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“It’s always been an articulated vision of the Clark Foundation that, when it comes to the Clark Sports Center, we want to provide ‘excepCOOPERSTOWN tional exercise and workout opportunities’ for people, so our members can have a lifetime of few years ago, Jane Forbes Clark and her fitness and fun through recreation,” she said. team at the Clark Sports Center realized “That’s what brought us to this expansion “the changes in exercise equipment had project.” been fast – a very fast evolution,” the gym’s bene- Jane Forbes Fast forward to Saturday, June 17.

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Lily Vilacky of Cooperstown wasn’t sure what to make of the kitten mom Melissa offered her during the Saturday, June 10, Festival of Cats at the Susquehanna Animal Shelter, which had waived the adoption fee to ease overcrowding at the Hartwick Seminary facility.

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n effort to introduce a resolution to explore hiring a county manager at the June 6 county Board of Representatives’ meeting failed to garner the necessary twothirds support.

The meeting quickly spun out into recriminations.

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RENT A BIKE: The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce is again renting bicycles, $6 per hour, $40 per day. For reservations, call 547-9983.

ANNUAL MEETING: The Otsego County Development Corp. (OCDC) is inviting members of the business community to its annual meeting at 11:45 a.m. Friday, June 23, at Brooks BBQ. RSVP at shall@oneontablock.com by Monday, June 19.

HERE IT COMES; Wednesday, June 21, will be the first day of summer.

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Ed Lentz, Butternut Valley Association chairman, looks over 51 acres in Morris where 47,000 solar panels are planned.

OCCA: Will Solar Farm Dim ‘Scenic, Aesthetic Resources’?

By LIBBY CUDMORE

51 north of this village.

“This will be a community solar project,” said Ed Lentz, Butternut Valley Alliance chair. “People can buy into it. There are quite a few individuals who have their own solar panels, but nothing this big.”

Sun8 is seeking building permits by the end of July, and, according to Cliff Scher, senior develop-

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REPUBLICAN CHALLENGES MARIETTA

Democrats Find 12 Candidates For 14 County Board Districts

By JIM KEVLIN

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he idea – rebuilding the Democratic Party from the ground up – has been expressed nationally, but Otsego County Democrats are acting on it.

A month before petitions are due (July 10-13) at the county Board of Elections,

Democrats so far have lined up candidates to run for 12 of the seats on the county Board of Representatives.

All county reps are up for reelection on Nov. 7 of this year.

For his part, Republican County Chairman Vince Casale said there’s plenty of time to come up with candidates, then put Please See CANDIDATES, A7

ment manager, they hope to start in Spring 2018, with the sight finished by late summer. “We finished one site in New York in late December,” he said. “We do not want to do that again.”

According to plans presented to the Town Planning Board in March, the solar panels will be set in platPlease See SOLAR, A3

Fun, Food, Solemnity Punctuate 1st Pridefest

By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

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hen Elayne Mosher Campbell began organizing Oneonta’s first Pridefest, she hoped they’d get 100 people to show up.

But on Sunday, June 11,

an estimated 500 people joined the festivities, first with a rally in Muller Plaza, then a march to Neahwa Park, where food, games, a drag show and music filled the afternoon. “It was so much better than we expected,” she said. “When we were marching down South Main, I just looked Please See PRIDE, A3

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Mike Klein and Jim Ainslie, Cooperstown postal workers, were honored Tuesday, June 13, with the USPS’ Million Mile Award for logging a million miles over the course of their carrier careers. From left, Scott Davis, letter carrier; Ricky Farley, rural carrier; Mike Klein, letter carrier, Million Mile Award; Cooperstown Postmaster Mary Powers; Jim Ainslie, rural carrier, Million Mile Award, and Tim Thayer, rural carrier

Jacob Miller Commissioned As Officer In Medical Corps COOPERSTOWN

years to come,” said Dan Miller, vice president for acob Miller was student life. “We are proud commissioned of these alumni who as a second have chosen the lieutenant during the highest of callings Lycoming College to serve our counbaccalaureate certry.” emony in May. Over their college Miller, who careers, the cadets graduated magna kept pace with their cum laude and was academic studies named to the Colwhile participating lege’s Dean’s List, in ROTC activities will serve on active Jacob Miller including physical duty in Medical training, monthly Service. He has a Bachelor leadership labs and a seof Science in anatomy and mester-long field training physiology.“Their underexercise. graduate experience has Founded in 1812, Lycomprepared them to lead others ing College is one of the and we’re confident their nation’s oldest and most resoldiers and peers will find spected liberal arts colleges, them capable leaders in the with 1,500 students.

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BOCES Director Wins Her Colleagues’ Praise At Placid Conference

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ynn Chase, director of management services of ONC BOCES, was the winner of the George A. Perry Volunteer Service Award during the 2017 Education Summit & Expo held June 4-7 at the Lake Placid Conference Center.

The Award is given to an individual who has contributed to both their local chapter and to the statewide Association.

DIAS ACHIEVES: Claudio Fernandes Dias, East Springfield, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring Semester 2017 at Youngstown State University. Fernandes Dias is a Electrical Engineering major.

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After 20 Months Of Renovations, Open House Relaunches Clark Gym NEW GYM/From A1 After 20 months of renovation and expansion, the much awaited $21 million in improvements will be introduced to an expectant public. Jane Clark plans to be there from 8 to 10 a.m., serving coffee and sharing the experience with members and would-be members.

A day-long open house for all will follow through 5 p.m.

“I hope everyone in the community comes and enjoys the Saturday opening,”

the hostess said. singled out a room Among the inno- IF YOU GO: for yoga and anothOpen house at vations open house er dedicated room Clark Sports attendees will see for “spinning” Center begins are: – stationary bikes 8-10 a.m.

• Three swimdesign to maximize Saturday, June ming pools 17, with coffee, cardiovascular ben• A 7,000-square- followed by efit – for note. foot fitness center “Everything we visitation until 5 • A sports perfor- p.m. have installed in mance venue this facility is state • Two conference/ of the art,” she meeting rooms, and continued, “from rowing • Perhaps the most dramachines, weightlifting matic feature, a 35-foot-tall – with almost every piece rock climbing wall in the of equipment we have made lobby. an effort to go with the most In particular, Miss Clark current technology.”

Early in the planning, she said, Bassett Hospital was asked if it would participate in the Clark gym expansion to enhance its PT – physical therapy – offerings. And so, “we have the equipment, we have the swimming pools that are very beneficial to their program,” which will be moving from 21 Railroad Ave. into new quarters on outer Susquehanna.

“It’s a perfect fit and a very easy location for their clients to get to,” she said.

Miss Clark acknowledged that a full-service gym, a

Clark Sports Center Executive Director Val Paige pauses by the 35foot-tall climbing wall.

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rarity in a rural community of 2,000 people, “is a very good recruiting tool for the institutions.” But, she

added diplomatically, “it’s one of many good recruiting tools Cooperstown has.”

Fun, Food, Solemnity Punctuate County’s 1st Pridefest PRIDE/From A1 back, and there were people all the way up the street.”

The event, the first of its kind in Otsego County, was held as a “sister event” to the National March for Equality & Pride in Washington D.C. “You know that feeling you get when you get off work on a Friday and you’re driving away, the tunes are cranked and you’re doing some serious car dancing?” said Cathryn James in her remarks in the plaza.

“That’s what ‘pride’ feels like to me. But in the rearview mirror, there’s always that history, the good and the bad.”

She recalled being told by an assemblyman in the 1990s that gay people didn’t live up here, and another co-worker warning her that she could be fired if her bosses found out she was gay. “Whether it’s your first or your 40th pride rally, whether you’re a member or an ally, we’re glad to have you here,” said James.

James married Pat Knuth, her partner of 43 years, in the Oneonta’s first gay wedding ceremony at City Hall on Sunday, July 23, 2011.

“I’m proud to be the mayor of a city where people are comfortable of saying ‘I’m proud of who I am,’” said Mayor Gary Herzig, wearing a colorful lei given to him by an organizer. “We have all worked hard to make sure that whoever you are, you are welcome in Oneonta.”

With a bright blue sky and banners, boas, tie-dye and rainbow accessories, the mood was celebratory, but as the names of the victims of transaphobic violence and the Pulse nightclub massacre were read, a moment of silence was held and felt by all gathered.

