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‘UNILATERAL’ THREAT STIRS DEBATE
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t all began with a helpful conversation, Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal and erupted while the Mitch Owens, CoopersSQSPCA was doing what town, works with it does best: saving Zoe, daughter Emma to crewho chewed off her leg to ate holiday ornaments stop the pain of a tumor. at the crafting table The spark: one word, during the Adorn-aDoor wreath festival on “unilateral.” The issue: Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Is Otsego County funding Cooperstown Art Asthe shelter to minimum sociation/SEE A2 standards?
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Joining the debate are, from left, SPCA Executive Stacie Haynes, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr., county Board Chair David Bliss, and SQSPCA advocate Richard Sternberg.
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►Democrat jim barber, a Middleburgh farmer, has announced that he will run against state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. He plans to formally launch his campaign at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at his family farm, ►MATTHEW HULSE received his Eagle Scout award at a ceremony at Cooperstown Center, where his great-grandmother, Louise Hulse, 102, was in attendance. ►A 16-year-old boy named Aiden Demorier has been declared missing from Bloomville by state police. He is believed to be a runaway and may be in the Norwich area.
with SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes. Sternberg’s “a master mathematician,” said Haynes. “He helped me calculate the actual cost.” Applying “cost accounting” to the shelter’s expenses, Sternberg determined some $70,000 of the shelter’s Please See ZOE, A7
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The Challenge: Making County-Manager System Work Praise Due Kennedy, Bliss, IGA Foursome For Team Effort
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ho gets the praise for professionalizing Otsego County government? Foremost, probably county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick. The idea caught fire with her, evident in her close questioning of SUNY New Paltz Vice President Gerry Benjamin, keynoter at “County Manager v. County Executive,” a forum on the idea Dec. 14, 2017, at Springbrook’s new community center. In the months that followed, she became the first local county representative ever recruited to New York State Association of Counties’ board, and tapped her new connections –
gone nowhere without the consensus-building chairman, David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, who took the helm in January 2018, just as Kennedy’s effort began. Bliss has smoothed the way for a lot of progress, with this effort potentially foremost among them. Kennedy’s IGA committee members: from the majority Republicans, The Freeman’s Journal Schenevus’ Peter Oberacker; Afire, County Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick, from the Democrats, Fly questions SUNY New Paltz Vice President Creek’s Andrew Marietta, Gerry Benjamin during the Dec. 14, 2017 forum, Gilbertsville’s Michele “County Manager v. County Executive,” at Farwell and Oneonta’s Liz Springbrook. Shannon. They attended a Executive Director Steve Affairs Committee that led second monthly meeting 20 months in a row, absorbing Acquario and his network up to this week’s vote. – in two years of study by She did the heavy-lifting, the expertise Kennedy Please See PRAISE, A5 her Intergovernmental but the concept would have
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information and gauge their thoughts on the changes. Many legal experts pointed out the dangerous, unintended consequences associated with these laws. I voted against the proposals. While I am open to discussing changes that could better address the way bail is utilized, these laws go too far. Starting on Jan. 1, perpetrators arrested for manslaughter, assault, criminal possession of a gun, and a number of drug sale offenses will all be released without bail. These suspects will be back on the streets immediately even if they have a criminal past. Judges will no longer have the ability to consider a defendant’s criminal history when determining bail. This is of particular concern in domestic violence cases. A suspect will be released immediately, sent back into the community unsupervised, and have the ability Please See SEWARD, A6
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s we approach the start of 2020, there are a number of new laws that will take effect in New York State. Among them are provisions I am deeply concerned about that will put public safety at risk. The measures include: • Bail changes that will allow 90 percent of individuals arrested to walk free without JIM posting bail; SEWARD • New discovery laws that put increased demands on local prosecutors and could put crime victims and witnesses in danger. These so-called “criminal justice reforms” put criminals first. When the measures were proposed in Albany, I spoke with district attorneys and law-enforcement officials in my state Senate district to gather
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Delay Them Until Full Impact Can Be Studied Editor’s Note: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has represented Otsego County in Albany since 1986.
Hartwick Conservative who chaired the committee that firmed up the idea, and it’s a go and then some. The final tally may include that seventh Democrat, and perhaps two of the other four Republicans. Only Republicans Ed Frazier and Kathy Clark have been outspokenly against the idea that it takes a pro to administer a $120 million operation. • That said, the nays – Frazier, in particular – have raised cautionary issues in two Letters to the Editor Please See EDITORIAL, A5
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y the time you read this, it’s very likely Otsego County will have created a job of county administrator, joining all but a handful of counties around New York State. Heading into the Wednesday, Dec. 4, monthly meeting of the county Board of Representatives, the momentum to professionalize government was clear. Six of the seven Democrats were firmly in favor, plus two Republican leaders – chairman David Bliss and Schenevus’ Peter Oberacker. Add in Meg Kennedy, the
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Photo courtesy http://911research.wtc7.net/ As the South Tower collapses on Sept. 11, 2001, reporter Don Mathisen was running for his life, he recounts in “A Broadcaster’s Life.”
ran for my life as the The building has five subSouth Tower fell. I cellars. The custodians ushwas just a few hundred ered the fleeing people first feet away, standing in a into the lowest level. As that crowd of people, many of basement level filled with whom had escaped from the refugees from the developbuilding. Now we were all ing disaster, custodians running for our lives, burnbegan directing survivors to ing debris falling all the next level up. around us. I was parked on The smoke and the third sub-celdust was washing lar, about 30 feet over in waves, below the street. getting thicker and At that point I thicker. A woman took out my castumbled to the sette tape machine ground in the mad and microphone rush to escape. A and began recordman helped her up ing interviews as she kicked off with people who DON high heals. Now she MATHISEN had escaped from was running bare Two World Trade. foot on the paveRoberto di Matment thick with soot, busted teo was on an upper floor of Two World Trade Center glass and soon, her blood. The woman got cuts on her when the first plane struck. feet but kept running. “I felt a bad shudder Sprinting east on Liberty on the whole building. I Street, south on Broadway, stepped out of my office and east again on Wall Street I heard one of the traders the crowd was directed into on the trading floor yell that a basement by custodians a plane had hit One World who worked at Two Wall Trade. So, immediately evStreet, an office tower that eryone started to evacuate now provided temporary the building. We just went safety to the panicked herd. Please See MATHISEN, A6
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our years ago on a snowy winter day, Dr. Fran Fassett came to our house and released our good old Blue from his failed body. It was amazingly peaceful, even blessed time. Anne and I had had Blue for about 10 years. He was a rescue dog who’d been picked up along Route 88 near Oneonta. Thank God, he was brought to our own animal shelter. A friend on staff there contacted Anne; she knew we’d recently lost JIM our dear old Zach. ATWELL From the get-go, we knew we had a challenge on our hands. Blue was perhaps 6, a lean, muscular dog with great strength and stamina. And no wonder. Though
