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‘IT WAS LIKE YOU’D SEE IN THE MOVIES’

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

Hostage Standoff Defused

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By LIBBY CUDMORE happening in her neighborhood, at first she didn’t believe them.

“Then I looked out my window and COOPERSTOWN saw cops with rifles,” she said. “It was like you see in the movies. They had o one is suggesting the house completely surrounded.” that a Cooperstown State police responded to a 911 Bat Company bat Please See STANDOFF, B7 won the World Series for

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the Red Sox. But it certainly didn’t hurt.

With a CB-15 model bat in hand, Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez hit a single his first time at bat in Game Four of the World Series Saturday, Oct. 27.

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Sheriff, Opponent Trade Final Blows

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Atty. Andy Puritz and Nancy Couch recite the Kaddish as mourners from across Otsego County filled Oneonta’s Temple Beth El to reflect on the slayings in Pittsburgh. Story, photos at

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Devlin Issues Affidavit, But Fernandez Skeptical

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The sworn statement, from COOPERSTOWN Alicia Scanlon of COOPERSTOWN Oneonta, a county t the 11th correctional ofn inter-faith vigil – a hour, a jail ficer since January second local reflection ►VIEW Scanlon, 2012, was released guard has on the 11 deaths at Raso letters at issued an affidavit Monday, Oct. 29, Tree of Life Synagogue in ALLOTSEGO.COM supporting a colby Sheriff Richard Pittsburgh last weekend – is league who stated J. Devlin, Jr., the planned at 7 p.m. Thursday, the sheriff’s son, Ros DevRepublican candidate for Nov. 1, in the second-floor balllin, “at no time … (made) reelection. room at Village Hall, 22 Main. any statements that have Please See SHERIFF, B7 “This is to remind people of what’s happened, what can continue to happen,” said the Artspace’s Experts organizer, Trustee Richard EnthuseD Over City Sternberg.

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LEADS IN POLL: Antonio Delgado holds a 49 percent lead to John Faso’s 44 percent in a Monmouth University poll released Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Missing Man Still ‘Art Infuses At Large Daily Life’

By LIBBY CUDMORE

VOTE, EAT! Cooperstown Rotary’s Pancake Day will be ONEONTA 7 a.m.-5 pm. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Veter- CAR FOUND ans’ Club, 60 Main St.

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t the end of their three-day Oneonta tour, one thing was clear to Artspace visitors.

“Art is really infused into daily life here,” said Anna Growcott, Artspace director/consulting & strategic partnerships. “We went into so many places – the Yellow Deli, the Autumn Café, the Latte Lounge – where people were spending time and seeing artwork presented in Please See ARTSPACE, A2

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Al Cleinman, the Oneonta-based consultant to optometrists nationwide, tells the Otsego Chamber’s Workforce Summit to transform the county into a “knowledge-based industry.”

Go Where Jobs Going To Be, Cleinman Tells Jobs Summit

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But in the days since, the idea shows potential to unify

the county’s economic-development strategy.

“I do think there’s great potential to capitalize on his idea,” said Jody Zakrevsky, CEO of Otsego Now, the county’s economic-development office.

“I am in full agreement,” said Nicole Dillingham, president of Otsego 2000, the Senator Seward said Cooperstown-based environmental organization that is the “Come Home” drive must be paired laying the groundwork to sue with a “Stay Home” Otsego Now over a natural-gas Please See CLEINMAN, A3 drive.

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Along with Senior VP Wendy Holmes, Growcott met with focus groups, toured potential building sites and held a public forum to guage Oneonta’s interest in affordable live/work housing for artists.

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On Wednesday, Oct. 24, 31 artists gathered for the first focus group and expressed their interest in a building with live/work apartments, gallery space and community rooms.

“I was surprised housing was such a pressing issue,” said Growcott. “We don’t always see that in smaller towns. But here, we kept The Freeman’s Journal hearing that downtown Mayor Herzig airs conhousing would make all the cepts with Artspace’s difference.”

Growcott.

“I do wood-burning at my dining room table,” said Anne civic leaders.

“The visitors all felt like Vrooman. there was a lot of energy and “I practice my dance and excitement about an Artmusic in my living room,” space project in Oneonta,” said Elizabeth Raphaelson, said Mayor Gary Herzig.

Underground Attic owner.

“I’m trying to record music “It’s good for artists and for the community. Artspace is while the garbage trucks are good, they’re experienced driving around,” said James and they’re a national notMcilroy of Golden Lotus for-profit. They can get this Tatoo.

The group toured potential sites for the project, including the Westcott Lot, the Old City Hall (now a county office building), the Oneonta Ford building on Market Street, the Oneonta Theatre and the space above the Latte Lounge, as well as CANO, The Main View Gallery and Artware.

Later that evening, a public meeting was held to see how the rest of the community felt about the project. “We really enjoy working in Upstate New York,” said Growcott.

“It was important to get the pulse of the city.”

They also met with focus groups from the financial and business sectors, as well as

done.”

The preliminary report will be given to the city in early December and will be available on the city’s website.

The next step, said Growcott, would be an arts market study, which would collect hard data and analyze it to see what an Oneonta Artspace project would look like.

“We want to know what kind of space people want, how many bedrooms and parking spaces they need and what is considered affordable,” she said. “That way we can determine how many studios, how many residences and what kind of amenities this project would have.”

If a market survey is conducted, Artspace will hold an initial launch, where participants can take a formal survey to tell Artspace what they would like to see in a project.

The survey would then be put online for six to eight weeks.

“We’d like to get between 400-500 people from within a 50 mile radius to take it,” she said. “We can take that to banks and developers to show that we have a building that will be filled with creative people.”

The average time from the first meeting to the ribbon cutting of an Artspace building is 4-5 years, but according to Herzig, a private developer could emerge and offer to build a similar live/ work space, such as the Lofts on Main, a private artist’s development in Peekskill.

“We’ve had some preliminary discussions with developers,” he said. “We’re exploring all avenues.”

“Artspace does not have a monopoly,” he continued.

For a Healthier NY 19: The Choice is Clear

ANTONIO DELGADO will fight for affordable access to medical and mental health care for everyone by strengthening — not killing or weakening — the Affordable Care Act. He supports a public option to buy into Medicare. He supports negotiating with pharmaceutical companies for more affordable drugs. He supports protecting women’s’ health. He supports enacting programs for prevention and treatment of

opioid and other addictions. He supports responsible gun polices without NRA influence. And he supports farm and nutrition bills that assure affordable access to healthy foods and support our local farmers.

For these reasons, we the undersigned health professionals and others in our communities support Antonio Delgado for Congress.

Vote Antonio Delgado for Congress on Nov. 6.

Better still, join our efforts for better health for all.

Tell your friends what’s at stake and make sure they vote.

Kathie Aberman, Educator, Liberty

Abby Kinsley, Art Publisher, Bloomville

Kiersten Rain, Disabled, Halcottsville

Steven Arpadi, MD, Pediatrician, Ancramdale

Gail Lennstrom, R.P.T., Retired Physical Therapist, Margaretville

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Priscilla Bassett, Retired Sullivan County Public Health Advisory Board, Grahamsville

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Cleinman Finds Support For ‘Come Home’ Idea CLEINMAN/From A1 initiative.

“This lines up very well with what we have advocated for: quality of life and knowledge-based workers go hand in hand. It’s something we are poised to achieve,” said Dillingham, who said she will contact Zakrevsky to see what her organization can do.

State Sen. Jim Seward, RMilford, who co-sponsored the summit, endorsed the idea at the end of the daylong gathering Wednesday, Oct. 24, at The Otesaga, although he would expand it to “Come Home to Otsego County.”

In an interview, he repeated that it should be paired with a “Stay Home in Otsego County,” aimed at alerting high-school students they can remain at home if they prepare themselves for increasingly available jobs.

He said he plans to established a task force aimed at making Cleinman’s vision a reality.

Cleinman’s idea is to lure back some of the estimated 75,000 living Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta graduates – executives, consultants, business owners and tech employees who can work anywhere – to reposition the local economy.

“The future is knowledgebased industry,” he declared.

“The future is not industry.”

Principal in Cleinman Performance Partners, the Oneonta-based consultancy that advises optometrists nationwide, he said he is approaching local business and political leaders about the campaign to “bring your business here; bring your family here; bring your work here.”

The first key to a successful campaign would be to get the colleges to agree to share their alumni databases

with the “Come Home” effort, to enable a comprehensive direct-mail campaign.

A second goal would be to raise a $1 million “venture capital fund” to help returnees reestablish their businesses and professions locally.

Through his consultancy, Cleinman has criss-crossed the country. “I’ve seen what goes on. I’ve seen the Boise, Idahos, and the Bozeman, Montanas – little sleepy towns in the middle of nowhere that have sprung to life” by promoting the knowledge sector.

What they have in common is “ingenuity, educational resources, money and quality of life … We have them all in Otsego County,” said the Gilbertsville native.

“What better place to live than in this amazing county.”

One issue that needs to be addressed is whether confidentiality policies would allow Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta to share their alumni databases; if not, perhaps a collaborative campaign would keep control in the colleges’ hands, but allow a jointly developed solicitation to go forward.

SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris was out of town Tuesday, Oct. 30, when a query was made.

But Hartwick’s Margaret Drugovich said, “Hartwick College is very interested in attracting more of its alumni back to Oneonta and the region. We will be pleased to work as a partner in initiatives that lead to this positive development.”

In an interview, Otsego Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan said

Cleinman’s concept was discussed at a quarterly CEO Roundtable that convened the Monday before the summit at Hartwick and it was agreed “Come Home” has “a lot of good pieces.”

But, Heegan said, some of the CEOs head local industries, and they emphasized “industry still IS an important part of our workforce; therefore, finding workers to go into manufacturing is

still an important piece.”

Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig noted that the city’s DRI, the Downtown Redevelopment Initiative, funded with $10-14 million in state money so far, is already very much in line with Cleinman’s thinking. “Al is right,” he said. “We are moving toward more of an intellectual economy than an industrial economy.”

