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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, July 25, 2019

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Why May C-V Ban Farm Animals?

It’s Not Romeo, Mayor Says: Who Wants To Live Next Door To Barnyard?

By JENNIFER HILL & JIM KEVLIN CHERRY VALLEY

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he good news is: Romeo will not be banished.

Beyond that, it appears likely the

Village Board at its next meeting, Monday, Aug. 19, will likely ban farm animals within village limits.

The way Mayor Lou Guido sees it, chickens will stay, but roosters will go. Romeo is “grandfathered” so can stay but, when he eventually passes to that pasture in the sky, owners Lew and Sue Warner won’t be able to replace him.

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Sue Warner of Cherry Valley calls to Romeo as her husand Lew looks on.

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April Long, daughter of Bill and Lynne Compton, new owners of the Cherry Valley Bookstore, examines a July 20, 1969, New York Times front page that her father found in his inventory day just before the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. If interested, call 264-5024 and see if it’s been sold yet.

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he developer has withdrawn plans for The Grove, a 12-unit apartment complex planned for 10 Chestnut St. that sparked opposition from its neigbhor and raised questions about proposed zoning revisions/ SEE EDITORIAL, A4

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By JENNIFER HILL & JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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nduction 2019 was notable for what didn’t happen as much as for what did.

One, the folks who didn’t collapse from the heat.

A violent storm late Saturday broke the humidity that created a steamy high of 88, making way for much drier Induction Day Sunday, July 21, with highs in the low 80s and a slight breeze keeping the Induction crowd feeling more comfortable than expected.

Two, the parade that didn’t happen.

Due to a pending thunderstorm that didn’t happen Panamanian (until later), the Hall President Laucancelled what’s rentino Corbecome a weektizo waves his country’s flag as end highlight: The Mariano Rivera Parade of Legends. is inducted.

Still, as most the Hall of Famers stayed enclosed in the cabs of pickup trucks as they rolled down Main Please See INDUCTION, A7

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Outgoing Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson, between Hall Chairman Jane Forbes Clark and his successor, Tim Mead, was honored with recognition and a plaque during the Awards Presentation Saturday, July 20, in Doubleday Field. Hall of Famers visible behind him are, from left, Brooks Robinson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Mike Mussina.

Pals ►extensive breaking news from the coverage from throughout Hall Venezueof Fame Induction 2019 Weeklan minor end available. leagues, ► THE VILLAGE TRUSTEES deOneonta’s layed approving a four-way stop Joe sign at Glen Avenue and Grove Hughes Street for a month,pending and Ozzie advise from the state DOT. Guillén, ►”CASE FOR REPARATION” reunited author Ta-Nehisi Coates will this speak at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, weekend. at Glimmerglass Festival. ►mel’s owner Brian Wrubleski, Cooperstown, saved a patron from choking.

Family Ran Italian Kitchen, Stella ►BASSETT HEALTH NETWORK, which includes Fox Hospital, elected a retired health-care lawyer from D.C. as chairman. ► governor cuomo signed a bill, the first of its kind in the Editor’s Note: Gianluca Avanzato, a U.S., prohibiting the declawing published author, asked to write this valedicof cats. tory of his family’s role at Stella Luna. ► GIRL SCOUTS seeking coveted Gold Star status placed ONEONTA “United Methodist Pastor” medallions on Oneonta graves.

2 Teammates Meet Again 38 Years After Venezuela

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Luna For Almost Half-Century

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or nearly 47 years, brothers Vincenzo and Antonio Avanzato, along with their families, have offered their passion for community, hospitality, and quality food Tony & Vinne Avanzato

to Oneonta.

After Aug. 25, the Avanzatos’ most recent restaurant, Stella Luna Ristorante, will close the doors that have remained open to guests from near and far for almost two decades, and Vincenzo and Antonio will step back from their long-held roles as restaurateurs in Oneonta.

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discovered his former teammate, 16-season MLB shortstop Ozzie Guillén was in Cooperstown last weekend, he and wife Jane jumped in the car and drove up.

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The award recognizes “luminaries in the schoolbased health care field ... who go above and beyond to manifest the vision of quality school-based health care for all young people.”

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he engagement of Rebekah Talbot, daughter of Kim and the late Warren Talbot, to Zachary Telfer, son of Edward and Joanne Telfer of Hartwick, is happily announced by the bride-to-be’s mother.

Rebekah is a 2011 graduate from Vernon-VeronaSherrill High School, and Zachary is a 2010 graduate of Cooperstown High School. The couple graduated from Hartwick College in 2014 and both received bachelor’s degrees in English.

They currently reside in Cooperstown, where Rebekah is the communications and outreach manager for Otsego Land Trust and Zachary is the innkeeper at Landmark Inn. An Oct. 10, 2020, wedding in planned in Port Clyde, Maine.

TWO ON LIST: Elizabeth Millea, a senior Management and Leadership major from Hartwick, and Sydney Murray, a junior Marketing major from Burlington Flats, are on the Dean’s List at Le Moyne College for this spring.

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Among many Cooperstonians enjoying Induction 2019 are, left, Paul Weber, local dentist and musician, surveying the second-largest crowd with Mike Nugent, a boyhood pal from Long Island. They had performed together the night before at the Red Shed. Center, Lanie Nealon had one of the best views on the field from dad Sean’s shoulders. At right, Ed Bischof, Bassett internist and dutiful dad, and CCS Elementary Principal Anne Meccariello, put in their time at the hot dog tent, raising funds for future senior trips.

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The Hall of Fame Class of 2019 poses at the end of the Sunday, July 21, Induction. From left are Harold Baines, Lee Smith, Edgar Martinez, Michael Mussina and Mariano Rivera. At right is Brandy Halladay, who accepted the plaque posthumously on behalf of her husband Roy Halladay, killed in 2017 when an amphibious aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

Sisters Carol Akin and Marilyn Bradshaw, who spend their summers on Five Mile Point, soak in the sun and the atmosphere, joined by family members Brian and Karyn Davis of Ossinging and their baby boy.

Looking like a latterday Mod Squad, CCS sophomores – from left, Gilbert Cooper, Emily Dibble, Sarah Feik and Dillon Burns – were helping the crowd battle the heat, and raised money for their senior trip.

Sal and Diane Grigoli continue to settle into retirement after his recent sale of Sal’s Pizza after 41 years at the helm.

Nate Tweedie, the Hall of Fame’s manager of onsite learning, was one of the most popular guys in the seating sections at Induction.

Linda Cunningham, left, enjoys a hotdog and chat with Tier French.

EMTs Sue Birmingham and Phil Koerner from the Worcester VFD squad survey the crowd for anyone suffering from the heat.

Eleanor Walker and dad Will, the CGP professor, were entranced by the Induction 2019 drama, but son Abe was otherwise occupied.

CCS grad Ethan Russell, back from a stint at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he played on the rugby team, was at the Induction with dad David, the international banker.

Perspectives

THURSDAY, July 25, 2019

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL EDITORIAL

THE GROVE WITHDRAWN, BUT OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND

No Land For Apartment Complex? Harrumph!

