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MUSICA, MAESTROS! Beginning Sept. 7, 3 Conductors Will Compete This Fall To Lead Catskill Symphony By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

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Clark Sports Center Director Val Paige says thanks after receiving the Otsego County Chamber’s Quality of Life Award at a Summer Soiree Thursday, Aug. 22/MORE PHOTOS, A4

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roprietor Don Hoag announced this week he is retiring and Kirn’s Body Shop, a village mainstay since 1966, has closed. Triple-A service will now be provided by Cobleskillbased Eagle Towing, which has a site in West Oneonta. More details at

all it Oneonta’s “Next Top Conductor.” Silus Nathanial Huff, Carolyn Watson and Maciej Żółtowski will each conduct one of three concerts in the Catskill Symphony Orchestra’s search for their new conductor, following the retirement of Maestro Charles Schneider last year.

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hree conductors will perform locally this fall and you will be asked to assess how they do, as Catskill Symphony Orchestra recruits a sucessor to founding maestro Chuck Schneider, as follow: •Saturday, Sept. 7 – SILAS HUFF, music director, New York City’s Astoria Symphony, Colorado pops and other orchestras. •Saturday, Oct. 12 – CAROLYN WATSON, director, orchestral studies, University of Kansas, won international conducting competition. •Saturday, Nov. 16 – MACIEJ Żółtowski, violinist, composer, collaborator with

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►COUNTY CLERK Kathy Sinnott Gardner accused the Cuomo Administration of a “money grab” by charging drivers $25 for new plates after paint started peeling off existing ones. Want to keep your current plates? $45. ►A VIGIL WAS HELD on SUNY Oneonta’s campus after a student’s suicide. ►SUNY ONEONTA and the United University Professions have reached an agreement to increase the pay and prospect for adjunct professors. ►HANZOLO, the Cooperstown band, won Albany’s Battle of the Bands and a featured spot Sept. 14 at PearlPalooza, the city’s downtown music festival ►A PROPANE TRUCK driver was found dead in his cab after the vehicle ran off the road near Hobart. Troopers suspect the man may have been stricken medically.

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Better Exchange Thrift Store Manager Sara Lucas sets up panels showing artist’s renderings of the prospective animal shelter, on view for the first time at the Saturday, Aug. 24, groundbreaking.

ceremony on the site across Route 28 from Kevin’s Ford. “That’s a good thing when people make INDEX individual contributions. It’s their shelter. It’s the people’s shelter.” o far, 100 individual conAt the groundbreaking, Anita tributions have been made Vitullo of Clinton, Staffworks to the new Susquehanna president and a donor to animal ►DONATE to the causes, announced her $250,000 Animal Shelter, and more of the kind are needed to reach the new SSPCA’s “Shelter matching grant has been met Us” fund drive at fundraising goal of $3 million, by donations, netting $500,000 www. sqspca.org according to SSPCA Executive toward achieving the $2 million Director Stacie Haynes. mark. “It’s the individuals we have to count With that mark met, and a new goal of on,” said Haynes in the afterglow of Sat$3 million set, SSPCA board chair Gaylord urday, Aug. 24’s upbeat groundbreaking Please See SHELTER, A9 By JIM KEVLIN

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Polish symphony orchestras. All concerts at 7:30 p.m., SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom For tickets, visit: https://catskillsymphony.net/purchase-tickets/

“Our search for the new conductor started last September,” Laurie Zimniewicz, search committee chair. “We had 73 local, national and international candidates apply. We narrowed it down to 12, then nine, then five and then three.” Now, the Symphony is asking for audience help in choosing the next conductor. This fall, the three finalists will each spend a week in Oneonta, meeting with the board, Symphony patrons, the Please See CSO, A9

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This Is Last Weekend For Rock, Roll Photos By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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view are costumes and instruments on loan from the Rock & Roll Hall. “The last three weeks, it’s been mobbed,” said D’Ambrosio. “People realized it’s closing, and that’s

erb Ritts: The Rock Portraits” was a game-changer for The Fenimore Art Museum. “Our admissions at The Fenimore were up 13 percent from last year,” said Paul D’Ambrosio, president. “This tells us that we need to Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal keep appealing to FenimoreJim President D’Ambrosio a broader, younger discusses Ritts’ iconic Madonna audience.” portrait. If you want to see it, The portraits this is your last chance. The – Monday, Sept. exhibit closes Sept. 2. 2, is the exhibit’s last day – include Madonna, increased turnout, but July David Bowie, Prince and had a lot of momentum too. other music icons. It was The symposium was loaned by the Rock & Roll completely packed.” Hall of Fame and the Herb While “2019 is not a Ritts Foundation. Also on Please See ROCK, A9

Despite Village Atty.’s Warning, Trustees Vote To Fly Pride Flag By JENNIFER HILL COOPERSTOWN

