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Incumbent Receives Abbate’s Support, Muller Holds Back By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

he morning after Oneonta’s Dan Buttermann announced

he is running for the 121st Assembly District seat Monday, Feb. 5, incumbent Bill Magee began making calls. By the afternoon, he had Assemblyman Bill locked in at least one highMagee, left, may be profile Otsego County Please See DIVIDE, A7 primaried by Oneontan Dan Buttermann.

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Josh Coleman, 8, Windsor, learns from Marvin Zachow, Milford, how to move an ice block from the lake to the sled as part of the Hanford Mills Ice Harvest on Saturday, Feb. 3.

for state Assembly in the 121st District, was a boy in Arizona, he witnessed his parents building a high-end candle business, Armadilla Wax Works, by building community. Please See RUNNING, A7

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Schools Close As Big Storm Expected Here COOPERSTOWN

ith as much as a 10 inches of snow being predicted for Wednesday, Feb. 7, Cooperstown Central School announced the afternoon before it would be closed. Every public school in the county was following suit, plus Oneonta Public Transit, Hartwick College and other institutions. Follow the storm at

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IN MEMORIAM: Bill Parsons, the preservation contractor and well-known local personality, has passed away at age 65./SEE B5 HIT AND RUN: Mindy Stevens, 35, was arrested by Otsego County Sheriff’s Deputies after she allegedly struck pedestrian Evelyn Ruiz with her car on State Highway 7 in Milford. THEME SELECTED: The Otsego County Historical Association has chosem “Doctors, Dentists and Druggists.” as the theme for its booth at the 2018 Otsego County Fair, to integrate the local impact of the 1918 flu epidemic

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A Parker Fish/The Freeman’s Journal Fly Creek’s John Janitz Jr. and his girlfriend, Katie Marvel of Oneonta, found the Winter Carnival Medallion at Council Rock.

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rudging through the 8 inches of fresh snow in Council Rock Park, with more snow still falling, John Janitz Jr., Fly Creek, and

Katie Marvel, Oneonta, found Cooperstown’s very own buried treasure. “You can still see our footprints from earlier,” said Marvel. In nearly white-out conditions on Sunday, Feb. 4, Janitz and Marvel trekked around Please See $500, A2

First Time Since 2000, Rotary Convention Here By LIBBY CUDMORE UNADILLA

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s Rotarians, we inspire others,” said District 7170 Governor Zoë O. van der Meulen. “But we don’t often take time to recharge our batteries.”

And for the first time since 2000, Otsego County Rotarians will be able to do so within a short drive. The Rotary District Conference will be Friday-Sunday, May 18-20 at SUNY Oneonta. “I’ve been

preparing for this since 2014,” said van der Meulen, a Unalam vice president. “As I was training to become district governor, I was beginning plans for this conference.” The district is made up of 44 clubs with 1,400 total members. “There are speakers, breakout groups and a service project, all around the theme of ‘Have Fun Please See ROTARY, B6

s the popularity of remotepiloted aircrafts skyrockets, Mayor Jeff Katz continues developing regulations regarding drone flights in the village. But current FAA regulations may limit what the village can and cannot do. “I’m hoping to introduce (the new law) this month,” said Katz. “The goal is to set a public hearing for March.” In August 2016, the Federal The Freeman’s Journal Aviation Ad- Oneonta Job ministration Corps director enacted the Chris Kuhn Unmanned demonstrates Aircraft how his personal drone works. Systems Rule, the benchmark regulation for drone flights across the United States. But it is becoming increasingly common for cities and towns to pass their own legislation regarding drones. Please See DRONES, A6

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Monica Carrascoso, center, first lieutenant of the Cooperstown Fire Department’s Emergency Squad, is surprised Monday, Feb. 5, with a cake commemorating her responding to her 1,000th call. Emergency Squad Capt. Victor Jones, left, who organized the celebration, said more squad members, inspired by Fred Lemister, who crossed the 10,000 mark last year, are reaching significant milestones of service. Joining the celebration are Fire Department Vice President Alicia Lasher, next to Jones and, from right, Squad Second Lt. Henry Stewart and Jon Roach, an ambulance driver and firefighter.

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2018 Cooperstown Winter Carnival Friday, February 9 11 am - 2 pm | Soup R’ Chili Luncheon – First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St. $8; $4 for kids 4:30 - 7 pm | Ignite the Night! – Festival opener, Pioneer Park. Welcome by Mayor Jeff Katz, Lions President Jim Donley. SUNY Delhi ice-sculpting demonstration. Hot cider. 4:30 - 6:30 pm | Brooks Chicken BBQ Dinner – Benefit for Susquehanna Animal Shelter, Christ Episcopal Parish Hall, 69 Fair St. $10. 6 pm | Winter Carnival Bowling Tournament– Clark Sports Center. One adult/one child teams. $3 members; $6 non-members. Register 607-547-2800, ext. 108. 6:45 - 9 pm | Cabin Fever Family Movie Night – Disney’s “Brave”, 22 Main St. 7 pm | Cooperstown Candlelight Ghost Tour– Pioneer Park, reservations at 607-547-8070. 7 - 9 pm | It’s Trivia Time! – Hawkeye Bar & Grille 9 pm | Grace & Grit – Country/rock band, Upstate Grill, Route 28; must be 21.

Saturday, February 10 8 - 11:30 am | Lions Club Pancake Breakfast Cooperstown Vets’ Club, 60 Main St. Adults $9, 6-12 $5, under 5 free.

9 am | Winter Carnival Bowling Tournament Clark Sports Center. One adult/one child teams. $3 members; $6 non-members. Register: 607-547-2800, ext. 108 9 am - 5 pm | Winter Book Sale – Village Board room, 22 Main St. 9 am - Noon | Cooperstown Fire Department Heroes – Put out “real” fire, tour fire trucks, demonstrations.

2:30 pm | Wagon Ride w/Hill City Snow Queen 4 - 5:30 pm | Children’s Trivia & Hot Chocolate Bar plus games for kids. Tunnicliff Inn, 34 Pioneer St. 4 - 5 pm | Whiskey 101 Barrel Sampling of soon-to-be-released products and mini-tour. Cooperstown Distillery, 11 Railroad Ave.

10 a.m.-noon | The Science of Art – Farmers’ Museum. Sciencebased projects for kids. 10:30 am Registration | 11:30 am Start – 46th Annual Bob Smullens 5k/10k Run – Cooper Park. Pre-register at itsyourrace.com. $20 per person, $50 for family 11 am - 2 pm | Soup’R Chili Luncheon – First Baptist Church, 21 Elm. $8; $4 for kids. 11 am - 4 pm | The 2018 Fenimore Quilt Club Show – Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main. Club members will demonstrate skills. 1 pm | Cooperstown Candlelight Ghost Tour – 607-547-8070 to register. 1 - 4 pm | A Blizzard of Family Fun! – Lakefront Park, familyfriendly outdoor activities, from roasting marshmallow, tube rides, to Jax Wax demos, more.

10:30 - 12 pm | Guided Snowshoeing/Hike – Clark Sports Center, led by OCCA’s Jeff O’Handley. Some snowshoes available to rent. 11 am | Free Throw & 3-Point Competitions – Clark Sports Center. Adults & middle-school kids.