Possible sites to develop an apartment complex – if one helps revitalize downtown, try a second: no rush – include, clockwise from upper left, the little-used Verizon complex, the Bassett maintenance building on Grove Street; the former CVS, on the market at 100 Main; the parking lot behind NBT Bank, and the longvacant “Where It All Began” warehouse at Main and Grove.

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he Grove” developer Josh Edmonds did the right thing Wednesday, July 17, in withdrawing his application for a 12-unit apartment building between Pine Boulevard, one of the Village of Cooperstown’s finest streets, and lower Chestnut.

It promised to be a long fight, with no certain end.

As reported here before, Edmonds has figured out the home of the future – energy efficient, bright, supremely comfortable – and has

built a half-dozen of them already in northern Otsego County, including one for his family at the end of Delaware Street.

This guy understands the future; but feeling pushback from residents – some prospective customers, no doubt – he sensibly pulled back.

No matter: His inevitable success won’t depend on a particular site.

Besides, there are plenty of opportunities elsewhere in the village, for him and for others.

For instance, just days before his

announcement, the former CVS at 100 Main, vacant for two years, went up for sale. It’s one-story, but zoned for two more stories of possible housing. What’s more, the concrete basement may be easily adapted for parking.

Now, THAT would be a showpiece for whatever Josh Edmonds might do.

• Let’s focus.

The impetus for more apartments is to revive downtown Cooperstown

year ’round. More residents, more vitality, more business and entertainment, more community.

But Village Hall’s role is not, per se, to solve Bassett Hospital’s housing shortage, because it doesn’t have to. Hospital employees driving from Middleburgh or Ilion or Sidney would no doubt be delighted by apartments as close as Hartwick Seminary or Richfield Springs or Oneonta.

Former mayor Jeff Katz has said

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peaking of development, The Lofts On Dietz, artist studios and middle-income apartments proposed for downtown Oneonta, is simply thrilling.

The developer – a fatherson combination, Ken and Sean Kearney, principals in Parkview Development Inc. – have completed two similar projects, in Beacon and Poughkeepsie, The father outlined the project to Common Council July 16, and to the city’s Planning Commission the following evening, and came across as seasoned, knowledgeable and level-headed.

Dave Hutchison, longtime member of the city’s Environmental Board, asked that it achieve a net-zero energy status, and use a geothermal system.

As of now, city codes don’t require that, but Kearney said he will discuss the possibility with his NYSERDA-approved consultant.

Fine, but energy isn’t the only issue, or even the foremost.

Until now, despite DRI status and many millions committed to the city center’s rebirth, it’s been theoretical.

This is real. It’s been done elsewhere. It can – and will – happen, it we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot.

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Hospital Going To Dogs? Beware Of Medical, Safety, Civil-Rights Issues

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To the Editor: I read the article about the new K-9 security dog at Bassett Hospital, and felt the article was deceptive.

The article emphasized how friendly this dog supposedly is, and how it could be approached by children as long as they first got an “affirmative response” from the dog’s handler.

Presumably, if they don’t obtain such consent, they might be attacked.

If you read between the lines, it is apparent that this is a potentially aggressive animal, and not a cuddly seeing-eye dog that would not hurt a fly. If you want to see how brutal these dogs

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be sued when its K-9 dog attacks and mauls a child who did not read the article warning them that permission from the handler was required to approach this dog.

The wisdom of having one of these animals prowling the hallways of a hospital is questionable at best, especially since many people are afraid of dogs.

Some sick person trying to walk down the hall or being pushed on a hospital bed might get a dangerous shock from seeing this potentially vicious dog approaching them.

In the article, there was no mention of the purpose of K-9 dogs, or why they are part of the “security system” at Bassett, or how they “promote safety” at the hospital.

K-9 dogs are usually Please See HAMMOND, A6

To the Editor: Bassett Medical Center adds dogs to its security patrol.

You can’t be serious?

Safety of patients? Dogs carry many diseases as well as ticks. Some people are allergic to dogs and dog hairs. Yet another disease in the hospital environment to be wary of.

So now when we go into the hospital, we will see attack dogs patrolling the hallways with armed officers, and this is supposed to be a secure healing environment?

I go into a hospital for compassion and to be in a caring environment, to seek guidance, not to feel like I am in police state. Putting K-9 unit in hospitals is just one more step closer to living in a police state. It only exacerbates a violent mentality by using power games.

A real healing center

Officer Meiser with K-9 Hudson.

would know how to handle disruption with compassion and other methods. There is a reason people get unreasonable in a medical settings. Medicine is not doing a very good job. Look at the statistics. We have a right to be hostile and angry.

There is a difference between controlling society and educating and empowering individuals to feel part of society and safe. Armed units only polarize people by intimidation. That will only make the irritated more irritated and more violent.

What we have here is just power game, it has nothing to do about security of the sick person.

It is sad to see where medicine is heading: Some are so busy trying to protect their empire they are missing out on their real job – healing the sick in mind and body. They have lost their way.

Hey, let’s add cats … to catch the mice…!! Oh, and rabbits to cuddle … a good cuddle is always healing, It’s hard to be angry when you are in a cuddle!!

R. SCOTT DUNCAN Hartwick Forrest

Can 4-Way Stops Reform Reckless Drivers?

To the Editor According to the article “4-Way Stop Sign Eyed For Glen, Grove Corner,” found at allotsego.com, a proposal is being made by the Village Board to help eliminate accidents at that location by making it a four-way stop.

The article points out that Glen and Grove has the second most accidents of all the intersections in the village.

It is also noted in the article that the intersection of Susquehanna Avenue and Beaver Street has the most accidents, a rather ironic circumstance given that the Susquehanna and Beaver intersection has been a four-way stop for years.

Evidently, when it comes to eliminating accidents, the four-way stop has not worked particularly well at the corner of Susquehanna and Beaver. It makes one wonder why it is thought a four-way stop would work any better to help eliminate accidents at the corner of Glen and Grove.

In fact, it might well be thought, that the problem with accidents at these intersections has less to HOMETOWN ONEONTA do with traffic regulations The Cooperstown Village Board Monday, July and more to do with the 23, delayed okaying a four-way stop at Glen and motorists passing through Grove, pending state DOT input. the intersections.

Old timers in the village to a four-way stop to help CATHERINE LAKE will no doubt remember eliminate accidents at that ELLSWORTH that the change was made intersection.

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THURSDAY, July 25, 2019

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from a letter written by John Adams to Benjamin Rush on the subject of Slavery in America. “The turpitude, the inhumanity, the cruelty, and the infamy of the African commerce in slaves, have been so well represented to the public by the powers of eloquence, that nothing I could say would increase the just odium in which it is and ought to be held. Every measure of prudence, therefore ought to be assumed, for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States. If however, humanity dictates the duty of adopting the most prudent measures for accomplishing so excellent a purpose, the same humanity requires that we should not inflict severer calamities on the objects of our commiseration than those which they presently endure, by reducing them to despair, or the necessity of robbery, plunder, assassination, and massacre, to preserve their lives. Some provision ought to be made for furnishing them employment or some means of furnishing them with the necessary comforts of life. I have, through my whole life, held the practice of slavery in such abhorrence that I have never owned a Negro, or any other slave.”