Still, the energy issue, which is dividing the economic-development and environmental com-

munities, “is not going to go away,” he said. “We need to get smart and pro-active in addressing the need for energy,” given that electrical and natural-gas supplies are insufficient to serve what is already here.

If a sizeable high-tech employer were attracted, Zakrevsky said, “a millionsquare-foot building would take 5 million BTUs an hour (to heat), 5,8000 gallons of propane a day. That’s almost unrealistic to manage under existing circumstances.”

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Jim Seward

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EDITORIAL

Are We Doing Political Debates Right? Let’s Talk About It

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eague of Women Voters’ moderators lost control of the Monday, Oct. 22, debate between the incumbent Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and his challenger, retired state trooper Bob Fernandez.

Not the candidates – the League, to the point where moderator Barbara Heim of Oneonta threatened at least twice to shut it down and send home the 150+ attendees who packed The Fenimore Museum Auditorium, filled folding chairs in the aisles and crowded into the hallway, trying to hear the goings-on inside.

The dramatic highpoint came when Heim challenged the crowd: If you think you can do a better job, come up here. At that point, Tom Leiber of Oaksville, a pal of Fernandez going back to their high school days on Long Island, jumped up and volunteered.

That prompted the League’s debate organizer, Maureen Murray of Cooperstown, to jump up and, The Freeman’s Journal again, threaten that, if people misbehaved, she When League moderator Barbara Heim challenges audience would kick everyone out. members to step up if they can do better at the Oct. 22 DevlinFernandez debate, Tom Leiber offers to do so.

Yes, the attendees – Devlin and Fernandez’

adherents alike – were pumped. Clearly, the League – this was the first co-organized by the Oneonta and Cooperstown chapters – didn’t know what to do.

And, of course, that was contrary to its central mission: To help Democracy work. Why mistreat citizens interested and engaged enough to drive out, many from 22 miles hence, on a chilly, rainy night to participate in representative democracy?

Active citizens is what we all want – the League, too – not what anyone wants to discourage.

• Happily, in this season of debates leading up to the Nov. 6 mid-terms, the voting public was treated to an excellent contrasting example: The 19th District Congressional debate on WMHT, Troy, on Friday, Oct. 19, between incumbent U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, and the Democratic challenger, Antonio Delgado of Rhinebeck.

It was co-sponsored by Albany Times Union.

As you might expect, the experienced moderaPlease See EDITORIAL, A5

RICHARD SWIFT STERNBERG OTHER VOICES

After Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, I Applied For Handgun Permit

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oday I obtained an application for a handgun permit.

I went to the Otsego Sheriff’s Department and at the stroke of 9 went into the inner office and up to the desk and asked for one. The staff was waiting and seemed to assume that was what I was there for.

The person just in front of me was registering three pistols he was in the process of buying. There was even a sign on the main outside door that said, “Handgun Applications, MondayFriday 9AM-4PM.” All of this made it seem that this was the primary reason for the

am going to do my duty and prepare and be ready.”

average citizen to come to that office and probably was so. By the way the staff was professional, courteous, and helpful. One should always recognize that type of service regardless of the activity.

It has been 47 years since I remember last firing a pistol. I took a P.E. course in college. We had a national championship pistol team once. I also

took rifle. I learned gun safety and maintenance but never continued with it after school.

I never felt that I needed or should even have a gun, especially since I had been told that the person most likely to be injured by a gun was the owner or a member of the owner’s family. But I now feel differently.

The massacre at the Or L’Simcha (Tree of Life) Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh compels me to finally obtain a handgun. Didn’t the president say this might not have happened if there was Eleven commemorative stars outside the Tree of Please See STERNBERG, A7 Life synagogue, from a WICS-TV screen shot.

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To the Editor: I would like to challenge the editorial endorsement of Faso for Congress. Vigorously. Reviewing his voting record finds the following: Faso voted FOR: • Decreasing Medicaid funding; eliminating Planned Parenthood funding of all services – birth control, cancer screening, gynecologic care – to any provider (note that Federal funds were already banned from funding abortions), and removing limits on the cost of insurance premiums for those with pre-existing conditions (HR1628, May 4, 2017). He voted FOR measures that would increase premium costs differentially to low-income elderly persons.

• Nullifying the National

Instant Criminal History Background Check Law of 2007, thereby facilitating the purchase of firearms to those with impaired mental functioning and criminal histories (HJ Res. 40, 2/2/2017). When last contacted, he refused to take a position on banning bump stocks and assault weapons.

Faso voted AGAINST: • Nine election security, voting rights, and redistricting reform bills (HR BILLS 1562, 3132, 3751, 4276, 5011, 5147, 12, 2840/2876,2978, 712) • Net neutrality (HJR 129)

• Four bills to get big money and foreign money out of U.S. elections (HR BILLS 20, 1134/6239, 1615, HJR 31) • Six bills concerning ethics, conflicts of interest, and abuse of power ((HR 371,1960, 3654, 5476,5505).

The latter is consistent with his own ethical violations as lobbyist, for which his firm settled for over half a million dollars in payfor-play and pension fund scandals, and for which he was barred from lobbying with regard to state pension fund issues for five years.

Lobbying efforts included opposing curbing high-interest loan rates (i.e. payday loans, exploiting particularly members of the Armed Services); supporting the

Constitutional pipeline, and supporting the right of gas companies to seize landowners’ property through eminent domain whether they wanted a gas pipeline built through their farm land or not.

To say that Faso has “followed a sensible playbook” by voting the Trump/ McConnell Party Line is not a recommendation: It is a sorry excuse. To criticize Delgado for lyrics composed 12 years ago, and in a different context, is meaningless. This is about issues and positions.

I urge those concerning about voting rights and electoral security, tax equity, sensible arms sales restriction, and affordable health care, to vote for Delgado.

MARY ANNE WHELAN Cooperstown

Marietta, Katz Agree: Sheriff Devlin Is Doing The Job

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Here’s Record. Faso Doesn’t Deserve Another Term

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To the Editor: As the current county rep in District 8 in the Town of Otsego and the former mayor of the Village of Cooperstown, we’re writing on behalf of Sheriff Devlin.

• From Andrew Marietta: Mr. Fernandez was given the Democratic nomination and Democratic support, yet he attended the Republican luncheon at The Otesaga in support of Marc Molinaro, Republican candidate for governor.

His signs were in the Otsego County Fair booth for the Democrats, but also in the Republican booth.

How can a candidate represent the ideals, positions and support the candidates of both parties? To me this is the problem with party politics and manipulating the system.

Fernandez didn’t win the Republican primary and is now on the Democratic ballot line. Does this make him

a Democrat and representative of Democratic ideals and positions?

Or is this just about the system and using it to one’s advantage to win at all costs?

If he’s truly running as a Democrat, his Marietta opinions and positions would need to be confirmed (and believed).

These reasons, among many, are why I support Rich Devlin. As County Rep, I have seen his good work on a daily basis.

•From Jeff Katz: Many people have noticed the Rich Devlin signs on our lawn and asked, “Why are you supporting him for Sheriff? Why aren’t you supporting the Democratic candidate?”

I echo Andy Marietta’s thoughts above, and will add that there are

many reasons why Rich Devlin is our family’s choice for county sheriff. I can put it simply – in our personal experiences, Devlin has been a standup person and faithful public servant.

Katz Additionally, in my former professional capacity as Mayor of Cooperstown, Devlin was always at the ready to help the village in any way we needed. He was always available, upfront and fair. Few public servants are like that.

• We both urge you to vote for Rich Devlin.

ANDREW MARIETTA, County Rep, District 8 JEFF KATZ Former Mayor, Village of Cooperstown

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

200 YEARS AGO

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of this State will commence their annual course of lectures on the different branches of science, on the third of November. We understand that this enlightened Board of Trustees of this institution, have recently laid the foundation of an extensive medical and philosophical library, for the benefit of the students who may resort to this school for instruction.

November 2, 1818

125 YEARS AGO

year is 2.25 cans per day. On the basis of the average size pre-war can, approximately 751 pounds of pure metallic tin is reclaimable for the war effort from these cans. Men in service eat 8,000,000 cans of food a day and millions of pounds of canned items are being shipped abroad for lend lease, he said.

November 3, 1943

50 YEARS AGO

Dr. Carlo P. Romulo, world statesman, author, educator, and a Philippine war hero during World War II, will be the principal speaker at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Cooperstown Rotary Club at the Otesaga Hotel on Tuesday next week. It will be Dr. Romulo’s second appearance in Cooperstown. In August, 1942, Dr. Romulo appeared here as a speaker at Victory Sing during World War II. He is in this country as a scholar in residence at the State University of New York. Dr. Romulo was a Major in the Philippine Army Reserve when World War II broke out in the Pacific. He was an aide to General Douglas MacArthur on Bataan and was the last man off the peninsula before it was taken by the Japanese Imperial Army.

November 6, 1968

175 YEARS AGO

On Tuesday next, the voice of the People of this State will be heard at the ballot boxes. The polls will be open for that day only, and the elector who does not attend them, will lose his vote. Need we say a word to Democrats about their duty as citizens of a free Government? Every man, whatever may be his political sentiments, should vote, because the public will is thus clearly defined in regard to State policy, the candidates being presumed to be exponents of the views of the two great parties of the Commonwealth.

There is no citizen who has not a preference – let him express it by his vote, honestly, independently cast, as a freeman should ever do, and the right will be maintained, for the majority should rule. Through the Press, light has been diffused, and in the exercise of a constitutional privilege individual judgment alone should control. We think the Democratic policy, wisest, safest, best for the interests of the State, and on that ground alone is that we urge a support of the Democratic Ticket.

November 6, 1843

150 YEARS AGO

Keep Warm and Save Your Life – Within thirty days there will be many deaths which might be prevented by warm clothing. Many a fatal case of dysentery is caused by the want of a woolen undershirt, or of an extra blanket at night. The sudden changes of temperature which occur at this season of the year are very trying to the constitution.

