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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, October 24, 2019

ANATOMY OF A TRAGEDY

Father Dead, Lives In Ruin

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In-County Candidate To Reprise It’s Buttermann v. Salka By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA

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Hamilton farmer, Corey Mosher, has announced a challenge to freshman Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, in the 121st District next year, but local Democrats say they expect Otsego County will have a candidate of its own. It seems Dan Buttermann will run again. Buttermann lost narrowly – 1,158 to 1,203 – in 2017 to then-Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, in the Democratic primary. Magee then lost to Salka. “Dan’s definitely running at this point,” said Richard Sternberg, the Cooperstown village Please See ASSEMBLY, B5

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East Meredith Fire Chief David Briggs lights flares on Route 205 Monday evening, Oct. 21, to divert traffic away from a house on fire. A husband and wife were hospitalized. Details at

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For First Time, You May Vote Early This Year COOPERSTOWN

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Stephanie Robinson, the dead man’s niece, declares her uncle “the best father” outside Worcester Town Court. Robinson’s girlfriend, Jennifer Ives, is at left

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law passed by the state Legislature this year allows New Yorkers to vote in a centralized location, beginning Saturday, Oct. 26. In Otsego County, that voting will begin 1-6 p.m. this Saturday, at the county’s Meadows Office Complex, Town of Middlefield. For full schedule, go to

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►SUPPORTERS, DETRACTORS debated the proposed Lofts on Dietz project in Oneonta, reported exclusively at www. AllOTSEGO.com ►TREATMENT, NOT JUST JAIL, will help stem the opioid epidemic, Congressman Delgado told a press conference. ►2 MISSING county people, a Hartwick woman and Unadilla man, were still missing as this week’s newspapers went to press. ►DINE OUT TO END POLIO, a Cooperstown Rotary fundraiser to benefit the international effort to eradicate the disease, continues through Friday. ►buses ADVERTISING “We’re Onta Something,” the new city slogan, are on the streets.

PETE HENRICI HONORED

Road To Fetterman Built On Teaching, Coaching, Scouting

By LIBBY CUDMORE WORCESTER

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t age 15, Dylan Robinson is the youngest person to be tried in Otsego County Court for murder. The OHS student allegedly shot and killed his father, Ken Kenneth Robinson, 53, during Robinson a burglary Thursday, Oct. 10, at the father’s mobile home on Head Road, Town of Worcester. State police said four other teenagers and a 32-year-old Oneonta man were with him, looking to rob Robinson of $5,000 in cash and marijuana Libby Cudmore/The Freeman’s Journal that Dylan had said were in the house. Dylan Robinson, 15, is led into Otsego Once inside, Dylan woke his father, nudging Please See 5 TEENS, A7 County Court, Cooperstown.

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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hen Pete Henrici joined Cooperstown Central School as a student teacher back in the mid1970s, he spent a week sitting in the back of Phyllis Jamieson’s Latin class. He created a chart of each desk, so when he first taught the class the following week, he could address all the students by name. That attention to detail, and consideration of the young people he guided, informed Please See HENRICI, A7

All Arraignments Now In County Jail Lobby Sheriff Devlin confers with Deputy Jason Kehoe, who uses the new bench for security duty between arraignments.

Beginning Jan. 1, In Custody, You May Spend Night In Jail By LIBBY CUDMORE

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tsego County’s new centralized court at the county jail in the Town of Middlefield means no more 3 a.m. phone calls seeking arraignments from Town of Otsego Judge Gary Kuch. “I’ve had nights where I’ve been called in and we have to call around, and then wait 45 minutes for a public defender,” Please See CENTRALIZED, B5 Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

ERICA JONG TELLS ALL AT POETRY FEST

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amed “Fear of Flying” novelist Erica Jong shared such secrets as why women shop at Bloomingdale’s in appearances last weekend at the third annual Sharon Springs Poetry Festival. Prepare to be shocked. For this secret and the rest, type “jong” on the search line at

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THURSDAY, October 24, 2019

LOCALS

Small Solar System Shows Big Realities

Three Named Milford Students Of The Month

Bring Cat, Dog Food, Adoption Fees Waived At Susquehanna SPCA COOPERSTOWN

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doption fees at the Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SQSPCA) will be waived at the special one-day “Howl’oween Pet Adoption Eventâ€? Saturday, October 26 with a donation of cat, dog or kitten food. “Bring us dog, cat and/or kitten food – dried, canned or a combination thereof – and you can leave with a new fur-ever friend, thanks to our sponsors and our same-day conversational adoption procedure,â€? explained Kathryn Demby, her grandson, Lukas Dolan, 10, of Worcester; Cristina SQSPCA Executive Director Hansen, adjunct lecturer for SUNY Oneonta’s physics lab; her husband, Erik Stacie Haynes. Stengler, professor in CGP’s Science Museum Studies Track; Jim Hill, OCCA Regular adoption fees, vice president, and far right, Jeff O’Handley, OCCA’s program director. ranging from $100-$200, are being waived in hopes them to represent actual distances. By JENNIFER HILL The groups placed a BB pellet on a piece of clearing the shelter before of white cardboard to mark Earth’s place in the holiday rush. All animals will be up-tothe solar system. COOPERSTOWN date on crucial vaccinations Ralston brought a 16-pound, yellowincluding rabies, distemper hey might not look like space painted bowling ball to represent the sun, explorers, but the seven who met seen down the track and on its left side, the and FVRCP,â€? Haynes added. Tops on the shelter’s food Saturday morning at the railroad start of the walk. He explained the bowling “wish listâ€? are dry kitten and tracks were just that. ball was “80 percent to scaleâ€? of the actual cat food, canned dog food, Bill Ralston led a tour of the Earth’s solar sunâ€? and the BB pellet representing the meaty dog treats and canned system, from the sun to Pluto, by using earth “is almost as dense as the earthâ€? as cat pâtĂŠ. common objects to represent the planets and well as size relative to the sun. walking specific numbers of paces between

Sophomore Jack Miller, left. was named one of three Students of the Month at Milford Central School. Also named were Tia Vagliardo, junior and Alex Colwell, 8th grade.

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anelle Harter, Fly Creek, was one of nine local students who joined the 1,100 new students for the Fall 2019 semester at SUNY Delhi. • Nelson Mondaca, Cooperstown, pursuing a degree in Culinary Arts. • Tanner Williams, Cooperstown, pursuing a degree in Culinary Arts. • Gregory Winton, Edmeston, pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice Studies. • Hailee Ward, Hartwick, Undeclared. • Sierra Sillaro, Cherry Valley, pursuing a degree in Nursing. • Micaela Trong, Burlington Flats, pursuing a degree in Nursing. • Molly Watson, Cooperstown, pursuing a degree in Nursing. • Katelyn Konnick, Cooperstown, pursuing a degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities & Social Sciences.

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Revisit Richfield Comp Plan – Vote Palevsky, Eckler, Bello

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n the lead-up to the Richfield Town Board adopting a new Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Code, people said RICHFIELD they want TOWN BOARD to see the town come together. People observed that “nothing’s happened” in the Richfield Springs area in the past 20 years (or longer). People mourned the decline in enrollment of the Richfield Springs Central School, which graduated 29 seniors on June 29. These emotions are easily understood. But to conclude, as some did, that the town’s new comp plan and code, hatched without the knowledge of the community at large with special interests in mind, will accomplish

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Vote Nick Palevsky, left, for Town of Richfield supervisor, and Fred Eckler, center, and Ed Bello for the two Town Board vacancies on Nov. 5.

any of those things is likely mistaken. While polite, meetings leading up to the final decision – a public hearing Sept. 23 on the zoning code, and the town board meeting Sept. 30 where members of a clique, 3-2, jammed through the undigested document – were angry.•

The reasons have been spelled out in our news pages: West End neighbors, their lawsuit against the five-turbine Monticello Hills Wind Farm foiled, took control of the process of revising the comp plan and zoning code. By the time the community at large became aware

of what was going on, the neighbors controlled the Zoning Commission, the Planning Board and three of five seats on the Town Board. In addition to banning wind turbines, an original zoning code virtually prohibited any development along Route 20, the major commercial thoroughfare through the town. After an outcry, and more measured inputs from people like Andela Products President Cynthia Andela, that was revised. On the whole, though, the plan pushed through on Sept. 30 envisions the Town of Richfield’s future as agricultural – as dairying disappears – and residential. That ensures “nothing” will happen, new people won’t move in, commerce will remain stagnant, school

