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Newsstand Price $1 Upstate proprietor Joe Vezza with maitre’d Art Boden, left, and chef Mark Harrington.

Upstate Ready To Serve ‘U’ Long-Anticipated Restaurant Opening On Route 28

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Corinne Costello of Shrewsbury, N.J., reaches for a selection at the Friends of the Village Library Book Sale, open on the Fair Street side of Village Hall through July 2.

She is flanked by mom Jennifer and dad Scott.

rt Boden, Cooperstown’s maître ’d – and, now, maître ’d at Joe Vezza’s Upstate Bar & Grill, which may be

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open by the time you read this – has come up with a brand-building phrase: “Where it’s all about ‘U’!”

Vezza hopes that before long, folks around here will be saying to each other, “Meet me at the Upstate.” (He had a similar strategy with his neighboring Bocca Osteria, which can be Please See UPSTATE, A6

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he Otsego Now board of directors abruptly let CEO Sandy Mathes go at its Thursday, June 22, meeting, ahead of his 90-day notice.

He had been due to work through Aug. 31. A call to chairman Devin Morgan was not returned.

Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz said he had been discussing “Doubleday-related projects” with Mathes, but added, “I will continue with what Cooperstown needs regardless of the Otsego Now board’s actions.”

All of Otsego Now’s staff resigned last month.

LECATES APPOINTED:

The state Senate has confirmed Dr. William LeCates of Cooperstown, recently promoted to Bassett vice president, as a member of the state Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council, Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced.

PROJECT APACE:

Delaware Engineering representatives told the Village Board Monday, June 26, they’ve received $4.5 million in grants toward the $7 million replacement of the water-treatment plant.

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As Cooperstown Central’s 2017 commencement was about to begin Sunday, June 25, on the back lawn of The Fenimore Art Museum, the skies opened up on the prospective grads. Typical of Upstate, in minutes the skies cleared and sun shone for the rest of the ceremony. Dismayed at the rain are, from left, Dominick Abbate, Sean Miller, Michaela Marmorato, Mya Stearns, class president Ginger Miller and Christiana Fisk.

Bank of Cooperstown President Scott White addresses the meeting where a PDD was approved, allowing his parking-lot expansion to move forward.

BANK OF COOP PLANS OK’D

PDD Enters Village Lexicon

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he application was to demolish a building to create five more parking spaces for the Bank of Cooperstown, but there was much more at stake.

Three weighty letters: PDD, for planned development district.

Going forward, the question will

be, can PDDs be used to create a more varied community, more mixed uses (stores in proximity to residences) and a more businessfriendly atmosphere.

The idea, as Mayor Jeff Katz explained it to 15 residents at a public Please See PDD, A3

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CONTROVERSIAL GOP CONSULTANT ROGER STONE STIRS YOUNG REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS

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Bobby Walker, chair of the Otsego County Young Republicans, shakes hands with veteran Republican consultant Roger Stone, the guest at the annual county Republican Dinner at The Otesaga. Controversial dating back to whis days as an operative for President Richard M. Nixon, as well as his friendship with President Trump, Stone was promoting his recent book, “The Making of The American President 2016.”

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Outside the Otesaga Wednesday, June 21, Stone’s appearance also stirred a protest across Lake Street, led by MacGuire Benton, president of the Otsego County Young Democrats and friend of Walker’s. With Benton are Anita Pratt, left, and Toni McGrath, both of Delmar, where they belong to a “huddle,” a group seeking to apply lessons learned at the Women’s March in Washington in January.

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Elm Street resident Ed Badgley said the Bank of Cooperstown is a good neighbor, but he raised concerns about its plans to expand its parking lot. Seated clockwise from left are Trustees Dean, Falk and Tillapaugh, Mayor Katz, Village Administrator Barown, and Trustees Sternberg, Allstadt and Maxson.

For First Time, Trustees Apply Planned Development District PDD/From A1 hearing on the bank’s plan Monday, June 26, at Village Hall, is to stem the population outflow and create a more vibrant year ’round community, as it was “back in the day when” – in memory – “Cooperstown was great.”

In this case, the PDD concept may help the Bank of Cooperstown win approval for its parking lot expansion, which involves demolition of neighboring 71 Chestnut St. – already H-PARB approved – opening up 22 feet of the 50-foot-wide lot for parking. The rest will be a buffer with 69 Chestnut, a single-family home.

Until now, the bank would have had to seek a “use variance” to impinge upon the residential use next door, according to Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh. “They would not get a use variance,” he said.

Since the adoption of the PDD option in the village’s new comprehensive master plan, approved this spring, the bank can present the bank, an apartment at the back of the bank building, and the parking lot expansion as a single, thoughtthrough piece.

First, the trustees needed to approved the project for a PDD, which it did, 5-2. Jim Dean voted nay, and Lou Allstadt recused himself since he owns bank stock.

This is the first time the PDD concept is being used.

The application now goes to the Planning Board, which next meets at 4:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday in July, the 18th. That board can still address the specific issues raised Monday night, before ruling on the whole.

And there were issues aplenty.

Brian Wrubleski, owner of Mel’s, spoke on behalf of his daughter, Alexandra, and her husband, Steven Gunther, who own 69 Chestnut (and were working that night).

The expansion will impact on their privacy and quietude, he said.

Ed Badgley, whose Elm Street home backs up on the parking lot, said his backyard is below the Chestnut Street curb, so tends to flood during rains and thaws.

Bill and Janet Rigby, who live on the corner of Elm and

Chestnut, pointed out how this expands a commercial use – the bank, Triple A and New York Pizzeria – that is already impinging on a residential neighborhood.

However, they all praised the bank as a good neighbor, and Wrubleski and the Rigbys said they are bank customers and very satisfied with its services.

An issue that everyone mentioned was the bank’s willingness to leave the parking lot open in the evenings, for the convenience of neighbors and pizzeria customers. They feared noise and mischief.

In discussion that followed, Trustee Dean, who expressed similar concerns about impacts on neighborhoods when CVS proposed a drive-thru pharmacy at Chestnut and Beaver, declared, “Everybody keeps pushing the envelope.

There’s so much risk here.”

But Trustee Rich Sternberg countered, “There’s risk in everything we do – and everything we don’t do.”