People with weak lungs quickly feel the effect of them. It is not only the feeble, but also robust and strong persons suffer from such great variations of temperature.

November 6, 1868

100 YEARS AGO

In Our Town – The women were out in full force in the Town of Otsego on Election Day and they took to the new order of things as if they were used to it, although some

November 2, 1893 were inclined to open their ballots in the presence of the election officials and discuss the merits of various candidates. (Ed. Note: This was the first national election in which women voted in New York).

Young Chu, died of pneumonia at Otsego Hall Tuesday evening. Although given the best of care and medical attention he had been throughout his illness a refractory patient and unable to understand our methods of treating the sick.

The body will be taken to New York City for interment.

Arthur August Gruby, the eight-year-old son of F.W. Gruby, died from pneumonia following influenza at Otsego Hall Saturday last, this being the third death in the Gruby family in a week.

November 6, 1918

75 YEARS AGO

Rationing has not emptied the shelves of Otsego County residents of canned foods it was revealed Monday, a total of 311,053 cans being used monthly, according to A.H. Nugent, general sales manager of the American Can Company. Mr. Nugent based his figure on the government’s compilation of 46,082 ration book holders in the county and a statement by the U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics that the per capita consumption of canned goods so far this

Gerrymandering Takes Away Our Right To Representation

Cooperstown Redskins’ girls’ soccer team knocked Waterville out of sectional competition with a 2-0 victory and a season record of 15-2. Cooperstown led 1-0 at halftime as Carrie Folts scored an early goal at the 2:30 mark on a Sara Schultz assist. “The goalie was pulled out and the defenseman tried to kick it out, but I was able to head it in,” said Folts, a freshman. The goal was her 13th of the season.

Cooperstown held a 12 to 3 shots on goal and a 4-1 corner kick advantage.

November 2, 1993

10 YEARS AGO

Laurie A. Blatt, Clinical Systems Coordinator at Bassett Healthcare’s Nursing and Patient Care Services, has been appointed administrator at the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home, succeeding Patricia C. Donnelly, who is retiring after 17 years. Mrs. Blatt’s mother-in-law was a resident of the home and “praised the caring environment that it nurtures and provides for its residents. I am looking forward to joining this wonderful organization and working with the creative, active community it serves.” She and her husband Fred, an artist, sculptor and teacher live in Fly Creek.

November 7, 2008

Is Upstate Downbeat?

Blame Slow Recovery

T

he most remarkable thing I’ve in one Congressional district are guarseen in this year’s midterm anteed not to be together in the same election campaigns is Chad state Assembly or Senate districts.

McEvoy’s op-ed in the New York Divide and conquer is obviously the Times. The headline says it all: “If I rule.

Most districts are spread over a large win my district, I’ll get rid of it.”

That’s the 101st Assembly District, number of communities almost ena model of gerrymandering, tirely unique in terms of jobs, which snakes in a narrow industry, schools, social serstrip from New Hartford vices, and so on. That means near Utica through part of our local communities are Otsego county to the HudNOT represented in Albany or son Valley.

Washington.

Its shape guarantees that The heart of your communialmost nobody living in ty is where you live and work. the district is connected to It includes your neighborhood, anyone else in it. Its only the town where you do most purpose is to provide a safe ADRIAN of your business and shopping, seat for a politician who can KUZMINSKI and the school district where be sure that his atomized your kids go. For most people constituents have no voice of – except for those commuting their own. to distant jobs (say 20 miles or more) Chad is running to overturn this kind – these functions mostly overlap. of all too familiar nonsense.

Call it home.

The 101st district is an egregious The largest local unit which people case of gerrymandering, but in fact recognize and more or less identify most of our legislative districts work with is the county, which administers exactly the same way. Most people social services, collects taxes, provides couldn’t find their state legislative or public safety, manages code enforceCongressional districts on a map, or ment and waste disposal, maintains even name them accurately. major local highways, carries out The districts overlay and cut across environmental and planning responone another in insane fashion. People sibilities, and coordinates local towns

25 YEARS AGO

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This map of the “spaghetti district” accompanied the New York Times op-ed.

For full column, Google “chad mcevoy nytimes.

which enjoy home rules under the state Constitution.

People know their counties; counties are the largest political entities which still function as communities. The county should be the political district that is directly represented in Albany, if not in Washington.

New York has 62 counties and representatives elected from each of those counties could comprise at least the state Assembly, if not the entire state legislature. That would be one way to upset business-as-usual in Albany and put the public back in control.

Of course, counties differ widely in size. The largest county in the state – King’s County(Brooklyn)– has a population of 2,504,700, while the smallest – HamilPlease See KUZMINSKI, A7

ccording to a newly released report from the Empire Center for Public Policy, “New York’s Uneven Economic Recovery: A Tale of Two States,” those of us who live in Upstate New York escaped the real estate/housing bubble that led to the economic crash in 2008.

Why? Because our economy was MIKE so bad that we didn’t experience a ZAGATA bubble like the rest of the country. How’s that for good news?

Since the economic downturn, the Governor has claimed he has grown the state’s economy back to recovery. Have you experienced a recovery? Here’s how he’s been able to make that claim.

According to the governor, “We created 1,000,000 jobs (since 2011). New York State today has more

private-sector jobs than it has had in the history of the state. Period. Unemployment went from 8.5 to 4.2 percent, and the recovery was statewide. In the old days you would see New York City doing very well, and Upstate would be struggling.

Look how even the recovery is all across the State.”

The data don’t support that claim.

In fact, to the contrary, it shows a sharp and growing economic divide between Upstate and downstate.

According to the “Report,”, “By any standard, Upstate New York’s economic recovery has been among the weakest of any region in the country”. Only West Virginia, Wyoming and Arkansas, coal and mineralsdependent economies, have fared poorer. According to the Report, New York’s Please See ZAGATA, A7

EDITORIAL: Are League Debates Fully Meeting Need For Educated Public?

EDITORIAL/From A4 tor, Matt Ryan, host of the station’s Emmy-winning “New York Now” program, was comfortable appearing before a crowd. He had three seasoned journalists – the Times Union reporter David Lombardo and Senior Editor for News Casey Seiler, and Karen Dewitt from WAMC and a 10-station network of NPR stations.

At the outset, Ryan welcomed the audience to applaud “one time” when the candidates were introduced, then to refrain for a logical reason: “So we can ask more questions” within the onehour limit.

Each candidate was given 90 seconds to answer to a question; the rival 45 seconds to react – and that was it. Ryan halted any candidate who then tried to jump in. However, given the brisk pace, a candidate who may have felt shortchanged had a chance to

expand his comment in responses to later questions.

Blood was drawn. Delgado tried to pin “racist” ads on Faso.

Faso noted Delgado moved to the 19th from New Jersey two years ago, then immediately registered to run for Congress.

By the end audience members were given ample insights to help guide their votes, which is the point • In an interview with WMHT’s Ryan, it became clear that, even with a pro, soft skills are essential.

A time clock flags the candidates at 30 seconds, 15 seconds and zero, when bell rights softly, so no candidate is surprised. Ryan says he won’t just cut candidates off in mid-sentence. He gauges whether a candidate is just wrapping up and, if so, will give him a few seconds. If it looks like the candidate is warming up the topic, Ryan will politely – important

word – move on.

The set-up of the room is important, too. Remarking on the argumentative Cuomo-Molinaro gubernatorial debate a few days later, he noted the candidates were too close to the moderator, allowing them to dominate. At the WMHT debate, Ryan was at a lectern, with candidates seated on one side, reporters on the other, establishing an air of formality.

Likewise, with proceedings being aired on live TV, candidates and audience alike tend to be better behaved, Ryan said. Locally, the debates have been videotaped for rebroadcast in the past, but that didn’t happen this time.

• Bottom line, mistakes were made by people of good will. But a repeat should be avoided. The League organizers would be wise to convene a conversation of stakeholders – League organizers,

the county Republican and Democratic chairs, a winning and a losing candidate, representatives of the press, and frequent attendees from the public – after Nov. 6 to talk through the whole approach. Maureen Murray was intrigued by such an idea.

Some additional issues: • Two Otsego debates were cancelled because one of the candidates, Assemblyman Magee in the 121st District then Delgado, demurred. Thus, one candidate’s refusal to debate can prevent another from communicating his/her message to voters. That’s not right.

• A media representative from this newspaper was removed from the panel because a candidate objected. The reason given: the newspaper had endorsed the other candidate in the primary. The League shouldn’t punish a free press for making endorsements; the candidates shouldn’t control

the League’s debate/ • Should the League have the exclusive franchise on local political debates? Maybe it could take the lead in forming an independent entity – it would include League representation, of course – to make sure all the local expertise available is brought to bear.

In commenting on AllOTSEGO’s Facebook page, former Hartwick Town Supervisor Pat Ryan ended her critique with: “This opinion in no way is meant to disparage all of the good work the League does in supporting our right to vote and be informed on the issues!”

But, she added, “Let’s talk about the ground rules for the Lincoln/Douglas debate, which was a true debate!” A true debate, indeed: frank, content-rich, pointed and sufficiently polite, leading the best candidate to victory at the polls. Indeed, that’s the goal.

THURSDAY-Friday, november 1-2, 2018

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

Nation Has No Plan For Our Personal Or National Security; Vote Delgado To the Editor: A vote for Delgado is a vote for security Leaders like Antonio Delgado, who is running for the US Congress in our 19th Congressional District, come along once in a generation — clear-minded, compassionate, smart and caring. He deserves our votes. Why? A vote for him will help restore our individual and national security.

Delgado has solid ideas intended to maximize our choices and minimize our risks, including a public option for health care, increased investment in roads, bridges and airports; true tax reform to support public education

and hard work, and consistent coherent foreign policy that will protect American jobs, peace and the overall public good.

Delgado has our backs – it is as simple as that. And no matter our incomes, we all know that we could be just one accident or serious illness away from financial ruin and heartbreak. How can this be when our country has never been so wealthy?

And national security does

not come from blaming all ills on others, immigrants, those who are different.