Vote Farwell, Brockway For County Board

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017 – now, that was a year for local democracy. Twelve of the 14 seats on the Otsego County Board of Representatives were contested – only Gary Koutnik in Democratic Oneonta and Dan Wilber in Republican Town of Burlington got a pass. This year, regrettably, Democrat Michele Farwell in there are three, but one race District 2 and Republican Rick calls out for Brockway in District 3 deserve an endorse- support. OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD ment: A good case can be made to Michele include Michele Farwell in that Farwell, the select group for one initiative Democrat running for reelection alone: She suggested the county in District 2 (Morris, Butternuts board join a lawsuit against and Pittsfield). Big Pharma to try to reclaim Every county board has some of the costs of fighting top performers, the most the heroin epidemic. influential, the reps who Now, that seems likely the make things happen. county’s claim will be recogCurrently, that would include nized. the peace-making chairman, Just a freshman, she also is David Bliss, plus Meg Kenco-chairing the county Energy nedy, Peter Oberacker, Andrew Task Force with Kennedy. Marietta and perhaps Ed Frazier. Energy is a divisive issue. It’s When they speak, things unclear if a consensus can be happen. reached. But both Kennedy and Others, certainly, may have Farwell have shown restraint a slightly different list. and consideration in navigating ►ELECTION DAY: Remember, the polls will be open from

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enrollment will continue to ebb. • The Republican Town Board slate – former Supervisor Nick Palevsky, incumbent Town Board member Fred Eckler and newcomer Ed Bello Jr. – object to the new comp plan and code. They deserve voters’ support Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polls will be open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the town and across Otsego County, where local elections will be held. If elected, a first step being considered would be to revisit the petitions signed by landowners in the town to require a super-majority – a 4-1 vote – to pass the

zoning code. If found valid after all, the Sept. 30 vote is moot. The code is no more. If that happened, it would have to be just the beginning. A process – the particulars are unclear; this is a rare occurrence – would have to be pursued to come up with a new comp plan and zoning code that truly reflects the widest possible consensus among townsfolks. Done correctly – not by any special-interest group, but by community leaders guided only by the good of the whole – a new broadbased plan might very well achieve what everyone wants. That’s a community that’s come together, not torn apart, where “something” can happen in terms of jobs and commerce, where RSCS will indeed flourish again.

Oliver Emerges As Political Player

a ship in rough waters. Like the best of the reps, she doesn’t speak a lot (or too little.) But when she speaks, she’s worth listening do. Farwell is being challenged by an independent, Marcia Hoag, who should be saluted for running in a year when so few have stepped forward. But Farwell has earned reelection. • In the two other contested races: • District 3 (Otego-Laurens), Republican Rick Brockway is amiable and approachable, the kind of legislator that every elected body requires. He knows the territory, and he knows his would-be constituents. Vote for Brockway. • District 14 (Oneonta’s Wards 7-8), Jill Basile, has the edge against Wilson Wells, a Libertarian and engaging young man. As the Democratic nominee in the Democratic city, Basile has appropriately attended the past several county board meetings to prepare herself for the job she will probably hold.

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et to know THE POLITICAL Oneonta’s SCENE Clark Oliver. You likely will be hearing a lot about him on you may remember the political scene in that, as a boy, he years to come. performed in the A senior poli-sci Broadway hit, “101 major at SUNY Dalmatians,” on its Oneonta, he will be national tour – said finishing his degree in he also encouraged December just in time Jill Basile to run to take office Jan. 1, as Candidates Clark Olifor county rep in he’s running unopposed ver and Jill Basile at District 14, and a recent county board in the county board’s Kaytee Lipari Shue meeting. District 11 (Oneonta’s to run for Common Ward 1-2). Council in Ward 4. In the past couple weeks, two Disillusioned, then motivated, by fellow Democratic candidates – Hall President Trump, Oliver’s issues are of Fame grantsman Caitlin Ogden, a little general – transparency, fiscal who is running against Rick Brockresponsibility, environmental sustainway in District 3, and Hanford Mills ability, etc. – still to be precisely defined. Director of Education Luke Murphy, “Each of us is running to make who, learning Common Council our communities a better place – we member Michele Frazier is moving aren’t necessarily a slate,” he said. to Delhi, mounted an energetic write- “A lot of young people are excited in campaign in Oneonta’s Ward One and passionate about running for – report they were inspired to run office. At many levels of governby Oliver’s enthusiasm and encourment we don’t see young people agement, as well as Village Trustee represented. I’m inspired we all MacGuire Benton. decided to run at the same time, and In an interview, Oliver – he’s a happy to see a change in local politics.” gutsy young guy, smart and talented: Let’s see where it goes.

LETTERS

No Natural Gas In Upstate? Politics The Reason To the Editor: Tom Morgan’s Letter, “Frack Bust? Or Frack Boom?” (10/10/19) cited multiple studies showing the safety and economic benefits of the shale revolution. Naturally, it drew the usual flurry of naysayers. P. Jay Fliesher, Ph.D., worried about shallow Marcellus formations in the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania. As a geologist, he should know most Catskill shale is “cooked” and therefore out of play. The well depths of Northeast Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna and Bradford counties average about 7,000 feet. They’re doing just fine. Chip Northrup’s letter credits his “Ain’t No Gas Here, Guv!” tour in the late fall of 2014 as influential in Cuomo’s decision to ban gas in New

York. Maybe … but probably not. More likely was Zephyr Teachout’s 37 percent showing in the Democrat primary, the consideration that Upstate New York was not his constituency, and Cuomo’s need to move left to satisfy his NYC base. However, the anti-gas tour’s theme – New York gas has little value so why drill? – deserves scrutiny. Tour member Jerry Acton forecast gas productivity in New York using depth and thickness of formation data coupled with initial production numbers from 1,700 Marcellus wells along the PA/NY border. From this, he deduced New York’s Broome and Chenango counties would be productive but little gas of value elsewhere. Unfortunately, Mr. Acton

had to use limited NYS data. More important, there was very little data on production from Pennsylvania’s Utica shale because there was virtually no drilling in that formation prior to 2014. (See EIA Monthly Dry Shale Gas Production, Oct.17, 2019.) The Utica, a deep shale formation, now accounts for about a quarter of the Appalachian Region’s output. It was the primary formation targeted by drillers in Otsego County. So, while Mr. Acton’s data confirms Marcellus productivity in Broome and Chenango counties, it is silent on the true total potential of gas in New York. Tour member Lou Allstadt used the industry’s flight from New York as an indicator that the state’s gas drilling Please See DOWNEY, A6

Want Franchise Food? Move To Texas, Not Cooperstown To the Editor: We didn’t move to Cooperstown from Texas to avail ourselves of a Dunkin’ Donut. If we wanted to live in a place with a plethora of fast food restaurants, we could have just stayed in Texas. Lots to choose from, many conveniently located between a gun store (guilty) and a tattoo shop (not guilty). We moved to Cooperstown because it’s a historic village. Keeping the built environment hysterically historic is hard

to overdo. If you don’t understand that, check out Venice, Santa Fe, Nantucket or the Cotswolds. People go there because those places are and will remain authentically historic. People live there because they know that they aren’t likely to be infested with fast food franchises any century soon. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown

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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

During the last week, the first experiment was made on the waters of the Grand Canal. The “Chief Engineer” an “elegant boat for passengers, built by a company of enterprising gentlemen at Rome, has just been completed for the purpose of the first trial. It is neatly finished and has two commodious cabins. On Thursday last about thirty gentlemen of Rome, took passage for Utica. This number was greatly increased on the way. They had a fine band of music, and the banks of the canal were crowded with people from the adjacent villages, who testified by every proper demonstration, their unfeigned joy at the sight of the first boat to float upon its waters. November 1, 1819

175 YEARS AGO

Boarding School for Young Ladies – The Third Quarter of the Misses Foote’s School, will commence on Thursday, November 21st. Instruction is given in all the English Branches, and Mathematics; in Latin and French; in Music, Drawing, Oil Painting, &c. The number of Pupils is limited, and the entire attention of the Teachers is devoted to their intellectual, moral and physical improvement. A portion of every day is passed in the Family Circle, when, and at all other times, particular attention is paid to the manners of the Young Ladies. Circulars containing Terms, &c. will be sent to those who desire it, and references given to several gentlemen of Cooperstown, and to Rev. Theodore Spencer of Utica; also to the patrons of the school, among whom are Hon. Philo Gridley, Circuit Judge; Hon. Thomas Hubbard; Henry White, Esq.; B.B. Landing, Cashier of the Oneida Bank, of Utica; Gen James R. Lawrence, of Syracuse; Hon. Sidney Breese, U.S. Senator, Illinois. Cooperstown, October 29, 1844. November 4, 1844

150 YEARS AGO

The Cooperstown Railroad moved 17 carloads of freight on Monday last, out and in trips. There is now freight enough here and along the line, waiting shipment, to fill 70 cars, mostly hops, butter and cheese. It costs $4.50 to advertise a farm, or anything else, to the extent of a square, three months in the Journal, or a dollar for a single insertion. The postage on a single batch of circulars, to the number of our weekly issue, would be $48, to say nothing of the expense of printing and directing them. And, almost everybody reads the advertisements. It is the cheapest way of making your wishes known, if you have anything to sell, or if there is anything you wish to buy. November 5, 1869

25 YEARS AGO

Town of Otsego disapproved the liquor propositions to the tune of about two to one on three amendments, and by a smaller majority of the question regarding the sale of liquor by pharmacists on prescription. It is interesting to note that the majority was smaller than when the town was first voted dry. November 5, 1919

