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irbnb patrons will now have to pay a 4 percent occupancy tax just like any other tourist

spending a night in Otsego County. County Treasurer Dan Crowell announced Tuesday, Jan. 10, he has signed Please See TAX, A2

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Oneonta Taxi Company Ahead Of Uber By JIM KEVLIN & EMILY MURPHY

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hile the state Legislature struggles with what to do about Uber, entrepreneur Al Rubin, A&D

Transportation Co. president, has acted. By the time you read this, Rubin’s Oneonta taxicab company will be offering an Uber-like service through Red Route, an app developed by three college pals, two Please See RUBIN, A2

CLARK HANGS ONTO HELM

County Board Revolt Is Quelled – For Now

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Keith Dorsch was high in the treetops above Delaware Street, part of a Tallman Tree Service that is removing and trimming trees throughout the village this winter.

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o attract and retain DSPs – direct support professionals – Springbrook hiked wages to Governor Cuomo’s 2019 level as of New Year’s Day. “We refuse to wait for New York State to fix this problem for us,” said Patricia Kennedy, CEO of the community for disabled youngsters and adults in Milford, announced the decision Friday, Jan. 1. The decision will cost $1.2 million, she said. More details at

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Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Trevor Hoffman are considered top contenders for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year/SEE B8

BABY CARE: Bassett

After Tense Reorganization, Reps Emerge Focusing On Strategic Plan, Action Steps Even exploring the posBy JIM KEVLIN sibility of a county manager. Those are some of the COOPERSTOWN plans and ideas for 2017 that surfaced during convermplementing the stratesations with a cross-section gic plan. of the 14-member county Completing a compet- Board of Representatives itive salary schedule for de- in the days following the partment contested heads and reelection managers. WednesApday, Jan. pointing 4, of Otsego Kathy Now Clark, board R-Otego, members as board supportive chair. Clark Vs. Carson of CEO Clark Sandy won Mathes’ countywide stratreelection through weighted egy: the food hub, D&H voting, but failed to gain yard redevelopment, and support of half the board: revitalization of Oneonta, Four Democrats and a ReCooperstown and Richfield publican voted “nay,” Springs. Please See COUNTY, A7

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Father John R. Roos • 1930-2017

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Albany Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard blesses the sealed coffin bearing Father John R. Roos at the end of the Tuesday, Jan. 10, funeral at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Church.

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Mourners Remember Father John’s Love Peter Deysenroth, front, and Martin Tillapaugh transport the coffin from the church. Father Roos asked the morticians to collaborate on his funeral.

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here wasn’t even a space for the bishop. “Cooperstown certainly knows how to make a guy feel bad,” said Most Rev. Howard J. Hubbard, bishop Image on emeritus of the mass card. Catholic Diocese of Albany. “I got to town, and the funeral director told me there was Please See ROOS, A2 ►SEE FULL OBITUARY, SEE B6

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With Uber Due, Oneonta Taxi Company Innovates RUBIN/From A1 from Cornell. “They had this innovative concept,” said Rubin, “and they built on it.” The app allows you to simply type in your location into your iPhone, and it will tell you how long until the driver will arrive, and give you the driver’s name and photo, as well as a photo of the car. It’s just like Uber, the national ride-sharing system that, skirting local and state livery regulations, is causing controversy in Albany – it avoids all the certifications and safeguards cab companies must meet – as it is across the country. Uber was discussed by legislators at the Otsego County Chamber’s annual State of the

State Breakfast Tuesday, Jan. 4, which prompted the local businessman to raise the flag. “What young people, Al Rubin Generation X and Y and Baby Boomers want is innovative technology,” said Rubin. As a businessman, he said, he plans to give his customers what they want in a locally based way. Red Route, as operated by A&D Taxi, has advantages for local customers. Both systems are “real time,” but the local one is monitored by trained

dispatchers at the company’s Lower River Street headquarters and it dispatches trained, certified drivers. Because A&D is regulated, the rates will stay the same: $5 during the day, $6 at night, plus $1 for each additional rider, to be transported from the campuses downtown. The Cooperstown-Oneonta trip costs $45. Rubin and his partner, David Freed, who met during their student days at SUNY Oneonta, founded the taxi company 20 years ago, and demand caused them to increase their taxi fleet from one cab to 27 in 2½ years. Today they are operating in 12 Central New York counties; taxis locally, and non-

emergency medical transport, airport service and wheelchair transport elsewhere. The Red Route system is their latest innovation; so far, it is operating only in the Ithaca, Syracuse and Binghamton areas. Red Route President Brian Schiff, a computer science major, said he and fellow student Leor Allen launched their business through a Cornell-run incubator that aims to give students a way to take their ideas to market. “It was really kind of your classic start-up,” said Schiff, who was raised in Mamaroneck, Westchester County. “We knew there was an opportunity to bring that app to market. We knew we could help the local taxi cab community.” Allen is from the West Coast, and he brought in a third partner, Samuel Krut, a boyhood friend now attending UC Davis. “We have found transportation operators are very eager to move their businesses forward and modernize and incorporate technology in ways that can better please their customers, add efficiency to their business – the whole nine yards.” For Al Rubin, one of the big plus is: A&D is a local business, contributing “thousands of dollars” a year to City Hall through fees and taxes, sponsoring local sports teams and contributing to local causes. Uber takes all the money out of the market.

Faithful Fill St. Mary’s In Honor Of Father Roos

ROOS/From A1 no place left to park!” With 300 parishioners, 33 priests and three deacons in attendance, Father John R. Roos’ name was added to the Book of Saints Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church. Father Roos, St. Mary’s pastor and, in retirement, sacramental minister at St. Thomas the Apostle in Cherry Valley, Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal Blessed Sacrament in SpringElizabeth Maloney reads field Center and St. Mary’s in Romans 6:3-9. Sharon Springs, died Tuesday night, Jan. 3, after a brief illfor all eternity. We praise you ness. He was 86. God for the gift you have given “He enjoyed serving rural ar- us in Father John.” eas,” said Hubbard. “The world For his own funeral, he had doesn’t need more cardinals, asked both Peter Dysenroth, they need shepherds who smell director of Connell, Dow & the odor of the sheep. That’s Dysenroth, and Martin Tillaexactly the kind of man Father paugh, director of the TillaJohn was.” paugh Funeral Home, to handle “Of the three priests I’ve had his arrangements together, since I’ve been here, he was the rather than choose between best,” said Ernie Pasquale, a them. “That’s the kind of man retired Milford school teacher. he was,” said Tillapaugh. “He “He was fun, fatherly and he was very humble, very kind.” loved everybody.” During his time at the “And he was loved by church, Roos started the caneveryone,” said Cathy Raddatz. tor during the service, adding “When you were with him, you onto the choir, which had been just felt like you were in the started just a few years earlier. presence of holiness.” “He loved music,” said MadSt. Thomas Deacon Richard eline Sansevere. “He was very Brown, in his homily, quoted supportive of the choir.” the words Roos often used Barbara Brown, a parishiowhen performing funerals. ner of St. Thomas, sang Psalm “Death does not have the final 63. “Any time he was around, word,” he said. “Father John it was very positive,” she said. lived a fruitful life, and now he Karen Walker, in her Prayers will embrace the fullness of life of the Faithful, acknowledged his great love of music. “You may not have known all the words to the tune in your heart, but you always sang,” she said. MANY COMPANIES. MANY OPTIONS. “…especially in Price Chopper.” “I guess he would sing about Your “HOMETOWN” Insurance Agency the vegetables!” joked Sanse209 Main Street, Cooperstown vere. 607-547-2951 across from Bruce Hall “He loved ‘How Great Thou 607-263-5170 in Morris Art’,” said Ron Johnson, the www.bieritzinsurance.com church’s music director and orCelebrating our ganist. “I would finish playing, th YEAR! and he would still be singing!” Ben Novellano 1990-2016 He continued, “He told me one time that I needed to play it at his funeral. It was his favorite song.” And his love of animals was well-represented, with “the Friendly Beasts” sung during the communion portion of the service. “He asked for it every single Christmas,” said Smith. “He was a humble man, and I think that’s what drew him to that song.” “He was a lover of animals and of all creation,” said Walker. “He was happy to sit and enjoy the tranquility You provided.” “I remember one time a man came to him asking about whether or not he should put his dog down,” said Raddatz. “He told the man ‘I have a dog’ and they talked for awhile about their dogs, and then he told him ‘Whatever your decision, God will be with you’.” The service was livestreamed on The Cube and will be available for 30 days. And a memory book is being put together by the church; anyone with a memory of Father John is encouraged to bring them to the church.