National security comes from inner strength of individuals who have enough personal security to accept that American leadership means we must stand for human rights and economic equality for all.

National security comes from coherent bipartisan discussion, belief in science, and rejection of the corrupt use of public office to service private economic interests.

Incumbent Faso, Delgado’s opponent, typifies why so many of us are disgusted with Congress. Congress passed a tax cut that will benefit almost no one in our district

and has ballooned our deficit to nearly $1 trillion, yet Mr. Faso is silent about its deleterious impact.

Congress continues to try to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, which removed the nightmare of being denied insurance for pre-existing conditions, and Mr. Faso plays along, changing his position each time he is asked about it.

We ally ourselves with tyrants like Dutarte in the Philippines and the royal family in Saudi Arabia, and Mr. Faso does not stand against that, merely calling the Saudi story about the murder of a journalist “lame, but the situation is compli-

To the Editor: I have been accused of racist undertones when I have stated that John Faso is one of us.

By “one of us” I mean that John Faso has lived in the 19th Congressional District for 35 years; that he understands the problems of farmers from the Hudson Valley to Delaware and Otsego counties: that he has held elective office and been active in political and civil affairs in the district; that his children have gone to our schools; that he understands our energy needs to attract and retain jobs.

None of that can be said of Antonio Delgado, who has sterling academic credentials and idealistic policies but no track record of achievement Upstate.

Faso is one of us, Delgado is not.

WILLIAM W. DORNBURGH Cooperstown

McEvoy Likely To Be Real Friend In Albany Not satisfied with a safe district, the current Assemblyman is alleged to have violated campaign finance laws.

The state Board of Elections and Attorney General are also investigating the Assemblyman’s chief of staff HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal and his wife who are impliHere’s a sampling of flyers that have shown up in cated in a loan scheme.

All this is Albany as usual. local mailboxes in the past month.

AD 101’s seahorse-shaped 583. With all this gerryrymandering and Albany boundaries narrowly stretch mandering, rural voices are corruption, Chad McEvoy from parts of Orange County marginalized. of Westford, population 868, in the south to Little Falls in promises to actually represent Voters of all political the north. Slivers of the dispersuasions are ignored and rural New Yorkers in this district split Otsego and nearby underserved in AD 101. What tinctly incoherent Assembly Delaware Counties. rural New York does not need District. Chad has my support AD 101 is gouged out is an assemblyman of quesand those of my neighbors. of seven counties that run tionable reputation from an ROBERT SEWARD, 200 miles north to south. It upscale suburb.

Middlefield, comprises 25 rural townships, Against the odds of gerpopulation 2,023 including Bovina, population

Republicans Using Racist Material To Bring Down Delgado

To the Editor: I am disgusted by mailers I received supporting John Faso. It is completely racist, and derogatory towards both blacks and women.

How could the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) or the Republican national party believe that this would put Faso in a good light to his voters? Do they think we are stupid and cruel?

Most important, we have heard NOTHING from Faso about stopping

this abusive mailing in his name. I am ashamed of him.

When I chose to support Antonio Delgado, I realized, unhappily, there was high probability of Republicans using racist material. But with racism, the CLF adds further insults to women even though they support Trump, a sexual assaulter, Roy Moore, a pedophile, and other Republicans who assault, insult and abuse women every time they open their mouths.

No! Republicans can’t successfully chide Democrats for either their treatment of women, or their language. Antonio Delgado is a wonderful man with good values, a keen intellect and a warm personality. He engages with the citizens of this district and will respect all of us.

I’ve only seen Faso through a car window as he drives by…

ANNE GEDDES-ATWELL Cooperstown

...Meanwhile, Natural Gas Debate Hasn’t Gone Away To the Editor: A recent column expressing support for heavy industry and fossil-fuel facilities that “historically supported” our community exhorted our residents to vote in support of this vision.

I would like to point out that Oneonta residents have voted and many of the current Common Council members were placed in their role in part because of their strong position on responsible energy.

I was elected – twice – by community members who understand that protecting our environment and growing our business community are not mutually exclusive policies.

When a plan for our community’s energy supply, which would deeply affect the lives of residents for years, is formulated behind closed doors by unelected group members, one might understand how “conspiracy theories” might apply. Government requires transparency.

The current, elected members of the new county energy

committee, under the county board’s Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) commmittee, have taken on the task of truly exploring how to move forward.

Is a “CNG station the only solution” as proposed

by Otsego Now? This would NOT, in fact, be a temporary solution to the less than five days of interruptible supply required by the colleges and hospitals at this time. They are burning fuel oil as opposed to natural gas during these periods.

Natural gas is mostly methane and an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Methane leaks erase any climate benefit from switching fuel to natural gas. Scientific fact.

A $17.5 million facility would condemn the people of this community to live with this facility for decades.

Not to mention the fact that any new construction built to require fossil fuel use to operate will just perpetuate our dependence.

Heavy industry and manufacturing were indeed

century has brought to our doorsteps. Congress bickers, and we suffer.

I myself ran for Congress in 1992, winning one-third of the vote my first time trying.

The issues that vexed voters then continue to haunt them today. Both parties have failed us and Congress needs the equivalent of a blood transfusion.

Antonio Delgado represents a compassionate commonsense vision. He sees the world with fresh eyes. He sees the world through our eyes.

Delgado deserves our votes.

PAULA DiPERNA Cooperstown

Sheriff, County-Rep Union Creates Potential For Abuse

It’s Not Racist To Say: Faso Knows 19th Better

To the Editor: In the film “Lincoln,” Secretary of State William H. Seward says to President Lincoln, “I’ll fetch a friend from Albany.” And adds, “He can supply operatives for field work, spare me the indignity of actually talking to Democrats.”

The current occupant of Assembly District 101 is seldom seen by Republicans or Democrats. But he continues the Albany tradition.

Most recently, state police arrested the Republican Assemblyman’s hastily fired staff member Kajus Normantas. He was charged with a felony for forging ballot petition signatures for the Conservative Party Line.

cated.” He dislikes the nasty ads being run by Faso’s party against Mr. Delgado by refuses to disavow or condemn them.

Many of us know that we could be only one serious illness away from financial ruin. Our nation has no meaningful plan to provide general flood insurance, or improved energy efficiency, or plan for control of monopolies, or even the growth of artificial intelligence that threatens to eliminate most need for human labor. What then?

Our nation has no plan for our personal or national security – no basic commonsense approach to the very complex problems that the 21st

historically vital to our economy. These facilities are now increasingly mechanized.

Automation is projected to eliminate millions upon millions of American jobs in the next two decades.

According to the Boston Consulting Group, a human spot welder costs three times that of a robot: “In 1980 it took 25 jobs to generate $1 million in manufacturing output in the U.S. Today it takes five jobs.”

Industry is doing more with fewer people and low-skilled jobs are becoming redundant.

Automation will continue to contribute to job loss and unless our community adapts, our business community will not grow.

Supporting business growth with responsible renewable energy is far from a “ruse.” Renewable technology is present and available, not “fairy dust,” and our response to growing our economy must be a forwardlooking vision to encourage responsible growth.

Using a combination of geothermal technology with

heat pumps, as well as solar and other technologies, puts the money locally. It puts local people to work selling and installing the equipment and puts the money saved on energy expenses in the pockets of the residents and businesses, not utilities.

For those who question the cost of renewables, I ask that they take a hard look at the $17.5 million price tag of the current project. NYSEG and the gas companies are the ones who stand to gain with the current plan. Gas will rise in price, as will their profits.

As discussed at the recent Workforce Summit at The Otesaga “The future is knowledgebased industry. The future is not industry.” Knowledgeable professionals and young families will transfer to this area for these sorts of opportunities, as well as the incredible beauty of the land and quality of life we have to offer. That is progress.

Real progress.

PATRICIA JACOB Oneonta Town Councilmember

To the Editor: In the past, when there was no Democratic candidate on the Otsego County ballot, I left the sheriff’s line blank.

This year, I have agonized over my choice of candidates in the 2019 Otsego County sheriff’s race. Neither is a Democrat and neither is endorsed by my party, although one has earned the opportunity to use the Democratic line.

Both candidates are wellqualified and experienced law enforcement officers who would be able to proudly and capably serve Otsego County as sheriff.

But the race this year has centered on collateral issues that do not belong in a political contest.

I have known Sheriff Devlin for decades and I always knew that the political

attacks on him and his family were much ado about nothing.

His office and the law have prevented him from revealing the full story of the confidential issues within his department. Rich is and has been a good sheriff.

I have met candidate Fernandez and talked to him about my issues several times.

I like him. However, he is married to a member of the county Board of Representatives. I think that the potential for abuse and the conflict of interest is too great to even allow consideration.

This year I will vote on the Republican line for a candidate who has a proven track record as sheriff, Richard Devlin!

HENRY J. NICOLS Cooperstown

If Devlin Abandoned Ethics, Fernandez Will Return Them To the Editor: If you want to restore ethics to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department and bring back equal justice for all, I implore you to vote for Bob Fernandez. Bob has an exciting combination of fresh ideas, integrity, deep roots in our area, and valuable experience, with 33 years as a state trooper.

So many Americans, myself included, are frustrated with politicians who lose sight of why they were elected and who they’re meant to serve. Unfortunately, some long-time politicians, including Sheriff Devlin, place too high a value on their own interests and those of their families and believe the rules that apply to everyone else don’t apply to them. Reform is needed.

I did not come to this endorsement lightly. I’ve voted for Sheriff Devlin multiple times, voted as a local party leader to endorse him in 2014, and considered myself a strong ally and supporter in 2016, when I was seated on the county Board of Representatives. But the current scandal made it clear that the sheriff has lost his way and should be replaced.

When it was reported to me that the sheriff’s son threatened an Oneonta elementary school shooting and workplace violence, I was deeply disturbed. Hundreds of my constituents attend those schools. That allegation has been disputed but a local county judge reviewed witness testimony and found it credible enough to revoke the employee’s pistol license.