75 YEARS AGO

Saturday night, President Roosevelt outlined for America a sixty-million-job post-war program and said he was giving Republican orators a chance to say “Me too.” “America must remain the land of high wages and efficient production. Every full-time job in America must provide enough for a decent living,” he told a 110,000 midwesterners crammed into Chicago’s Soldier Field on the shore of Lake Michigan. The crowd yelled lustily when Mr. Roosevelt declared men and women in the armed forces are coming back “to the best possible place on the face of November 8, 1994 the earth – to a place where all persons, regardless of race, color, creed or place of birth can live in peace, honor and human dignity – free to speak and pray as they wish – free Local: A number of persons living in this village will lose from want and free from fear.” November 1, 1944 their vote this fall on account of having recently moved from one election district into another. The law needs amending, for no honest voter should be thus disenfranchised. Congressman Samuel S. Stratton last week received Mr. Alfred C. Clark and family arrived in New York the Shevchenko Freedom Award from the Tenth Annual from Europe last week. Mr. Edward S. Clark came to Congress of Americans of Ukrainian descent in recognition Cooperstown on Friday, and is at his “Fenimore” residence. of his “loyal support of Americans of Ukrainian descent, A survey is about to be made by the Fort Plain and and for his distinguished and dedicated service to the cause Richfield Springs Railroad interest, of a route from Spring- of Ukraine’s freedom.” Stratton was one of the co-sponsors field Center to Cooperstown, the line to run some distance of legislation creating a “Captive Nations Week” in 1959, back from the Lake shore. and has long been a supporter of legislation for the estabThe Village Hall in Fireman’s Building, with its new lishment of a Special Captive Nations Committee in the scenery, is to be formally opened on the evening of NoHouse of Representatives. The award is named after famed vember 10 by the Neil Burgess Company when they will Ukrainian poet laureate and national hero Tara Shevchenko, present the famous play “A Trip to the City.” whose statue stands in Washington, D.C. November 1, 1894 November 5, 1969

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The long-established Republican majority in the Town of Otsego again swept into office on Tuesday with the same ticket which it has offered the voters for the past several years. On top of that, Allen J. Bloomfield of Richfield Springs, defeated Mrs. Luella B. Clarke of Oneonta, the Democratic candidate by approximately a 2,000 vote majority. The race was of interest because of the fact that it was the first time a woman had been proposed for a general office in the county. At the same time the voters of the

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or several decades our nation’s environmental policies have, for the most part, been driven by emotion or what “seemed,” according to popular opinion, to be the “right” thing to do. As a result, many of those policies lacked a scientific basis and the unintended consequences are, like lost chickens, coming home to roost. New York State’s ban on fracking may well be such an example. There are some in the environmental community who use natural gas to cook or heat their homes, yet they demand that gas not come from fracked MIKE wells in Pennsylvania. Let’s take a closer look at what that ZAGATA means to the release of carbon and the impact on climate change. The gas they demand comes largely from the Gulf of Mexico, about 1,200 miles to the south of New York. It is transported from the Gulf of Mexico to New York via pipeline at about 800 psi (pounds per square inch) of pressure. To maintain that pressure inside the pipe the gas must be run through large reciprocating engines or turbines that compress it. This gas compression is done about every 40 miles along the pipeline at compressor stations and, guess what, natural gas is the fuel that powers the engines or turbines used

to compress the gas to increase the pressure in the pipe. • In other words, not all the gas that enters the pipeline from the wells in the Gulf of Mexico arrives at the other end of the pipeline – much of it is burned as fuel to maintain the pressure inside the pipe and move the gas along the pipeline. To maintain the pressure along the 1,200 miles the gas is being moved, it takes about 30 compressor stations. To move the gas from Pennsylvania to New York, a distance of about 80 miles, it would take two. Therefore, if we divide 30 by 2, we can quickly see that it takes about 15 times more gas for fuel to power the engines/turbines to move the gas in the pipeline from the Gulf of Mexico than it would take to move it from Pennsylvania to New York. The people who oppose using the fracked gas from Pennsylvania are contributing to the 15-fold increase of released carbon by demanding we burn more gas than necessary to transport the gas they are using and thus are driving climate change. How’s that for irony? • Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest utility, has announced it is Please See ZAGATA, A6

Andrew Lovitt, a Rotary exchange student from Tasmania in 1965-1966, is back in Otsego County this week visiting members of some of the 11 families he stayed with 44 years ago. One of those families was Judy Steiner’s in Otego, her residence at that time. Lovitt, who is an operations manager for the Hertz Corporation in Tasmania, spoke to the Cooperstown Rotary Club on Tuesday. October 30, 2009

WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT

Coming Home To Roost

10 YEARS AGO

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his column is titled, “We are all in this together,” but it doesn’t always appear to be so. The U.S. economy is the world’s largest – our GDP will exceed $21 trillion in 2019. Our GDP represents 20 percent of total global output, is larger than China’s GDP, and is projected to grow 2.5 percent in 2019. Our GDP per person is seven times the world average while we have 1/20th of the population. We are the richest nation on earth, and you’d think we would all be doing well. But – according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – we have the second LARRY highest poverty rate of the OECD BENNETT nations and the worst income inequality rate. How can this be? • In 1960, an average American couple with two kids lived on a single income. With saving and planning they bought a modest home. Unless they were big city residents they owned a serviceable automobile. They saved for their kids’ educations. While it is true that many African Americans, Native Americans, and others were often excluded from these opportunities, it was still the case for many Americans. Early 1960s corporate-CEO-to-employee pay ratio was an average of 20:1. In 2018

it was almost 300:1. Since 2006, corporate profits grew 30 percent while household income grew only 4 percent. According to one Federal Reserve Bank study, the share of the national income that workers receive has fallen to its lowest level since World War II, even as worker productivity has gone up six-fold. Workers fuel the success of the companies but executives reap the rewards at increasing levels of inequality. This money grab deprives company workers of a fair share in what they help create. • What does this mean in Otsego and Delaware counties? We are a microcosm of the nation: What we see here is happening everywhere. At least one Fortune 500 company operates here; in fact, Walmart has been #1 on the Fortune 500 list for six years running. Their CEO was paid $22.8 million in 2018. That’s 1,188 times the $19,177 median wage of employees. In just two hours of one week he made more than those employees made in a year. An average Walmart has 280 employees who are paid around $20,000 each. With a payroll of $5.6 million a store typically brings in around $46.7 million in revenues. The majority of these Walmart Please See BENNETT, A6

ISSUE & DEBATE: Do Lofts On Dietz Eliminate Too Much Parking? Editor’s Note: Following a sometimes heated Oneonta Planning Commission public hearing Wednesday, Oct. 16, which focused on whether the Lofts on Dietz, 66 proposed units of artists’ lofts and housing, will use too much of the Dietz Street parking lot, this exchange appeared on Facebook earlier this week: ►from ALAN CLEINMAN, president, Cleinman Performance Partners, Oneonta

Fellow citizens of Oneonta: I feel compelled to challenge the notion that the need for parking on Dietz Street should be the reason to stop the progressive Art Space project. Oneonta needs these types of projects to provide economic anchoring in an era of retail

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disruption. We cannot hope to compete by attracting retail without developments that encourage residing in our downtown. It’s that simple. We are blessed to have acres of parking adjacent to our downtown. Having spent my life traveling, I know first-hand that the majority of communities are not so blessed. But to fail to develop our downtown for fear of the loss of parking is, in a word, ludicrous. Parking is not now a problem nor will it likely be if the

The proposed Lofts On Dietz, 66 units of housing and artists’ lofts, would use part of the Dietz Street parking lot, causing debate in Oneonta.

Art Space project is built. That said, if parking does become a problem, we have the land (remaining Dietz Street lot) to build another downtown garage. Four or more stories of new downtown parking is not only possible, but is the antidote to all parking concerns. In the same space that currently houses 100 spaces, we could have 400-600. Let’s support this important project and not stand in the way of progress, especially when the solution to the loss of parking can so readily be resolved. ►From JODY SHULER In my town I hear this all the time. We can’t attract new businesses without parking spaces. They want street parking for people who are too lazy

to walk. Yet we currently have business owners and employees taking the street parking now. Parking is always an issue in a metropolitan area. Just build the retail and residential spaces. The parking will sort itself out. Make the area so desirable that people will want to come and do what’s necessary to get there!! ►From MARK DRNEK

With all respect, I agree that this is potentially an important project – and one for which I could normally be counted upon to champion – but I disagree that the issue of its impact on parking is less important. The positive effect of the building and its projected tenancy on downtown is one that Please See LOFTS, A6

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Heather Noelle Stalter, 42; Survivors Include Sheriff’s Deputy Husband COOPERSTOWN – Heather Noelle Stalter, 42, wife of Sheriff’s Deputy Michael J. Stalter, died Sunday, Oct. 13, at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany, following complication after emergency surgery. Heather was born on Oct. 23, 1976, in Cooperstown, to MaryLou Boughton. She was raised on Long Island, later moving back to Cooperstown to be with

her family, most notably her grandmother, for whom she had a great attachment and affection. Heather made her way as a bartender in local Cooperstown establishments as well as an insurance salesperson and, later, a victim rights consoler. She received her associate’s degree in Social Science from Herkimer Community College in 2010.

