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Huge Turnout At 103rd Springfield Parade

Deputy Chair Frazier Warming To Concept

By JIM KEVLIN

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Otsego Town Historian Tom Heitz recruited Elijah Barlow of Corning to capture any pages that blew away as he read the Declaration of Independence for the 33rd Fourth of July in a row at The Farmers’ Museum on Independence Day.

County Board Weighs Faso Compromise COOPERSTOWN

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crowd of opponents was expected Wednesday, July 4, as the county Board of Representatives considered endorsing U.S. Rep. John Faso’s amendment to the AHCA requiring the state, not the county, to pick up any additional Medicaid costs from Obamacare reform.

“The approach to health care by Faso and the Republicans threatens the stability of the county’s largest employer, Bassett Heathcare, and the public health of our communities,” Sustainable Otsego moderator Adrian Kuzminski said in an e-mail encouraging people to turn out.

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2 APPOINTEES: The Village Board has appointed Mitch Hotaling superintendent of public works and Debra Guerin village treasurer, succeeding Brian Clancy and Derek Bloomfield respectively. Details, A2

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he idea of a professional manager for Otsego County, which appeared to be in trouble EDITORIAL: at last It appears the month’s county Board county of RepreBoard of sentatives is Represenready to take up issue of a tatives’ meeting, county manhas new ager/A4 life.

County Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, the board’s vice chair and chairman of its Strategic Planning Implementation Committee, said a cost analysis of a county-manager position and support staff will be part of a salary study commissioned by the committee.

“No one on the board has a problem with looking at the need for, and implications of, a director of operations/manager/adminPlease See MANAGER, A6

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

Among the thousands lining the route of Springfield’s 103rd Independence Day parade Tuesday, July 4, were Sofia Ingalls, Hartwick Seminary, and Holly Sell and Noelle Mulik, both of Hartwick. Clear skies and temperatures in the 70s brought out the usual throng.

Erin Hubiak of Van Hornesville, with daughter Olivia on her lap, was again the Pellet Queen, promoting her dad’s woodstove fuel business, JoRose Pellets in Herkimer.

The tallest guy at the parade was, appropriately, Uncle Sam (aka Dan Evans, the Cooperstown contractor.)

Jim Hogan, left, and boat restorer Tom Krieg

By LIBBY CUDMORE discuss work that needs to ONEONTA be done on the hirty years ago, antique four school teachers Susquemade it their mission hanna. to restore an abandoned, dilapidated IF YOU GO: old house Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal 30th an– the oldest niversary of surviving Oneonta’s Swart-Wilcox – to help teach fourth House, 1-3 graders Jane Forbes Clark Helps Jim Hogan Save Historic Otsego Lake Boat p.m. SunOneonta’s day, July 9, was restoring the Atlantic,” (now on display history. on Wilcox

By LIBBY CUDMORE Avenue. at the Clark Sports Center) “I asked what “Tina he was going to do with it, and he said it he Morris and COOPERSTOWN was going to restore it, and I thought that I went on a trip to Boston was the end of it.” and we got talking about or Walter “Jim” Hogan, what starts on But he learned that it had come from the Swart-Wilcox House,” Otsego Lake stays on Otsego Lake.

Otsego Lake, and thought about it in the said Helen Rees. “Assistant “I had seen The Susquehanna years years that passed. “After Morris died, his Superintendent John Lutz ago in the barn of George Morris when I Please See BOAT, A6 had read an article that said

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it was going to be demolished, and we felt like we had to do something. So we got together with Debbie Clough and Dawn Minette.”

From 1-3 p.m. Sunday, July 9, some 30 years later – 210 years after the house was built – Rees and cofounder Debbie Clough will host the first event of the annual Summer Sunday SePlease See HOUSE, A7

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Hotaling Promoted To DPW Chief, Guerin To Treasurer At Village Hall COOPERSTOWN

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he middle-management transition at Village Hall is coming to the end, with the appointment in recent days of Mitch Hotaling as public works superintendent and Debra Guerin as treasurer.

Hotaling, who was streets superintendent, succeeds Brian Clancy, who joined Delaware Engineering.

Guerin, who was deputy clerk-treasurer, succeeds Derek Bloomfield, who left to refocus on developing his rental properties in Oneonta.

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Hotaling, a 13-year village employee, began work Wednesday, June 28.

He joined the village as a part-time summer employee at the waste-water treatment plant in 2003, moving to fulltime in the Streets Department in 2005. Beginning as laborer, he was promoted to heavy motorThe Freeman’s Journal equipment operator, then Debra Guerin and Mitch working supervisor before Hotaling have been rising to street superintenpromoted at Village Hall. dent.

In his new role, he is the her accounting degree from Village Board and Village Schenectady Community Manager Barown’s point College, and was a subconperson with the street, water tractor with Green Circle and sewer departments.

Accounting and worked in A 2002 graduate of the Glimmerglass Festival’s Cooperstown Central accounting department School, he attended Tompbefore joining the village in kins-Cortland CommuApril 2016. nity College. He and wife A Richfield Springs resiTammy have two children, dent, she assumed her new Chloe, 14, and Mason, 10. responsibilities June 1.

Guerin is from Lansingburgh, a village at the north end of Troy. She received

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-3 At a tractor’s wheel, Bobby Thompson heads The Farmers’ Museum contingent while Todd Kenyon’s placard delivers the message: Grow!

Grand Marshals Noel Dries and Jim Weeks were front and center as the parade moved up Main Street.

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ARADE The Glimmerglass Festival’s Hanna Brandau, center, and Nicole Madero, right, lead cheers for Lady Liberty on the opera’s float, among the dozens of units that marched in the 103rd Springfield Independence Day parade on Tuesday, July 4.

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It wouldn’t be a Springfield Fourth without state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, walking the route.

Melissa Miosek of Cooperstown with her son were amid the six-deep crowd at the corner of Main and Public Landing road.

Gracious as always, Janet McCarty, last year’s grand marshal with husband Keith, had a place of honor again in this year’s event.

Arianna Bresee Kelsey shows ramrod posture as she directs the Cherrvy Valley Marching Band.

Ann Donovan of Oneonta was a smiling judge amid a pretty serious panel.

Robert Jorgensen must be pretty serious in his support of his boss John Armstrong’s race for Stark town supervisor, demonstrating his lumberjack prowess on the candidate’s float.

Thomas Redding marches with the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department.

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EDITORIAL

THE TOPIC: PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT

Exciting Debate In The Offing ‘S ullivan County” – south of here in the Catskills – “is very challenged fiscally.

They have a casino. It won’t save them. They have to face up to their issues,” Gerald Benjamin, president of SUNY New Paltz’s Benjamin Center, which aims to “raise its level of engagement within communities, governments, not-for-profits and businesses across the Hudson Valley,” said in a recent interview with this newspaper.

Happily, while debate sometimes suggests otherwise, Otsego County is in pretty good fiscal shape.

Martin Weissman, the retired actuary in West Davenport, was surprised to learn, in delving in county budgets, that smaller Delaware has a $30 million local tax levy, compared to just $10 million in bigger Otsego.

This isn’t necessarily because of county government itself. Spending by

Casale

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Cooperstown-drawn tourists and students at the Oneonta colleges are a huge source of sales-tax and bed-tax revenues. County Treasurer Dan Crowell has been pointing out for years that county property taxes are lower than in all but one or two of New York State’s 62 counties.

Unlike Sullivan, Otsego County isn’t “very challenged fiscally.” Fiscal success should allow us – it should require us – to be the best, to settle for no less.

• That’s what makes the emerging debate – whether a county manager or county

Marietta

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executive option would be helpful in providing Otsego County government with executive, administrative and professional firepower it doesn’t have now – so exciting.

