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PumpkinFest Creators Die In Walton Tragedy

he’d stopped calling or sending Christmas cards.

“There was no indication COOPERSTOWN that this kind of tragedy could ever happen to them,” said hen Deb and Polly Renckens, who was Randy SundCooperstown Chamber of strom posed for Commerce executive direca photo with their firsttor when PumpkinFest was prize-winning pumpkin founded in 2004. “We’re all at the 2009 PumpkinFest, in disbelief.”

As Chamber no one had any inkling of executive “It’s a what-went-wrong problems between the two director, Polly situation,” said Pat Szarpa, people “instrumental” in Renckens current Chamber execubringing the popular fall tive who oversaw her first knew the event to Cooperstown.

PumpkinFest last September.

Sundstroms well.

The following year, “They brought such good to Randy was absent from the the community.” event he and his wife founded. On What went wrong began coming Friday, Feb. 22, his body was found clearer on Feb. 19, when Walton inside a 55-gallon drum behind the Police Chief Brian Laauser and Sundstrom’s Walton home, two days Senior Investigator Karl Vagts of the Freeman’s Journal Randy and Debra Sundstrom, credited with founding Cooperafter his wife committed suicide Delaware County Sheriff’s Office town’s Pumpkinfest in 2004, are seen here after winning the and three years after friends on the arrived at a seasonal residence at BigPumpkin message board reported Please See SUNDSTROMS, A7 2009 event. He has been found dead in Walton and she has

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Stephanie Wilcox models an outfit during the eighth annual CCS Fashion Show Friday, March 1, in Sterling Auditorium.

Lying In Road, Man Struck By Passing Vehicle COOPERSTOWN

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Cooperstown man was run over by a vehicle while he lay on the pavement of Route 28 in front of the Peppermill Restaurant at 1:26 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, according to Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. Michael Miller, 91 Chestnut St., was treated at the scene and transported to Bassett Hospital, where he was recuperating.

There were “bags of clothing” in the roadway, and the driver, when located, was unaware the vehicle had actually struck a person, Devlin said. No charges had been filed.

IN MEMORIAM: Margaret C. Peters, 88, wife of Bassett researcher emeritus Ted Peters, pass away Sunday, March 3, after a long battle with lung disease/

committed suicide, police said.

EMPTY BOWLS, FULL STOMACHS

11 Districts Collaborate In Bus Study Shared Bus Garages, Central Maintenance Among Options

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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As has become the norm, the line for the fifth annual Empty Bowls Luncheon Saturday, March 2, stretched from the door of the Vets’ Club, down Main Street and down Hoffman Lane to Stagecoach Lane, more than 100 folks. In all, 315 attended, accordDETAILS, B7 ing to organizer Donna Mackie, contributing $15 for a bowl and soup to GROFF ON PANEL: fill it, including, at Lauren Groff, author of right, Jackie Savoie, “Monsters of Templeton,” foreground, and is a panelist on “Knowing Jeannine Bohler. At Nothing: What Novelists left are Haney and Figure Out Before Page Jill Ghaleb, at right, and her mother and One” Friday, March 8, at the step-father, Robert Association of Writing Proand Samira Foster. grams Convention in Boston.

The event benefits the Cooperstown Food Bank.

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IF YOU GO: 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6, CCS cafeteria, first budget session.

hile others are dreading programs cuts, layoffs and building closings, Cooperstown Central School is trying to solve its budget woes by sharing – with perhaps as many as 11 different school districts.

“We want to change the focus to discuss Please See CCS, A7

Decision Due On ‘Redskins’

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Haggerty Ace Hardware’s renovated and expanded store on Route 28 is complete. Greeting customers Saturday, March 1, were proprietors Jeff and Wanda Haggerty, foreground, and staffers, from left, Sam Terrell, Sam Holmes, Joe Marsala, Jake Burr, Ron Philpott, Ryan Kennedy, Patrick Bouton, Dawn Knauss, Dave VanWinkler and Carri Blair.

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Sumer Murdock, who shattered the CCS 3-point record this season, scored a game high of 21 points to help the Redskins take a 59-44 lead against Weedsport.

Lucy Ford and Liz Millea guard Alannah Haggerty from Weedsport’s intrusion as she shoots.

