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Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, who twice took Colgate University into the NCAA’s “March Madness,” poses with Democratic stalwart Andy Minnig under the hoop in the former Cherry Valley High School gym. Delgado held his 24th Town Meeting there Saturday, Oct. 5. Details at

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arbara Jean Morris’ installation as eighth SUNY Oneonta president Saturday, Oct. 5, revealed her lighter side.

Longtime pal Noelle Norton, a dean at the University of San Diego (a job Morris used to hold), reported the two ladies stopping at the Boston Bloomingdale’s perfume Morris counter two decades ago en route to a conference to present the first draft of their paper, “Faith and Sex: Presidents Under Pressure,” (eventually published by Norton in 2008.)

There, “we sprayed ourselves with serious amounts of Issey Miyake perfume,” Please See MORRIS, A3

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uring the shooting threat that put SUNY Oneonta under a “shelter in place” order for over an hour Wednesday, Oct. 2, some students say they had to take charge in the classroom.

“I had students tell me their teachers either didn’t know what to do or didn’t take the order seriously,” said Timothy Nolan, SUNY Student Association president.

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal “Many of (his fellow stuCOOPERSTOWN AT CELEBRATION: Among attendees at Dr. Morris’ dents) have gone through this installation were CGP Professor Cindy Falk (also a village trustee) and training, so they had to lock Will Walker, left. Biological Field Station Director Willard Harman, as dean Please See ALARM, A12 of the faculty, carries the mace, symbol of the college’s authority.

t presstime, Roxanne Shipman-Hull of Hartwick, 48, was GOAL: REDUCE COSTS, KEEP PATIENTS AT HOME still missing after disappearing 10 days before, according to Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. ‘hospice’ was a barrier to help the person get care Roxanne

By JENNIFER HILL Shipman-Hull was last seen conversation,” said CEO early on.”

Dan Ayres. “When patients The rechristened Helios by her boyhear ‘hospice,’ they think board unveiled the new friend around 7 p.m. Sunday, ONEONTA they’re in their last days, name and logo at a Tuesday, Sept. 29. Her phone pinged hanging Catskill not last month or year.

Oct. 8 ceremony at Foothills at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Area Hospice & They don’t want to have attended by over 100 people, the Adams Pond area, but a Palliative Care to the conversation. including Dr. Yoshiro Matsearch yielded no clues.

Helios is about opening up “Now, we’re more likely suo, the Oneonta oncologist Following the story at: a conversation. to have a conversation, credited with founding the www.

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2nd Conductor’s Concert Uses Spinoffs From Bach

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arolyn Watson knows that among conductors, it’s a small world.

“My conducting professor at the University of Sydney was Imre Palló,” she said.

Dunkin’/Baskin Proposal ‘Pit,’ Canine Namesake, Riles Up Packed Hearing Joins Parisian’s Partner

►CCS DETAILED plans for $5 million in upgrades, including new turf on the baseball field. ►work is due to begin this

By LIBBY CUDMORE week on a two-story addition at the rear of the Cooperstown Distillery after a $100,000 COOPERSTOWN state grant was announced. ►A UNADILLA WOMAN died when arbara Tongue she drove her car into a stone got choked up as wall early Thursday in Otego.

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Walnut Street in the Village Trooper Has Run In of Cooperstown.

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By LIBBY CUDMORE way back to the time of James Fenimore Cooper,” ONEONTA she said. “It’s difficult to look at that proposal and tate Investigator imagine that on the corner Sales Caicedo and of our street in this beautiful Trooper Ricky “Pit” village.”

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►IF YOU GO: Carolyn Watson conducts CSO in “The Elements,” 7:30 p.m Saturday, Oct. 12, SUNY Hunt Union Ballroom. $30

“He was the music director of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, so when I saw the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, I wondered if it Please See WATSON, A15

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Team Schlather Takes Home Top Prize At Rotary’s Edinger Golf Tournament

COUNTY BOARD RECOGNIZES NATIONAL 4-H WEEK

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The Otsego County 4-H program was honored as part of the Otsego County Board of Representatives meeting on Wednesday, Oct 2 with a proclamation celebrating the engagement of the program’s 303 youth in agriculture, civic engagement and STEM research. From back left, Jon Bartlett, Board chair; Dave Bliss, Patti Zellmer, Representative Gary Koutnik, Beth Bartlett, Hanna Austin, Tanner Griffin and Hazel Lippitt.

eam NY took home first-place honors on the 18-hole course of the 2019 Lyn Edinger Memorial Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Cooperstown Rotary, on Sunday, Sept. 22 at the Meadow Links Golf Course.

Team members Bob Schlather, Bill Coleman, Rodney and Mason Campbell, played Captain & Crew format, and for their prize, each received a $50 gift certificate to local businesses including Alex’s World Bistro, Mel’s at 22, Willis Monie Books and Metro Cleaners.

The 2nd-place Team Jastremski consisted of Connie and Mike Jastremski and April and Jason Bronel.

They received a round of golf at Meadow Links Course. 3rd place went to Team Ellsworth, consisting of Charlie, Garrett, and Owen Ellsworth and Abigail

Team Schlather won the 9th annual Cooperstown Rotary Foundation Lyn Edinger Golf Tournament held at the Meadow Links Course in September.

Team members were, from left, Bob Schlather, Mason and Rodney Campbell, and Bill Coleman.

Ellsworth Caspar. They were each awarded a Rotary HoF Induction bat and a sleeve of golf balls.

The Most Honest Foursome, for the team with the highest score, was won by Team Leatherstocking Credit Union, consisting of Anoel Kelly, Rob White, Chris Spencer, and David Chase.

For their efforts, each received gift certificates to Barnyard Swing, in order to improve their putting skills.

CRF chair Ellen Tillapaugh said donors who contributed prizes, underwrote the reception, and sponsored holes and the Putting Tournament, were all fundamental to success.

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HAIL to the CHIEF Installation of SUNY Oneonta’s 8th President, Barbara Jean Morris

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SUNY Oneonta’s eighth president Dr. Barbara Jean Morris, center, is flanked by family members after her Saturday, Oct. 5, installation.

From left are son-in-law Mohit Tiwari, daughter Moriah Sandy Tiwari, granddaughter Jaya Tiwari, sister Margie Fish and husband Robert Fish, mother Betty Morris, son Jacob Sandy, grandson Joshua Sandy, daughter Michaela Sandy and nephew Gregory Fish.

Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, right, was joined by former mayors David Brenner, center, and John Nader, now SUNY Farmingdale president.

Colby Thomas performs “America the Beautiful.”

Patrick Brown, state Sen. Jim Seward, and Mohawk priest Tom Porter listen.

CGP Director Gretchen Sorin processes into the installation ceremony.

The Leatherstocking Region Pipe Band starts the ceremony with a flourish.

Sophomore Jayda Woodall of Poughkeepsie performs with the XClusive Dance Crew.

Struggles Overcome Celebrated At New President’s Installation MORRIS/From A1 Norton said. “We thought we would make quite an impression on all the male scholars in the room and had quite a bit of fun doing it.”

Since, Morris and Norton have used the perfume daily, and “think of each other fondly each morning – and the study of the presidency,” she said.

It revealed a more serious, focused side, too.

A divorced mother of three who years before had turned down an appointment to West Point, she – with help from mom Betty – got a San Diego U degree, joined the University of Redlands in 1996 and rose to dean of arts & science within a decade. In less than two decades was provost & vice president at Fort Lewis College in Colorado.

When she applied for SUNY Oneonta’s top job, her vita was in a tall a stack – #147 – but it jumped out, College Council Chairman Patrick Brown told the 1,000 faculty, staff, students and well-wishers from the community in the Dewar Arena ceremony.

In preparing his remarks,

SUNY Chancellor Kristin M. Johnson places the ceremonial chains of office around President Morris’ shoulders.

Brown said, “I looked at the notes I made when I first reviewed the candidate resumes. Of course, they were all numbers then. Next to candidate 147 I wrote a single word — grit.”

“Barbara Morris’ story is one of struggle and overcoming cultural and economic barriers and it is one of persistence and ultimate triumph,” he said. He recalled the interview, and that all her answers

focused on students, “especially the student who might not fit in; who was, like myself, the first in the family to attend college,” said Brown, a partner in his own Albany-area law firm.

“This natural, authentic, student-centered approach is what led the search committee to conclude this is a woman who GETS SUNY Oneonta.”

That sensibility toward inclu-

sion was reflected in Saturday’s entertainment: the XClusive Dance Crew’s contemporary performance, the West African Drum Ensemble’s traditional Ghanaian “Gota,” and the college’s World Chorus singing the Javanese “Luk Luk Lumbu,” translated as “The Bending Taro Leaves.”