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e shouldn’t have to feel ‘lucky’ to have this, and we have to continue to work to be allies to marginalized communities.”

Elayne Mosher Campbell Pridefest organizer

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Lilly Bola, left, a drag queen from Binghamton who will be attending SUNY Oneonta in the fall, welcomes the crowd to her Neahwa Park performance, including members of the Oneonta High School Rainbow Connection, Caroline Bagby and Dakota Davis, at right.

Medical staff from the Gender Wellness Center – from left, Arden Wise, Justine Wolner Wise, Meggy Harrison, Carolyn Wolf Gould, Ellen Phillips and Michael McPhail, all of Oneonta – display their banner at Muller Plaza.

Tammy Duncan, a biker from Cooperstown, helps escort the parade into the park.

who couldn’t,” said Taylor Cox, an OHS student. “I had a friend who killed himself because he didn’t have support. I’m here for him.”

“Pridefest is so important, so that we know our rights are protected,” said Mosher Campbell. “We shouldn’t have to feel ‘lucky’ to have this, and we have to continue to work to be allies to marginalized communities.”

Tammy Duncan, Cooperstown, led the march to Neahwa on her motorcycle, helping hold up drivers to allow the parade to cross Market Street into the park. “To have an event like this here is a beautiful, wonderful thing,” she said. “And I’m riding with the Sirens in the New York City Pride Parade on June 25. They’ve led the parade for over 30 years.”

And organizers already planning for next year’s event. “The next day, we had vendors calling us asking if they could reserve their spots for next year,” said Mosher Campbell. “People were giving us donations and great feedback.”

A survey is being sent out, and in the next few weeks, the committee will meet to go over the answers and get a date on the calendar.

“We want to see if we can do a full parade,” she said. “And we might need a bigger space in the park!”

Mixed Emotions On Biggest Solar Farm – Renewable Power Vs. Aesthetics SOLAR/From A1 forms on a grid and are good for 30 years. Scher says that the panels will cover 23 acres of the property and will generate enough electricity to power 600 homes.

In Morris, there are no zoning regulations preventing Colleen Talbot, who owned the land, from leasing it to Sun8. “The town’s view is that, with some oversight, property owners have the right to do what they want with their land,” said Jentje DeGlee, a member of the planning board.

However, some neighbors expressed concerns, including worries that the presence will devalue their property or that the view of the valley will be spoiled.

“The neighbors reached out to

OCCA” – Otsego County Conservation Association – “about the site’s proximity to Butternut Creek and that more than half of the site is in a 100-year floodplain,” said Danny Lapin, OCCA’s environmental planner.

In a May 11 letter to the town Planning Board, the Alliance wrote, “The proposed solar farm will be plainly visible to residents, tourists and other motorists and cyclists traveling SH51 and will therefore adversely impact the scenic and aesthetic resources of the Butternut Valley.”

“We’re in favor of the facility,” said Lentz. “We’re just asking them to put in a visual barrier, such as evergreen trees or shrubs.”

Tensions between the desire for

renewable energy and concerns about aesthetics are similar to what’s happening in Harpersfield, northern Delaware County, where neighbors have expressed concern about the three solar farms, including the 54-acre Rosa Solar project on a former hay field.

“With three solar farms proposed in the Town of Harpersfield, it will be more important than ever for citizens to attend Planning Board meetings to learn about the costs and benefits of these projects,” said Lapin.

“There are activists who will always want to question everything, but we believe that building this is the will of our community,” said DeGlee.

In April, the town Planning

Board approved subdividing Talbot’s farmland for the project.

“When Sun8 presented in March, we saw no negative impact,” said DeGlee.

However, that vote wasn’t valid, said Otsego County Planning Director Karen Sullivan, because the county has to sign off on it first.

“The town cannot take action until the county approves a GML239 referral,” said Karen Sullivan, Otsego County planning director. “Because the project is within 500 feet of State Highway 51, the planning board needed to get approval from us before they could approve the project.”

Adding OCCA’s Lapin, “It flew right through the planning board.

The neighbors want to know

more about what’s going on, and they want the process to be more inclusive.”

Now starting the process over from scratch, DeGlee is hoping that the board will get the approval from the county and be able to approve the project going forward at their July meeting.

This would be the third solar farm in Otsego County, after county government’s five-acre project in Laurens began producing power for county buildings earlier this month. The Town of Laurens breaks ground soon on a 10-acre project.

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EDITORIAL

Name Dennis Finn Terminal At Sam Nader Municipal Airport

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he Oneonta Municipal Airport was a big part of Dennis Finn’s life, and the soft-spoken, level-headed gentleman – a pilot, an engineer, one of Oneonta’s foremost citizens – had been central to the advances at that important, but underappreciated, hilltop facility to the city’s north.

As a young engineer, he was on the job in 1965 when the Button Co. of Canastota began construction of Oneonta’s modern airport, which for the next 30 years would provide daily air service between Otsego County and New York City’s LaGuardia Airport.

Those days of convenient passenger service are, regrettably, gone. But, after the FBO – fixed base operator – contract to run the airport expired, Dennis could often be found up there, welcoming baseball stars flying in on Induction Weekend, checking out the service bay, even pumping

ing. A founding member, he chaired it for years, moving on only when Mayor Miller asked him to assume chairmanship of the city Planning Commission.

At the last Common Council meeting, his friend and fellow commissioner Jeff Back made the case for naming the terminal in honor of Dennis Finn. A fitting tribute. Organizations can be mighty, but it takes people who care to make things happen.

In this case, Oneonta Municipal Airport was the The Freeman’s Journal cause, and Dennis Finn The two men who made Oneonta Municipal Airmade it happen. port happen – Dennis Finn, left, and Sam Nader • – shake hands knowingly at the 50th anniversary So did Sam Nader, celebration of its founding last Sept. 17.

Oneonta’s legendary mayor from the 1960s – still regas for fly-in customers at Finn alongside the young vered today as the sage of the far end of the hangar. men and women, hammerRiver Street, where he conIn the past few years, ing, sawing, helping with tinues to share his wisdom he sought out Oneonta the upgrade. and experience even as he Job Corps Director Chris How apt that his last approaches a century of life.

Kuhn and convinced him to night out before his unWithout Sam Nader, dedicate a crew of trainees expected passing early on there would be no Oneonta to renovate the original May 18 was spent at an Municipal Airport, no 30 terminal. Often, there was Airport Commission meet-

years of passenger service.

Today, there would be no hope for, when the post-911 strictures on small airports pass, another golden era of air service to small cities like ours.

As reportage done for last September’s 50th anniversary of the airport made clear, only Mayor Nader’s determination made it happen. In 1958, the Greater Oneonta Industrial Council had lined up a $350,000 federal grant – $3 million today – for the airport, but the county Board of Supervisors refused to accept it.

When Nader took office in 1962, the federal Civilian Aeronautics Administration was about to pull Oneonta’s certification as a prospective regular stop on Mohawk Airlines’ north-south passenger route. The new mayor hurried to Washington D.C. to make common cause with Senator Javits and Congressman Stratton to block the move.

When FAA officials came to town in May 1963 and discovered the lack of county support Nader vowed to go it alone. “If we are going to grow,” he declared, “an airport is one of our fundamental needs. I’m only sorry the rest of the county doesn’t recognize it.”

“Nader’s Folly,” newspapers christened, until it was launched with great fanfare – and an inaugural trip to Syracuse – on Sept. 17, 1966.

At the 50th anniversary celebration, Sam Nader was much praised, and deservedly. But his native city, to which he gave so much, stopped a step short of where it needed to go.

Common Council can take that step now. At its next meeting, as planned, it should designate the Dennis Finn Terminal, and likewise designate the Sam Nader Municipal Airport.

Well done, Dennis. Well done, Sam.

LETTERS

‘Wall That Heals’ Hurts, But Also Inspires Us To Remember The Fallen To the Editor: I went to the Wall on Sunday, May 28. More specifically, “The Wall That Heals” – a 50-percent sized replica of the Vietnam War memorial wall in Washington D.C. bearing the engraved names of the U.S. casualties from that war.

I only know of one connection in my family to a name on the wall, and some would consider it slight: the stepson of my great uncle. His name is Brian Burdick. He died in Vietnam when I was 2 years old.