struggled to hang on between Blue and his forebears, a number till the human hunters of gentler breeds had arrived at the fray. entered his bloodline, I’m guessing that Blue’s ancestors were he was at heart still a Catamostly back-hock dogs. houla Spotted The snout-grabbers likely Leopard Dog. didn’t last to do much That breed was begetting. developed in It’s to Anne’s enormous credit that Blue the Louisiana swampland A border collie, like Blue transmuted from a strong – to hunt wild young dog wracked by boar. separation anxiety to a gentle-hearted The dogs were trained to hound loved by hundreds around here. work in packs of three, with That first stage, though, took a great two grappling with a boar’s toll on the two of us – and on our Fly Creek house. If we both left the place back hocks while the third (who’d perhaps drawn the short straw) at the same time, Blue panicked and went for the snout, There, and in spite damned near tore apart the downstairs, of long, slashing tusks, the dog Please See ATWELL, A6
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library
200 YEARS AGO
Robbery – On the night of Thursday last, the shoe shop of Mr. Stephen Gregory, of this Village, was forcibly entered and robbed of stock and shoes to the amount of at least $250. Suspicion has rested upon John Gardner, who was, late in the evening, seen lurking about town, and had formerly been familiar in the shop. He is a short, thick-set fellow, of dark complexion, with remarkably large eyebrows, his countenance being indelibly stamped with villainy, and has been a sailor. Several persons have been in pursuit, but as yet no trace of the property can be found. December 6, 1819
25 YEARS AGO
there on the day set apart by solemn proclamation by the President of the United States for “Thanksgiving to God as a Nation.” December 6, 1894
100 YEARS AGO
More than 700 farmers of Otsego County with their wives and families attended the annual Farm Bureau meeting at the Oneonta Theatre last Thursday. Perhaps the most startling talk of the meeting was that given by Dr. Ruby Green Smith, assistant state leader of Home Economics agents. She declared that wives of farmers of today are “modern slaves.” Her statement was based on a survey of 1,427 farmers’ homes in New York. “Their working day ends,” said Dr. Smith, “16 to 18 hours after it begins. They are the only individuals who earn an income but do not receive it. The hired girl on the farm has become nearly extinct. But nevertheless, the housewife and helpmeet of the farmer is expected to do all the housework, and provide for the temporal needs of the household, and to aid in the caring for poultry, dairy cattle and the garden. While modern implements are provided for the farm work, ordinary household conveniences found in city households are lacking. The city housewife has running water. Many farm wives must carry water from a well. December 10, 1919
175 YEARS AGO
Excerpts from an essay on Naturalization. “The root of native Americanism is selfishness. Its creed is ‘I, myself.’ It knows nothing of the great principle of doing unto others as you would be done unto. It never heard of the great hypothesis – for if you love them which love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? Do not even the publicans so? Exclusion is at the foundation of Nativism and is therefore repugnant to Christianity, and to the inherent and inalienable rights with which man is endowed by his Creator, and upon which rests the grand theory of all American institutions. The sincere Abolitionist erects a political creed which vindicates human rights in the broadest latitude. It admits no distinctions of persons or of country – no, not even of the most marked distinction which nature has put upon humanity – complexion. December 2, 1844
150 YEARS AGO
Court Proceedings: The County Court and Sessions commenced a term on Monday, Judge Sturges presiding. The Grand Jury was called and sworn, and E.R. Thurber, Esq., appointed foreman. The business in the Sessions was then taken up, and the indictments pending against Samuel Milson and Samuel Ludlam for selling liquor without license were called. The court held the indictments invalid on the ground that the offence was not an indictable one. The law provides a penalty of $50 for each offence, and imprisonment for non-payment of the penalty. December 9, 1869
125 YEARS AGO
A Brutal Game – The football game for the championship of Washington, D.C. between Georgetown University and the Columbia Athletic Club was witnessed by 7,000 people. The slugging was continuous until in the second half both teams with their substitutes, engaged in a general fight, which the police had to stop. Georgetown had the worst of
75 YEARS AGO
Marine Private First Class Bennett O. Potter, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett O. Potter of Cooperstown, R.D. 5, has recently returned to the United States after 29 months overseas. He has been reclassified and reassigned at a Marine Corps base in this country, and was granted a furlough. A member of the First Marine Division, Pvt. Potter last saw action at December 7, 1994 Pelelieu, Palau Islands, Pacific. His unit was awarded the Presidential Citation. He is a graduate of Cooperstown High the casualties, five of the team being disabled. Three men School and joined the Marines in January 1942. were carried from the field on the shoulders of their comDecember 6, 1944 rades in the first fifteen minutes of play. Bahen, quarterback of Columbia, had a broken shoulder bone, and Carmody, captain and halfback of Georgetown, had his collar bone A Cooperstown engineer’s invention is now on the Moon broken and knee wrenched. as part of the scientific laboratory left behind by the Apollo Two Harvard men were knocked senseless in the game XII astronauts. A flexural pivot, a type of frictionless oscilwith Pennsylvania. The week before the papers published lating bearing, invented by Henry Troeger of this village the death of two young men, from the effects of playing plays a vital role in the operation of the seismometer left by football. Bernard Feeter, the student of Fairfield Seminary, astronauts to measure shock waves from the lunar surface. who went crazy after a game in which he was seriously The pivot is part of a gimbal system that supports the injured about the head is receiving careful attention at the seismometer and allows it to regain a level position after Utica insane asylum. As a result of the defeat of the University of California by the Stanford football team, “Brick” a shock has been registered. Mr. Troeger joined Bendix in Whitehouse of the Stanfords was probably mortally shot by 1941 and is currently the Manager for Advance Design for Utica’s Bendix Fluid Power Division. He resides with his Alexander Loughborough, a law student at the University family on Lake Road near Cooperstown. of California. And, this is the sort of sport indulged in and December 3, 1969 patronized by 7,000 men and women in the nation’s capital,
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On Armaments, How Much Is Enough?
he 2020 proposed U.S. military budget is $737 billion. When is enough, enough? This is 37 percent of the $1.7 trillion military spending for all the world. It is more than the next 13 nations combined (numbers in billions): China ($224), Saudi Arabia ($70), India ($55), Germany ($49), UK ($49), Japan ($47), Russia ($44), France ($40), South Korea ($38), Brazil ($29), Italy ($29), Australia ($26) and Canada ($21). Only two of those nations are adversaries. LARRY The $737 billion is but one part BENNETT of the entire U.S. budget of $4.75 trillion – comprising discretionary spending, mandatory spending, and interest payments – but defense discretionary spending is 15 percent of the entire budget and half of all discretionary spending. There is an additional amount of mandatory VA and mili-
tary benefits spending of some $200 billion. That’s almost $1 trillion, over 20 percent of the total budget. Here’s what we have for our money: • We have rough parity in deployed nuclear weapons: 2,200 for us and our allies, vs. 1,780 cumulative for Russia, China and North Korea. Few doubt ours are the most technically advanced and capable, though with nuclear weapons that seems a useless distinction. If only 5 percent of them were exploded, then the entire human race ¬– not just the combatants – would suffer horrible consequences. • We have 13,000 U.S. aircraft vs. Russia and China’s combined 7,000. Other western and allied nations add 12,000 more to our side, so we have 25,000 vs. 7,000. Again, there is little doubt ours are the most capable.
