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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, October 31, 2019

Trustees Retreat On Dorm Idea Listen to the public, county Judge John Lambert, former village attorney, advises trusteees.

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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ormitories are out.

Facing citizen pushback, the Cooperstown Village Board voted Monday, Oct. 28 to remove the dormitories – defined as six or more bedrooms that share a common kitchen and living spaces – from “special use” consideration in residential Please See ZONING, A9

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Hard to believe, maybe, but CCS grad Charles Hollister, now living in Oneonta, didn’t win the 19th annual Coop Loop Sunday, Oct. 27, due to his good looks.

He simply ran the Halloween 10K in 38:16. Justin Stephens won the 5K in 17:15.

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SUNY Team Bus Hits Moose In Adirondacks

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En route to games in Potsdam, the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons women’s soccer team struck an animal – reported to be a moose by witnesses – on the I-89, the Northway, near North Hudson, at Mile Marker 114.

The SUNY girls were on their way to play SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Plattsburgh. They lost at Please See MOOSE, A8

VOTE EXPECTED ON COUNTY MANAGER HEADLESS HORSEMAN? ZOWIE!!!

Trustees Plan Moratorium On Dunkin’ Locale COOPERSTOWN

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he Village Board is considering a sixmonth moratorium on the lot at Walnut and Chestnut streets where a Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins cobranded outlet is planned.

Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh said the trustees needed time to think through a “unique” zoning designation in the village.

He pointed out that the lot is the only commercial designation on Walnut Street, where Cooperstown Elementary School is located.

The hearing will be 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, at 22 Main.

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►VANESSA BLEY, raised in Cherry Valley and daughter of famed jazz musician Paul Bley, was killed in a car crash Friday, Oct. 25 in California. ►HUNTERS FOUND the body of a missing Hartwick woman in her car in a remote Town of Pittsfield area. The body of her dog was alongside her. ►the former triple-a in Cooperstown is being demolished to make way for an expansion of New York Pizzeria. ►the pervus, who owned the Oneonta Hotel, are still in contempt of court for failing to do repairs.

Debate May Focus On Cost V. Benefit At Nov. 5 Meeting

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The Headless Horseman (Carl Loewenguth of Cooperstown) and Headless Horse Boy (actually, Sophia Peplinski, 8, of Richfield Springs) pause at their favorite spot in The Farmers’ Museum during early trick-or-treating in the 19th century village Saturday afternoon, Oct. 26. Hey, kids! Cooperstown’s Halloween Parade sets off at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, from Cooper Park.

Oneonta Christian Academy Pleads For Otego Elementary 2 Other Bidders Ask To Purchase Vacant School

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he Oneonta Christian Academy is running out of room.

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our size,” Elizabeth Cook, director of programming and 12th-grade English teacher, told the Unatego Central School Board Monday, Oct. 28.

The OCA was one of three bidders trying to Please See OTEGO, A9

he Otsego County Board of Representatives voted in 1993 to create a county manager position. The result was a 7-7 tie, but the weighted voting system blocked the move.

A quarter-century plus a year later, a resolution is again headed to the county Meg Kennedy is leading the board, on Wednesday, charge.

Nov. 6, and with at least two Republicans, the one Conservative and all but perhaps one of the Democrats favoring it, it appears likely to be approved.

Since the creation of a top manager’s job would require enactment of a law, the Nov. 6 vote would be to set a public hearing for the Please See MANAGER, A8

FORUM PLANNED ON MERGER WITH WORCESTER

Schenevus School Needs Help

By JAMES CUMMINGS SCHENEVUS

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ith its deficit heading toward $750,000, the Schenevus Central School has reopened merger talks with neighboring Worcester Central.

A forum entitled “The Future of Schenevus” is planned at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the school gym.

“Please join us for an evening of forward-thinking collaboration and gaining an understanding of what we need to do to maintain an institution that provides all students with a quality eduPlease See SCHENEVUS/From A9

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Rain Stops, Coop Loop Lets Ghouls, Ghosts Run Wild In The Streets

Theo Spinosa, 10, Cooperstown, in the mask, is at the front of the pack at the 19th annual Coop Loop 5K on Sunday, Oct. 27. 74 racers – some in costumes and masks – ran the race, and Justin Stevens took first place with a time of 17:15. The Clark Sports Center teased “something different” planned next year, the 20th race, with details to be forthcoming.

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Rustic Ridge Winery, operated by Rick and Laura Bennett on the family farm in the Town of Burlington, will receive the Key Bank 20th annual Small Business of the Year Award.

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Ridge, the Bennetts offered a diverse selection of New York State produced and bottled wines, and created a venue for family friendly gatherings and events for community members and visitors alike, Heegan said.

Helios Care, which recently announced the reinvention of Catskill Area Hospice to provide a wide range of services at home, will receive the Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Breakthrough Business of the Year, celebrating innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

In making the transition, the Catskill Area Hospice board renamed the organization Helios Care/Compassion, Choices, Dignity.

The Chamber received a nomination from an anonymous family member that recently used the palliative care program at-home during a long-term illness, reducing the necessity of ER and hospital visits.

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Early Voting Begins And, With It, Opportunities Nationally, Impact Unclear, But We’ll See Locally

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nything that allows more people to exercise the right to vote is important,” said Mike Henrici, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner after the first weekend of early voting in Otsego County.

Maybe. But maybe not.

Early voting has been around for 30 years – Texas was first – and today 38 states open the polls in advance of Election Day, which this year is Nov. 5. New York was the 38th state and, as elsewhere in the state, polls opened at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the county’s Meadows Office Complex in the Town of Middlefield.

Day One, 50 people voted – the first historic ballot was cast by Kathy Chase, Cooperstown. Day Two, 42, and by noon Monday, Day Three, 34. At that rate, perhaps 400-500 ballots will be cast by Sunday, Nov. 3. There will then be a two-day hiatus, and polls will be open 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Election Day. Chase, who plans to be in Colorado visiting her son on

Nov. 5, and thus wouldn’t have been able to vote, said, “If it increases voter turnout, then it’s a good thing.”

Yes, but that seems not to have happened nationwide, although early voting has risen from 7 percent of voters in the early 1990s to 17.3 percent, a U.S. Election Assistance Commission statistic reported in a recent column by Hans A. von Spakovsky, a former Federal Election Commission member in the Washington Times. That doesn’t include absentee ballots.

However, studies out of James Cummings/The Freeman’s Journal American University and the Kathy Chase of Cooperstown, center, was the first voter to cast a ballot under the state’s new early voting law. Polls opened Saturday, University of Wisconsin conPlease See EDITORIAL, A6 Oct. 26, at the county’s Meadows Office Complex, and early voting continues daily through Sunday, Nov. 3.

ELECTION 2019: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

From San Diego: Support Protect Richfield Candidates To the Editor: Dear Town of Richfield residents and voters: We are Joe and Jami Palumbo. While our fulltime residence is in San Diego, Calif., where we work and raise our two children, we purchased a second home five years ago on Canadarago Lake.

We utilize this residence as much as possible over the

summers, holidays and in essence any time we can.

We both grew up in the outskirts of Richfield and currently have family and friends living in Richfield, Frankfort, New Hartford and Utica. Every March we host an annual Fundraiser called Kristin’s Fund for the sole purpose of re-eradicating domestic violence in the area.

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Needless to say, we love the Richfield community, we love the beautiful area and the peaceful lifestyle it offers. It is so different from many places we have traveled to around the world and the one where we plan to make permanent when we retire. ty, even plunging into GoodBecause of our home and year Lake in February’s ties to Richfield, we keep annual Polar Bear Jump. close tabs of the area news Caitlin’s career in nonand follow the political scene profits and as a grant as well. We are impressed writer has given her the with the Comprehensive background to work on the Plan: The vision and goals county’s behalf: project are on target with what we management, communicabelieve can help enhance tion, creative approaches to the future of the area. complex problems.

The town needs growth Her understanding of and a growth mindset is a political office as public start to this. We agree that service means she knows her updating the zoning law was role is to be an advocate, to work for her neighbors, not for herself.

I’m supporting Caitlin Ogden for county board because we need a problem To the Editor: I was reading your newspaper’s solver who will work for “expose” of the Democrats’ top secret Laurens and Otego and all plan to take over the county as if it of Otsego County. were satire, until I realized you were AMY CROUSE-POWERS serious, that changing party leadership Otego was some kind of threat to the county’s political somnambulance.

Of course it’s time for a change!

UNDE FO D R Everything outlined in the McEvoy Memo would be good for the For 211 Years economic health and wellbeing for all the people of the county.

Ogden Will Be Problem Solver, Working For District 3, County To the Editor: I’m so pleased that Caitlin Ogden is running to represent District 3 (LaurensOtego) on the county Board of Representatives.

Caitlin brings to the race a life of public service. She spent her high school years volunteering to help rescued marine life.

She moved to New York seeking open spaces and a sense of community often found in Upstate New York, and over her 13 years in New York, she has strived to give back to her community.

She has made a career working in the non-profit industry with a special fondness for museums. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta with a master of arts degree, Caitlin has continued to seek ways to be active in her communi-

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To the Editor, I would like to officially announce my support for Jill Basile who is ready to lead District 14 within the City of Oneonta into greater times. She is running for the county Board of Representatives in the hopes of bringing new energy to Ward 7-8.

As a small business owner for the past 14 years in this city, I wholeheartedly believe in and support Jill’s ideas and concepts that are going to ignite a line of open communication with those who are in a space of power in our community.

I have had the pleasure of working alongside Jill at the Susquehanna SPCA, where together we shaved matted dogs saved from a neglect case. Her energy and positive outlook can be seen in every facet of the SPCA, where you can also find her walking adoptable dogs on Main Street in the snow or ensuring the community is

aware of the shelter’s needs.

She is that person you go to when you need something done and you know it will be done right.

I also serve as a Community Relations & Human Rights commissioner for the City of Oneonta, and have utilized Jill’s skills and determination to assist the commission in its goals.

Jill is always available, and ready for whatever concern or issue comes her way.

She is the type of individual that leads by example and leaves you feeling empowered. As a community we are lucky to have such a genuine and open individual that is going to bring compassion, new ideas and good ole hard work to our county board.

I hope you will join me in bringing about this much needed positive shift into our community, and vote for Jill!