By approving the PDD and passing the application on to the Planning Board, the issues raised will again be weighed, said Mayor Katz.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017

EDITORIAL

IMPACTS CAN BE MINIMIZED, BENEFITS FULLY REALIZED

Black-Gold Rush – Solar Panels – Coming. Let’s Get Ready

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verybody loves renewables – in concept. But, in reality, 55 acres of black panels across from Mama Mia’s Pizzeria on Route 23, Harpersfield, or 27 acres marring the lovely Butternut Valley landscape on Route 51 north of the Village of Morris, are the hard-to-love flip side of solar farms.

What’s more, this is just the beginning: A solar gold rush, fueled by tax credits, may be about to descend upon us.

So, already, between Oneonta and Stamford in Delaware County, residents have formed Preserve Harpersfield to slow things down.

In Morris, the Butternut Valley Alliance is likewise concerned, although BVA chair Ed Lentz, in Libby Cudmore’s scoop in this newspaper in mid-June, was pro-renewables, dismayed by the prospective ugliness, but hopeful that screening by trees and shrubs would limit some of the visual impact.

As suggested in the way localities arose against windmill

and OCCA Executive Director black panels; nobody wants to Leslie Orzetti, in an interview the look at that. other day, detailed But, Orzetti real concerns about pointed out, there these solar projects. are other impacts to “We are for reworry about. For newable energy ininstance, tree barristead of fossil fuels. ers not only shelter We firmly believe viewsheds, but prethat is the way to vent glare off the move forward and panels from flashensure the climate ing in the faces of OCCA’s Orzetti, Lapin stays stable,” she passing drivers. said. “What we Flora around the take issue with is the proper siting panels needs to be controlled, but of solar farms, and the review with herbicides in the Butternut process.”

Creek watershed? Probably not The two big Otsego County a good idea. OCCA’s low-tech projects to date dramatize the suggestion – grazing sheep; kind contrasts. of neat – is one of the suggestions The County of Otsego’s solar OCCA is making at Morris.

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal farm in Laurens, a collaboration A major issue, in Orzetti’s mind, Butternut Valley Alliance chair Ed Lentz points across the with Elon Musk’s Solar Cities, is is that mega-solar developers verdant valley toward the site of a 27-acre solar farm. tucked away behind an abandoned – in Harpersfield, Cypress Creek development a decade ago – not the Otsego County Conservation quarry. It can be seen from a little Renewables of Santa Clara, Calif.; to mention the state’s daunting Association – for the past year, traveled secondary road that cuts in Morris, Sun8, a subsidiary of SEQRA – this is not going to be a its circuit-riding planner Danny off from Route 11, but mostly D.C.-based Distributed Sun – are slam dunk for developers.

Lapin has been offering towns is invisible. In Morris – as in getting ahead of localities. These • professional expertise – has been Harpersfield – verdant vistas will entities aren’t coming all this way In both Harpersfield and Morris, called in by concerned citizens, be replaced with fields of shiny Please See EDITORIAL, A5

ISSUE & DEBATE Cuomo Aide: AHCA Will Be ‘Devastating.’ But Faso Says He’s Helping Localities Avoid Medicaid Costs Editor’s Note: In recent days, Mike Morris, Governor Cuomo’s representative in the Hudson Valley, issued this invitation to a panel on healthcare reform Monday, June 26, in Hudson....

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ear Fellow New Yorker, The House of Representatives recently passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – a bill that, if passed, will leave 2.7 million New Yorkers without health insurance and will roll back protections for women, children and anyone with preexisting conditions.

The AHCA would include $7 billion in cuts from New York’s healthcare system – effectively eliminating the Essential Plan, devastating our hospitals, and forcing major staffing cuts during a time when we need more, not less, doctors and nurses.

Join us for an expert panel on Monday, June 26, to learn what is at stake and how to best protect your family from upcoming changes to our health care system. We look forward to hearing from you about your health care concerns.

... Morris’ invitation elicited this response from U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19, the congressman representing Otsego County.

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he Truth: This includes those who do not currently have insurance and are paying the fine or getting a waiver from getting health insurance because Obamacare is failing them. The AHCA will lower premiums and will put families and individuals in charge of their healthcare instead of Washington, DC. “The AHCA would roll back protections for women, children and anyone with preexisting conditions”

healthcare system – effectively eliminating the Essential Plan” The Truth: New York will be getting more Medicaid dollars every single year. The AHCA reduces the rate of annual spending growth and doesn’t “cut” Medicaid spending year to year. Like the ACA, the AHCA would allow NYS to seek a federal waiver to combine the value of tax credits, providing the state the opportunity to continue aspects of the Essential Plan for legal residents. While available funding would be reduced, it isn’t eliminated, despite Mr. Cuomo’s false claims to the contrary.

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The Medicaid ‘burden is a critical factor in forcing many New Yorkers to flee our state.’

Congressman Faso

The Truth: The AHCA, as well as New York State law, specifically bans charging women more for coverage and specifically bans health insurance companies from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions.

“The AHCA would include $7 billion in cuts for New York’s

LETTERS

Faso Does It Again, Backs The Richest To the Editor, Faso has done it again.

This time he’s voted for the Financial Choice Act, which will deregulate the banking and financial industries, and gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

High risk uses of my money and yours by an unregulated financial industry led to the Great Recession

of 2008. When the house of cards finally collapsed, taxpayers footed the bill for huge bailouts.

Faso clearly buys the “trickle down” theory of economics. But what if there’s nothing to trickle down from? Otsego County is one of the poorest counties in New York State. His constituents are not bankers.

Please, How Much Flotsam Can We Stand?

Yet Faso’s voting record says it all. First week in office he voted for the REINS Bill, which disempowered various protective agencies.

Then he voted for (and cynically modified by amendment) health care legislation which injures the poorest and rewards the richest. And now he votes for Wall Street instead of Main Street, We will remember this when he seeks reelection next year.

Editor’s Note: This is an open letter to the Cooperstown Village Board, encouraging trustees not to lift a ban on sandwichboard signs on Main Street sidewalks. The trustees, after lively debate Monday, June 26, confirmed the ban, at least for now.

