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DORNBURGH: MANOR BUYER PAID TOO MUCH

Focus Failure Foreseen AT WORSHIP TOGETHER President Says He Had To Sell To Bigger Firm

By LIBBY CUDMORE The Freeman’s Journal

USA Today has discovered Jane Forbes Clark is the leading lady of baseball.

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USA Today survey of baseball’s “most powerful people” agrees with most everyone in Cooperstown: Jane Forbes Clark the most influential woman in the National Pastime.

Miss Clark was ranked 30th overall. The survey’s second most influential woman was Kim Ng, MLB’s senior VP of baseball operations, who ranked 40.

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CHOBANI REVISITED:

Hamdi Ulukaya, billionaire founder of Chobani yogurt in South Edmeston, was interviewed by Steve Croft on CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday, April 9. Check it out on youtube.

LEST THEY FORGET:

Catskill Area Hospice’s annual “Camp Forget-MeNot” for children and teens who have lost a loved one is Saturday-Sunday, April 29-30, in Delhi. Call Camp Director Rod Roberts (4325525) to register by April 21.

PINK, LIKE PHLOX: You

may have noticed April’s particularly glowing full moon Tuesday, April 11, over Cooperstown skies, so named because it appears about the time pink phlox, a wild ground cover, blooms.

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For the first time in several years, Cooperstown’s congregations worshipped together on Palm Sunday. The host, Father John P. Rosson, pastor, administered holy water on Tim and Ellen Feury and their grandchildren as Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians gathered on the Elm Street church’s front lawn.

Cooperstown Baptist pastor, the Rev. Joe Perdue, introduces parishioner Lizzy Falk’s dog Jackson to the mystery of the palms.

Art Boden helps in the distribution of the palms, a Palm Sunday tradition.

Free Tuition Energizes SUNY Oneonta Interest In Excelsior Awards High, President Kleniewski Reports

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ot a full 12 hours after Governor Cuomo announced the adoption of the Excelsior Award, which

gives students free tuition at SUNY, CUNY and community colleges, SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski was already fielding questions from students.

“I was at a student event, and one girl asked me ‘How do I apply’?” said Kleniewski. “There’s a lot of interest, Please See TUITION, A6

hen voting “no” on the sale of Otsego Manor to Focus Ventures, Bill Dornburgh made a prediction. “I said they’d be insolvent in three-to-five years.”

He was one year off.

Two years after Focus Ventures purchased the Otsego Manor, Focus CEO Joseph Zupnik announced Bill Dornburgh Wednesday, April 6, that it was selling the nursing home and rehab center to Centers Health Care, the largest post-acute care center in the Northeast.

“It has become increasingly difficult for operators of just one or two nursing facilities to compete economically in the current health care environment,” Zupnik said in a statement. “In Centers Health Care, we have found a solution with the resources and expertise to help us more effectively guide these two great properties and eventually take them to next level.”

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Warm Weather Brings Short Shorts To CCS

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At Cooperstown High School, nobody.

“I was in the cafeteria eating breakfast and a teacher came around and told me to stand up,” said Janessa Place, a senior. “She told me my shorts weren’t finger-length and that I was being sent to the cafeteria.”

Eight female students missed the first 30 minutes of class on Tuesday, April 11 – the first day of the year temperatures reached into the 70s – when they were rounded up and Please See SHORTS, A6

Kleniewski

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

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Roberta von Hahmann 102; Catherine Christiansen, 98

BUMPER CROP OF ROTARY RECRUITS

On Same Day, 2 Woodside Residents Celebrate Joint 200 Years Of Living COOPERSTOWN

During the past three years she completed four portraits and one self-portrait and plays the piano when she can and says, “Even if I’m too tired to do something, I try, because I’ll regret it if I don’t at least try!�

That same day, Catherine Davidson Christiansen turned 98 Catherine is a Native Daughter of Cooperstown and graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1936. She was in the first kindergarten class in Cooperstown.

She went to Maryville College in Tennessee and graduated in 1940 with a focus on Social Work.

She worked in the Second National Bank building (now the Key Bank building) for the Otsego County Welfare Department. She married Harvey Christiansen of Cooperstown.

She has a special fondness for Cooperstown and Otsego Lake. As a young girl she swam across the lake. Catherine was very active with the Girl Scout Camp on the lake and was a leader and judge at the Otsego County 4H club. In Catherine’s words, “I thank the Lord every night for the day and thank the Lord every morning for being alive.�

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-3

Centers Health Care Consults For Now, Awaiting State OK

Join us for Easter Sunday as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

May you find the answers you’ve been looking for!

April 13

Maundy Thursday

7 pm – Holy Communion

April 14

Good Friday

Noon – Good Friday Worship

April 16

If you’re not quite sure, we have the answer you’ve been seeking.

Easter Sunday

8 am Eucharist 10 am Solemn Festival Eucharist

St. James Episcopal Church 305 Main Street, Oneonta www.stjamesoneonta.org

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FOCUS/From A1 With rebranding efforts and approval from the Department of Health, the earliest the facility could be open as a Centers Health Care operation is October, according to Thomas McCartin, Centers’ director of marketing.

The sale comes at the end of a difficult year for Focus.

Last August, four Focus employees were arrested and eventually pleaded guilty to neglecting a 94-year-old resident for 41 hours over Memorial Day weekend.

In January, additional allegations of abuse, neglect and compliance violations came to light, and the facility was labeled as a “Special Focus Facility” by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. It was also fined $18,000 by the state Department of Health.

“They had struggles getting staff,” said county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who, alongside Dornburgh, served on the committee to oversee The Manor’s sale.

Main Street Baptist Church Corner of Main and Maple Streets – Oneonta www.msbchurch.org

607-432-5712

Good Friday Service 6:45 PM – Prelude

by Dr. Jonathan Sastic Communion Service

Easter Sunday Services 7:00 AM – Sunrise Service

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9:00 AM – Worship Service Nursery through 5-years-old

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The county-owned Otsego Manor was privatized two years ago, and now is being sold again.

“After the incident last summer, it just made it too hard for them to carry on.”

In 2014, Focus purchased Otsego Manor for $18.5 million. “That was a high price to pay for a nursing home,” said Dornburgh.

“For taxpayers, it was a good deal, but not for the residents or employees.”

But because of Centers’ size, said Stuligross, employees will have better pay and benefits. “Mr. Zupnik telephoned me about the decision and said that Centers can give benefits to staff, including a 401K and increased wages,” she said. “That should improve morale.”

Both Centers Health Care and Focus have assured residents and staff that all employees at the two sites will remain in place, while Centers’ staff members will continue to work on-site as consultants to management in all areas of the operation.

Centers operates 33 skilled nursing and rehab facilities spanning New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island, two Assisted Living programs, seven Adult Day Health Care facilities, several home care companies, and Centers Plan for Healthy Living, a Managed Long Term Care company.

Focus owned one other nursing home, in Utica, which was also included in the sale to Centers.

“I looked into the Center

Schuyler lake united MethodiSt church

The Parishes of Saint Mary, Oneonta & Holy Cross, Morris Celebrate

128 Church Street, Schuyler Lake (just off State Hwy 28 between Fly Creek and Richfield Springs)

Holy Week

Easter at Schuyler Lake Sunday, april 16, 8:45 am

Pastor Sharon rankins-Burd continues her lenten sermon series “roll down Justice”. all welcome!

The Sacred Paschal Triduum

And don’t forget The Schuyler Lake UMC Coffee House Saturday, April 22, 7 to 9 pm

Holy Thursday, 13 April 2017

6:00 pm—Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 11:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday, 14 April 2017

8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer 1:00 pm-3:00 pm—Individual Confessions 4:00 pm—Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Death 7:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize

Holy Saturday, 15 April 2017

8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer and Blessing of Easter Foods

April 13, 7:30 pm Service of Holy Communion and Tenebrae

Christ Church, Episcopal

Good Friday

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April 14, 7:30 pm Ecumenical Service

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HOLY WEEK SERVICES 2017

April 16, 10:30 am Service of The Resurrection

The United Methodist Church of Cooperstown

The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, 15 April 2017

66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown • (607) 547-9540 www.cooperstownumc.org

9:00pm—The Liturgies of Fire, Word, Baptism, and Eucharist

First United Methodist Church 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta 607-432-4102

Easter Sunday:

The Resurrection of the Lord, 16 April 2017 8:30 am & 10:30 am—Saint Mary Eucharistic Liturgy & Renewal of Baptismal Promises

for Medicare and Medicaid Services ratings for 16 of their facilities,” said Dornburgh. “Of those, five of them had five-star ratings, the others were four-star.

They have a very good track record. I think it will be an improvement.”

Focus had come in with a plan to develop and open an assisted living center, but Centers has not clarified whether or not they continue to go forward with this plan.

“After the sale is complete, we’ll look into it,” said McCartin.

