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By LIBBY CUDMORE

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COOPERSTOWN City Mayor Gary Herzig and Town Supervisor Bob ooperstown citizens Wood have become aware may weigh in on a of a state Health Department proposed co-branded regulation prohibiting plac- Dunkin Donuts/Baskin RobPlease See HEAT, A7 bins on the corner of Walnut

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Constitution Pipeline Lives, FERC Decides

By JIM KEVLIN

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By LIBBY CUDMORE pitched the idea of a cinema in downtown COOPERSTOWN Cooperstown.

In a post on her Facebook s Hurricane Dorian page, Pope sought data from ravaged the Bahamas, residents on whether they Anne Dillon Wolpert would be interested in seeing was overa local movie theater. whelmed by The project is not affiliated the death and with Otsego 2000. Paper devastation and email surveys have been she saw on sent out, or the survey can the news. be taken online at http://bit.

“I spent ly/coopcinema by Thursday, days just Sept. 12 sobbing,” she said. “I felt Wolpert helpless. We ON OTSEGO.com had friends there we still haven’t been able to get in ►a county administrator touch with. It’s a crisis.” position may go to a vote as soon at the county Board of But the Cooperstown

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Representatives’ December meeting. ►ARRESTED AFTER OCT. 1? You will be arraigned at a central courtroom just completed at the county jail, perhaps spending time in a cell awaiting the next local justice’s arrival. ►the first two ‘tiny homes’ to house homeless men have arrived at the county’s Meadows complex; 8-10 are planned. ►INDOOR-AG COMPANY AgZeit has dropped out as redeveloper of the former Otego Elementary School and the Unatego school district has again gone out for bids.

Tuesday, Oct. 8.

“We hope this will be attended by the people whose Please See DUNKIN’, A3

native and Delta flight attendant living in Stuart, Fla. – her mom Barbara lives in Cooperstown and brother Steve in Oneonta – quickly turned that sense of helplessness into action.

“I volunteered to drop off supplies for Operation 300,” a local not-for-profit

that set up a relief fund for Abacos,” she said. “I am making weekly drop-offs at their hangar so they can take supplies over to the island daily.”

Operation 300 has an Amazon wish list, but what’s most needed are medical Please See ANGEL, A3

A nurse from the Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Fla., took above photo on a mission of mercy to the Bahamas and provided it and others to Anne.

he Constitution Pipeline is back from what many thought was the dead.

Two weeks ago, FERC – the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – issued an order that allows the 125-mile Constitution to proceed without the water-quality permits denied in ►FOR FERC April 2016 by the order overruling state Department of DEC’s deciEnvironmental Con- sion blocking Constitution servation (DEC).

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The Stop the Pipeline organization, based in Delaware County, and the state Attorney General’s Office, on DEC’s behalf, are expected to chalPlease See FERC, A7

Her Job: Seeking Closure For 9/11 Families NYPD Officer Spent Weeks At ‘Makeshift Morgue’

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

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he morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Toya Lane Bowden, then a detective with the NYPD Internal Affairs, now living in Oneonta, was headed to the World Trade Center to drop off her department-issued beeper for repairs.

But first, she stopped by the

stationery store in Long Island City to buy ribbon for a friend’s retirement party.

“I heard on the store radio that a plane had hit the World Trade Center,” she said. “I went home, grabbed my bag of equipment and drove into the city. As I was coming over the bridge, I saw the second Tower go down. And I Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal realized, if I hadn’t stopped to buy On 9/11, NYPD Officer Toya Lane ribbon, I would probably have Bowden grabbed her “go” bag and been in there.”

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COUNTY’S NEW RABBI’S FAMILY FLED HUNGARY

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abbi George Hirschfeld, who is joining Temple Beth El, which serves both Oneonta and Cooperstown, spent his first years as a refugee family seeking to escape Communism in Hungary.

For two months, he was a baby “jailbird,” he recounts as he assumes his new duties.

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Three Republican candidates on the Nov. 5 ballot for state Supreme Court judge, Sixth Judicial District, met with members of the local bar, and community and political leaders, Friday morning at The Otesaga, hosted by former assemblyman Tony Casale of Cooperstown. The three candidates, at center, from left, are Mark Masler, Cortland County; Chris Baker, Chemung County (hand on chair), and Oliver Blaise, Broome County. From left are attorney Will Green; Vincent Russo, Bob O’Neill and Carrie Thompson, all of Cooperstown; state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford; Assemblyman John Salka, R-West Edmeston; attorneys Jill Poulson, Bob Poulson and David Clinton; Casale, attorney Martin Tillapaugh, Assemblyman Brian Miller, R-New Hartford, and John Shideler, incoming Otesaga general manager. Masler, Cortland County is a former dairy farmer, Cornell Law School graduate (magna cum laude, 1993) and principal law clerk since 2008 to state Supreme Court Judge Phillip Rumsey.

Baker, Chemung County judge, has also served as acting Supreme Court judge.

Pettingill Takes TOP ART PRIZE Mark Pettingill, a resident of Cooperstown Center, was one of 13 winners of the statewide “Art From the Heart� contest with his portrait of Kingfisher Tower. The contest was organized by the Foundation for Quality Care and the New York State Health Facilities Association/New York State Center for Assisted Living.

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The luncheon will be held noon-2 p.m.

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Son Of Hungarian Refugees New Rabbi

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abbi George Hirschfeld’s path to Otsego County was hardly a direct one.

The new leader of Temple Beth El, which serves both Oneonta and Cooperstown, was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1949, the same year the Soviet Union installed a Communist regime there.

Hirschfeld’s parents, who survived the Holocaust but lost nearly all of their family members in it, tried to leave for Israel, but they were caught at the border.

Hirschfeld’s father was put in jail for five months and his mother for two. Hirschfeld, an infant, was in the cell with her.

“I was a jailbird,” he joked.

The family eventually left in 1956 during “Operation Mercy.” Eventually, the family moved to New York.

Hirschfeld attended Jewish schools and became interested in Jewish history and in being a cantor, the person who sings and leads people in prayer during Hirschfeld services.

He went to divinity school, and became an ordained rabbi.

His first career, however, was in international trade of metals and minerals, first in New York City, then in London for 10 years. But that industry began struggling and the London company he worked for closed down, forcing Hirschfeld to find a new career.

He found one – in Budapest, his birthplace.

Hirschfeld lived in that “beautiful, cultured city,” for four years, involving himself in “the revival of Jewish life and institutions throughout Hungary.”

After moving back to New York, Hirschfeld embarked on his second career of serving as rabbi and cantor at synagogues in Southbury, Conn., Bay Ridge Jewish Center in Brooklyn, and the Howard Beach Judea Center in Queens.

But after being in Brooklyn for 20 years, Hirschfeld wanted to live in a quieter and much less crowded place.

He was already exploring the Catskills when he learned of the position at Beth El. On Sept. 20, Beth El will have a 7:30 p.m. service, “Special Welcome Oneg for Rabbi Hirschfeld,” People of all faiths are invited.

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Clothing and toys are not needed. “Right now it’s all about the essentials,” she said.

Additionally, the local potcake dogs – mixed breeds, many of them friendly strays – were displaced or abandoned in the storm, and Wolpert is hoping that animal rescues will step in. “There’s an animal crisis there too,” she said.

Wolpert is collecting supplies; anyone who wishes to donate can have items shipped to her at 1354 NW Spruce Ridge Drive, Stuart, FL, 34994.

“While there are many relief efforts, big organizations such as Red Cross and Salvation Army, I urge people to donate to local not for profits that are made up strictly of 100 percent volunteers,” she said.

She also warned against donating to GoFundMe and other charities that pop up on social media in the wake of natural disasters without carefully vetting the organization.

“While we would like to think that everyone wants to help, there are people that try to benefit from these kinds of events,” she said.

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Anne Dillon Wolpert and daughter Olivia were in Abacos in the spring.

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nurse, has also joined in the efforts. “She was on a boat taking supplies over, but the motor burned out,” she said. “They had to come back and unload some of the supplies, then they’re going over on idle speeds.

A three-hour trip will now take 11 hours, but I’m so proud of her.”

Delta has also taken the lead, flying supplies to the island and helping evacuate those left behind. However, many, lacking paperwork, are being denied entry into the U.S. “When the storm hit as a Category 5, many survived the first brunt of it, but when the ‘eye wall’

was over them, water was rushing and neck deep, with the biggest surge being over 23 feet,” she said.

“The wind gusts were over 200 miles per hour and, ultimately, people had no choice but to try to make a run for it.”

Many drowned, and children were separated from their parents as Abaco and the Hope Town settlement were leveled.

“It’s like a war zone over there,” she said. “The stench of dead bodies and decay is unbearable. The death toll will be staggering when this is all over. It just looks like toothpicks.”

Looking ahead, Wolpert is also making a call for volunteers to help at the site, including medical practitioners and carpenters to help rebuild.

“Operation 300 will put out sign-up sheets for people to come for four or five days to do clean-up work or take care of the sick and injured,” she said. “But it’s going to be hard, handson labor. It’s not a typical trip to the Bahamas.”

She’s also working with her neighbors in Stuart to raise money and put together backpacks of hygiene kits and toys for kids.

“Stuart, Florida, was supposed to be Ground Zero,” she said. “The whole town would have been leveled, but we feel like the Bahamas took the hit for us.

We owe it to them to help. It could have been us.”

Dunkin’/Baskin Outlet Goes To Hearing DUNKIN’/From A1 properties this will impact,” said board member Roger MacMillan. “And our board decision will be based on the principles of compatibility.”

Steven Wilson, an engineer with Bohler Engineering, unveiled the plans at HPARB’s Tuesday, Sept. 10 meeting. “This is not a typical Dunkin’,” he said. “We designed it to be respectful of the residents we’re next to in scale and look, with muted tones, a gabled roof, columns and architectural shingles.”

HPARB disagreed.

“The brand wall doesn’t reflect the character of the residential district,” said chairman Liz Callahan. “It’s a pretty glaring detraction when what you’re trying to do is blend in. If you’re trying to be subtle, you’re not achieving it.”

She also pointed out the brick wrapping along the bottom half of the building. “It’s higher than the foundation would be on houses in the neighborhood,” she said. “Most of the houses here were built before 1925, but this suburbanizes it.”

“You have a lot of different colors going on,” said Mark Mershon, board member.

“I get that it’s the brand, but it’s a lot of color,” added Callahan.

Zoning law dictates that new construction in the historic district “must be compatible with the neighborhood in which it is located.”

In August, Dunkin’ Brands of Canton, Mass., filed an application with the village to begin the planning process.

The proposed project includes “a drive-thru with new driveways, site lighting, signage, landscaping, utilities and storm-water management facilities.”

Because the area is zoned commercial and the project is under 4,000 square feet, Dunkin’ Brands does not need to get a site exemption from the village, but the plans need to be approved by HPARB and the Planning Board.

Gene Berman, Planning Board chairman, said the village has requested a traffic study.

“The major concern is students coming out of school and walking over there,” he said. “It’s a dangerous corner, and students don’t always use sidewalks.”

According to Zoning Enforcement Officer Jane Gentile, the property is still owned by Northern Otsego Management Co., which lists an address as 192 Main Street, the Schlather & Birch law firm, and has not yet been sold to Dunkin’ Brands.

Ahead of the next HPARB meeting, the board asked that Bohler take their revisions into consideration and prepare a 3D rendering of how the building would look in the neighborhood.

“We can’t call this application complete until we see more revisions,” said Callahan.

