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had McEvoy, Otsego County Democrats’ communications director, emailed a memo to party faithful that makes it explicit: If Democrats can win one seat – the Otego-Laurens’ District 3 – they will have control of the county Board of Representatives for the first time in modern history. Here is a look at Republican candidate Rick Brockway and Democrat Caitlin Ogden, the party’s standard-bearers in the Nov. 5 election/McEVOY MEMO TEXT, SEE A4

As Goes Otego-Laurens, So Goes County National Strife Motivated Ogden To Campaign For County Board

Rick Brockway Family Legacy Made Political Bid Natural Step

By JIM KEVLIN LAURENS The Freeman’s Journal

Milford School Superintendent Mark Place reflects on presentations at last week’s Otsego County Chamber second annual Workforce Summit at SUNY Oneonta. On the table behind him is Marcy Birch, Toddsville, Barnyard Swing proprietor. Details at

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Otsego County Hosts Seventh Dollar General COLLIERSVILLE

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ollar General, the national chain, opened its seventh outlet in Otsego County Saturday, Oct. 12, on Route 7 here.

In recent years, Dollar General has opened stores in Edmeston, Hartwick, Oneonta, Otego, Richfield Springs and Worcester.

Based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., the Fortune 200 company was operating 15,000 stores nationally as of July 2018.

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couple of months ago, Rick Brockway, a farrier by trade, arrived at a farm east of Stamford, just over the Schoharie County line.

The grandmother there

directed her grandkids: Go up to the pasture and bring down the horse. As they led the horse to be re-shoed, it got caught in a gate. It reared, and its front hoofs struck the grandmother; badly injured, she fell to the ground.

Brockway ordered the Please See BROCKWAY, A7

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hen Caitlin Ogden was 11 and living in The Freeman’s Journal Palm Harbor, Fla., west Which party controls the Otsego of Tampa, her parents County Board of Representatives learned of a Black Aradepends on District 3, where bian for sale near their Republican Rick Brockway and Democrat Caitlin Ogden are vying. native Elmira, and deter-

mined to buy it for their horse-loving daughter.

When they contacted the seller, it was gone. But the horse’s cousin, two months younger, was available.

Thrilled at the gift, Caitlin named it Black Knight, after a horse in the Thoroughbred Series Please See OGDEN, A7

Adult, 4 Teens Arrested After Worcester Killing

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OTSEGO.com 53, was killed over $5,000 and According to BCI marijuana, according to Capt. Scott Heggelke, the felony complaint filed Troop C, multiple shots against Nicholas Meridy, were fired at Robinson.

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He also confirmed that all A makeshift memorial appeared at 182 “The defendant Head Road, Worcester, where troopers say the teenagers were known unlawfully entered the a 53-year-old man was murdered. to each other and that one residence armed with a of them had a familial Meridy was allegedly accomlong gun intending to relationship with the victim. panied to the scene by four teensteal $5,000 and marijuana,” the ON OTSEGO.com “If you act in concert to a muragers, and three of them – two 15 complaint reads. “During the der, you will be charged even if year olds and one 17 – were also commission of the crime, a long you’re not the one who pulled the charged, though as of press time ►suny oneonta students held gun was discharged by another trigger,” he said at a press cona three-hour forum on camit was not known who fired the participant in that crime, causing Please See SLAYING, A7 pus to express their concerns the death of Robinson.” fatal shot.

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about what they characterized as disarray after a hoax that led to a “shelter in place” alert on campus. ►A UNADILLA man, 44, reported missing as of Thursday, Oct. 10, had not been found by press time of this edition.

A Hartwick woman reported missing the week before had not been located either. ►ERICA JONG, famed author of the 1973 best seller, “Fear of Flying,” will speak in Sharon Springs Friday and Saturday.

Cardiff Giant Still Excites At Age 150

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Slow EMS Response Has Towns Working Together

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t’s 150 years later, and New York State’s greatest hoax is still bringing bout 20 months in the gawkers. ago, Pittsfield Town “The Cardiff Giant is still a favorite,” Supervisor Mike said Todd Kenyon, The Farmers’ MuBerthel’s 8-year-old son had seum communications director. “It’s part Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal a fever. When it spiked to of American folklore.”

Cardiff Giant, at rest from his labors, Please See GIANT, B3 joined The Farmers’ Museum in 1948. 105.5, the father called 911.

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He then waited 35 minutes before an ambulance arrived to take his son to the hospital. His son recovered quickly, but Berthel worried about the town Emergency Medical Services’ long response time.

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is currently president of the Sidney Central school erri Green, most board. recently She previously a senior adminisalso has served trator at Hartwick on the boards of College, made a the Otsego and first appearance Delaware chamGreen locally since her bers of commerce. appointment as Commerce She formerly worked in Chenango president at last sales and marketing for week’s Otsego County CDO Broadcasting in Chamber workforce summit, Sidney and held multiple “Pathways to Progress,” at leadership positions at Hartwick College, including SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Hall. senior assistant to the Green, an Army veteran, president and coordinator of

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Green resides in Sidney with her husband, Blake, and their daughters Rachael and Grace. Kerri officially joined Commerce Chenango on August 12.

“I think my first priority is to meet with the current membership and talk about their needs,” said Green.

“From there I want to look at expanding our membership base. I also want to work on attracting and retaining businesses and employees in our area.”

Cooperstown Eagle Scout Honored At Leatherstocking Council Dinner

Rudy Bohm, right, was celebrated as a finalist for the Community Service Project of The Year during the Boy Scouts of America Leatherstocking Council annual Leadership Dinner at the Delta Hotel by Marriott in Utica, on October 9. With him, from left, are MVCC President Randall VanWagoner and Larry Bull, CEO of Bull Brothers, Inc. and Co-founder of Fastrac Markets. They are joined by the Eagle Scout Community Service Project of the Year Award Finalists from left to right: Tim Goff of New Hartford; Michael Salvestrini of Hancock; Wyatt Jones of Remsen; and Bohm.

RANIER LAUDED: Rainer Gardner-Olsen accepted two awards at the Rod Serling Festival. The first was for his film “The Code” and one for the documentary he worked on with the CCS Media Team, “Utica: A Town That Loves Refugees” — with Leroy Lytel, Chris Olesen, Amy Stack and Rebecca Reynolds Weil.

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A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL EDITORIAL

Democrat Warns Republicans

DEMOCRAT OUTLINES ISSUES

County Manager, Certainty; Energy, Pot Still Up In Air Editor’s Note: Chad McEvoy, the Otsego County Democratic Party’s communications director, emailed this memo Oct. 1, alerting county Democrats they are one seat away from winning a majority on the county Board of Representatives, and what it means if that happens.

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Republican Rick Brockway is framed by the barn his grandfather, confident President McKinley’s election would mean prosperity, commissioned to be built in 1896. Democrat Caitlin Ogden leans against the blue pickup, a necessity in caring for her horse Lou on two acres near the old Edgewood Golf Course.

McEvoy Memo Tells How Close GOP Is To Losing

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riends, the Democrats are coming to get us, and it isn’t going to be pretty.

Chad McEvoy, the local party’s brainy director of communications, sent out an email on Oct. 1 that affirms an editorial that appeared here in early summer – the future of party politics in Otsego County will be determined in District 3, where two newcomers,

Republican Rick Brockway and Democrat Caitlin Ogden, are competing for an open seat on the county Board of Representatives.

If Ogden wins, control of the board shifts from Republican to the first solid Democratic majority in county history. (In 2006, Democrats allied with Republican Don Lindberg and took control, but without a true majority.)

In the emailed memo that begins to the right of here, McEvoy points out “the political stars are aligning …

This could be huge for the future of our community,” and he ticks off what would be slam dunks for a Democratic majority: Creation of a county manager, improving energy efficiency of county buildings, a community college, buying up and repairing blighted properties.

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n 2019 the political stars are aligning just right to give Democrats the best shot yet at capturing an outright majority CHAD on the Otsego County Board.

McEVOY Building on the work we did in 2017, we are now just one district pickup away from flipping the county legislature blue for the first time in history, as far back as anyone can remember.

This could be huge for the future of our community, so why does it seem like no one has really noticed?

Certainly people tend to pay less attention to local

races. We all also worked really hard in 2018 on state and congressional campaigns and we might understandably be a little burned out. Perhaps, however, there is such an ingrained assumption that we live in a Republican-dominated area that even dedicated Democratic activists can scarcely imagine an Otsego County where the agenda is being set by a Democratic chair.

In meetings earlier in the year, when we first began to see the opportunity before us, we were almost shocked to realize Please See McEVOY, A6

LETTERS

Revolution’s NOT Yet Won, Minority Designations Show

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harassment by reaffirming and strengthening its resolution of equal treatment for everyone. And improvement really can only be seen in open behavior. People’s attitudes change more slowly.

You point out earlier in your editorial: When do we stop saying the nth female, gay, black, Islamic anything we will be close.

Yes, in fact you are guilty of this when you point out that Chancellor Johnson is “an openly gay woman.” I did not find in the paper any comment about anyone else’s sexual or gender identity.

Only when this and all other “minority designations” don’t matter one damn bit will the “revolution be over.”

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To the Editor: I think your editorial in last week’s newspaper about the installation of SUNY Oneonta’s new president made a gross mistake in concluding: “The revolution is over. It’s won.”

The revolution, or whatever the changes have been, are not over. There has been improvement, especially in our society, but the “battle” has not been won.

I crowed at my minority friends exactly the same sentiment when Barack Obama became president.

I said that proved that we were a post-racial society in the U.S. and they scoffed and cited many examples of subtle and sometimes open discrimination and abuse and harassment. It still occurs.

Only recently the Cooperstown Village Board addressed an issue of public

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Marcellus Shale Too Shallow To Frack Safely To the Editor: Any consideration of the potential environmental hazards related to fracking must consider the rocks through which the fracking wells are drilled – it’s called the “geologic setting.”

Discussion of the hazards related to fracking that ignores the geologic setting is flawed by omission. Yet, Tom Morgan’s column in last week’s edition on the topic of fracking makes no mention of this.

As pointed out in my Letter to the Editor of April 15, 2016, fracking has absolutely no harmful environmental impact in the geologic setting of the deep-seated Bakken Formation

To the Editor: A recent column in your newspaper listed the benefits of fracking to Pennsylvanians – where, evidently, all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average, implying that the same could be true in New York if we just got to fracking the place.

Catch is, as some Cooperstonians proved years ago, there’s probably not much around here worth fracking.

A recent Penn State study backs up our findings.

Retired Mobil executive Lou Allstadt, geologist Brian Brock, systems analyst Jerry Acton and myself, a well-knownknow-it-all, made presentations showing why the productive shale gas field

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in Pennsylvania was unlikely to extend into New York State.

Each of us offered a proof. Lou pointed out why the major companies had not leased into New York. I pointed out that most of the leasing was by wildcat speculators. Brian Brock explained why the geology was not conducive to commercial exploitation of the Marcellus or Utica shales.

