrist was trashed badly enough to leave a bone protruding.
What a missed news photo! Stunned Jim lying on the driveway’s hot asphalt, sun blazing down on him, blood seeping from his forehead and his shattered wrist. Oh, and JIM nobody home ATWELL to glance out a window and gasp at the disaster. (My dear Anne, ironically, was already at Bassett Hospital, undergoing a chemo treatment.)
But, God bless him, Brian Chevalier had just finished mowing our back yard and actually saw me fall, as did two contractors working on a nearby house. They were at my side at once and met the immediate needs. One phoned the paramedics and the others rushed to block me from the blazing sun. The pair dragged a tarp from our garage, and then the three together made tent posts of themselves. They held that tarp above me till the paramedics arrived – for perhaps 15 minutes. But the ambulance carrying paraPlease See ATWELL, A5
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Sunbury Pennsylvania – The other day as I was rolling logs near Shamokin Creek near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, I discovered a Land Tortoise, and through curiosity picked it up, when I observed the following engraving upon the under shell: “Thomas Musgrave 1712” and immediately below in large capitals “ROBERT HUNTER, 1790” – the former having been engraved 108 and the latter 39 years ago. I also engraved my own name below and set the Recorder of ages at liberty. I leave this subject to a pen more able to do it justice. Yours J.C., Shamokin Township. A spring has been recently discovered at Ballston Spa, near the Washington Fountain, the waters of which are said to partake more of the saline properties than any before discovered, and resemble those of the celebrated Congress Spring at Saratoga July 17, 1820
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Riggs Air-Tight Cooking Stove – We have had one of these stoves in use in our kitchen during the past two weeks as a substitute for Stanley’s Rotary, and find it decidedly preferable, on account of convenience and economy in fuel, to any stove we have seen in use. The invention has a summer as well as winter apartment for cooking thus abbreviating the evil of overheating a room in warm weather. The women like its operation better, far better, than other stoves now in use, for boiling, roasting, broiling, frying, toasting, baking – and for ironing, it is just the thing wanted. Their good opinion will assure a better sale for the article than ever so much commendation from the other sex. Mr. Riggs casts the Stoves at Schenectady and intends to have an Agency in this place for vending them. July 14, 1845
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Mr. Editor: Can you answer a perplexing question? The Episcopal congregation of this town is in a flourishing condition. Its
parish buildings are all in excellent condition. It has a churchyard much admired. Why then does it keep that broken down fence year after year? I have heard it called a disgrace. Strangers take that view of it. Sig. Verax. Our farmers are now fairly in the midst of haymaking. The yield is light, not averaging over half a crop as compared with last year. Grain of all kinds, wheat, oats and barley, are looking slim. Potatoes are thirsting for rain as well as all vegetation. Corn looks better than last year. July 14, 1870
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Local – Perhaps the most beautiful of all the birds that visit us is the rose-breasted grosbeak. It has not the dazzling brilliancy of the scarlet tanager or the oriole, nor the striking intensity of the indigo bird. But its general coloring is harmonious and finely shaded, while the shot of crimson on its breast is a decoration that all the other winged creatures well may envy. These grosbeaks are comparatively rare hereabouts. This year, however, while robins are scarce, a number of other birds, less common, have appeared. There was a severe thunderstorm here last Saturday morning. Some buildings were shook to their foundations, and the rod on the Templeton Lodge carried to the ground a lightning bolt. The lightning also paid its respects to the “Lakelands” Mansion, but did no material damage. A clock was knocked off a shelf, and one of the domestics was somewhat stunned. July 18, 1895
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Dr. F.W. Atwell, President of the Cooperstown Post of the American Legion of Otsego County is particularly anxious that there may be a large attendance here at the first annual convention of the Legion to be held in Cooperstown on Thursday, July 15. The meeting will be of benefit to all former service men, both soldiers and sailors. Tickets are being sold at $1.50 each to partly defray the expenses of the day’s entertain-