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THURSDAY, September 12, 2019

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL EDITORIALS

Huff? Wow! Stay Tuned

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s any one of you who have been there know, Owego’s a delightful community, rich with history – Belva Lockwood, the first woman presidential candidate, taught there. Fine mansions line the Susquehanna River. There’s a funky, arts-oriented downtown.

A half-block off Main and Front streets, however, you see the rot. Solid homes are in disarray; when the money’s not there, maintenance is the first thing to go. There was one particularly Downtown Owego as seen from across the Susquehanna. well-maintained home for sale, but it listed for $125,000. It would have de- was a showcase. Remember delightful manded twice that in Otsego County.

Little Falls, fine homes built around a Owego was a particular showcase in series of park-like squares. Or today’s the day, not so long ago, when evwoeful Amsterdam, which used to be ery community in Upstate New York the prosperous center of the nation’s

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n alert and receptive audience Saturday, Sept. 7, heard the first contender for its Catskill Symphony Orchestra leader, Silas Nathaniel Huff.

The concert highlighted performances of Haydn, Verdi and Stravinsky. The program began with the younger ROBERT Strauss’s “Over- MOYNIHAN ture to Die Fledermaus.”

The evening was a proving stage for multiple demands of styles from the 18th century to arguably the greatest 20th century modern, Igor Stravinsky.

His “Firebird” is as tonally remarkable as anything in the repertoire, including even “The Rite of Spring,” which produced a riot at its first Paris hearing. With repeated performances, “The Rite” has lost some of

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its revolutionary impudence, and a listener can even hum its first melody.

However, as Robert Craft noted in his first volume of Stravinsky’s letters, “The Firebird’s” success placed the composer on a new artistic planet.

Exciting musical scores often move from lyricism to stages of contrast, and this contradiction marks many of the finest works in orchestral history. Stravinsky seized this technique and drove it to new heights.

“The Firebird” moves between sumptuous melody interrupted with aggressive full orchestral declaratives. Its score repeatedly returns to some of the most lyrical and imaginatively scored passages in musical literature.

A minor part of Stravinsky’s reputation rests on his acidic comments about performances and other composers. Some are not to be trusted; they were either initiated or polished in journalistic writing by his final aide. However, clever verbal sallies are not what matter – whoever coined them. They remain incidental amusements. Freshly heard in a lively and well conducted performance, Please See MOYNIHAN, A6

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Editor’s Note: This is an assessment of the first of three auditions for the Catskill Symphony Orchestra’s next conductor. Silas Huff directed the CSO Saturday, Sept. 7, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. Next, on Oct. 12, is Carolyn Watson.

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James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

George Morell, Cathy Raddatz’s brother, is memorialized on the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s portrait wall among the 2,996 victims..

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On Discovering George Morell’s Business Card, Firefighter At 9/11 Site Felt A Calming Presence Editor’s Note: Cathy Raddatz of Cooperstown, sister of 9/11 victim George Morell, read this letter of reassurance from a firefighter to Morell’s widow Robbie at the Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Company’s 5-10K commemorative run Saturday, Sept. 7.

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ear Mrs. Morell: First, let me say I know your family has suffered a devastating loss, you have my heartfelt conCathy Raddatz addresses the dolences and prayers. While I cannot Fly Creek Fire Company’s know your grief on a personal level. I sincerely offer my sympathy, compas- 9/11 commemoration. the reason why I found your husband’s sion, love and respect. business card that Friday, Sept. 14.

I have been a firefighter for nine Ever since that day I have felt I years now. I have seen what I thought needed to find someone in Mr. Mowas some of the worst things that rell’s family to let them know how I any one human being could do to one found his card, where I found it and another, until Sept. 11. I do not know

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when I found it. To also let his family know that I felt an overwhelming presence and a calming feeling.

I knew this man did not suffer.

This is the only reason, I think, God put me there at that time and place.

These are the circumstances of how I found your husband’s card. When I was at Ground Zero, I was involved in the bucket brigade. I was at the front of this line when all of a sudden there was a hole just big enough for one person to fit in.

I took a flashlight and with the help of two New York firefighters holding my boots, they lowered me down. Everybody yelled to be quiet to see if I heard anything. The hole was 6- to 8-feet deep and about 20-feet wide under the opening. I did not hear or see anything.

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Two of Huff’s selections – the bookends – a Strauss overture and Stravinsky’s “Firebird,” brought standing ovations. The centerpiece, a Haydn cello concerto, drew a more subdued response, although soloist Andrew Janss impressed.

As for Huff himself, his direction was tight, intense, authoritative, subtle but effective; no showy flourishes.

First rate. A top candidate.

If you believe competition brings out the best in people, Watson and Żółtowski appearances will be gripping. Huff’s sure was. If you’ve never attended a CSO performance before, treat yourself.

(Tickets available at www. catskillsymphony.net.)

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ast week’s editorial praised the local arts and culture scene, after Oneonta and Otsego County were identified as carpet-making industry.

Otsego County’s community centers “eighth most vibrant arts community” in the U.S. by are challenged, too. Happily, Oneonta’s DRI is taking hold, with the excit- SMU’s DATA ARTS’ report.

Silas Huff’s conducting ing Lofts on Dietz, 66 artist studios and apartments, due for groundbreak- of the Catskill Symphony ing next summer. Cooperstown, desti- Orchestra Saturday evening, nation of a half-million tourists a year, Sept. 7, added several exclais in particularly good shape, although mation marks to all of last ghost-town-like for most of the winter. week’s positive conclusions.

Huff is the first of three What better time for yet another promising piece of economic-develop- conductors competing to succeed Maestro Chuck ment news.

Schneider as CSO conduc• tor. Carolyn Watson conSo, it’s back! The Constitution ducts Oct. 12, and Maciej Pipeline. At least the possibility that Żółtowski Nov. 16. The the Constitution Pipeline, designed to carry natural gas from Northeast Penn- new conductor will lead the Please See EDITORIAL, A6 CSO at the annual cabaret concert next March.

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A Year Later, Reflections On Cooperstown

t was a year ago last week that we left our home of 36 years in Cooperstown to move to a new home in Mount Vernon, Ohio. We left behind the house which the he-we’s grandparents built for $5,000 in 1912.

Through the years, four generations of the Ellsworth family lived at 105 Pioneer St. But now the family has indeed taken Horace Greeley’s advice and has gone west. And while we had anticipated it might well be a difficult move to make, that has proven not to be the case.

Granted, the move has meant adjusting to all sorts of new things, like medical care, shopping opportunities and, most importantly, restaurants.

We have traded the Cooperstown Diner for the Southside Diner.

Hunan Gardens has replaced the China Wok. Toscano’s has become Mazza’s, while the HawkCATHERINE eye Bar & Grill LAKE has fallen to ELLSWORTH either the Stein Brewing Co. or the Alcove Restaurant. We cannot make up our mind about the best replacement for the Hawkeye.

And when it comes to pizza, Mount Vernon has a plethora of possible pizza parlors. Unfortunately, we have yet to find one that comes even close to having the delicious pizza we always so enjoyed from Sal’s.

For grocery shopping, instead of Price Chopper and Tops, we can choose from Walmart, Kroger, Aldi and IGA, a grocery store we had long thought no longer existed. Of course, we don’t ever actually go to any of these grocery stores, as we discovered early on that the wee-we, who is not so wee anymore, loves to grocery shop.

And far be it for us to stand in his way of doing something he loves.

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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

The inhabitants of Texas, disappointed in the hope of being included within the territories of the United States, by the recent treaty between our government and that of Spain, have declared themselves independent of the Spanish crown, and state that they have “prepared themselves to meet and firmly to sustain, any conflict in which this declaration may involve them.”

Died: In this village on Wednesday last, Ellen, an infant daughter of Mr. George Pomeroy.

September 13, 1819

75 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Christ Episcopal Church will take a giant step forward in its Christian Education program for adults and students during the coming academic year as it occupies its new and enlarged parish house for church school activities on Sunday, September 14. It will also mark the first time that families may attend services together with study sessions for all at the same time. All classes from pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 will attend the 9 a.m. Holy Communion Service with pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5 students leaving the church for their classes after the offertory. On the second and fourth Sundays of each month these grades will have their own services in the Chapel as they have in the past.

Grades 6 through 12 will attend their classes after the 9 o’clock services. All classes will be dismissed at 10:30 a.m.

September 10, 1969

175 YEARS AGO

Democrats! There will be a Pole Raising in the Village of Cooperstown on Tuesday next at 3 o’clock p.m. to which a general invitation to all Polkers is hereby given.

The State nominations made at Syracuse on the 4th instant, are in conformity with the Democratic voice. The whole proceedings were harmonious, and the Convention separated with the best feelings. Throughout the entire State, the response from the Democracy has been warmhearted, inspiring the strongest confidence in our strength, and inspiring a triumphant victory.

September 16, 1844

150 YEARS AGO

Baseball – A game of baseball between the first nine of the Haymakers of New Lisbon and the second nine of the Lightfoots of Morris, on the grounds of the former, on Saturday the fourth instant, resulted in victory for the Haymakers, 19 to 10.

Commodore Boden of the Otsego Lake flotilla has recently purchased the steam yacht Mary, formerly a government gun boat employed during the war for operating in southern rivers. The Mary is expected to arrive here today (Friday, September 10, 1869), whence she will be placed on a couple of cars and transported over the Albany and Cooperstown roads. Her machinery will be taken out upon her arrival here.

She is about forty feet in length, and intended to be used for picnic parties on the beautiful Otsego Lake, and will also run during navigation, in connection with the C. and S.V. R.R. It will be, we believe, the first steam boat that ever woke the echoes of Natty Bumppo’s cave.

September 10, 1869

125 YEARS AGO

Local – A fine of $10 may be imposed for fast driving in the streets of this village. If inflicted in a few cases it might work a needed reform.

Mr. E.F. Beadle went up to the old family homestead in Pierstown on Tuesday, the anniversary of his seventy-third birthday.

About 80 young people are expected to join in the sport of “the paper chase,” at Hyde Hall, head of the lake, today, Wednesday.

who died in the hospitals where the terrible bombs came and drove them almost to madness. They tell nothing of the forty thousand English women who went to work back of the trenches in France. If there is any body of citizens in the world who ought to be interested in a League of Nations to ultimately bring to the world peace, it is the mothers of men, and the women who suffered, as only women can suffer in the war and devastated countries.”

September 10, 1919

25 YEARS AGO

It’s only a trickle now, but some worry that the exodus of some downtown businesses to locations outside the village may become a stream, carrying away much of the local service village residents desire. Cooperstown Optical moved its Pioneer Street office to the former NYSEG customer service center on south Route 28. Cooperstown Optical’s September 13, 1944 former neighbor, the Leatherstocking Education on Alcoholism/Addiction Foundation, is set to move September 16 Inspectors – The following additional inspectors of elecinto the Hyde Park Office Complex. “It could be a potential tion have been appointed in the several districts of this town tide,” said village Trustee Giles Russell, who also serves pursuant to Chapter 348 of the laws of 1894, which provides as chairman of the village Planning Commission. Lack of for four inspectors, instead of three – First District, Jesse P. nearby parking for customers and staff was cited by both Johnston; Second District, L Grand Brainerd; Third District, organizations as a factor in their decision to relocate.

Harry Spingler; Fourth District, Alfred T. Williams; Fifth September 7, 1994 District, Jesse J. Ellsworth.