And Jerry Acton mapped the productivity of the shale wells being drilled in Pennsylvania - which is what the Penn State methodology duplicated via plagiarism.

As shown in Mr. Acton’s work, the sweet spot is indeed right across the border, but the productivity of the wells decreases rapidly as you move

north towards the Susquehanna - and falls off a cliff as you move towards the Catskills, for reasons that Brian Brock could explain.

Evidently none of our findings came as surprise in Albany. Not long after we presented our findings, Governor Cuomo put a ban on high-volume high-pressure water fracking because, by then, they knew there was not much here worth fracking.

There was no significant penalty in prohibiting an activity that had little economic upside in New York – where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

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Heartland Institute as a data source, which Morgan does, immediately brings into question his objectivity.

After all, this is also the reference that ignores the overwhelming body of scientific information that indicates our atmosphere and oceans are warming, glaciers and ice caps are shrinking and sea level keeps creeping up, all of which are linked to climate change.

Let’s be clear: When it comes to fracking the potential for environmental contamination depends for the most part on the geologic setting.

P. JAY FLEISHER, Ph.D. Geologist Town of Milford

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in Montana, where the rocks being fracked lie 10,000 feet beneath the surface.

Elsewhere, the potential for environmental contamination is real, due to a shallow geologic setting, as is the case in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where the Marcellus Shale is just a few hundred feet below the surface.

The difference in depth between these two locations determines the potential for groundwater contamination.

Cherry-picking data or eluding to credible agencies without proper citation is a common practice when raising issues related to environmental quality vs. economic gain. To cite

She Would Have Loved That Smile Editor’s Note: Jim Atwell penned this column on Aug. 30, 2001, when he and Anne were still living in Fly Creek.

day for our hamlet; our annual community yard sale brought hundreds to can’t do justice in Fly Creek. words to an incident Many last Saturday. It was too started the rich with meaning. But the JIM morning moment was so wondrous with our that I’ll still try to tell you. ATWELL Fire Read the words, please; Department Auxiliary’s then make up for their breakfast (the best such shortfall from your own meal around, I think.) life’s experience.

Last Saturday was a great Afterward, the big crowds

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moved among some three dozen family yard sales, and then they gathered back at the Grange for the Historical Society’s lunch of barbecue, salads, and homemade desserts.

Like many Fly Creekers, Anne and I had rummaged through attic and basement, The Olde English Musibarn and garage, thinning cal Cottage lives on. out our stuff. Before moving to Fly Creek, each of us up here alone almost 10 had closed down a house in years ago. Before the move, Annapolis, and so there was I had had to empty the house my late wife and plenty of stuff to cull.

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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

Communications – The Synod of Albany, at its last sessions in Cherry Valley, divided the Presbytery of Oneida, and formed from it a new Presbytery, to be denominated the “Presbytery of Otsego,” which by order of the Synod, is to hold its first meeting at the Presbyterian Meeting-House, in Cooperstown, on the first Tuesday of November next, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Advertisement – New Grocery. The subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has this day opened a new Grocery Store, the west part of the building opposite Mr. Bradford’s card factory, where he offers for sale a general assortment of groceries all of which are of the first quality, and will be disposed of on the most moderate terms for cash. Tavern keepers and others are invited to call. Jonathan Fitch.

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the modern game has multiple geographic, cultural, and human roots which coalesced over decades beginning as early as the 1600s to emerge in the mid-19th century as the game we now know as baseball).

October 15, 1919

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50 YEARS AGO

The Cardiff Giant, the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people, will observe his 100th birthday on Thursday, October 16, this week. The giant, a prominent exhibit on the grounds of The Farmers’ Museum here for the past 21 years was the subject of a talk by Dr. Louis C. Jones, Director of the New York State Historical Association, at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club at the Hotel Otesaga on Tuesday. It was just 100 years ago on October 16, 1869 that workmen, who had been called in to dig a well on Stub Newell’s farm near Cardiff, New York, uncovered the giant gypsum marble stone figure that weighs 2,990 pounds and measures 10 feet 4.5 inches in length. (Ed. Note: The Cardiff Giant hoax, conceived in 1867-1868 by George Hull, a disgruntled cigar merchant, created a sensation, attracted international attention, and although debunked, enriched both George Hull and his coconspirator Stub Newell).

October 5, 1969

175 YEARS AGO

Democrats of Otsego County! Are you ready for the great contest on November 5? Do you know your exact strength in your respective towns? If not, go to work forthwith, and organize in such a manner as to secure the positive attendance at the polls at an early hour of the day of every Democratic voter. The stake is well worth the labor, and besides, patriotism, love of country, impel to duty in this respect. Let us roll up our majority so as to secure the State Banner! Much is expected of Old Democratic Otsego – let us hold on to our good name, and more than gratify our political friends in other parts of the State. Every man upon duty, and the work is done. Otsego is the Banner County!

October 21, 1844

150 YEARS AGO

Orphan House of the Holy Savior – A committee of gentlemen belonging to the Episcopal Church in the new Diocese of Albany, have recently purchased the old Masters’ Farm on the eastern shore of the Lake, two miles from this village, for the purpose of opening a charitable institution under the title of “The Orphan House of the Holy Savior” – a home and industrial school for orphans, half orphans and destitute children. The institution is one of general benevolence, open to all destitute children in this part of the state. Its object is to bring up these children in accordance with Christian principles, to lives of usefulness and respectability. They will be taught to earn an honest livelihood for themselves and thus be prepared to become worthy members of society. The farm consists of 88 acres of land with a front on the lake.

October 5, 1869

125 YEARS AGO

An “Inquirer” asks: “What is the game called “bottle pool?” It is played on a pool table – being a billiard table with six pockets – with three balls, a leather bottle and a cue. It has the main features of billiards, is more fun, and yet requires considerable skill to be played successfully. Mr.

25 YEARS AGO

October 18, 1944 S.S. Edick is perhaps the most expert player of the game belonging to the Mohican Club.

The first snow of the season fell Sunday, October 15, 2019, melting as fast as it came. That night the mercury dropped to the freezing point.

A sewer is to be laid through Glen Avenue extending from Railroad to Chestnut Street. And so our village improvements gradually progress.

October 18, 1894

100 YEARS AGO

Suitable recognition of Cooperstown as the birthplace of baseball and erection of a monument has been suggested by to the National Baseball Commission by four Ilion, New York fans, three of them big-leaguers of by-gone days. The plan will be the biggest piece of national advertising for this village that has ever been known. The four men who started the ball rolling are Hardie Richardson, one of Detroit’s star players of years ago; Mike Fogarty, another old leaguer; George E. Oliver, the Ilion Cricket Champion; and Patrick F. Fitzpatrick, also of Ilion. In a letter to Sam Crane, well known sports writer of the Hearst newspapers, the four men wrote: “Enclosed you will find express order for $1, being a payment of 25 cents each by the undersigned who are acting upon a suggestion that a memorial of baseball be established at Cooperstown, N.Y. where the game originated.

(Ed. Note: Baseball historians have since established that

In a dairy world dominated by men, Jennifer Huntington stands out in the crowd. This highly experienced dairy professional exemplifies the increasing role that women are assuming in the dairy industry. In addition to serving as herdsperson for her father at Cooperstown Holstein Corporation Farm just south of Cooperstown, she also sits on the Board of Directors for the Otsego County Cooperative Extension. Besides maintaining the health and performance of an all-Holstein herd of more than 500 animals, she also applies new techniques to get the best possible return from the dairy operation. “Deep down, I always wanted to be in dairy farming,” she said. I enjoy working with cattle and being outside.”

October 19, 1994

10 YEARS AGO

After coming off the second perfect season this decade, the CCS Redskins football team head into the Class C sectionals against Saquoit 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at Lambert Field.

The team’s 6-0 record, accomplished at home with a 26-0 victory Saturday the 10th against the Herkimer Magicians, bookends the decade of CCS athletic history: The 2001 team likewise had a perfect season, winning eight victories in all before being derailed in sectional competition.

This year as then, “we knew we had a lot of potential,” said Head Coach Steve Pugliese, who also coached during the 2001 undefeated season, and played on coach Ted Kantorowski’s perfect 1970 team.

October 2009

Support Success: Worldwide, Polio Eradication Almost Achieved Editor’s Note: Mike Jerome, retired proprietor of The Inn at Cooperstown, is the Cooperstown Rotary Club’s PolioPlus chairman.

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hirty years ago, Rotary International made a promise to the children of the world – we will eradicate polio worldwide. This pledge launched the PolioPlus program, the first global initiative to provide mass vaccinations to children.

Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) have made great strides in their sustained effort to end polio forever, despite many challenges over the years. Rotary remains optimistic and committed to the final push towards a polio-free world.

Since then, polio cases have

dropped by 99.9 percent, from 350,000 cases in 1988 in 125 countries to 33 cases of wild poliovirus in 2018 in just two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In 2019, health officials celebrated the three-year mark of the last reported a case of wild poliovirus in Nigeria – a MIKE major milestone JEROME that makes it possible for the entire African continent to be certified wild poliovirus-free – a remarkable achievement!

The benefits of the PolioPlus

This Year, GOP Has To Keep Control In County

EDITORIAL/From A4 Nothing wrong here, but things get a little iffy when he gets into the “diversity of thought” in the party on two issues in particular.

One is “doing our part to fight climate change” – that means no fossil-fuel bridge to green energy. Two is “whether we want to roll out cannabis production and retail sales locally in a postlegalization world.” We know how that’s likely to go.

• As the Cooperstown Village Board – all Democrats – has proved, an ideology-driven governmental body with no opposition will do what it wants.

In control, for almost a decade now, village Democrats are only now hitting their strides and the community is shocked, shocked.

One, using a Comprehensive Plan that was largely developed without public

input (as most are), the trustees stirred a hornets nest by looking to plunk an apartment house in one of the village’s finest singlefamily neighborhoods.

Two, the trustees approved flying the Pride Flag next June at the downtown flagpole, against the advice of the village attorney and the one attorney-trustee. If the Ku Klux Klan seeks a similar permit, Village Hall can’t deny it because of the precedent set; fight, it will lose, the attorneys said.

Three, blinking signs are popping up everywhere, blinking, blinking, blinking into local living rooms. Are they needed? Do they work?

They are an irritation, and is there an ethical question about government applying stimulus-response to the citizenry.

The point is, absent any viable opposition (for now), the village trustees can do

program go well beyond the eventual end of polio. Early in Rotary’s efforts to vaccinate every child against polio, community and tribal leaders in some areas said their villages had matters more critical than polio that needed to be addressed first. Issues like clean water, proper sanitation, and education to name a few. Rotary responded by providing grants to dig wells, install toilets, build schools and vocational training facilities among other efforts to address these needs.