Liz Millea was responsible for one of the two free throws that brought Cooperstown to victory.

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CCS LADY REDSKINS BEGIN STATE TOURNAMENT PLAY

Daniel Zoltick, Mike Perrino, Thomas Schulz, Ken Eldred and Grant Davine lead the crowd in cheering loud and clear for the Lady Redskins, who won the Section Three, Class C title, beating Weedsport 59-44 Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Carrier Dome. The girls now enter the state tournament with a quarter-final game v. Harpursville at 1 p.m. Saturday at SUNY Oneonta.

“It’s SumerTime” declares a sign held

by Sumer’s mom, Riverside Elementary Principal Melinda Murdock.

Future Redskins? Will Melissa Schuermann, Lindsey Trosset, Natalie Fountain and Kate Donnelly, in the stands at the Carrier Dome, grow up to be basketball stars too?

Photos By Brian Horey For The Freeman’s Journal

Perspectives

THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013

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EDITORIAL

Don’t Mess Too Much With Happy Balance Of Governance, Politics

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here’s value in simple stability, Otsego County’s new congressman, Chris Gibson, observed in addressing the Cooperstown Rotary at The Otesaga the other week.

Nationally, the business community has $3 trillion sitting on the sidelines, waiting to know what the rules governing taxation and investment will be for the next five years before getting back in the game, Gibson said. What the rules are – Do we cut entitlements? Do we raise taxes?

Do we do a little of both or none of either? – is not as important as deciding and sticking with it.

Interesting.

• The same goes for governance that, locally, we have some control over: our municipalities and the County of Otsego.

Take the City of Oneonta, where the level of confidence in Mayor Dick Miller’s administration enabled voter approval of a new City Charter that created the position of city manager and led to the hiring of a veteran administrator, Mike Long.

When the Mohawk Valley Economic Development Council announced a couple of weeks ago that a supplementary $8 million is available, Long had the knowledge and experience to quickly assemble a packet of grants – $3 million, give or take – from past applications and newly identified needs in time to meet a tight

deadline, Wednesday, March 13.

It’s an intriguing list, from renovations to the WPAera stone bathhouse Abbate at Wilber Park, to housing renovations in a target area north of the downtown, to capturing methane produced at the sewage treatment plant to perhaps start generating electricity.

The Oneonta model: Put the right structure in place, staff it professionally, pursue opportunities.

And there’s an important human component: Miller has been able to get eight brainy, motivated, sometimes headstrong Common Council members to work together sufficiently and to agree, not on everything, but on everything important.

Good things will continue to happen in Otsego County’s only City Hall.

• Stability in Cooperstown Village Hall is allowing similar progress.

Say what you will, but the paid-parking plan trustees adopted in December minimizes local impact – buy a $25 pass, and drivers can continue to do what they are doing now when they park downtown – yet will capture $¼ million a year in new revenues from tourists who, frankly, expect to pay for parking when they

Democrat Teresa Winchester of Butternuts is again challenging Republican stalwart Jim Powers, R-Butternuts.

Either could make that shift happen.

But there are other variables. Cathy Rothenberger, D-Oneonta, only ran last time because another candidate didn’t surface. And who knows if the Democratic first-time reps, John Kosmer of Fly Creek, Gary Koutnik of Oneonta or Beth Rosenthal of Roseboom, Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal will be challenged. Elected Oneonta ex-mayor Kim Muller makes the case to officials are most vulnerable allow current Mayor Miller to run on the Demowhen running for a second cratic line when the party’s county committee term. met Tuesday, Feb. 26. Seated from left are candiSo, prudently, Captain date Lentz and mayors Miller, Nader and Katz.