Regardless of whether or not that incident occurred, the true scandal is the sheriff’s handling of it. The county board had an ethical duty to investigate workplace violence but was thwarted for over a year by the sheriff because of baggage between himself and the board chair, Kathy Clark, R-Otego.

This paper has irresponsibly repeated the falsehood that Kathy Clark somehow orchestrated a witch hunt.

The bi-partisan investigation was approved by all 14 County Board reps, based on our own common sense and review of the evidence and following the advice of multiple attorneys.

Seven of us, myself included, had just voted against Kathy Clark for chair – she certainly was not our puppet master. We’ve had local elementary school students who were arrested for less credible threats. Does anyone doubt the sheriff would have had a more robust response if it weren’t his son?

I kept waiting and hoping the sheriff would do the right thing, but he didn’t. The sheriff paid his no-show son for over a year at taxpayer expense, while blocking an investigation. To this day, the sheriff is only partially recused from his son’s case.

The original sin in this scandal is nepotism. The sheriff has failed to apologize to Otsego County residents or acknowledge there is any problem with hiring, promoting and disciplining (or not) members of one’s own family.

Some folks in Washington D.C. think “one set of rules for you and one set of rules for me and my family,” but it shouldn’t be accepted here.

The people of Otsego County are smart, ethical and practical.

While we know nepotism is acceptable in a small family business, it has no place in an open, transparent, and ethical government that is meant to represent all the people.

Each resident will have to weigh for themselves whether this continuing ethical lapse outweighs any positive contributions Sheriff Devlin has made to our county.

I ran for office to bring government reform, transparency and true representation, so I’m voting for Bob Fernandez to restore ethics to Otsego County. I hope you too will seize this opportunity for reform.

ANDREW STAMMEL County Representative Town Of Oneonta

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, november 1-2, 2018

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-7

If Americans Must Arm Themselves For Self Protection, He Stands Ready

STERNBERG/From A4 an armed guard and, at other times, suggested it wouldn’t happen if people like teachers were armed?

It felt to me that he was blaming the congregation for failing to adequately protect itself.

And maybe he was right. There is so much violence and hate in this country, and hate crimes keep increasing in number. The police can’t be everywhere all the time, so we have to protect ourselves; every church, synagogue, mosque, other houses of worship, school, political organization, and famous and controversial people. So I am applying for a pistol permit so that I may be able to defend myself and the various communities I belong to.

Of course, I have no delusion that I or even a squad of us with pistols would be a match for some bigoted maniac with an AK-47 who

enters firing.

But I would at least be patriotically following my president’s prescription for dealing with violence and hate in our society, especially against Sternberg minority groups of which, I am told, I belong. Also I would be able to protect our borders against the huddled masses descending on us.

I find it ironic that because of my religion many assume that I am not a full-blooded loyal American and that my people got off the boat one or two generations ago. My greatgreat grandfather Moritz Sternberg immigrated to the U.S.in 1849, well before the forebears of many of these “true” Americans.

He enlisted in the Union Army immediately after Fort Sumter and he and his cohort were specifically doing it both to answer the call to save the Union and to free the slaves. They fought in The Cornfield at the Battle of Antietam. They were refugees of the revolutions of the late 1840s to end feudalism in Germany and appreciated what American freedom meant. My grandfather Morton Sternberg served in World War I, my father Donald in World War II. I am not sure how we are going to find and pay for enough armed guards to adequately protect everybody and everything all the time.

Even knowing that there was an active shooter, four armed and trained policemen – two of them, I believe, were SWAT officers – were taken down before the coward surrendered. Therefore I am going to do

►IF YOU GO: A all-faiths vigil to reflect on Tree of Life attack in Pittsburgh is planned at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 1, in the secondfloor ballroom at 22 Main.

my duty and prepare and be ready if my congregation wants me to be.

I also find ironic that the president doesn’t have adequate armed guards at his self-named properties.

He must be aware that many people hate him and could present a risk to anything Trump. The other day, I was driving back from Long Island to Cooperstown when I crossed the Bronx-Whitestone bridge. I noticed an interesting links-land golf course (built on a trash dump) right off the Bronx side of the bridge. There was a topiary at least 100 feet wide that said simply, “Trump Links.”

Intrigued, I took a detour. The

course and especially the clubhouse looked interesting from the bridge.

I parked in the lot and entered the front door. Not an armed guard to be seen. Neither was there one by the rear door, or from the clubhouse to the first tee. Doesn’t the president practice what he preaches? Why isn’t he protecting his named property with all the animosity he says is against him?

So ultimately, I have decided that I need to be prepared. That’s what they taught me in the Scouts.

I plan to take courses on gun law and safety and practice with a certified instructor before buying a gun. Nevertheless, in this society, where hate and division are condoned and even encouraged, I see no other choice. Sad. Richard Sternberg, a retired Bassett physician and village trustee, lives in Cooperstown.

End Gerrymandering, Allow Upstate’s Counties To Work For Mutual Benefit KUZMINSKI/From A5 ton County, in the Adirondacks – has 4,836 residents.

But just as towns are represented on the Otsego county Board of Representatives by weighted voting, counties could be represented in Albany the same way.

The larger number of smaller, more rural counties would naturally work together to offset the clout of

the fewer number of larger counties.

As far as Congressional districts go, in densely populated areas (like New York City) they should be drawn to be within counties as much as possible. In less dense areas, like Upstate, they can be drawn to include whole counties as closely as they can.

The point is that the interests of, say, Otsego county,

would have a direct voice in Albany, something that is NOT currently the case.

In fact, our communities are not directly represented anywhere at all.

This lack of representation goes a long way towards explaining why a place like Otsego county has long suffered chronic economic decline and social malaise.

Let me close with a couple

LETTERS

Devlin Is Strong, Reasonable, Effective To the Editor: While having the honor to serve as Otsego County treasurer, I worked with Sheriff Richard Devlin on eight annual budgets and eight years of financial and operational interaction involving the sheriff’s deputies, the road patrol and corrections, all of which constituted one of the largest and most demanding dimensions of Otsego County government.

Throughout that time, Sheriff Devlin showed exceptional knowledge, preparation and dedication to his work.

On several occasions I would call his number well before or well past regular business hours and find him at his desk and on the job.

Furthermore, at budget time I found him to be a strong, reasonable, and subsequently highly effective advocate for the resources he and his team needed to ensure the safety of

our public, while at the same time displaying an appreciation for the bottom-line tax burden on our citizens.

He was elected as a Republican and I was elected as a Democrat, but those differing affiliations never got in the way in my interactions with Sheriff Devlin.

His thorough professionalism and bipartisanship remain a highlight of what I feel public service should embody, and I strongly encourage you to vote for Sheriff Devlin.

DAN CROWELL Fly Creek

Candidate Delgado – He’s All About Upstate To the Editor: A Republican theme that appears in our district is that the Democratic candidate is not “one of us.” Excuse me? Antonio Delgado is an Upstater through and through.

Born and raised in a hard-working family in Schenectady – his dad worked for G.E. – he went to an Upstate high school, Chambersburg

High, Upstate Colgate University, where even in sports he excelled – he‘s in the collegiate Upstate New York Basketball Hall of Fame.

And he’s back in Upstate New York to raise his family. He’s never been a career politician.

He’ ll work full time to represent us.

SYDNEY WALLER Town of Middlefield

of personal endorsements of local candidates who recognize the need for the kind of fundamental change I’m talking about.

One is Chad McEvoy in the 101st Assembly District, as discussed above. Chad wants to strengthen local education, supports single-payer health care for New Yorkers, and advocates universal broadband and green energy as economic drivers.

The other candidate I’m

voting for is Joyce St. George in the 51st Senate district. St. George – a feisty, anti-corruption investigator and local business woman who also supports single-payer health for all New Yorkers – is running against our long-time senator Jim Seward, who represents the status quo.

Seward has made a career of recycling taxpayers’ own dollars back to them as perks for which he can take credit; his so-called “economic sum-

mits” have gone nowhere; and his environmental record is among the worst in Albany – he’s been consistently rated near the bottom of New York legislators by the watchdog group Environmental Advocates. If you think we can do better on these issues, vote for St. George.

Adrian Kuzminski, a retired Hartwick College philosophy professor and Sustainable Otsego moderator, lives in Fly Creek.

Upstate Downbeat For Reason – Reality ZAGATA/From A5 annual rate of real GDP growth has been lower than the rate for ALL states in six of his first seven years in office.

New York City, followed

by Long Island and the lower Hudson valley, suburbs for the City, has enjoyed the highest rate of job growth in the state. At the same time, Upstate has gained privatesector jobs at about one-third of the national rate.

Of the State’s 62 counties, 23 of them, all but one Upstate, have yet to recover to their pre-crash private employment levels. Knowing this, the Governor banned fracking in an attempt to court

the “green community” and stopped the pipelines that could have brought muchneeded natural gas and jobs to our region.

Did the unemployment rate in Upstate really drop or was it made to look that way – remember the old “shell” game?

Based upon information in the Report, total private-sector employment Upstate grew by 6.3 percent since 2010. That is about one-third the U.S. rate of growth (17.8 percent) and even worse than that for downstate (21.2 percent).

The Southern Tier counties ranged from having a loss of jobs to zero-5 percent growth.

Guess where we fell in the

ranking?

According to the Report, the 48 up-state counties saw a drop in employment “by a combined total of 87,500 from August 2010 to August 2018. Yes, the unemployment rate Upstate fell, but only because the labor force in those counties decreased by 210,000 people” – a result of fewer people looking for work because they had either given up, left the state or both.

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

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MLS#117902 $169,900 Ranch, large corner lot. Modern kitchen w/skylight, open floorplan, 3 BRs, 2 baths. New floors in kitchen, dining, mud room, foyer. New roof, covered deck.

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MLS#111336 $89,900 Near shopping, church, school, Cooperstown, Richfield, Mohawk Valley. Brook, screened porch, 5 BRs, office, garage, barn, shed. New roof, furnace, windows.