All of this was restated in SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson remarks that preceded the formal installation, from Morris’ “misspent youth,” her “fierce advocacy,” her intention to prepare students to work toward “a more just, humane and sustainable world.”

The two-hour ceremony included “greetings” to the new president from politicians (state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Mayor Gary Herzig), college leaders (Faculty Senate chair William R. Wilkerson, Graig Eichler from business services, and Tim Nolan, Student Association President), to friends like Norton.

A highlight was Congressman Pete Aguilar, Democrat from Redlands, a one-time Morris

student. “Barbara wasn’t very imposing,” he remembered.

“She’s tiny in stature and rarely raised her voice in the classroom.

But she was deadly with a red pen in her hand. I have the transcript to prove it. But she connected with her students through the power of storytelling and just being honest.”

Throughout the ceremony, the usually cheerful Morris wore a somber demeanor, perhaps reflecting on the distance traveled or the challenges of the past few days, a phone hoax that upset some of the campus community.

After a talk that thanked her mother, her three children, and friends and wellwishers, she ended on a serious note: “We have endured, and we have served. We will not be silent, and we are determined to make the path easier for those who chose to join us,” she said. “Let us stand together not only as worthy examples but as warriors for change for our students.”

Now with her usual broad smile, she led the recessional through the applauding auditorium.

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The Revolution’s Won Might Barbara Jean Morris, SUNY Oneonta (and Hartwick!) Create New Model?

“As chief executive officer, you are assigned all powers, duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.”

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fter the week that was, Barbara Jean Morris, SUNY Oneonta’s new president, must have heard those words with mixed feelings.

Just three days before, a threat to shoot up the campus – it turned out to be a hoax – had shaken the college community.

Earlier this semester in a school year that is barely month old, a SUNY Oneonta student took his own life.

Neither of these happenings was the new president’s fault, yet they underscore the solemnity of what Dr. Morris is taking on: The responsibility for 6,000 students and 1,000 staff and faculty members.

It’s more than that. As one of the top five employers and a $100 million budget, it’s

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Tim Newton leads The World Chorus in “Luk Luk Lumbu,” the new Handel?

not too much to say SUNY Oneonta’s president is responsible – to a degree – for the welfare of an entire county, an entire region.

Feather, Circle Represent Search For Better A World The Native American symbol of the circle best illustrates my desire for a community that is based on mutual understanding, respect, communication, and a shared commitment.

The feather is a tribute to my father. It is often described by native cultures (Source: Keepers The Freeman’s Journal of the Sacred Tradition President Morris recites “O’siyo Father” during her inaugural address. of Pipemaker) that “Part of the role for the twolegged beside whom RedEditor’s Note: This is an Tailed Hawk flies is that excerpt from SUNY President of Guardian of the Earth Mother Barbara Jean Morris’ inaugural and her children. address at her Saturday, Oct. 5, “These individuals possess an installation: astute awareness of the concept of the interconnectedness of all ou might have noticed things and will have an inner the symbol of a feather in reverence for all life. They are the a circle on my inaugural souls who are involved in making invitation, the cover of today’s the world a better place, whether program, and the banners behind locally or globally. the stages.

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No wonder the new president appeared contemplative, to say the least, at such a celebratory event.

• Looking around the auditorium, a number of faculty members (retired) have been associated with the college since the fourth president, Royal Netzer, who was succeeded by Clifford Craven in 1970.

What changes they must have reflected upon, thinking back to Craven, Alan Donovan (1987) and Nancy Kleniewski (2008).

“Pomp & Circumstance,” or perhaps Holst’s “The Planets” or something by Sibelius were replaced by a Ghanaian drum-driven dance and the XClusive Dance Crew’s hip hop number, fun. Particularly moving was the Javanese “Luk Luk Lumbu” (“The Bending Taro Leaves”), delivered by the 100-plus student World Chorus. It packed the wallop of a Handel chorus.

In her remarks, SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson used terms like “competitive,” “fearless,” even “fierce” to describe the Please See EDITORIAL, A5

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moment in time is gone forever.

The wind is stirring, My hair is blowing gently in the wind.

As I sit here on this highest hill, I look into the valley below.

I see the herd, and the stallion in the lead, His tail blowing free behind him and his mare keeping pace beside him, Mane flowing in the wind as he races across the valley floor.

Softly, I hear a whisper in my ear – O’siyo father, I hear you.

Welcome!

• I know you are here beside me.

It has been awhile since last we talked.

I have missed you.

Your wisdoms and the stories of old, I have longed to hear them once again.

Yes, they are beautiful, the horses below, they are free as we once were, in the long ago.

The stallion has the spirit of the fire and the swiftness of the wind.

given and must instead be earned over time. Thus, the beauty and depth of the Spirit that shines brilliantly forth will be both an

Also the wisdom of mother earth to lead his herd far from the dangers to grazing that is pure and untainted.

He too must remember the camp fires that used to glow in the night, When our people and his kind shared this beautiful land.

The time of peace and harmony.

Soon father, I will join you.

We will cross this land and remember Ah, yes, I see brother hawk in the distance.

He too longs for those days as well.

Father, must you go soon?

I will wait for your return.

• As father faded from my sight, trees stir and I felt his touch upon my brow.

His words echoing in the wind – Be well my child, remember who you are…

Cherokee Earthkeeper, As a feather drifted to land at my feet…

inspiration and guidance for others who may be just beginning or in the process of their own awakening.”

On the day and in the place my

father passed, the red-tailed hawk laid its feathers. In honor of my father, I offer this adapted Cherokee poem by Bonnie Rae:

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sides of the impeachment debate.

Impeachment tests our constitutional system of government: When the executive and legislative branches so disagree as to

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freeze governmental action, impeachment calls us to the third and fourth estates: Our present impeachment process is likely to be resolved by: ►the U.S. Supreme Court, (beleaguered, but representing the Constitution), and/or ►the free press representing us, the people.

So, FJ & HO, please keep up the discussion until we, the electorate, better informed, can resolve it...

probably next fall, at the ballot box!

Or, as Mao put it: “Let many flowers bloom!”

(Mao probably didn’t mean it, the soil in a one-party state being so inhospitable to a free press.)

We mean it, our soil still being fairly fertile... thanks to your newspapers, and other worthy representatives of our “fourth estate”!

NICHOLAS CUNNINGHAM, M.D., DrPH Springfield Center

In Supporting Trump Inquiry, Delgado Doing As He Should To the Editor: You ask in last week’s edition: “Is Congressman Risking His Reelection Over Impeachment?”

Antonio Delgado states that he made his decision to vote for an inquiry into articles of impeachment because he “...took an oath before God and his fellow citizens to uphold the Constitution of the United States.” That’s what we elected him to do.

We didn’t elect him to leave his conscience and good judgment at home and do whatever it takes to get reelected in 2020.

Congressman Delgado hasn’t stopped serving our Congressional district well.

Headlining reelection speculation over a single issue a year in advance doesn’t serve anyone’s interests.

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Fracking Bust? Or Fracking Boom?

overnor Cuomo banned fracking in New York State. His environmental department backed him up with several reasons.

• Fracking could and did pollute.

With particulate matter. And with methane and organic chemicals.

• Fracking could and did contaminate drinking water. With methane and fracking fluids. Because of improper wells.

• Fracking contaminated soils and water by way of surface spills. It also caused earthquakes.

A fancy institute weighed in by pooh-poohing the so-called economic

boom fracking brings. The promised jobs don’t come in the number that frackers promise. Studies that describe the boom are flawed.

Meanwhile… comes another TOM study published MORGAN in a big science journal. Its results are the opposite of what New York’s environmental officials declared.

The study was funded by the

National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological Survey. Researchers from Penn State studied 21,000 water samples from areas near gas and oil wells in their state.

They found virtually zero methane contamination of the water. (Methane occurs naturally in lots of the state’s groundwater.)

The same researchers earlier studied 11,000 samples of water. From near 1,400 gas wells in just one county.

They found no problems. Actually, they found the opposite. There were trends of improving water quality in Please See MORGAN, A5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Advertisements: Evening School – Israel Day, will open an Evening School, the Monday evening after the Fair, at his school room in which will be taught Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and English Grammar.

Medical Meeting – Notice is given that an Annual Meeting of the Otsego Medical Society, will be held at the House of Joseph Griffin, in Cooperstown, on Monday, the 18th day of October next at one o’clock p.m. T. Pomeroy, Secretary.

Caution to Trespassers – As many persons have been in the habit of committing trespasses on the estate of the late William Cooper, I offer a reward of double the penalty prescribed by law, to anyone who will give me information of such trespass, and furnish sufficient evidence of the fact.

William Cooper.

October 11, 1819

175 YEARS AGO

Notices – We are requested to mention that Dr. King will lecture at the Presbyterian Church in Fly Creek on Monday evening , the subject being the effect of alcohol on the human stomach.