As projects were completed over the years, the leaders realized Rotary cared; and they allowed health workers to come in and provide the vaccines. In many parts of the world, access to clean water, improved sanitation and hygiene,

whatever they want, and are doing so. New Trustee MacGuire Benton was explicit: If people don’t like the trustees’ decisions, they can run for office. So there.

• Other than no fossil-fuel bridge and Big Pot in our future, there’s a lot of nuttiness in Albany that’s headed our way with the Democrats in control of both houses and the Governor’s Office.

Interesting vote in point was the county board’s resolution against the “Green Light” law authorizing “illegal immigrants” from getting drivers’ licenses.

Every Democrat on the county board voted nay or abstained on that resolution, except Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, who voted aye angrily, saying he had been sandbagged.

This month, county Rep. Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, even voted nay on the “Justice for Jill” resolution. The issue of the new Democratic Albany majority emptying prisons will have to wait for another day, but it’s real, and the impacts will be far-reaching.

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restaurants will contribute a percentage of their net sales to support Rotary International’s Global Eradication Initiative. Sunday, Nicoletta’s; Monday, Bocca Osteria; Tuesday, Ommegang Cafe; Wednesday, Stagecoach, Alex’s; Thursday, Mel’s at 22; Friday, Hawkeye Grill; Saturday, Council Rock Brewery. ►Purple Pinkie Project: CCS’ National Honor Society will mark World Polio Day with elementary school presentations to raise awareness, and Rotary Exchange Students will paint their classmate’s fingernails purple in exchange for a donation. In countries where polio still exists, a finger stained purple indicates a child is unvaccinated. ►End Polio Now Table at the Farmer’s Market: Rotarians will paint fingernails, provide information and accept donations to the Eradication Initiative this Saturday, Oct. 19.

and a basic education are available thanks to Rotary International.

Other pluses of the PolioPlus

And this is just the beginning. The other day, New York City’s Human Rights Commission imposed a $250,000 fine on the use of the term, “illegal immigrant,” in certain contexts.

Next, pronouns.

• On the other hand, give Otsego County Democrats credit. In the wake of Donald Trump’s election in 2016, they mobilized and organized. The county went for Trump, but a motivated party swung it in 2018 for Democrat Antonio Delgado, our new congressman.

The Republicans need to show similar vigor, as they are in the Town of Richfield in organizing against a Democratic effort to impose a restrictive comp plan and zoning code on the community.

With a 7-7 split on the county board – Republicans keep control through weighted voting and an alliance with Meg Kennedy, Mount Vision, a Conservative Party member – the GOP failed to mount any effective challenge in the

program include the utilization lessons learned, systems designed Please See POLIO, A6

City of Oneonta, where Republicans as recently as 2015 controlled two of the four county board seats, plus the Town of Oneonta’s.

In District 1 (Butternuts/ Morris), no Republican challenged Michelle Farwell this year, nor was Stammel challenged, vulnerable if anyone is.

The Republicans need some soul searching, and to pull up their bootstraps.

• District 3 is a good place to get started.

The Democrats, according to the McEvoy Memo, are going to give it all they’ve got. A sneak attack in the primary won the Independent line for Ogden, where only Brockway’s name appeared on the ballot.

The numbers were too small to be meaningful, but it showed what can be done – what might be done. If Brockway is to be elected, Republicans need to give him all the support they can.

And there’s mischief to contend with, too. Outgoing Otego-Laurens county Rep, Kathy Clark, sought

out Ogden at the last county board meeting and chatted with her cheerfully for a few minutes. Later, Ogden said Clark advised her to increase the size of her name on roadside signs.

Clark broke with the GOP last year when the Republican County Committee failed to endorse her husband, Bob Fernandez, for sheriff. Republicans shouldn’t underestimate the damage she might do.

• In the last county board election, this newspaper endorsed the Democratic slate, and several are performing splendidly – Farwell among them, but also Andrew Marietta, Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, and even Liz Shannon, City of Oneonta, who is retiring after one term.

This year, though, with the doings in Albany and local Democratic militancy on the energy issue, Otsego County needs the county board as a bulwark against a potentially destructive Democratic tide.

Come on, Republicans, shake it off. Keep District 3.

THURSDAY, October 17, 2019

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McEvoy Memo Envisions County Under Democrats

LETTERS

When Needed, Where Has Superman Gone?

To the Editor: Where have you gone, Superman?

Whatever happened to the spirit of our long-forgotten caped hero fighting a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way?

It is apparent that America has lost its way. It’s time to get our country back on track. It’s time to shed our divisive labels: conservative, liberal, Republican, Democrat. It’s time for all of us to embrace the label: American.

It’s time to seek truth. It’s time to seek justice. It’s time to seek the American way our forefathers dreamed of, the America our veterans fought for and the America our brave troops continue to fight for.

Democracy is a participatory system. We owe it to ourselves to become informed. We owe it to our country to embrace the spirit of Superman.

Fight for truth. Fight for justice. Fight for the American way.

CONNIE WRBA Fly Creek

Friend Reports Standoff With Bassett’s New K9s To the Editor, I wrote previously about the new K-9 at Bassett Hospital, and I predicted that the dog would be used to intimidate people.

On Oct. 2, I got a phone call from a friend who has lived next to the hospital for decades. She was in a state of shock because six Bassett security personnel had just chased a skinny black man off Bassett property with the attack dog at his heels, barking and straining at the leash to get a piece of him.

According to the man, he was waiting outside the hospital for his girlfriend’s mother, who was being released after foot surgery, when he received a call on his cell phone from someone who wasn’t supposed to be contacting him. He was upset by the call and got a bit loud with the caller. Security approached him after the phone call was over and insisted that he leave Bassett property immediately instead of just asking him not to be loud.

My friend called out to him

to ask if she could help him.

She said he was very polite and didn’t seem the least bit threatening. He broke down crying when she asked him what was the matter. He was worried because he’d called a cab to pick him up at Bassett. My friend watched as he pleaded with the security officers standing at the curb near the hospital, saying to them, “sir, sir, I’m sorry I got too loud,” while the security guards just laughed at him and let the dog keep barking and straining at the leash to attack him.

My friend was very upset by this unsavory spectacle. something like Birmingham Alabama in the 1960s. We should be sensitive to issues of race and how we appear to visitors.

The sight of six laughing white security guards chasing a black man with an attack dog just because he had a loud conversation on the phone is disturbing, and puts a blot on the reputation of Cooperstown.

Topher Hammond Cooperstown

Pornography Is At Root Of Many Modern Evils To the Editor: In America today, it seems like whenever we turn on the news or read the newspaper there are reports and headlines of sexual crimes but most people are content to just leave it up to law enforcement and the courts.

What we all need to understand, regardless of our take on the Bible or other religious beliefs, is that sexual crimes can only be prevented if America gets to the very root (and source) of this crisis and cuts it off completely.

The root of all sexual crimes, starting in our own community, is pornography – especially on the Internet.

If the American people recognized the serious consequences of pornography and prompted lawmakers to pass a new law making it illegal, pornography would no longer exist. Then, within a very short time, sexual crimes would no longer exist.

There would be no more rape, sex trafficking, child molestation, sodomy, or

even many of the sexual sins that many Americans don’t consider to be crimes – such as adultery, homosexuality, and sex outside of marriage.

What America needs, now more than ever, is a spiritual revival that will usher in a new age of sexual purity that will benefit all people, regardless of who or how many people helped make it happen.

Sexual purity will benefit every one, Christians and atheists, because no one in their right mind is going to continue indulging in something (like watching pornography online) if Congress has passed laws making it illegal.

Ultimately, as a nation and individuals, it’s best that we do what’s right because we really want to and teach the truth by example, but for now, it’s also necessary to pass new laws on behalf of those who aren’t ready to help us put an end to all the sexual crimes we hear and read about, and sometimes witness with our own eyes.

JASON HEWLETT Oneonta

McEVOY/From A1 that a majority was within grasp. Were we doing the math right? What had we missed? What would it mean if we actually won?

For years the possibility of a Democratic majority seemed so inconceivable that we were not even practiced in formulating the question. This, I think, is the real reason for the awkward gap we are seeing between the very real possibility of victory and the seemingly anemic level of enthusiasm on the part of the normally engaged Otsego County Democratic activist base. People just can’t quite envision it yet. ...Everyone I talked to agreed that Otsego County needs to create and fill some form of a county manager role. In order to revitalize county administration we need to take the burden off the 14 part-time politicians and vest an individual professional with the authority to manage many aspects of county business with an executive function.

A good manager, appointed by a Democratic majority, could bring new energy to the county bureaucracy, perform a structural reorganization of its staff, streamline government functions, and be a singular advocate for the needs of our communities when aggressively pursuing grants and funding.

As Democrats, we support the idea that competent government professionalism should be nurtured and can provide great dividends.

Everyone I talked to also agreed that a Democratic majority could finally pursue critical green initiatives, with the goal of protecting our natural and agricultural land, increasing our appeal to tourists, and doing our part to fight climate change. Ideas for what we could accomplish given the power to do so included things like smart invasive species control, improving energy efficiency in government buildings, pushing the county to use more renewable products,

curtailing the overuse of carcinogenic pesticides and herbicides, continuing to resist fracking and other extractive land uses, supporting and promoting organic farming, keeping XNG trucks off roads where they don’t belong, and exploring the idea of selling carbon offsets to fund reforestation projects on county land.

Personally, I am motivated to win in 2019 by the idea that a Democratic majority will be able to push our part of the world to do what it can to prepare for and resist the coming destabilization of the global climate. With a majority at our backs, a whole menu of environmentally positive initiatives moves into the realm of possibility.

Under continued Republican leadership, however, nothing like this seems remotely feasible.

A number of other ideas on a wide range of topics surfaced over the course of my conversations. One commonality, however, was a sense that these ideas could never come to full fruition if we continue doing political business as usual in Otsego County. We discussed the idea of an Otsego community college ... The problem of rural EMS availability came up several times, as did housing issues and support for animal shelters.

A favorite of mine is the idea of establishing a land bank with the mandate to buy up blighted properties. The properties would be cleaned up, historically important structures stabilized, and wetlands, farmland, and forests rehabilitated. ...

There are also several areas where there is a diversity of thought on the Democratic side about how to proceed—for example, on the specifics of how fossil fuel infrastructure projects should balance economic interests with environmental concerns or whether we want to roll out cannabis production and retail sales locally in a post legalization New York. We

may not always have 100% consensus, but we do have a shared understanding that we would much rather entrust these decisions to Democrats than to the Republicans who have clearly been making the wrong calls, and for the wrong reasons, for decades.

There is a fundamental sentiment that current and past leadership has done little more than manage the slow senescence of our region. Our current economy is a reflection of the ills of decades of declining population, unhealthy demographic trend lines, and systematic underinvestment in our physical, energy, information, and human infrastructure. ...Why do we think we can win?