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MLS#117614 $349,000 Fabulous 3-story Colonial 3+ BRs, 3½ baths, full semi-finished basement, 2-car attached garage, large fenced backyard, on 6.27 wooded acres.

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MLS#115419 $239,900 2.3 Acres, Secluded Home! Granite countertops, kitchen isle, 2 porches, radiant heat, hot water ondemand, Hardie Board siding. 3 BRs, 2 baths.

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MLS#118340 $249,900 Ranch 1 main living floor, 2 handicapped ramps, stair lift, playroom, open lawn, 3 acres of pine, fenced garden, pond w/log lean-to, fireplace. Much more…

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MLS#117678 $289,000 55± surveyed acres w/2,700± sq ft in this lovely, immaculate 2003-built, 3-BR, 2-bath, quality ranch w/fabulous fireplace, new appliances.

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

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MLS#117875 $323,000 Country Chalet w/3 BRs, 3½ baths on 4.7 acres w/indoor heated pool, sauna, steam room. Great location for weekend getaway or for your home.

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MLS#117549 $289,500 Why not let the income from the studio apartment help pay your mortgage! 3-BR, 3-bath, pristine home nestled in rural Cooperstown, minutes to downtown.

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‘G od and Goddess, send to me

The perfect feline company.

A cat to feed and love and hold A kitten tender or adult bold.

Send the cat who’ll suit me best And stand alone from all the rest.

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Help me find that cat that’s mine With a guidance that’s divine.

Here, kitty kitty, Here, kitty kitty, Here, kitty kitty.

I call you home!”

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THINGS TO DO

A SPELL FROM DEB BLAKE’S ‘LITTLE BOOK OF CATS’

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Sock-Hop regulars Sophia Ruisi and Amethyst Gardner take no time getting into their twirls.

spooky cats ...Are Bringing Messages To Humankind

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fter deciding she was going to focus exclusively on fiction, Deborah Blake got a package from Elysia, her editor at Llewellyn.

“Inside was ‘The Little Book of Dog Magic’ and a card,” the author said.

“The card read, ‘A new

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Deb Blake’s new book out: Be afraid, be very afraid.

book idea – the companion to this book!’”

“The Little Book of Cat Magic,” Blake’s 11th witchcraft book, is out now, filled with spells for, with and about your cat. “It’s not just magic, but lore, quotes and crafts,” she said. “So many witches have and love cats, and I wanted to do something that celebrated the cat, but also had useful Please See CATS, B5

SHE’S EARNED HER DEGREE, FROM SCHOOL OF CHEESE

Wensleydale, Purple Haze, Montasio, Oh My! Cheryl Zamelis has returned with a certificate from the School of Cheese in San Francisco, and lots of flavorful new ideas.

By LIBBY CUDMORE SPRINGFIELD CENTER

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heryl Zamelis didn’t mind studying hard at school.

Cheese School, that is.

“I must have tasted 40 cheeses!” she said. “They were three full days of classes, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

We studied the science behind cheese, we did different pairings and tours.”

Zamelis, owner of the Sunflower Café, north of OTSEGO.life

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the Glimmerglass Opera, attended the Cheese School of San Francisco in early October. “We were watching ‘Jeopardy’ and one of the contestants mentioned she went to cheese school, and I sat right up and said, ‘I want to go!’”

Cheryl opened the café in June 2017 and has offered different cheeses for sale, but wanted to increase her knowledge. “The holidays are coming up,” she said.

“I want to do more cheese sales, and I want to know Please See CHEESE, B5

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Sock Hop, Hops, Mural, Concert, Or Kitty Castle!

W

hether you prefer the hop or the disco, Tom Pondolfino and Mary Frances Perricone will perform music you love to dance to from the 1950s-’70s. $15. 7-9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 2, Sixth Ward Athletic Club, Oneonta. Info (607) 436-9136.

• And the sock hop isn’t the only hop in town!

The Farmers’ Museum conference on “Hops LIBBY & Brewing” CUDMORE features speakers, panel discussions on Central New York agriculture. Free, open to public. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Cooperstown venue.

Info (607) 547-1450.

• Make your kitty the king of the (cardboard) castle as part of a fundraiser for Superheroes in Ripped Jeans, an animal rescue group. Materials provided. Bring goods or monetary donation. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. (607) 432-1980.

• Children ages 4-12 can celebrate Latino Heritage month with Day of the Dead event. Make paper flowers and learn about Mexican traditions. participants encouraged to bring photo of loved one who has passed away. Noon2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, Cooperstown Village Library. Info (607) 547-8344.

• The Wilber Bank mural, the last of Carol Mandigo’s murals depicting occupants of Oneonta History Center, will be revealed. 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, Dietz St., Oneonta. Info (607) 432-0960.

• Catskill Symphony Orchestra performs Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes” (Benjamin Britten/Dmitri Shostakovich) featuring Cello Soloist Lucas Button. 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, SUNY Oneonta Hunt Union, Info (607) 436-2670.

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Food Sampling • Wine Tasting • Browse Our Country Gift Shop Hot Apple Cider Donuts & Pies All Weekend!

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►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO ►Friday, November 2

HOLIDAY BAZAAR – 9 a.m.

- 3 p.m. ‘Tip Toe Through The Holiday.’ Find items for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-6552.

OPENING RECEPTION – 5 8 p.m. “Conversation in Color” showing works in paper, sculpture, beads, jewelry. CANO, Wilber mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070.

CROWD RAISING – 6 - 9 p.m. Evening of family fun.

Dance, eat, buy raffle tickets, more. Proceeds to Cooperstown Tennis, Soccer, Otsego Area rowing, more. Firepit, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown.

FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Discrimination Matters film series “The People v Leo Frank” (2009). Followed by discussion of anti-Semitism in US history, relevance today. Free, open to public. Snacks available, or bring your own. Waterfront Room, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta.

CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Dance features music by Tailwind, caller Hilton Baxter.

Arrive at 7:15 for introduction to steps. Admission, $8/adult.

First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. 607547-8164.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Performance by rising stars Matthew Lipman, Violist, Henry Kramer, pianist. Tickets, $25/person. 1st United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St.,Oneonta. 607-433-7252.

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►Saturday, November 3

HOLIDAY BAZAAR – 9 a.m.

- Noon. ‘Tip Toe Through The Holiday.’See Friday Listing.

MUSICAL DISCUSSION – 2 - 3 p.m. Music Director G. Roberts Kolb discusses ‘Messe de minuit pour Noel.’ Preview of winter concert ‘NOEL - A Celebration of Carols Past and Present.’ Free, open to public.

Heritage Room, Plains at Parish Homestead, 163 Heritage Circle, Oneonta. 607-4316060.

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TICKETS: $30 each

www.catskillsymphony.net

607-436-2670 or at the door

Guest Conductor Dr. Timothy Perry

VETERANS are invited to this concert for FREE as guests of the Symphony.

Sunday November 4, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, STUDENTS are welcome to attend CSO concerts for FREE, and so are their accompanying adults!

Call 607-436-2670.

Hunt Union Ballroom SUNY Oneonta

CSO performances are also supported by many foundations, individuals, season subscribers, and our loyal audience.

The program includes BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

Special thanks to our media sponsor, Five Star Subaru.

SHOSTAKOVICH

The CSO gratefully acknowledges the continued support of SUNY Oneonta.

Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107

FEATURING LUCAS BUTTON

This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

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Cooperstown Bat In Bigtime BAT/From A1 The Sox went on to win the series the next day.

“To have him pull out our bat in the World Series is a major deal for us,” said owner Tim Haney. “It’s our first World Series appear-

ance, but the way we’re going, it won’t be our last.

I guarantee that.”

Vazquez has been using Cooperstown Bats since 2015, in the American League Division Series against the Yankees and

into the American League Championships. According to Haney, the bat he prefers is the Carlos Beltran model, which he describes as: “All barrel, very little handle.”

“His only post-season home run was with our bat,” said Haney.

But Vazquez wasn’t the only Cooperstown Bat wielder

in this year’s playoffs. Houston Astro’s Jose Altuve also swung a Cooperstown Bat Company bat in the playoffs, hitting a home run against the Cleveland Indians on Friday, Oct. 5.

Haney custom-makes all the bats in the Hartwick factory, and the pro bats are made to order. “We don’t

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pay anyone to use our bats,” he said. “We want them to use our bats because they want to use our bats.”

According to Haney, 275 minor league players are using their bats, and between 20-25 Major League players. “The number grows every year,” he said. “We concentrate on younger

players so that they use our bats when they get to the majors.”

And on Wednesday, Oct. 24, Tim and Connie attended a World Series game in Boston. “I’m a huge Fenway Park guy,” he said. “It’s awesome to see a city excited about a team. It was cold, but a lot of fun.”