• We have 10 nuclear-powered supercarriers, two more being built, and more planned. The Russians and Chinese each have one. Ours are supported by a massive fleet of offensive and other vessels. Russia’s fleet has heavily deteriorated since the demise of the USSR, and China’s fleet is a fledgling. • We have 70+ submarines, all nuclear powered, classified as either ballistic missile, guided missile or attack submarines. Each of the 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile subs can deliver up to 192 nuclear warheads. The firepower is unimaginable, and in fact half of all U.S. nuclear weapons are on these 14 virtually undetectable submarines. No other submarine force is remotely as lethal as ours. • We have the world’s third largest land force with 1.3 million active troops and another 865,000 in reserve. We also have a global presence unlike any other nation, with Please See BENNETT, A6
Excerpt is from President Eisenhower’s famous 1960 farewell speech decrying the “militaryindustrial complex.” Imagine how he would feel today.
EDITORIAL: If County Manager Approved, Now The Work Begins EDITORIAL/From A4 published on www. AllOTSEGO.com. One, it’s a big job. Two, a manageable expense – salary and benefits are expected to cost $150,000 a year – can get out of control. Greene County, Frazier reported, “realizing one person couldn’t fulfill all the requirements of the position, … hired a deputy. There, annual spending for the office is now in excess of $350K.” He concludes, “We have a lot of other line items in the budget that we could spend $350K on.” (Among them, perhaps $40,00-70,000 in costs being absorbed by the Susquehanna SPCA; but that’s for another day.) • Still, the consensus grew behind hiring a county manager as county reps recognized there’s too much to do, and much of it is too complicated for 14 non-expert citizens to accomplish at one monthly meeting and a half-dozen committee meetings in between. It’s OK if you don’t want
– or need – to do anything. But the Energy Task Force, a crisis in rural ambulance service, a complex (and, it’s
hoped, cost-effective) renovation of county buildings, a possible new multi-entity highway garage, a stubborn
(but, thankfully, not too big) homeless problem, changing tech needs, not to mention day-to-day administration.
It’s a lot; that’s hardly all. To avoid mushrooming costs – that’s the county board’s job going forward:
Over Years, Many Supported Professional County Government PRAISE/From A4 brought before them. They were sold. Some credit should go Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, an Administration Committee member who little doubt votes nay. He engaged in the issue, and – as the grain of sand in the oyster – his challenges no doubt made the resulting concept stronger. Of course, none of this happened overnight. Kay Stuligross, now retired outside Philadelphia, marshalled a League of Women Voters’ push for a county manager in the 1990s. That motivated her to run for the county board, where she served admirably for more than a decade. The great Dave Brenner, former county board chairman, then Oneonta mayor, is also a scholar, and he
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Registering at the “County Manager v. County Executive” forum on Dec. 14, 2017, are, from right, three fans of professionalizing government: county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta; former rep Ron Feldstein, Otego, and former county board chairman David Brenner, who produced a report on the issue in 2008. At left is this newspaper’s office manager, Larissa Ryan.
prepared an exhaustive study in 2008 on the county board’s behalf that endorsed the county manager idea.
At the time, the board was particularly divided – Otego Rep. Ron Feldstein had cobble together a Demo-
crat-dominated majority by enticing Worcester Republican Don Lindberg to accept the chairmanship. Everyone was furious at everyone else, and Brenner sagely advised bringing a county manager into that turmoil would guarantee failure. Wait for a better day, he said, and so we have. This has focused on praise, but some will look to blame the very same innovators. Praise – and hope – are more apt today. But the county representatives are embarked on a meaningful and – word of the year – potentially fraught experiment. Surefootedly, Bliss, Kennedy et al can make it work, but success isn’t inevitable. Prudence, limits, economy, restraint, diplomacy are qualities needed in the months ahead.
to prevent empire-building. Accepting the county manager can’t do EVERYTHING is essential to his/her success. That means recognizing all things aren’t equal and setting priorities. Further, there’s a lot of staff, brainpower and energy in place now, in 24 department heads and their deputies, in the Planning Department in particular, in the clerk of the board’s office, etc., that can be repurposed or “tasked” as necessary. Not easy, but possible. It’s impossible now. • Attention will now shift to finding the right guy/gal. Happily, at chairman Bliss’ insistence, the job description is wide enough to ensure a deep field of candidates. If an MPA, fine. But brains, experience, healthy ambition, diplomacy (in dealing up to 14 bosses and down to department heads) are essential qualities. If the vote goes as anticipated here, it’s only the beginning.
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Science Can Be Trusted: It’s Time To Act
To the Editor: Science reveals the truth about many things and can be trusted. It explains things we take for granted, such as why the seasons change, why flowers blossom in the spring and leaves fall at the end of summer, and even why water runs downhill. Indeed, science explains much of what we see in our daily surroundings – it can be trusted. We tend to take it for granted because they are within our normal daily realm. All of these are obvious parts of the “balance of nature.” Within the science community this is what is known as “systems in equilibrium,” where everything depends on everything else to stay balanced. When the balance is upset, the system reacts and adjusts to the change. That’s how science works and a balance is maintained. The same can be said of polluting the atmosphere. Because our global society pumps pollutants into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, the atmosphere adjusts, which is what contributes to the documented trend of rapid climate warming currently in progress. These changes involve forces of energy that we are just beginning to understand and are difficult to accurately gauge, such as how a warming climate influences ocean temperatures and the well
documented currents that move through the oceans like a conveyor belt. To complicate matters, the nonscientist may hear different opinions from different science sources. What is the lay-person to do – who to believe? One obvious tipoff is that scientists who accepted funding from energy companies are much more likely to offer an opinion less objective than others. This is certainly the case for scientists who deny any anthropomorphic influence on climate change. Once again, money talks. I think we are beyond our ability to completely stop what has already been initiated, but it can be altered. To change the energy momentum of the atmosphere and oceans will require centuries, not decades. That’s how long it will take to stop or reverse the warming in progress. However, if we don’t try to reduce the warming the outcome will apply even greater stress on the global society. We must try even if our efforts appear ineffective to start. We all recognize areas impacted by extended draughts, excessive heat waves, more intense storms and the incessant upward creep of sea level. All of which are examples of the “system” adjusting to climate change. The system is the environment we live in and experience every day.