Because of our success in 2017, the Democrats are now in a tie with the Republicans in terms of board seats, with a total of seven each. Yet we are denied the chair of the county board (and everything that comes with it) because of the way the votes are weighted by district. The reason that 2019 provides such an opportunity is that there are only three contested seats. Two of these seats are currently held by Democrats, and we expect them to be fairly easy to defend.

This leaves just District 3 (covering the towns of Otego and Laurens) as the likely swing district that will determine the political fate of the county. And while Republicans have a moderate numerical advantage in District 3 by registration numbers, there are several factors that make us feel extremely optimistic that we can take this seat: We have an extremely hardworking and dedicated candidate in Caitlin Ogden, who has been knocking on doors in her community for months, already laying the groundwork for an effective get-out-the-vote blitz in October and early November.

We have already proven we can outwork the other side. A dedicated group of activists mounted a write-in campaign in the primary this summer

to challenge the Republican on the Independence Party line and won. It wasn’t just a victory. It was a blowout, with Caitlin garnering 88 percent of the vote as a write-in against someone whose name was actually printed on the ballot.

How do we win?

We simply have to significantly outwork the other side.

Small, local elections like this hinge on so few votes (see 2017) that the side that tries the hardest is virtually assured victory. This is why I am saying that a Democratic Otsego County is ours for the taking – if we work hard enough for it.

Of course, we will use every technique and tool at our disposal as well. The core group of volunteers on the Ogden campaign have extensive professional experience running local- and state-level campaigns. We are already applying battle-tested best practices around voter communications, field operations, and data collection. But we don’t yet have enough support or resources to execute a campaign plan commensurate with the size of the opportunity before us. Quite simply, we need more money and more volunteers.

What can you do to help make this a reality?

Start dreaming big about what a Democratic future in Otsego County will look like.

Sign up to volunteer to write postcards, make calls, and knock on doors up until election day.

Basically nothing in campaign tactics has ever proven more effective than an engaged volunteer with a big smile knocking on people’s doors and reminding them to vote.

Follow Caitlin’s campaign on Facebook and invite your friends to “like” it too. Sign up for her campaign emails while you are at it.

If you know anyone who lives in Laurens or Otego, PLEASE tell them about the District 3 race and how important every single vote will be on November 5. Get them to commit to vote.

The McEvoy Memo was excerpted here due to space.

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In 2017, the World Health Organization, one of Rotary’s GPEI partners, used the polio eradication staff and infrastructure to deliver antimalarial medicines along with the polio vaccine to children there. It’s reported that this campaign reached 1.2 million children.

Additionally, in 2014 health workers in Nigeria successfully used the surveillance systems and processes developed for polio eradication to locate infected people and prevent Ebola from spreading beyond the initial 19 reported cases.

Here and elsewhere, health workers use surveillance systems and processes developed for polio immunizations to combat other health crisis.

• As a result of the PolioPlus program, now healthcare workers who provide basic care to families, routinely give children preventative care such as Tdap and Vitamin A before giving polio vaccines. According to a recent study, 1.25 million deaths were prevented by providing Vitamin A to children at the

same time as the polio vaccine.

The lessons learned from the PolioPlus campaign, the research facilities built for disease analysis, and the surveillance systems designed to locate infected persons are successfully being used to prevent other diseases from spreading. Rotary has a right to be proud of all that we and our GPEI partners have accomplished because of the PolioPlus program.

Rotary’s 1.2 million members of more than 35,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries have been actively raising funds for this cause for decades including more than $60,000 contributed by the Rotary Club of Cooperstown.

To complete the final immunizations and defeat polio, Rotary is committed to raising $50 million annually over the next three years. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will match Rotary’s commitment 2:1.

Without full funding, this paralyzing disease could return to previously polio-free countries, putting children everywhere at risk. According to specialists the final one percent is the most difficult for this very contagious disease.

If we do not stop it now, new cases may re-emerge in countries where the disease was once eliminated, and many more

children may be at risk.

The Rotary Club of Cooperstown will mark the historic progress toward a polio-free world with activities in recognition of World Polio Day. The Mayor of the Village of Cooperstown, Ellen R. Tillapaugh, has issued a proclamation proclaiming October 24, 2019 as World Polio Day in Cooperstown and encourages all residents to join her and Rotary International in the fight for a polio-free world.

Several events have been planned, including Cooperstown Dines Out To End Polio, the Purple Pinkie Project and the End Polio Now Table at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. (See details in accompanying box.)

• Rotary members, students and area residents will join millions who are working to raise awareness and funds to end the debilitating disease of polio, a vaccine-preventable health risk that continues to threaten children in parts of the world today. I urge you to reflect on your good fortune to live in a polio-free county and contribution to support the global effort to End Polio Now. To make a direct contribution, readers are welcome to contact me at mjerome@ stny.rr.com

ATWELL: In Memento, Other Life And Girl’s Winning Smile Recalled ATWELL/From A4 I had shared for 18 years. Gwen had made it a beautiful home; and, to a grieving husband, dismantling her decorating felt like treason. But what else could be done? I held a half-dozen sales down there, selling off elements of a shared life.

A lot of stuff, however, ended up traveling north with me – either because I ran out of time or just couldn’t part with it. And in Fly Creek, much of it stayed in boxes stowed in attic or basement.

Then, after I’d been alone in Fly Creek for five years, Anne and I married; and that poor girl had to wedge her own extra goods into those already stuffed spaces. But she did it, as you’d expect, with good grace and humor. And now, four years later, we were plunging into the combined piles, sort for the yard sale. To use the great local

expression, we’d taken on “hoeing out.”

As we hoed, I came across items I hadn’t seen since I’d packed them, down south. Many were decorative items that Gwen had once chosen with great care, or items so closely associated with her that, back then, I just couldn’t let them go.

If you know my Anne, you won’t wonder for a moment how she reacted to those relics of my life before our shared life. As I turned them up, I explained each to her; and that fine woman listened and understood. And she comforted me with something she’d said many times before: She’s glad for my past happy marriage; it bodes well for ours.

• I don’t know how I lucked out getting a second wonderful woman in my life. But I’m very grateful.

Anyway, a lot of items rich in personal history went into the yard sale. I was now ready to let them go.

We set up the sale on the shady lawn outside Anne’s office. While I spent most of the morning down at the Grange, helping with sales there, Anne handled the customers who tramped up our driveway to appraise the wares.

Around lunchtime I dropped home to find that Anne, predictably, had been doing a great job. Lots of stuff, hers and mind, had been sold and was gone.

As I sat down with her behind the tables, though, one remaining item caught my eye. Still there was a simple oblong jewel case made to look like a thatched cottage.

When one raised the hinged roof, a mechanism played, “An English Country Garden.”

A dear friend had given Gwen

the box on her last birthday, her 47th, three months before her death. Gwen loved it, kept it at her bedside. And as I sat by her through the last desolate days and nights after coma seemed to have smothered all consciousness, I’d sometimes open the box, hoping that somehow she’d heard that delicate refrain. . .

Well, last Saturday, a family came up our driveway – young parents, a happy baby boy, and his big sister. The little girl, about 5, was beautiful: perfect features, honey-blonde curls, eyes of purest blue.

I looked at her and then at the music box and knew at once what must happen. I beckoned the little girl over to the thatched cottage and raised its lid. When the lilting melody began, her eyes widened.

Her face glowed with wonder.

I caught Anne’s eye. She understood (of course) and nodded slightly. Then I spoke to the little girl.

“Would you like to have this special box?”

“Oh, yes,” she whispered.

“Then it’s yours, as a gift. Keep your treasures in it, won’t you?

“I will,” she said. And cupping the little cottage in both hands, she held it to her ear, the better to the melody. Her distant, luminous smile just then – well, you’ll have to imagine it, friends. I don’t have words for it.

That box, as my dearest Anne understood, could not be sold. It had to be given.

And that girl’s smile – how Gwen would have loved it!

Jim Atwell, retired college administrator and Quaker minister, lives in Cooperstown.

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BROCKWAY: I Know District 3 Voters OGDEN: Help Farmers, Get Broadband BROCKWAY/From A1 children off the scene. Turning to the elderly woman, he discovered she had passed away.

He called Delaware County 911. They transferred the call to Schoharie 911, but a delay followed as the dispatcher sought to determine the accident’s exact location.

Brockway waited. Finally, the Summit EMTs arrived at the scene. Forty-five minutes had elapsed.

“I didn’t sleep for three nights,” he said.

So when asked his issues in the campaign for District 3 representative on the Otsego County Board of Representatives, the Republican replied: Helping rural emergency squads deal with declining volunteers and other challenges. (See other article, A1) While this is Brockway’s first run for office, he’s no stranger to local politics. His father, Jesse, who passed away at age 92 in 2009, served as Laurens town supervisor for 42 years. Rick’s wife, Pat, served two terms as Laurens town justice, and will be leaving office at the end of this year after two terms as town supervisor.

“My family’s been in politics for 75 years,” Brockway said in an interview at the kitchen table of his Route 23 home. He first considered running for county board in 2017, but dropped out on learning Kathy Clark, ROtego, planned to seek a final term. When he learned she wasn’t running again, he jumped in.

“I know their ideas,” he said of his prospective constituents. “I know their values. I know their wants and needs.”

Few people have deeper local roots. After the family settled in Lyme, Conn., in the 1600s, four Brockway brothers soon headed west, walking into the Hudson Valley.

The family then migrated into the Catskills, to Stamford, where one member, Philip, became a noted gunsmith. In 1801 or ’02, Brockways moved to Oneonta, locating on the south side of what is now Main Street, driving their cows daily up today’s Ford Avenue to graze in the neighborhood of SUNY Oneonta campus.

Returning from World War II – his boat was narrowly missed by two U-Boat torpedoes while patrolling the Panama Canal – dad Jesse bought the 267 acres in the Town of

Laurens. His 34-cow herd supported two families, then one, before he gave up dairying once his children were grown – but not before young Rick experienced milking cows and other rural joys.

At 1964 graduate of Laurens Central, Brockway went to SUNY Oneonta in 1968, majoring in English and history, then taught at Wells, in the Adirondacks, Mount Upton and, finally, Worcester.

In summer 1980, he helped his brother, Skip, now living in Albuquerque, with his quarter horses, and met farrier Lloyd Watson, who planned to retire.

“Do you want a business?” Lloyd asked, and Brockway spent the next school year teaching days and shoeing horses after hours.

“I made twice as much shoeing horses as teaching school,” he recalled.

He never looked back. Even today, he’s out shoeing 2-3 days a week. Contrary to some farriers, he’s willing to shoe one horse or two or three, and drives from customer to customer with a 108-pound anvil in the back of his SUV. In recent years, he and Pat have rented their five-bedroom home to Dreams Park and AllStar Village families, spending their summers in a 39-foot trailer he set up by a pond on the back end of the property.

“I’m an outdoor person,” he added. “I spent my life in the woods, hiking, hunting and fishing.” For his 60th birthday, he took a 120-mile hike across the Adirondacks; for his 70th, he climbed on high peaks in the Catskills.