September 13, 1894

100 YEARS AGO

(Excerpts from an address by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw regarding the costs of World War I as experienced by women and the call for a League of Nations to ensure future peace) “Who can estimate the value of seven million one hundred dead sons of the women of the world? Who can estimate the price which the women have paid for this war? We hear the orators tell us of the courage of our men – how they went across the sea. Very few of them remember to tell us of the courage of our women, who also went across the sea, of the women who died nursing the sick and wounded, the women

10 YEARS AGO

There’s a photo somewhere showing Melanie Oudin’s great-grandmother, Dorothy Savage Oudin, playing tennis in a long white Victorian dress. Her great-granddaughter is taking the tradition farther than Dorothy Oudin could ever have conceived. At the U.S. Tennis Open, Melanie, age 17, of Marietta, Georgia, has beaten Elena Dementiava (ranked number 4), the famed Maria Sharapova (29) and Nadia Petrova (13, to enter the quarterfinals. She is the youngest player to get that far since Serena Williams in 1999.

September 11, 2009

LETTERS

There Is No Gay Protocol: Don’t Lifestyle, And No Put Private Flag Straight ‘Lifestyle’ On Public Poles To the Editor An earlier column of mine, “Flying the Flag,” generated some strong responses, mostly private.

Some friends were outraged, saying that I lent credibility to homophobic attitudes by citing a comment a community member made about “gay lifestyle.”

That was not my intent, but it clearly had that effect in too many minds, which I deeply regret.

The idea of a “gay lifestyle” is as much of a myth as the idea of a “straight lifestyle.”

How easy it is, I’ve learned, to give support inadvertently to things that you don’t mean to support.

ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Fly Creek

To the Editor: I was so flummoxed over the slavery flag issue that I almost overlooked the other flags. Public flag protocol is governed by established tradition and state law, not by local plebiscites or whims.

If any flag goes up on a public flagpole, it should be the national flag, then the state flag, then a municipal flag.

A municipal flagpole is not a sign board for a cause du jour. Under no circumstances should a public flag pole be used to display the banner of a private interest group, a religion, political party or local glee club.

If you want to fly a special interest group flag in public, get your own flagpole.

CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown

Affordable Power Needed; For Now, That Means Gas To the Editor: Adrian Kuzminski’s latest editorial, “Refocus $500M From Pipelines to Renewables,” plays three-card monte with reality and the truth.

Mr. Kuzminski questions NYSEG’s petition to the Public Service Commission (PSC) for a rate increase. In particular, he objects to the allocation of $203 million (not $500 million as headlined) toward upgrading and expanding capacity of the DeRuyter gas pipeline servicing Oneonta. He states, “To cover costs of the pipeline, NYSEG is asking for a combined gas and electric hikes of 27 percent.”

Better to fund renewables, he says. Their energy source, the sun, is FREE (his empha-

sis). He notes, “wind farms have gotten so cheap you can build and operate them for less than the expected costs of buying fuel for an equivalent natural gas plant.”

Supporting gas infrastructure denies funds for renewables which, in turn, “all but guarantees our region will remain an economic backwater.”

Wrong overall and often disingenuous.

First, some background.

The state grants utilities area-specific monopolies but regulates rates. That’s the deal.

Utility companies aren’t exciting businesses like Amazon or Apple. They attract investors by paying decent dividends. The state allows for this attraction but Please See DOWNEY, A6

For The ♥ Of Victoria McLaren: Not Every Client Can Be A Top Model Editor’s Note: Talent agent Victoria Pressly, Cherry Valley, is facing charges of misleading some of her clients. At least two clients and an associate have a different take.

To the Editor: I have known Victoria Pressly since July 2012. She was professionally known as Victoria Talbot back then.

She was recommended to me by my former acting agent Noel Palm. He told Andrew McLaren was featured in NBC’s “Stars In me if I hire her she would Stripes,” among acting gigs. get me a lot of good press Malucci that were free for get me a lot of great press, which would help advance including the cover of Milme since I paid Victoria my career in showbiz. I was lennium magazine, “Fox $1,500 and she was friends on a prime time NBC show with him. Jim is Miamiand Friends” twice, Sirius called “Stars Earn Stripes” XM national radio tour, based and usually charges and wanted to capitalize on Channel 12 News interview, $7,500 a shoot and does the notoriety the TV series and several high-profile various covers. was garnering. photo shoots with expensive I subsequently hired photographers such as Jim Victoria and she did in fact To the Editor: From the moment I met Victoria Talbot Pressly she proved she was a serious She is To the Editor: connector whose impressive I have worked with very familyRolodex has played an inteVictoria for close to 10 oriented and gral part in the growth and years. She’s a hustler in stable. Victo- sustainability of Millennium piranha-filled waters. ria is unique, Magazine.

She works hard to probecause she I met Vicky while standmote her clients, follows is a business ing in line for drinks at protocol, respects the art person and a a doctor’s summer pentand bows to the game. mother – house party on Manhattan’s She rolls up her sleeves if Xen Sams passionate Eastside in 2011. She was called upon and works hard and gentle. standing in front of me to create a marketable brand Victoria is a firecracker when I stepped up and she for her clients. wrapped up in a Chanel lip- turned around to say, “Hi,” She creates synergies, stick! Love her to pieces. and introduced herself. She combines personalities and I am currently working told me she was a publicist aids in any way she can to with Victoria to promote my and I told her that I was a create something wonderful. next round of films, but I magazine publisher and that Models, actors, filmmak- am very excited in particuwe should talk. ers, producers and directors lar about “The Banker and Minutes later she indance at her parties, but troduced me to her friend Waldo.” she’s up “farm girl” style XEN SAMS Lauren, who covered the at 6 a.m.

Actress Hamptons for another

I know some celebrities in Los Angeles who pay publicists $5,000 a month and sometimes they complain that their P.R isn’t worth the $60,000 a year price tag. If a scandal happens, such as a DUI, for instance, or a messy divorce, you need a publicist to protect your reputation.

Generally speaking publicists are paid for their time and effort not their results; it’s a gamble. Much like an attorney you pay a retainer and don’t know what the outcome will be; it’s a calculated risk. I’ve hired Victoria a few times to promote my projects, such as a Discovery Channel show called “Chrome Please See McLAREN, A6

WOODBERRY: Impressive

SAMS: I Love Her To Pieces

magazine out East. I welcomed her to join my venture, and Vicky’s friend proved to be such an outstanding Woodberry contributor to Millennium I later made her editor at large.

Since meeting Vicky, she has pitched me dozens of model and actor clients, many of whom have graced the cover of the magazine, while many others have even joined my team.

Victoria’s network is vast and impressive and without question her connections are solid and at times above and beyond expectation.

WARREN WOODBERRY Publisher, Millenium

THURSDAY, September 12, 2019

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

EDITORIAL: If Not Constitution, Then What? Answers Needed EDITORIAL/From A4 sylvania to the East Coast, may finally happen, although not immediately.

Remember Alternate M? It was a route for the Constitution Pipeline across southern Otsego County, endorsed by the county Board of Representatives. It was estimated that is would bring some $13 million a year in property taxes to municipalities the pipeline would have crossed – seven years later, that would have amounted to almost $100 million.

Instead of returning the county board’s embrace, Williams, the Houston-based pipeline builder, opted for a route through Delaware County, where it was challenged every step of the way. Eventually, in 2016, the state DEC denied the permits necessary to cross stream beds.

Just think of it. By now, the villages of Otego and Unadilla, which negotiated agreements with the Constitution builders, would have had natural gas. In Schenevus, 300± people might have been employed by now at a distribution center at I-88’s Exit 18.

The City of Oneonta would have had all the natural gas it might have needed for economic development.

Existing institutions – the colleges, the hospitals – would have gone beyond the “interruptible powers” that, during cold snaps, requires them to burn dirty, more expensive oil. Who knows what job-producing entity might have been attracted to the D&H Railyards by now.

• No, we’re not climate deniers here. It has to be addressed.

Something like Democratic candi-

date Elizabeth Warren’s proposed $2 trillion for a 10-year Apollo-like program in green research – other Democrats have similar ideas – is essential. A technological solution to climate woes – some would rather we all feel the pain – is the most desirable outcome.

Thinking back to 2012, when the county board endorsed Alternate M: The debate has become much more rigid since then, between the no-gas, no-how crowd and those espousing the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce more sensible position, seeing fossil fuels as a short- or middle-term necessity until fullservice renewable technologies come on.

As argued here before, it’s a macro problem; we’re too micro to matter. Let’s not sacrifice Upstate New York in general – and our

Ohio 25% Less Expensive Than New York ELLSWORTH/From A4 When it comes for social opportunities, we also find ourselves well positioned.

Perhaps our favorite undertaking is the monthly book club meeting held at Paragraphs, Mount Vernon’s independent bookstore. As was the case in Cooperstown, we have found being in a book club means that we read all sorts of books which we might not have chosen for ourselves. And that is a very good thing.

We also enjoy the monthly potluck dinner, weekly jigsaw puzzle gathering and card playing at the condo community’s clubhouse.

Plus, the added attraction in the summer of a heated-to86-degrees swimming pool next to the clubhouse is not to be overlooked.

In addition, we must note that our access to dramatic productions, music concerts, art shows and lectures at Kenyon College are all available throughout the college year.

Plus, we have the opportunity to attend presentations at our granddaughters’ elementary school as well as their dance and gymnastics recitals. So, we do not lack for all sorts of outside activi-

ties. And we cannot stress enough how very much we have enjoyed being close to the wee-wee’s family.

Of course, the changes we have encountered in terms of dining and shopping are not the only changes we have noticed. In fact, we are tempted to say that the changes in the cost of living have been the most remarkable. For example, in 2017 the property taxes on our Cooperstown home totaled $8,448. However, our 2019 property taxes on Ohio came to $2,537.

And while it is the case that the assessment on the condo in Ohio is less than was the assessment on the house in Cooperstown, it also seems that the governmental entities in Ohio manage with much smaller budgets.

As an example, in 2016 New York State spent an average of $22,366 per public school student. In Ohio, the amount spent per student is about $11,953. And as far as we can tell, with one granddaughter in fourth grade and the other just entering kindergarten, the education seems most satisfactory.

At least we have not heard any complaints from either

Otsego County, in particular – on the altar of climate purism.

That said, while a federal court has overturned the DEC’s ban on the pipeline, no one’s going to be digging a trench anytime soon. The state Attorney General’s Office is certain to appeal, plus Stop the Pipeline and other local groups.

With no one knowing what may happen in the November 2020 president election, is hard to imagine anyone would embark on such a massive undertaking facing such uncertainty.

• The visit to Owego was particularly poignant because it’s the one area of the state where there is sufficient natural gas in the underlying Marcellus Shale to be commercially extracted. As it is, drillers in nearby Pennsylvania are tapping into

Morell Didn’t Suffer, Firefighter Believes 9/11/From A4 But as I was coming out of the hole to my left I saw this piece of paper or what I thought was a piece of paper. I grabbed it just before it fell into the hole.

When I stood up. I was looking at what I had, a New York firefighter asked me if I knew what it was. I said no. (I had not seen the news or any television since I had been there.) He told me that it is the business card from a company that had lost several hundred employees.

He could not believe that in all this mess I found it, knowing it came from one of the

parents or the students.

Likewise, it seems that the overall cost of living in Knox County, Ohio, is less than it is in Otsego County, N.Y. And our thinking seems to have been confirmed by an article we read online that listed, according to 24/7 Wall Street, what $1 is worth in all 50 states.

It seems that in NYS, $1 only buys 87 cents worth of goods, while in Ohio $1 buys $1.12 worth of goods.

It quite makes us think that by moving to Ohio, we increased our income by about 25 percent. And that is something with which we will not argue.

Consequently, we must conclude that our move to Ohio seems most satisfactory except for one thing, namely the fact that we left so many dear friends behind in Cooperstown. Many of them we had known for all 36 years we were in Cooperstown. Others we had met more recently.