All of this is within the realm of science. So, why then are elected officials, including the White House ignoring science? If they would acknowledge science and dwell less on satisfying big money donors, our local and global society would benefit. Without responsible leadership there is little hope to reduce the devastating effects within the foreseeable future. Let’s face it. There will never be a time when fossil fuels won’t be an essential energy source. After all, airplanes will never be powered by “green energy.” No serious scientist thinks our global society will ever stop using some fossil fuels. But, that’s not the point. We should be working toward reducing our dependence on fossil fuels by vigorously developing alternate energy sources now. I doubt if anyone seriously thinks Green Energy will replace all other resources. Climate change, along with all of its ramifications (and there are many) is causing serious stress within our global society. We can trust science to reduce the impact of these stresses and help find solutions to protect and preserve the quality of our living environment. This is the time of year to be thankful for our blessings, including reliable science. P. JAY FLEISHER A concerned scientist Town of Milford
Go Slow On Zoning Code To the Editor: Sufficient affordable apartments, which the Village of Cooperstown needs, come from an efficiency of scale in single- and multi-building design and construction, lower cost of larger parcels of land, and lower operating expenses with the newest technologies. All of this comes with building new, planned developments, from the ground up. Newly built rental housing units, of all types, on sufficient land, are so important to the quality of life, the retention of new residents, and to the local economy, that they could become a driver of growth on their own. The construction of new, attractive, efficient, apartment and townhouse style quality housing, for different income levels and family sizes, is a major component of filling the existing and long-term housing needs, increasing the local population, and expanding the local economy, without
damaging the central core of the village, in my view. Encouraging developers to bring proposals for new, planned, multi-family, residential rental units will require aggressive and long-term tax abatements, and cooperation by village, town and county governments. It will also require the permitting of planned, multi-family residential development, in and close to Cooperstown. The Village of Cooperstown is the economic, healthcare and tourism anchor for a wide area of Central New York. The long-term success of the Village of Cooperstown is critical for the long-term success of this area. Before we start knocking down the walls of our historic homes, let’s step back a bit, and consider what it is that we really need, how much we are willing to cooperate and invest in our own long-term success, and how long we want it to last. JAMES R. DEAN Cooperstown
MATHISEN: As It Happened, From Hellish Scene At Twin Towers MATHISEN/From A4 straight for the stairs. We walked down the stairs and got to the lobby on the street level.” Di Matteo and his co-workers disregarded announcements by building security personnel who
mess, there was debris everywhere. It looked like pieces of a plane were on fire. It really was an ugly mess out there. Then we felt the second impact, it must have been the second plane that hit Two World Trade. After that everybody just started to panic, everybody started looking for the quickest way out. Everybody started to scream once they felt the second impact.” Di Matteo made it safely out of Two World Trade elderly dog, he enjoyed Center’s lobby. He was afternoons on our Delaware standing on the street nearby Street front porch, greeting when the building fell passing neighbors who down. stopped by to visit. He “I was looking up at the became a celebrity with top of Two World Trade, local children, whose about to walk away, when comment on first petting him the building collapsed. And was always the same: “He’s so soft!” And indeed he was. By early that March, however, Blue had weakened greatly. On the morning of the 9th, it was evident that he could barely keep on his feet, and he hadn’t eaten for SEWARD/From A4 a couple of days. And, for to encounter the victim, the the first time, he seemed victim’s loved ones, and unable to wag his tail. others. I had had a half-dozen When California became Quaker friends coming for the first state in the country a meeting at our house that to eliminate cash bail, they afternoon at 2. They were provided for safeguards still there when Dr. Fassett to ensure the protection of arrived. The Friends sat the community, including quietly, holding us all in allowing courts to order the Light as Anne and I defendants to report to a knelt by Blue. court officer or consent to Before the vet arrived, monitoring such as ankle and as we had sat in silent bracelets, as well as allowing prayer, Blue had dragged preventive detention for himself up from his place those the court deems too by the back door and limped dangerous to release. New around the circle of us, saying York’s new reforms include goodbye, I’m sure. He knew none of these safeguards. all those Friends, and each Along with the serious patted him and scratched his public safety concerns posed ears. Then he asked to go out by the lack of bail, new the back door. discovery laws will force Down to the yard he several unfunded mandates went and slowly walked the on our county district circular furrow we’d kept attorney offices and police open for him in the deep departments. Small rural snow. When he got back departments that are already to the steps, he looked up understaffed and underat me steadily for a long funded will need to hire minute, and then turned to personnel and purchase new make a final circuit of his computer systems to comply yard. Satisfied, I guess, that with new deadlines and he was leaving all in order, requirements. In the end, he labored up the steps and taxpayers will be footing the lay down on his bed. That’s bill to help with the defense when the vet arrived, another of suspected criminals. old friend, to put him gently The District Attorneys at ease. Association of the State • of New York finds it will What a fine dog he was, cost $100 million for extra and what a blessed companion staff and other resources for to both of us! We two will offices outside of New York always be grateful for the City to comply with the new gift he was. And for his discovery laws. joyful, unqualified love. Recently, the state Jim Atwell, a Quaker Sheriff’s Association, minister and retired college Association of Chiefs of administrator, lives in Police and the District Cooperstown. Attorneys Association held
urged occupants to shelter in place. Ignoring authorities’ advice probably saved their lives. In fairness, officials had no way of knowing a second plane was taking aim at Two World Trade. “After looking outside, all we could see was a big
ATWELL: At Thanksgiving, Reflecting On A Lost Friend ATWELL/From A4 trying to get outside. Mind you, he wasn’t trying to escape; he was trying to get to us. He was ours, we were his, and he wasn’t going to be alone in the world again. • Of course he was not a perfect pet. Deep in him there still lurked a stealthy hunter, an opportunist who watched for chances to snatch at food. In our absence, he once pried open the freezer’s door and wiped out an entire two-pound frozen pork roast – thinking of it, I guess, as a sort of porksicle, he chomped his way through the whole thing, plastic wrap and all. It was a boneless roast, and the only evidence he left behind was the freezer door, slightly ajar, and, of course, the missing roast. After that, we tried a child-proof lock on the freezer; that was child’s play to Blue. Finally we thwarted him with a hasp and a padlock. As noted, plastic wrap was no deterrent to Blue. Once, for a charity sale, we’d baked and individually wrapped 18 large chocolate brownies and, in cosmic madness, left them on a tray on the kitchen counter. We came home to find Blue, tail wagging and all innocence, sitting on the floor next to the empty tray. Anne and I rushed him to the vet, since all that plastic, tangled in the gut, could have been the end of him. Later, Dr. Fassett’s assistant told us of her part in saving him. Rubbergloved, poor girl had had to pick through a bombshell laxative’s explosion, using chopsticks to separate and count those eighteen large squares of bemired plastic. With a sly grin, she’d offered to return them to us, proof that all systems were now clear. We demurred. • Blue had come to love his new home in Cooperstown, and last summer, as an
