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OTSEGO COVID CASES DOUBLE; 5 DELAWARE ONES SENT HERE

CCS Outbreak Hits Herzigs By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

n the past week, Otsego County doubled its November COVID-19, leaving Oneonta’s mayor and his wife among the newly quarantined. With 37 new cases of the virus

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Santa and Mrs. Claus were spotted strolling through downtown Cooperstown the other day, planning how to adapt their usual activities for a “virtual” Christmas.

4Cs To Adjust Christmas To ‘Virtual’ Mode COOPERSTOWN

owntown Decoration Day, a Cooperstown tradition for decades, will continue as usual this year, beginning at 1 p.m. this Sunday, Nov. 22, (although with social distancing). However, the Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee has been thinking through how to adapt the usual holiday activities to “virtual” mode/SEE PAGE B1 FULL COVID STORIES ON

AllOTSEGO.com ►COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY, Oneonta’s Greater Plains closed due to COVID cases. ►SUNY, HARTWICK STUDENTS invited to decorate downtown Oneonta. ►SQSPCA rescues 10 cats from Staten Island Shelter. ►2021 hall OF FAME ballot sent to Baseball Writers. ►COOPERSTOWN FIREFIGHTERS distribute 100 face masks. ►centers honors veteran isolated by coronavirus ►FIRST DOG PARK IN COUNTY opens in Milford ►unbowed by storm, Oneonta Veterans honor fallen at Legion Post. ►Otsego chamber honorees feted at Otesaga, via Zoom.

identified from Tuesday the 10th to Tuesday the 17th, the number of cases for the month rose from 46 to 83 in just seven days. Two from Otsego County were hospitalized, including a resident from a group home where 16 were infected after

a staff member tested positive. “The numbers are going in the wrong direction,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “And unfortunately, it’s a bit random, so that’s worrisome.” Herzig himself is in “voluntary quarantine” after his wife Connie was exposed at Cooperstown Elementary School. She was deemed Please See COVID, A3

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Oneontas Mayor Herzig takes a COVID test when the SUNY epidemic neared its height.

SUNY-O Opening Plan Tightens C-19 Testing Report Plans To Catch Virus Before It Spreads By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA

draft plan on reopening SUNY Oneonta on Feb. 1 was released Monday, Nov. 16, that – among many points in the single-spaced, 22-page document – addresses a particular community concern. That is, preventing this fall’s outbreak of 700-plus on-campus cases from happening again. In an interview, SUNY Oneonta

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President Dennis Craig called it “a strong plan” that includes a fivepoint prevention protocol he had outlined Nov. 9 in a video message to the campus: • One, all Craig students will be tested on arrival. • Two, all students coming in from “hotspots” will be quarantined. Please See REOPENING, B5

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he evening before SUNY Oneonta issued its Draft Reopening Plan, some faculty members posted a 25-point manifesto and petition online: They’re against it. Addressed to “Dear Acting President Dennis Craig and Provost Leamor Kahanov,” it declares, “To regain our trust and confidence in your decision-making processes,

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cerning COVID-19 at SUNY Oneonta were posted since Sunday, Nov. 15. • Draft Reopening Plan: Spring 2021 • Retrospective on Fall 2020 •Be Smart SUNY Oneonta petition Follow links at

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shared governance at SUNY Oneonta must be restored.” Each of the 25 points begin with the word “stop,” and accuses the Please See PETITION, B5

Drains In, Scaffolds Rise, Completion Due In April

Campaign Underway To Keep Ioxus Here, Zakrevsky Tells City

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t the Susquehanna SPCA’s new shelter, not only will you be able to see the difference, you’ll be able to smell it too. “Dogs communicate through smell,” said Andrew Schuster, principal architect with Ashley McGraw, Syracuse. “To keep stress levels down, every dog will have a separately ‘exhausted’ kennel to ensure odor privacy, so that you don’t have Please See SHELTER, A3

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SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes discusses progress on the shelter with Lane Construction Project Manager Rick Bliss, left, and architect Andrew Schuster.

tsego Now President Jody Zakrevsky may save Ioxus. “Ioxus is in the process of being sold to XS Power Batteries,” he said, appearing Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Common Council, via Zoom. Its CEO Zakrevsky Scottie Johnson “indicated he was planning on closing Ioxus and moving the company to Knoxville, Tenn., Please See IOXUS, A3

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Though the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Tribute to the Entrepreneurial Spirit” awards banquet was held virtually this year, 10 of the recipients were still in attendance, including, from front right, Mike Pentaris, whose Custom Electronics received NBT Bank Distinguished Business award, and Theresa Cyzeski and Kathy Verrelli, representing, Theresa’s Emporium, the Key Bank Small Business of Year winner. Standing, from right, are Reynolds, Heegan, Rubin, Galusha and Pastor Sylvia Kevlin, Milford Methodist Church, who gave the invocation. Via Zoom, Pathfinder Produce & Mobile Market was named the Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Breakthrough Business. Rubin’s A&D Transport sponsored the Bettiol Award this year, which went to retiring state Senator Jim Seward, R-Milford.

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IOXUS/From A1 but we worked with him to keep the facility here.” Doing so, he said, would invest $14 million in expanding the building and double the current employment at the company. XS Power Batteries, based in Knoxville, is “a premium battery group and one of the fastest-growing players in vehicle and stationary battery space.” “He plans on expanding his product line,” said Zakrevsky. “He wants to get into ultracapacitors. We can keep him here and grow his company.” Initially, he said, Johnson was interested in purchasing the equipment and moving it to his Knoxville location, but the equipment was too big to move and the plant there was too small to accommodate it. Instead, Zakrevsky put together “a strong package,” with a PILOT agreement, salestax exemptions and a $1 million Empire State Development Excelsior Tax Credit award. He also had Johnson meet with the Otsego County Chamber and local realtors who showed houses. They engaged in a discussion with U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and heard a presentation from the state Power Authority. “I think he appreciated that,” he said. Zakrevsky said “it’s not a done deal,” but “it’s going forward.”

