The Freeman's Journal 4-20-17

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he public is invited to an open house 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at Village Hall in honor of Public Works Superintendent Brian Clancy, who has given 31 years of service to the village.

Clancy’s last day in Village Hall is Friday, April 28.

After two days of retirement, he will join Delaware Engineering as an inspector.

PASSING SCENE: Hugh I. Henderson, 90, political and civic leader, from Oneonta Town Board to the county board to Otsego Now, passed away Friday, April 14/DETAILS, B6 HONORARY DEGREE: Otsego County’s former congressman, Chris Gibson, will receive an honorary doctorate from SUNY Cobleskill at its May 13 commencement.

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and off to Notre Dame, won’t be running again. But four candidates – incumbent Tim Hayes and three newcomers – will be vying for two vacant seats.

Due to the post-Easter break, official information was scarce this week as the Monday, April 17, filing deadline passed, but Bruce Markusen, who works in the Baseball Hall of Fame’s membership department and emcees many Hall events,

and Hayes, a SUNY Oneonta development officer, acknowledged they are running and confirmed the two other entries.

They are Gillian Spencer, wife of Bassett physician Matt Spencer, and Kim Jastremski, wife of SUNY Oneonta English professor George Hovis, Village Library Board president and an anti-Common-Core activist during the Opt-Out Please See ELECTIONS, B4

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Carter Carson of Springfield (in orange cap) leads the charge of hundreds of youngsters at the annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 15, at the Hyde Hall National Landmark mansion on Otsego Lake. In past years, staff has received up to 500 telephone inquiries about the event; this year, it received 1,000.

YORKERS LIVE! 450 middle and high school students from around New York State will descend Monday, April 24, on The Farmers’ Museum for New York History Day. EARTH DAY will be celebrated 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at OCCA’s annual festival at Milford Central School/DETAILS, B6

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t will be hail and farewell in the upcoming Tuesday, May 16, election to the Cooperstown Central school board.

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Brian Clancy’s tenure as village superintendent of public works was recognized in a cover story in Superintendent’s Profile magazine.

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t was Monday, Jan. 22, the morning after the Women’s March on Washington.

Sue Sullivan, Cooperstown Central ’82, was sitting at her sister Beth Sywetz Naff’s breakfast table across the Potomac in Arlington, Va., with their mom, Betsy Sywetz, Town of Otsego.

The three had marched on The Mall the day before, where they heard a call to action: The best way to blunt the Trump Administration and Republican dominance is to run for office.

“You should run,” the mother told Sullivan, a niece of Oneonta’s Janet Potter, retired SUNY Oneonta associate provost for library and information services, and of former Hartwick Please See SULLIVAN, A7

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ocking up Christopher’s Restaurant at midnight on Saturday, April 15, head chef Greg Miller was thinking of the party he had to cook for that afternoon.

But by 2:30 a.m., he was getting text messages from friends: Christopher’s was on fire. “I didn’t believe it at first,” he said.

“Then I saw the pictures on social media.”

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Flames leap at Christopher’s Saturday, April 15.

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EASTER BUNNY BRINGS TREATS TO PIONEER PARK

It must be spring, as Joe Russo, who turned 100 this year, was back in front of son Vinnie Russo’s store, Mickey’s Place, Friday, April 14, at Main and Pioneer. He was joined by his greatnephew, Matthew Nacarri of Rockville Center, L.I., and Matt’s children, from left, Grady, 9, Ryder, 4, and Lila, 14. Mom Kelli snapped the photo. Mr. Russo, who retired from the circulation department of the New York Times, has become a fixture on Main Street, as tourists get their photos taken with him and ask for his autograph. He moved to Cooperstown’s Thanksgiving Home last year from the New York Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Metropolitan Area.

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Helena Betancourt, granddaughter of Sharky Nagelschmidt, enjoys an Easter cupcake at the Tunnicliff Inn during the Easter festivities in Pioneer Park on Saturday, April 15.

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INFERNO/From A1 scene by 2:23 a.m. “I responded from home and was there by 2:25 a.m.” said city Fire Chief Patrick Pidgeon.

By the time Oneonta fire crews arrived on scene, the fire, which investigators believe started in the bar, was in the roof.

“I was lying in bed when I saw on Facebook that Christopher’s was on fire,” said Cira Schmitt, who snapped some of the best photos from the scene.

“My mom, Julie Miller, was a head chef there, so I got my camera and sat out there all night.”

When she arrived, the fire The morning after, all was already starting to move left from the dining room.

“It was fully engulfed,” she said. “It was more towards the middle dining room and the hostess stand, and it just kept moving left.”

An “aggressive interior attack” was launched through the front door by the firefighters, trying to stop the blaze from spreading. “They could hear it rolling around in the ceiling,” Pidgeon said. “Once it’s up in the ceiling, it’s difficult to fight overhead. It’s dangerous and labor-intensive, so I made the call to go on the defensive.”

Christopher’s Adirondack Marty Patton’s stepson décor was partially to blame Patrick Grace and his for the magnitude of the fire. son witness cleanup.

“So much of it was reclaimed unteers’ pumpers drew water barn wood and that’s so dry,” from the Susquehanna River, said Pidgeon. across Route 23, and the creek With no fire hydrants on behind the restaurant. Also, Southside and no sprinklers in the building, the city’s and vol- tankers filled at the hydrant near the Golden Guernsey. In

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that remained of Christopher’s was a sea of rubble. all, 15 companies responded to mutual aid calls: Laurens, West Laurens, Milford, Morris, Schenevus, West Oneonta, Otego, Worcester, Unadilla, Wells Bridge, Franklin, Pindars Corners, East Meredith, Davenport and Sidney.

“We’d put water in and the fire would just pop up someplace else,” said Pidgeon. “It wasn’t under control until about 7 a.m., and we were on the scene until 5 (that afternoon), putting out hot spots.”

Pidgeon also made the call for firefighters to try and rescue some of the memorabilia – trophy heads of deer, buffalo and a moose (over the stone fireplace in the entryway), bear rugs, Adirondack furniture and the like.

“My crews were grabbing stuff as they came out,” he said. Among lost items was a coat worn by Kevin Costner in

1990 Oscar-winning “Dances With Wolves”.

“It’s such a shame,” said co-owner Brenda Patton’s son, Patrick Grace, who was on the scene. “There’s 50 years of history just gone.”

Patton and co-owner Marty, her husband and owner of Cooperstown All-Star Village, were in Florida when the fire happened. “My mom was a waitress here when I was little,” said Grace. “It’s been in our family a long time” – 25-30 years. “I called Martin to tell him, but he didn’t say much.”

The lodge next door will remain open, and firefighters were able to retrieve the keys and the reservation book.

The Pattons have not yet announced whether or not they will rebuild the restaurant, and the cause remains under investigation.

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EDITORIALS

Resolve Sergeant Devlin’s Future, Jail Policies, Nepotism

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he facts are heartbreaking; the situation is not without dangers.

The Otsego County Board of Representatives’ investigation into county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son, Sgt. Ros Devlin, won’t easily be resolved – but it must be, fully and fairly for all concerned; and that includes the county’s citizens.

• Last TO REVIEW Judge Wednesday, Northrup’s order, type “pistol permit” in search April 12, the county line at board’s www.