Certainly, anyone with his or her eyes open who serves on the county board – or reports on its deliberations – recognizes that 14 part-time reps simply can’t administer 26 departments and a $110,000 budget, even without such crises as this year’s wrenching, time-consuming challenges in the sheriff’s department.

County Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/

Powers

Town of Otsego, is pressing his colleagues to include money in the 2018 budget for a study of manager models and a salary for a prospective hire, so the new board elected in November won’t have to worry about the fiscal implications in making a decision on the merits. The political implications will be thorny enough.

Marietta’s initiative prompted the venerable Tony Casale of Cooperstown, who used to represent the county in the state Assembly and is now a top adviser to state Please See EDITORIAL, A5

Of 57 Upstate Counties, Only 8, Otsego Included, Lack Exec Editor’s Note: This discussion of county manager and county executive options in New York State was prepared by the State Association of Counties by the Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute,

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ew York State’s 57 counties outside the City of New York have generally adopted one of three methods of county organization: • Charter counties with an elected executive or appointed administrative official, • Counties with an appointed manager or administrator organized under county law, and • Those operating under the administrative direction of an elected legislative body.

County Charters – 23 counties: 18 currently with county executives elected in countywide general elections and five with appointed administrators or managers.

Appointed Manager/Administrator – 21 counties

have administrators and 10 have managers.

Legislative Body – Eight counties provide oversight and administration through their board chair and/or committees that that have jurisdiction over specific departments.

The state Constitution delineates county governments’ powers and responsibilities through the Local Government Bill of Rights and the Statute of Local Governments.

County Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law establish the procedures and standards set forth by the state legislature.

County Law makes no provision for an elected executive and places all authority for governance of a county under the auspices of the elected legislative body.

Under county law, the legislative body is empowered to delegate certain administrative functions to the chair of the body, to committees formed to oversee operations and administration or to an Please See NYSAC, A5

LETTERS

Department-Head Evaluations One Way County Government Not Working To the Editor: glimmer of hope. ation from the department scheduled in advance to I am writing to continue This discussion comes at head, any evaluations from best coordinate the multiple the discussion about future a critical time as the county subordinates, and finally an parties involved. Yet relyof Otsego County governfaces continual operating evaluation completed by the ing on part-time legislators ment operations and achiev- challenges. Take for exhome committee supervisto carry out an evaluation ing success for taxpayers. ample the recent disconnect ing the Department Head. process is extremely limited I have outlined the many that arose in carrying out This information is used and has clear shortfalls. challenges we face with our evaluations for three depart- to facilitate the evaluation This issue became more current county ment heads discussion with the Departthan apparent with the government (also known as ment Head at a PRGS Com- most recently scheduled he operation. The Management & mittee meeting also attended evaluation meeting for three status Confidential or by the chair of the home status quo is department heads when not working, committee and any other their evaluations were not quo is M&C). and there is The county committee members who submitted and the chair of not working, and system involves want to participate. consensus that the home committee could there is consensus evaluations change must These meetings are not attend the meeting. occur, but there that change must for department is disagreement heads every occur, but there about the path other year. is disagreement forward.

The idea of an I am opevery-otherabout the path timistic that year approach forward.’ there is comis that the first mitment year a committo moving forward with tee is gauging how things examining Otsego County’s are going and working on government and leadergoals and the relationship. ship structure. In fact, at The second year is when the our most recent Strategic evaluation occurs. Another Planning Implementation factor is capacity and the Committee, there was full real difficulty in being able support for a recommento evaluate annually. dation of that committee The overall evaluation R. Scott Duncan photo being charged to address process is coordinated by Letter writer says lack of shoulders along county this issue. Whether the the Performance Review & roads create dangerous situations, action is through a commitGoal Setting (PRGS) Comtee-led study or engaging a mittee. The PRGS Comconsultant, there is clearly a mittee collects a self-evalu-

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Thus, multiple county reps and department heads lost work time and now will need to dedicate more time for a rescheduled evaluation meeting.

Overall, the value of only being evaluated every other year is problematic enough, but being evaluated by two committees (PRGS and the home committee) trying to coordinate the schedules of their part-time members is even more of an issue. And although this is the system

that has been used in the past and maybe is what can best be supported now, the impact and value are highly questionable.

Why continue to implement a system that doesn’t work? Now is the time for change. We need to improve our government operations to build a better future for Otsego County.

ANDREW MARIETTA County Representative Cooperstown/Town of Otsego

Main Reason For Highways? Allow Traffic To Move Safely To the Editor: Take a look at the picture.

What is wrong?

The state trooper is blocking the traffic flow and put him – or herself in a dangerous position. The traffic behind the cruiser is forced to go over into the other lane or wait for oncoming traffic to subside. This is a major highway.

This is all made possible because whoever is in charge of roads in this county forgot the main rea-

son for highways: To allow traffic to move safely.

Where are the shoulders so cars can pull of the road?

All we have around here is trenches. Did you see that truck that tipped over in the fall. It was across from Pop’s Place.

We should start keeping track of the cost of damages these trenches are causing to us.

R. SCOTT DUNCAN Hartwick Forrest

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ver the years we must Pennsylvania. admit that we have Plus, we have great trouble seen any number of understanding their seemingly local issues come and go. overwhelming fear that the However, the current hue and trucks hauling the natural gas, cry over transporting CNG, which have been described as compressed natural gas, “bombs,” will explode on the though this area would seem highway. And while we supto us to take the cake. pose such a scenario is posAny number of people who CATHERINE sible, we tend when it comes to LAKE have spent countless hours safety, or the lack thereof, on ELLSWORTH protesting the construction our highways, the many proof the Constitution pipeline, pane trucks plying the highwhich would have moved the natural ways and byways present much more gas from Pennsylvania to points in the danger to the public.

Northeast, are now protesting that the • natural gas is being trucked through our In fact, we have long thought that area.

LPG, liquid propane gas, presents a From OFD files We cannot help but wonder just what much greater danger than does any Burning natural gas spews these people thought would be done form of natural gas. From our online train derailment near with the natural gas being produced in Please See COLUMN, A5 after Oneonta on Feb. 12, 1974.

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

200 YEARS AGO

The President of the United States visited Hartford, Connecticut on Monday. He was received with every demonstration of joy and respect. He was escorted from Weathersfield by cavalry, and the very lengthy procession entered the city under three triumphal arches, erected upon the south bridge, tastefully decorated with evergreens and flowers. The address of the municipal authorities to the President is couched in language of high personal respect; of attachment to the Constitution, and of compliment to the heroes of our late war; and the present is emphatically hailed as a time “when the spirit of party, with its concomitant jealousies, and misrepresentations, no longer render alien to each other, those who ought to be bound together by paternal affection.” The President proceeded from Hartford to Springfield, Massachusetts to visit the Armory at that place, and from thence to New London. (Ed. Note: The President was then James Monroe who served as President from March 4, 1817 to March 4, 1825. The Monroe years were often referred to in the decades following as the “Era of Good Feeling.”)

July 3, 1817

175 YEARS AGO

Fourth of July – The sixty-sixth Anniversary of our National Independence will be celebrated on the ensuing July 4, by the Cooperstown Washington T.A. Society, at the Three Mile Point on Lake Otsego, where an oration will be pronounced by J.B. Wood, Esq. and a dinner provided.

The Cooperstown Band of Music has been engaged and other arrangements made, calculated to give interest to the occasion. Boats will be ready at the wharf, and it is desired that the provisions and all other necessaries shall be delivered as early as 8 o’clock in the morning, so that the flotilla may start precisely at 9 o’clock for the place of destination.

The Committee hereby extend an invitation to their fellow citizens, generally, to join in the festivities of the Day. By order of the Committee of Arrangements – John H. Prentiss, Chairman. (Note: John H. Prentiss was the editor and publisher of The Freeman’s Journal.