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with the lower sill high enough so dogs can’t see any squirrels that may go running past. “That will also cut down on barking,” said Schuster. The SQSPCA set a $5 million goal in its “Shelter Us” campaign, and so far, has raised $4.6 million towards the goal. “The idea is to enter our new building without debt so that we have more resources to put towards our animals,” said Haynes. “Having a mortgage and having to allocate some of our budget: That is Plan B.” The closure of the thrift store at the height of the pandemic put a strain on the budget, but Haynes said she was touched by the ongoing contributions to their fundraising efforts.

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William H. Lane Construction’s Cooperstown office. “But with this building, it’s half our cost.” “It will be a very healthy place to visit,” said Haynes. “Especially during a pandemic.” In addition to the reduction in odor, the pens will also be two-part, separated by a “doggie door.” “This gives dogs an opportunity to relieve themselves someplace other than their living space,” said Haynes. In the event that the shelter takes in multiple animals at a time – for instance, Haynes says, a dog hoarding case – the doors can be closed, dividing the kennel in two. The room will also have windows to let in natural light,

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SHELTER/From A1 a lot of barking.” The new shelter is rapidly rising on the new campus on Route 28, across from Kevin’s Royal Ford. “When I walked in there, I almost cried,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director. “To be able to see something tangible after all these efforts and all their support – in some ways, it’s hard to believe!” Ground-breaking was in August 2019, and completion is on track for late April. “There have been some delays on the supply side due to COVID,” said Haynes. “But where they can’t work on one project, they work on another.” Walls have been put up and trusses have been placed on both the shelter and the thrift store; the elaborate plumbing network was installed before the slab was poured. Each pen has its own drainage system for easy cleaning and waste removal. Drains are also in place for surgical sinks, laundry and bathrooms. “It’s a challenge to approach this building in designing it for animals,” said Schuster. “Most building codes are designed for people, so trying to determine, for instance, where to place toilet fixtures, is a bit of a challenge!” Schuster, whose firm specializes in sustainable buildings, said he paid special attention to insulation and air tightness to minimize mold and prioritize air circulation and quality. “Normally, HVAC is a third of the cost of a project,” said Rick Bliss, project manager for

The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta are joining with The Salvation Army to make a joyful Christmas for area families through the Angel Tree Program. This tradition dates back to 1921 with the creation of The Freeman’s Journal Christmas Fund by Editor & Publisher, Rowan D. Spraker Sr., as a way for neighbors to help others enjoy a happy holiday. This is the 99th year of this community tradition. The Salvation Army has gathered the Christmas wish lists, grouped by family.

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the SUNY Oneonta COVID-19 Task Force during its meeting on Monday, Nov. 16. “Two of those patients are at Fox Hospital, and three of them at Bassett.” According to Karen HuxtableHooker, Bassett Health Network spokesman, no hospitals in Delaware County are criticalaccess hospitals and they don’t have any ICU beds. “They routinely transfer critical-care patients elsewhere,” she said. While Fox does not have a dedicated ICU, HuxtableHooker said they have sectioned off spaces to provide COVIDspecific care. “Not all patients who are hospitalized for the coronavirus need ICU care,” said HuxtableHooker. “Some respond to treatment quickly and fully recover.” Numbers are rising statewide and nationally, especially as students prepare to head home for the holidays, a move that could cause cases to spike. “Families bringing their kids back to the area need them to quarantine for 14 days,” she said. “It’s hard, it’s the holidays, and no one wants to quarantine away from their family.”

said that no patrons have come forward with positive tests, only a few “close contacts” of the patient. And before that, staff and residents of two residential living facilities, one in Oneonta and one in Cooperstown, tested positive for the virus, marking small “clusters” of cases that could be traced. “That’s what we do when we interview people,” she said. “We try to determine where they’ve been for the last two weeks.” The good news, she said, is that the SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College outbreaks have quieted, with one case at Hartwick and three at SUNY in recent days. It’s too early, she said, to determine how many cases will spread from the positives at Cooperstown and Greater Plains Elementary Schools, both which went to remote learning this week after positive tests. In all, 218 people are in quarantine, with one hospitalized at Albany Medical Center. Local hospitals, meanwhile, are housing patients from Delaware County. “Delaware County doesn’t have any ICU beds,” Bond told

COVID/From A3 to be in “close contact” with a Cooperstown Elementary School teacher who tested positive for COVID on Monday, Nov. 16. Herzig, who was substitute teaching at the school she retired from in 2018, is under required quarantine for two weeks. “It’s something we’re all going through,” said the mayor, who was nonetheless able to attend this week’s Common Council meeting, held via Zoom. Neither Herzig has shown symptoms or tested positive for the virus as of Tuesday, Nov. 17. But more worrisome, said Heidi Bond, Otsego County public health director, is that her team so far hasn’t been able to link -- or contact trace – some of these new cases spreading across the county. “People can’t figure out where they picked it up,” she said. “These are people who have no known exposure to someone who they knew had tested positive.” Last week, an employee at Applebee’s in the Southside Mall tested positive, but Bond

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THEY WON’T WIN EVERY BATTLE, BUT THEY CAN ENDURE, FOR GREATER GOOD

In Crisis, Sometimes Leaders Must Simply Take Heat

oesn’t it remind you of what happened to Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich? No sooner had she arrived in 2008 on Oyaron Hill, when the Great Recession hit. Within a few months, the fledgling president, with no chance to build a reputation or support among staff and faculty, had to begin laying people off. The faculty balked. Criticism abounded. Drugovich did what she had to do. Things settled down. The economy eventually rebounded,

and Drugovich New York Times’ built the sterling front page was reputation she has trumpeting our woes today. worldwide. • Craig immediately formed a COVID-19 Fast forward to 2020 and, across Rapid Response the valley, SUNY Team. In a month Oneonta President – almost to the day Craig Drugovich Dennis Craig. – the team reported It’s even moreso. Drugovich out a 22-page, single-space, had a short honeymoon. Craig detailed-packed plan to take on parachuted into the middle of a the menace. 700-plus COVID-19 infestation, Pretty good. one of the worst per-capita among So far, some of the faculty balked. But otherwise, criticism U.S. campuses. His predecessor had departed precipitously. The hasn’t abounded.