Cassius M. Clay and Gerrit Smith are to hold a personal disputation at Syracuse, at a time to be fixed on, on the question whether Henry Clay or James G. Bibney is best qualified to the votes of abolitionists. The former is the challenger, which has been accepted at his convenience by the latter.

At a house warming in Warren, Herkimer County, where 70 farmers and mechanics were present, with 36 yoke of oxen, a vote was taken on the Presidential question, which stood 60 for Polk and 10 for Clay.

October 14, 1844

150 YEARS AGO

The New District School opens splendidly as to the number of scholars in attendance. The first day, notwithstanding the rain, 140 were there; the second day 175; on Wednesday nearly 200. The scholars are classified into three general departments. Most of them appear to be under thirteen years of age. They represent all walks in village life. The more advanced scholars occupy the large room in the second story of the building. Two recitation rooms are under the immediate charge of the Principal, Mr. Howe, assisted

by Miss Gaylord and Miss Ball. The intermediate department is taught by Miss Reynolds and the Primary by Mrs. Brower. Mr. Howe is a Massachusetts man and a graduate of Albany Normal School. Miss Gaylord is from Ilion, a graduate of the Normal School at Oswego. Miss Ball is “to the Manor born” and one of the best lady teachers we ever

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50 YEARS AGO

The Cooperstown Rotary Club entertained seven Japanese business and professional men at its regular weekly luncheon meeting at the Cooper Inn. The group is headed

by Dr. Hiroji Mukasa, a psychiatrist who operates a mental clinic in Nakatsu City on the southern island of Kyushu, and is in this country for two months. The visitors arrived in Cooperstown Tuesday morning and were taken on a tour of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum by Howard C. Talbot, Jr., its treasurer and a past president of October 8, 1919 the Rotary Club.

October 8, 1969 had in Cooperstown. Miss Reynolds is from Middlefield, and has had considerable experience in teaching. Mrs. Brower is from Exeter and is a successful teacher of young The winning and the shutouts keep coming for the children. The ship is afloat, well officered. Bon Voyage.

Cooperstown girls’ soccer team. Over the past week, the October 8, 1869 Redskins have won three games, outscoring their opponents by a 11-0 margin while extending their winning streak to 12 games. “We had some close ones this week, but we came Mohican Club – The attendance of members on Friday out okay,” said Cooperstown coach Lisa Cherubin. The evening last was unusually large, there being considerRedskins defeated Waterville 2-0 in overtime on Saturday able interest felt in the matched games played. In four-ball for another Center State Conference win. Saturday’s win billiards, 200 points, Charles Page and C.T. Huyck played gave Cooperstown an overall record of 12-2 and 12-0 in against Dr. Butler and S.J. Conkling; the former making league competition.

200 points and the latter 179, a reasonably close game. In October 12, 1994 the game of bottle pool, best two and three, 31 points, S.M. Shaw (editor of The Freeman’s Journal) and L.N. Wood played against C.W.G. Ross and C.M. Alison, the former Gawkers gathered and shutterbugs snapped photos of the getting the first game, the latter the second and third, the two-day-long scene at Main and Railroad in Cooperstown last one by a single shot when they had five to make against where crews struggled with a crane and a 30-tire flatbed four. On Friday evening next at 8 o’clock Dr. Butler and trailer to load and move the 60-ton 1942 ALCO LocomoMr. Page will play a matched game, three ball billiards for tive that has been parked in the Delaware-Otsego Corpora100 points. Mr. Jarvis will umpire. tion’s parking lot for 20 years. The railroad relic is headed October 11, 1894 to a new home in western Maryland. The engine has been purchased with plans to restore it to running order by Bill Miller Equipment Sales of Eckhart Mines, Maryland, one The first of the series of square dances which will be of the largest Caterpillar Equipment dealers in the world. held every other Friday night during the winter season at Efforts to uproot a small tree growing out of the smokestack the Alfred Corning Clark gymnasium took place on Friday were unsuccessful. of last week under the direction of Gene Gowing of New October 9, 2009

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MORGAN: Is Fracking OK? MORGAN/From A4 the county. Despite all the fracking.

“Since 2010 two dozen independent studies have not found any systemic impact caused by the 110,000 oil and natural gas wells in the U.S.” This from the Heartland Institute.

Our EPA spent $29 million and six years to find fracking has little or no effect on groundwater.

How about the boom that wasn’t? One consumer group estimates the lower gas prices saved Pennsylvania folks and businesses $31 billion over ten years.

Economists from three big universities say the average household in Pennsylvania gets up to $1,900 per year in benefits from fracking. They cite healthy rises in average income and wages. They credit fracking with a 10-percent increase in jobs in the state.

A big Chamber of Commerce study estimates fracking added $13 billion to the state’s GDP. And $7 billion in new wages.

Heartland cites other studies that debunk the “myths” that fracking pollutes water or air. It assures us that major fracking states of Pennsylvania and Texas have lower rates of asthma, birth defects and cancer than many

York City. A fine time was enjoyed by all and good music was furnished by Mrs. Anita Coleman and Mrs. Florence Sheridan.

Pvt. Murdock Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hall of this village arrived home Sunday to spend a 21-day sick leave.

Pvt. Hall was in the Framington General Hospital at Framington, Massachusetts for several weeks following his return from Europe where he received an eye injury in Normandy.

The Presbyterian Rummage Sale will be held Saturday, October 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Chapel on Pioneer Street.

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states that have no fracking.

And the institute cites studies that claim earthquakes in fracking areas are of little significance.

I imagine some readers are Googling away already. They want to prove or disprove one side of this issue or the other.

It is a pity that it is impossible to find the truth in this and other vital matters. After all, a lot of Upstaters would love to see an economic boom. Even if it was half what Pennsylvania’s is.

The only booms upstate has experienced lately have come during hunting season.

My grandfather reckoned the truth was usually halfway between the opposing arguments.

Maybe that is where it is.

In the future maybe we will use artificial intelligence computers to resolve such issues.

One side will input its data.

The computer will spit it back as bull-tweedy. It will proclaim the other side’s argument worthy of five stars.

Yeah, but you can’t trust that robot. It was made by XYZ Company. Its pension fund owns energy stocks!

Tom Morgan, the retired Oneonta investment counselor and who writes a nationally syndicated commentary for print and radio, lives in Franklin.

WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

Poverty – It’s All Around Us Editor’s Note: Larry Bennett, Brewery Ommegang’s recently retired creative director who is much active in community causes, joins The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta in this edition as a regular columnist.

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ast Saturday, Oct. 5, 200 people attended a forum in Oneonta, “Living with Dignity and the Crisis of Poverty in Otsego and Delaware Counties.”

Over three hours, a dozen topics were discussed, but the speakers LARRY focused on BENNETT three impor-

tant actions we can all take: 1. Help raise awareness of poverty in our counties.

2. Try to understand and respect the dignity to the poor.

3. Personally commit to assisting those in need.

Here’s some of what I learned.

One-third of Oneonta (population 14,000) lives in poverty. One sixth

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Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, tells Oneonta’s poverty summit Saturday, Oct. 5, that the nation’s working poor are the largest growing class in the U.S., which is “dead last” in labor mobility.

of Otsego and Delaware counties (combined population 102,000) live under economic duress.

Single mothers are 38 percent of the poor in Otsego County; they are 54 percent in Delaware County. Take a moment and try to imagine a single mother living in poverty – trying to keep a job while housing, feeding, educating, and looking after the health of her children. Surely this is not a blueprint for success.

I know some think poor people

are lazy, alcoholic or drug addicted, people who make bad choices and sponge off others. Sure, a few game the system, but most do not.

Some lost jobs through no fault of their own, or became too ill to work. Some are permanently disabled, or are simply too old to work. Some have mental health issues. Some have simply given up after years of fruitless struggle.

It’s clear that economic stress Please See BENNETT, A6

EDITORIAL: Installation Signals Revolution’s Won. How Can We Enjoy Victory?

EDITORIAL/From A4 newest of her 64 college presidents. Perhaps then, but that’s not the sense you get about Barbara Jean Morris today – words like “diplomatic,” “upbeat,” “human” come to mind.

The sense of nostalgia was further evoked by her San Diego university dean and friend Noelle Norton’s whimsical story about the two dousing themselves in perfume back in the 1990s before delivering a paper, “Faith and Sex: Presidents Under Pressure,” at a presumably mostly white, male symposium in Boston in the 1990s.

Several speakers remarked Morris is SUNY Oneonta’s second female president. When is that no longer news? The third?

The seventh?

• You might have come away feeling Barbara Jean Morris’ tenure won’t be – or shouldn’t be – about the celebrated rise of women (and blacks and other formerly outcast minorities) over the past half-century.