Abbate appears to be steervisit Independence Hall, the endorsement of both the ing the county-committee Colonial Williamsburg or Democrats and Republicans; ship away from rough waour Hall of Fame. (As to re- Lou Allstadt has the Demoters. The executive comgional shoppers, they avoid cratic and an independent mittee issued a statement Cooperstown in the summer line. Neither has lock-step the other day calling on anyhow.) loyalty to the status quo, Governor Cuomo to create a Mayor Jeff Katz has (effective as it has been blue-ribbon panel to adjust convened a task force to shortterm.) the SAFE Act, the state’s review ordinances that has • new gun-control law and a been ruminating over issues All that said, a multi-laypotential hot-potato locally. that may seem miniscule to ered political battle is brew- And both Democrats on some. Lot-setback adjusting more effervescently at Powers’ Public Safety & ments may warm the cockthe county level. The canny Legal Affairs Committee les of bureaucratic hearts, new county chair, Richard – Rosenthal and Rothenbut they aren’t the stuff of Abbate, who engineered berger – voted to send an community salvation. That Cooperstown’s Democratic anti-SAFE resolution to the said, consistency – as a sweep, is itching – you can full board, if just for discusgeneral concept, not a fetish tell – to do the same at the sion.

– has some merit. county Board of RepresenAbbate’s invisible hand The concern expressed tatives. was also implied in the here before – that one-party That would only take way the county committee, rule (the Village Board is one seat. Patent attorney meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26, all-Democratic) inevitably Ed Lentz of Garrattsville, in Cooperstown, backpedstultifies and doesn’t serve former Democratic county aled from denying Mayor the electorate – will be chair, has been nominated Miller, an independent, partially ameliorated in the to run against first-term the Democratic line on the Tuesday, March 19, elecRepublican Pauline Koren, November ballot. Sustaintion: David Maxson has the Milford businesswoman. able Otsego adherents such

as Winchester and Otsego Town Board member Julie Huntsman took pains to differentiate between fracking (which Miller opposes) and the Constitution Pipeline (which he supported), in contrast with Sustainable’s éminence grise Adrian Kuzminski, who had staked out opposing both as articles of anti-fracking faith. Kosmer, committee vice chair, remained mum.

With all key Oneonta Democrats, including immediate past mayors John Nader and Kim Muller championing Miller, that was a wise step for Democratic unity, an essential one, really, if the party has any chance for achieving a county board majority this fall. Republicans, don’t underestimate Abbate’s determination.

• As Gibson argues, stable government is essential.

As Abbate demonstrates, politics can’t and won’t be discounted. The two are linked, and a healthy combination of each – not like the D.C. standoff, but solutions-focused – seems to be developing locally.

The specific issues – The Manor, jobs, tourism promotion, professionalizing and streamlining government among them – can be more fully discussed here later. For now, a happy combination of the two factors that make for successful democratic government are evident here. Let’s determine to continue similarly.

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Medical Costs Rising, Magnifying Any Cuts To COLAs by them. It involves the substitution of a different CPI index, introduced by the BLS in 2002, called the “chain-weighed” CPI or the C-CPI-U. This new CPI would reduce future annual COLAs by about 0.3 percent. So if the average annual COLA increase is 3.0 percent, the new CPI index would reduce the average annual COLA to 2.7 percent.

Now one may say that seems to be a relatively small reduction for an individual retiree, but over the next 10 years alone it could save the federal government roughly $300 billion due to the effect of compounding.

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To the Editor: In an attempt to be bipartisan on debt-reduction, President Obama has made an offer to the Republican Congressional leadership to cut Social Security spending by simply reducing the annual cost-of-living adjustments to retiree benefits.

These annual adjustments, (COLAs) are currently determined by using a Consumer Price Index (CPI) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) which measures the annual inflation in the cost of all goods and services for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. The current CPI is referred to as the CPI-W. This proposal was originally the idea of the Republicans and long advocated

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accurately measure the effect of inflation on retiree benefits, and not simply a cost-reduction method. Is that really true, and therefore, a good idea? I don’t think so, and neither do many others.

The fact is that it is very uncertain whether this new CPI truly provides a more accurate inflationary adjustment for Social Security and other retirement benefits.

Opponents believe this proposal to be only a political strategy to cut Social Security spending simply because such spending is a huge component of the entire federal budget. That’s true, but it is not a valid reason, because Social Security spending has not yet contributed $1 to the federal deficit. It is, however, an easy target for deficit reduction-advocates, who believe retirees receive too much entitlement benefits.

Many professional benefit

experts believe that the current CPI may actually understate the true cost of inflation on retiree benefits, due to the spending habits and needs of our seniors on fixed incomes. The escalating cost of medical care for seniors is one reason for such an opinion that the current CPI-W doesn’t properly reflect the full magnitude of that effect.