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month after voting unanimously to fly the Pride Flag on the flagpole next June, village trustees once again debated and, in the end, affirmed their decision. “I gave every member

of this board every opportunity to table this motion,” said Trustee MacGuire Benton, who introduced the resolution at the board’s July meeting. “For any vote you can have a discussion. We don’t need a unique, complex way to vote on flags, he said. The debates started when the board’s “Adhoc Committee Please See FLAG, A8

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LOCALS Hanzolo Wins Battle Of Bands, Spot At Albany’s PearlPalooza Hanzolo, the popular Cooperstown band, won WEQX’s Battle of the Bands at the Skyloft in Albany. The win gets them a spot at PearlPalooza, downtown Albany’s free music festival Sept. 14; they’ll perform at 1 p.m. The local band consists of Carl Loewenguth, vocals, guitar; Nick Summers, trumpet, keys; Jack Loewenguth, bass; Sebastian Green, drums; Nate Olmstead, aux percussion, drums; Joey Katz, sax, keys, and James Matson, trombone.

KATZ ON PODCAST: Jeff Katz, former mayor of Cooperstown, was a guest on The Card King Sports Variety Show, where he spoke about his card collection.

Governor Cuomo has asked New Yorkers to vote on a new license plate design. The Otsego County clerk says its an attempt to shift the cost of a DMV mistake onto drivers.

New License Plates Called Money Grab County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner Urges Drivers To Complain To Governor Cuomo COOPERSTOWN

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New Officer Sworn In To Cooperstown Force

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Village Administrator Teri Barown swears in Terrell Silvera as the newest officer in the Cooperstown Police Department. A CCS graduate, Silvera joined the department more than a year ago as parking enforcement officer.

he Cuomo Administration’s plans to replace New York State license plates is an “unnecessary money grab,â€? County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner declared in a public statement. The new license plates will cost all New York drivers $25. If you want to keep your current plate, you will have to pay $45. “In other words,â€? Sinnott Gardner said, “if you want to keep your plate number, you will pay a total of $45 ‌ This fee is absolutely unnecessary – they are making New York State drivers pay for their bad business deal with their vendors.â€? There is a problem with New York license plates: The paint on the blue and gold license plates bubbles up, peels and becomes illegible, she said. Since it was a problem of production, not the customer, the state Department of Motor Vehicles has been replacing them free of charge. On Aug. 19, however,

Governor Cuomo announced a contest to select the replacement license plate, which will Sinnot cost $25, Gardner shifting the cost of the DMV’s mistake to New Yorkers. “I would strongly encourage everyone to contact the governor’s office and their state senators and assemblymen to express their opposition to this unfair money grab,� said Gardner. “Don’t wait until it happens, voice your opinion now.�

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olicitations, by phone, Staffworks’ president and mail, email philanthropist to the pet or in person, world, underscored the many are a pesky part of ways “Shelter Us” is 21st century life. top notch in her remarks The advantages Saturday, Aug. 24, at the the Susquehanna groundbreaking on Route SPCA’s “Shelter Us” 28 at Index. campaign for $3 milShe talked about ►DONATE to the “dynamic leadership,” and lion to build a new SSPCA’s “Shelter how the shelter’s dynamo animal shelter are: one, the people who Us” fund drive at executive director, Stacie are running it are our www. sqspca.org Haynes, called her and “did neighors – we know a good job of convincing them. And, two, everything me” to provide support. Add board chair Gaylord Dillingham about it is first rate. Anita Vitullo of Clinton, and “Shelter Us” chair Anne

Vitullo, who was announcing “Shelter Us” had raised the $250,000 needed to match her matching grant, went on to speak about commitment, and customer service, and mission – all the things that, no doubt, has made her placement company successful, too. Add in creativity and innovation. Vitullo told how Haynes collaborated with Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. and District Attorney John Muehl in creating a county The Freeman’s Journal Animal Cruelty Task Force, to Why is this woman smiling? get ahead of some of the pet and Stacie Haynes is about to farm-animal related fiascos of the announce “Shelter Us” met past few years. its initial $2 million goal.

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LETTERS

When Stars & Stripes Works, Rainbow Won’t Be Necessary To the Editor: A letter to the editor and a column in last week’s newspaper on the display of the Rainbow flag lacks perspective – to the point of blindness – particularly where the Rainbow flag is conflated with the Confederate flag. The six stripes – red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet – of the 1978 Rainbow flag is a worldwide emblem representing an ongoing struggle for equal rights under the law for LGBTQ people. These rights are basic: the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,

• Another aspect of the drive that hasn’t been reported on yet is bringing in Scott Learned, principal in Design Learned, a cuttingedge shelter-design company from Norwich, Conn. Learned, who is considered among the best in the business, doesn’t even call what he does shelter design. He uses the term “animal-care facility engineering.” When you visit a Learned shelter, Haynes will tell you, you don’t hear the barking that Please See EDITORIAL, A5