to the problem. again, everyI believed body reacted those brave with screams men who rose and looked for as leaders of places to take this panicked shelter.” crowd. Soon dust, However, smoke and the I needed to smell of death get out of began to fill our the building. subterranean I wanted to refuge. The see what was custodians were happening at assuring us that Limited copies of Don Mathisen’s “A Ground Zero. I the building Broadcaster’s Life” had a story was safe. It to report. was not on fire. are available at I walked They said they The Green Toad. up the stairs had gone to the looking for a way out of roof to check for fire. They said smoke was entering the Two Wall Street. I found a door, walked out into building from outside via the ventilation system. They a surreal world of dust, smoke and destruction. I were working on a solution found chaos, confusion, death and wreckage all around. I watched a man die while an Orthodox Greek Bishop prayed over him. The prayers failed to stop the victim from writhing in press conferences around pain on the lobby floor of the state calling for a delay Stuyvesant High School, in implementing these an emergency triage center new laws. The New York hastily commandeered after Conference of Mayors students fled to safety. (NYCOM) is also calling on Only death brought stillness the state to hold off on the to his body. changes until sufficient time Here are transcripts from is allowed to fully understand the negative effects, and to make the necessary corrections. I am co-sponsoring legislation to address the BENNETT/From A5 concerns regarding the about 200,000 active troops changes in the bail and deployed in more than 170 discovery laws: • S.6839 – giving judges countries. China’s land forces are around 2 million, discretion to set bail in but again ours are advanced domestic violence cases; and capable. We fall behind • S.6840 – allowing judges to consider whether in the number of tanks, a defendant poses a danger having 6,200 while China has 13,000 and Russia to the community when 21,000. But many of those determining bail; Russian and Chinese tanks • S.6849 – repealing are there to deter each other. criminal justice reforms The U.S. competitively enacted in the 2019-20 state spent the USSR into budget including bail and economic collapse in the discovery changes; ‘80s. Russia no longer poses • S.6853 – placing a a substantial conventional one-year moratorium on threat to Western Europe and criminal justice reforms to NATO. Its weak economy hold statewide hearings on is highly dependent on the measures. Earlier this year, I helped resource extraction, not manufacturing. advance several bills to In dealings with China, protect crime victims and keep our communities safe. the U.S. has focused on economic competition, not Those bills, known as the military competition. We Crime Victims’ Justice Agenda, never even received have a mixed record but it is advantageous to both nations a vote. I will continue to to maintain peaceful compeadvocate in favor of those tition and not sink into a measures in the upcoming cold war, let alone a hot war. legislative session. I will Then there is North also be working to pass these new bills I am co-sponsoring Korea, which could be to right a serious wrong and utterly destroyed by one tilt the scales of justice back Ohio-class submarine. toward law-abiding citizens. Other threats include Iran,
SEWARD: Justice Agenda Has Hidden Dangers, Costs
my on-the-scene radio broadcasts. “I saw the impact of the second plane hitting the South Tower. While I was looking up, there was a loud bang, it was an earsplitting crack followed by a fireball coming out of the north face of the building. There was a great deal of smoke and debris falling. People started to run, screaming and shrieking. A few people fell on the street, no one was trampled, as folks helped them get up.” Then the course of history was altered. “I saw the South Tower collapse. There was a rumble and a banging, pancaking noise. The top of the tower started to lean toward the northeast. There was so much debris and dust flying around. I was in a large group of people, at first we thought we were safe, but it quickly became apparent that we were not.” Almost 3,000 people died that day, most of them killed in the Twin Towers. On the streets surrounding the World Trade Center, survivors and bystanders were fearful, but for the most part they remained in control.
BENNETT: Billion For Arms Can Be Aimed At Better Uses but it has huge internal struggles, no patron nation, and hard choices to make. Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria are quagmires we can’t fix, and they pose no direct threat to the U.S. Finally, those nations bordering Israel pose no unsurmountable threat to Israel, at least by conventional means. It seems physical terrorism and cyber terrorism are the biggest existential threats to the U.S., yet we spend enormous resources elsewhere. Our trillion-dollar defense spending offers unassailable military security but skimps on other forms of security. That missing security can be realized by reallocating hundreds of military billions to expanded healthcare, to better education, to improved infrastructure, and to fighting climate change. We already have enough weaponry to fight off the entire world. Enough is enough. Larry Bennett, recently retired Brewery Ommegang creative director who is active in local causes, lives in East Merideth.
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Confrontation Reopens Debate On County Funding For Shelter ZOE/From A1 $719,499.01 budget in 2018 had been spent responding to requests for assistance from county government, primarily from sheriff’s department and through calls fielded by 911. By determining what’s spent where, cost accounting helps managers operate companies or organizations more efficiently. “I never had these numbers,” said Haynes. “I could not believe how much it was.” Sternberg shared his findings with the county Board of Representatives Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the public hearing on its $120 million proposed budget for 2020, and said the SQSPCA planned to “unilaterally” impose a fee schedule as of Jan. 1. Haynes praised Sternberg’s efforts to help the shelter, as did board chair Gaylord Dillingham. But, he said, “It came across as somewhat adversarial.” Haynes is the SQSPCA’s contact with the county board, and will continue to be, he said. Sternberg didn’t return a call or a text placed to get his perspective. Before the cost-accounting exercise, Haynes said she assessed the sheriff’s department a $40 flat fee. But, she added, the county board
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required to appoint animal control officers, might set up less-costly temporary shelters of their own. (Bliss said an article in STACIE HAYNES last week’s newspaper on the SQSPCA executive director budget hearing misreported his intent: He didn’t decline to talk to Sternberg, but Garrattsville farm in April, offered to meet with him after and 56 Lhasa Apsos surrenthe hearing to discuss the dered by a Milford woman issue.) in November – as well as a For her part, Haynes said heightened public awareness the SQSPCA, which is on of the shelter’s services that track to raise more than $3 resulted. million in its “Shelter Us” “The welfare of animals capital campaign for a stateis both our priorities,” said of-the-art animal shelter in Devlin. Index, needs more operating County Board chair David Bliss, R-Cooperstown, agreed revenue to cover the services it provides day-to-day. “the board wants to take care Delaware County alloof its responsibilities,” but he cates $88,000 a year to help said there are complications. support its two shelters, and For one, the state Schoharie allocates $75,000, Comptroller’s Office frowns she said. The SQSPCA has on using the “emergency” been asking this county board definition repeatedly for the same expense over the course for $40,000. In her effort to obtain of a budget year. funding, Haynes said, she’s And if the county board been directed to four different decides it needs to contract county board committees, so services to handle abused or jurisdiction is unclear. “The abandoned animals that are county always says, ‘This is a seized – or dangerous ones town issue’,” she continued. – it would have to go out “This is not a town issue.” to bid, and other shelters or There are two related veterinarians might win the provisions in the state’s contract. Agricultural & Markets Law, In some instances, said the governing statute, she Bliss, a former longtime said. Town of Middlefield superArticle 26 prohibits town visor, towns, which are
e have a moral obligation to do what we do. We’re never going to stop doing what we’re doing.”
has put $5,000 a year for the past few years in the sheriff’s budget for shelter services. Now, with Sternberg’s financial data, she can assess the true costs. In an interview, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr., who serves with Haynes on PETS, the county’s recently formed animal-welfare task force, said he met with her in recent days, and accepts “she has not charged us in cases where she probably should have.” Moving forward, he said, he expects the SQSPCA will present an itemized bill reflecting the true costs of its services. The sheriff’s department will then pay the bills until the $5,000 runs out, then will ask the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee for an additional, non-budgeted “emergency” allocation. The total amount, averaging the last three years, could be as low as $40,000 a year, said Haynes. The $70,000 reflected two big 2018 cases – 103 animals found deserted on a
No Cancer In Zoe’s Tumor, Vets Say COOPERSTOWN
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oe, the dog rescued from Exeter Center after she chewed off her own leg, has been declared cancerfree by veterinarians at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals, executive director Stacie Haynes reported Tuesday, December 3. “According to the pathology report, the complete surgical excision is expected to be curative,” said Haynes. “They believed it was just a fatty mass, which is common in dogs her age. Zoe is cancer-free.” On Friday, Nov. 22, Zoe underwent surgery to remove an 11-pound Zoe with a new Christmas fatty mass and what was left of her shoulder, which was then biopsied toy. to test for cancer. “The findings are consistent with lipoma,” she said. Zoe’s stitches will come out Thursday. “Then she’s free to go live her best life.” animal control officers from handling cruelty cases. Article 7 requires police departments to do so; sometimes, state police or local police departments respond, but mostly it’s the county Sheriff’s Department or referrals directly to the shelter from the county’s 911 Center. “County 911 will call me, after hours: ‘We have a deputy at x location, and we need to seize two dogs and three cats.’ The staff comes in on overtime. There’s mileage
to round them up,” Haynes said. “We bring them back to the shelter, and we hold them” until the legal process involving seized animals runs its course. Still, Haynes and her staff love animals, and that puts them at a disadvantage when it comes to hard-nose bargaining. “We have a moral obligation to do what we do,” said Haynes. “We’re never going to stop doing what we’re doing.”