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Heather was always quick to help local charity events, volunteering her time and making one of her always delicious meals to pass. She was passionate about animals, always being able to find what she called their itchy, scratchy spot, which caused a leg to dance or just a look of pure enjoyment. She was a founding member of what she called the Jurassic Park Club with her nephew Parker Sitterly. This consisted of them both

curling up on the couch dressed in Jurassic Park merchandise and watching Jurassic Heather Park movies. Stalter Heather was a kind and gentle soul always giving to others without a second thought. Heather is survived by her husband Michael J.

Stalter; her son, Shane M. Hansen and his fiancée Brie Senke; her daughter, Jenna L. Stalter; mother MaryLou Boughton; in-laws Gary and Sharon Stalter; brother ASA Boughton, his wife Betty and their children Abby and Lorna; sisters Tara Boughton and her children, Ava, Hazel and Alice; sister Kelly Snyder, her husband Dan and their children Parker, Cody and Colin; sister Shannon Piccoli, her husband Mark with their

children Aria and Zoe; her aunt Rebecca Sciallo, her husband Ralph and their son Malachi. A memorial service was held Sunday, Oct. 20 at the Cooperstown Fire Department. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made the American Red Cross. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.

RICHFIELD SPRINGS Robert William “Woody” Woodrow Jr., 82, an Army veteran and former local veterans post commander passed away peacefully Saturday morning, Oct. 12, 2019, in Folts Brook Skilled Nursing Facility, Herkimer. He had the love and support of his devoted family by his side. Woody was born on Sept. 14, 1937, in Cooperstown, son of the late Robert W. Sr. and Mildred Jackson Woodrow. He was raised in Garrattsville and was a graduate of Morris High School. He furthered his education graduating from SUNY Canton Technical. On Feb. 28, 1961, he entered the Army, where he specialized with communications monitoring. He was honorably discharged on Feb. 21, 1964, attaining the rank of Specialist 5th Class.

For many years Mr. Woodrow was a selfemployed carpenter. He later Robert became Woodrow the manager of the Richfield Springs Veterans Club. He was a member of the Shepardson, Hugick and Purcell American Legion Post # 616, Richfield Springs, where he had served as post commander. A man with a true sense of community, he was also a member and president of the Richfield Springs Lions Club, and a member of the Richfield Springs Volunteer Fire Department. In his leisure time he enjoyed playing darts, playing golf, bowling and shuffle board. He liked

to cook for dinners at the Vets Club and was also a volunteer at the Meals on Wheels program in Richfield Springs. All who knew him will never forget a kind, caring and helpful gentleman. He was always there to help while looking for nothing in return. He will be greatly missed by his many friends and family. He is survived by two sons, R. Joseph Woodrow of Richfield Springs and his significant other Theresa Hill of Little Falls, and Peter Woodrow of Richfield Springs; two daughters, Jane Smith and her husband Chance of Camden, N.C., Emily Woodrow-Thorp and her husband Nicholas of Gresham, Ore.; the mother of his four children, Margaret Ann Woodrow of Richfield Springs; his aunt, Laura Neighbor of Pulaski; six grandchildren, Kaylyn

Smith, Weston Smith, Seth Thorp, Hadyn Woodrow, Samuel Thorp and Madaline Woodrow and two nieces. Calling hours will be noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James St. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, with Pastor Allen Miller officiating. Interment with military honors accorded by the Amy will follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs. Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to the American Legion Post # 616, PO Box 686, Richfield Springs, NY 13439 or the Richfield Springs Emergency Squad. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Arrangements are entrusted to the J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home.

Robert ‘Woody’ Woodrow, 82; Army Vet, Richfield Springs VFW Post Commander

Phyllis Walrath Collins, 94; Past Girl-Scout, 4-H Leader SPRINGFIELD – Phyllis Walrath Collins, 94, active in the community as a past Girl Scout and 4-H leader, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, 2019, at home in the arms of her loving daughter Pat. She was born on Dec. 11, 1924 in Schenectady, a daughter of the late Dwight and Florence Matthews Walrath. Raised in Schenectady and Jordanville, she graduated from Van Hornesville Central School with the Class of 1942. On Oct. 30, 1944, she married Chester Collins in Blessed Sacrament Church, Springfield. They shared a loving and devoted union of 56 years until his passing on Dec. 30, 2007. For many years, she was a nurse’s aide at Bassett Hospital, retiring in 1971. Phyllis was well known in the community, having served as a past 4-H Leader and Girl Scout Leader as well as supporting all baseball games her husband umpired. She had many talents enjoying quilting, crafting, painting, sewing, baking breads and more recently making bracelets for her family and friends. She will be remembered as a sweet gentle lady who always had a smile. She was the backbone for her family always proud to support her children, grandchildren, and great-grand-

children at their school and sport activities. She will remain in their hearts and will always be cherished. Surviving are two sons and their wives, Richard and Johanna Collins of Springfield, and William and Linda Collins of Richfield Springs; three daughters and their husbands, Barbara and Patrick Wilkerson of Kittyhawk, N.C., Patricia and Allan Pullis of Springfield, Karen and Nelson Weidenbaugh of Chugiak, Alaska; one sister, Sandra Coffin and her husband Edward of Poland, 16 grandchildren, 31 great-

grandchildren, and one great-greatgrandson; a daughterin-law, Karen Phyllis Collins of Walrath Richfield Collins Springs, many nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides her parents and husband Chet, she was preceded in death by her son, Chester “Skip” Collin on Jan. 3 of this year; two brothers, James and Harold Walrath, two sisters, Emma Jean Allen , Winnie Van

Natten and a daughter-inlaw, Mary Alice Collins. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, Oct. 21 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Cherry Valley. Interment followed Springfield Center Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be made with donations to the Springfield Emergence Squad, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, or Helios Care Compassion Choices and Dignity (formerly known as Catskill Area Hospice.) Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

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Will Lost Parking Hurt Downtown? Or 66 Lofts, Apartments Help It? LOFTS/From A5 can be argued, but the stress of its imposition on the shopping district and the surrounding neighborhood is inarguable. Hundreds of spaces removed from the city’s most easily accessible, and most strategically located lot will drive shoppers to other options, and overnight parking to the already overcrowded side streets. Add the expectation that second and third floors on Main Street will have new occupancy – and with it, increased demand for parking – to the planned decrease in the parking availabilities in the reimagined parking garage, and we court disaster for our retail district and the quality of life in the side street neighborhoods of the City, especially in the Eighth Ward. With proper planning, and creative mitigation of the impact that comes with any construction, we can build new and upgrade old, to address the needs of our community as we work together for the best possible future.

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Oneonta YMCA Executive Director Frank Russo voices concern over the proposed Lofts of Dietz, which he fears would take away parking on nights and weekends, its busiest times. Seated behind him at last week’s hearing are two former Common Council colleagues, Chip Holmes and Bob Brzozowski. ►Alan Cleinman munity. Such investors and invest-

Progress cannot result from stopping investment in our com-

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ments are few and far between. Here we have investors willing

to take on huge risk and invest $million$ to deliver a very worthy project that brings both residents and visitors to our challenged downtown while helping to build our arts community, a very logical lynchpin of our economic future. The majority of resistance to this worthy project stems from the potential loss of single-level parking. This potential expense could readily be resolved by adding parking levels, moving cars up but not out! This further investment can be made IF the perceived (not proven) loss of parking spaces actually results in a parking challenge. Further, the investment can be supported by the new, sorely needed, tax dollars that the Art Space project will deliver. Every project has its benefits and costs. In this case, it doesn’t take a rocket-scientist to identify a rather simple solution to a perceived resulting “expense.” Please focus on removing obstacles to progress, not on creating them.

►MICHAEL WESOLOWSKI

Each dollar a community invests in the arts generates approximately $9 for the local community according to Americans for the Arts economic impact calculator. Parking is a matter the can be remedied by planning but before planning there needs to be a vision. ►Rich Heiland

Al, as someone with an almostmasters in urban affairs and a lot of years writing about it, I can say you hit the nail on the head. Downtowns, in a city of any size, thrive when people find reasons to live in or near them or remain in them after traditional work hours. The idea that people will not walk a couple of blocks to something they want is false. Most people who go to a mall or a Walmart actually park further from the store than they would downtown. They do not realize it because of “line of sight.” As for me, never have I driven through a town and said, “What a cool parking lot! Let’s stop!” I hope you prevail.