Ron Ranc and Roxana Hurlburt, partners in ISD Tech, Oneonta, express thanks for being recognized with the Bank of Cooperstown’s Environmental Award for recycling 84,000 pounds of computer equipment since 2011. The Otsego County Chamber’s Summer Soirée awards banquet was Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown.

to freedom of expression and association, to living openly without discrimination, to personal autonomy. The rights have to do with parenthood and families, intimate relationships, and protections in the workplace and in health care. In other words, the rights that all U.S. citizens enjoy. The modern display of the Confederate flag means something totally different. It means the denial of equal rights. It is about white supremacy. It is embraced by the Ku Klux Klan. It does not represent liberty and Please See SEWARD, A6

POEM TO THE EDITOR Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

South Main Street When I was a bit too young, a girl and I snuck into the city’s sewers. We crawled through narrow places with trickling water, splashing in puddles and neat little streams I watched her bend beneath concrete and pipes, strain to look up at the drains that filtered in light from some half-recognized street, and I thought of other secret places. We burst into light, unearthed near some computer repair shop and made our way out from a large concrete

Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Gary Herzig, Cooperstown and Oneonta’s mayors, exchange notes at the Soirée. Behind them is Bank of Cooperstown President Scott White.

culvert, new armpit hair moist with sweat, tickling my arms. We ended up on the sidewalk,

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FROM THE EDITOR

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sking questions: It’s a method of teaching that goes back to earlier than 399 B.C. and Socrates, the seminal thinker who laid the foundation for much subsequent Western thought. Hence, the Socratic Method. The idea is that a question, in itself, is neutral; at worst – or best? – a provocation to think. It’s the resulting answers to the question that aren’t neutral. The hope is that, tested by argumentation, open debate will lead to the best consensus. So it’s with some surprise that the AllOTSEGO.com Poll, begun in February with the question, “Do you want marijuana stores operating in Otsego County?” has become controversial. There’s a Facebook component for

further debate. Sure, some of the questions deal with edgy topics, but we’re living in an edgy time: • Does the massacre of 50 people at a mosque in New Zealand require more regulation JIM KEVLIN of the internet? • Should allegations that Joe Biden touched a female Nevada legislator inappropriately cause him to end his prospective presidential campaign? • A federal commission is studying whether all women should be required

to register for the draft, as are men. Should they? • The state Legislature in Albany is considering allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses. Do you Socrates with support that his mouth open: legislation? • With Con- Asking a question, no doubt. gressional hearings underway, do you agree descendants of American slaves should receive reparations?\ Please See QUESTIONS, A5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Cattle Show and Fair – The Bye-Laws of the Otsego County Agricultural Society declare that “there shall be an Annual Cattle Show and Fair at Cooperstown, on the first Tuesday of October, to continue that and the succeeding day.” It is important that candidates for premiums should be made acquainted with the conditions upon which they will be entitled to the rewards of the Society. To effect this object, permit me to state, that the “Act to improve the Agriculture of this State, passed April 7, 1819, requires “that each person, to whom any premium shall be awarded for any Agricultural product, before the receipt thereof, make an accurate description of the process used in cultivation, the soil and in raising the crop, or of feeding the animal, as may be, and shall in all cases describe the nature of the soil, the kind and quantity of the manure, the state thereof, and the time of year in which applied, and deliver the same to the President of the Society.” No person can receive a premium at the hands of the Society without conforming to the letter and spirit of this law. September 6, 1819

100 YEARS AGO

Local – A Fancy-Dress Masquerade Party, held at the house of one of our citizens is numbered with the several pleasant social affairs which have come off in Cooperstown during the present season. The costumes were quite varied and presented an amusing study – most of them the product of skillful hands at home – others ordered from abroad. Sharp eyes failed to detect many of the disguised ones until the time for unmasking came, and the merry dance commenced. Cooperstown, we are assured by old residents, was always noted for the clever manner in which such things were carried out in this village. Some of the “young old folks” brought into service articles of apparel that were in fashion and use in the preceding century. On Monday last 190 “Hop girls,” mostly Germans, came over the Cooperstown railroad from Albany. September 3, 1869

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175 YEARS AGO

Effects of perpetual day upon the mind, feelings and avocations of men is described thus in the narrative of Buchan’s Expedition to the North Pole: “Nothing made so deep an impression on our senses as the change from alternative day and night, to which we had been habituated from our infancy, to the continued daylight to which we were subjected as soon as we crossed the arctic circle. Where the ground is but little trodden even trifles are interesting. The novelty, it must be admitted, was very agreeable, and the advantage of constant daylight, in an unexplored and naturally boisterous sea, was too great to allow us to wish for a return of the alternations above alluded to. But the reluctance we felt to leave the deck, when the sun was shining bright upon our sails, and retire to our cabins to sleep, deprived us of many hours of necessary rest. And, when