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6LegalDec.6 Legal nOtice NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF OTSEGO COUNTY Candidates for the General Election Tuesday November 6, 2018 ******* FEDERAL U.S. SENATOR Kirsten E. Gillibrand (DEM, WOR, IND, WEP) Chele Chiavacci Farley (REP,CON,REF) REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS (19th CD) Antonio Delgado (DEM,WOR,WEP) John J. Faso (REP, CON, IND, REF) Steven Greenfield (GRE) Diane Neal (FOD) NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR/ LT. GOVERNOR Andrew M. Cuomo/ Kathy C. Hochul (DEM, WOR, WEP) Marc Molinaro/ Julie Killian (REP,CON,REF) Howie Hawkins/ Jia Lee (GRE) Stephanie A. Miner/ Michael J. Volpe (SAM) Larry Sharpe/ Andrew C. Hollister (LBT) COMPTROLLER Thomas P. DiNapoli (DEM, WOR, IND, WEP, REF) Jonathan Trichter (REP,CON) Mark Dunlea (GRE) Cruger E. Gallaudet (LBT) ATTORNEY GENERAL Letitia A. James (DEM,WOR,IND) Keith Wofford (REP,CON) Michael Sussman (GRE) Nancy B. Sliwa (REF) Christopher B. Garvey (LBT) STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE (6th JD) Elizabeth A. Burns (DEM) Joe McBride (REP) STATE SENATOR (51st) Joyce St. George (DEM,WEP) James L. Seward (REP, CON, IND, REF) MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY (101st AD) Chad J. McEvoy (DEM,WOR,WEP) Brian D. Miller (REP, CON, IND, REF) MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY (102nd AD) Aidan S. O’Connor Jr. (DEM,WOR,WEP) Christopher Tague (REP, CON, IND, REF) MEMBER OF

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ASSEMBLY (121st AD) Bill Magee (DEM) John J. Salka (REP,CON,REF) MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY (122nd AD) Clifford W. Crouch (REP,REF) Nicholas R. Libous (CON) OTSEGO COUNTY COURT JUDGE John F Lambert (REP, CON, IND, REF) SHERIFF Bob Fernandez (DEM) Richard J. Devlin, Jr (REP, CON, IND, REF) CORONER (Vote for 2) David G. Delker (REP) OTSEGO COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 10 (UNEXPIRED TERM) Daniel G. Wilber (REP) BUTTERNUTS COUNCILMAN (UNEXPIRED TERM) Harry W. Tripp (MFO) SUPER. OF HIGHWAYS (UNEXPIRED TERM) B. Jay Stebbins (REP) HARTWICK CLERK/COLLECTOR (UNEXPIRED TERM) Andrea Vazquez (TCI) MIDDLEFIELD COUNCILMAN (UNEXPIRED TERM) Kelly Branigan (DEM) PITTSFIELD COUNCILMAN (UNEXPIRED TERM) no candidates RICHFIELD TOWN JUSTICE no candidates SPRINGFIELD SUPERVISOR (UNEXPIRED TERM) Bill Freeland (REP) COUNCILMAN (UNEXPIRED TERM) Ryan K. McCarty (REP, IND) UNADILLA COUNCILMAN (UNEXPIRED TERM) Rebecca A. Couse (REP) ASSESSOR (3 YR UNEXPIRED TERM) John Jessup (IND) ASSESSOR (1 YR UNEXPIRED TERM) no candidates WESTFORD COUNCILMAN (UNEXPIRED TERM) Jackson Brady DuBois (DEM) Jim Feil (REP) WORCESTER TOWN JUSTICE William J. Fisher (REP) POLLING PLACES Polls will be open 6AM-9PM In all districts of the county BURLINGTON Municipal Building 6011 St Hwy 51 Burlington Flats BUTTERNUTS Municipal Building 1234 St Hwy 51 Gilbertsville CHERRY VALLEY Community Center 2 Genesee St Cherry Valley DECATUR Decatur Town Barn 104 Co Hwy 37 Worcester EDMESTON Municipal Building 2 West St Edmeston EXETER Town Garage/Of-

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fice 7411 St Hwy 28 Schuyler Lake HARTWICK Town Hall 103 Town Dr Hartwick LAURENS Town Hall 37 Brook St Laurens MARYLAND Schenevus Central School Bus Garage 159 Main St Schenevus MIDDLEFIELD Clark Sports Center 124 Co Hwy 52 Cooperstown MILFORD Town Hall 2859 St Hwy 28 Portlandville MORRIS Townhouse 118 Main St Morris NEW LISBON Town Hall 908 Co Hwy 16 Garrettsville ONEONTA 1,3,4 Town Hall 3966 St Hwy 23 West Oneonta ONEONTA 2 FoxCare Center One Foxcare Dr Oneonta OTEGO Town Hall 3526 St Hwy 7 Otego OTSEGO 1,2 St Mary’s Parish Center 31 Elm St Cooperstown OTSEGO 3 Town Building 811 Co Hwy 26 Fly Creek PITTSFIELD Town Hall 175 St Hwy 80 New Berlin PLAINFIELD Courthouse 133 Co Hwy 18A West Winfield RICHFIELD Town Hall 18 E James St Richfield Springs ROSEBOOM Town Building 126 Co Hwy 50 Cherry Valley SPRINGFIELD Community Center 129 Co Hwy 29A Springfield Center UNADILLA Town Hall 1648 St Hwy 7 Unadilla WESTFORD Town Hall 1812 Co Hwy 34 Westford WORCESTER Worcester Central School 198 Main St Worcester CITY OF ONEONTA Foothills Performing Arts Center 24 Market St Oneonta Otsego County Board of Elections 140 Co Hwy 33W, Ste 2, Cooperstown, NY 13326 607-547-4247 or 4325 www.otsegocounty. com 1LegalNov.1 Legal nOtice Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain To: All interested Agencies, Groups and Individuals This is to give notice that New York State Homes & Community Renewal (NYSHCR) has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protec-

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tion. The activity is funded under the Small Rental Development Initiative under M-17-SG-360100.

The proposed project is located at 2 Genesee Street in Cherry Valley, Otsego County.

Cherry Valley Community Facilities Corporation proposes to convert an existing wing of the former Cherry Valley Central School building in the Village of Cherry Valley into 10 affordable rental housing units for senior citizens aged 65 or above whose income is 80% of area median income (AMI) or less. The building is located on a 15.15-acre lot, the entirety of which is located in a 100year floodplain.

NYSHCR has considered the following alternatives and mitigation measures to be taken to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve natural and beneficial values: (i) The action must take place in a floodplain because the building was originally constructed in a floodplain and this action seeks to utilize a vacant wing of the building. The action will not result in an increase of the building footprint, and will not increase the impervious surfaces in the floodplain of 15.15 acres. (ii) NYSHCR considered the alternative of not funding the project, but the alternative was not chosen because the need for senior housing in the area would be left unaddressed. NYSHCR was unable to consider relocation of the entire project site due to the lack of alternative sites owned in the market area. (iii) The project plans to adapt an existing, vacant wing of an historic building. Mitigation measures are encouraged, but not required because the building will retain its historic designation, therefore this action will not involve any floodplain mitigation.

NYSHCR has reevaluated the alternatives to the proposed actions in the floodplain and has determined that it has no practicable alternative.

Environmental files that document compliance with steps 3 through 6 of Executive Order 11988, are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments.

There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplains and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important

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public educational tool. The dissemination of information and request for public comment about floodplains can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks and impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of these special areas.

Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

Written comments must be received

by NYSHCR at the following address on or before November 8, 2018: Environmental Analysis Unit, NYS Homes & Community Renewal, 38-40 State Street, Albany, New York, 12207, (518) 486-3379, Attention Heather Spitzberg, Esq., Director. A full description of the project may also be reviewed Monday through Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. at the Otsego Rural Housing Association, 709 CO HWY 33 Cooperstown, NY 13320. Comments may also be submitted via email at heather.spitzberg@nyshcr.org.

Date: November 1, 2018 1LegalNov.1 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Blanket Up, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/15/2018.

Office: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 345 West 58th Street Ste #6m NY NY 10019.

Purpose: any lawful 6LegalDec.6 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. 2018-0375 Mortgaged Premises: 644 MILL CREEK ROAD OTEGO, NY 13825-2299 District: Section: 286.00 Block: 1 Lot: 15.00 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR

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

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MATTHEW KNUTSEN AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA GRACE LEVEILLE A/K/A CLAUDIA G LEVEILLE; HEATHER KNUTSEN AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA GRACE LEVEILLE A/K/A CLAUDIA G LEVEILLE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA GRACE LEVEILLE A/K/A CLAUDIA G. LEVEILLE; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the Subject Property described in the Complaint, Defendants.

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.

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

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

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

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& shall mail to: 29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalNov.22 Legal nOtice Notice of Qualification of Project Travel, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/28/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

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

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

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

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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.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: SAHAR HAMLANI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalNov.8 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of J. Ward Eggleston Family LLC Filed 10/11/18 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process

Notice of Formation of

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/01/18.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalNov.15 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: TWC ENTERPRISES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 17 September 2018.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10 CHESTER ST ONEONTA NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalNov.15 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Name:

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Two Sisters Winery.

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

Office location Otsego County.

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

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 5425 Sol Rue Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32967.

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

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

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 229 Main St, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

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

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

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 119 Shulgay Rd, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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

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CATS/From B1 spells. You can use your magic for them, and it can be fun!”

The book was especially poignant for Blake, who has practiced witchcraft for 22

years, because it was written with her cat, Magic. “She was my Familiar” – supernatural entities that assists witches in their magic practice.

“When we did rituals, she would come into the room,

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cows, sheep, goats and water CHEESE/From B1 buffalo,” she said. “Water bufwhat I’m ordering.” falo milk is 12 percent fat, so The Cheese School of it is delicious.”

San Francisco was founded They also tasted butter in 2006 and is the only such made from those milks, and school in the nation, focusing she was less impressed with on helping students “maximize enjoyment and apprecia- water buffalo butter. “It’s disgusting,” she admitted. tion of cheese.”

Wine pairings seemed natuThere were talks on the ral, but she was also surprised science of cheese, and a at how well beer pairings hands-on class on making fresh mozzarella. “It only took went with some cheeses.

“Fresh cottage cheese, served half an hour,” she said. “But with a cold German Kolsch it was so good. It’s not even beer is so good!” she said. comparable to store-bought.

Some of the hands-on It’s like the difference beactivities, while informative, tween dried pasta and fresh.” were less delicious. “They In another lesson, they gave us nine cheeses on a tray learned handling and pricing of cheeses. “That was the most and we had to go through and identify what was wrong with useful part, for me,” she said. each of them,” she said.

There were also tours, “It was really useful; if, including to Point Reyes say, a Montasio has a little Farmstead, a four-generamold on it, you can cut off tion creamery with 900 head the mold and grate it into a of cattle. “When milk prices minestrone soup.” dropped, they started making She filled out the Sunflowcheese,” she said. “They er Café cheese case with some do two award-winning blue of her new favorites, includcheeses, and they’ve been ing the Point Reyes’ blue so successful that they even have an event facility and host cheese, a Wensleydale with pear and apple – try some on weddings on their farms. a grilled cheese – and Cypress “I was taken aback and thought: Why aren’t our farm- Grove’s Purple Haze, made ers going in this direction and with fennel and lavender.