I doubt we were ever physi-

cally in each others’ presence. But although he was never there, he was always there. The adults rarely spoke his name, and only in hushed tones when they did.

He was the reason I often did not see my beloved great uncle at holiday celebrations, because those events were too painful for his wife.

I cannot claim to know the depth of her unrelenting sorrow and I hope I never do.

It’s hard to explain how The Wall That Heals made me feel. It made Joanne Lentner finds her relative’s name. me think about how each one

On Climate Change, U.S. Must Lead, Follow, Get Out Of Way To the Editor: The decision to leave the Paris Climate Accord demonstrates a lingering undercurrent of spiteful anti-Obama sentiment that smacks of a seriously warped attitude, like much of what currently comes out of the White House. Furthermore, the action taken demonstrates a major denial of science.

Now the pressure is on individual Americans to push back by choosing to go green, for thoughtful industries to stick by the standards of the accord, for individual states to pass green laws, and for the world to show

Trump how senseless this decision is for the future of our planet.

Many scientific societies have already pledged to continue researching and reporting the problem. Policies may change, but science doesn’t. The Paris Climate Accord demonstrated an international intelligence that I frankly didn’t think existed. Now the world will show American how to do the right thing.

As the saying goes, either lead, follow or get out of the way.

P. JAY FLEISHER Glacial geologist Oneonta

of those names has such powerful meaning for families, and friends, and people they never met.

The impact of each name is a ripple from a stone dropped in still water, generating larger and larger rings that are visible long after the pebble has vanished beneath the surface.

Yet another Memorial Day has come and gone now, and the Wall That Heals has left Oneonta for its next location.

But another Memorial Day will come, and another, and regrettably,

there will be more fallen to remember, from other conflicts.

With each passing year, I hope that our older citizens continue to teach our younger citizens the true meaning of this day of observance.

Please don’t wish each other “Happy Memorial Day,” but rather pay respectful tribute to those who served and died.

Enjoy the day with family and friends, by all means - just remember why we have it.

JOANNE LENTNER Oneonta

CCS Board Should Pursue Sustainability, Transparency To the Editor: I read a version of this letter at the Cooperstown Central school board meeting on May 31, but there were no members of the public present, so I will use another of our great democratic institutions for public discourse to make my comments known: the letter to the editor.

An Open Letter to the CCS Board of Education: First, congratulations to Tim Hayes and Gillian Spencer for winning the school board election. They will both serve CCS well.

During my candidacy, I raised some issues that I would like to make formal requests at this time: 1. Please form a Sustain-

ability Task Force, to provide a clear directive to facilities management and all staff, as well as Kim the CoopersJastremski town community, that sustainability and the environment are an important consideration when making any decision.

Most public institutions that maintain a facility have sustainability committees these days. It is more important than ever that our local elected officials visibly commit to preserving our environment for our

children’s future.

2. Please do more to encourage public participation in Board of Ed meetings and provide greater transparency into board activities. This could do much to preemptively prevent the type of controversies the board has seen in recent years. Don’t rely on the public to visit the school website to find out when the next board meeting is or to read your meeting minutes. “Push” your minutes via email or social media when they become available, rather than requiring people to guess when they are available and “pull” them from your website. Use social media to announce upcoming BOE

meetings and agenda topics, and encourage attendance.

The PTA has used such methods for years and it helps the school community, especially parents, to be more aware of what is happening at the school and in the lives of their children.

3. Please consider broadcasting BOE meetings live, via a public access channel, like many New York State schools do, or via Facebook Live or some other platform.

Alternatively, record your meetings and post them for later viewing.

I hope you will act upon these requests. Thank you for your time and service.

KIM JASTREMSKI Middlefield

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ollowing up on last week’s column, we hasten to point out that even in 1984, we did not limit ourselves to just giving out awards concerning various issues. We also took – not surprisingly, we suspect, to readers of WNS – to giving opinions about some of the comings and goings of the community.

For example, in February we wrote that “...perhaps this is the week to consider various suggestions given to us that we haven’t used. For example, we suggest the idea for a new summer of ‘84 Cooperstown T-shirt, guaranteed to be a sure-fire money maker, with the following message: “If you think the streets and sidewalks are bad now, you

should be here in January...”

And then in June we wrote: “We were not sorry to learn that the gum ball machines, which had been located CATHERINE outdoors on the LAKE sidewalk in front ELLSWORTH of a local business since the arrival of an ice machine, have moved indoors.

We wish them well there, which we might note, is not what we wished them when they were on the sidewalk.”

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Plus, there was the week we wrote: “...we would like to mention just one of the new and interesting facts we learned this week. Someone remarked to us that there has been no change in Main Street in the last 50 years.

“We, quite frankly, were stunned.

Main Street 1984 looks just like Main Street 1934. We didn’t know whether to start with the trolley tracks and work down the street or to start where the post office and the Hall of Fame weren’t and work up the street.”

Of course, we did not wish to appear to be complaining about various issues without ever offering possible solutions. Thus, we wrote, “...we realize 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

America – A country fresh from the hand of Nature, which shoots itself into almost every climate, and teems with the productions of almost every soil, opens her bosom to the foreigner of every clime. It is thus that the youngest branch of the human family express their claims. It is thus that America addresses her older and arrogant sisters – “Send your unhappy children hither. Come unto me all ye who are heavy laden with the ills of oppression and I will give you rest. Those who eat the bitter bread of persecution will here taste bread that is sweetened from the cup of liberty. I have land enough to employ you. My territory sweeps from the shores of the Atlantic to the wilds west of the Mississippi, from the lakes of Canada to the verge of the Mexican Gulf. My earliest settlements are yet destitute of people. But, if you travel westwardly, extensive regions lay open before you. The wild deer still sport in my prairies, and many a forest has never rung with the stroke of an axe. Years and centuries must pass away before my country can attain a moderate ratio of population. There will be land enough, and to spare, almost for the remotest generation.

June 19, 1817

175 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from the concluding reflections of Judge Hampton author of a history of political parties in New York from the year 1787 to the present (1842): “In reviewing the road we have travelled, we cannot avoid being pained with the spectacle it presents of the contained struggles of individuals for place and power. Nor can we fail to perceive that some of those individuals have, in those struggles, occasionally yielded to the selfish and sometimes to the vicious propensities incident to human nature. The contests between parties have been incessant, fierce, and at times ferocious – each party charging the other with designs fatal to the prosperity of the State and the rights of the people. No insurrections have occurred, and our party contests, though ardent and bitter, have never

Fresh Ideas? Fill Potholes Forever COLUMN/FromA4 that there are many people who only complain about a situation and who never suggest a solution. We do not wish to fall into that category so we offer the following to the village board to use when considering pooches, pigeons and potholes.

As all of us who are required to shovel our lawns periodically can attest, old dog deposits are extremely hard; so hard in fact that one can hardly blast them off the lawn. Therefore, the village should collect such deposits, while fresh and fill the potholes with them. This method would allow the village to repair potholes, with a longlasting patch material at minimal cost since the material is available all over the village.

Of course. the village streets would then have unsightly brown blotches on them. Horrors! However, if the whitish grey deposits on the pigeons’ favorite Main Street awning are any indication, these deposits could be used over the pothole patches thereby turning the unsightly brown color to concrete grey.

We feel this solution would benefit all concerned and certainly would not be an expensive alternative. We offer this to the board for what it’s worth. We will, of course, continue to entertain any all thoughts on this and any other related subject.”

• The following week, we wrote; “Had we but known what we were doing, we probably never would have mentioned pooches, potholes and pigeons. We have had offers to chauffeur people who don’t believe in potholes around the vil1age in the back of a truck. We have been quoted concerning man’s ability to put men on the moon, but inability to keep pigeons off buildings.

Any day now we expect to receive notice of a special spring sale on pooper scoopers. Enough is enough. We shall probably never steel ourselves to mention our next set of pet peeves, parking, PARP (Parents as Reading Partners) and pedestrian pathways.”

PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-5478124 or by e-mail at cellsworth1@stny. rr.com. Or, for more thoughts about the comings and goings of Cooperstown, visit the website, cooperstowntoday. com.

been stained with blood – all controversies have been decided by the fiat of the people, silently and quietly announced through the medium of the ballot box.”

June 13, 1842

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Hospital Fair – It is the special object of this Fair to assist in opening as soon as possible, a small Hospital in Cooperstown, for the benefit of the sick and needy in this village and the country within fifteen miles.