SHANNON McHUGH Community Relations &

Broadband, Renewables, Code Enforcement, Pot – Why Not?

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very much needed. It will promote the safety, health, morals and commerce and also protect and conserve the value of our property.

We encourage the most appropriate use of the land in Richfield and believe the new zoning will increase the tax base.

We thank the board members for passing the new zoning law and thank such an amazing community for understanding the benefit of it. We encourage you to vote to help promote the welfare of such a great town and community.

The town will benefit greatly if you take the time to look carefully at the ballot and vote David Simonds, Kane Seamon and Jeremy Fisher.

You simply cannot go back to the old ways, you must change or you will continue to lose opportunities.

JOE and JAMIE PALUMBO San Diego, Calif.

Basile Election Will Bring Energy, Openness To Board

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of derelict buildings.

Neither the village, town nor county enforces codes against substandard buildings – they just let them selfdemolish due to benign neglect. Kind of like the local Republican party.

Of the two candidates for District 3 (Laurens-Otego), she sounds like she’d be a real hard-working go-getter for the county. He sounds like a nice old guy to talk to about horses.

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To wit: Rural broadband – yes, do it, get it done, the more the better. Pot – why not? If marijuana is legalized in New York State, the county should give a new meaning to Upstate.

Renewable energy – it’s the best kind there is. Stop pining for fracked gas that isn’t here and get with the 21st century. Code enforcement – there is none now – there should be as McEvoy proposes – including the demolition, preservation or relocation

5¢ Deposit Will Reduce Solid Waste, Pollution Editor’s Note: This position paper was prepared

by Liane Hirabayashi and Julie Sorensen, co-presidents, League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area, and Steve Londner, chair, Steering Committee, League of Women Voters of the Oneonta Area.

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o, I brought my own bag,”many shoppers are telling store clerks when asked, “Do you need a bag?” And more shoppers

will be giving the same reply starting in March 2020 when the state Bag Waste Reduction Act goes into effect. This new law bans – with some exceptions – the use of plastic bags by merchants and others to hold purchases.

The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area and the League of Women Voters of the Oneonta Area believe this ban on plastic bags is an important step toward the goal of reducing solid waste and environmental pollution. We are, however, disappointed that paper bags were not included in the ban because when it comes to waste reduction, paper bags have as many problems as plastic bags do.

In general, the public does not perceive paper

bags as being as bad for the environment as plastic bags, but that is not the case.

As Eric Goldstein of the National Resource Defense Fund in New York noted, “The transportation of paper products from forests to pulping mills to retail outlets consumes large amounts of fossil fuel and emits ground level air contaminants. And the paper-making process itself is energy intensive and a major source of water pollution.”

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

150 Years Ago

(The following is quoted from an address by Dr. Orson M. Allaben to the members of the Delhi Agricultural and Mechanics Society at its Annual Fair, September 30, 1869) “It is but a few years since the first telegraph line was put in operation between Baltimore and Washington City. If the steamboat had been a wonder, and the steam-car had astonished and amazed the world, the Electric Telegraph was considered the miracle of the age.

That people could freely converse with each other and hold communications at long distances through the agency of electricity, and a simple iron wire had been considered impossible. But, the capabilities of a free intellect, as developed in the perceptions and productions of free thought, aided by the manipulations of a free hand, solved the problem, and the impossible became possible before the light of scientific investigation.”

October 1869

125 Years Ago

Normal Schools – The Hartwick Seminary Monthly tells a great deal of truth in a single paragraph – “The state spends $300,000 a year on Normal Schools for the avowed purpose of preparing young persons for the positions of teachers.

Only about one-fifth of the pupils become teachers. Not one-tenth of the teachers in public schools are graduates of Normal Schools. The State pays largely for the whistle.

It has invested $2,000,000 in Normal School property. The academies of the State are preparing more teachers for their work than all the Normal Schools combined, and doing it as well. For this the State pays nothing except the pittance that comes from the distribution of the Literature Fund.”

October 1894

100 Years Ago

Wednesday afternoon, a team of horses belonging to Charles McCumber of Sidney Center ran away and crashed into the curb in Oneonta, demolishing the wagon and dumping the furniture, with which the wagon was loaded, on the sidewalk. The runaway was caused by the whiffletree coming loose and striking the horses on the legs, frightening them and causing them to get beyond control of Mr. McCumber.

The horses were not injured. It is fortunate that neither Mr. McCumber nor his wife, who was on the wagon with him at the time, were not injured. The furniture was damaged quite badly. Mr. McCumber had been to Milford for the furniture and was taking it to his home at Sidney Center.

October 1919

80 Years Ago

“A well-educated Christian leadership will provide the best possible means of restoring a spiritual balance to our distraught world,” declared Dr. Henry J. Arnold, following his induction as the third President of Hartwick College. The ceremonies were followed by an inaugural luncheon in the church parlors after which delegates witnessed the football game between Hartwick and Connecticut State Teachers College. “The College President as a Leader” was the topic chosen by Dr. William H. Cowley, President of Hamilton College of Clinton, New York, in his welcoming address to Dr. Arnold at the inaugural ceremonies. Dr. Cowley pointed out that a college president must above all else be a leader, defining a leader as “a person who is going somewhere and is able to persuade others to come along with him.”

October 1939

60 Years Ago

40 Years Ago

SUCO got over the first hurdle in its fight for a fieldhouse Wednesday when the SUNY Board of Trustees approved the college’s $629,000 request to plan the building. Now, Oneonta State’s request must be included in the overall university budget submitted to the Governor. Then, it must be included in the Governor’s executive budget and approved by the legislature prior to March 31, 1980. The fieldhouse request is part of a $1.3 million request for money to be used for construction and planning on the Oneonta campus. SUCO’s request is part of a $122.2 million SUNY capital construction budget for the 1980-81 school year.

SUCO requested $539,000 for construction and $763,000 for planning. The entire $1.3 million package was approved by the trustees.

October 1979

20 Years Ago

Measures aimed at cracking down on phony school bomb threats and teenage drinking and smoking were signed into law recently by New York State Governor George Pataki.

The first law makes it a felony to falsely report bombs, fires, explosions or the release of hazardous substances at a school. “It’s not a simple prank. It’s a crime,” Pataki said.

“Our schools should be sanctuaries of peace and learning, not zones of mayhem and fear.” Schools throughout the state were disrupted repeatedly by bomb threats after the April 20 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado.

Penalties for the crimes include driver’s license suspension. Teenagers may also receive a youthful offender or juvenile delinquency adjudication. A second bill encourages merchants to install scanners that verify a customer’s age in stores, bars and nightclubs. The scanners can determine whether a person can legally buy alcohol and tobacco by

October 1959 reading a bar code or magnetic strip on the back of driver’s licenses or non-driver identification cards.

October 1999

10 Years Ago

Last Saturday in Muller Plaza about 35 community members joined people from places as far away as Kazakhstan, India and Spain to make a lot of noise. Armed with kazoos, party horns, and slide whistles, the group raised a ruckus at 3:50 p.m. as part of a global event to call attention to environmental issues. Students in Todd Ellis’ Global Climate Change class at Oneonta took part in the “Global Day for Environmental Action” called “Make a Noise about Climate Change.” The event was sponsored by 350 Org., a grassroots organization. Groups from 50 countries also made noise at 3:50 p.m. in their time zones. Pictures from these events streamed live on a billboard in Times Square. The SUNY campus “Protect Your Environment Club” approached Ellis who said he realized this event could be another teaching moment for his class which looks at the science of climate change as well as the social, political and economic issues surrounding it. “The 350 org. movement is anchored by those like environmentalist Bill McKibben who care about all facets of climate change,” Ellis said.

October 2009

ELECTION 2019: THE McEVOY MEMO REVISITED

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Placing Blame On The Other Guy

f you’ve been following the governor’s response to the inability of folks on Long Island or Westchester County to acquire natural gas from Con Ed or National Grid to heat their homes, you must be flabbergasted by the newest twist of events.

The governor is now blaming the Public Service Commission and the DEC, two agencies he controls, for the energy shortfall. Come-on man – bite the bullet and take responsibility for the problem you created.

Along those lines, I read with interest in last week’s issue of this paper a call for the Democrats to take over the majority control of the Board via this year’s election. I admire the author for his candor, but I take issue with his approach to bettering the quality of our lives. Using quotes from the McEvoy Memo as a basis, here’s what will happen MIKE to our County if the Democrats win a true ZAGATA majority. I’m doing this at the same time another paper released a six pages list of about 1,800 names of people who are delinquent with their taxes. What does that tell you about our economy and the agenda of those who have habitually opposed the energy and infra-structure needed to grow our economy?

Let’s break down some of his quotes into manageable bits: • “There is a fundamental sentiment that current and past leadership has done little more than manage the slow senescence of our region. Our current economy is a reflection of the ills of decades of declining population, unhealthy demographic trend lines, and systematic under-investment in our physical, energy, information, and human infrastructure.” You must be kidding me. A Democrat had the audacity to write that – in spite of the fact they have repeatedly opposed anything that would change the status quo.

• “We could finally pursue critical green initiatives.” Who is it that has opposed the proposed wind farms? Who was it that opposed the proposed biomass plant? What is a “green” initiative? What we should be pursuing are initiatives that are supported by good science that will, for every dollar invested, improve the quality of our environment.

Wind farms and solar farms may or may not do that.

In order to site them, either agricultural or forest land must be cleared. That agricultural or forest land was sequestering carbon via the process of photosynthesis and won’t do that after being cleared.

Will the electricity generated by wind or solar farms that will occupy that land produce enough electricity to reduce the need for fossil fuels by enough to offset that loss? If not, we shouldn’t do it.

• “With the goal of protecting our natural and agricultural land.” Do we want to protect/preserve or manage? We protected for decades and found out that by favoring mature forests we were inadvertently evicting those species of birds and other wildlife that depended on grasslands, brush and young forests.

The Audubon Society and The Nature Conservancy are now supporting forest management, not preservation, via the “Young Forest Initiative” is an effort to restore the population levels of about 43 species of migratory birds. In addition, research has shown that young forests sequester more Carbon than older, mature forests.