For years, he wrote an outdoors column for the Daily Star, but was asked to set it aside for the campaign’s duration.

For the past few months, he’s been canvassing the whole district systematically – lists of streets and voter addresses are stacked on his kitchen table – with the idea of knocking on every door by Nov. 5, Election Day. Besides helping resolve EMS challenges, he’s concerned the county has sufficient fossil-fuel resources during any transition to renewables.

He also supports full broadband for the county as quickly as possible; he and Pat have Spectrum at their home, but many of his would-be constituents don’t.

OGDEN/From A1 novel she was reading at the time. She rode it, tended it, with no inkling of a danger ahead.

In August 2004, the news broke: Hurricane Charlie, Category 5 – the most dangerous classification – was headed for Palm Harbor. As recommended, she spray-painted her phone number on Knight’s side.

The paddock gate was left open, in case her horse and the others needed to scatter in face of the storm.

The storm veered away, but for Ogden, already considering abandoning the busy Florida suburb with its congested roads for the pleasures of small town living, Charley settled it: She and her horse were moving north.

“I wanted some place to ride my horse in the woods, not on the street,” she said. “I wasn’t going to find that in Florida.”

Enrolling at Elmira College, she obtained a B.A. in History.

Intrigued with a particular period, Ogden went on to SUNY Binghamton for a B.A. in Medieval Studies, while working as education services coordinator for the National Soaring Museum, Elmira.

She became interested in fundraising, and while earning her master’s (2018) at the Cooperstown Graduate School in Museum Studies, interned at the Roberson Museum in Binghamton, then in SUNY Oneonta’s development office, before joining the Baseball Hall of Fame as a grants writer.

She bought two acres in the Town of Laurens, near the former Edgewood Golf

Slaying Grew Out Of $5K, Demand For Marijuana, Court Papers Reveal

SLAYING/From A1 ference Monday, Oct. 14 at the Oneonta Barracks. “But we have a pretty good idea who shot him.”

A fourth teenager was charged with burglary, first degree.

On Thursday, Oct. 11, state troopers, along with East Worcester and Worcester

apparent victim of multiple gunshot wounds.”

According to state police, the fire was set intentionally in the back bedroom. Two of Robinson’s children were in the home at the time of the murder, but police declined to say whether or not they had witnessed the shooting.

The first arrest, a youth, was made just after midnight on Oct. 11 at a residence in the Town of Oneonta.

“We were relying on people to give us information and help HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal us develop the names BCI Capt. Scott Heggelke briefs the press on the Worcester slaying Friday, of the other people Oct. 11, at the Oneonta Barracks. involved,” he said.

The vehicle allegedly firefighters, responded to used to get to the victim’s reports of a fire at 162 Head house was found in Delaware Road, which is south of I-88 County. near the Otsego-Schoharie “This was not a random county line. act,” said Heggelke. “The “The first responding victim was targeted, and at troopers saw a man lying least one of the suspects was just inside his door,” said familiar to the victim.”

Heggelke. “The house was Police did recover two on fire, but the trooper firearms, but have not deterpulled him outside, and it mined if they were the guns was obvious that he was the

used in the murder.

“We are confident we have everyone involved,” he said.

“But it’s sad. You’ve got kids who broke into a house and killed a man.”

District Attorney John Muehl was due to appear at a hearing Wednesday, Oct. 16, before County Judge John Lambert in Cooperstown.

Muehl said he intends to ask the court that all the suspects be charged as adults.

Two are being held at a juvenile facility in Buffalo, and the other two in Syracuse.

Meridy is in Otsego County jail.

It is believed that the teens

Course, big enough for her current horse, Leo – official name, Lucci the Lion. “I chose to settle here and call it my home,” she said in an interview at The Funny Farm, the restaurant and minimart on the Laurens/New Lisbon line.

Since 2016, “like many Americans, I was feeling stress and tension about how politics had become very divisive,” she said. Instead of “yelling at the TV set,” she volunteered for county Rep. Liz Shannon’s 2017 campaign.

There she met other politically minded young people, like Clark Oliver, who is running unopposed for county board in the City of Oneonta’s District 11, and MacGuire Benton, the Cooperstown village trustee and assistant Democratic elections commissioner.

“I’m doing my little part to get things back on track,” she said. Despite the national divide, “we have more similarities than differences.”

She has been going door to door every evening after work and 4-8 hours on weekends, “to get to know as many people as I can.”

Such hard work, she suggested, resulted in her winning the Independent Party primary in June. Her opponent’s was the only name on the ballot, but a write-in push won her the fall ballot line, 30-4.

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“I’m quite honored they selected me by a large margin,” she said.

If elected, Ogden said she will seek to ensure the Cooperative Extension Service is sufficiently funded.

(Its director, Don Smyser, was chided by county reps in September for a shortfall.)

She favors rural broadband as soon as possible, noting satellite service is too expensive. Lack of broadband “is hurting property values; it’s hurting rural education,” she said.

She saluted the City of Oneonta for obtaining downtown-restoration grants, and said she will seek similar programs for downtown Laurens and Otego.

There no downtown in Laurens, she said, but she pointed to Rubera’s in downtown Otego, which began as a pizza parlor and has expanded serving lunch and dinner. It’s a model for others entrepreneurs to follow, she said.

Of her conversation at the last county board meeting with county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the woman whom Ogden would succeed, if elected, she said, “That was the first time I actually talked with her.”

Clark suggested Ogden increase the size of her name on roadside signs.

“I appreciated the fact that she was pleasant to a Democrat who might be her successor,” Ogden said.

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MLS#121349 $394,000 Once Upon a Time Circa 1850 Colonial home in a picturesque Fly Creek setting. Post-and-beam barn, stocked pond, 8+ acres.

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MLS # 123883 $329,500 Investment Opportunity on the Banks of Historic Fly Creek It has the making for your dream Farm-to-Table café or restaurant on 2.3 acres.

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With A New Heart, Life Renewed Transplant Gives Cooperstown Woman New Life After Battling Lyme Disease

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n March, after suffering debilitating heart conditions brought on by Lyme Disease six years before, Mary Margaret Sohns had a vision.

“I saw a big white box with a ribbon around it,” she said.

“And I heard the theme from ‘The Golden Girls’.”

Her husband Matt came into the room

Mary Margaret Sohns raised more than $17,000 for the “Heart & Sole” walk in Verona, N.J. The money raised will help the heart failure and transplant teams at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark.

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with the phone in his hand. “He said it was

for me, and that it was from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center,” she said. “They had a heart for me.”

And at 3 a.m. on March 3, after a surgery that took three hours, Sohns had a new heart.

“There is no way to thank a person for a gift that is priceless,” she said. “The donor not only helped me, but their lungs, kidneys, liver and other salvageable organs went to other people.”

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he secret to the baseball glove of the future, Scott Carpenter discovered, is in looking at the gloves of the past.

“I was at an artist’s residency at Blue Mountain Lake and someone invited me to meet with Ted Spencer at the Baseball Hall of Fame,” he said. “I realized that Cooperstown was a great location, not just for my business, but to study gloves. The best way to project forward is to look at how they’ve evolved.”

Now Carpenter, who has been making custom-fit Scott Carpenter’s gloves are baseball gloves tailored to the athlete’s hand, since 2003, has been acquired by including those with special needs.

Marucci Sports, based in Baton Rouge, La., one of the leading manufacturers of baseball bats for Major League players who now want to expand into gloves.

As a fashion artist in New York City, Carpenter had made several gloves and exhibited them in shows alongside Keith Haring, who will be featured at The Fenimore Art Museum next summer, and other pop artists. “Gloves are a unique object,” Carpenter said, in an interview at his Cherry Valley workshop that will soon be moved to Cooperstown.

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he ghosts are gathering as the leaves begin to wither! Keep an eye around every corner for Things That Go Bump In the Night at The Farmers’ Museum as you explore the mysteries of the Village after dark. 5:30-9 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, Oct. 18-19,The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

(607) 547-1450.

• LIBBY Owner Jim Beulow regales you with all the CUDMORE haunted happenings at the Worcester White House Inn while you dine. Afterwards, tour haunted sites around the inn. Cost, $39/person.

Reservations required. 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19, Worcester Inn, 151 Main St., Worcester. (607) 433-2089.

• Stroll from the Sun to Pluto and take in the awe-inspiring scale of our neighborhood of the cosmos. Great for adults, children ages 9+. 10-11:30 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19, Meet at Railroad tracks on County Rd. 11C, Cooperstown.

Info (607) 282-4087.

• The City of the Hills Chorus Sweet Adelines perform with special guest “Gimme Four,” an NYC-based fourpart barbershop quartet and A Capella 2018 International Semi-Finalist. $18.

3 p.m/ Saturday, Oct. 19, First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-8054 • Raise a glass to the past! The fourth annual Hops For History benefits the Greater Oneonta Historical Society.

Cost, $30. 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. (607) 432-0960.

• Rare stamps, postcards, coins at Leatherstocking & Tri-County stamp club.

10 a.m.-4 p.m Saturday, Oct. 19. Quality Inn, Rt. 23, Oneonta. (607) 547 5646.

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►Friday, October 18 RUMMAGE SALE – Noon 5 p.m. Find interesting items, enjoy baked goods. Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 852 Co. Hwy. 26, Fly Creek.

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

HARVEST DINNER – 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Enjoy turkey with all trimmings, homemade pie.

Takeout available. Cost, $12/ adult. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-6552.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Visit exhibit ‘Duane Michals:

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The Portraitist’ then enjoy film, starting at 7, “Adaptation” with Tilda Swinton & Meryl Streep (Rated R). Cost, $7/non-member. Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1400.

CONCERT – 7 p.m. ‘The Modernistics’ perform upbeat music from ‘Sunny Side of the Street’ to ‘It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing,” 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 planetarium features multimedia experience from SUNY Oneonta staff. Free, tickets required.

A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607436-2011.

The Fort Plain Museum presents

The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Against the Iroquois 1779 Saturday, Nov 2 · 8 am to 4 pm at The Fulton-Montgomery Community College Allen’s House Bldg 8, 2805 NY67, Johnstown 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain 518-993-2527 · fortplainmuseum.com

Pre-registration is recommended.

Walk-ins are welcome.

AUDUBON SOCIETY – 7:30 p.m. “Collected stories of 2019” features photographs of wildlife by local photographer Rick Bunting. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 607-397-3815.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

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

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

►Saturday, Oct. 19 PANCAKE DAY – 8 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Enjoy pancakes with maple syrup, sausage, coffee, more. Benefit for Rotary Club Scholarship Program.

Cost, $8/adult. Elks Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607437-9596.

PRE-CHRISTMAS SALE – 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Find gently used holiday lights, wreaths, ornaments, more. Benefit for mission programs. Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown.

607-547-9515.