It is proposed to open a small building on a simple plan for six or ten beds, according to the funds received. Each of these beds may relieve a number of different patients in the course of a year. It is intended to open the building to the sick of all religious opinions and each patient will be allowed to call for the services of the Minister of his own congregation at his bedside if he desires to do so. The smaller village hospital is to be considered as only a first step toward the larger County Hospital which we hope in time to see built.

June 14, 1867

The working plans for Otsego County’s new office building in Cooperstown are expected to be completed by the end of June with contracts to be let in July and construction to start immediately. Architect for the project is Myron A. Jordan of Richfield Springs. The structure is to be erected behind the present County Clerk’s office building and probably will not be ready for occupancy until January 1969. The structure will be heated by electricity. The structure will have few windows, a factor that will require a greater use of electricity for lights.

June 14, 1967

Local: It is announced that Binghamton is to pave its Main Street with asphalt at a cost of $40,000. A ten-year guarantee is to be required. This suggests an inquiry by the Village Trustees of Cooperstown There is a very general demand for the improvement of Main Street, and the question is – how shall it be done? It has been demonstrated that it is expense and labor thrown away to cover it with the soft stone from the nearby hillsides. Would the asphalt pavement best answer the purpose?

June 16, 1892

In Our Town – Miss Ellen Wilson who has been Librarian at the Village Library since 1895 will be retired by the Clark Estates on July 1st being thereby rewarded for years of faithful and conscientious service.

To fill the position, Waldo C. Johnston,

As a memorial to their daughter, Ethel Stokes Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Clark have established the property known as Mohican Farm at the northern end of Otsego Lake as a convalescent home primarily for members of the merchant marines of the United Nations who have been shell shocked, wounded or are suffering from exposure in the discharge of their duty.

The home will be in charge of Miss Bertha Moat, assisted by Miss Helen Moat and Marjorie McHenry, and it will be open the latter part of the week. The property thus dedicated was formerly owned by the late S.S. Spaulding of Buffalo.

June 17, 1942

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June 13, 2007 agent of the estates, has secured Miss Elizabeth K. Hoyt who is just finishing a threeyear course in the Library School of the New York Public Library and who comes very highly recommended by the school.

June 13, 1917

The Public Policy, a research arm of the New York State Business Council, reported the state’s estate tax has caused owners of family businesses and farms to sell their property in New York when they retire, rather than leave their assets to their heirs.

That’s because New York’s top tax rate on businesses and farms is the highest in the country. The tax, figured on a cumulative scale based on the value of the estate, can reach a top rate of 21 percent on some family businesses. Combined with a top federal rate of 55 percent, the tax burden on heirs of family businesses can reach 76 percent.

June 17, 1992

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‘Antis’ Revived By Trucks Bearing Compressed Natural Gas To the Editor: The weather may be cool but expect heat at the Otsego County Board of Representatives’ meetings in the future.

The arrival of compressed gas delivery trucks locally, coupled with the president’s rejection of the Paris Accord, should energize our local antis.

First, the trucks. Absent a pipeline, compressed gas delivery trucks are an imperfect solution for delivering affordable energy to Upstate and the Northeast’s factories, agricultural facilities, colleges, hospitals, and government institutions.

Trucking gas costs more but it gets affordable energy to where it is needed.

The reasonable solution is more transmission and distribution pipelines that delivers the energy in an efficient, afford-

able, safe manner. When pipelines expand, trucking contracts.

But don’t expect pipeline support from the antis. They worship at the keep-gas-in-theground altar, no matter the costs to the local economy or, ultimately, to the environment they profess to defend.

This shortsighted approach is reflected in the antis’ response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord. President Trump characterized it as a bad deal. It is.

Even supporters concede that if the 195 signatory nations meet ALL their commitments, the result will be only 0,17 degrees Celsius saved by Year 2100.

This is far below the 2.0 degrees Celsius supposedly needed to save the planet.

(Don’t reach for the Valium or the rosary beads yet, folks.

These Doomsday numbers are from mathematical models where all the variables and their appropriate weights in the algorithm are still unknown. It’s all, at best . . . a guess!)

The 195 national commitments to reduce CO2 are “volunteered” by the participating nations. But some nations are off the hook. Developing nations, including big polluters like China and India, account for 63 percent of CO2 emissions. They don’t have to meet their commitments until “around” Year 2030.

It gets worse. There is no enforcement mechanism in the treaty, only the internal integrity of the participating nation. Say what you will about the USA, we’re a nation of laws . . . and lawyers. Should our country ever miss a committed environmental benchmark, lawyers from

the Sierra Club, Earth Justice, and the NRDC will be shopping for judges to take Uncle Sam to court.

Kazakhstan, Belarus, Sierra Leone and scores of counties with weak legal systems will face no such pressure to comply. Bottom line: The USA will more than likely keep its commitments, no matter what the economic pain. Other nations won’t.

In the meantime, using technology and innovation, the United States has actually reduced CO2 emissions to levels not seen since 1992. The Energy Information Administration’s May 9 report states, “ U.S. energy related carbon dioxide emissions were 12 percent below the 2005 levels . . . mostly because of decreased use of coal Please See DOWNEY, A6

‘Trickster’ Roger Stone Doesn’t Represent Otsego County Values To the Editor: Believe it or not, we are entering another political campaign season – this time to fill Otsego County and town positions. After last year’s nasty campaign, many dread another go-around. But we must stay engaged.

There are so many important local questions: Can we build our tourism and broader economy while preserving our environment and quality of life? How can we finally address the burgeoning opiate crisis? Can our County improve management and efficiency without a loss of services?

Will we retain our population and keep taxes in check? How will proposed federal funding cuts affect our local roads, broadband, energy, schools, and hospitals? Will the powers that be finally address the ethical and conflict of interest issues in County government?

Fortunately, most local and county officials have worked together across party lines and the campaigns have typically stuck to the issues instead of engaging in nasty personal mud-slinging. I hope that approach will continue.

But recent decisions by the county Republican Committee indicate things may be about to change for the worse. In a moment when we are seeing ethical scandals pop up everywhere from the White House down to our own Sheriff’s Department, the Otsego County GOP leadership has decided

The Otsego County Republican Committee is hosting a reception and booksigning for Roger Stone ($75) 5:30-7 p.m. June 21 at The Otesaga, followed a a private dinner with the author ($250) at 7 p.m. RSVP at 431-8867 or email OtsegoGOP1@gmail.com

to kick off the campaign season by hosting a high-price private event for donors featuring Roger Stone, a man who made a personal fortune as a dirty trickster, creating the unethical brand of politics that turns the stomachs of most Otsegoans.

A quick Internet search reveals that he made money lobbying for dictators of the Congo and Philippines; publicly called for the execution of U.S. politicians; pioneered the use of misleading political attack ads; and propagated conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination and 9/11, among other events. Last year Stone was disinvited from appearing on cable television after calling a male reporter a “stupid negro” and calling a female reporter a name that cannot be printed here.

Most concerning and recent, he is now under scrutiny by the FBI for possible collusion with Russia against the USA. While we citizens have grown used to seeing this kind of sleaze in Washington or Albany, we must not welcome it into our own community.

Perhaps some local partisan politicos feel this “special guest” represents the values of the people of Otsego County. I do not.

President Trump won a majority of votes in Otsego County, but in seven of the 14 County Board districts, including the Town of Oneonta, voters were repulsed by the tone of his campaign and he received fewer votes Please See STAMMEL, A6

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County Executive More Accountable To Citizens To the Editor: Assuming for a moment your premise that Otsego County government “isn’t working” is correct, I respectfully disagree that an appointed county manager is the only solution.

Over the years, you have often criticized county representatives as being too parochial or districtcentered to effectively represent the overall interests of the entire county. If, in fact, this is true, a manager appointed by these same people may be placed in a no-win situation. Can you imagine the difficulty in having 14 bosses?

Another way to ensure effective leadership via a single “go-to” person for the entire county might be an elected county executive. The possibility of

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Innovation Cleans Environment, Not Unenforceable Pacts

having someone chosen by and answerable directly to the voters is worth investigating as well.

Without a doubt, the administrator/manager form of government can be effective under the right circumstances but the county executive model ensures direct input from and accountability to the taxpayers.