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State Environmental Law Avoids ‘New Deal’ Flaws To the Editor: In just about four months, we have some big decisions to make. It’s a “presidential year,” and more votes will be cast than in any election since 2016. Before going into the main points of my letter, I want to give my thanks to the commissioners and staff at the Board of Elections. They stepped up to ensure that everyone could vote safely in the primary despite monumental challenges this year. Our country is still in a pandemic crisis, but access to the polls was protected and our votes were counted. I am thankful for the support I received in the primary election, and I am proud to be representing the Democratic Party on the ballot for the 121st Assembly District in November. As it was noted in last week’s article, “Climate 1st Issue in 121st,” I am excited about the future of energy and the opportunities for our communities. And, as admitted by my opponent, he does not share that excitement. There is, however, a point of clarity needed. There was a suggestion in the article that the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (CLCP) is New York’s
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Otsego County Bond contest which was held in connection with the Seventh War Loan Drive. Mrs. Whalen sold a total of $36,800 worth of bonds and received the rank of Four Star General, the highest award made. Mrs. Whalen was the winner in the contest for the second time, having reached the rank of Lieut. General in the Sixth War Loan Drive. She attended a dinner in New York in February which was held for county winners in the state. July 18, 1945
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Baseball is the theme but not the entire concept behind a massive complex that is to be built on 105 acres around and behind Reiss Moving and Storage in Hartwick Seminary. Louis Presutti III is the chief executive officer of All Sports Promotions Group. The Cooperstown Dreams Park should be up and running by next summer. July 16, 1995
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It was a bit of a crypt. SUNY July 5, 1970 Oneonta’s facility in Cooperstown ment, and each ex-service member is entitled was a squat, undistinguished, dark green to bring one guest. The first session of the structure hidden at the bottom of a slope convention will open at 10 a.m. with a busibehind Leatherstocking Golf Course’s ness meeting at the Court House at which officers will be selected and plans for stimu- driving range. No more. A $6 million renovation in progress for the last year lating the work of the Legion in the county has entered the final phase. Completion is will be discussed. At noon the party will due this fall. What is emerging is a bright, leave on the Mohican which has been charairy, sleek and energy-efficient construct tered for the occasion for Three-Mile Point that maximizes views of Otsego Lake. The with the Cooperstown Band, where a shore Cooperstown Graduate Program, directed dinner will be served under the supervision of George N. Smith. The menu will include by Gretchen Sorin, will share the building with SUNY’s Biological Field Station. The fried fish done to a turn. July 14, 1920 Field Station will have expanded lab space and a greenhouse on the building’s lower floor in addition to expansions at Thayer Farm, seven miles up on Route 80 on Mrs. Gladys Whalen of Cooperstown, Otsego Lake’s west shore. manager of the lunch counter at the J.J. July 15, 2010 Newberry Store was the winner in the
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MAYOR/From A4 But even in Phase 4, travel for baseball games and competitive tournaments are not allowed and “Green New Deal.” It is not. we have cancelled all reservations The CLCP is legislation through the end of July. focused on energy. It does And, one of our largest revenue not include many of the streams, paid parking, which usually components of the Green New represents close to 12 percent of our Deal, and I have said before $4 million general fund budget, was I do not support nor endorse reduced by 75 percent. In all, close to the Green New Deal. $600,000 in anticipated revenue loss I am excited about the and corresponding cuts in expendiCLCP and the future of tures in all departments. renewable energy because We made a concerted effort not to it will lead to energy infracut or furlough workers. In September structure upgrades, more when we review the first three months efficient and sustainable of our fiscal year, if we find that energy production and, revenues are even lower than anticiespecially important for our pated, we will make more cuts. region, more jobs. Cuts in municipal services – which My opponent only asks will impact all residents who are rhetorical questions aimed at themselves hurting economically. undercutting the issue, but provides no answers on the direction he wants to go for energy. Instead, he votes ATWELL/From A4 no and offers no alternative medics that came was not