6 pm | Fireworks over Otsego Lake

10 am - 2 pm | Farmers’ Market – Pioneer Alley

10 am | Geocaching – Pioneer Park. Clark Sports Center staff instruct adults, kids on high-tech global treasure hunt.

Noon | Winter Carnival Pitch Tournament – Cooley’s, 49 Pioneer St.

6:30 - 11 pm | Bassett Health Care’s Annual Valentine’s Soiree – The Otesaga. Tickets $150 in advance. Proceeds going toward new operating room.

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1 - 4 pm | Fenimore Quilt Club Show – 22 Main.

8 - 10 pm | Lip Sync Showcase – Farmers’ Market, Pioneer Alley. Flux Capacitor, Cooperstown’s premier 80s band. $5 admission. Lip sync sign-up: cooplipsync@gmail.com.

2 - 4:30 pm | Winter Carnival Ice Breaker – Cooperstown Distillery, 11 Railroad Ave.

9 p.m. – Scattered Flurries band The Pratt, 50 Pioneer St.

2 - 4 pm | Otsego Land Trust’s “Picture Perfect” photo exhibit 3 p.m. – 30-minute trivia contest on local wildlife, environment. 4 pm | Medallion Search Award $500 check presentation to winner by The Freeman’s Journal

10 pm | Late Into the Night with HanZolo – Cooley’s Stone House Tavern, 49 Pioneer St.

Sunday, February 11 8 - 11:30 am | Lions Club Pancake Breakfast Cooperstown Vets’ Club, 60 Main St. Adults $9, Kids 6-12 $5, under 5 free

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Otsego Now Stabilizing, But Some Wrinkles Need Ironing

t’s a bit of an oddity. While on the Otsego County Board of Representatives, Craig Gelbsman, the Oneonta Republican, was appointed county board liaison to Otsego Now board. Since losing his seat to Democrat Adrienne Martini Nov. 7, he has continued to serve on Otsego Now, even after his county board term expired Dec. 31. Trying to figure out how the pieces fit together, the new county board chair, David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/ Town of Middlefield, asked County Attorney Ellen Coccoma for an opinion. She advised him that, as she understands it, Gelbsman’s done.

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Then last Thursday, Feb. 1, the Otsego Now board held its annual reorganizational meeting. Not only was Gelbsman present, after an executive-session discussion the directors elected him as an officer – secretary of the board. Asked about it after a photo op, Rick Hulse, whose colleagues also acted to elevate from acting board chair to board chair, replied, “He serves until he resigns.”

Asked about this, Bliss said Coccoma’s ruling stands, as far as he knows. At the February meeting Wednesday the 7th, the county board intended to name Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, as its liaison to Otsego Now, using the exact wording in the resolution it used to appoint Gelbsman as liaison some three or four years ago now. It will be interesting to see what happens. Will Gelbsman then step down? Or, given there is still one vacancy on the Otsego Now board – Devin Morgan’s; the chair resigned in December – will he, and Hulse, and Please See EDITORIAL, A5

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The Otsego Now board of directors Thursday, Feb. 1, elevated acting chair Rick Hulse, Fly Creek, to chair; chose Fox Hospital President Jeff Joyner, Oneonta, as vice chair; and reelected businessman Craig Gelbsman, Oneonta, secretary, and Community Bank vice president Jeff Lord as treasurer. At the annual meeting were, front row from left, board member Patricia Kennedy, Springbrook; administrative assistant Meaghan Marino, Oneonta; board members Sarah Harvey and Cheryl Robinson, both of Otego, and CEO Jody Zakrevsky. Second row, from left, are directors Tom Armao, Country Club Automotive, and Lord, Joyner, Hulse and Gelbsman. At rear is attorney Kurt Schulte, counsel.

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Opiate Task Force Has ‘Open Membership’ – Would You Join Fight? Editor’s Note: This is the first of periodic columns the Otsego County Opiate Task Force will submit – this one by Julie Dostal, task for chair and LEAF executive director – to keep the community abreast of the fight against heroin addiction.

here is no longer any doubt that our small, rural communities lack immunity to the epidemic of drug addiction that has swept this county. We all started out optimistic that

towns and villages in Upstate New York were too far removed from the perceived “hot spots” of the early days of the crisis. Our optimism was soon laid to rest by realism. The opioid crisis was not just at our doorsteps. It was in our homes, our hospitals, our jails and our social services.

It has touched our friends, our families, our coworkers and our neighbors. The epidemic changed from a “they” problem to a “we” problem. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that nationally there were a total of 64,000 drug overdoses in 2017. It is now one of the most preventable causes of unintentional death in the United States, especially in the 25- to 54-year-old age group. It will take a hearty group of local people working shoulder to

shoulder to make a dent and try to turn the tide in our own communities, while others work on policy at the state and federal levels. This is not just a national problem, nor is it just a local problem. This is a problem with multiple layers that will require interventions at every level. Members of the community came together in 2014 to create The Otsego County Opiate Task Force as a way to push back against the crisis and save lives. Since that time, the group, made

up of about 40 organizations, agencies, and individuals have been meeting regularly. Using feedback from the community as well as data from law enforcement, school systems, and county services, the task force works together to determine how best to move forward. For 2018, the task force has decided to address a specific need that his risen in priority; community education. As we talk to members of the community, peoPlease See OPIATES, A6

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munity needs to be updated: Tom Lagan and his group want to invest millions of dollars in upgrading our business community. The Village Board is oblivious to the way Main Street looks. We need a new group of people willing to negotiate with this group to rebuild our Main Street. Jane Forbes Clark told me she was proud of her village. I think she’s missing something. A Main Street full of empty stores is not very at-

To the Editor: The Village of Cooperstown has long been at risk. Main Street never meant anything to our village residents; just ask our Village Board. For 20 years, Main Street has been falling apart one store by one store. All of a sudden, the Cooperstown General Store, CVS, TJ’s Place and other buildings have become empty. Now, our Chicago mayor is ready to run. He’s not the only one at fault. Our business com-

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tractive. There are two more buildings ready to close their businesses. Cooperstown residents, call our village trustees. Tell them you care what our Main Street looks like. It’s going to be very embarrassing with the worldwide press coming to visit the Hall of Fame for the next five years. More and more important inductees will be coming to the Village. Are you really proud of the way we look? Stephen Clark would roll over to see the way Cooperstown looks. TED HARGROVE Deland, Fla (Mr. Hargrove, the “mayor of Main Street,” was longtime owner of TJ’s Place.)