• “Increasing our appeal to tourists.” Lake George attracts more tourists annually than we ever will and, guess what, they found out you can’t build an economy in upstate New York on tourism alone. There isn’t anything to do during the “shoulder” months and thus full-time employment isn’t an option. Folks leave looking for fulltime jobs and those who live here complain about the short-term renters.

• “Doing our part to fight climate change.” What does that mean and what will it cost? Are we talking about the “Green New Deal”? If so, we simply can’t afford it. Are we talking about adopting what the city of Seattle did to address climate change?

They implemented a mandate to force residents to switch from using heating oil to an alternative energy source (not yet sure what that will be) by levying a high tax on fuel oil. The average cost of the proposed conversion was $10,000. If we can’t afford to pay our taxes, can we afford to pay more to heat our homes and cook our food?

One thing we could do is attempt to find ways to encourage organic farming where we might cut the emissions and environmental pollution from chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. Unfortunately, it takes about 40% more land to produce the same yield obtained when those chemicals are used. That being the case, the trick is to clean up these practices in ways that don’t require converting more land to agriculture to produce the same amount of food or forcing large parts of the world to go hungry. It seems there are always trade-offs.

• “Smart invasive species control.” Just exactly what is that and, once you define it, how do you expect to pay for it? Please read the list of invasive species, including Japanese Knot Weed, and list just one that we have eradicated. Unfortunately, herbicides are the most cost-effective and effective way to control, not eliminate, invasives.

• “Continuing to resist fracking and other extractive land uses.” Do you use oil or natural gas to heat your home or cook your food? If you do, you simply can’t support this agenda item without being a hypocrite. Do you drive on salted roads in the winter? If you do, then you can’t support banning extractive land use as salt is mined.

Final quote: “imagine an Otsego County where the agenda is being set by a Democratic chair.” In all honesty, I’m having a hard time doing that. I hope a majority of the readers agree.

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

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epublicans have been in charge of our county for as long as anyone can remember. And for as long as anyone can remember, Otsego County, as beautiful and full of potential as it is, has not kept pace with its neighbors on many key indicators.

This means, in effect, that the Republican Party has overseen a protracted period of regional demographic and economic stagnation.

In 2019, Otsego County has an opportunity to try something new.

We are all feeling a lot of partisan tension at the national level these days.

It’s generating a kind of tribalism that threatens to permanently lock voters into established political identities, causing them to consistently vote by party and disregard a politician’s CHAD actual expertise and ideas.

This is not a healthy sign McEVOY for a dynamic and responsive political system. What’s more, I fear that at the local level this could spell disaster for effective government.

In the free market of ideas, we need competitive political races with contestants who have to work hard to convince voters to vote for them. This is the only way that we will get competent citizens into elected roles to carry out policies and enact laws that respond to the current needs of our communities.

What we don’t need is for toxic politics to break our only mechanism of effecting change at the local level by preventing us from ever being able to impact, influence, or reject a local political structure that clearly needs a reboot from time to time.

We all love living here, but I don’t know many who would say they feel extremely well served by our county government. As it happens, the priorities and agenda of our somewhat disappointing local governance have been directed by Republican board members for decades.

Since the County Board was tied in 2017, we’ve seen important momentum on issues like the creation of a county-manager role, but we need so much more.

Under current leadership the board has been doing, at best, a passable job at managing our slow decline. On Nov. 5, voters can make a choice to bring fresh energy and new ideas to Otsego County.

So I am asking you to temporarily set aside your current political affiliation and consider whether you think Otsego County can do better than it has in the past. If you think we have room to grow, then vote to try something new.

For me, this year, that means voting for the Democratic candidates.

Despite what you may have heard, there is nothing radical about what they want to achieve if given the chance. They want to grow our economy, take care of our citizens, and steward the natural heritage of our region.

Like everyone else, they want competent and efficient government that gets more done with fewer resources, and they want to preserve and build upon the quality of life that binds us to our communities.

What’s even more impressive is that we’re looking at the opportunity to elect people with real skills when it comes to bringing in grants and efficiently managing organizations.

How about this proposition?

Otsego County Board terms are for two years. Why not give the Democrats a chance in 2019? If you don’t like the outcome, you can always vote them back out in 2021.

Why not at least try a different course for a couple of years and see if it gets better results? Personally, I predict it will help revitalize Otsego County and it could be the thing that finally positively changes the trajectory of our region.

But even if I am wrong, at the very least, a Democratic win in 2019 will make the Republican politicians have to work harder to represent you in the future – and that is to everyone’s benefit.

Chad McEvoy, author of the original McEvoy memo, is Otsego County Democratic Committee director of communications. He lives in Westford.

THURSDAY, October 31, 2019

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EDITORIAL: On Early Voting, Let’s Be Careful What We Wish For EDITORIAL/From A4 cluded states with early voting found turnout dropped 3-4 percent, he recounted.

One theory is that, with one Election Day, campaigns mount an intensive effort to get out the vote; having to do so over two weeks – or as much as 45 days in some states – saps the undertaking. • But what about in Otsego County, when you’re talking about very small numbers, particularly this year, when only county and town offices, and three state Supreme Court slots, are on the ballot.

Take the Town of Richfield, where the motivated Protect Richfield neighbors went to court, lost, then took control of the Comprehensive Plan revision to achieve their goal: banning wind turbines from the jurisdiction.

If Protect Richfield organized to drive a dozen house-bound supporters to the polls every day of 10-day early voting, the 120 votes might very likely swing the election in their favor.

Same in the county board’s District 3 (Laurens-Otego), where Democratic organizers put on a push in the June 25 primary to garner 30 write-in votes to win the Independent line for their candidate, Caitlin Ogden. Despite Republican Rick Brockway having his name printed on the Independent ballot line, he garnered only four votes.

When we’re talking that few numbers, it doesn’t take much to tilt the game board.

Don’t kid yourself that couldn’t be happening. The other day, the county Democratic Committee sent out a tightly packed schedule of envelope stuffing and phone

banking. The OCDC is energized.

Whether Republicans are caught flat-footed remains to be seen. • Last year, Democrat Antonio Delgado raised $9 million to wrest the 19th District congressional seat from incumbent Republican John Faso, who raised a mere $4 million, according to OpenSecrets. org, the Center for Responsive Politics’ home page.

With that kind of money at his disposal, you can see what kind of hay Delgado’s 2019 campaign can make in the 10-day early-voting period, when Delgado will be running for reelection.

Ironically, given Democratic support of taking big money out of politics, early voting “increases the already skyrocketing cost of political campaigns,� wrote Spakovsky, who now is at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

“When so many citizens vote early, any candidate who limits spending on voter mobilization to the last few days before Election Day (instead of engaging in expensive turnout efforts during the entire early voting period) will be at a serious disadvantage,� the column said.

There are other issues.

Spakovsky pointed out that in the 2016 Presidential campaign, early voting began in three states even before Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had completed their debates.

After early votes are cast, candidates can die. Scandals can erupt.

Spakovsky said Sen. Marco Rubio won 70,000 votes in the Arizona primary in 2016 even though he’d dropped out the week before. “Rubio’s Ghost� was a blow to John Kasich’s campaign,

and the nomination eventually went to Donald Trump. • In conclusion, Spakovsky mourns the “damage to civic cohesivenessâ€? gained by everyone voting on a single day.

In Cooperstown, for instance, gathering at the Rotary Club’s pancake breakfast at the vets’ club after casting your ballot is as much a part of Election Day as standing in line at St. Mary’s Parish Hall.

Candidates are there.

Republicans and Democrats shake hands. There’s a feeling of civic cohesion, if not unity on all the issues. “Given the costs, particularly its tendency to lower turnout, early voting is a ‘reform’ that states should consider undoing,� said the former FEC commissioner.

An unalloyed good? It seems not.

ELECTION 2019: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Who Knows More About Ward 8 Than Mark Drnek?

To the Editor: I dare you to try to find another person alive who knows more about Main Street Oneonta businesses than Mark Drnek. Mark knows the first and last names of almost every business owner in Ward 8, where he is running for Oneonta Common Council.

He knows what they sell and to whom they sell it. He knows what their businesses depend upon, thrive upon, and what they need our city to do to make them more successful.

When I heard Mark was running for office, the first words that came to mind were “Oh, thank God!�

In all my years in Oneonta, I don’t think I’ve met someone as hardworking, creative, passionate and committed to our city as Mark.

Mark volunteered his time and resources in 2011 on some promotional videos for the city. While working with Mark, I was blown away by his creative ideas for attracting visitors of all ages, local and tourist, to Main Street.

Please vote for Mark.

Great things will happen to Oneonta once he is in a position to serve our city.

RAY MANNION Oneonta

Basile Qualified For County To The Editor: I’m writing today in enthusiastic support of Jill Basile, candidate for Otsego County Board, District 14, (Wards 7-8).

I have gotten to know Jill through her volunteer work for the Susquehanna SPCA, on whose board she also serves.

Time and again, in a crunch when volunteers are crucial, she rolls up her sleeves, literally, and gets to work, no matter how dirty the job.

She gives back in other ways too: She’s served as director of Oneonta Reading is Fundamental since 2017.

Jill’s background, education, and work experience also impress me. She was raised in Otsego County and knows our region very well. Her undergraduate education in business and master’s in Student Affairs Administration prepared her for a productive career managing college facilities, developing programs and educating students and

advisers alike.

Her fine work at Hartwick earned her the Adviser of the Year Award, 2010-11. She is currently academic adviser at SUNY Delhi’s School of Nursing, a position she has held since 2014.

In addition, she has valuable experience in human services, having worked with Opportunities for Otsego and the Child Advocacy Center. Jill has counseled people in crisis, and advocated for those without a voice.

She has facilitated the complex interface between health care providers, law enforcement, schools and social services when families, individuals or children are in peril.

Jill is very well qualified for this position. She’s a giver and gets things done – our county board would be very lucky to have her! District 14 – vote Jill Basile on Nov. 5!

JULIE HUNTSMAN, DVM Fly Creek

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Scott Harrington Has Roots In Sixth Ward Politics To the Editor: I have known Scott Harrington since he was a boy. Now he is a responsible husband and father. He was raised by two hardworking people, Stan and Mary Jane Harrington. Scott saw first-hand the ideals of true volunteerism and dedication to the task at hand.

