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4 Pigs In Shelter, Charges Weighed Animal Cruelty Cases Reported Rising

By LIBBY CUDMORE HARTWICK SEMINARY

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hen Stacie Haynes was called to rescue four pigs from an animal cruelty case on Laurens’ Fisk Road, a dirt track, she wasn’t sure what to expect.

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he state’s regional jobs expert, Christian Harris, was scheduled to kick off a “Workforce Summit” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at The Otesaga.

Sponsored by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, the summit is a response to reports many local jobs are going unfilled For updates, check

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GHOULS MARCH: The Cooperstown Halloween Parade begins at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Cooper Park.

MEET, GREET: U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, will meet with constituents 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Maskot’s Pizza & Grill,across from the Dream’s Park entrance, proprietor Sal Furnari reports.

DOUBLE-MURDER: Kevin Perry, 24, who had pleaded guilty, in the shooting deaths of his parents in Laurens last December, was sentenced Friday, Oct. 19, to two 25-year terms.

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aseball is all in the family for the Bellingers – and again, so is the World Series.

Bellinger Tuesday evening, Oct. 23, Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Please See SERIES, B7

HOUSE DESTROYED; OWNER, FAMILY OF 6 SAFE

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Elias Vazquez, Hartwick, and Elainie Nelan and Alana Feury, both of Cooperstown, make “Inspiration Blocks” At the UpBeat Club, hosted at Christ Episcopal Church on behalf of Cooperstown churches Friday, Oct. 19, during a Superintendent’s Training Day.

“I was thinking they were going to be potbelly pigs,” said the Susquehanna Animal Shelter executive director.

“We thought maybe we could put the adult in one kennel and the others in one.”

What they found instead were four emaciated farm pigs, matted black Please See PIGS, A3

Bellinger Takes Roots In County To World Series

Tenant Braves Flames To Rescue Little Yipsie

By LIBBY CUDMORE & CATHY NARDI HARTWICK SEMINARY

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ll day Saturday, Oct. 20, Bob Orlando and the Abrams family knew something was amiss.

“Melissa and Hugh smelled something strange in the morning,” he said. “We’d put the fire in the woodstove out that morning, so we didn’t think it was that.

In the afternoon, Rodney and William said they could smell it, and then by about 10 p.m., I could smell it too. We couldn’t find any smoke; we thought it was a dead animal in the walls.”

But around 3 a.m., Sunday morning, Orlando awoke to the fire alarm beeping. “I opened the door and there was so much smoke I couldn’t see my hand in front of me,” he said. “I went to the laundry room and the fire was in the Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal wall behind the woodstove.”

Bob Orlando, owner of gutted 4703 Route 28, Hartwick Seminary, hugs Yipsie. He said his tenPlease See FIRE, A3 ant, Rodney Abrams, went back into the burning home Saturday, Oct. 20, to save the little dog.

Sheriff Devlin, left, and challenger Fernandez during the tense debate.

Organizer Reflective After Raucous Debate

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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he day after the at-times out-of-control debate between Sheriff Richard

J. Devlin, Jr., and his challenger, retired state trooper Bob Fernandez, Maureen Murray was philosophical.

“Ideas were expressed,” said the co-president of the League of Women Voters, Cooperstown chapter. “the audience expressed

themselves spontaneously, as well as with their submitted questions, and I’m glad for it.”

At the debate before an SRO crowd in The Fenimore Museum auditorium, moderator Barbara Heim twice threatened Please See DEBATE, B7

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Lansing Leads CCS X-Country Team To Conference

Coach Jessie Ravage is flanked by her Coopertown Central Boys’ Cross-Country Team after winning the Center State Conference Championship Saturday, Oct. 20, at Waterville. From left are Ward Oles (eighth, 18:18.8), Ryan Burr (ninth, 18:21.1), Ryan Lansing, (second, 17:27.6), Ravage, Sam Lytel, out due to an injury, Kyle Meyer (27th, 19:18.5), Bradon Pullyblank (24th, 20:13.1), and Aidan DeLaney. The team last won the conference title in 2006.

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BILL CRANKSHAW PAUL HARRIS FELLOW

CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw received a Paul Harris Fellowship at the Cooperstown Rotary Club’s weekly meeting Tuesday, Oct. 16, at The Otesaga. At left are his sponsors, Jim and Anita High; at right is Mike Jerome, club chair for the Rotary International Foundation. Jim and Anita’s son worked for Bill when he was superintendent at Remsen Central School.

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vt. Matthew Mcmullen, Cherry Valley, was formally welcomed into the 1156th Engineer Company of New York Army National Guard battle handoff ceremony Sept. 8 at the Troy Armory in Troy.

“For these new Soldiers, being welcomed to their unit after basic training and advanced individual training is exhilarating

and a proud day for them and their families. They received their unit’s distinctive shoulder patch, which officially makes them part of their new team,” said Major General Ray Shields.

“I congratulate these Soldiers on this tremendous individual achievement and wish them the best as they integrate into their new unit and learn the teamwork and leadership skills necessary for success.”

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their completion of the National Guard Recruit Sustainment Program, a preparatory training program that provides new recruits with training, lessons and skills to excel at their initial military training.

“Every Soldier or Airman across our great State makes a difference every day they serve, whether helping their community at home or serving our nation overseas,” he said. “We welcome these newest Citizen Soldiers and

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Airmen as part of our Guard family,” he said.

Additionally, Staff Sergeant Benjamin Munyan, Richfield Springs, has reenlisted to continue service with the Company C, 2-108th Infantry.

“It’s great to see Soldiers staying in the Army and continuing to serve their State and Nation in the New York Army National Guard,” he said. “The most important Army asset we have is the individual Sol-

dier. The dedication, skills, and leadership traits they bring to our community and their employers are invaluable.”

“By choosing to stay in the Army National Guard they directly contribute to our nation’s security and to the governor’s ability to respond to disasters, all while building a bright future for their family through the Guard’s retirement, education, and health insurance programs,” Shields said.

Hazzard Pays Birthday Tribute To Wife Stephanie

Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Matt Hazzard’s birthday tribute to his wife gained much comment in the local blogosphere.

It included the Winston Churchill quote, “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.”

Blendos League Founder Taking Oneonta Basketball To Pro Level

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ameron Hayes wants to make Oneonta a basketball town.

The founder of the Blendos Health and Longevity movement, a yearround basketball league he founded in 2013, has just signed with the American Basketball Association to take his basketball team, the Oneonta Octane, professional.

“We were playing at a tournament and a player from the Elmira Eagles ABA team wanted to play on my Blendos team,” he said. “He brought other players, and that night, I started looking into it.”

But at the time, the franchise fee for the ABA was $10,000. “I couldn’t justify it at the time,” he said.

But he got a lift from Jim Evans, who founded the Binghamton Bulldogs team last year. “I saw the success of his team and thought it would be a good next step for us,” he said. “I contacted him and he told me the franchise fee had been reduced to $2,500.”

Recruiting players from the Blendos team and tournament games, he built the Octane’s roster of players he knew well. “When you hold tryouts, you only have one or two days to look,” he said. “But with my leagues, I’ve watched how they play.

I know how they interact, how they handle adversity.

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Cam Hayes, coach for the Oneonta Octane basketball team, practices a few shots ahead of the team’s debut this weekend against the Elmira Eagles.

I can’t have a loose cannon on my court.”

Among his players are OHS graduate Alex Mirabito, who played three seasons with the Yellowjackets, then Blendos and a year for the Binghamton Bulldogs, as well as Ray Williams, also of Oneonta and Damian Zimmer, Sidney Founded in 1999 by Joe Newman and Richard P. Tinkham, co-founder of the Indiana Pacers, the current ABA is a re-launch of the original 1976 ABA, which merged with the NBA in 1976. Since then, the league has grown to become the largest professional sports league in the world, with 132 teams across the country.

“We’re responsible for our travel, but someday we hope to be able to play teams in Texas and Florida,” he said.

The Octane is one of 26 teams in the Northeast Region, which includes the Eagles, Bulldogs and the Syracuse Stallions.

The Octane is the area’s only professional sports team. The Oneonta Stallions football, of which Hayes was a member, moved to Broome County in 2016 after five years in Oneonta.

The team’s first game will be played against the Elmira Eagles on Saturday, Oct. 27, but they’ll play a home game at the Stamford High School gym at 6 p.m. on Sunday Nov. 11.

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Owner, Family Of 6 Flee Early Morning Hartwick Seminary Fire FIRE/From A1 He tried to put it out with water, but when he realized it was too big, he ran to the upstairs apartment to alert the Abrams family.

They managed to get five of the six dogs out in the first trip, but Yipsie, the smallest of Orlando’s three dogs, was still trapped inside, and Rodney went back in the burning house to get her.

“We were lucky we all made it out when we did,” said Orlando. “Within five minutes of us getting out, the whole house was engulfed. There were flames coming out of every window, every door.”

Though a cat did die in the fire, all six humans and six dogs made it out without injury. The Abrams’ son Hugh, who lives at the house, was staying with a friend that night and was not home when the fire broke out.

Curtis Callahan, night manager of the Cooperstown Commons’ McDonald’s, across from the home, was walking to work around 3 a.m. when he saw the fire, said his boss, Josh Schecter.

“The road was still blocked off when I got here,” Schecter said. “Curtis … called 911. When the fire trucks came, he opened and gave them coffee and breakfast.”

Hartwick Volunteer Fire Department #2, located up Route 28 by the Pit Stop, responded to the call, called mutual aid, and 60 firefighters from Hartwick #1 in the hamlet, Cooperstown, Fly Creek and Mount Vision, as well as tankers from Schuyler Lake and Middlefield, responded.

“When we arrived on the scene, the fire was coming out all sides,” said Hartwick #2 Chief David Bryant, officer in charge at the scene.

“Once we confirmed all had exited the structure safely,

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Milford firefighter Derek West pours water on 4703 Route 28, Bob Orlando’s Hartwick Seminary home that burned in the wee hours of Sunday morning, Oct. 21. Sixty firemen from six departments helped battle the blaze. The ruins were still smoking two days later. we assumed a defensive operation. We did not go in.”

Just after 4 a.m. the roof collapsed, and at daylight, Bryant contacted the Town of Hartwick, which sent

over an excavator to demolish the remaining standing structure. The scene was cleared by 11 a.m. Sunday morning, but in the early hours of Tuesday, Oct. 23,

the fire rekindled, and all five companies returned to the scene to douse the fire.

According to Bryant, the fire is believed to have started from a woodstove or

chimney malfunction and has been declared accidental.

The house was built in 1841. “Over the door, you could still see marked in red chalk the date it was built,

In Holiday Inn, Looks For Apartment In CCS District

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eighbors and friends have stepped up to assist the Abrams family and Bob Orlando following the fire that destroyed their Hartwick Seminary home on Sunday, Oct. 21.

“Everyone has been really good to us,” said Bob Orlando, the owner of the home. “We’re so thankful to everyone who has helped.”

Within hours of the fire, The Angel Network of Cooperstown put out a call for clothes, hygiene products and phones to give to the residents, who left only with the clothes on their backs.

According to the Angel Network’s

Facebook page, no additional clothing and furniture is needed at the moment, as the family is staying in a hotel and has limited storage space.

Because the family has no access to kitchen facilities, gift cards to local restaurants are especially needed, as is cash.

Orlando has his dogs with him, so food, bedding and toys are needed for them.

Donations may be dropped off at Stephanie Nelan’s house at 19 Eagle St., Cooperstown.

Additionally, Melissa Marietta, wife of county Representative Andrew Marietta, has started a GoFundMe campaign to help the family find new housing. (Go to gofundme.com, and search “abrams family fund.”)

“They are looking for a rental in the

Cooperstown school district, but at this time can only afford to pay $450 a month including utilities,” Marietta wrote on the GoFundMe page. “This GoFundMe effort is to raise funds to allow them to cover housing costs for their new rental and purchase furnishings.”

At press time, over $1,305 of the $2,500 sought had been raised.

The Angel Network is also trying to help the family find a new residence in the Cooperstown area. “Perhaps the community will want to give towards helping them rent somewhere to stay in the Cooperstown School district as they have a seventh grade and tenth grade students,” they wrote in an email.

“Does any community member know of a rental?”

who built it and who it was built for,” Orlando said.

A Hartwick native, he bought the house in 1977.

Melissa and Rodney, along with oldest son William, then an infant, moved into the “mother-in-law” apartment in 1997. “They’re my family,” he said.