“Our consulting agreement begins immediately” said Centers CEO Kenny Rozenberg. “We expect to receive Department of Health approval in the near future, which will lead to a full transition of ownership and these two facilities can then become full members of the Centers Health Care family.”

And despite the troubles, Stuligross still holds firm that Focus was the right choice at the time. “I don’t think we made a mistake,” she said. “Mr. Dornburgh was concerned that they weren’t a big enough business, and that’s the truth.

But at the time, we weren’t anticipating it as such. The turning point was last summer.”

“It’s unfortunate that it happened,” she said. “But we’re going to look forward to better days.”

Maundy Thursday, April 13 7:30 pm, Holy Communion with Washing of Feet, Church

Good Friday, April 14

3 pm, The Solemn Liturgy, Church 5:30 pm, The Stations of the Cross, 7:30 pm, Ecumenical Good Friday Service at United Methodist Church of Cooperstown

Easter Eve, April 15

7:30 pm, The Great Vigil and First Communion of Easter * Gather at the Lychgate on River Street*

Easter Sunday, April 16

8 & 10 am, Festal Holy Communion, Church

A Reconciling Congregation · Wheelchair Accessible Welcoming LGBT · All are welcome Rev. Teressa Sivers, Pastor

Maundy Thursday - April 13 6.30 pm - Worship

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A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017

EDITORIALS

Crowell Considering A Run For Congress?

ENSURE APPOINTEES ARE ABOVE POLITICS

Activate Board Of Ethics – But Ethically

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hen Gerald Benjamin was chairman of the Ulster County Board of Representatives, he learned – to his dismay – a lesson. He tried to remove a county highway superintendent, but his fellow representatives balked, and blocked his decision.

The lesson? While a county board elects its chairman to achieve organizational and procedural efficiencies, the chair actually has no more clout than any other representative. “Most of the authority resides in the majority,” said Benjamin, who is also a SUNY New Paltz vice president and former director of the college’s Center for Local Government.

NYSAC’s handbook, “County Government Organization in New York State,” concurs: “Under county law, the chair remains a member of the board of supervisors” – or representatives – “with the same powers and responsibilities as all other members of the board.”

The board can delegate “certain of its powers” to the chair, which means it can take them back.

Hold that thought.

• One of Cooperstown’s county reps, David Bliss, was Town of Middlefield supervisor for

two dozen years before joining the county Board of Representatives’ freshman class on Jan. 1, 2016.

He’s shown particular interest in an initiative that’s percolating right now: the creation of a county Board of Ethics.

As it happens, the Town of Middlefield had such a board during Bliss’ tenure. It didn’t meet regularly. In fact, Bliss can only remember it being convened once or twice over two decades.

Still, its very existence was a reassurance to Middlefield citizens. If mischief surfaced,

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ith Democrat Zephyr Teachout’s announcement she won’t challenge Congressman John Faso, R-19th, next year, names of people who might are starting to emerge.

One local politico asked the other day, “Why not Dan Crowell?” Brainy, charismatic, he has already announced he won’t run for county treasurer again. Can there be an ulterior motive?

While Teachout and the previous Democrat, Sean Eldridge, both were labelled carpetbaggers, Crowell is born and bred in Otsego County.

Crowell Broad-gauged, he attended the London School of Economics on a Fulbright and did post-graduate research in the Third World. And he’s a captain in the Army Reserves. Nice credentials.

It’s too early to judge Faso, but certainly he took office at a tumultuous time, so he could be vulnerable. If so, Dan Crowell would be an intriguing entry.

there was an independent entity for citizens to turn to.

As it further happens, the county board went through an extensive process in 1990 to create a Board of Ethics – public hearings, legal ads, and so on. Carol McGovern, clerk of the board, has a thick file on the process dating back 27 years.

Once created, though, the Board of Ethics was never populated. Today, it is still just a shell.

To her credit, county board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, has mentioned activating the Board of Ethics at the last couple of meetings. At the April meeting on the 5th, she Please See EDITORIAL, A5

NEWS ANALYSIS

Free Tuition Buoys, ‘Dispirits’ New York’s Higher-Education Community Editor’s Note: As host to public SUNY Oneonta and private Hartwick College, Otsego County has a vested interest in Governor Cuomo’s plan, adopted by the state Legislature Saturday, April 8, to provide free tuition in public colleges to students from families with incomes under $125,000, and $3,000 scholarships for such students who opt for private college. This is an excerpt of a news analysis on www.insidehighereducation.com

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s college leaders studied the legislative language, reactions split between public and private institu-

tions.

Gail Mellow, president of CUNY’s LaGuardia Community College, said she thought the new policy was “extraordinary” and would lead to dramatic shifts in college attendance in the state. She said too many in New York and elsewhere “have blown through their aid attending for-profit schools and leaving without skills.” The free-tuition model will “change the discussion” in the state and attract many more students to community college, she believes.

Otsego County hosts private Hartwick College, left, and public SUNY Oneonta,

“This is going to change the college-going culture,” she said, “by taking tuition off the table.”

Nancy Zimpher, SUNY chancellor, said she too expects the greatest impact at community colleges, which the vast majority of students attend without room and board costs. But she said that New York State had also changed the free-tuition discussion by including four-year public institutions.

“We may be on the precipice” of a new era, of promoting the idea that many more people need a four-year education than have earned bachelor’s degrees in the past, and this would be a historic shift, she said.

Zimpher also noted that the bill includes requirements that students enroll full time and maintain minimum grade point averages. This will “move the completion dial,” she said.

But for Mary Beth Labate, president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, the news was “dispiriting.”

“There is a clear divide in the way students will be treated, depending on whether they go to a public or private institution,” she said, adding that the Cuomo plan is poor public policy, given the excellent outcomes for those who attend private colleges.

As to the new funds for private college students, Labate said she wasn’t sure that many institutions would find the program viable. She said the requirement that colleges freeze tuition for students when they first receive the aid would appear to mean colleges would end up with different tuition rates for students in different classes, and would have to track the students.

“This would be bureaucratically difficult,” she said. “Colleges would have to ask if it was worth it.”

As news of the budget deal spread, one provision drew criticism from advocates for free public higher education. That is the provision that would require recipients to work or live in the state after graduation for the same number of years that they receive support (which presumably would be up to four years, given the requirements that students enroll full time).

Sara Goldrick-Rab, one such advocate and a professor of higher education policy and sociology at Temple University, posted a series of highly critical tweets on the provision, calling it “extortion,” “bad public policy” and a “trick.”

LETTERS

‘Quiet Conservative’ Voice Of ALL To the Editor: As the rhetoric escalates about John Faso’s “manifest cowardice” (to quote one writer) in not relishing holding a town-hall-type meeting knowing the audience it will draw, it should be obvious that the issue is not policy, but ideology and tactics.

Faso already knows, via the mainstream media, press and network, how the audience is going to act and respond. The audience will

James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

To the Editor: Jerri and I stopped at my brother Butch’s house to take a look at Mary’s new baby chicks. The chicks were about two weeks old and as cute as baby chicks can get.

Mary told us that she’d just finished a course from Cornell University in rearing chickens and was excited to put her new knowledge to work.

So far so good, we left.

We realized the next day was April Fool’s Day and that started the ball rolling. We went down

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to the store and saw little candy Easter eggs. The eggs had silver sparkles and were adorable, well, as much as eggs can be. We looked at each other and both said, “perfect.”

The next morning, I quietly snuck into their home, made my way to the chicks’ cage and deposited the candy eggs. Made it out without a sound!

When Mary discovered the eggs with the chicks she was totally perplexed.

Couldn’t figure it out. She had never heard of such a thing. She prodded the

eggs, examined the eggs and was still perplexed.

After giving up on her own to figure out what was going on she called her teacher at Cornell. She explained to her what she had found and asked her what she thought? The teacher laughed and said, “you made my day.”

The problem with Mary getting a straight answer was the teacher thought Mary was playing an April Fool’s Day joke on her. It was only later when Mary dissected one of the eggs she realized it was candy.

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be the same letter-writing, progressive, leftist activists, sit-in, sign-carrying demonstrators we see regardless if the issue is political, social, judicial, energy policy, environmental policy, etc., etc.

Faso represents ALL of the people and the numbers don’t lie: The quiet conservatives won, not the vocally loud, intentionally visible demonstrators.

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Hark, Hark, The Hummingbird!

e note that the Woodside Hall’s “The Gathering Place” will feature a talk by Patricia Szarpa entitled “Sweet Spring!

Welcoming back the Baltimore Oriole and Ruby Throated Hummingbird.”

The event will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 18.

As was pointed out, “Seeing these two colorful visitors are sure signs of warm weather. This talk is timely for these two birds in particular. Spring is sweet for them because they are big sweet eaters!

Pat will talk about being ready with habitat, feeders, water, food, tips on how to identify, etc. She will also

touch on general migratory facts and other bird species coming in.”

Following the presentation refreshments will be served. For more information CATHERINE contact Karen CadLAKE walader, LCSW at ELLSWORTH 547-0600.