Coopervision for us. That is not stown’s own, which was already in effective representation. service elsewhere. If I’d been conWe need representation that investigates, debates and scious, how pleased I’d have been to know that it was the Fly Creek takes a stand on the kind of first responders who swung into our legislation that will in time driveway – to “swoop and scoop,” as transform our region for the paramedics say. better. Please learn more For the story gets even better. The about my views on this topic guy they scooped up that day was a and more on my website buttermannforassembly.com blood-spattered version of one who, when still living in Fly Creek, had or call or email. helped restore a proud fire department I would be happy to hear there, and who served for some years from you – even if you as its chaplain. Who’d have thought it? disagree with my positions. My treasured friend Randy Velez, a DAN BUTTERMANN Oneonta Catholic deacon, does a lot of think-
The Village Board, in effort to assist our Main Street businesses as they began to reopen, instituted Cooperstown Outdoors which allows for sidewalk vending and food sales on the public sidewalk at no fee. We worked with the Chamber of Commerce to promote “Shop Local.” And just this morning in a Zoom meeting we created Free Fridays, in which parking in Doubleday is free all day, and businesses are encouraged to stay open until 8 p.m. with “Music on Main” performances scheduled in Pioneer Park. But these actions won’t be enough. There are Main Street stores that will not open this year, and those that do open will use fewer employees. Jobs have evaporated. This is truly painful for village leaders. In my nine years on the Village Board our priority has been to make our downtown a vibrant economic
center for tourism and businesses Our downtown efforts have encouraged new investment and we have welcomed several new businesses – a clothing store, a jewelry store and a food store suppling locally sourced, grass-fed beef. But all our efforts will be for nothing if those businesses and others don’t survive. And if the village has to continue cutting services. Just as Cooperstown is an economic engine for our region, our successes are the areas’ successes. Right now there is a critical need for federal assistance on the state and local level to sustain the economy and prevent greater job loss. We are fortunate to have Senator Chuck Schumer fighting for us on the Federal level. And we are very pleased that Senator Schumer initiated this visit today to update us on potential funding and let us know how we can help.
ATWELL: In Crisis, People Step Up To Help Neighbors ing about how in bad times like these, good people come storming onto the scene. Most of them would seem to be ordinary Janes and Joes, but suddenly they’re reaching beyond what they’d ordinarily attempt and doing the demanding, the brave, even the heroic. Randy says that he recently took a chance and gave sermon on this subject – and that he wasn’t met with frowns, but with thoughtful nods. “Whom the Lord loves, He chastises,” reads Proverbs. That sounds perverse, mean. But, as we’d say down south, the action is more like a firm “rap upside the haid,” a jolt meant to set our attention back to what’s really important to God and
ultimately to us. And that’s one another. For we humans are easily lulled and dulled by seemingly untroubled times. Sometimes we need stirring up. And if you need a symbol of goodness suddenly awakened and springing to action, think of those three men standing in my driveway, their raised arms surely cramped with pain as they stood around me, sweat running down their ribs, holding taut that heavy tarp for perhaps 15 minutes. I say, “God bless those men!” And you? Please shout, “Amen!” With his wife Anne’s passing Sunday, July 12, Jim Atwell expects to relocate from the Cooperstown Center to Woodside Hall.
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EDITORIAL/From A4 Oneonta’s mayor, a courteous gent, plans to be polite: If a bar is packed and social-distancing flouted, the proprietor will get a warning. If it happens again, penalties will be ratcheted up, perhaps eventually leading to the state Liquor Authority pulling a license. He may want to reconsider. That may not be fast enough and forceful enough. As we witnessed in New York City, and are witnessing now in states with devil-may-care attitudes, the coronavirus can
quickly get out of control. Immediately, City Hall and the OPD need to show they mean business. Any flouting of the law should lead to closure, immediately. A couple of lessons need to be made quickly. It should be said, Oneonta residents are largely wearing masks and observing social distancing. But the prospective reopening of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College presents both opportunities and dangers. We should embrace the first and respond quickly
to the second.