Cathe Ellsworth, “She-We” in the column she wrote for decades locally, moved from her Pioneer Street home a year ago to be nearer to “Wee-Wee,” son Christopher, his wife the their two children.

MOYNIHAN/From A4 Stravinsky’s music itself remains the final victor.

(If anyone would care to see the pre-Robert Craft Stravinsky in a less exalted role, it exists in George Antheil’s lightly crafted Bad Boy of Music.)

The virtuoso soloist, Andrew Janss, performed the second Haydn cello concerto.

Over a period of years, concertgoers hear cellists of varying abilities. Personal favorites were Leonard Rose and Gregor Piatigorsky, both heard in live performances, as well as recordings by many others. One of the problems with this royal instrument can be a highly affected and too pronounced vibrato. The young soloist did not grope for distorted nuances with this much abused device. takes the abuse. Sweet!

He, in fact, is one of the When the REV was finest instrumentalists now published two years ago, before the public, though Otsego Electric warned its paradoxically not yet famous. subscribers that rates would He had total control over an rise. Good call! However, extremely difficult score. this shouldn’t have been a It was the greatest pleasure surprise. to hear this celebration of In Europe, where REVartistry. Janss displayed good like policies were already in taste, realized the score’s place, rates had skyrocketed. highest values, and projected Germans pay three times the musical excitement. amount paid by Upstate New Two works on the program Yorkers for electricity. If our may appear to be bon-bons. current rates and policies are They are not. The Strauss is unable to attract industry, repeatedly surprising in its what happens when the rates sophistication and scoring. triple?

Oddly, “Die Fledermaus” DICK DOWNEY has not appeared on the Otego local summer opera stage

hike, is the electricity costs.

This isn’t due to an uptick in tree trimming or emergency calls. The cause is Andrew Cuomo’s “Reforming the Energy Vision” (REV), an energy plan filled with a web of renewable subsidies, rebates, priorities, mandates, favored businesses and programs that bleed traditional energy servers such as NYSEG in favor of renewable energy entities.

The beauty part for the Governor is that his thumb on the scales is never seen; his policies cause the rate hikes (in reality, a tax) but the utility does the collection and

Silas Huff shows a steady hand conducting the CSO.

since 1982. It should be programmed instead of the more esoteric though mediocre librettos of recent seasons.

The overture to the revised 1869 “La Forza del Destino” leaps over any of its Verdi predecessors to begin the composer’s final and highly advanced creations.

Again, there is the tension of competing orchestration, declarative chordal brass writing with contrasting lyricism horn the strings and winds.

Programming this work immediately before the Stravinsky Firebird revealed that the working of musical tension between melody and aggressive counter-statement is a continuity of the highest musical art – and one should

commend the conductor, Maestro Huff, for this realization of both skill and taste – and a display of composers’ creative tensions.

• Past conductor Charles Schneider attended the concert – the excellence now so apparent is a tribute to his determined and extended leadership over many years of disciplined interpretations. He built the Catskill – and hearing it is a pleasure.

Bravo, Laureate Schneider!

Note: why weren’t there more college students in the audience – narcotized with their ear-plugs and parsing paragraphs horn but one mediocre textbook per course? Would it be too much to expect a college offering on symphonic repertory reflecting Catskill orchestra programs? All it takes is a little imagination, profs.

The remarkable Janss spent the night before the concert performing on Main Street and in a downtown Oneonta pub – no doubt the first time college students heard a cello or even a virtuoso performance.

American high schools, generally, have surrendered arts programs, while the tone deaf broadcast Hillbilly inabilities. Unless they are all “hearing impaired,” it would also be encouraging to see several college administrators in the audience. There are many of them.

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It services Upstate New York. Now New York saddles NYSEG with extra burdens which brings them before the PSC. Mr. Kuzminski neatly combines NYSEG’s gas and electric components in the rate hike of 27 percent.

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New York State and extracting the resource anyhow.

Owego could be rebounding, as some of its Pennsylvania neighbors to the southeast area, instead of declining.

There’s no reason for anyone to object to renewables, but so far renewable proponents have offered no related economic-development strategies. Who doesn’t love the idea of a job-creating eco-commerce park at Oneonta’s D&H railyards.

But months after the idea surfaced to enthusiasm, nothing concrete has emerged.

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FERC Overrules DEC, Opens Way For New Constitution Pipeline Push FERC/From A1 lenge FERC’s decision by Sept. 30, the 30-day deadline for appeals.

FERC’s order followed a D.C. circuit Court of Appeals Jan. 25 decision confirming a state has a year to review water-quality applications or it loses jurisdiction, even if an “applicant withdraws and resubmits its request ... over a period of time greater than a year.”

The D.C. court was acting on a hydropower case in California, Hoopa Valley Tribe vs FERC, but FERC’s order expands it to cover the Constitution, which – at the DEC’s request – twice agreed to “simultaneously withdraw and resubmit” its application because the agency wasn’t ready to make a decision.

FERC’s decision came to light locally at the Sept. 4 monthly meeting of the county Board of

Representatives, when county Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/ Town of Otsego, asked state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, if Albany had any plans to address such issues as Con Ed’s moratorium on Westchester County hook-ups.

“The governor and the administration seem hell-bent not to do anything in terms of pipelines,” Seward responded. But, he added, “FERC is taking over approval of pipelines, such as the Constitution.”

“Whether or not that will ever be built remains to be seen,” said the senator.

In light of the Hoopa decision, “my agency had to rethink its earlier finding, that New York State had missed its deadline to deal with matters within a year,” said Tamara Young-Allen, FERC spokesman on natural-gas matters.

Geothermal Plan Dropped By City After $10K Study HEAT/From A1 ing geothermal pipes alongside drinking-water mains.

For Herzig, the finding came out of a $10,000 feasibility study by consultant Jay Egg that found the project unfeasible. “I certainly would never have signed a contract if I had known the purpose of the project was strongly forbidden by the state,” the mayor said.

“I don’t think Egg was aware of the regulations,” said Wood. “I think he was very enthusiastic about cities using geothermal energy.”

The town did not contract a feasibility study, he said, but some Southside businesses are conferring with Egg. Even before the feasibility study was complete, Herzig learned state laws make the envisioned installation impossible.

That is because the geothermal system envisioned for Oneonta would have used “potable water” from the water main in the creation and transmission of heat.

Because that poses a risk – albeit a slight one – of polluting the drinking water, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) prohibits it. Egg, a Florida consultant who keynoted the Otsego County Chamber’s Energy Summit at The Otesaga in January, at the outset didn’t believe that was so.

In the proposed geothermal heating system, heat would have been captured from water flowing through a loop at a heat exchanger, which then passes it through a pump.

“If the heat exchanger were rusting or deteriorating, the water supply could be polluted,” said Ryan Dougherty, COO at the Illinois-based Geothermal Exchange Operation, which champions geothermal systems, “even though the risk of it happening is small.”

Herzig said he had “good conversations” with the DOT,

but “safe drinking water is paramount,” he said.

After the contract was signed in April, Egg told the mayor New York State has “extensive, detailed regulations” about municipal geothermal, but that those regulations would be re-examined or overturned.

Asked about what happened in an email, Egg replied the he believed there was “implied approval based on the DEP” – the state Department of Environmental Conservation – “approving the test.” The email did not specify the test.

Recalling January’s energy summit, Herzig said “Jay Egg was showing slides of installations and had one specifically showing the use of city water mains to generate geothermal heat.

“The facilities manager saw the slides, too, and he and I spoke to (City Engineer) Greg Mattice about installing geothermal heating when we did the South Main water main project.”

If the city could lay the pipes needed for generating geothermal energy as workers replaced South Main Street’s water main, it would be much less expensive than having to dig a 200-400 feet well and install a separate loop. And Fox Hospital was interested in being an end user of the new geothermal system.

Herzig said the city had received a draft of Egg’s report on the feasibility study “30 to 60 days ago.” The city will return the draft with comments and Egg will deliver a final report, which will then be given to Common Council and made public.

Herzig said the draft report had “a wide range of geothermal possibilities throughout the city,” but “would require significant investment and are not possible right now.”

“There are potential future actions the city can take and that hopefully will be of some

At Williams, the Houston-based company that initiated the Constitution Pipeline, spokesman Chris Stockton referred questions to a three-paragraph statement on the company website.

After describing the FERC decision, the statement said: “The Constitution project continues to represent much-needed energy infrastructure designed to bring natural gas to a region of the country confronting natural gas supply constraints that have resulted. The project sponsors are evaluating the next steps for advancing the project.”

The Hoopa decision, involving hydro dams in California and Oregon, came “under different laws ... and completely different circumstances,” said Anne Marie Garti, East Merideth, lawyer for Stop the Pipeline, which is allied

with Catskill Mountainkeeper and the Sierra Club in this matter.

FERC simply “decided to apply the same idea to what happened with Constitution,” Garti said.

FERC’s 23-page order details that the DEC received the Constitution’s application for “water quality certification” on Aug. 22, 2013. But twice, on May 9, 2014, and April 27, 2015, because DEC was not prepared to render a decision, the company “simultaneously withdrew and resubmitted” its application.

On April 22, 2016, within a year of the final withdrawal and resubmittal, DEC denied the company the certification it sought.

Under past practice, that decision would have come within a year of the final submittal. However, due to the Hoopa decision, FERC concluded the DEC had missed the

Oneontan Toiled At Grisly Task, Labor Of Love amazed us was that 9/11/From A1 we’d find bags from A command station The Gap, and Gap was set up under the clothing, completely Manhattan Bridge, untouched,” she and Bowden’s first said. “We would assignment was joke that when the Ground Zero security. apocalypse came, “The air was white,” we should all be she said. “You could wearing Gap so cut it with scissors, we’d be safe.” and all we had were The days were these little paper long and the job masks. It was surreal, emotionally and like a post-apocaphysically grueling. lyptic movie.”

“We couldn’t talk to In the next few each other through days, she would the masks, so we’d receive her main all bring in radios assignment – Fresh and listen to the Kills landfill in Staten same station,” she Island. “They’d cart said. “You would in debris and put it see someone on a conveyor belt,” dancing a little, and she said. “Or they’d you’d know what have you in the yard, song they were looking through the dancing to.” twisted metal of She remembered the big debris for anything that might HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal that Aaliyah’s be able to identify As a NYPD officer, Toya Lane Bowden, “Rock the Boat” was big that year. someone.” now of Oneonta, sifted through debris at Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, “When we were in Dressed in a seeking to identify items that would the yard, that song HAZMAT suit, give survivors closure. would come on, and gloves, a gas mask we’d be raking to and goggles, Bowden stop the conveyor belt,” she the beat. It took our minds off and her colleagues spent said. “They’d come and take the task.” between 10-12 hours a day what we found to the makeShe was at Fresh Kills sorting through the wreckage shift morgue.” from September 2001 to to try and find whatever they They were also tasked with February 2002, driving two could to identify the victims looking for “black boxes” – an identification badge, a police shield, even body parts. from Boeing passenger flights, which were never “When we found somerecovered. thing, we’d flag a spotter to “One of the things that

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But she also remembered the volunteers, including actor Stephen Baldwin, who staffed the relief tents, including a mess hall and a “fresh air” tent.

Bowden retired in 2004 and moved to Oneonta to be closer to her sons, both living at Springbrook. She is now a residential supervisor with Opportunities for Otsego.

She has put much of it behind her, but every so often, she’s reminded of the physical toll First Responders faced. “It’s frightening to go the doctor,” she said. “I had nodules on my thyroid, and I was immediately sent for a biopsy because I had been a First Responder,” she said.