ZAGATA: Overregulated PG&E Pushed To Brink

ZAGATA/From A5 cutting off power to about 1.5 million To the Editor: commonsense answers, and Californians. How can that be, and what drove them to do that? Residents of Oneonta’s most importantly, set aside We’ve all read about California’s Sixth Ward are fortunate to his personal agenda to faithcatastrophic wildfires, but how many have Scott Harrington as fully represent the people of us understand what triggered a candidate for Common who elect him. them? It was a combination of things, Council. He is a potentially including population growth and home Scott grew up in the Sixth powerful new voice in construction being allowed in a fireWard. He knows our history Oneonta city government. and concerns because he has Let’s give him that chance! dominated ecosystem. However, experienced them first hand. Scott Harrington is right good intentions may have been the He has that genuine Sixth for the Sixth Ward and right primary cause. Every time the U.S. Forest Service, Ward spirit that can’t be faked. for Oneonta. He’s willing to reach ELLEN FALIN the state’s Forest Management Agency across party lines, look for Oneonta of PG&E, attempted to manage the forest and brush by reducing the fuel load, they were sued by a well-inten►SEND POLITICAL LETTERS TO INFO@ ALLOTSEGO.COM tioned advocacy group. That too went on for decades allowing the accumu-

lated fuel of dead and dying wood to build up. When fire came, and that was certain to happen, it came with a vengeance. Entire communities were consumed. As a result, PG&E was sued as a spark from one of its electric transmission lines may have ignited one of the fires. The groups that sued PG&E to keep the company from removing that fuel were, however, not held to be responsible. That may change going forward. A year has passed and we’re now into another fire season. To avoid being held culpable for any fires this year, PG&E made a pre-emptive move. They cut off power to about 1.5 million customers. The lack of

science-based forest management policy has indeed come home to roost for those affected Californians. For New York to fulfill its rush toward renewable energy sources, including solar and wind, it must think about how to avoid having the “chickens” come home to roost. The “chickens” will be the expanded electric transmission lines that will be needed to move the electricity generated by all the new wind and solar farms. What new unintended consequences will we be asked to face as a result? Mike Zagata, DEC commissioner in the Pataki Administration and a former environmental executive for Fortune 500 companies, lives in West Davenport.

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BENNETT/From A5 revenues leave our area and go to Walmart’s corporate coffers: to highly compensated executives, to pay dividends to stock holders and Walton family members, and to support a $500 million private art collection and museum. This flood of money makes the Walton family the richest in America, with assets of over $160 billion in 2018. Yet the average Walmart employee makes around $20,000 per year. The corporate starting wage is $11 per

hour. Fifty percent of employees are approved only to work part-time, which curtails benefits and opportunities for raises and advancement. Employees are cheap to hire and fire. They are intentionally disposable. It is also known that a significant number of Walmart employees depend on food stamps to feed their families. If this is how the wealthiest company in America treats its employees everywhere, including here, what model does that set for other employers? I do not mean to pillory Walmart alone. This is the model under which American

businesses currently operate. From the largest to the smallest businesses, many working people are treated poorly, and this keeps or pushes many into poverty. As a business problem, a political problem, and a social problem it is crucial to fill this vast income gap. As a nation, if we expect those who struggle to be able to escape poverty, income inequality must be addressed. Larry Bennett, retired Brewery Ommegang creative director who is active in local causes, lives in East Meredith.

DOWNEY: Politics, Not Geology, Blocked Fracking DOWNEY/From A4 as deemed unprofitable. Unprofitable? Yes, but not from a lack of natural gas. Politics killed gas development in New York. Rex Tillison, then Mobil Exxon’s CEO, requested a meeting with Governor Cuomo to discuss moratorium issues. Cuomo refused. Weeks later Exxon Mobil cancelled all its New York leases. A good move for Exxon Mobil. It had nothing to do with gas in the ground; New York was NOT “open for business.” Likewise the small operators. Some went to court; some stuck it out until their bank accounts ran dry. Mr. Allstadt characterized the completion of Gastem’s Ross #1 on Crumhorn Mountain in the Town of Maryland as unprofitable. That’s why they left , he said.

Wrong. In their conversations, discussions with landowner lawyers, annual reports and targeted sites, Gastem (and Lenape O&G) intentions were crystal clear; they wanted local gas for local use. Gastem’s limited vertical frack at Ross #1 proved there was a local supply to meet the company’s goal. Politics killed opportunity. That’s why they left. Mr. Northrup’s role in the tour was to turn a rogue’s eye view on the financial machinations of the big oil and gas companies. This didn’t have much to do with the lack of gas in New York, but Mr. Northrup has a long history of low-balling natural gas reserves, particularly in the Marcellus. Should we heed his “expert” advice? In November 2014, the gas output of the Appalachian Region (Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia

and MIA New York) was 14 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd). As of the Energy Information Agency’s Oct. 17 graphs, it has now more than doubled. This gain happened in spite of a politically limited pipeline capacity, the denial of normal markets on the East Coast and New England, and an oversupply of discounted natural gas now piped to the South and the Southeast. The “Ain’t No Gas Here, Guv!” tour had little to do with convincing Cuomo to ban gas and little to do with reality. The reality is that Upstate New York without natural gas is left swinging in the wind of expensive renewables. NYSEG rate case, anyone? Just the first of many rate hikes. DICK DOWNEY Otego

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Teaching, Coaching, Scouting Paved Henrici’s Road To Fetterman Prize HENRICI/From A1 what followed: 38 years of teaching, 32 years coaching baseball and 29 in Scouting – even to Monday, Oct. 21, when he became the 25th recipient of the Clark Sports Center’s Patrick C. Fetterman Award for service to youth. To hear him tell the story, it sounds like it was meant to be. He came to Cooperstown in the summer of 1976 from New Jersey, and opened Baseball Nostalgia, which he still runs in the Doubleday Field parking lot (with business partner Bruce Andrews, another Fetterman winner.) He went back to Bergen County that Columbus Day Weekend, and returned the following year with more permanent residency in mind. His wife Judi picked up a copy of The Freeman’s Journal and pointed out a help-wanted ad: CCS was looking for an economics and Latin teacher to succeed Mrs. Jamieson, who was retiring in 1977. “And I majored in both,” said her husband. He’d been playing baseball since second grade. When his dad took him to a Yankees-Tigers game in 1959, the Detroit team won, and won the young fan’s lifelong allegiance. He played Little League, Pony League, high school

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Fetterman honorees from more than a quarter-century gathered at the Monday, Oct. 21, luncheon in honor of this year’s winner, Pete Henrici. From left are Pat Hazzard, Bruce Andrews, Brenda Wedderspoon-Gray, Ed Hazzard, Sharky Nagelschmidt, Frank Miosek, Bob Snyder, Jerry Townsend, Jack Vineyard, Henrici, Ted Kantorowski, Dave Bliss, Ted Spencer, Brenda Jaeger, Mark Rathbun, Mike Perrino, Bud Lippitt and John Lambert.

and college ball, and in the semi-pros. His speed, he realized, prevented the outfielder from aspiring to the Majors – and a torn Achilles tendon. He explains his longevity: “I got on base a lot.” Soon he was coaching JV, and was a natural successor when varsity coach Mark Rathbun, (another Fetterman honoree), moved on in 1983. Thirty years before, high-school players would have learned more fundamentals early on from older players, the coach mused.

Henrici tried to fill that gap: When batting, keep your weight on your back foot, he advised players. Never swing on the first pitch. He moved on after a decade, when older son Mike, now the county’s Democratic election commissioner, went into T-Ball. Dad was taken down a peg or two: “You don’t have the experience to coach T-Ball,” he was told. So he underwent another apprenticeship, and ended up coaching T-Ball until second son Brian moved through the program.

By then, he had joined his boys in Scouting – the Webelos, Cubs and then Cooperstown’s Troop 1254, where he participated in four of the troop’s periodic Grand Canyon hikes, sometimes accompanied by Judi and daughter Erin. (He’s planning to participate in 2021, too.) First-time hikers are stunned by the Canyon’s vastness. He takes them to the edge and points to ant-like dots at the bottom: “That’ll be you in four days.” He approaches the

Canyon with the same attention to detail as his first Latin class: It’s desert, so the boys must have a drink every 15 minutes, and something to eat every half hour, (even though the heat suppresses their appetites.) He spent the weekend before getting the Fetterman at Troop 1254’s camping site on private land in Westford, where he helped build a 24-foot lean-to a few years ago. First you teach safe use of knives, saws and axes, then fire safety – then the boys can light a campfire.

At Monday’s ceremony, emcee Jane Forbes Clark told him she liked his tie – appropriately, signed baseballs, from the Hall of Fame gift shop. Looking around, there were a number of his former students and players in the audience: Cooperstown Bat Co. owner Tim Haney (’87) and financial adviser Scott Curtis (’79) among them. And among the waiters was a particular standout: Geoff Rudloff. “He hit four doubles in one game,” said Henrici. “No one else ever did that.”