• Since last week’s column, we have learned, from Village Trustee Cindy Falk, that we “...should know that the reason that ‘upper’ Pioneer Street work

is not listed in the 2017-18 budget is because we are planning to use streets money from the 2016-17 budget (our current budget) to fund it.

We anticipate the work will be done in early June...” And while we were delighted to hear this, we were somewhat puzzled about exactly how this came to be.

It was explained to us as follows: “The 2016-17 streets permanent improvement budget included: • Chestnut Street (completed) • Glen Avenue (completed) • Grove Street (delayed to 2017-18) 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

From the Albany Argus, April 25, 1817: 120 DOLLARS REWARD – Deserted from the recruiting rendezvous at Albany, the following soldiers of the United States rifle regiment: ISSAC ALGER, born in Vermont, aged 18 years, five feet, five inches tall, dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, and by occupation a farmer. RICHARD HARRIS, born in Onondaga, New York, aged twenty years, five feet, six inches high, light complexion, light hair and blue eyes, by profession a carpenter. JAMES GREEN, born in Ireland, aged 24 years, five feet, eight and one-half inches high, light complexion, light hair, blue eyes, by profession a laborer.

April 25, 1817

175 YEARS AGO

MARRIED in Hartwick on the 12th inst., by the Rev. N. Bundy, Mr. Albert Mathewson of Otsego, to Miss Mary Robinson of Hartwick. MARRIED in Westford on the 14th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Clark, Henry W. Wilson of Whitestown, to Miss Adelia S. daughter of Mr. Sylvester Draper of Westford.

DIED in Hartwick on the 16th inst., Mr. George P. Field in the 37th year of his age. He lived respected and died lamented by his family and acquaintance. DIED in this village on the 17th inst., Kenneth, aged fourteen months, daughter of Rev. A.E. Campbell, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church.

April 25, 1842

150 YEARS AGO

Correspondence – Springfield, Massachusetts, April 10, 1867 – Dear Sir: Some three weeks ago last Friday morning, a lady arrived at Albany (I think from Boston) on the train of which I am conductor, destined for Cooperstown, to attend the Young Ladies Seminary at that place. I placed her in a hack (the only one at the depot) and sent one of my trainmen to see her safely over. The man informed me the next day that the hack man charged $2.00. I had the driver arrested, fined ten dollars, and forfeited his right to drive. I enclose $1.50, the amount of overcharge. I cannot forgive myself for allowing the young lady to go to the A. & S. R.R. Depot and running the great risk of not getting there, that I feel that she did, (as I have since learned it is very unsafe for ladies to go, at that early hour of the day, unless well attended). Allow me to express the hope that she arrived at her destination without further trouble. Respectfully yours, T.B. Sargeant, Conductor, W.R.R. April 19, 1867

A Romance – Or Not? COLUMN/From A4 can but hope that with Centers Health Service at the helm, the third owner will prove to be the charm.

• We note that this is the time of year when we find ourselves musing over the proposed CCS budget for next year. And while we have not been able to attend the presentations held on the budget, we were pleased to have received a copy of the presentation so we could see just what is being proposed. And we must say, we thought the presentation, as we received it, included a fair amount of interesting information about what exactly affects the school budget. Thus, we plan, in our next column, to cover those items concerning the 2017-18 CCS budget we found to be of particular interest.

• In closing, in order to lighten the mood for anyone who might be mourning the passing of winter, we offer the following from our e-mail inbox: He was a widower and she a widow. They had known each other for a number of years, having been high school classmates and having attended class reunions in the past without fail. This 60th anniversary of their class, the widower and the widow made a foursome with two other singles.

They had a wonderful evening, their spirits high, with the widower throwing admiring glances across the table and the widow smiling coyly back at him.

Finally, during one dance, he picked up courage to ask her, “Will you marry me?”

After about six seconds of careful consideration, she answered, “Yes, yes I will!”

Needless to say, the evening ended on a happy note for the widower.

However, the next morning he was troubled.

Did she say “Yes” or did she say ‘No?” He couldn’t remember. Try as he would, he just could not recall. He went over and over the conversation of the previous evening, but his mind was blank. He remembered asking the question, but for the life of him could not recall her response.

With fear and trepidation, he picked up the phone and called her. First, he explained that he couldn’t remember as well as he used to. Then he reviewed the past evening. As he gained a little more courage, he then inquired of her, “When I asked if you would marry me, did you say ‘Yes’ or did you say ‘No?’ ‘Why, you silly man.’ she replied, ‘I said Yes. Yes, I will! And I meant it with all my heart!”

The widower was delighted. He felt his heart skip a beat. Then she continued. “And I’m so glad you called. I couldn’t remember who asked me!”

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50 YEARS AGO

Oliver N. Rathbun received a telegram Saturday summoning him to Washington, D.C. to accept a clerkship in the Adjutant General’s office, War Department.

April 18, 1917

75 YEARS AGO

Saturday, April 18, was the launching day of the “Extension Minute Man” organization in Otsego County, through which virtually every farm in the county can be reached on short notice through a corps of men and women volunteers on farms and in towns and villages. Saturday marks the one hundred and sixty-seventh anniversary of the famous ride of Paul Revere in Revolutionary War days. The modern Extension Minute Man’s job is to reach every farm and village family quickly in an emergency, to give important information and collect needed facts. There are about 325 Minute Men in the county.

April 19, 1967 The Minute Men will carry information to the neighborhoods such as the latest facts on priorities and shortages of farm materials, make surveys, and counteract rumors, and The Pioneer Mills were erected by the late Edward Clark to be on the alert for the nation’s war effort. The Minute Men will work in pairs, a man and a woman, each assigned in 1878-1879 at a cost of about $45,000, and commenced to no more than ten families each, all of which can be operations in April of the latter year, thirteen years ago this reached on foot. month. The flouring mill was leased to E.D. Hills & Co., April 22, 1942 and the planning mill was run by Mr. Clark’s agents. The manufacture of flour from wheat brought here from the West did not prove a remunerative business, and after a trial of about three years was abandoned. Flour continued to Haggerty’s Hardware recently opened its doors for be made when farmers in this vicinity brought their wheat the first time. The brand new store is located just outside there to be ground, large quantities of buckwheat flour the village on Route 28. Store employees include Wanda was made and feed ground. About a year ago John Pank, Haggerty, Jeff Haggerty and Jeff’s father Ken. The store who had long had charge of the lumber mill and business carries a full line of hardware, seasonal items, plumbing resigned his position to go into trade which he closed on and electrical supplies to meet needs for home and garden April 1, inst., and, at that time, the mills also ceased to run improvement. steadily. This week Mr. Pank took a lease on the Pioneer April 22, 1992 Mills, and on the first day of May he will commence to run them regularly.

April 21, 1892 Martin Freimann, a third-generation pastry chef, has joined the Otesaga Hotel staff as Executive Pastry Chef.

Freimann will be in charge of both the pastry department In Our Town – Mr. and Mrs. John Pank are entertaining and the garde manger (the cold buffet). Freimann says, “My their niece, Miss Jennie A. Warner of Rockville, Connecticut. specialty is chocolate – making and eating it.” At a previThe regular monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U. will be held ous job Freimann was noted for his almond finanzier cake with Mrs. William Cobbett, No. 8 Elk Street, Thursday with honey-almond ice cream. Chef Freimann grew up in afternoon, April 19, at 2:30 o’clock.

Friedrichshafen, Germany, on Lake Constance, within view The Senior Class of the Cooperstown High School is of the Alps. He follows in the career footsteps of his father spending this week in Washington, D.C. Will its members and grandfather. attend the Congressional sessions or the movies?

April 20, 2007

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EDITORIAL

County Board’s Dilemma Divided Into 3 Parts EDITORIAL/From A4 not, were inmates endangered as a result?

The Public Safety Committee should turn this over to the state Commission of Correction, the state Attorney General’s Office or some other independent investigative entity expert at getting to the bottom of it.

If Sheriff Devlin deserves a clean bill of health going into the 2018 election, he should get it. Or, if issues are discovered in jail procedures or management, he still has time to fix them and go before the voters to make his case for a fourth term.

• Three, the county must develop and adopt a nepotism policy that’s as rigorous as necessary.

The dynamics of whatever happened Jan. 5 in the break room is almost Keystone Kops material. Catherine Hubbard was particularly anxious because Ros Devlin, her superior, reported to her husband who, in turn, reported to the sheriff, young Devlin’s father.

If Ros Devlin weren’t the sheriff’s son,

would he have thought he could ignore policies that Jared Hubbard called him on? There are apparently a dozen other cases where county employees are reporting to a parent or close relative.

Public Safety Committee chair Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, says the county board’s Administration Committee will take up the matter. This is a big challenge. It needs to be done right. Happily, Admin chair Meg Kennedy, R-Mount Vision, while unseasoned, is a smart and fairminded person. If she can do it right, she would perform a huge service to county citizens (and prove herself worthy of future leadership roles).