Unfortunately, Stan, a county representative for Wards 5-6, passed away at a fairly young age. Both he and Mary Jane Harrington gave to Scott a love for the Sixth Ward and dedication to perseverance. I know this full well.

I am writing to all registered voters of the Sixth Ward and asking each one to vote for Scott Harrington as their next Sixth Ward representative on Oneonta Common Council.

Scott sees the needs of the Sixth Ward and the City of Oneonta. His dedication to “sticking with it� will be a huge asset on the City Council.

Scott’s experiences have prepared him well to sit on the Common Council and make wise decisions. He is a former county representative, is a member of the city’s Zoning & Housing Board of Appeals, has nearly 20 years of public safety experience, and is facilities liaison at Hartwick College.

Scott Harrington has the ability and know-how to make people’s opinion count. Scott values people no matter how rich or poor you are, or how long you have been in the Sixth Ward.

You can be assured he will represent you well, no

matter what political party you align with.

Scott’s stated goals during this campaign reflect the concerns of those in the Sixth Ward, which shows that he will not be manipulated by those with a hidden agenda outside the Sixth Ward and outside the City of Oneonta. Scott has goals that have been publicly stated in regard to public safety, economic development, business growth, infrastructure, town hall meetings in the Sixth Ward, working with our two colleges, working with our YMCA in regard to programs for youth, and gaining revenue for the City of Oneonta without placing the burden on property owners.

Scott is very proud of businesses in our ward and

aims to keep them here.

Their stability and growth is of great importance to him.

Improving the housing stock already in existence within the ward is a priority for him. He also aims to spearhead an effort to beautify entrances to the Sixth Ward.

Scott Harrington is solid and has the ability to stand up for what is right.

He possesses a kind heart and is able to work cooperatively for the general good. Your vote for Scott Harrington will enable a good person to sit in the Sixth Ward seat at City Hall and represent you. Please vote for Scott Harrington on Nov. 5.

WILLIAM SHUE Former Sixth Ward Common Council member, Oneonta

Passion, Determination, Confidence Define Tonner To the Editor: Passion, determination, and confidence. If I were asked to describe Ward 5 Common Council candidate Danielle Tonner in three words, those three would describe her perfectly!

I have known Danielle for approximately 17 years, mainly due to our children attending school together.

Often, our paths cross in school, on the field or court, or in some local shopping venue.

Naturally, our discussions lead to what the future of Oneonta looks like as we are both raising the next generation of voters and decisionmakers. We have a vested

interest in our community.

Firstly, let me stress how passionate Danielle is about making a difference and ensuring the vitality of Oneonta. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a master’s in Social Science, so she has prepared herself educationally for a political position where she can make a difference.

I have witnessed her interaction with others when she sees that policy changes were needed for the benefit of all. She stresses her points, provides the reasons why, and then prepares to push hard for her beliefs.

Then comes determina-

tion. Danielle feels it is extremely important to become involved in her local government by uniting members toward common goals. She understands that most individuals want the basics like employment, affordable housing, and more local business.

She is eager to be in a position to obtain more grants like the DRI so that tax dollars come back to our community. Furthermore, she can and will make sure that whatever is developed in our region is done so with as much green energy as possible.

Last, but certainly not least, Danielle has the confi-

dence to get the job done.

She has been employed by SUNY Oneonta for over 13 years. The key relationships she has created on campus will be very beneficial when working with the city.

She will be a fully transparent member, making sure that she is knowledgeable about the issues and providing viable, working solutions. Her convictions are strong, and she has experience, knowledge, and desire to back them up.

I have no doubt she will thrive when elected as Council member!

RUTH SERAFIN Oneonta

Jill Basile Has Record Of Growing Responsibility To the Editor: I am writing to enthusiastically suggest we vote for Jill Basile for county representative from District 14 (Ward 7-8).

I have been fortunate to get to know Jill during her campaign. This campaign is not the start of her contributions to benefit our community either, as she has been giving to our community

for many years. Her resume is rich with experience that will greatly benefit our county in her new role.

Jill started as a resident director at Hartwick College, working to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our college students.

After Hartwick, Jill went to work for Opportunities for Otsego in its violence intervention program, then

onto the county in its office for child advocacy, and now she works as an academic adviser at SUNY Delhi while raising her family right here in Oneonta.

Not only have Jill’s professional activities directly benefited our region, she also volunteers for organizations like SPCA, Reading is Fundamental and Future of Oneonta

Foundation.

Jill is well equipped to take on the challenges of the board of representatives and I recommend all my friends and neighbors in District 14 cast their vote for her on Nov. 5. Wait! Head out now and vote early. Vote today!

DAN BUTTERMANN Oneonta

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THURSDAY, October 31, 2019

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5¢ Deposit Will Move Shoppers From Plastic, Paper To Cloth Bags 5¢ DEPOSIT /From A4 Paper bags are costlier to transport at the beginning of their lifecycle, but the cost incurred at the end of the paper bag’s lifecycle should concern us as well.

Using paper bags does not decrease the amount of waste we generate. Paper bags that are not composted may leave our homes as recyclable material, but if the bags are contaminated or are simply not recycled, they end up in the landfill. In either case – being sent to the recycling processor or to the landfill – there is a short-term cost to transporting the bags to their final destination, a cost that is paid by the taxpayers of this county. As for the long term, every single paper bag that

is not recycled is taken to the landfill, and each bag placed in that landfill brings us closer the day when the landfill will reach capacity and be closed.

Even as they were writing the law, New York State legislators seemed to recognize these problems associated with paper bags and agreed to a solution of sorts: a provision to impose a 5¢ fee on paper bags. This fee would reduce waste by encouraging people to use their own reusable bags when shopping and not to merely replace plastic bags with paper bags. The 5¢ bag fee would not be imposed on the most vulnerable in our community and a portion (2¢) of the funds collected would be used to buy and distribute reus-

able bags among this population.

The remainder of the fee would support statewide environmental projects.

Unfortunately, in designing this solution the legislators did not require statewide compliance with the 5¢ fee. It is up to each county and municipality to decide whether or not to charge this fee – a fee that will discourage people from replacing plastic bags with paper and encourage them to use durable reusable bags.

Beginning in the 1970s, before there were deposits on bottles or systems in place for recycling cans, plastics, and paper, the Leagues in our county began their efforts to support policies that promoted the reuse and

recycling of solid and hazardous wastes. More important, we have supported all efforts to promote policies that reduce the generation of waste.

Otsego County as well has recognized the importance of waste reduction in its 2018 Solid Waste Management Plan, and the residents of the county clearly support these waste reduction goals. Many citizens participate in the successful Hazardous Waste Days and Earth Day Collections held in the county. Since the installation of the densifier at the ARC Otsego Re-use Center, approximately 2,000 pounds of polystyrene has been collected.

Clearly, people here support promoting a cleaner environment.

No doubt, when the ban goes into effect, many of us will forget our reusable bags, and pay the fee. Over time, however, that little nudge of paying the 5¢ fee will change our habits, and carrying reusable bags into stores and markets will become second nature, just as recycling cans, bottles, and paper has.

The League believes that replacing plastic bags with paper bags is not a solution to waste reduction. The Board of Representatives should step up and rectify the situation by implementing the 5¢ paper bag fee in Otsego County. Imposing the fee will be good for our environment and will support Otsego County’s overall waste reduction goals.

ELECTION 2019: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bi-Partisanship Moving Otsego County Forward

Holleran Wants Oneontans Running Their Own Town To the Editor: As expected of me, I am going to tell it like it is!

In my almost three years serving on the Oneonta Town Board, I can assure you that Brett Holleran is by far the right candidate for the job of town board member.

Never, ever would he allow outside special-interest groups to enter town hall and take over the meeting!

Others have let this happen and it’s not how he operates.

Brett has served the town since 2011, and has only focused on town residents’ interests.

Brett was born and raised in Oneonta. Local townie all

his life. Didn’t roll in here from somewhere else and then try to change everything. I have a lot of respect for that.

Brett’s raising his family here and operating a business in the town, no less.

Brett has also been a high school/middle school teacher for the last 24 years.

Please let Brett Holleran continue to use his experience, continue to be invested and continue to be involved in (your special interests) by reelecting Brett Holleran on Nov. 5.

RANDAL I. MOWERS Town Board member Oneonta

Buccheri Understands Laurens To the Editor: I am proud to endorse Dean Buccheri for Laurens town supervisor. Dean has lived, worked and volunteered in Laurens for 29 years. He brings excellent credentials through his education, work experience, volunteering and community participation.

Dean has a bachelor of science degree in Business Economics from SUNY Oneonta and has operated a small business in the Town of Laurens for 25 years. Dean is a past member of the Laurens Volunteer Fire Department and was chief of the department for 5 years, where he was also a volunteer EMT. Currently Dean is a member of Laurens Together, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving Laurens, fostering transparency in government, encouraging cooperation, and communicating with the citizens.

Dean will enter office ready to lead. He has attended all but one town board meeting this year, and has been in communication with the mayor of the Village of Laurens, the

Laurens Town highway supervisor and other local municipalities in an effort to develop a positive working relationship between the town and village organizations.

Dean also understands the needs of local, county and state governments, having provided services through his telecommunications business where he builds 911 services. This has given him important experience working with government procurement, regulation, and other processes, as well as an understanding of building infrastructure, business negotiations, technical expertise, problem solving, customer service, and personnel management.

All of these skills, along with Dean’s ability to work collaboratively and focus on results, will make him an excellent town supervisor.

He knows that a successful outcome is one that benefits the whole community. I hope that you will join me in voting for Dean Buccheri for town supervisor on Nov. 5.

LAURA MALLOY Mount Vision

To the Editor: I’ve driven all over New York State and worked with community organizations and their leaders, and there is a commonality that unites them all: an investment in a better future.

The same can be said for Otsego County, where success and momentum are building.

Our county has no shortage of dedicated and committed leaders who put service to their communities first and strive to improve them.

It isn’t politics that prompt people to contribute to their community. As we look to the future of Otsego County, there is great potential for making our region a draw for business development and new residents.

This future is dependent

on strengthening our infrastructure and putting systems and tools in place to make Otsego County competitive and give us a fighting chance.

Our county government is a piece to this puzzle, and we are finally making an investment in county infrastructure, which has been long delayed and ignored.