• The Village of Cooperstown is not a completely different story, but somewhat. Bars are petri dishes. The Baseball Hall of Fame and The Fenimore and Farmers’ museums are more gentile venues, attracting a family clientele: parents with children in tow more alive to potential hazards. Plus, the numbers are smaller, at least for now. The Hall and museums are phasing in gradually. The Sunday of its first un-paused
weekend, the Hall admitted 340 people; it has the capacity for 12,000 a day. As long as crowds are limited, and safety measures enforced, the risk may be manageable. “I walked down Main Street today,” Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch reported Tuesday, July 14. “There were people I didn’t recognize and people I did who were wearing masks. To my mind, there’s a high degree of people being compliant in wearing them.” The village has launched a “Masks on Main” promo-
tion, with magnets on parking meters and trash cans, and signs in store windows, encouraging mask-wearing. Plus, the village’s two-person police department doesn’t have the capacity for highvolume mask enforcement. College students are a breed apart, fearless, certain no ill could befall them. It’s one of the glories (and dangers) of being young. Oneonta City Hall has to be firm enough not only to protect them from themselves, but to protect the public. As in Oneonta, masks are
ubiquitous in Cooperstown. Reminders from fellow citizens and an occasional stern look from a gendarme will be largely sufficient. The governor’s order and the state Department of Health rules change, however, are both welcome steps. They don’t have to be treated as mandates, but as tools – tactics, if you will – to prevent dangerous situations from developing. Let’s do our part, and hope our public officials will successfully use them that way.
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CCS Schools Will Open In Fall, Planning Goes On or extracurricular activities. CCS/From A1 “Clubs like our literary dents will learn digitally, magazine or cooking club with digital and remote have a lot of possibility for lessons from faculty. remote meetings,” he said. “Instruction needs to “Students can really use that continue,” he said. “But time to be creative.” there’s no one-size-fits-all, The school would also and we need to do what’s take that time to clean and best for Cooperstown.” disinfect for the Thursday/ On Tuesday, July 14, Friday students, as well as Crankshaw held a parent allow teachers to forum over Zoom prepare their digital to answer questions classes for the from elementary Monday/Tuesday school parents students. about the planned To better facilireopening. A second tate online learning, forum, for high the school is develschool parents, oping a “Digital is planned 7 p.m. Learning Boot Tuesday, July 21. Crankshaw Camp”. Crankshaw The model said a similar class matches the “cohort” is aimed at parents who may recommendation of the have struggled with adapting state Department of Health, when classes went online which issued its guidelines this spring. for school reopening on The state guidelines say Monday, July 13. that schools can open if the “The idea is to contain student and staff interactions,” region is below 5 percent in total cases, but must close if said Crankshaw. “If somethey rise above 9 percent. one contracts the disease, Which means, Crankshaw we need to understand said, families would have to where it came from.” adhere to the “social contract” In the elementary school, of frequent temperature Crankshaw said that it is checks and not sending likely students will remain students to class when in the classroom for much of the day, including art and they are sick. “It’s on their honor,” he said. music classes, lunch and He did say, however, that even gym class. many were concerned about Plans are still being childcare. “The school funcdiscussed for how best to keep middle and high school tions as a resource,” he said. “It creates a real challenge students in the “cohort,” to and hardship for families limit their contacts. who need to find childcare Masks and social on days when their kids are distancing would be learning remotely.” required in the hallways To ease this, he said, the and other common spaces, school would work to bring but with reduced capacity, students from the same students may not have to wear them in the classroom, families in on the same day. The school’s full plan if social distancing can be must be submitted to achieved. the state by July 31, and On Wednesdays, Crankshaw said, all students Governor Cuomo will announce opening dates the would learn from home, as first week of August. well as meet with any clubs