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Airbnb Agrees To Pay Bed Tax TAX/From A1 an agreement whereby Airbnb will list the 4 percent levy as part of the cost of renting any of its local properties, then collect the tax, aggregate it, and submit a monthly check to county coffers. Crowell estimates Airbnbs will generated about $20,000 a year, a small part of the $1.6 million the bed tax generates for the county annually and, given tourism is a “mature” industry locally, he doesn’t see it rising that much. “It’s more about the principle than the money,” he said, “although the money matters.” The principle is one of fairness: Airbnb – while “just a web portal” – should be subject to the same tax as a bricks-andmortar B&B, a weekly rental to Dreams Park families, or a hotel, the treasurer said. Crowell said he heard through NYSAC, the state Association of Counties, that other counties had begun reaching similar agreements with Airbnb. “We’re not the first county; but we’re among the first.”

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1. WHERE: Medallion will only be hidden on Village Public Property. a. Medallion will NOT be hidden on private property. b. Medallion will NOT be hidden on Doubleday Field. c. Medallion will NOT be hidden in any construction sites. ** No Village property will be dug up or destroyed during the Medallion Hunt. 2. WHO: Anyone can participate in the Medallion Hunt, EXCEPT: a. Immediate family members of the Winter Carnival Committee are INELIGIBLE to win the Medallion Hunt prize. b. All contestants under the age of 18 must have permission of a parent or guardian to participate. c. All contestants agree that the Freeman’s Journal and the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee, their advertisers and agents, and the Village of Cooperstown and town of Otsego will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by contestants of any

injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting in whole of, in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in contest. 3. WHEN: Clues about the location will be published by the Freeman’s Journal for three weeks prior to Winter Carnival. a. When the medallion is found, the finder must immediately notify the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee, by calling 607-547-9983. b. T he winner will be required to execute and return a CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY and GENERAL RELEASE FORM within 14 days of notification. If winner is under the age of 18, the Certificate must be signed by his or her parent or guardian. Non-compliance may result in disqualification. More Info: CooperstownWinter Carnival.com Safety Warning: No Climbing Necessary.

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Perspectives

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EDITORIALS

Embattled Chairman Clark Must Un-Disgruntle Disgruntled Reps “Bottom line: It has nothing to do with power. There was no power play. Only: How can we best help Otsego County.”

money can be spent on different priorities. Mostly, county government is pretty routine. The vast amount of county activity is focused on administering state programs, mostly social services. Even innovations, like dissolving MOSA or creating a publicprivate promotion with the tourism industry, are practical matters that can be handled without great moral principles coming into play. (The exception that proved the rule appears to be the privatization

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ndrew Marietta’s quote nailed it. After all, what is at stake in control of the county Board of Representatives? Some appointments, sure, although most county jobs are covered by Civil Service. Certainly,

of Otsego Manor, where lives may be at stake.) • When personal agendas and personality clashes come to the fore, the hum-drum business that is most of what county government does gets gummed up – and that’s what’s been happening at the county board. They’re clogging up completion of the strategic plan, which cost $50,000 so far, slowing equitable salaries for managers and – most critically – getting in the way of

Otsego Now’s high-energy economic-development initiative. It’s time to stop it, as the seven county reps who each put an individual foot down against the reelection of Kathy Clark, R-Otego, as chair were saying. (Even though she was elected anyhow.) • At the Otsego Chamber’s State of the State Breakfast last week, Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz put it this way: “The more time our leadership is bogged down in fighting old fights and waging

war against each other, the less time we have to continue the good work we’ve seen recently with Destination Marketing and Otsego Now.” Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig put it this way: “Otsego County can grow and prosper if we work together.” Right on, Mayor Katz. Right on, Mayor Herzig. Come on, Chairman Clark, get organized, un-disgruntle disgruntled reps, and follow the KatzHerzig model, for the good of all.

2 Mayors On The March At Otsego County Chamber’s Annual State Of State Breakfast, Cooperstown’s Jeff Katz, Oneonta’s Gary Herzig Detail Accomplishments, Say Collaboration Keeps Good Things Happening By JEFF KATZ Mayor of Cooperstown

By GARY HERZIG Mayor of Oneonta

016 was a great year for Cooperstown – for the Baseball Hall of Fame, The Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum, for businesses (as far as I’ve heard) and for the village itself. Our annual dedication to catching up on years of infrastructure work, previously impossible to pay for, continued. Over $400,000 in paid-parkrevenue, generated he old ad- ing between Memorial Day age that a and Columbus Day, has rising tide been a huge addition to our budget. lifts all boats is 2016 was not only true. As Oneonta good for Cooperstown. and Cooperstown By all accounts, the succeed, so does City of Oneonta has had increasing success and the county. the amount of grants and state money we’ve been getting in both places, and the increase in bed tax receipts, has only added to our recent area-wide resurgence. What’s at the root of these successes? I see a move toward more professionalism and aggressiveness, the desire of certain leaders to be present at regional and statewide events, and an infusion of skill, both inside the government and outside. These things have led the way to success. In the village, the trustees are smart, hardworking and very involved, free from any agenda other than improving Cooperstown. Always looking internally, we abolished the deputy clerk and treasurer positions to save money and increase organizational efficiency. We established, with advice of NYCOM (New York Conference of Mayors), a village administrator position. The administrator is officially authorized to do day-to-day decision making and operation, within the confines Please See KATZ, A6

neonta is the business and economic center of Otsego County. Cooperstown is the primary destination for tourism. And, the rural areas of our county are supporting a growing number of small niche agrilbany businesses, including growers of organic and now other specialty crops, knows food producers, and craft beverage brewers who we are. There is a newand distillers. Our county is fortu- found recognition nate to have a diverse, inter-related economy and belief in the in which our commu- future potential nities can complement of the City of each other, rather than Oneonta. compete. Oneonta benefits from the visitors attracted to Cooperstown. Cooperstown benefits from Oneonta’s jobs and shopping. And, Oneonta’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) looks to support Otsego County’s producers of local foods and beverages while also providing visitors with another reason to spend time and money in our city. Otsego County can grow and prosper if we work together. 2016 was the year in which the people of the City of Oneonta both learned and demonstrated that “Working Together Really Does Work.” Instead of the usual turf wars, this year we tried something different – our colleges, the chamber and business community, our notfor-profits, and our health care community all stepped up to work together and results are starting to happen. I am pleased to say that our city government Please See HERZIG, A6

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The mayors of Otsego County’s two largest communities, Oneonta’s Gary Herzig, right, and Cooperstown’s Jeff Katz, confer on common challenges at the Otsego County Chamber’s State of the State Breakfast Tuesday, Jan. 3, at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Conference Center.

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Unselfishness, Caring Characterized Father Roos By KEN KAVANAGH COOPERSTOWN

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received a phone call this morning informing me of the death of Father John Roos earlier this week. Ironically today (Jan. 5) is his birthday and I was planning to call him. I must confess to a mix of emotions with which I am now dealing. Selfishly I want him to still be here with us. Yet in my heart I now know he is with his Maker. Good for him. Those of us here in Cooperstown and later in Springfield Center and finally in Cherry Valley know full well the priest and the person John Roos and the character he personified. We were truly blessed. I and my wife Louise had the good

fortune to have enjoyed the close friendship and bond he granted us over the course of the past 25 years. His wit, insight and counsel were framed with Dennis Laughlin photo an unfailFather John Roos ing sense of humor and sincere concern. I will always remember the complete humility he continually manifested. I recall an anecdote which spoke of the aforementioned in volumes. I had asked him over dinner why he had never told me of his studies in Canon

Law in Rome years ago. His reply: “Ken, it’s really not about me.” That was John Roos. And in truth, it really never was about him, be it as a priest in the pulpit or as a friend. He would simply not allow focus upon himself. His unselfish and sincerely caring manner was clearly evident at all times. We are told that there are saints among us. Suffice to say Father John Roos was certainly one and those of us who have been so fortunate to have borne witness to that fact can certainly be thankful. I will miss him more than my words will ever allow. God bless you, John Roos. I will never forget you. I will never be making that phone call, but then again now it’s not necessary; I can speak with you “whenever” as you always said.