Part of this process has been two years of due diligence in looking at a county administrator position (and one can’t ignore the many, many years of past discussions and debate on this topic by our predecessors), which culminated recently in the approval of a local law and position by our Administration Committee that will next be considered

for approval Nov. 6 by our full county board.

This effort is increasing the momentum pushing Otsego County forward to attract new investment and interest in our towns.

Politics are not what have made this possible, but partnership and unified vision.

With this in mind, I am writing to endorse my fellow county board colleagues Dave Bliss, Meg Kennedy and Peter Oberacker.

I started with them on the county board in 2016, and with their support, we have made strides to work smarter and more effectively. We may represent different parties, but our effort is a bi-partisan one.

With the upcoming election on Nov. 5, and the

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Drnek Has Marketed Local Businesses For 25 Years

To the Editor: It’s nice to see young people getting involved in politics, so I commend Josh Bailey for running for Oneonta Common Council in Ward 8. However, we are at a time where experience and a historical perspective are warranted.

I have known Mark Drnek for over 25 years and he has always had a good handle on what Oneonta needs and how to improve our community.

The SweetHome Oneonta calendar alone has been valuable in attracting both tourists and locals for years into our community and local businesses.

You saw it first on

As a business owner, Mark has a long history of working with local Oneonta businesses to compete in an increasingly difficult economy. Through the creation of SweetHome Productions, Mark has helped my business, along with many other Oneonta businesses, to advertise and gain exposure to attract customers.

Both myself and Mark were local radio hosts for over 20 years. Mark continues to represent Oneonta in two dozen radio stations across the country with the Blue Light Central.

Mark Drnek has been

Oneonta’s spokesperson for many years so far, without even holding a political office.

Mark is deeply committed to the Oneonta community and his expertise and experience are gravely needed at point. He has invested in Oneonta as a resident and businessman and Mark’s vision for Oneonta is to keep the economy stable through local jobs and job growth in the local area.

His understanding of small, local business is a key to upholding this small “City of the Hills”.

He realizes the resources available within our area

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emphasis on party, I would ask my fellow community members from across the county to consider making an investment in keeping us on the path of improvement.

Consider not what party we represent, but the future we offer.

In addition to Bliss, Kennedy and Oberacker, I support my colleague Michelle Farwell, who has made a tremendous contribution in her first two years on the Board. And finally, I am supporting Caitlin Ogden, who is not a political pawn, but an investment in the future success of Otsego County.

ANDREW MARIETTA County Representative Town of Otsego/ Cooperstown

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and is committed to utilizing local businesses rather than hiring outside consultants, and other workers.

Therefore the money spent stays here in the local economy.

This candidacy is not about political party but for the future security and well being of Oneonta.

Experience and deep commitment are key to the success of City Council and I support Mark Drnek because I believe he is the best candidate for the job.

ANTONIO AVANZATO Former owner Stella Luna Restaurant Oneonta

THURSDAY, October 31, 2019

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Team Bus, Moose Collide MOOSE/From A1 Potsdam, but won at Plattsburgh.

“I cannot confirm it was a moose, but the bus did hit an animal and there was fairly significant damage to the front of the bus,” said Kim Macleod, the college’s associate director of communications. “The animal went off into the woods.”

The team’s coach, Liz McGrail, didn’t return phone messages.

Paul Patterson, the driver and city’s retired OPT director, also declined to comment, citing company protocol. The bus company that provided the team’s transportation was Hale Transportation out of Clinton.

No one was injured in the crash, and state police Troop B, Ray Brook, responded.

Though troopers went into the woods to try and locate the animal, they were unsuccessful.

“The officers followed them as they drove down the road and switched the bus,” said Macleod. “And the best part was, they won the game!”

For decades, moose were a rarity in the Adirondacks, but began migrating back from Canada in the 1980s.

Today, there are an estimated 400 moose in the Adirndacks, and have been spotted as far south as the Capitol District and Columbia County.

Hartwick College is seeking applicants for temporary Career Services Support to assist in the management of the student internship registration process, internship and career advising, employer relations, and monitoring communications. For complete details, please visit www.hartwick.edu/jobs. EOE.

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

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Quarter-Century Later, Plus A Year, Effort To Create County Manager Up For A Vote MANAGER/From A1 following month’s meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

After the hearing, the county reps could vote on creating the position, or delay for further study and adjustments.

A first vote, 3-1, happened last week at the county board’s Administration Committee, chaired by Meg Kennedy, C-Mount Vision. She voted aye, and said county Reps. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, and Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, the board’s vice chairman, joined her.

Voting nay was county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla. Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield, had to leave early.

And Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, was absent.

The idea, said Kennedy, is “to better serve the constituents.”

“The position will allow Otsego County to create short- and long-term plans to meet emerging and already existing needs,” she continued.

“And also to oversee day-to-day operations to allow greater efficiency in county government.

Communications is also a biggie.”

“It’s extremely significant,” said Koutnik, who is retiring from the board at the end of the year. “It’s going to change things more than anything in the past eight years, most all of it for the better.”

Frazier said concerns about the expense caused him to hold back. “They aren’t showing the full costs,” he said.

“It’s going to be a quarter of a million dollars by the time it’s implemented.”

The former board vice chairman, Frazier said he doesn’t see how a county manager could close that gap through savings or new revenues.

Kennedy, who also chairs the Budget Committee, said $75,000 has been included in the prospective 2020 budget to fund the position for half a

County Board Chair David Bliss, left, a Republican, and Vice Chair Gary Koutnik, a Democrat, both support the idea of a county manager.

year, thinking it will take until June or July to fill the position.

County board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, was at the Admin meeting ex officio, but said he also voted to move the manager position forward.

He acknowledged Frazier’s concerns, and said the county board will have to be vigilant, “or it quickly will become a million” if a county manager finds he or she needs an assistant county manager and other support staff.

But, Bliss continued, “if we can keep it to a single individual, a day-to-day contact for the county, overseeing things in general,” then costs can be controlled.

The resolution and job description approved by the Admin Committee weren’t available as of press time – they were being reviewed in the County Attorney’s Office – but Bliss said he would like the job requirements to be less specific, to give flexibility in who to hire.

He pointed to what happened in the City of Oneonta: the educational requirement of an MPA – a master’s in public administration – limited the applicant pool, City Hall went through two city managers before achieving some stability under George

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Korthauer, the current applicant.

Bliss said he’d like to avoid that.

None of the reps said they were counting noses, but Koutnik said he expects all the Democrats, except perhaps Stammel, to support the new position.

With at least Republicans Bliss and Oberacker joining them, and Conservative Kennedy, that adds up to 3,850 weighted votes, a healthy margin beyond the 3,115 needed to pass a measure.

Asked why a county manager is necessary, Koutnik said, “Ask a $116 million company” – that’s the county’s annual budget – “what they would do without their CEO.” He pointed out three big construction projects pending: current and future renovations at the county jail; security upgrades at 242 Main, Oneonta’s former city hall, and replacing the highway garage on Cooperstown’s Walnut Street with a more central facility.

“We’ve got cost overruns in the jail renovations that no one seems to be in charge of. We’ve talked about that a number of times,” Koutnik said. “If we had a county manager who could clear that up, figure out the chain of command in terms of change orders, I think he or she would save us a lot of money.”

Kennedy said she could mention a number of instances where having a county manager would help, but she focused on the decline of the county’s rural emergency squad, who are losing volunteers due to outmigration and longer commutes. A county manager could be tasked to find out how other counties are tackling the problem.

“There are other issues,” she said. “The person is not going to be Superman or Superwoman. They can’t solve our broadband problems, they won’t be able to solve our energy problems. But they will be able to network with other counties’ leaders.”

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Trustees Rule Out Dorms In Village After Neighbors Raise Concerns DORMS/From A1 districts, and moved from permitted to special use in commercial districts.

The change came at the end of 40 minutes of public comment at a packed trustees’ meeting – a third row of seats had to be added to accommodate citizens – on the proposed changes to the village’s zoning law.

That law – voting on it was delayed a month – would allow special-use permits to permit single family homes to be broken into three units in residential districts.

A vote was delayed until the trustees’ next meeting Monday, Dec. 23.

“When we started reviewing the comprehensive plan, there were a lot of issues related to year-‘round housing,” said Trustee Cindy Falk.

“One of the action items in the plan is to assure a variety of types of housing in a variety of forms for all life stages and economic statuses.”

The law, as presented, was developed by a zoning commission in 16 meetings over 14 months, including a Powerpoint presentation Aug. 19 at the fire hall, handouts and a public comment period.

“We took information from that meeting, as well as notes from the county planning board, and made those changes,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh.

The challenge, attendees argued, and some trustees agreed, was preserving neighborhood

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Ann Capozza, who lives on Pioneer Street near Bassett Hospital, expresses concern about the impact of the new zoning plan at the Monday, Oct. 28, public hearing.

Other speakers include Rick Hulse Sr., left, and, at right, Inn at Cooperstown proprietor Marc Kingsley, and near to him, Ted Feury, Chestnut Street.

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“Some change is good, but we get a lot of guests who comment about how ‘quaint’ and ‘beautiful’ our village is,” said Marc Kingsley, Inn at Cooperstown proprietor. “These zoning changes could affect our quality of life, and I don’t want to see us become another Saratoga Springs or Oneonta.”

“Multi-family apartments are a business,” said Trustee James Dean. “If we turn every house into

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State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, Assemblyman Brian Miller, R-New Hartford, state Education Department representatives, Superintendent Theresa Carlin and District Treasurer Greg Beall will serve on a panel.

There a number of reasons for the financial bind, said Carlin, ranging from rising insurance costs and some poor decision making in the past.

And state aid is lagging.

“We’re getting the money we would’ve gotten 10 years ago,” Carlin said.

In June, special legislation sponsored by Seward and Miller allowed Schenevus Central to borrow $500,000 against future state aid.

But it hasn’t been enough.

At least six staff positions have been dissolved, meaning that teachers are being asked to do more, including teaching classes that they hadn’t previously, Carlin said. Additionally, there are fewer electives available for students, fewer field trips, and less new equipment.

The idea of a potential merger was first raised in June, when Schenevus and Worcester school board members attended a presentation by education consultant Alan Pole, in which he explained how the merger process works.