Testimony: 5 Teens Met In Meridy’s Oneonta Apartment To Plan Robbery 5 TEENS/From A1 him with the barrel of the gun, and when he tried to wrestle the gun away, the son shot his father, once in the chest and once in the head. • “It doesn’t matter that some of them didn’t pull the trigger; they’re just as guilty.” Dylan, along with Alexander Borgreen, 16, and Anais Soto, 15, appeared in front of County Judge John Lambert on Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Cooperstown. The three are charged with second-degree murder and first-degree burglary. “The facts established that Robinson, Borgreen and Soto were in the residence at the time of the shooting,” District Attorney John Muehl told Lambert. “They all had weapons. It doesn’t matter that some of them didn’t pull the trigger; they’re just as guilty.” All three are Oneonta High School students. Robinson, 53, was shot twice with a .30-06 rifle. Soto – Muehl said she stood lookout out front during the burglary – sobbed in the courtroom, while Alex and Dylan made no outward displays of emotion. Muehl is filing the paperwork to have the three charged as adults. Two other teens, Alexis Lotterman, 16, Walton, and Tatiana Febo, 17, Downsville, were accused of burglary. “No evidence shows Lotterman was in the residence or that she even knew what the plan was,” said Muehl. Though Alexis was arraigned with the other teens, Tatiana was arrested and arraigned Tuesday, Oct. 22. Muehl alleged that she drove the getaway car to and from Robinson’s house. Both were released to the custody of their parents and will likely be charged as juveniles, said Muehl. At one point during Wednesday’s hearing, Alexis mouthed “I love you” to her family, gathered in the courtroom. Her attorney, Paul Madison, brought her a handful of tissues, and she put her head down on the table and wept. •

Soto, “D-Money” Dylan. After the planning session, Tatiana drove them to the scene, where Dylan opened the door and let Meridy and Alex in the home, Lussi testified. Soto stood watch at the door, while Alexis Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA and Tatiana waited in & The Freeman’s Journal the car, Muehl said. Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Once inside, Smith leads Nicolas Meridy according to Lussi’s into his Worcester Town account, Dylan went Court felony hearing Thursday, Oct. 17. to the bedroom where his father was sleeping alongside Dylan’s 5-year“Alexis, Ace, Alex, old half-brother, and woke Tatiana and D-Money” his father with the shotgun The night of the shooting, in hand; when a struggle ensued, the son shot his the teens gathered at 37 father twice. Fairview Ave., Apartment During a 4½-hour inter2½, Oneonta, occupied by rogation, Meridy told Lussi Nicolas Meridy, 32, to plan that Dylan struck him with the robbery, State Police the gun during the struggle, Investigator Ronald Lussi “causing the gash on his told Town Justice William forehead,” the investigator Fisher at Meridy’s hearing testified. in Worcester Town Court. Meridy had two guns on “Did Mr. Meridy tell you him, but told Lussi that, who was involved in the after the shooting, he went planning?” Muehl asked. outside and waited in the car “Alexis, Ace, Alex, Tatiana for Alex and Dylan to exit and D-Money,” said Lussi. the home. “The defendant was unable State Police Investigator to provide last names.” Lester Burton was the first “Ace” is believed to be

trooper to arrive at the scene, and found Robinson lying dead on the threshold. Robinson’s other son, 12, was asleep in his bedroom. Attorney Andy Puritz, representing Meridy, did not call any witnesses. “There is no evidence that my client entered without permission,” he said. “The deceased’s son let him into the home.” “That’s not permission for robbery,” said Muehl. “He admitted to being let into the house in order to rob it, that he had guns and during that robbery, Kenneth Robinson was killed.” Fisher sided with Muehl and transferred the case to Otsego County Court. He remanded Meridy back to the Otsego County Jail without bail. • “He told everyone he was going to kill his dad, and then he did.” The police believe that Robinson’s death was part of a botched robbery. But, when the hearing ended, his niece, Stephanie, said she thinks otherwise. “I think Dylan went in there with the intent of killing his dad,” she said.

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“He told everyone he was going to kill his dad, and then he did.” During the hearing, Stephanie had sat next to Kenneth’s girlfriend, Jennifer Ives, comforting her while she wept audibly. Both held a photo of Robinson and battery-operated candles in their laps. “Dylan stole those guns,” said Stephanie, “He knew that his dad didn’t have any

money or weed there, and he led everyone there to kill his dad.” They held the photos again outside the courthouse as Meridy was led past them and into the Sheriff’s transport van. “Kenneth was an amazing man,” said Stephanie. “But it doesn’t matter who killed him or why. He’s still gone.”

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She Died In Childbirth, Now Mother’s Soul Rests In Peace In Roseboom, Dousing Ghost-Buster’s Job Is Done Halloween presentation to the Historical Society, which occupies the ROSEBOOM former Baptist church in this hamlet. “Imagine carrying SUSAN MILLER this torment for over n the 187 graves Ghost Hunter behind the Roseboom 100 years,” said Historical Society was Miller, author of “Time the spirit of a 39-year-old woman who Between: The Hauntings of Cherry died in childbirth, ghost hunter Susan Valley,” and “Chasing Sarah,” Miller of Cherry Valley avers. described as a ghost/murder/mystery Until lately, that is. novel. “She wouldn’t move over,” Miller After pleading with the spirit, Miller reported at a Thursday, Oct. 17, prePlease See AT REST, B3 By JAMES CUMMINGS

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’is the night for tricks and treats! Stroll through downtown and show off your costume before you hit the streets to collect your sweets! In Cooperstown, the parade kicks off at 5 p.m. on Main Street. In Oneonta, 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31. • Get a head-start on the candy collecting as you trick or treat through the Historic Village. Admission free to kids, accompanying adult with donation. 1-5 p.m. Saturday, LIBBY Oct. 26, The Farmers’ CUDMORE Museum, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1450. • Hunt for spooky specters with the NY Shadow Chasers Team. Tickets, $15. 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego. (607) 988-6661. • Can you survive a trip through the scariest haunted house in the county? Admission $2, or bring an item for the teen toiletry closet. 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Oneonta Teen Center, 4 Academy Street, Oneonta. Info (607) 441-3999. • Race through the streets of Cooperstown in costume as part of 19th annual Coop Loop 5k & 10k. Prizes for scariest, funniest and best costumes! 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2800. • Avoid the cold and trick or treat indoors at Mall-O-Ween! Then stick around for a Halloween-themed Zumba dance party! Noon-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, Southside Mall, Oneonta. Info (607) 432-4401 ext. 101. • A beautiful array of carved pumpkins on display, plus treats and ghost stories by Bruce Markusen. Drop off at 1-6 p.m., Glow from 6-7 p.m. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. (607) 547-9777.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAM – 6:30 p.m. Cindy Falk presents ‘Building Relationships in Central America,’ on experiences in Costa Rica, Honduras where she led mission trips to promote intercultural exchange. Refreshments to follow. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-5470600, Ext. 102. WORD THURSDAY – 7 - 9 p.m. Reading by featured author Carmela Munisteri (Kingston, NY) who won award for prose poetry and launched The Franklin Stage Company. Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. 607-829-5055. PERFORMANCE – 7 - 10 p.m. Support Emergency Shelter program by Opportunities for Otsego while enjoy-

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Mark’ 2013) and Tom Holmes (editor of Redactions: Poetry & Poetics, author ‘The Cave’ 2013). Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta.

games, more. Oneonta Christian Academy, 158 River St., Oneonta. 607-432-0383. FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Spiderman: Far From Home.” Cost, $3/person. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. FLOAT NIGHT – 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. Families have fun floating in the pool. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-0010. PERFORMANCE – 7 p.m. Cabaret performer Barbara Brussell sings favorites from the American Song Book before continuing on to performance in Manhattan’s famed night club ‘Don’t Tell Mama.’ Admission, $20 donation/ person, all going to performers. Refreshments & desserts included. Home of Tom Morgan & Erna M. McReynolds. 1077 Otego Rd, Franklin. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 4 FROM Pg. 2

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Diner Face-Down Dead In Salad – Next Week, He Comes Back! FLUSHING/From B1 (Editor’s Note: At that moment in the tour, sure enough, the toilet flushed. Dennis, a former account executive for this newspaper, would have known the reporter and photographer. Spooky!) “He never locked his door,” said Beulow. “So now, housekeeping or a guest will lock the door behind them and come back to find it unlocked.” He’s not the only ghost in the famed hotel. “When we bought it 11 years ago, there were always stories about it,” said Beulow. “We’ve had at least three sets of paranormal investigators come through.” The innkeeper was personally aware of the hauntings when he bought the hotel, having already stayed in Room 307, known as “The Ghost Room.” He was working at the former Worcester Creameries, “and there was a big snowstorm,” he said. “I was living in Amsterdam at the time, and didn’t want to drive home, so I went across the street to the Worcester Inn.”

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He got the key to 307, but when he went to open the door, he heard guests inside. “There was music and people talking and laughing,” he said. “So I decided I was going to crash the party.”

But when he opened the door, no one was there. “In the middle of the night, I woke up and my bed was shaking really hard,” he said. “In the morning, it had been moved 6 inches. You could see the

marks in the carpet.” He and his wife, Lurline, heard the patter of children’s feet on the second floor when there were no children among the guests. McAdams reported seeing Mrs. Helen Weiting, who built the theater that bears the family name across the street, walking down the third-floor hallway in a long black Victorian gown. “By by the time she got to the end of the hallway, she vanished,” she said. “But she’s very nice; I always say hi to her.” Other spirits make their presence known in more mischievious ways. “One night, one of the waitresses was making a drink at the bar in the dining room, and one of the wine glasses flew over her head and into the sink,” said Beulow. Another time, a group of paranormal investigators set up their cameras outside of the unoccupied Room 218, only to see a man with a skeleton horse head open the door, look around and then close the door. “He repeated it five or

six times,” he said. “But when we took the footage to show our friends, it wouldn’t play again.” And Enright isn’t the only newcomer to the Worcester Inn’s spiritual side. “We had a customer a few years ago named Tom who would come in three times a week,” said Beulow. “He always had a beer, then a salad and then he would order his meal. “But when the waitress came back out to take his order, he was face-down dead in his salad.” On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Inn held a ghost-themed dinner, where Beulow presented the history of the hotel hauntings. Tina Breslau, who works with the Institute for Spiritual Development in Oneonta, did a reading, trying to summon forth the Inn’s spirits. “She turned to me and said, ‘Jim, Dennis wants you to know he still thinks of you as his brother’,” said Beulow. “And he wants you to know that Tom is here and that he’s fine.”