Ask anybody at Morris’ installation. The faculty in the processional was mostly women, with many minorities of both sexes. Chancellor Johnson is an openly gay woman, as are four SUNY campus presidents.

Students and audience members fully represented a cross-section of the United States as is and where it’s going.

Despite the public debate about race, hate, immigration, white supremacy, looking around the

Drs. Johnson and Morris at beginning of new chapter for SUNY Oneonta.

Dewar Arena the other day, you had to conclude the battle is won.

If anything, over-won: 60 percent of SUNY Oneonta’s students are women, compared to 40 percent men; nationally, it was 56-44 in 2015. Is it time to look for a new balance?

Some would argue today’s much-remarked-upon national divide can be blamed, to large degree, on our colleges and universities, with the replacement of the Western Canon with gender and ethnic studies, and the exaltation of PC. Now, why shouldn’t higher education in general, and SUNY Oneonta – and Hartwick College – in particular, play a role in building a new synthesis based on acceptance of the new real-

ity? To wit, we are living in a multi-ethnic nation, where parity between sexes and among genders is widely accepted.

The revolution is over. It’s won.

• When she had to be, Dr. Morris may indeed have been competitive, fearless and even fierce. Now, “?her diplomacy, optimism and humanity will be more in demand.

Her new 13-word mission statement for SUNY Oneonta was much remarked upon at her installation: “We nurture a community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially and live purposefully.”

With a little adjustment, it sounds like a workable foundation for American society at large.

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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

20 YEARS OF Luvin’ OHS

Josh Rumenapp, Oneonta, tees off at the annual OHS Alumni Golf Tournament Friday, Oct. 4. Despite the rain, it drew a record 144 golfers to the Oneonta Country Club. Wayne Carrington looks on.

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Vince Foti, top, stands behind 2019 Inductees into the Oneonta Alumni Association’s Wall of Distinction and Athletic Hall Of Fame after the Saturday, Oct. 5, Induction Ceremony at OHS’ Belden Auditorium. From left are Thomas Sturiale, ’53, Dr. Allie Terry-Fritsch, ’92, Mariah Ruff, ’14, Willie McCarthy, ’86, Patrick Delaney, ’62, Rosalee Vroman (representing her late husband Richard Vroman, ’55,) Coach Al Scheer, George Whetmore (representing friend Herb Greene, ’47, who could not attend) and James Hurley, ’53.

Geoffrey Smith, one of the founding members of Oneonta Alumni Association 20 years ago, accepts applause as Alumnus of the Year. Wife Linda and son Chad join him at the podium in Belden Auditorium.

Homecoming Weekend royalty, King Jack Flynn and Queen Frances Miller, beam at the applauding crowds at halftime in Saturday, Oct. 5’s football game. Even OHS Yellowjackets’ 48-0 loss to the archrival Norwich Purple Tornadoes failed to dampen spirits.

At the Oneonta Alumni Association banquet Friday, Oct. 4, at the Armory, Craig Schaffer, ’74, Otego and Joy Sanchez, ’76, Santa Cruz, Calif. had a chance to reminisce about the good old days at the game – Joy’s brother, Lance Sanchez, ’74, played football with Schaffer.

BENNETT: Poverty Can Lead To Seclusion, Fear And Anger BENNETT/From A5 can lead to poor health, divorce, child abuse, domestic violence, and even suicide, yet being poor also means a loss of human dignity, making everything worse.

Poverty can also lead to seclusion, fear, and anger. The poor become invisible to the rest of us. Communities shun them.

Businesses turn them away.

As we go about our own busy lives, it’s too easy to overlook others’ needs for shelter, food, clothing, and health care.

One thing we should try to

understand is that poor people are much like us. Except, for them, life may have never gone right, or may have recently gone terribly wrong. We still need to pay attention and respect their human dignity. This is an important step to providing real help.

What about government programs? The truth is they help, but are at best a makeshift bridge to hopefully better times. Federal and state assistance, SNAP benefits, and other programs can keep the bottom from falling out, but they are certainly not a step up the

economic ladder. Beyond government – federal, state or local – we as individuals need to step up.

First, resolve to treat all people with respect. Don’t make quick judgements. That young guy in old jeans and dirty sweatshirt, taking tickets in the parking lot, may be a future Congressman like Antonio Delgado. That teenaged girl with hostility, anger issues and no apparent future may be a future college professor, like Dr. Karen Joest. One thing is certain – no one thrives by being disrespected.

There are many tangible ways

individuals can help. Many towns have food pantries. Volunteer to staff them or deliver food to people who can’t drive. Many churches offer free meals. Help cook, serve, clean up.

Locally, our schools already provide free meals to 48 percent of Otsego school children and 63 percent of Delaware children. But even then, it helps feed children for only nine months out of 12.

Community centers may offer programs for the poor, the very young, or old. Volunteer to help staff their programs.

Habitat for Humanity has an Oneonta office (607-432-7874) and needs volunteers for management jobs, for construction, for providing lunches, and more.

Finally, consider mentoring a child who needs attention, and be assured you will both benefit. If you understand, respect, and help others all our lives will be better for it. Please give of your time and your heart wherever you can.

Larry Bennett, retired Brewery Ommegang creative director who is active in many local causes, lives in East Meredith.

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f course, the adaptation of Ken Kesey’s second conductor powerful “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” 7:30 competing to direct the Catskill Symphony p.m. Friday-Saturday, Orchestra will be showing Oct. 11-12 and 2 p.m. her stuff at 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 13. Foothills Saturday. Check Performing Arts Center, Oneonta.

Page A1 for details.

• (607) 432-5407.

The delicious fall • Bald is even more fruits and veggies we’re experiencing beautiful when the right now wouldn’t bravest shave their be possible without heads and raise a tractor, and The money for the fight LIBBY Farmers’ Museum against childhood CUDMORE will display 60 of cancer at the annual St. Baldrick’s event. the machines that power our farms during the 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, annual Tractor Festival, 10 Red Jug Pub, 195 Main St., a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Oneonta. (607) 267-4703.

12. The Farmers’ Museum, • Cooperstown.

See the county’s beautiful Info (607) 547-1450. foliage on a motorcycle ride and support LEAF’s • Stuff of Dreams producaddiction education mission. tions performs a theatrical 8 a.m. -3:30 p.m. Saturday,

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John Leahy, West Oneonta; Dale Williams, Sherrill; Darlene Whitaker, New Lisbon, and Russ Dutcher, Burlington Flats, all members of the Tired Iron Club, demonstrated their corn-shucking machine at the 2018 Tractor Fest, which returns this weekend at The Farmers’ Museum.

Oct. 12, Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

(607) 432-0090.

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Fun 50s-style evening features silent auction, drive-in style food, live music and, of course, dancing, food from

the 50s. Benefit for 1st UMC Missions & Art Ministry, Oneonta Community Health Center. Cost, $5. 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12, First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

(607) 432-4102.

• The season of Foothills live screenings of the Metropolitan Opera opens with Puccini’s “Turandot.”

Cost, $20/adult. 12:55 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080.

• Ghost tour visits places where ghostly manifestations have been reported over the years and areas identified by the Ghost Hunters Halloween special. Cost, $20/person.

Reservations required. 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 11-12, Hyde Hall, 267

Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown.

(607) 547-5098.

• The annual Discrimination Matters film series begins with “The Hate You Give.”

Stay for a group discussion facilitated by Jocelyn Plows and Oneonta Job Corps students. 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, Union Cafe, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta. (607) 432-6988.

• Travel across the globe without leaving your dinner table! The Horned Dorset presents “Vienna: City of Music” concert featuring performers Ann-Marie Barket Schwartz, violin, & Max Caplan, piano. Cost, $70/ person. 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, The Horned Dorset, 2000 St. Rt. 8, Leonardsville.

(315) 855-7898.

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“Big Chuck” will entertain the residents and guests at St. James’ Manor on Tuesday, October 15 at 1:30. He will be telling stories from his best-selling book A Taste of Upstate New York. The book looks at 40 food favorites from all over the Upstate region.

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A complete Guide to

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►Thurs., October 10

WORKFORCE SUMMIT – 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Join regional professionals, educators, students, employers, others to discuss Workforce challenges. Reservations required by 10/7. Cost, $60/person.

Otsego Grill, Morris Hall, SUNY Oneonta. 607-432-4500.

BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 5 p.m.

Donate Blood. Waterfront, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

1-800-733-2767.

MEET & GREET – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Meet Tony German, Republican candidate to represent NY-19. All invited. Residence of James Jordan, 191 Main St., Richfield Springs.

DISCUSSION – 6 p.m.

“Stepping Up and Stepping Back: How to be a Better Ally”

with Dr. Jack Day. Butternut Valley Room, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

STEAM AHEAD – 6 p.m.