SOLAR SYSTEM WALK – 10 - 11:30 a.m. Walk a scale model of our solar system with Bill Ralston from the Sun to Pluto and understand the awe inspiring scale of our neighborhood of the cosmos.

Great for adults, children ages 9+. Meet at Railroad

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STAMP SHOW – 10 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Find unique, rare stamps, postcards, coins, on show with Leatherstocking Stamp Club & Tri-County Stamp Club. Free admission, parking. Quality Inn, Rt. 23, Oneonta. 607-547 5646.

OPEN HOUSE – 10 a.m. Noon. Tour the campus, meet the faculty, see what makes the college unique. SUNY Herkimer, 500 Lou Ambers Dr., Herkimer. 315-866-0300.

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.

PLANETARIUM – 2 - 3 p.m. Public night at updated planetarium featuring multimedia experience. See Friday Listing.

CONCERT – 3 p.m. Performance by Sweet Adelines, with special guest ‘Gimme Four’ 4 part mens barbershop quartet group. A Capella 2018 International Semi-Fifrom NYC area. Cost, innalist OtsegO $18 at door. FirstCOunty United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4328054.

TURKEY DINNER – 4 - 6:30 p.m. Enjoy turkey with all the fixings, including homemade dessert. Takeout available.

Cost, $11/adult. Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church St., Richfield Springs. 315-8581553.

HOPS FOR HISTORY – 4 - 8 p.m. Enjoy annual beer, food sampling at venues in Oneonta. Cost, $30 day of.

Benefit for Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960.

MOVIE NIGHT – 6 p.m.

Bring the whole family for fun evening viewing “The

Secret Life of Pets II.” Guests welcome to bring snacks, beverages, blankets, more for comfort. Free. Community Room, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800.

CHAMBER MUSIC – 7 p.m.

Award winning Horszowski Trio presents works by Haydn, and Clara Schumann. Some of the romantic eras most distinguished pianists. Cost, $22/person. West Kortright Center, 49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith.

607-278-5454.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

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

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With New Heart, Life Brightens, Life With Lyme Disease Recedes

LYME/From B1 Sohns and her family walked in the “Heart & Sole” walk in New Jersey, raising $17,490 for the transplant team at Beth Israel. “The original goal was $5,000, but we surpassed that.

Then $10,000, and we beat that, then $15,000, and we beat that!” she said.

Even daughter Maggie chipped in, raising $333 – a number that echoes the date and time that gave her back her mother. “She started to cry at the end of the walk because she was so happy her mommy was alive,” Sohns said.

She was also invited to a dinner at the Global Lyme Alliance Gala on Thursday, Oct. 10, in New York City, along with her friend Brenda Michaels, Fly Creek Cider Mill co-owner, who also lives with Lyme Disease. Brenda’s brother, Charlie Palmer, was the chef for the evening.

In 2013, Sohns started experiencing “a myriad” of symptoms. “My vision went, I had cramping, I was irritable, I couldn’t sleep and I had issues with depth perception,” she said. “I went from running marathons to being unable to push a shopping cart or walk up to Stagecoach without stopping.”

Though she doesn’t

remember ever getting a tick bite, she was diagnosed with Lyme Carditis, a rare condition when the Lyme bacteria enters the heart. “It’s typically reversible if you catch it between 45-60 days,” she said. “But because it took so long for me to get diagnosed, it wasn’t reversible.”

Though she got a pacemaker, she suffered from several setbacks, including a wire hitting her atrium. “I was chewing up pacemaker batteries,” she said. “I was having episodes where I would feel things like weather in my heart.”

She had several episodes in front of her daughter, Maggie.

“I could feel it coming, so I told Maggie that if I went to the ground, to go get my medicine,” she said.

Finally, she was seen by a pulmonologist. “She couldn’t understand how I was still breathing with so few heartbeats,” she said. “She told me I should have had a new heart two years ago. I didn’t realize how bad it was; I just kept hoping I would get better.”

By March 2019, she had lost all hope. “I tried to smile and go about things,” she said.

“But I kept telling Matt, ‘This is it.’”

But since her heart

transplant, she’s made it her mission to educate local people about Lyme Disease.

“We are on Ground Zero for Lyme,” she said. “If you have symptoms, you need to see a Lyme-literate physician.

Failure to diagnose or incomplete treatment means that your body still thinks there’s an aggravating organism, so it attacks your brain, your liver, your heart, your kidneys.

There’s no-one-size-fits-all treatment.”

Because she didn’t see the tell-tale bullseye most people associate with a tick bite, she notes that anyone with symptoms like she had should see a doctor immediately. “A simple medication at the right time might have changed my life,” she said.

She also wants to remind people to make sure they sign up to be organ donors.

“I can no longer be around sick people, so I can’t go back to being a pharmacist,” she said. “But I want to help people realize what a wonderful gift they can give by donating their organs.”

She has not yet met the family of her donor, although she hopes to.

“How do I thank that person?” she said. “I live my life and help others learn.”

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The more gloves he made, the better he got, and soon, he was making custom gloves for minor league players, including Noah Krol, then with the Oneonta Tigers, in 2007.

“A regular glove only has a knot at the thumb to adjust and that’s as much of a custom fit as you get,” he said. “But mine are custom fit to each person’s hand for a tailored, ergonomic fit.”

In the early days, he would ask customers to trace their hands, but now 3D imaging and printing has made it easier to get an even more custom fit.

“When you have a better fit, you reduce slack,” he explained. “Players tell me the glove feels locked in, so the exchange from the catching hand to the throwing hand is easier.”

In 2011, he made the first non-leather microfiber glove to be used in the MLB by Brian Gordon, the Yankee pitcher.

“I make the lightest gloves in baseball,” Carpenter said. “The average, all-leather glove might be 24 ounces, and mine are usually 5 to 8 ounces lighter.”

The gloves begin at $535 when he was selling them through his website; they will now be retailed at places like Dick’s Sporting Goods.

In 2001, he had relocated his shop, Carpenter Trade, to Cherry Valley, in a home where previous occupants used to make baseballs.

“I found an empty spool of baseball thread being used as a doorstop,” he said.

“And I found a needle of the right size for

that thread.”

He makes as many as 50 gloves a year, all by hand, on Singer sewing machines.

“A glove takes about 19 hours to make,” he said. “And I know the connection between Singer and Cooperstown, so I thought it would be cool to use those machines.”

His first Marucci glove was made for Atlanta Braves third baseman Josh Donaldson, the former American League MVP. “Other brands were interested in my performance-enhancing technology,” he said. “But Marucci was a fast-growing brand, and their bat is the most used bat in Major League baseball. They think they could have a similar impact on gloves, so that was motivation to acquire my business.”

Now under Marucci, he plans to relocate to the Key Bank building on Cooperstown’s Main Street, and hire additional employees to help keep up with the demand. “Marucci will mass produce the components, and I’ll finish them here,” he said.

And he plans to continue working with the Hall, as well as do research among baseball fans and Dreams Park players.

“There’s so much intellectual capital here,” he said. “People around here have that knowledge.”

In addition to professional-grade gloves, he also custom makes gloves for people with hand deformities and disabilities.

He had grown up playing baseball, and still plays in the Leatherstocking League locally. “My sons are one and 4,” he said. “I’m so specialized in adult gloves that making one for them is going to be a whole different product.”

At 150 Years Old, Cardiff Giant Story Still Intrigues Modern-Day Fans

GIANT/From A1 On Wednesday, Oct. 16, get into the museum for just 50 cents, the original price paid to see it under a tent in George Hull’s backyard.

That evening, visitors were able to see a “Medicine Show” hawking the Giant, performed by the Templeton Players, and enjoy a piece of giant birthday cake.

On Oct. 16, 1869, workers on Stub Newell’s farm in Cardiff, outside Syracuse, were digging a well when they discovered the 10½-

foot long body of a petrified man.

“That must have been incredible,” said Kenyon, “to be digging a well and find the body of a man.”

Newell’s farm was an old lake bed, and fossils had been discovered there before. “Paleontology was a new science,” said Tom Heitz, Town of Otsego historian, who used to interpret the Giant for museum visitors. “People were finding sabertooth tiger fossils and other strange creatures, so it made sense to people at the time.”

Neighbors gathered around the pit, and within two days, Hull, Newell’s cousin, had erected a tent and were charging people 50 cents – the equivalent of $9.25 today – to come see the giant.

At 10½ feet and 2,990 pounds, the Cardiff Giant was proclaimed to be “Taller Than Goliath Whom David Slew.” A doctor in Norwich pronounced him “a real man, turned to stone,” and people came from across the state and, in some cases, across the country to see the giant.

“He was very popular with the religious people,” said Heitz. “There’s a line in Genesis about a time when giants roamed the earth, and people took this as confirmation of that.”

But with so many people wanting to take a peek, Hull and Newell – who had already made a considerable sum off their 50 cent admissions – decided to sell the giant to investors in Syracuse, who put it on display for people who came by train from all across the stage.

“People didn’t have TV or the

Internet,” said Heitz. “But they wanted to see the spectacle of it.”

PT Barnum tried to buy the giant for $15,000, but when Hull wouldn’t sell, he created his own and toured it around the country and in Europe.

But by December, Hull admitted that his giant was a fake, a gypsum man carved a year earlier in Chicago and buried in Newell’s back yard.

“He was a bit of a scoundrel,” said Heitz. “He had been in jail in Binghamton for running a con game when he was younger.”

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Catskill Community Players Presents An improbable farce by Noël Coward

Blithe spirit Directed by Nancy Bondurant-Couch

Barbara Brussell

October 25, 26 at 8 pm October 27 at 2 pm

Friday October 25 • 7 pm

Tickets $18/15 • 607-433-2089 or catskillplayers.org

Award-winning cabaret entertainer Barbara Brussell will sing favorites from the American Song Book in this return performance!

This concert is underwritten by her friends Tom Morgan and Erna Morgan McReynolds and will be at their house, 1077 Otego Road, Franklin. $20 admission donation, all proceeds go to the performer.

Evening will include refreshments & desserts.

Special tickets with dinner at the Worcester Inn: Tickets $42/$39.

For dinner info call the Worcester Inn at 607-397-8500.

Featuring: Carol Dean, Ben Friedell, Caitlin Liberati, Becky Maeder Chien, Cassandra Miller, Mark Murphy and Diane Stammel

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►Thursday, Oct. 17 GHOST TALK – 7 p.m. Area author/ghost-seeker discusses her work ‘Learning from the Dead’ and explorations in local area cemeteries. Roseboom Historical Association, former Baptist Church, Rt. 165, Roseboom. 607-282-4452.

►Friday, October 18 OKTOBERFEST – 4:30 p.m. till everything’s gone. Enjoy music, food, & fun. Take out available. Admission by donation. Christ Church, 46 River St. Cooperstown. 607-5479555.