July 26, 1819

175 YEARS AGO

Statements on the subject of Slavery attributed to Henry Clay: “If gentlemen will not allow us to have Black Slaves, they must let us have White ones, for we cannot cut our firewood and black our shoes, and have our wives and daughters work in the kitchen. I am the son of Virginia, a slaveholder in Kentucky, and I would suffer the tortures of the Inquisition before I would sign a bill having for its object the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, or in any manner give countenance to the project.”

July 29, 1844

150 YEARS AGO

Medical Meeting – The Otsego County Medical Society met at the Court House on Tuesday. The Secretary read applications for membership from Elizabeth D. Pope, M.D. and Mary A. Bassett, M.D. Thereupon a brisk and somewhat general discussion arose. The subject was “novel.” The institution from which they claim to have graduated was “unrecognized” in this state, and confessedly not in “good odor” in the State where it exists. Nothing was known of its faculty or the extent of the qualification required, &c. Some single gentlemen thought the presence of ladies would “embarrass and restrict debate” while the Benedicts knew

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75 YEARS AGO

In less than a week the workers at the Cooperstown Farm Labor Camp harvested 330 bushels of peas and beans and 275 quarts of raspberries. In addition to the harvesting they have spent about 120 hours weeding. Besides giving help to the growers the campers have shown much interest in rural life and in food production. Sixteen additional workers arrived at the camp on Saturday, making a total of 55.

July 26, 1944 July 30, 1919 better. Finally, on motion of Dr. T.B. Smith, the subject was referred to a committee of three – Drs. T.B. Smith, Halsey and Sprague were appointed said committee. At the evening session the committee on the applications of Drs. Pope and Bassett reported adversely thereto. Dr. Leaning moved that the report be accepted and adopted. Dr. L.H. Hills opposed the motion and after some explanations and assurances made by Dr. Bassett, Dr. Halsey asked leave to amend his report in favor of granting the applications. Dr. Bassett then moved to refer the subject back to the committee.

This was amended to substitute “at the next meeting” and then accepted.

July 30, 1869

125 YEARS AGO

Four Persons Drowned in Otsego Lake – It occurred at 12:30 o’clock Monday last, about one-third of a mile from the shore, and about one mile north from Five-Mile Point, where the water is about 140 to 160 feet deep. A man named Jos. R. Edwards, his wife and her child by a previous husband and a picture agent named George Lewis of East Worcester, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Edwards, took the row boat of George Newkirk at 10:45 in the morning, having fishing tackle with them, and said they were going to land Lewis at Hyde Hall. They did not go there. At about 12:30, Ex-Sheriff O. McCredy, who was driving by, saw an upturned boat and persons struggling in the water near it and

50 YEARS AGO

What with man’s exploration of the Moon, “Up – Up and Away In Style” was certainly an appropriate theme for the 1969 Otsego County Dress Revue at the F. Ambrose Clark Junior Show on July 28. Over 400 spectators watched as 129 4-H’ers modeled the garments they had made in their clothing projects this past year. Highlighting the Dress Revue was the selection of the two outstanding outfits to represent the county in the State Dress Revue at the New York State Fair on August 29 and 30. The two girls selected to represent Otsego County are Mary Chamberlin, Mount Vision and Patricia Mickle, Hartwick.

July 23, 1969

25 YEARS AGO

Murderous Mirth in Milford – “I Hate Hamlet,” a comedy

by Paul Rudnick, will open this evening at the Leatherstocking Theatre Company in Milford. Lead character Andrew Rally, a hot young TV actor, recently relocated from Hollywood to the Big Apple has signed on to portray Hamlet in Central Park. The catch is, Andrew hates Hamlet and the laughs begin when Andrew discovers his apartment is haunted by the ghost of John Barrymore, the ultimate Hamlet. With coaching from the ghost Barrymore and help from friends, Andrews finally finds the nerve to play the role. “I hate Hamlet” is directed by Sammy Dallas Bayes, familiar to regional audiences for his work with Orpheus Theatre.

July 26, 1994

THE VIEW FROM FLY CREEK

POEM TO THE EDITOR

Seduced A spider of the garden type, Hairy legged, gaudy striped, Has set up shop atop a rose That grows beside the arbor bench Where I, no lover of her kind, Have unsuspecting come to sit.

A wary pair are we at first, Eye to eye, immobilized, As we measure and compare My looming mass, her lesser threat.

But she’s a bolder thing than I Or else queen of indifference For soon she turns her back to me And upside down begins to pick Her way on strands of filament, And as I sit and watch transfixed She turns again and starts to spin.

And this is how it seems to be She works her spider’s

shouting for help. He at once went to the camping party at Eldred’s Point, who were at dinner, and informed them of the fact. They started out two boats for the drowning party.

But, before either boat could reach them they had sunk out of sight. Edwards is said to have been a drinking man and to have been on a protracted spree previous to Monday.

Floating near the boat was a liquor flask and a bottle.

July 26, 1894

spell on me, For as she weaves I slowly slip Into a kind of reverie Where all appears as in a dream And in that dream I hear a voice

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n my last column, I discussed purchase – from energy to motor “Sustainable Living” – one of the vehicles to appliances to furniture to three principles of Sustainable construction materials to drugs to food Otsego. Today I want to consider the and clothing to phones and computers second principle, “Economic Indepen- to you name it – are made somewhere dence.” I’ll take up the last principle, else, usually far away.

“Home Rule,” in a later column.

And more and more of these things The phrase “economic indepenarrive as Internet purchases bypass dence” is bandied about these days local retailers. by politicians and pundits alike. But What local products are exported? what would real economic Corn, hay, timber, milk, independence look like? How maple syrup, alcoholic could we measure it? and non-alcoholic beverThe issue was clarified ages come to mind. On the some years ago by the inindustrial side we’re exportsightful economic and social ing ultracapacitors, precicritic, Jane Jacobs, in her sion molded plastics, energy influential book. “The Death storage products, lab ware and Life of Great American and glassware, crushed glass, Cities.” cosmetic packaging, military ADRIAN Her key idea is what she equipment, and barbecue calls “import replacement.” sauce, among others.

KUZMINSKI As from the web Insofar as a community Sounds fine, except the she speaks to me imports more goods and volume of exported products Jane Jacobs’ “Death and Life” Of pattern and geometry, services than it exports, it runs what’s is one of the bibles of the hisis infinitesimal compared to imports. toric preservation movement.

And I am caught essentially a trade deficit. Money Or so it seems intuitively. within her orb, drains out faster than it pours in.

What about services? The local from distant tuition-paying parents, as Held fast in bands We usually think of trade deficits as economy has been described by well as from taxpayers spread across of symmetry, a national issue, but they are in fact a politicians as “Beds, Meds, and Eds,” the state.