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Sanctuary Movements Recipes For Anarchy To the Editor: In his letter to the editor of Nov. 12-13, county Rep. Rick Brockway, R-West Laurens, points out that the Village of Cooperstown was “made a sanctuary haven for illegal immigrants.” Indeed, the village, in April, 2017, voted unanimously, as reported in this newspaper, “not to participate in the Delegation of Immigration Authority’ under the Immigration & Nationality Act of 1996.” Invoking the same idea from the opposite end of the political spectrum, Brockway has introduced a Second Amendment sanctuary proposal which would exempt Otsego County from the enforcement of certain New York State gun laws. Two wrongs don’t make

a right. The growing idea that local communities can opt out of recognizing and enforcing legitimate laws they don’t like simply by declaring themselves sanctuaries is reminiscent of the nullification movement in the Southern states before the Civil War. It’s a clear sign of a breakdown of law and government. It doesn’t have to be that way. The civil rights movement also defied specific laws– those enforcing segregation – but it proceeded entirely legally. Unlike the sanctuary movement, it acknowledged the authority of the law by accepting arrest and going to court in the hope that judicial rulings based on precedent and reason would change the laws Please See KUZMINSKI, A6

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Just the opposite. Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig likes the plan’s focus on the safety of his constituents. Student Association President Gabby Cesaria likes the focus on a Feb. 1 reopening; she surveyed students, and 50 percent

want to return to classes. • In recent decades, SUNY Oneonta has been on the make. President Alan Donovan, now retired and an Oneonta community leader, began the drive to push up the quality of students and scholarship. During his successor Nancy Kleniewski’s tenure, Oneonta was often mentioned, along with Geneseo and New Paltz, as one of “SUNY’s Ivies,” if you will. During that period, the SUNY System invested heavily in the Please See EDITORIAL, A5

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arespectfully request the Village of Cooperstown return to raising our flag on Pioneer and Main to full staff. We have had the flag lowered for over a half-year to respect the sick

and the deceased. That was good, and important to locals and visitors to our blessed town who travel here from around the world. Sadly, there will be more deaths from the virus, but lowering the flag does not help the deceased and it also creates a sort of perpetual sadness and helplessness which is not good for anyone.

A fully raised flag, on the other hand, connotes hope, strength, truthfulness, pride, joy, trust and leadership. Simply, a raised flag accentuates the positive things in the world. Let’s accentuate the positive and all the good that it will bring. Please raise the Stars & Stripes to full staff.

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To the Editor: On behalf of the Cooperstown Fire Department, I would like to let you know we will not be doing our annual Equipment Fund Drive this year. Due to COVID-19 and the economic impact it has had on us all we feel that we should forgo asking for donations. Through your generous past donations we have been able to purchase the most necessary equipment we needed to replace. Although the prices of goods continue to skyrocket during this pandemic time, we felt this was the right decision to make. We thank you for your past donations and, of course, the department will continue to gratefully accept donations if your circumstances permit. Chief Cooperstown Fire Department (Editor’s Note: Regardless, donations may be mailed to Cooperstown Fire Dept., P.O. Box 1, Cooperstown NY 13326)

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ecently, a friend brought some spruce saplings up to the farm for planting. Luckily, my son was up for the weekend to lend a hand with the digging. We placed some near the house and then headed for the woods, which are thin on everTERRY greens. BERKSON No sooner did I open a hole for the first seedling than I was back to the spring of 1966, in the forest near Rothenberg, Germany, where it looks a lot like the countryside around Richfield Springs. We were medics attached to the Seventh Army and out

on maneuvers. I pitched my pup tent with a guy named Hailey from Niagara Falls. He had already been in Germany for a year and could speak a bit of the language. It was sunny and warm and after testing our unit’s drinking water I sat in front of our tent, reading Hemingway’s “The Old Man And The Sea”: “Santiago was sitting in his boat with his palms raw and bleeding from the big fish that had raced the line through them at a cutting speed. He was thinking about the great DiMaggio and how he continued to play ball in

Mark Hailey captured the tree planting in Germany, all those years ago.

spite of a painful spur on his heel.” Then a cuckoo bird let out a call and I was back in the woods. I had thought the ridiculous sound only came from clocks made in

the Black Forest – but here was a live bird in a nearby tree. There was a dirt road at the edge of the woods and across the road in a field a Please See BERKSON, A6

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Academy: The inhabitants of Cooperstown and its vicinity are respectively informed, that the second quarter of A. Parmele’s Academy, will commence on the Twenty-first of November, inst. The strictest attention will be paid to the accommodation of Young Ladies and Gentlemen who are desirous of instruction in the following branches of Science, viz: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar; Geography; with the use of the Globe and Atlas; History; Rhetorick; Composition; the Elements of Chemistry; Astronomy; and Geometry; and the Latin and Greek languages. Tuition: Reading, Writing and Orthography $2.50; the higher branches of English study $3; the Languages $4, per quarter. Abiel Parmele, Cooperstown, New York. November 20 1820

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Apples for Hogs – I have kept my hogs on apples fall and winter, for ten years past. I put rather more meal with my apples than people usually do when they boil potatoes, but not enough to keep the hogs alive if they had no apples. My hogs usually look better in the spring than those of any of my neighbors that are fed on potatoes. In fact, they thrive and keep fat all winter. I lay my apples in a large bin in my hog pen and let them freeze when the weather becomes very cold. Then I cover them up with Rye straw and keep them frozen all winter. When I want to use them, I put them on my stove in a large pot or kettle and let them be on just long enough to take the frost out of them, and feed them to the hogs warm. I give each hog one-third of a pail full of apples at a time, three times a day. I feed good mellow sour and some sweet apples to my hogs in the fall, but to my fat hogs and shoats every day, and think that they both make them grow and help towards fatting them. Horace Goodhur, Westminster, Vermont. November 22, 1845