At base, county jobs with benefit packages and pensions – rare around here – should not be shared among insiders.

Government for the people, by the people, should not perish from this county.

• Diagnosing the ailments and applying the cures is not just theoretical. While this multi-part case grinds on – as it

should until all issues are resolved – the jail has to be administered.

At the Public Safety Committee meeting on the 12th, Sheriff Devlin asked for authorization to fill the sergeant vacancy (presumably caused by his son’s suspension). The committee voted nay, leaving lines of authority incomplete.

He asked for approval to hire a consultant to develop a work scope for repairs in a county jail wing where mold has been found and ventilation is lacking.

The committee voted nay, and Devlin advised members he must alert the state Commission of Correction that the county jail is out of compliance.

A new normality, even if evolving, must be restored.

One, guide Ros Devlin into another career (unless countervailing facts emerge).

Two, ensure an expert investigation of procedures and conditions inside the jail, and, if appropriate, apply penalties. Three, root out nepotism in Otsego County government.

LETTERS

Town Fire Contract With City Only Means Higher Taxes To the Editor: On April 11, I attended the fire commissioners’ Forum regarding the options of the Town of Oneonta regarding future fire-protection coverage. I want to point out some facts which I believe were not fully reported upon in the “unbiased” front-page articles that appeared in the Daily Star and Hometown Oneonta. I believe the general public, especially the people of the Town of Oneonta, should know what really happened and take the following into consideration: 1) The attendance was estimated in these articles to be 160 Town residents. They were not all town residents but instead City of Oneonta residents, paid union-contract employees of the City of Oneonta, firefighters of both the city and town, residents of West Oneonta, school superintendents, school staff and the mayor of Oneonta. Also, looking around the room, the elderly population was well represented.

2) The Daily Star quoted

individuals who spoke up in favor of keeping city fire coverage, but some were either not residents of the town or biased. One of those quoted was Virginia Lee, a town resident who also works for the city’s accounting department.

I am not sure what her responsibilities are but I bet it has something to do with money.

Some people would call this a conflict of interest. She read a two-page letter and spoke for longer than town residents were allowed. We all listened patiently while she read her letter and when she summed up at the end, she basically said that the fire commissioners should get on board and, if not, they should be fired and replaced with people who will.

I think she should work for the Trump Administration or “Celebrity Apprentice.”

3) The two “unbiased” newspapers also quoted Luisa Montanti as supporting the city firefighters’ contract. She is manager of the Southside Mall, located in the town, but also a city resident. I am sure

she is concerned about fire protection, but she is also a city resident and I had heard that if the City of Oneonta loses the town contract with no contingency plan, her personal taxes in the city could go up by 30-35 percent. Again this is a conflict of interest. Luisa also stated maybe we should think out of the box and look for other ways for the city to gain revenue, but that was not mentioned in the articles.

4) Several senior citizens spoke passionately. I understand the fears of the elderly, but some of them paid taxes to West Oneonta Fire District, now the town district, so their opinions should not have been considered.

5) Although not reported upon, a few town residents were brave enough to stand up and support exploring the options. One resident, whose son is a dedicated and committed volunteer firefighter, said why not invest in our community with the money?

Yes, it sounds like a lot of money at first, but it is an

investment. The city contract is like “renting” and the town has no control over the rent.

What the town pays in one year ($1 million plus administration cost) could help cover start-up costs. This was not considered “newsworthy”, but it does have some merit and should have been reported.

6) Then at the meeting, there were people “beating the drums” to get rid of the opposition and even the fire commissioners. And yes, as reported, there was clapping and hooting, but were they Town of Oneonta residents or the crowd in the back was made up of the mayor and his union employees.

7) Again, the news articles made no mention of the individuals who praised and thanked the commissioners for doing their thankless job, including the comments of Ms. Montanti. These commissioners protect the town from higher taxes and assure the residents get a fair deal. Instead, the real enemy is a may Please See BARNES, A6

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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017

Kleniewski Considers Impacts Of No Tuition

TUITION/From A1 especially from parents.”

On Monday, April 10, Cuomo and state legislators announced a deal to give students from families making under $100,000 a year up to $5,500 a year in tuition, effectively making college tuition free for students in lower- and middle-class families.

That threshold will increase over the next three years, up to $125,000 by 2020.

“No other state is doing this,” she said. “I wouldn’t have even thought it was possible, but the more we can do to increase access to higher education, the better.”

As many as 940,000 families across the state will be eligible for free tuition this fall. “They’re already anticipating between 3 to 5 percent of an increase in enrollment,” she said. “This will not only help more kids go to college, but help get them out on time.”

Nationwide, Kleniewski said, the median age for college students is 26, and many take more than four years to graduate. “Especially with students from lower-income families, they’re working and going to school part time or they have

Faso Visits Oneonta Clinic To Discuss Healthcare

U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19th, center right, reasto drop out to take care of sured health profamily members.” viders and comThough that isn’t the munity leaders trend at SUNY Oneonta, during a visit to the Oneonta ComKleniewski does acknowledge the diversity of family munity Health income at the school. “We’re Center on lower Main Street Satencouraging all students urday, April 8, acto apply for the Excelsior cording to county program,” she said. “It can Rep. Kay Stuligreally help students decrease ross, D-Oneonta, their loans.” one of the attendSUNY students will still ees. In particular, be responsible for room the group was and board, fees, books, heartened by Faso’s expression transportation and other of support for personal expenses, which two key AffordKleniewski says adds up able Care Act to around $21,000 a year for students who don’t live (ACA) provisions, she said: Keepat home. Students can still ing young people apply for FAFSA, Pell and on their parents’ other financial aid to cover health insurance the remaining costs of coluntil age 26, lege. “The award is on top and not allowing of all the other aid students insurers to deny benefits to applicants with prereceive.” But to help offset existing conditions. Attendees included, from left, Otsego County Chamber President Barbara these costs, $8 million has

been earmarked for promoting and distributing free education materials, including digital textbooks, in order to minimize textbook costs to students.

And students at private colleges are eligible to receive as much as $3,000 through the program, with the college matching the grant and freeze tuition for the duration of the grant.

Ann Heegan, Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Stuligross, Dr. Ben Friedell, Dr. Chris Wolf-Gould, Faso, Clinic Coordinator Barbara Sperling and staff member Arlana Young.

Shorts At Issue At High School

SHORTS/From A1 “dress-coded,” cited for violations to the school’s dress code.

According to the school’s dress code, skirts and dresses are subject to the “finger rule” – that is, that the hem, “Must extend beyond the longest finger when an individual’s arm hangs relaxed at his/her side.”

“Some girls have longer arms,” said Place. “They ues, there will soon be no were wearing the same trace of freedom left in this shorts as me, and they got country. Instead of being dress-coded too.” the land of the free and the The code for shorts simhome of the brave, we will ply reads “must completely be the land of the slaves, and cover a student’s front and the home of the sheep. backside for all school acTOPHER HAMMOND tivities.”

Cooperstown Asked about what hap-

U.S. Shortcoming Overlooked HAMMOND/From A5 American law. It also destroyed evidence necessary to determine who was at fault and to bring them to justice.

We have seen over and over again that the U.S. government seizes on false allegations against its enemies to advance its military agenda LETTER of subjugation and conquest. It happened in Vietnam with the lies about the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and in Iraq with the false claims about “weapons of mass destruction.” Yet the American people believe the lies of the devious intelligence agencies over and over again, as if they are incapable of learning anything from history.

In America today, we have an executive branch that drops bombs at will with no approval from Congress and no public debate. Democracy is dying a tortured death in the United States of America. We now have laws that allow the President to ‘disappear’ American citizens with no judicial process. These are the sorts of policies implemented by dictatorships, not democracies.

These policies are antiAmerican, and should be questioned and challenged by all patriotic Americans.

What ever happened to the idea that freedom and liberty are worth fighting for?

Americans today complacently nod their heads in assent at every assault on their civil liberties, at the massive and intrusive spying on innocent Americans by the peeping Toms at the NSA and CIA, and at every illegal war waged by the executive branch without congressional approval. If this contin-

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pened, the new superintendent of schools, Bill Crankshaw, said there have to be rules and the rules need to be followed.

The current code, written several years ago, was done with student input, he said.

And “town-hall” style meetings were planned Wednesday, giving students the opportunity to voice concerns and ask questions of staff and administrators.

“We are employing the democratic process to ensure that students are heard,” said Crankshaw. “The student council is an excellent organization on campus through which students can exercise their voice in an organized and constructive way.”