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RABIES CLINIC – 9 - Noon. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Scheduling for 30-minute intervals to follow social distancing. First come, first serve. Susquehanna SPCA, Rt. 28, Cooperstown. 607-547-4230. FIELD TRIP – 2 p.m. Dive into the mysteries of baseball cards by dissecting vintage ‘error’ cards with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Free, registration required. Visit baseballhall. org/events/for info. SKYPE A SCIENTIST – 3 4 p.m. Children, 6 - 14, are invited to talk with thanabotanist Cole Imperi about intersection between plants & people dealing with death, grief, & bereavement. Zoom meeting hosted by Huntington Memorial Library. Visit www. facebook.com/hmloneonta/ TOWN HALL – 5:30 p.m. Discuss how our past can shape our future with speakers Alexander Karn, historian/ documentary filmmaker, Holocaust survivor Tana Ross, stage director Francesca Zambello. Hosted by The Glimmerglass Festival. Visit glimmerglass.org/events/ town-hall-never-again-2/ for info. BIRDING WORKSHOP – 7 - 8 p.m. Learn basics of birding as pastime with the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society and A.J. Read Science Discovery Center. Visit www. facebook.com/AJReadSDC/ for info. CONCERT SERIES – 7 - 9 p.m. Live From The Park, Oneonta Summer Concert series to feature band Lucia & Levi performing live online. Visit www.facebook.com/ oneontarec/ for info. WRITERS SALON – 7:30 p.m. First virtual writers salon by CANO. Features local author Jennifer Donohue.
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OUTDOORS CHALLENGE – 2 p.m. Teens meet to participate in LEAF’s Great Otsego Outdoors Challenge, the summer hiking challenge featuring an Otsego County trail each week. Total of 8 hikes with 4 bonus hikes. Meet at Club Odyssey, 80 Water St., Oneonta. 607-353-7143. VIRTUAL THEATER – 7 p.m. New production of Shakespeare’s ‘Loves Labors Lost’ to stream live featuring 17 actors from around the country. Presented by the Glimmer Globe Theater at The Fenimore Art Museum. Visit www.facebook.com/fenimoreartmuseum/ for info.
►Saturday, July 18 SHOP LOCAL BUSINESSES – Support local businesses during these difficult times. Visit supportotsego.com for list of local businesses online. ONEONTA FARMERS’ MARKET – 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Find locally produced food, crafts, more. Please wash hands frequently, maintain social distancing. Preorder & pick-up is available. Muller Plaza, Main St, Oneonta. Info, www. oneontafarmersmarket.com COOPERSTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Find food, crafts & more by local growers, artisans. Wash hands before entering, maintain social distance. Preorder & pickup available. 101 Main St., Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Rain or shine. Info, www.facebook.com/ CooperstownFarmersMarket/ RADIO CONCERT SERIES – 10 a.m. Enjoy performances from 2019 Honest Brook Music Festival this summer. This week listen to Michael Brown’s performance of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, more on WSKG or channel 105.9 on the radio. Visit www.facebook.com/ Honest-Brook-Music-Festival115728758479086/ for info.
PADDLE & PULL – 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Come pull up Water Chestnut & European Frog Bit from scenic lake. Canoes & kayaks will be provided, outside craft not permitted. Registration required by 7/17. Silver Lake, Silver Lake Rd., New Berlin. 607-547-4488.
►Sunday, July 19 FARMER’S MARKET – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Stop by for crafts & produce by local farmers and artisans. 3909 St. Hwy. 28, Curry Park, Milford. 607-287-2460. FARMER’S MARKET – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Find farm fresh produce, crafts by local artisans. Wash hands, exercise social distancing for your, others’ safety. Franklin Farmer’s Market, 15 Institute St., Franklin. 615-592-1337. SUNDAY SERIES – 1 - 3 p.m. Learn about Ned Buntline with Karen Cuccinello at The Swart-Wilcox House Musuem, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/ SwartWilcoxHouseMuseum/ for schedule updates. MUSIC – 1 p.m. Dust off your instrument and join Robin Seletsky to ‘Learn A Klezmer Tune’ each Sunday. All levels welcome, registration required. 607-222-5687 or visit robinseletsky.com/ livestreams/ for info. MUSICAL WORSHIP – 3 p.m. LaDana Clark returns with her musical sermon ‘ChurchNTheHood.’ This week’s is all about Black Lives Matter. For public safety masks are required. The Red Door Church, 381 Main St., Oneonta. Visit churchnthehood.org for info.