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Colony of Free Blacks – The public attention in several of the states, particularly in New Jersey and Virginia, has been directed to the establishment of a colony of free blacks, either upon the African coast or the Pacific coast of America; where this description of person may enjoy the privileges of self-government, cultivate the arts, and aspire to all the honors and distinctions which are awarded in civilized society to talents and worth. We have ample demonstration in the modern history of St. Domingo that the minds of the blacks are capable of high attainments, when they are disenthralled from the degradation and inferiority, which society by common consent, seems to have attached to the color of their skin. By giving stimulus to their ambition and holding out to them the prospect of distinction and wealth, as the reward of industry and virtue, many might be reclaimed from indolence and vice. The contemplated establishment, besides being beneficial to the Blacks, would give new security to our southern brethren, improve the state of society, and accelerate the abolition of slavery, that stain upon the character of freemen. January 9, 1817

175 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: Medical Meeting – The semi-annual meeting of the Otsego County Medical Society will be held at the Eagle Tavern in Cooperstown on the third Tuesday of January next at 12 o’clock noon. J. Hannay, President. Advertisement: Painting – Wm. K. Bingham would respectfully inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened a shop nearly opposite the Piano Forte Manufactory of Pease & Faulder, where he will execute all orders in his line with neatness and dispatch. He trusts that his knowledge of the business will enable him to give satisfaction to all who may favor him with a call. Cooperstown, April 17, 1841. January 10, 1842

100 YEARS AGO

January 11, 1867

125 YEARS AGO

Local – Although known to be in very feeble health for some time past, the announcement of the death of Mrs. Caroline M. Phinney on Wednesday morning of this week, took her friends in the village outside the family circle by surprise. She was the second daughter of the late James Fenimore Cooper and widow of Henry F. Phinney – one of the most charitable, intellectual and agreeable ladies in our quiet village society. January 14, 1892

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Cooperstown Air Raid Warning Signals – Alert or first warning for Cooperstown and vicinity: One long blast of the siren, the same call used for a fire. This should not confuse anyone; if it is a fire the box will soon follow. If an air raid warning, the Black Out signal should follow within 30 minutes. If neither happens, forget it. 1. On this first call the following should report: Air wardens and assistants having assigned posts will take them; others hold themselves in readiness to take up their duties on the sound of “Black Out.” 2. All drivers and firemen assigned to AIR RAID DUTY to the Village Hall, or assigned post. 3. Police to posts assigned to them by Chief of Police. 4. Traffic control men prepare to take their stations. Do not use the telephone; January 10, 1917 park your cars off the streets. BLACK OUT SIGNAL: UNDULATING BLAST OR SIREN for TWO or THREE MINUTES, ringing of church bells, street lights go out. Abraham Roseboom, Esq., one of the ALL CLEAR, two blasts of siren, street oldest men in the State, died in the Town called after him in this county, on January 5. lights come on. January 14, 1942 He was in the 90th year of his age. He went to the Town of Cherry Valley about the year 1800, and lived on the farm occupied by him at his death over 60 years. He was an Joseph D. Booan, son of Mr. and Mrs. estimable and highly intelligent gentleman Carmen V. Booan of Cooperstown, reand died having a good name and a large cently attended a three-day New York State estate. He was for many years one of the Welfare Conference in New York City. largest stockholders in the Central railroad, The Conference, titled “The Necessity for in which enterprise he invested the greater Understanding the Life Style of Various portion of his capital. Cultural and Ethnic Groups,” was held at

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the Biltmore Hotel. Dr. Preston Wilcox, professor of Social Work at Columbia University, conducted the program during which time, various current social problems were discussed. Mr. Booan is a division counselor for the New York State Division for Youth at Rensselaerville. He is married to the former Carol Arno of Illion and they, with their son Joseph, Jr., live in Westerlo. January 11, 1967

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The 1991 Henry All Moe Prize for Excellence in Nursing was presented to Marilyn Maher, R.N., by Barbara Curran, vice president of nursing and patient care services at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. The award was established by the late Dr. Henry Allen Moe, former president of the hospital’s board of trustees. Moe created the award to honor a nurse, Pearl F. Day, who cared for him after a serious accident during his naval service in WW I. Following Dr. Moe’s death in 1975, a permanent endowment fund was established to annually honor one nurse for exemplary performance. Maher has been employed at the hospital for 12 years. Maher currently is the assistant head nurse in obstetrics. January 19, 1992

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Otsego County’s Project Recovery, formed to assist 300 families affected by last summer’s flooding, has presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the CCS Student Council for distributing holiday decorations to needy families. Members of the Council are Rajiv Patel, Chelsea Sams, Kyle Mackie, Kristin Busse, Kelsey Brodersen, Sean Gates, Dan Senif, Kyle Liner, David Craig, Luke Folts, Laura Rowley, Katie Anania, Rachael Kuch, Liesel Hall, Ryan Jacobson, Gavin Harris, Tom Craig, Chloe Strange and Erin Marsala. The Rev. Robert E. Herst, retired Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, will be designated “Pastor Emeritus,” the first in the church’s 200 year history. January 12, 2007

Martin Luther King Day Message: All Of Us Are One On Planet Earth By TOM HEITZ

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n the mid-afternoon of July 4, 1827, a group of formerly enslaved people gathered in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church in Cooperstown to celebrate their emancipation from human bondage in the State of New York. Curious white citizens of the community watched from a mezzanine above the floor below. In a brief account published on July 9, 1827, The Freeman’s Journal described the scene. “They met, to the number of about 60, and marched to the Presbyterian Meeting House, with music and their banner flying, where an Address was delivered by Hayden Waters, stamped throughout which much good sense….” Sadly, the formerly enslaved people who gathered that day

nearly 190 years ago soon learned that emancipation from slavery did not confer equality as citizens – and thus began a civil rights struggle that continues yet today. On Jan. 15, 1929, when Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Ga., relations among American whites and blacks, among immigrants and ethnic groups from east and west remained distant, strained and repressive. The Civil War ended slavery as an institution. But people of color remained

second-class citizens with their right to vote and other civil rights impeded or outright denied. And, all too often, African-Americans were subjected to lynching justice meted out at the end of a rope. As a young adult growing up in the South in the post WWII period, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated himself and ultimately gave his life to address the disgrace and injustices of racism and oppressive laws. To some extent he succeeded. And yet today, the long shadow of racism and bigotry lingers in America, a circumstance that affects and must concern us all. Dr. King was a Christian, a pastor serving Baptist churches. His religious faith and education for the ministry established him as a religious leader for a generation of Americans. However, his message and life work as a civil rights

leader speaks just as clearly and powerfully to non-Christians and non-believers. Martin Luther King Day is not a religious holiday. Observing Martin Luther King Day this coming Monday, Jan. 16, is an opportunity for everyone to contemplate and reflect upon his legacy. Regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, economic status, national origin, social class, education, and all of the perceived differences and distinctions that we see in others, we are all human beings with a common home – Planet Earth. Once a student of Mahatma Ghandi, King rejected violence and sought to spread peace among all peoples and nations. To pursue this ideal, we must recognize, affirm and value the lives of every human being – Americans and all others we share life with on this planet.

We must not claim privileges, rights and property for ourselves that we deny to others. Wherever and whenever possible we must seek equality and justice for all – the principle upon which our country was founded. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. espoused the ideal of non-violent resistance as the antidote for the evil of racism. In the struggle to end racism in his generation, he lost his life to an assassin’s bullet in Memphis, Tenn. on April 4, 1968, while supporting the efforts of sanitation workers who sought better wages and benefits for their work. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream. We are still working to make that dream come true. Heitz is historian for the Town of Otsego and First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown.