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Master suite w/Jacuzzi and walk-in closet. 2nd full bath w/ linen closet. Floored attic w/pull down stairs. Beautiful walk out finished basement w/tiled floor, sauna, jet shower, 3/4 bath w/ steam shower and mirrored room for dance or exercise. Freshly painted, landscaped property in move in condition. Located on Christian Hill in the Cooperstown School District Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $349,000

ProPerty Details —.42 acres —Built in 1925 —Private setting interior Features —3BR/ Komeekha —Open BR/LR Anakusak —Oven, range, refrigerator

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Exclusively offered at the new price $649,000 —Open kitchen —Baseboard electric heat —Master BR —Partial basement —1 Fireplace exterior Features —Hardwood floors —Wood siding —Linoleum floors —Post and beam construction —LR, DR —Detached garage/storage —6 Rooms in Komeekha —Deck, patio, covered open porch —Laminate kitchen counter —Lake waterfront

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Oneonta Townsfolk: We Want Professional Firefighters

“We asked and asked and asked, but the City could never prove what the $1.2 million (price tag) was for. This can be done for $450,000,� says Johnna Peachin, seated next to Don LaManna. Both are town fire commissioners.

Virginia Lee, accountant for the City of Oneonta, had strong words for the commission: “You are members of the community, but you are elected officials. Do you job!�

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal

Mary Breneguer and husband Dick wanted to know what percent of their taxes went to the city’s Oneonta Fire Department and demanded that the differences between the city and town over fire protection be resolved.

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ore than 160 people who filled the Elm Park Methodist Church sanctuary delivered a message to the Town of Oneonta Board of Fire Commissioners: Keep our paid fire protection. “Show of hands, how many of you are against starting a volunteer fire department?� asked Ellen Blaisdell at the end of the Tuesday, April 11, public hearing.

Nearly every hand in the room shot up.

The fire commissioners – chairman Mike Butler, Johna Peachin, Don Lamanna and Gene Molinari, with Fred Volpe absent – were required to hold the hearing before spurning professional firefighting from the City of Oneonta. “This is legally mandated in order to create the legal entity to explore creating a volunteer fire department,� said Butler. “Our negotiations with the city have consisted of a series of meetings where they told us $1.2 million, take it or leave it.

The city has a monopoly.�

But the town residents weren’t having it. “The

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Oneonta Fire Department is worth their weight in gold,� said Annemarie Hosnedl. “You get what you pay for, and the city has not been unreasonable.

It doesn’t make any sense to fire the fire department when they’re doing their job.� “In the town survey, 85 percent of people said they were happy with their fire service,� said Town Board member Pat Jacobs. “There is no substitute for professional training. I am not willing to put my family or my property at risk.� “In 1992, I lost my house in the Town of Maryland to a fire,� said Dorothy Scott Fielder. “I’m aware of the value of a good fire department.

I’m aware of the difficulties volunteer fire departments have getting adequate coverage. It seems foolish to me, when you have a paid fire department, to give it up and go for a volunteer.�

Others called for the commissioners to resign. “You are elected officials and your responsibility is to represent our wishes,� said Virginia Lee, a town resident and the city accountant. “Do you think you have the negotiating skills needed to represent the people? I don’t. Therefore, I think you should resign and the dissolve the commission to turn over to the town board.� “There was a fire at my house, and the city responded and saved my house,� said Lisa Barr. “If you move ahead with this against the will of the people, I’m in agreement with Andrew Stammel. We could dissolve the district.� (County Representative Stammel, DTown of Oneonta, made that argument in a letter to Hometown Oneonta.)

Another concern expressed was that there would be hidden costs. “My brother is the chief of a volunteer fire department, and I asked him the cost of the trucks,� said Art Gales. “A pumper truck costs half a million dollars, and you would need two of them. An aerial truck is a million dollars, and we’ll need to train the crew and build a fire house. That’s several million right there, and it falls on us.� “We’d be in for a lot of money,� said Molly Swain. “It makes a lot more sense to use the equipment the city already has.�

But many residents did encourage continued negotiation. “I hope the town and the city can sit down with cool heads and work together,� said Randy Budine. “This should be simple if everybody wants to do it.� “We should be merging and sharing services,� said Luisa Montanti, Southside Mall manager. “It behooves us all to sit at the table. Do the right thing.� “If we don’t have a healthy city, we don’t have a healthy

town,� said Barr. “And who would want to live here? We’re one community.� “The city has given you three options,� said Michelle Catan. “You’re not negotiating. I think you should. You are elected to do what the residents would like and I think the consensus is clear.�

Both Town Supervisor Bob Wood and Dave Rowley, the retired school superintendent, offered their services as negotiators to sit down with the city.

After the public hearing was closed, the commission voted yes to creating the corporation in order to keep exploring options.

Peachin said that the commissioners were also looking into hybrid departments, which are made up of both volunteer and paid firefighters. There will

be insurance workshops for homeowners, as well as volunteer recruitment workshops.

If they decide to go through with the volunteer fire department, the intent is to start work as early as June. “The fire academy starts in September,� she said. “We need a back-up plan,� said Butler.

But they do plan to meet with the city. “We have a direction the people want to go, and that’s to negotiate with the city,� said Butler. “We have always been open to negotiation,� said Mayor Gary Herzig at the conclusion of the meeting. “But when we’re told they want to start by cutting the number in half, I don’t think that’s reasonable.

But that doesn’t mean we’re unwilling to meet.�

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Check out the “railbed to nowhere” across Route 20 from the Springfield Center Car Wash. Top photo, Italian immigrant workers in Sunday best at C&MV headquarters, Pierstown Road.

‘Millionaires’ Lawsuit’ Halted C&MV

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

Railroad historian Jim Loudon examines “Otsego’s Forgotten Railroad,” hot off the presses, during an interview at Oneonta’s Latte Lounge.

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hen Oneonta’s Jim Loudon, the railroad historian, was a salesman for E.C. Crooks, the monument maker, in the early 1980s, he would often find himself driving east along Route 20.

A couple of hundred yards past Kelly’s Corners, where Routes 20 and 80 intersect at Springfield Center, he would recognize what appeared to be a railbed to nowhere. (For the past 40 years it’s been part of Terry Webster’s farm.)

“It really intrigued me,” Loudon remembers.

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School Nurse Shelly Havens’ poses by the stainedglass door to her Otego Elementary office.

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he stained-glass window in School Nurse Shelly Havens’ door – a caduceus entwining the word “Health” – says it all: They don’t make them like they used to.

That’s evident throughout the

Depression-era Otego Elementary School – it is due to close at the end of August – beginning with a frieze above the front door, two pupils contemplating the lamp of knowledge, to the high ceilings and woodwork, to “Girls” and “Boys” carved above the entryway to the former auditorium (now gym).

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piritual highlights of Easter Sunday commemorations include the revived ecumenical sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 16, in Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park, organized by Cooperstown Baptist Church’s new pastor, the Rev. Joseph Perdue.

Also, Community Bible Chapel of Toddsville is planning “Encounter the Cross” noon-5 p.m on Good Friday, April 14, a self-guided walk through seven rooms at the 577 Greenough Road church designed to dramatize Jesus’ final hours.

For Easter services at churches in Oneonta and Cooperstown, see A3.

FIND EASTER EGGS: On Holy Saturday, the 15th, Easter Egg hunts are planned at 10 a.m. sharp at Hyde Hall on Otsego Lake, at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta, and noon at Pioneer Park, Cooperstown, and on Easter Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Focus Otsego.

MORE EASTER FUN: The Easter Bunny will be available for pictures with the kids noon-4 p.m. Friday, April 14, and Saturday, April 15, at Southside Mall, Oneonta. And youngsters can take a train ride with the Easter Bunny and Elmo on the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Saturday, April 15 and Sunday April 16 departing at 1 p.m. from the Milford Depot.

SHAKESPEARE HERE: Set in a 1980s nightclub, Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” will be performed by Hartwick College students at 8 p.m.

April 11-15, with a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday the 15th at Yager Hall.

ART RECEPTION: “Off The Walls,” celebrating life of Lisa Rodewald, opens 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main. Also, “The Fabric of Life,” textiles Dr. Chris Kjolhede collected during his travels.

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The theme is ‘Blue Skies Smilin’ at me: Exploring the beauty of living a life free from the negative impacts of addiction.’

Info, http://www.canoneonta. org/event/opening-receptionleaf-art-poetry-contest-2/?instance_id=752 HISTORY EXHIBIT – “Dressed to the Nines: Williams-Proctor Fashions” showcasing 19th century high society dress opens.

Continuing thru September 3.

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, 310 Genesee St., Utica.

Info, http://www.mwpai.org/ view/exhibitions/future-exhibition/williams-proctor-fashions/ GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP – Noon. St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta.

Info, call (607) 432-1458 or visit http://stjamesoneonta.org/ GOOD FRIDAY – Noon-7 p.m.

Encounter the Cross. Experience Christ’s final hours through a self-guided tour and a time of meditation through seven rooms.

Community Bible Chapel, 577 Greenough Rd., Cooperstown.