“Thankfully it came back clear, but I’m on a Facebook group of people who were there, and I’ve watched so many of them succumb to cancer.”

She has not yet been to the 9-11 memorial, but watched the dedication ceremony on TV.

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While Cooperstown-based Otsego 2000 fought the pipeline, it is not involved in this legal proceeding, said its president, Nicole Dillingham.

However, she called it “another case in a long list of cases where FERC has done everything in its power to support the fossilfuel industry to the detriment of the citizen of our communities, bending over backwards to allow the construction of yet another pipeline that we know will lead to a dead-end.”

Despite FERC’s decision, an industry official said “there’s a lot of uncertainly” about what happens next. He pointed out the initial work on the project occurred in 2010, almost a decade ago. “You can’t pick up where you left off,” he said.

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MLS#123227 $399,000 1,918-sq-ft lakefront home w/425’ of lake frontage on 3.18 acres, private, western exposure. Lake views on the 12’ x 28’ deck .

Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#123046 $259,000 Tucked Away on Nearly 3 Acres w/views of Red Creek Valley, this charming custom-built contemporary Cape offers first-floor living just 2 miles from Cooperstown Village.

Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#123102 $155,000 Seclusion, Privacy, Nature 3-BR, 2 bath ranch has full basement on 6.63 acres in Maryland. 2-car plus garage w/electric.

Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)

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MLS#122670 MLS#114624 $59,900 $179,000 1982 double-wide w/3 BRs, 2 baths and 1½ story, 2-car Possible Farmette in all directions.

3 BRs, garage. New heatingViews system, updated electrical, new built 1854 w/dairy barnNew on 7ceiling acres.in3-bay wallsinand ceiling in 1 BR. mastergarage, bath. plus carport, concrete RV pad. (cell) Callsteel Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 Call David Mattice @ 607-434-1647 (cell)

MLS#123203 $174,900 Well Maintained home on .5 acre in Worcester has detailed moldings, upgrades, hardwood floors, fireplace, large detached garage w/electric.

Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)

MLS#123228 $129,900 Spectacular Views! Across the lake, 489’ road frontage, and a row to Canadarago Lake (approval pending). Can be subdivided.

Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

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MLS#121101 $65,000 Land with Possible Owner Financing 45 mostly wooded Franklin Spacious acres 4 BR, 2inbath housew/stream is close toand I-88.trails.

Large Call Davidworkshop/garage, Mattice @ 607-434-1647 (cell) backyard, small shed.

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MLS#119313 $350,000 Cobleskill Prime Commercial Property Car repair shop on busy section of Main Street is a few years old. Additional building w/2 rented spaces.

Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)

MLS#122676 $265,000 2 barns w/60+ stalls on 69 acres, electric and water included. Close to Oneonta. Must see to believe!

Call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

MLS#121147 $120,000 Home on 3 Acres Ranch home has 1,742 sq ft, 3 BRs, 2 baths, fireplace. Open and airy w/natural light.

Quiet setting just outside of the town of Warren.

Call Pamela Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)

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MLS#120481 $279,000 Secluded Log Cabin on 11.75 acres in the scenic Catskills. 3 BRs, 2 baths, 3-car garage, full basement, wood stove. Renovated kitchen w/granite counters.

Call Gabrielle Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)

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MLS#123164 $189,900 Location! Location! This 4-BR, 2-bath home is priced well. Prime location in Oneonta, close to all amenities. Easy access to I-88, colleges.

Call Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#122975 $219,000 Move-in Ready! Split ranch on a triple lot in Delhi.

Remodeled kitchen w/cherry floors. Enclosed porch.

4 levels, 2,025 sq ft living space.

Call Tom Tillapaugh @ 607-434-9392 (cell)

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MLS#122914 $129,000 2-story home w/3 BRs, 1 bath, detached 2-car garage and workshop. Blacktop driveway, sizeable backyard. Full basement, walk up attic. In Oneonta.

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MLS#122568 $449,000 Currently the Willow Tree Inn, this B&B is 7 miles from Cooperstown. Endless countryside views.

3,694 sq f, 6 BRs w/private baths. 2-story barn.

Call Kristi Ough @ 607-547-5933 (cell)

MLS#123290 $110,000 Affordable 4-BR home features spacious eat-in kitchen, large LR, first-floor BR, full bath w/laundry.

Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

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Nice Ranch Home w/3 BRS, 2 baths, hardwood floors, open living area.

Finished basement offers large family room, laundry, ¾ bath. Wrap-around deck/front porch, oversized detached garage and paved driveway. Just minutes to Oneonta.

MLS#123189 $139,900

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Custom Contemporary Home Nestled in a serene setting, this updated home features open kitchen/DR/family room, beautiful twin sets of slider doors to your private deck. Nothing needs to be done! Custom cherry cabinets, skylights in LR, paved driveway, newer roof, new shower in master BR, new gutters, generator. Spacious covered deck, twin ponds, Shaw Brook in the back of almost 5 acres. Walkout basement w/more living space, huge shop area. 2-car garage.

MLS#121468 $239,900

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Perfect Country Colonial

157 Main Street,Cooperstown 607-547-5740

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Dynamic Dutch-style

(8662) 5-BR, 3-bath home w/views on 41.60 acres. 2-story foyer, LR w/fireplace, large built-in bookcases, French doors to veranda. Impressive staircase, formal DR, crown moldings, maple floors, mudroom, laundry. Gourmet kitchen, master suite, 3-car garage. Cooperstown Schools.

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(8579) Executive ranch w/5 BRs, 3+ baths, first-floor living. Cherry floors, French doors, wrap-around deck, 7-zone heat, central air. Custom kitchen w/fireplaced sitting area. Master suite, guest suite.

Second floor w/game room, office. 3-car garage.

Private setting w/29+ acres. Cooperstown Schools.

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This Colonial style home has unbelievable curb appeal! The house is situated in a park-like setting on almost 4 acres.

This move-in ready home offers 5 BRs, beautiful finished basement, stone fireplace in family room open to kitchen, lovely formal LR w/French doors. Updated kitchen has double ovens, island. Spacious mudroom has radiant floor heat. Attached 3-car garage also w/radiant heat, overhead storage. Large master BR has walk-in closet that everyone will admire!

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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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The TEDxOneonta series returns this weekend with five speakers on a variety of enlightening topics. Here, 2018 speaker Ricardo Sierra speaks about the importance of connecting kids to nature.

TEDx Returns, Ride For Charity Or Enjoy Bonfire

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aradise, as Carlie and David Kindernedl see it, can be found just off Oxbow Road in the Town of Milford.

“Our vision has a lot to do with finding a haven,” she said. “We don’t want a posh existence, we just want to build something beautiful.”

Three years ago, the couple acquired almost four acres at the corner of Oxbow and Chlorinator roads – Carlie’s dad dubbed it “Hippie Hollow.”

“He wanted to turn it into a baseball camp,” she said. “We want to make this land into an edible forest garden, with plants

David and Carlie Kindernedl, top, relax by Hinman Hollow Creek.

Above, they show off the kitchen in their Hippie Hollow homestead.

At right, Carlie prepares herbal tinctures by lamplight.

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for food and medicine.”

Carlie, a 2002 Cooperstown graduate, and David, a 2001 Gilbertsville graduate, met in 2014 when a mutual friend was moving and asked acquaintances for help.

“I had been traveling a lot and I was growing really weary,” said David. “I couldn’t find where I belonged, and I was ready to kill myself.

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At 30 Years, Habitat For Humanity Has Built 35 Otsego County Homes

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n 2017, Phyllis Orlowski discovered a worrisome trend in Oneonta: not many kids knew or were learning how to play tennis.

In July, Oneonta High School’s Varsity Tennis coach, who commutes from Cooperstown, began reversing that trend, running a threeweek tennis camp on Wilber Park’s courts. The 80 K-12 Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life participants paid $10 each.

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“I was living in an apartment on Academy Street, my window faced the back of the Salvation Army,” she said. “I would look at that wall every Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life day and cry. I was Habitat for Humanity built home sweet home for Lois Newell, foreground, and daughters freshly divorced, I Adrianna, left, Gabriella and Isabella. had no money and no resources. I wanted cultivated in the yard of her Habitat hope, a better life for my kids.”

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earn about sustainable farming, successful business practices, finding life’s purpose and more as speakers from around the world share their expertise at the annual TEDx Oneonta talk. $30. 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, Slade Theater, Hartwick LIBBY College, Oneonta.

CUDMORE www.tedxoneonta. com/ • Nothing better on a cool night than a roaring bonfire and some tasty bar-b-que! There’s music and laser tag too – just bring something to donate to the Milford Food Pantry! 4 - 9 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 13, Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford.

Info (607) 286-7721 • Take a fall ride on your motorcycle and support children of deceased veterans with the American Legion Legacy Fund motorcycle run.

Afterwards, enjoy music, food, a Chinese auction, more. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m Saturday, Sept. 14, American Legion, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

(607) 432-049.

• Take high tea and watch the series finale of “Downton Abbey” with a discussion of tea etiquette, a raffle, a photo booth and more. 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St, Oneonta. Info (607) 432-1980.

• Members of world famous ‘Chatham Baroque’ perform 17th- & 18th-century music on instruments of the era in the drawing room of the historic Hyde Hall. Cost, $30. 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown.

(607) 547-5098.

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DEC Presentation “Eastern Coyotes” Thursday, September 19 | 1:30 pm St. James Manor Retirement Community Open to the Public

Join Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Biologist, Selinda Brandon, for a talk about coyote ecology and coexisting with New York’s coyote population.

The eastern coyote is New York’s largest wild canid, an incredibly adaptable and opportunistic omnivore. Becoming familiar with the natural history of coyotes can help people understand their ecological role as well as help minimize or prevent conflicts.

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Community Arts discussion of identity, religion. munity Exhibition by Pathin OtsegO COunty Network of Oneonta, Led by SUNY Oneonta’s Dr. finder Village. Free, open 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Thor Gibbons. Continues to public. On view through 607-432-2070.

9/17. Huntington Memorial 10/6. Fenimore Art Museum, WORD THURSDAY – 7 Library, 62 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. p.m. Reading by Linda Lowen Oneonta. 607-432-1980.

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(Syracuse, NY) who has pre“Ready Player 2! Women & ►fRIDAY, Sept. 13 sented at many conferences Video Game Culture” with including Hobart Festival of Emily Phelps on inclusion BONFIRE – 4 - 9 p.m. Enjoy Women Writers, others. Bright of women in video games. community BBQ and bonfire Hill Press & Literary Center, Butternut Valley Room, Hunt 94 Church St., Treadwell. 607- featuring Brooks BBQ, music, Union, SUNY Oneonta. laser tag. Free, donations for 829-5055.

MUSIC AT THE MANSION Milford Food Pantry accepted.

BOOK DISCUSSION – 7 Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. 607-2867721.

TEDx – 6 p.m. Listen to speakers on variety of topics from food, to relationships, leadership, at independently organized TEDx event.

Cost, $30. Reservations required. Slade Theater, • Steaks, seafood, burgers, wood-fired pizza and comfort Hartwick College, Oneonta. food served in a comfortable and relaxed environment www.tedxoneonta.com • Sunday brunch 10 am to 2 pm FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Childs Play.” Cost, $3/ • Full bar with Happy Hour Monday – Friday person. Red Dragon Theater, • Banquet Room for 20 to 70 SUNY Oneonta.

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Couple Pioneers New Life At Site Alongside Milford Creek

HEAVEN/From B1 “Then I saw Carlie get out of the car, and I thought, ‘I’ve found my wife!’”

Later that day, he helped her with her garden, and by the end of it, the two had made a marriage pact.

“We’ve been living as husband and wife ever since,” he said.