150 YEARS AGO

September 10, 1919 we returned to the deck to keep our night watch and still find the sun gliding the sky, it seemed as if the day would never finish. To many persons, it will no doubt appear that constant daylight must be a valuable acquisition in every country. I think the reverse is really the case. We cannot overestimate the blessings we derive from the wholesome alterations of labor and rest and be truly thankful for that merciful provision with which nature has endowed the more habitable portions of the globe.” September 2, 1844

Local – This year, among the hundreds of hop pickers who were in town on Sunday, the absence of intoxicated persons was noticeable – due partly to the closed bars and more to the fact that a good class of people are doing the work in the hop yards. Among the oldest and well preserved buildings in the Village is that of the old Masonic Hall, corner of Lake and Pioneer Streets, the frame of which was raised June 25, 1797. September 6, 1894

75 YEARS AGO

Thirty-five hundred people attended the fifth and last of the 1944 Cooperstown Victory Sings on the Otesaga Hotel grounds Sunday afternoon and listened to an address by Quentin Reynolds, radio’s star war commentator in his most moving vein, and lifted their voices in a great and harmonious chorus under the direction of Dr. Elmer A. Tidmarsh. Reynolds spoke of Russia, which

he has visited twice, and found it confusing. “No one knows much about Russia,” he declared, “not even the Russians themselves.” He said it is a “strange and paradoxical country.” Reynolds declared that the “spirit of the Russian is a spirit that the rest of us haven’t got. They feel that they are fighting beasts and will accomplish feats that seem impossible to other nations. After the war, I feel that Russia will be a friendly neighbor and a great customer of the United States for at least 25 years while she is rebuilding her cities.” September 6, 1944

50 YEARS AGO

An informal opening ceremony will be held at Cooperstown’s new sewage treatment plant south of the village Friday afternoon. Several state and county officials have been invited, along with members of the village government. The new plant was placed in operation last November. Among the guests will be Board of Education President Dr. M.M. Jasremski, Dr. William H. Hermann, administrator of Bassett Hospital, Frederick L. Rath, Jr., Chairman of the Village Planning Commission and Robert C. Smullins, president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce. September 3, 1969

25 YEARS AGO

It is only a trickle right now, but some worry that the exodus of downtown Cooperstown businesses may become a stream, carrying away much of the village service providers residents desire. Cooperstown Optical moved its Pioneer Street office to the former New York State Electric and Gas customer service center just south of the village on Route 28. Also, the Leatherstocking Education on Alcohol/Addiction Foundation (LEAF) is set to move to the Hyde Park office complex. “It could be a potential tide,” said village Trustee Giles Russell, who also serves as Chair of the Village Planning Commission. September 7, 1994

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Canary Isn’t Chirping. And Other Indicators Suggest Recession Not Looming

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re we staring at a recession? You have surely seen or heard reports, opinion and speculation to that effect. Gloom has been a mini-rage lately. A few questions are in order. Are economists able to accurately predict recessions? No. If their accuracy percentages were batting averages you would bench them. Why is the subject of recessions in the air so much lately? The Left salivates at the hint of a recession. Because a recession would inspire voters to kick Trump from office. Thus, critics fill our air waves and opinion columns with gloom and doom. Entertainer Bill

Maher openly dreams of one. NY Times columnist Paul Krugman reckons “Trump Boom to Trump TOM Gloom.” He MORGAN is anxious to scuttle praise for Trump’s economy. Because he predicted horrible endless worldwide calamity right after Trump’s election. Good economic news embarrasses him. Can you predict recessions as

Give. ‘Shelter Us’ Earning It EDITORIAL/From A4 generally erupts. The shelter is designed to house animals in a way that makes them feel safe; they can relax. The pungent smells that can hit you in the face entering some shelters aren’t present in Learned shelters, due to an advanced understanding of what HVAC can do. And there’s much more we’ll learn about in the months ahead. • The most impressive quality in today’s Susquehanna SPCA operation and “Shelter Us” is a focus on best practices. There’s no fear that the need to learn will be interpreted as a shortcoming. That’s a quality of any first-rate institution. Many SPCAs looking for a new building are misdirected, said Carr, who pioneered getting animals out of shelters to fairs and other gatherings where people might want to adopt them, an idea much resisted when she introduced it in the 1990s. “What they really need is help with their operations. What’s the point of building a new building if they don’t modernize their approach to animal welfare.” Now retired from the $17 million Erie County Animal Shelter she helped build and a sought-after consultant, Carr was recruited

by Haynes and Dillingham to advise the Susquehanna SPCA on what it needed to know – much that it didn’t even know it needed to know. At the current Hartwick Seminary operation, Carr was pleasantly surprised: Haynes and her staff and volunteers “were just hungry for knowledge, excited about change, willing to do the hard thing of living in change; there’s nothing more human than being uncomfortable with change.” • All this is part of a piece – to make the resulting shelter at Index as good as it can be. The “Shelter Us” goal has risen from $2 million to $3 million as aspirations rose from good to better to best during efforts to date. “We’re here to do it once and to do it right,” is how Haynes put it during Saturday’s groundbreaking. In an interview, Dillingham was determined to reach the $3 million – and given building decisions that need to be made, to reach it by Christmas. What a great end date that would be. Let’s do it, of course, for the sake of the dogs, cats and others the new shelter will serve. But let’s do it with the assurance the outcome will be as good as it can be – a credit to Otsego County – and our support will only make it better.