Info, http://www.communitybiblechapel.com/ EASTER BUNNY PHOTOS – Noon-4 p.m. Fun for the whole family. Children 10 and under take photos with the Easter bunny, $8. Please bring non-perishable food donations to Help Stomp Out Hunger. Southside Mall, Oneonta. Info, https://www. facebook.com/southsidemall/

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GOOD FRIDAY – 3 p.m. The Solemn Liturgy. Christ Church Episcopal, 46 River St., Cooperstown. Info, call (607)547-9555 or visit https:// www.facebook.com/christchurchcooperstown/ DISCUSSION – 3:30-5 p.m. Topics in Intersectional Feminism. Cooperstown Village Library. Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar GOOD FRIDAY – 4 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Death. St. Mary’s Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3929 or visit http://www. stmarysoneonta.org/ HAM DINNER – 5:30 p.m.

Baked ham, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, veggies, coffee and dessert. Oneonta Women of the Moose Lodge, 119 West Broadway, Oneonta. Info, debdew78@yahoo.com or (607) 433-2357 GOOD FRIDAY – 5:30 p.m.

The Stations of the Cross. Christ Church Episcopal, 46 River St., Cooperstown. Info, call (607) 547-9555 or visit https://www.

perstown/ GOOD FRIDAY – 7 p.m. Night Prayer in the style of Taize. St. Mary’s Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3929 or visit http://www.stmarysoneonta.org/ GOOD FRIDAY – 7:30 p.m.

Ecumenical Service. United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9540, http://www.cooperstownumc.org/ GOOD FRIDAY – 7:30 p.m.

Ecumenical Good Friday service.

United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9555 or visit http:// www.christchurchcooperstown. org/ GOOD FRIDAY – 7:30 p.m.

Ecumenical service. United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, call (607) 547-8401, https://www.facebook.com/CooperstownPres/ THEATER – 8 p.m. “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” by William Shakespeare. The classic story of mistaken identity and love is adapted by the Hartwick College Theater Arts Department to the setting of a 1980s night club. Admission, $5 students, $10 public. Slade Theater, Yager Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta.

Info/reservations, (607)4314227 or email theatre@hartwicki. edu. Additional info, Alyssa Fox, foxa@hartwick.edu MUSIC – 9 p.m. Robert Sarazin Blake & The Letters celebrate their new album ‘Recitative.’

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Otego Opinion Divided On Saving A Treasure SCHOOL//From B1 structure as Romanesque Revival architectural style with varicolored brick and a terracotta tile roof. There are also Modern stylistic elements favored for public building projects during the 1930s.

The point is, almost everyone agrees it’s a lovely centerpiece for the village, and Dick Downey, the 20-year Unatego Central school board member, wants to keep it that way. Even before the school board voted Feb. 13, with one nay, to close it and combine elementary students in the largest Unadilla facility, Downey was looking ahead.

As early as last July, he was conferring with Tony Scalici, the veteran Cooperstown Central board

Pupils contemplate the lamp of knowledge above Otego Elementary’s front door.

L. Apartments, 68 units of senior-citizen housing in Johnson City.

In September, he toured Metro Interfaith Housing’s Lincoln Court in Binghamton, where elderly with somewhat “limited physical abilities” – and disabled but healthy tenants – can still live on their own with the help of communal breakfast and supper.

The Twin Oaks Personal Care Home in Summit, Pa. – Downey went there in October – takes it a step further to assisted living, where tenants are Unatego Central school board ambulatory, but there’s member Dick Downey, left, housekeeping, meals and Superintendent Dave and some care below Richards discuss resuses of the nursing-home level. school buildings across the And on South New region.

Berlin, Norwich and Gilbertsville. member who is also Otsego Downey is particularly Rural Housing executive interested in a redo of the director, on ways to keep the former Watkins Glens High heart of the community beatSchool into 55 low- and ing, even after the pupils go. moderate-income housing In an interview, Scalici for senior citizens – he plans said the Otego school’s locato visit on April 25 – and the tion on Main Street is “just role the Schuyler County IDA perfect.” He’s experienced played in crafting an RFP in single-use conversions: (request for proposals) that Rural Housing, for instance, enticed 16 offers. created Milford Commons, The IDA executive there, family housing, in the former Judy McKinney Cherry, was Milford Central High School. also praiseful of SEPP and But he’s also intrigued by Two by Four Construction of what Richard Saba and a not- Syracuse, which completed for-profit corporation have the project. The two entiaccomplished with the former ties are also spinning off the Cherry Valley High School, former auditorium and gym which now houses the post for public use; concerts and office, town and village ofsporting events are planned fices, a performance space there. and other uses.

As it happens, a Two by Redevelopment for private Four subsidiary is about to uses, Scalici also pointed out, redo the former municipal can put tax-exempt schools building in Sidney as well. back on the tax rolls.

The next step is the formaSince meeting with tion – in the next few weeks Scalici, Downey has ranged – of a “repurposing committhe Southern Tier and tee” of a half-dozen members, Northeast Pennsylvania in said Unatego Superintendent search of successful models. of Schools Dave Richards.

Last August, he visited the The goal, said Downey, is private SEPP Group’s Harry

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would have to go through zoning and other local reviews, he said.

Still, the situation is in flux.

Buzz Hesse, who led a community group that sought to keep Otego Elementary from closing, originally supported keeping the building in public hands.

When Peter Pan arrived at Pleasure Island, Hesse explained said, it didn’t turn out to be such a delight; likewise, if the building were to go into private hands, it would be out of community control.

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Legal notice SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Index No. 0925/2013 CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., Plaintiff -againstMARTIN FREIMANN and “John Doe” and/or “Jane Doe” # 1-10 inclusive, the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, her persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporation, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises 1023 Country Highway 20 Edmeston, New York 13335 Section: 124.00 Block: 1 Lots: 2.02 & 2.05 We are attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 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 attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) or within (60) days after service of this summons if it is the United States of America; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgement will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING

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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 judgement may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or 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 COURT. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT This is an action to foreclose a mortgage lien on the premises described herein. The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $171,000 and interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Otsego County on July 18, 2007 in Liber 1528, Page 560, covering premises known as 1023 COUNTY HIGHWAY 20, EDMESTON, COUNTY OF OTSEGO, STATE OF NEW YORK (Section 124, Block 1, Lot 2.02 and 2.05).

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgement directing the sale of the premises described above.

The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgement against the Defendant, MARTIN FREIMANN, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged in bankruptcy.

FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004 P: (212) 471-5100

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is Blue Tree Virtual Services LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is April 10, 2017.

3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 113 Lee Drive, Maryland, NY 12116.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

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Notice of Formation of a Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC): Principle Design Engineering, PLLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/31/17.

Office location: Chenango County.

SSNY designated PLLC agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Principle Design Engineering, PLLC, Attn: Michael O’Reilly, PE, 1103 County Road 19, Norwich, NY 13815.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Date of dissolution: None.

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Name: TRINITY KEEP LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 March 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: TRINITY MEAT COMPANY LLC.

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Cooperstown, New York, 13326.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Notice of Formation of HIGH PEAKS BREWING COMPANY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on March 21, 2017. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, P.O. Box 827, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of BANKICH ELECTRIC LLC

Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 March 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Arts. of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/02/2017. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 627 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FILING OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK

BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Name: Pipeline Safety Advisors LLC Articles of organization filing date with the Secretary of State (SSNY) was December 22, 2016.

Office location Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 25 Railroad Avenue Suite 2C,

Name: Chestnut 76, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (SOS) on 6/10/2004.

Office location: Otsego County.

SOS is designated as agent of LLC for service of process.

SOS shall mail copy of process to c/o Oxford Group, 388 East Main Street, Branford,

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO Index No.

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Mortgaged Premises 34 Ontio Terrace Unadilla, New York 13849 Section: 334.14 Block: 1 Lot(s): 37.00 Mortgaged Premises: 34 Ontio Terrace, Unadilla, New York 13849 Kondaur Capital Corporation, as Separate Trustee of Matawin Ventures Trust Series 20143, Plaintiff -against JONATHAN D. SWIFT; MICHELLE L. SWIFT; BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER; TRI-TOWN REGIONAL HOSPITAL; “JOHN DOE” and “MARY DOE,” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants

To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you

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by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $106,118.00 and interest, recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office on July 26, 2007 in Book 1528, Page 1167, Instrument Number 2007-00056914, covering premises known as 34 Ontio Terrace, Unadilla, New York 13849.

The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the Mortgaged Premises is located.

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 COURT. This Communication is from a debt collector in an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff, 85 Broad Street,

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is P & L Properties VI, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on May 12, 2015.

The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 168 Sugar Hill Road, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalApr27 Legal nOtice

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: Cooperstown Escape Rooms, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/2/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 73 Main St. 2nd Floor, Cooperstown NY 13326 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of TUMBLE HILL FARM, LLC A Limited Liability Company.

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Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on March 3, 2017. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: Tumble Hill Farm, LLC of 197 Algerine Hill Road, East Worcester, New York 12064.

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WhatCannaDo LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State on January 27, 2017. The office location within New York is in Otsego County.

The Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to c/o THE LLC, PO Box 108, Gilbertsville, New York 13776. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE of FORMATION of LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: Marlinspike Operations, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the N.Y. Secretary of State on February 22, 2017.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County, New York.

