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This Thanksgiving Day, New Hope For Addicts MRS. CLAUS GETS A HEAD START

Chief’s Initiative Would Fast-Track Detox, Treatment

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Gabby Seamon, Jensen Merwin and Issy Seamon paint Christmas images and season’s greetings on store windows in downtown Richfield Springs Saturday, Nov. 21/MORE PHOTOS, A2

unday evening, Nov. 22, Village Police Chief Mike Covert got the first of what he expects will be many calls for help.

Police Chief The woman on Mike Covert the other end of the line had been driving around Upstate New York all evening. Her 23-year-old son had overdosed on heroin, and she needed to get him help. She’d already been turned away by two hospitals, but had seen the Cooperstown Police DepartPlease See HEROIN, A7

Lopez Runs To Succeed Rep. Gibson

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ssemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, who has represented parts of Otsego County for a decade, announced Monday, Nov. 23, that he’s running for the 19th District seat in Congress being vacated next year by Chris Gibson, RKinderhook.

Elected to the Assembly in 2006, Lopez first represented the Otego area, and since the 2010 redistricting has represented a 102nd Assembly District that includes the towns of Cherry Valley, Roseboom, Decatur and Worcester.

COOPTOBERFEST SET:

To avoid competing with the relatively busy Columbus Day Weekend crowds, the second Cooptoberfest will be moved up a week next fall to Saturday, Oct. 8.

A NEW APPROACH: The

Village Board at its November meeting on the 23rd approved a change in the zoning code to allow PDDs, “planned development districts,” to allow mixed use projects to be planned as one entity, despite underlying zoning.

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Not due in Pioneer Park until 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, Mrs. Claus couldn’t wait, and was among Cooperstown villagers who spent Sunday afternoon, Nov. 22, decorating the 44 lamp posts along Main Street with greens and lights in anticipation of her hubby’s arrival/ MORE PHOTOS ON WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

County Cuts 22 Slots, But Only 3 Lose Jobs

By DON MATHISEN COOPERSTOWN

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n the end, 22 positions in Otsego County government are being eliminated to close a

Attrition Is Limiting The Pain Of Layoffs $9.5 million gap in the 2016 budget, but only three full-time employees will lose their jobs, all in Building Services.

The rest have become vacant since a hiring

freeze was imposed in October – 11 fulltime and eight parttime.

The workers losing their jobs are one, a cleaner on the evening shift at the Meadows Of-

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fice Complex; two, a day maintenance worker at the County Office Building in Cooperstown, and a clerical worker.

“To me that’s a big bite, 15 percent of my department in one swoop,” Please See CUTS, A6

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member of the Otsego town crew, Adam C. Burress, 27, of Laurens, on a three-man team cutting and clearing trees along Bissell Road, was struck by a falling tree and killed Monday morning, Nov. 23.

He was transported to Bassett Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:40 a.m. The cause was a skull fracture.

Hyde Hall’s Carpet Detectives

Recreating Founder’s Vision In Fabric

By JIM KEVLIN HYDE BAY

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t’s a detective story in carpet making.

There are surviving tufts of the carpet that once graced the formal dining room at Hyde Hall, the National Historic Landmark

at the foot of the Sleeping Lion. So replacing it – a future project – will be relatively simple.

In the cavernous drawing room across the entry hall, David and Charlene Collins Hunt of Vermont Custom Rug Co. of Bristol, Vt., had their knowledge of rug hisThe Freeman’s Journal tory and experience designDavid and Charlene Hunt Please See CARPET, A3

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Assistant District Attorney (and Marine) Paul Elkins welcomes Toys For Tots’ Director Sharon Wheeler to the D.A.’s office at 183 Main St., Cooperstown, which is a drop-off point fo this year’s drive.

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he U.S Marine Corps’ annual Toys for Tots Program is again underway in Otsego County.

Collection boxes in Oneonta are located at Southside Mall, TriTown Computers and select Main Street shops. In Cooperstown collection boxes are at Clark Sports Center and the District Attorney’s office.

The program is off to a late start this year, but the newly appointed coordinator for Otsego and Delaware counties, Sharon Wheeler, expects the community will donate enough toys so area children will not be disappointed on Christmas morning. “The last day to donate is Dec. 16,� said

Wheeler, who is a disabled Army veteran. “We’ll be handing out toys on Dec. 22 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Elks Club in Oneonta.�

You can also call Wheeler at 607-3492737 to request toys for infants through 14 years old. “I can’t think of anything better to do for the three weeks before Christmas than to get toys for kids,� said Wheeler.

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Experts In Historical Rugs Recreate Hyde Hall Carpet

CARPET/From A1 ing replicas to draw on.

At the time the mansion’s designer and first occupant, George Hyde Hall (17681835), furnished the room in the early 1830s, “things were very coordinated,�

David said. While nothing remained of the original carpet, the upholstery on an original sofa was green and window treatments were gold.

Further, Hyde Hall Executive Director Jon Maney and Collections Techician John Bower unearthed original invoices from Cornell’s extensive Hyde Hall archive – 150 boxes, 22,000 items – and the Hunts learned one of the nation’s foremost carpet makers of the time, Lowe & Connah, fabricated the original carpet in New York City in 1831.

From a newspaper ad from those days, they also learned L&C specialized in Brussels and Wilton carpets.

And they knew that the Brothers Adams’ “integrated style� of interior design held sway, using similar motifs and colors from the plaster,

door moldings and furniture to create a harmonious design.

That information allowed the Hunts to design a wall-to-wall carpet for Hyde Hall’s drawing room of green, chartreuse and shades of gold. It was woven by the Langhorne Carpet Co. of Pennsylvania, and the couple found themselves at Hyde Hall Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19-20, piecing a couple of dozen strips into a unified result.

By mid-morning Thursday, the Hunts had already completed 5,000 stitches to create the final effect, and expected to make 4,000 more before the job was done. “It’s going to look like one giant rug,� said David. “It’s going to totally change the look of the room.�

Both the Hunts are from Newport, Vt., in the state’s so-called Northeast Kingdom. When he lost his job there 30 years ago, he began cleaning and installing carpet.

It made sense to move to Burlington, the state’s

largest city in the most prosperous county. Once there, David told Charlene, “You might as well join me,� which turned out to be a pivotal step. “She brought a women’s perspective into a primarily male business,� the husband said. “She would look at it as someone’s home.� The Hunts found that, while others got the carpeting contracts on new homes, they won jobs at beloved properties their owners were renovating.

As their skills advanced, they won a contract from the Shelburne Museum, Vermont’s version of Cooperstown’s Farmers’ Museum, to redo the carpet on the Ticonderoga, the former Lake Champlain steamer the museum had brought overland from Shelburne Bay to Route 7. “The entire boat,� said David. “It made our year.�

As at Hyde Hall, “they had sample pieces from the stateroom. In the saloon, there were no samples,� he said. The result was the team’s first “interpretation.�

That opened a whole new line of work. Contracts followed with Albany’s Ten Broeck Mansion, home of the capital’s historic association; the Proctor Theatre in Schenectady, the Lorenzo mansion on Cazenovia Lake.

Twice – winter assignments, particularly delightful for the Vermont couple – they were summoned to the Iolani Palace in Honolulu.

Accelerating renovations are made possible by accelerating gifts, Maney said.

Bob Gipson’s Unadillabased Tianaderrah Foundation financed the Brussels carpet in the family dining room. Dorothy and Roger Smith of Cooperstown reupholstered a high-back sofa; Magda Minenberg of Albany, a low-back one.

Douglas Kent has been a long-time benefactor.

Grants state Sen. Jim Seward obtained from the DASNY Foundation redid the “Tin Top� gatehouse, and future grants are aimed at restoring the cracked pillars and front steps.

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County Building Services To Absorb All 3 Job Cuts CUTS/From A1 said Douglas Czerkies, Building Services director. “There were a couple of Board members that thought that I had too many maintenance guys.�

Czerkies said the three employees, who will lose their jobs if the tentative budget is passed by the full Board of Representatives the first Wednesday in December, are all good workers. “I just don’t understand why my department has been singled out,� he said.