Bring the kids to learn to code. Make Code Circuit Playground Express act like a laser tag game. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 MUSIC – 6:30 p.m. Open Mic followed by performance by folk singers Curt Osgood and Henry Jankiewicz.

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

607-432-2070.

WORD THURSDAY – 7 p.m.

Reading of Bright Hill Publicain OtsegO COunty tions including Figures For A Family Portrait, winner Bright Hill Press Full-Length Poetry Book Competition 2016 by

Steven Lautermilch. Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell.

607-829-5055.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

Theatrical performance “The Wolves” about lives of 9 American Girls navigating big questions, tiny battles. Hamblin Theater, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta.

what’s fun in OtsegO COunty _________ ►Friday, October 11

SEMINAR – 8:30 a.m.

- Noon. Presenter Janine Kruiswijk, Executive Director of the Autism Society of the Greater Capital Region, educates employers about autism spectrum, how it could present at work, accommodations, best practices for on-boarding/retention, & addressing stigma/false as-

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sumption. Free. Springbrook’s Oneonta Community Campus, 5588 St. Hwy. 7, Oneonta.

607-432-4800.

RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Find wide variety of items. Includes Christmas & Gift Shop. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-4286.

VOLUNTEER – 3 p.m. Help Cooperstown Angel Network setup, organize donated clothes for families in need.

Cafeteria, Cooperstown High School. Sign up with Stephanie Nelen pugliesestephanie@hotmail.com.

PAINT & SIP – 5:30 p.m.

Paint close up of a sunflower, while sipping some drinks.

Open to participants 21+.

Space limited, registration required. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego.

607-988-6661.

HYDE & SHRIEK – 6 p.m.

Ghost tour visits places where ghostly manifestations have been identified by Ghost Hunters Halloween special.

Cost, $20/person. Reservations required. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5098.

DISCRIMINATION MATTERS – 7 p.m. View ‘The Hate You Give’ followed by group discussion facilitated by Jocelyn Plows, Oneonta Job Corps students. Union Cafe,

Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

607-432-6988.

RAILWAY MEETING – 7 p.m. Meeting of regional chapter of National Railway Historical Society. Business portion followed by showing of DVD on different railroad projects of ‘40s & ‘50s. Open to all who enjoy railroads.

Zion Lutheran Church, 630 French Rd., New Hartford.

315-327-8653.

CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Join Doubleday Dancers Modern Western Square Dance Club for their Fall All Plus Dance. Bring friends. Cost, $5/person.

Cooperstown Elementary School. 607-264-8128.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Presenting ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions.

Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-5407.

►Sat., October 12 LEAF RIDE – 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Bring out the motorcycle, enjoy 2nd annual foliage run to support LEAF. Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-0090.

BAG SALE – 9 a.m. - Noon.

Find wide variety of items. Includes Christmas & Gift Shop.

First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. 607-

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Candlelight Ghost Tours

Fridays and Saturdays in October 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 PM & special 8:00 PM tour on Halloween!

Reserve your spot at

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432-4286.

RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.

- 2 p.m. Find wide variety of items for sale at Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4636 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. 607293-7980.

SUPPORT GROUP – 10 a.m. - Noon. Family, friends, & people with Multiple Sclerosis are invited. No questions too big or small. Sunshine Room, Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call Phil Young 607435-3653.

TRACTOR FEST – 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. See Over 60 tractors and machines they powered on NYS farms. Features classic, small engine, more. Famers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1450.

VOLUNTEER – 11:30 a.m.

Help Cooperstown Angel Network clean up after donation event. See Friday listing.

MEETING – Noon - 2 p.m. Join the Cooperstown Native Daughters for annual meeting. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 315-345-5669.

OPERA – 12:55 p.m. Performance of “Turandot,” by Puccini, streaming live from Metropolitan Opera House.

Cost, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080.

WORKSHOP – 1 - 3 p.m.

Learn to write songs, present them before an audience. Includes opportunity to perform on EOH stage 11/2.

Cost, $15/class. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550.

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.

FUNDRAISER – 2 - 5 p.m.

Volunteer to shave your head or enter the raffle to raise money to fight childhood cancer. Hosted by St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Red Jug Pub, 195 Main St., Oneonta. 607267-4703.

SOCKHOP – 5 p.m. Silent auction, dancing, food from the 50s. Benefit for 1st UMC Missions & Art Ministry, Oneonta Community Health Center. Cost, $5. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4324102.

POTLUCK – 6 p.m. Bring a dish to pass, dinnerware provided. Followed by a football themed film. All welcome.

Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 852 Co. Rd., 26, Fly Creek.

HYDE & SHRIEK – 6 p.m.

Ghost tour. See Friday Listing.

VARIETY SHOW – 7 p.m.

Enjoy evening featuring groups like Barn Paint Blue, Diana & the Country Mystics, more. Free. Walton Theater, 30 Gardiner Pl., Walton. 607865-6688.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

Theatrical production of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’.

See Friday listing.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Catskill Symphony Orchestra presents “The Elements” with music director candidate finalist Carolyn Watson.

Ballroom, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-2670.

►Sunday, October 13 VOLUNTEERING – 9 a.m.

Join the Angel Network to support children & families in Cooperstown School District with various needs. Room 309, Cooperstown High School. E-mail pugliesestephanie@hotmail.com.

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►Sunday, October 13

listing.

CONCERT – 5 p.m. “Vienna: City of Music” features performers Ann-Marie Barket Schwartz, violin, & Max Caplan, piano. Cost, $70/ person. The Horned Dorset, in OtsegO COunty 2000 St. Rt. 8, Leonardsville.

315-855-7898.

Anastasia Majestic, owner ByEarth, a local composting company. St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-1458.

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WOLF MOUNTAIN – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Celebration features Native American crafts, kids activities, vendors. Also, watch wolves, pups, foxes, coyotes receive stuffed pumpkins. Cost, $5/person, cash only. Wolf Mountain Nature Center, 562 Hopkins Crandall Rd., Smyrna. 607-627-6784.

MUSIC – 11 a.m. Charles Eubanks performs on Jazz Keyboard. Franklin Farmers’ Market, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-2672.

THEATER – 2 p.m. Presenting ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ See Saturday

what’s fun ►Tuesday, October 15

► Monday, October 14 Columbus Day KIDS DAY – 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Kids explore world of trees, learn to identify varieties using science/senses. Mohican Farm, 7207 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607-282-4087.

GARDEN CLUB – 7 p.m.

Learn techniques to compost food waste. Presented by

UPSTATE STORIES – 1:30 p.m. Local radio host Chuck D’Imperio will share stories from best selling book “A Taste of Upstate New York.”

Features 40 food favorites from the area. Free, public welcome. St. James Manor, 9 St. James Place, Oneonta.

607-436-9974.

KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Work on current projects, hang out with the Knit-Witts. Cooperstown Vil-

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-9 lage Library. 607-547-8344.

3D TINKERING – 3:30 4:45 p.m. Make 3-D turkey puzzle for Thanksgiving. Centerpiece for the table or give it to a youngster to play with.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

BOOK CLUB – 6 - 7 p.m.

Read “Everything Here is Beautiful” by Mira T. Lee then discuss with group. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego. 607-988-6661.

FILM – 7 p.m. ‘The Green Murder Case’ (1929) based on screenplay by Oneonta author S.S. Van Dine. Includes introductory remarks, talk session. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta.

607-432-0960.

►Wednesday, Oct. 16 CELEBRATION – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 150th birthday of Cardiff Giant. Pay $.50 to see the giant, enjoy a GIANT cake, hear stories of the hoax, witness performance of the

show. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

►Thursday, Oct. 17 PHOTOGRAPHY – 6 - 7:45 p.m. Presentation by photographer Kevin Gray on wet plate collodion photography used during Civil War. Includes demonstration on making tintype photography.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

COOKING CLASS – 6 - 7 p.m. Learn to cook healthy/ tasty meals. Cost, $5. Continues 11/14. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

607-432-0010.

DISCUSSION – 6 p.m.

“Environmental (In)Justice” with Rachel Kornhauser from the Office of Sustainability.

Butternut Valley Room, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

GHOST TALK – 7 p.m.

Area author/ghost seeker presents ‘Learning from the Dead,’ discussing her work, explorations in local area and

Cherry Valley, Roseboom cemeteries. Roseboom Historical Association, former Baptist Church, Rt. 165, Roseboom.

607-282-4452.

FASHION SHOW – 7 p.m.

Featuring fashion from recycled clothes and music performed on instruments made from recycled materials. Presented by The Gar(B)age Band Drummers, The Revival of Apparel Club.

Ballroom, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

CLASSIC FIX – 7 p.m.