In any event, what is truly needed here is a thorough, reasoned approach, not knee-jerk reactions and grandstanding board resolutions. I’m certain there are many veterans of business, government and academia in this county willing to offer their knowledge and experience.

ANTHONY J. CASALE Cooperstown

DOWNEY/From A5 and increased use of natural gas for electricity generation.” This emissions drop is all the more remarkable because our population grew and the economy is 15 percent larger than it was in 2005.

In Germany, the antis’ poster child for climate correctness, emissions have flattened over the last few years while residential electricity rates have increased 55 percent. Ordinary Germans now pay three times the rate charged to

Mr. Stone: take note of the politicians and businesses who endorse his message by attending or sponsoring this event. We can vote or shop with folks who better represent our values. And please, contact all of your representatives, myself included, and let us know what issues matter most to you.

Otsego County has tough issues for its government to address. Our citizens deserve (at least) two ethical and responsible political parties who identify honorable candidates and engage in thoughtful and civil discourse. If that is the case this year, we will have a productive campaign that serves the people.

If not, this campaign season will be yet another “tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

ANDREW STAMMEL County Representative Town of Oneonta

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We don’t need a phony pledge to a feel-good treaty to uphold the unachievable, the unverifiable, and the unenforceable. Trump says he can negotiate a better deal. Have at it, Prez.

In the meantime, let’s continue our path to a clean environment through economic growth and technological innovation. That’s the best insurance for climate change, not phony good intentions and fairy tales.

DICK DOWNEY Otego

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Honorable, Thoughtful Slates Would Benefit County Most STAMMEL/From A5 than the opposition.

And in my conversations with friends and family who voted for Mr. Trump, they did not vote for him because of his abusive language, sexual assault allegations, and questionable ethics.

They held their noses and voted for his economic and change argument despite their misgivings, hoping the good outweighed the bad.

They now wait and hope that the scandals and Twitter name calling will subside and that he will get to work and make good on some of his many promises.

Most of us complain about the sorry state of our government and the coarsening of public discourse in Washington and Albany and often we credibly claim there is little we can do to improve it. But this time is different. If we citizens want to improve our Democracy and progress our culture, we must start here at home. There are scoundrels in Washington in both parties but we don’t need to endorse their approach by inviting them here and using them as a cynical ploy to raise campaign cash.

To my honorable friends and colleagues active in the local Republican party: If you still believe that ethics, public service, and respect have a place in our local parties, stand up to your leadership. Find another prominent guest, perhaps Dr. Streck, the retired Bassett president who has an informative presentation about the devastating effects Congress’s new healthcare bill will have on our County budget, local hospitals, and residents.

And to all citizens who disagree with the “values” of

the average American.

Why is the United States the only large national economy posting these dramatic emissions declines?

One word: fracking.

If China and India are to wean themselves off coal, it will probably be due to our natural gas exports and, in the future, our technological exchange.

Yes, thank fracking technology. It’s driven down the break-even point 80 percent since 2008. And it will probably go lower.

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►CANDIDATES LINING UP FOR COUNTY BOARD

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month before petitions can even be filed (July 11) to run for Otsego County Board of Representatives, candidates have surfaced in 12 of the 14 districts. Here’s what things look like now, although further developments are likely.

DISTRICT 1, Unadilla Ed Frazier, R, contractor* Tom Spychalski, D, Realty USA agent DISTRICT 2, Butternuts Valley Jim Powers, R, farmer** Michelle Farwell, D, Butternuts Town Board member DISTRICT 3, Otego, Laurens Kathy Powers, R, retired SUNY Oneonta food-services manager* Cathy Nardi, D, SUNY Oneonta professor DISTRICT 4, Town of Oneonta Andrew Stammel, D, lawyer* No challenge yet DISTRICT 5, Hartwick, Milford, New Lisbon Meg Kennedy, R, active in family greenhouse business* Pat Ryan, D, former Hartwick town supervisor DISTRICT 6, Schenevus, Worcester area Peter Oberacker, R, business executive* Chad McEvoy, D, non-profit manager DISTRICT 7, Cooperstown, Middlefield, Cherry Valley David Bliss, R, Realtor, former Middlefield town supervisor* Leslie Berliant, D, writer, entrepreneur

DISTRICT 8, Cooperstown/Town of Otsego Andrew Marietta, D, NYCON regional exec* Tim Walker, R, retired military, CCS substitute teacher DISTRICT 9, Richfield, Springfield Keith McCarty, R, former town highway superintendent* Nicole Dillingham, D, lawyer, Otsego 2000 president DISTRICT 10, Burlington, Edmeston area Dan Wilber, R, county department head, town justice* No challenge yet DISTRICT 11, City of Oneonta Gary R. Koutnik, D, retired educator* No challenge yet DISTRICT 12, City of Oneonta Craig Gelbsman, R, First Choice Cleaner proprietor* Adrienne Martini, D, Hartwick professor DISTRICT 13, City of Oneonta Len Carson, R, OPD retiree; proprietor, DC Marketing* No challenge yet DISTRICT 14, City of Oneonta Kay Stuligross, D, long active in civic life** Successor chosen, but unannounced No Republican challenge yet

*Incumbent/ ** Not expected to run again

County Board Candidates Quickly Multiply CANDIDATES/From A1 forward his first Tuesday, June 13: Tim Walker, a retired military man, will challenge Andrew Marietta, DCooperstown/Town of Otsego.

(The candidate is the father of Bobby Walker, the CCS senior who has been in the news lately as the Otsego County Young Republicans chairman.)

That same day, Democrat Leslie Berliant, a writer and consultant who operates Le

Marais Chocolat, specializing in French-style breads and chocolate, at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, announced she is challenging David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield.

And Democrat Adrienne Martini, a Hartwick College professor, also announced her run against Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, one of three county reps in the inner circle of board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego.

But it looks like the other two, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, and Meg Kennedy, R-Mount Vision, will face challenges, respectively, from Democrats: Realtor Tom Spychalski and Pat Ryan, the former Hartwick town supervisor.

The three announcements of the past few days bring to four the officially declared candidates so far. Democrat Cathy Nardi, a SUNY Oneonta professor, announced in May she will challenge Kathy Clark in November.

The local ferment, to some degree, goes back to Nov. 8 and the election of President Trump. The Cooperstown activist, Melinda Hardin, gathered 90-some Democrats from around the county at First Presbyterian Church on Nov. 19 to try to chart a way forward.

When the Democratic county committee met Nov. 30 in Cooperstown Village Hall, Abbate told the SRO crowd, “I know you are disappointed in Congress, but we can change that.”

Richard Sternberg, the Cooperstown village trustee and retired Bassett physician, assisted by David Rissberger, the Oneonta Common Council member, took on the responsibility of recruiting candidates.

In an interview, Sternberg said of the emerging slate, “We’re not running against anyone, we’re running for something.”

Personally, he said he is disappointed with the collapse of Otsego Now and the county’s economic development effort. He also believes county government will not operate efficiently until it brings in a county manager.

But, he said, “all the candidates will run separately on their own issues in the towns and district.” Once elected, “we will be able to work together and finally move the county forward.”

This is how the county board situation lines up: • Two veteran county reps, former chair Jim Powers, RButternuts, and Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, are not running again. Democratic Butternuts Town Board member Michelle Farwell will vie against an asyet unannounced Republican.

A former Common Council member has agreed to run for Stuligross’ seat in the heavily Democratic city district.

• Since Republicans control 10 of 14 seats on the county board, Casale’s challenge is less than Abbate’s, and he said he plans to run GOP candidates in all districts.

• The two Republicans who are not yet facing challenges are Dan Wilber, Town of Burlington, and Len Carson, City of Oneonta. Democrats not yet facing challenges are Andrew Stammel, Town of Oneonta, and Gary Koutnik, City of Oneonta.

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This Friday, June 16, and again on Saturday, skaters from Ice Dance International will be performing on “Glice®,” a synthetic ice, as part of The Fenimore Art Museum’s “Art on Ice” gala weekend. “It’s winter in summer,” said Amanda Holland, the museum’s associate director of develDorothy Hamill is among opment. “We’re going to have ice skating in the

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middle of the floor, under a tent.”