July 4, 1842

150 YEARS AGO

The Fourth of July – “The Spirit of 76” and the recollections of “the times that tried men’s souls,” are kept alive by such celebrations, and we hope they may never be abandoned. During the progress of our “four years Civil War” which cast a gloom over the entire country, and when the whole energies of the nation were severely taxed to meet

Why Truck If You Can Pipe?

COLUMN/From A4 research at http://www.diffen.com/difference/CNG_ vs_LPG, we learned the following concerning the safety of both about CNG and LPG: Since it is lighter than air, CNG, which is comprised of methane gas, easily disperses, which means, if there is a gas leak, the risk of fire is minimized.

On the other hand, since it is heavier than air, LPG, which is comprised of propane and butane gas, does not easily disperse and thus tends to pool, greatly increasing the risk of fire.

Additionally, it should be pointed out that, when burned, CNG releases much less greenhouse gas than does LPG. Yet, in spite of being safer and cleaner, CNG is being demonized while the less safe and more polluting LPG seems to be considered an acceptable fuel for heating in this area. Not only are there any number of LPG trucks on the highways, there are seemingly many LPG tanks located next to both homes and businesses throughout the area.

• In fact, we find the number of such tanks found just on upper Pioneer Street to be rather disturbing.

One of the first things we did when we moved here in 1982 was to have the LPG tank removed from our property. And now, of course, we find ourselves surrounded with such tanks, all of which have the potential to explode should there be a leak of LPG that might come in contact with something which would ignite the gas.

Interestingly enough, it must be pointed out that the worse gas disaster in this area was the train derailment in Colliersville on Feb. 12, 1974. A Delaware & Hudson freight train derailed that afternoon, puncturing a large propane tanker car that flipped over when several train cars left

the tracks. That accident sparked a fire that led to the explosion of three tanker cars.

Fifty-four people, including firefighters and members of the press, were injured in the blast. Plus, several nearby homes were damaged. Having seen a presentation on this train derailment at a CCS Alumni Association meeting, we have never forgotten the devastation caused by that accident.

• Additionally, we can remember during our time here in Cooperstown, three other fires started by malfunctioning LPG units. One occurred on the Sibley Gulf Road, which we believe resulted in a fatality. Another home on the East Lake Road burned as a result of a LPG leak.

And, of course, the fire that destroyed the original Thanksgiving Home was the result of a faulty LPG heater.

Therefore, we are indeed bemused that there is such concern over transporting CNG on the highways in this area, while LPG is deemed to be a safe form of fuel to be not only transported on our roads, but also to be stored by our homes and businesses.

And while there is a solution to getting the CNG trucks off our roads, namely building the Constitution pipeline, there would seem to be no desire, let alone a solution, to rid us of the far more dangerous, not to mention more polluting, LPG. 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.

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in that country, but by an awakening upon the part of the people of Germany to the fact that they must bear the great financial burden of the war.

July 4, 1917

75 YEARS AGO

The collection of implements and devices reflecting the activities of the people on New York State farms during the homespun age, which has been amassed in considerable volume at the Central Headquarters of the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, was dedicated with fitting ceremony on Saturday, July 4. It was a unique form of observing Independence Day. The exercises of the day were held in the Art Gallery, and the Hall of Life Masks, a place breathing the spirit of the period represented by the farm collection displayed in another part of the building.

Dr. Clifford L. Lord, director of the association, presided July 8, 1942 over the ceremonies, and at their close, in brief but impressive words, declared the Farmers’ Museum collections the demands upon life-blood and treasure, the Fourth was formally open. comparatively neglected – the nation was passing through July 8, 1942 an unusual experience and into a new life. Now, one of the bonds of re-union is to be found in a celebration of “Independence Day.” Miss Jane Forbes Clark, younger daughter of Mr. and July 5, 1867 Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, Jr., of Cooperstown, turned the first spade of earth as work got underway on the new $6,416,800 addition to Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital on Friday, June The Fourth of July probably never saw higher water 30. Attending the groundbreaking ceremony with Miss in Otsego Lake than was witnessed this year. The picnic Clark were Dr. Douglas S. Damrosch, director general of given by Nelson Hose Company on the Fourth was largely Bassett Hospital, Malcolm D. MacCoun, executive director, attended, and the boys say, “We had a first rate time, and all our visitors seemed to be well pleased.” The desirability and Mr. Clark, a trustee and executive committee member.

July 5, 1967 and utility of out-door sports was illustrated here on the Fourth instant, when several hundred people gathered on the grounds of the Athletic Association to witness the baseNational Geographic writer Thomas Horton is preparball playing. B.F. Murdock & Sons show windows “led the ing an article on the Chesapeake Bay which will focus on procession on the Fourth. Some lady must have had a hand the impact of the rivers and tributaries that feed into it. in the decorations. In one window was a representation of a flag, made of daisies, roses, forget-me-nots, etc. In the other “What goes in to Lake Otsego and the Susquehanna River ultimately winds up in Chesapeake Bay,” Horton says. “It window was a log cabin, with a cannon standing on one is essential for those whose lifestyles have an impact on side to which young America was applying a fuse.

July 7, 1892 the lake and river, do their utmost to improve the quality of those waters, which not only benefit the immediate area but make a substantial improvement on the Chesapeake,” Horton said. Horton has been writing about the Chesapeake The first dance of the season will be held at Hickory Grove pavilion this Wednesday evening, July 4, with music Bay for fifteen years as a journalist for the Baltimore Sun. In a joint meeting, Horton will meet with the members of by the Leatherstocking Orchestra.

Ambassador Gerard, speaking at a dinner of the New York the governing boards of Otsego 2000 and the Otsego County Conservation Association. Joining Horton in the project State Press Association at Ithaca, said that the war would not be won by the starvation of Germany, nor by revolution is National Geographic photographer Robert Madden.

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Convinced Of Merit, Frazier Revives Manager Idea EDITORIAL/From A4 GOP chairman Ed Cox, to voice support for an elected county executive, who he argued would have both majority support from county residents and accountability to them.

Interesting debate.

• Gerry Benjamin, who has consulted with numerous counties statewide over the years, said the idea of a county manager/executive usually emerges from a crisis – as in Sullivan County now. The decision, though, shouldn’t be reactive, but affirmative. “They need to know why they’re doing it,” he said.

A freshman, Marietta, who is regional director of NYCON, the state Council of Non-Profits, took the county’s $40,000 strategic plan seriously, and convinced his colleagues to create a Strategic Plan Implementation Committee to chart its application. The idea of a strategic plan, of course, is to identify four or five top priorities, accomplish them, set another four or five, and so on. It’s a systematic way to get the most important things done.

He’s recognized that, whatever the goals are, more firepower at the top will be needed to get them done, given that, while some of the reps are retired, more than half the reps are making livings in challenging occupations.

And key people are coming around.

Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, who chairs

the powerful Admin Committee as well as the Strategic Plan Committee, was miffed that Marietta, thinking the idea would be strangled in committee system, tried to bring the issue directly to the floor at the last county board meeting.

Frazier was miffed by the circumvention, but not by the idea itself. An RFP to find a consultant to do a salary survey of department heads, issued July 1, includes study of a top manager.

“No one on the board has a problem with looking at the need for, and implications of, a director of operations/ manager/administrator, etc.,” Frazier said in an e-mail.

Here’s another indication that the O/ M/A time may be coming: Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, said he may introduce the necessary resolution through the Performance Review & Goal-Setting Committee he chairs. County government has handed off too many responsibilities – for instance, purchasing to Onondaga County, he said: Somebody needs to keep track.

Sensibly, Frazier says the study shouldn’t be a rush job. Still, a reasonable deadline would add a bit of salutary urgency to the process, which should be guided by someone like Gerry Benjamin, who is an academic who’s walked the walk, at one point serving as chair of the Ulster County Legislature.