Presenting film classic ‘The Godfather.’ Tickets, $6. Walton Theater, 30 Gardiner Pl., Walton. 607-865-6688.

WRITERS SALON – 7:30 p.m. After open mic, be inspired by theatrical riffs, rants, scenes, soliloquies presented by Karen Butler, actors Rachel Rissberger, Bhala Jones. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070.

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A generous donor provides free tickets for children and their accompanying adults, as well as high school and college students. Call the CSO at 607-436-2670 for more details.

Performances of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

We appreciate the support of foundations, individuals, season subscribers, and our loyal audience.

Special thanks to SUNY Oneonta, Hartwick College, and our media sponsor, Five Star Subaru.

Featuring music of Beethoven, Kreisler and Korngold 4 pm - Cocktails 5 pm - Concert followed by a prix fixe dinner Reservations required.

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Animal enrichment programs throughout the day including the fun-to-watch wolves and the wolf pups, foxes, and coyotes as they receive their stuffed pumpkins! otHER EvEntS SCHEdUlEd: • Sled Dogs of Smokey Hill • Magician Jim Okey • DEC K9s • Native American Crafts • Kids’ Tent • Native American Program • Visit from Red Riding Hood • Food Vendors, Gift Shop & More and the Wolf

$5/Person Admission * Children Under 5 FREE CASH ONLY - Please No Credit or Debit Cards

13th Annual HonoRing tHE SPiRit oF tHE WolF Sunday, october 13 • 11 am - 4 pm • Wolf Mountain nature Center 562 Hopkins Crandall Road • Smyrna, nY • www.thewolfmountainnaturecenter.org

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Otsego County Planning & Solid Waste Department, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY invites bids for Electrical Construction Work for the Community Center Building and the Tiny Homes Project, BID # OTGOV017-19, located at the County Meadows Complex, 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Sealed bids for Electrical Construction Work will be received by Onondaga County Division of Purchase, 421 Montgomery Street, 13th Floor, Syracuse, NY 13202 (mailing address) until 2:00 PM, October 23, 2019. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately after time of final receipt at County Division of Purchase Office.

A pre-bid on-site meeting will not be scheduled.

Obtaining Bidding Documents: For the convenience of the prospective Bidders, subcontractors and material suppliers, Bidding Documents are available at Dataflow Reprographics, 845 Broad Street, Suite # 1, Utica, NY, 13502; Telephone: 315.735.6131; upon deposit of a check in the amount of $50 per set, payable to the order of the County of Otsego.

A complete set of documents will be issued to each prospective Bidder. Bidders are required to use complete sets of Bidding Documents in preparing Bids. The Owner and Architect assume no responsibility for misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents Any qualified Bidder will be

refunded their deposit in full upon returning their set to the Architect in good condition within thirty days after the award of the Contract.

Any non-bidder returning their set will be refunded $25. Bidders may obtain more than one set and will be refunded the deposit in full for each additional set returned.

Requests for Clarification: All requests for clarification shall be submitted to: Cory Larrabee, Buyer III Onondaga County Division of Purchase 421 Montgomery Street, 13th Floor Syracuse, NY 13202 Phone: 315-4355063 Email: CoryLarrabee@ongov.net Request for clarification must be received no later than October 17, 2019 Bidding Documents may be examined at the following locations: •Dodge Data & Analytics-McGraw Hill, www.construction.com •CMD Group, LLC, www. cmdgroup.com •Mohawk Valley Builders’ Exchange, 10 Main Street, Suite 202, Whitesboro, NY 13492 •Syracuse Builders’ Exchange, 6563 Ridings Road, Syracuse, NY 13206 •Eastern Contractors Association, Inc. (ECA), 6 Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12205-1095 •Northern New York Builders’ Exchange, Inc., 22074 Fabco Road, Watertown, NY 13601 Attention of the Bidders is particularly called to the Owner’s sales tax exemption and the requirements as to the follow-

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ing conditions of employment to be observed: •New York State Executive Order, Article 8, Section 220-223 (Prevailing Rate Schedule) •New York State Executive Order, Article 9, Section 230-239 (Withholding of Payments from Contractors) •New York State Executive Law, Article 15-A and 5 NYCRR Parts 142-144 (MWBE Regulations) •Section 3 businesses are strongly encouraged to participate in this federally funded project.

•Section 201-g of the NYS Labor Law requires adoption of a written sexual harassment prevention policy (Certification form included with the bid forms) Bids shall be prepared as set forth in the “Instructions to Bidders”, enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing on its face the name and address of the Bidder, date and time bid is due, and the title Single Prime Electrical Contract Work - BID # OTGOV-017-19.

Each Bidder shall deposit with its Bid, security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Base Bid in the form and subject to the conditions provided in the “Instructions to Bidders”.

No Bidder may withdraw its Bid within 45 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

The County of Otsego reserves the right to waive any informalities and irregularities in or reject any or all Bids.

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Division of Purchase Date: October 9, 2019

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Oneonta Guitar LLC

Filed 7/23/19.

Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Jasper Stallings, 199 Lafayette St Unit 2, Ny, New York 10012.

Purpose: General.

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Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/23/2019.

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: 12 South Main Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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COUNTY OF OTSEGO – BID REF # OTGOV015-19 FOR FURNISHING DIESEL FUEL, FUEL OIL, AND KEROSENE FOR OTSEGO COUNTY IS DUE OCTOBER 25, 2019 AT 2 PM IN THE DIVISION OF PURCHASE. REGISTER AT www.empirestatebidsystem.com TO DOWNLOAD SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS. 6LegalOct.10

Arts. Of Org. filed with the Sec’y. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 09/17/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 195 Lakeview Drive, Richfield Springs, New York 13439.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of The Order Of Chesterbury LLC.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS BID #OTGOV016-19 COUNTY OF OTSEGO – BID REF # OTGOV016-19 FOR FURNISHING PROPANE FOR OTSEGO COUNTY IS DUE OCTOBER 25, 2019 AT 2 PM IN THE DIVISION OF PURCHASE. REGISTER AT www.empirestatebidsystem.com TO DOWNLOAD SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS. 1LegalOct.10 Legal nOtice

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name:

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Notice of LLC formation of Oneonta Tennis Center, LLC. A NY Limited Liability Company.

Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/18/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy to: Oneonta Tennis Center, 32 Rose Ave., Oneonta, NY 13820.

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Notice of formation of 19 ROSE PLACE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of

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State (SSNY) 8/2/17.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Kehoe & Merzig, P.C., 8-12 Dietz St., Ste. 202, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: JKO Mobile Enterprise LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State on 09/05/2019.

Office location: Otsego County SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2058 County Highway 49 Edmeston, NY 13335.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Golden Brook Farm LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the Secretary of State on 09/13/19.

Principal Business and Office Location: 253 Briar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail process to 253 Briar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of C&C Empire

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Estates LLC filed with the SSNY on 09/12/19.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to 446 County Highway 26, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful.

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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 Notice of Formation of C Moore Enterprises LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/9/2019.

County: Otsego.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 1073 State Hwy 205, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BLUESTONE TREE FARM LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 9/23/19.

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 4611

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

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Notice of Formation of Golden Brook Farm LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the Secretary of State on 09/13/19.

Principal Business and Office Location: 253 Briar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail process to 253 Briar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of C&C Empire Estates LLC filed with the SSNY on 09/12/19.

Office: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to 446 County Highway 26, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful.

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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 law-

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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 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 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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CLIMATE GAME – 9:30 p.m. It’s climate change game night featuring Co2, Terraforming Mars, Petrichor & Photosynthesis run by Serennity Hobbies. No experience needed. A. J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta.

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PRIDE CONFERENCE – 4 p.m. Features presentations on theme “Celebrating Our Histories, Envisioning Our Futures” with speaker Jim Obergefell, 9 p.m., whose case before the Supreme Court brought about marriage equality. Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta.

HARVEST DINNER – 4:30

- 6:30 p.m. Enjoy turkey, all the trimmings, homemade pie. Takeout available. Cost, $12/adult. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4326552.

OKTOBERFEST – 4:30 p.m. Enjoy music, food, fun.

Features sauerbraten, latkes, knodle, pumpernickle bread, black forest cake. Take out available. Admission by donation. Christ Church, 46 River St. Cooperstown. 607-5479555.

GHOST TOURS – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Explore museum after dark, learn about mysteries,

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-11 ghostly happenings, Things Go Bump In The Night. Cost, $17/non-member. Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450.

HYDE & SHRIEK – 6 p.m.

Ghost tour visits places where ghostly manifestations have been identified by the Ghost Hunters Halloween special.

Cost, $20/person. Reservations required. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5098.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “The Lion King.” Cost, $3/ person. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Visit ex-

hibit ‘Duane Michals: The Portraitist’ then enjoy film at 7.