Orlando had recently redone the front porch, put in a new ceiling and installed a new stove in the Abrams apartment. “I’ve done quite a bit of remodeling,” he said. “It was a five-bedroom house, with a game room in the attic for the kids.”

The Abrams family has been staying at a hotel and Orlando has been staying at a friend’s camp in Middlefield with his three dogs – Yipsie, Little Bear and Bismark – but has met with the family for meals since the fire.

“We all came out alive,” said Orlando. “We’re very blessed.

We’ve got each other, and we’re going to be all right.”

Animal Neglect Cases Growing, As Laurens Pigs, Edmeston Cows Suggest PIGS/From A1 with mud and feces. “We got there just in time,” she said. “They were eating the plywood board of the shed. They were locked in there.

We had to unscrew the boards to get them out.”

On Monday, Oct. 22, sheriff’s Deputy Craig Morrison responded to a complaint about the animals’ poor condition. “He didn’t like what he saw,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. “The animals did not have adequate shelter, and it was obvious they weren’t being cared for.”

There was no residence on the property, and Devlin described the structure as an uninsulated shed.

Haynes and her volunteers lured them into the truck with apples and drove them back to the SAS on Route 28 here, where they were examined by a veterinarian.

“We were advised not to hose off the mud because it would be traumatic,” said Haynes. “When

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e were advised not to hose off the mud because it would be traumatic. When the mud dries, it will just flake right off.”

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the mud dries, it will just flake right off.”

The pigs were put in kennels with hay and sawdust, and soon, the mud was starting to clear.

“They would eat, lie down, root around and snort,” she said. “It was beautiful.”

The three younger pigs were taken Tuesday, Oct. 23, by the Southern New York Pig Rescue.

Alicia Nielsen, a Leatherstocking Veterinary Services volunteer in New Berlin, helped move the pigs

and is planning to take the adult male. “She fell in love!” said Haynes.

As of press time, no charges had been filed against the owner, who was not identified, but Devlin said the investigation is ongoing.

But according to the sheriff, animal cruelty cases are up in the county, possibly because of bystander intervention. “We’re hearing more and more animal complaints,” he said. “If you think something is going on, let us know. These animals depend on humans for their care.”

On Sunday, Oct. 21, James S. Mumbulo, 45, Edmeston, was arrested and charged with 27 counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals after 27 dead cows were found in the barn of his rented dairy farm at 1677 County Route 20.

“Someone called to say he hadn’t seen the cows in awhile,”

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said Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C spokesman. “When the troopers arrived, the cows were in such an advanced state of decomposition that it was impossible to tell what the cause of death was.”

During the investigation, state troopers at Richfield Springs allegedly discovered that there was no food or water in the barn, and that the carcasses were surrounded by “several inches” of manure.

There were no living animals on the property.

“There are so many questions,” she said. “Were they killed by a disease? Did they all die at once?

And why just leave them there?”

Mumbulo was released on an appearance ticket and told to bury all of the remains at least three feet deep by Wednesday, Oct. 24.

These are not the first animal cruelty cases against farmers this year. In April, 100 animals were rescued from a farm in Garratts-

ville after the animals were found without food or water and in filthy, cramped conditions. William J. Desimone, 43, and Gabrielle Bastian, 52, were charged with torturing and injuring the animals.

And though no charges were filed, earlier this month, 53 Lhasa Apsos were rescued by the animal shelter from a hoarding situation in Milford.

Haynes believes such situations could be remediated by appointing a county animal control officer. “If we had a commitment to addressing animal cruelty, we could nip it in the bud before it’s too late,” she said. “Right now, all people can do is call 911, and that feels weird to some people.

A lot of animal cruelty goes unreported until it’s really bad or too late.”

But until such an officer is hired, she said, it’s important for bystanders to keep reporting.

“Action will get taken,” she said.

Perspectives

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THURSDAY, October 25, 2018

EDITORIAL

The Center Will Hold – If You Vote Nov. 6 A s voters – in Otsego County, the 19th Congressional District and nationally – struggle to make the right decision in the Tuesday, Nov. 6, midterm elections, a study, “The Hidden Tribes of America,” surfaces with a conclusion that has been widely commented on nationally: “A majority of Americans (61 percent), whom we’ve called the ‘Exhausted Majority,’ are fed up

by Americans’ polarization. They know we have more in common

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than that which divides us: our belief in freedom, equality and the pursuit of the American Dream.

They share a deep sense of gratitude that they are citizens of the United States. They want us to move past our differences.”

Governor Cuomo’s Programs Have Been Huge Help Locally

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ince Andrew Cuomo’s election eight years ago, classy, wellfunded “I Love NY” advertising campaigns have promoted Upstate generally – from Niagara Falls to the Adirondacks HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal – and the National Governor Cuomo at the Baseball Hall of Baseball Hall of Fame during Fame in particular, President Obama’s visit in May to great benefit: 2014. His partner, Sandra Lee, is three of the top at right; reporter Lizzie Cooper five biggest Induc- at left, and Cooperstown thention crowds have mayor Jeff Katz in back. occurred during the Cuomo Administration.

Throughout, support for tourism promotions and programs – for the Hall, The Fenimore and Farmers’ museums, Glimmerglass Opera and Otsego Lake generally – have been unstinting.

The governor understands competition, and counties, cities and towns in 10 economic-development districts have had to compete for funding, with state support going to the best ideas. Competition allowed Otsego County to shine.

Similarly, in open competition the City of Oneonta won $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) money in 2016, which since has brought an additional $4-5 million to the city, and the results promises to be transformative.

The governor’s Republican challenger, Marc Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive, is a charismatic rising star, but he just hasn’t provided a clear, compelling vision to replace Andrew Cuomo, who has earned a third term.

Vote Cuomo.

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Sheriff Devlin serves ice cream during Cooptoberfest over the Columbus Day Weekend with county Treasurer Allen Ruffles and Dairy Princess Hailey Seamon of Cooperstown.

judgment was one of many that led to Kathy Clark’s ouster from the board chairmanship last January, but she continues to serve as a domineering if not dominant rep.

Under the state constitution, the sheriff’s office is independent of county boards, for good reason – law enforcement is the last place you want to see political meddling. Yet, Fernandez’ election would open the door to just that. And how!

Voters should give Fernandez – by the way, Democrats, he’s a Republican – the well-deserved retirement he has earned.

Vote Devlin.

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t base, Otsego County state senator, Jim Seward, has been elected every two years since 1986 for one reason: He is focused laser-like on serving his constituency – ALL of us.

The latest case in point: While he arranged meetings between NYSEG President Carl Taylor and local economic developers struggling with the county’s shortage of natural gas and Senator Seward $1 million for electricity, he has also in- announces Doubleday Field, along vited XNG President John with Mayor Tillapaugh Nahill to discuss rerouting and Trustee Dean. the “virtual pipeline” – 160 truck-trips a day through the county – somewhere else.

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n 2017, Otsego County Richard J. Devlin Jr. faced a searing personal and professional challenge. And he’s resolved it.

He’s handed allegations that his prison-guard son threatened colleagues and the public over to county board Chair David Bliss, ensuring it will reach an independent and neutral resolution via state Civil Service Law. Retired state trooper Bob Fernandez has a problem, too – a built-in conflict. And if he were to be elected to succeed Devlin, it wouldn’t be over, but just beginning.

While she was chairman of the county Board of Representatives, Fernandez’ spouse began maneuvering to insinuate him into the sheriff’s job. That heavy-handed lapse in

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As the new kid in D.C., he has ingratiated himself with his party’s leadership by playing ball when necessary.

Sensible people would consider that prudent if the country weren’t so divided right now.

Plain and simple, Faso’s experience gives him depth in the full breadth of issues. And he often talks about bipartisanship, and was listed as18th most bipartisan Congressman in the Lugar Center Bipartisan Index.

• By contrast, who is Antonio Delgado? Simply, some guy from out of town, The Music Man, if you will.

Like Sean Eldridge in 2014, and Zephyr Teachout in 2016, he’s an educated, engaging, ambitious young Democrat, backed by big money, who parachuted into the 19th Congressional District just a couple of years ago for the sole purpose of running for Congress in what’s perceived as an at-play district.

His campaign’s been dogged by lyrics from a short hip-hop career a dozen years ago; Google “delgado lyrics” if you want to know more.

Questioned about it, at Cooperstown’s Templeton Hall and elsewhere, he glibly answers along the lines, what I was working for then, I’m working for now. Let’s hope not.

That glibness is evident in identifying “greed” as our national sin – really? – and in parroting pre-tested bromides.

Maybe he cares for us, but you have to suspect he could just as easily be caring for Ohio’s 1st or Colorado’s 6th, if that’s where the better opportunity had been.

Congressman Faso Sir, run for county board addresses citizens in or Assembly, then revisit the Richfield Springs in September.

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.S. Rep. John Faso, the incumbent congressman in Otsego County’s 19th Congressional District, has been in the middle of the state’s decision making almost since his election to the state Assembly 30 years ago.

Soon, he was leading the team that drafted Gov. George Pataki’s first budget. Then, he rose to Assembly minority leader. In 2002, he ran for state comptroller; in 2006, he ran for governor against Democrat Eliot Spitzer. (Guess we voters got that one wrong.)

Elected to succeed Chris Gibson in 2016, he’s followed a sensible playbook, obtaining seats on key committees

It the past two years, those of us with that sensibility have been screamed at by two sides that, it turns out, are fringes. On the left, “Progressive Activists,” according to the study, are a mere 8 percent of the citizenry; on the right, “Devoted Conservatives” are only 6 percent.

If you consider yourself a centrist, you may believe your views will be overwhelmed at the ballot box. Not so, “Hidden Tribes” tells us; in effect, it’s the wish of a sizeable majority of Americans to find

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by Reverend Birdsall in 1907. can easily double as either a basement or an attic or both.

We also found a booklet which And pity the things that will contains the sermon which no doubt spend the rest of was preached at Reverend Birdsall’s funeral in 1918. their time under our supervi- CATHERINE LAKE But perhaps most interestsion in that garage as they ing of all the Birdsall finds, is simply will not make the cut ELLSWORTH the book, “Fenimore Cooper’s to reside in the condo.

Grave and Christ Churchyard,” We must note that while written by Birdsall in 1911. we always thought we had a good Portrait Courtesy of Christ Church command of just exactly what our stuff As we were reading the chapter, Christ Church founder Father was, we discovered, as we unpacked “The Tomb of Father Nash,” described Nash lived in primitive ciras the first rector of “Christ’s church,” things, that we actually have a lot of cumstances, Cathe Ellsworth finds on discovering “Tomb of things here we never remember having we discovered the following: “Bishop Father Nash” while unpacking Please See COLUMN, A5 seen before. books in Ohio.

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200 YEARS AGO

PROCLAMATION – By De Witt Clinton, Governor of the State of New York. Whereas John Van Alstine, of the Town of Sharon, in the County of Schoharie, is charged in an inquisition taken before John Sternbergh, Esq., one of the Coroners of the said county, with the murder of William Huddleston, a Deputy Sheriff of the said county, and has fled from justice – I do hereby offer a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, to be paid to the person who shall apprehend the said John Van Alstine, and commit him to the custody of the Sheriff of the said county – And I do hereby enjoin it on all officers and ministers of justice, and all other the good citizens of this state to be vigilant and active in apprehending and securing the said fugitive. Sig. DeWitt Clinton.

October 26, 1818

schools, churches and theatre are still closed and public meetings are still under the ban.

October 23, 1918

150 YEARS AGO

75 YEARS AGO

A closely fought, bitterly contested football game suddenly exploded late in the third period Saturday afternoon at Doubleday Field when Cooperstown high school’s left halfback, Joe Sapienza intercepted an Oxford pass and ran 45 yards unmolested for a touchdown. During the game both teams threatened many times, but could not push the ball across the goal line. The locals showed a great deal of scrap all through the game and certainly deserved the win.

October 27, 1943

50 YEARS AGO

Johnny Vander Meer, the only man to complete successive no-hit games was in Cooperstown on a recent visit.

The Cincinnati lefthander pitched a no-hitter on June 11 and another on June 15, 1938. He enjoyed reminiscing with Lee Allen, historian, at the baseball museum. He is now a Tampa, Florida businessman.