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In that interview, Benjamin offered a great deal of real-world advice.

One example: If a county is diverse, full of competing factions, an elected county executive might be the way to go, because he/she would have to assemble a working coalition to get elected, and once elected would have credibility to act.

In a more stable, homogeneous setting, a professional manager carrying out consensus programs of a board amicably working together might make more sense.

It’s hard to know which model Otsego County fits. There are two vigorous parties – diversity – but members of each coalesce around sensible ideas – common purpose. The 7-5 vote last month in favor of Marietta’s countymanager resolution was not enough to carry the day.

But the failed motion won bipartisan support: Republicans Powers, David Bliss of Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, and Len Carson, City of Oneonta, teamed up with Democrats Marietta, Andrew Stammel, Town of Oneonta, and Gary Koutnik and Kay Stuligross, who both represent the city along with Carson.

It was a disappointing outcome, but – given Frazier’s reopening the door to discussion – a temporary one. We’re in for a debate of an exciting question: How can Otsego County, indeed, be as good as it should and can be?

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Piece Of Otsego Lake History – The Susquehanna – Being Restored BOAT/From A1 son said that he was going to sell the boat to someone in Florida,” he said. “I countered his offer and told him that it belonged on Otsego Lake, and the other man never returned with another offer, so I bought it for salvage.”

Built in 1899, the 30foot long, 6-foot vessel was originally owned by John M. Bowers, a member of the early Cooperstown family, who, according to The Otsego Farmer in April 1899, had 16 workmen constructing a 500-foot boardwalk and 150-foot dock at his famous Lakeland mansion to accommodate the new boat.

The Susquehanna originally ran on naphtha, a liquid made of petroleum, coal tar and natural gas, before a conversion upgraded it to a four-cylinder gas engine.

“I found a lot of articles where they write about Mr. Bowers taking church and school groups out on the lake,” said Hogan, who is known countywide as president of the Arc Otsego board. “In August,

see the boat, and he obliged.

“She offered to go into a partnership and help fund a partial restoration,” he said.

At Miss Clark’s request, the boat was taken to Tom Krieg’s Boat Shop, now at its new location on County Highway 35 in Milford. “The decks are done, and now he’s working on sealing the hull,” said Hogan.

“I’ve had it out the last couple weeks to soak,” said Krieg.

Photo courtesy Jim Hogan “Getting it wet is the only way The Susquehanna was still a common sight in the to find where it leaks.”

1960s, plying the waters of Otsego Lake.

And in the workshop, Krieg polished up the brass it won the Class B race with timated at as much as $80,000, letters to once again let The a time of 40 minutes and 43 Hogan wasn’t sure what to do Susquehanna shine. seconds.” with the boat after he brought it Hogan hopes the boat will At one point during the home. “I’ve done work on my return to the water by next 1920s, it fell into disrepair, but own boats, but I’m not a boat summer. “I haven’t decided by 1932, Captain Levi Wood restorer,” he said. “I just like if I’m going to put an engine had purchased and restored working with my hands.” in it,” he said. “I may build a the boat, advertising chartered But fate had plans in the replica of the naphtha engine rides around the lake, including winds. “I ran into Jane Forbes and put it on display at the daily trips to Three Mile Point Clark at CVS and I told her Blue Mingo.” for those who wished to swim. about what I had found,” he Hogan’s love of boats began Pathfinder Lodge, the Meth- said. “She said she’d heard as a child at his family’s camp odist camp on East Lake Road, about The Susquehanna growon Caroga Lake. “I would owned the boat for a time, but ing up and she was pleased that stand on the dock and watch by 1975, it was tucked away it was back in Cooperstown.” this man go around the lake inside Morris’ barn.

As the conversations proin his Chris Craft,” he said. “I But with the restoration esgressed, Miss Clark asked to

County-Manager Concept Alive MANAGER/From A1 istrator, etc.,” he wrote in an email.

As a key player in board chair Kathy Clark’s leadership cadre and a possible candidate to succeed her Jan. 1, Frazier’s moderated outlook signals a meaningful shift in the prospects of a county-manager position.

As of now, Otsego is one of only eight of the 57 Upstate counties without such a key manager.

The issue has been in play for at least a decade, since former county board chair David W. Brenner, a retired SUNY Oneonta vice president and former Oneonta mayor, was commissioned by the county board in 2006 to study the question.

In his report, Brenner concluded the county should hire a manager, but that the rancor on the board at the time – Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, had been elected chair after he formed a coalition with Democratic reps – made it unlikely a manager entering such a milieu could succeed. Brenner suggested waiting until tempers cooled.

Last month, county Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/ Town of Otsego, frustrated that the county board’s committee system would prevent the county-manager idea from being considered, sought to introduce a resolution directly at the board meeting.

While Marietta’s colleagues approved the proposal, 7-5, he was unable to get the twothirds vote required to directly introduce a resolution to the full board.

His effort did spur acrimonious debate. “I thought you disrespected the process. I thought you disrespected me,” Frazier told Marietta.

At the Strategic Planning Implementation Committee on June 20, however, Marietta said he was surprised to find Frazier more open to the county-manager idea.

Marietta, who has been critical of the board’s ability to get things done, thinks money should be included in the 2018 budget to study and concept and fund the position, making it easier for a new board to be elected in November to move forward on the concept.

“There has to be some money in the budget to finalize the position or fund the position,” he said in an interview.

“Whether we utilize it or not, we have to have the placeholder.”

Frazier, in his e-mail, seemed

more inclined to take one step at a time. “Lots of stuff to look at,” he wrote. “We need to do it right, without a deadline. Doing an incomplete study to fit some make-believe deadline would be a huge error.”

However, he was clear the Strategic Planning committee “has been charged with reviewing Doug Brenner’s previous study and pulling from that specific items that should be updated/revisited/analyzed.

We’ll be discussing this at our next meeting in July.”

As might be expected, he referred to the City of Oneonta’s rocky start with a professional city manager – two were let go after losing the confidence of Common Council. That, said Frazier, “should cause everyone to take it one step at a time.”

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used to think, ‘I’m going to have one of those someday.’

He bought his first ChrisCraft in 1979 and spends as much time as he can out on the water with his sons Tom and

Chris.

And although he may never take The Susquehanna out on the lake, the restoration is still important. “It’s about preserving history,” he said.

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In 1972, the city purchased the house, but it sat empty until the formation of the Friends of Swart-Wilcox in 1983. The new organization raised the $100,000 necessary to match a grant they received to restore the home.

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n November 1988, the night before the “Women in Baseball” exhibit, Hall of Fame Chief Curator Ted Spencer was putting the finishing touches on the exhibit after hours when an older gentleman wandered in.

“He asked if any of the players would be at the opening,” recalled Spencer, now retired. “I told him they would be, and he said that his wife had played baseball for four years. She had died three years ago, and he was there for her.”

He offered to introduce the man to the players who were in town. “He told me, ‘She always said those were the best years of her life.’”

The exhibit was a surprise smash, with 1,200 people showing up opening day, 150 of them former All-American Girls Professional League ballplayers. “My grammar school teacher, Miss Mary Pratt, was there,” Spencer said. “When we started curating the exhibit, I remembered that she used to go away to play baseball. Her suitcase is part of the collection.”

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heir routes were around Otsego County, but three generations of the Ainslie family have traveled millions of miles to deliver the mail.

“My grandfather, William Ainslie, delivered the mail on a horse named Marshal,” said Jim Ainslie, a third-generation postal carrier on the Fly Creek route. “The horse knew every stop along the route, so in the winter, when my grandfather was in the carriage, Mitchell would stop at each house, and at the end, my grandfather would say ‘Home’ and the next thing he’d know, he’d be in his

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Over his postal career, Jim Ainslie has walked over a million miles, but – since grandfather William, in left photo Jim’s holding, started delivering in 1938, followed by his son (and Jim’s father) James – that number could be millions more.

driveway.”