This week “Adaptation” with Tilda Swinton & Meryl Streep (Rated R). Cost, $7/nonmember. Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

CONCERT – 7 p.m.

‘The Modernistics’ perform upbeat show of music and dance from ‘Sunny Side of the Street’ to ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing,” and other American classics. Free, open to public.

Sarkus-Busch Theater, Herkimer College, 100 Reservoir Rd., Herkimer. 315-574-4015.

PLANETARIUM – 7 - 8 p.m.

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

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AUDUBON SOCIETY – 7:30 p.m. Presentation “Collected stories of 2019” featuring photographs of birds, foxes, butterflies, other natural subjects by local photographer Rick Bunting. Will feature stories about favorite events from this year. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta.

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Now, the Student Association will host a public forum to address the concerns of students, faculty and community members. “I want to create an environment where people can ask questions and give feedback,” said Nolan.

“We want to try and create a setting where we can all move on and better prepare as a community.” Campus On Police Wednesday, Chief Jennifer Oct. 2, Fila briefs Campus Police issued press. the “shelter in place” order after a mental health crisis hotline in New York City alerted shared a chat message, purportedly from a female student who planned to shoot up the campus.

The threat was soon discovered to be a hoax – the phone had been hacked.

When police located her, she was working with the college’s Information Technology Services to get it fixed. She was not placed under arrest and no charges were filed.

“All signs point to this student being the victim of a cyber-crime,” said Campus Police Chief Jennifer Fila.

No suspects have been identified, and city Police Chief Doug Brenner believes that the student may have been a victim of a phishing scam, which allowed the suspect access to her phone.

“These cases are difficult,” he said. “You have to look for IP addresses, and sometimes, those go into foreign countries.”

But now, the campus is assessing how they can better respond to threats. “We were fortunate to be able to identify problems in the wake of a situation where no one was injured,” said Hal Legg, SUNY chief communication & marketing officer.

On Friday, Oct. 4, college President Barbara Jean Morris announced that the campus would no longer use the siren to signify “All Clear,” which had caused uncertainty Wednesday.

“It’s fair to say that many members of our campus community may not know what to do when they hear the siren,” said Legg.

The siren has three settings, each outlined in the emergency response guidelines given to students.

“The first, a five-second tone, is a test,” said Legg. “The second, a three-minute tone, is an alarm. The third, a oneminute tone is the all clear.

But if they don’t understand it, it’s not worth using.”

Many of the doors on campus don’t lock, Legg said, and only some classrooms have the automatic lockdown button installed.

According to Legg, Lachlan Squair, Chief of Facilities and Safety, will soon begin looking at what it would take to upgrade the buildings, possibly accelerating the planned timetable.

Additionally, the NYAlerts system that students can sign up for in case of emergency failed to deliver messages to all students.

“We’re looking into why that didn’t work the way it had in previous test scenarios,” said Legg.

Faculty members were not required to undergo active shooter training, although many did when it was offered last April. “We will be offering it again,” said Legg.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019

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Donald O. Pollock, M.D., 89; Village Mainstay For Half A Century

COOPERSTOWN – Donald O. Pollock, M.D., 89, who led a lifetime of service to others, including a distinguished and wideranging medical career with Bassett Hospital that spanned several decades, passed away peacefully in his home Sunday evening, Sept. 29, 2019, surrounded by family and listening to the final Red Sox game of the season.

He was born in 1930

in East Orange, N.J., the oldest son of J. Ford and Helen (Glasson) Pollock.

He was raised in Brookside N.J., where he also attended grammar school before going to Morristown High School. He graduated from Morristown as the valedictorian of the Class of 1947.

Morristown High School Principal Dr. Ralph Perry recruited Don for summer employment at Kamp Kill Kare in St. Albans, Vt.

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Providentially, it was at this camp that he met George Kempsell, who played a pivotal role in directing Don to further his education at Hamilton College, from which he graduated magna Donald cum laude in 1951. He went on to complete his M.D. at Harvard Medical School.

It was during this time that he met his future wife, Elinor Hopkins, who was working as a nurse at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. They were married June 7, 1953.

In July 1955, Dr. Pollock and his family first came to Cooperstown to serve his internship and residency at the Mary Imogene Bassett (MIB) Hospital. He then served for eight years in the Army Medical Corps, which took the family to a succession of postings, including 2½ years in Eritrea, East Africa. In 1967, Dr. Pollock and his family returned to Cooperstown and Bassett Hospital, where he began a medical career of great distinction that would

continue until his retirement in 1999.

A man of integrity, compassion and vision, Dr. Pollock’s contributions to medical care for the people of Central New York included service Pollock as chief of the General Services Department, associate director for emergency services, long-time medical director of The Meadows (when it was the Otsego County Nursing Home), head of Bassett’s Division of Community Medicine (now the Prime Care Clinic) and the hospital’s expert in dermatology. He later served as a member of Bassett’s Board of Trustees (1999-2011).

Dr. Pollock championed the introduction of advanced healthcare professionals to expand patient care – mentoring the first independent nurse practitioner in New York State (the late Genevieve Kent-Waller) – and also promoted the establishment of Bassett satellite clinics in surrounding communities.

Don completed his 22 years of military service with the Army Reserve’s 414th Civil Affairs Unit in Utica, retiring as a full colonel.

In his later years, Don was able to enjoy travel and Elderhostel experiences with Elinor, and to offer additional service to his church. A member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1969, Don served in church leadership as elder, treasurer and clerk of session, and was a member and/or chair of numerous committees.

Don is survived by four children and spouses, Donabeth and Gil Urick of Bonita Springs, Fla., Peter and Diana Pollock and Sally and Bud Zaengle of Cooperstown, and Jim and Sharon Pollock of Georgetown; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren, Philip Zaengle and wife, Amanda, and their sons, Henry and Everett, Owen Zaengle and wife, Emily, and their daughter, Wilma, Sam Zaengle and wife, Donna, Helen Zaengle, Jacob Zaengle, Karl Zaengle, Mary Zaengle, Laurel Zaengle and Benjamin

Pollock; a brother, Stewart G. Pollock, Esq.; a sister, Polly Leaf; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 62 years, Elinor H. Pollock, and their oldest son, the Rev. Stewart A. Pollock.

Friends and colleagues may call and pay their respects 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, when the Pollock family will be in attendance.

A Memorial Service will be offered at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, with the Rev. Elsie A. Rhodes, pastor, officiating. Following the service there will be a time for refreshment and fellowship in the adjoining Chapel.

He will be laid to rest with his wife and son in The Columbarium in the Presbyterian Churchyard.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cooperstown Youth Baseball, PO Box 282, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

Opi Schoellhammer, 93; WWII Veteran, Former Mayor’s Dad

MILFORD – Gerhard Hans Schoellhammer, more commonly known in his silver years as “Opi,” turned the final page in his epic journey on Oct. 4, 2019, surrounded by his family.

Opi was born in Germany in 1926 and lived many lives, which when Gerhard Hans weaved Schoellhammer together tell a remarkable and unbelievable story of bravery, resilience and the power of destiny.

He was a German paratrooper in World War II, an escaped prisoner of war, an optometrist, an immigrant to America, and the founder of a successful optical shop which is still open for business today.

But some of his most notable accomplishments were that of devoted husband to Edith for more than 65 years and father to former Milford mayor Sabine Curry (Larry), Susan Leonard (John) and his deceased daughter, Sonia Prendergast (Rob Elliot). He also leaves behind his son, Lutz Duvinage, who resides in Germany.

Over the years, Gerhard became Opi to six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and many extended family and friends.

Gerhard’s life will be celebrated and remembered at 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, at Milford Center Community Bible Church.

Reception will follow.

Arrangements are entrusted to Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.

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Catskill Hospice Adopts Name, Logo, Strategy HELIOS/From A1 local hospice.

The logo, a sunflower and a heliotrope, signified the care and guidance Helios intends to give patients on their “most difficult journey in life.�

The unveiling was for much more than a name and logo, Ayres said in an interview the morning of the unveiling. “The point is,� he said, “we are now positioning ourselves to provide more service than just hospice care that will Jennifer Hill/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal help the patient stay healthier Catskill Area Hospice officially became Helios longer and at home. And Care Tuesday, Oct. 8, as the board of directors there will be a value to the unveiled the new name and logo. From left are system to pay us to do that.�

Reginald Knight, Connie Jastremski (board chair), Helios’ plan is to expand CEO Dan Ayres, Jeffrey Woeppel, Linda Evanczyk, Catskill Hospice from the the organization’s founder; Dr. Yoshiro Matsuo three counties it covers now and John Pontius.

to the eight counties in the Bassett Network’s footprint.