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Constitution Protects Speech, Even ‘Hate Speech’ To the Editor: As was pointed out in last week’s paper, at their final 2016 meeting held on Dec. 22, the Cooperstown Village Board adopted a “RESOLUTION to condemn the use of violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric.” While it is difficult to argue with the content of the resolution, it is somewhat puzzling at what the board perceived the need for it might be, unless the trustees feel it is their duty to lecture their citizens on what is, within the village, appropriate behavior. After all, with the exception of “hate speech,” there are undoubtedly existing laws supporting the rights and dignity of all people, including civil rights and civil liberties, as well as laws against intimidation, violence and hate crimes. Thus, for the most part, it would seem that this resolution is merely highlighting laws which have already been enacted in this state and throughout the country. However, including “hate speech” in the resolution would seem to be somewhat confusing. Based on a number of Supreme Court cases that have been decided

over the years, “hate speech,” contrary to what many people might think, is protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. This point is quite clearly made in a May 7, 2015, Washington Post online article entitled “No, there’s no ‘hate speech’ exception to the First Amendment,” in which Eugene Volokh writes: “I keep hearing about a supposed ‘hate speech’ exception to the First Amendment, or statements such as, ‘This isn’t free speech, it’s hate speech,’ or ‘When does free speech stop and hate speech begin?’ But there is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment. Hateful ideas (whatever exactly that might mean) are just as protected under the First Amendment as other ideas. One is as free to condemn Islam – or Muslims, or Jews, or blacks, or whites, or illegal aliens, or nativeborn citizens – as one is to condemn capitalism or Socialism or Democrats or Republicans. “To be sure, there are some kinds of speech that are unprotected by the First Amendment. But those narrow exceptions have

nothing to do with ‘hate speech’ in any conventionally used sense of the term.” Consequently, it is interesting as to why the village chose to include “hate speech” in its resolution. Disgusting and disgraceful as hate speech is, it nonetheless has been deemed to be protected speech. While there is no doubt the village has every right to condemn the use of hate speech. The village would not seem to be in a position to do much about banning hate speech. To do so would be something which would be perceived as a violation of the First Amendment right of free speech granted by the United State Constitution. And also, in reading the resolution, one has to wonder why, the last point says the resolution “Acknowledges that the Constitutions of the United States and State of New York fully support this resolution.” It would seem that statement would not be the case when it comes to “hate speech” and the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court. CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTH Cooperstown

Mr. Faso: Legislate, Don’t Regulate To the Editor: Our new Congressman, John Faso, in a little noticed party-line vote on Jan. 5, moved to strip executive branch agencies of their independent regulatory authority. The bill, House Resolution 22, amends “Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.” In other words, any further regulations by the EPA, the FDA, the SEC, the FCC, or any other federal executive agencies will be null and void unless Congress takes the trouble to confirm them (within 70 days). By simply not acting, Congress can kill any new regulation. The implications are serious and devastating. The power of the federal government to continue to regulate for the public good on scientific grounds (think of transportation safety, water quality or drug testing) will be eliminated at one stroke. Evidence-based decisions by scientists, engineers, and researchers would be made subject to the whims of Congressmen.

The business of Congress should be legislation, not regulation. Legislation establishes broad directive laws, while regulation concerns specific requirements in the application of those laws. By confusing the two, Mr. Faso and the Republicans have assumed a responsibility they can never fulfill: managing the detailed application of all laws. To do that they would have to marshal the resources to second guess experts on thousands of issues, which is clearly impossible. On the surface, this might appear to be an effort to curtail a bloated bureaucracy. But its effect is to paralyze the executive wing of the federal government and undermine the delicate balance of power mandated by our constitution. The Republicans will come to regret their power grab when the chaos related to deregulation begins to affect their own families and constituents. Mr. Faso needs to hear that he and his party are acting against the public interest. Call his office and let him know: (202) 2255614. ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Fly Creek

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HERZIG: It Matters That Albany Knows Who We Are HERZIG/From A1 disbursed nearly $1.5 million in grants to nearly two dozen local businesses and landlords in a little more than the past year. In addition, we are providing grants totally over $300,000 to eight families to purchase a fixer upper as their first home. And we brought together a $15 million investment in affordable housing for workforce families and seniors. And now, we are partnering with Otsego Now, our colleges, the Otsego Chamber, individual business owners and not-for profits to revitalize our downtown and create a unique, fun, pedestrian-friendly destination that will also support the growing number of niche agricultural, food, and beverage entrepreneurs that are sprouting up around us. We know fully that an attractive downtown is not enough. We need good-paying jobs to support it and that

is why we are partnering with Otsego Now in their effort to redevelop the former D&H rail yard into a shovel ready site that can bring light manufacturing or technology oriented jobs to the City of Oneonta. There are three legs to Oneonta’s economic development plan and just like a three-legged stool, we need all three to succeed. • One, create a cool, vibrant, pedestrian-friendly downtown. • Two, create more jobs that pay good salaries and good benefits in order to support this downtown – not just tourism/service industry jobs. • Three, provide better quality housing options The only way for us to succeed is to build all three legs at the same time and that is exactly what we plan to do. All three are inter-related and inter-dependent. By working together, we succeeded

in winning the $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award this year and an additional more than $5 million in CFA Awards. In both creating the vision, and now in implementing it, we have succeeded in bringing all sectors of our community together to participate and take ownership in the process. This DRI process is just a start. I will be asking the planning committees which we have formed to stay active long after this planning process has ended. And I will be asking others to join them. Oneonta is now on the map. The Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council now knows who we are and Albany now knows who we are. There is a newfound recognition and belief in the future potential of the City of Oneonta and we need, and are counting on, everyone’s involvement to make it happen.

KATZ: Cooperstown, Oneonta Success Will Help All KATZ/From A1 of board policy. This board, and myself, are not afraid of ceding some authority. It helps things run better now, and with the job description in place, in the future. It’s an important piece of progress towards better government, bringing professionalism and skill to daily operations. I can’t speak for Oneonta, but I see in the work of Mayor Herzig a similar dedication, coupled with great forcefulness, to the health of his city. Gary is out there, aggressively and publicly, pushing for Oneonta. I see him everywhere and he is a fabulous spokesman for the city. Countywide, we are so fortunate to have talented people in the right place to move us forward. Under Jim Miles’ leadership, Destination Marketing of Otsego County has overseen a huge growth in bed tax revenue. 2015 saw an over 11 percent growth in collections, with Cooperstown having the greatest growth in dollars. I won’t get into my annual spiel on why some of the $1,714,000 should be redistributed back to those who generate it (by the way, Cooperstown generates over 25 percent of the total), but I will say that having as skilled a person as Jim Miles, with a career background in hospitality, at the helm has had provable results. Quick story, when I was in Cleveland for the World Series I heard one of our ads in the car. It was very exciting and led to great conversations with strangers about why they should visit Cooperstown. I can’t say enough good things about Sandy Mathes. At Otsego Now, Sandy has brought a level of talent, aggressiveness and intelligence to our county economic development. I can tell you first hand that at the regional meetings to create 2015’s MV500 plan, Sandy was the only constant

have already resulted in new business interest - the Railroad Avenue hotel, the Cooperstown Distillery, the new CVS. Sandy’s work has gotten us recent CFAs for planning Doubleday Field’s and Railroad Avenue’s future, as well as a Wi-Fi hot spot on Main Street. And, through Sandy, the process to rebuild our sewer plant began. Mayor Herzig is the one The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA to turn to on how Sandy has Community Bank Vice helped the city of Oneonta, President Jeff Lord but it seems clear from my opened the Otsego ringside seat that the $10 Chamber’s State of the million DRI (Downtown ReState Breakfast with a vitalization Initiative) grant Chinese curse: “May and recent CFA successes you live in interestcan be credited to Sandy ing times,” a tongue in Mathes and Otsego Now. cheek reference to the Sandy brings a knowledge national uncertainty Community Bank (and of the process and a sense of predecessor Wilber strategy to the county that Bank) has sponsored the never existed before. The breakfast for 20 years. proof of his approach can county presence at the table, be measured in the millions. Again, professionalism and fighting hard, sometimes stepping on toes, for the bet- aggressiveness, being present at regional and statewide terment of Otsego County. events and skill succeed. Cooperstown has clearly So how can we build on benefited from Sandy’s all this? It’s clear to me that, ability. Our Comprehensive from my firsthand experiPlan, so vital to our future, was financed through grants ence in nearly 12 years in village government, that that Otsego Now procured. partisanship, personal It will continue our progagendas, petty squabbles ress on zoning changes that

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Exxon’s Finances Undercut Agreement To Pacify Chad To the Editor: In the early 2000’s, the nation of Chad was one of the poorest and the most corrupt countries on earth. It had been run by a dictator for 25 years. Then, oil was discovered in Chad, so the World Bank and George W. Bush’s administration Idriss Itno Déby, has brokered a deal. just extended his rule for a fifth time in 2016. Chad’s new President Idriss Déby agreed that all the new oil money, wouldn’t Exxon had made a deal to continue giving Déby money be used by him to purchase for pumping out the oil, but weapons to keep himself in they wouldn’t tell him how power. It was agreed that to spend it. Chad would spend the new In his book “Private Emmoney to benefit the people pire,” Steve Coll explained of that country. The money that the total of American would be spent on educaaid was less than $20 miltion, hospitals and basic lion, while Exxon was payinfrastructure to improve ing Déby more than $500 people’s quality of life. million a year in oil revenue. It was an attempted to staIn April 2016, Déby was bilize a part of world where reelected for a fifth term there’s a lot of Islamic with 61.5 percent of the extremism. votes cast. American miliThe oil started pumping tary officials have praised in 2003, and Chad’s GDP Chad’s prominence in the quintupled within 10 years. fight against Islamic extremHowever, once the money ist groups in Africa. Neverstarted flowing in, President theless, Chad’s “president” Déby decided that he needed has spent over $4 billion on a much larger military, and weapons, and his country more weapons. He decided remains one of the poorest to disregard the deal the and most corrupt nations on World Bank and the Bush earth. administration had brokered. We shouldn’t be surprised In 2006, Déby told Chevthat Donald Trump has choron and Petronas, two of sen Exxon CEO Rex Tillerthe three oil companies that son as his nominee to be our were part of deal, they had next Secretary of State. one day to get out of Chad. JIM O’LEARY The other company Exxon Delhi was allowed stay, because Thinking of Remodeling? Think of Refinancing!