OTSEGO.com Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee released the text of a court order from a March 28 pistol-permit hearing before county Judge Richard D. Northrup Jr. of Delhi.

Here, according to the order’s words, is what Northrup concluded: On Jan. 5 in the break room at the county Correctional Facility, Sergeant Devlin told Correctional Officer Catherine M. Hubbard he was depressed because her husband, his superior, First Sgt. Jared Hubbard, reprimanded him for bringing a personal cell phone to work and for parking his truck in an unauthorized spot.

Young Devlin then told her – this is a verbatim quote from the order – “he would bring a duffle bag to work

At Base, Taxpayers Are Employers, Should Be Told If Things Go Wrong

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Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. reports on jail matters to county Board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee Wednesday, April 12. The committee then released a court order detailing the issues that led to the suspension of his son, Sgt. Ros Devlin, in January.

filled with guns and that he was going to walk into the administration office and ‘blow my head off over First Sgt. Hubbard’s desk so that every time he blinked he can see my face explode’.”

He then told Catherine Hubbard “that he could ‘shoot up’ the Oneonta Elementary School and the Milford School to create a diversion so that there would be no one to respond.”

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facts, three outcomes seem desirable.

• One, Ros Devlin should go into another line of work.

His remarks to First Sergeant Hubbard: What a cry for help. There are many vocations where he undoubtedly would thrive, and he should pursue them for his own good.

• Two, an answer to this question: Given the family relationships, was discipline consistently applied and, if Please See EDITORIAL, A5

he county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee has twice released information in its current investigation that some have found troubling – but not here.

• One, on March 9, a press release revealing that subpoenas served on the county Sheriff’s Department involved allegations against Sgt. Ros Devlin, the sheriff’s son.

• Two, on April 12, a court order in a pistol-permit hearing – the presiding judge sealed it, some said – describing Sergeant Devlin’s alleged suicide threats, and threats against Oneonta and Milford schools. (The committee said it was doing so with the concurrence of County Attorney Ellen Coccoma.)

In recent decades, through case law and labor contracts, governments have conspired – strong language, but there you have it – to prevent the ultimate employers – the taxpaying public – from learning how their employees are misbehaving.

Some may quibble, but we say: The county board’s Public Safety Committee has bravely been telling Otsego County citizens what they deserve to know. Kudos to Coccoma, chairman Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, and committee members.

• County board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, had been sitting in on the Public Safety Committee’s deliberations without addressing whether her husband, a retired state trooper, plans to run against Devlin in 2018.

However, Chair Clark was not present at the Public Safety Committee’s latest meeting, on the 12th. Further kudos. That is as it should have been all along.

WENDELL E. TRIPP OTHER VOICES

Shared Love Of New York History, Cooperstown Brought NYSHA Here Editor’s Note: Wendell E. Tripp was editor of the NYSHA journal, New York History, from 1964 to 2000, also serving as a CGP professor (and, for a time in the 1990s, as Cooperstown village mayor).

In addition, an account of the Association’s arrival in Cooperstown is of particular local interest.

The New York State Historical Association was created in 1899 at Lake George by a group of men who felt that New York history, in contrast to New he recent change England history, was being whereby the New neglected. As one Lake York State Historical George participant Association stated, formally be“New York came Fenimore Stephen C. Clark ‘wanted to create made history and Art Museum was a recogni- a cultural center Massachusetts tion of the fact in Cooperstown wrote it.” Its basic purpose therefore that the Historical Association and felt that (NY- was to present a SHA) could be greater knowledge is no longer active, while the instrument of of the history of the state through the Museum the project.’ lectures, publihas become a cations, and the vibrant and influential cultural institution. collection and preservation of historical sources.

I do suggest, however, The organization had that the NYSHA, an instino physical headquarters. tution whose influence on It held annual meetings the study of history was in various communities profound and extended throughout the state. At throughout New York State each meeting participants and far beyond, is worthy presented papers dealing of a few memorial words.

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‘Power In Members’ Gives Arc Otsego Clout Editor’s Note: Arc Otsego Executive Director Pat Knuth and the board president, Cooperstown’s Walter J. Hogan, marshalled these impressive facts in their annual fundraising mailing. (By the way, you can help for just as little as $5 at www.arcotsego.org)

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was attended by the pipes and drums of the Royal Highlanders of Canada – in commemoration of the Black Watch participation in the Battle of Ticonderoga in 1758. Mr. Moses also created an endowment that supported a very small but fulltime staff. The Association continued to hold its annual meetings throughout New York.

At the 1918 meeting in New York City, a young Columbia University historian, Dixon Ryan Fox, had Please See NYSHA, A6

JUST THE FACTS

The collaboration of Union College President Dixon Ryan Fox, left, and Stephen C. Clark brought The New York State Historical Association to Cooperstown from Ticonderoga.

with aspects of New York’s history. These were published each year in a volume entitled “Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association.”

The Association’s activities attracted the attention of Horace A. Moses, a native of Ticonderoga and president of the Strathmore Paper Co., who paid for the construction of a large “Headquarters House” in Ticonderoga. The cornerstone was laid on July 8, 1925.

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From Outset, Questions About Otsego Manor

hen we were hit by the somewhat massive snow storm in March, we feared spring would be long in coming. But, by all indications, spring has not been more tardy than usual. There are hints of buds on the trees. Snowdrops and crocuses have emerged. The grass is attempting to adopt its spring green.

Visitors have returned to our fair village. And bags carrying mementos from the Hall of Fame have been spotted on Main Street. There can be little doubt that spring has made an appearance. But the question is always, whether or not it is here to stay.

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We have been musing over the hue and cry that has arisen following the announcement that Focus Otsego will be sold to Centers Health Care. PeoCATHERINE ple who opposed LAKE the sale of Otsego ELLSWORTH Manor to Focus Ventures seem to be in a full-fledged “I told you so” mood. They are pointing out, rather sanctimoniously we tend to think, that Otsego County should never have sold

the Manor to Focus.

Yet we seem to remember that when the county built Otsego Manor, there were a number of people who pointed out that while the county could afford to build a new nursing home, they would never be able to afford to run it.

And that did, in the long run, prove to be the case resulting in the decision to sell the Manor.

Therefore, we can but conclude that thus far, the first two owners of what is currently known as Focus Otsego were successful in acquiring the nursing home, but neither of them, as it turned out, were successful in operating it. We 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?

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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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At NYSHA Peak Thousands of Young ‘Yorkers’ Studied State History NYSHA/From A4 suggested that the Association publish a quarterly journal to present articles on the history of New York State as well as reports of Association activities. The trustees agreed, and created The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association, which was bound each year in the Association’s Proceedings.

They eventually changed the journal’s name to the less cumbersome New York History.

The quarterly published articles and book reviews; it also featured news of the Association and a section devoted to activities of historical societies throughout the state. For many years it also included sections on antiques, museums, works of art, and obituaries of Association members. In time, several hundred libraries subscribed to the quarterly, as did thousands of members.

Dixon Ryan Fox was one of the most influential of Association members. He became a trustee in 1918 and in 1930 was made president of the Association.

In 1934 he also became president of Union College, and this led to a 1938 meeting with Stephen C. Clark, Sr. of Cooperstown, who had become a member of the Association in 1933.