Down the ravine by Hinman Hollow Brook, they’ve erected a two-room tent with a generatorpowered stove and solar-powered lights. They drink from the springfed stream.

Carlie collects the garlic mustard

that grows wild to season their food. David cuts down the trees for firewood, and next year, they hope to build a 10' x 10' log cabin.

“We’re struggling to beat the winter,” said David. “It’s hard.

I’m doing this all by hand. We’d trade work if someone would let us use some heavy equipment for a weekend. We’d have the cabin up in a few days if that was the case.”

Because there is no permanent structure, they have to vacate the land every winter. “We pack up everything and drive west,” he said.

“We try to find work, but some-

times, we have to panhandle for food or gas.”

“It’s stressful,” said Carlie. “But sometimes we meet people who have less than us, and we always choose to help them, too, with whatever we have.”

In April, they’re able to return and continue building their paradise.

“Right now, the land is inhospitable,” said David. “We need to eliminate a lot of the trees to get light in, and then we can terraform the land and replant.”

Once the land is clear, the couple hopes to plant fruit trees and make

gardens of edible and medicinal plants.

David was diagnosed with Lyme disease 10 years ago, and Carlie, an herbalist, studied up on what herbal remedies might help. “We collected Japanese knotweed at Wilber Lake this spring,” she said. “I made three quarts of tincture of the roots, and he takes it every day. Ticks are a problem here, so I take it whenever I see a bullseye, and it seems to help.”

Carlie and David don’t intend to be the only people in Hippie Hollow. “Our dream is to find

like-minded people to share this place with,” said David. “They would have to work hard and share our values, who want to escape the conundrum and stupidity.”

“No one should have to pay to lay down their head at night,” said Carlie. “We want to turn this place into a sanctuary where people can get counsel for their ailments and learn to use healing herbs.”

But for now, it’s just the two of them and their dog, Apollo.

“It’s been hard, and we’ve been through tough times,” said David.

“But we wouldn’t change a thing.”

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TENNIS/From B1 The United States Tennis Association’s Eastern Division was so impressed with Orlowski’s efforts, it declared her “Organizer of the Month” in August.

“It’s such an honor,” she said. “This is a really big deal that can help draw more attention and support for making tennis more accessible to children in the area.”

With its own membership declining, the Oneonta Tennis Club is seeking to replicate Orlowski’s success.

Last weekend, the club held a Charity Doubles Tournament to raise money for its new clinic for kids ages 5 to 10.

The funds mean families will only pay $5 per child for a 45minute lesson, taught by tennis pro Paul Catan.

“Tennis is expensive to learn – the lessons, equipment, entry fees for tournaments,” Catan said. “We’re trying to remove that barrier and make tennis accessible to more kids.”

Orlowski believed the decline in youth tennis began

after City Hall stopped funding a summer tennis camp, which provided 10 weeks of free lessons to kids. But she didn’t realize the impact until 2017 when, after a nine-year hiatus, she returned to coaching OHS’ varsity team.

“I struggled to put together a competitive tennis team that year,” she said. “The kids didn’t know how to play tennis anymore. I had to do something.”

Young people need to be introduced to the game as early as possible, so they can play competitively by the time they enter high school, Orlowski said. But how to make it affordable?

Last year, “I reached out to Jenny Irwin, the head of the U.S. Tennis Association’s Eastern Division,” she said.

“She told me about USTA grants I could apply for, so I applied for one and was awarded a $5,000 grant.”

Orlowski also found out about USTA’s youth tennis program, Net Generation, which “provides curricula

and equipment tailored for all ages and abilities, so kids of all ages learn tennis skills and have fun doing it.”

“Net Generation hides skills in their lessons, so kids learn them without realizing it,” she said. “And they tailor it for different age groups.

“For instance, five year-old kids use large racquets and small red balls that don’t bounce much because they can’t even bounce a ball at that age.”

But Orlowski said it was Mary-Margaret Sohns, founder of the nonprofit Cooperstown Tennis, who made the Oneonta tennis summer camp happen.

“Mary-Margaret used Cooperstown Tennis to cover the required $1 million safety insurance camp,” said Orlowski. “Without that, we couldn’t have done the camp.”

Sohns “insisted the summer camp be taught by tennis pros, so she ‘donated’ Cooperstown Tennis’ instructors Jorge Falla and his son Sebastian, who are pros from Colombia.”

the exception of the site supervisors, who HABITAT/From B1 teach the volunteers how to build. “If you chapter has built locally over the last three want to learn how to do plumbing, siding or decades. sheetrock, they can teach you.”

This Sunday, Sept. 15, Habitat for “We have such great volunteers,” said Humanity of Otsego County will celebrate its Marjorie Pietraface, volunteer committee 30th anniversary with an open house 2-4 p.m. chair. “And we’ve had ‘Caravaners’ come at the Elm Park Methodist Church. up from down south to help on a project for The local chapter started in 1989, when a a few weeks. One couple wanted class at the First United Methodist to help build in every single state; Church began looking at issues ►IF YOU GO: their whole RV was covered effecting the community, including Habitat for with stickers from places they’d a lack of access to safe, affordable Humanity 30th worked.” housing. anniversary open Once selected, a partner family “This was an outgrowth of folks house, 2-4 p.m., in that class who wanted to get a Elm Park Methodist must prove that they have the means to take on the mortgage chapter started,” said Mary Ann Church, Oneonta.

– $80-$100,000 in low-interest Dowdell, board president.

Rural Housing loans – and put in They built their first home, on Oneonta’s Reynolds Avenue, in 1990. “It took 250 hours of sweat equity working on their home and others. a while to build because we had to raise a lot “Sweat equity shows that the family has a of money,” said Dowdell. real investment in the house,” said Dowdell.

Since then, Habitat’s built 35 houses, “It also teaches them how to fix things, and it including two others next door to Newells’ gives them a sense of pride.” home behind the Oneonta Community “I changed a bathroom pipe the other day,” Christian School in the Sixth Ward, and work said Newell. “And I replaced the kitchen has begun on nine homes on Route 205, faucets. I learned how to do that with Habitat south of Laurens. “Until we started those for Humanity.” nine houses, those three were our biggest She also assisted the architect, Dennis development.”

Murray, in designing the house. “The wall The works is all done by volunteers, and between the kitchen and the living room funded through a combination of grants and wasn’t load-bearing, so I asked him to take it fundraising. “You name it, we’ve done it to out,” she said. “Having an open floor plan was raise money.” better for my daycare business.”

They also rely entirely on volunteers, with

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS BID #OTGOV013-19 COUNTY OF OTSEGO BID REF # OTGOV-013-19 FOR FURNISHING COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING ROOF RE-COATING FOR OTSEGO COUNTY IS DUE SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 AT 2 PM IN THE DIVISION OF PURCHASE. REGISTER AT www.empirestatebidsystem.com TO DOWNLOAD SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS. 1LegalSept.12 Legal nOtice

Notice of Formation of 391 Gifford Hill Rd, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 874 Wilber Lake Rd, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of VUVOI LLC. Articles of formation filed with NY Secretary of State (NYSS) on August 30, 2019.

Office Location: Otsego County.

NYSS has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and NYSS shall mail copy of process to 114 Main Street, Unit 1, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO Article 5A of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, that sealed bids are sought by: TOWN OF HARTWICK OTSEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK WATER METER INSTALLATION Sealed Bids for bid Town of Hartwick-007-19 will be received until September, 25, 2019 at the Onondaga County Purchasing Division, 421 Montgomery Street, 13th Floor, Syracuse, New York 13202, until 2:00 PM local time and then at

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said office publicly opened and read aloud. Bidders are responsible for the timely delivery of their bid proposal to the proper person and location as indicated in this “Advertisement for Bids”.

Bidders are advised not to rely on the Postal Service or any other mail delivery service for the timely and proper delivery of their bid proposal.

Bid proposals received after the date and time specified in this invitation shall be considered unresponsive and will be returned to the Bidder unopened.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the Bids received, or to reject any or all Bids without explanation, and to select the Bid, the acceptance of which, in its judgment, will best assure the efficient performance of the work.

A Pre-Bid conference will be held on September 16, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Town of Hartwick Town Hall, 103 Town Drive, Hartwick NY, 13348.

Bidding contractors are strongly encouraged to have an authorized representative of their firm present at this meeting.

At the bid opening, the Contractor must supply a BID GUARANTEE of five percent [5%] of the TOTAL AMOUNT of the bid submitted. The guarantee may be in the form of a bond, certified check or cashiers’ check. See Item 6 in “Instructions to Bidders”.

Bidders are advised that Labor and Material and Performance Bonds, each in the amount of 100% of the contract prices, as well as a Certificate of Insurance demonstrating required coverage, shall be provided by the successful bidder(s). In addition, the successful bidder(s) shall provide a one-year maintenance bond in the amount of 100% of the final contract price at the completion of work.

Questions or inquiries should be in writing and directed to: Cory Larrabee Buyer III Onondaga County Division of Purchase corylarrabee@ ongov.net All questions must be received at least seven (7) days prior to the date fixed for the opening of the bids.

Work shall include but is not limited to: Contract #1

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This Base Bid work consists of the installation of pre-purchased water meters from the Town of Hartwick. Contractor shall install Town purchased water meters in approximately 176 homes.

person or entity that receives a copy of plans and specifications from a municipality to deposit a sum of $100 with the municipality.

Once the contract is awarded, the municipality must refund the deposits within 30 days to unsuccessful bidders that return the plans and specifications in good condition.

of Labor PRC# 2019011375 (www. labor.state.ny.us) 08/29/2019. In addition, the Contractor must comply with Labor Law 220, section 220-h, which requires that on all public work projects of at least $250,000.00, all laborers, workers and mechanics on the site be certified as having successfully completed the OSHA 10-hour construction safety and health course.

NY Sec. of State (NYSS) on 08/22/19.

Office: Otsego County.

NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail process to: 564 Gay Brook Road, Oneonta, New York 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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All Water Meter Installation included in the bid documents shall be complete

by December 20, 2019.

The bidder(s), and /or significant subcontractor(s) shall have the requisite experience to perform the project work.

Bidder(s) and subcontractor(s) shall provide a list a minimum of five (5) similar projects on-going and/or completed over the last ten (10) years with their bid. Those bidders lacking adequate experience will be deemed non-responsive and are encouraged to not submit a bid.

Copies of the Contract Documents, including Advertisement For Bids, Information For Bidders, Labor and Employment, Additional Instructions, Bid Documents, Agreement, General Conditions, General Requirements, Specifications, Contract Drawings and any Addenda, may be examined at no expense online at the following website: www.debiddocuments.com, or at the office of Delaware Engineering, D.P.C., 55 South Main Street, Oneonta, NY, 13820 on or after September 9, 2019.

Digital copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained online as a download for a non-refundable fee of Forty-Nine Dollars ($49.00) from the website: www. debiddocuments. com. Complete hardcopy sets of bidding documents may be obtained from REV, 330 Route 17A, Suite #2, Goshen, NY 10924, Tel: 1-877272-0216, upon depositing the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each combined set of documents.

Checks or money orders shall be made payable to Delaware Engineering, D.P.C. Cash and credit card deposits will not be accepted.

Any Bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with REV and pay for all packaging and shipping costs.

Any Bidder or Non- Bidder upon returning such set in good reusable condition within thirty days following the award of the contract or rejection of the bids by General Municipal Law § 102 provides that a municipality may require any

If an unsuccessful bidder obtains more than one set of specifications, the political subdivision must also make a partial reimbursement in an amount equal to the deposit for one set of plans and specifications less the cost to reproduce them.