When Ezekiel Arrived, She Was Ready Santa Arrives At New Pioneer Park,
STORM/From A1 Public Works. “I was excited and nervous at the same time,” she said. “Nervous because I didn’t know what to expect, having never done it before.” As the snow piled up overnight, she got up at 1:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, to start her West End and River Street route. “They go over the route and let you know which streets to plow,” she said. “I knew how to plow. It’s not hard. All I needed to know was where to put the snow. But it’s different in all areas.” With a storm that brought a total of 11 inches of snow to the city, it was the perfect opportunity for Christman to learn the ropes. “It gave me more practice,” she said.
“After I did it the first time, I felt accomplished.” There were some challenges with this storm, however. What was initially expected to be purely snowfall, ended up being a mixture of sleet and rain, followed by snow. “A first low pressure system came all the way from the Northwest to the Northeast,” said Dave Mattice, Oneontabased National Weather Service observer. “A layer of warm air was trapped above cold air, which was enough to cause sleet and freezing rain that kept the snow at bay, then a secondary low pulled moisture off of the ocean to create more snow. It was a big storm in terms of the area covered.” All schools in the county were closed, including both
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Following $165K Of Renovations
Anxiously awaiting the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Claus were Cooperstown’s Kensington, Marina and Peyton Kania, Savannah Johannesen, and Clark Smith, Milford. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
PARK/From A1 “It doesn’t have a swimming pool or anything,” she said. “So it wasn’t a priority for the state parks department.” In all, the redesign cost $165,000, and went to bid in June. “When I was chair of the (village) Parks Committee, I built up a reserve of funds,” said Tillapaugh. “This year, we put the remainder of the balance into the budget.” Michael Haas, Delta Engineering, Endwell, was selected as the architect. “He designed the Lucy B. Hamilton Amphitheater at The Fenimore Art Museum,” she said. “He had done urban parks in Corning as well, so we were very familiar with his work.” The work began Labor Day weekend – “We never do any work in the summer season,” said Tillapaugh – with Kevin Green of Epic Landscaping doing the work. “Everything had to be done by Nov. 8,” she said.
“That would give us time to clean up and for the 4Cs to decorate for Santa’s arrival.” And Santa was a big consideration for the design of the park. “We consulted with The 4Cs,” – the Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee – “And we made sure they were in the loop as we did the design.” Santa’s Cottage, once at the front of the park, has been moved towards the back to allow for more space in the park for the line to form. “Before the move, people would line up on the sidewalk,” she said. “It allows for better flow and for the whole park to function better.” There is also a ramp to the new stage, which allows greater accessibility to Santa’s Cottage, and a hidden PVC pipe that allows them to set the tree up with ease. “Before, we were just digging a hole and putting the tree in there, then covering it up with dirt when we were done,” she said. “People would trip over it, so now,
there’s a manhole cover.” The stage is also a new addition, proposed in 2018. “Before, we just had blue flagstone space that musicians would set up,” she said. “So we built a stage with a ramp and more outlets for our Music on Main programming.” And the park will also host a Keith Haring-style mural next summer, in conjunction with an exhibit of the late artist’s work at The Fenimore. New plant beds with granite borders were installed, and new plants to fill them. “We planted two birches, and we have a London Planetree that we will plant in the spring,” she said. A water fountain with a bottle fill station was placed in the park with a temporary concrete pad, but has been removed for the winter and will be replaced in the spring with permanent brick pavers. “It’s not just about Santa,” she said. “The whole park is greatly improved.”
Organizers In Crash, Cancel Goodyear Plunge
DELAY/From A1 $1 million, donated for children struggling with chronic illnesses. Though she and her husband, Jamie, did their first polar bear jump in the St. Lawrence Seaway, they soon brought the idea home, with their first jump in 1997. “I told him, ‘We don’t need to drive up there, we have cold water here!’” said Brenda. “We wanted to raise money for our church, so we did it ourselves.” The next year, they added a local girl, Carlie Barry, then 3, who had cancer. “We just added recipients and jumpers every year.” There were 11 jumpers the first year, and this year, nearly 300 brave souls took the plunge and raised more than $130,000, a record amount, for 16 recipients. “I don’t know where they get that selfless courage,” said Brenda. “It’s crazy.” They also do fundraising drives for the event that don’t require a bathing suit and a strong constitution, including the annual Chinese Auction at the Milford Central School, as well as fundraisers through the local schools. “One hundred percent of the funds raised go to our recipients,” said Brenda. “I love to say that.” However, the Waterses have come up with a
way to continue fundraising for the recipients who have been selected. In January, there will be a contest to design a “No Fear” shirt, and the winning design will be printed on shirts and given to donors who give $100 or more. They’ll also be hosting a songwriting contest, where local choral groups will compete to be in a Five Star Subaru commercial and participate in a song with up-andcoming country star Rylee Lum, the 12-yearold singer from Gilbertsville. “People keep coming up to me with all these creative ideas,” she said. “And I want to encourage people to step up and come up with their own fundraisers. We want to keep people interested during this ‘skip year.’” And the Waterses will also use the time to reorganize their website, including documenting the charity’s history, past recipients and more. “I hand out cards whenever I travel, but then people tell me they can’t get on the site,” she said. “I want to get our history out there, pictures from the previous jumps and all the articles that have been written about us.” The website, www.pbjump.com, will also have updates on events, contests and more. “We look forward to seeing you again on Feb. 20, 2021,” she said.
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Beloved In Oneonta, Belmont Circle’s Mechanized Skaters May Reappear people.” According to the couple’s son Tim, his parents stopped doing the display in 1995, and the skaters were packed away. His dad, City Hall recreation director and Catella Park namesake, passed away in 2006. Now, Wayne and Carla, friends of Tim, hope to carry on the tradition at their
Sixth Ward home. “I always bugged him about those figure skaters,” said Carla. “Finally, he called me up and he said, ‘Mom’s ready.’” “It’s time to bring them back,” said Kathleen. Carla sat down with Kathleen and explained her intentions: to bring the skaters back into the public eye. “It was like an interview,” said the younger woman. “I told her how committed we were to getting them going again. She didn’t even want any money for them. She just wanted people to see them.” Aside from a few broken fingertips, the mechanical skaters are in good condition, but the base they skated on was accidentally destroyed
when construction workers took down the outbuilding where it was being stored. The Balnises are looking for someone to redesign the rotating track and the mechanism to make them “skate.” Each figure is on tires that allows them to bounce off walls and each other and, in the process, spin. Kathleen doesn’t think the skaters originated locally, but were originally among Macy’s famed window displays in New York City, before the local department store bought them. “I don’t know how Jim got them,” said his wife. “He just came up with the idea that we should have them!” So every year, at the start of Advent, the skaters would go out on the Catellas’ lawn.