Though he carries his deliveries by car, Ainslie was inducted June 13 into the U.S. Postal Service’s Million Mile Club in a ceremony at the Cooperstown Post Office, along with Mike Klein of Westford. “I travel 72 miles a day with 415 boxes,” he said. “I don’t know when I crossed that million-mile mark, but they’ve got a system where they calculate that.”

He imagines his grandfather and father, James Ainslie, also crossed that mark at some point.

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The “Diamond & Dreams” exhibit in the Baseball Hall of Fame includes the Rockford Peaches uniform star Geena Davis wore in the movie.

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Oscar & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma” premieres at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8.

The rest of the season’s offerings, Handel’s “Xerxes” and Donizetti’s “Seige of Calais,” open the following weekend, the 15th and 16th respectively.

Livestock Show: Celebrate youth in agriculture at the Junior Livestock Show. Opening night, Sunday, July 9, features $10 chicken BBQ, free ice cream social. Showing, contests Monday, Tuesday. Iroquois Farm, Route 33, Cooperstown.

Glow Run: Dress up as superhero or don glowing attire (or both) for half-mile run followed by evening of fun, music, snacks. Great for kids 10 and under. 7:45 p.m. Friday, July 7. At the 6th Ward Playground off River St., Oneonta.

Swart Wilcox 30th: Celebrate 30 years of conversion of Oneonta’s oldest surviving home into museum, and 210 years since Lawrence Swart built it.

Friends of Swart-Wilcox plan rememberances, music, refreshments, 1-3 p.m., Sunday, July 9, corner of Wilcox, Henry streets by River Street School, Oneonta Star-Studded Concert: Grammy nominated musician Krakauer performs and composer/performer Kathleen Tagg perform arrangements by John Zorn, Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, Cuban percussionist Roberto Rodriguez plus original compositions at 7:30 p.m.

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For 4-12 year olds. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

FLOW YOGA – 4-5:30 p.m.

Practice with certified instructor, Katie Lishansky. Welcoming all skill levels to learn the benefits of Vinyasa Flow Yoga.

Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. http://www.friendsofrecoverydo.org/events CANO EXHIBIT – 5-8 p.m.

Opening reception for the art exhibit by Christine Heller showing “NYS Suffragettes – Centennial Anniversary”, drawings & lithographs; Pooh Kaye showing “Clapper Lake Landscapes”, ink washes & animation; and Sarah Nguyen “Cave Dwellers”, paintings & paper cuttings. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

FABULOUS FRIDAY – 68:30 p.m. Come out for a 2part show. Bring the kids for a fun audience participation, magic and more. Stay for hits from the 60s, 70s, and 80s performed by Oneonta native Mary-Anne Ferree and her husband Ken. Includes Strawberry Shortcake served by the Oneonta History Center, and a chicken wing contest. Muller Plaza, Oneonta.

THEATER – 7 p.m. Local children perform James and the Giant Peach. Based on the story by Roald Dahl. Admission, $5. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. https://www. facebook.com/OrpheusTheatre SUPER Y GLOW RUN – 7:30 p.m. Run/Walk a half mile course dressed as your favorite super hero, or wearing glowing attire, or both. Fee, $13.70. 6th Ward Playground off River St., Oneonta.

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BLOOD DRIVE – 8 a.m.1 p.m. Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta. To make an appointment call 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown.

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 2 It’s Grill Day at the market. Come try free samples hot off the grill and get great ideas for those

summer parties. Dietz St., Oneonta.

BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m.

Have clean, recyclable bottles and cans on or visible from the curb to support the local Boy Scouts Troop 1254.

CHILDBIRTH CLASS – 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Recommended

by Bassett for the 7th or 8th month of pregnancy, this class teaches mothers and their partners the information and coping skills for active participation during labor and delivery. Registration required by the 5th month of pregnancy. Bassett Hall Auditorium, 31 Beaver St., Cooperstown.

ART EXHIBIT – 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Last day of the “Pushing Boundaries” art exhibit

by Marcie Schwartzman, Sculpture/Fiber & Clay, and Leandro Velasco, Painting/A mini- retrospective. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Call (607)547-5327 DANCE DEMONSTRATION – 10 a.m. Informative demonstration in the art of dance presented by Jillian’s Dance Arts. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 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.

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, Cooperstown.

BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION – 1-2:30 p.m. Check out an inspiring book from the display and then attend the discussion to share the story. Everyone reads a different book.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., 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 NaNoWriMo. Jen will present

prompts and other activities to get you writing. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

THEATER – 2 p.m. Local children perform James and the Giant Peach. Based on the story by Roald Dahl. Admission, $5. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. https://www. facebook.com/OrpheusTheatre 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.

ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. “Migration-Immigration: A Creative Depiction” opens depicting the arduous and dangerous path that has led many immigrant to the US throughout our history. Features the work of local artists working in water color, acrylics, orls, pen, ink, sculptures, and more. Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. http://cherrybranchgallery.com/ CONCERT – 7 p.m. The Blues Maneuver breaks out with their mighty horn section with a versatile repertoire of swing, blues, R&B and oldies. Free. Bring lawn chairs, comfortable, shoes and jackets. Pathfinder Village, 3 Chenango Rd., Edmeston. Call (607) 965-8377 ext. 126 or visit https://www.facebook. com/PathfinderVillage/ THEATER – 7 p.m. Local teens perform Legally Blonde the Musical. Based on the hit film. Admission, $5. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. https://www.facebook.com/ OrpheusTheatre VEDIC FIRE CEREMONY – 7 p.m. Astrology lecture & Potluck dinner, chants in Sanskrit and English. Bring chairs, prayers, and a dish to share. All are welcome. $10 donation. Darling Hill Farm Retreat, 404 Ed Herman Rd., Westford. Call Story Lucile at (201)934-7355 or Tapash at (732) 267-5722.

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Hall of Fame Exhibit Inspired ‘League of Their Own’ LEAGUE/From B1 “Awakenings” director Penny Marshall was also on hand, having read the exhibit’s press release. “She had talked to Bill Guilfoile” – then Hall public relations vice president – “and me about writing a movie about women ball players, so she came and listened to all their stories. And at the end of the weekend, she said ‘I’m William Ainslie receives a fabled gold watch at the doing this.’”

Cooperstown Post Office in 1971 on retiring after Two years later, Marshall 33 years delivering mail – and founding a family was back in Cooperstown, tradition. filming “A League of Their Own,” starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell. The film, which celebrated its said. “I do my best to take POSTMEN/From B1 25th anniversary on Tuescare of them.” with Marshal, he soon day, July 4, went on to And he’s had more than moved to a Chevy – tobecome a smash hit, and an a few chances to prove that. enduring one. It was chosen day, grandson Jim has put “There was one woman who for preservation as part of thousands of miles on his always came out to get her Honday CRV – and delivthe National Film Registry ered until 1971. “He retired mail, every single day,” he in 2012. said. “I hadn’t seen her in a with a gold watch and “The exhibit was only a few days, so I told the post- 12-foot case against a wall,” everything,” said Jim. master and he sent someone said Spencer. “So they creSon James started in 1956 over to check on her. She as a substitute on his dad’s ated a whole new exhibit in had fallen down the stairs route, and picked it up full the Cooperstown Room for and had been lying there for the scene. It was so nice that time in 1985. He retired in two days.”