Blame Or Not, Affordable Housing Lacking To the Editor: My apologies to Trustee Richard Sternberg if my letter has offended him (and other trustees) for suggesting they have ignored the need for affordable housing. Contrary to Trustee Sternberg’s comment. I have recently corresponded with Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, Jane Forbes Clark and Eric Larsen, owner of Cooper Lane Apartments. They all acknowledge a need for affordable housing for working families and/or retirees in or adjacent to the Village of Cooperstown. Yes, there is “a concern of all,” to use his term. Trustee Sternberg cites Ms. Clark’s comments at the Chamber of Commerce

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ifficult as it is to believe, it is once again Winter Carnival weekend. And as we looked through this year’s schedule of events, Thom Rhodes Parker Fish Ian Austin we see some long-time favorites as Advertising Consultant Reporter Photographer well as some new, at least to us, additions to the list. Kathleen Peters & Andree Baillargeon • Graphics & Production The festivities start off on Friday, Feb. 9, with the Soup R’ Chili LunJudith Bartow Tom Heitz cheon at the First Baptist Church, Billing Consultant 21 Elm St., which will feature soup, IN MEMORIAM: Mary Joan Kevlin, Co-Publisher, 2006-17 breads, drinks and tasty desserts. This luncheon will be held again on OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR Saturday. Otsego County • Village of Milford • Town of Middlefield Cooperstown Central School District And then there is a relative newcomer to Winter Carnival food opSubscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $48 a year. All other areas, $65 a year. First Class Subscription, $130 a year. tions: a Brooks BBQ chicken dinner at the Church Episcopal Church Parish Published Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc. Amanda E. Willsey Business Manager

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bucolic village of pre-1939. A constituency that is being ignored are the employees of Bassett. “Cooperstown isn’t a baseball town. It isn’t a resort community. It is a medical center,” to quote an editorial in this newspaper from January 2017. Trustee Sternberg implies that I am criticizing and sniping. My intention is to do neither, but rather to encourage to take action. Discussion is all well and good but without action, discussion is just kicking the can down the road. I am willing to “come forward with issues or ideas.” I await your invitation, Dr. Sternberg. WILLIAM W. DORNBURGH Cooperstown

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meeting. As reported in this newspaper, she spoke of the many contributions that Clark interests make to the transients and tourists who visit Cooperstown, as did “key executives in the audience,” but not a word about the need for housing for those who want to work or retire here. Nor did she note that turning the former General Store into a Hall of Fame gift shop will have on the other baseball stores on Main Street. More vacancies to come. I am not advocating for single-family $450,000 homes, but for a garden apartment or townhouse type complex that Bassett employees and retirees can afford. This is no longer the

House, 69 Fair St. The dinner includes a half BBQ chicken, potato, rolls, butter, salad and dessert, all of which will benefit the Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Long-time CATHERINE carnival food LAKE opportunities will ELLSWORTH continue on Saturday with the Lions Club Pancake Breakfast which will be held from 8:00 until 11:30 a.m. at the Cooperstown Veterans’ Club, 60 Main St. The breakfast will feature

pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, applesauce and drinks. The breakfast will be repeated on Sunday. • And while we have discussed some of the food opportunities connected with Winter Carnival, we would also like to mention what has become, for us at least, a not-to-be-missed winterdining opportunity. This year, as we have done for the past few years, we are taking in the International Dinners offered each Wednesday night at the Hawkeye Bar & Grill. Thus far we have enjoyed the food of Ethiopia, Italy, Norway, Poland and Spain. Please See COLUMN, A5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from an address by J. Le Ray de Chaumont to the Jefferson County Agricultural Society: “One of the most distinguished historians of England ascribes the great prosperity of English agriculture to the establishment of agricultural societies. We find, too, in these infant states, specimens of the invaluable consequences which such institutions as ours can procure to the country. I allude more particularly to the Berkshire Agricultural Society, and that of Otsego County as being nearer to us. We can see in what a short period they have introduced a style of agricultural improvement highly exemplary, and which has already produced the most beneficial results. The land which comprises the flourishing and thick-settled County of Otsego was a complete wilderness in 1785, when I penetrated its woods, compass in hand, and laid the foundation of the first saw-mill and grist mill which was erected in it. It has now the honor to take the lead in establishing in this great state the first agricultural society, having public exhibitions and distributing premiums.” February 9, 1818

175 YEARS AGO

Poetic Advertisement – Grand Action Piano Fortes at the store of C.D. Pease and T.C. Faulder – “A word to amateurs we’d wish to say, Pray call and see our instruments today, And while time flies with full extended wings, let liquid tones fly from the well-tuned strings. Or would you from that masterpiece of art, The Organ hear tones it can impart; harmonious, mellow, flowing full with ease, like Thunder’s peal, or soft as summer’s breeze. Then came all ye who wish to criticize. Our works shall all be laid before your eyes. And if we can but in part succeed, in pleasing you, we’re gratified indeed.” February 16, 1843

150 YEARS AGO

Burning Coal – Our enterprising hardware merchants have induced so many people in this locality to put up coal stoves – the number probably to be quadrupled next season – that the scientific and economic burning of coal becomes a matter of some interest to many of our readers. There is a very common opinion that large coal burns longer, and is therefore the cheaper. Dealers have to put the finely broken coal at a lower price to get rid of it. This opinion we believe to be erroneous. With large pieces one must have a considerable number of them to keep the fire burning at all.

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to change almost overnight, from a carefree, spend-as-yougo, save-not-at-all nation, to one that has adopted habits of thrift which are closely linked with those of industry.” February 6, 1918

75 YEARS AGO

The New York State Historical Association is instituting a short series of motion picture programs and staff lectures which will supplant the scheduled winter lecture series at Cooperstown which has been canceled because of the present driving situation. These programs are designed to bring to Cooperstown films on the war effort and the world situation in general, thus making a direct contribution to February 8, 2008 local war and civilian defense measures. The first two films are from the Museum of Modern Art Film Library in New A given weight of coal will in burning throw out the same York City. On February 20, there will be four one-reel civilamount of heat, whether it be in large or small pieces. ian defense films on anti-aircraft defense, what to do in a February 7, 1868 blackout and during an air raid. February 10, 1943

125 YEARS AGO

An accident occurred to a freight train on the Cooperstown railroad near Clintonville, Monday morning, inflicting damage of a few hundred dollars. It was coming up from the Junction with eleven cars, three of them carrying coal. The latter and three others went down an embankment about 15 feet, using up a box car loaded with wood, and damaging three or four others, more or less. The two brakemen jumped off, one of them as his car started to go down, and the other as his was landing. Both fortunately escaped with slight injuries. The accident is supposed to have resulted from the spreading of the rails. None of the freight was perishable. February 9, 1893

100 YEARS AGO

The Editor muses about what life would be like in 1968, 50 years hence: “Up there in 1968, it may be supposed that some of the people who are now beginning to grow old will be giving the youngsters, recollections of the big war, just as people in these days tell us how they lived and what things cost and how scarce many articles of food and clothing were in 1864-1865. There should be preserved for the generation of 1968 some record that will give the granddaughters and grandsons of that time, and the generations to come afterward, some idea of how a nation that was accustomed to plenty and repletion, voluntarily, and with apparent cheerfulness, accepted the requests to save and save, and still to save, to use substitutes for meats and wheat, and

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Gerald B. Ellsworth is producing the Kenyon College Dramatic Club’s production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Ellsworth, a junior at Kenyon, will also portray Gregory, a servant to Romeo. No newcomer to the Kenyon stage, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ellsworth of Cooperstown has been seen in “Hamlet,” “Charlie’s Aunt,” “The Imaginary Invalid,” and “The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch.” “Romeo and Juliet” is the second production of the 119th season of theatre at Kenyon, an all-male liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio. February 7, 1968