The Secretary of State is the designated agent of the LLC, upon whom processes may be

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Historian/Detective Reconstructs Disappearance Of C&MV Railroad MYSTERY/From B1 ly’s Corner light, seeing how far he might follow the railbed. Harland Smith happened to be working in his driveway, and Loudon pulled over to engage him in conversation.

It was then he learned of the never-to-be Cooperstown & Mohawk Valley Railroad up the west side of Otsego Lake and the “Millionaires’ Lawsuit” fought through the courts in the first decade of the 20th century that eventually blocked it.

Harland Smith, by happenstance, turned out to be a descendant of Arthur Smith of Springfield Center, president of the C&MV (which became the Cooperstown & Northern in 1906 until expiring in 1910.)

About the same time, Loudon was tending the Leatherstocking Historical Railroad Association’s booth at the county fair in Morris, and struck up a conversation with a contractor from Hartwick. (He doesn’t remember the man’s name.)

As it happened, the contractor owned a camp at Five Mile Point and believed the C&N’s railbed ran behind his property. And so it did, Loudon concluded during an onsite inspection that further piqued his interest.

Loudon had a living to make and two sons to raise. He was a co-founder, with Bruce Hodges, of the Leatherstocking railroad association. And he wrote four other books, two on railroads, one on Oneonta’s Electric Lake and a fourth on the Central New York Fair, an Oneonta institution for decades.

Still, he never forgot that mysterious railbed to nowhere, and now has produced his fifth both, “The Cooperstown & Northern: Otsego’s Forgotten Railroad.” He’ll introduce it at the annual meeting of the Leatherstocking railroad association at noon Saturday, April 22, at Brooks BBQ. His research began 2-3 years ago as it has for all his railroad books – in the county clerk’s office in Cooperstown, where surveyors’ maps of every railroad contemplated in Otsego County are on file. (There were three dozen railroads contemplated; only a handful were built.)

Loudon then submerged himself on the lower floor of the NYSHA Library, painstakingly reviewing microfilm of the newspapers of the day, week by week, month by month, and eventually year by year.

A rationale emerged. The Delaware & Hudson was carrying coal from Pennsylvania to Albany, and then back west along the Mohawk Valley. As early at 1870, a Cooperstownto-Ilion line was proposed to cut the corner and thus saving hundreds of miles of freight costs.

Several other plans emerged in the last quarter of the 19th century, but the most vigorous effort – and, in the end, the last – was the C&MV. At first, all seemed rosy for, as The Freeman’s Journal editorialized in 1905, “one of the more picturesque journeys to be found anywhere. Gliding along the mountainside, thru the woodlands, curving gracefully along a mountain, then crossing a bridge and swinging out again in to the full view of Otsego Lake, the trains will afford a delightful trip for those who appreciate the charms of nature.”

Opposition soon emerged.

Dr. Robert McKim, who owned the building at the top of Westridge Road, most recently Brenda Berstler’s B&B, granted a right-of-way, then “for some reason … changed his mind,” Loudon reports.

Confident the setback would be temporary, the C&MV investors set up construction headquarters at the Drake Farm, across Pierstown Road from Leatherstocking Falls. Hopscotching over Edward S. Clark’s Fenimore Farm (now The Farmers’ Museum), the crews of Italian immigrants – at first 30 men, rising to 50 at its height – began building the railbed on the Frederick De Peyster Townsend property (now Brookwood Point).

At the same time, C&MV investor Amos Farnum began cutting timber along the lake’s west side for rail ties and, rumor had it, for a grand hotel near Five Mile Point to be served by the line.

“The opposition” was soon in court, and various delays and false starts followed, culminating in the “Millionaires Suit” filed in 1907

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They hired William Barclay Parsons, “the foremost railroad engineer of the day” and builder of New York City’s subways, to offer expert testimony that the C&MV proposed route was untenable.

On the other side, Hyde Hall’s George Hyde Clarke of the day began investing with his Springfield Center neighbors in the C&MV’s success.

At one point, the state Board of Railroad Commissioners actually issued a “certificate of need” that would have allowed the right-of-way to be completed by eminent domain, but the victory was short lived.

On Jan. 8, 1908, the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, swayed by Parsons’ expert testimony, threw out the “certificate of need.” The investors never recovered.

The second chapter of Loudon’s book deals with the troubles of the Fort Plain & Richfield Springs Railroad – the intention was for the two to connect a couple of hundred yards north of Kelly’s Corners. That also was not to be.

Looking back a century and a quarter, Loudon writes, “it would be easy to imagine a dozen freight trains rumbling through Cooperstown on a daily basis.” But, he concludes, “if the roads had been built, Cooperstown would not have retained the bucolic charm for which it is famous, and might never have become The Village of Museums.”

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Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-8600 or visit https://www. facebook.com/Bookhout-FuneralHome-134554879930024/ EASTER BUNNY PHOTOS – Noon-4 p.m. Fun for the whole family. Children 10 an under take photos with the Easter bunny.

Cost, $8. Please bring non-perishable food donations to Help Stomp Out Hunger. Southside Mall, Oneonta. Info, https://www. facebook.com/southsidemall/ EASTER EVENTS – Noon-1 p.m. Includes an Easter Egg Hunt, Face Painting at Pioneer Park, Snacks at the Tunnicliff, and photos with the Easter Bunny. Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz will be announcing. Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. Info, contact Rich McCaffery richcooperstown@ gmail.com or call 547-5256 or visit http://richcooperstown. org/easter-in-cooperstown/ EASTER BUNNY EXPRESS – 1 p.m. Hop aboard the train with the Easter Bunny and friends.

Cost, $20 adults, $19 seniors, $17 children, children 3 and under ride free. Free snacks and refreshments for all. Milford Depot, 136 E. Main St., Milford.

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Sunrise service, followed by brunch at 9 a.m. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4324102, http://www.firstumconeonta.com/ EASTER SUNDAY – 8:30 a.m.

St. Mary Eucharist Liturgy & Renewal of Baptismal Promises.

St. Mary’s Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3929, http://www.stmarysoneonta.org/ EASTER BREAKFAST – 8:309:15 a.m. The “Red Door” Church, First United Presbyterian, 2 Walling Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-7520 or visit https:// www.facebook.com/TheRedDoorChurch/ EASTER SUNDAY – 8:30 a.m.

Resurrection Service with Communion. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4102, http://www.firstumc-oneonta. com/ EASTER WORSHIP – 10 a.m.

St. Mary Eucharist Liturgy & Renewal of Baptismal Promises.

St. Mary’s Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3929, http://www.stmarysoneonta.org/ EASTER SUNDAY – 10 a.m.

Solemn Festival Eucharist. St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-1458, http://stjamesoneonta.org/ EASTER SERVICE – 10 a.m.

The “Red Door” Church, First United Presbyterian, 2 Walling Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4327520, https://www.facebook. com/TheRedDoorChurch/ EASTER SUNDAY – 10 a.m.

“This is why we Sing” with Rev. Elsie Rhodes. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5478401 or visit https://www.facebook.com/CooperstownPres/ EASTER SUNDAY – 10:30 a.m. Service of the Resurrection. United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown.

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Info/reservations, (607) 4314227, or email theatre@hartwicki.edu. Additional info, Alyssa Fox at foxa@hartwick.edu FOR-DO BOOK CLUB – 4-7 p.m. Feel like you don’t read enough, come to this book club. The group votes on the book to be read. At The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. org/events EASTER EVE – 7:30 p.m. The Great Vigil and First Communion of Easter. Gather Lychgate on River St., Cooperstown. Info, http://www.christchurchcooperstown.org/ THEATER – 8 p.m. “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” by William Shakespeare. The classic story of mistaken identity and love is adapted by the Hartwick College Theater Arts Department to the setting of a 1980s night club. Admission, $5 students, $10 public. Slade Theater, Yager Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta.

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OBITUARIES Leslie Parshall, 90; World War Veteran Built Monument To Those Who Served TODDSVILLE – Leslie A. Parshall, 90, a World War II veteran who in 2005 erected a monument honoring all veterans at his Greenough Road home, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 9, 2017, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego.

He was born Nov. 16, 1926, in Saranac Lake, a son of Howard and Gladys (Gowett) Parshall. He first attended a one-room schoolhouse and then

continued his education in Cooperstown. On Aug. 19, 1948, Les married Lois M. Harvey in Cooperstown.

A veteran of World War II, Les entered the Navy on Oct. 30, 1944. Seaman First Class Parshall was in combat in the Marshal Islands, and was honorably discharged on June 12, 1946.

Returning home, he worked for many years building circuit boards for Sperry UNIVAC in Utica, where he also served as a

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union arbitrator. Retiring, he joined Bassett Hospital as a painter.

In his leisure, Les enjoyed fishing and camping with his family.

As a symbol of respect for veterans of the Armed Forces, Les erected in 2005, on his property in Toddsville, an Honor Roll of World War II veterans from Otsego County.