Of order and of harmony. good indicator of the economic health, meaning roughly tourism, health care Public schools and infrastructure But as I yield to or the lack thereof, of any community. and social services, and education, projects also attract significant amounts her design So let’s take Otsego County. to which we can add the retail and of outside money (in grants, reimA fleeting thought There are few statistics on this professional trades. bursements, rebates, etc.). unsettles me: subject, but to the extent that we’re Retail and professional trades cater But the biggest infusion of outside Could she have known consuming more than we’re producing, generally to local residents, and mainly money probably comes from that I would be we’re running a trade deficit. I recycle local dollars, but the other healthcare and social services A sucker for a silken line? suspect that’s the case, and that it’s services are very different. reimbursements, not just to Bassett DOREY MUNCH a significant deficit, but we really Tourism brings in outside money, and Fox, but to institutions like Oneonta don’t know for sure. almost by definition, while the colleges Please See KUZMINSKI, A6 Most consumer products we in Oneonta, for instance, bring in funds

New Apartments Should Strengthen Downtown, Not Damage Neighborhoods EDITORIAL/From A4 that, when he came to town, what impressed him most were welltended houses. That’s the brand, to be enhanced, not sacrificed.

Further, apartments, properly sited, don’t have to degrade it.

• First, Village Hall needs to get serious about redeveloping the second and third floors downtown for housing. That requires designated parking; lack of it creates downward pressure on rents until it makes more sense for property owners to use the space for storage.

Second, there are a number of suitable sites for apartment units as envisioned by Josh Edmonds that would not impinge on singlefamily neighborhoods.

In addition to CVS, there’s the huge and sparsely used parking lot behind the NBT Bank on Pioneer Street, just a few steps from Main Street. Next door, there’s the little-used Verizon building that could be relocated anywhere outside the village.

Take a look at Grove Street between Glen and Main. There’s the former Bassett laundry, now a utility building – big building, side lot that are tucked away from all but a couple of residences.

At Grove and Main, there’s Jim Florczak’s “Where It All Began” warehouse, empty for years.

And for years, Richard Blabey, the village Planning Board member, has envisioned a high-end retirement community just above

that, in the Red Lot, on the hill above Grove.

There are plenty of sites.

Pine-Chestnut is simply a bad one.

• There’s a parallel conversation, also troubling, that continues: Zoning revisions under consideration would allow PDDs (planned development districts, a vehicle The Grove depended on) in all residential districts, from plush R-1A to R-3. And, thus, on all streets: Lake, River, upper Pioneer, Eagle, Spring, you name it.

No single-home owner is safe.

Village Hall will tell you the new Comprehensive Plan found the community wants apartments.

Let’s face it, though, community input was meager: a two-night

charrette, a couple of open houses at the fire house over 2-3 years, and “informational meetings” when the new comp plan was, in effect, done.

Who can argue with a straight face that the document was guided in any profound way by an understanding of what the community wants. This isn’t to dis the efforts of dedicated individuals, it just is what it is.

• What now? To recap: • Protect single-family neighborhoods.

• To enliven downtown, identify parking so upper stories are rentable.

• Try out one apartment complex, then another, on available land close to the downtown, and sheltered from single-family

neighborhoods.

• Figure out where apartments could be built with the least impact, and identify those sites in the zoning map.

• Walk away from the PDD/ special permit combination. As the saying goes, it will end in tears.

No, Village Hall doesn’t have to buy land or do this itself. It should recruit responsible developers to do so, people like Josh Edmonds.

• A final note: let’s not hear the acronym, NIMBY, from village officials’ lips. It undercuts discussion in honest efforts to guide Cooperstown’s development toward a future that will benefit everyone.

There don’t have to be winners and losers.

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KUZMINSKI: Do We Give More Than We Take, And Does It Matter?

KUZMINKI/From A5 Pathfinder Village, Springbrook, nursing homes, and others.

Outside money also comes from retirees, second-home owners, and others who move here (even as our home-grown youth often must leave to find work). These immigrants, who usually come from urban areas, often bring with them the financial resources they need to live locally.

And finally, government transfer payments, such as Social Security, flow into the county as well, helping to keep us solvent.

In short, our service economy, including government reimburse-

ments, is what keeps us going today.

Our reliance on government funding, however, can be precarious, as we saw when our previous congressman proposed to undermine Medicaid funding by eliminating its current tax support without replacing it. That would have put our local healthcare system at risk.

Tourist and immigrant spending are attracted by our natural beauty, cultural activities, and rural way of life, but they too have their limits.

Tourism depends on discretionary income, leaving us vulnerable to any serious economic downturn.

And the stream of immigrants is

limited by the difficulty of making a living locally, constrained in part by the lack of modern broadband telecommunications as well as our relative isolation.

For now, as long as someone else is paying for most of our social services, we’re okay. But otherwise we have only our natural beauty, rural lifestyle, and seasonal cultural attractions to sell.

Until we begin to make products replacing at least some of those we import, we will remain far from economic independence, and true prosperity will continue to elude us.

What can be done? We once

had a vibrant farm community, an industry with a large multiplier effect on local commerce which anchored a significant exporting economy. Rebuilding local agriculture, particularly with food hubs and value-added products, would help us enormously.

A service industry that could boost the local economy would be an Otsego County Community College. Not only would it bring outside dollars, but, by training students in needed skills, it would contribute to jobs for a local population better equipped to adapt to local production opportunities.

In the meantime, a serious study

of the “balance of payments” of Otsego County would provide an important indication of the real state of our economic health. If we could compare the dollars that we’re sending out of our economy with those that are coming in, we’d have a pretty good picture not only of where we stand now, but of what we might do to improve our economic independence, the key to our future prosperity.

Adrian Kuzminski, a retired Hartwick College philosophy professor and moderator of Sustainable Otsego, lives in Fly Creek.

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HAMMOND/From A4 trained to sniff out drugs or explosives. There was absolutely no mention of this in the misleading article. Another primary purpose of these dogs is to attack people, or to intimidate people with the threat that the handler might let the dog loose on them.

Use of a dog for security purposes is essentially a threat to use excessive force. A security officer or police officer can be convicted for using excessive force, but a dog can’t.

What is the purpose of having a dog trained to attack people or to sniff out drugs at Bassett Hospital?

To deter drug addicts from seeking treatment at the hospital? To increase the tragic drug overdoses that afflict Otsego County?

What exactly can a dog do to promote security?

How does it “calm a highly charged situation?” By being ready to bite and maul people? None of this was explained in the article.

The article did state that

Candidate Goss Remains ‘Fervent Advocate Of Oneonta’

To the Editor: City of Oneonta, with a vast playbook quite closely, as Jerid and I have I write to you in light of the June of ideas and goals that he wishes to discussed the developments every the dog is the hospital’s 25 Democratic primary election for implement to encourage the city’s week over the past few months. “liaison with local law Oneonta Common Council. I wish to development.

As a resident of Delhi, I believe that the enforcement,” suggesting convey to the voters of Oneonta At the individual level, Jerid people of Delaware and Otsego counties that the purpose of the dog who Mr. Jerid Goss is as a has a strong entrepreneurial all benefit from the success of Oneonta is indeed to arrest people. candidate, member of Oneonta’s spirit and aspires to create an as an economic driver for the area. As Even if this dog was community, and also as an environment within Oneonta such, I cannot think of a better person not trained to sniff out individual. that is welcoming to similarly to help advance the City of Oneonta drugs, it is going to deter I have known Jerid my entire minded folks. and hope that the voters will consider drug addicts from seeking life, having grown up alongside These ambitions are not what Jerid has to offer as a candidate. treatment at the hospital, him, and cannot speak higher simply talking points that Jerid Jerid is a confident and motivated since historically the main of his moral character and young member of the Oneonta Jerid Goss has come up with to develop purpose of K-9 dogs has ambition. his campaign – these are community and offers to the Common been to arrest people for Over the years, Jerid and I have shared genuine objectives that he, even before Council a distinct quality of character drugs. our views through friendly banter, and deciding to run for Common Council, that should be strongly considered by I wrote previously about whether these views are political or not, has conveyed to me (and I am sure to the voters. the K-9 search at Milford Jerid is passionate and unwavering. others) in everyday conversation.