Therefore, the maximum amount the municipality may return to an unsuccessful bidder who requested more than one set of plans and specifications is an amount equal to two deposits less the cost of reproducing a single set.

A nonbidder is only entitled to receive the return of a single deposit less reproduction costs for a single set, regardless of the number of plans and specifications he or she obtained.

In addition, the municipality must return the entire amount of the deposit submitted by the successful bidder for one set of the specifications. Additionally, a local government may not supersede the maximum deposit amount via local law.

Please note that www.debiddocuments.com is the designated location and means for distributing and obtaining all bid package information. All Bidders are urged to register to ensure receipt of all necessary information including bid addenda.

All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at www. debiddocuments. com. Plan holders who have paid for hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for their use, and coordinate directly with REV for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda.

Addenda, if any, will be issued to only those persons whose name and address are on record with the Owner as having obtained the Contract Documents.

The Contractors must also be aware that they must comply with the State wage rates under New York State Department

This is an exempt capital improvement project, and Bidders shall not include in their bid sales and compensating use taxes on the cost of materials which are to be incorporated into the work and which are to be separately sold by the Contractor to the Village of Fishkill prior to incorporation into the work of the Contract.

Bids may be held by the Owner for a period not to exceed forty-five [45] days from the date of the opening of Bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of the bidder(s) and the subsequent approval of the bids and related documents by the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or waive any informalities in the bidding, without explanation, and to select the Bid, the acceptance of which, in its judgment, will best assure the efficient performance of the work.

ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK By: Andrew Trombley Director of Purchase

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Notice of formation of UNADILLA LIVESTOCK COMPANY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/6/19.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 93 Rubin Rd., Monticello, NY 12701.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of LLC Formation of Valley Hill Dairy, LLC, a NY limited liability company (LLC). Arts. of Org. filed with

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: KLB EXCAVATING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 22 August 2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3103 Co Hwy 31, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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SCHOOL TAX NOTICE UNATEGO CENTRAL SCHOOL NOTICE is hereby given that the school tax roll for the Unatego Central School District, Towns of Otego, Oneonta, Butternuts, Unadilla and Laurens of Otsego County, Franklin and Sidney of Delaware County State of New York, has been sent to the Community Bank, N.A. for collection of school taxes for the 2019-20 school year.

The tax warrant runs from September 1, 2019 – November 5, 2019.

September 3 – October 4, 2019 No Fee October 5 - October 31, 2019 2% November 1 – November 5, 2019 3% Taxes postmarked after November 5, 2019 will be returned to sender and books are sent to the County Treasurer in Cooperstown and Delhi who will add additional penalties.

School taxes will be collected at the Main Entrance of Unatego MS/HS, 2641 State Highway 7, Otego, NY 13825, Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m.

– 2:00 p.m. except for Columbus Day, October 14, 2019.

Amber Birdsall Unatego District Treasurer

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Notice of formation of SHELLEYFIELD REALTY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/13/18.

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

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon it to: The LLC, 438 Mansfield Avenue, Levittown, NY, 11756.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of MT321 LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/9/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 283 County Hwy 57, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Bobnick Enterprises II LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/8/2019.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Stan Bobnick, 754 County Highway 24, Richfield Springs, NY 13439 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NATE LULL, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/6/2019.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Nate Lull, LLC, PO Box 185, Gilbertsville, NY 13776 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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Grasslands Farm LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State (SSNY) on 4/25/2019.

Official Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1342 County Highway 10, Laurens, NY 13796.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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HOME NUISANCE SERVICES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/2/2019.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 130 Perkins Rd., West Edmeston, NY 13485.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Base Camp Construction, LLC,

Tafel Dairy Farm LLC.

a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) with offices located in Otsego County, for the purpose of any lawful act or activity under the Limited Liability Company Law. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (SSNY) on July 3, 2019. SSNY is the agent designated to receive service of process on behalf of the LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of such service of process to Michael P. Burns, 372 Christian Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State (SSNY) on 4/25/2019.

Official Location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1342 County Highway 10, Laurens, NY 13796.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF J. Gorman Fine Jewelry,LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/24/2019.

Office Location: Otsego SSNY Desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 7571 State Highway 80, Cooperstown NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: 947 CO HWY 33 LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 7 August 2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 947 Co Hwy 33, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Privitera Properties, LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May, 23, 2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Privitera Properties, LLC, 3949 West Oneonta, NY 13861.

Purpose: Any lawful acts or activities.

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Notice of Formation of SafetyHealth First LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/31/19.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Michael Gildea, 60 Brunlar Court, Apartment 47, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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THURSDAY, September 12, 2019

A complete Guide to

SPCA. Front Lobby, Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-547-8111.

AFTERNOON TEA – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Enjoy an afternoon like a Crawley. Celebrate the upcoming release of the ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie with an afternoon tea that includes viewing the series finale, discussion of tea etiquette, tea sandwiches, teapot raffle, photo booth, more. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St, Oneonta. 607-432-1980.

WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft.

Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4321980.

JAM CLASS – 2 - 4 p.m.

Beginning instrumentalists learn major, minor chords then learn a song and perform together. The music genre will broadly be ‘Folk Music.’ 6 classes, Saturday thru 10/19, $120/person.

Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

607-432-2070.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Childs Play.” See Friday Listing.

POTLUCK SUPPER – 7 p.m.

Enjoy ‘Jamaican themed’ potluck supper with the neighbors. Bring a dish to pass or just come, all welcome.

Drinks, dinnerware provided.

Fly Creek United Methodist

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Legacy Fund supporting children of deceased veterans through their higher education. Includes stops in Delhi, Margaretsville, Downsville, Walton. After the run enjoy music, food, Chinese auction, more.

American Legion, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-0494.

DRIVE ELECTRIC – 9 a.m.

- 2 p.m. See electric vehicles, talk to owners about experiences with driving them.

Celebrate National Drive Electric Week. Electric Charging Station, Doubleday Field Parking Lot, Cooperstown.

Visit driveelectricweek.org SUPPORT GROUP – 10 a.m. - Noon. Family, friends, & people with Multiple Sclerosis are invited to group. Open dialogue encouraged, no questions too big or small.

Sunshine Room, Elm Park

United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call Phil Young 607-435-3653.

SEWING DAY – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sew/assemble items for Days For Girls, non-profit that increases girls access to menstrual care/education. Volunteers needed to prepare reusable feminine hygiene kits for girls in Africa who can’t afford/don’t have access to feminine hygiene products. Light snacks, childcare provided. Unitariuan Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-3491.

QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. ‘Draping the Pews’ quilt show featuring area quilters.

Refreshments included. Fly Creek Methodist Church, Rt. 26, Fly Creek. 607-435-2946.

PAWSITIVE PAWSIBILITIES – Noon - 2 p.m. Meet adoptable pets from Susquehanna

what’s fun in OtsegO COunty _________ SQUARE DANCE – 7:30 p.m. Opening dance of the season. Enjoy a night with The Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Club of Cooperstown. Admission, $5/person. Cooperstown Elementary School.

607-547-8665.

INTEREST MEETING – 8 p.m. General/planning meeting for Teen Center Haunted House. All ages welcome.

People needed to decorate, build, perform the weekend before Halloween. Oneonta Teen Center, 4 Academy St., Oneonta. 607-441-3999.

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what’s fun ►sATURDAY, Sept. 14 LEGACY RUN – 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Motorcycle ride to support American Legion

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OTSEGO. opportunities Full-Time Delivery Driver

Reinhardt Home Heating is in search of a delivery driver. Must be able to deliver propane and oil, experience a plus, but will train right candidate.

Must have clean current CDL license, Hazmat endorsement, and medical exam. Benefits include paid time off, health/life insurance, dental, 401(K), product discounts, and enhanced disability.

Please send resumé and references to: Reinhardt Home Heating, Attention Dan, PO Box B, West Oneonta NY 13861

►sunDAY, Sept. 15 MUSIC – 11 a.m. John O’Connor performs country, folk, original songs. Franklin Farmers’ Market, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-2672.

FILM – 1 & 6:30 p.m.

Presenting “Childs Play.” See Friday Listing.

ORIENTATION – 1 - 3 p.m.

Learn what 4-H dog program has to offer. Includes training games, tips, rules, chance to meet dogs, more. Just don’t bring your own dog. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown. 607267-2011.

WORKSHOP – 2 - 3 p.m.

Introduction to Buddhism & guided meditation with Lanny Harrison, certified meditation instructor in Shambhala tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

Free. West Kortright Center, 49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. 607-2785454.

READING – 3 p.m. Friends

of the Village Library present author George Hovis reading from latest novel “The Skin Artist.” Village Meeting Room, downstairs Village Library, Cooperstown. 607-547-8344.

CONCERT – 3 p.m. Stamford Friends of Music present Pegasus: The Orchestra performing American masterpieces Appalachian Spring

by Aaron Copland, others.

Suggested donation, $12/ person. Stamford United Methodist Church, 88 Main St., Stamford.

DINNER CONCERT – 4 p.m.

Sit down for food & cocktail and enjoy music from around the world. Features Spanish compositions by Isaac Albeniz, Turkish-inspired improvisations by Italian composer Carlo Domeniconi, Bach. Performed by Kenneth Meyer, Ph.D. (guitar). Cost, $70/person. The Horned Dorset, 2000 St. Rt. 8, Leonardsville. 315-855-7898.

CONCERT – 5:30 p.m.

Members of world famous ‘Chatham Baroque’ perform 17th & 18th century music on instruments of the era.

Cost, $30. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5098.

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Full-time dental oFFice Receptionist

Seeking a full-time receptionist with a 5-star attitude for a busy oneonta dental office. some limited dental assisting duties. must be able to work independently as well as with a team. 4 days a week, no evenings or weekends. send resumé to atdentaloneonta@gmail.com

Heritage at tHe Plains at ParisH Homestead CaPital senior living Community

Come work with us and get a rewarding experience working with seniors!

OFFERING SIGN ON BONUS Driver/Maintenance FT Resident Care Aide PT Dining Servers FT

Full-Time Service Tech Reinhardt Home Heating is in search of a service technician. Must be able to work with propane and oil. Experience is a plus but we will train the right candidate. Benefits include paid time off, health/life insurance, dental, 401(K), product discounts, and enhanced disability.

Please send resumé and references to: Reinhardt Home Heating, Attention Dan, PO Box B, West Oneonta NY 13861

Civilian Dispatcher

Automotive Servicepersons

The City of Oneonta is currently accepting applications for part-time Civilian Dispatcher with the Oneonta Police Department. Candidates must be available nights and weekends.

Applications and job descriptions are available at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel or City Hall, 258 Main Street.

The City of Oneonta is currently accepting applications for full time Automotive Servicepersons. This position includes competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package.

Applications and a job description are available at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel or City Hall, 258 Main Street.

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Church, 852 Co. Rd. 26, Fly Creek. 607-547-9946.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy evening of acoustic roots music performed by Charm City Junction. Walton Theater, 30 Gardiner Pl., Walton. 607-865-6688.

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TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED AND WILL HAVE TO WORK SOME WEEKENDS

Please apply in person at Heritage at the Plains

163 Heritage Circle

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HEAVY MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (TEMPORARY POsITION) The Village of Cooperstown has a temporary opening for an Heavy Motor Equipment Operator. Applicants must be a resident of Otsego County. For further information including job description and applications please contact the Village Administrator at the address listed below or by calling 607-547-2411. Applicants must possess a valid NYS Class A or B CDL license.