Cemetery Association Continues To Seek Answers To Roseboom Graveyard Mysteries AT REST/From B1 was able to convince her to leave, affirming that the cemetery is now “clean.” Contracted by the Historical Society to map the graveyard, the speaker described her use of dowsing, a skill also used in determining where to dig wells, in her work. Locating gravesites through dowsing requires intuition, she said, and the assistance of a pendulum and metal rods. Once a body has been located, Miller seeks to communicate directly with the spirit to determine factors such as gender,

age, and cause of death. When the Roseboom Historical Association reached out to Miller, she approached the Historical Society project with enthusiasm. “I grew up seeing ghosts,” said the woman, who has been dowsing since 1971. Although involved with an ongoing project at Cherry Valley Cemetery, Miller began working in early October on the Roseboom plot with friend and fellow dowser Linda Leckenbusch. It wasn’t long before they mapped out the area, using flags to mark each individual.

“We were surprised by the number of bodies in the plot,” said Leckenbusch, who has been dowsing for about a year. Now that she’s finished the Roseboom plot, Miller is refocusing on the Cherry Valley Cemetery and anticipates similar projects in the future. When asked about the project, attendee John Webb, Cemetery Association of Roseboom president, said, “It raised a lot of questions.” Those questions include who exactly is buried there, whether an epidemic – yellow fever, perhaps – had added to the census, he said.

“It’s something we will pursue as an association,” he said. That task may prove difficult, however, because the plot served as a potter’s field – a burial site for paupers – as early as the 1820s. Most of the people buried there would have been tenant farmers, too poor to afford funeral services and, thus, placed in unmarked graves. “It’s our responsibility to mark the spot,” says Webb. He hopes to work directly with the Historical Association to facilitate the installation of a grave marker for the deceased.

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THURSDAY, October 24, 2019 Performance of “Manon,” by Massenet, streaming live from Metropolitan Opera House. Cost, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080. WORKSHOP – 1 - 3 p.m. Learn to write songs, present before an audience. 11/2. Cost, $15/class. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550. WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4321980. JAM CLASS – 2 - 4 p.m. Beginning instrumentalists learn major, minor chords then learn a song and perform together. Broadly ‘Folk Music.’ 6 classes, Saturday thru 11/30, $120/person. Community Arts Network of

Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-4322070. SPAGHETTI DINNER – 5 8 p.m. Enjoy spaghetti, meatballs, bread, salad, dessert, beverages to support Oneonta Scout Troop 23. Tickets, $5/person. St. Mary’s Parish Center, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. BENEFIT AUCTION – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Enjoy dinner, silent auction, live entertainment, more to celebrate 2019 EDD All-Star Athletes and fundraise to support adaptive sports programs in NY & VT. Oneonta Elks Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta. FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Spiderman: Far From Home.” See Friday Listing. DOUBLE BILL – 7 p.m. The Season Finale presents contemporary instrumental fusion Ben Cosgrove and World/Jazz Fusion Globetrot-

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►Sunday, October 27 FENCING – 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Oneonta fencing club hosts tournament. Come participate or watch. Foil at 9 a.m., Epee at Noon. Sabre at 3 p.m. Chase Back Gym, SUNY Oneonta. BALLET – 12:55 p.m. Direct from Moscow, showing of Bolshoi Ballet production of “Raymonda.” Cost, $20/ adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607431-2080. HIKE – 1 - 4:30 p.m. Walk through woods, stop by mud lake, spectacular 30' waterfall. Learn stories about the property before it was a state park with guide Steve Riddell. Bring water, snack, or light lunch. Meet at Pine Lake Campus, 1894 Charlotte Creek Rd., Oneonta. 607-2824087. FILM – 1 & 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Spiderman: Far From Home.” See Friday Listing. AUDITIONS – 7 p.m. Audition for role in comedic play “Harvey.” See Friday Listing. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Theatrical performance “Gruesome Playground Injuries.” See Friday Listing.

►Monday, October 28 POP UP SHOP – 5 - 7 p.m. Find various works in fiber including knit, woven, crochet items by Jill Reed. Autumn Cafe, 244 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-6845. COMEDY – 9 p.m. Performance by Kelly Kellz. Waterfront Room, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.

►Tuesday, October 29 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – 10:30 a.m. Mohawk Valley Economic Development District holds meeting where residents may provide input. RSVP appreciated. Otsego NOW, 5th floor conference room, 189 Main St., Oneonta. 315-866-4671. KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Work on current projects & hang out with the Knit-Witts. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344. HEALTHY COOKING – 4 - 6 p.m. Neida Suto discusses healthy cooking. Get some new recipes, learn food prep techniques, sample some healthy food. Harris Memorial Library, 607-988-6661. BOARD GAMES – 6 - 8 p.m. Night of fun board & party games with Serenity Hobbies. Ages 16+ welcome. Huntington Memorial Library, 61 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980. MEMORIAL CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy musical program entitled ‘Soiree Cinema’ presented by Tina Toglia featuring music composed or adapted for French movies. Includes works by Couperin, Debussy, Poulenc, others. Free, open to public. Room 201, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607-4363419.

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OPEN HOUSE – 4 - 6 p.m. Tour the home, meet the staff, learn about services, then enjoy performance by Jack Cooper on the banjo. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-0600, ext. 101. NAVY CONCERT – 7 p.m. Enjoy the best of big band jazz performed by the U.S. Navy Band Commodores jazz ensemble. Free, open to public. Auditorium, Unadilla Valley Central School, 4238 NY-8, New Berlin. 607-847-7500.

►Thursday, Oct. 31 TECH SHOWCASE – 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. SUNY IT departments showcase their 6 respective technologies, answer questions, host breakout sessions every half hour to highlight technology specific to each department. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta.

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CENTRALIZED/From A1 said Kuch. “Now, justices and public defenders take slots, so there’s always someone available.” Officially known as Centralized Arraignment Parts, (CAP) was signed into law by Governor Cuomo in 2016, but was just implemented locally Oct. 1, with the construction of the Centralized Courtroom in the jail lobby.

“Prior to the opening of the CAP, the Otsego County Public Defender’s Office lacked the resources to staff arraignments which were conducted 24 hours a day, seven days a week, across a county that is more than 1,000 square miles with 26 different local criminal courts,” said Lucian Chalfen, the state Unified Court Systems’ director of public information.

“With all arraignments now taking place in one location the county Public Defender’s Office, supplemented by the county Assigned Counsel Plan, we are able to staff all arraignments, without the need for the county to spend a significant additional amount of money on additional attorneys.” According to attorney Mike Trosset, the county’s

recently appointed public defender, the arrangement assures that defendants now have an attorney present for their now-centralized arraignments in town court. “Having an attorney helps with input on appropriate bail or detention,” said Trosset. “A year ago, you could be arraigned without an attorney present. Now, they’re right there when someone is arrested. It’s

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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. 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.

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better for the defendant.” Said Sheriff Richard J. Trosset said the Public Devlin Jr., “I don’t think Defender’s Office has hired it’s an Upstate problem. additional staff, raising We didn’t have this issue” staffing to eight lawyers, – poor representation at five fulltime and three partinitial arraignment – “in time for family and criminal Otsego County.” courts. Town justices and public defenders sign up for shifts and are on call. “I may get a call at 2 a.m., but do an arraignment for someone arrested in Pittsfield,” said Repeat offenders will see a lot Kuch. more of the county jail: They Following the will be arraigned in the lobby, arraignment, the and perhaps kept overnight in paperwork then a holding area. is filed on site and sent by email and postal He did say that it has mail to the court in the town helped get patrol officers where the defendant was back on the road, as they arrested, and additional are no longer having to court dates are held there. wait with a defendant “I’ve done one night, but while a judge and an I think it’s working very attorney are located. But well,” he said. a corrections officer is Among those recently pulled from the jail, making arraigned at the centralized staffing there temporarily court was Nicolas Meridy, short-handed. 32, accused in the burglary The Sheriff’s Department and murder of Kenneth also has holding cells, Robinson, 53, Worcester. which most jurisdictions Meridy was arraigned did not, for defendants on Friday, Oct. 11, in the until their lawyer arrives. jail lobby, then his felony The holding cells were hearing was Thursday, Oct. built last year where the 17 in Worcester town court. 911 dispatch center used But not everyone is on to be. board with the process. Phase II of the plan, “It doesn’t work well,” which will start after Jan. said District Attorney John 1, 2020, will schedule two Muehl. “You have to wake arraignment periods every up whoever is on duty and day, 6-8 a.m. and 6-8 p.m., they have to drive there, with defendants being there’s no clerk, so they kept in the holding cell have to log into the system pending the scheduled and do all the paperwork proceedings. For instance, themselves. Now it takes someone apprehended at two hours to arraign 9 p.m. would be held someone.” overnight until 6 a.m.