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A Liberal Offer – The Freeman’s Journal – 14 Months for $2, to All New Subscribers whose names are not now on our books, the offer is made to send them the Freeman’s Journal from this date to January 1, 1872, nearly 14 months for the regular subscription price of $2. Send in your names immediately and receive the present number of the paper, Remit by mail or otherwise. Every family in the county should take at least one local paper. Every voter who can afford it, taking any interest in political matters, should regularly read different sides of questions of public

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Miss Amelia D. Bielaski, cataloguer for the New York State Historical Association, will be guest speaker at the next meeting of the Town of Middlefield Historical AssoNovember 21, 1945 ciation to be held November 19. Miss Bielaski will discuss the Smith-Telfer collection of glass plate negatives which importance. There are hundreds of families in Otsego County is being printed and catalogued by the New York State Historical Association. who do not take a local paper and the above liberal offer November 18, 1970 is made in the hope that many of them may be induced to become subscribers. November 17, 1870 Editorial Excerpts: Most big game hunters in New York State know enough to wear at least some blaze orange Local: There are 325 children in the school district of this when they go out into the woods and fields – but not all – and the legislature should do something about it. Time village and only ten between the ages of 5 and 16 who are and time again the legislature has rejected such legislation. not in attendance. That is a good showing. We believe the legislature should once again take up The Baraca Orchestra, lately formed under the personal the issue of blaze orange and make it mandatory for direction of Professor Derreck, is making rapid progress. hunters to wear it. Its members are: First Violins – Asahel Murphy, Samuel November 19, 1995 White, Miss Frank James; Second Violins – Leroy Murphy, Wilber Bronner, George Smith; Flutes: Lulu Tarpenning, Levi Brown; Violoncello – Anna M. Beadle; Bass Viol – Melvin Coffin; Cornet – Laverne Ingalls Middlefield has become the first Town in Otsego A sad accident occurred at the home of Jacob Wellman, County to petition the County Board of Representatives Portlandville, on November 13. He had two little children, to declare a moratorium on hydrofracking until it can be one a little girl of five years, and the other younger. During proven to be no threat to “our natural resources of water the temporary absence of Mrs. Wellman from the house, the and air or to our human health.” The Town must also clothing of the older child caught fire and she was burned to devise appropriate emergency management plans and death. It was a terribly sad sight which met the eyes of the infrastructure protection measures” before widespread mother on her return home. drilling for natural gas is allowed. The town board voted November 21, 1895 unanimously for the resolution on November 16 after 40 people showed up at the Town’s monthly meeting, according to Supervisor Dave Bliss. November 18, 2010 William Beattie, for many years proprietor of the leading

level of community sensitivity to COVID, it can be done. The online petition – only a fraction of the faculty, some 71 out of 500 professors and instructors, have signed it – takes on Craig and Provost Leamor Kahanov personally. While no doubt well meaning, the petition drive seems to be the wrong instrument at this point. That’s misguided. Of the many issues raised, the one about sensitivity to relatives of faculty who may have pre-existing conditions resonates most. But it’s hard to believe the administration would not seek to ensure what protection it can to people under particular threat of COVID. No doubt the key players in the campus heirarchy are as imperfect as the rest of us, but – at this critical point in SUNY Oneonta’s history – let’s all pull together behind the people who, more than ever, need wide support. And that includes the campus community and the rest of us, the public at large.

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commission of impartial observers sent down from Mars to inspect political conditions in America would find the country right now in a state of what might be called schismatic malice – full of essentially theological grievances and obsessions, torn by power struggles of races and sexes and classes, a brawl of moralized and politicized identities. It’s a crisis and a catastrophe. Or maybe it’s a just a case of nerves – enormously exaggerated by smartphones and Twitter and Covid? Maybe the storm will pass now that there is a vaccine in the offing? Perhaps this turmoil, instead of being historic and schismatic, is essentially superficial, transient?

America has, time after time, overleaped its insoluble messes by means of money and creative adaptation and expanded democracy. On the other hand, in the years between 1861 and 1865, it became necessary to shed a great deal of blood and, among other things, to send General Sherman to lay waste that same state of Georgia whose twenty-firstcentury voters (52 percent white, 32 percent black, 10 percent Hispanic, 4 percent Asian) will, in two special elections, hold the key to control of the U.S. Senate and thereby determine the country’s policy direction for some years to come. LANCE MORROW Wall Street Journal, Nov. 14, 2020

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he following were some of the definitions of the word “sad” from dictionary.com. “Affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful, expressive of or characterized by sorrow, causing sorrow; somber, dark, or dull; drab; deplorably bad, sorry.” Thesauraus. com lists 46 synonyms for sad. And I add an additional from other sources, pathetic. The following story is sad by almost all of these. This was originally reported by CNN. Jodi Doering, an Emergency Room nurse in Dearing, S.D., out of severe frustration and feelings of being overwhelmed, tweeted Saturday that her patients were dying of COVID-19 but remained in denial of the pandemic’s existence. • She called it a horror movie that never ends. Besides treating patients who were dying and the stress that it caused her and her colleagues, they also faced the additional emotional toll of treating patients who despite being severely ill, who while dying, still refused to acknowledge that they had been infected with a virus that they

said didn’t exist. Patients on 100-percent oxygen would swear that it was not real and many would lash out at the nurses and doctors trying to help them for trying to convince them they were dying of COVID. There were incidents of patients screaming that it was all a fraud and that the medical staff were only wearing PPE to confuse them, that there was no need for it, and demanding that they take RICHARD it off. STERNBERG Rather than communicating with their loved ones before they died, they would rant against anyone or anything that tried to convince them that they were critically ill with COVID. • Cases are skyrocketing in North and South Dakota currently at a rate that is the fastest in the nation. In North Dakota, the Republican

Gov. Doug Burgum pleaded with residents, “You don’t have to believe in COVID, you don’t have to believe in a certain political party or not, you don’t have to believe whether masks work or not. Just do it because you know one thing is very real. And that 100 percent of our (hospital) capacity is being used.” On the other hand, Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, has continued to oppose mask mandates or closures and has joined in antagonism to mainstream medicine. She hosted soon-to-be ex-President Donald Trump at a tightly packed Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore. Even after the president acknowledged that he had COVID-19 last month, many of his supporters continue to refuse to acknowledge it is real. • Johns Hopkins University says that the Dakotas are currently the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, according to their and the states own data. Experts feel that the Sturgis MoPlease See STERNBERG, A6