Fox’s purpose was to ask Mr. Clark to support a chair in art history at Union College.

Mr. Clark said that he was only “mildly interested” in art but

NYSHA’s first benefactor, Horace Moses, built a replica of the John Hancock House, left, in Ticonderoga as the historical association’s headquarters.

Today’s NYSHA library, right, built by Stephen C. Clark, will continue as The Fenimore Museum Research Library. that he read New York History pretty thoroughly and was very interested in the New York State Historical Association.

He wanted to create a cultural center in Cooperstown and felt that the Association could be the instrument of the project.

A majority of the trustees accepted his offer. The move to Cooperstown took place in 1939.

The Association occupied the entire Village Club and Library building at 22 Main St. As agreed, New York History, hitherto edited by an arrangement with the state historian, was edited and printed in Cooperstown. An increase in endowment permitted an increase in staff, and the Cooperstown years were the most productive in the Association’s history. The Association published two complete histo-

ries of New York State, as well as works relating to the history of agriculture, immigration, newspapers, colonial and early national documents, and works relating to the Cooperstown museums.

In addition, the Association, in 1942, initiated a “junior program” that emphasized the study of local history through “Yorker” clubs in public schools and, in time, attracted thousands of school-age members in hundreds of schools throughout the state. The Association published news and junior historian articles in a periodical entitled The Yorker.

The high point of the Yorker year was a convention at various state locales that featured inter-school meetings and competition in construction of exhibits.

The Farmers’ Museum, a

major new project initiated by Mr. Clark and Dr. Fox, was established in 1943. It is as an independent institution with no formal connection to the New York State Historical Association, but the Association staff did the research and collecting involved in the museum’s creation. The “Farm and Craft Collection,” forerunner of the museum, was kept at the Association’s building on Main Street and was formally dedicated in July 1942. The staff also did much of the research relating to the structures at the museum’s crossroads.

The farm buildings and site of The Farmers’ Museum were donated by Mr. Clark in memory of his late brother, Edward Severin Clark. In 1944, he presented Fenimore House, which had also been built by his brother, to the New

York State Historical Association as a larger and appropriate headquarters.

It is clear that it was the generosity and knowledge of Stephen C. Clark that brought the Association to its highest level of accomplishment.

And it was the meeting of Mr. Clark and Dixon Ryan Fox that brought this about. But this presented a puzzle: Mr. Clark’s NYSHA membership card indicated that Dixon Ryan Fox, in 1933, had recommended Mr. Clark for membership in the association. Yet it was clear that before their meeting in 1938 they had never had any previous contact.

I mentioned this puzzle in an article published in New York History in 1969.

A short time later I received a letter from Isabel Kelsay (later acclaimed for her biography of Joseph Brant) which is worthy of quotation as a tribute and a document of notable interest. She wrote: “I went to work for Stephen C. Clark, Sr., in the fall of 1932, as a researcher.He proposed to write a life of his ancestor, Ambrose L. Jordan, a well-known lawyer and political figure. Being a rather shy and reserved person, he asked me never to tell for whom I was working. I promised I wouldn’t.

“In the summer of 1933 I asked Mr. Clark if he would permit me to spend part of my time at Columbia working for a Ph.D. in history. He agreed

readily.

“That fall I became a student of Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox, and I soon told him about the extensive research I was doing, but of course not for whom. He asked if my employer was a member of the NYSHA. I did not know. Then he remarked anybody that interested in history certainly ought to belong, and asked me to take him an application for membership.

“Mr. Clark read the application card and smiled. ‘He will know who I am’, he said.

‘Yes,’ I answered, ‘he will.’

Still smiling a little, he signed the card; and I carried it back to Dr. Fox. The rest you know.

“That was over 36 years ago, but I have never met, and I don’t ever expect to meet, two more wonderful persons than Clark and Fox.” Isabel Kelsay’s letter may serve as hail-and-farewell to two extraordinary men who had a profound influence on an institution that had a profound influence on the history of New York and of the United States. It may also serve as hail-and-farewell to the New York State Historical Association itself, which no longer exists except in its Proceedings, which still survive in a great many libraries and private collections, and still present the enduring contributions to our culture of a small but very creative group of men and women.

LETTERS

Professional Fire Coverage Only Means Higher Taxes BARNES/From A5 or who talks without meaning, making statements such as, “You get what you pay for.” Well, what are we paying for? Please Mr. Mayor you had an opportunity to explain on the 11th, but you chose to remain silent. Why? Another paraphrase of the mayor was “I will negotiate, just not on your terms, only mine.” Nope, that is not negotiating.

8) There was a lot of talk about volunteer vs. paid firefighters. I have had experience with both, directly and indirectly. The difference is pay and staffing. But, make no mistake, volunteers are professionals in every sense of the word as they are dedicated, committed, passionate and some have the same training as the paid.

The huge difference is the pay. The volunteers are not motivated by big union contracts, union health benefits, unlimited overtime and city pensions.

Instead they are motivated by serving their community and caring about their neighbors.

They meet and are organized. They train and practice doing drills. Then in their spare time they organize a benefit for someone in need. Staffing, of course, is an issue as there may not be as many people willing to work without being pay, especially something as labor intense as a volunteer fireman.

But, maybe with incentives such as life insurance policies or long term disability together with a few paid firemen and support from the community, it will make a difference. Again, investing in your community and not letting the town be painted into a corner should be considered.

Truth: The meeting on April 11 was an informational meeting to gather opinions and thoughts about keeping options on the table if negotiations continue to be a one-way avenue.

School Dress Code Appalls, Contributes To ‘Rape Culture’

To the Editor: I was shocked and appalled to hear of students removed from class, punished for In no way was the meeting a wearing clothes that reflect the weather, thumbs-up or down, pass or and worst of all, of girls being lined up veto of our town’s options. It in the cafeteria for their clothing to be should not have been a forum checked at the Cooperstown Central for some to attack and criticize School. the fire commissioners in a Enforcement of school dress codes rude, disrespectful manner. punishes young women for being female in Truth: No transparency. Why a public space. They are reduced to sexual does the mayor not make it all objects whose bodies exist for the gratifipublic? There needs to be some cation of men, and who must be controlled justification, clarification, or is by men (or at least with men’s best interhe robbing Peter to pay Paul. ests in mind).

Truth: Taxes only go up, they never come down. So don’t believe the old car salesman pitch about payments are only this much blah blah blah.

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Girls are taught that simply existing is a distraction; that the education they lose by being humiliated and pulled out of class is less valuable than the education of a boy’s who might, in theory, be distracted by them.

The explicit sexism behind such policies is bad enough but even worse is the way this contributes to rape culture. The unintentional lesson this teaches students is that a woman’s clothing may cause, and by extension, partially justify rape and other forms of sexual harassment.

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public school policies should respect the inherent dignity of women. Furthermore, in spite of their unfortunate prevalence, such dress codes are of dubious constitutionality at best.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Enforcement of the dress code is unconstitutional and sexist. It must end.

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Sullivan Would Be Rare Congressman With Otsego County Roots SULLIVAN/From A1 Town Supervisor Mary Balcom, Toddsville.

A former gung-ho vice president of Advancement & Government Affairs at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh (now operating her own firm, Iser Consultants, from her home in the Town of Plattekill), she thought to herself, “A have a skill-set that focuses on getting things done.”