October 23, 1968

175 YEARS AGO

Humor – The Memoirs of Count Rostoptchin: My Memoirs or Myself as I Am: My Birth – On the 12th Day of March, 1765, I emerged from darkness into the light of day. I was measured. I was weighed. I was baptized. I was born without knowing wherefore, and my parents thanked heaven without knowing for what. I was taught all sorts of things and learned all kinds of languages. By dint of impudence and quackery, I sometimes passed for a Savant. My head has become a library of odd volumes of which I keep the key. I was tormented by masters; by tailors who made tight dresses for me; by women; by ambition; by self-love; by useless regrets; by Kings; and by remembrances. I have been deprived of the three great enjoyments of the human species – theft, gluttony and pride. At the age of 30 I gave up dancing; at 40 my efforts to please the fair sex; at 50, my regard of public opinion; at 60 the trouble of thinking; and I am now become a true sage or egotist, which is the same thing. I was stubborn as a mule, capricious as a coquette, frolicsome as a child, lazy as a dormouse, active as Bonaparte, and all at my pleasure. I await death without fear. I have played the hero, the tyrant, the lover, the nobleman, but never the valet.

October 23, 1843

125 YEARS AGO

Local: Mrs. Thompson of California, sister of the late John L. McNamee, has recently visited this part of the country, and she spent a few days in Cooperstown. She is a native of Cooperstown, and her father was at one time pastor of the Presbyterian Church.

Among the former Cooperstown boys who have been welcome visitors in town during the last few days, was Arthur M. Field, Asheville, North Carolina’s leading jew-

Cooperstown Bishop Then Founded Kenyon College registered to vote in the Ohio COLUMN/From A4 7th Congressional District, Philander Chase visited where, we hasten to note, no Otsego county in 1799 and one has sent us anything to gives a vivid impression suggest for whom we should of the more than apostolic vote. simplicity of Father Nash’s Likewise, we are fairly surroundings. certain that we will “The Bishop found not be making an the missionary living appointment any in a cabin of unhewn time soon to get a logs, into which he 3D mammogram in had recently moved Cooperstown, someand from which he thing which has been was about to remove suggested we do to another equally in several mailings poor, inhabiting with we have received. his family a single Father In fact, we rather room...The Bishop Birdsall doubt we will be assisted the missionmaking an appointary in moving, and ment for any medical reason describes how they walked in the foreseeable future in the road together, carrying a Cooperstown. We must say basket of crockery between we trust that such seemingly them...” irrelevant mailing, from our • point of view at least, will Interestingly enough, the cease in not too distant future. aforementioned Bishop Phi• lander Chase went on to found Finally, in response to our Kenyon College in 1824 in the column of Oct. 11, a reader wilds of Ohio. Thus, we have wrote: “After pointing out discovered yet another connection between Cooperstown how nice people in both and where we are now as Ken- Cooperstown and Mount Vernon were, you seemed to point yon College is located about out how much nicer things five miles from our condo. were in Mount Vernon.”

We find it to be most inWe must say that was certeresting, to say the least, altainly not our intent. Howthough we suspect the most ever, we do firmly believe interesting thing is the fact that one must thrive and that we have no memory at bloom where one is planted. all of ever seeing this book We feel we managed to in Cooperstown.

Also interesting, we think, do just that for 36 years in Cooperstown. is the fact that even though Now it is time for us to we left Cooperstown upthrive and bloom in Mount wards of two months ago, Vernon. And so far, we there are still those who do not have seemed to have got- must say “so good,” someten that message even though thing which is no doubt they seem to have gotten our helped by the fact that we current mailing address. We have discovered that there have received postcards from is a flaming euonymus bush by our garage here just as the House Majority PAC, as well as the American Federa- there were flaming euonymus bushes by our garage in tion of State, County & Municipal Employees, detailing Cooperstown. why we should not vote for PLEASE NOTE: ComCongressman John Faso. ments on this column may Exactly why they think mailed to 125 Colonial we will need to make a Woods Drive, Mt. Vernon, choice for whom to vote OH 43050, at 740-993in the NY 19th Congres0603 or by e-mail at cellssional District quite escapes worth47@icloud.com. us. After all, we are now

October 23, 1868 eler, who has just returned from Chicago, where he has an exhibition of his skilled work at the Fair.

There is least one lady in the United States who is the president of a bank – Mrs. C.M. Myers, Anita, Iowa, and her husband is the cashier. She is the daughter of the late Wm. Jones, Esq. of Middlefield, and is at present the guest of Robert Quaif, on Chestnut Street.

October 25, 1893

100 YEARS AGO

While the epidemic of Spanish influenza seems to have abated slightly in Cooperstown, new cases are reported daily and a large number of people are still suffering from the disease. During the week there have been two additional deaths in the village. Mrs. Edward Ryan died at her home on Elm Street Wednesday morning last and Percy Clarke, teller of the First National Bank, succumbed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Root on Friday morning after being ill for six days. In many cases, the entire family is afflicted and patriotic women are attending to their needs as best they can. Thanksgiving Hospital is now caring for forty patients, practically all of whom are suffering from Spanish Influenza. Through the generosity of the Clark family Otsego Hall has been opened as a temporary hospital. The

25 YEARS AGO

Melinda Doud, an educational representative from the National Education Association of New York, was the guest speaker at the Cooperstown Central School’s Superintendent’s Conference Day. She was invited by the school board, with teacher input, to hold a seminar on the topic of sexual harassment. The agenda included basic information on sexual harassment, a quiz on the topic, a group activity, a discussion about myths, and the distinction between intent and impact. “Teaching has always been a field with a majority of women, but that is not always a distinction.

Many men do feel threatened by incursions of women in their workplace,” Doud said. “We have had to learn to be more sensitive and learn new ways of behaving.”

October 26, 1993

10 YEARS AGO

Karen Kathleen Lettis and Corey Robert Martinez announce their marriage on October 16, 2008. The celebration was held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset. Their daughter Miss Martinez was flower girl. Karen and Cory were engaged with Karen’s maternal grandmother’s engagement ring and were married on her 71st wedding anniversary. Corey is a New York City police officer. The couple reside in Glen Cove.

October 24, 2008

Science Can Be Political Tool, And Even Worse, Up For Sale

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read with interest and admiration the article in last week’s paper about the different kinds of “truth.”

Objective truth is the “truth” that is supported by fact. Subjective “truth” is what circumstances point toward or what we want, based on the information we have at our disposal, to believe.

The Senate confirmation hearings for judge, now justice, Kavanaugh were used in the article to illustrate the differences.

I found myself agreeing with the points being made until the author alleged that it was the Republicans who failed in the search for THE truth by not having the FBI conduct a thorough MIKE investigation.

ZAGATA The truth is that we have no idea whether or not their investigation was “thorough.” What we do know is that the Democrats sat on the information alleging sexual abuse until AFTER the Senate hearings.

Had they wanted the FBI to do a thorough investigation in search of the

“truth”, the information about alleged sexual abuse would have been provided to the FBI BEFORE, not AFTER, the hearings. Had that been done, the FBI’s findings would have been a part of those hearings and thus fully vetted.

Based on that information, one can conclude the real agenda was not a search for the “truth”, but an attempt to delay the judge’s confirmation until after the mid-term elections.

• Does that conclusion represent the objective or subjective “truth”? Each of us enters the search for the real “truth” with built-in bias. That makes it very difficult to accept information that differs from the results we want, i.e. don’t confuse me with the facts.

It becomes tempting to omit certain information when offering our version of the truth to others. For example, the author omitted the fact that the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee sat on the allegation of

sexual abuse for six weeks prior to the hearings. Without that information, it is much easier to “sell” the truth that the FBI didn’t do a thorough investigation.

• Finding the truth is not easy. I was invited to lunch recently by a person who wanted to talk about climate change. The person was very sincere and had done considerable research on the topic. In fact, it was that research that led to confusion, because one source stated that the recent deviations in our climate were outside the norm and another source said they weren’t.

How does the average lay person or non-scientist determine which one is the “truth”?

Unfortunately, science has become a political tool and, worse yet, can be for Please See ZAGATA, A6

EDITORIAL: If You Vote Nov. 6, Center Will Hold VOTE/From A4 To him, meeting energy needs, which part of his constituency wants, and removing the trucks, which another part wants, are not mutually exclusive – both aims can be served, and he – as always – is striving to do so.

Because of his 30-year tenure, he is one of the state’s most senior senators – and in Albany seniority matters. If Jim Seward wants something for his/our county, he gets it, evident in recent weeks in $1 million each for much-needed upgrades to Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field and Oneonta’s Damaschke Field – and much more.

His Democratic opponent, Joyce St. George, is an energetic and well-spoken state investigator from the farthest reaches of Delaware County. There’s nothing the matter with her, but there’s just no good reason right now to shift.

Vote Seward.

Bill Magee Earns Appreciation; Chad McEvoy Deserves A Chance

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irst elected in 1990, Assemblyman Bill Magee, the Cazenovia-area Democrat, and Seward have been a reliable team – Magee a ranking Democrat from the 121st District in the Democratic House to Republican Seward in the Republican Senate.

Magee has been unwell for years, and yet he nobly sol-

diers on. His support for farms and public schools has been unstinting.

Brookfield Town Supervisor John Salka, running for a third time, would do well; but there’s simply no good strategic reason to send a Republican to the Democratic House.

Bill Magee Chad McEvoy Vote Magee.

• Also, we’re lucky to have a brainy Democrat from Westford, Chad McEvoy, running in the spaghetti-thin 101st that snakes from New Hartford through Springfield, Middlefield, Westford and Maryland locally and all the way to the Town of Montgomery, wherever that is.

Happily, one of his main campaign planks is to see the district – it’s now served by Brian Miller, a Republican from the Utica area – redrawn after the 2020 Census into a less crazy configuration. Nice.

Could Magee help the younger man into the successful collaboration he has played with Seward? Interesting idea.

Regardless, an assemblyman who wakes up each morning and looks out his window at our fair Otsego County would only be a plus.

Vote McEvoy.

THURSDAY-Friday, October 25-26, 2018

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA LETTERS

Stop President Trump’s Madness. Vote For Democrats On Nov. 6 To the Editor: The reign of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party has become a mental-health crisis and a public-safety issue for our country and the entire world.

Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America, is a malignant narcissist and a sociopath, if not a psychopath. He is a person with no conscience and no morals who only cares about Donald Trump. He would betray anyone, at any time, to benefit himself, and that includes all of his “supporters” and our entire country.

Donald Trump is the most dangerous man in the world and his dysfunctional Republican Party, blindly supporting his insanity, is now the most dangerous organization

in the world.

Donald Trump, in his own terrifying inner world of dark icy chaos, is purposely manipulating and destabilizing the sane and reasonable thinking processes of people in our country and around the world.

Donald Trump is a cancer injecting fear and hopelessness into the minds and lives of ordinary people with his constant lies, deception and gaslighting. He wants confusion, discord and division everywhere so people stay

America Got It Right, Choosing Donald Trump To the Editor: This letter is a response to a letter from Anne Geddes-Atwell to the editor on Oct. 11. What a bunch of garbage.

You state Delgado is like us. Speak for yourself. Delgado claims Washington has neglected working families. Donald Trump hasn’t stopped working for working families. And Faso supports Trump.

And so what that Faso was raised on Long Island. Look what Long Islanders and other downstate folks have done to the economy and beautification of this region. They have only improved it. Just like the Democrat morons you follow, you look down on those of us that do not agree with your warped point of view.

Faso ranks in the top 5 percent at Congress for reaching across the divider to work with people outside his party. I think that’s important. Your people just want it their way and no compromise.

And you forgot that half of America wants a secure border. Likes a robust economy and the fact that we have a president renegotiating trade deals with countries that have abused us for decades.

And no one stopped them because those politicians in office were getting rich in the process.

We like the uncovering of corruption at the highest levels in Washington, especially in our intelligence agencies.

We like a peaceful relationship with North Korea and Russia.

You must never have watched “The Godfather.” Donald Trump uses the

disoriented and cannot organize to save themselves from his insanity.

The United States of America has always been the last great hope and refuge for oppressed people, in our own country, and around the world.

Donald Trump’s world demands hatred and distrust and fear everywhere in the world.

He is telling the people of the world that there is no hope for them to have a free and open life. His message to the people of the world is “do not oppose your dictators because the United States of America will no longer come to your aid as you are killed by your own governments.”

The poor, naive, wellmeaning people in our country who support Donald

Trump are praising their executioner. Donald Trump only pretends to care about them because he needs their votes to stay in power.

To Donald Trump, his supporters are desperate, disposable, poor white trash that he is manipulating with his every word and action.

It is appalling to watch him speak to his supporters, and sad and painful to watch them believe him. He despises his supporters because they have no money and they have no power and he will see to it that they never will.