25 YEARS AGO

The Cooperstown Redskins’ boys’ basketball team picked up two more wins against Center State Conference opponents last week to run their season record to 13-4 and 11-3 in the east division of the CSC. On February 2, the Redskins dominated Herkimer on the road, winning 81 to 54 as Junior guard-forward Seth Schaeffer poured in 35 points. Schaeffer added another 31 points at Mohawk to bring his season offensive total to 419 points, an average of 29.9 per game for 14 games. Schaeffer’s career point total in a Redskins’ varsity uniform is now 993 points. Schaeffer can be expected to join Chuck “Skip” Coleman, Ralph Pugliese and Mike Nelson in the Redskins’ thousand-point scoring circle. February 10, 1993

10 Years Ago, Anti-Fracking Fight Taught Communities Empowerment

en years have passed What the anti-fracking since we learned that struggle revealed above all the oil and gas industry was the vulnerability of our was planning to frack a big local communities to powerchunk of New York State, inful outside forces over which cluding Otsego County. Battle we have little or no control. lines were quickly drawn beIn this case, it was the oil and tween those who believed that gas industry, led by the most natural gas was a cleaner form powerful corporations in the of energy and also hoped to world. But other examples profit from it, and those who ADRIAN abound. KUZMINSKI feared that our air and water Unfunded mandates from would be permanently polNew York State, for instance, luted, our scenic resources degraded, dictate much of our public education, and our property values lowered. health care and social services, while In the ensuing struggle, communibypassing local control. Local taxpayties were mobilized more than at any ers pick up the tab, in a classic case of time since the rent wars of the 19th taxation without representation. century. Hundreds of local municipaliOur political rhetoric is of two ties passed anti-fracking resolutions, minds over these outside forces. Either and finally, in 2015, fracking in New they are defended as somehow conYork State was banned by executive tributing to the general good, if we like order of the Governor. them, or they are condemned as ex-

Food, And A Memory COLUMN/From A5 And we are looking forward to India, China, Thailand, Brazil, Ireland, France and Israel. We must say, we find the International Dinners are great way to try varied cuisines from around the world, without having to leave Cooperstown. • And while we are busily taking in a number of dining opportunities this winter, we are also in the midst of what we are calling the “The Year of the Purge.” It is time, we have decided, that there is a lot of stuff lurking in our house that should, and can, be removed to other locations, where ever they might be. And while we have made some headway with this project, we must admit that, try as we might, there is still a lot of stuff with which we find ourselves unable to part. • For example, while going through a pile of seemingly miscellaneous papers, we came across a letter we had received in April of 1954 from Gilmore Brothers Department Store in Kalamazoo, Mich. The letter thanked us for “...helping in such a fine way with our ‘Little Lady’ party.” Includ-

ploitative and destructive, if we don’t. It matters little whether the arguments for or against are persuasive, since they are mostly believed only by those who’ve already made up their minds. What matters is the deeper alienation we feel as decisions for our welfare, or exploitation, are made by far-away people in impenetrable organizations, most of whom we don’t know and could not even name. This is not a conservative vs. liberal issue. Both sides bemoan the outside forces they don’t like, and applaud the benefits of those they do like. The deeper issue is that of democracy, of public accountability. Complain selectively as we will about the pros and cons of state and federal government, or corporate power, there is little appetite or imagination for asserting local prerogatives Please See KUZMINSKI, A6

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Anti-fracking activitist Bob Eklund, New Lisbon, hugs Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham at a celebration at Brewery Ommegang on Dec. 17, 2014, the day Governor Cuomo banned the practice.

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EDITORIAL/From A4 presumably, their counsel – say Gelbsman will simply default into Morgan’s vacant seat? Hulse did not reply to an email seeking clarification, so it remains to be seen how things play out. This sounds like inside baseball, but there are real-life implications if Otsego Now – it’s the county IDA (industrial development authority), the lead player in arranging financing for industrial and commercial initiatives – and the county board are at odds. Who was it who said a house divided cannot stand? Lincoln, famously, and he was drawing on an even higher power, Matthew 12:22-28. • By any measure, Otsego Now is Our columnist as a in much better shape than it was six “Little Lady.” months ago when, after former CEO ed with the letter were two Sandy Mathes was forced out, the pictures of us as we hosted whole staff quit and, for several weeks, a mother-daughter party economic development ground to a which featured “Little Lady” halt. toiletries for girls. An experienced economic develAs we think about the oper, Jody Zakrevsky, was recruited experience, we are somewhat from the Amsterdam IDA, and three taken aback that at the tender sensible community and business leadage of 6, we were involved ers with no axes to grind were added to with marketing products the Otsego Now board: Country Club to the unsuspecting public. Automotive President Tom Armao, Nonetheless, we remember Springbrook CEO Pat Kennedy and the occasion well, which Fox Hospital President Jeff Joyner. means that there is certainly The Otsego Now board has now no way we can part with directed Zakrevsky to revise the goals such a memorable and well in the March 18, 2016, strategic plan. documented childhood event. With the push-back against Mathes already underway, that plan in itself was insufficiently bullish. For in-

stance, it defined a “transformative” project as one that creates more than 20 jobs. Twenty jobs are great, but hardly transformative. • In an interview, Zakrevsky said his Priority #1 is “working with existing businesses to try and build them and expand them.” It should go without saying that the IDA serve as the local commercial, manufacturing and institutional base. That allowed the reinvention of Hartwick College’s campus; it may help expand Brooks BBQ locally. Zakrevsky said he is currently working with Corning in Oneonta and Andela Products in Richfield Springs, all good. The second priority, the IDA CEO said, is infrastructure – broadband, energy (lack of natural gas is choking off not just existing institutions, but certainly prospective ones) and transportation. Those improvements, you would think, will lay the foundation for types of growth that simply can’t happen now. And Zakrevsky is prospecting, too, hoping to announce an entry into the

market in the next few days. • Still, much has been lost. In particular, the “single point of contact” that top industrial recruiter Richard Sheehy told the second “Seward Summit” in October 2013 is essential to successful economic development. Quite the opposite is happening. The IDA has been handing lead status on projects back to the City of Oneonta (pieces of the D&H yards redevelopment) and the Village of Cooperstown (grantsmanship for Doubleday Field). With a lack of burning interest being shown at Otsego Now for a distribution center at Schenevus, the Town of Maryland may take over that initiative. Wherever we’re heading on economic development, a common mission between the county board and Otsego Now board will be essential, which makes the Gelbsman sideshow mystifying. At base, the county representatives hold all the cards. County Attorney Coccoma had advised Bliss’ predecessor that Otsego Now board members serve “at will,” and can be removed by the county board at any time. Before anything like that happens, however, the Bliss Administration should, in consultation with Otsego Now, come up with a common idea of what economic development should be. (Marietta is just the guy to facilitate that.) Then the reps could decide who stays and, if some clique doesn’t want to play ball, who’s out.