JACOB SACKETT BOCES in April 2017 that For as long as I can recall, Jerid’s This is the type of passion that Jerid Delhi subjected students there to political ideology has not changed or offers as a candidate and member of Editor’s Note: While Jerid Goss lost random unconstitutional been influenced by others; though the the Oneonta community. the June 25 Democratic primary in searches of their knapsacks evolution of his political outlook has Despite not being a resident of Oneonta’s Ward 4, he will appear on and other belongings. It is adapted to the times.

Oneonta, I have been following the the Republican and Independence lines all part of the government’s Jerid is a fervent advocate for the election for Common Council there Nov. 5. attempt to abrogate the Bill of Rights and subject us to random searches in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects us from “unreasonable searches and seizures.”

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Cooperstonians enjoyed Induction Weekend 2019’s Parade of Legends Saturday, July 20, dampened though it was by the threat of a downpour, are, left, Cathy Raddatz, conferring with Sally and Mike Trosset; center, Jessica Gorman and Henry Knoop, watching from the doorway of the newly opened J. Gorman Fine Jewelry, 54 Main St., and right, Mike Boyson, past commander, perched on the front steps of the Cooperstown Vets Club.

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Patty MacLeish, the great poet’s granddaughter, introduces her granddaughter, Willa, visiting from California, to Cooperstown’s Marcie Schwartzman, attending with son Nate, a Binghamton public defender, and husband Mike.

County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and his undersheriff, Cameron Allison are particularly vigilant as MLB stars sign autographs before entering the Hall of Fame for a private reception.

Village Police Officer Terrell Silvera confers with his state police colleagues as the Legends parade was about to begin.

Hall of Fame staffers Roger Lansing, left, and Bruno Russo keep an eye on 2019 Inductee Mariano Rivera during the halfhour the Yankee pitching star spent shaking hands and signing autographs for fans at the end of the Legends of the Game Parade. Lansing is the Hall’s multi-media manager; Rosa, from Atlanta, Ga., is a volunteer and former HoF Steel intern.

Things That Could Be Planned Overcame Those That Couldn’t INDUCTION/From A1 Street past thousands of fans, Johnny Bench, 71, hopped out and walked the distance, and other stars followed suit as 25 Main neared.

Three, the attendance record that wasn’t broken.

While the crowd of 55,000, as reported by the Hall, was 3,000 more than last year’s class that included Chipper Jones and Vladimir Guerrero, it still fell significantly short of the 2007 Cal Ripkin Jr./ Tony Gwynn 82,000 record.

Moving that many people in and out of a village of 1,769 without incident over four days emboldened Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch to say, “Everything went very smoothly.”

The six inductees included the first one ever elected unanimously on a first ballot by the Baseball Writers Association Of America, Mariano Rivera, the closer for 17 of 19 seasons with the New York Yankees.

The three other Inductees chosen

by the BWAA ballot were Edgar Martinez, going in as a Seattle Mariner, and Mike Mussina and the late Roy Halladay, not designated on the plaque by team since each played for two franchises.

Halladay’s wife, Brandy, delivered a speech on her husband’s behalf.

Two other Inductees were chosen by the Today’s Game Era Committee: Harold Baines, a Chicago White Sox, and Lee Smith, a Chicago Cub. Rivera, born in Panama, shared his star turn with Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo, Panama’s president since July 1 on his first trip outside the country since his swearing-in.

Also in the audience was Derek Jeter, Rivera’s teammate who, it’s generally accepted, will be inducted in 2020 – perhaps the second MLB star elected unanimously in his first year of eligibility. Together, both men played on five Yankee World Series championship teams.

To combat the heat, the Cooperstown

Volunteer Fire Department set up a large air-conditioned tent with misting fans by the Clark Sports Center so people could cool off.

That likely prevented more heat-related incidents from occurring than did, said Fire Chief Jim Tallman.

As another precaution, “we had fire departments” – over 100 EMTs in all – “at strategic sites throughout the village and around it, so we could access places without worrying about crowds,” he said.

In two months, Tallman said, planning on 2020 will begin, and Mayor Tillapaugh credited that process for smooth implementation.

Law-enforcement agencies – from the Department of Homeland Security to state police to the county Sheriff’s Department – take the lead, but the village was represented at regular planning meetings by Village Administrator Teri Barown, DPW Superintendent Mitch Hoteling and the Village Police

Department’s senior officer, Jim Kelman, she said.

This was the first year the $4,000 computerized trash receptacles were in place on Main Street during the Legends parade, and all went as anticipated.

“We lock the plate on top of the containers, so no one can put anything in them, such as a backpack or a package,” said Cooperstown’s Public Works Superintendent Mitch Hotaling.

“We emptied all the containers just before the Hall of Fame parade and locked all the plates on them.”

Sure, some overflowed.

When Saturday’s parade was about to begin, severe thunderstorms were expected, so Tillapaugh said it was “the right decision” to cancel, even though the sun had broken through again by 5:10.

Still, she said, Johnny Bench, Rivera and the others – Cal Ripken Jr., Ken Griffey Jr., Jim Thome, Pedro Martinez – “saved the day

by being out there with their doting fans,” jumping out of the pickups they were riding in when the sun broke out, shaking hands and signing autographs for people in a crowd that was 10-12 rows deep by the time it reached 25 Main St. Regardless, “we’ll have a little briefing” with Barown, Hotaling and Kelman in the next few weeks to review the events and see how things might be done better, the mayor said.

A high point of the afternoon was the much-praised speech by Brandy Halladay on behalf of her husband, who died when the amphibious aircraft he was flying crashed into the Gulf of Mexico in 2017.

“I think that Roy would want everyone to know that people are not perfect,” she said. “We are all imperfect and flawed in one way or another. We all struggle, but with hard work, humility and dedication, imperfect people can still have perfect moments.”

Barnstorming In Venezuela, Hughes Saw Huge Wealth, Dire Poverty PALS/From A1 “He was there to see Harold Baines get inducted in the Hall of Fame,” said Hughes, who continues as Oneonta Outlaws manager this season. “So, we went over to where he was signing autographs on Main Street and talked for 20 to 30 minutes. It was great seeing him again.”

Hughes and Guillén met 38 years ago when they played together on a Venezuelan professional baseball team in Valera, a small town in the western part of the country.

Hughes was 22; Guillén, only 16. Their team was the

Los Proletarios de Trujillo, translated as The Trujillo Proletarians, Trujillo being Valera’s home county; Hughes was the team’s third baseman and Guillén, shortstop.