It is painful to watch the destruction of our Democratic values, our country, our people, and our hard-won moral leadership in the world while Donald Trump’s supporters and enablers, mindlessly, and

SOLE FASO, DELGADO DEBATE ON WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

The 19th Congressional District candidates – incumbent Republican John Faso, right, and Democratic challenger Antonio Delgado, held their first televised debate Friday, Oct. 19, on WMHT, Troy.

Due to conflicts in Democratic candidate Delgado’s schedule, no debates between him and Faso are planned in either Otsego or Delaware counties. A video of the debate was provided by the Albany Times Union. Follow the link at www.allotsego.com

famous “keep your friends close but your enemies closer” mentality to his advantage. The pundits you follow don’t understand that philosophy.

And here’s something you will not learn on the channels you watch. “This week President Trump signed the Save Our Seas Act into law. The legislation reauthorizes the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s program for cleaning up marine debris and gives the agency the leeway to declare severe marine debris events, like the one that occurred in the wake of Sandy. Those types of events require a coordinated cleanup.

It also offers a vehicle for the executive branch to engage with other coun-

tries to get to the bottom of the plastic pollution problem.”

These are just a few examples of why half of America got it right two years ago. Obama was an absolute disgrace.

An embarrassment. You care less about Delgado. A Harvard grad lawyer looking to join the DC club and get the perks that come with it.

So take your nonsense elsewhere and hopefully more than half will agree and see your letter was nothing more than an anti-Trump message. And you just want another Democrat in office to stop him.

Pathetic!

SAL FURNARI Taxpayer Towns of Hartwick and Otsego

In Times Of Trial, Americans Have Always Fought For Equality To the Editor: Fear can suppress freedom and truth in the most profound and nuanced ways, so as President Franklin Roosevelt said in 1933, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” We cannot feed it. When we continuously shine the light of our aspirations towards truth and justice, then freedom prevails.

America’s fight for freedom is fielded both abroad and at home, and right now there is a struggle at home. Our country was not founded with the rights of all intact, but the pursuit of equality was mandated in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Each time our country has found itself in a trying time, our citizens have fulfilled their pledge and fought for all to stand in the light of equality.

This is because each generation of Americans has had to answer the same question, but under different circumstances – will you embody the principles set forth as our guiding light to find justice and equality for all?

I believe without reservation that this generation will propel the current of truth, justice and equality to reach every corner, every citizen of our country. The words of Claudia Ruggerini, an Italian freedom fighter during World War II, give me strength and hope, “Stronger than fear is the desire to fight for freedom.”

Now is a moment of growth for women’s rights and freedom; history requires us all to fight for it.

It is on all of us if a woman fears speaking up, but President Trump says it is a “scary time for young men” who may be falsely accused of sexual misconduct. Let us not allow him to change the narrative.

Count the number of men in your life that have been falsely accused of sexual misconduct. Now, think of the women in your life that have experienced any form of sexual misconduct, including even seemingly innocuous displays of misogyny. Tracie Ellis Ross said, “The innocuous makes space for the horrific.”

We cannot allow any space for mis-

treatment of any member of our society.

Only a person who makes a false accusation, and only a person who victimizes another need worry. A man that treats each woman with the dignity that every woman and man deserve has nothing to worry about.

But I do worry. I worry that the courageous actions of a few will not be enough to liberate us all. More must be done.

The change that liberates starts by speaking truth to power. Power is in the hands of those that bind to one another, and in unison proclaim their rejection of what was and shine for all to see. And truth is their most powerful ally.

Let’s listen. Do you hear it? Truth is being spoken to power. Let it sing. It is the harmony of equality. It is what sustains our hope that America is the land of the free, and home of the brave.

DAN BUTTERMANN Oneonta

If We Cry ‘Wolf’ When There’s None, What If One Appears?

ZAGATA/From A5 sale. If a scientist gets a government funded grant to do research on climate change, should that scientist’s findings have to agree with the government’s position? The answer is “no”, but grants have been withdrawn when they didn’t.

That’s not true “science” where we test the null hypothesis and let the chips fall where they might. If we deliberately omit data points because they aren’t consistent with what we want them to be, that isn’t good science.

The downsides of doing so are a loss

of public confidence and the expenditure of scarce capital to cure a problem that may not exist. If we cry “wolf” when there is no wolf, will the public be willing to support what needs to be done when a real “wolf” exists?

• It’s election season, and we’re all being bombarded by various versions of the truth by candidates for office.

I do not personally know all of the candidates, so I can only reach the subjective truth about how I feel they will perform if elected.

I do, however, personally know two of the candidates – state Sen. Jim

Seward and Congressman John Faso.

I worked with them while serving as your DEC commissioner and knew John as a neighbor.

I have watched them make the tough decisions based upon the objective truth when they could have ducked them. Those decisions were intended to provide real, measurable benefit to their constituents. That’s the objective truth based on fact.

Mike Zagata, DEC commissioner in the Pataki Administration and an environmental executive for Fortune 500 companies, lives in West Davenport.

recklessly, cheer it on.

This midterm election may be our last chance to stop this train wreck of worldwide human destruction that is Donald Trump and his Republican Party.

The House of Representatives and the Senate must be taken back from the insanity of Donald Trump and his spineless Republican Party that is betraying all that our country has always represented in the world.

The Democratic Party may not be perfect, but we are sane people who care about all people. The Democratic Party wants a better life for all Americans and open and friendly relationships with all of the people around the world.

Please vote in the midterm

elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Please vote for every Democrat that you can find on your election ballot.

Please vote as though the rest of your life depends upon it.

Because it does.

For anyone who may doubt my patriotism or my qualifications for my opinions, I am a United States Air Force and Vietnam veteran. Served in the USAF Strategic Air Command, USAF Security Service, over one year at a remote USAF/CIA intelligence gathering station in the mountains outside of Afghanistan, volunteered twice for Vietnam, full score IQ 139 (99.5+ percentile).

JAMES R. DEAN Cooperstown

Please, Acknowledge That Schuyler Lake DOES Exist To the Editor: Almost two years after I first complained of this in a letter to your newspaper, the U.S. Congressional web site still does not recognize Schuyler Lake, N.Y. (or zip code 13457) as part of the 19th Congressional District.

Here is what I received in response to a polite email to John Faso this evening: “We’re sorry, but it appears that you live outside of New York’s 19th Congressional District. Congressional courtesy requires that each Representative be allowed to respond to his or her respective constituents. To find your Member of Congress, go to www.house.gov.”

This is not a complaint about John Faso, but residents of Schuyler Lake and who knows what other areas of the

19th district are effectively prevented from communicating to their House representative by email, which is the default communication mechanism of our era.

I have reported this to both the Congressman’s office and to the House of Representatives’ webmaster, as well as to the Oneonta Daily Star without apparent effect.

While this does not rise to the same level of disenfranchisement that voters in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and other states are currently experiencing, it should be of concern to those who believe that the public should have reasonably equal communication access to their elected representatives.

TIMOTHY PETERS Schuyler Lake

All Could Have Behaved Better At Sheriff’s Debate To The Editor: Bob. They are all my friends, Never a dull moment with neighbors and family.

Tom Lieber around!

This was a difficult contenA majority of those who tious debate for one to moderattended the Devlin-Fernanate, my heart goes out to the dez debate know me and require little explanation.

They know me from the good work I try to implement throughout our community. I have served our community as HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal Cooperstown Tom Lieber confronts League Rotary presi- moderator Barbara Heim at the dent. I was a Devlin-Fernandez debate. principal in moderator. But from the creating our communities’ onset she never had control Cooperstown Rotary Foundation in the memory of our of the audience or the friend Catherine Davis Black. candidates. The fact is EVERYONE could have Currently I serve on the board of three local Foundabehaved better.

Yet when things mounted tions, the Cooperstown Art to the point that the moderaAssociation, Cooperstown Rotary Foundation and 53 tor acquiesced her position, I stood up as an active member Pioneer Arts Center. I am a former board member of of our community to help defuse the tension in the FOMA and The Smithy Center for the Arts. room… and it worked. I Whether you have served stood up for Rich, Bob and on a board with me or not, everyone who had attended. those within the community From that point on the know me to be an intelligent debate was much more civil. open-hearted individual with And I do apologize to anyone deep moral convictions. who may have misunderstood my intentions.

I’m a person who genuinely supports those who want to TOM LIEBER Oaksville vote for Rich equally as I do those who want to vote for

Fernandez As Qualified As Can Be

To the Editor: In response to your recent editorial mitigating the culpability of Sheriff Devlin with his nepotistic behavior toward his wayward son, Ros, I would simply state that Bob Fernandez’s candidacy for county sheriff is in response to the sheriff’s actions and that Mr. Fernandez, a retired trooper, is as qualified as

anyone could be.

Any candidate who receives the endorsement of retired law-enforcer Tom Kelly (someone who knows a thing or two about dealing with poor police behavior) also has my vote for Bob Fernandez in November.

TIMOTHY GIBSON Town of Oneonta

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LETTERS

Football Dangerous; What About Boxing?

To the Editor: Concussion, their effects and prevention, is a frequent subject of discussion by those covering the National Football League, and rightly so.

What about the youth of our inner cities, who look to boxing for their livelihood? By its nature, this business requires constant hits to the head to be a competitor.

Based on what we already know about the effect of repeated hits to the head, why are the medical and sports communities silent?

MICHAEL WHALING Sharon Springs

Argue What You Will, Folks Are Leaving Otsego County To the Editor: The Gas Wars continued in the Oct. 4-5 editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta with several dueling op-eds and letters to the editor. Patricia Jacob opined that Oneonta grew without natural gas. On the other hand, Roger Caiazzo remembered an Oneonta that welcomed gas. At a recent meeting on the proposed decompression station, the only arguments he heard from the antis were emotional ones without rational solutions. He asked for data to support alternatives to gas that would heat buildings that need constant, on-demand energy.

Adrian Kuzminski argued that natural gas is unnecessary for the economy he (Kuzminski) envisions – a broadband world of the future. He feels investments in a gas infrastructure drain the taxpayer and are uneconomical for businesses dependent on gas. Those businesses should go where the gas is – “elsewhere.”

My thesis was, “Economic growth and JOBS that retain young families depend on affordable energy.” Governor Cuomo’s renewable energy plan leads to rates similar to California, Germany and South Australia’s. Their rates are triple ours. If we can’t attract industry now due to high rates, wait until the Guv’s plan kicks in. Welcome to the High Lonesome. Here’s the deal. One million people have packed up and left New York for other states since Governor Cuomo’s inauguration. That rate is accelerating.

An article in the Oct. 5’s Weekend Star cites a study that shows local school enrollments plummeting. In fact, several local schools are among the fastest enrollment drops statewide; five within the Top 20, eight within the Top 50. School administrators blame a lack of industry for their empty classrooms.

The young with families leave because jobs and opportunities are elsewhere. Others leave because of taxes and the high cost of living. The companies that provide jobs aren’t relocating here because high taxes, over regulation, and high overhead, with energy costs a major factor.

Mandated, subsidized, prioritized renewables will drive up the cost of energy, choke development, and limit job creation.

Jody Zakrevsky, Otsego Now CEO, was right. The 475 jobs recently lost due to a lack of abundant, affordable energy (i.e., gas) shouldn’t be looked at in a singular sense but in the plural. Those jobs represent FAMILIES (Mom, Dad, the kids) lost to Otsego County. Zakrevsky’s predecessor at Otsego Now also spoke of the necessity of gas.

That’s two for two from the professional economic-development ranks. Maybe they know something?

Finally, regarding Adrian Kuzminski’s bridge to the future via countywide broadband – it’s going to happen... about 100 miles southwest of us in Bradford County, Pa., in the heart of the Marcellus Shale play. Bradford County’s IDA, the Progress Authority, has as part of its mission a goal to balance out the cyclical nature of gas with a diversified business base, from agriculture to manufacturing to high tech. The key is broadband. To make this happen, they are in the process of setting up their own countywide broadband network. Several years in the planning and with several million dollars surplus in their treasury, they are now working with an engineering firm to supplement “dark” fiber already in place with new towers, poles, fiber-optic cable plants and switching stations, plus incorporating emergency networks and e-rate entities. The final project won’t be cheap ($11.6 million) nor complete (the perrenial “last mile” up the hollows) but it is a plausible plan.

Bradford County isn’t waiting for a government handout, a grant cycle, a Hunger Games political gimme. They are doing it themselves because they have a vibrant economy with customers waiting and money in the bank. They are doing it because they have gas.

That’s reality. The exodus of young families from our towns and villages is a reality.