Next, Carlin said, a $50,000 merger study must be completed by both districts to determine if a jointure is viable. Both districts have applied for a New York State Department grant to cover the cost.

If the grant is awarded in January, the two schools districts will share any additional costs.

The districts have undergone a merger study in the past, but in 1996 chose not to follow through with it.

Several years ago the two districts also applied for grant funding for another study, but did not receive it.

When asked about the potential merger, Carlin expressed enthusiasm, at the possibility of “more classes, more electives, and the sports teams would be

amazing”.

She said there is already camaraderie among the students: “Schenevus kids are already involved with Worcester kids.” Separated by only five miles, the schools already share a track team.

It’s the adults who might have to be convinced.

“There is a natural resistance to change,” says Tim Gonzales, Worcester Central School superintendent, “an emotional piece you can’t control.”

Should a merger take place, some may think “the community is not what it once was.”

Gonzales said he favors the merger, if the study supports the idea. “We want what’s best for the kids; my intent is to share as much as we can,” he said.

If all goes well, the merger study would begin in February and last nine months. Merger itself could take as long as two years, as both school boards and both communities would have to vote on the idea.

a business, people won’t want to come. I don’t see an upside.”

Falk pointed out that Dean’s own neighborhood, Delaware Street, has been zoned for multifamily housing without the threeunit restrictions since the 1960s.

“It doesn’t seem to have had an effect,” she said.

Many of the concerns were directed at Bassett Hospital, which would be most likely to create dormitories for their medical students in residential neighbor-

hoods, attendees said.

“I applaud what Bassett does, but they have compromised a lot of neighborhoods,” said Rick Hulse Sr. “They come in and they cut down a lot of trees for parking.

We are selling our heritage for pottage.”

Trustees Macguire Benton, Jeanne Dewey and Rich Sternberg reiterated their support for the revised code.

“We don’t need a 12-story dorm, but we have to figure out

how to house people who support the primary economy of this village,” said Sternberg. “Nurses come here after graduation, stay a year and get out.”

“Many of our nurses and teachers are driving from an hour away,” said Dewey.

“In my experience, and what I see my friends going through, the apartments for rent in the village are slim pickings,” said Benton.

“The goal is to bring more folks here, and I’m comfortable with three-unit housing. I hear the worry about the dorms and the loss of green space, but I think there’s a middle ground.”

All proposed projects would still be subject to planning board and HPARB, Falk said.

“I want to remind the board to listen to their constituency,” said County Judge John Lambert, a River Street resident and former village attorney. “People are not happy with this law. When constituents come and speak like this, you need to take a look at what you’ve got.”

The board did listen, voting to make several recommended changes and take them to the county planner. They will bring the revisions back for a second public comment period during their next meeting on Monday, Nov. 15 “There’s no harm in stepping back,” said Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh. “It was a 14-month process, another month won’t wreck it.”

Unatego School Board To Announce Decision Nov. 4 OTEGO/From A1 convince the school board to sell them the Otego Elementary School, which it closed in the summer of 2018.

Dirig Design of Wells Bridge, a development firm, and Granite Data Solutions, a high-tech company from California that seeks to hire disabled veterans, are the other two bidders.

The Unatego school board is planning a public meeting Nov. 4 to announce the winning bid.

“We don’t even have a gym,” Cook said. “The entire school tears down every classroom to do an event; every single kid puts their hands on every desk and every chair in order to make the space do what we need it to – and it’s exhausting.”

Last year alone, the school saw a 13-percent increase in enrollment, reaching a five-year high of 92 students.

The academy, now at 158 River St., Oneonta, has a vision of a larger school and what it would mean for their

current students, as well as any future attendees, Cook said.

The former 34,000square-foot Otego School on Route 7 in the middle of the village is big enough for that vision. “We will only use about two-thirds of the building,” says Cook, offering the rest as rental space for local businesses, as well as an affordable event space for community members.

In the future, the idea is to develop early education programs that would benefit Otego families.

In his presentation, Adam Dirig, CEO of Dirig Design, said he has a seven-year plan to develop a mixed-use Otego Commons – nine apartments, 16 offices and community space, including updates to the gymnasium, hallways, and bathrooms.

School board member Kenneth Olson expressed concern: “Sixteen office spaces is aggressive for an area like ours.” But Dirig expressed confidence in the concept.

He also expressed his

enthusiasm about the future of the building, calling it “a good symbol of the community – I don’t want it to go to waste.”

“There’s a need in Otego for apartments,” adding Dirig project manager Dan Dahlstrom. “There are also a lot of businesses in Oneonta that don’t need a Main Street location.”

Granite Data President Brigg Goodwin described his plan to develop the school into a full-service New York/East Coast sales and logistics branch of the company.

Goodwin, who grew up in a small town of 3,500 in Iowa, relates to Otego’s

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circumstances and believes that his company’s proposal will help revitalize the area.

“It makes such a huge impact on small communities, to be able to bring in jobs like that,” he says.

“Altruism is dying with the information age, we don’t rely on each other as much and, call me old-fashioned, I like altruism, I like people who jump in and help out.”

His company’s proposal hopes to focus hiring efforts on local veterans first. “If there’s an Otego resident who’s a veteran and an Otego resident who’s a nonveteran, we’ll lean towards the veteran,” he says.

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“Words In Air” is one of Tom Travisano’s earlier books on Bishop’s correspondence with Lowell.

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national book tour for “Love Unknown” begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Oneonta’s Green Toad Bookstore.

exploring Bishop along with Robert Lowell, Randall Jarrell and John Berryman, to “Words on Air” (2008), the complete Bishop-Lowell correspondence, reviewed on the front page of the New York Times Book Review.

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4 p.m. Saturday, “It needs to sound Dec. 7, in the Fine authentic,” he encourArts Building. ages the 60-person choir at a break in the music.

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• Celebrate All Souls Day with psychic readers, energy healers, a bake sale, more. Registration encouraged. 9:30 a.m.

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• Experience Dia De Muertos – Day of the Dead – with traditional Latinex food, stories and family activities. 10 a.m.

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• History symposium on “The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Against the Iroquois, 1779.” Topics include “Total Destruction and Devastation: the George Washington We Remember,” “Clinton’s Dam: Colonial and Native Contexts.” Registration required, cost, $60. 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, The Fulton-Montgomery Community College, 2805 NY-67, Johnstown.

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ESCAPE ROOM – 5 - 6 & 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Solve who killed Mr. Body before you become the next victim. Enjoy

atmospheric room, fun puzzles. Great for fans of game & movie. 6 people/room, aged 12+. Registration required.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

PUMPKIN GLOW – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Bring carved pumpkin to enter in contest or come to admire after sun goes down.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-432-1980.

PARADE – 7 p.m. Celebrate Halloween, enjoy costumes & floats on parade. Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-2941.

►Friday, November 1 INTEREST MEETING – 1:30 - 2 p.m. Learn about Walk With Ease program, from 11/4 through December 13.

Registration required. Cost, $24/non-member. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-0010.

GHOST TOURS – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Explore the historic village after dark, learn mysteries, ghostly happenings associated with the village.

Learn What Goes Bump in the Night. Cost, $17/non-member. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450.

TURKEY DINNER – 5:30 p.m. Enjoy home-cooked dinner with all trimmings, including homemade pies. Takeout available at 5:15 only. Call to pre-order. By Donation.

Middlefield Baptist Church, Middlefield. 607-547-9093 or 607-264-8042.

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

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Enjoy film, starting at 7, connected to Duane Michals exhibit with introduction. This week “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” with Francis Ford Coppola & Tom Waits (Rated R). Cost, $7/ non-member. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

607-547-1400.

CABARET – 7 - 10 p.m.

Enjoy delicious desserts, Broadway ballads. Benefit for 35th season of performances.

Orpheus Theater, 31 Maple St., Oneonta. 607-432-1800.

PLANETARIUM – 7 - 8 p.m.

Public night at planetarium features multimedia presentation by SUNY Oneonta faculty, students. Free, tickets required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-2011.

CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m.

Fun group dance to music by Crooked Sixpence with caller Hilton Baxter. 1st Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8164.

►Saturday, Nov. 2 CLINTON EXPEDITION – 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Symposium ‘The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Against the Iroquois, 1779.’ Topics include “Total Destruction and Devastation: the George Washington We Remember” with G. Peter Jemison, “Clinton’s Dam: Colonial and Native Contexts” with William A. Starna, more.

Registration required, cost, $60 at door. Includes lunch, refreshments. The FultonMontgomery Community College, 2805 NY-67, Johnstown.

518-774-5669.

FOOD & FARMING 9 a.m.

- 2:30 p.m. Conference to celebrate agricultural community. Topic is opportunities in agriculture, includes discussion on changes, different options, training opportunities for those looking to enter the field. Free, open to public.

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

RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.

- Noon. Find variety of items for sale at Atonement Lutheran Church, 1 Center St., Oneonta. 607-432-6852.

OPEN HOUSE – 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. High School students and families tour college.

Hartwick College, Oneonta.

888-HARTWICK. SPIRIT FEST – 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Celebrate All Souls Day with psychic readers, energy healers, a bake sale, more.

Registration encouraged.

Institute for Spiritual Development, Lotus Center, 41-45 Dietz St., Oneonta. 607-2674693.

PAINTING WORKSHOP – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Learn to reproduce a favorite painting at the museum in 2-day workshop with artist Allison Hill-Edgar. Registration required. Cost, $250/non-member. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

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Travisano Finds Letter Where Poet Reports Molestation BIOGRAPHY/From B1 Elizabeth Bishop Society began THE definitive biography – three years research, three writing, it turned out – Travisano expected few surprises.

Instead, “Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth Bishop,” which will be published next Tuesday, Nov. 5, has a brand new take.

The biography – you can preorder it on Amazon – became “the story of the human development of a trauma survivor,” he recounted in an interview the other day at his State Street home: Elizabeth Bishop had been sexually molested for a decade.

Alice Methfessel, the last love of Bishop’s life – the poet died in 1979 – sold the poet’s papers in 1981 to Vassar College, Bishop’s alma mater. “But Alice had withheld the more personal and intimate ones,” Travisano said.

As he moved toward retirement from Hartwick College’s English Department, which he chaired for five years, he learned Vassar was finally indexing the documents, preparing to make them public. When it did, in 2013, “I was the first one to see them,” Travisano said.