1999. we wanted to keep it, but Another time, he heard a “There was a man along since the movie wasn’t out man crying out in pain and his route who had a mean yet, it wouldn’t have made dog on a chain that was just went inside to find him lysense to visitors.” long enough that, if my dad ing on the floor. “I called an But they did keep several ambulance and stayed with didn’t park exactly right, props, including costumes, him,” he said. “Turns out the dog could bite into his one of Dottie’s (Geena his appendix had burst.” tires,” said Jim. “And my Davis) hats, a Jimmy Dugan He even has a few furry dad had to replace two tires (Tom Hanks) baseball card friends who entertain him that he bit right through!” and some of the Harvey And though Jim had nev- along the route. “One chocolate bars. “They had dog, Miss Sissy, greets er intended to follow in his made a Hall of Fame plaque me every day to get her father’s footsteps, by 1987 for Jimmy Dugan, but when ear scratched,” he said. he heard his legacy callthey put it in, they couldn’t “Once, I needed a signature get the lighting in the galing. “I never thought that on a package, and while would be me,” he said. “I lery right, so they shot a the woman was signing, I used my graduation money scene in the Great Mosaw her dog run into the to buy my first printing ments room instead. I wish press and ran Heritage Press kitchen, grab the turkey off we could have kept that the counter and run into the in Richfield Springs, but I plaque!” next room with it.” wanted a steady paycheck Two were made; Spencer But that doesn’t mean and benefits.” believes that Hanks and that they’re all good dogs.

He started as a subMarshall have the originals.

“A lot of them bite,” he stitute carrier part-time And locals got involved said. “It’s a big problem.” before moving to full-time too. “There was an ad in the And he even says he met in 1990. “I’m RD1 out of paper looking for extras, the “love of my life” on Cooperstown,” he said. “I and my whole family went,” cover Pierstown, Fly Creek, his mail route. Though he said Lucy Schaeffer, a kept her identity a secret, he photographer now living in Schuyler Lake and Toddsgave away this fact: “She’s ville.”

Brooklyn, who was 14 when And being a postal carrier the nicest lady in all of Fly the movie was filmed. “Just Creek.” led to some wild encounmy brother Michael and my And although none of ters. “I delivered a package dad Bill got picked for the his three children intend from Victoria’s Secret to scene.” to follow in their father’s a woman who offered to But on the day of filming, legacy – at least, they aren’t the casting director wanted model it for me,” he said. aware they are so far – he “I said ‘no’ very politely. It a redheaded girl. “Michael has grandchildren he hopes was funny, but strange.” told her I had red hair, so I might pick up his mailbag.

Jim Atwell, the columgot bumped from extra to “The best part is getting to nist, even wrote about him being in Kit’s family.” know people, getting to be bringing his own shovel to And even better, she was part of their lives,” he said. dig out his mailbox after a given a line. As Kit (Kath“Some of my best friends snowstorm. “The best part leen Butler) is looking over are along this route.” is the people you meet,” he

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We need a redhead, the director said, and Lucy Schaeffer, behind actress Jody Foster, was promoted to a speaking role in “League of Their Own” when the film’s finale was filmed in Cooperstown in 1992. Her pay rose from $50 to $400 for speaking one line.

the exhibit, Lucy says, “Is that you, grandma?”

“Penny Marshall added that line just for me,” she said. “She also gave me a camera that I was supposed to take pictures on, and I thought I would get to keep the film. I was disappointed that I didn’t!”

Extras were paid $50 for the day; Lucy, $400. “My brother was so mad,” she teased. “I wasn’t even supposed to be in there!”

And although her name was not in the credits, she got to attend the premier in New York City. “It was fun to watch on the big screen,” she said. “I was able to pick out people that I knew.”

And she still occasionally

gets recognized. “At the bodega in my neighborhood, the owner said ‘I’m sure this isn’t true, but my sister Today, Lucy made me ask is a photog- – were you in rapher in ‘A League of Brooklyn. their Own?’” I guess I still look like I did back then.”

A quarter century after the premier, you can still get a “There’s No Crying in Baseball!” shirt at several locations in Cooperstown, and the Clark Sports Center hosted a special screening held Saturday, July 1, at Doubleday Field.

But when Spencer finally saw the film, one scene especially stuck out. “Mark Holton, who plays the adult Stillwell Gardner, says he’s there on behalf of his mother, Evelyn (Bitty Schram) who has died,” said Spencer.

“And he tells Dottie ‘She always said those were the best years of her life’.”

Those were the words that gentleman delivered to Spencer the night before the “Women in Baseball” exhibit would change our understanding of the game’s history. “I was completely blown away,” he said. “I had related the story of that man to Penny Marshall that first weekend she was here.”

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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: 648 74th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11209.

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Court of the State of New York County of Otsego Action to foreclose a mortgage Index #: 2017-174 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-wmc2 Plaintiff Vs Christine A. Ryan, Daniel Crowell Otsego County Treasurer, Unknown Heirs to the estate of Joseph L. Popp as Heir to the Estate of if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, Citibank, N.A., Otsego County Clerk, People of the State of New York, Reinhardt Home Heating, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, John Doe (those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.)

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Oneonta, NY 13820 SBL #: 288.183-55 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York).

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie.

Trial to be held in the County of Otsego.

The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.

TO Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Joseph L. Popp Defendant in this Action.

The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Michael V. Coccoma of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the Sixteenth day of June, 2017 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego, in the City of Coopers town.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Joseph L. Popp (who died on June 27, 2006, a resident of the county of Otsego, State of New York) to secure the sum of $180,500.00.

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The property in question is described as follows: 46 MAPLE STREET, ONEONTA, NY 13820 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: June 28, 2017 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: PAUPER PRINCE, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 19 June 2017.

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act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalJul.27 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of HES TRADE, LLC. Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/27/2017.

Office location: County of Otsego.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Muhammed Kaya, 804 Livingston Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of 38 ELM STREET, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on June 13, 2017. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 38 Elm Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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Notice of Formation of Emme Creative Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/9/2017.

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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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 2968 CO HWY 11 Realty Group, LLC Filed 4/26/17 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 24 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJul.20 Legal nOtice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Susquehanna Optometry PLLC Filed 4/28/17 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 17 Susquehanna Avenue, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJul.20 Legal nOtice

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF S&J LODGING, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/19/2017.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 2443 State Highway 28, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Brothers Half Properties, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/23/2017.

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.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1253 State Highway 51, Gilbertsville, NY 13776.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name Whirl Series, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/12/17.

Office location: Otsego County.

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

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

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Notice of Formation of WOOD BAT FACTORY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/26/2017.

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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Notice of Formation of a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC).

BACKUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC,

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Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on 1/31/17.

NY office location: OTSEGO County.

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.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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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.

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.

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: SCHLATHER & KINLEY CPAs PLLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 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 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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

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Saturday, July 8

HOME GAME – 7 p.m. The Oneonta Outlaws vs. Glens Falls Dragons. Damaschke Field, Oneonta.

Sunday, July 9

TOUR DE FRENCH FRY – 9 a.m. Ride your bike on either the 23.5 mile route or the 40.5 mile route and then watch stage 9 of the Tour de France with your biking friends. Enjoy food and drinks while also raising money for the Cooperstown Food Pantry.

Tryon Inn, 124 Main St., Cherry Valley.

HISTORY DAY – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Enjoy the Middlefield Historical Community Day featuring craft vendor, hot food & bake sale, live music, and tours of the School House Museum with Historical artifacts on display. Also, enter a decorated sheet cake into the contest by 1 p.m. Old District No. 1 Schoolhouse, Co. Hwy. 35, Middlefield. http://www. middlefieldhistorical.org/ 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.

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TRUNK SHOW – 12:30-1:30 p.m. See Saturday Listing.

SW BIRTHDAY – 1-3 p.m.

Celebrate the 30th birthday of the Swart-Wilcox House Museum. Features “Rememberances” by the Friends of Swart-Wilcox, music by Kathy Shimberg and Local Seisiun Trio, and a birthday cake.

Free and open to the public with informal tours. Bring your own lawn chair. Swart-Wilcox House, Junction of Wilcox Ave. & Henry St., Oneonta.