Since, she has immersed herself in learning how to be a candidate, first talking to friends in politics, sounding out county Democratic chairs in the 10-county 19th Congressional District, and asking seasoned politicos like former Oneonta mayor Kim Muller for advice.

Easter Sunday, her Aunt Janet, who has been active in the local League of Women Voters (as well as serving as Greater Oneonta Historical Society president in her retirement), hosted a party for 20 of her relatives. Sue came aware

encouraged. $13 million. But SulAnd in the next livan is undeterred: few days she plans “I’ve raised hundreds to be in Washof millions of dollars ington, D.C., for for organizations I’ve meetings at Emily’s worked for,” she said List, which aims in a telephone interto put pro-choice view Tuesday, April women in office, 18. and “the D-tripleShe also points to C,” the Democratic concrete accomplishSue Sullivan Congressional ments, working with Campaign Comformer U.S. Rep. mittee.

Maurice Hinchey to improve the On April 28, she is scheduled Medicaid reimbursement rate to to meet county Democratic chair St. Luke’s Cornwall, and obtainRichard Abbate of Cooperstown, ing a second cardiac catharizing and in early May, to attend a lab in Orange County for innerDemocratic Congressional forum city Newburgh. in Oneonta.

Sue Sullivan’s mom, Betsy PotIf elected in November 2018, ter, grew up in Hartwick, where she would be the first congressher brother Bob Potter still lives; man with such close Otsego and her dad, Stephen Sywetz, in County ties in decades.

Richfield Springs.

The just-completed campaigns The candidate herself was in the 19th, where Republican raised in Saugerties from second John Faso defeated Democratic grade. In 1980, her parents bought Zephyr Teachout, cost more than the Mount Otsego ski slope in

Pierstown (they still live in the Town of Otsego), and their three daughters graduated from CCS. (Sister Beth in Arlington, retired from the Coast Guard, is a commercial pilot; Tanja is the mother of three boys in West Hartford, Conn.)

“Stubborn and persistent are two words that represent the women in my family” – herself included, said the candidate.

After CCS, she went to Herkimer Community College, then Syracuse. By 1986, she was a single mother of two boys – Ryan, now 28, lives in Boston; Brendan, 20, is at home – and, while working, attended Marist and earned a master’s in public administration.

Breaking away from St. Luke’s three years ago to found Iser – the consultancy leverage public funds for business, municipal and nonprofit undertaking – she is selfemployed, which gives her the flexibility to run a campaign.

Looking ahead, she sees health

care – “by and large, we spend more than any other industrial nation, and our quality outcomes are near the bottom” – and the environment as key issues. And, “obviously, women’s issues,” she continued. “I am a firm believer in a women’s right to those. Prochoice is just that. Not pro-abortion – but pro-choice.”

She also said – given that Teachout and her Democratic predecessor, Sean Eldridge, were out-of-district candidates who moved into the 19th to run – she has lived in multiple parts of the 10-county district.

Saugerties is in Ulster County, Pierstown in Otsego, and Plattekill in Ulster.

“I’ve heard there’s a real interest in someone who knows and has worked in this district,” she said. “It can’t be Washington D.C. coming in to run campaigns.

It needs to be a local candidate engaging local people to understand what the local issues are.”

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or Otsego County, there may be some upsides to climate change.

“In Upstate, the changes have moderated our temperatures, so someone who might not be able to stay in Phoenix, Arizona or coastal

Florida can come some-

place like Cooperstown, someplace water-rich and beautiful,” said Beth Gibbons, managing director of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP). “We need to be prepared for these kind of climate refugees. From (Otsego County) to Chicago, these rust-belt cities could really see a revival if they’re prepared.”

Gibbons will present

“Understanding and Preparing for Climate Change in Otsego County,” as the featured speaker at the 12th annual Earth Festival in Milford Saturday, April 22.

“It’s a practical discussion,” she said. “It’s about what we have seen, how we can understand where it came from and what it means for our economy and our agriculture.”

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“Cooperstown has seen a 32 percent increase in rainfall between the years of 1951 and 2014,” she said.

“People in the community recognize that, but my job is to help experts on the front lines – public works, town supervisors – connect with their peers to see what others have done in these situations.”

Gibbons, daughter of Polly and Jim Renckens, graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 2000.

“My family has roots in the environmental movement,” she said. “My mother was the first president of Otsego 2000.”

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It’s fulfilling a pressing need to assure that communities are supporting the people who do this kind of work.”

Prior to her work with the ASAP, she led the University of Michigan Climate Center and oversaw the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great Lakes RISA program, distributing over $1.2 million dollars across eight states to understand what climate change meant for their region and develop strategies to prepare for current and future changes.

In Otsego County, that might mean increased capacity for storm water or backflow valves to keep sewage from overflowing during a storm. It might mean planning for more plows in the winter, or studying the freeze/thaw cycle closely to see its effects on concrete.

“Climate-wise, Columbus, Ohio is similar to what Cooperstown will be like in the future,” she said.

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MLS#105054 $80,000 Lake Rights, Amazing View! 3½ acres overlooking Canadarago Lake. Buy now so you can be on the water this summer. Don’t let this opportunity pass.

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MLS#109682 $159,000 Priced to Sell! Hunter’s paradise on 10.17 acres.

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MLS#109420 $194,900 Road end lot. Magnificent lakefront! Owner financing! 135’± on lake and 75’± on creek.

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At 68, Man About Oneonta (And Beyond) Still Doing Everything Chuck D’Imperio’s latest book, on Upstate’s “overlooked destinations,” is due out May 4.

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His latest book, “Upstate Uncovered,” is due out May 4 from the State University press. “I looked for quirky things all across the state,” he said. “For example, in Skaneateles, they

have a mailboat that delivers on the lake, and you can sign up to go with the mailman on his rounds!”

It’s his ninth book, with two more due out this year, an expanded edition of his “Great Graves of New York and his first book outside the state, “The Unknown Museums of Massachusetts.”

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More Eggplant, Less Sugar = Longer Life, Expert Advises DeLong, Bassett’s chief of Internal Medicine, who specializes in geriatric medicine. “Mental COOPERSTOWN hygiene is important, and exercise is just as effective for depression ant to live longer? as medication.”

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PRECIOUS EARTH: Watch film “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change,” 7 p.m.

Friday, April 21. Milford Central School Auditorium.

SAVE THE CHESTNUT: Learn about American Chestnut and how it might return from near extinction. 4 p.m. Friday, April 21. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

MUSIC OF LIFE: Celebrate with friends, try new foods, enter raffle, enjoy live music. 9 a.m.-noon. Saturday, April 22. Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta.

WHAT CAN WE DO? Listen to lecture, “Climate Change: How we got here, where we’re going, and what we can do about it” by Dr. Kevin Schultz. 10 a.m.-noon. Saturday, April 22. The Johnston Science Center, Hartwick College, Oneonta.

FAITH IN FUTURE: Interfaith celebration, “With Malice Toward None: Honoring America’s Legacy of Religious Inclusion,” includes many religious traditions, as well as Mayor Gary Herzig, performing uplifting prayers, readings and music. 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22.

Temple Beth El, Oneonta.