In making the case to keep the employees, he said his department maintains 29 separate sites with 54 buildings totaling an estimated 420,000 square feet. His workers mow 44 acres, and maintain the county-owned cemetery and 14 tower sites.

Cleaners maintain 25,000 square feet in a seven-hour shift. That‘s well above the industry standard of 12,000 to 20,000 square feet in an eight-hour shift, according to

Czerkies.

The quantity and quality of services will suffer, he said.

But Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, chair of the budget review committee, defends the cut, saying Building Services gained two employees last year. “How could his department be targeted when we cut Solid Waste, we cut Office of the Aging, we cut Public Health, and the Sheriff‘s Department,� said Lindberg. “Doug never gave anything, so we had to take them.�

Lindberg is also critical of board members who restored jobs that were on the chopping block in earlier budget proposals. “We’re short of money and you have to do something,� he said.

In a counter argument, Czerkies said “some think maintenance costs, but actually it saves. We make buildings clean and safe for the public and for employees.�

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015

EDITORIAL

Chief Covert’s Thanksgiving Gift To Many Families: HOPE!

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his Thanksgiving, we now know, there are beloved family members sitting at Otsego County dinner tables who are heroin addicts.

They have stolen from loved ones to feed a habit; found their personal aspirations and ambitions in ruins; turned parents’ fondest hopes into hard realities.

They are constantly in harm’s way, with a deadly overdose just beyond the door; on any day, it may arrive.

This is a reality for some Otsego County families – dozens, hundreds, perhaps; thankfully, probably not thousands.

But this Thanksgiving, that beloved son, daughter, sibling, even parent, has (had, if you read this over the weekend) the opportunity to rise from that table, go to the Cooperstown Police Department on the Fair Street side of Village Hall, turn in drugs and paraphernalia, be assigned an “angel” to help through detoxification at Bassett Hospital and to a new life – or better said, back to life itself.

A blessed development,

to be sure – a realization that addiction need not be a permanent hell, but a temporary purgatory, and a better existence can await.

• The person to thank for this is Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert, who was sensitized – as many of us have been, through family and friends’ misfortune, through the daughter of a colleague’s decline, or a neighbors’ son found dead in his bedroom a half-block away – to heroin’s heartbreak through his work and the experience of acquaintances.

He learned of a program developed by Chief Leonard Campanello of Gloucester, Mass., to give help to every addict who asks for it.

And he boldly implemented it in “America’s Most Perfect Village.”

This Thanksgiving, thank you, Michael Covert, one individual who has acted to make our local world a better place – but also, as one individual who reminds us that problems can be addressed, and we – you and you and you; all of us – can address them.

Further good news is that

Yummy, Yes But Original Thanksgiving Lacked Pumpkins Pies, Cranberries, More

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ountless Victorian-era engravings notwithstanding, the Pilgrims did not spend the day sitting around a long table draped with a white linen cloth, clasping each other’s hands in prayer as a few curious Indians looked on.

Instead of an English affair, the First Thanksgiving soon became an overwhelming Native celebration when Massasoit and a hundred Pokanokets (more than twice the entire population of Plymouth) arrived at the settlement with five freshly killed deer.

Even if all the Pilgrims furniture was brought out in the sunshine, more of the celebrants stood, squatted or sat on the grounds as they clustered around outdoor fires, where the deer and birds turned on wood spits and where pottages – stews

into which varieties of meats and vegetables were thrown – simmered invitingly.

In addition to ducks and deer, there was, according to (Gov. William) Bradford, a “good store of wild turkeys” in the fall of 1621 … The Pilgrims may have also added fish to their meal of birds and deer. In fall, striped bass, bluefish and cod were abundant. Perhaps most important to the Pilgrims was that with the recently harvested barley crops, it was now possible to brew beer.

Alas, the pilgrim were without pumpkin pies or cranberry sauce. There were also no forks, which did not appear at Plymouth until the last decades of the seventeenth century. The Pilgrims ate with their fingers and their knives.

From Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Mayflower” (Viking, 2006)

the Oneonta Police Department plans to implement a similar program, with Chief Dennis Nayor’s able right-hand person, Lt. Doug Brenner, leading the charge.

• This reminder comes at what may seem like a discouraging time in American history. To those of us who grew up in the glow of the nation’s World War II prowess, all things were possible.

That attitude’s gone aglimmer.

A new Pew poll on NPR the other day reported “trust

in government” is down to 19 percent from a high in the early 1960s, pre-Vietnam, pre-assassinations, pre-Watergate.

One bright era, at least in retrospect, was the Reagan Administration, although we didn’t always feel that way going through it. Ronald Reagan is often called optimistic, but Peggy Noonan, a Reagan speechwriter, now Wall Street Journal columnist, put it another way in her pre-Thanksgiving column: He was confident, and that allowed us to be

the Cooperstown Village Library on promising trends in weaning ourselves off fossil fuels was very heartening.

There is much to suggest the end of the world isn’t at hand.

There are also good local trends.

In Oneonta, Hillside Commons student housing – Mayor Miller’s signature achievement, although much more was in the hopper at the time of his passing – was the largest addition to the city’s valuation in a half-century.

In Cooperstown, Main Street’s notoriously rutted sidewalks are smartly redone and the new trees are taking hold; elsewhere, a record nine streets were redone this summer.

The county’s new economic-development strategy, through Otsego Now, is taking hold with the approval of the first “shovelready site” in the Oneonta Business Park, (the renamed Pony Farm).

The point is, despite Upstate’s historic decline, there is progress around us, there is reason for confidence and, thus, optimism is sure to follow.

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ozens of vintage Thanksgiving postcards may be view on the Web, some featuring cheerful children or pretty Pilgrim women with the makings of the feast to come. Many feature turkeys themselves, oblivious of what’s to come. A particularly chilling one is in the lower right, where an unsuspecting tom is pulling the wagon

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Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert reports, with some awe, that more than 58,000 people have “reached” his Facebook page since posting an item on the program Friday, Nov. 20.

optimistic.

Americans voted for “Hope and Change” in 2008, but those of us who voted for Barack Obama twice can’t help but feel rueful today. He is a historic president, certainly, but not a successful one.

He leaves us with the sense that Americans can do little to raise the general prosperity at home or influence the arc of world history.

Guantanamo lives. Bankers are safe from too-rigorous inquiry. The Middle East strategy is on again, off again, neither approach working. It is seeming like Obamacare may not be the answer, although the GOP offers no credible alternative. The Keystone Pipeline decision took seven years.

• So Chief Covert’s example comes at an optimum time, at Thanksgiving, a time when examples of individuals making a difference, alone and together, are particularly welcome.

And he’s not alone around here, if we think about it.

The other week, retired Mobil executive VP Lou Allstadt’s presentation at

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A Warning: Lock Doors, Keep Lights On To the Editor: A recent spate of robberies were committed in my friendly, doors-neverlocked neighborhood in the center of the Village of Cooperstown.

At least three occurred, just steps from my house, in homes that had obviously been watched, and a convenient time chosen to enter.

The village police made an effort to question neighbors, and testimonies were taken, but the police felt

they did not have enough evidence to procure a search warrant for any of the possible adjacent homes where the stolen goods were likely being housed.

Beware friends and neighbors.

An unlocked door is a welcome for these smalltime petty thieves. Laptops, cameras, cash, electronics, and shotguns were most appealing in our neighborhood incidences.

A WARY NEIGHBOR

Reject Republican Ideas As Appalling, Ludicrous To the Editor: Listening to these Republican primary debates, I find the comments made by most of these 12 candidates to be ludicrous and appalling. Are these candidates for real? Or do they make these outrageous remarks simply to appeal to the uninformed, anti-government adherents that constitute their rightwing base?