“My husband and the kids would build a structure around them to keep the snow and rain off them, and we’d put on music for them to skate to,” she said. “There would be a line of cars waiting to see them.” “It wasn’t Christmas without the skaters,” said son Tim. The father’s secretary, Alice, made new costumes for them. “They had jingle bells in the skirt that would ring,” said Kathleen. “It’s those little details that made the kids smile.” The Catellas’ display was one of several on Belmont Circle. “There was a farmer who lived there and farmed outside of town, and a
carpenter on the block too,” Kathleen said. “The carpenter built a living Nativity, and the farmer brought cows, sheep, goats and a donkey named Sassafras, with mannequins as Mary, Joseph and Jesus. The kids would wait for him to roll up the canvas every day, and then he would let them ride on Sassafras.” By next year, Wayne and Carla are hoping to bring that same Christmas spirit to Gilbert Street. “We know a few people who might be able to make a new base,” she said. “But we’re reaching out to anyone who might be able to help.” “I’d be delighted to see it again,” said Kathleen. “I’ll bring my kids, grandkids and great-grandkids to see it.”
Mall Adds Pop-Up Shops, Vendor Tables This Season MALL/From B1 weekend throughout December, offering a variety of gifts. “Caribou Creek has all these handcrafted knives and decorative blades, including ones for hunting and cutting meat, or even cutting salad,” said Montanti. “And I bought myself a fancy bracelet from Lynn Price, that makes all this jewelry out of antique buttons. It’s all one-of-a-kind, and that’s what I love about it.” The idea of bringing in tables at Christmas grew out of the mall’s annual Craft & Vendor Fair. “The artisans always say what a great weekend they have here,” said the manager. “And what’s great is that they’re all unique, so we’re not duplicating shops we already have. There really is something for everyone.” To launch the Christmas season, dancing mice from Decker School of
Ballet made an appearance Saturday, Nov. 30. And, of course, Santa Claus, available for visits and photos, will visit from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday until Dec. 23. Also new this season is Luncheons & Dragons, a game store that relocated from the West End, now in the former FYE storefront. “I was really impressed at just how large a selection of games they have and that they’re so knowledgeable about board games,” she said. “And they also have tables where you can sit down and play a game, or join one that’s already in progress. Their philosophy is that they wanted to create a space where people could congregate.” Another staple, Black Tree Books, has re-opened under new ownership, and, for the person who already has everything, Something Wicked Tattoo
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HOLIDAY GREENS – 10 a.m. Find beautiful centerpieces, wreaths to fill home with Christmas spirit from Oneonta Federated Garden Club. St. James Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. SANTA VISIT – 3 - 6 p.m. Bring kids to visit with Santa, tell their Christmas wishes. Santa’s Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. 607-5479983. HOLIDAY WALK/DIN-
NER – 5 p.m. Candlelight walk through Beaver Pond Nature Trail followed by dinner with Santa. Includes cookie decorating, holiday crafts, more. Lakeview Room, Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Rd. 31, Cooperstown. 607-547-8662. SANTA VISIT – 5:30 p.m. Bring kids for reading of holiday story with Santa followed by pictures, cookie decorating. Bring your camera. All ages welcome. Huntington Memorial Library,
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send calendar items to info@allotsego.com 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980. WREATH CLASS – 6 p.m. Create holiday wreaths with fresh evergreens, berries, ribbons, more. RSVP required, cost $30/person. Hartwick Community Center, 450 Co. Rd. 11, Hartwick. E-mail branchandbloomny@gmail.com. BALLET – 7 p.m. Classic ballet ‘The Nutcracker’ performed by Fokine Ballet
Company. Admission, $20/ person. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta. 607-4326290. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Catskill Choral Society presents Songs of Christmas from Many Lands featuring CCS Youth, Children’s Choirs. Cost, $22/adult at door. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607431-6060.
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DECK THE HALL – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Celebrate season with holiday crafts, Pathfinder Bell Choir, more. Bring new, unwrapped toy or 5 non-perishable food items for free admission after 2. Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200. COOKIES & CRAFTS – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lunch, great gifts, bring home plate of holiday cookies. Unitarian Universalist Soceity, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-3491. CELEBRATION – 11 a.m. Bring the kids for crafts, learn about holidays around the world while shopping the pop-up market with many local vendors, handmade gifts. Followed by Irish Dance Performance. Hartwick Community Center, 450 Co. Rd. 11, Hartwick. SANTA VISIT – 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Bring the kids to visit Santa while shopping for the holidays. Southside Mall, Oneonta. 607-432-4401. CONTEST DROP-OFF – Noon - 3 p.m. Bring your decorated gingerbread house to enter Gingerbread Jubilee. The theme is your favorite movie. Atrium, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080. BALLET – 1 & 7 p.m. Classic ballet ‘The Nutcracker’ performed by Fokine Ballet Company. General admission, $20/person. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta. 607432-6290. CHRISTMAS TEA – 1 - 3 p.m. Enjoy holiday tea, cookies. Ah Coopella performs Christmas music at 2. Benefits global mission program. United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9515. SANTA VISIT – 1 - 5 p.m. Bring the kids to visit with Santa in Cooperstown. See Friday Listing. CHRISTMAS PARTY – 2 - 4 p.m. Bring the kids for horsedrawn wagon rides, caroling, crafts, games, photos with Santa. Cooperstown Fire Department, 24 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9983. HOLIDAY PARADE – 3 p.m. Celebrate the holidays on Main St. Line up at 3, parade at 4. Main St., Oneonta. TREE FESTIVAL – 3 - 7 p.m. View Christmas trees beautifully decorated by area individuals, businesses. Production Center, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 6
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HOLIDAY WALK/DINNER – 5 p.m. Take a candlelight walk through Beaver Pond Nature Trail followed by dinner with Santa. See Friday Listing. TREE LIGHTING – 5:30 - 8 p.m. Celebrate the lighting of the Christmas Tree in Muller Plaza, Oneonta. SANTA VISIT – 6 - 8 p.m. Kids bring their lists to ask Santa for gifts. Parents bring their cameras, pictures are free. Santa’s Cottage, Muller Plaza, Oneonta. 607-432-2941.
WREATH CLASS – 11 a.m. Use fresh evergreens, berries, ribbons, more to make holiday wreaths. RSVP required, cost $30/person. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. E-mail branchandbloomny@ gmail.com. SANTA VISIT – 11 a.m. 3 p.m. Bring the kids to visit Santa at Southside Mall. See Saturday Listing. OPEN HOUSE – 1 - 5 p.m. Enjoy holiday open house featuring activities, raffle, opportunity for prizes, more. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800.
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GINGERBREAD JUBILEE – 1 - 4 p.m. View gingerbread houses by area individuals, businesses. This year’s theme is your favorite movie. May the best house win. Atrium, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080. SANTA VISIT – 1 - 4 p.m. Bring the kids to visit with Santa in Cooperstown. See Friday Listing.. TREE FESTIVAL – 1 - 4 p.m. See Sat. listing. HOLIDAY TEA – 3 - 5 p.m. Get in the holiday spirit with carolers singing holiday classics. Enjoy tea, scones, pastries. Cost, $18/adult. Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931. SILVER TEA – 4 - 6 p.m.