Glice is made up of plastic, wax and silicone in order to perform as closely as possible to ice – without the freezing temperatures or a zamboni required. “It comes in these four-foot wide sheets and just snaps together,” said Holland.

Inspired by Dick Button’s “Skating Through The Ages” exhibit, the wintery summer weekend – in addition to The Fenimore’s annual gala – will feature two chances for visitors to chat with Button, Olympic champion Dorothy Hamill and two-time Olympian JoJo Starbuck.

“In working with Dick, he was able to reach out to all these wonderful contacts of his and bring them here,” said Holland. “It’s going to be a really wonderful weekend.”

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THE(less)WILD BUNCH Cooperstown Village Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh, who just had to bid on a Vespa at the Friends of Bassett Valentine’s Day Gala auction, goes for a spin with hubby Gary Kuch, the retired Worcester school superintendent, who rides a Harley product.

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By LIBBY CUDMORE n the auction block at the Friends of Bassett Valentine’s Day, Cooperstown Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh saw the realization of a childhood dream.

“I had a minibike when I was younger and we used to take it up on the old airport runways,” she said. “When I saw this red Vespa scooter, I had to place a bid!”

The auctioneer, her husband, Gary Kuch, Otsego town justice

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and Clark Scholarship Program executive director, was just as surprised as everyone else gathered. “I looked over at her and said, ‘you?’ I didn’t expect her to bid on it, but the bidding stopped there and she won!”

But for $1,500, all proceeds to the Friends’ John May Farm Safety Fund, Tillapaugh can scoot around the village in style.

“The speedometer only goes to 40 miles per hour,” she said.

“Even at 25 miles per hour, I feel Oneonta’s Rachel like I’m flying!” staid pharmacist, Cooperstown’s Sason is sold on Please See SCOOTERS, B3 A Bill Adsit lets out his semi-wild-side.

THE ART OF FLOWERS: The Oneonta Federated Garden Club’s “Art In Bloom” have interpreted CANO’s “Resist!”-themed Mansion Show in floral masterpieces. 5-7 p.m.

Friday, June 16. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion.

THE INDIE SOUND: Hear the music that inspired a generation of Indie Rock musicians with singles like “Oh, Inverted World,” “New Slang,” and “Know Your Onion.”

“The Shins” perform live with special guests “Tennis Music.” Gates open at 5 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17, Brewery Ommegang, Route 33 south of Cooperstown.

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You Ride ’Em, You Love ’Em, Scooter Owners Say Of Their Vespas SCOOTERS/From B1 Down Route 28 in Oneonta, once Rachel Sason got a hold of her grandfather’s 1986 Honda Spree, it was all she wanted to ride. “She’d ride it up to SUNY in the winter, with her hat and gloves on,” said her mother, Kathryn.

“My dad had bought it because my mom wouldn’t let him get a motorcycle, and then he’d find excuses to ride it around town,” she said. “In his later years, he put a milk crate on the back so our dog Sammy could ride around with him.”

“I love it,” said Sason. “It’s fun to go to the gas station and fill up the tank on 50 cents, knowing it will get you 100 miles.”

And Tillapaugh and Sason aren’t the only ones channeling “Roman Holiday.”

“I’ve had quite a few scooters over the years,” said Bill Adsit, who co-owns Church & Scott Pharmacy with his brother, David, and Robert Makofske. “They’re

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Judge Kuch and Trustee Tillapaugh share a laugh after a ride on the wild side – he on his Buell Ulysses motor bike, she on her Vespa.

really fun, and I enjoy riding them around town.”

Adsit got his first moped 20 years ago and has collected them ever since, including his current, a 2007 Yamaha Vino. “On nice days, I like to ride it up to three mile point and enjoy the view,” he said.

Due to their size and limited speed, you can’t ride too far into the countryside. However, you also don’t need a motorcycle permit to ride one, and they get as high as 80 miles per gallon of gas.

“I filled my tank with $2.40 the other day and that’ll get me about two weeks,” said Adsit.

“We haven’t put any more in the tank since we bought it,” said Tillapaugh.

With summer parking at a premium in the Village, Tillapaugh prefers her moped to taking a car into town. “I have a permit for it,” she said. “I can just zip right down to a Village Board meeting and park it in between two cars if I

wanted! But I’m afraid they won’t see me, so I usually just use one space.”

“They’re hugely popular in Europe,” said Kuch. “For some reason, though, they haven’t caught on as much here. They’re great for urban areas.”

The seat flips up for storage, and there’s even a small clip where she can hang her purse between her knees. “You can’t get a ton of groceries in there, but some basics if you just have to run up to the store” she said.

The one downside to the moped, she said, was that she can’t always hear that the blinker is still running after she’s made a turn.

“I’ll have other riders signaling with their hands, like a blinker, and I’ll know to turn it off,” she said.

Kuch prefers a bigger model, riding a Buell Ulysses. “I’ve been riding motorcycles since I was 12,” he said. “I always wanted her to get a bike.”

The American-made bike – later bought out by Harley-Davidson – ceased production during the recent Great Recession, making Kuch’s a rare ride indeed. “It’s an adventure bike,” he said. “I like to load up the saddlebags and go camping in the Adirondacks.”

“I used to have motorcycles, but I had a few close calls,” said Adsit. “I decided I should switch to a Vespa, and I’d much rather ride this than in a car.”

And although Tillapaugh can’t take her Vespa out on the open road, she’s more than happy to hop on the back of Kuch’s. “I don’t know how we’re going to get it to Bennett Motors for a tuneup,” he said. “Might have to throw it on the back of a truck, but that defeats the purpose.”

But even Kuch had to agree that her little scooter was a lot of fun.

“I kind of enjoyed riding it,” he admitted. “I might use it as much as she does to go around town!”

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TIMBERSPORTS COMPETITION – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Athletes from around the NE compete with tools not used commercially since the invention LAND FOR SALE of the Chain saw. Watch the FINANCED READY TO STHIL Timbersports Women’s BUILD LOTS FOR SALE: Division qualifying rounds.

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Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. (607)4320960 or visit https://www. facebook.com/oneontafabulousfridays/ DISCUSSION – 3:30-5 p.m.

Exploring topics in intersectional feminism. This meeting will discuss environmental advocacy as an intersectional feminist issue. Book ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer is recommended reading. Cooperstown Village Library. https://www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/ SUNNY MOMENTS EXHIBIT – 5-7 p.m. The opening reception of the “Sunny Moments” exhibition. This is a chance to meet the artists, purchase the art, and enter to win a quilt.

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Office location: Otsego County.

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NYSS may mail process to LLC at: 26 West Broadway, #4, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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Offc. Loc: Otsego Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 213 County Highway 57, Cherry Valley, NY 13820.

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Notice of Formation of GOLD CAROUSEL PRESS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/26/17.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 164 West St. Ext., Oneonta, NY 13820 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to 189 Main St., Ste. 403, Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location.

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BACKUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on 1/31/17.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: SIGNAL FIRE FARM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 March 2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

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Notice of Formation of Wells Farm LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 338 County Highway 51, Morris, NY 13808.

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Notice of Formation of 3504 MCN, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/1/2017.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: COOPERSTOWN BTM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 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 61-63 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: F R WOODS HOUSE OF PRO SPORTS LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 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 61-63 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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THURSDAY-friday, JUNE 15-16, 2017

Dick Button’s Connections Bring Holiday On Glice To Cooperstown SKATING/From B1 Button, the two-time Olympic champion and TV announcer, is a founder of Ice Dance International and loaned the Fenimore several personal artifacts, including his gold medals from 1948 and 1952 and one of Dorothy Hamill’s skating costumes, as well as art from his private collection, which includes sculpture, prints and more.

“Dick has been a supporter of the Fenimore for many years,” said Holland.

“As we were planning the annual gala, we thought it would be a perfect fit to get him involved and to build it around this exhibition.”

Hamill, once dubbed “America’s Sweetheart”, was the 1976 Olympic gold medalist in ladies single skating and the 1976 world champion, as well as an Ice Capades headliner. She performed in the sixteenth season of “Dancing With the Stars” and mentored 2010 U.S. national champion Rachael Flatt.

Starbuck, along with with partner Kenneth Shelley, was a three-time US pair skating champion, 1970–72, and two-time Olympian, first in 1968 then again in 1972. She was also the face of Cup o’Noodles, introducing ramen to Americans for the first time.