“There are some people you naturally bond with, and he and I did,” Hughes said. “Ozzie and I made a deal that he would teach me Spanish and I would teach him English.”

Hughes was one of two Americans sent to play on the Venezuelan team that year.

“It was the beginning of America discovering the talent in Latin America,”

Hughes recalled. “We were at the cusp of the influx of great players from there.”

The Oneontan had played in the minor leagues at that time, most recently with the Miami Orioles while attending Florida International University.

Tigers’ talent scout Camilo Pascual contacted Hughes and asked him if he wanted to play on a team in Venezuela.

Hughes jumped at the chance.

“I stayed in a hotel near the stadium where we played,” he said, “and walked around with a Spanish-English dictionary in my back pocket.”

Hughes said Guillén was the best baseball player he

had ever seen at that point.

“He had all the tools, the necessary skills to be a really good baseball player,” Hughes said. “And he had the confidence that he was going to the Major Leagues – he knew by then.”

That summer, Guillén was drafted by the San Diego Padres.

Asked about his own playing, Hughes admitted, “I was playing good.”

Hughes didn’t stay in touch with Guillén after 1981, but he put together a leather-bound scrapbook with photos and memorabilia from that spring.

“I had that scrapbook up in my attic for 38 years,” Hughes said. “I dug it up and brought it with me to show him on Saturday. He and his son, Ozzie, Jr., who was with him, were really appreciative that I had that.”

When Hughes asked them if they wanted to borrow it, they said yes.

Hughes said his time in Venezuela was “an eye-opening experience.”

The team traveled all over Venezuela by bus to play their games, often staying in a city or town for a weekend before returning to Valero to practice. Hughes saw the

country up-close from the bus and their stops along the way to other towns.

“There was no middle class there,” he said.

“People were either wealthy, with nice houses, swimming pools and oil rigs in their back yard, or they were living in a dirt lot in a cardboard box. There was nothing in between.”

“I realized how fortunate Americans were,” he said.

Chances are pretty high Hughes and Guillén will meet up again much sooner than 38 years from now, since Guillén borrowed Hughes’ scrapbook.

THURSDAY, July 25, 2019

A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Law Would ‘Grandfather’ Romeo, Making Him Last Horse In Cherry Valley Village ROMEO/From A1 Horse owners won’t be asked to pick up their mounts’ droppings, but will be encouraged to be neighborly and do so. “We have laws on dogs and cats,�

Guido explained. “If your dog poops, you clean it up.�

In advance of whatever law may pass next month, “guess what? They can have them right now,� said the mayor. Cows, sheep, goats, pigs – act immediately or forget about it.

What’s become a localized controversy surfaced at the village trustees’ June meeting, when the idea of a farm-animal ban was first aired.

The pros and cons were muddied when a crowd turned out at this month’s meeting on July 15 to hear a trustee say the new law was aimed at the Amish community, the one growing agricultural sector around here. “I was kind of shocked,� said Lew Warner, Romeo’s owner. I was sitting right behind him, and thought: ‘Dude, that’s

Looking like the thoroughbred he is, Romeo is walked around the paddock Lew Warner built in his backyard in the Village of Cherry Valley.

Hitting bedrock, Lew used a “pig low, cow high� fence design from the Wild West.

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discrimination’.�

The mayor said the trustee misspoke and is mistaken. Rather, the novelty of the Amish is welcomed here, he said – he and wife Jo Ann have bought hitching posts, one at NBT Bank, the other at the library, to accommodate

horse-drawn buggies.

Not wanting to pit neighbor against neighbor, Guido was a little oblique in explaining how the developing “Local Law #1� came about. He was invited into “someone’s backyard,� where a rooster was crowing on one side and a horse was

neighing on the other.

And the smell. “I can’t sit back here,� the neighbor told Guido, and the mayor understood.

The law that will be considered Aug. 19 hasn’t just been pulled out of the air, said the mayor.

The farm-animal part is adapted from the Village of Richfield Spring’s law; the rooster piece comes from the Village of Fonda.

Romeo’s owners are relieved their steed, an 18year-old (middle-aged) thoroughbred rescued from the Finger Lakes track, won’t be expelled. When the couple

and their daughter moved here in spring 2018, they were told, “Oh, you can have a horse; the previous owner had a horse.�

Lew, director of maintenance at the Guilderland Library – his boss is Tim Wiles, former Baseball Hall of Fame research director renown locally for his rendering of “Casey At The Bat� – has been active in Civil War reenactments since the early ‘90s.

A horse – first, Yellow Star, who died in 2002, and now Romeo – added another element of realism to reenactments. There’s a McClelland saddle in the barn, developed by the future Civil War general in 1859 and used by the Army until World War II. Once the family settled in Cherry Valley, the Warners brought Romeo out of boarding in Altamont, and – striking bedrock just beneath the ground – built a “pig low, cow high� fence

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Since, Romeo became part of the community, Sue and Lew said. Some people call it “The Village Horse.�

When it escaped from the barn last winter, neighbors called to alert the owners, and Sue ran up snowy Main Street in her PJs to retrieve him.

Memorial Day, Lew and Romeo, in their Civil War trappings, rode in the village’s parade, joining horses people had ridden in from surrounding farms.

A new law would change none of that, at least for a while, said Mayor Guido, adding that many of the people who object live, not in the village, but in the surrounding Town of Cherry Valley; they aren’t his constituents. “The area is agriculture,� he observed, “but the village is not. It’s 2019. It’s a different day and age.�

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Millie Jennings, 88, Cooperstown; Pioneered Switchboard At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Mildred “Millie” L. Jennings, 88, retired chief switchboard operator at Bassett Hospital, died Wednesday evening, July 17, 2019, with her loving family beside her at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta.

Mildred Lucy Bridger was born Jan. 29, 1931, at home in Middlefield, one of 13 children of Orlando and Nellie Mary (Page) Bridger. Raised in Middlefield, she attended school there.

On Aug. 27, 1950, she married Gerald F. Jennings in a ceremony at the parsonage of the Westville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Walter Miller

officiating. For the next 60 years, Millie and Jerry made their home and raised their family on Elm Street in Cooperstown.

While she was raising her own family, Millie also babysat for many area children at her home. Once her own children were grown, she began in 1970 what would become a 23-year career at Bassett Hospital as a switchboard operator.

In his book, “Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York,” John S. Davis, M.D. notes that when she began, the lone switchboard operator worked out of a tiny office in the basement of the original fieldstone

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She told Dr. Davis: “At the time, you were lucky to get a break to go to the bathroom, and they trained the security guards to run the switchboards so the operators could have a break”. She further recounted that there was only one doctor on call: sometimes you could find them and sometimes you couldn’t.

Prior to her retirement in 1993, chief switchboard operator Millie Jennings was chosen in 1992 as Bassett’s Ambassador of the Year, an honor she greatly cherished.

In her leisure, Millie enjoyed travelling – often times with her sisters and nieces – and combined this with her love for country music, having visited Branson, Mo., and the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. She and Jerry often recounted how much fun they

had snowmobiling with their family and friends and trips to places such as North Lake and Pine Lake.