PADDLE & PULL – 1-3 p.m., Bring your Canoe or Kayak and enjoy a leisurely paddle on Goodyear Lake.

OCCA has been working to remove

invasive Water Chestnuts and now you can enjoy the benefits. If you find any stumps, OCCA will pull them up. Bring water, sunscreen, and a hat.

Meeting at the Portlandville Fishing Access site on Rt. 28.

THEATER – 2 p.m. Local teens perform Legally Blonde the Musical. Based on the hit film. Admission, $5. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. https://www.facebook.com/ OrpheusTheatre ANTI-RENT WAR VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. The Templeton players perform short vignettes portraying historical events, characters, and folklore. The Farmers

Cooperstown.

LIVESTOCK SHOW – 5 p.m. Celebrate the opening of the Junior Livestock show at a BBQ and free ice cream social. Iroquois Farm Show Grounds, 1659 County Highway 33, Cooperstown.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

The summer music festival continues with ‘Breath and Hammer: Clarinet, Piano and Beyond” presented by clarinetist David Krakauer and pianist Kathleen Tagg.

Tickets, $25 adults, $15 students. Star Theater, 44 Main Street, Cherry Valley.

Monday, July 10

LIVESTOCK SHOW – 9:30 a.m. Judging begins for the animal and showmanship classes. Discuss safe spaces on the farm at 5 p.m. Prizes for the best poster in the farm safety for kidz contest will be awarded at 6 p.m.

Iroquois Farm Show Grounds, 1659 County Highway 33, Cooperstown.

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 9:30 a.m.-Noon. Learn how to actively manage your highblood pressure in an evidence based way with a group of your peers. Frank J. Basloe Library, 245 N Main St, Herkimer. call (607)547-3360 or e-mail LivingWellSessions@ bassett.org COOKING CLASS – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Learn to cook healthy meals while having some summer fun. Registration required. Spring Park, St. Hwy. 20 & Church St., Richfield Springs. Call 607547-2536 or e-mail otsego@ cornell.edu to register.

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 1-3:30 p.m. Learn how to actively manage your high-blood pressure in an evidence based way with a group of your peers. Frank J. Basloe Library, 245 N Main St, Herkimer. call (607)5473360 or e-mail LivingWellSes-

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Non-instructional drawing with a live model. All skill levels welcome. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12 per class. The Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 435-8718 or visit COMPUTER CLASS – 6:307:30 p.m. Learn how to work with spreadsheets and formulas in the Introduction to Excel class. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., 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

Tuesday, July 11

LIVESTOCK SHOW – 9 a.m.

Judging continues until 2:30 p.m. when the prizes are awarded followed by a parade of champions. Iroquois Farm Show Grounds, 1659 County Highway 33, Cooperstown.

STORY TIME – 10:30 a.m.

Spend a morning with your child listening to a story.

Then enjoy a sing-a-long, or do some arts and crafts. For children pre-school thru first grade accompanied by an adult. Filers Corners School, The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

FCAHS LUNCHEON – 11:30 a.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society Luncheon, 210 Cemetery Rd, Fly Creek AFTERNOON EXPLORATION – 1:15-2 p.m. Children can continue to learn in the summer. Each week bring them to read a few chapters with the staff followed by a fun craft or activity. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

KNITTING GROUP – 1:303:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 5-7:30 p.m. Learn how to actively manage your highblood pressure in an evidence based way with a group of your peers. Bassett Medical Center, Clinic Building, 1 Atwell Rd, Cooperstown. call (607)547-3360 or e-mail LivingWellSessions@bassett.org HYDE HALL VIGNETTES – 6-9 p.m. Explore Clark family history through live vignettes.

1 hour tours, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm. Cost, $15. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown.

HOME GAME – 7 p.m. The Oneonta Outlaws vs. The Onondaga Flames. Damaschke Field, Oneonta.

LAKEFRONT CONCERT – 7 p.m. Cooperstown Community Band celebrates 156 years of patriotic marches, Broadway show tunes, dixieland, jazz, themes and other favorites.

Bandstand in the Lakefront Park, Cooperstown.

Wednesday, July 12

COOKING CLASS – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Learn to cook healthy meals while having some summer fun. Registration required. Wilber Park, Oneonta. Call 607-547-2536 or e-mail otsego@cornell.edu to register.

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Ice Cream Social & Roast!

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In the heart of downtown Oneonta at 214 Main Street, join us as we officially welcome and celebrate this new business to Main Street!

Sat. July 15 • 5:00 pm

Thursday, July 13th • 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Sawmill Suites • 55 Grove Street • Cooperstown

In Celebration of the Principal Financial Group’s 5 Year Anniversary in Cooperstown, the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce and Jason Tabor, Senior Financial Representative, invite you to an Ice Cream Social and Hot Dog Roast Business After Hours Event. Enjoy an evening of networking and socializing with live music from the local band, Ditch Kids.

RSVP to Kasondra Hughes by Tuesday July 11 at 432-4500 ext 207 or e-mail at kasondra@otsegocc.com

Pro Shop: 518-673-8183 • Email:canjogolf@gmail.com 154 Golf Club Road, Canajoharie New York 13317 Restaurant: 518-673-3635 www.canajohariecountryclub.com

Have a sampling of a Latin cuisine their specialty is to infuse flavors and use unexpected culinary ingredients to form eclectic fun dishes. Inspired by South American neighbors and the tropical islands as well as Asian influences our palate is provocative and trendy.

Come and Experience South America our way…

A New & Trendy Way! RSVP Kasondra Hughes, Member Services Coordinator Kasondra@otsego.cc or call 607-432-4500 X 207 The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce 189 Main Street, Suite 201 • Oneonta www.otsegocc.com

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OBITUARIES Rites Saturday For Bob Moyer, Retired Wilber Bank President ONEONTA – The funeral mass for Robert W. Moyer, the retired Wilber Bank president who passed away last December, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 8. Due to renovations at St. Mary’s, it will be celebrated at St. James Episcopal Church, 203 Main St. Following the service, Bob’s children Kathy (Dragon), Terri and Scott welcome friends, family and colleagues to a recep-

tion honoring Bob’s life and the contributions he and his wife Joan made to the community. The Bob Moyer reception will be 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Foreman Gallery at Hartwick College’s Anderson Center for the Arts. Parking is available.

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The Rev. John Morris Dougherty, 88; Milford Center Baptist Church Pastor ONEONTA – The Rev. John Morris Dougherty, 88, who retired in 2001 as pastor of the West Oneonta Baptist Church, passed away on June 24, 2017.

He was born on Feb. 19, 1929, in Philadelphia, son of Earle and Florence Dougherty, and accepted Jesus as his personal savior on Sept. 15, 1948.

He earned a bachelor’s in mathematics at The King’s College and a degree in pastoral studies from Moody Bible Institute, becoming an ordained minister in 1955. He earned his doctorate of theology degree from Burton School of Theology.

He served as pastor at Milford Center Baptist Church, Milford Center, under AMOC (American Mission for Opening Closed Churches), and later became its director of deputation in Buffalo.

After leaving the mission, he served as pastor at Calvary Independent Church in Harrisburg, Pa. and Hedstrom Memorial Baptist Church in Buffalo, before arriving at West

Oneonta Baptist Church.

After his retirement, he continued to teach and preach at a number of local churches. He led several tour of the Holey Land.

He was also a socPastor John cer and basketball refDougherty eree for a many years in the Buffalo and Oneonta areas, and he received the 2004 NYSCOS Distinguished Service Award. He was an avid sports fan his entire life.

Pastor Dougherty met Edith Suderman while singing in the Moody Chorale. They were engaged on Feb. 5, 1954, and married on June 26, 1955.