CABARET: “Hope Springs Eternal” features inspirational Broadway songs performed by the Orpheus Theater. 7:30 p.m. Friday April 21. Oneonta Elks Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

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CYBERMOBILE – 10-10:30 a.m. Schenevus Valley Lodge, 4 Main St., Schenevus. Info, 607)723-8236, www.4cls.org CYBERMOBILE – 10:45-11:30 a.m. Fire Station, 1812 Cty. Hwy. 34, Westford. Info, www.4cls.org or call (607)723-8236 CYBERMOBILE – 12:30-1 p.m.

First Christian Church, 1160 St. Hwy. 165, South Valley. Info, (607)723-8236, www.4cls.org CYBERMOBILE – 1:15-2 p.m. a.m. Town Hall, 3717 Cty. Hwy. 35, Middlefield. Info, (607) 7238236, www.4cls.org 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/ CLIMATE LECTURE – 4:30 p.m. “Divesting from Fossil Fuel: An Example from the Village of Cooperstown.” Hunt Union, Red Dragon Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta.

LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOP – 5-7 p.m. Learn to manage your

time and money with the Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego Counties. Limited space, registration required. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. org/events YOGA – 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Improve flexibility, strengthen joints and bones with this yin yoga class. Evergreen Yoga, 256 St. Hwy. 28, Bldg. 3, Richfield Springs. Info, http://www.evergreenyogaforall.com TEEN SCENE – 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Teens meet to discuss events that are important to them. This months meeting will have a Paint & Dip in which teens will paint a pattern with a twist of their own.

Led by artist Diane Stensland.

Reservations required. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Kristin Winn, info@familyrn.org or call (607)432-0001, http:// www.familyrn.org/news_events/ event_calendar.html/event/20 17/04/20/1492727400/teenscene/153288 PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW OPENING – 6-8 p.m. A group show by

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School Student Gallery, 2 com/ Genesee St., Cherry Valley. Info, MIND BODY SPIRIT – 6 p.m. theoldschoolstudentgallery@ Mind Body Spirit Collective gmail.com meeting. First United MethodQUIT SMOKING – 6-7 p.m. ist Church, 66 Chestnut St., ‘The Butt Stops Here’ session Oneonta. to help people quit smoking.

SCRAPIE WORKSHOP – 7Free, includes a workbook and 8:30 p.m. For anyone who owns a supply of nicotine patches or or is interested in sheep. This gum. Registration preferred, informational meeting will cover will receive a 5-day pass to the the scrapie disease and the ear Oneonta YMCA. Led by a facilitatag identification required to tor with group support. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. show or sell sheep in NY. ObjecInfo/register, Sarah Buttice (607) tive is to eliminate the disease.

431-5180, sarah.buttice@aofmh. New Lisbon Town Hall, 908 County Hwy. 16, Garrattsville. org or visit http://www.oneonInfo, http://cceschoharie-otsego. taymca.org/upcoming-events. org/events/2017/04/20/scrahtml pie-disease-workshop FUNDRAISER – 6-8 p.m.

LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Bruce “Community Through Ceramics” Buckley series presents Robert Beer Steins created by Daphne Baron speaking on “ContempoAllen will be sold for $20 to benrary Resonances of Mid Century efit The Lord’s Pantry. Also, every Cooperstown Public Folklore and beer/wine/cider sold, Roots will Public History.” The Fenimore donate $1. Roots Brewing ComCGP_Buckley2017_TFJ_ad2_Layout 1Art 4/11/17 4:47 PM Page 1 Museum Auditorium, pany, 175 Main St., Oneonta.

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COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP – All day. Gilberstville-Mt. Upton student will be available for small out door projects such as yard clean-up, raking, light gardening, and more. Supplies must be provided. Info, call Pastor Mark, 783-2867 PEEP SHOW – 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

A competition where sugary art works made of peeps are judged. See what the artists came up with and decide which is your favorite. Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, Laura Cernik, cernikl@hartwick.edu or call (607) 431-4450.

CEMETERY CLEAN-UP – 1-4 p.m. Bring your rakes, tarps, and anything else to get the dead leaves and sticks out of the cemetery. Brookside Cemetery, Gilbertsville. Info, (607)7832445.

AFTER SCHOOL ART – 1-3 p.m. Learn to draw your favorite cartoons using simple shapes and line work. Feel free to bring reference images for inspiration.

Cost, $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Upstairs classroom at the Cooperstown Art Association.

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by SUNY Oneonta. Tells the backstory of JM Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’ as imagined by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Info, http://oneonta.universitytickets. com/user_pages/event_listings. asp

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Feminism. Cooperstown Village Library. Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar CONSERVATION – 4 p.m.

Learn about the history and hope for the American Chestnut with Allen Nichols presenting “The American Chestnut Tree: Its History, Devastation, and Restoration.” Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/ WINE TASTING – 6 p.m. Join Sommelier Chad Douglas for this month’s Otesaga Features themed class. Cost $50 per person. The Otesaga, Cooperstown.

Info, reservations, (607) 5442573, http://www.otesaga. com/events PRIDEFEST – 7-9 p.m. An evening of fun with a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and Roots donating a dollar per drink. Roots Brewing Company, 175 Main St., Oneonta. Info, https://www.facebook.com/ events/1678257152470284/ or email tcwcoalition@gmail.com OCCA MOVIE NIGHT – 7 p.m.

Showing “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change.” The film travels the world and examines forces that threaten the stability of our planet and its inhabitants.

Admission to Earth Festival Movie Night is free. Milford Central School Auditorium. Info, http:// occainfo.org/earth-festival/ INSPIRATIONAL CABARET – 7:30-10 p.m. “Hope Springs Eternal” cabaret of hopeful and inspirational Broadway songs presented by Orpheus Theater.

Admission, $15, includes a dessert buffet. Oneonta Elks Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, https://www.facebook.com/OrpheusTheatre/ HYDROGEN JUKEBOX – 7:30 p.m. Concert featuring poetry of Alan Ginsberg and music of Philip Glass, from the anti-war movement to the sexual revolution, drugs, eastern philosophy, and the environment. Tri-Cities Opera Center, Savoca Hibbitt Hall, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton. Info, http://www.tricitiesopera.com/portfolio/hydrogenjukebox1617/ MUSIC – 7:30 p.m. The Oneonta Concert Association presents The Todd Williams Quartet. SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, http://oneontaconcertassociation.org/ THEATER – 8 p.m. The Catskill Community Players present “Mom’s Gift.” A comedy about the ghost of the Mother trying to earn her wings as one by one, the family secrets come out.

Tickets, $18, $15 seniors. Preceded by optional dinner theater for $42, $39 seniors. Wieting Theater, 168 Main St., Worcester.

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On ‘Gong Show,’ ‘Bad, Bad’ Chuck D’Imperio “BIG CHUCK”, From B1 parents, Don and Kate also graduated in 1945 and ‘46, as did his siblings Frances, Jim, Susie, Bob, Chris and twin sisters Mary and Teri.

“My dad ran a supermarket, and he told me that people had a lot of choices, so when they chose Don’s, his job was to make them feel special and welcome,” said D’Imperio. “It’s the mantra I always use. That stuck with me.”