“Elsewhere” is where Mr. Kuzminski wants affordable energy-dependent industries to relocate. According to Mr. Zakrevsky, that’s what they are doing. They are taking their businesses and jobs “elsewhere.” That’s what’s happening in Otsego now, a county held in check by an “environmental” ideology that ignores reality, the laws of economics, and the common good. Hello, LaLa Land!

DICK DOWNEY Otego

The Issue Is Public Safety, Not Politics. Vote Devlin To the Editor: This is an important message for Democratic voters.

As the past county Democratic chairman, and a life-long Democrat, I feel compelled to get the true facts out to my fellow Democrats. I am writing to update you on our sheriff race here in Otsego County, and ask you to please DO NOT vote for the Republican running on the Democratic line, Bob Fernandez.

Here are some facts. The county, while under county Rep. Kathy Clark’s leadership, started an investigation into the sheriff concerning an incident at the jail involving his son. This incident was investigated by several outside agencies, including the state police and the Otsego County district attorney. All concluded there was no wrong doing

by the sheriff. Sheriff Devlin followed procedure to ensure a thorough investigation into his son, and followed all procedures and actually went well beyond a normal investigation.

However, Kathy Clark, Fernandez’ spouse and then Otsego County board chair, still went ahead with a countyinitiated investigation, all so she could use the information and press to aid her husband’s campaign for sheriff. I was approached two years prior to this election to see if the Democrats would consider support of her husband, so the plan was already in place to begin this election at all cost.

The truth is, Sheriff Devlin is an effective, honest, well-respected sheriff who has always conducted the business of the sheriff’s office in the best interest and safety of the residents of

our county.

Protecting Otsego County is not a Democratic or Republican issue. It is about keeping our county safe and who has the experience and qualifications to do the job well. We all agree that Sheriff Rich Devlin is that person and has proven this time and again.

While this is an important election in many ways, we hope that you will vote your conscience and your party throughout the ballot, but when it comes to electing the sheriff, we cannot allow our party’s line to be used by a disguised Republican.

When you get to the Sheriff’s race on your ballot, please join us and vote for Rich Devlin on either the Independence or Reform lines.

Thank you for your time and attention to this important matter.

Richard D. Abbate Cooperstown

When Family Needed Help, Fernandez Always There To the Editor: This letter is not only to inform you of the greatness Bob Fernandez will have on our county, but also a public thank you to the Fernandez family for their incredible impact they have made on my life. His smile, radiant personality and love for those around him has influenced so many lives, including mine!

I grew up with the Fernandez family as neighbors, which then quickly grew into a lifelong friendship since the age of 5. I was 14 when my Father passed away, and the Fernandez family took me in as one of their own.

While my mother spent her time with

my father in the hospital, Bob Fernandez helped me continue schooling and gave me the ability to continue frequent hospital visits. For two weeks, Bob and his wife, Kathy, drove 12 hours on multiple occasions to make that happen.

They were by my family’s side when receiving the dreadful news. They helped in every way possible!

It didn’t end there. More than a decade later, to say the least, Bob Fernandez is always one call away from helping my mother out of ditch in a terrible snow storm (putting his life at risk) and cleaning her driveway when he notices no one is there to do it for her.

All these things he has done for our family and I’m certain for many others, has been to no convenience for him, but only out of the purest and deepest part of his heart. You name it, and we have no hesitation to reach out to Bob, as he is the most reliable, trustworthy, genuine soul our family has ever had the pleasure to encounter.

Vote for Bob Fernandez! Our county deserves a sheriff who puts the concerns of others before his own. On November 6th, I urge you to cast your vote for Bob Fernandez. A sheriff we can be proud of.

HILLARY REITER and family Otego

In Trump Era, Democrats Will Restore Common Sense, Dignity To the Editor: We, as Americans, deserve the truth and nothing but. We need to hold Trump accountable for the numerous lies he has told since becoming POTUS. His 6.5 untruths-aday are historical highs in the annals of a U.S. president, but more importantly, what have his lies meant to the lives of everyday citizens?

Is Trumpcare better, cheaper and more affordable as he promised? Does it even exist? Are his tax cuts filtering down to everyone as he claimed they would? Is this president a person we would want our children to emulate?

Congress seems to be oblivious to what he’s doing with only a few Republicans speaking out against these

ludicrous policies. Our president says he has not colluded with Russia yet everyone around him has. Are we to assume he knew nothing?

Hardly.

His “tax cuts” have amassed the biggest deficit in the history of our country ($1.7 trillion), benefiting the wealthy and mortgaging the future of the next generation.

Is this leadership? I think not. Trump is a salesman who has sold a bill of goods to half the American people that are as worthless as his failed casinos and his university was.

America stands for real

principles and values, but now we are a country that has sold out to the highest bidder and the loudest voice in the room because of one man, special interests, and a spineless Congress. It’s a shame but that’s the reality in the Trump area and that needs to change.

We can reverse this ugly and divisive period during the midterms if we get out and vote. Lies on a daily basis are unacceptable and cannot be ignored any longer. We need truth for truth’s sake, not for Trump’s sake.

Democrats will restore

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They will represent everyone and not just the powerful few. Until we replace an unfit president and an enabling Congress, Trump and his lies will continue. It’s time to put an end to this insanity and get down to real issues that affect all Americans.

Get out and vote, make your voice heard, make a difference because it’s the least that we can do for the good of our country.

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MLS#104145 $185,000 See Otsego Lake from This Property! Walk to Main Street, Cooperstown and Bassett Hospital.

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Have pirates finally come ashore on Otsego Lake? Fear not, it’s just Meg Kiernan, Susie Knight and Colette Tangel who were geared up for the 2017 Coop Loop 5K and 10K. It’s on again, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown.

607-547-2800, ext. 111.

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Three friends – Oneonta’s Nettie Jean Scarzafava, left, Paula Petry, center, and Cheryl Rosen, Sharon Springs – united in the same dream, to save St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Leesville, as the Light of Heart Sanctuary.

‘Beautiful Things’ In The Offing For Leesville’s Church

EARLY CHURCH FOUGHT ‘IMMORALITIES, VICES’ Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from a history of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church that Sharon Town Supervisor Sandra Manko presented at the Light of Heart Sanctuary dedication. She is a direct descendant of one of the church’s founders.

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he moment Paula Petry entered the former St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church on Route 20 just west of Sharon Springs, she knew it was someplace special.

“My daughter Alex was in a wheelchair,” she said. “And when I saw they had two handicap ramps, my eyes just welled up. And then when I Please See CHURCH, B3

Sharon Town Supervisor Sandra Manko is a descendent of the first pastor.

lthough the cornerstone for this building was laid in 1851, the history of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church goes back to 1745 when Domini Peter Nicholas Sommer conducted services for the first time in this area.

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No-Zap Trap May Be Bane Of Local Mosquitos Patent Pending Opens Door For Cooperstown Inventor, Closes It For Mothers Of All Larvae

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He was relaxing in the trailer one afternoon, and noticed Jim Kevlin OTSEGO.life a mosquito that had found its way through a small hole in a Inventor Gerry Welch describes a no-poison, no-zap screened skylight. mosquito trap he estimates will eradicate tens of Please See SKEETERS, B5 thousands of pestering insects.

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ooh! The ghosts and ghouls are coming out Wednesday, Oct. 31. Cooperstown’s Halloween parade steps off at 5 p.m. from Cooper Park; Oneonta’s at 7 p.m. down Main Street. Be there, kids!

• The Oneonta Teen Center’s annual Halloween dance and costume contest, LIBBY a live DJ and a candy- CUDMORE filled piñata, is 7-10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Oneonta Teen Center, 4 Academy St., Oneonta. $2.

Info (607) 441-3999.

• As for grown-ups, show off your costume at Upstate Bar & Grill and maybe take home a $100 prize! 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Upstate’s at 5418 Route 28, Cooperstown. Info (607) 282-4525.

• It’s cocktails and costumes as part of the annual Bartenders Ball! Prizes for best costumes. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, B-Side Ballroom, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. (607) 432-2053.

• Make downtown Cooperstown glow with the light of many elaborately carved jack o’lanterns during the annual Pumpkin Glow. Drop off between 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, glow begins at 6 p.m. Cooperstown Art Association. (607) 547-9777.

• Trick-or-treat frame of mind early as you meet residents of Washington Irving’s “Sleepy Hollow.” 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. Info (607) 547-1450.

• And if you have more room in your goodie bag, Oneonta’s Southside Mall hosts Malloween, where kids can trick-or-treat in all the stores, noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28; costume contest, 1 p.m. (607) 432-4401.

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►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY SOLO CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Tenor, Lutist Frederic Chrislip performs English Renaissance lute songs. Admission, $10. First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St., Cooperstown.

LECTURE & DISCUSSION – 8 p.m. “Civic Literacy: Engaging in American Society & Government

Today” with Chris Di Donna, expert speaker, member of local community with BA in History & Political Science.

The CHURCH, 2381 NY-205, Mt Vision. 607-638-5119.

►Saturday, October 27 FALL GUITAR FEST – Registration 8:15 a.m. 18th annual Classical Guitar Fall

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Festival features presentations, ensemble performances, silent auction, collegiate recital, more. Cost, $40/ adult for 2-day pass. Fine Arts building, SUNY Oneonta.

607-865-8775.

AUTHOR VISIT – 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Author Gray Basnight, (former news writer, editor, producer, reporter,) presents latest novel “Flight of the Fox,” political thriller featuring high-tech surveillance, predatory drones, government gone wild. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980.

MUSIC – 11:50 a.m. Tom Simpson, Abby Kreh Gibson, of Glimmerglass Opera Company, host 45-minute educational session on opera “La Fanciulla del West” (Puccini) streaming event. Lunch avail-

able to purchase. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080.

OVER THE TOP – Noon 4 p.m. Walk through woods, see 30-foot waterfall, oak and hemlock groves, Mud Lake, more. Learn history of Riddell State Park. Meet at Pine Lake Campus, Hartwick College, 1894 Charlotte Creek Rd., Oneonta. 607547-4488.

OPERA – 12:55 p.m. Live streaming “La Fanciulla del West” by Puccini. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080.

WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join writers to improve your craft. Hosted by author, Jennifer Donohue.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

MEET & GREET – 3 - 5

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THURSDAY November 1 • Cooperstown Graduate Program

CHICKEN N’ BISCUIT – 4:30 - 7 p.m. Dinner featuring all the fixings, mashed potatoes, peas, cranberry sauce, beverages, more.

Takeout available. Cost, $10/adult. Parish Hall, Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4636 St. Hwy. 28, Hartwick Seminary. 607-547-9613.

Buckley Lecture 2018 • FREE ADMISSION

►Friday, October 26

p.m. Oneonta Residents, local college students invited to meet Judge Elizabeth Burns, candidate for NYS Supreme Court Justice 6th District. Free admission. Red Jug Pub, 195 S. Main St., Oneonta.

E-mail ElectJudgeBurns@ gmail.com.

OKTOBERFEST – 4 - 6:30 p.m. Enjoy German buffet featuring pork schnitzel, bratwurst with sauerkraut, German potato salad, regional beers, beverages, German chocolate cake, more. Prepared by Brian Wrubleski of Mel’s at 22.

Cost, $12/adult. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. 607547-2213/ GLOW RUN – 4:30 p.m.

Wear your favorite costume for benefit run for St. Jude’s Childrens Research Hospital.

Glow stick, food, t-shirt included. Meet at Alumni Field House, SUNY Oneonta.

BENEFIT DINNER – 5:30 p.m. Eric D. Dettenreider Memorial Fund invites community to Allstar Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction to benefit adaptive sports programs for individuals with disabilities.

Elk’s Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 802-399-4366.

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Percussive Dance Traditions in North America

Join us for this his richly illustrated talk on percussive dance forms in North America will range from Appalachian, African and American flat foot and clogging to Irish step dance.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 • 7:30 pm for an evening of music and lore!

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EARLY CHURCH FOUGHT ‘IMMORALITIES, VICES’ HISTORY/From B1 was once an important area the church edifice was because of its strategic dedicated in 1853. The location at the last toll gate congregation then took in the town on the Great the name St. Matthew’s Western Turnpike. Here a Lutheran Church. Matthew stop was made and stageOttman was a member and coach passengers could was instrumental in the relax and freshen up before leaving Schoharie County building of the church.