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EDITORIAL/From A4 hilltop. Tom Rathbun, the level-headed assistant vice president/facilities, was spending $30-40 million a year upgrading the campus, and it looks great. (His successor, Lachlan Squair, appears to be quite an innovator, making SUNY Oneonta an innovator in Upstate Medical’s novel “pool testing.”) And alumnus Bill Pullman starred in “Independence Day.” You can’t get much better than that. SUNY Oneonta dropped the ball when COVID-19 arrived. That was then; recent, but then. • This is now. The SUNY Oneonta community must want to return to what it was, a campus on the make. With its particular COVID mess behind it, the SUNY Oneonta community should strive, as one, to be a Model of the Reopening. With two anti-COVID vaccines coming online, with the wide local acceptance of masks and social distancing, with the high-

grocery store in Cooperstown, pulled the curtains Saturday night and decided not to open again on Monday morning. The reasons for this are various – the competition of cheaper stores, to which people have been forced to go on account of the high cost of living as a result of the war. Also, the state of Mr. Beattie’s health, which has kept him confined to the house about half the time for the past two years, has been a factor. Next week, Mr. Beattie will become affiliated with E.A. Stanford, formerly of Cooperstown, in the management of large farming interests at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. “Good Service and Reliable Goods” have been the motto of his store, a motto which, in these later times, seems to be relegated to the rear in favor of the idea of ‘cash and carry.’ November 24, 1920

Editor’s Note: Milford Central Superintendent of Schools Mark Place wrote this Thanksgiving letter to the district’s families.

ach of the last five years I have prepared a letter at this time of the year with a focus on the upcoming holidays. Today I write to you for the same purpose along with a message of hope and gratitude. As a part of the MCS family, my thoughts are with all of you. I see the exhaustion in all of our eyes and the want for this pandemic to just be over. Collectively we have sacrificed a great deal to keep ourselves, our families, and MCS safe, and I am grateful for your continued patience and grace as we have traveled together through one of the most challenging times in our history. Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. It is, and always has been, about family. My earliest memories

of Thanksgiving are of starting the day at my greatgrandfather’s farm on Route 205 in Laurens and ending at my grandparents’ home in Oneonta. And all these years later, what MARK I truly remember PLACE are the feelings of togetherness. I’m sure that many of you have similar memories and are working hard to build that for your children. This year, my family has decided to forgo coming together for the holidays. It is one more heartbreak of this pandemic for me, but the thought of my parents possibly catching COVID-19 is more heartbreak than I’m willing to endure. As you and your family prepare for

the holidays, I’m not going to ask for you to make the same decision that my family has made. Rather, all that I’m going to ask is that you have a plan to do whatever is necessary to protect you and your family. By protecting your own family, the MCS family will be protected as well. At the end of the day, our goal is the same – to be able to be together, and we want nothing more than to be able to continue with in-person instruction after the holidays. I am hopeful that each of us will continue to do our part to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and that the end of the pandemic will come sooner than current models predict. And when the pandemic has finally ended, I hope that the entire MCS family will come together and celebrate how well we took care of one another. We are Milford Strong! And we will get through these challenging times together. May your holidays be filled with joy.

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STERNBERG: COVID Denial Misinformed, Just Plain Sad; Putting Patients In Jeopardy STERNBERG/From A5 torcycle Rally, which attracted over 500,000 to South Dakota, and was encouraged by Governor Noem, was a major superspreader event. Most of the half million did not wear masks and did not socially distance especially in bars and restaurants. How do we stop this when so many won’t even believe it is real, or dangerous, and won’t begin to cooperate in the protection of themselves and their families? • Last night I was talking to a close friend, a college classmate who is a family physician in rural Wisconsin. He is over 65 and male like myself but otherwise has no risk factors. He and his entire family sustained COVID-19 in October. They are not sure what

the sequence of spread was; he, his wife, and his step-daughter are all in healthcare. He said it was the sickest he ever felt. I admit I, who has a total of seven risk factors, am scared that I may become infected. If so, I have a very significant fatality risk. Hopefully I can stay safe until there is a vaccine available to me. I suppose I can take solace in the fact that between those that don’t believe the disease is real or that it can make them sick, and those who will refuse the vaccine, I stand a reasonable chance of getting it within six months. Richard Sternberg, retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon, is providing his professional perspective weekly during the COVID19 threat. A village trustee, he resides in Cooperstown.

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BERKSON/From A4 farmer was plowing with horses. Occasionally the breeze blew his voice in my direction and I could hear that he used different words for giddy-up and whoa. It must have been around lunchtime because in the distance a woman approached across the furrows with a lunch basket for her man. They greeted each other happily and I could hear their harmony of laughter. Even at the brash age of 22 I saw the beauty in the scene. Hailey came by and asked me if I wanted to do some reconnaissance, which meant we’d be looking for a

Army would have to pay $50 for every sapling we destroyed. At one point, one of the farmers who was holding a shovel said, “Amerikanisch soldaten arbeit nicht,” which Hailey translated into, “American soldiers don’t work.” Eager to show the man that he was wrong, I grabbed a shovel and a tree and started digging. Hailey captured the scene with his camera. Now in my woods, I savor this moment of working alongside my wife and son. She captures the scene with her camera. These trees will be here long after I’m gone.

With the passage of time I’ve grown to be nearly as old as the fisherman Santiago – and hopefully, fruit of the farmers’ efforts will have fared better than the Old Man’s ravaged fish. By now, those trees planted back in Germany must be 40 feet tall. Terry Berkson, who has an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College, lives on a farm outside Richfield Springs. His articles have appeared in New York magazine, the New York Daily News Sunday Magazine, Automobile and other publications.