We need a more comprehensive study of the effects of inflation on the spending patterns of our seniors before we make any changes in the method of calculating COLAs. With this in mind, I would ask all seniors on Social Security and other fixed incomes to ask their Congress members and the President to be more cautious about reducing our benefit entitlements.

MARTIN J. WEISSMAN F.S.A., retired Oneonta

Consider Options While There’s Time To the Editor: Congratulations to your newspaper (“Staff Flexibility,” Feb. 28 edition)

for shedding more light than heat on the emotional subject of the problems that face Otsego Manor. The problems are not only the obvious financial hole that The Manor has been dug into, but also the apparent impasse with the CSEA. No one wants to see The Manor continue without disruption to the compassionate service given to the residents there (my wife is one). An increase of a quarter of one per cent to

the sales tax rate seems like an easy solution, but that would cover less than half of the projected deficit for 2013. Would the sales tax have to be increased each succeeding year as costs escalate?

Manor Director Ed Marchi seems to have given painful alternatives thoughtful consideration. The county Board of Representative and the CSEA should consider adopting these alternatives before they are forced upon The Manor by a new management.

WILLIAM DORNBURGH Cooperstown

Privatization Will Create Options For The Manor To the Editor: Otsego Manor is the latest “hot” issue. It seems that anyone who dares discuss the topic will be vilified by the other side rather than trying to address the real issues.

Lets outline the facts: 1) The Manor is a firstclass facility that serves the needs of 174 people and is one of the best of its kind in New York State.

2) The County is subsidizing The Manor in the range of $5.5 million this fiscal year, an increase from $3 million last year and the projections are that this will increase annually.

3) The entire county budget is approximately $124.5 million, including Medicaid and welfare.

4) The Manor is not closing but it may be privatized.

5) The reimbursement rates from the state have been declining and will continue to do so, with the county making up the difference.

6) The projections from the county treasurer indicate that The Manor’s fiscal requirements will place the county in a financial jeopardy.

7) New York State is the highest tax state in the U.S. 8) The entire area is under financial stress, including schools, towns, villages and cities.

The question that everyone should be asking is, “Can the county continue to run The Manor without jeopardizing the residents of The Manor and the other 61,000 county taxpayers.”

Currently the budget al-

locates about 4.4 percent of the total budget to The Manor, with the rest of the budget providing such basic services roads, social services, sheriff department, parks, IDA, etc. The tough question is: To what extent will these services be sacrificed to maintain the current status of The Manor, or do we seek other solutions.

Based on the current state of the local community, I would expect that the idea of raising taxes would not be a option, especially when the tax increase will only meet the current needs and not provide a long term solution.

What can be done to insure the services which The Manor provides will be available in the future?

While privatization is a concern, I submit it is the most viable option to the preservation of The Manor and here’s why: If the county continues to run The Manor, there is a very good chance The Manor will “shrink” under the financial burden placed on the county.

Even if taxes are increased, the result will be an increased financial burden on the rest of the taxpayers and businesses, resulting in a further decline in the county, a county where the overall age of the populace is increasing.

What guarantees do we have that this won’t happen if The Manor is privatized?

There are no guarantees, but the future certainly would hold more options. First, when soliciting a “provider,” the county should Please See LETTER, A6