Pastor Phillip Weiting was for Otsego County and continuing the westward minister when the dedicajourney along tion service the route. was held in The New 1853. He was York State Hisa stern fellow. toric Marker in Members were Leesville, locatsuspended ed in front of from memberSt. Matthew’s ship for on Route 20, disorderly indicates the conduct, spot where the drunkenness, tollgate was or starting located and false rumors credits Calvin about other Rich for setmembers. If a tling Leesville member should in 1784. be absent from This was a communion Matthew Ottman, cred- bustling little for three succommunity cessive times ited with making St. Matthew’s possible, with a post without good was a linear ancestor office, blackreason, they of Supervisor Manko. smith shop, were investistores and gated. hotels for travelers on the …Immoralities and vices turnpike. The Post Office were practiced which were in the Sharon Springs considered far from befitarea was first located in ting a Christian life – proLeesville before the Village fanity, Sabbath-breaking, was settled. horseracing, gambling, This church was the dancing and drunkenness. oldest church in Leesville.

Intoxicating drinks at wedA Baptist Church was also dings as well as funerals located in Leesville by the were not uncommon. railroad tracks but that Such was the state of structure was moved to affairs which Reverend Weiting faced. His challenge Carlisle years ago.

• was to transform the faithAfter having been open less into deeply spiritual continuously for 177 years, Christians. The Lutherans St. Matthew’s Chapel lightened up in later years closed its doors at 3 p.m. like many other religions and weren’t nearly so strict. on Sunday, September 17, 2017. The Rev. Dr. Sara Leesville was a small Litzner presided. hamlet at the western edge of the Town of Sharon. It

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3 Partners Bring New Life To Leesville Church CHURCH/From B1 got inside, and saw the sweetness of the church, it became very clear how special this was.”

On Sunday, Oct. 21, the deconsecrated church found new life as the Light of Heart Sanctuary, a community center, sharing their stories and the history of the church.

“It’s such a beautiful place for the community to come together,” said Nettie Jeanie Scarzafava, the former Otsego County judge and founder of the SOL Center in Oneonta. “It’s great to see that individuals are able to work together to create something collaborative instead of competitive.”

Cheryl Rosen, the Spring House Spa’s owner, last year noticed the church was for sale and began conversations with her friend Yvonne Gardner. She also connected with Petry, and with Scarzafava.

“Cheryl was giving me a massage!” said Scarzafava.

“She was talking about how she had done a changingconsciousness workshop in Saratoga and was lamenting that there wasn’t anything closer. I sat right up and told her to get me a piece of paper and a pencil and came up with some questions for her to ask – within three days, she knew who owned it, the cost, the zoning and everything else we needed to know!”

“It became very clear that we had to do something with this building,” said Petry. “We were inspired to bring forward the sense of kindness and integrity, the connection this church had

to only a handful of parishioners, they continued meeting up until the building was purchased, having their last service on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.

“We started with a gratitude ceremony,” said Petry.

“These women held the church, and this is a passage.”

But after the purchase, Petry and the others found there wasn’t much they had to change or update.

The parishioners had cared for it lovingly, keeping the original tin ceiling, purple and clear stained glass, and a mural of a dove with an olive branch above the altar.

Mary Fines of Fine Finishes, Cooperstown, updated the mural, matching the purple hues in the sky to the windows, and building out the dove’s wing for a 3D effect.

In 1987, an addition to the chapel was built, including new bathrooms and a kitchen, which will allow the Light of Heart to serve food during their programming. Additionally, the pews will be unbolted from the floor so they can be moved throughout the room as necessary for programming.

On Sunday, nearly 100 Jim Kevlin OTSEGO.life attendees were given a Mary Fines of Fine Finishes, Cooperstown, survey in hopes of discoverrepainted the mural above the altar to add an ing what kind of programAdirondack feel, and built up the dove with olive ming would attract visitors. branch in beak to give more of a sense of motion.

“Shirley Sweet offered to do a self-portrait workshop,” to the community.” merged with Zion Lutheran she said. “People are already They purchased the build- in Cobleskill and took in coming to us to ask ‘What ing and an acre of land for parishioners from Evangeli- would you like us to do.’” $50,000. cal Lutheran in Argusville, Possibilities include The church, founded in which had closed its doors dance, writing, yoga and art 1745 and built in 1851, at the end of 1969. classes, jewelry making, AA served the small commuThe chapel was rededicat- and grief support groups, nity, even as other churches ed in 1999, and though the and spiritual classes. folded. In the 1970, it congregation had dwindled

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Legal nOtice COUNTY OF OTSEGO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The County of Otsego will hold a public hearing on November 7, 2018 at 9:45 AM at the County Board Chambers, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 for the purpose of hearing public comments on the County of Otsego’s community development needs, and to discuss the possible submission of one or more Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications for the 2018 program year. The CDBG program is administered by the New York State Office of Community Renewal (OCR), and will make available to eligible local governments approximately $45 million for the 2018 program year for housing, economic development, public facilities, public infrastructure, and planning activities, with the principal purpose of benefiting low/moderate income persons.

The hearing will provide further information about the CDBG program and will allow for citizen participation in the development of any proposed grant applications and/or to provide technical assistance to develop alternate proposals.

Comments on the CDBG program or proposed project(s) will be received at this time. The hearing is being conducted pursuant to Section 570.486, Subpart I of the CFR and in compliance with the requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.

The location of hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. If special accommodations are needed for persons with disabilities, those with hearing impairments, or those in need of translation from English, those individuals should contact the Otsego County Board of Representatives by telephone at (607) 5474202, at least one week in advance of the hearing date to allow for necessary arrangements. Written comments may also be submitted to the Otsego County Planning Department, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 until October 31, 2018.

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NY 13825-2299 District: Section: 286.00 Block: 1 Lot: 15.00 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1999-2, Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property vs.

MATTHEW KNUTSEN AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA GRACE LEVEILLE A/K/A CLAUDIA G LEVEILLE; HEATHER KNUTSEN AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA GRACE LEVEILLE A/K/A CLAUDIA G LEVEILLE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA GRACE LEVEILLE A/K/A CLAUDIA G. LEVEILLE; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO

“JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the Subject Property described in the Complaint, Defendants.

INDEX NO. 2018-0375

To the above named Defendants

Mortgaged Premises: 644 MILL CREEK ROAD OTEGO,

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action

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and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $60,000.00 and interest, recorded on April 6, 1999, at Liber 781 Page 190, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 644 MILL CREEK ROAD OTEGO, NY 13825-2299.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

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11590 516-280-7675 4LegalNov.8 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of J. Ward Eggleston Family LLC Filed 10/11/18 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalNov.22 Legal nOtice Notice of Qualification of Project Travel, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/28/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/02/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: InCorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza-99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805-A, Albany, NY 12210-2822, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Address to be maintained in DE: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801.

Arts of Org. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, DE Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

6LegalNov.22 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of FLASHBACKS BAR & GRILL, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/01/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

Princ. office of LLC: 2595 County Hwy. 35, Schenevus, NY 12155.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

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Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

Name:

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: SAHAR HAMLANI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY

Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC) TWC ENTERPRISES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 17 September 2018.

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 10 CHESTER ST ONEONTA NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company.

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Name: Two Sisters Winery.

Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of NYS on 6/8/18.

Office location Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 127 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville, NY 13776.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalNov.8 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: WALDO JOHNSTON ENTERPRISES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 5 September 2018.

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 5425 Sol Rue Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32967.

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

6LegalNov.8 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: HYDER CREEK FARM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 7 September 2018.

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 229 Main St, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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

6LegalNov.8 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: LAURA’S GARDEN LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 21 March 2018.

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 119 Shulgay Rd, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO

Re-Filed: 9/13/2018 Filed: 2/12/1018 Plaintiff, Index No. 2017-0250 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO County as place of trial Venue is based upon County in which premises are being situate SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”) A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, -against- GREGG EGGLESTON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF VALARIE L. HAFELE; MATTHEW HAFELE AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF VALARIE L. HAFELE; DARCEE LEWIS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF VALARIE L. HAFELE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTEES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF VALARIE L. HAFELE WHO WAS BORN IN 1957 AND DIED ON JUNE 14, 2017, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS 696 STATE HIGHWAY 7, LOT 55, UNADILLA, NY 13849, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance upon the

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Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. If you fail to so appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

ment Number: 2006-00048618 covering the premises described as follows:

DATED: Elmsford, New York September 11, 2018

The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against any Defendants in this action.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”) A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Alex Zamenhof, Esq. Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 565 Taxter Road Suite 590 Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: (914) 3453020 NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”) A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS FORECLOSING AGAINST THE OWNER OF THIS PREMISES. IF YOU LIVE HERE, THIS LAWSUIT MAY RESULT IN YOUR EVICTION. YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT A LAWYER TO DISCUSS ANY RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE DEFENSES YOU MAY HAVE. NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above-entitled action is to foreclose a mortgage to secure $52,500.00 plus interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk/City Register of the County of Otsego on September 13, 2006 Docu-

2 Killkenny Road, Unadilla, NY, 13849 The relief sought in the within action is final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Michael V. Coccoma, JSC dated June 11, 2018 and filed June 21, 2018

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are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed.

State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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Help for Homeowners in Foreclosure

Cherry Valley Brewing Company, LLC

New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.

Articles of Organization of this Limited Liability Company (LLC) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 12, 2018.

The LLC maintains its office in Otsego County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served to Cherry Valley Brewing Company, LLC, 201 Main Street, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose: for any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the law.

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Summons and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.

Sources of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process.

To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at (800) 342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at http:// www.dfs.ny.gov.

Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law.

Foreclosure Rescue Scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There

Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: Dudman Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12 September 2018.

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 10 Market Street, Suite 11, New York, 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalOct.25 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: DRI 5, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 30 August 2018.

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 10 Market Street, Suite 11, New York, 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Skeeter-Eater May Be Simple, But It Works, Inventor Says

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Gerry Welch holds up a sample of a new project he’s working on: a sterile mask that, using ultraviolet light, allows easier breathing for personnel in operating rooms.

Scatter a dozen Skeeter-Eaters around the yard, and you can see how Gerry Welch’s device can quickly begin eradicating thousands of the pesky, blood-drawing tiny pests that buzz, everywhere summers around here.

“I like things simple,” he said.

Gerry is a member of Cooperstown’s well-known Welch family. He is one of four brothers and two sisters, the children of Alva Welch, who operated a Chevy dealership at the lighthouse where Mirabito’s is now, and his wife Mildred. He was born in the stone passenger depot behind Bruce Hall, which was the family’s home at the time.

After a series of adventures and misadventures, as he describes them, he returned to his hometown and, for 17 years, was concierge at The Otesaga.

He bought what was then a simple

one-room camp at Five Mile Point for $13,000 in 1983, and little by little improved it to today’s delightful state.

Since 2001, he has run a boat-rental business.

He first got an inkling of his inventive side in the mid-1980s, when one of his brothers showed up with a wind sail designed to help skaters glide speedily up and down ice-covered Otsego Lake. It was so powerful, however, it dragged skaters off their feet.

Gerry went back to the house and, from a few slats, put together a wind sail about half the size that’s just right.

Even today, he’ll often glide down the lake to Cooperstown, and hitch a ride home with Geri Dobler, the Doubleday Café bartender who is his longtime sweetheart.

Before his eureka moment, he had been tinkering with mosquito traps for a while, after discovering commercial devices, using pesticides or ultraviolet light, can cost from $39 to as much as $1,000.

He sought to develop an ultraviolet device of his own, but abandoned it as too complicated.

The Skeeter-Eater – patent now pending, through the guidance of Jay R. Yablon, the Schenectady patent lawyer – is ready for production.

Gerry’s sent a letter to Victor Mousetraps, “Outsmarting Rodents Since 1898,” which already produces the Mosquito Magnet.

Welch envisions the final product as a plastic container with an opaque top and a snap-on cap. He’s even considered ordering a mold that would allow him to begin production himself.

Estimated price: under $10.

“I like simple,” he repeated.

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Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum seek a Development Associate to cultivate giving campaigns and events which enhance the unforgettable experience our members and donors have. The ideal Development Associate will engage members and donors with their pleasant demeanor, timely responses, creative thinking, planning skills, and ability to create positive partnerships.

The Development Associate’s primary responsibilities are donor event management, including giving campaigns; private donor events; an annual fundraising gala; and donor communication, including gift acknowledgements and monthly correspondence. The Development Associate reviews and manages donor benefits. The Development Associate is a member of the creative team which strategizes appeals, including the Annual Appeal. The Development Associate will coordinate the Annual Report, including editing, drafting overall narrative, and coordinating with the designer to produce the final product.