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t was a reveal four years in the making. “When I was here in 2016, I came around the corner and there was this beautiful tree,” said Erik Pauze, Rockefeller Center’s head gardener. “But it wasn’t quite ready yet. So for four years, I’ve been coming up twice a year to water and feed it.” And finally, the 75-foot Norway Spruce, on the property of Paula Dick, daughter of “Daddy Al” and Susan, will make its nationwide debut Wednesday, Dec. 2, as the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. “Pauze’s daughter goes to SUNY Delhi, so whenever he Adora Martinolich, left, and sister Xavier, comes up here, he Al and Susan Dick’s granddaughters, give drives around and a final hug to a tree that’s part of their looks at trees,” lives. More photos at www. OTSEGO.com said Daddy Al, Pauze and his team arrived in the early who is donating morning on Thursday, Nov. 12. “It’s got the tree on behalf of his a big, beautiful shape,” he said. “It stands grocery store. “When he up straight and strong enough to hold all first looked at it, it was the lights and the star.” only 71-feet tall, and they Once the chainsaw was revved up, it have to be a minimum of took woodsmen and landscapers from 75, so he came up every Rockefeller Center and Lynn Warren year.” Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping, “We knew they would Ian Austin OTSEGO.Christmas Newburgh, less than three minutes to cut come for it at some Woodsmen from Rockefeller Center prepare to hoist the down the 75-year-old spruce, which was point,” said Paula. “But it Dick family of West Oneonta’s huge spruce onto a flatbed then lifted high above the crowd and laid didn’t seem real until just en route to New York City to become the most famous Please See BIG TREE, B3 last week!” Christmas tree in the world.

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or Common Council member Mark Drnek, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. “We were in Brooklyn one time during the holidays, and all of a sudden, we heard music in the streets,” he said. “It was a game-changer.” A similar 16-speaker system, designed by Carrie Schmidt

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to Santa in the mailbox at his cottage in Muller Plaza. The annual Gingerbread House and Festival of Lights tree-decorating competitions will also be held virtually. “This year’s theme is to build a traditional gingerbread house,” said Van Zandt. “You take a picture of yourself with it and post it on our Facebook page in each category.” Though many categories – including Best Candy Use, Most Intricate and Tallest – are voted on by the board, there is still a chance to vote for the Viewer’s Choice, determined by who gets the most likes. The Festival of Trees will be held much the same way, inviting homes and businesses to show off their elaborately decorated trees. “We want to see you, your pets, your families in the photo so we know it’s not one you found a picture of and submitted,” she said. “It’s hard to Photoshop yourself in!” Both contests are live now, and winners will be

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David Cyzeski is bringing the motorized window display back to downtown Oneonta. Here he is seen assembling a wooden Christmas Carousel, complete with wooden gears, that will be on display in the window of his wife’s shop Theresa’s Emporium. “Everything is wood except for the motor,” he said.

announced on Dec. 10. But there’s no Christmas without some holiday decorations, and the city will begin decorating downtown

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chocolate to warm up chilly hands when the decorating is done. To reserve your spot, email cooptownchristmas@ gmail.com. Santa will arrive at his Pioneer Park cottage and light the tree in a virtual parade, broadcast on the 4C’s Facebook page on Thanksgiving. “The parade draws such a big crowd, especially from out of town,” said Leon. “So obviously, we have to

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“Daddy Al” Dick, who runs a West End deli of that name, admires his Norway Spruce for one of the last times, as it was cut down Thursday, Nov. 12, and carried off to Rockefeller Center. His wife, Susan, is next to him and, behind her, longtime friends Bill and Karen O’Mara.

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EAT LOCAL – Participating local restaurants offer 2-course prix fixe for $20 during ‘Restaurant Week.’ Presented by Otsego County Chamber of Commerce. Visit otsegocc.com for menu. RABIES CLINIC – 9 - Noon. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Scheduled to follow social distancing. First come, first serve. Susquehanna SPCA, Rt. 28, Cooperstown. 607-547-4230. VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 p.m. Zoom walk-through of exhibit ‘Pete Souza: Two Presidents, One Photographer’ with

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►Friday, November 20 EAT LOCAL – Support local restaurants for ‘Restaurant Week.’ See Thursday Listing. VIRTUAL EXHIBIT – 9 a.m. View art exhibit ‘Pieces of Me’ by Bright Hills Annual Emerging Artist, Sophie Bille. Suggested donation $3. Presented by Bright Hill Press & Literary Center. 607-8295055.

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13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws 6LegalDec.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: CARR - ADAMS FARM LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 30 October 2020. 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 289 Greenough Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalDec.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: INNOVATION AG LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 30 October 2020. 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 7937 US Hwy 20, Sharon Springs, NY 13459. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalDec.24 Legal nOtice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may

BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m. Donate blood, save lives. Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 800733-2767.

►Saturday, Nov. 21 EAT LOCAL – Last day to support local restaurants for ‘Restaurant Week.’ See Thursday Listing. SURVIVORS DAY – 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Join others who have survived the loss of a loved one to suicide. Find connection, understanding, and hope with others’ shared experiences. Online only, preregistration required. Presented by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Visit isosld.afsp.org/oneonta-newyork/ to register. VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 p.m. Zoom meeting featuring walk

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also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/ doing-business/opportunities/const-notices. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder. Amendments may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list. NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124. Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federallyassisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies

through of exhibit ‘Albrecht Dürer: Master Prints’ with Assistant Curator of American Art Ann Cannon featuring in-depth discussion and Q&A session. Free, registration required. Suggested donation $5. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. OPENING RECEPTION – 3 or 4:15 p.m. Find works by local artists in ‘Small Works’ annual celebratory exhibit. Works for sale make wonderful Christmas presents. Register for one of the free showings, only 50 guests allowed at a time. Roxbury Arts Group, 5025 Vega Mountain Rd., Roxbury. 607-326-7908. LAST CHANCE – 5 p.m. Oneonta History Center annual auction concludes. Bid for items online to support the center’s exhibits, and preserve Oneonta city his-

Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting. Region 09: New York State Department of Transportation 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY, 13901 D264343, PIN 9TBP21, FA Proj Z240-9TBP-213, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Tioga Cos., Bridge Painting 2021 Various Locations in Region 9, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $375,000.00), Goals: DBE: 3.00% 2LegalNov.26 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LONGTAIL CONTRACTING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/27/20. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it my be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 109 Sunset Drive, Apt. 2, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalDec.24 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF COOPERSTOWN AREA REAL ESTATE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/28/20. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be

VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 p.m. Zoom walk-through of ‘Pete Souza: Two Presidents, One Photographer.’ See Thursday Listing.

tory. Presented by Greater Oneonta Historical Society. 607-432-0960.