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NY Post Praises Faso For Anti-Scaffold-Law Campaign Editor’s Note: Otsego County’s congressman, John Faso, R-19, won the New York Post’s praise for his campaign to repeal the state’s Scaffold Law, an issue he discussed at the Otsego Chamber’s State of the State Breakfast Jan. 2 at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Hall.

The problem is the state Scaffold Law, which makes contractors and property owners 100-percent liable for gravity-related construction injuries … even when they’re clearly not at fault. This drives insurance costs through the roof and kills other projects because, as Habitat notes, sometimes “insurers refuse to write policies for New York at all.” That’s why Habitat (among many others) supports Faso’s Infrastructure Expansion Act, which the House Judiciary Committee approved Tuesday. Among other things, the

n insane, New York-only law ties the hands even of dogooders like Habitat for Humanity as it tries to build affordable housing. Kudos to Rep. John Faso, R-19, for doing something about it.

Localities Should Set Up, Prove Nation’s Ideals Live KUZMINSKI/From A5 against these outside forces. Maybe that’s because we’re so used to having them act for us that it’s hard to imagine anything else. It would be inspiring, however, to see local governments, especially the Otsego County Board of Representatives, begin to defend local interests more aggressively. Up to now, town and county local government has been understood mostly as an administrative responsibility – getting the roads plowed and maintained, supporting law enforcement, facilitating social services, regulating land use. But that’s not good enough anymore. It’s no secret that representatives at higher levels of government, in Albany or Washington, are responsible not to the voters but to their donors. It’s a form of legal-

All Welcome To Task Force Vs. Scourge OPIATES/From A4 ple often express to us that they are surprised by how far reaching the problem is. They share with us frustration about how hard it is for people to get help and to begin their recovery journey. They tell us about their despair when loved ones relapse and sometimes die. These communications are not wasted on the members of the task force. With that, this op-ed serves as the first in a monthly series by members of the Otsego County Opiate Task Force. We invite you to follow along as we seek to answer questions, address issues and illuminate our community, our neighbors, about what the problem is and how we’re working on it. The Otsego County Opiate Task is an open-membership task force. Members of any Otsego County community are welcome to join and participate. If you are interested in becoming a member of the task force, contact the Task Force Coordinator, Rita Maxwell, at LEAF: 607-432-0090 x109. Many hands make light work.

ized corruption officially enshrined by the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of “Citizens United.” But local representatives by and large are still connected in a personal way to their constituents, and big money isn’t normally a factor. It will be said that local government ought to keep to its stated duties, that doing anything more is beyond its bounds. But there is nothing to prevent local government from passing resolutions to express and protect the interests of its constituents, and to give voice to their concerns. That’s exactly what hundreds of towns did across Upstate New York when confronted with the threat of fracking, and it applies to any issue, whether left or right. In an era of profound alienation, where approval ratings of legislators and executives are shockingly low, where confidence in larger institutions is seriously eroded, it may be time for local governments to step up in the interests of their constituents, and in defense of the best of American democratic ideals. Adrian Kuzminski, Ph.D., Fly Creek, is Sustainable Otsego moderator and a retired professor.

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bill would free any project financed with federal cash from Scaffold Law liability. Which is a no-lose proposition. Data show, as Faso wrote in these pages in September, that despite the Scaffold Law, “New York’s construction sites are no safer than those where a ‘comparative negligence’ standard of shared responsibility is used.” That standard still leaves workers the right to sue companies and property owners, but lets a judge or jury determine the fault of every party. New York Post Jan. 30, 2018

DRONES/From A1 “There are well over 130 municipalities that are adding their own drone regulations,” said Katz. “I was personally directed to the town of Orchard Park, where the Buffalo Bills play.” In 2015, Orchard Park restricted drone flights within a two-mile radius of the Bills’ home stadium up to six hours before and after large events. Katz said his goal is narrowly focused: It would require drone operators to obtain a local permit to fly during major local events – for instance, the Parade of Legends during Hall of Fame weekend, or Cooptoberfest, which this year attracted 3,000 attendees. The permit information would be shared with the New York State Police, which has the capacity to identify non-permitted drones during such events and ensure they pose no threat. Pointing out that the Hall of Fame Induction, next to the Clark Sports Center, is actually in the Town of Middlefield, the mayor said he hopes the town board is considering similar regulations. Narrowly drawn as Katz envisions it, it seems the law would avoid conflicts with FAA prerogatives. “There are certain things

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Democrats Split Over Assembly Race DIVIDE/From A1 Democrat, past county chair Richard Abbate of Cooperstown. “I will be supporting him,” Abbate said. “I will put together any support he needs.” The current Democratic county chair, Kim Muller, said Tuesday, Feb. 6, she was contacted by Magee that morning as well, but she was non-committal on supporting him. And, she reminded a reporter, “Rich is the former county chair, NOT the chair.” Although she expressed enthusiasm for Buttermann’s candidacy, she said any endorsement is up to the county committee as a whole, and it has a policy not to endorse before the primary, June 26 this year. “I don’t know if we are going to change (that policy) for this race,” she continued. While she’ll leave that decision to the full committee, “it’s something I don’t personally think is a good idea.” Magee, a Democrat from Nelson, this side of Cazenovia, has served in the Assembly since 1990, and for much of that time as chair of the Agricultural Committee. His seniority has given him access to funding for projects he supports, most recently $2 million to rebuild the Village of Cooperstown’s

sewage-treatment plant. As a Democrat in the Democraticcontrolled lower house, he has collaborated with state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who represents the county in the GOP-controlled upper house, on many initiatives. “I think it’s foolish to try to replace someone who has done so much for these counties,” said Abbate, adding, “Why do something that makes no sense? Dan Buttermann is a nice guy, but Bill is seasoned, experienced. When he picks up the phone, people call him back.” For her part, Muller, the former Oneonta mayor, said Buttermann “has done his homework. He’s on top of the issues.” With Magee clearly ailing for a number of years now – at public appearances, he sometimes has been unable to mount even one step – “we thought and believe (Dan) would be a great successor.” Noting Otsego County hasn’t been represented by a local person since Oneonta’s Pete Dokuchitz in the 1970s, Muller said a county resident inevitably is more knowledgeable and focused on county issues. “Bill’s been great with farms,” she said. “And he’s been good to Otsego

County. (But) having someone from Otsego County would be a great opportunity.” Given Democratic dominance in that body, “we definitely want a Democrat in the Assembly. Dan would be following in those (Magee’s) footsteps.” The county Republican chair, Vince Casale, said the split among Democratic leaders “is indicative of what we’ve been seeing. You’ve got a growing concern over the ability of Assemblyman Magee to effectively and adequately represent his constituents.” Whether the Republican nominee is John Salka of Madison County, the Brookfield town supervisor who has run against Magee twice before, or someone else, “it’s a big advantage if the Democrats are obviously divided.” While Magee, because of personal support, has won repeatedly, the 121st District tilts Republican, Casale continued. “If the assemblyman is not a candidate,” he said, “the district reverts back to its original alignment, which is a strong Republican district.” A man who answered the telephone at Magee’s Albany office said the assemblyman would not be available for comment.