Dear Members of the Board: PLEASE!!! NO MORE STREET FURNITURE!!!

There are too many obstructions for getting from a parking space to the sidewalk – usually full of tourists, unless it is 7 a.m.

I counted (maybe off by one or two here and there) from Cooper Park to the stopAntoinette Kuzminski light, south side of Main Street only: Fly Creek • 14 lamp posts

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While Away, Summer Arrived

e note that we have returned to Cooperstown from our recent travels to Ohio and Michigan where we visited both family and friends.

During our journey we were able to take in Alumni Reunion Weekend at Kenyon College, attend our granddaughter’s dance and tumbling recitals, enjoy the Memorial Day parade in Mount Vernon, Ohio, donate some family items to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum in Kalamazoo, Mich., plant flowers on our parents’ graves in Kalamazoo, enjoy dining at Alison’s

Finer Diner and Hunan Garden in Mount Vernon, the Kenyon Inn in Gambier, Ohio, Culver’s in Coldwater, Mich., the Farmhouse Deli in Douglas, Mich., CATHERINE Clementine’s and LAKE Sherman’s Dairy ELLSWORTH in South Haven, Mich., Alpen Rose in Holland, Mich., and Zimmerman’s Road House in Ann Arbor, Mich. We

also were delighted to be able to take in the fabulous sunsets over Lake Michigan.

We must note that we quite enjoyed our time away from Cooperstown, with the possible exception of the fact that for much of our visit we were beset with various health issues, one of which found us at a Spectrum Health Urgent Care Clinic where we were diagnosed with acute maxillary sinusitis.

It was most definitely not fun to be under the weather when traveling.

But we were pleased that we manPlease 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

Sale of Pews – The friends of Christ Church, in this Village and its vicinity, are invited to attend at said Church, on Saturday, the 2nd day of August next at two o’clock p.m. when a sale of the Pews therein will be made under the direction of the Vestry, for the year ensuing, and the propriety of a permanent sale thereafter be taken into consideration. Isaac Cooper, Clerk, Cooperstown, June 23, 1817.

Pews – The Annual Sale of the Pews in the Presbyterian Church will take place on Thursday, the first day of July, 2 o’clock p.m., George Pomeroy, Clerk.

June 26, 1817

25 YEARS AGO

75 YEARS AGO

Camp Minnetoska on Otsego Lake will open Sunday for a four-week period for Girl Scouts within a radius of 300 miles.

Approximately 70 girls a week are expected. For the third year the camp will be under the direction of Miss Jane Hutson of Oneonta, a teacher in Baldwin, L.I. This is Miss Hutson’s ninth year at the camp. The girls will have handicraft classes, nature study, lifesaving, organized sports, waterfront activities, overnight hiking, and other Girl Scout activities, enlivened by nightly camp fires, costume parties, plays and stunt nights.

July 1, 1942

50 YEARS AGO

175 YEARS AGO

Six students at the Bell System’s Data Communications Training Program in Cooperstown, all en route to their homes hours after graduating from the Spring class at the Hotel Otesaga, were among 34 persons who lost their lives in the tragic crash of a Mohawk Airlines Syracuse to Washington jet plane in the rugged hills of the Pennsylvania coal country near Blossburg, Friday afternoon. The four Bell System students aboard the plane were identified as Pat Patton, 27, Huntsville, Alabama; Fred Phillips, 43, Arlington, Virginia; Jerry Ramos, 31, Suitland Maryland; Ron Remick, 27, Jacksonville, Florida; Vernon Thoren, Jr., 27, Latham Maryland; and J. Don Wright, 26, Wheaton, Maryland. The six Bell System men, all marketing specialists, were among 125 students who had graduated at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning.

June 28, 1967

Utica Democrat: Child Abandoned – An event of a very singular nature occurred in this city. About mid-day an old lady, a stranger in the city, who had just arrived on a boat, seated herself on shore near the packet basin, on the steps of the building near, to await the time for the stage to leave, and was munching a cracker. While thus engaged a well-dressed young female with a male child in her arms, about two weeks old, asked her if she would be kind enough to hold her child while she went a short distance to speak to her husband. The kind old lady consented and received the child, a healthy, fine looking, and well-dressed babe, and the young woman also laid by her side a small bundle which afterwards proved to be the child’s clothing.

After long delay the child did not return, and a search for her was commenced, but which proved ineffectual. The lady was then directed to the Poor Master, who received the child, and sent it to the county Poor House. It is a pity that the heartless mother could not be found, arrested and punished.

June 27, 1842

25 YEARS AGO

The final meeting of the season of the Cooperstown Women’s Club was held May 13 at the Otesaga Hotel. Following a buffet luncheon and a fashion show featuring the Suzanna Shop of West Winfield, ten past presidents of the club were honored – Audrey Ashely, Catherine Ellsworth, Marion Green, Jane Patrick, Margaret Beard, Esther Brooks, Mabel Atwell, Jean Robinson, Mabel Von Bremer, Carmalita Parshall and special honoree, Mrs. Ward Crampton.

June 10, 1992 July 1, 1992

150 YEARS AGO

Hops – The vine has continued to grow finely during the past week and in many yards has reached the top of the poles. The appearance of the little green hop louse is announced in various towns of this county; and it is probable that it may be found to a greater or less extent throughout the Hop District of the State. It is too early to predict the damage likely to accrue from this enemy of the hop plant.

Much depends upon the weather for the next few weeks.

If we have frequent showers followed by extreme heat, the damage will be great. At present, the vine has a healthy and thrifty look. Growers cannot take too much pains with their yards, for the price of the growing hop is likely to rule high.

The reports from the west are somewhat conflicting, but the chances are in favor of a handsome yield. Hop Growers – in remitting subscriptions for The Freeman’s Journal, are requested to state very briefly, the condition of their own yards, and the appearance of others near them.

June 28, 1867

125 YEARS AGO

It is hoped that the citizens and visitors now in Cooperstown will show their appreciation of the efforts of the Athletic Association to give them good baseball by largely attending the games to be played on Saturday and Monday next. The sale of boxes in the grandstand on the grounds of the Association, will take place there at four o’clock p.m. on Thursday of this week. The Athletics will open the baseball season on Saturday in a game with the Oneonta Normals, who have the advantage of considerable practice. On July 4, the Athletics will cross bats with the Central Bridge nine, said to be a crack team.