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

175 YEARS AGO

A recent transaction at Washington having resulted in the murder of Jonathan Cilley, a Representative in Congress from the State of Maine, by an adherence of certain individuals to a relic of barbarism falsely termed the law of honor, (peculiar to bloody-minded men in all ages) the undersigned deem it expedient that a meeting of citizens of the County of Otsego be called and a public expression of their opinion on the subject be made known; it is therefore suggested that a meeting for that purpose be held at the Court House in the Village of Cooperstown on Thursday, the 15th inst. At 12 o’clock. March 7, 1838. Signed: Schuyler Crippen, H.S. Harper, Lewis Nash, S.S. Bowne, G.S. Gorham, John Hurd, E.B. Morehouse, S. Doubleday, P. Becker, C.S. Butts, W.L. Crandall, G. Pomeroy, Leander Plumb, Calvin Graves, Russell Brownell, Daniel Babit, Daniel Carpenter, George B. Wilson, Henry P. Metcalf, Samuel Griffin, Robert Davis, Jacob Gates, A.E. Campbell, Martin Bridges, O. Whiston, S.W, Bingham, Andrew M. Barber, Heman Lloyd, John Hannay, G.S. Bowne, W.H. Brainard, H.B. Sprague, John Sutherland, A. Williams, Laban Mathewson, Cornelius Van Horne, Demas A. Doubleday, Timothy Waterman, Joseph Bennett, James I. Paul, Zebulon Gibbs, E.D. Richardson, Phillip Roof, Isaac Lewis, John Gaskin, David Fisk, James Aplin, Alexander H. Clark, C.D. Pease, Geo. A. Starkweather, Henry Clark, Thomas Bourne, Halsey Spencer, Samuel M. Ingals, H.B. Ernst, Rufus Utley, Erastus Curtiss, Joseph Griffin, Jr., James Hyde, Horace C. Fish and Lyman J. Walworth.

March 12, 1838

150 YEARS AGO

The Skedaddlers to Canada – The immigration statistics of Canada show that the number of Skedaddlers from the United States who became frightened at the prospect of a draft, numbered 1,942. These persons took with them an average of $1,000 each in American silver, making an aggregate of nearly $2,000,000. This accounts, in part, for the plethora of United States coin, of which the Canadians make such complaint.

March 6, 1863

125 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from a description of Cooperstown in 1888: “In all the good qualities of the inhabitants of Cooperstown we notice that the most prominent and commendable one is, they are a church-going people. Praise more worthy and merited cannot be given to any populace. Six church steeples rise above the town, and on the Sabbath Day is heard the ringing and joint echo of the solemn bells, call all, young and old, rich and poor, high and low, sinner and saint, to worship the Most High God. Wending their way into their respective churches, they listen to the Word of Truth which is so logically and fluently uttered by their

75 YEARS AGO

200 YEARS AGO

Where Nature Smiles – A new stop light equipped to meet the requirements of the Stokes traffic law enacted by the legislature last year was installed last week at the corner of Main and Chestnut streets.

Christian Science services are being held each Sunday morning at the home of Mrs. M. Elizabeth Lloyd, 40 Elm Street, with informal group meetings Thursday evenings at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Greene on Pioneer Street. The public is cordially invited to these meetings. Sunday evening services are held regularly at the First Church of Christ Scientist, 61 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

March 9, 1938

50 YEARS AGO

March 6, 1813 beloved Pastors. One of the most delightful, profitable and indispensable improvements in this town is the electric lights. Their refection toward the blue vault of heaven can be seen for miles around. Wires are continually being put up, and the time is not far distant when the electric web will encompass the whole village.”

March 9, 1888

100 YEARS AGO

In Our Town – Several little lassies are skirmishing the town for votes upon a beautifully dressed doll which is now on display in the Taylor & Ellsworth window and which is to be given by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church at their Centennial Bazaar on March 26th to the little girl collecting the greatest number of votes at ten cents each. The contest began Saturday afternoon and at the count Monday afternoon Miss Marjorie Freeman had secured the greatest number – 54 votes. The contest promises to be an interesting one and will, incidentally, add a goodly sum to the Methodist ladies’ treasury.

March 12, 1913

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New York made a promise when it created the State University—a promise to keep SUNY accessible to all students. But today, the state is pulling back from that promise.

A two-year funding freeze—on top of years of deep cuts in state support—has shifted more of the cost of higher education onto students and their families.

Today, nearly 75 percent of SUNY’s operating budget comes from tuition and fees, compared to a decade ago when 75 percent came from the state. So more and more funding for SUNY is coming from tuition and fees. This amounts to an increasing burden on lower- and middle-income families.

Northern Otsego County is on the threshold of a school reorganization program which could result in the consolidation of six present central districts and a common district into one big district with an enrollment of close to 4,000 students. A first step in the program would be the construction of a new junior high school in Cooperstown and continued efforts to get the Milford Central School District and the Westville Common District into a consolidated district with Cooperstown. A gradual consolidation of other schools in northern Otsego County would follow. These would include Cherry Valley, Springfield, Edmeston, and Van Hornesville in southern Herkimer County. A new senior high school would be constructed somewhere in the northern part of Otsego County to accommodate 800 students in grades 10, 11 and 12.