His dad was also a wellknown band leader, and Chuck sang with him all through high school. But the son got his first taste of the spotlight in 1976, when he appeared on the national “Gong Show.” “I had been trying to make it as a singer for a few years, bad nightclubs and showcases, and the audition came up,” he said. “I sang ‘Bad Bad Leroy Brown’ naked in the shower!”

With a hole cut in the shower curtain for his face, he got a perfect 10 from all three judges. Jamie Farr of “M*A*S*H” said, “I dress like a woman every week and I wouldn’t dare to do that!” Jaye P. Morgan remarked she didn’t care for his singing, but that she liked “what (I) saw in there!”

But despite the win, L.A. wasn’t working out, so Chuck and his wife, Trish, moved back to his hometown, his beloved Sidney. “I was driving medical patients for the county, so I was up early in the morning and late

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An aspiring singer, Big Chuck, naked in the shower, sang “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” on “The Gong Show,” and judge Jaye P. Morgan “liked what I saw.”

at night,” he said. “I heard that the news director for the radio station had quit, so I went in and applied.”

He didn’t get that job, but he did get a gig as the morning host on WDOS in Oneonta, WCHN in Norwich and WDLA in Walton, and has been getting everyone in Otsego, Chenango and Delaware counties started for their day for the last 28 years.

“When Jan Latham, the new owner, asked if I knew anything about country mu-

sic,” he said. “I didn’t, but I went to the record store in the mall and bought a few albums, and on Monday morning, I was ‘Big Chuck’ D’Imperio.” The moniker stuck.

And in addition to the morning show, you can hear him Thursday nights spinning the music of his generation on “Oldies Jukebox” show at WSRK, as well as announcing the parades for the last 25 years or emceeing any event that comes his way, including the

recent Catskill Symphony Orchestra’s Cabaret. “It’s so fun to stand up in front of all those people,” he said. “It’s always fun. The parades are the most fun thing I do.”

And the 5 a.m.-noon shift gave him a chance to pursue his writing career.

“I’ve always loved history and I love to write,” he said.

“So much has been written about the overall history of the state, or about New York City, but not so much Upstate.”

His 2015 book, “A Taste of Upstate New York,” remains his best-seller. “I’ve got a Facebook page specifically about that book, and it has 40,000 likes,” he said.

“Food is a common denominator for everyone.”

Food is even the theme for his legendary radio signoff, “I’m looking for a meatball with my name on it.”

“People are always giving me meatballs,” he said.

“I’ve got knitted ones, ceramic ones, someone even delivered me a real one, about the size of a bowling ball, with ‘Big Chuck’ spelled out in cheese across the top!”

He was even one of the judges of last year’s Meatball Contest during a Fabulous Friday event.

And whether on the airwaves, on the parade stand or between the pages of a book, D’Imperio knows it’s all about community.

“I see myself as an ambassador of Upstate,” he said. “I’m always delighted to give back.”

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“I use the ‘Eat Like The Greeks’ (#19) advice every day,” he said. “My wife and I eat eggplant at least twice a month, a lot of kale and veggies. You should eat more fish, less red meat and use olive oil.”

He had strong words for sugar too (#7). “Sugar is poison,” he said. “We went off on a bad tangent trying to make everything low-fat, which led to this carb-heavy diet and the obesity crisis.”

Following that, he says #16, “Live Like The Amish,” is good advice too. “They’re more physically active and they don’t smoke or drink,” he said. “I try to do something physical every morning, even if it’s just running half a mile around the block.

We all need to do that.”

Not smoking is a huge factor, he said. “I tell my patients that times 5,” he said.

But even as a doctor, he agrees that #34, staying out of the hospital, is a good idea. “People are on too many medications,” he said. “So many people land in the hospital because of adverse reactions to medicine, especially as they get older and metabolize things differently. It’s important for a doctor to look at a patient’s list and see what they’re already taking.”

And there were a few he

thought were overhyped.

“You really don’t need Vitamin D supplements,” he said. “There’s nothing I can think of, not even osteoporosis, that they really improve.” #31, “Keep watching LOL Cat Videos,” didn’t bring a chuckle. “I don’t care for cat videos,” he said, shrugging.

And although #4 recommended “frequent sex,” he warned that sexually transmitted diseases were on the rise in the geriatric community.

But his best advice isn’t one that any of us can control. “Pick the right parents,” he joked. “But seriously, know your family history so that we can tailor preventative healthcare.”

DeLong’s own father lived to be 93; his mother, Betty, 95, is a resident of the Thanksgiving Home in Cooperstown. “I don’t smoke and I picked the right parents!” he said.

For those who are adopted, assume the worst. “I just assume patients who don’t know their family history have the markers for heart disease or cancer,” he said.

But for those who like steaks, a glass of wine or the occasional lazy day in front of Netflix, fear not.

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wife Sue, a lifelong county resident, have a daughter, Madeline, age 11, now in fifth grade. “When your children are in school, school issues become even more important,” he said.

A local resident since 1996, in recent years he has announced Hawkeye basketball and soccer games. As a result, “I’m sort of in tune with what’s going on in the schools.”

Tim Hayes and his wife, Lindsay, have two daughters in the system: Madison, 13, is in seventh grade and Lucy, 10, is in fifth.

Completing his first three-year term, he praised Crankshaw, adding, “I want to make sure that transition continues smoothly.”

Hayes noted, with the upcoming retirement of key teachers, he hopes to continuing a play a role in recruitment. “One of the most important things we do is hire new teachers,” he said.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. on May 16, when residents will also vote on the 2017-18 school budget.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of From The Hollow LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/16/17. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 462 County Highway 45, Milford, NY 13807.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Ziann’s Organics LLC. Articles of Formation was filed with the NY secretary of state on April 17, 2017. The office of this LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NY Secretary of State may mail copy of any process to the LLC at 25 grand St apt#2 Oneonta NY 13820.

The purpose of the is to abide by all lawful acts and activities.

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MARTIN 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

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., Plaintiff

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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

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,

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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. 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: 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, Cooperstown, New York, 13326.

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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 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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BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 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, CT 06405.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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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.

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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.

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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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA B-5

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Friday, April 21

THEATER – 8 p.m. “Peter and the Starcatcher” presented

by SUNY Oneonta. Tells the backstory of JM Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’ as imagined by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Info, http://oneonta.universitytickets. com/user_pages/event_listings. asp

Saturday, April 22

SUNY-O JAZZ FESTIVAL – All day. 8th annual festival brings together ensembles from schools from across the northeast including middle school, high school, and collegiate level. Featured artist is Ray Vega performing at 4:30 p.m. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, Michael Ferrucci, Jazz Appreciation Society President, (315) 360-3501 or email mferrucci16@gmail.com TROLLEY EXHIBIT – Last day of the history exhibit “Oneonta’s Trolley Line: The Southern New York Railway.” Greater Oneonta historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.oneontahistory.org/ CEMETERY CLEAN-UP – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Bring your rakes, tarps, and anything else to get the dead leaves and sticks out of the cemetery. Brookside Cem-

etery, Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 783-2445 BOOK SIGNING – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Pete Martine, author of memoir “Do It Right” covering his experiences from WWII thru his job as a milk inspector, speaks and autograph his books. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Info, http://www. flycreekcidermill.com/do-it-rightbook-signing-pete-martin-local-flycreeker PARK CLEANUP – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Help get the park ready for spring this Earth day. All are welcome. Refreshments will be provided. Copes Corners Park, 620 NY-51, Gilbertsville. Info, bralbag@gmail.com EARTH DAY CELEBRATION – 9 a.m.-Noon. Enjoy food sampling, live music, a raffle, entertainment for the kids and a first look at new products at The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta.