June 30, 1892

10 YEARS AGO

Cathy Raddatz, Cooperstown Graduate Program Director of Alumni Affairs, was installed as President of the Rotary Club of Cooperstown, Wednesday, June 27, at the club’s annual dinner at the Otesaga Hotel. Other Rotarians at the gathering included outgoing President Tom Lieber; Scott Barrett, Dennis Jakubowicz and Teri Barown all incoming board members; Margaret Savoie, secretary and Chuck Newman, treasurer.

Four Paul Harris Fellows were also honored: Mary Wright, Ginger Heitz, Cliff Kachline and Jim Gates. Frank Miosek, who is retiring from the faculty of Cooperstown Central School, received the club’s Teacher of the Year Award. Miosek will continue as Coach of the Cooperstown baseball team. The Cooperstown Rotary Club holds regular weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. at the Otesaga Hotel.

June 29, 2007

EDITORIAL: Let’s Prepare To Get The Most With Least Impact From Solar Farms EDITORIAL/From A4 for the fun of it – there’s money to be made, at least until or unless the Trump Administration does away with the tax credits.

If not, the OCCA’s Lapin anticipates we can expect perhaps as many as 50 solar projects as the state moves toward meeting 50 percent of its energy needs by 2030, only a dozen years away, as called for in the Cuomo

Administration’s energy self-sufficiency plan.

• In Orzetti’s view, this requires action now. Localities, with the help and coordination of the county Planning Department, needs to start identifying preferred sites for solar development – unobtrusively tucked away, away from streams and wetlands – and guiding these mega developers to

those sites. Otherwise, our paradisal Otsego County – the beauty around us is stunning – will be one big mess circa 2030.

Lapin has been conducting “suitability analyses” as communities look at the future of farming; he is suggesting a similar approach for solar development. Orzetti is further encouraging communities to make sure they have comprehensive

With Summer, There’s Lots To Do column/From A4 aged to enjoy ourselves, not to mention all the various foods, in spite of our health.

We only hope that the next time we travel to the Midwest, we are in a somewhat healthier state. In fact, we discovered when we finally got home, it took a week for us to recover from the rigors of the trip.

• And, of course, once home we had to catch up on all that we had missed in our absence including the Upper Pioneer Street block party, the demolition of the Cooperstown Motel, the season’s opening of the Dreams Park and its attendant increase in activity in the village and the repaving, finally, of upper Pioneer Street as well as the blooming of our rhododendron, which, although we missed them completely, we understand were quite beautiful this year.

Plus, being away during late May and early June always seems to throw us upon our return smack dab into the always hectic summer season in Cooperstown. And thus, we tend to feel like we are always playing catch up when it comes to the summer’s upcoming events, starting off with Ice Cream Social at the Presbyterian Church on Pioneer Street. We have long thought that the official kickoff event for the summer season in Cooperstown is the annual Ice Cream Social.

This year it will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday, July 1, on the church lawn in good weather and on the porches and in the chapel should the weather prove inclement. At the social there will be hot dogs or hamburgers, both served with salads and baked beans, as well as ice cream and homemade

cake. Lemonade and coffee will also be available. Additionally, there will be a sale of handicrafts, which have been made by the Women’s Fellowship of the church.

There will also be games and other activities for the children. It is, we think, an excellent way in which to celebrate the start of the summer season in the Cooperstown community.

We also wish to note that the 4th annual “We Love Our Lake” boat parade will be at 3 p.m. Monday, July 3. The parade of boats will start off Three Mile Point and make its way to Lakefront Park, weather permitting. In past years, about 50 boats have participated with some very creative decorations. The boat parade is a family centered fun event sponsored by the Otsego Lake Association to share boaters’ love of Otsego Lake.

• And finally, on a much more somber note, we were saddened to learn, when we returned home, of the untimely death of Mary Joan “MJ” Kevlin, who has been the co-publisher of The Freeman’s Journal for the past 11 years. Along with her husband Jim, she has worked over the years to make the Journal an integral part of the Cooperstown community. She will be sorely missed. To her family and friends, we extend our deepest sympathy.

PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-547-8124 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.

master plans and zoning regulations that point developers to the most suitable sites.

Zoning authority resides in the towns and village, but certainly the county Planning Department could play a role if it wished and was empowered by the county Board of Representatives to do so – as single-pointof-contact, coordinating among the towns, enhancing OCCA’s expertise of helping fund its expansion. Under director Karen Sullivan, it is already maximizing its clout influence by demonstrating an ability to get things done.

And there’s much to be done here that will require expertise and action, another reason to fast-track discussion and a decision on bringing more administrative expertise into county government, either

through a county manager or executive.

• Many citizens are still dubious about global warming – it’s a shame the subject has become politicized.

But, in this case, it’s irrelevant: One way or another, solar development is arriving, and it may be huge.

On the plus side, there are economic benefits, if the towns have the expertise to negotiate beneficial PILOTs. (There will be short-term jobs but, once built, only a handful of permanent ones.)

Again, that word: expertise.

We’re lacking it. We need it fast.

If you have solar farms, perhaps you can attract panel-making manufacturers, and with Solar Cities plans for a huge such facility under the Cuomo

Administration’s Buffalo Billion concept.

Still, who knows, a solar boom may become a solar bust. Other technological advancements – from safe, clean nuclear power to perhaps even cleaner ways to burn fossil fuels. A particularly neat option is peridotite, a rock discovered in 2008 that, according to Scientific American, absorbs carbon dioxide and converts into harmless calcite.

It would be great to see a Space-Race-like initiative from the 1960s launched nationally for this new challenge. Lapin recalled that a “focusing event” – back then, Sputnik – energized the nation. Let’s hope it’s not too disastrous, but let’s hope for it nonetheless.

Faso Says AHCA Amendment Lessens Tax Hit FASO/From A4 “The Faso-Collins will force every resident of this state to pay a ‘Faso-Collins Federal Tax’ added onto local property taxes to make up the difference to avoid decimation of our healthcare system.”