“People are intimidated becoming cheese producers?” sometimes by cheese,” she And, of course, there were said. “But the grilled cheese is tastings. “We did a horizontal the spare room where he lived tasting, with cheeses from a great place to start.” in an apartment of a female acquaintance. “The room was empty except for some blankets on the floor,” said Chase.

DoubleDay fielD, Cooperstown · 315-717-5777 The roommate was not at open every Day! home and is believed to be traveling, according to Chase. fashion On subsequent visits, police base layer found that the cat food had loungewear been refilled, but didn’t know fleece · wool who had been in the apartsportswear ment. outerwear “When she comes back, boots we’ll go back to the house snowpants and interview her,” he said. accessories Open daily According to Dembinska, sox Kassirer’s luggage was found at 11 am Gifts! in the car, and there was no Cooperstown • Mohawk • old Forge indication that the car had 315-717-5777 any mechanical issues that Thank you for shopping here! would force him to pull off the highway.

All Oneonta area hotels and hospitals have been contacted, but so far police have no leads on Kassirer’s location. “We’re doing daily searches, checking Facebook leads and we’ve contacted other agencies with his photo,” said Dembinska.

He is not believed to own a firearm and is not considered a danger to anyone. “He didn’t say anything to his family to make them believe he was suicidal,” said Franco.

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If eligible, you can slide 3211. said Blake, who lives in West Davenport with her four cats, Harry Dresden, Koshka, Ember and Angus.

The book also features crafts and recipes, including a charm for your kitty’s collar and catnip cheese balls – but be warned, they’re not a party appetizer.

“They’re for your cat!” she said.

The magic isn’t just for cats. “There are spells for channeling your inner cat,” she said. “Independence, remembering to play and, of course, cat naps!”

There is also folklore about cats and magic. “There’s a great European tale about a princess who has to spin 10,000 skeins of linen thread in a month, and her three cats help her,” she recounted.

“They worked day and night, and as a reward for completing the task, they were given the ability to purr, like the sound of a spinning wheel.”

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go around the circle and greet everyone and sit under the table to supervise. You knew the ritual was done when she left the room.”

Magic died this past January, but not before contributing a few notes of her own to the book. For instance: “It doesn’t hurt to bring (the god or goddess) presents. Deborah often puts flowers on the altar, or food, or a pretty crystal. Personally, I think a nice mouse would go over well, but I have never been able to convince her of that.”

There is a spell for making a cat your Familiar, but be warned, you can’t force them. “Most cats don’t have an interest in magic,” Blake said. “But if they do, they’ll tell you.”

There are also spells to calm a nervous feline, to promote tranquility when multiple cats are present, to protect outdoor cats or to find a lost cat.

“There’s also a spell not to become a crazy cat lady, but I guess that one doesn’t work,”

MISSING/From A1 Barracks; no one has heard from him since. “His family doesn’t know why he would come here,” said Troop C PIO Aga Dembinska. “He didn’t have any ties to the area.”

Kassirer, who lives in Montague, Mass., was in his hometown of Irondequoit over the weekend for his father’s funeral. He was last seen by his family there on Saturday, Oct. 20.

“His family believed he was heading home to Massachusetts,” said Irondequoit Police Sgt. Jessica Franco.

“His family told us he had a previous drug history,” said Steve Chase, Montague police dispatcher. “His father had just died, and they’d been close. They were worried about him.”

Kassirer texted his employer, the Brattleboro Retreat, a drug treatment center in Vermont, where he was a therapist, Monday, Oct 22., after he failed to show for work.

“He told them he would be in on the 23rd, and when he didn’t come in, they reported him missing,” said Dembinska.

A ping from his cell phone came at 4:39 a.m. Oct. 23, on Country Club Road, a mile from where the vehicle was located. According to Chase, a second and final ping came from the same phone 30 miles from Rochester later that night.

Montague police searched

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Meet artists, enjoy refreshments, live music. Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. 607-264-9530.

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GUN SHOW – 9 a.m.

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CONCERT – 4 p.m.

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Stephen W. Tompkins, 44, Cherry Valley, Battled Cystic Fibrosis Since Infancy CHERRY VALLEY – Stephen Wyatt Tompkins, 44, who had been fighting Cystic Fibrosis since infancy, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at New York Presbyterian Hospital with loving family by his side.

Born in Cooperstown, Oct. 28, 1974, Stephen’s Cystic Fibrosis led to other challenges. He was a 10+ year survivor of a double lung transplant received at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer.

Stephen graduated from Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School in 1995. He

attended the RIT National Technical Institute for the Deaf. He was most recently employed by the Town of Middlefield Highway Department.

Stephen was a true gentleman – always caring about others. He enjoyed golfing, hunting, fishing, bowling and playing cards.

He was an avid sports fan – Go NY Yankees, Penn State football and Syracuse basketball! Stephen loved his spaghetti dinners, driving and spending time with neighbors, and dancing with all the women at the party.

Stephen was always very grateful for the loving sup-

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port he received throughout his life from all those in his community.

He is survived by his mother, JoAnn Tompkins; his sister Christine, her husband Chris Horvath and their children, Mia and Max; his brother Frederic Matthew and his children, Matthew and Marina; his Uncle Robert Tompkins and his wife Kathleen and cousins Adam (and Elizabeth) Tompkins, Aaron (and Jacquelyn) Tompkins and their children Stella and Harry; Aunt Elaine Tompkins; Uncle John Scott, cousin Sandra Scott Jonke and daughter Lindsay, cousin Sean Scott and son Jake; Aunt Barbara (and Peter) Ueberacher and cousins Todd and Martin Ueb-

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aracher; Uncle Bruce Scott; Uncle Richard Scott; and many more extended family and friends.

He was predeceased by

his father, Frederic Tompkins, Uncle Earl Tompkins, Aunt Michele Scott, and cousin Amy Ueberacher.

Calling hours are 4-7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 2, at the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.

Funeral Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at First Presbyterian Church, Cherry Valley.

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COOPERSTOWN – A memorial service will be offered for Helen “Pat” Roberts, a long-time Bassett Hospital R.N., at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Cooperstown Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tom LeBeau, pastor, officiating.

A coffee hour will follow.

She died April 12, 2018, at Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in Endicott. She was 93.

Born May 28, 1924, in Lowville, Pat was the daughter of John and Anna (Kosdemba) Paterek.

After graduating from high school, she attended nursing school and became a registered nurse. She then joined Bassett Hospital.

Soon after she came to Cooperstown, she met Lloyd A. Roberts, who was working as a room clerk and bookkeeper at The Cooper Inn and The Otesaga. On April 19, 1952, Pat and Lloyd were united in marriage at a ceremony in Roxbury.

During her years in Cooperstown, Pat served as a caregiver to young and old

alike for several area families. A faithful and devoted member of the Cooperstown United Methodist Church, Pat was a member of the United Methodist Women.

She especially enjoyed quilting and knitting and was a member of Prayerfully Made, a knitting group at the Clark Sports Center. Pat

also volunteered her time with the Bassett Auxiliary.

Pat is survived by one son, Donald Roberts, and a granddaughter, Chelsea.

She was predeceased by her husband, Lloyd, who died Oct. 22, 1992, and their son, Timothy John Roberts, who died unexpectedly July 4, 1996, in Germany at the

age of 42.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Memorial Fund of the Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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“What I can’t believe is a father who, rather than address his son’s problems over the years, chose instead to abuse his power and position to hide his son’s crimes and put our schools, our children and the public at risk,” Fernandez said.

Asked about the new development, county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, who led the original investigation against Ros Devlin, also pointed out Scanlon had testified otherwise at the March 2017 hearing.

At that hearing, called to consider whether Ros Devlin should get back pistol permits taken away when he was suspended, another CO, Catherine Hubbard, provided the fullest account to date of the conversation in the break room.

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Responding, Fernandez pointed out Raso’s declarations weren’t made under oath. Scanlon’s affidavit is, notarized by Sgt. Ryan Salisbury, another officer in the county jail.

In the affidavit, Scanlon said “we” – apparently she and Raso – “wrote a letter earlier in the year, but were afraid to sign it for fear of retaliation, as we were threatened by the county with disciplinary action.”

“It is clear that Ros Devlin is caught in the crosshairs of political differences between” Clark and the sheriff, the statement continues.

“Why should Ros be punished for something that was unfounded?”

In his response, Fernandez says Devlin had enough evidence from the start to arrest his son for “terroristic threats,” and failed to do so.

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“The police had their guns pointed at the trailer and they were yelling,” said Phillip. “A teenage boy ran out with his hands up, and then another one.

They were brought around the side and handcuffed.”

A perimeter was established and Worcester Central School placed on lockdown. “I was coming back from Schenectady and as I approached the Dollar General, I counted 16 trooper cars,” said Dennis Enright, a local resident. “They took up the whole parking lot and none of them had lights on. One of them approached me and told me to turn around.”

Enright went to Stewart’s, where several other stranded motorists had gathered. “In the distance, I could see guys with bullet-proof vests and big guns,” he said.

At the trailer, attempts to contact Gonzales-Francis were unsuccessful; a trooper escorted Phillip and Finch off the property for their safety.

“It was really scary,” said Doug Finch, Phillip’s partner.

“There had to be at least 10 marked police cars and 10 unmarked.”

“There have been problems at that trailer park before,” said Enright.

Apparently, Gonzalez-Francis had slipped out of the trailer, was spotted nearby and taken into custody without incident at about 5:05 p.m. The shotgun was recovered near the home, police said.

According to Troop C PIO Aga Dembinska, Gonzalez-Francis was staying at the trailer, but its owner wasn’t involved in the situation.

It is believed that the two other men involved were known to Gonzalez-Francis, and neither of them were charged with a crime.

The suspect was arraigned in Worcester Town Court for the felony of Unlawful Imprisonment in the first degree, and the misdemeanors of Menacing in the second degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the fourth degree. He is in Otsego County Jail on $15,000 cash bail.

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