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COUNTY/From A1 and two other Republicans abstained. “Nobody won anything yesterday,” said Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, who was unanimously reelected vice chairman. “It was not a good day for the board.” “Those of us who may not have voted for Kathy, we will continue to do what’s right for the county,” said county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, who campaigned to replace Clark. “We were voted in to work hard for county residents, and will continue to work hard for county residents.” Clark did not return a call for an interview after the vote. But Frazier said he has spoken with her and she had expressed some flexibility, particularly in appointments – controversial this year – to the Otsego Now

board of directors. “Will she reach out? I think so,” he said. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at the Otsego Chamber’s State of the State breakfast, Carson and his allies believed he would be elected county board chair at the next day’s reorganization meeting, by 58 percent of the weighted voting compared to 42 percent for Clark. The next morning, the Republicans, who control the board, caucused in advance of the meeting. When the county board convened at 10 a.m., county Rep. Dan Wilber, RGarrattsville, put Clark’s name in nomination; Meg Kennedy, R-Mount Vision, seconded. In the end, Clark received 3,341 weighted votes, a majority. But the combined nays (1,948) and abstentions (939) totaled 2,887, only 454 short of the majority.

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WEIGHTED VOTES CARRY THE DAY ►AYES: 3,341 WEIGHTED VOTES Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla (439) Jim Powers, R-Butternuts (503) Kathy Clark, R-Otego (554) Meg Kennedy, R-Mount Vision (627) Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield (375) Dan Wilber, R-Garrattsville (487) Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta (356) ►NAYS: 1,948 WEIGHTED VOTES Andrew Stammell, D-4 (523) Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/Otsego (390) Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta (348) Len Carson, R-Oneonta (348) Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta (339) ►ABSTENTIONS: 949 WEIGHTED VOTES Peter Oberacker, R- Maryland (534) David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/ Middlefield (405) ►TOTAL 3,341 FOR CLARK 2,887 NAYS & ABSTENTIONS (Weighted votes per representative in parentheses)

executive session – contrary, it appeared, to the state’s Open Meeting law. (“File something,” she replied when asked for her justification.) Again, the reps voted for Clark’s nominee – no one objected to the person, NYCM Insurance VP Cheryl Robinson, who succeeded Joe Bernier, but rather the chair’s effort to push it through without consultation. Again, Clark’s renewed promise of transparency and consultation carried the day, but also may have locked in support for Carson’s challenge to the chair. The issue may arise again shortly, as the county board considers a successor to Jim Jordan, the Richfield Springs architect, on the Otsego Now board. Carson said perhaps four other vacancies are possible in the near future. “Right now the chair is coming in with less than a majority of representatives behind her,” said Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta. “That should be sending a message to her. I hope that’s taken as an invitation to be more inclusive, to address concerns that have been drawn up, to be more transparent.” Said Marietta, “Bottom line: It has nothing to do with power. There was no power play. Only: How can we best help Otsego County.”

New Revelations Listed On ‘Focus Facility List’ FOCUS/From A1 Focus Facility (SFF) list. “We’ve made tremendous improvements,” said Kirk Dorn, Focus vice president and spokesman. “Anyone who experienced Focus today would see a much different picture.” The designation, handed down in December, will subject Focus to twice as many survey visits as other nursing homes – now twice a year – and failure to improve conditions within 18-24 can lead to additional fines or termination from Medicare and Medicaid programs. “They can come anytime they want,” said Dorn. “And we’re looking forward to hosting them whenever they do come visit.” According to the SFF initiative, “50 percent of the nursing homes in the program significantly improve their quality of care, while 16 percent tend to be terminated from Medicare and Medicaid.” ►In April, the report at Medicare.gov stated that a CNA witnessed an LPN yank back the hair of a resident, identified as #58 in the survey, shout expletives at her, then tell the CNA “What you see here stays here.” Later, another CNA reported that the same LPN threw a doll the resident kept for comfort across the room. ►From May 18-20, a resident, identified as #172 in the survey, complained that a staff member injured her arm repeatedly. She was medicated eight times over two days, and

was then sent to the hospital, where she underwent surgery for a “complete dislocation” of her left arm. ►And over Memorial Day weekend, a 93-year-old woman was left unattended for 41 hours, leading to the arrests of four staff members. LPN Amanda Gus and CNA Sarah Schuyler pleaded guilty to falsifying business records in December. LPN Lorraine Caldwell, 54, has been offered a plea deal and will appear in court on Wednesday, Jan. 18, to either accept the plea or go to trial. “There’s no doubt that these incidents did dramatic damage to our services,” said Dorn. “We can’t deny what happened, but since then, our biggest thing has been the professionalization of the staff.” Former Otsego Manor administrator Jeff Emhof was brought on as executive director, and stricter hiring practices and better safeguards were put in place. Additionally, Focus hired an “ambassador” to address concerns and advocate for families to administration. And last week, Dorn said Focus administrators met with representatives from the Department of Health to show what they’ve improved. “It was a very positive meeting,” he said. “They want us to do well, and they were very encouraged by what they saw. We’re on the path to becoming a top-notch facility.”

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Oneonta Institution Sold To B-Side Partners “I’m delighted that Wayne bought it,” said another patron, David Hutchison, featured in a panoramic photo in Stephen Joseph’s book, “Oneonta 360.” “I’m glad it’s staying local.” Carrington is no stranger to the Autumn himself – his band, Subduing Mara, played there frequently. “I’d go down to hear them play all the time,” said Hutchison, father of band member Peter, now a filmmaker in New York City. Local favorites (and national touring band) Jimkata also played on the stage, which, in the early days before the 1987 expansion, was a set of jerry-rigged plywood planks on pickle barrels. “We had some great nights on the pickle-barPlease See AUTUMN, B3

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LA LECHE NURSERY – 10 a.m. Mothers can breast feed their children among like-minded mothers. Downstairs Nursery, First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 638-9058 or visit http://www.llli.org/groups/@ llli*group*otsego.county LA LECHE NURSERY – 5 p.m. Where mothers can breast feed their children among like-minded mothers. Church of Christ, 52 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. Info, (607)638-9058 or visit http://www.llli.org/groups/@ llli*group*otsego.county

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CABIN FEVER FILM SERIES – 6:30 p.m. “Where The Wild Things Are.” Refreshments available with proceeds benefiting Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, 5798 NY-80, Cooperstown. Info, http://baseballhall.org/ events/cabin-fever-2017 CHILDRENS THEATER – 7 p.m. The Starstruck Players, the Orpheus theater’s troop for children and teens, will present classic scenes from literature. These will include scenes from “Little Women,” “Oliver Twist,” “Through the Looking Glass,” and others. Tickets $5. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, http://www.orpheustheatre.org/ SQUARE DANCE - 7:30-10 p.m. Doubleday Dancers Western

Square Dance club of Cooperstown holds it’s Winter Dance. Ray Taylor calls Mainstream and Plus dances. Elma Taylor to Cue. Admission $5. Cooperstown Elementary School, 21 Walnut St., Cooperstown. Info, call (607) 264-8128 or (607) 547-8665 THEATER – 8 p.m. Stuff of Dreams presents “Never Too Late.” Tickets @ Green Toad Book store or by calling (607)432-5407. Cost $15 adult, $12 senior and students, and $10 children 12 and under. Production Center of Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