GHOST TOURS – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Join a guide to explore the museum after dark, learn about the ghostly happenings in the village. Learn what 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 reported, and areas identified by the Ghost Hunters Halloween special. Cost, $20/person. Reservations

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Spooky Halloween Fun! required. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5098.

►Saturday, Oct. 19 GHOST TOURS – 5:30 9 p.m. Farmers’Museum tours in the dark. See Friday listing.

HYDE & SHRIEK – 6 p.m.

Ghost Hunters Halloween special tour. See Friday listing.

DINNER & GHOST HUNT – 6:30 p.m. Buffet dinner followed by ‘Ghost Happenings at The Worcester Inn’ with owner Jim Buelow, and findings by Orange County Paranormal. Tour haunted sites at the inn. Cost, $39/person. Reservations required.

Worcester Inn, 151 Main St., Worcester. 607-433-2089.

►Tuesday, October 22 FILM – 7 p.m. Showing ‘The Bishop Murder Case’ (1930) from screenplay by Oneonta

author S. S. Van Dine.

Features Basil Rathbone.

Includes introductory remarks & talkback session. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960.

►Wednesday, Oct. 23 ART IN THE DARK – 6:30 p.m. Tour folk art exhibit by Lantern Light, learn some of the mysterious, melancholy, untold stories behind the pieces. Limited to 15/tour.

Cost, $14/non-member.

Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

►Friday, October 25 GHOST TOURS – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Farmers’Museum tours in the dark. See Friday listing.

HYDE & SHRIEK – 6 p.m.

Ghost Hunters Halloween special tour. See Friday listing.

SHADOW CHASERS – 7 p.m. Participate in paranormal investigation with NY

Shadow Chasers Team.

Lecture & tickets required.

Cost, $15. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego.

607-988-6661.

PARANORMAL – 7 - 9 p.m. & 10 - Midnight. Join seasoned investigator for fun, education, exploration of paranormal possibilities of the opera house. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550.

HALLOWEEN COMEDY – 8 p.m. Theatrical performance ‘Blithe Spirits,’ farcical tale of novelist who becomes haunted by the spirits of his 2 dead wives after a seance.

Performed by Catskill Community Players, written by Noel Coward in 1941. General admission, $18. Wieting Theatre, 168 Main St., Worcester.

607-397-8500.

►Saturday, Oct. 26 TRICK OR TREAT – 1 - 5 p.m. Bring the kids to trick or treat through the historic village. Admission free to kids, accompanying adult with donation. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1450.

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►Sunday, October 20

FILM – 1 & 6:30 p.m.

Presenting “The Lion King.”

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

THEATER – 2 p.m. Theatrical production of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.’ See Friday Listing.

WORKSHOP – 2 - 4 p.m.

Explore art by painting on found materials like wood, feathers or rocks with Bella Gusozski. Cost, $35/person.

Community Arts Network of Oneonta, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070.

LUMBERJACK SONGS – 2 p.m. Enjoy afternoon of lumberjack songs, learn about Adirondack mountain logging camps. Free admission. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 ext. 113.

CONCERT – 3 p.m. Celebrated violinist Rachel Lee Priday performs Mozart, Bartock,

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others with pianist Marija Stroke. Suggested donation, $12/person at door. Stamford United Methodist Church, 88 Main St., Stamford.

►Monday, October 21 CRAFTERNOON – 3:45 p.m.

Bring the kids (5-18) to make creepy cake pops to take home. Prepare to get messy.

RSVP requested. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego. 607-988-6661.

POP UP SHOP – 5 - 7 p.m.

Find interesting home decor

by Sabrina Beckerink including wreaths, signs, accessories, more. Autumn Café, 244 Main St., Oneonta.

607-432-6845.

OFFICE HOURS – 6 - 8 p.m. Meet the staff of Rep. Antonio Delgado for help with constituent services, including aid applying for grants, social security questions, more.

Unadilla Public Library, 193 Main St., Unadilla.

PRESENTATION – 7 p.m.

Nights of the Roundtable program features author David Pietrusza presenting “Field of Myths: 100 Years After Baseball’s 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Finally Separating the Many Myths from the Reality” about the infamous Black Sox World Series Fix. Cooperstown Village Library.

607-547-8344.

►Tuesday, October 22 BOOKMOBILE – Check out the mobile library.

9:30-9:50 a.m. Town Hall, 3966 NY-23, West Oneonta.

10:10-10:50 a.m. Little Lambs Children Center, 383 Co Rd 11, Oneonta.

12:20-12:45 p.m. Methodist Church, 811 Co Rd 26, Fly Creek.

1:15-1:35 p.m. Methodist Church, 2343 NY-205, Mt Vision.

2:10-2:30 p.m. Firehouse, 116 County Rd 4, Wells Bridge. www.4cls.org or call 607-723-8236 KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Work on current projects & hang out with the Knit-Witts. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344.

FILM – 7 p.m. Showing ‘The Bishop Murder Case’ (1930) from screenplay by Oneonta author S. S. Van Dine. Features Basil Rathbone. Includes introductory remarks & talkback session. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960.

KICK OFF PROGRAM – 7 - 9 p.m. Join new group to support village library. Enjoy evening program by village historian Harriett Geywits on life in the village in 1910 and the construction of the library.

Free, refreshments included.

Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-0230.

CANDIDATE NIGHT – 7 p.m.

New Lisbon candidates for town board, Clerk, Highway, Town Supervisor, and Otsego County-wide races have been invited. Start with introductions by candidates followed

by Q&A. Support democracy in action. Town Hall, 908 County Rd. 16, Garrattsvile.

HALLOWEEN PARTY!

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COSTUME CONTEST: Scariest Sexiest Group/Other $100 prizes Drink Specials ALL NIGHT LONG! 5418 State Highway 28 607.282.4525 upstatebarandgrill.com

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Towns Seek Ways To Improve EMS Services EMS/From A1 What if a stroke victim needed EMS immediately?

So he took action.

“I called Ed Lentz, New Lisbon’s supervisor, and said, ‘Ed, we have a serious problem,’” said Berthel.

“Twenty years ago, we had

about 20 active volunteers in our (New Lisbon) EMS,” Lentz said. “We now have about six. The EMS’ response rate – sending an ambulance out in response to a 911 call – is 50 percent, meaning half the time a backup EMS squad needs to be sent instead of the local one.”

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Backup squads might come from a neighboring town, making the average response time up to half an hour.

According to Lentz, decreasing membership include the state’s increasing training requirements, stricter regulations on dispensing of medicines and equipment at the emergency scene as well as people working in jobs far away from the town, unlike in the past when they were probably working at a nearby farm.

Berthel and Lentz contacted the supervisors of Morris, Edmeston, Ed Lentz Burlington and Butternuts, EMS chiefs and fire district representatives to work on the problem.

“We knew other towns were having the same problems with their EMS,” said Berthel.

He knew because Pittsfield is in mutual aid arrangements with those towns, which means Pittsfield will provide backup aid to them if their EMS squads can’t respond to 911 calls – and vice versa.

But Pittsfield’s EMS service comes from the neighboring Village of New Berlin, which the Town of New Berlin and Pittsfield pay the village to use.

That is because the Village of New Berlin’s EMS members are paid employees.

“But the mutual-aid arrangement breaks down,” Lentz said, “because the village can often provide the aid to towns, but the towns can’t provide it in return.”

“The other towns are getting free rides,” Berthel said. “I raised taxes 12.1 percent, not just for EMS, but we pay New Berlin $37,500 annually to use their EMS. We need everyone to pitch in.”

“And there’s another problem,” he added. “New Berlin can only afford to pay their EMS for 16 hours a day, not 24 hours.

That means, at night, they’re not available for backup.”

Berthel and Lentz have been working to compel towns to enter one-year contracts with the New Berlin-Pittsfield EMS and pay for the service, but the towns lack the funds to do so.

“The towns aren’t going to join right away because they can’t raise the money in time,” said Berthel. “And they’re going to have to raise taxes.”

The task force is also working on solutions to increase EMS members.

One solution the group is considering, Lentz said, is to keep the volunteer EMS infrastructure in place county-wide, with volunteers providing basic life support (BLS) and having paid staff to do the next level of care, Advanced Life Support (ALS).

“We would have that set up for six different regions of the county,” Lentz explained.

“They would be on call 24/7, and when there’s a 911 call, BLS volunteers and ALS staff would respond.”

Lentz estimated the cost to be $1 million.

Another solution, which Essex County is implementing, is to have the county purchase “fly cars,” which are not fully equipped like ambulances, but ones that can respond to the scenes.

“EMS can give the immediate assistance needed while an ambulance arrives and then can transport the patient to the hospital,” Lentz said.

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job scene To place effective employment ads, call 607-547-6103

Production Sportsfield Specialties Inc., North American leader in sports construction equipment located in Delhi, NY is looking for high-energy, positive, and flexible candidates for the following seasonal and full-time positions:

General Laborer • Assembly • Shipping RequIRemeNtS: Must be 18 years of age with High School Diploma.

Relevant manufacturing experience a plus. Overtime and occasional weekend work required during summer months.

GRowth PoteNtIAl AND SAlARY Doe To apply, submit application online at www.sportsfieldspecialties.com, apply in person at 41155 State Highway 10, fax your resumé to 607-746-3107 or mail to Human Resources, P.O. Box 231, Delhi, NY 13753.

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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: 44 Church Street Oneonta LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/2019.

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: 106 Center Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of Shacktown Mountain Coffee Roasters LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NYS Department of State on 08/14/2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

NYS Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom processes against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail copy of such process to 143 Rooney Road, South New Berlin, NY 13843.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of PREFERRED INSTALLERS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/2/2019.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 574 County Highway 29, Richfield Springs,

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NY 13429, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF CW and Sons Trucking LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law THE UNDERSIGNED, being a natural person of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and acting as the organizer of the limited liability company hereby being formed under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York certifies that: FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: CW and Sons Trucking LLC SECOND: To engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law provided that the limited liability company is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

THIRD: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is OTSEGO. FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

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the limited liability company served upon him or her is: CW and Sons Trucking LLC 1095 County Highway 13 New Berlin, NY 1 34 1 1 FIFTH: The limited liability company is to be managed by: ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. SIXTH: The existence of the limited liability company shall begin upon filing of these Articles of Organization with the Department of State.

SEVENTH: The limited liability company shall have a perpetual existence.

EIGHTH: The limited liability company shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless all members, managers, and former members and managers of the limited liability company against expenses (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement) incurred in connection with any claims, causes of action, demands, damages, liabilities of the limited liability company, and any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding.

Such indemnification shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of New York, provided that such acts or omissions which gives rise to the cause of action or proceedings occurred while the Member or Manager was in performance of his or her duties for the limited liability company and was not as a result of his or her fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or a wrongful taking. The indemnification provided herein shall inure to the benefit of successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and the administrators of any such person.

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I certify that I have read the above statements, I am authorized to sign these Articles of Organization, that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that my signature typed below constitutes my signature.