►Sunday, Nov. 22 CHRISTMAS DECORATING – 2 p.m. Join the Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee to decorate Santa’s Cottage and village lamp posts. Decorations provided. Bring your own gloves, ladders, mask. Main Street, Cooperstown. Reserve a pole by e-mailing cooptownchristmas@gmail.com TREE LIGHTING – 2 p.m. Remember loved ones who have passed away. Tree of Lights ceremony to be held virtually. Purchase personalized ornament to be placed on one of the trees.Presented by Helios Care. 607-4326773.

►Tuesday, Nov. 24 BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m. Donate blood, save lives. Laurens Fire Dept., 34 Main St., Laurens. 800-733-2767. ASK THE EXPERT – 2 p.m. Learn about how the collections team cares for baseball cards, from storage guidelines to documentation. Free, registration required. Presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame. 607-547-7200. BOOK CLUB – 7 p.m. Read ‘Fixed Stars’ by Molly Wizenberg, a memoir. Register for Zoom meeting. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library. 607-432-1980.

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OBITUARIES Barbara Jean Duesler, 83; Cherry Valley Charter Member Of CV Emergency Squad CHERRY VALLEY – Barbara Jean (Baker) Duesler, 83, of Cherry Valley, a retired 27-year medical secretary at Bassett Hospital and charter member of the Cherry Valley Emergency Squad, passed away on Nov. 6, 2020, following a brief illness. Barbara was born on June 20, 1937, the daughter of Merrill and Dorothy (Wilms) Baker, in Gloversville. She graduated from Johnstown High School in 1955. Barbara married Theodore Duesler on Aug. 25, 1956, in Johnstown. They enjoyed 60 years together before his death in 2016.

After retiring from Bassett, she provided child care to many young ones who knew her as “Grandma Barb.” In addition to service to the emergency squad, she was a member of the Cherry Valley Fire Department Auxiliary and a 10-year member of the Cherry Valley-Springfield School Board. As a faithful servant of God, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Cherry Valley, Presbyterian Ladies Society and the state Association of Fire Chaplains. Barbara was predeceased by her parents, husband and grandson, Jay Moore.

She is survived by her brother, Richard Baker of Johnstown; sisterin-law, Helene Van Barbara Jean Alstyne Duesler of Fultonville; children, Merrilyn (Wayde) Clapper and Rick (Theresa) Duesler of Waynesboro, Pa., and Amy (Fred) Herr of Cherry Valley; grandchildren, Ritch Moore, Samantha (Tom) Kline, Deidre Herr and Corey (Lindsey) Duesler; greatgrandchildren, Elizabeth

and Shane Moore, Lucas and Natalie Kline and Max Duesler. A funeral services was held Friday, Nov. 13, at the First Presbyterian Church, Cherry Valley with the Rev. Ronald Fralick officiating. A Firefighter Memorial Service was conducted during the funeral. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are requested to be sent to Springbrook or Heartland Hospice. Addressed envelopes will be available. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.

MILFORD – Edith Ingeborg Schoellhammer, 90, a German immigrant who achieved the American Dream of owning her own business, died Nov. 12, 2020, her late husband’s birthday. Edith was born on December 27, 1929 in Radibor, Germany and immigrated to the USA in 1957 with her husband Gerhard and daughter. After living in Queens for several years the family moved and settled on Long Island, where they accomplished their American Dream by starting their own optical

business, Aristocraft Opticians, which is still operating today. Edith loved to crochet and read and was always on a hunt for a good garage sale. She was always ready for a poker game or to play the family favorite card game Blitz. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially on her favorite holiday, Christmas Eve. She was known as “Omi” to many. Edith and Gary were married for 66 years and were the definition of soul mates. Their love was admired by all. Their love

story continues in heaven as Edith reunited with her beloved husband on his birthday. Edith leaves behind her daughters Sabine Curry (Larry, predeceased), Susan Leonard (John), stepson Lutz Duvinage and her two brothers in Germany (Michael and Werner) and their families; her grandchildren Amanda Meeson (Doug), Lisa Curry (Brian), TJ Leonard (Christian), Kerri Leonard (Shawn), Michael Duvinage (Anne) and Samantha Fox (Erin); and great-grandchildren Jordyn, Sophia and Bella,

Colbie and Brady, Reggie and Quincy, Felix, Edith, JJ and Sanderson. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her youngest daughter Sonia Prendergast (Rob). At this time, the Celebration of Life is postponed. Edith was passionate about supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital if you wish to make a donation in her memory. Arrangements were entrusted to Ottman Funeral Home.

Edith Schoellhammer, 90; Immigrant Realized American Dream

Shirlee A. Kretser, 85; Worked At Beechnut For 42 Years

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Larkin of Palatine Bridge and Jeffrey (Nicola) Mykel of San Diego, CA. She is also survived by two granddaughters Hannah and Tessa Mykel, a brother-inlaw William (Pat) Kretser and sister-in-law Shirley Berry. Step children, Mary J. Kretser and Martin A. Kretser and step grandchildren, Martin A. Kretser Jr., Elizabeth, Olivia, Anna M. and Ryan Kretser and several nieces and nephews. Shirlee was predeceased

by her parents and one brother D. Richard Alpaugh, and both her father-in-law, and mother-in-law, LeRoy and Laura Kretser, Charles R. Berry and sister-in-law Barbara J. Manchester. A graveside funeral and committal services was held in the Roseboom Cemetery on Saturday, November 14 with the Rev. Lyman Johnson officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home.