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ersmarket.org/ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Girls section. Annual Patrick C. Fetterman memorial tournament. Clark Sports Center, 124 County Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. clarksportscenter.com/events/ fetterman-basketball-tournament/ POULTRY WORKSHOP – 9-11 a.m. Learn how to raise healthy chickens, identify breeds, feed for show and production, and provide proper shelter. Registration required. Cooperative Extension Center-Schoharie, 173 South Grand St., Suite 1, Cobleskill. Info, http:// cceschoharie-otsego.org/ events/2017/01/14/4-h-poultry101-workshop COACHES VS. CANCER – 9 a.m. Event features 6 basketball

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Cost $10. Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, http://www. greenearthoneonta.com/ or call (607)376-1518 SNOW TUBING – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Park will provide snow tube with $5 tubing fee. No charge to enter park. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 County Highway 31, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. thisiscooperstown.com/events/ snow-tubing-glimmerglass-statepark CHILDRENS THEATER – 2 p.m. The Starstruck Players, the Orpheus theater’s troop for children and teens, will present classic scenes from literature. These will include scenes from “Little Women,” “Oliver Twist,” “Through the Looking Glass,” and others. Tickets $5. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, http://www.orpheustheatre.org/ THEATER – 7 p.m. Sing a Song of Broadway presents “Once More With Feeling” for one night only. Admission $15, Students $10, Children $5. The Elks Club Main Hall, 86 Chestnut St., Oneonta. THEATER – 8 p.m. Stuff of Dreams presents “Never Too Late.” Tickets @ Green Toad Book store or by calling (607) 432-5407. Cost $15 adult, $12 senior and students, and $10 children 12 and under. Production Center of Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

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to design the space, including the curved wall. “The original design had a right angle, but that wouldn’t work for the sky, so we changed it,” she said. “And I helped work with the electricians, so I was able to incorporate the wall sconces.” Artists were always invited to hang their work on the walls, turning the restaurant into a gallery. “Every time you went in there, there was different art on the walls,” said artist Jean Manley, who often dined there with the Main Street Artists Group after their studio time on Thursday afternoons.

But the Autumn wasn’t just a hangout for artists. It was also the site of many political celebrations, and probably more than a few debates over the table or around the bar. “It was a tradition for the democrats to meet there and write the results on the menu board as they came in,” said Hutchison. “Of course, that was back in the good old days, when Democrats won elections.” And, of course, there was the food. Originally a natural foods grocery store, the café’s soups and sandwiches got so popular the owners abandoned the retail

and focused on the restaurant offerings, expanding their menu to include lunch, dinner and their famous Sunday brunch. “Nancy was an incredible chef,” said Scheele. “They had been working for Ronald Harriman – Secretary of State Averell’s brother – and they used their savings from that to open a restaurant.” Scheele had known Johnson since he had him as a student in a SUNY Oneonta poli-sci class. “He, Andy, Rob Klein and Brian Powers decided they were going to take on the food service at SUNY,” he said. “They led a pro-

test and sat down with the organizers to talk about what students wanted in the dining hall.” The Carringtons intend to do renovations on the restaurant, with plans to re-open in March. The last meal at the café will be Sunday Brunch on Jan.15, with an informal farewell party at 3 p.m. “The first night they opened, I asked Tim if I could make a longdistance phone call,” said Scheele. “I called up Ron Klein and held up the phone. He said ‘It sounds like a hell of a party,’ and I said ‘It’s at Tim and Andy’s new restaurant.’” “A lot of happy memories there,” he added.

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Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on February 09, 2017 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 WOLF RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 1CM, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www. bidx.com). A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny. gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-notices Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot.ny. gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder. Amendment may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list. NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with nondesignated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Maria Tamarkin (518) 457-8403. Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where sub-contracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to, D/W/ MBEs. The Contractor must comply with the Regulation relative to nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the USDOT 49 CFR 21. Please call (518) 457-3583 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

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BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 D263331, PIN 9018.72, F.A. Proj. Z240-9018-723, Otsego Co., Bridge replacement (composite girder) NYS Rte 28 over NYS Rte 7 and Norfolk Southern Railroad in the Town of Milford., Bid Deposit $250,000.00. Goals: DBE 8% 2LegalJan19 Legal notice NOTICE OF SUMMONS Index No. 1016--0065 Date of Filing February 2, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO STONE STREET CAPITAL, LLC, Plaintiff, v. JERRY JEAN Defendant. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon Plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the Complaint in this action with twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. In case of your failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: You are hereby notified that Stone Street Capital, LLC, commenced an action against you on February 2, 2016 in New York State Supreme Court, Otsego County, under Index Number 2016-0065. By this action, Stone Street Capital, LLC seeks damages for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment and fraud arising out our your April 2011

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contract with Stone Street Capital, LLC to sell, assign or transfer certain structured settlement payments to Stone Street Capital, LLC. Stone Street Capital, LLC seeks to recover $28,957.72 in damages as well as accrued interest, post-judgment interest, expenses, attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection. Failure to appear and serve an answer in this proceeding may result in a default judgment against you for the damages listed above. Please be advised that the attorneys for Stone Street Capital, LLC are Lavin, O’Neil, Cedrone & DiSipio, 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 335, New York, New York 10170, Tel.: 212-319-6898. RUN DATE NEEDED Legal notice Notice of Formation of M D New York Property LLC. Filed with SSNY on 9/15/16. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 148-150 Main St Oneonta NY 13820. Purpose: any lawful 6LegalFeb16 Legal notice Notice of Formation of 285 PMMS, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 11/21/16. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 285 Mary Brown Hill Rd Laurens NY 13796. Purpose: any lawful 6LegalFeb16 Legal notice Notice of Formation of MKV Fitness LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/13/16. Office: 5006 State Hwy 23 Oneonta NY, Otsego County. SSNY designated as process agent. Process address: Katrina Vega, 14 Division St Apt 1 Oneonta NY 13820. Purpose: any lawful activity6LegalFeb16 Legal notice Notice of Formation of SCARZAFAVA & BASDEKIS, PLLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/3/2017. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 48 Dietz St., Ste. C, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: To practice Law.

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6LegalFeb16 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Ninety Three Main LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 3, 2017. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 93 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalFeb. 9 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Ralph A. Cuozzo Jr. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 482 State Hwy. 7, Unadilla, NY 13849. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalFeb.9 Legal notice DIAZ AVIATION, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/5/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 868 County Highway 18, South New Berlin, NY 13843. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalFeb.2 Legal notice Notice of Formation of DROP TINE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC:

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1536 County Hwy. 50, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalJan.26 Legal notice Ransome Media, LLC. Filed 11/1/16. Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: C/O Darby Connor, 27 Eagle St, Copperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: General. 6LegalJan.26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: DE NOVO HAIR, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/29/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 564, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any lawful purpose 6LegalJan.26 Legal notice

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6LegalJan.26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of 11-13 Church Street LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/22/2016. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalJan.26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Oneonta Depot Sauces LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/12/2015. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalJan.26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Notice of Formation of The Allstadt Hardin Family Enterprises Limited Partnership. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Louis W. Allstadt, 18 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2065. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalJan26

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Ford and Hill Holdings LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/2016. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

VALENTINA ARVAYART LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12 December 2016. 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 710 Piers Hill Rd, Roseboom, NY 13450. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJan.26

The name of the entity is Clock Hill LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on December 15, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of

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the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10128. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJan26 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is 2 Maple Street LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on December 14, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 24 Lake Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJan26 Legal notice Urban Dog Acres LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/25/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated an agent upon whom the process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 83, Leonardsville, NY 13364. General purpose. 6LegalJan.26 Legal notice 5418 State Highway 28 Realty Group, LLC. Filed 10/25/16 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:5 Locust Ln Cooperstown, NY

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13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJan.19 Legal notice 24 S. Main Street Realty Group, LLC. Filed 11/14/16 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:PO Box 654 Milford, NY 13807 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJan.19 Legal notice Notice of Formation of AP Holdings Unlimited LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/5/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 20 8th St, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalJan.19 Legal notice 34 Brooklyn Avenue Realty Group, LLC. Filed 10/25/16 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 5 Locust Ln Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJan.19 Legal notice Notice of Formation of PREMIUM MFG, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on November 30, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 5 Parish Avenue, Oneonta, NY 13825. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalJan.19 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Cooperstown Cruise Company, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the SSNY on 12/5/16. Office location Otsego County. SSNY has been designated agent upon whom process against it may be served.