►Monday, July 20 BLOOD DRIVE – 2:30 - 6:30 p.m. Give blood & save lives with the American Red Cross. Registration required. Southside Wesleyan Church, 5300 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta.
►Tuesday, July 21 STORYTIME – 10 a.m. Join Miss Kathryn for Facebook Live story time featuring stories, songs, fun activities
based around Gnomes & Fairies with Huntington Memorial Library. All ages welcome. Visit www.facebook. com/hmloneonta/ for info. TUESDAY MARKET – Noon - 5 p.m. Crafts, produce, more available each Tuesday in July. Please practice social distancing, wear a mask, wash your hands. Pre-order available. 101 Main St., Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Rain or shine. AUTHOR SERIES – 2 p.m. Join baseball author Robert Fitts, a leading expert on Japanese Baseball, to discuss the stories of the first Japanese Americans to play baseball back in the early 20th century. Free, registration required. Presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/ PARENTING – 5 - 7 p.m. Parents and teens learn how they can build positive, nurturing relationships with credentialed family & youth advocates. 10-session virtual workshop presented by Family Resource Network. Visit www.facebook.com/FamilyRN/ for info. BASEBALL DISCUSSION – 8 - 9 p.m. Hall of Famer Chipper Jones and ESPN’s Jon “Boog” Sciambi discuss baseball’s latest news, share stories from on & off the field. Presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame, hosted on Instagram Live. Visit baseballhall. org/events/for info.
►Wednesday, July 22 FOOD & DAIRY – 10 a.m. 1 p.m. Residents of Stamford & surrounding towns in need are invited to food & dairy drive thru event. Stay in your vehicles with trunks open to receive free food, dairy products. Stamford Central School, 1 River St., Stamford. 607-746-1600 or visit www. facebook.com/FamilyRN/ MINI LESSON – Noon. Take 10 minutes to learn a skill, craft, or lesson. This week, learn about Porcupine Quillwork with Jamie Jacobs. Presented By The Iroquois Indian Museum. Visit www.facebook.com/iroquois museum/ for info.
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Magical Mystery Tour Appears In Oneonta’s Wilber Park MYSTERY/From A3 toys and craft supplies along the park’s upper trail, in tree nooks and amid roots. “I’ve heard from a lot of parents that their kids are very excited about it,” said Common Council member Mark Davies, whose ward includes Fairyland. “It’s such a great way to be creative and bring arts into the park.” “We happened upon it in May,” said Miosek. “It started with less than a dozen outcroppings, but it’s grown.” She and son Eli decided to add on, building a scene near the bottom of the trail. “We had some toys we were getting rid of,” she
said. “We added some ribbon and stickers too.” Most recently, two directional signs appeared at the top and bottom of the walkway. “I think it’s kids cleaning out their toy chests,” said Miosek. “They wanted to do something nice because they missed their friends.” “I heard it’s attracting kids to our parks,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “And that’s a good thing.” “It’s a good way to bribe my 7-year-old son into taking walks with us,” said Basile. “It gives him something to look at, kind of like a treasure hunt.”
Some have even started leaving notes and building materials for the Fairyland constructors, including a ceramic lighthouse and stickers from someone who signed their note “A Big Fan.” “Kids are getting outside and being creative,” said Lansing. “It’s a harmless, sweet activity.” Recently, the heavy rains have damaged some scenes, and occasionally pieces go missing. “People have taken some things from ours,” said Eli. “But they have also put stuff in it.” Davies said he did hear some concerns from constituents concerned about “trash” being left in the park.