He had long recognized Elizabeth Bishop faced challenges, long suffering from asthma – many people outgrow it – and eczema, binge drinking and depression.

He credited the chronic challenges to the absence of a father – William, a successful businessman, died when she was 8 months old – and her mother’s nervous breakdown when the daughter was 8 – Gertrude spent the rest of her life in an asylum.

But there it was, a 22-page, singlespaced typewritten letter Bishop wrote to her psychologist in 1947 when she was 36: After her mother’s death, the girl was sexually abused by her uncle, George Bishop, in Massachusetts, where she was molested from ages 8 to 18.

“She was alive in only two places – school and camp,” said Travisano.

“The rest was interment, while she awaited the next resurrection.”

This sent the biographer in a whole new direction – “there’s something very visceral going on here” – seeking to

understand Bishop’s struggles anew. A great discovery, he said, was Bessel van der Kolk’s “The Body Keeps the Score” – Bishop, it turns out, was a textbook case.

This is a new layer, on top of the richness of the poems and the poet’s world travels and friendships.

In the interview, along with his wife Elsa, a trained librarian and champion of her husband’s research, Travisano quoted poet James Merrill: Bishop “has more talent for life and poetry of anyone I knew,” and he sought to reflect that in

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“I wanted people to read a good story about a very interesting person,” the biographer said.

He was assisted in this by the Creative Non-Fiction class he taught at Hartwick for years, showing seniors the New Journalism’s use of fictional techniques – story arcs, dialogue and description – in non-fiction writing.

He particularly admired John McPhee, and actually visited the New Yorker’s cornerstone essayist once at his Princeton office.

The result is rich detail and description, as he assesses “The Toucan,” “The Fish” and other textured poems.

Bishop arrives home to find a painting by an artist neighbor on her front porch – homeowners will want to recruit a local artist to try to duplicate the poet’s pleasure at the image.

“Each chapter is supposed to begin with a bang!” the writer said, and they do, from page one, “When Elizabeth Bishop was 3 years old, she witnesses the Great Salem Fire … The fire raged in the darkness, sweeping through nearly 250 acres of the historic harbor town and reducing to charred ruins the homes of more than 20,000 inhabitants.”

Then, an excerpt, “the sky was bright

red; everything was red:/ out on the lawn, my mother’s white dress looked/ rose red; my white enameled crib was red.”

Travisano builds fact on fact, image on image, description on description, allowing readers to reach their own conclusions.

His publisher, Viking Penguin, already intends to nominate “Love Unknown” for a Pulitzer. (Earlier, Travisano also received a Guggenheim.)

The writer – he and Elsa have two grown children, Michael, a docent at The Fenimore and Farmers’, and Emily, who lives in California and is writing her first novel – will launched his publicity tour locally at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Green Toad Bookstore, the day after the book becomes available.

Also Tuesday the 5th, an audiobook of “Love Unknown,” narrated by Bronson Pinchot, will become available.

Travisano will speak at Vassar on the 12th, the Worcester, Mass., Historical Museum on the 13th. Programs are also planned at the two most prestigious venues: The Harvard Book Store and, in Washington D.C., Politics & Prose, near Dupont Circle.

Bishop’s life on the move provided another benefit to the researcher: Travisano traveled to locales to see and experience what she had – Europe, Boston, up the Amazon on a mail boat.

He spent time at Great Valley, on the Bay of Fundy with its 43-foot tides; the worldwide average for tides is 3.3 feet.

Bishop stopped in Santos, Brazil, on a trip around the continent, was presented with a toucan, fell in love with Lota de Macedo Soares, who designed Flamengo Park, Rio’s equivalent of Central Park, and stayed for 15 years.

A conservative military regime took over Brazil after Soares’ death and, because she was gay, largely erased her legacy, which is now being revived through Travisano’s research and lecturing there.

Once, he ran into a colleague at Albany airport who was heading off to dreary wintertime Ukraine on a research trip.

I’m off on a winter research trip, too, Travisano said: Key West.

He sensed some skepticism.

AllOTSEGO.life B-3 Despite Conflicts, ‘We’re All Able To Sing Together’ CHORUS/From B1 “Especially because we’re not all white!”

Newton, a 12-year veteran of SUNY Oneonta’s Music Department, took over the European Concert Choir in 2015, and changed the name to the World Chorus.

“We’re a much more diverse place than we used to be,” he said. “Our students are representing more and more parts of the world, so to just talk about Mozart and Bach is historically and culturally far away.”

The name change also invokes less religious music.

“Right now we’re about 60 a semester,” he said. “We would like to grow, but so many students want to be soloists, rather than sing in a chorus.”

A few years ago, Newton was moved by a photo from Aleppo of a “shell-shocked” 5-year-old boy in the back of an ambulance, covered in ash. “That semester, I had us do a 19th century love song from Aleppo in Arabic,” he said. “If I could have, I would have done a slideshow of images like that. For me, it’s about finding hot spots in the world and singing their music.

Where is Ghana? Where is Bali? We can sing these songs and raise that awareness.”

And as the campus aims to increase diversity – Newton credits both former president Nancy Kleniewski and Morris for their commitment to diversity on campus – he seeks to widen the chorus’ range. “Our students are representing more and more part of the world,” he said. “We want to build a community from all over the world to sing.”

And though often times students come from parts of the world rife with political, cultural and social clashes.

“And yet despite these conflicts, we’re all able to sing together. Being in a world chorus means being a citizen of the world.”

In 2010, he and Julie Licata, a Music Department colleague, produced the “African Sanctus,” a piece written by David Fanshawe, a composer and ethnomusicologist. “It took years to mount,” he said. “We recorded sounds from tribes across Africa to play as part of the program, and as a chorus, we recreated those sounds as well.”

Both nights of the program sold out, and money from the show was donated to Darfur relief efforts.

It was also Licata who brought “Soweto” to his attention, and, most recently, it was performed by the World Chorus for the installation of college president Barbara Jean Morris. “We were able to stop right in the place where the dancers came in, and we nailed it every time,” he said.

“Because if we didn’t, we would have looked silly.”

He pulls music from a wide variety of sources, and often seeks out new pieces that he hears at concerts he attends. “I heard a chamber choir in Pennsylvania doing this song, ‘Musa,’ a Kenyan pop song from the 70s, was written about domestic violence,” he said. “The lyrics translate to ‘Please don’t beat me when you’re drunk,’ and it was a very popular song.”

So popular, in fact, that when the World Chorus performed it, Betty Wambui, a professor in the Africana and Latino Studies department, ran up to him after the show. “She said, ‘You are singing ‘Musa!’ I was thrilled that I was able to bring that music here.”

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and Personal Representatives of Richard L. Laymon and any of his, her or any of their successors in right, title and interest

failed to comply with the terms and provisions of the said mortgage and said instruments secured by said mortgage, by failing and omitting to pay the balance due and owing and the Plaintiff has commenced a foreclosure action.

Plaintiff is seeking a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the Town of Edmeston, County of Ostego and State of New York and is commonly known as 367 Hickling Road, Edmeston, New York 13335 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable.

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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 PROPERT Y. 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 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Timberline 64 LLC Filed 9/30/19 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 64 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalDec.5 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUMMONS, NOTICE AND BRIEF STATEMENT OF NATURE OF ACTION CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Index No. EF2018-952 M&T BANK, Plaintiff, -againstRYAN L. LAYMON, AS POSSIBLE HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF RICHARD L. LAYMON; MATTHEW K. LAYMON, AS POSSIBLE HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF RICHARD L. LAYMON; COLLEEN M. LAYMON A/K/A COLLEEN LAYMON; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF RICHARD L. LAYMON AND ANY OF HIS, HER OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST; et al Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): All Unknown Heirs, Devisees

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if the Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Trial is desired in the County of OTSEGO. The basis of venue designated above is that the real property, which is the subject matter of this action, is located in the County of OTSEGO, New York.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on September 30, 2019 in Cooperstown, New York and to be duly entered in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office, in Cooperstown, New York. The Nature of this action pertains to a note and mortgage held

by Plaintiff on real property owned by the above named defendants as specified in the complaint filed in this action.

The above named defendants have

DATED: October 25, 2019 SCHILLER, KNAPP, LEFKOWITZ & HERTZEL, LLP BY: WILLIAM B. SCHILLER, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff 950 New Loudon Road Latham, New York 12110 Telephone: (518) 786-9069 66390 4LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. 315/2015 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 172 CLIFFSIDE CIR MARYLAND, NY 12116 Section: 260.13 Block: 2 Lot: 40.00 ONEWEST BANK N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

DANIEL CROWELL, COUNTY TREASURER AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; KATHY HOWELL, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; ROGER MILLER, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; MAUREEN MILLER, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; RONALD JEFFREY, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may

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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; ADELAIDE JEFFREY, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY, if living, and if she/he be dead, 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, continued pg. 5 from pg. 4 are unknown to plaintiff; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; 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 continued pg.5

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FALL FEST – 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. 6th annual craft & vendor fair features beautiful items to jumpstart your Christmas shopping. Southside Mall, Oneonta.

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10 a.m. - Noon. Family, friends, & people with multiple sclerosis are invited to supportive group. Sunshine Room, Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call Phil Young 607-435-3653.

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from pg. 4 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; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE – TAX COMPLIANCE DIVISION – C.O. – ATC; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; “JOHN DOE #1” through and including “JOHN DOE #25”, the defendants last named in quotation marks being intended to designate tenants or occupants in possession of the herein described premises or portions thereof, if any there be, said names being fictitious, their true name being unknown to plaintiff 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 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

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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.

RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY:_DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalNov.14

THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $142,500.00 and interest, recorded on May 15, 2006, at Liber 1485 Page 1007, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 172 CLIFFSIDE CIR MARYLAND, NY 12116.

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.

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 the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

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Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 93 Rubin Rd., Monticello, NY 12701.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business location: 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY 13849.

6LegalNov.28 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: 44 Church Street Oneonta LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/2019.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 106 Center Street, Oneonta,

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NY 13820 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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company hereby being formed under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York certifies that: FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: CW and Sons Trucking LLC

Articles of Organization filed with NYS Department of State on 08/14/2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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SECOND: To engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law provided that the limited liability company is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

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THIRD: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is OTSEGO.