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Upbringing, Experience Guides Buttermann Bid RUNNING/From A1 An arts community, that is. They organized shows, brought artisans together, and then brought in customers. “That support for one another really helped their businesses grow” – and everyone else’s, said the son. Dad Kent had intended to become a lawyer; mom Denise, an art teacher. But they become so involved in The prize: Serving in the the community they built, in state Capitol in Albany. cerned about a tendency to Phoenix and later Prescott, “teach to the test,” he said they’re still running a thriv“seeing the sort of things we ing business 45 years later. have access to, compared to While they never ran for my experience: I was very office, their community happy to see we are investbuilding got them involved ing in student needs.” in local politics and local Buttermann said he causes, and Dan saw it all became interested in – family, vocation, commurunning for Magee’s seat nity building, politics – as as far back as 2015, and part of a piece. has been courting support “When I found a place I in the three-county district wanted to live, I wanted to – Otsego, Madison and get involved in politics,” he Oneida – since then. said. If Magee decides to run A half-decade ago, he again, he and Buttermann moved to Oneonta when will face off in the June 26 his wife joined Hartwick Democratic primary for the College’s music faculty party’s endorsement. He – the two had met in the pit orchestra at the University of will then have to defeat Arizona rehearsing for “Car- Republican John Salka, the Brookfield town supervisor, in ousel”; she plays the flute, the Nov. 6 general election. he the clarinet – he quickly Graduating from the acted on that conclusion. University of Arizona, the A neighbor, the late candidate earned an MBA county Rep. Rich Murphy, D-Town of Oneonta, quickly at Southern Methodist University. He current is a adopted him as a protégé. claims manager at NYCM Although he lost a run for in Edmeston. Murphy’s seat in 2013 to Since arriving in Greater Republican Janet Hurley Oneonta, Butterman has Quackenbush, he quickly served on the town Planning rebounded, running for Board. He is an Oneonta a winning a seat on the Rotarian, performs with Oneonta City school board the Oneonta Community the following year. Concert Band, and teaches He joined the school courses on negotiation and board just as Center Street organizational behavior at School was closing, victim Hartwick. of declining revenues, and Buttermann is on the he drew another conclusion. boards of Opportunities for “I started thinking about Otsego and the Oneonta the challenges we faced Concert Association. Last and how we need Albany fall, he was lead organizer to support local education,” of the first TEDxOneonta he said. On the other hand, he was and TEDxOneontaWomen impressed with the offerings talks locally; he plans a third TEDx Talk next in city schools compared to fall. He was a member of his native Arizona. There, Hometown Oneonta & The education is funded at the Freeman’s Journal’s first level of $6,000 per student; “20 Under 40” class. here, it is $20,000 per stuNow living in the city, he dent. and Ana Laura are raising While he has been conthree daughters, Malena, 8; Layla, 6, and Nadia, 3. “My wife is very supportive,” he said. “Just as my parents included me, I intend to include my family and my girls in the process. I want them to see first-hand, how much it means to the community.”

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Wearing his official Fédération Internationale de Ski uniform, Milford’s Douglas Hall holds up his official credential that will open doors for him when he arrives in Seoul, South Korea, in the next few days to ensure consistent conditions for women’s ski events at the Yongpyong Alpine Center during the Winter Olynpics.

here’s plenty of snow on the hills of Otsego County, but Douglas Hall is headed overseas to hit his trails. “I’m required to ski all the Olympic courses to inspect and approve them,” he said. “And when you’re at the top all day during the races, there’s only one way down!” Hall, who lives in Milford, will serve as the tech delegate for the women’s Olympic ski events in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. “I’ve been a member of Fédération Internationale de Ski” – the governing body for international winter sports – “and I got a phone call asking if I was available to go to South Korea. “Of course I was!” Please See OFFICIAL, B3

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t last, it seems, Dana Spiotta has finally left Los Angeles behind. “There’s always been a bit of L.A. in the other books,” she said. “The new one I’m working on has no LA in it. It’s all set in Upstate.” OTSEGO.life The former proprietor of

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, february 8-9, 2018 Cooperstown. Call 607-5475327. BROOKS DINNER – 4:30 - 6 p.m. Enjoy a chicken dinner, baked potato, salad, desserts, more to support the Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Christ Church Episcopal, 46 River St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-8111. QUILT SHOW – 5 - 8 p.m. See handmade quilts “From Antique to Modern,” adorning the galleries. Some are available for purchase. On display thru Feb. 17. Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Call 607432-2070. OWL MEETING – 5 - 8 p.m. Share ideas, comments on the children’s museum at Fortin Park. Free to attend, complimentary snacks, dinner options available to purchase. Meeting begins @ 6. Children’s activities provided. My Father’s Place, 5960 St. Hwy. 7, Oneonta. Call 607431-8543.

SHOW & TELL – 7 p.m. The Utica & Mohawk Valley National Railway Historical Society meet to discuss future activities, present a show & tell section. Active, former Railroad personnel are specifically invited. Open to all with interest in Railroad history. Zion Lutheran Church, 630 French Rd., New Hartford. Call 315-853-5400 or email bpaulson909@msn.com. COMEDY – 7 p.m. Enjoy the hilarious tour “Not Too Far from Home” featuring pro comedians from the Northeast. Includes complimentary appetizers. Show begins 8 p.m. Cost, $20. Foothills Performing Arts Center. Call 607-431-2080. FILM SERIES – 7 - 9 p.m. Cabin Fever film festival presents “Brave” (2012). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Free, open to the public. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-5478344.

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Milford Skier Will Make Sure Surface Of Slopes Up To Par At Olympics OFFICIAL/From B1 A former ski racer and coach himself, Hall got involved with the United States Ski & Snowboard Association in the late ’90s, checking courses for safety, ruling on athlete protests, and serving as a judge, scoring events. “I worked all over the region,” he said. “Then I was approached by FIS to be a tech delegate.” As tech delegate, he works with both mountain management and the jury to make sure the races are safe and fair. He first visited Pyeongchang County last year in the host country’s Taebaek Mountains, 50 miles from the North Korean border, to begin examining the courses. “I had to ask them to do some excavations and remove hills,” he said. “Then we have a test event to make sure the hills run how we want them to.” He retired in 2016 after working as a mechanical engineer, doing research and product development for companies like Eastman Kodak and GE in Vermont, and skiing on weekends. “I’ve never gone any place warm for vacation,”

The orange parka sets Hall off as an official during World Cup competition. Later this month, he will apply skills learned to date at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

he joked. Though he grew up in Syracuse, Hall’s family has owned a cabin on Crumhorn Mountain since after World War I, and prior to that, his great-grandfather, Benjamin Van Zant, was the sheriff for a time. “They’re buried in the Milford cemetery,” he said. “My family has been here a long time.”