March 9, 1963

25 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown residents Peggy McChesney and Carol Bordley were recently honored by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for their “truly outstanding” work as founders and co-directors of the Glimmerglass Triathlon. The triathlon has become one of the outstanding races on the New York State circuit. The First Annual Glimmerglass Triathlon was held in 1982 at Glimmerglass State Park. More than 320 athletes competed and more than 2,000 spectators attended and the event has grown every year since.

March 9, 1988

10 YEARS AGO

A 66-57 victory over the Little Falls Mounties at Manley Field House on March 2 and a 51-47 win at Rome Free Academy over the Onondaga Tigers took the undefeated Cooperstown Redskins to the Class C, Section III championship. Cooperstown is 24-0 on the season and fourthranked in the state. Their next opponent will be Seton Catholic, the Section 4 champions in Binghamton.

March 7, 2003

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Margaret C. Peters, 88; Traveled World With Ted Peters, Husband Of 67 Years COOPERSTOWN – Margaret Campbell Peters, 88, wife of Ted Peters Jr., Bassett researcher emeritus, for 67 years, passed away March 3, 2013, at her home on River Street. She had been under Hospice Care after a long battle with lung disease.

She was born on June 17, 1924, in Chambersburg, Pa., during the period when her father, James O. Campbell, was state assistant attorney general in Harrisburg.

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Son Theodore is now an assistant professor at Hartwick College; James (wife Robin) is chief of radiology at Bassett Healthcare; Melissa (husband Tom Barry) resides in Cooperstown and is an insurance agent; William (wife Trina) is vice president of Wells Fargo Bank in Towson, Md. In addition to her husband and four children, survivors include seven grandchildren, Laura and Julie Peters, Carolyn Peters Kinzel, Heather, Timothy and Brenda Barry, and Michael Peters; five stepgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren, Chloe and James Kinzel; and cousins Helen Elizabeth Suehle, Rachel Cousins and Margo McClellan.

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Upon his release from active duty in 1947, they drove east through California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and South Dakota, visiting historic places.

During three years while her husband earned a Ph.D. from Harvard in biological chemistry, Margaret gave birth to their first two sons, Theodore Downey Peters and James Campbell Peters.

This was followed by her husband’s appointment as instructor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.

In 1951, Peters, a Navy lieutenant, was recalled to duty with the Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet, for the Korean War, and the family moved to Gales Ferry, near New London.

Released from active duty in 1953, Peters joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the family lived in Wellesley, Mass. Daughter Melissa Jean Peters was born there in May 1955.

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CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m.

Otsego Dance Society continues.

Bob Nicholson calls; music by Ithaca’s Miss Marty & SGB. $8 adults; $4 students, teens; free 12 and under. Presbyterian Church, Pioneer and Church streets., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 965-8232, www.otsegodancesociety.blogspot.com CONCERT -- 8 p.m. Rusted Root celebrates their 20th anniversary. Gold, $25, Silver, $18.

Foothills Performing Arts Center 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-2080.

entered pumpkins. When the regatta was added on Sunday, extending the festival to two days, Randy “embraced” the idea.

The two were also featured in the 2007 PBS documentary “Lords of the Gourd.” And in 2008 they grew one of the top 10 largest pumpkins in the U.S., a 1,459-pound example. “It’s a real friendly competition,” said Renckens.

In his last Cooperstown

11 School Districts Study Sharing Cost Of Bus Fleet

CCS/From A1 resource sharing,” School Superintendent C.J. Hebert said Tuesday, March 5, in a briefing on CCS’ proposed 2013-14 budget, will was to be unveiled the following evening.

The district is participating in a Transportation Maintenance Survey with 11 other districts, exploring Saturday, possible consolidation of gaMarch 9 PANCAKES -- 8 a.m.-noon The rages, specialization of work done in individual garages, Kiwanis Club of Oneonta annual Pancake & Sausage Breakfast or a centralized maintanence Buffet. Adults $5, 5-12 $3, 5 and location. under free. Elks Club, 84 ChestThe CCS transportation nut St., Oneonta. aid rate keeps decreasing.