well as most economists? Probably. Before you make your prediction, here are a few items to consider. First, recessions are normal and natural. They are like colds and flu. The longer we go without one, the more likely we are to suffer one. We have gone 10 years without one. That is a record. But our recovery from the last one is one of the weakest ever. Some economists argue that this shows our economy has a lot more room for further expansion. Next, we can identify two primary causes of recessions over the last eight decades. One is that the Federal Reserve tightened the

money supply aggressively. The other is that we had imbalances, bubbles. Such as the big housing bubble before the last recession. Well, we do not have either cause at the moment. The Fed is loosening, not tightening. And we have no bubbles in sight. (And they are easy to sight.) Also, we usually have certain conditions BEFORE recessions. We typically have a surging economy. And rising interest rates. And predictions galore that stocks and corporate profits will rise a lot. Well, we do not have these conditions. Instead, the economy is growing steadily. It is not surging. Interest rates are not rising. And

we don’t see a lot of predictions for rocketing stock prices and corporate profits. In recessions, consumers slow their spending. We are seeing the opposite. According to the government. Most big box retailers tell us their sales and profits are climbing. Walmart is so huge that its figures probably give us a better look at consumer spending than the government’s. And Walmart is pretty happy these days. It makes sense that consumers spend more these days. And express higher confidence in the economy. After all, we have full employment. We have more job Please See MORGAN, A6

Questions Don’t Matter. Answers Do QUESTIONS/From A4 The idea was that the poll, and Facebook adjunct, would give local readers a chance to participate in what currently is a rich and hard-argued national debate on multiple issues. No one can say it hasn’t. • That same impetus brought former DEC commissioner Mike Zagata of West Davenport, from the right, and Sustainable Otsego moderator Adrian Kuzminski, from the left, to our editorial pages. Zagata and Kuzminski have enriched our opinion pages, generated fresh thinking, and prompted a steady stream of letters to the editor. (Incidentally, both men are PhDs.) Particularly given that www. AllOTSEGO.com has developed into Otsego County’s Daily Newspaper/ONLINE, with world and national news, comics, Dear Abby and a crossword – as well the most, and most timely, local news – more muscular opinion seemed like a logical addition. But from early on, some local leaders have complained the questions in themselves – not the ensuing debate – were “divisive.” In particular, but not exclusively, the county Democratic chair Aimee Swan and county Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, have struck this note repeatedly.

With Democratic control in Albany, that party has ownership of many of the controversial laws coming out of this year’s session, “Green Light” legislation and marijuana legalization among them. It’s the downside of success: Embrace it! President Trump and his prospective impeachment – for now, in abeyance, it seems – has divided the country and the county as well. Does asking about it split opinions beyond what they already are? More problematic to me is the use of expletives and profanity, which we – me and Managing Editor Libby Cudmore, mostly – remove as soon as we become aware of them. Disagreement’s OK, but let’s be polite about it. • Coming up with questions that speak to whatever the issue of the day happens to be isn’t as easy as it may seem. For instance, take the latest hotpotato: Are Democrats trying to provoke a recession to sink President Trump’s reelection prospects? We didn’t just make it up. That issue was hotly debated the other morning on C-Span Radio; you may have heard it during the Oneonta-Cooperstown/ Cooperstown-Oneonta commute. Plus, Bill Maher called for such on his “Real Time” show and, when

challenged, doubled down. Still, the cries arose again. Stammel called the question “ridiculous and divisive.” Chad McEvoy, who ran for Assembly last year against Brian Miller, R-New Hartford, called it “dumb” and “basically irresponsible.” But those who went beyond that had some interesting things to say. Theresa Gorman: “If we go into a recession, the buck stops with the leadership. Always has, always will.” Janet Rigby posted an Axios headline: “Stocks plunge after Trump’s trade tweets.” And Mike McWherter: “At least he has the guts to challenge a country that sells us junk and laughs at us while doing it.” This is news we can use – opinions, rather – to help us come to our own conclusions. The poll is going to continue. I don’t say this defiantly. I think it’s an important forum – and opportunity – for local discussion. I’m not saying we always get it right. If you don’t like the questions, suggest one yourself. (Email jimk@allotsego.com) But let’s stop blaming a question if we don’t like one set of the answers. Socrates would disapprove. Jim Kevlin is editor/publisher of AllOTSEGO.com, Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal.