The Truth: New York, virtually alone among the 50 states, forces local property taxpayers to pay part of Albany’s cost for Medicaid. In Columbia County, approximately 26 percent

of the entire county tax levy or $10.8 million goes to pay Cuomo’s mandated Medicaid costs. In the 19th Congressional District, more than $224 million is handed over from property taxpayers to pay for Cuomo’s Medicaid program. A typical homeowner pays between $350 and $500 per year for Cuomo’s mandated Medicaid costs.

Rather than trimming his own bloated $160 billion budget, Cuomo insists on

sticking it to homeowners, helping to drive more people from New York State. Over 30 percent of New Yorkers are on Medicaid, and our state’s Medicaid program costs over $60 billion each year – that’s more than Texas and Florida combined.

While the Governor turns a blind eye to the repercussions of the property tax burden, Congressman Faso recognizes this burden is a critical factor in forcing many New Yorkers to flee.

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Vezza’s Fifth Venture – Upstate Bar, Grill – About To Open

UPSTATE/From A1 likewise shortened. Patrons there tell each other simply, “Meet me at Bocca.”)

Interviewed earlier this week, Vezza wasn’t sure exactly how soon people will be meeting each other at the Upstate – he was hoping the 245-seat full-service restaurant, his fifth venture in northern Otsego County, would be open

by Thursday, June 29. Certainly by Friday the 30th. (Play it safe and call in advance.)

“Don’t call it a steakhouse,” said Vezza, because it’s so much more. Sure, there will be steaks, he said, but also fish and soup and burgers and sandwiches – American food, “very simple basic food that appeals to everybody.”

Likewise, he hopes everybody will be comfortable there, “kids, families, adults.” In addition to the main diningroom, there are smaller rooms at the front of the building, and a sports bars featuring 24 beers

on tap – local, regional and national – plus nine domestic beers, bottled. Banquets can be accommodated, too.

Boden, Vezza’s brother-inlaw lured back from Baltimore in 2009 to run New York Pizzeria at Chestnut and Elm, has won a reputation as Cooperstown’s King of Customer Service. He and Joe have ideas of what Upstate will be, but “the local people are going to turn it into what they want,” Boden said. “It’s my job to make your party come true.”

The 13 weeks of summer are easy, he continued, but the brothers-in-law intend Upstate to flourish year ’round, due to the local trade. For that reason, the grand opening won’t happen until 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, the week after Labor Day Weekend, after the village returns to post-summer normality.

The opening will end months of small-town chatter and rubbernecking that’s

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been going on in Cooperstown since Vezza bought the former Peppermill, on Route 28 just beyond the village line heading south, from Frank Leo, (who also runs the Tunnicliff). The restaurant was founded in 1990 by Kevin Grady (later Doubleday Café founder), aiming to be the first stop for incoming tourist traffic from the south.

The highpoint of recent curiosity came Jan. 30., when Payne’s Cranes of Bainbridge lifted the roof off the section that will be the main diningroom. Crews raised the walls during the day and, that afternoon, Payne’s put the roof back on.

The restaurant – designed

by Madesign Architect, Troy, whose owners are the Vezzas’ neighors on Lakeland Shores – was built in an “eco-friendly” style. The walls are recovered wood with a patina that communicates permanence. Big windows create a bright main

diningroom; smaller windows add intimacy to the bar.

The distinctive logo, built around a simple but forcefully drawn bull’s head, was crowdsourced internationally. A Czech artist claimed the $1,000 prize.

Joe was raised in Utica, son of Franco and Giovanna Vezza, and in 1996 they and their son, then in his early 20s, heard Lorenzo Pumilia wanted to sell his Richfield Springs pizzeria and retire.

They bought it, renamed it New York Pizzeria, and Joe – he had already learned to spin a pizza at the Utica Domino’s while in high school – found himself working six days a week. Seven, in fact – Mondays he did the books.

“I was working harder then than I am now.”

Over the next decade, he added a wing for more seating, tore down a next-door building for more parking, expanded the menu and, when The Chef

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Diner came up for sale next door in 2007, bought it. (Wife Tammy ran it for a while, and today it’s owned and operated

by Kelly Winslow, wife of Tim Winslow, Vezza’s general contractor on the Upstate job.)

There was something about his pizza sauce that prompted some customers to drive up from Cooperstown. You ought to go into business down there, they told him, and when Tino’s Pizzeria came on the market in 2009, he bought it. From Baltimore, he summoned Art, who had hired him to wash dishes when operating the food service at Utica College. “I want you to do what you did at Utica College,” he told him.

They renovated the pizzeria, expanded it, and expanded it again into the second floor.

Always looking ahead, Vezza bought the former Java Joe’s up Chestnut Street in 2013, creating Bocca.

“I always wanted other people to experience my mother’s cooking.” The spaghetti carbonaro was one of Mama Giovanna’s specialties – and the gnocchi. Ah, the gnocchi, he and Art agreed. Another highpoint was the arrival from the family’s native Naples of a pizza oven created with indestructible bricks made from

Pompeii’s ashes.

With Upstate’s opening, Vezza – each enterprise is a separate company – is turning into a significant player in the local economy. With 40 employed at Upstate, 30 at Bocca, 40 at the Cooperstown pizzeria and another 10 at Richfield, the 44-year-old entrepreneur is providing livings for 100 people.

Not all can be relatives and acquaintances, of course, but Art’s son Dan is working at New York Pizza (and daughter Emily used to). A cousin, Antonio Falco, moved here from Naples last year and is a chef at Bocca. The Richfield pizzeria is now leased by a pal from high school, Pat Sutton.

Wife Tammy pitches in; (the Vezzas have two girls, Sydney, 16, a Rotary exchange student this year, and Samantha, 12.)

And the community is benefitting from their efforts: The Vezzas were honored at CCS’ Athletic Banquet a few weeks ago for supporting the school’s athletic programs.

Art Boden sees Upstate as part of a continuum, and, echoing “Field of Dreams,” declared, “If you do it right.

If you do it well. They will come.”

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Name: PAUPER PRINCE, LLC.

Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 19 June 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 228 West St Ext, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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Office location: Otsego County. NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

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Office location: Otsego County.

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Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 189 Main St., Ste. 403, Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to c/o THE LLC, 113 Hulbert Road, Bainbridge, NY 13733.

