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ree tuition for all, Governor Cuomo’s Excelsior Program seemed to promise when it was unveiled last year. Well, not quite, Kevin Jensen, SUNY Oneonta associate vice president & enrollment management, cautioned the other day in an interview anticipating the Thursday, Aug. 24, arrival of the first Excelsior students, the Class
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4-year-olds Zane Massey of Springfield Center, and Alden Falco, Albany, visiting grandpa Alden Witham in Sharon Springs, get in the spirit of Roseboom Antique Power Days, which was revived last weekend after a year’s hiatus.
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U.S. Circuit Court has affirmed the state Department of Conservation’s decision not to grant necessary waterquality permits to the Constitution Pipeline, planned to carry fracked natural gas from Northeast Pennsylvania to East Coast markets. Pipeline foes hailed the decision, issued Friday, Aug. 18, as a victory. But the pipeline company said another court decision has given jurisdiction to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where it is hoping for a different outcome. APPOINTMENT DUE: The Otsego Now board was planning to appoint a successor to Sandy Mathes, its president, when it met at 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24. ROADWORK NEAR: Merchants complained about the impact on parking of the Pioneer Street reconsturction due to start after Labor Day. Details at
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of 2021. Classes begin Monday, Aug. 28 at both SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. Excelsior, he emphasized, is a “last dollar” program, intended to close the final gap for stu-
dents whose families’ incomes are $100,000 or less, and who might not otherwise be able to afford SUNY Oneonta or the 61 other colleges and universities in the state system. “You might get $12, you might get $2,000,” he said. Federal tuition assistance programs like Pell Grants and existing state aid must be tapped first before students qualify for the “final dollar.” Still, Jensen, from briefings for him and his counterparts at other SUNY schools, said Excelsior is expected to have a significant impact Please See EXCELSIOR, A7
SUN MEETS MOON IN OTSEGO’S SKIES Arthur Fumarola, 12, of Matawan, N.J., a player at Cooperstown Dreams Park, was among oglers lining Main Street during this week’s eclipse. With him are, from left, dad Jim, mom Andrea, sister Juliet and cousin Elizabeth.
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or a moment, Robert Iversen, Cooperstown, was worried he might miss the eclipse. A Robert Iversen “The images from clouds cov- southern Illinois. ered everything,” he said. “But then we saw the sliver of sun, just before the totality, and then it got very dark, like midnight in Cooperstown. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.” Iversen and his mother, Tamara Razzano, Little Falls, drove to Carbondale, Ill., to observe the full solar eclipse from the backyard of a friend’s house. “Down the street, the University of Southern Illinois Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Please See ECLIPSE, A3
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worship service,” Pastor Barrett said the other day, confirming the purchase of the Milford Manors Farm store on Route 28. For now, the congregation will worship in the store as the new church rises in the front parking lot. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal With the charred ruin Burton Kaplan at his Magic Mounas goad (it has since been tain Music Farm, which is planning demolished), Barrett put Please See CHURCH, B8 25th anniversary concerts in Gilbertsville Labor Day Weekend.
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or 30 years now, Burton Kaplan has been tinkering, tinkering at his Magic Mountain Music Farm on a secluded hilltop just over the Morris town line from Gilbertsville. “I believe the job of the teacher is to find the key to the engine – then give the student Please See KAPLAN, B8
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in Bin Alley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hage, and Ms. Penny Gentile won top awards in the 2017 Cooperstown Beautification Contest, Clark Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark announced Monday, Aug. 21. “Over 60 years ago, my grandmother, Susan Vanderpoel Clark, founded the Cooperstown Beautification Contest to recognize the tremendous time and effort so many of our residents take to make our village look welcoming and beautiful,” Miss Clark said. “She would be so pleased to see how this unique tradition has continued on to make this village even more special.” This year’s judges are George Crosby, SUNY Cobleskill professor of plant science, a regular speaker at horticultural events, and James Dempsey, owner of Studio Herbage Florist in Johnstown, one of only 21 florists in the state certified by the American Institute of Floral Designers, whose projects include Pasadena’s Parade of Roses and the inaugurals of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. First-place winners are: ►CATEGORY I: Tin Bin Alley, 114 Main St., operated by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fink, took first place in Category I, Most Attractive Floral Display In A Business Setting. Judge’s Comments: “Bold and bodacious, full and fresh, these planters compliment the store front extremely well. Colors
Ursula and Chuck Hage, 73 Pioneer St., won first place for “Most Effective Overall Planting Which Enhances A Residential Property.”