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

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 574 County Highway 29, Richfield Springs, NY 13429, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF CW and Sons Trucking LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law THE UNDERSIGNED, being a natural person of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and acting as the organizer of the limited liability

FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: CW and Sons Trucking LLC 1095 County Highway 13 New Berlin, NY 1 34 1 1 FIFTH: The limited liability company is to be managed by: ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. SIXTH: The existence of the limited liability company shall begin upon filing of these Articles of Organization with the Department of State.

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

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

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

The indemnification provided herein shall inure to the benefit of successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and the administrators of any such person.

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

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community by telling stories in Spanish & English, participate in family activities, enjoy traditional food, more.

Cooperstown Village Library.

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ENERGY TOUR – 11 a.m.

- 3 p.m. Join Heat Smart Otsego to tour 3 local homes with installed ground or air source heat pumps. Get your questions answered. Free, Registration Required. Call 607-547-4488.

ESCAPE ROOM – 1 - 2 & 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Solve the mystery of who killed Mr. Body. See Friday Listing.

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.

PLANETARIUM – 2 - 3 p.m.

Public night at planetariumSee Friday Listing.

OPENING RECEPTION – 3 5 p.m. Celebrate exhibit by CC Treadway, native of Upstate NY. Bright Hill Press Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. 607-829-5055.

OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 8 p.m. Celebrate exhibit ‘Farthest North’ a collaboration between Claudia O’Steen, Aly Ogasian who were inspired by S.A. Andree’s attempt to fly to the North Pole in a hot air balloon. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

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GHOST TOURS – 5:30 - 9 p.m. Join a guide to explore Farmers’ Museum after dark.

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OPENING RECEPTION – 6:30 - 10 p.m. Celebrate work of Artists & Artisans of

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Name: KLB EXCAVATING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 22 August 2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3103 Co Hwy 31, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of The Order Of Chesterbury LLC. Filed 7/23/19.

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

Purpose: General.

6LegalNov.14 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: Oneonta Guitar LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/23/2019.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 12 South Main Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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upstate New York at “Special Delivery Heirloom Collection” featuring one-of-a-kind works by upstate artists/artisans.

Includes refreshments more.

Exhibit runs through January 2020. The Beekman 1802 Mercantile, 187 Main St., Sharon Springs. 888-8011802.

FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Good Boys.” See Friday Listing.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Blues performance with Guy Davis Trio. Village Hall Ballroom, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-1812.

►Sunday, November 3 GUN SHOW – 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Buy, Sell, Trade with 60 dealers showing arms, military relics from pre-Revolutionary War to present. Admission, $2/person. Quality Inn, 5206 NY-23, Oneonta.

UKULELE WORKSHOP – 1 - 4 p.m. Kids to learn basics of Ukulele. Children 5-7 learn basics + dancing at 1. Children 8 - 12 who already play learn songwriting 2:30. Cost, $12/child. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. 607-431-8543.

FALL FEST – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Annual craft & vendor fair. See Saturdaylisting.

Southside Mall, Oneonta.

►Monday, November 4 POP UP SHOP – 5 - 7 p.m.

Find variety of handmade leather wallets, bags, more inspired by medieval, fairies, & fantasy designs. Created by Hannah VanArsdale. Autumn Café, 244 Main St., Oneonta.

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Name:

HYDER FARM, LLC

JKO Mobile Enterprise LLC

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

Office location: Otsego County.

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State on 09/05/2019.

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Oneonta Tennis Center, LLC.

C Moore Enterprises LLC.

A NY Limited Liability Company.

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

Office location: Otsego County.

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

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Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/9/2019.

County: Otsego.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of 19 ROSE PLACE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/2/17.

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

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Name: BLUESTONE TREE FARM LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 9/23/19.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 4611 Calatrava Ave, Sebring, FL 33872.

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

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Memorial Service Nov. 2 For Kenneth Robinson, 53 WORCESTER He is survived by – Kenneth W. Robhis mother Sharon and inson’s memorial father Paul; children service will be 1-3 Desiree, Cory and p.m. Saturday, Nov. Aiden; brothers Frank, 2, at the VFW in John, Jeff and Dustin; Schenevus. Those that sister Kathy, and attend are welcome to several nieces, bring a dish to pass if Kenneth nephews, cousins, wanted.

Robinson aunts and uncles.

A carpenter, RobArrangements inson, 53, was born on June were entrusted to the 27, 1966, and passed away Ottman Funeral Home, Oct. 10, 2019.

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Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

OBITUARIES

Joseph Kenyon, 86; Served 20 Years On County Board WORCESTER - Joseph J. Kenyon III, who brought community planning to Worcester and served on the county Board of Representatives for 20 years, passed away on Oct. 26, 2019.

He was born June 2, 1933, in Kearny, N.J., the son of Joseph J. Kenyon Sr. and Alma Carlson Kenyon.

Upon graduating from Worcester Central School, he enlisted in the Air Force and served with the 60th Fighter Squadron during the Korean War. He fell in love with Mildred Gran and they were married on June 16, 1956, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Worcester.

He helped establish the first planning board in the Town of Worcester and became its first chairman.

He later helped establish the first Otsego County Planning Board and became its first chairman. He also served as chairman of the Southern Tier Regional Development Board.

He was elected as the first representative from District 6 on the County Board of Representatives and served for 20 years from 1970 to 1990. He championed many changes in county government and became known as the most effective voice on the Otsego County Board..

Joe is survived by his

wife, Mildred Kenyon of 63 years; children, Stephen and Nancy Kenyon, Essex Junction, Joseph Vermont, Kenyon III Carol and Jeffrey Wittig, Manlius, Dr. William and Ellen Kenyon, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Sandra Fancher and Whitaker Raymond, Clifton Park, Mark and Lori Kenyon, Binghamton, Jodi and Kim Peckham Kenyon, Beverly, Massachusetts; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; siblings, Albert

Kenyon, Alfred (Joyce) Kenyon, Harold (Janet) Kenyon, Alma Price, Richard (Carol) Kenyon, Joy Campiglia, Marion (Gilbert) French, James (Pamela) Kenyon; sister-in-law, Adeline Kenyon; many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents and brother, Robert Kenyon.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 201 Main St., Worcester. Burial with military honors will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Heller & Skinner Funeral Home.

COOPERSTOWN – Josephine A. Bertino, 89, who moved to Upstate New York in 2010 to be near her family, passed away peacefully Friday evening, Oct, 25, 2019, at Chase Memorial Nursing Home & Rehab in New Berlin.

She was born July 23, 1930, in Brooklyn, the only child of Peter Fatta, a Sicilian immigrant, and Rose (Rosalia) née Lucido Fatta. During her teen years she played piano at Carnegie Hall and developed a deep interest and love of music.

She graduated from Grover Cleveland High School, where Julius LaRosa was one of her classmates.

Josephine raised her two

daughters in Hauppauge, Long Island, where she assisted at the family day camp in the summers.

For the past several years she has been a resident of Woodside Hall in Cooperstown, a place she truly enjoyed. She would often volunteer her time at the Susquehanna SPCA Thrift Shop, helping customers locate items and putting together outfits for special occasions. At Woodside Hall, together with Mary Margaret Kuhn, Josephine planned a successful fashion show for the SSPCA in June.

Josephine is survived by her two daughters, Serena Hanrahan and husband,

Stephen, and Rosanne J. Westgate, Ph.D., all of West Winfield; and a grandson, Christopher Josephine Joseph Bertino Westgate of Westport, Mass., a communications professor at Johnson & Wales University.

Friends are invited to pay their respects 10-11 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, when the family will be in attendance.

Following the visitation, a memorial service will be offered at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Mark Piedmonte, pastor of the Garrattsville United Presbyterian Church, officiating.

On Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, Josephine will be laid to rest with her parents and grandparents in St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens.

Memorial donations may be made in memory of Josephine to the United Presbyterian Church, 947 County Highway 16, Burlington Flats, NY 13315.

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

Josephine A. Bertino, 89; Planned SSPCA Fashion Show

Betty Jo Chase, 69; Nurse’s Aide At Bassett For 23 Years RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Betty Jo Chase, 69, a native of Florida who served for many years as a nurse’s aide at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, passed away following a brief illness Saturday afternoon, Oct. 26, 2019, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.

Born Jan. 29, 1950, in Milton, Florida, Betty was one of nine children of Clarence and Leona (Mack) Richardson. Raised in Santa Rosa County, she graduated from Milton High School and then attended nursing school in Pensacola. For a time she was employed as a nurse’s aide at Santa Rosa Hospital as well as West Florida Hospital.

On Oct. 25, 1969, Betty married David Harry Chase, Sr., in a candlelight ceremony at the Olivet Baptist Church in Milton, Florida.

They continued living in Florida and began raising a family. In 1983, they moved

to Cooperstown, where David was born and raised.

For 23 years, Betty Betty Jo served as Chase a nurse’s aide at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, until retiring in 2007.

Betty is survived by her husband of 50 years, David H. Chase, Sr. of Richfield Springs; their children, David H. Chase, Jr. and Anoel Kelly of Cooperstown; two grand-

children and three great grandchildren. She is further survived by a sister, Wanda Irizarry and husband, Alex, of Pensacola, Florida; a brother, Oscar Richardson and wife, Carol of Fairhope, Alabama; a sister-in-law, Ellen Eisinger Richardson and a brother-in-law, Richard Brimble, both of Milton, Florida; David’s siblings, James E. Chase and wife, Edna of Fly Creek, Beverly Anton and husband, William of Venice, Florida, and Mary Richardson of Milton, Florida; and many, many nieces and nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by both of her

parents, brothers, David Scott Richardson, W.C. (Nadine) Richardson and V.L. “Bobby” Richardson, and sisters Dora Francis Brimble, Jewel (Joe) Raffaelle and Carolyn Sue (LaVon) Wright.

Family and friends are invited to call and pay their respects at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019.

Following the visitation, a funeral service will be offered at 6 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Joseph Perdue, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, officiating.

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For this reason, obituaries are published at no cost on

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Be sure to remind your funeral director to provide obituary information to our newspapers, along with a favorite photo of your loved one. Or you may submit the information yourself directly to: info@AllOtsegO.com, or online at www.AllOtsegO.com/loved-ones/ space allowing, as many obituaries as possible will appear in the print publications.

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