“One of the great things about what we do here is that we take things you might look at one way and, through the lens of art, give our visitors another way to

look at them,” said Holland. “There are celebrities we know and love, but we’re able to look at their work from a whole different angle.”

On Friday, June 16, guests will be able to sit alongside Button, Hamill and Starbuck as they watch performances

by Ice Dance International throughout the evening.

“They’ll be skating as part of the ambiance during the cocktail hour, then at some point in the evening, they’ll do a full choreographed performance,” said Holland.

This year’s gala will be held under at Glimmerglen, and tickets are available at the museum for $195, with

WALKING IN THE SUMMER WONDERLAND Friday, June 14

►“Art on Ice,” The Fenimore Art Museum’s annual gala, at the Glimmerglen estate, featuring Ice Dance International.

Details, 547-1433 or call a.holland@fenimoreart. org

Saturday, June 15

►11 a.m.-2 p.m., see Ice Dance International skaters on half-hour at The Farmers’ Museum with general admission. ►2-4 p.m., Dick Button, Hamill, Starbuck in panel discussion at The Fenimore, $60 admission; $70 for non-members.

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Friday, June 16

FLORAL ART EXHIBIT – 5-7 p.m. Oneonta Federated Garden Club hosts the opening reception of their ‘Art In Bloom’ show, interpreting the works presented in the CANO Mansion Show as Floral Arrangements. Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. http:// www.canoneonta.org/event/artin-bloom-2017/ CONCERT – 6:30 p.m. Performance of “A Woman in Pants,” featuring pieces from Haydn, Mozart, Bernstein and more. Performed by Mezzo Soprano Joelle Lachance accompanied on the piano by Tim Iversen. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. call Karen Cadwalader, LCSW at (607)547-0600 ext. 101 for reservations.

CONCERT – 8 p.m. The Eagles Experience. Tickets, $10. The Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. http://foothillspac. org/index.php/shows/the-eaglesexperience/

Saturday, June 17

FLY-IN PANCAKE BREAKFAST – 7:30-11:30 a.m. All you can eat pancakes, eggs, real maple syrup, sausage, and beverages.

Price, $7.50 adults, $5 children under 12. Cooperstown Westville Airport, Rt. 166, Cooperstown.

OPENING DAY – 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Enjoy a coffee reception 8-10 a.m., and checkout the what’s new at The Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. http://www.clarksportscenter.com/ CARS & COFFEE – 8-11 a.m. Meet other car enthusiasts for a casual gathering. All vintages, marques, an interests are welcome. Excesive revving, burnouts, and such are not. Mt. Wellington Market, 7471 St. Hyw. 80, Cooperstown. https://www. facebook.com/CooperstownCarsNCoffee/ COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. http://www. otsego2000.org/cooperstownfarmers-market-and-agriculture/ ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 2 Dietz St., Oneonta. http://www.oneontafarmersmarket.org/ OUTDOOR GAMES – 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Athletes from around the NE compete to see who’s best in the archery tournament, the cornhole tournament, and the second day of the Stihl Timbersports NE Qualifiers. Watch the games, the women’s semi-finals, and the Men’s division qualifiers. Alden Field, Cherry Valley Community Center. https://www.facebook. com/northeastqualifier/ COLOR RUN/WALK – 10 a.m.

Take a 5k run/walk through the village of Cooperstown and 4

color splash stations as you complete the course. Supports the American Heart Association. Begins/Ends, Cooperstown Central School. http://cooperstown5kcolorrunwalk.itsyourrace.com/event. aspx?id=6993 FREE FAMILY SATURDAY – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Enjoy a guided tour and fun activities with the kids.

This is the Learning Labs Grand Opening and the Path Through History Weekend. Up to 2 adults may enter free when accompanied by a child under 18. Teens and children enter free. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. http://www.hanfordmills.org/ TRUNK SHOW – 12:30-1:30 p.m. Presenting “Box and Cox” (1847) by John Madison Morton and performed by some of the best actors in our area. On the Tavern Green at The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. http:// www.farmersmuseum.org/TrunkShows THEATER SCREENING – 1-3:30 p.m. The Lincoln Center screens a performance of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. http://hmloneonta.org/calendar/ BASEBALL AUTHOR – 1 p.m.

Marty Appel, author of “Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character,” comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame to discuss the book and take questions from the audience, followed by a book signing in the atrium.

Bullpen Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame. http://baseballhall. org/events/author-series-martyappel?date=0 ATHLETIC CLUB – 1-4 p.m.

Headed by Aaron Macken.

Activities include running, hiking, biking, weight training, and more.

Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. http://www.friendsofrecoverydo. org/events PING PONG LEAGUE – 12:30 p.m. Play ping pong every Saturday in June. Prizes awarded to the top 3 players. Registration required. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. http://www. friendsofrecoverydo.org/events or call 607.267.4435 or e-mail kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org JEWELRY WORKSHOP – 2-4 p.m. Create your own jewelry with the amazing selection of beads, charms, and other materials available. Free, kid friendly, and open to the public. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. https://www.facebook.com/ Friends-of-Recovery-of-Delawareand-Otsego-Counties-Inc-FORDO-134786876605003/ or call (607)267-4435 or e-mail kyle@ friendsofrecoverydo.org MORE CALENDAR, B7

special “young professional” pricing for ages 21-35 of $125.

And on Saturday, June 17, visitors to the Farmers’ Museum will be able to see skaters from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. as part of their admission fee. And on the half-hour, Holland said, visitors can watch the skaters perform a short routine.

However, don’t get out your skates just yet – only professionals are allowed on the glice.

Later that afternoon at the Fenimore, Button, Hamill and Starbuck will participate in a panel discussion, moderated by Douglas Webster, artistic director, Ice Dance International. The discussion will invite the panelists to discuss clips of their skating performances, as well as answer questions from the audience.

“It’s an intimate opportunity to get to see some of the true celebrities of figure skating,” said Holland.

The panel goes from 2-4 p.m., and tickets are $60 for members, $70 for non-members.

And although a date has not yet been confirmed, both Button and Hamill will return in July for a public book signing – Button’s “Push Dick’s Button: A Conversation on Skating from a Good Part of the Last Century” and “A Little Tomfoolery” and Hamill’s “A Skating Life: My Story.”

The exhibit will remain on display for the remainder of the year.

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Please inquire and apply in person at 206 Main St., Cooperstown

Please send resume and references to: Reinhardt Home Heating - Attention Don PO Box B, West Oneonta NY 13861

SUNY Delhi is actively seeking part-time clinical adjunct instructors for the School of Nursing. We offer clinical learning opportunities for students in Delaware, Otsego Counties & occasionally in surrounding counties. Applicants must possess an unencumbered NYS RN license, MSN (or enrolled in program) and at least 3 years of clinical experience.

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CAA / SMITHY Cooperstown Art Association & The Smithy Clay Studio Manager - Full Time Seeking a Pottery Studio Manager. Candidate must have BFA with pertinent ceramic experience, excellent organizational & communication skills, great attention to detail, initiative, and a strong work ethic. The candidate should project a positive, pleasant demeanor and enjoy working with the public. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: teacher development, glaze & clay mixing, kiln firing, studio maintenance and safety.

Teaching experience preferred.

Application Deadline: June 30, 2017 Please send cover letter, resume and references to Cooperstown Art Association - 22 Main St. Cooperstown, NY 13326 or email to gallery@cooperstownart.com.

CAREER FAIR The New Cooperstown office of Farm Credit East is opening this Fall!

Farm Credit East’s Recruiting and Management team is looking for candidates in the following positions: Customer Support Loan Officer & Analysts Tax & Accounting Mortgage Originators and Underwriters Join us for a Career Fair at the Otesaga Resort Hotel on Wednesday June 21st from 9:00am to 3:00pm. To learn more about Farm Credit East visit www.farmcrediteast.com To apply now: https://www.farmcrediteast.com/careers EEO/AA employer Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Veterans

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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017

OBITUARIES Dorothy Stocking Smith, 94; Worked At Richfield Springs Department Store SPRINGFIELD – Dorothy Catherine Stocking Smith, 94, who worked for years at Richfield Springs’ Foreman’s Department

Store, as well as for several local families, passed away June 8, 2017 , peacefully at the Fox Nursing Home .