The successful candidate will be an energetic, enthusiastic and outgoing development professional with exceptional people skills; highly organized; creative; excellent writing skills; equally comfortable speaking in front of large and small groups, and with one-on-one communications; and well-versed in Microsoft Office and Raiser’s Edge databases. The candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree and have minimum of two years previous Fund Development experience, including experience organizing and planning events. Some weekend and evening work is required of the candidate.

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COOP LOOP RACE – 1 - 3 p.m. 5K and 10K race of moderate difficulty through scenic Cooperstown. Includes costume contests. Cost, $25/ adult for 10L race. Begins and ends at Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800, ext. 111.

FILM SCREENING – 1, 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Slender Man.” See Friday Listing.

PUMPKIN GLOW Cooperstown – Jack O’ Lantern festival features carved pumpkins by local artists. Drop off from 1 - 6 p.m. Pumpkin Glow 6 - 7 p.m.

Cooperstown Art Association.

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GHOST TOURS – 6 p.m.

Hyde Hall, 267 See Fri. listing HAUNTED OPERA – 7 - 9 p.m. Earlville Opera House, See Sat. listing.

featuring candy, Hall of Fame trivia. Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown.

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HAUNTED PIZZERIA – 5 - 9 p.m. Fun night out features live characters, pizza and batwing specials, more. New York Pizzeria, 75 Chestnut St., Cooperstown.

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PARADE – 5 p.m.

Showcase your Halloween best with Cooperstown Central School band leading the way. Followed by cider and treats at Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, then trick-or-treating around Cooperstown. Start at Cooper Park, Cooperstown.

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TRUNK OR TREAT – 6 - 8 p.m. Bring the kids to trick or treat out of decorated trunks.

Sharon Springs Chamber of Commerce. 518-860-5513.

TRICK-OR-TREAT – 3 - 6 p.m. Kids trick-or-treat at participating businesses.

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PARADE – 7 p.m. Celebrate Halloween. Costumes encouraged, includes Oneonta High School Bands. Line-up at 6:15. Main St., Oneonta.

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Otsego County Fairgrounds, 469 Mill St., Morris. 607-2635289.

SCIENCE WORKSHOP – 1 p.m. This Science Saturday solve the case with forensics.

Participants aged 9+ examine a mock crime scene, use techniques in forensic anthropology, criminal

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Bring treat to share with friends, and parents. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown.

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607-436-2514.

PUMPKIN GLOW ONEONTA– 6 p.m.

Illuminate park with carved pumpkins lit with glowsticks or flameless candle.

Includes apple cider, doughnuts, prizes for best carving. Free, open to public.

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Halloween in the Halls – 6 - 8 p.m. Student volunteers guide trick-or-treaters and adult guardians on trickor-treat routes through residence halls. SUNY Oneonta.

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DANCE PARTY – 7 – 10:30 p.m. Celebrate Halloween with dancing, costume contest, food, prizes, live DJ. Oneonta Teen Center, 4 Academy St., Oneonta. 607-441-3999.

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TRICK OR TREAT – 1 - 5 p.m. Children trick or treat through the historic village.

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

HAUNTED HOUSE – 4:30 - 830 p.m. Catskill Veteran’s Outreach Center. See Fri. listing.

BUMP IN THE NIGHT – 5:30 p.m. Tour historic village in lantern light. See Friday Listing.

GHOST TOURS – 6 p.m. Visit all spooky places in Hyde Hall. See Friday Listing.

FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Slender Man.” See Friday Listing.

HAUNTED OPERA – 7 – 9 p.m. Test your bravery this haunted season if you can survive what lurks between these rooms. Witch’s den, funeral parlor, eerie courtyard, more. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-6913550.

COSTUMES & COCKTAILS – 8 p.m. Celebrity bartenders Autumn Cocktail Contest featuring costume party with contest. BSide Ballroom, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. 607432-2053.

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Accepting and matching cash donations for Cooperstown Angel Network to be presented to Abram Family Fire Relief Efforts. Mel’s at 22, 22 Chestnut St., Cooperstown.

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HAUNTED HOUSE – 4:30 - 8:30 p.m. Thrill seekers are invited to enjoy a haunted maze where mysterious, creepy creatures lurk. Not recommended for children aged 6 and under. Catskill Veteran’s Outreach Center, 52 Main St., Stamford. 607-2144095.

BUMP IN THE NIGHT – 5:30 p.m. Lantern lit tour of historic village featuring stops at sites with reported hauntings, performance of “The Tell-Tale Heart.” 1-hour tour departs every half hour to 8 p.m. Children must be accompanied by adult. Cost, $15/non-member. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown.

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GHOST TOURS – 6 p.m.

Visit locations in mansion in lantern light, learn about ghostly happenings. Tours leave every half hour to 7:30.

Cost, $20/person, reservations required. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooperstown. 607-5475098 ext.6.

FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Slender Man.” Cost, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

ESCAPE ROOM – 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Teams solve clues in Rocky Horror themed room to escape. Limit 6 people per team. Registration required.

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Much tinkering and experimenting followed. And the other day was the result, sitting on a table in his secondfloor wood-paneled and plate-glassed living room.

It’s a half-filled five-gallon jar, covered with duct tape about halfway up. The jar’s mouth is covered with a small screen and, in the middle of the screen, there’s a small hole.

“I like simple,” he said.

It works like this. A female mosquito is drawn by the stagnant water in the jar through the hole in the screen, lays its larvae, then tries to fly away, only to bump into the glass sides of the jar.

Eventually, exhausted, the mosquito drowns and sinks to the bottom of the jar, followed by its larvae. The tiny cadavers make the water even more stagnant, and thus more appealing to other mosquitos.

The effectiveness expands exponentially.

Male mosquitos are fine, sure – one less mosquito. But the trap removes them merely one at a time.

With females, “you’re wiping out their entire generation,” the inventor said – thousands over a single insect’s lifespan.

“It’s called: Nip it in the bud,” Welch said.

After mating once, the typical female mosquito will lay 100 eggs within three days, and will repeat that process twice.

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Funeral Mass Planned For William Kraham, 94; Decorated Pilot, Lawyer OOPERSTOWN – A funeral mass is planned for William Rohan Kraham, 94, a decorated bomber pilot during the D-Day invasion who then pursued a legal career specializing in aviation, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church.

Interment will follow in the Kraham family plot at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Index.

Mr. Kraham, a Cooperstown native and longtime resident of Gaithersburg, Md., died of heart failure on Feb. 23, 2018, at

the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, St. Mary’s County, Md. Born on May 14, 1923, in Cooperstown, he was the youngest of 12 children of Michael Paul Kraham and Sarah Rohan Kraham, of 24 Elm St. Mr. Kraham learned to fly at age 16 in a Piper Cub equipped with skis on the snow-covered ice of Otsego Lake. He was a graduate of Cooperstown High School and Cleveland Marshall Law School and attended both Columbia Univer-

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sity and the University of Maryland.

He left Columbia University to enlist in the Army Air Corps during WWII, trained as a William R. Kraham pilot in Texas and ColoAfter the war, he returned rado, was a B-24 Liberator to a training command in pilot who flew many combat Florida, retiring as a captain. missions to strategic targets After retiring from the Air in Germany as a decoForce, he became a lawyer, rated member of the 445th was admitted to practice in Bomb Group stationed in state and federal courts in Tibenham, Norfolk, and Ohio, Maryland, and the flew two D-Day missions District of Columbia, and over Normandy. The Group was a legal adviser and was awarded the Croix de trial counsel for the Federal Guerre with Palm by the Aviation Administration, French government for where he specialized in operations in the European airline and general aviation theater from December aircraft accident cases.

1943 to February 1945.

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He was preceded in death by a daughter Ann Rohan, who died in 1951; his loving wife of 72 years, Elizabeth Ann Benninghoff, who died on May 24, 2017, and most recently by a son, Robert Martin Kraham, who died on Oct. 14, 2017.

William had five brothers (Paul, Robert, John, Charles, and Richard) and six sisters (Mary, Frances, Helen, Kathryn, Gertrude, and Madeline), all of whom preceded him in death.

Charlotte Kniskern, 95; Long-Time Nurse Anesthetist At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Charlotte R. Kniskern, 95, a native of Cooperstown and long-time resident of Lake Street, passed away Wednesday morning, Oct. 17, 2018, at Teresian House in Albany.

Born Sept. 18, 1923, at Bassett Hospital, Charlotte was the only child of Charles A. and Katherine R. (Tierney) Kniskern.

After graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1941, she attended Cazenovia College and graduated in 1943.

A registered nurse, Charlotte was first employed at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., and then Faxton Hospital in Utica. She moved back to her native Cooperstown and for many years served as nurse anesthetist at Bassett.

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ment service, he enjoyed a distinguished law career, including as legal counsel to air traffic controllers and aviation specialists; later in private law practice, he specialized in aircraft and motor vehicle accident cases and medical malpractice cases, and served as an arbitrator.

In his retirement years, Mr. Kraham kept busy with a wide variety of interests, including writing, family genealogy, astronomy and space exploration. He participated as manager of public relations in the restoration of the 1903 Wright Flyer Replica for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the National Park Service at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

He was the proud father of two children who survive

MOHAWK – Louis R. Kilts, 74, of Mohawk, an Oneonta native who leaves several survivors in Otsego County, died Friday Oct. 12, 2018, at Bassett Hospital.

Louis was born on Jan. 28, 1944, in Oneonta to Earl R. Kilts and Lilian Anderson Kilts. He worked in maintenance throughout his life.

He had a lifelong fascination with Indian lore and was interested in wolves, electronics of every kind, and computers.

He was predeceased by his parents and by his siblings Robert, Alberta, Joanne, Earl (“Junior”), Helen Rose, James, and Tina.

Louis is survived by his sons, Richard Stevens (Christine) of Sidney and William Kilts (Omi Collette) of Clinton, as well as his grandchildren, among them his granddaughter Brandy O’Connor of Sidney. Also, five siblings.

Graveside services and burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Westville Cemetery, Westville.

Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Service.

several cousins.

A graveside service was held be Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in the Fly Creek Valley Cemetery on Cemetery Road in Fly Creek, where Charlotte was laid to rest

alongside her parents. Rev. David Wm. Mickiewicz, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oneonta, will officiate.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be directed to

Teresian House Foundation, 200 Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, NY 12203.

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

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DEBATE/From A1 to shut down proceedings due to outbursts. And Murray, who organized the debate with Steve Londner of the Oneonta League, did so once.

The organizer repeated the League’s policy: “We do not allow personal attacks.” However, she suggested there might have been ways to address each candidate’s main Achilles heel without making it personal.

Devlin has been bedeviled with allegations that his prison-guard son, Ros, threatened to create incidents at schools in Milford and Oneonta as a cover to committing suicide in front of a disciplining supervisor.

Fernandez has been questioned about his spouse, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who chaired the county board until last January and frequently jousted with Devlin in advance of her husband’s announcement he’s running for the office.

Perhaps, Murray said, a question could have been couched in terms of what appropriate humanresources policies each candidate would consider to prevent these kinds of conflicts from occurring.

“I don’t know if we’ve had a sheriff’s debate before,” she continued. (The sheriff hasn’t been challenged since his first race, in 2006, against another retired state troopers, Kenneth W. “Skip” Beijen.)

“So, the two candidates may have been naïve about the way they asked questions.”

Regardless, Fernandez started strong with repeating “I’m outraged” several times in his opening remarks, where he recounted the allegations against the Devlin son.

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Maureen Murray, president of the League of Women Voters, Cooperstown chapter, cauitions Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., of Milford, center, and his challenger, retired state trooper Bob Fernandez of Otego, against “personal attacks.”

But Devlin ended strong, reading a surprise letter he said was written by a departing deputy exonerating the sheriff’s son. “As I leave for another opportunity, I feel I must clear the air on an alleged incident that occurred on Jan. 5, 2017,” Devlin read during his closing remarks.

“I was in the room when this incident allegedly occurred.

“At no time did Ros Devlin make any statements that have been alleged.”

Asked about the Raso letter as the debate broke up a couple of minutes later, Fernandez answered, “B*** S***.” He went on to say that the letter could have been extracted under pressure, in exchange for a good

reference, and noted it wasn’t given under oath.

The evening quickly gained momentum as Fernandez’ “I’m outraged” remarks brought forth loud applause, prohibiting League rules. Devlin shot back a reference to “witch hunt by your wife,” further applause erupted, prompting Heim to say, “We can’t have that going on all night. If it does, we are going to end it.”

Devlin and Fernandez then tackled several questions from the audience and a media panel, on topics like the heroin epidemic and the Safe Act. Both agreed on trying to expand the road patrol.