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The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon her is 6761 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326, which is also the principal business address of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. 6LegalJan.12 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: GREENWOOD HIDEAWAY LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 21 November 2016. 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 3814 St Hwy 205, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJan.12 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: WILLIS MONIE BOOKS LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 21 November 2016. 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 PO Box 487, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJan.12 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: VALLEY VIEW FARM GUESTHOUSE LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 4 October 2016. 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 3897 St Hwy 205, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Nursing Home Residents Assemble 200 Recipes COOKS/From B1 ing about projects we could do,” said Annemarie Kitts, a resident for the last 10 years. “And I suggested a cookbook.” “We were talking about all the recipes we grew up with, the ones we used to make, and everything sounded so good,” said Vivian Nelson, another resident. “We had to put it together!” Carmen’s husband David joined in the project as a volunteer, helping to spread the word that Kitts and Nelson were taking submissions for their cookbook. “We got over 200 recipes,” said Kitts. “It was a lot of fun, but a lot of work.” “We had recipes all over the bed,” said Carmen. “We organized them by type – salad, sides, entrees, desserts.” Kitts submitted her Roast Beef Salad. “It’s a recipe I made up,” she said. “You put roast beef in the food processor with half a cup of mayo and some chopped

tomatoes, and here’s the secret – a half cup of Miracle Whip.” “I submitted my Scottish Scones,” said Nelson. “They’re an easy, comfortable food to serve when company comes over.” There are even a few joke recipes written in: for instance, Elephant Soup. “The instructions call for you to ‘dice one elephant’ and estimates it will take about 30 hours,” said Carmen. “We wanted to put some humor in there!” But some didn’t make the cut. “My cousin just graduated from culinary school,” said Kitts. “But his didn’t make it!” “People kept submitting recipes, even though the deadline was passed,” said Nelson. Though they didn’t have access to a kitchen to try the recipes, the committee all trusted they were good. “That’s the beauty of these kinds of cookbooks,”

said Nelson. “People’s families have already tried them. They’re not like anything you’ll find in a published cookbook.” Staff member Kimberlee Ryan typed all the recipes, and Trudy Barkus, the “Kitchen Angel,” donated the money to print and bind 50 copies. Carmen and other volunteers sold the cookbooks at Fox Hospital for $10 apiece throughout the holidays. “One of the nurses bought one to put in her sister’s stocking!” said Kitts. “We sold out, and raised $500 for the activities fund, so everyone can benefit.” It’s the first such fundraiser by the Fox Nursing Home. “Someone had tried to do something similar a few years ago, but it never came together,” said Carmen. “We’re very proud of this.” And next year, they hope to make a second edition, including the history and stories behind each recipe.

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LECTURE – 9-11 a.m. Lecture “Race, Justice, and the Death Penalty: A Martin Luther King Day Commemoration” hosted by guest speaker Francis D. Landrey, Esq. Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, Hartwick College, Hartwick Dr., Oneonta. Info, http://www. hartwick.edu/news/hartwick-college-celebrates-king-jr-civil-rightsheritage-month/ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Playoff/Championship games. Annual Patrick C. Fetterman Memorial Tournament. Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.clarksportscenter. com/events/fetterman-basketball-tournament/ DINNER DISCUSSION – 5-7 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. discussions hosted by Pluralism Associates League for Students. Chesebro Room, Dewar Hall, Hartwick College, Hartwick Dr., Oneonta. Info, http://www. hartwick.edu/news/hartwick-college-celebrates-king-jr-civil-rightsheritage-month/

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HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. – 7 p.m. First ever observance in Cooperstown of the Birth Day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, https://www. facebook.com/First-Presbyterian-Church-Cooperstown-NY42793051908/ DRAWING GROUP – 7-9 p.m. Come practice drawing with a live model. $10 donation. To attend call the Cooperstown Art Association, (607)547-9777 MENTALIST – 9 p.m. Mind reader Johnny Zavant performs in the Waterfront Room, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, https://oneonta. collegiatelink.net/organization/oneonta/calendar/details/1165514

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POETRY READING – Noon Award winning poet Danniel Schoonebeek to read from his poetry. Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Hartwick Dr., Oneonta. Info, http://www. hartwick.edu/about-us/newsevents/ KNITTING GROUP – 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar INFORMATION – 2-4 p.m. Free Front Door Information Session to educate individuals and families with developmental disabilities about the resources available from the Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities. The Arc Otsego, 35 Academy St., Oneonta. Info, Sara Hanlon, D. Quality Life Planning, (607) 433-8417 or email, hanlons@arcotsego.org

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CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St.., Cooperstown. Info, http://www. villagelibraryofcooperstown. org/calendar DISCUSSION GROUP – 35 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar BOE MEETING – 5:30-6:30 p.m. Cooperstown High School Library Media Center, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. Info, http:// www.cooperstowncs.org/juniorsenior-high-school/ YARN CLUB – 6:30 p.m. For knitters and crocheters to learn and share skills and to work on winter projects. Registration preferred. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/ MORE CALENDAR, B7

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OBITUARIES

Father John R. Roos, 86, Pastor At Cooperstown, Other Parishes

COOPERSTOWN – Father John R. Roos, 86, who served Catholic churches in Cooperstown, Cherry Valley, Springfield Center and Sharon Springs, passed away Tuesday night, Jan. 3, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica following a brief illness. He was born Jan. 5, 1930, in Albany, a son of the late Frank and Katherine (Purcell) Roos. A graduate of Vincentian Institute, Father Roos was ordained to priesthood on July 17, 1955, (The

Feast of Our Lady secretary to the of Humility) at the Diocesan Tribunal. Church of Twelve He later taught and Apostles in Rome, was rector at Mater Italy. Christi Seminary in His first assignAlbany. ment was at The His entry into Cathedral of the Imparish priesthood maculate Concepbegan as pastor of St. tion in Albany, in Father John Joseph’s Church in the Roman Catholic Scotia. He served on Roos Diocese of Albrief temporary loan bany. He completed to the Archdiocese graduate studies at Catholic of Anchorage, Alaska, then University in Washington, returned to his native New D.C., where he studied York State and served as canon law, and served as pastor of St. James Church in Fort Plain and Annunciation Church in Ilion. Upon the retirement of ince Father John Sise in 1991, Father Roos was named pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Monuments • Markers Church in Cooperstown. Cremation • Memorials One of his first acts was to Lettering and Restoration appoint a Parish Council to assist with church spiritual, Cherry Valley 607-264-8201 social and economic funcGloversville 518-725-2012 tions. Later in his ministry, it was under his guidance that the Eucharistic Minister program at Bassett and the St. Mary’s Bereavement ministry was begun and flourished. He retired June 30, 2000, and went on to serve as sacramental minister at Grandma loved her farm, her family, St. Thomas the Apostle in and playing her old guitar. Cherry Valley, Blessed Sacrament in Springfield Center Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time and St. Mary’s in Sharon to find out what made your loved one special. Springs. Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding On June 14, 2015, he cela musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, ebrated his 60th (Diamond) we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as Anniversary of Ordination to the priesthood in the unique as she was. company of the Revs. John Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home P. Rosson and Andrew W. 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 Cryans (who celebrated their Ruby Anniversaries) and www.grummonsfuneralhome.com Rev. Gregory Weider in a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Mary’s in Cooperstown. He was preceded in death by his brother, Father Robert E. Roos, who died Oct. 1, 2003. Father Roos is survived by his brother, Joseph F. Roos and wife, Ann, of East Syracuse, and is the uncle of Joseph F. Roos, Jr. and wife Jennifer and their sons, Ryan, Sean and Evan of Fayetteville. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at St. Mary’s in Cooperstown. Burial will be in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Colonie, where Father Roos will be laid to rest. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of Peter A. Deysenroth and Martin H. Tillapaugh.