Senator Cruz says, if President, he would abolish five government agencies. One of them, the IRS, is a favorite target for this particular audience. Cruz is an accomplished lawyer and should know this – Article 16 of the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution grants Congress “the power to lay and collect taxes on income Please See LETTER, A6

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Died in Cambridge, New York, a short time since – Mr. Solomon Cronke of a wound in the hand by the cut of a scythe which occasioned mortification. What was most singular in the life of the deceased, was the fact that he married two sisters, with each of whom he lived alternately a week at a time during the whole period of his connubial connection, and by each of whom he had thirteen children.

The two families, whose houses were not very distant from each other, maintained the utmost harmony and affection between them, and were all present, two wives and 26 children, at the funeral of their common husband and parent, whom they followed in mournful procession to his grave.

November 23, 1815

150 YEARS AGO

throughout the state in the last three weeks about persons shooting at deer from automobiles on public highways.

Sportsmen were also warned about carrying loaded guns in automobiles. George Young, aged 45, of Utica, was shot and fatally wounded by a companion hunter when he was mistaken for a deer while the pair hunted in the Remsen Falls area four miles from McKeever in the Adirondacks.

Lee Jones, a school bus driver, aged 25, of Brookfield, has been charged with manslaughter.

November 27, 1940

50 YEARS AGO

175 YEARS AGO

United States Armories: There are in the United States only two establishments for the manufacture of small arms owned by the General Government. One of these is at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. The other is at Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield is situated on the Connecticut River, 26 miles from Hartford and contains six or seven thousand inhabitants. The armory was established there in 1795, which event gave the first impulse of to the prosperity of the place. The number of men employed by the Government is from 200 to 270; all of whom are paid by the piece, except the Superintendent, Master Armorer, Pay Master, four clerks and nine inspectors, who receive salaries. A good workman can earn from forty to sixty dollars per month, laboring ten hours a day. Some of the men employed have been there 30 years. During the year 1838, the government manufactured 15,000 muskets with the necessary appendages, such as screw drivers, wipers, ball screws, &c. Each musket cost about $11.84.

November 23, 1840

125 YEARS AGO

The Orphanage was visited by the Board of Supervisors on Thursday afternoon of last week. They were received by Dr. W.T. Bassett, who is the Physician and one of the Trustees, and the ladies in charge. All regretted that Miss Cooper was not able to be present, the weather being very inclement. Everything about the institution was found in complete order, the ninety children who are inmates comfortably and neatly dressed, and their school exercises were creditably conducted. The older girls had a table spread which showed their proficiency as cooks; there was also on display articles of needlework which showed the skill of others in that line.

An interesting letter to the Board from Miss Cooper as Superintendent was read; and then, Mr. A.S. Luther, Sup’t of

November 24, 1865 the Poor, made some statements of interest as to the county children in the orphanage. He has just made a three-year’s contract for their support at $1.55 a week, including clothing.

November 28, 1890

100 YEARS AGO

Evangelist Charles F. Barrett is coming to Cooperstown.

The great union evangelistic campaign in Cooperstown, for which preparations have been going on for the past three months, will begin next Sunday evening. The services during the first week will be held in the Methodist Episcopal Church, where an enlarged gallery will be constructed for a choir of 45 members. The church itself will be seated to accommodate over 600 people. Barrett is a man with a message, and all report him to be a brilliant preacher. He objects to offensive forms of personal work in his services.

Of Irish parentage, Mr. Barrett’s addresses flash with wit and are sweetened by humor.

November 24, 1915

75 YEARS AGO

Deer Hunting Items: Otsego County game protectors will enforce strictly the prohibition against hunting game from an automobile. Numerous complaints have been received

“Bloomer Girl,” a major 20th Century Fox motion picture will begin shooting in Cooperstown next July 26, it has been announced this week by Richard D. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox vice-president in charge of production. The picture will be directed by George Cukor, winner of the Academy Award for “My Fair Lady.” Cukor recently visited Cooperstown on an extensive tour of New York State to look for possible location sites. “Bloomer Girl” which is to be filmed in wide-screen and in color will star Shirley MacLaine. The musical score has been written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, whose collaborations include the Academy Award winning hit “Over the Rainbow.”

November 24, 1965

25 YEARS AGO

Walter Rich, president and chief executive officer of Delaware-Otsego Corporation announced the company’s third quarter financial results. The company realized net profits for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 1990, of $184,000 or $14 per share on revenues of $7,959,000, and $524,000 or $.39 per share on revenues of $31,767,000 respectively, representing increases in net earnings of $149,000 and $36,000 over the same periods in 1989. Rich attributed the increase to growth in container and equipment leasing revenues, decreases in interest expense on loans and a restructuring of the senior debt load.

November 28, 1990

10 YEARS AGO

D. Stephen Elliott, president of the New York State Historical Association and the Farmers’ Museum, announced the appointment of Wayne Mellor as Vice-President of Marketing and Finance. Four other NYSHA staff members received promotions – Dr. Paul D’Ambrosio, Garet Livermore, Joseph Siracusa, and Barbara Fischer.

November 25, 2005

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Steal away on Saturday after Thanksgiving for a rare form of folk & pop music!

Ballroom Thieves Saturday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 pm Otesaga Resort Hotel Cooperstown www.cooperstownconcertseries.org

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Please call the Otesaga’s Hawkeye Grill at 607-547-9931 for dinner reservations before the show!

TiCkeTS: $20 for adults $15 for senior citizens and college students with current ID $8 for students age 13-18 Children age 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult.

Call 607-547-1812. Tickets also available at Church & Scott Pharmacy, Ellsworth and Sill, Fly Creek General Store and Riverwood.

Remaining tickets will be available at the door.

Upcoming Event: Heather Maloney Saturday December 19 2015 Otesaga Resort Hotel

Cooperstown Concert Series programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Other support provided by Sound Performance.

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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Hannah, Gibson Slam; Liberty Weeps

To the Editor: I recently read of the efforts of Congressmen Hannah and Gibson to slam the immigration door on Syrian refugees. This flies in the face of what we stand for as a country. As a writer for the New York Times LETTERS recently said, such political brinksmanship must have the Statue of Liberty crying.

Security is most definitely a priority which must be recognized. However, as per raw data furnished by the Migration Policy Institute, there was one arrest for terrorism for every 250,000 refugees since 9/11. Refugee status within our immigration process is more deeply

vetted than any other pathway into the United States, averaging at least 24 months and more.

The 9/11 attacks were not the product of refugees but sick individuals who entered the country as students and tourists. If terrorists want to attack America they won’t wait two years to do so. Helping refugees – desperate refugees, as was my grandfather, in a secure logical and thoughtful manner, devoid of the potential for demagoguery so sorely tempting after Paris, is neither naivete nor sentimentality. In no uncertain terms it is the humanity that constitutes the backbone of this country.

KENNETH KAVANAGH Cooperstown

Republican Debates Display Pure Demagoguery LETTER/From A4 from whatever source derived…” This amendment, passed by Congress in 1909, was ratified by at least 75 percent of the state legislatures in 1913.

Does Cruz believe he can simply ignore the Constitution and abolish the agency that administers federal tax law?

Impossible! The federal government would be powerless to raise tax revenues without the efforts of the IRS. Would Cruz simply have a legal tax system without tax regulations, rulings and enforcement? Pure demagoguery!

Donald Trump wants to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants by some “humane” process, costing taxpayers trillions of dollars. Absurb. Impossible to achieve! And, where would they go? We need a humane immigration policy.

The Republican primary debates shouldn’t be taken seriously. Purely a show to appeal to a few right-wing, angry extremists. Voters, get serious! We need serious discussions about serious issues.

Do you really want one of these characters to be president of the United States?

And, which one of this assortment can be elected? When you vote, vote with your brain! These Republican candidates have articulated these reactionary positions: 1. Deny women the right to choose; 2. Defund Planned Parenthood, and thus deny health care to millions of women; 3. Deny humans’ impact on climate change; 4. Permit unrestricted sale and use of any types of guns; 5. Repeal the Affordable Care Act, and by so doing deny millions of Americans health insurance;

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6. Deny any increase in the minimum wage, and thus deny many individuals and families a livable income (a form of slavery); 7. Deny millions of decent, undocumented immigrants an

opportunity to become citizens, and deport them from our country after many years of living here, including those born here.