Daughter Cheryl Joy was born in 1956; sons David John in 1959 and Stephen Paul in 1962, and daughter Karen Joyce in 1973.

John is survived by his wife of 62 years, Edith, daughters Karen and Cheryl and her husband Michael

Sperring; daughter-in-law Karen Foreman; son Stephen and his wife Lisabeth, grandchildren Nathan, Jonathan, Stephanie, David, Daniel, Jessica, Melissa, Rachael, Samantha, Anastasia, Michael, Scotty, and their great-grandchildren Nathan, Anastasia, Scarlett, Jonah, Abigail, Caleb, Emmeline, Mason, Kaia, and Jordan, niece Susan Hama, and nephew Paul Higley. Added to that are the many wonderful friends he has been blessed with throughout his life.

He is predeceased by his son David, his parents, and his sister and brotherin-law Daniel and Marge Higley.

A memorial service was Friday, June 30, at the West Oneonta Baptist Church, followed by burial at the Milford Center Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to West Oneonta Baptist Church or Leadership Vistas which trains pastors in Africa, a cause which was dear to John’s heart (leadershipvistas.org).

Arrangement were with the Bookhout Funeral Home.

Ernest Ahlers, Cherry Valley, Stricken By MS Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

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.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 www.grummonsfuneralhome.com

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CHERRY VALLEY – Ernest R. Ahlers, 68, who worked at the Tryon Inn and other establishments for many years as he battled progressive multiple scleroris, passed away peacefully at his home on June 24, 2017.

Ernie was born on Dec. 29, 1948, in Cooperstown to the late Karl and Hilda Ahlers, and spent his young life between Cherry Valley and visiting family in New York City.

A graduate of Cherry Valley Central School, Ernie served in Vietnam, and then worked many jobs – driving trucks, excavation, as a school bus driver and at The Tryon.

He was friend, community member, father and grandfather, with a radiant smile and the ability to engage anyone into lively conversation. He loved his church, his family, the Yankees and the Jets – and Cherry Valley and the people who make up the community.

He joins many who have passed too soon before him, like his sister Karin and her husband John Reuhl, and many other close friends.

Survivors include 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 Roseboom. Also, 12 grandchildren: Tommy and Jack Moyer, Alexa, Saphire, Camran and Garrett Ahlers, Jaden, Xavier and Zophia Ekseth and Jillian, Lana and Austin Rockwell. Also, niece Stacy Reuhl of California.

Funeral Services were Friday, June 30, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, followed by burial in Roseboom Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to National MS Society or to the American Diabetes Association.

Arrangements were with the Ottman Funeral Home,.

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CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

FINANCED READY TO TRAP SHOOT – 1 p.m.

Nicely furnished twoBUILD LOTS FOR SALE: Practice your trap shooting bedroom, 2nd floor apt.

Prestigious Winney Hill ComLocated off I -88, Exit 16 mons address! School, ten- with 25’s. Cost $3 per 25.

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Michael Leahy, author of 432-4391. ral gas. Owner financing: “The Last Innocents: The ColTFN $35,000 price, $5,000 down, lision of the Turbulent Sixties $30,000 @ 5% for 5 years and the Los Angeles DodgBUSINESS OPPORTUNITY $566 per month. Call today, ers,� comes to the Baseball build your future home Hall of Fame to discuss the tomorrow! Contact Rodger book and take questions from TURN-KEY BUSINESS FOR Moran, Benson Agency Real the audience, followed by a SALE! Thriving Downtown Estate, LLC (607) 287-1559. book signing in the atrium.

Oneonta Eatery seeks new Bullpen Theater, Baseball Hall TFN business owner/operator. of Fame.

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP – 1-3:30 p.m. Learn how to actively manage your highblood pressure in an evidence based way with a group of your peers. St. Thomas the Apostle, 1 Church St, Cherry Valley. call (607)547-3360 or e-mail LivingWellSessions@ bassett.org DISCUSSION GROUP – 3-5 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

MINECRAFT – 3:30-5:30 p.m. Open hours, no registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

TRAP SHOOT – 6 p.m. Practice your trap shooting with 5’s. Cost $1 per 5. Crumhorn Rod & Gun Club, 574 Crumhorn Lake Rd., Maryland. Call Clean & Efficient Brian Cole (607)638-9379.

Reasonable Rates FAMILY EVENING – 6:30Drywall/Plaster Install 7:30 p.m. Bring the kids to & Repairs the Dancing Bear Puppet Rich Bartlett Theaters performance of “The Professional Painting 3 Little Pigs.� Cooperstown Fully Insured Village Library.

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Mohican Farm. Meet at the Mohican Farm Office, 7207 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown.

WALKING TOUR – 7 p.m.

Learn the history of Oneonta circa 1917 with Gary Couse.

Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Call (607)432-0960 or visit THEATER – 7 p.m. The Glimmer Globe Theater presents William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.� The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

HOME GAME – 7 p.m. The Oneonta Outlaws vs. The Amsterdam Mohawks. Damaschke Field, Oneonta.

COMMUNITY CONCERT – 7-8.30 p.m. Presenting classic old time country music by “Country & Wes.� Held at the Historic Bandstand, Spring Park, Main St., Richfield Springs.

Thursday, July 13

LA LECHE NURSERY – 10 a.m. Where mothers can breast feed their children among like minded mothers.

Downstairs Nursery, First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

(607)638-9058 or visit SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOK CLUB – 5-7 p.m. Come to the very first meeting. Discuss “No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality� by Jordan Flaherty. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Cooperstown.

GENTLE YOGA – 5-6:30 p.m. Practice with certified instructor, Tracy Verma.

Welcoming all skill levels to learn the benefits of Gentle Yoga. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

ONEONTA 5K – 5:30-6:30 p.m. Support the Oneonta YMCA and historic Damaschke field in this race through downtown Oneonta.

Runners can stay for the Oneonta Outlaw game at 7 p.m. Ends at Damaschke Field, Oneonta.

YARN CLUB – 6-7:45 p.m.

For knitters and crotcheters of all skill levels and accompanied youths. Come work together and learn a new skill with April from April’s Yarn Basket. Huntington Park Oneonta.

MUSIC AT THE MANSION – 6:30-8 p.m. Free monthly event features open mic for solo and small ensemble musicians followed by an intermission and then the featured performance by one-man-show, Fritz Henry.

Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Parcel #1 House & Garage on 4.09 Acres: Appx. 3,100 square feet contemporary home features geo-thermal heating system, ďŹ replace, walkin basement, cedar & stone siding, drilled well, large porch, and stamped concrete patio next to a periodic waterfall. The ďŹ rst oor features the main kitchen, dining room, living room, family room, laundry/2nd kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bath, and pantry. The second oor has 2 bedrooms, bath, and screened sleeping porch. In addition, there is a 3 level “carriage houseâ€? with a large garage bay that has reinforced concrete for a post lift, and 2 rooms each on the ďŹ rst and second oors, and an open room on the third oor. It hasn’t been completed, but it is plumbed to the house septic and has radiant tubing in the garage oor. Both buildings sit secluded up a long gravel drive. There is also a second building site on this property with electric.

Parcel #2 25.55 Acres: Predominantly wooded, laying along one side and behind Parcel #1. This parcel has a logging trail that could be developed into a driveway leading up to at least a couple of potential home sites. To be offered separately and in combination with Parcel #1.

Terms: High bidder(s) will deposit $15,000 for Parcel #1, $5,000 for Parcel #2 the day of the auction. Balance due at closing on or about September 10, 2017. Contract has no contingencies. Any inspections desired must be done prior to the auction. Sellers guarantee marketable and insurable title.

Open House: Saturday, July 15th @ 9:00 – 11:00 am Visit www.lambrechtauction.com to obtain our “Bidder Packet� which includes, more detailed information, maps, taxes, a copy of the purchase contract, terms, and much more.

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