Info, https://www.facebook.com/ greenearthhealthfoodmarket/ COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER – 9 a.m.-noon. Caring for a young child or expecting one. Come meet professionals and community service organizations to learn more. Includes free infant CPR classes, and health & safety presentations. Fox Care, 1 Fox Care Dr., Oneonta. Info, https://www. facebook.com/ofoinc/ ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m. 2 Dietz St., Oneonta.

Info, http://www.oneontafarmersmarket.org/ LIFEGUARD COURSE – 9 a.m.

6 p.m. Recertification course.

Member $132, Public $185.

Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, http://www.oneontaymca.org/ BIRD WALK – 9 a.m. Pre-Festival walk with Audubon Society board member Bob Donnelly. Admission free. Leaves from Milford Central School Parking Lot. Info, http://occainfo.org/calendar/ earth-festival-2017/ COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Info, http://www. otsego2000.org/cooperstownfarmers-market-and-agriculture/ CIDER RUN – 10 a.m. 10k and 5k run, 5k walk to benefit Susquehanna Animal Shelter.

Starting from the Fly Creek Cider Mill. 288 Goose St., Fly Creek.

Info, http://theciderrun.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=4817 EARTH DAY PROGRAM – 10 a.m.-Noon. Presentation “Climate Change: How We Got Here, Where We’re Going, and What We Can Do About It” by Dr. Kevin Schultz, Assistant Professor of Physics in the Johnston Science Center at Hartwick College.

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OBITUARIES Hugh I. Henderson, 80; County, Town, Civic Leader ONEONTA – Hugh I. Henderson Sr., who dedicated much of his life to the public service of Oneonta and Otsego County, died peacefully at home, following an extended illness, on Friday, April 14, 2017.

He was born March 18, 1937, at Parshall Hospital in Oneonta, the son of Robert L. Henderson Sr. and Marie Elizabeth Henderson.

As a child he lived in Davenport and East Meredith. In 1946, his family moved to a dairy farm on Southside Drive. He gradu-

ated from Oneonta High School in 1954.

Hugh and his brother Bob operated the family dairy farm on Southside for more than 50 years, until October 2000, when the brothers sold their cows, ending more than a half-century of this family-owned business.

Hugh met Betty Mae Rowe at a square dance, and the two were married on Nov. 2, 1958. They raised four children and celebrated 58 years of marriage last November. “He was a great family man,” said David

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Brenner, who served with him on the County Board.

“He was a guy you could Hugh Henderson have fun with. He was my best friend on the board and one of my best personal friends.”

Hugh was a lifelong Presbyterian and active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Oneonta where he served as elder and trustee.

He was also a Mason and member of the Elks Lodge.

Hugh was a lifelong Republican and dedicated public servant. He was first elected councilman for the Town of Oneonta in 1973 and served until 1983. In 1983, he was elected a representative of the Otsego County Board and served until 2007. From 1994 to 1999 and 2002 to 2003, he was vice chairman of the county board. “No one accomplishes anything on

their own,” he said in an interview in 2013. “You learn to count when you are on the county board.”

“If you gave him a job, he went out and did it,” said Brenner. “When he was chair, he was very easy to work with. He was very active with the highway department and attended a lot of their dinners. He was a very social, responsible person.”

He was a longtime member of the Otsego County IDA board of directors (now Otsego Now), and was still serving at the time of his passing.

In 2013, he was honored with the Citizen of the Year award from the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce.

Hugh’s passions were his family, farming with his brother Bob, being a public servant, following politics and current events, taking Sunday drives, finding a good bargain, driving tractors and baling hay.

Hugh is survived by his wife, Betty; four children; 11 grandchildren; nieces

Hugh and Betty Henderson in 2013, with their beloved pet, Tessa.

and nephews; his oldest son, Hugh Jr., wife, Susan (Lynch) and grandchildren, Julie, Emma and Matt; his second son, David, wife, Susan (Salisbury) and grandchildren, Steven, Elizabeth and Margaret; his oldest daughter, Jane, husband, John Clark and grandchildren, Alex and Guthrie; his second daughter, Susan, husband, Todd Reed and grandchildren, Liam, Aidan and Maeve; nephew, James Henderson and nieces, Deborah Raymond and Roberta Thomas.

Calling hours will be 4-7 p.m., Thursday, April 20, at the Lewis, Hurley &

Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta. The memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 22, at the First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Mark E. Montfort, pastor, officiating.

Interment will be a private ceremony in the Glenwood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network at www.friendsofbassett.org.

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Info, http://www.brighthillpress.org/brighthillpresshome. html CLIMATE LECTURE – 12:15 p.m. Featured guest speaker at the Milford Earth Festival Beth Renckens Gibbons presents “Understanding and Preparing for Climate Change in Otsego County.� Milford Central School.

Info, http://occainfo.org/calendar/earth-festival-2017/ FAMILY CRAFT TIME – 12:301:30 p.m. Celebrate Earth day by creating something new using items you have found.

Cooperstown Village Library. Info, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar OPERA – 12:55 p.m. “Eugene Onegin.� The Met streaming live in HD. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Cost $18/seniors, $20/adults, 10/students. Season pass $200. Box Office: (607) 431-2080, http://foothillspac. org/index.php/shows/metropolitan-opera-in-hd/ DRAWING WORKSHOP – 1-4 p.m. Begin your “Journey into Drawing� with Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego counties. Materials free. All skill levels welcome. Registration preferred.

The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, http://www.friendsofrecoverydo.org/events PROM FASHION SHOW – 1:30 -4:30 p.m. Find your perfect look for prom with these dresses, accessories, hair stylists, and

make-up artists. Oneonta Elks Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Saturday, Info, https://www.facebook.com/ If you need money for a home improvement project, new car, oneontabusinesswomansclub/ April 22 WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 p.m. college, or a vacation using the equity in your home for a MUSIC – 10:30 a.m. The Poet, speed writer, novelist, or Binghamton Morris men and low interest loan is the smart financial move. short story writer. Come pracfriends welcome spring back tice your writing in the format of to the northeast with a live NaNoWriMo at your pace. Share performance. Major’s Inn, 104 (1) if you want. Led by Jen Donohue.

Marion Avenue, Gilbertsville. Info, Huntington Memorial Library, https://www.facebook.com/bing62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, hamton.morris/ http://hmloneonta.org/hml-writEARTH FESTIVAL – 11 a.m.-3 ers-group/ p.m. Celebrate Earth Day with AUTHOR – 2-4 p.m. Daniel Otsego County Conservation Jude Miller reads from his ChilAssociation. Includes vendors, dren’s books “Everybody Wake exhibitors, recycling, a talk on the + starting at Up!� to “Monsters In Manhattan.� local climate, gardening workThe Green Toad Bookstore, 198 shops, yoga, and more. There will Main St., Oneonta. Info, https:// + introductory fixed rate for 6 months from day of closing. Then variable rates as low as prime + 0% APR be opportunities to recycle. Milwww.facebook.com/TheGreenford Central School, 42 W Main ToadBookstore/ St, Milford. Info, http://occainfo.