He and his wife Leslie moved into the cabin in 2016 and have updated it for year-round living. But even coming from Upstate New York, he still had some things to learn about snow. “You learn a lot,” he said. “I like to ski in soft snow, but when you race, you want hard snow because it levels the playing field. The first and last skier on the hill will have the same experience. You have to till the snow, inject water into it. There’s a lot involved.” Hall’s first Olympics was Salt Lake City in 2002. Douglas Hall has officiated at various venues since becoming associated “The European coaches with the Fédération Internationale de Ski. Here he skis to a starting gate in were notorious for wanting 2016 at World Cup competition in Killington, Vt. to climb up things to get better views,” he recalled. In Pyeongchang County, “If you make a mistake on An official member of the “Ski towers, trees, anything. Hall will serve as the start the course, there’s no comOlympic jury, he will also One German coach climbed ref for the women’s events. ing back.” aid the judges as they weigh a tree on the side of the “I’ll be responsible for evBut sometimes, that performance issues, such as course and one of the race erything at the top,” he said. can mean getting a little race conduct. committee members, com“I inspect the athlete’s gear, physical with the athletes. And although he no ing down the trail, called to assist with access for who is “There’s a clock that shows longer skis competitively, him to get out. allowed on the course when, the athletes when they have Leslie is a ski instructor at “Speaking German, the and make sure they all have to go,” he said. “But they the University of Vermont, coach said he didn’t undera proper start.” don’t stop that clock when His daughters, Sarah and stand and, finally, the comIf an athlete crashes on they call a Start/Stop, so my Alicia, competed in high mittee member just rode the course, the Milford job is to grab the athlete and school, with Alicia going off. The coach turned man will be responsible for pull them back. You don’t on to race for St. Lawrence to his friend and said, relaying the start/stop to the want them to take off and University. “I’ve got five ‘Hey Charlie, the view is next skier. “Ski racing is hit someone who’s still on grandchildren and they all great up here!’” unforgiving,” he said. the course.” ski too,” he said.

Spiotta, Who Wrote Prize-Winning ‘Eat The Document’ In Cherry Valley, Returns SPIOTTA/From B1 And despite the sudden snowstorm, the audience was packed. “My mom didn’t even make it,” she said. “She had to turn around on Middlefield Center road. The roads were horrible.” Spiotta, a member of the Syracuse University creative writing faculty alongside

“Lincoln in the Bardo” author George Saunders of Oneonta, read from her novel “Innocents and Others,” published in 2016. In 2017, she was awarded the John Updike Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. “I was doing a reading from ‘Stone Arabia’ in Gloversville and, down-

town, there was this beautiful old art deco movie theater,” she said. “I did more research, and I ended up writing about it.” That theater inspired “Innocents and Others,” which follows Meadow and Carrie, two young filmmakers in 1980s L.A. as they come Upstate on a summer road trip. “Meadow sees it as an antidote to L.A.,” the author said. Spiotta and her husband Clem Coleman operated the Rose & Kettle in 2003-09. “I was pregnant with Agnes the first year I was working there,” she said. “Alex & Ika’s was right across the street, and Ika and I had our babies within two days of

each other.” It was at the Rose & Kettle, between folding napkins and tending bar, that she wrote “Eat the Document,” the National Book Award finalist, (which also won her the Rosenthal Foundation Award, a year’s fellowship at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in Rome.) “I got up very early to write, and Clem would take Agnes for two hours to let me work,” she said. “Then I would take her for two hours so he could work. Time became so precious.” But her surroundings Parker Fish/ OTSEGO.life did more than pay the bills. Novelist returned to scene of first triumph. They inspired her work. “Cherry Valley changed here are different than the me,” she said. “The hills West Coast hills. You can

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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 attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE

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Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Buhrstone, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/04/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY desig. Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 134 Allison Rd, Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMar.15 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of OECONNECT, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/31/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Otsego Electric Cooperative, Inc., PO Box 128, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 3192 County Highway 11, Hartwick, NY 13348. 6LegalMar.15 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of 22 Chestnut Street Realty Group, LLC Filed 1/29/18 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 22 Chestnut Street,

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CORN DAY – 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Farmers participate in seminars and discussion of the latest news in Corn Cultivation. Cost, $30/person. Registration required. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 315-866-7920. Cooperstown Village 2-BR FILM SCREENING – 4:30 Flat $1,400 a month plus 1 p.m. Showing “Backpack month security. includes heat, of Cash,” narrated by electric, water. 1,400 sq. ft. No Full Matt Damon. A documentary pets, no smoking. Year lease. exploring the growing issue Off-street parking. Call Hubbell’s of privatization of public Real Estate 607-547-5740. schools. Free, open to the

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Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalMar.15 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of HARTWICH HIGHLANDS CAMPGROUND, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/22/2017. Office location, County of Otsego. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 131 Burke Hill Rd., Milford, NY 13807. Purpose: any lawful act 6LegalMar.8 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SPINGLER & SWIFT HOLDINGS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/26/2018. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 7200 State Highway 7, Maryland, NY 12116, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalMar.8 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EMPIRE GROUP OF MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/17/2018. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 355, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMar.8

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Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Mortgaged Premises: 6242 STATE HIGHWAY 28 FLY CREEK, NY 13326 Section: 114.5 Block: 1 Lot: 5 INDEX NO. 690/2017 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -againstKATHIE EMERSON-ARMSTRONG, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD W. EMERSON; RICHARD EMERSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD W. EMERSON; JEFFREY EMERSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD W. EMERSON; STACI EMERSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD W. EMERSON; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of

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kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ‘’JOHN DOE #1’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE #12,’’ the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above-named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $330,000.00 and interest, recorded

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on June 8, 2009 in Liber 1577 at Page 203, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 6242 STATE HIGHWAY 28, FLY CREEK, NY 13326. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: January 22, 2018 Westbury, New York RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: IRINA DULARIDZE, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalMar.1 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Bennett Brewing

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to PO Box 21, Laurens, NY 13796. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 14 Brook St., Laurens, NY 13796. 6LegalMar.1 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of BRIAR CREEK PARTNERS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/15/17. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Dennis O’Hara, PO Box 407, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalFeb.22 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Go Team Six, llc. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/21/17. 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, 101 Hade Hollow Road Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalFeb.15 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of THE GROVE OF BUTTERNUT VALLEY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/02/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Brian K. Norton and Christala M. Norton, PO Box 36, Morris, NY 13808. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalFeb.15

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

OBITUARIES

William Parsons,65; Contractor Was Restoring Berkshire Estate

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Mimi Lehman, 96;Taught At CCS For 30 Years

COOPERSTOWN – William Parsons, 65, the Cooperstown native who operated a masonry and restoration business out of his home in Farmington, Conn., died Tuesday Jan. 30. A full obituary is being prepared by his family and will be published in this newspaper at a later date. A preservation contractor, Bill was working on renovations to The Mount, novelist Edith Wharton’s home at William Lenox in the Berkshires. Parsons Most recently, Parsons was in town Saturday, Jan. 20 for the funeral of Paul Lambert, retired CCS superintendent. The son said it is believed he died in his sleep, though the cause of death is not yet known. “Dad was the kindest, most friendly person I’ve ever known. It seemed like no matter where he was, it was his personal mission to have a friendly interaction with any person he came across,” Dan wrote. Parsons will be cremated, as per his wishes, and a celebration of life will be announced in the near future.