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Name: SIGNAL FIRE FARM 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 108 Signal Hill Lane, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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Name: Sattvika LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with the Secretary of State (SSNY) was February 13, 2017.

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Name: SUMMYA ACRES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 18 May 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 1779 Co Hwy 14, Mount Vision, NY 13810. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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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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Office location: Otsego County. LLC formed in Georgia (GA) on 4/30/12.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205. GA address of LLC: 925 North Point Parkway, Ste. 425, Alpharetta, GA 30005. Arts. of Org. filed with GA Secy. of State, 2 MLK, Jr. Dr., Ste. 313, Floyd West Tower, Atlanta, GA 30334-1530.

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Fireworks, Parades, Much More Help County Celebrate ONeonta: Take in the Fourth of July parade along Main Street at noon Tuesday, and spend the afternoon and evening at the Independence Day festival in Neahwa Park, featuring live music, dancing, food, arts and crafts, a free baseball game by the Oneonta Outlaws, and fireworks display at 9:30 p.m.

COoperstown: The village’s Sunday, July 2, celebration moves from Lakefront Park to Brookwood Point for an evening of free ice cream, picnicking, lawn games for the kids, topped by fireworks at dusk. Starts at 6 p.m.

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“Macbeth” or “PorA few years gy and Bess” at ago, SUNY the Glimmerglass Buffalo law Festival is as easy professor Terri as buying a ticket.

Miller showed a But for the men documentary she at Attica Cormade about lifers rectional Facility, in Attica. “And I opera is a privilege. Zambello thought, ‘What if “There are 2,500 we brought them prisoners at Attica, and opera?’,” Zambello said. only 250 are allowed In 2014, Zambello to come to the performet with the warden at mance,” said Francesca Attica and set up a plan Zambello, festival directo stage an opera based tor. “They have to earn on “Macbeth.” “It was the right to attend.” very overwhelming to be in a maximum-security prison,” she said. “There’s an enormous amount of security, a vetting process, you can’t bring in ballpoint pens or wear an underwire bra. There can’t be staples in any paper.

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MUSIC ON LAKE: Live concert with “The Kenesaw Mountain Boys” begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, at Glimmerglass State Park, followed by fireworks at dusk.

LIving History: Listen to Tom Heitz’s traditional reading of Declaration of Independence at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, at The Farmers’ Museum. Music and entertainment 10 a.m.-5 p.m. check www. farmersmuseum.org for events, times. boat parade: The Otsego Lake Association’s fourth annual Boat Parade is 3-6 p.m., Monday, July 3, departing from Three Mile Point and ending with judging at Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park.

RIchfield Springs: Join the patriotic-themed boat parade at 6 p.m.

Monday, July 3, from the state boat launch at Canadarago Lake; stay for the fireworks at 9:30 p.m.

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In 2016, The Glimmerglass Festival’s Kevin Miller, Hunter Enoch, Raquel González, Chaz’men Williams-Ali and Vanessa Becerra performed Puccini’s “La Bohème” for the inmates at Attica Correctional Facility.

jumping frogs: Bring the family for a kids fishing derby, the frog-jumping contest, mill demonstrations, music and ice cream made with local dairy and cooled by ice harvested from the mill pond during February’s ice harvest festival. 10 a.m.-4 p.m, Tuesday, July 4, Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith.

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LASER TAG– 8:30 p.m.

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TRAILBLAZING DAY – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Volunteers are invited to help create a trail taking visitors through a variety of terrain and habi-

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Lindsay Brown and Noah Hecox prepare to lead their fellow graduates in the class processional.

The top scholars of the CCS Class of 2017 deliver the senior speech.

From left are Regina Lassiter, Lindsay Brown, Christianna Fisk and Margaret Knight.

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ed 74 seniors, plus four exchange students, Saturday, June 24, on the lawn of The Fenimore Art Museum overlooking Otsego Lake.

Dominick Abbate Christian Francis Porsche Alexander +Kyle W. Amsden* +Virginia Xian-Catherine Aswald* Nathan J. Bare +Anthony Daniel Birch* Colin Thomas Bowen Joshua Matthew Briggs ~+Lindsay Ellen Brown* Rachel Marie Carpenter ~Casey L. Carr Duncan McGown Clark Paige Michelle Cring +Alisa Ann Davine* Timothy Devon Donahue +Christianna Joy Ming Hwie Fisk* +Zachary T. France* +Daniel James Francis* +Amber Rose Genova* Jane Griffith Gozigian Tessa Rain Griger Brandon R. Hage Reilly Hall William John Harloff +Noah J. Hecox* +Simon V. Ignatovsky* Reese D. Johnson Robert W. Kimmey Sydney O. Kirkby Sierra Madonna Kitson +Margaret Isabelle Knight* Tyler J. Koffer +Joaquim John Landry* ~Kristen R. Lansing +Regina B. Lassiter* +Amanda Micheke Lionetti*

~Megan Rose Lohan Paul Anthony LoRusso Michaela R. Marmorato Clara F. Marra Sean Kaelin Meyer Sarah Joyce Michaels +Ginger Celia Miller* Sean Alexandria Miller Leland Jay Morris ~Ethan Kenneth Niles +Maria Christiana Moreira Noto* ~Casey J. Pashley Kyle Peeters Danielle Elisa Perrino Jenessa R. Place Kaleb l. Pool +Taylor Dane Price* +Daniel J. Ralston* Lindsey Suzanne Rathbun Steven Tyler Ratliff Daniel C. Rudloff-Rico +Ethan David Russell* Selena R. Sargent Devon A. Swayer-Wood Isaac Z. Senchyshyn Isaiah Z. Senchyshyn Mya R. Stearns John G. Stewart Gillis Peter Summers Edward Mahoney Trosset Emily A. Vrooman Robert R. Walker Dante J. Wellman Matthew R. Williams Jonathan M. Zuckerman

Gillis Summers and Leland Morris make their entrance.

Scholar and basketball star Maria Noto is congratulated by Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw after receiving her diploma from high school Principal Donna Lucy. Next to Crankshaw is Theresa Russo, who is stepping down from the school board after nine years, most recently as president, and Jim Brophy, director of curriculm and athletics. This was Crankshaw’s first graduation since arriving Jan. 1.