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Thanksgiving

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25% of all sales will be donated to Cooperstown Art Association

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from all of us here at John Mitchell Real Estate Dave LaDuke, Mike Winslow Laura Coleman and Madeline K. Woerner

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Thanks for time together, turkey, talk and tangy weather, H for harvest stored away, home, hearth and holiday.

Autumn’s frosty air and perfect abundance in the heart.

N for neighbors, November, nice things to remember.

K for kitchen kettle’s croon, kindness, kids and kin expected soon.

S for sizzling sights and something special all around.

That spells Thanks…for joy in living and a bountiful Thanksgiving.

Don Olin REALTY 37 Chestnut street · Cooperstown 607-547-5622 · 607-547-5653 (fax)

At this time of Thanksgiving we pause To count our blessings.

The freedom of this great country in which we live, The opportunity for achievement.

The friendship and confidence you have shown in us.

For all of these things we are deeply thankful.

Our best wishes for a

Margaret, Cathy, Madeline, Marion, Tim, Eric, Don and Mike

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REALTY 29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown • 607-547-4045 • www.ashleyconnorrealty.com On Tree Lined Nelson Avenue—Circa 1913 Craftsman home has 3 full floors totaling some 3,600+/- sq ft. Renovated by the current owners, this gracious home has a welcoming front entry w/beveled glass sidelights, wide staircase. French doors to large LR w/fireplace and back office area; period DR w/oak built-ins, French doors and leaded glass windows. Renovated kitchen w/original oak cabinets, new cabinets, small woodstove, all new appliances. Powder room, original walk-in pantry, enclosed back porch. Second floor has four BRs, newly done bath w/footed tub. Third floor has a new bath and 3 rooms, 1 of them renovated. Refinished wood floors throughout. Original details and hardware. Newly painted walls. Lots of storage.

Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $469,000 For Appointment: patricia Bensen-Ashley, Broker/owner, 607-437-1149 Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 607-547-5304 • Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 607-547-2828 Chris patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175

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On Thanksgiving Day, Cooperstown Provides Fast Help For Addicts HEROIN/From A1 ment’s Facebook page, and learned Covert had a program designed to help heroin addicts.

Within hours, the chief had the woman’s son at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady to begin detox, then arranged for him to stay at the Conifer Park treatment center in Glenville.

The next day, Covert put another addict in touch with two recovery centers to help her get clean. “People say I’m going too fast,� he said. “But we have to get these people help before they change their minds.�

On Thanksgiving Day, Covert planned to officially launch the village’s Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI), inspired by a program in Gloucester, Mass., pioneered there by Chief Leonard Campanello. “I want to give families something to be thankful for,� Covert said. “There are so many families struggling with opiate addiction of their loved ones.�

When the chief posted that Facebook message at noon on Friday, Nov. 20, it immediately went viral, garnering tens of thousands of shares and comments. “I was in tears with some of what people were saying,� he said. “One woman was suicidal, and there were other comments offering to help her even before I could offer to get in touch with her.�

The Associated Press picked up the story, and headlines and reports appeared from the Tampa Tribune to Sirius radio.

Covert had pitched the program to the Village Board’s Public Safety Committee in September. “We recognized that there was an issue,� said committee chair Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. “I asked him to bring it before the full board.� “It’s a really forwardthinking process: To stop punishing people and get them the help they need,� said Mayor Jeff Katz.

Under PAARI, an addict can walk into the police station on the Fair Street side of 22 Main and turn over his or her heroin “kit� – drugs and paraphernalia. No arrest. No jail. The person then signs a form stating he or she is entering treatment willingly, then is screened for outstanding arrest warrants, said Covert. “If there are warrants out for

their arrest, we’ll still help them get treatment, but not through this program.�

Persons detoxing will be taken Brenner to Bassett Hospital’s emergency room to be stabilized. “Bassett is the bridge,� he said. “This way, they can get the help they need before they get into the rehab center.�

The officer on duty will then call a list of rehab centers to find an open bed, and recruit a volunteer “Angel� to travel with the person in need to a rehab center. “We’re partnering with medical transport companies and cabs to help them get to treatment,� said Covert. “We want to get them into treatment within 24 hours.�

Six “Angels� – among them a social worker, a drug counselor and two recovering addicts now studying to be addiction specialists – were briefed by Covert the Tuesday morning before Thanksgiving. “We’re looking for people who are compassionate, people who are available on short notice to go for a ride.�

Angels are volunteering from afar. “We’ve had people from Florida asking, ‘how can we help’?� said Covert. “Having those kind of volunteers will be helpful if we have to send people out of state for treatment.�

Covert is also working with the county’s Opiate Task Force and the Oneontabased LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions to organize local resources. “We’ve been sharing lists of our providers, as well as direct contact information,� said Julie Dostal, LEAF executive director. “People with addiction deserve treatment rather than jail.�

A similar program is underway in Oneonta, with a launch date in early January. “Mike has done good work,� said Oneonta Lt. Doug Brenner. “We’re working together, so I’ll use some of his resources.�

In the meantime, Brenner said, an addict can come into the Oneonta police station and be referred to Fox Hospital, LEAF, or Addiction Recovery Services for help. “We can’t guarantee it will work for everyone,� said Covert. “But if we can help these people, how cool would that be?�

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MLS#100017 $429,000 For Sale or Lease – 4,183+/- sq ft, multi-use commercial bldg, Main Street Cooperstown. 1st floor has 2 retail spaces, oak-paneled walls, leaded glass windows.

Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607- 267-2683 (cell)

MLS#101598 $365,000 3-BR, 2-bath 1820 Federal farmhouse in Fly Creek on 2.82+/- acres bordering the creek! Open kitchen, DR and family room w/woodstove, formal LR, FP. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#101853 $138,500 Meticulously maintained farmhouse has 5 BRs, 2 baths, beautiful hardwood floors, oversized 2-car barn/garage. 20 minutes from Utica.

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MLS#101333 $309,000 4-BR, 3-bath, energy-efficient home w/2-car garage on 3 acres. Cooperstown Schools. 2,250 sq ft, cathedral ceiling, gas FP, central air, hardwood floors.

Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#101629 $239,900 Hide Away or Play! This immaculate 3 bedroom retreat on 92 mostly wooded acres is bordered by State land on 2 sides. A hunter’s paradise!

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MLS#103007 $349,900 Location, Location, Location! Stunning 4-BR, 2-bath home located in the Village of Cooperstown.

A truly spectacular house waiting for new owners!

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MLS#96275 $149,900 63-acre Farm ½ mile of prime riverfront property.

Seller is a NY State Licensed RE Salesperson.

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MLS#103205 $149,000 4-BR, 1½-bath home in Afton on 1 acre! Hardwood floors and trim, fireplace, pocket doors, 2 sun porches.

Not in flood zone. Carriage house and a garage!

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MLS#103037 $115,000 Priced Far Below Appraised Value! More than 54’ lake frontage w/incredible water views. Waterfront cottage awaits your vision and loving care.

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MLS#99280 $349,900 350 Eddie Martin Rd Milford – Contemporary ranch, 5 acres, 3-4 BRs, 2½ baths, radiant heat, Jacuzzi in master BR, in-ground pool Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#100372 $214,900 794 Davenport Rd, Maryland – Beautiful, private, 3-BR, 3-bath home backs up to State land! Pole barn and garages for 15 cars and RV! Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#100442 $393,000 929 County Hwy 39 Worcester – Country meets luxury! Exceptional log home w/views, radiant heat, FP, 3 BRs, 3 baths, bonus room. Close to State land.

Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#103199 $110,000 Charming 4+ BR, 2-bath home on over ½ acre.

27’ pool, privacy fence and deck for enjoying the outdoors! Large rooms! Pellet stove!

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MLS#99506 $249,000 4-BR, 2-bath home w/open floorplan, kitchen island, 2 propane FPs, wood floors, master w/private bath, finished lower level, 2 decks, hot tub, 2-car garage.

Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607- 267-2683 (cell)

MLS#103035 $144,999 Beautifully Updated Victorian 4 BRs, 2 baths, large oversized sunlit rooms, new windows, large closets, 2 +/- acres. Old world charm and craftsmanship.

Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#102895 $76,900 Incredible Buying Opportunity! Beautifully kept 3BR farmhouse being sold way under assessed value!

New roof and septic, huge cook’s kitchen.

Call Donna Schulz @ 607-267-6330 (cell)

MLS#101227 $474,900 5-BR, 3½-bath home on 12+ acres. Spacious kitchen w/cathedral ceiling, granite counter, SS appliances.

Open floorplan, DR/LR off the kitchen. 2 car garage.

Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#102333 $248,000 As Rare As It Gets! Historic 1789 stone house has had massive luxury renovations. 3-BR, 2-bath home.

Call Erin Moussa @ 607-435-1285 (cell) Virtual tour: www.NYHousefind.com

MLS#102201 $169,900 4-BR, 1½-bath, move-in ready home features eat-in kitchen w/original cabinets. Den opens to large LR. Property also offers quaint storefront w/2 baths!

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MLS#100920 $19,500 Owner Must Sell! 6.7 scenic acres, mostly open land, in desirable community. Short commute to Cooperstown, NYCM, NYS thruway and Utica area.

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MLS#102855 $39,000 Spaciousfor 4 BR, 2 bath house is close to I-88. or Large Looking a fixer upper house for yourself to flip? 2backyard, small shed.

BR home inworkshop/garage, Sidney. Some hardwood floors.Make 1-caryour garage. appointment today. Priced to go this week!

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MLS#99322 $69,900 Morris – 3-BR, 2-bath double-wide and 3-BR, 3-bath single-wide on 0.85 acres! 1-car garage, 2 sheds, Cooperstown VillageDW home.

Seller pays costs (up fenced yard, pond. w/newer roof closing and windows. to w/acceptable Call$3,000 Suzanne Darling @offer).

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First Time Offered! Stunning Colonial was built in 2005. Spacious chef’s kitchen w/island, SS appliances, access to back deck and formal DR. Spacious and bright LR. Great room has 2-sided gas fireplace w/granite hearth which leads to sun room w/access to yard and deck. Large master suite w/walk-in closet. Basement is beautifully finished w/full bar, gaming area, media room.

Huge deck w/basketball court and gazebo. Beautifully landscaped yard, 2-car attached garage, paved driveway and mountain views. Easy access to I-88.

MLS#103132 $364,500

Looking for Space? Lovely move-in ready center-City home offers loads of living and storage space. Upper level features open living/dining area; nicely updated kitchen w/new countertops, breakfast bar and skylight; 3 BRs, 2 full baths.

Master BR has attached master bath and another full bath in the hall. Lower level features family room w/built in bookshelves and cupboards, another BR, full bath and laundry/workshop. Exterior of the home has front stonework. Attached garage, paver walkways and driveway and lower blacktop drive. Front balcony over the garage, large back deck, nice sized yard w/storage shed. Come take a look!

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A very comfortable farmhouse on 8+/- acres just a few miles from the Village. More land is available. This home is in move-in condition— lovely LR w/built-ins and doors to deck, DR, den w/built-in bookcases, full bath, laundry room, as well as a sunny eat-in kitchen. Upstairs are 4 BRs and 2baths. Excellent closet space, semi-finished basement w/ former playroom area, shop space, storage, full walk-up attic. Lovely lawn space w/stocked pond used for winter skating. Formerly Tarlee Stables, the horse barn is 9,000+/- sq ft w/9 box stalls. This space is good for boat or vehicle storage, animals or play.

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aseball’s village becomes the North Pole as a parade brings Santa Claus in a horse-drawn carriage to his Pioneer Park cottage. 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27. Main Street, Cooperstown. Info, www.thisiscooperstown.com TURKEY TROT: Annual Thanksgiving Day “Turkey Trot” fundraiser to benefit Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care.

8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26. registration ($30); 9 a.m. 5k run/walk. Start at Oneonta Boys & Girls Club, 70 River St., Oneonta.

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Marc Bresee, top left, and his dad Phil, bottom left, will attest Clark Chaplayne was their best Santa ever.

Clark Chaplayne Reigned Over Golden Days Of Christmas

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“We had other Santas at Bresee’s, but

there were none like Clark,” said Marc Bresee, the fourth-generation owner of the famed former department store in downtown Oneonta. “He was the real Santa.”

Chaplayne was the Bresee’s Santa Claus from 1946 to 1959. “He was so real,” said Marc, a young boy at the time.

“He remembered your name. He acted

like he really knew you. You couldn’t wait for your turn to sit on his lap.”

Chaplayne and his Mrs. Claus, wife Betty, lived in Worcester and didn’t have children of their own. But even after the season ended, his commitment to his role did not.

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GIFT OF BOOKS: Get your favorite local history, children’s book, coffee table book, memoir, travel tome, and more signed by your choice of 11 area authors at a Holiday Book Signing at The Farmers’ and Fenimore Art Museums. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27. Free. 5775 Rte. 80 & 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.FenimoreArtMuseum.org or www.

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19TH CENTURY HOLIDAY: Free admission for all, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FridaySaturday, Nov. 27-28, at The Farmers’ Museum. Experience 19th century holiday crafts and food, see heritage turkeys, ride the carousel, watch master smiths, more. 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org PLAYBOYS BASH: Party those post-holiday pounds away at the annual “Night After Thanksgiving” bash with The Horseshoe Lounge Playboys (acoustic Americana). 8:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 27. $10 at the door. B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, www.bsideballroom.com DECK THE HALLS: Boughs of holly and more with wreaths decorated by local artists, businesses and more at the “Adorna-Door” wreath festival, to benefit the Cooperstown Art Association Galleries.

10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. Upstairs ballroom gallery, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

Info, www.cooperstownart.com

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James Manor near Emmons. “It was all Workshop in Old just cardboard, very inForge, running their expensive,” said Marc.

‘Santa School’,” said “But they made some Marc. “Department amazing displays.” stores from all over the And just after state would send their Thanksgiving, Santa Santas to train under would make his aphim. pearance downtown.

“He taught them Bresee’s “We brought him in that you really have to best Santa any way we could,” like kids, you have to ever. said Marc. “One year, be able to get down on he came in a Buick driven by their level.”

George Monser of Monser Christmas started early at Brothers Tires, and another Bresee’s, with the display deyear, a fireman dressed up like partment hard at work designSanta and climbed the lading the store’s iconic windows, der onto the roof. Clark was complete with the animatronic waiting inside, and then he elves now on display at St.

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came out the front door, so it looked like he’d gone down the chimney!”

The Santa cottage location changed from time to time, but it was usually near the Gift Shop on the second floor. “The house was pretty big,” he said.

But a trip to visit Santa there was more than just a few minutes on the Big Guy’s lap.

There were pony rides in the rug department, a mechanical Rudolph – at the Thanksgiving Home in Cooperstown for the season – and even a ride-on train. “We set it up in the furniture department and everyone could take a ride,” he said. “I wish we still had it!”

Each school in the area would come in and sing Christmas carols for an evening. One time, Bresee’s even had a contest to name two little donkeys.

“The winning names were ‘Ham and Eggs’,” said Marc.

“We even had a ‘Breakfast With Santa’ that was just for the kids. It was always a riot.”

And before Christmas even started, presents were in hand.

“Santa gave each kid a gift,” said Marc. “A candy cane, a comic book, even a coloring book. I still have mine!”

Chaplayne died in the 1995, and Betty remarried, remaining a fixture at the Bresee’s Health Bar until her death in 1993.

“She always smelled like Lily of the Valley,” said Marc. “If I walked in and smelled that, I knew she was there. She was just the sweetest.”

Santa’s chair and costume have since been donated to the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, where Marc’s daughter, Corinne Bresee-Smith, serves as board president.

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per district. However, he added, there are 44,000 Rotary clubs worldwide, so there’s plenty of room to grow.