FREE SCREENING -- 9 a.m.

“If we buy a bus now, it Free Leg Pain Screening from New York Skin and Vein Center, will cost our taxpayers 65.1 41-45 Dietz St., Oneonta. Info, percent,” said Hebert.

(607) 431-2525.

CCS shares a physical FLEA MARKET -- 9 a.m.-1 therapist with Oneonta City p.m. Elm Park Church annual Schools and a cafeteria manFlea Market. 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Nancy Garrison, ager with Milford Central, (607) 432-6552. agreements Hebert says are MUSICAL -- 10 a.m.-noon. 4th annual March Musical Madness. working out well.

CCS also shares a swim Children interact with instruments, construct their own, and team with Milford, and last interact with music technology. month, a proposal was put Concert begins at 10. Suggested donation $5 per child. Hartwick College, Anderson Hall, 1 Hartwick Dr., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-8543, oneontaworldoflearning.org.

GREEN WORKSHOP -- 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Green Jobs Green NY Workshop shows homes energy efficient. Registration requested.

SUNY Oneonta, Hunt Union, Butternut Valley Room, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, (607) 7230110, www.energywiseotsego. eventbrite.com.

LAND TRUST -- 11 a.m. Otsego Land Trust meets for a status report for Brookwood Point.

Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info Marcie Foster, (607) 547-2366.

MARCH MADNESS -- 1 p.m. Milford Booster Club/Ed. Foundation’s 4th Annual March Madness Three-on-Three Competition. Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 286-7721, X-408, www.milfordeducationfoundation.org CHILI DINNER -- 4:30-6:30 p.m. Meat and veggie chilis, salads and breads. $8 adults, $4 kids. St. John’s Church, 98 Main St., Richfield Springs. Info, (315) 858-1121.

CORNED BEEF -- 4:30-7 p.m.

All-you-can-eat dinner. Adults $12, 5-12 $4.00, 5 and under, free. Takeouts available. Davenport United Methodist Men, 15696 St. Hwy. 23. Info, Lee Fisher, (607) 432-5850.

ELVIS TRIBUTE -- 7-10 p.m.

Drew Polsun tribute to “The King.” Oneonta American Legion Post 259, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4799.

CONCERT SERIES -- 7:30 p.m.

The Steel Wheels. Adults $20, Seniors & College $15, Students $8, 12 and under free. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown.

Info, (607) 547-1812, info@ cooperstownconcertseries.org.

Sunday, March 10 Daylight Savings

SUGAR SUNDAYS -- 8:30 a.m.

- 2 p.m. Sugaring Off Sundays pancake breakfast, demonstrations and Empire State Carousel. $9 adults, $5 under 13, under 6 free. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 St. Rte. 80, Cooperstown.

Info, (607) 547-1472 SOUP! -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., “Second Sunday Soup.” All welcome, donations appreciated. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church St., Schuyler Lake.

OPEN HOUSE -- 1-5 p.m. Clark Sports Center open house, free admission for all. Open swim, open gym floor, open bowling, racquetball/squash, free Zumba class, and membership specials.

124 Co. Rte. 52, Cooperstown.

Info, (607) 547-2800.

VILLAGE LIBRARY -- 2 p.m.

The Friends of the Village Library of Cooperstown Sunday lecture series. Dr. Don Raddatz discusses “Music, Muscles, and the Mind,” how one or both in combination can ‘strengthen’ your brain.” 22 Main St, Cooperstown.

Info, (607) 547-8199.

weigh-off, Randy won first prize with a 1,383-pound pumpkin. He was buried on Saturday, March 2, with donations in his memory directed to the state Giant Pumpkin Grower’s Association. “We don’t know what will happen with Deb,” said Renckens.

“They were the catalyst,” she continued. “We have nothing but good things to say about them. Let them rest in peace.”

forth to allow Cherry Valley-Springfield students to play on the Cooperstown football teams but on Thursday, Feb. 28, the Cherry Valley school board voted no.

“It means we’ll have fewer football players,” he said. “It’s unfortunate – I know they had quite a few students who were interested.”