►Exchange Students Chihiro Katafuchi Jessica Luna Becerra Ludivine Pirot Maria Clara Prado +Denotes graduating with Honors *Denotes National Honor Society Member ~Denotes National Technical Honor Society Member

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The apple and her tree: Sadie Michaels, middle, stands with her grandmother Barbara, father Bill, grandmother Sarah, mother Brenda and grandfather Charlie on the lawn of The Fenimore after graduation.

Antoinette LoRusso embraces her son Paul LoRusso as they find each other in the postgraduation crowd.

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OBITUARIES Warren Prentice, 78; Bassett Maintenance Manager PITTSFIELD – Warren J. Prentice, 78, retired maintenance coordinator at Bassett Hospital, died at his summer home in the Town of Pittsfield on June 24, 2017.

He was born in New Berlin on Sept. 6, 1938 to Harry and Winnifred Steere Prentice. He spent his childhood in the New Berlin area and attended and graduated from New Berlin Central School.

He married Theresa McGrath in Walterboro, S.C., on Dec. 15, 2005, where they live but always enjoyed their summer retreats on the Jack and Anna Reed home-

stead in Pittsfield.

In addition to his many years at Bassett, he also worked as a state Department of Environment Conservation officer, and in his spare time loved to do carpentry projects. He was a volunteer at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro.

Besides his wife he is survived by his children: one daughter, Karen Prentice and Brian Arsenault of California; four sons, Steven and Ann Prentice of Virginia, James Prentice of Poughkeepsie, Randy and Christine Prentice of Rhine-

beck, and Aaron Prentice of Watertown. He is also survived by his sister-inlaw Eunice Prentice and her family. He was pre-deceased by his only brother, Stanley Prentice.

Warren had many lifetime friends in the New Berlin area and enjoyed visiting and reminiscing with them on the phone and during his summer stays in Pittsfield. He developed a close relationship with the Amish Yoder family: providing transportation, working with them on carpentry projects and enjoying their children and family life. Warren was

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HARTWICK – Leonard D. Dabreau Jr, 79, of Davenport, Fla., who formerly had retired to the family farm in Hartwick, passed away on Saturday June 17, 2017, at his home in Florida.

Leonard was born in Bronx, on June 14, 1938, the son of the late Leonard D. Sr and Anna Phillipavage Dabreau. He graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School before attending Alfred State University.

Leonard spent the next 30 plus years building what was the largest independent elevator service and repair company in New York City, Archer Elevator. He operated the company until his retirement in 2000.

Following retirement, Leonard moved to the family farm in Hartwick. He spent many hours repairing or building barns to accommodate his horses. In the 70’s, Leonard was a competitive Team Roper, and never lost his interest in horses.

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Services for Warren will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 30, at the Dakin Funeral Home, with Pastor Richard Anderson of the First Methodist Church. Viewing hours are 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

Thursday, June 29, at the Dakin Funeral Home. Interment will take place on the family lot at Saint Andrew’s Cemetery in New Berlin.

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Leonard is survived by his sons Dave (Bev) Dabreau of Davenport, Fla., Lenny Leonard (Donna) Dabreau Jr. Dabreau of Farmingdale, N.J., his daughter Sue (Mike) Transberg of Wall, N.J., his brother Richard (Val) Dabreau of Hartwick, 10 grandchildren, one great grandchild and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was pre-deceased by brothers Bob, and Paul, and niece Jean Dabreau Handler.

Funeral services were held Friday June 23, at the Delker & Terry Funeral Home. Internment was in the Laurens Cemetery.

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Ernest R Ahlers, 68; Vietnam Veteran CHERRY VALLEY – Ernest R Ahlers, 68, a Vietnam veteran who was known as a bartender at the Tryon Inn, passed away June 24th, 2017.

Ernie was born in Cooperstown to the late Karl and Hilda Ahlers. A graduate of Cherry Valley Central School, Ernie served in Vietnam.

Ernie is survived by his four children, Lina and her Husband Mark Moyer of Rotterdam, Christopher Ahlers of Cherry Valley, Melisa and her husband David Ekseth of Michigan, and Sherry and her Husband Daniel Rockwell of Rose-

boom. Ernie is also survived by his 12 grandchildren and his niece Viewing hours are 7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 29 at the Ottman Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 30 at St. Thomas Church, with burial immediately following at Roseboom Cemetery.

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ATTICA/From B1 not performed in full, Zambello narrates the scenes, as well as hosts a Q&A following the performance. “They ask some of the most introspective questions,” she said.

But despite the hassle, it’s worth it. “They just cheered and cheered,” said Zambello. “They tell us things like, ‘I didn’t even know I liked opera.’ And, ‘Even though I couldn’t understand what they were saying, I could feel the story.’ You see them crying, they

ask questions at the end, they’re very moved by the experience.”

“I got the chance to talk to one man and he said that music always sparked memories,” said the Rev. Elsie Rhodes, Cooperstown First Presbyterian Church pastor, who went with Zambello to teach a class on “Porgy and Bess” earlier this month. “I asked if there were songs that sparked that for him, and he started talking about Christmas carols, about how much he missed his family. “He was very introspective and philosophi-

cal about the choices he made in his life.”

During last year’s performance of “La Boheme,” Hispanic performer Raquel González sang Mimi to rave reviews. “One prisoner said that seeing her was the most moving validation of his life and roots,” said Zambello. “It was such a gracious and generous compliment.”

But there were also reminders of what local audiences take for granted. “After ‘La Boheme’ they tried to give us a standing ovation

and they were forced to sit down,” she said. “It’s what an audience does naturally, and they couldn’t even do that.”

Since then, Zambello also added classes and presentations to the schedule, including a talk on “Porgy and Bess” earlier in the month.

“At the end, Francesca asked if they thought Porgy found Bess in New York, and almost all of them said yes,” said Rhodes. “As an exercise, we asked them to write their own ending to the play.”

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Although many of the men the festival performs for are lifers, some are already making plans for when they are released. “One man told me he was going to come to Glimmerglass to see a show after his release,” said Zambello. “I told him we’d be waiting for him.”