Mary reported on the collection at a recent meeting of Cooperstown Rotary, and observed the banners are from clubs all over the world and the U.S. Only the upper Midwest isn’t as fully represented among the lower 48 states as she might like.

Her association with banners began soon after her association with Rotary. She was a hospitality management professor at Tiffin University in Ohio when, in 1989, Rotary International eliminated the requirement that club members be “male persons,” following a U.S. Supreme Court decision two years before.

The Tiffin club reached out and recruited four “female persons” – a banker, a library director, an innkeeper and a college professor – that being Mary Wright. She was sponsored by a local funeral director.

“At the time,” she recalled during an interview, one of 14 archival boxes full of banners on a nearby sideboard, “many male members of many Rotary Clubs quit.” That resistance ebbed, she said, when Rotarians discovered “it’s women who do the work.”

From her perspective, Rotary’s “Service Over Self” motto made membership a perfect fit: “I’m service oriented. I have been service-minded from the very beginning. My career was the service industry.”

She added, tongue in cheek, “Hospitality is the world’s second oldest industry.”

It was at the Tiffin Rotary that Mary first assumed oversight of a banner collection.

Banners are an aspect of Rotary. As club members travel, they make up absences from their local club meetings by attending the club wherever their destination might be.

Cooperstown Rotarians do travel, but Larison said the club’s energetic Rotary Exchange program must have contributed to the banner collection’s size.

Each year, the local club hosts five foreign students, who bring banners from their sponsoring clubs from Belgium to Brazil to Thailand. And 7-8 outgoing students take Cooperstown banners to clubs hosting them overseas. “That’s 13 a year,” Larison said.

Mary Wright was raised in the thriving Herkimer of the 1920s and ’30s – “it’s not the same place,” she said. She was introduced to Otsego County as a junior in high school when

her father, Herkimer High School Principal Roy Wright, arranged a summer job for her as a car hop at The Dutch Mill in Emmons, on the site of today’s Rainbow Motel.

When the teenager returned the following summer, the Dutch Mill owners had added a dining room. Mary took to waiting on tables and, on graduating from Herkimer High, enrolled in Cornell’s hospitality management program, graduating in 1945.

She started her career at the top, at New York City’s Plaza, one of the world’s foremost hotels, then and now, as assistant personnel manager; her office overlooked Central Park. The lettering on her door read “M.R. Wright.” The M and R were so close together applicants thought they were meeting a man. “They were disappointed to have to work for a woman,” she said.

A few years later, Mary moved from The Plaza to Hotel Accountants & Consultants, an international consulting firm. In 1963, her career took another turn as she joined the Treadway organization, which assigned her to its Batavia inn, then a social hub of Genesee County.

After additional assignments, including managing Treadway’s Lord Jeffery in

Amherst, Mass., she returned to Batavia, where in 1979 she founded Genesee Community College’s hospitality-management program.

She went on to teach hospitality at RIT and then Tiffin, but on retiring from teaching at age 70 she returned from Ohio to Batavia and a retirement position (and residence) at Trocaire Place, an assisted living facility.

Since 2000, she’s lived in Cooperstown. “I’m famous for saying, I love hills,” she explained.

Once Rotarians realized someone was tending the collection, “people began bringing up banners from their basements,” she remembered. In particular, Marjorie Tillapaugh added banners she and her husband, George, a longtime club secretary who died in 1988, had collected over the years.

Clubs use banners to promote local attractions, and Mary’s archive includes banners with “a great variety of symbols” – kangaroos, waterfalls and the like.

A recent favorite is Cooperstown’s, depicting the Sleeping Lion above a lake of bat-and-ball waves. It was designed by Rotarian Ralph Snell’s daughter, Anna, now a graphic designer with Converse in Boston.

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Directed by Donna I. Decker, Ballet by Irine Fokine Friday, December 11, 7 pm Saturday, December 12, 1 and 7 pm Goodrich Theater, State University College at Oneonta

$20 general, $15 students/seniors Tickets available: Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta The Eighth Note Music Store, Oneonta Rachel’s Framing and Fine Art, Delhi Tickets also available through Decker School of Ballet /FBC 607-432-6290 or deckerschool of ballet.org FBC accepts MasterCard and Visa Cameo appearances by members of the Susquehanna SCPA

The weather outside will be frightful… but indoor golf is SO delightful!

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MEN’S and WOMEN’S WINTER LEAGUES begin Monday, November 30 2-person teams men’s: 9-hole match play, 9-hole scramble Women’s: 9-hole scramble, mixed 9-hole scramble League play ANY day! New course every week!

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Sunday, December 13th at 3:30 pm

Registration: Please register by November 29 607-353-7939 or www.roundhouseindoorgolf.com $25 per team. all entry fees used for cash prizes.

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We are collecting non-perishable food, hats, mittens & socks for local charities!

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All are welcome. Refreshments served.

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Friday, November 27

BLOOD DRIVE -- 12:30-6:30 p.m. American Red Cross blood drive. Appointments preferred, but walk-ins welcome. Bassett Hall Auditorium, Bassett Medical Center, (at Beaver and Pioneer Sts), Cooperstown, Appointments at www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-733-2767, or Clinical Lab office at (607) 547-3701.

SUPPER CLUB -- doors 7:30 p.m.; show 8:30 p.m. Annual “Night After Thanksgiving” party with area fave The Horseshoe

Lounge Playboys (acoustic Americana). $8 in advance; $10 at door. B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta.

Info, www.bsideballroom.com or (607) 432-2053.

Saturday, November 28

COOP FARMERS MARKET -- 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Bounty of seasonal fruits and veggies, local meats, more. Handmade goods. Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank).

Info, (607) 547-6195, www. otsego2000.org

Thursday-Friday, NOVEMBER 26-27, 2015

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET -- 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locally-grown food, flowers, crafts, more.

Indoors during winter at Garage Walkway on Main St., at Dietz.

Info, www.oneontafarmersmarket.com CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m.

Cooperstown Concert Series presents “Ballroom Thieves” (folk/pop trio). Tickets $8-$20 (kids 12, under free) at Ellsworth & Sill, Riverwood, Church & Scott Pharmacy, and Fly Creek General Store. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownconcertseries.org

Tuesday, December 1

CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. SUNY Oneonta’s Hewitt Pantaleoni Me-

morial Concert Series presents Alone Together: The Mollin-Clay Jazz Duo. Featuring Carleton Clay (trumpet) and Rich Mollin (bass).

Free; no tickets needed. Sanford Auditorium, (IRC #3), SUNY Oneonta. Info, Catskill Conservatory at (607) 436-3419.

Wednesday, December 2

RABIES CLINIC -- 4-6 p.m.

Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Previous certificate must be presented for 3-year booster. Dogs on leash; cats and ferrets in pillow case or carrier.

Susquehanna Animal Shelter (formerly Cooperstown SPCA), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5474230.

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Friday, December 4

ART OPENING -- 4:30-7 p.m.

Opening reception for “The Return of The ‘Taj Garage: Finery & More from India and Nepal,” Free admission, refreshments. Exhibit & sale also 10 a.m-5 p.m. Dec. 5 & 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 6. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5327.

CONCERT -- 7 p.m. “Ornament,” Trans-Siberian Orchestra tribute band (Southern New England’s premier rock orchestra). Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Tickets, info, (607) 431-2080 or www.foothillspac. org

FILM SCREENING -- 7 p.m.

2nd monthly “Indie Lens Pop-up” documentaries (through June 3) exploring timely topics. This month: “Autism in Love.” Registration recommended, (607) 547-1453. Fenimore Art Museum, Rte. 80 Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org CONTRADANCE -- 8-11 p.m.

Otsego Dance Society hosts.

Music by Erik House, Kathy Shimberg & Tim White; Peter Blue calls. No partner needed; all dances taught. Suggested donation $8 adults; $4 students and 18 & under; ages 12 & under free. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown.

Info, www.otsegodancesociety. blogspot.com

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley railroad

Santa Claus Express Trains

Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6, 12 and 13 Santa will be on board!