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Does It Seem Like Much Of A Recession? MORGAN/From A5 openings than we have unemployed workers. And wages are rising. Here is a canary in the coal mine for the economy. Weekly unemployment claims. Well, these claims are NOT up. The canary chirps. Here is a common indicator of good figures ahead: How much businesses are investing in new plant and equipment. That figure is down. But only slightly. Another canary in the mine is the trend in home-building and buying. Well, building is down. Buying of existing homes is up. But won’t Trump’s big trade war with China push us into a recession? Maybe, in time. And if we and they open new fronts. But we have not yet imposed many of the tariffs. And we have deferred many others. As for China’s tariffs against our products, they are huge, yes. But the impact on our entire economy is minimal. Britain’s and Germany’s economies are slowing. And the overall EU economy is not much to write home about. Won’t these slowdowns pull us into recession? Our economy has often moved in the opposite direction of theirs. Two further items to consider. One is that we might well have suffered a recession by now without our big tax cuts. And without the slashing of regulations. There is a strong argument that they breathed life into our weak recovery from the last recession. A final item is perception. In the recent past, we had media and political bullhorns convince a majority of Americans that we were in recessions. At times when we were anything but. Given the anti-Trump and left-wing bias of our mainstream media, this is likely the goal of much of our media machine today. In other words, you will probably hear a lot more gloom and doom from them. The difference this time is that Trump wields a bigger bullhorn than the Bushes did. Tom Morgan, the retired Oneonta investment counselor who has a syndicated print and radio column, Money Talk, lives in Franklin.

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garden was planted to eat from and the excess was canned for winter. Her homemade bread, hot from the oven, was devoured before it cooled. She was great at cooking from what was on hand and stretching it to feed a multitude with ease. She had a solution for whatever repair was needed, be it rental properties or children’s injuries. Later years, after the Pleasant Valley farm was sold, she enjoyed “retirement,” helping babysit her grandchildren and teaching Sabbath school. She looked

forward to summer and attending the Hunter Mountain Country Music Festival with friends. Jean was Jean Jensen predeceased by her husband, Fred, in 2007. She is survived by her six children, Elizabeth E. Partlow of Cooperstown, Mary-Jean Palmer of Vero Beach, Fla., Frederick D. Field (Amy) of Hartwick,

Claire F. Satriano (Bob) of Cooperstown, Amy A. Schrom (Ed) of Schenectady and Grace Lobdell of Cooperstown; 11 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren; her sister, Milly Edmister of Tampa, Fla.; cousins, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother, Elizabeth Elder Jensen, in 1960; father, Harold Jensen in 1969; siblings William Jensen in 1988, Beatrice Smith in 2002, Mary Edmister in 2008, Arnold Jensen in 2005; and son-in-law, Bob

Palmer in 1992. Her beautiful smile and laugh will be missed by all who knew her. Jean’s faith and hard work will live on as an inspiration to her children and grandchildren. A celebration of life was held Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Hartwick Cemetery family plot. Memorial donations may be made to the Hartwick Emergency Squad, Hartwick NY, or the Alzheimer’s Association. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home.

Darryl L. Dye, 80; Schwan’s Top Salesman In Nation EDMESTON – Darryl L. Dye, 80, who was top salesman in the nation a number of times during his 27 years with Schwan’s Home Delivery, passed away Thursday, Aug. 22. He was born on June 26, 1939, in Edmeston, son of the late Roger L. and Mable V. Rose Dye. A lifetime resident of the area, Darryl graduated from Edmeston Central School. In addition to Schwan’s, where he worked from 1979 to 2014, he was a dairy farmer in the Edmeston area from 1965 to 1988. He also worked with Milt Davis, performing artificial insemination; Kraft Foods, and was a self-employed

house painter. Darryl was a true family man who loved life. He enjoyed watching Greg’s motocross, camping with family, and Sunday night poker games at Colleen’s house. He looked forward to watching his grandchildren’s sporting events, as well as basketball or the Little League World Series on TV. An avid outdoorsman, he loved hunting. He will be remembered as “Sparky” for his love of Paladin Black Cherry tobacco that he smoked in his pipe, leaving the scent and embers wherever he went. He will also be remembered for his “sparky grin,” and for reading his

Bible daily. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years Sandra Dickenson Dye of Edmeston, Darryl who he Dye married on May 19, 1965, daughters Breon (Eddie) Gonzalez of San Diego, CA, Colette (Heath) Dunham of Edmeston, Colleen Laymon (John Brunschmid) of New Berlin, Sons Greg Dye (Shannon Whitt Sylstra) of Norwich, and Duane Dye (Jena Lawson) of Bridgewater, 13 grand children, 15 great grandchil-

dren, a brother Roger Dye, sisters Rosalee Cadwell and Cheryl (Lauren) Maxson, numerous nieces and nephews, and his dog K.C. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by sisters Ardath, and Marjorie, and a brother Danny. A funeral was at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the Second Baptist Church, North Street, Edmeston, with Andy Johnson officiating. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society www.donate3. cancer.org, or the Epilepsy Foundation. Arrangements are entrusted to the Delker & Terry Funeral Home.