Millie also enjoyed the simple things in life, such as a game of cards or dominoes, as well as going to casinos to gamble. She was also a sports fan, and enjoyed watching all kinds of sports on television, most especially her New York Yankees and Syracuse basketball. Game shows were also a favorite of hers, especially Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy.

Most importantly, it was all about her family and her church. For many years, Millie was a faithful and devoted member of the First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, where she was a proud member of the church choir. Millie will truly be missed by her family and friends.

Millie is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Susan Jennings of Hartwick and Charles (“Chip”) and Carol Jennings of Cooperstown; one daughter and son-in-law, Susan and William

McCormick of Catskill; five grandchildren who absolutely adored her, Jessica Bryan and husband Marc, Millie Bernadette Jennings Wellek and husband Mike, Colleen Lanigan, Adam Jennings and wife Amanda and Kerri Jennings Graber and husband Chad; three step-grandchildren, Angelina, Joe and Kyrie McCormick; four great-grandchildren, Christopher and Mia Bryan and Ava and Anthony Wellek; four sisters, Hilda Pomeroy of Fulton, Cora Petrucco of Cortland, and Wanda Laymon and Lois Smith of Toddsville: one brother-in-law, Ronald Jennings and wife Edith of Phoenix Mills; and many nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Phyllis Newell.

She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, Jerry Jennings, who died July 21,

2011; four sisters, Gladys Welch, Wilma Higgins Dyer, Evelyn Gray and Elizabeth L. O’Brien; and four brothers, Chester, Herman, Frederick and David Bridger.

Friends may call at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, when Millie’s family will be in attendance.

A funeral service will be offered at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2019, at the First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, 19 Elm Street, Cooperstown, with the Rev. Joseph Perdue, officiating.

Burial will follow in Hartwick Seminary Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts may be made to the Cooperstown Emergency Squad, PO Box 322, Cooperstown, NY 13326, or to a charity or organization of your choice.

Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.

Matthew Dobler, 54, Fox Hospital Maintenance Chief

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MOUNT VISION – Matthew J. Dobler, 54, Fox Hospital’s chief of maintenance, passed away suddenly on July 17, 2019, at the hospital.

He was born Jan. 7, 1965, in Oneonta, the son of William J. and Eileen T. (McCabe) Dobler. Matt graduated from Laurens Central School and Mohawk Valley Community College.

He married Teresa DeSilva on Aug. 10, 1996, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oneonta.

Matt worked for Taggart Electric for 10 years before joining Fox. Matt loved old cars, trains, and steam engines. He was very talented in restoring different types of vehicles and could fix just about anything.

He was also a great cook.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Matt dedicated his heart and soul to taking care of his friends and family whom he loved.

He is survived by his wife, Teresa Dobler; their children, Katherine Dobler and James Dobler; his siblings, William E. Dobler, Timothy Dobler and Kim Loftus, and Mary and Frank Flatley; nephews, Joseph Flatley, Andrew Flatley, Zachary Dobler and Michael Flatley.

He was predeceased by his

parents, and an infant sister, Cecilia.

Calling hours were Tuesday, July 23, at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.

The funeral mass was Wednesday, July 24, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta, with Father David Mickiewicz as celebrant.

Burial followed at the Mount Vision Cemetery.

Donations may be sent to the Laurens American Legion, 176 Main St., Laurens, NY 13796.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW

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1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is J/K Distributions, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is July 22, 2019.

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

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: PO Box 599 Unadilla, NY 13849.

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

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Notice of Formation of Sweetwater Farm & Orchards, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/11/19.

Office location: Otsego SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 286 County Highway 32a, Cherry Valley, New York, 13320.

Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of 604 East Main, LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/13/19.

Office location: Ostego.

SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 286 County Highway 32a Cherry Valley, New York, 13320.

Any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. EF2018-728 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 699 COUNTY ROUTE 46 A/K/A 699 COUNTY HIGHWAY 46 ONEONTA, NY 13820 District: Section: 193.00 Block: 1 Lot: 3.02 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER, Plaintiff, vs.

JEREMIAH TURITS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GARY R. TURITS if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; BENJAMIN TURITS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF GARY R. TURITS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF GARY R.

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TURITS any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; JEANNE MARIE LEAR; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

ment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

“JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the abovenamed Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $328,000.00 and interest, recorded on July 9, 2007, at Liber 1527 Page 311, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 699 COUNTY ROUTE 46 A/K/A 699 COUNTY HWY 46 ONEONTA, NY 13820.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a pay-

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: CHETNA RAMCHANDANI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalAug.15 Legal nOtice

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP # 19-OTS003 OTSEGO COUNTY – ADMINISTERED

BY ONONDAGA COUNTY RFP #19 –OTS003 FOR FURNISHING COMMUNITY ENERGY PLAN CONSULTANT SERVICES IS DUE AUGUST 12, 2019 AT 4:00 PM AT THE ADDRESS BELOW: ATTENTION: ANDREW TROMBLEY ONONDAGA COUNTY DIVISION OF PURCHASE – 13TH FLOOR, JOHN H MULROY CIVIC CENTER, 421 MONTGOMERY STREET, SYRACUSE, NY 13202.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. EF2019-166 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 781 COUNTY HIGHWAY 26 FLY CREEK, NY 13337

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Section: 114.9 Block: 1 Lot: 15 DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, Plaintiff,

vs.

WILLIAM HENRY SCHEID, III, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12, “the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff the persons or parties intended being the tenant’s occupants’ persons or corporations if any having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the abovenamed Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days

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after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

will not stop the foreclosure action.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $125,600.00 and interest, recorded on June 19, 2003, at Liber 1180 Page 204, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 781 COUNTY HIGHWAY 26 FLY CREEK, NY 13337.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the mortgage company

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: MARSHA CATO, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalAug.1 Legal nOtice

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: Badgerface Beauty Supply, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 06/11/2019 Office location: County of Otsego Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Kristina Strain PO Box 171 Gilbertsville, NY 13776 6LegalAug.8 Legal nOtice

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: 120-122 Marion Avenue, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 06/11/2019 Office location: County of Otsego Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Patrick Strain PO Box 171 Gilbertsville, NY

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Notice of Formation of Cooperstown Maple Works, LLC, a NY limited liability company (LLC). Arts. of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (NYSS) on 05/21/19.

Office: Otsego County.

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

NYSS shall mail process to: 361 Sibley Gulf Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company 1. The name of the LLC is Bronson Construction, LLC. 2. The date of filing the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is 05/07/2019 3. The county within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego County 4. The Secretary of the State of New York is hereby designated as an agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is Po Box 708 Richfield Springs, NY 13439 5. The character of purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law 6LegalJul.25 Legal nOtice

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

Office: Otsego County.

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

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THURSDAY, July 25, 2019

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-11

At One Time, Busy Brothers Ran Both Italian Kitchen, Stella Luna DYNASTY/From A1 The Avanzato family – parents, Diego and Giuseppa, and children, Antoinette, Salvatore, Vincenzo (Vinne), Antonio (Tony) – immigrated from Canicattì, Italy, to Oneonta on Feb. 13, 1966. Shortly thereafter, on Sept. 29, 1972, the Avanzato family opened the Italian Kitchen on Church Street in Oneonta.