THEATER – 2 p.m. “Peter org/calendar/earth-festivaland the Starcatcher� presented 2017/ or call (607)547-4488 Current Prime is..................

by SUNY Oneonta. Tells the APR NETWORKING – 11-11:45 backstory of JM Barrie’s ‘Peter a.m. Join the Young Professionals Pan’ as imagined by Dave Barry Network for a mixer. Bring comand Ridley Pearson. Goodrich fortable shoes and be prepared Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Info, for a light workout followed by a starting at APR http://oneonta.universitytickets. lunch at the Green Earth. Procom/user_pages/event_listings. cess CrossFit, 174 Roundhouse asp Rd., Oneonta. Info, https://www.

INTERFAITH COMMUNITY facebook.com/TheOtsegoCounGATHERING – 3 p.m. Program tyChamber/ titled “With Malice Toward None: GREAT AMERICAN POETS – Honoring America’s Legacy of 1-877-642-7328 Noon-5 p.m. Celebrate the Poetry Religious Inclusion.� Affirming of Elizabeth Bishop for National sfcuonline.org America’s principles of democPoetry month. Will include a free racy, religious freedom, comworkshop, panel discussion, and Federally Insured by NCUA passion, and unity for people readings of Bishops work and of all faiths. Temple Beth El, 83 (1) Closing costs must be repaid if loan is paid off within three years of closing. Some restrictions may apply. Offer ends May 31, 2017 others. Bright Hill Community Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Ken Library, 94 Church St., Treadwell.

Sider, ksider@hotmail.com or visit http://www.templebetheloneonta.org/2017/04/with-malice-toward-none/ MUSIC – 3:30 p.m. The First Pa Home C ymen of Your HO t Dow n Only ES Binghamton Morris men and Lease!

Sales Of BRO NZE 65 Onei• Service • Pa WW STAR rt da St. • friends welcome spring back OneOnts • Reconditi , LET II H a • 607- oning TER Volu 433-12 FRO ERO me 51 MN 209 to the northeast with a live Co ORM , No o CO AND per . 45 OP Y AR sto RIVE wn AND ERST performance. Pioneer Park, /B1 ’s N ARO OWN ew C oop spa UND VISIT ersto per Cooperstown. Info, https://www. wn, THE New NE Tru Y mp, ork, Thursday, WNoveWmWbeWr .ALLOTSEG For 208 Year facebook.com/binghamton. morris/ O.C s 10, GO 2 FOR-DO BOOK CLUB – 4-7 P R 016 OM News T stan omp p.m. Feel like you don’t read d Pri ce $ In C 1 enough, come to this book oun club. The group votes on the tbook y to be read. At The Turning Ma Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, $4Mgee B r Pla For ings nt U Co http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. pgr op ade Mem org/events A o Pu MUSIC – 5:30 p.m. The t In File Binghamton Morris men and APP LAUD A fter ING A HE friends welcome spring back to Foss RO il-Fu the northeast with a live perel D formance. Empire House, 136 ustu p Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Info, T https://www.facebook.com/binghamton.morris/

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for vacation getaways, a canoe, Cou We nty To jewelry, baked goods, framed art L e m Nee Is R ister C .life d G Cuomo work, and much more. Unitarian O ecog ome a : G s nize s ‘Cl Her E IN’ Universalist Society of Oneonta, S d Fo ose PEN O e P T A H TSEG r 9,0 To M O O 00 E irac 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, MS le,’ THE ETS I BFREEM Call http://uuso.org/ or email uuso@ T E S s E A C Jim Kevlin .

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The public is invited to celebrate Brian Clancy’s 31 years of service to Cooperstown on the occasion of his retirement.

Village Board Room, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, http:// cooperstownny.org/ or email vcooperstown@stny.rr.com or call (607)547-2411 THEATER – 2 p.m. The Catskill Community Players present “Mom’s Gift.� A comedy about the ghost of the Mother trying to earn her wings as one by one, the family secrets come out. Tickets, $18, $15 seniors.

Preceded by optional dinner theater for $42, $39 seniors.

Wieting Theater, 168 Main St., Worcester. Info, http://catskillplayers.org/ CATSKILL PRESENTATION – 3 p.m. Slide presentation “The Peaks & Trails of Catskill Park�

by Carol and David White who have assisted in mapping and updating surveys of the park for the National Geographic Illustrated Map. They have also climbed 48 White Mountain high peaks in 2006. Adams Antiquarian Books, 602 Main St., Hobart.

Info, http://www.hobartbookvillage.com/winter-respite-lectureseries---season-14.html HYDROGEN JUKEBOX – 3 p.m. Concert featuring the union of the beat poetry of Alan Ginsberg and the music of Philip Glass. Their art ranged from the anti-war movement to the sexual revolution, drugs, eastern philosophy, and the environment.

Tri-Cities Opera Center, Savoca Hibbitt Hall, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton. Info, http://www. tricitiesopera.com/portfolio/hydrogenjukebox1617/ ROUND & SQUARE DANCE – 5-9 p.m. Dance with the Doc Weismore Band. Anyone 18

and up invited. Refreshments available. Cost, $7 members, $8 non-members. Oneonta Moose Club, 87 W. Broadway, Oneonta.

Monday, April 24

HISTORY DAY – All Day. Students from the Catskill region of NYS compete to see who has created the best History Day Project and continue on to the Statewide competition. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. Info, http://nyshistoryday.org/ DIABETES WORKSHOP – 13:30 p.m. Free 7 week workshop where diabetics can share tips and techniques to cope with the challenges of living with diabetes. Participants will have access to a national evidencebased self-management program to inform their decisions and be a more active manager of their health. Registration required. St. Thomas the Apostle, 1 Church St., Cherry Valley. Info, call (607) 547-3360 or email LivingWellSessions@bassett.org ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION – 1:30 p.m. Tree planting to memorialize Father John R. Roos.

28 Elm St., Cooperstown. Info, Cindy Falk at cynthia.g.falk@ gmail.com SPRING DINNER – 6 p.m.

Roast Pork dinner. Individual seating only, reservations required. Take-out available, ready for pick-up by 5:45 p.m.

Middlefield Baptist Church. Info, call Dorothy @ (607)547-9093 or Sue @ (607)264-8042 STRESSBUSTERS – 6:307:30 p.m. Monthly class giving you the tools for self-care and empowerment. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ BOE MEETING – 7 p.m.

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Gilbertsville-Mt.Upton Central School, 693 St. Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville. Info, http://www. gmucsd.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 25

3-D DESIGN WORKSHOP – 10:30 a.m.-noon. Come tinker with your designs for 3-D printing. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ KNITTING GROUP – 1:30-3 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, http://www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar 3-D DESIGN WORKSHOP – 3:30-5 p.m. Come tinker with your designs for 3-D printing.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ CHICKEN DINNER – 5-7 p.m. Boy and Girl Scouts serve a chicken and biscuit dinner.

Price, $9 adult, $5 children.

Morris United Methodist Church, 17 Church St., Morris. Info, Harry Graves (607) 316-8239.

Wednesday, April 26

DIABETES WORKSHOP – 9-11:30 a.m. Free 7-week workshop where diabetics can share coping tips, techniques.

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