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

Office location: Otsego County.

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

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

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Notice of formation of The Order Of Chesterbury 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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Notice of formation of

Oneonta Guitar LLC

19 ROSE PLACE, LLC

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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Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of 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)

NOTICE OF FORMATION of HYDER FARM, LLC 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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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

JKO Mobile Enterprise LLC

391 Gifford Hill Rd, 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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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 LLC formation of:

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Oneonta Tennis Center, LLC.

Notice of Formation of

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.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose

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.

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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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BLUESTONE TREE FARM LLC

Notice of Formation of

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 Calatrava Ave, Sebring, FL 33872.

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 law-

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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

Office Location: Otsego County.

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

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice 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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Experienced Warehouse Worker Sportsfield Specialties Inc., North American leader in sports construction equipment located in Delhi, NY is looking for a full-time Experienced Warehouse Worker to join our team.

RESpoNSIbIlItIES/DutIES: Pack orders in an orderly manner so they are prepared for shipping. Proper packing, labeling and tagging of the inventory in the warehouse. Identify damaged, lost or missing product and notify supervisor immediately. Basic knowledge of using and operating warehouse machinery and equipment. Efficiently complete all tasks required by departmental supervisors.

REquIRED quAlIfIcAtIoNS: SkIllS: Self-motivated. Ability to multi-task in a busy environment.

Forklift certification a plus. Ability to stand for long periods of time and be able to carry up to 80 lbs. High attention to detail.

ExPErIEncE/EducAtIon: Preferred 5 years of warehouse and shipping experience. Familiar with ErP software.

HIgH gRoWtH potENtIAl, SAlARY DoE, gREAt bENEfIt pAckAgE INcluDES but Not lImItED to: Health, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending, life insurance and paid time off. to apply, submit application online at www.sportsfieldspecialties.com, apply in person at 41155 State Highway 10, fax your resumé to 607-746-3107 or mail to Human resources, P.o. Box 231, delhi, nY 13753.

SpoRtSfIElD SpEcIAltIES, INc. IS AN AffIRmAtIvE ActIoN, EquAl oppoRtuNItY EmploYER.

The Cooperstown Central School District

is seeking a highly qualified, enthusiastic candidate for a School Psychologist.

Position details at www.cooperstowncs.org. Qualified candidates apply on-line at www.olasjobs.org/southern Deadline: October 31, 2019. E.O.E

REQuIRED QuALIFICATIONS: ExPErIEncE: Ability to program, run and maintain equipment; Experience using precision measuring equipment; Proficient in reading, comprehending and interpreting drawings and sketches; Understanding of maintaining tolerances in production and sample runs; Knowledge of material thicknesses and types; SKIllS: Outstanding communication, organizational and attention to detail skills; Ability to multi-task in a fast-pace environment; Ability to collaborate professionally at all levels or organization; Self-motivated with a willingness to learn; Personable and approachable; Fabrication and construction Trade a plus; Flexible schedule when required.

SALARy DOE, gREAT BENEFIT PACkAgE INCLuDES BuT NOT LImITED TO: Health, dental, vision, 401(k), Flexible spending, life insurance and paid time off. To apply, submit application online at www.sportsfieldspecialties.com, apply in person at 41155 county Highway 10, fax your resumé to 607-746-3107 or mail to Human resources, P.O. Box 231, Delhi, nY 13753.

SPORTSFIELD SPECIALTIES, INC. IS AN AFFIRmATIvE ACTION, EQuAL OPPORTuNITy EmPLOyER.

with every employment ad in The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta!

The Stevens-German Library at Hartwick College seeks applicants for a Library Circulation Manager and a Public Services Assistant to provide support for all patrons of the library. For complete details, please visit www.hartwick.edu/jobs. EOE.

Full-Time Service Tech

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

Sportsfield Specialties is seeking a hands-on experienced CNC Press Brake Operator who can work independently and/or with others as a production team member with good analytical skills. Candidate must be reliable and flexible with schedule during summer months.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DuTIES INCLuDE BuT NOT LImITED TO: Programming and setting up press brake for forming of sheet metal parts, specifically, Amada I3 controllers; Operating the machines and running of parts; Maintenance of tooling and equipment; Must be able to adapt, perform communicate in a fast paced, high mix/low volume fabrication shop.

AllOTSEGO.com 607-547-6103

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

CNC Press Brake Operator

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B-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019

OBITUARIES

Barbara J. Rankin, 74; Retired From Icelandair, Active At Presbyterian Church

COOPERSTOWN – Barbara J. Rankin, 74, who worked for Icelandair for 27 years, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, October 12, 2019, at their home on Brooklyn Avenue in Cooperstown.

Born July 1, 1945, in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Barbara was the only child of the Rev. Robert J. and Margaret (née Marohn) Koch. Her father and maternal and paternal grandfathers were Lutheran ministers, so it was only natural that Barbara was

raised in the Lutheran faith and traditions. Due to her father’s various church assignments, she and her parents moved several times in her youth throughout Wisconsin. When her father had the opportunity to lead a church in California, it was Barbara’s deciding vote that led them there.

After graduating from high school in California, Barbara attended Cabrillo College, and later earned her bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University.

While she was in college,

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she took some time off to travel throughout Europe.

She found that she really loved to travel, and eventually became a stewardess for Pan Am. As she was fluent in German, she was often assigned the overseas trips to Europe. This career ultimately led her to become a well-liked sales representative for several major airlines. She eventually was employed for 27 years with Icelandair, and retired from there on June 17, 2011 (Icelandic National Day).

While living and working in New Jersey, Barbara

met John Rankin, and the two were united in marriage March 22, 1986, in Watsonville, California, with Barbara’s father officiating. When they lived in Pennsylvania, where John was employed for 27 years in the Pocono Mountain School District, they attended St. Mark’s Community Lutheran Church in Appenzell. After visiting Cooperstown several times, Barbara and John grew to love the area.

So in 2012, they purchased their home on Brooklyn Avenue in Cooperstown,

and moved there full time in 2016.

Barbara’s faith in God was an important part of her life. Soon after moving to Cooperstown, she became an active, devoted and faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, where she enjoyed singing with the Chancel Choir, as well as serving on the Worship Team and as a Deacon.

Barbara is survived by her devoted husband, John Rankin of Cooperstown, who steadfastly helped Barbara fight her battle with

cancer.

A funeral will be held 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, with the Rev. Elsie A. Rhodes, pastor officiating. The service of committal will follow at The Columbarium in the Churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church.

As a way to remember Barbara, please consider a memorial donation to the American Cancer Society, Johnson City, NY 13790.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth.

Arthur C. Strong 91; Delivered Oil, Then Meals On Wheels MILFORD – Arthur C. Strong, 91, of Milford, passed away early Friday morning, Oct. 11, 2019, at his home in the Town of Westford.

He was born May 21, 1928, at Parshall Hospital in Oneonta, a son of Milo and Florence (Wood) Strong.

Art attended kindergarten at the Bugbee School in Oneonta, then the Middlefield School No. 2 in Westville, and graduated from Milford Central School with the Class of 1946.

During his school years he was a member of the Boy Scout Troop in Westville that was led by T. Fulton Patterson, scoutmaster.

On July 19, 1952, Art married Bernice E. Virtell in Pennsylvania, and they settled into their home in Milford.

For many years, he drove fuel oil delivery trucks for Agway and Beart Corp.

After retiring from the oil business Art delivered Meals On Wheels in Otsego County for many years. He also enjoyed the many hours he spent working in his gardens.

Art is survived by six children, Lewis Charles Crawford of Rineyville, Ky., Evelyn Marie Lacey and husband, William, of Vine Grove, Ky., Robert Arthur Strong and wife, Laurie of Milford, Vickie Leah Konchar of Town of Maryland, Michael Brian Strong and wife, Sandy, of Milford, and Carla Maureen Strong, Town of Maryland; 19 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; one sister, Helen Southworth of

Cooperstown; two sistersin-law, Elizabeth Virtell of Milford and Judy Virtell of New Jersey; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Bernice E. Strong, who died May 23, 2017, and a sister, Edna Schaffer.

Art’s family wishes to extend special thanks to his caregivers, Jess, Sean and Amanda.

The family will receive friends at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, from 4-6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 20.

The funeral service be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown, with Rev.

Sylvia Barrett, pastor of the Milford United Methodist Church, officiating.

Arthur Strong Burial will follow in Westville Cemetery.

As an alternative to flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to the Milford United Methodist Church, PO Box 127, Milford, NY 13807, or the Milford Emergency Squad, PO Box 359, Milford, NY 13807.

Arrangements are with the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

Virginia Martindale, 93; 7 Offspring Survive Portlandville Resident PORTLANDVILLE – Virginia Winsor Martindale of Portlandville, 93, peacefully passed on Oct. 11, 2019, at Fox Nursing Home with loving family at her side.

Virginia was born on Oct. 16, 1925, in Oneonta, and was the daughter of Genevieve Deane Winsor and Gilbert Daniel Winsor.

She spent her childhood on the Winsor homestead in Portlandville, established in the mid-1800s.

After retiring from farming, she and Fred returned to the homestead, where they lived out their lives.

Virginia and Fred were skilled dairy farmers and devoted parents and grandparents. In addition to being a wonderful homemaker, she did all forms of work required of a successful dairy farmer. Virginia loved feeding people and her baked goods delighted all who shared them.

Virginia always happily put her family’s needs above her own. She enjoyed caring

for grandchildren whenever asked, and they went home dirty, tired and happy. Her garden fed her family yearround thanks to hours spent canning and freezing.

She was a devoted member of the Portlandville Methodist Church; helping with many turkey dinners and serving as treasurer.

A proud graduate and valedictorian of the Milford Central School class of 1943, she loved attending the annual alumni banquet and enjoyed the duties of school historian. She also served on the Town of Milford Election Board.

Her passing was preceded by her husband of 62 years, Fred Martin- dale; her parents; and her brother,

Deane Winsor, well known locally for his association with the Milford Macs.

She is survived Virginia by her Martindale children, James Martindale, Ronald Martindale, Samuel Martindale, Dennis Martindale, David Martindale, Elva Martindale Manee and Richard Martindale; grandchildren, Marcus Johnson, Lucas Martindale, Heather Martindale, Christian Martindale,

Daniel Martindale, Joseph Martindale, Nina Martindale, Christina Layman, Connie Wilms, Carrie Wagner, Jennifer DeLessio, Ryan Martindale, Lindsey Judd, Cheryl Rotyliano, Matthew Martindale, Miranda Morel, Rick Martindale, Jasmine Purdy, Veronica Jacobs, Samantha Manee, Tyler Manee, Colin Martindale and Emily Martindale; and 20 great-grandchildren.

The family will be present at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, Cooperstown, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, to receive friends. A memorial service officiated by the Rev. Sylvia Barrett, pastor, Milford United Methodist Church, will follow.

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