For nearly 36 years, the Avanzatos ran Italian Kitchen; the restaurant was sold on Aug. 21, 2008.

On June 1, 2000, Vinne and Tony opened up Stella Luna Ristorante. Originally Oneonta’s Delaware & Hudson (D&H) Railroad station, Stella Luna spans The Avanzato brothers outside Ristorante Stella Luna – not just a popular the length of a beautiful red restaurant but, located in the former D&H railroad depot, a local landmark. brick building on Market Street, initially boasting a variety of dishes, including feel at home. averaging between 15 and highly trained staff of 45. pizza, a trade which Tony’s The Avanzato brothers 33 children annually.

The restaurant is son, Gianluca, took on, too. have proudly shared their “Forty-seven years is complete with an extenRuthie, Vinne’s wife, made culture and creations, a long time to do what sive professional kitchen, the desserts for Stella Luna, whether culinary or artistic, you love,” shared Tony. banquet room, smoking and Rosemarie, Tony’s wife, with the local community.

“All good things come to room, bar, and dining room. periodically served as a Not only was the Italian an end.” After spending As per Vinne and Tony’s hostess.

Kitchen the first pizzeria most of their lives in vision, the restaurant was Of course, for all the to introduce calzones, back Oneonta, raising families, designed to appear as Avanzato children – Diego, when they were served with and offering their skills though one is strolling honey on top, but and passions to the local through a picturesque they also perfected community for 47 years, Italian city: large dessert pizzas and Vinne and Tony have “windows” handpopularized chicken decided to step back from painted to resemble the wings, beginning Tuscan countryside; with Super Bowl 17. tile-clad awnings to Vinne and Tony make it appear that one developed their own is in a lavish courtyard; unique creations and the hand-painted through the years. ceiling of the “sky Tony created the room,” which somefugazza, an original times darkened and stuffed pizza; flashed with Tony’s Vinne’s signature well-known thunderdish is chicken with storm show. sun-dried tomatoes Since the beginand roasted red ning, the whole peppers served over Avanzato family has linguine. On top been involved in the of these culinary functioning of the delicacies, the restaurants. “A passion Italian Kitchen was for food and hospitality also one of the first have always been a restaurants to offer part of our families,” delivery in Oneonta. remarked Vinne. “The Ian Austin/ “One of the great opportunity to share this HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal challenges and joys with our community It’s been home away from home of this business was, and has always for Vinne and Tony Avanzato, who has been trying to been, the driving force are closing Ristorante Stella Luna keep abreast with behind our restaurants.” at the end of August. trends in food Giuseppa (Nonna) culture,” explains was famous for her meatJeanette, Giuliva, Olivia, Tony, “bringing new ideas balls and lasagna. Diego Gianluca, and Massimo to Oneonta from my own (Nonno), who was a tailor – working at the restaurants travels and experiences.” by trade, turned on the pizza was a rite of passage: In all their time in oven every day at 1 p.m. for washing dishes, waiting Oneonta, Vinne and Tony over 25 years. tables, and making guests have put love into all they Tony and Vinne cooked a do and have contributed Kara L. Posson-Reed immensely to the local Licensed Associate community.

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Perhaps dearest to their hearts is the Children Very good condition Christmas Shopping fund, 29,000 miles • Automatic which was started in 1999. $12,500 On top of their personal contributions, Tony and Vinne collected monetary donations from the local community and distributed it among Oneonta’s elementary schools to take local children in need shopping for basic necessity items, including, of course, a couple of toys. This was a Very good condition large, annual undertaking, Rebuilt Engine • 5-speed transmission Supercharger in which family, friends, $10,500 community members, and school personnel took part, Call for more info: 518-231-1899

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“It’s now time to move into the next phase of life – closer to my children and grandchildren,” concludes Vinne. “It’s a new chapter that Ruth and I have been excited about for a long time.”

Thanks to Oneonta and its community, the Avanzatos have made friendships with thousands of students from both Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta, as well as alumni, visitors, community members, and, of course, the regular customers, whose company will be dearly missed.

“As a business owner, your customers become an extended family,” said Vinne. “It’s been so fulfilling to provide the place where so many occasions and celebrations took place and happy memories were made.”

Moreover, the Avanzatos are fortunate to have had so many wonderful employees over the years, including

students, community members, and sons and daughters of local friends.

The Avanzatos take this opportunity to thank all their current and previous employees for their hard work, dedication, and loyalty—for positively impacting both the businesses and the families.

We, the Avanzato family, step back from our local business with immense gratitude, having found great pleasure in serving so many people over the years, welcoming guests as family.

Stella Luna will always remain, for us, a symbol of community, hospitality, resilience, and love.

We encourage you to come by Stella Luna Ristorante, enjoy a fine meal, and say goodbye before the restaurant closes on August 25. We especially encourage gift card holders to come in as soon as possible.

We look forward to seeing you. Ci vediamo.

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Restored Greek Revival farmhouse w/income-producing cottage on 37+ acres near Cooperstown. Outstanding views, manicured gardens and lawns, peaceful country living. Main house has 4 BRs (1 on first floor) 2 baths, LR, DR, kitchen, laundry, large attic, basement, 2 front porches, wood floors, carpet, oil-fired radiator heat. Cottage has 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen, laundry, large walk-in closet, wood floors and carpet. Long barn w/hay mow can accommodate several thousand bales, upgraded electric, new roof, WiFi available. Completely fenced property w/some decorative board fencing. Also 4-bay garage, smaller barn.

MLS#121035 $450,000

Affordable Country Living

157 Main Street,Cooperstown 607-547-5740

Beautiful 4-BR, 2-bath home on 10 acres. Land on both sides of road surrounded by 1,600 acres of State forest. Attached greenhouse, new metal roof and generator, 2-car detached garage, 3 attached sheds. Well maintained property has a fenced vegetable garden, fruit and nut trees, perennial flowers. A quiet place in the country just minutes from Cooperstown. Milford schools.

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Offered at $239,000

Cooperstown Village 3-Unit

(8633) Nicely maintained 3-unit apartment house in the center of the village. Each unit is 1 BR, 1 bath.

Updated electric, rubber roof, separate electric meters, 2-car garage. Fully applianced. Each unit has washer and dryer. Many replacement windows.

Shows good cash flow.

Hubbell’s—$269,000

Cooperstown Village

(8618) Impeccable 3-BR, 2-bath Colonial provides pellet stove, bay windows, natural woodwork, formal DR and eat-in kitchen w/oak cabinets.

Laminate flooring, laundry room, ceiling fans. Vinyl siding, large covered deck, large yard. Large 2-car garage. Move-in condition. Cooperstown Schools

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$259,000

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prOperty detAiLs —9.80 acres interiOr FeAtures —4 BRs, 2 full baths —Cottage style built in 1920 —Unfinished lower level w/Bilco doors

Don Olin

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—Fully renovated —Fully applianced eat-in kitchen w/granite countertops —Hardwood, carpet floors —LR, den/office —Pantry, laundry —Baseboard hot-water oil heat

exteriOr FeAtures —Full-house generator —Frame construction, metal roof, wood siding —2-car detached garage —Open, covered porch

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

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