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“Someone called to complain there was ‘junk’ in the woods and that it wasn’t appropriate,” said Greg Mattice, City Engineer. “I disagreed. I think it’s providing fun and entertainment for the kids.” He did caution, however, that the constructors should avoid building so that their creations block the pathway, and to be prepared to take their creations down at the end of the summer. “We don’t want it to end up washing down the hill over the winter,” he said. “Hopefully there’s a Fairyland Department of Public Works that can clean up after the fairies,”
said Davies. He also encouraged builders to look not just in their toy chest, but in their backyards for materials. “I would encourage some of the people who are participating to use natural materials, such as branches or stone, that will melt into the landscape come winter,” said Davies. “It’s a great way to continue Fairyland.” But the identity of the architects of Fairyland still remains a mystery. “It’s not something you would picture,” said Lansing. “But it’s just so much color as you walk along the path.”
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MEMOIR/From A3 wonderful luncheon spread with my parents in 1980, my father chattered like a youngster about the nice, short man he had gone through the line together. The short man was the tall legend, pitcher Warren Spahn. My parents were there when I interviewed HoF pitcher Burleigh Grimes about his infamous spit ball, as many Hall of Famers were relaxing in the same rocking chairs that remain now on the veranda
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In 1980, Ted Williams, with a home at the time in Westminster, Vt., gave me an autograph and I have it framed today with an intimate photo I took of the Splendid Splinter. The legendary Joe DiMaggio signed a front copy of my Sporting Eye newspaper, with his photo from the year before on the cover. He did not sign many autographs back in the day. Hired by the New York Yankees to write a regular column for Yankees magazine, I was censored once by owner George Steinbrenner. He did not agree with me when I wrote that Don Mattingly, who had hit no less than .326 in five years in the minors, including Oneonta, would be a great Yankee. Never losing sight of the magic of local sports, I played goalie against the champion girls’ field hockey team from Cooperstown High. We lost 10-1. Then I covered Milford, just down the road from Cooperstown, when the tiny high school team won a championship. My photo that day depicts a giant man who was the coach being carried off the field by seven elated but struggling players. Doubleday Field was a gem. It was 1939 when Babe Ruth, Cy Young and Ty Cobb sat on Doubleday Field for a portrait photograph. In the early 1980s, I was fortunate to be sitting in the Doubleday press box next to New York Times columnist George Vecsey when Willie Stargell belted an epic homer with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Later, Vecsey pulled out some notes of when the Boston Red Sox came one year, saying to watch in the later innings. The Red Sox had called up a big kid from Texas, and if this pitcher recovered from arm injuries, he could be pretty good. He was Roger Clemens.
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Supervisor Geddes-Atwell Fought Fracking, Helped Impose Burn Ban In Town Of Otsego successful, with wonderful OTSEGO/From A1 printed media and posters. long illness. She was always willing to “What’s hard is that none pitch in.” of us could go see her” – In 2006, she joined no visitors the Town of Otsego were allowed at Board, serving Cooperstown Center alongside Meg due to the coronaKiernan, now the virus threat, said town supervisor. Tillapaugh. “We sent “We got along cards and flowers.” great,” Kiernan Geddes-Atwell said. “She was a was born July 1, 1943 Republican then, but in Calgary, Alberta, we worked together Canada. She was Geddes-Atwell to help get the a graphic designer fracking ban passed.” and commercial artist, and As an environmentalist, though she lived in the State she also helped the town ban of Maryland for a time, she garbage burning in 2007, moved to Fly Creek in the late before it was outlawed on the ’90s and married Jim Atwell, the Quaker minister and author, state level, and enacted a local law banning the disposal of on Sept. 14, 1997. brine and other gas-industry A well-known figure in the wastes within the town. Cooperstown area, Geddes“She was a hard worker, a Atwell was a longtime member good soul and she cared about of the Cooperstown Rotary her town,” she said. Club and former president. Kiernan stepped down as “She was a graphic designer supervisor in 2011, and handand ran a desktop publishing picked Geddes-Atwell to run business,” said Tillapaugh. “She always took on our fund- as her successor. “I knew she could do it,” she said. “And I raisers and made them very
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offered to coach her.” “She was attentive to her obligations as supervisor,” said Martin Tillapaugh, Cooperstown village attorney who also served as the Town of Otsego attorney. “She was always a very caring person and worked to satisfy the needs of her constituents, friends, neighbors and acquaintances.” Geddes-Atwell served for two terms, retiring in 2015 and letting Kiernan pick up the mantle once again. Among her credits, she wrote in an editorial published in this newspaper, were completing the Linden Avenue extension, consolidated the Village of Cooperstown and the Town of Otsego court, and making theirs the first board to pass and enforce an ethics policy. Survivors include her husband, Jim Atwell, the Quaker minister and columnist in The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. Arrangements are with the Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown. A full obituary will be forthcoming.