Teri L. Barown, RMC, Village Administrator, Village of Cooperstown, PO Box 346, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Join Our Team of Dedicated and Caring Professionals

Residential Associates (FT & Sub; works at OFO shelters)

Building Healthy Families Support Specialist Energy Services Coordinator

HEAD START POSITIONS (All F/T with school breaks & Summers off)

Center Director Classroom Teacher Assistant Teacher Center Associate

OFO is a family-oriented organization offering competetive wages, excellent benefits and opportunities for professional growth. For an application, submission instructions, benefit package summary and descriptions of all employment openings, visit www.ofoinc.org/jobs EOE The leader in developing innovative solutions to promote healthy lives, thriving families, and caring communities since 1966.

WasteWater treatment Plant OPeratOr trainee (Full-time) The Village of Cooperstown seeks qualified applicants for the position of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Trainee. Minimum qualifications for this position are a high school diploma or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and the ability to meet the requirements for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification as set by NYS Department of Environmental Conversation.

Competitive salary and benefit package. The job description is on file in the Village Administrator’s Office. The Village of Cooperstown will be undertaking the construction of substantial upgrades to the Wastewater Treatment Plant and this position allows the successful candidate the opportunity to be involved from the outset of the project.

Please send resume, cover letter, and references to: Village Administrator Village of Cooperstown, P.O. Box 346, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Any questions regarding this position should be directed to the Village Administrator at 607-547-2411. Candidates must be Otsego County residents at time of appointment.

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church secretary st. James episcopal church is seeking a dedicated Church Secretary to handle public facing duties as well as general office management tasks. As the church receptionist, the secretary must be a welcoming, pleasant representative in interactions with the public and parishioners. The secretary must be organized and . well-versed in office computer programs

responsibilities:

Administer church office Prepare Sunday bulletins and other programs, Prepare meeting agendas and minutes and reports Prepare and distribute Parish Newsletters Coordinate scheduling and building use Type correspondence, open and sort mail Maintain office equipment Provide general assistance to clergy and staff as needed

Qualifications:

Experience managing filing systems Experience with office software • Type 50 wpm or better submit Letter of Interest & resume to: Father Kenneth Hunter, Rector St. James Episcopal Church 305 Main St. Oneonta, NY 13820 or email to sjrector@stny.rr.com

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OBITUARIES

Ida M. Miller, 94, Richfield Springs; Active With Church, Civic Groups

RICHFIELD SPRINGSIda Marie Miller, 94, an area native who was active with her church, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, Sept. 7, 2019 in her home after an extended illness.

She was born on February 4, 1925, in Little Falls, daughter of the late Antonio and Sarafina Evangelista

Bisconti.

On Sept. 4, 1949 she was united in marriage to M. Warner Miller in Saint Joseph’s Parish House, Little Falls. Ida and Warner proudly celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary this past week. Ida led a devoted Catholic life and was a member of Saint Joseph the Worker RC Church in

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Complete On-premise Custom Carving and Lettering Facility 11 Genesee Street, Cherry Valley•607-264-8201 www.cvmemorials.com

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

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

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

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 www.grummonsfuneralhome.com

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George M. Tillapaugh (1888-1913) · Revo and Anna Tillapaugh (1913-1958) George G. and Marjorie Tillapaugh (1935-1988) · Martin H. Tillapaugh (1988-Present)

dignity · tradition · continuity 28 Pioneer Street, cooPerStown • 607-547-2571 Proudly serving area families since 1888

they moved to the Town of ty Stio and Doris SchnakenMaryland in 1971. In 1992, berg. after retirement, they moved A graveside service will to Boynton Beach, Fla. be 2 p.m. Oct. 5, at the Joan is survived by her Westville Cemetery, County children, Elaine LaPre, Highway 35, Westville.

Linda (Rich) Holub, Keith The family invites friends to(Bonnie) info@allotsego.com Krpata, Barb to join them after at the Best (Mark) Dulkis and Ellen Western’s Hartwick Room (Ken) Purdy, and many to celebrate Joan’s life. grandchildren and greatArrangements are entrustgrandchildren. She is also ed to the Heller & Skinner survived by two sisters, Bet- Funeral Home.

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►TuesDAY, Sept. 17

Our Chapel comfortably seats over 200.

is survived by precious son Jordan James (JJ); his mother and step-father, Cindy and Glenn Skinner; grandmother Darlene D. Wheeler; his sister, Jennifer (Randy) Hartz; nieces: Kailynn and Kendra; inlaws: Dave and Nora Jordan; many special aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.

Friends may call 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept.

12, 2019 at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Deposit.

Arrangements are entrusted to the C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel.

Joan B. Krpata, 88; ‘Nani’ Retired To Florida

POETRY CLASS – 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Explore poetic forms, receive kind critiques.

Adults of all experience/skill levels welcome. 6-week class, Mondays thru 10/21, $60/person. 8 person class.

Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-4322070.

MUSIC – 9 p.m. “From the Old School to the New School: The History of Rap & Hip Hop, Yesterday, Today, & into the Future” with Darryl McDaniels (aka DMC) of rap group Run-DMC. Cost, $3/person.

Ballroom, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

Our historic Family Room

He will always be remembered for his courageous smile, creative mind and loving generosity.

Jason took Jason great pride in Corey his gardening skills, was a MacGyver with his innovations, loved his music, playing his guitars and spending his time entertaining and playing with his precious little boy.

Jason was predeceased by his father: Robert E. Corey; maternal grandfather: Donley D. Wheeler; and paternal grandparents: Herb and Marie Corey.

Along with Lisa, Jason

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Tillapaugh Funeral Service

Jason Corey, 35, Bassett Employee Succumbs After Battle With Cancer

Richfield SIDNEY – Jason Corey, Springs.

35, an environmental techniShe was tion at Bassett Hospital, a mempassed away with his family ber of the by his side on Saturday, Women’s Sept. 7, 2019, at Bassett Christian Hospital.

Club of Jason fought a long hard Little battle with choroidal metaFalls and static melanoma with great the Little courage and silent dignity.

Ida Miller Falls Jason was born Jan. 25, Senior Citizens group.

1984, in Binghamton. He In addition to her husstarted working for Gavin’s Pizza while still in high band, she is survived by, three children, Leslie Miller school, and continued after and wife Marge, James graduation. Jason co-owned Miller and wife Pamela all Two Doughboys, the Sidney of Richfield Springs, Ann pizza parlor, and then Gonyea and her husband was employed by Bassett Paul of Franklin, Mass, Hospital as an environseven grandchildren and 14 mental technician. great grandchildren, several Jason married Lisa Jordan nieces, nephews and couson Sept. 29, 2018. She ins. survives him.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, Arthur, Dante and Anthony (BisMARYLAND – Joan cuit) Bisconti, two sisters, B. Krpata (Schnakenberg), Rose Lamana and Yolanda affectionately known as Thomason.

“Nani,” passed away Aug. A Mass of Christian Buri27, 2019, at Bassett Hospial will be celebrated at 11 tal. a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at She was born Aug. 13, Saint Joseph the Worker RC Send calendar items 1931, in Hollis, Queens.

Church, Richfield Springs.

She was predeceased by Father Silvaster Sarihaddula, her husband, Alfred, in Pastor will officiate.

September 1994. Joan Funeral arrangements married Al in 1950 and they are entrustd to the J. Seaton lived on Long Island until McGrath Funeral Home.

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THURSDAY, September 12, 2019

FILM – 11:30 a.m. “Key Constitutional Concepts,” 3part video discussing judiciary intentions of framers, Supreme Court decisions since.

Red Dragon Theater, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 - 6:30 p.m. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. Auditorium, Bassett Hall, 1 Atwell Dr., Cooperstown. 607-547-3701.

GARDEN TOUR – 4:30 p.m. Learn how garden has evolved over time, identify flowering plants with Pat Thorpe, horticulturalist.

Brookwood Point, 6000 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607547-2366 ext. 108.

3D TINKERING – 6 p.m.

Tinkering Tuesdays return.

Create pumpkin tealight with TinkerCAD, to be printed by

October. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980.

featured author George Hovis, “The Skin Artist.” Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070.

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►WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18

ARTISTS TALK – 6 p.m.

Season final program features talk & poetry reading by Bertha Rogers based on works in current show ‘Wild/ Not Wild.” Admission free, reservations recommended.

The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown.

607-547-5327.

SQUARE DANCE CLASS – 7:30 p.m. Learn Modern Western Square Dancing with The Doubleday Dancers. Have fun, exercise, meet new people. Dress casual, comfortable shoes. Free, all welcome.

Cooperstown Elementary School. 607-547-8665.

►Friday, Sept. 20

DROP OFF – 8 - 11 a.m.

in OtsegOHazardous COunty waste collection

►Thursday, Sept. 19 COYOTES – 1:30 p.m. Wildlife biologist Selinda Brandon presents on Easter Coyote.

Learn how to coexist with NYS largest wild canid. St. James Manor, 9 St. James Pl., Oneonta. 607-436-9974.

DISCUSSION – 6 p.m.

“Queer Identities in a Globalized World: Questions of Human Rights and Culture” with Dr. Shahin Kachwala.

Butternut Valley Room, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

CLASSIC FIX – 7 p.m.

Presenting classic show ‘M.A.S.H.’ about Korean War field hospital with humor and hijinks. Tickets, $6. Walton Theater, 30 Gardiner Pl., Walton. 607-865-6688.

WRITERS SALON – 7:30 - 9 p.m. Open mic followed by

includes paint, pesticides, solvents, chemical cleaners, antifreeze, more. Contact Otsego County Solid Waste Department for list. Unadilla Highway Building, 216 Co. Hwy. 3, Unadilla. 607-547-4225.

PAR FOR PAWS – 8:30 a.m. Golf tournament with breakfast, lunch. $300/4person team. Benefit for Susquehanna SPCA. Otsego Golf Club, 144 Pro Shop Dr., Springfield Center. 607-5478111 ext. 101.

TRUE BLUE WEEKEND – 8:30 a.m. Welcome students with activities throughout the weekend. Hartwick Athletics Golf classic, kick-off party, movie night. Hartwick College, Oneonta. 607-431-4064.

RESOURCE FAIR – 9 a.m.

- 1 p.m.Resources, services available to seniors from community organizations. Baking contest, public hearing on services needed by older residents. FoxCare Center, Oneonta. 607-547-4232.

DROP OFF – 2 - 4 p.m.

Small businesses are invited to dispose of hazardous materials. Pre-registration required by 9/6. The Meadows, 140 Co. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown.

607-547-4225.

FILM FEST – 5 p.m. Hall celebrates twin traditions of film and baseball. Tickets free, reservations required.

Continues 9/21. Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607547-7200.

AWARDS DINNER – 6 - 8 p.m. Celebrate art exhibit ‘Home Is Where the Heart Is’ with pasta buffet, cake, music, more. Tickets, $15/ person at door, available at The Turning Point. Quality Inn, 5206 NY-23, Oneonta. 607267-4435.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Anabelle Come Home.”

Cost, $3/person. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

AUDITIONS – 6:30 p.m. All roles available for Orpheus Theater production of ‘Elf the Musical.’ Rehearsals begin October. Performances December 13-15. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

607-432-1800.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Visit exhibit ‘Duane Michals: The Portraitist’ then enjoy film, starting at 7. This week “Taxi Driver” featuring actors Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese (Rated R). Cost, $7/non-member. Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

PLANETARIUM – 7 - 8 p.m.

Public night at updated planetaruym featuring multimedia experience presented by SUNY Oneonta staff, faculty, students. Free, tickets required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta.

607-436-2011.

TRIBUTE – 8 p.m. One of Nations to Eagles tribute band ‘The Eagles Experience’ presents evening of Eagles greatest hits & fun. General Admission, $20. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

607-431-2080.

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