Barbara Ann Emhof, 71; Raised In Edmeston, Worked At NYCM EDMESTON – Barbara Ann Bessenbacher Emhof, 71, who was raised in Edmeston and worked for NYCM Insurance, passed away on Aug. 23, 2019, in Anderson, S.C., where she lived in recent years. Barb was born on Oct. 29, 1947, in Great Neck, Long Island, the daughter of Joseph A. and Mildred (Mapes) Barbara BesEmhof enbacher. Her childhood was spent in Edmeston. She was a graduate of Edmeston Central School and Forest Junior College. On May 16, 1970, Barb married Robert Ernest Emhof (high school sweethearts, they had known each other since 1955) at McKnownville United Methodist Church, Albany. Barb worked at New York Central Mutual Insurance, then for many years in Binghamton General Hospital’s billing department. After she and her family moved to Anderson, she worked for 15 years with Res-Care Home Health as a CNA doing home care. She was a life member of the United Methodist church, always singing in the church choir. Barb is survived by her husband, Robert (Bob Emhof), children, Amy Lyn Lane (James) of Anderson, S.C., and Pamela Jo McAlister (Craig) of Mauldin, S.C.; as well as grandchildren Matthew McAlister and Emily

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FLAG/From A1 on Vexillology,” chaired by Benton, introduced a policy intended to give the Board guidance and clarity when taking up future proposals to fly flags. But the committee’s resolution on “the Display of Flags at Village Facilities” had the opposite effect. “The policy doesn’t provide a process by which proposals for flying flags will be made, presented, deliberated on, for the rest of them,” said Trustee Joseph Membrino. He said the board should table proposals on flying specific flags before voting

on them, so there would be “a waiting period” and time for the public to weigh in. Trustee Richard Sternberg pointed out trustees can “use the operating system of board” to discuss resolutions after a motion is made and seconded and that they could have voted to table voting on it. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch had asked Benton to form a committee to develop a policy on flying flags after Sternberg said earlier this month he would propose flying the POW/ MIA flag in November. Trustee Cynthia Falk, a committee member,

modeled the policy on one developed by Pittsburg, Calif., which addressed the same issue: flying the Pride Flag and other banners on municipal property. A section in the policy that sparked much of the debate stipulates the “Village’s flagpoles are not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public” but as “an expression of the Village’s official sentiments.” “The idea that the only portal into this flag flying opportunity is to become a trustee just displays a problem with what we’re doing,” Membrino said. “If a member of the public had proposed flying the Pride Flag, it would have opened it up to public commentary,” Falk responded. “But since a

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and to do it right.” Since the original goal was set, the “Shelter Us” committee concluded the shelter had to be moved from the flood plain where it is now located – and that is periodically flooded – to a higher spot. “We have outgrown our facility,” she said, and the former motorcycle repair shop, the 102-year-old organization’s home for the past 30 years, “is no longer meeting our needs.” That required purchase of the former Judith Brown CPA offices south of Cooperstown, just north of the Centers Healthcare nursing home turnoff, and the house next door, and demolition of both buildings. The new site, which will accommodate the shelter and its thrift shop – it generates $90,000 a year toward shelter operations – keeps the facility on Route 28, between Oneonta and Cooperstown and thus convenient and front of mind to thousands of daily commuters. Vitullo’s remarks suggested the components of success – she ticked off

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SHELTER/From A1 Dillingham has set an easy-toremember deadline to complete the fund drive: Christmas Day 2019. Because of the need to lock in the prospective shelter’s design and meet construction deadlines, “by Christmas, the first of the year, we have to have it kind of nailed down,” said Dillingham. Some key donations are still expected, he said, but he’s unsure how large they will be. The Scriven Foundation, which focuses its philanthropy within Otsego County, has also been approached. In the end, the new shelter, planned on Route 28, across the highway from Kevin’s Ford, could cost $3.5 million. If the $3 million goal is reached, the SPCA likely would qualify for a bank mortgage that it could pay off over time, Dillingham said. “Obviously, I’d rather not get a mortgage,” he said. “I’d rather see it free and clear.” In announcing the new goal at Saturday’s ceremony to applause from an enthusiastic crowd, Haynes declared, “We’re here to do it once

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MLS#123008 $178,000 Meticulously Maintained Oneonta Ranch 4 BRs, 2 baths, many new upgrades. Nestled on nearly a half acre of trees, berry bushes etc. Won’t last! Call David K. Mattice @ 607-434-1647 (cell)

MLS#121150 $249,000 Cooperstown Area Commercial Opportunity! Massive exposure, extensive parking. 3,000 sq ft building was constructed in 2013. Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#122333 $319,900 Rare Cooperstown Village Home on Double Lot bordering protected woods. Just a block from Main Street. baths, view fromtocovered porch. Spacious3 4BRs, BR,2½ 2 bath house is close I-88. Large Call Kathyworkshop/garage, Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 backyard, small shed.(cell) Make your appointment today. Priced to go this week! Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598