When Fernandez said he’d been told by Oneonta agencies that insuffi-

cient services were being provided to addicts and people with disabilities in jail, Devlin erupted, “That’s a lie.”

In discussing his desire to bring back the boat patrol, Devlin remarked, “that program was cut under your wife.”

On putting a “resource officer” – a deputy – on duty in BOCES’ Otsego Area Occupational Center in Milford, Fernandez asked whether he favored expanding the program to all schools in the county, or “only in your hometown.”

Later, Fernandez noted that the county sheriff’s department had lost its accreditation under Devlin. The sheriff responded it was for one reason: an insufficient interrogation

room, and the county board under Clark’s leadership had declined to fund the upgrade for five years.

With a new county chair as of last January, the funding has been approved, the work will be done and Devlin said he expected the department will get its accreditation back.

While Devlin maintained a sober demeanor, Fernandez winked to audience members, raised his eyebrows, appeared to smirk, and referred to the sheriff only as “Mr. Devlin.” At one point, even he recognized this, noting, “I don’t want to appear flippant.”

Each candidate was given two minutes to respond to questions, and one minute to rebut. With Fernandez continuing to jump in while Devlin rebutted, Heim again cautioned, “We can’t have this back and forth. It’s not what we’re here for.”

A few minutes later, Murray herself felt compelled to jump in, warning the debaters against “personal attacks.” If they continued, Murray said, “We’ll just close things down and send everybody home.”

Heim then challenged audience members, “Does anybody want to come up here and take this over?”

And Tom Leiber, the Oaksville maker of fine guitars and a pal of Fernandez since their high school days on Long Island, jumped up and offered to do so.

2nd Of Oneonta’s Bellinger Playing In World Series SERIES/From A1 Dodgers – and son and grandson of Oneontans – began World Series play against the Red Sox in historic Fenway Park in Boston.

His father, Clay Bellinger, was in the World Series almost 20 years ago as a Yankee playing against the Mets in Yankee stadium.

“Clay and I keep up, especially when Cody hits that homerun and then got MVP,” said Oneonta High School Athletic Director Joe Hughes, who coached the father at OHS. “A few years back Clay came to play in the Old-

Timers League at Yankee Stadium. He had the boys with him. He called me to see if I could throw him Cody’s dad, a couple of Clay, played pitches up in the 2000 at the high World Seschool to get ries. him ready.

I threw pitches to both boys and to Clay. Cody must have been in high school then, and Cole was probably in junior high. Looking back, that was a great time.”

While Clay Bellinger raised his family in Arizona, Penny Bellinger, Cody’s grandmother, still lives in Oneonta.

“Clay was a great example for Cody,” Penny said of her son. “He was playing professional baseball while the kids were growing up.

It took Clay 10 years to get to the Major Leagues; it only took Cody four years.

I think that is because Clay was already there.”

According to Penny, her son Clay played baseball since he was a toddler.

“It was just something he always wanted to do,” Penny said. “It makes sense

that Cody would play baseball; his younger brother, Cole, too. He (Cole) just got drafted with the San Diego Padres.”

Clay grew up in Oneonta.

As a young baseball enthusiast, he played in several leagues, including a stint with the Cortland Apples one summer when he was playing Little League.

Cody at the bat, a photo provided by his grand“There weren’t any camps mother, Pauline Bellinger of Oneonta. then,” Penny said. “But there to go where it was warm spot on the roster to open was still plenty of baseball.” so he could play baseball up. Finally it did, and he Clay played baseball for was drafted to the Yankees, Oneonta High School. Then year ‘round. I helped him find Rollins College, a good and he got two World Series he went to Rollins College division two school. He was rings. in Winter Haven, Fla., to drafted to the minor leagues “That’s every kids dream, if play baseball. by the San Francisco Giants you grow up around here, is to “Clay was an OHS when he was a junior.

He play for the Yankees. And then outstanding athlete,” Joe waited in the minors for a to get two World Series rings, Hughes said. “He wanted you just can’t beat that.”

Clay played Major League baseball for both the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels before he retired.

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►Saturday, October 27

COFFEE HOUSE –7 - 9 p.m.

Music in range of genres by amateur local performers; light refreshments; all welcome. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church.

Church Rd., Schuyler Lake.

Call 315-858-2575.

GUITAR CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Headline concert of Classical Guitar Fall Festival features The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo performing de

Falla, Rossini, Moravec, more.

Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. 607-865-8775.

CONCERT SERIES – 7:30 p.m. Opening performance of the 49th Cooperstown Concert series features Molly Tuttle playing her own distinctly original works. Ballroom, Village Hall, Cooperstown.

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GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried, tested gardening tips. The Farmers’

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AWARD RECEPTION – 2 p.m. Greater Oneonta Historical Society presents 2018 Albert E. Morris Award to Bob Brzozowski. Celebrate his years of hard work at reception, enjoy refreshments, more. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta.

607-432-0960.

MUSIC – 3 - 5 p.m. Close 2018 season with performance by Jake Fleming Trio performing Jazz numbers with insights on creative process, technique between songs.

End of performance Q&A. West Kortright Center, 49 W. Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. 607-278-5454.

TASTE OF FOOTHILLS – 5:30 p.m. Enjoy dinner from local vendors followed by show featuring ‘extraordanist’ Craig Karges. Cost, $20/person. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-4312080.

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OPENING – Cooperstown Graduate Program auction opens, continues through November 9. Proceeds go to scholarships, activities of SUNY Oneonta Alumni Association. Visit www.biddingforgood.com/CGAauction SIT N’ KNIT – 1 - 2 p.m.

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FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with live model.

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NICOTINE ANONYMOUS – 7 p.m. Meetings for those who desire to live free of nicotine. Front Meeting Room, St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta.

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PRESCHOOL TUESDAY – 10 - 11:30 a.m. Bring your preschooler for Storytime in the Schoolhouse, Farm Animal Encounters, fun in Childrens Sensory Garden, more.

Free with Museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, Cooperstown.

Call 607-547-8344.

TINKERING TUESDAY – 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Design, print a custom object. Item TBA. Material fee applies.

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DAIRY DISCUSSION – 12:30 - 3 p.m. Small, midsized dairy farms learn tools to manage change.

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DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discuss current events. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344.

CHESS MEETING – 6 - 11 p.m. Weekly meeting welcomes players of all levels. No fee. Cafeteria, College Union, SUNY Oneonta. Call Dom at 607-484-7240.

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OPEN HOUSE – 3 - 5 p.m.

Celebrate opening new location of Delaware Engineering, D.P.C. Refreshments will be served. Delaware Engineering, D.P.C., 55 S. Main St., Oneonta. RSVP to Cheryl 607432-8073.

CRAFT & CHAT – 3:30 p.m. Bring your current knit or crochet project, chat with the group. Ages 10+. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 6 - 8 p.m. Cocktail Party & lecture “Puzzles of the Brain: An Artist’s Journey through Amnesia” with Alene Johnson, sister of artist Lonnie Sue Johnson. Cost, $50/ non-member. Study Center, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400.

YARN CLUB – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Knitter, crocheters of all skill levels meet to work on projects. Accompanied youths welcome. The Study, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

HISTORY SERIES – 7 p.m.

“Scots-Irish Immigration and Defense of the Colonial New York Frontier including the Cherry Valley Massacre, 1740 to 1778” by Terry McMaster, independent historian whose research focuses on American Revolution in Mohawk Valley, settlement patterns, family connections, border warfare along New York’s western frontier. Suggested donation, $5. Fort Plain Museum, 389 Canal St., Fort Plain. 518-993-2527.

FOMA MEETING – 7 - 8 p.m. Faculty Room, Cooperstown High School.

607-547-8181.

LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Join Mick Moloney for 2018 Buckley Lecture. Learn about Percussive Dance Traditions in North America ranging from Appalachian, African-American flat foot, clogging to Irish sean nos, step dance. Donations welcome. Cooperstown Graduate Program, 5838 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607547-2586.

paper & sculpture, with handmade glass beads, jewelry. Displayed through 11/17. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

607-432-2070.

CROWD RAISING – 6 - 9 p.m. Enjoy evening of family fun. Dance to Council Rock Band, eat at Ommegang food truck, buy raffle tickets, more. Proceeds benefit Cooperstown Tennis, Soccer, Otsego Area rowing, more.

Firepit, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown.

FALL TURKEY DINNER – 6 p.m. Celebrate Fall with home-cooked Roast Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings.

Reservation required. Takeout available. Middlefield Baptist Church, Middlefield. 607-5479093.

FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Crazy Rich Asians.” Cost, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

ESCAPE ROOM – 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Solve clues in Rocky Horror themed room to escape. Limit 6 people per team. Registration required.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

FILM SERIES – 7 p.m.

Showing “The People V Leo Frank” (2009). Discrimination Matters film series. Open discussion to follow. Free, open to public. Light snacks available, or bring your own.

Waterfront Room, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta.

PLANETARIUM – 7 - 8 p.m. Live show, talk about Juno Space probe currently orbiting Jupiter, view images,

discuss discoveries so far.

Night sky viewing to follow College Camp 30 min. away.

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

CONCERT – 7 p.m. “The Subdudes” perform drawing inspiration from native New Orleans, blends Blues, gospel, funk, R&B with their own vocal harmony. Cost, $10$55. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315691-3550.

CONCERT – 7 - 9 p.m. Tom Pondolfino, Mary Frances Perricone present 2 hours of 50s-70s music to dance, with your favorite partner.

Cost, $15/person. 6th Ward Athletic Club, 607-436-9136.

CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Fun social dance features music by Tailwind, caller Hilton Baxter. Arrive at 7:15 for introduction to steps. Admission, $8/adult.

First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown.

607-547-8164.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Performance by rising stars Matthew Lipman, Violist, and Henry Kramer, pianist.

Tickets, $25 general admission. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St.,Oneonta. 607-433-7252.

►Saturday, November 3

HOLIDAY BAZAAR – 9 a.m. - Noon. ‘Tip Toe Through The Holiday’ features items for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day. Includes gifts, decorations, crafts, more.

Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-6552.

All OTSEGO. halloween Oktoberfest Saturday October 27 in the Church Hall St. Mary’s ‘Our Lady of the Lake’ Roman Catholic Church 31 Elm Street, Cooperstown 607-547-2213 Like us on facebook

German buffet from 4 to 6:30 pm Chef Brian Wrubleski of Mel’s at 22 will prepare pork schnitzel, bratwurst w/sauerkraut, German potato salad, soft pretzels, regional beers, beverages and German Chocolate Cake.

$12 adult, $6 children 5-12 Children under 5 Free

►Friday, November 2

20% OFF mixed cases of wine every day

* 750 mL sizes and larger.

While supplies last!

HOLIDAY BAZAAR – 9 a.m.

- 3 p.m. ‘Tip Toe Through The Holiday’ features items for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day. Includes gifts, decorations, crafts, more.

Lunch available. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-6552.

ART DROP-OFF – 11 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Association members enter works in Holiday Art Show & Sale. Pottery, 2-dimensional art, clothing, woodwork, ornaments, stained glass, many more.

Cooperstown Art Association.

607-547-9777.

BEER FLAVOR WORKSHOP – 1 - 4 p.m. Learn origins of flavor in beer from raw materials, brewing techniques. Ideal for homebrewers, industry professionals. Uses nonalcoholic beer. Registration required. Cost, $25/nonmembers. Bump Tavern, The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1534.

FESTIVAL – 4 - 10 p.m.

BestFest NYS features homegrown foods, handcrafted items from New York State.

Also includes entertainment, NYS bands, gourmet edibles, more. New York State Fair Grounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse.

OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 8 p.m. Exhibit “Conversation in Color” showing works

by Fiona M. Dejardin, Terry L.H. Slade, features works on

HYDE HALL HISTORIC MANSION

267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd Cooperstown EntER Via thE StatE PaRk EntRanCE

HYDE and SHRIEK CANDLELIGHT

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GHOST TOURS

isit many places in the mansion where ghostly manifestations have been reported for over 150 years, including those identified by Ghosthunters© in their Halloween 2013 Special!

Rain or Shine…or THUNDERSTORM !

October 5 • 6 · 12 · 13 · 19 · 20 ·26 · 27 · 28 at 6 pm · 6:30 pm · 7 pm · 7:30 pm $20 per person · 1 Hour Tour • Reserve online at HydeHall.org Call 607-547-5098 ext. 6. for more info Extensive periods of walking and climbing stairs are required on this tour.

It is not handicapped accessible or appropriate for those with difficulty walking.