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Jane Potrikus, 89, Harwich, Mass.; Owned Cooperstown Dry Cleaners COOPERSTOWN – Jane Spraker Potrikus, 89, of Harwich, Mass., mother of 11 and past owner of Cooperstown Dry Cleaners, died Jan. 6, 2017, in Harwich, Mass., after a brief battle with cancer. Her life centered on devotion to her family and to her Catholic faith. She was a communicant of and proud alto for the choir at Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich where, until November 2016, she volunteered weekly for the Perpetual Adoration Chapel and work at the parish thrift shop. Jane was the only child of Francis and Jennie Spraker of Little Falls. Jane was graduated from Little Falls High School and the Utica School of Commerce. She was employed at the H.P. Snyder Bicycle Manufacturing Corp. of Little Falls, where she met her World War II veteran husband-tobe, John M. Potrikus. They married in 1948 and moved to Cooperstown, where Mr. Potrikus opened and operated the

Cooperstown Dry Cleaners. Upon her husband’s death, she assumed the ownership of the family business and operated it with her son, Michael. Jane moved permanently to Cape Cod in 1986, and was graduated from the Sheffield School of Interior Design in 1989. She was employed by Bayfair Design Studio in Orleans, Mass., for many years. She participated in parish activities and community groups, and always welcomed family and friends to share her hospitality and love for the Cape. She enjoyed travels with family and friends and kept a busy schedule until the final weeks of her long life. She is survived by nine children: Ellen Barber of North Adams, Mass.; James (Heidi) of Kansas City, Kan.; Joan (David) Bruce of Clifton Park; Michael of New Bern, N.C.; Joseph (Doreen) of Fly Creek; Timothy (Lisa) of Somers, Conn.; Ted (Angie) of Niskayuna; Marilyn (Joel) Habercorn of Hartwick; and

Anthony (Peter) of New Bern, N.C. She also is survived by 25 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. She is predeceased by her parents, her husband John (1978), her son Charles (1975), and her daughter Catherine (2011). Calling hours are 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church, Cooperstown. The Liturgy of Christian Burial follows immediately thereafter (beginning at noon) at the church. Jane’s family will be in attendance at a reception in the Parish Center after the Mass. Interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Index follows at a date to be determined. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Jane’s name to The McCarthy Care Center, 73 Service Road, East Sandwich, MA 02537. Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

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THURSDAY-fRIDAY, JANUARY 12-13, 2017 FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Winter Wednesday’s film series showing of “Birdman.” Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, http://foothillspac.org/

Thursday, January 19

CONSERVATION MEETING – 12:30-3:30 p.m. Discussion of manure spreading strategies to reduce nutrient runoff. A must for

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ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Meet the artists behind the “Local Heroes” exhibit. Project Space Gallery, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, https://www.oneonta.edu/academics/art/gallery/gallery.html MIND BODY SPIRIT – 6 p.m. Mind Body Spirit Collective meeting. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. HISTORY ROUNDTABLE – 6:30 p.m. American Revolution Round Table of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys present “Brave and Gallant: Black and African-American Military Men at Saratoga.” Schuylerville Town Hall, 12 Spring St., Schuylerville. Info, email arrthudsonmohawkvalleys@gmail.com or call (518)774-5669 SPEAKER – 7 p.m. Dr. John Davis, author of upcoming book on Dr. Mary I. Bassett and Bassett Hospital, will present to the Hartwick Historical Society. Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 Cty. Hwy. 11, Hartwick. SUPPORT GROUP – 7 p.m. A safe space where your can grieve for the loss of a family member and receive comfort and support while doing the same for others. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info,

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FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Cabin Fever Film Series. Every Friday in January. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 NY-80, Cooperstown fenimoreartmuseum.org/fenimore/ films THEATER – 8 p.m. Stuff of Dreams presents “Never Too Late.” Tickets @ Green Toad Book store or by calling (607)432-5407. Cost $15 adult, $12 senior and students, and $10 children 12 and under. Production Center of Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m. 2 Dietz St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.oneontafarmersmarket.org/ SNOW TUBING – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Park will provide snow tube with $5 tubing fee. No charge to enter park. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Cty. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. thisiscooperstown.com/events/ snow-tubing-glimmerglass-statepark OPERA – 12:55 p.m. “Roméo et Juliette.” The Met streaming live in HD. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Cost $18/seniors, $20/adults, 10/students.

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Season pass $200. Box Office: (607)431-2080, http://foothillspac.org/index.php/shows/metropolitan-opera-in-hd/ WRITERS PROGRAM – 1:30-3 p.m. Local Author, Sharon Delaney, shares her writing process and journey through publication. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ CABIN FEVER FILM SERIES – 6:30 p.m. “The Secret Life of Pets.” Refreshments available with proceeds benefiting Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, http://baseballhall.org/events/ cabin-fever-2017 MUSIC – 7 p.m. Presenting The Atkinson Family Blue Grass Band. Bainbridge Town Hall Theater, 15 North Main St., Bainbridge. Info, http://www. jerichoarts.com/ CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. “The Young Novelists” perform live at the Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1812, info@cooperstownconcertseries.org, http:// cooperstownconcertseries. org/young.html THEATER – 8 p.m. Stuff of Dreams presents “Never Too Late.” Tickets @ Green Toad Book store or by calling (607)432-5407. Cost $15 adult, $12 senior and students, and $10 children 12 and under. Production Center of Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.

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Joe Russo, who has been an anticipated sight for tourists and locals alike in downtown Cooperstown in recent summers, celebrated his 100th birthday with dozens of friends and family members Monday, Jan. 9, at Cooperstown’s Thanksgiving Home. He paused from the festivities for a family portrait with, at left, his daughter Carmel Santoro of Guilford, Conn., and her husband, Robert and, at right, his son Vinnie with wife Joan and their son Paul. Russo, who retired from the New York Times’ circulation department after a long career, can usually be found between Memorial Day and Labor Day on the bench in front of Mickey’s Place, his son’s baseball store at the corner of Main and Pioneer, greeting passersby.

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he Baseball Hall of Fame will be announcing the 2017 nominees next Wednesday, January 18, and this year three new plaques may be adorning the walls in Cooperstown. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Trevor Hoffman will be at the top of most ballots this year. Each fell short of canonization by single-digit percentages in 2016, but 2017 could be different. Candidates who appear on 75 percent of all cast ballots will be nominated for the Hall and subsequently inducted. So what makes these candidates the most likely to cross the 75 percent threshold? ►Jeff Bagwell Bagwell was Houston’s own run manufacturing plant. With a powerful, coiled stance and hands like pistons, Bagwell produced 100 or more RBIs in eight of his 15 seasons with the Astros, crushing 30 plus homers in nine of those seasons. He finished his career in 2005 with 449 home runs, the most of any Astro player, and a career average of .297. In 1997 Bagwell stole 30 bases and hit well over 30 home runs becoming the first first Bagwell baseman to accomplish the feat. He would do it again in 1999.

Bagwell led the Astros to the playoffs five times, and he and his team won the NL pennant in 2005, only to be swept by the White Sox in Bagwell’s only World Series appearance. The four-time all-star was the 1991 rookie of the year, and won his only MVP award in 1994. Bagwell is on the ballot for his seventh year. He appeared on 71.6 percent of ballots in 2016. ►Tim Raines Raines flooded Major League Baseball for over twenty years across four decades. One of most productive leadoff hitters of all time, “Rock” Raines was a saboteur Raines on the bases, creating chaos with the mere threat of his legs. Raines swiped 808 bags in his career, fifth in MLB history, and in six different seasons scored over 100 runs. His remarkable ability to get on base only bolstered his threat. Raines finished his career with a .385 on base percentage – only three points fewer than Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn – and in nine of his 23 seasons, his on base percentage exceeded .390. Raines was a career .294 hitter who batted over .300 in seven seasons and won a batting title in 1986. In the eighties, Raines led the league in stolen bases four times, swiping a career high 90 bags 1983, and throughout the decade, Raines was a perennial MVP

candidate. Raines won two World Series titles in 1996 and 1998 as a New York Yankee. 2017 will be Raines’s tenth and final year on the ballot. He appeared on 69.8 percent of ballots in 2016. ►Trevor Hoffman Hoffman’s game didn’t change much in his 18 years hurling in the Bigs. But change was Hoffman’s game. Hoffman complemented his computer-like command with an off-speed offering that, midflight, shifted not only trajectory but time-zone too. With this combination, Hoffman was the first pitcher to reach the 500 and 600 save marks, recording 601 career saves total, the second most in MLB history. Hoffman was a seven-time allstar. He and his Padres won the NL pennant in 1998. He played 16 seasons with the Padres. In eight of them he recorded 40 or more saves, and a career-high, league-leading Hoffman 53 in 1998. He finished second in Cy Young voting that year and finished top 10 in voting for four seasons total. Hoffman moved on to Milwaukee in 2009, and at 41 had a remarkable year. He saved 37 games, recorded a 1.83 earned run average, the second lowest of his career, and allowed a career low 0.907 walks and hits per innings pitched. Hoffman is on the ballot for his second year. He appeared on 67.3 percent of ballots in 2016.

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