Albert F. Riedel, 88; Hunter Co-Founded Fish, Game Club

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founding member of the Burlington Flats Fish and Game Club, passed away Wednesday November 4, 2020 in Cooperstown. Albert was born in Croton on Hudson, on December 10, 1931 the son of the late Donald and Nina (Porter) Riedel. A lifetime resident of the area, Albert was an Electrical Engineer with General Electric in Utica until his retirement in 1992. He was a proud United States Air Force Veteran, and and an avid outdoorsman. He was a founding member of the Burlington Flats Fish and Game Club, and enjoyed hunting. He is survived by his sons Kirk (Leanne) Riedel of Burlington Flats, and Craig

Riedel of SanFranciso, CA, his daughter in law Angie Riedel, three grandchildren Katherine Riedel, Amanda Taylor, and Kaitlyn Riedel, and a brother Donald Riedel of Arkansas. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife Janette in 2001, a son Kent in 2012, and a brother Allen Riedel. Services are private and at the convenience of the family. Interment will be in Taylor Hill Cemetery. Memorial donations be made to the Burlington Flats Fish and Game Club 766 Fish and Game Rd Burlington Flats, NY 13315. Arrangements are entrusted to the Delker and Terry Funeral.

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75 Faculty Sign Petition: Asking Leadership: Stop PETITION/From A1 administrators of “the pretense of care, when your actions speak otherwise.” And “providing vague data/information about the economic/ financial factors driving your decision-making.” By Tuesday evening, Nov. 17, 567 people had signed the petition. The signatures included 71 faculty – out of a total 500 faculty members; the remaining signatures were students, alumni and Oneonta residents. The petition identifies its source as the SUNY Oneonta COVID-19 Safety Coalition and exhorts, “Be Smart, SUNY Oneonta.” In an interview and videos to the campus community, SUNY Oneonta President Dennis Craig said some differences arose as the Reopening Plan was being developed. • One, there is some faculty resistance to the campus goal of offering face-to-face – or “mask-tomask” (M2M) – instruction in 20 percent of classes. “If you look at the consolidated campuses within SUNY, 40, 50 up to 60 percent” of classes have a M2M option, he said, adding, “Currently, we are far below this benchmark.” • Two, what’s called “dual modality,” where faculty must teach in-class students, and address students as home via a camera and microphone at the back of the room. “Dual modality is important to serve both segments of our student community” – those who want in-person instruction and those who prefer distance learning, he said. “Our goal is to work with faculty and make sure our students have the in-person classes they need,” the president said. Faculty Senate President Jim Wilkerson and UUP President Dave Lincoln didn’t return several calls, but Keith Schillo, a veteran biology professor, agreed to speak on behalf of the petitioners. Some faculty members feel a collegial discussion “turned into a mandate – 20 percent live instruction,

face to face,” he said. “And we were told how we could teach it: dual modality.” He continued, “It seemed like a threat: that ‘if you didn’t want to do it we would make you do it’.” Some faculty members have health concerns, not necessarily about themselves, but of parents or children living with them who have pre-existing conditions, he said. “When people were raising these concerns,” he said, “we were accused of not caring about the community or students. We felt completely disrespected.” In dual modality, it’s complicated to address two audiences, he said, the live students and a stationery camera. Masks can muffle transmissions. Classrooms aren’t always clean. A perceived impersonality bothered some, Schillo said. For instance, medical exemptions require faculty to fill out a standard ADA form, which is then processed in the HR department. “Last week, we learned they were going to offer a $1,000 stipend for a threecredit course,” he said. “Instead of enticing people, it made them more angry.” The conclusions of the COVID Response Task Force are being shared by the deans with the department chairs, who then share findings with faculty. There is not unanimity among departments, Schillo said. He’s heard biology, chemistry and elementary ed made a “unanimous” decision not to provide volunteers for dual-modality courses. On the other hand, he said, psychology and history have agreed to participate. For their part, students “want to come back,” according to Student Association President Gabriella Cesaria. An association survey of 1,500 students found 50 percent want oncampus classes to resume. “To students, we are their rock, we are their home,” said Craig.

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REOPENING/From A1 • Three, students, faculty and staff will undergo surveillance testing every two weeks. • Four, a “pause” if the infection rate rises. • And, five, Craig said, “what I would call a zerotolerance code of conduct.” “What gives the Oneonta plan an edge is: the campus went through something very difficult and learned lessons very quickly,” said Craig. “That makes it safer going forward.” Under the plan, which is due in SUNY’s Albany headquarters by Dec. 10, students would begin returning Jan. 1, and classes – 20 percent of which would by M2M (maskto-mask) – will begin Feb. 1. The plan also limits the number of students taking classes on-campus to 1,100; it is usually 5,000. And only one person will be assigned to each dorm room; no more than four students will use each dorm bathroom, which will be cleaned twice daily. Mayor Gary Herzig previewed the plan over the weekend and said Monday, “I found it to be very encouraging.” “There was a significant increased focus on what happened off-campus, building stronger community relations, and eliminating unsafe behaviors,” he said. “That was something we did not see in the plan for opening in the fall.” Craig bolstered that initia-

tive Monday, he announced the appointment of Franklin D. Chambers to a new position, vice president/external affairs. In Oneonta since 2015, Chambers, who has been VP/student development, “will build and attend to the connections that make SUNY Oneonta among our region’s most unique assets,” the president said. “I’m also encouraged by the open communications and sense of partnerships I’ve had with President Craig over the past several weeks, which is critical to a safe opening,” the mayor said. “We all want the campus to open. I think the plan does a good job of addressing risks while allowing the college to return to some semblance of normalcy.” The plan was developed over the past month by a COVID Response Team cochaired by Provost Leamor Kahanov and Vice President/ Finance & Administration Julie Piscitello, and may be viewed in full by Googling “SUNY Oneonta 2021 reopening.” Kahanov agreed tighter testing is the hallmark of the document. First, requiring students to get tested before arriving on campus. Also, that off-campus students not only have to undergo daily checks – temperatures and the like – before coming on campus, and will have to carry a card that records those checks.

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