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DUCK DERBY – 10 a.m. Purchase or sponsor a duck for the chance to win prizes and gift certificates provided by local merchants. $3 per duck or 4 ducks for $10. Support the Cooperstown Lions Club.

Ducks go in the water at Council Rock Park with the finish line south of the Main Street Bridge. Cooperstown.

CELEBRATION – 10 a.m.5 p.m. Mark Independence Day weekend with a muster of the militia and a reading of the Declaration of Independence on the village green at 1 p.m. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

NATURE WALK – 11 a.m.

Take a guided walk around the SUNY campus to discuss some of the newest research about trees and how they communicate. Free. Registration required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta.

FREEDOM SPEECH – Noon.

Listen to Frederick Douglas’ famous “History is a Weapon” speech about what freedom means to a slave as performed by one of the Templeton Players. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

PICNIC & RALLY – Noon-4 p.m. Celebrate Independence day with the Cherry Valley Democratic Committee. Free food, refreshments, and live music. Opportunity to meet Democratic candidates for local office such as Deborah Horvath, Tony Miles, and Leslie Berliant. Cantina de Salsa, 11 Main St., Cherry Valley.

(607)264-9988 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.

PLANETARIUM SHOW – 11 a.m. Learn about the stars in our night sky in the star theater. Free. Registration required. A.J. Read Science Discovery Center, SUNY Oneonta.

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.

WRITERS CAMP – 1:303:30 p.m. Join Jen and the HML Writers Group for a NaNoWriMo style weekly workshop with prompts to get you writing. Registration required.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

BOOK READING & SIGNING – 2-4 p.m. Featuring local Daniel G. Payne, author of “Orion on the Dunes: A Biography of Henry Beston” and Professor of English at SUNY Oneonta.

The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta.

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 Filkins rally calling for equality and liberty at 2:30. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL – 5-8 p.m. Enjoy food, games, music, the fair trade market, and handmade treasures.

Cooperstown Presbyterian Church, Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

SCULPTURE TRAIL – 6 p.m.

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But Brenner, new to the First Night committee, had seen the NY-Penn Military Vehicle Collectors Club at the Old Stone Fort Days in Schoharie, and recommended Hayes give them a call. “They were giving tank rides in the field, and I was surprised at how quiet they were,” he said.

“It sounded like a regular diesel truck engine.”

The club, which covers Albany, the Finger Lakes, Syracuse and Binghamton, was formed in 1986 as a way for military-vehicle owners to share their experiences with restoring, maintaining, and displaying military vehicles.

There are Jeeps and trucks, but the real showstoppers are the WWII-era M41 Walker Bulldog tank and the WWII M4 High Speed Tractor, both owned

by Jack Pollard, Altamont, the club’s first vice president. Most recently, they

were featured in the Voorheesville Memorial Day parade, and will be part of the Schenevus Fireman’s Carnival July 13-15.

“They’re beautiful vehicles,” said Hayes. “And the owners are always thrilled to show off their big toys.”

But more than that, Hayes wants the parade to reflect the honor of those who fought for the freedoms we enjoy. Len Carson, Commander of the American Legion, is seeking World War II veterans to ride in the tanks during the parade.

“These men and women saved the world from Fascism,” said Hayes. “We want to use this day to celebrate our liberation from tyranny, and these are some of the tools they used to do so. It’s historically relevant, and we want to remind people how important it is to remain ever vigilant.”

The parade steps off from Foothills at noon on Tuesday and swings up Chestnut, down Main and South Main to Neahwa. It will be led

by Grand Marshall Molly Swain in a convertible driven by Al Cleinman. Though the tanks’ position in the

parade is to be determined, they will remain in the Neahwa Park for the day, where visitors can ask questions, pose for pictures and see the vehicles up close.

“They won’t be giving rides, unfortunately,” said Brenner. “That would tear up the park pretty badly.”

They also had to get permission from the city’s engineering department to make sure the streets would support the tank’s treads.

“Because of DOT regulations, they actually have to be brought down on trucks a few days ahead of time,” said Brenner. “We told them we would watch over them, and I joked that they should just leave the keys with me.”

Following the parade, the annual Hometown Fourth will be held in the park, featuring a Battle of the Bands, a free Oneonta Outlaws baseball game, food, games and fireworks.

“It’s going to be a big boisterous rambunctious parade,” said Hayes. “And we’ll be able to recognize the sacrifice our parents and grandparents made so that we can live unfettered lives.”

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Saturday, July 1

BOB’S BURGERS COOKOUT – 7:30 p.m. Come enjoy a burger or try a specialty burger featured on the hit show. Event is free for teens 13-19. Bring sides or drink of your choice. Oneonta Teen Center, 4 Academy St., Oneonta.

FILM SCREENING – 8:30-11 p.m. “A League of Their Own” will be shown for the 25th anniversary of the film. Bring a blanket, lawn chair, snacks, and your friends and family. Shine only event. Admission free. Doubleday Park, Cooperstown.

Sunday, July 2

FREEDOM SPEECH – Noon.

Listen to Frederick Douglas’ famous “History is a Weapon” speech about what freedom means to a slave as performed by one of the Templeton Players. The Farmers Museum,

Cooperstown.

FILM SCREENING – 2 p.m.

Showing “The Best Years of Our Lives,” (1946) directed

by William Wyler. Follow three WWII Veterans as they adjust to civilian life in a forever changed society. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

FIREWORKS – 6 p.m. View the Fourth of July Fireworks, enjoy free ice cream donated by Stewarts, live music, and lawn games for the kids. Feel free to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy in the garden.

Suggested donation $5 per person/$20 per family. Children 14 and under, free. Brookwood Point, 6000 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown.

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Monday, July 3

FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with a live model. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12 per session. The Carriage

House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 435-8718 HOME GAME – 7 p.m. The Oneonta Outlaws vs. Jamestown Jammers. Damaschke Field, Oneonta.

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 FIREWORKS – 9:30-10 p.m.

Celebrate the Fourth of July with an amazing show above Canadarago Lake.

Tuesday, July 4 Independence Day!

COLOR RUN – 8 a.m.-Noon.

Fun event for all fitness levels, ages, and backgrounds. No winners or official times. For everyone. Cost, $15-$25. Neahwa Park, Oneonta.