It has negotiated first-time agreements with Excellus/ Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Utica to cover in-home care for an extended period, reducing patients’ more expensive visits to Primary Care, and much more expensive final care in Bassett’s ICUs. Additionally, in 2021, Medicare is going to start paying for the capacity Helios is developing, Ayres said.

Expanding its potential patient base from 140,000 people in the three counties to 600,000 in eight counties will further reduce Helios’ costs, particularly overhead – administration, HR, tech

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Helios’ journey to the renaming ceremony began in 2017 when Ayres returned from West Virginia for his current job and observed a grim reality: The hospice care industry was in steep decline, especially in New York State. “Seventy percent of the state’s hospices were losing money and we are one of them,� Ayres said. “We couldn’t keep doing the same thing the same way and expect to survive.�

The state ranked 49th in the country for hospice utilization, had the highest cost for Medicare, and had more people dying in ICUs than in any other state. “At the same time, there is a tremendous demand for both hospice and palliative care here. Sixty percent of the state population has chronic diseases and 40 percent have two or more of them,� Ayres said. “And 23 percent of the population is 65 and older and enrolled in Medicare and Delaware is the fastest aging county in the state.�

But the average length of a hospice stay was 17 days.

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The study ended in June, and the results has enabled the new Helios to implement this new care and business model.

His staff, many of them new hires, go to patients’ homes to care for them, any day of the week instead of a Monday-Friday model.

Our nurses get great satisfac tion in engaging one-on-one with patients and helping them in the most difficult times of their lives,� he said. “They are computer literate and engaged in innovation – the right people at the right time.�

The change was accompanied by a big reduction in overhead. Helios now has one office, on the River Street Extension, instead of six. And health insurers are paying Helios to care for patients because treating patients at home means fewer hospital visits, the most expensive component of healthcare. “We can monitor patients’ health at home better than if they rely on a hospital for care,� said Ayres. “We help them take their medicine on time and check their blood pressure to see if they have hypertension, which can save a trip to the emergency room.�

Helios staff will also spot problems a hospital exam might not catch, such as food insecurity or burning wood to heat their homes.

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Sometimes Tearfully, Audience Protest Dunkin’s Outlet In Packed Hall DUNKIN’/From A1 More than 100 neighbors packed the Village Hall ballroom Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board’s public hearing on the proposed coffee and ice cream chain combination. “It’s an insult to the legacy of this village and the founders to allow something like this into the village,� added Sam Ross. “I’ve never seen a Dunkin’ Donuts that isn’t hideous,� said Hillary LaDuke. “We have Schneider’s, which makes the best donuts, and Stagecoach, which makes the

best coffee. Why is this even a thought?�

Even her son Caleb Rosa, a student at Cooperstown Central School, spoke against it. “I haven’t heard anyone at school say it’s a good project,� he said. “This isn’t a fast-food town.� “Chain stores conduct research on what locations would be good candidates,� said Julie Sorensen. “If we allow a Dunkin’ Donuts: Does that invite other chains?

It’s a slippery slope.�

Not one person spoke in favor of the project. “I’m sitting here listening to the negative comments and wondering what the positive comments would sound like,� said Hudi Podolsky. “To hear that it would improve the visual and historic character – but I couldn’t find it in me to make that argument. It’s an ugly detraction from a lovely community.� “When I was building a deck and putting up a fence, I had to come before this board with all my materials, how

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Near the back of the room, Cooperstown Trustee Jim Dean, right, listens to objections, an least one tearful, against the proposed Dunkin’ Donuts/ Baskin Robbins’ co-branded outlet in the packed Village Hall ballroom Tuesday, Oct. 8.

they’d blend with the neighborhood and show that I’d maintain the essence of the village,� said Bret Meckel. “Are you going to hold them to the same standards as you hold the rest of us?�

Following the public comment, Steven Wilson, Bohler Engineering, presented the updated plans to the board.

“It’s always good to hear comments,� he said. “Everyone was passionate but civil.�

Among the changes he made since the last meeting were to remove brick wrapping around the bottom of the building, as well as muting the color palette.

However, problems remained. “It’s a mishmash

of styles,� said chairman Liz Callahan. “It’s up to you what style in the neighborhood you’d like to choose to match.�

The brand wall, which Callahan had called “a glaring detraction� when the first plans were proposed on Tuesday, Sept. 19, remained in the drawing, much to the

board’s chagrin. “It’s never going to become something we like,� she said. “It’s definitely not compatible with the aesthetic of the neighborhood, and it thumbs its nose at the character of the village.�

In presenting a design that showed the building in the neighborhood, Wilson only showed the view from Route 28, without accounting for the neighboring homes or incorporating landscaping into the design. “We need to have a clear understanding of the proposed scale in the context,� Callahan said.

In addition to having to pass HPARB, the plans must also pass the village Planning Board, which has ordered that the project undergo a traffic study.

HPARB declined to accept the application as complete and asked Wilson to return again with a new set of plans. “And we ask that the brand wall not be part of the package,� warned Callahan.

Parisian’s Partner In 25th Of 26 Runs, This Time With Terrier ‘Pit’ PIT/From A1 falo; Parisian took Exit 94, bound for Oneonta. “As he was getting close to his exit, he got on the radio and said ‘See you Monday’,� said Caicedo, who was in Oneonta Sunday, Oct. 6, for the 26th annual Pit Run in his partner’s honor.

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But by the time Caicedo got to Buffalo, he had “10 or 15 missed calls� on his pager.

When he called his station, he learned Trooper Parisian had been shot and killed trying to foil an armed robbery at the Great American on Southside. “He had such pride in his hometown,� said Caicedo. “He was always telling us we had to come visit. And we finally did – for his funeral.�

Caicedo was told to report to Oneonta to work on the case, and within a few days, the killer, Colin Hyde, a former Great American employee, was captured in Colorado. “By the time we laid Ricky to rest, they had caught his killer,� he said. “It was good closure for the family.�

But his involvement with Ricky didn’t end there. “I stayed in touch with the family and ran in the first Pit Run,� he said. “And here we are, 26 years later!�

This year, 650 runners took the streets for the 5K and 10K, with 400 walking the two-mile stroll. “The elite runners were at the Wineglass Marathon in Corning,� said Ricky’s widow Deb Parisian. “But that just gave the local runners a chance to shine!�

Since 1994, Caicedo missed the Pit Run only once. “I was in Puerto Rico in 2017 when Hurricane Maria hit,� he said. “I was stranded for two weeks. I was so upset that I had to miss the race!�

This year, he brought along

HOMETOWN ONEONTA Ricky Parisian’s wife Deb chats with Trooper Caicedo and his new terrier, Pit.

a new friend. “I was at a car show in September and there was an animal rescue organi-

zation that had some dogs and cats for adoption,� he said. “I took a picture of one and sent it to my wife and daughter as a joke, and they replied ‘too cute!’ I filled out an application, and we adopted it.�

Though the dog, a 20month-old terrier mix, was originally named Malick, Caicedo wanted to change it, and with his family, began to choose a new name. “We went back and forth, and then I said, ‘I know, I’ll name him Pit – for Ricky,’� he said.

With Pit alongside him, he completed the 5K in 34:30. “Not a bad time,� he said. “It’s always a great event.�

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WATSON/From A1 was near where he used to be.

And it was!�

Watson, the second of the three finalists seeking appointment as Catskill Symphony Orchestra conductor, is planning a concert that includes spinoffs from J.S. Bach’s “Ciacona for Solo Violin, BVW 1004, no. 5,� with Michael Emery, CSO concertmaster, playing the violin solo.

Xavier Montsalvatge’s “Desintegracion Morfologica de la Chacona de J.S. Bach�, for example, is a breakdown

of the Bach piece, while Johannes Brahms’ “Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98,� utilizes elements of Bach’s “Nach Watson dir, Herr, verlanget mich BWV 150.� “The elements of a piece are rhythm, melody and form,� she explained. “Each of these pieces highlight that, and the form puts everything together.�

The concert is entitled “The Elements,â€? and includes Jennifer Higdon’s “Fanfare Ritmicoâ€? and Gabriel FaurÊ’s “Pavane for Orchestra.â€? “I hope this appeals to the orchestra and the audience,â€?

Watson said in an interview. “I’m guessing the Fanfare and the Montsalvatge will be much less familiar – it’s easy to trot out the same works that audiences like hearing, but I wanted to bring in some variety. It shows the kind of conductor I would be.�

She also chose the Higdon piece to highlight females.

Growing up just outside of Sydney, Australia, both Watson and her brother, Matthew, played violin from a very young age. “My mother played a little piano, but she always wanted to play the violin and wasn’t able,� she said. “So she would play us all these records, like Tchaikovsky.�

Matthew now plays for the BBC orchestra. “I came into conducting by accident,� she said. “I was teaching in Sydney, and more often than not, I found myself in front of groups of students.�

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