‘Luminator’ Big Broadway Hit tants, actors, tech people, dressers, LUMINATOR/From A1 whatever’s headed onto the stage costumes and sets coronavirus-free passes through that tent first,” he said. – could soon make it the toast of “Existing air in it is expelled. The Broadway. material allows no outside air in. “Hollywood” – and Broadway That tent then gets purified. – “is very strict,” said Custom Sterilized. Decontaminated Electronics President/CEO with ultraviolet light which Michael Pentaris. “They don’t experts say zaps everything want their talent to be exposed … That means whatever to the virus.” passes through and then Since 1964, Custom whatever’s onstage is Electronics has pursued germ-free. “customized solutions,” and “After everyone’s purithis latest product exemplifies fied and it shuts off, the the company’s approach. tent’s removed. And it costs Custom Electronics Pentaris $3,500 a week to rent.” combined its stand-alone Broadway shows have been power packs and tents ordered from cancelled into 2021, since how to keep Canada with virus-fighting lights, audiences safe is still unclear. “That’s owned by the local company, but for Broadway to figure out. We figured developed by Genesys, a Florida out backstage,” McDonald said. company. The system – the lights, the tents The resulting product, The and the batteries that power The Luminator, is now being promoted in Luminators – are being set up at collaboration with BriteShot Inc., a Custom Electronics’ plant on Browne purveyor of LED lighting solutions Street at Oneonta’s west end. for the entertainment industry. And since the PageSix interview, Quoted on PageSix, Roy Pentaris, the orders are coming in. McDonald, BriteShot partner with “We’re scrambling to get the Noah Platte, said an 11-by-16-foot Luminator tent can be set up against a logistics together,” said Pentaris. “We can sell as many as we can get stage door in about 10 minutes. out. There’s big demand, and that’s “Scenery, props, gear, costumes, New York City alone.” lights, rigging, makeup, crew, assis-
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COOPERSTOWN – Jane G. Duel, 81, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Cooperstown Center, following a long illness. Most recently an executive assistant with Redpoint Builders, she was previously with the Jane Duel Susquehanna SPCA for four years, and for many years worked for the New York State Historical Association. A full obituary will be forthcoming on www. AllOTSEGO.com and in next week’s Freeman’s Journal. Arrangements are entrusted to the Tillapaugh Funeral Home.
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Harold was also a 32nd degree Mason and regularly contributed to St. Jude Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children. He retired in 1997 from the Space Shuttle program. During his aerospace career he worked on Apollo projects, the MOL project and Minuteman Missile project. Harold established a science scholarship at Cooperstown High School that has provided financial aid to a college-bound graduating senior each year for several years and will continue to provide such aid for several more years in the future. Harold is survived by his daughter, Storm Hollich; son, Harold D. Balcom Jr.; grandchildren, Shawn Hollich, Harold D. Balcom III, Stephen Eric Hollich IV, Shanna Hollich and Chabli Balcom; and great-grand-
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COOPERSTOWN - Harold D. Balcom Sr., a Cooperstown native who worked on the Apollo Project at NASA, passed away on Dec. 15, 2019, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Harold graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1950 and received an engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1954. He served a tour of duty in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged.
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