Train departs at 2 pm. Milford Depot, NYS Rte 166, Milford

Christmas Lights Train

Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 Train departs at 6:30 pm.

Reservations required.

Call Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society at 607-432-2429.

december 3 at 6 pm with executive chef Michael gregory

First Course…Braised short ribs and mushroom risotto

with fresh herbs. Paired with Malbec Lujuria 2013 (Argentina). seCond Course…Harvest Salad: Roasted beets, feta and candied walnuts on a bed of mixed greens. Paired with Leonard Kreusch Piesporter Michelsberg Riesling Spatlese (Germany) Main Course…Stuffed pork loin w/cranberry stuffing, garlic green beans, and butternut squash soufflé w/shallot jus. Paired with Heron Hill Pinot Noir 2012 (New York). dessert…Pumpkin spice cake w/vanilla custard sauce.

Paired with your choice: Heron Hill Late Harvest Vignoles (New York) or Black Button Bourbon Cream (New York)

$50 per person

Holiday Winter Dollscape Benefit Sunday december 6 · 1 to 4 pm Fly creek united methodiSt church 852 county hwy 26, Fly creek doll show and sale – beautiful dolls in mint condition! barbies, Franklin mint and more. collectibles, all styles and sizes, in original boxes.

refreshments provided. cash or check only. donations accepted.

Presented by McCraith Beverages & your friends at The Lake House

rsVP at 315-858-2058 or lakehouse1843@netscape.net

proceeds benefit the Fly creek united methodist church window restoration project

2521 County HigHway 22 riCHField sPrings

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Notice of Formation of Throwbacks Bar and Grill, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/13/2015. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of Pink4 Properties, LLC. Articles of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY(SSNY) on 9/4/2015. Office location: Otsego County. The SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom service of process against it may be served.

Purpose of this LLC is any lawful act or activity permitted under NYS laws. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to the LLC @ 114 Steamboat Lane Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of HOLLYHOPS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/15. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Richard S. Woods, 189 Main St., Ste. 302, Oneonta, NY 13820. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: Leatherstocking Trails LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 4 November 2015.

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 64 Elm St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted

Notice of formation of Lake Lady Property Management Lake Services, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the SSNY on 11/3/15. Office location Otsego County. SSNY has been designated agent upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon her is 6761 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326, which is also the principal business address of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

6LegalDec24 Legal notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX# 221/15 FILED: 11/3/2015 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates OTSEGO County as the place of trial. Venue is

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based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 1, 2005 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005HE1, Plaintiff(s), against RICHARD D. WHITE A/K/A RICHARD WHITE; if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally 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; RICHARD V. WEBSTER; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF ONEONTA AMBULANCE SERVICE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE # 1 through # 7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint,

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); the United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear or answer within (60) days of service thereof; 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. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego on 10/7/2015.

Defendant(s).

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(s) within

This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Morris, County of Otsego, State of New York (Section 221.13, Block 2 and Lot 33.02).

Said premises known as 2 Ripley Drive, Morris, NY 13808. YOU

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BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Clarfield, Okon, Salomone, & Pincus, P.L. 425 RXR Plaza, 4th Floor, UNIONDALE, NY 11556 4LegalDec3 Legal notice Notice of formation of POOLBROOK PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on October 21, 2015. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 229 Poolbrook Road, Laurens, NY 13796.

The purpose of the LLC is the engage in any lawful act or activity.

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chitecture, PLLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/14/15.

Office location: Otsego County.

PLLC organized in MA on 5/26/15.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. MA and principal business address: 177 Milk St., Boston, MA 02109. Cert. of Org. filed with MA Sec. of the Commonwealth, One Ashburton Place, 17th Fl., Boston, MA 02108.

Purpose: practice the profession of architecture.

6LegalDec3 Legal notice SUBURBAN PAINTING AND REPAIRS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/13/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Trosset Group Attorneys PO Box 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION Cooperstown Financial Services, LLC Arts. of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 99 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 / Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalNov26 Legal notice OTEGO HIGHWAY 8 LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/21/15.

Office: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Maria Mori, 3 Enste Court, Commack, NY 11725. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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CHRISTMAS HAPPENIN’S Friday, November 27

1-5 p.m. Sat. Nov. 28; noon-2 p.m. (pets 2-4 p.m.) Sun. Nov. 29. More December hours for Santa & Mrs. Claus posted at the Christmas Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.

DECORATING CONTEST

COOPERSTOWN SANTA -- 5:30 p.m. Santa arrives at Christmas Cottage in Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. Hours:

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-- (Nov.27-Dec. 6). First Annual Oneonta Holiday Decorating Contest, hosted by Townsquare Media and Munson’s. Prizes; winners announced Dec. 21.

Info, Destination Oneonta, (607) 432-2941.

THANKSGIVING AT THE FARM -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (also Nov. 28).

Free admission. Experience 19th century Thanksgiving crafts and traditions at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80, Cooperstown.

Info, www.farmersmuseum.org 11 AUTHORS -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Holiday Book Signing at the Fenimore Art & Farmers’ Museums. (Also sale at both museum shops.) Buy a book and get it signed by the author. Free.

Guest authors include Chuck D’Imperio, Richard Duncan, James McCue, Nancy Pfau, Hank Nichols, Peter Lindermann, Al Bullard, Daniel Middleton, Jeff Katz, Jim Mullen, Meta Watts and Barbara Nark. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80 & The Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.

FenimoreArtMuseum.org or www.

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Saturday, November 28

THANKSGIVING AT THE FARM -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. Experience 19th century Thanksgiving crafts and traditions at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org ADORN-A-DOOR WREATH FEST -- 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Silent auction of decorated wreaths donated by local artists and businesses, to benefit Art Association Galleries. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5479777 or www.cooperstownart. com

RICHFIELD SPRINGS FETE -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Also Nov. 29).

Richfield Springs hosts a two-day holiday fest offering a historical photo exhibit, quilt and craft shows, People’s Choice “Winter Windowland” window painting contest, wreaths, food, window boxes, more. Main Street, Richfield Springs. Also Christmas tree lighting 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29, with Santa, refreshments, caroling, contest winners announced, at Spring Park, Richfield Springs.

Info (315) 858-2111.

Sunday, November 29

FESTIVAL & TREE LIGHTING --- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Final day of Richfield Springs holiday fest offering a historical photo exhibit, quilt and craft shows, People’s Choice “Winter Windowland” window painting contest, wreaths, food, window boxes, more. Main Street, Richfield Springs. Also Christmas tree lighting 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29, with Santa, refreshments, caroling, contest winners announced, at Spring Park, Richfield Springs. Info (315) 858-2111.

Wednesday, December 2

WREATH WORKSHOP -- 6:30 p.m. Make a homemade evergreen wreath with Marian Streese, owner of Changing Seasons Garden Center in Hartwick. $10 per person; all welcome. Hartwick Fire Dept., Hartwick. Info, Beth O’Brien (607) 293-3009.

CRITERION PARTY -- 7 p.m.

Cooperstown Criterion Club hosts annual holiday party for members & guests. Refreshments served; members please bring a dozen cookies for cookie swap.

Can bring gift to exchange (valued at no more than $10.) Vet’s Club, 60 Main St., Cooperstown.

Thursday, December 3

LOST: Canon 600RT Flash Unit in vicinity of Templeton Hall on Sept. 1. Reward offered. Please call (607) 264-2375.

TFN HOMES FOR SALE Cooperstown Village: 36 Susquehanna Ave, central location. New paint.

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Incomparable Views. Serenity & Quiet. Call Margaret Savoie at (607) 547-5622 TFN HOMES FOR RENT House For Rent! 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath Colonial in Middlefield. $1500 per month, includes use of 2 car garage.

Pets may be permitted with extra security and references.Contact Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-4324391 for details.

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Available September thru May Call 607-267-2683 TFN Pierstown area with spectacular views of Otsego Lake.

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TFN OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Oneonta Retail Space For Lease! Over 8,000 square feet of space featuring loading dock with overhead door and warehouse area, plus a light and bright retail space second to none in the downtown lower hub of the city. $2950 per month. Call Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC for details at 607-4324391.