Throughout his life, Les had a deep and abiding faith in God, and in his own way served Him many different ways.

Les is survived by his second wife, Doris Parshall

of Norwich, and her family; two daughters, Judy “Susie” Urbin and husband, John of Lufkin, Leslie Texas, Parshall and Linda Miller of Holland, Texas; three sons, Stephen Parshall and wife, Barbara, of Daleville, Va., Thomas Parshall of Franklin, and Carl Parshall and wife, Nancy of Morris; 10 grandchildren; many great grandchildren; two broth-

ers-in-law, Merritt Harvey and wife, Elaine, of Toddsville, and Donald Harvey and wife, Mary, of Milford Center; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his first wife of 47 years, Lois M. Parshall, on July 8, 1996; a sister, Evelyn Warner; and two brothers, Howard “Sonny” Parshall and Robert Parshall.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 14, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, with Rev. Stephen D. Fournier, pastor of the Milford Center

Community Bible Church, officiating.

The Service of Committal and Burial with Military Honors will follow in Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Fly Creek.

Calling hours are planned one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Hartwick Fire Department Company No. 2, 4877 State Highway 28, Hartwick Seminary, NY 13326.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, Cooperstown.

Alma Millen, 83; Teacher, Court Attendant, Volunteer At Shelter COOPERSTOWN – Alma Millen, 83, a former teacher who raised two children as a long-time resident of Cooperstown, passed away in Chantilly, Va., on Sunday, April 2, 2017.

The daughter of Danish immigrants Peter and Karen Ottzen, she was born Sept.

14, 1933, in Perth Amboy, N.J., and lived in Tottenville (Staten Island) for several years before her family relocated to Otsego County.

Alma was a proud part of the Ottzen musical and artistic traditions, playing concert harp in her youth, designing jewelry, and bringing old furniture and jewelry back to life with her talent for restoration.

A graduate of SUNY Oneonta with an M.S. in education, in 1964 she married James W. Millen in Christ Episcopal Church’s St. Agnes Chapel, Cooperstown.

She taught early elementary students at several schools in Upstate New York before she became a mother, and taught several summers in a pre-elementary school program at CCS while raising their two children.

A familiar and friendly face seen about in many flea markets and antique shops throughout the area, Alma also worked for many years as a court attendant of the Otsego County Courthouse and volunteered time at the Susquehanna Animal Shelter Thrift Shop.

Alma was predeceased by her husband on March 6, 2000, but is survived by her two brothers and

their wives: Peter and Lynn Ottzen of Otego and Lorentz and Beverly Ottzen of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla..

She is also survived by her children and their spouses: Anne Margaret Millen-Martini and her husband Lorenzo Martini of Herndon Va., Peter Hayes Millen and his wife Barbara Levick Millen of Chicago Ill., cousins, and nieces and nephews from both sides of

the family.

According to her wishes there will be no formal services and, in lieu of flowers, Alma’s family suggests that memorial donations may be directed to Susquehanna Animal Shelter, 4841 NY28, Cooperstown NY 13326 or Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care, One Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820

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Sunday April 16

EASTER EGG HUNT – 10:30 a.m. Community Easter event in the Court yard, weather permitting, followed by a visit with some Rabbits at 10:45 a.m.

Focus Nursing & Rehab Center, 128 Phoenix Mills Cross Rd., Cooperstown. Info, Amy Rose, Activities Director, 544-2672.

EASTER WORSHIP – 10:30 a.m. Services with the Christian Science Society of Oneonta.

Upper Room, First Presbyterian Church, “Red Door� Church, 381 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.christiansciencenys. com/oneonta.html EASTER WORSHIP – 10:45 a.m. Celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607)432-4286 or visit https://www.facebook. com/First-Presbyterian-Churchof-Oneonta-219491214731749/ EASTER BUFFET – 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Enjoy an Easter dinner with delicious food made by Chef Danielle, of Hell’s Kitchen fame.

Includes a bread station, salad station, Scottish smoked salmon, seasonal spring vegetables, and a chef attended carving station. The Lake House, 2521 Co. Hwy. 22, Richfield Springs. Info, http://cooperstownlakehouse.com/ EASTER BUNNY EXPRESS – 1 p.m. Hop aboard the train with the Easter Bunny and friends.

Cost, $20 adults, $19 seniors, $17 children, children 3 and under ride free. Free snacks and refreshments for all. Milford Depot, 136 E. Main St., Milford.

Info, call (607)432-2429 or visit http://www.lrhs.com/ FILM SCREENING – 2 p.m.

Showing “Invaders From Mars,�

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Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. fenimoreartmuseum.org/Sunday-Matinee

Monday April 17

MEETING – 10 a.m. The Board of Directors of the Legal aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. will be meeting. 268 Genesee St., Utica.

Info, Maria Gregorka (315)-7937057 or email maria.gregorka@ lasmny.org DRAWING GROUP – 7-9 p.m.

Come practice drawing with a live model. $10 donation. To attend call the Cooperstown Art Association, (607)547-9777

Tuesday April 18

LIBRARY AMNESTY – All Day. Return your overdue library books and have your fees waived. Items from other library’s not eligible. Cooperstown Village Library. Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar CYBERMOBILE – 9:30-9:50 a.m. Town Hall, 3966 NY-23, West Oneonta. Info, www.4cls.org or call (607)723-8236 CYBERMOBILE – 10:10-10:50

Little Lambs Children Center, 383 Co Rd 11, Oneonta. Info, www.4cls.org or call (607)7238236 ADDICTION WORKSHOP – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Study “The Heart of Addiction� with Pastor Jack Klosheim. Bring your own book and workbook. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego County, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, call (607)2674435 or email kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org or visit http://www. friendsofrecoverydo.org/events CYBERMOBILE – 12:20-12:45 p.m. Methodist Church, 811 Co Rd 26, Fly Creek. Info, www.4cls. org or call (607)723-8236 CYBERMOBILE – 1:15-1:35 p.m. Methodist Church, 2343 NY205, Mt Vision. Info, www.4cls. org or call (607)723-8236 KNITTING GROUP – 1:30-3 p.m.

Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, http:// www.villagelibraryofcooperstown. org/calendar CYBERMOBILE – 2:10-2:30 p.m. Firehouse, 116 County Rd 4, Wells Bridge. Info, www.4cls. org or call (607)723-8236 SUPPORT GROUP – 2:15 p.m.

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Learn about issues in climate change with Wnonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food and Water Watch, author of Foodopoly and Frackopoly. Hunt Union, Red Dragon ballroom, SUNY Oneonta.

HEALTH ORGANIZATION – 6:30-7:30 p.m. Learn how to keep your healthcare papers organized with professional organizer and RN Karen Sheesley.

Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info/registration, 432-1980 or visit http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ PRESENTATION – 7-8 p.m.

Local photographer Richard

Duncan discusses how Taoism has affected his life and career.

Cooperstown Village Library. Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar COMMON COUNCIL – 7 p.m.

Common Council chambers, City Hall, 258 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.oneonta.ny.us/common-council/

Wednesday April 19

P.A.L.S. – 9:30 a.m. Parents and their infants/toddlers are invited to play, read together, learn basic sign language, and play music. cost, $4 public, free for members. Every Wednesday to 4/26. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford ave., Oneonta. Info, http:// www.oneontaymca.org/upcoming-events.html AMAZING AMPHIBIANS – 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Get your elementary aged children out and learn about the amphibians that are waking up from winter and explore Thayer farm to learn which ones live there. Meet at Upland Interpretive Center at Thayer Farm, 7027 State Highway 80, Springfield. Info, http:// occainfo.org/calendar/get-kidsamazing-amphibians/ CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St.., Cooperstown. Info, http://www. villagelibraryofcooperstown. org/calendar ART DISCUSSION – 12:302:30 p.m. Join artist Tracey Helgeson for this weeks Food for Thought discussion exploring her exhibit “Between Observation and Imagination: Paintings by Tracy Helgeson.� Registration re-

quired. Cost, $25 members, $30 non-members. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Info, http://www.fenimoreartmuseum. org/lectures or call (607) 5471461 DISCUSSION GROUP – 35 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar MINECRAFT – 3:30-5:30 p.m. Open hours, no registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/youth-programs/ GUITAR BASICS – 5-7 p.m.

Learn to play guitar with John Arlet. Must have your own guitar.

Space is limited. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info/reservation, (607)267-4435 or visit http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. org/events CONSERVATION WORKSHOP – 6-8 p.m. “iMapInvasives Training: New York’s Online Invasive Species Database and Mapping System.� Use an online mapping service to record specific sightings of invasive species. Otsego No, 189 Main St., Suite 500, Oneonta. Info, (518)234-4303 or email schoharie@cornell.edu or visit http://cceschoharie-otsego. org/ YARN CLUB – 6:30-7:45 p.m.

For knitters and crocheters of all skill levels and ages. Come learn a new skills and work on your current projects. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/

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