MLS#122114 $279,995 Canadarago Lake Home Year-round, low maintenance home w/2-stall garage. Gently sloping lot w/easy water access. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)

MLS#122673 $99,900 Commercial Listing Concrete block building is suitable for store, service station, etc. Includes 3-BR single-wide on 3.97 acres. 5 minutes to Oneonta. Call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

MLS#120714 $649,900 Full Lake View and 100' Water Frontage 23 acres, open living space. 3 garages, fenced dog yard. Patio and pool face sunset and lake. Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#122028 $139,000 2007 Ranch! 2 BRs, 3 baths on 8.99 acres. A/C, stone fireplace, hot tub, patio, garage, pond. Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

MLS#121011 $379,900 Circa 1850 Modernized Farmhouse w/workshop, garage. Apartment w/private entrance. 7 BRs, 4 baths, 2 kitchens. Pond, landscaped lawns, fields. Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

Locally owned and operated Single and multi-family homes Commercial property and land

99 Main Street, Oneonta office 607.441.7312 fax 607.432.7580

This 3-BR home has lots of character w/2 BRs, full bath, kitchen and spacious LR w/ wood flooring and pellet stove all on first floor. Upstairs: another BR or art studio. Patio w/large yard, large shed, on 1/3 acre. Close to Little League field and Riverside Elementary School. Come take a look, this is a pretty cool house. MLS#123010 $119,900

www.oneontarealty.com Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner

Immaculate Village Home Conveniently located, just a short drive to Oneonta! Exterior features a large private yard, storage shed, and attached 2-car insulated garage w/workshop! First floor features updated kitchen w/pantry, formal DR, large LR w/pellet stove and hardwood floors, ½ bath, office, first-floor BR. Upstairs features 3 good-sized BRs, large full bath. You won’t want to miss this one. MLS#123033 $129,900

Cricket Keto, Licensed Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

Affordable Country Living Beautiful 4-BR,

2-bath home on 10 private acres. Land on both sides of a maintained road surrounded by 1,600 acres of State forest. Attached greenhouse, new metal roof and generator, 2-car detached garage, 3 attached shed structures. Fenced vegetable garden, fruit and nut trees, perennial flowers. A quiet place in the country just minutes from all the attractions Cooperstown has to offer. Milford School District.

157 Main Street,Cooperstown 607-547-5740

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Exclusively offered at $229,000

Your Private Refuge

(8647) Well kept, 3-BR, 3-bath, contemporary home on 7.33 acres. Great room, vaulted ceilings, skylights, finished walk-out basement w/kitchen. Open floor plan, loft, bamboo flooring, main-level master BR, modern kitchen w/quartz countertop. 2-car garage, patio, deck overlooking pond. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$289,000

An Outstanding Lifestyle!

(8558) Enchanting 2006 home in a private country setting w/perennial gardens, pond on 2.89 acres. Walk-out basement, formal DR, 3 BRs, 2 baths, gas fireplace, French doors, family room. Skylight, oak floors, master bath. Custom kitchen, radiantfloor heat. 2-car garage. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$349,000

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216 Main Street, Cooperstown • 607-547-8551 • 607-547-1029 (fax) www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • info@johnmitchellrealestate.com

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Debbie Watkins-Parker Mike Winslow, Broker Dave LaDuke, Broker 914-489-3523 607-435-0183 607-435-2405 Laura Coleman Madeline K. Woerner Jane McCoy Kristen Bellois 607-437-4881 607-434-3697 607-232-3442 607-282-2251

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ProPErty dEtAiLs —9.80 acres intErior FEAturEs —4 BRs, 2 full baths —Cottage style home built 1920 —Unfinished lower level w/walk-out, Bilco doors

Don Olin

REALTY, INC

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—Fully applianced eat-in kitchen w/granite countertops —Hardwood and carpet flooring —LR, den/office —Pantry, laundry —First-floor bath —Baseboard hot-water oil heat —Full house generator

—House is fully updated. Renovations began in 1980. ExtErior FEAturEs —Frame construction, metal roof, wood siding —Detached 2-car garage —Open, covered porch

37 Chestnut street · Cooperstown · 607-547-5622 · 607-547-5653 (fax) parking is never a problem! 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

Timothy Donahue, Real Estate Associate Broker – 293-8874 Madeline Sansevere, Real Estate Salesperson – 435-4311 Catherine Raddatz, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8958 Michael Welch, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8502

For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, call 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com

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20 Chestnut Street • Suite 1 • Cooperstown 607-547-5007 www.leatherstockingmortgage.com

BUY • SELL • RENT Also specializing in Property Management

Rob Lee Licensed Real Estate Salesperson 607-434-5177 roblee1943@gmail.com