On Wednesday, March 6, Hebert will propose a $17,110,386 budget, including a two percent increase on the tax levy. “Our state aid, unfortunately, continues to decrease,” he said. “We want to assist Cooperstown residents in making their voices heard Albany. There are so many issues and important areas to discuss.”

The “Combined Wealth” of property assessment and income levels continues to increase, putting Cooperstown at one and a half times more wealthy than many Upstate schools.

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Family room w/½ bath, workshop, and laundry room. $165,000 Call Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436

MLS#86466 - Wonderful lakefront home in pristine condition! This turn-key 4 BR, 2 bath home has been completely renovated and is sold fully furnished. Currently used as a rental, owner-occupied the rest of the year. $264,900 Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568

MLS#87476 - Well maintained 3 BR, 2 bath ranch on 1½ acres. Great yard surrounded by woods, 15 minutes from Oneonta. Hardwood floors, modern kitchen, large DR, large master BR suite. Full basement. Motivated sellers. $128,500 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 MLS#86926 - A rare find: 2-family home in Oneonta’s desirable West End. Good size lot w/many updates.

Downstairs has been used as a rental w/an average of $850 per week for the past 4 years. Tenants pay all utilities. $149,900 Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 MLS#86317 - Perfect country retreat for vacation or year-round living. 3 BR, 2 baths on 34 acres w/pond. $269,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603

New listing! MLS#87990 - 45+/- acres, 1800+/- ft road frontage, rolling hillside, great views. Prime land on country road located between Fly Creek and Cooperstown. $175,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683

MLS#84272 – Richfield Springs home w/5 BRs, country kitchen, pellet stove, newer roof, windows and carpet.

Only $110,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

MLS#87021 – Cooperstown Village home is fully furnished w/3 BRs, 3 baths, off-street parking, garage. $245,000 Call or text Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506

New Listing MLS#87635 - Great location, close to Chobani and NYCM, this 3 BR ranch is also close to great trout fishing and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#87451 - Country home w/open floorplan. New windows, siding, heating system, coal stove and insulation.

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MLS#87821 - Richfield Springs Car Wash. Manual wash w/2 bays, heated floors, 2 vacuums, well maintained.

Also available: 4WD tractor w/plow and snow blower.

Adjacent home can be purchased w/or separate from the car wash: see listing MLS #87819 (below). $52,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512

MLS#87819 - Great starter home, empty nester or income home. Quiet street in Richfield Springs. Close to school, church, shopping. Large yard. Property can be purchased separately or w/Richfield Car Wash MLS #87821 (above). $64,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512

MLS#87244 - 3 - 4 BR, 2 bath farmhouse w/2 large barns set on 1 acre. All new plumbing, replacement windows, metal roof on house and barn, exterior paint, furnace and oil tank.

Renovated kitchen, hardwood floors, enclosed sun porch, fireplace w/pellet stovet, heated basement. $185,000 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

MLS#87103 – 3 BR, 1 ½ baths, 2-story home.

7 miles to Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools. $69,000 Call Frank @ 607-435-1389

New listing! MLS#87978 - Village home on fenced ½-acre double lot w/2-car, 2-story carriage barn. 4 - 5 BRs, one on first floor, second floor laundry, back deck w/hot tub hookup. Spacious kitchen w/stainless steel appliances, gas fireplace in LR, newer windows and roof. $159,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683

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MLS#82825 – Charming 3 BR Craftsman cape w/2 wood-burning fireplaces, tiled window seat, leaded glass windows, lots of built-ins, hardwood floors, kitchen w/Jenn-Air appliances. Party deck overlooking ½-acre backyard and 2-story carriage barn. $159,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

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This 3 BR Oneonta home has new kitchen, flooring and insulation. Deck for relaxing or entertaining. Within walking distance to schools, parks and downtown. A very comfortable home or a great investment. Take a look, you won’t be disappointed! $115,000—MLS#88045

Large 3-BR is the entire second floor, first floor has 2-BR and 1-BR apt, downstairs 2-BR is furnished to rent for $690 per week in summer.

Cherry Valley $120,000 MLS#80843 Four-apartment multi-family home with a good rental history.

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