Party Expects Buttermann To Seek 121st Seat Again ASSEMBLY/From A1 trustee who was Buttermann’s treasurer last time around. “That’s what he told me.” Buttermann didn’t return calls, but MacGuire Benton, the county Democrat committee’s co-vicechairman, said he also expects Buttermann to run next year. “He’s out and about,” Benton said. Among other things, he said, the Buttermann for Assembly Facebook page is still active; it was updated as recently as Oct. 17. Currently, Mosher, who made the announcement Sunday, Oct. 20, serves as the board chairman of the Madison County Cooperative Extension, board member of the state Vegetable Growers’ Association, and as a member of the National Barley Improvement Committee. His family’s Mosher Farms has been operating for over a century. The candidate said he’s running because one in five rural New Yorkers still lack broadband, rural healthcare is often inaccessible and unaffordable, Upstate schools are underfunded, childcare is inadequate, and long-term care “remains a privilege.” For his part, Salka, who led the Pulmonary Department at Hamilton’s Community Memorial Hospital, said, “I know Corey. He’s a good man, a good family man and a good farmer.” But, he added, “I’m focused right now on so many issues in the district. That’s the focus of my energies now. I’m not thinking about elections right now.” Otsego County Republican chairman, Vince Casale, characterized Mosher’s announcement as premature. “Anyone who would announce a 2020 campaign two weeks before local

Democratic insiders say Oneonta’s Dan Buttermann plans to run for the 121st Assembly seat, this time against a Republican, freshman John Salka of Brookfield.

elections … is completely out of touch,” he said. “I’m confident the people of the 121st District will stick with someone who cares about the people. Albany has enough narcissists.” Otsego County is divided into four Assembly districts: the 121st (represented by Salka), the 122nd (Clifford Crouch, R-Bainbridge), the 101st (Brian Miller, R-New Hartford) and the 102nd (Chris Tague, R-Schoharie). But the 121st covers the bulk of the county, including Cooperstown and Oneonta. When Democrat Chad McEvoy of Westford ran against Miller last year, one of his planks was to abolish the spaghetti-like district, which winds narrowly through Central New York from Utica to Orange County. Benton said he’s met Mosher, whom he said “seems like a pleasant person.” “As an individual,” he continued, “I feel inclined to support my own county’s candidate,” but he added, “official policy, as far as I know, is that the county committee doesn’t endorse in primaries. “ Buttermann, who works at NYCM in Edmeston, lives in Oneonta and serves on the city’s school board. He and his wife Ana Laura Gonzalez, a Hartwick College professor, have three daughters.

THURSDAY, October 24, 2019

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IN MEMORIAM Maria K. Devlin, 82; Co-Owned Main Street’s Golden Rooster Gift Shop ONEONTA – Maria Barbara (Krause) Devlin, 82, who co-owned the Golden Rooster gift shop on Main Street while her husband taught at SUNY Oneonta, passed away Oct. 19, 2019, at Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital from complication of lymphoma. She recently resided in North Andover, Mass., and

Venice, Fla. She was born to Otto and Martha Krause in 1937 in Breslau, a German city lost to Poland after World War II. When the Russian army moved into Breslau, her mother fled with Maria and her younger brother. They narrowly escaped death in one instance by her mother’s ability to speak Polish with sufficient

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fluency to convince a Russian soldier that the family was not German. The Krauses were reunited after the war in the village of Stockach, Germany. Once she had made her Abitur – college prep courses in Germany – Maria sought to improve her English by establishing correspondence with an American student. This turned out to be Jim Devlin, of Brighton, Mass., who was then a student at Harvard. Their correspondence led to their meeting and to a nearly 50-year marriage that ended with Jim’s death in 2011. Upon Jim’s completion

of military service, Maria, Jim and their two young boys moved to Oneonta, where Jim had taken a teaching Maria Devlin position in SUNY Oneonta’s English Department. The family settled in the City of the Hills, where their sons attended public schools. Maria co-owned the Golden Rooster with her close friend Patricia Devine. After Jim’s retirement from the college, Jim and

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She acted and sang in plays and musicals in and around Oneonta. She is survived by her son, Dr. Peter Devlin of North Andover, and his wife, Dr. Arlene Curran, her son attorney Christopher Devlin of Portland, Maine, and his wife Julia Sheridan, also an attorney, and by five grandchildren, Margaret and Catherine Devlin and Nicholas, Timothy and Claire Devlin. A funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26,at St. Michael’s Church in North Andover, followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Mass.

Edward C. Stalter Sr; 94, Teamster Lived In Maryland

MARYLAND - Edward C. “Nick” Stalter Sr., 94, formerly of Maryland, passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday morning, Oct. 20, 2019. He was born on Feb 2, 1925, in Doodletown. He proudly served in the United States Navy on the LST 294 during World War II. Ed was a Teamster for 44 years as a driver for Linden Motor Freight. He married the love of his life, Marie, in Newark, New Jersey. They had two boys, Edward Jr. and Ronald. Ed cherished his family above

all else. He was a kind and generous man. He’d give the shirt off his own back to anyone in need. He always had a smile on his face. He loved to fish on his boat, the Lost Laker, watch the Yankees play ball, spend his mornings at Dunkin’ Donuts and his Wednesday nights at the Elks Lodge. He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Susan; grandchildren, Evan, Kate and Sarah; and his greatgrandchildren, Sophia, Olivia, Nicholas, Luciano and Lucas. He also leaves behind many special nieces,

nephews, cousins and friends. Family, friends and others whose life was Edward touched Stalter Sr. by Ed are invited to say goodbye from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, 14 Grand St., Oneonta. A prayer service will follow immediately at 5 p.m. Entombment will

take place in Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, North Arlington, New Jersey, Friday, Oct. 25, at the convenience of the family. The family will hold a final service at Holy Cross Mausoleum at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, with a repast to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ed’s memory are asked to be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Alexander J. Glass, Ph.D., 86, an Otsego County native, peacefully passed away on Oct. 18, 2019, at his home in Alameda. He grew up in Otsego County and graduated from Milford High School in 1950. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated in 1954. He then attended Yale University, where he received a master’s and doctorate in physics. He also served as a captain in the U.S. Army based at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Alex held numerous leadership roles, such as the chairmanship of the electrical engineering department at Wayne State

University in Detroit, and many director-level positions at Lawrence Livermore Lab in California. In 1981, Alex began his six-year tenure as chief executive officer of KMS Fusion in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He returned to California in 1987, and led the Bay Area Regional Technical Alliance. Prior to his retirement, he was chief operating officer at KineMed Inc., a biomedical diagnostics firm. Alex and his first wife, the former Joanna McClelland, had three children, Jennifer Glass (Harlan), Mavis Prall Cohen (Joel) and Lawrence Glass (Mary League). He married his wife, Judith Anderson Glass, in 1977 and became stepfather

to her daughters, Emily Allbritten (George) and Mary Adam Thomas (Kevin). Together, Alex and Alexander Glass Judith have nine grandchildren. Alex had an encyclopedic knowledge of theater, baseball, history, literature and other topics. He and Judith traveled extensively. They lived in London in the early 2000s while Alex served as a civilian employee for the U.S. Air Force in the European Office of Aerospace

Research and Development. Alex was predeceased by his parents, Lawrence and Anna Glass; his sister, Pauline Bodden; and his daughter, Jennifer. He is survived by his wife; four of his children; his grandchildren; his sister, Naomi Glass of Washington, D.C.; cousin, Miriam Vedder of Laurens; and several nieces and nephews. Donations to honor Alex’s memory may be made to the Lawrence and Anna Glass Memorial Scholarship, Hartwick College, P.O. Box 4022, Oneonta, NY 13820, or by going online at www. hartwick.edu/giving/scholarships-and-funded-awards/. Arrangements are entrusted to the Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.

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Maria divided their time between Venice, Fla., and Kennebunk, Maine, and traveled extensively. Maria moved to North Andover following Jim’s death to be nearer family. Maria’s life was centered in art and music. She loved language and was fluent in English, German and, earlier in her life, French. She was widely familiar with European music from the 18th through 20th centuries, and contributed her strong alto voice to the St. Mary’s choir and to the Community Chorale, with which she toured Europe performing Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

NEW LISBON – Isla Sofia Moore, infant daughter of David and Jennifer (Anderson) Moore, passed away at Bassett Hospital Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. She is survived by her parents; sisters, Madison and Hannah; her maternal grandmother, Cynthia Anderson; and many other loving family members. She was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, Wayne Anderson and her paternal grandparents, Gordon and Barbara Moore. Calling hours from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Johnston Funeral Home, Morris. Isla’s care has been entrusted to the Johnston Funeral Home.

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