ONEONTA – Mildred W. “Mimi” Lehman, who taught for three decades at Cooperstown Elementary School, passed away Friday evening, Feb. 2, 2018, in her residence at St. James’ Manor in Oneonta. She was 96. A native of Delaware County, she was born Nov. 2, 1921, in Trout Creek, one of six children of Clair L. and Mildred (Drake) Whitaker. After graduating from Delaware Academy in Delhi in 1939, Mimi attended the State Teachers College in Oneonta, and graduated from there with a bachelor’s degree in education in 1943. Her first teaching position was in Baldwin on Long Island, where she taught for two years. In 1945, she moved to Cooperstown and

began teaching third grade at Cooperstown Elementary School. She later taught second grade, and retired from teaching in 1976. Soon after she moved to Cooperstown, Mimi met Carroll Barnes Lehman, who had just started teaching science in the school system. On April 12, 1947, they were married in a ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church of Delhi, and then settled into their home on Walnut Street where they raised their three children. Mimi was a member and former trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, and after moving to Oneonta attended the First United Presbyterian Church (The “Red Door” Church). She was also a member and past regent of the Otsego Chapter, Na-

tional Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), the Cooperstown Women’s Club, and volunteered for over 20 years at Bassett Hospital. Mimi is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Werther of Latham and Barbara Rothermel and husband, Otto, of Oneonta; one son, Thomas Lehman and wife, Carolyn of Westminster, Mass.; eight grandchildren, Kimberly and Jay Werther, Jonathan, Brian and Kara Rothermel, and Thomas, Jennifer and Danielle Lehman; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Carroll, who died Aug. 3, 1999, as well as all of her siblings, Dr. John Ogden Whitaker, DDS, LaVerne

Whitaker, Annie Laurie Robinson-Ludington, Helen Whitaker Greene and Wanita W. Lewis. A Memorial Service will be at 12 noon Saturday, Feb. 10, at the First United Presbyterian Church (The “Red Door” Church), 2 Walling Avenue, Oneonta, with the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Walton Leavitt, pastor officiating. Mimi will be laid to rest later this Spring in Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to the Carroll B. Lehman Memorial Science Award, c/o Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, NY 13326 . Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

Edward L. Reynolds, 60; Nature Lover, Oneonta Block Foreman Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar. Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special. Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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COOPERSTOWN – Edward L. Reynolds, 60, a life-long resident of Cooperstown, Wednesday January 31, 2018 in the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass. after a prolonged illness. Ed was born May 2, 1957 in Cooperstown, the son of Lyle and Eleanor H. (Hubbard) Reynolds and was raised in Cooperstown and on the family’s Beaver Meadow Road property where he developed a deep love of the outdoors. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in the Class of 1976. He married Judy Mabie in 1978. Following high school, Ed began working with his father in the family business, Lyle Reynolds and Sons. He also worked for over 30 years at Seward Sand and Gravel and what is now Oneonta Block as a Foreman. .With the assistance of his brother and father, he built his house on the upper part of the family property. A lover of nature, he enjoyed feeding and watching the many birds that lived on the property. It was said that he spent more feeding the birds than himself. A man who was dedicated to and loved his family, Ed is survived by his wife Judy, his son Michael (Marcie Foster), and his granddaughter (the “apple of his eye”) Adelaide of Milford. He is also survived by his brother Steven R. Reynolds of Cooperstown and his

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2013. The family will be in attendance to receive friends from 4-6 p. Monday Feb. 12, from 4 pm to 6 pm at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. A memo-

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County To Host Its 1st Rotary Convention Since 2000 ROTARY/From A1 and Be Inspired’,” said van der Muelen. Among the planned presenters are motivational speaker Jerry Posner, author of “Eternal Cosmic Wisdom at Bargain Basement Prices.” “He’s an expert on positivity,” she said. “He’s spoken nationally.” Lusiné Mehrabyan, a Cornell University graduate who Rotary sponsored at the London School of Economics, will also present her “pop-up economics” proj-

ect. “She’s young and she’s going to change the world,” van der Meulen said. “She’ll share some of her ideas for helping people to make sense of the complicated economic concepts that affect our lives.” The 28 current Rotary exchange students are also invited to participate in the conference. “The conference always has a talent show, and it’s always the highlight,” she said. “These exchange students are helping to build a more peaceful world. They’re so inspiring.”

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WRITERS SALON – 7:30 - 9 p.m. Present your writing at the open mic then enjoy a reading by the featured author Greg Klein. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070.

Friday, February 16

MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided for many different hands on activities to inspire creative thinking and problem-solving. Everything from Crochet to coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Justice League.” Tickets, $3. The Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. FILM SERIES – 7 - 9 p.m. Cabin Fever film festival presents “Iron Jawed Angels” (2004). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Free, open to the public. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344.

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Eradicating polio is one of the Rotary Club’s main initiatives, and the money raised by the race will go towards the polio vaccination initiatives around the world. They will also participate in a community service project, which van der Meulen hopes will involve, among other things, parks cleanup downtown. She’s expecting around 300 to show up, but the venue can hold as many as 500. “Last year was in Canandaigua, which is outside our district, so not a lot of people came,” she said. “I’m hoping that since it’s not as far a drive, we’ll have more people.” And she hopes that her fellow Rotarians will come away inspired. “We try to do something different every year,” she said. “We want to get them hooked and get them ready for the next year of service.”

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There will also be music and entertainment, including the Island Hoppers Steel Drum Band out of Binghamton, van der and the Joe Meulen Siracusa jazz trio. “There’s a lot of variety,” she said. “And there will be breakout sessions where people can play board games or do crafts.” But it’s not just about sitting inside. A public “End Polio Now” 5K is planned on the SUNY cross-country trails, keeping with the Rotary’s conference tradition of getting out for an activity. “There’s a club in Arizona that does a 100-mile bike race!” she said. “I think I’ll stick with training for the 5K. Maybe next time!”

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CONSERVATION FILM – 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. “Defenders of Wildlife: Racing Extinction” film screening and panel. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980. FROZEN TOES RACE – 10:30 a.m. Frozen Toes 5-mile race on the outdoor hiking trail. Cost, $20/person. Registration 9-10 a.m. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2800.

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SCIENCE SATURDAY – 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Children’s morning story hour. Learn about electrons at the Electricity Alive demonstration at 11:30, learn about robots at 1, and tap your sense of wonder at the planetarium matinee show at 2. Free, registration required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-2011. SNOW TUBING – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Enjoy the winter. Cost $5/person. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. POLAR BEAR JUMP – 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Jump in a frozen lake to raise money for local children, adults, organizations. Goodyear Lake, Portlandville. Call 607-4324500. WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607432-1980. PLAY READING – 4 - 6 p.m. Presenting “Happy Birt’day, Greta Garbo” a new work by Central New York Playwright Sandi Dollinger. Feedback welcome. Admission by donation. Next reading, 3/3. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-5471400. MARDI GRAS – 6 - 10 p.m. Celebration includes Karoke, music, a Kings & Queens courts, silent auction, 50/50 raffle, more. Tickets, $15/single. Benefit for Orpheus Theater. Oneonta Moose Lodge, 119 W. Broadway, Oneonta. Call 607-432-9392.