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►Tuesday, Dec.10 CHRISTMAS PARTY – 6 p.m. Celebrate the season with Cherry Valley Artworks featuring live music, hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar. Free, all welcome. The Rose & Kettle Restaurant, 4 Lancaster St., Cherry Valley. 607-264-3080.
►Wednesday, Dec. 11 TREE FESTIVAL – 6 - 8 p.m. Christmas Tree Exhibit by area businesses, students, others. Free. Edmeston Museum, 1 North St., Edmeston.
►Thursday, Dec. 12 CELEBRATION – 1 - 3 p.m.. Jewish & Christian holiday celebration eating special desserts, games, singing, activities, more. Cooperstown Senior Community Center, St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com SANTA VISIT – 3 - 6 p.m. Bring the kids to visit with Santa in Cooperstown. See Friday Listing.
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$12. Free for active or retired military, NYS Historical Association members. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. CONCERT – 6:30 p.m. SUNY Oneonta Rock Combo presents student bands’ Letters from the Coast, Descent, Kill The King, more. $5 at door. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-4312080. STAMP CLUB – 7 p.m. Bring stamp collections, discuss with stamp enthusiasts. Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. 607-547 5646 or e-mail kuchtill@gmail.com
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Gravel Operations Supervisor Clark Stone Products Clark Stone Products, a subsidiary of Clark Companies, operates 11 gravel pits throughout Delaware, Chenango, Otsego, Broome and Herkimer Counties and has an immediate opening for a Gravel Operations Supervisor. ReSPOnSiBilitieS inCluDe But nOt limiteD tO: • Supervise approximately 400,000 CY +/ year sand and gravel operation; • Dispatch staff, trucks, equipment and manage day to day operations; • Generate sales leads and provide material and delivery quotes; • Manage product inventory and production planning; • Establish, develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships; • Supervise the maintenance and repairs of construction and } gravel equipment; • Manage the licensing and permitting of company vehicles; • Current knowledge of DOT, OSHA, MSHA and DEC regulations; • Manage bulk fuel purchasing, inventory and deliveries; • Ensure safe working environments for all employees at all gravel locations; • Knowledge of screening and wash plant operating procedures; • Ability to work in inclement weather when necessary; • Perform other duties as assigned by Management. RequiRementS • High school diploma or equivalent. • 3-5 years management experience. • MSHA and/or OSHA certified. • Class A License preferred. • Basic computer skills. • Strong communication and leadership ability. • Surveying and mapping skills a plus. • Mining and Heavy Construction experience a plus. Position is contingent on passing of pre-employment drug screen. Wages DOE, great benefit package includes but not limited to: health, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, profit sharing, flexible spending and paid time off. To apply, send resumés to: Human Resources, P.O. Box 427, Delhi, NY 13753, fax to 607-746-3107 or email to: jgoo@clarkcompanies.com. Clark Companies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer
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Rosalie H. Weir, 92; 3 Generations Survive CCS Teacher’s Aide TODDSVILLE – Rosalie H. Weir, 92, a former teacher’s aide at Cooperstown Central School, died Saturday morning, Nov. 30, 2019. Of Polish descent, she was born Sept. 1, 1927, at home in Ashley, Pa., one of seven children of Anthony Zukowski, a coalminer, and Helen (Gouse) Zukowski. After moving to the Cooperstown area, Rose was employed for many
years as a teacher’s aide for the Cooperstown Central School District. Throughout her life, Rose was always an ambitious and determined person – a formidable opponent in many respects! She enjoyed a variety of activities, especially attending many a polka fest, and as a lover of the outdoors was a member of the Adirondack Mountain Club. She was also an active member and past president
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of the Hartwick Senior Citizens. Missed terribly and loved by many, Rose is survived by a son, Kenneth Gary Weir and wife Gail, of Hornell; a daughter, Patricia A. Haefner of Olympia, Wash.; her grandchildren, Teresa Rene Weir, Katherine Megan Weir and husband Marc Schoone, Patricia Amanda Weir and partner Adam Constantine, and Keith Travis Weir and wife Kari; her great-grandchil-
dren, Stephanie and Jordi Schoone, Elizabeth and Shelby Weir and Monica Slaight and husband Brandon; her three greatgreat-grandchildren, Bryce, Hudson and Riley; many nieces and nephews; and a legion of extremely wonderful friends and neighbors who made it possible for Rose to live out her final years in her beloved home in Toddsville. She was predeceased by all of her siblings:
John, Anthony and Francis Zukowski, Helen Markowski, Anna Schallert and Margaret Skupski. Seven brothers and sisters, along with their mother and father, are once more reunited. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be offered in the Spring of 2020 at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown. She will be laid to rest alongside her sister, Anna, in Westville
Cemetery. With respect for Rose’s wishes, there will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hartwick Fire Department Co. No. 2, 4877 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.
COOPERSTOWN – Word has been received that Brendan Patrick Owen, 55, who worked on Wall Street and lived in Manhattan and Cooperstown, passed away Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Fort Worth, Texas, where he had settled. He was born May 13,
1964, on Long Island, to the late John and Ellen Owen. His father was a lawyer in Cooperstown and Otsego County public Brendan defender. Owen
He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and worked on Wall Street for several years. Survivors include his siblings, Mary Kay Owen, Downington, Pa., John (Patty) Owen, Colleyville, Texas, Christopher Owen, Bronxville, Timothy
(Kathleen) Owen, Charlotte, N.C., and Michael Owen, The Bronx, as well as a niece and two nephews. A mass of Christian burial was held at St. Joseph’s Parish, Downington, Pa. A celebration of Brendan’s life will be in Cooperstown this summer.
Brendan Owen,55; Lived In Cooperstown, Died In Texas
Lora E. Kanzler, 72; Worked For County For 37 Years
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COOPERSTOWN – Lora Ellen Kanzler, 72, an area native who worked for the county for nearly four decades, passed away on Nov. 10, 2019 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida following a brief illness. She was born on Nov. 6, 1947 to Thomas William Pollette and Pearl Grace Roberts Pollette in Cooperstown, New York. Lora graduated Cherry Valley Central School and was employed by Otsego
County for 37 years before her retirement. She married John W. Kanzler on Oct. 18, 1969 and resided in Middlefield before moving to Micanopy, Fla. in 2005.
Lora is survived by her husband John, sister Gloria Deuel, nephew Ryan Griffith, one aunt Beulah Waid, sister-in-law Dorothy Konchar and many special cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. A memorial service is being planned for a future date.
Jo Anne Deller, 75; Postal Clerk For Three Decades WEST WINFIELD - Jo Anne (nee Dauchy) Deller, 75, who worked at the West Winfield Post Office as a Clerk for over 30 years, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 She is survived by her husband, Russell; her daughters: Loralei Marr and Amy (Rodger) Pape; her son, Christopher Deller and her granddaughters: Noelle and Elise Pape, as well as her brothers; David (Kathryn) Dauchy, Robert Dauchy, and Walton F. Dauchy. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the Federated Church with Pastor Ken McKenzie officiating. Interment will be in the spring in Burlington Flats Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to the Dimbleby Funeral Home.
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