She was born March 2,

In Loving Memory

Joyce T. LaVassaur- Ehrmann Wife and Mother February 6, 1933 - June 2, 2015

Gregory M. Ehrmann Son and Brother January 1, 1955 - June 24, 2016

Love, George Ehrmann Eric & Tamara Ehrmann

1923, in East Springfield, the daughter of Leslie O. Stocking and Ida Mae Barrett Stocking.

Dorothy attended and graduated from the East Springfield Central School.

She married George O. Smith Oct. 1, 1942, in Ilion at the St. Augustine Episcopal Church. George predeceased Dorothy on March 13, 1979.

She worked for Foreman’s Department Store in Richfield Springs for many years. She did domestic work for many people – a very meticulous person for

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and worked on the church supper committees and the church fair.

In November 2013 Dorothy moved to the Hampshire House.

Survivors include her children, son Robert George Smith, wife Betse; granddaughter Connie Sue Smith Deyoe, great-granddaughter Deanna Louise Smith .

Also, daughter Carolyn Jean Elwell, Goodyear Lake, husband Lee Elwell (deceased), and a special friend, Arthur Henry, plus several nephew and nieces.

She was predeceased by

her sibling, Jennie Rathbun (older sister) and Leslie M.D. Stocking (younger brother).

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Springfield Center or to the Resident Activity Fund, Fox Nursing Home, 1 Norton Ave., Oneonta NY Graveside Funeral Services will be Tuesday June 13, at 11 a.m. in the Springfield Center Cemetery, Springfield Center.

Arrangements were entrusted to Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.

James E. Connolly, Oneonta, 64; Lived For Years With Transplants

Since 1854

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special.

Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

herself and others. She was the cafeteria manager at the Springfield Central Elementary School in Springfield Center for many years. Prior to that she was a cook at the Red Sleigh Restaurant in the summers.

She enjoyed working for the Wardwell’s, Smith’s, and Goodyear families for their parties cooking and serving.

Dorothy was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Springfield Center before moving to Cooper Lane apartment in Cooperstown. She was very active in the auxiliary

ONEONTA – James Edward Connolly, 64, who obtained a liver transplant in 1990 and a kidney transplant in 2011, passed away June 6, 2017, at Bassett Hospital.

He was born Sept. 17, 1952, in Mount Kisco, the son of Edward Patrick and Rose Agnes (McMahon) Connolly.

Jim was a Navy veteran and was a member of the American Legion in Richfield Springs. He enjoyed sitting and talking with people, friends or strangers. He loved when people would challenge his knowledge of sports.

After receiving his transplants, he always said he was put here on Earth to let the doctors experiment and learn new things. Having survived with transplants for decades, he encourages people to consider becoming organ donors.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Rebecca (Kniskern) Connolly of Oneonta; their children, Michael and Andrea Connolly of Pennsylvania, Jonathan and Alexandra Connolly of Florida, Megan Connolly and Angelo Carimando of Oneonta; grandchildren,

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Leah, Landon, Emma and Addison; parents-in-law, Wayne and Janet Kniskern of Oneonta; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents, his sister, Margaret Flaherty and a nephew, Edward Flaherty.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 16, at the

Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.

The committal service with military honors will be private at the Gerald BH Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, 200 Duell Street, Schuylerville, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Strong

Memorial Hospital Transplant Center, (Kidney Allocation A03380) 300 East River Road, Box 270032, Rochester, NY 14627 or The Hope Lodge, 1120 South Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14620.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.

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THURSDAY-friday, jUNE 15-16, 2017

Saturday, June 17

WOMEN’S RIGHTS – 2 p.m.

Vignettes by the Templeton Players portray what it means to be a woman in the 1800’s.

Attend Reverend Bush’s address on women’s place in society at 2 and participate in Carrie Finkles rally calling for equality and liberty at 2:30. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

BOOK READING & SIGNING – 2-4 p.m. Featuring Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz with his new book “Split Season 1981: Fernandomania, The Bronx Zoo and The Strike That Saved Baseball.”

The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. https://www.facebook.com/ TheGreenToadBookstore/ MOVIE CLUB – 4-7 p.m.

Spend an afternoon watching a movie with friends.

FORDO has thousands of films to choose from. Friends

of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. http://www.friendsofrecoverydo.org/events OMMEGANG CONCERT – 5-11 p.m. Presenting ‘The Shins,’ with special guest Tennis Music. Show starts 7 p.m. Advance tickets, $50.

Brewery Ommegang, 656 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. http://www.ommegang.com/ DANCE PARTY – 9 p.m.

Fundraiser for the Oneonta area NAACP featuring James Raferty & Dave Bishop DJ extraordinaires!! $10 cover charge. B-Side Ballroom, 1 Clinton Plaza Dr., Oneonta. http://bsideballroom.com/ events/dj-dance-party-naacpfundraiser/

Sunday, June 18

OUTDOOR GAMES – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Athletes from across the NE compete to see who’s best. Includes a bbq contest and tasting, and the

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Stihl Timbersports NE Qualifier. Watch the finals of the women’s competition, and the final outdoor games.

Alden Field, Cherry Valley Community Center. https:// www.facebook.com/northeastqualifier/ TRUNK SHOW – 12:301:30 p.m. Presenting “Box and Cox” (1847) by John Madison Morton and performed by some of the best actors in our area. On the Tavern Green at The Farmers Museum,

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Cooperstown. http://www.farmersmuseum. org/Trunk-Shows ANTI-RENT WAR VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. The Templeton players perform short vignettes portraying historical events, characters, and folklore. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

FILM SCREENING – 2 p.m.

Showing “Macbeth,” (1948).

The Orson Welles adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. http://www.

fenimoreartmuseum.org/Sunday-Matinee FATHER’S DAY CONCERT – 3 p.m. Treat your Father to a free concert by the Oneonta Community Concert Band.

Upper Pavilion in Wilber Park, Oneonta. Call 746-2196 SQUARE DANCE – 5-9 p.m. All persons 18 and up are invited for a night of Round & Square dancing with the Phoenix Band. Cost, $8. Oneonta Moose Club, 87 W. Broadway, Oneonta.

(607)435-6871.

Monday, June 19

SPORTS CENTER TOURS – 3-5 p.m. Children, K-6, are welcome to tour the new facility and learn what about the new program areas. Free to members and non-members. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. http://www. clarksportscenter.com/ events/no-school/ OPEN PLAY – 3:30-7:30 p.m. Work on your 3-D Print designs. NY Room, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. http:// hmloneonta.org/calendar/ HOME GAME – 5 p.m. The Oneonta Outlaws vs. Saugerties Stallions. Damaschke Field, Oneonta. http://www. oneontaoutlaws.com/teams/ default.asp?u=ONEONTAOUTL AWS&s=baseball&p=home CIVIL RIGHTS FILM – 7 p.m. Learn the history of the 13th amendment abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. The film “13th” explores the history of racial inequality with a focus on the penal system. First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St., Cooperstown. https://www. facebook.com/ctownfirstbaptist/ TALKING OPERA – 7 p.m.

Director Tazewell Thompson will be joined by countertenor John Holiday in his discussion of “Xerxes” which he feels has ‘everything,’ including

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‘important truths about our shared humanity.’ Christ Church Parish Hall, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.

THEATER AUDITIONS – 7 p.m. Orpheus Theater is holding auditions for ‘Spring Awakening.’ Come prepared to sing and dance. Music will be provided. The Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. http://www.orpheustheatre. 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, June 20

CYBERMOBILE – 9:30-9:50 a.m. Town Hall, 3966 NY-23, West Oneonta. www.4cls.org or call (607)723-8236 CYBERMOBILE – 10:1010:50 a.m. Little Lambs Children Center, 383 Co Rd 11, Oneonta. www.4cls.org or call (607)723-8236 CYBERMOBILE – 12:2012:45 p.m. Methodist Church, 811 Co Rd 26, Fly Creek. www.4cls.org or call (607)723-8236 CYBERMOBILE – 1:15-1:35 p.m. Methodist Church, 2343 NY-205, Mt Vision. www.4cls. org or call (607)723-8236 KNITTING GROUP – 1:303:30 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. www.4cls. org or call (607)723-8236 SPORTS CENTER TOURS – 3-5 p.m. Children, K-6, are welcome to tour the new facility and learn what about the new program areas. Free to members and non-members. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. http://www. clarksportscenter.com/ events/no-school/

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