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT

1BR Apartment For Rent. 114 Main Street Cooperstown. $700/month.

Includes water. Available Dec 1st. 607-434-9306 3ClassDec11 COOPERSTOWN 1 bedroom.

Edge of village. First floor.

Off street parking. $950.00. includes heat, electric. No pets or smoking. References.

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Available now 3ClassDec4 Milford 3 bedroom. Outside of village. Big back yard. No smoking. No pets. $750.00 plus utilities. References. Call

Dave at John Mitchell Real Estate. 547 8551 or 435 2405 3ClassDec4 Apt for rent in Morris. 2 br, 1 bath. $675/mo includes garbage removal. Quiet neighborhood.No pets.

607-434-7933 3ClassNov27 Studio in the village of Cooperstown. Convenient.

Within walking distance of hospital and groceries. Electric, heat, parking included.

Available September 1st. $700/month. Long or short term. Contact Rob Lee @ 607-434-5177.

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Friday, December 4

GILBERTSVILLE HOLIDAY TOUR -- 7-9 p.m., Gilbertsville Free Library hosts public tour of four historic village homes, plus churches and local businesses, all decorated for the holidays.

Proceeds benefit the historic library. Also local artisan holiday sale at The Empire House & open house at Dunderberg Gallery.

Tickets, tours start at the library, 19 Commercial St., Gilbertsville.

Info, (607) 783-2731 or (607) 783-2832.

Saturday, December 5

THISTLE HILL OPEN HOUSE -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Also Dec. 6).

Annual holiday open house showroom and mill tours for historic Thistle Hill Weavers textile mill.

Mill is weaving drapery fabrics for Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield, Ill. Mill also open weekdays starting Dec. 7. 101 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Cherry Valley.

Info, www.thistlehillweavers.com CHRISTMAS AT THE BARN -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Also Dec. 6.)

39th annual old-time Christmas open house, presented by Butternut Barn Primitives. Hot mulled cider, gingerbread cookies, seasonal goods, antiques, more.

427 Butternut Rd, Richfield Springs. Info, www.butternutbarn. com ART OPENING -- 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Opening of holiday market, with changing group shows.

Gallery hours noon- 6 p.m., Thurs-Sun. Cherry Branch Art Gallery, Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 264-9530.

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UGLY SWEATER CONTEST 10 a.m.-7 p.m. First annual Ugly Sweater Contest, hosted

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ONEONTA TREE LIGHTING -- 5-8 p.m. Annual Oneonta ceremony. Santa; carriage rides, dancers, carolers, alpacas, hot cocoa, street vendors. Also 6-7:30 p.m. meet & greet with local representatives at Welcome Center on Dietz St. Muller Plaza, Main Street, Oneonta.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Business For Sale. Tin Bin Alley. 114 Main Street Cooperstown. 2,500 Sq. Ft. Call For Details. 607-4349306.

3ClassDec11 Oneonta Business For Sale! Turn key, established Bar/Restaurant business in busy center city location.

Contact Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-432-4391 for more details.

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The Care Manager is highly organized, can manage his/her time effectively and has strong written, verbal and computer skills. This position requires travel, a minimum of a High School diploma and 3 years experience in mental health field. Bachelor’s degree in human service field preferred; valid NYSDL and criminal background check.

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Eleanore Ellsworth MacDougall, 80; Cooperstown Native Traveled World With Diplomat Husband COOPERSTOWN – Eleanore (Ellsworth) MacDougall, 80, wife of Village Historian Hugh MacDougall, died of a sudden heart attack on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2015, at her home in Cooperstown. The couple were posted to Africa and Southeast Asia during his career with the Foreign Service.

She was the daughter of the late Waldo and Dorris (Gouldhart) Ellsworth of Cooperstown, and granddaughter of the late Ralph Waldo Ellsworth, a founder of Ellsworth & Sill’s clothing store.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her brother, Robert Ellsworth of Washington D.C., and his sons and their wives, Eric and Holly Ellsworth of Washington D.C., Brian and Isabel Ellsworth of Caracas, Venezuela, and Andrew and Janeen Ellsworth of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and by her brother Paul Ellsworth and his wife, Anne, of Dennis Port, Mass., and his daughter, Air Force Col. Katherine (Ellsworth) Oler.

She was born on Jan. 26, 1935, in Cooperstown, and attended Cooperstown Central School, graduating in 1952. After attending Radcliffe College for one year, and spending several years in secretarial work in Boston, she graduated in 1958 from Boston University, where she participated in several choirs.

Always interested in music, she moved to New York City and took evening classes at the Julliard School

in Washington.

While overseas, in addition to the constant social activities required of wives of senior diplomats, she was active in the Fourth Congress of Southern African Women in Mozambique Freeman’s Journal photo in 1973, local women’s welfare Eleanore MacDougall with her groups in Tanzahusband, Hugh, when he was honored in April for service to the nia and Burma, village. and the activities of local Episcopal of Music. For over three churches.

She also taught years in the later 1960s, she piano and sang in a variety was a caseworker for the of choruses. city Welfare Department, in Following her husband’s charge of 50 families in East retirement from the Foreign Harlem.

Service in 1986, the couple In 1970, she renewed an returned to Cooperstown, old friendship with Hugh where she taught piano. She MacDougall, a Foreign Service Officer then on tem- also took organ lessons and served for several years as porary assignment in New pianist/choir director, and York City, and on Dec. 26, then as organist for the First 1970, they were married at Baptist Church, as well as Christ Episcopal Church in Cooperstown. They have no participating in activities of the Oneonta Chapter of the children.

American Guild of OrganShe accompanied her ists. For many years she husband for 15 years on was an accompanist and assignments in East Africa singer in the annual Fly as deputy principal officer Creek Philharmonic. She (1971-74) at the Ameriwas a long-time member of can Consulate General in Christ Church, and at the Lourenco Marques (now time of her death an alto in Maputo), and as political its Choir. officer (1974-76) at the In 2006-11, she was American Embassy in Daron the board of the es-Salaam, Tanzania, and Cooperstown Village finally in Southeast Asia as Library, and secretary in counselor for political and 2008-11.

She was a memeconomic affairs (1981-84) at the American Embassy in ber of the Garden DiscusRangoon, Burma (now Yan- sion Group, the Village Democratic Committee, the gon, Myanmar), as well as League of Women Voters, on his several assignments the Otsego Chapter of the at the Department of State

Thomas Brasitus; Parents Survive In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Thomas Albert Brasitus II, 41, died Nov. 13, 2015, at his residence in Frankfort, Ill. Born April 20, 1974, in Boston, Thomas was the son of Dr. Thomas A. and Christine Brasitus of Cooperstown.

Raised in Illinois, Tom was schooled at Infant Jesus of Prague Grammar School in Flossmoor, Ill., and Marion Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Ill. He is survived by his parents; a son, Liam of Frankfort, Ill.; sister, Christine M. Haugh; niece, Sophie Haugh; and nephews, Nicholas and Oliver Haugh, all of London, England.

The Liturgy of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church, with Father John P. Rosson, pastor, officiating. Burial and Committal services in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery in Index will follow the service.

Arrangements are under the care of Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.

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A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at Christ Church, with Curate Matthew Stromberg officiating, Eleanore’s ashes will be interred next spring in the Christ Church Columbarium Wall.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Cooperstown Food Pantry, 25 Church Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Otsego County youth win top three prizes in NY State Problem Gambling Art Contest Each year, the New York Council on Problem Gambling holds an art contest for the youth of the State of New York. This year the young people were asked to help correct the myths about gambling through their art. Otsego County youth took the top three prizes!

Here are samples of the winning posters.

LEAF Rainer Gardner-Olesen Laurens Central School ‘You Could Get Lucky’ 35 sec. PSA

The LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions was pleased to participate in this statewide contest with prizes funded by a Grant from the New York Council on Problem Gambling. The following students received awards for their art:

LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Trevor Piper Montana Miller Isabel Streeter Ethan Kropp Julia Kropp Caleb Kropp

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