blend harmoniously and Other CATEGORY I Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal plant placement within winners are: Mary Fink, second from right, and husband Mike won first place for “Most containers is outstanding.” Second: Hard Ball Café, Attractive Floral Display In A Business Setting” for their Tin Bin Alley, 114 ►CATEGORY II: 99 Main St., Perry Ferrara Main. It’s a family effort, Mary avows: Helping her are, from left, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hage, Judge’s Comments: Whitney Fink, her mom Diane Gamble and Mike’s mom Sue Fink. Whitney’s brother Jesse also works in the store, as does Macklin Brigham. 73 Pioneer St., won Category With fun mix of edibles II, Most Effective Overall and ornamentals and full of Honorable Mention: Judge’s Comments: Judge’s Comments: These Planting Which Enhances A color, this planting really Slices Pizzeria, 46 Perennial flowers and large and ample planter Residential Property, As Seen pops! Flowers top the fence Pioneer St. groundcover are a great boxes are full of wonderful From The Street. nicely and provide a great Toscano Restaurant, alternative to a traditional texture and color, inviting Judge’s Comments: street buffer. 64 Main St. lawn, creating a dynamic visitors to have a seat in a “Taller, edge plants frame the Third: Pioneer Patio, Tunnicliff Inn, 34 and inviting landscape. rocking chair. We especially residence and move the eye 46 Pioneer St., Mr. and Pioneer St. Third: 51 Chestnut St., like the mix of colors and to the front door. A blend of Mrs. Richard Busse Other CATEGORY II Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhn how well the boxes have woody and herbaceous plant Judge’s Comments: The winners are: Judge’s Comments: filled out. material and broad range of use of bold, bright colors Second: 101 Pioneer St., Lots to see in this wonThird: 18 Main St., Lou color and texture gives this entice visitors to take a Finn Jensen and Rosemary derfully full planting that Allstadt and Melinda Hardin property great appeal.” stroll down this walkway. McCabe is particularly visually Judge’s Comments: These ►CATEGORY III: stimulating! The landscape colors in these planters are Ms. Penny Gentile, 20 complements the residence just perfect and really comNelson Ave., won Category extremely well. plement the building brick III, Most Appropriate ResiHonorable Mention: of the residence. We espedential Or Business Window 18 Main St., Lou Allstadt cially like how the planters Box Or Boxes And/Or and Melinda Hardin fit in with the surrounding Hanging Basket Or Baskets. 9 Pioneer St., Mr. Rick landscape. Judge’s Comments: These Hulse Honorable Mention: wonderful window boxes 108 Pioneer St., 21 Glen Ave., Mr. George and hanging baskets are a Dr. Jose Raul Monzon and Emerick, Jr. bit wild and certainly eyeDr. Bridget O’Mara 202 Main St., Main Street catching. We like them the Other CATEGORY III Bed & Breakfast, Mr. and first time we saw them and winners are: Mrs. Ron Streek even more the second. Plant Penny Gentile’s Nelson Avenue Pines B&B Second: Inn at Coop8 Pine Blvd., Overlook material is particularly well won “Most Appropriate Residential Or erstown, 16 Chestnut St., Bed & Breakfast, Mr. and cared for and maintained. Business Window Box.” Mr. and Mrs. Marc Kingsley Mrs. Jack Smith
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Katherine Monroe, Salisbury Center, holds Lincoln David Monroe, one of four babies born at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown during yesterday’s eclipse. Born at 1:56 p.m., Lincoln was born closest to when the moon crossed the sun’s path in Otsego County.
May-Britt Joyce of Cooperstown experiments with viewing eclipse through perforated paper while Domenica Galati and Story Ducey cheer her on.
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Julie Dostal and Chris Rolko watched the eclipse from a farm stand in Hartsville, Ky., with 30 other travelers from 10 states who all gathered to view the center of totality, sharing snacks, glasses and views through the telescope. Afterwards, the owners invited everyone to stay for a free picnic lunch.
Robert Iversen, Cooperstown, peeks at the eclipse through his telescope in the backyard of a friend’s home in Carbondale, Ill.
Chris Rolko and Julie Dostal had just a few moments to snap this eclipse selfie before they had to put their glasses back on.
The Rissberger family – from left, Julia, Rachel, Sandy Knight, David and Gabriel – all donned their eclipse glasses to watch from St. Louis, Mo.
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ECLIPSE/From A1 opened up their stadium for 15,000 people, so we could hear them cheering.” In Hartsville, Ky., the central line of totality, Julie Dostal, LEAF executive director, and Chris Rolko got a reminder of southern hospitality during her viewing. “We found a farm stand at about 8:30 a.m. and asked if we could hang out with them,” she said. “They were thrilled! They had been hoping people would come, and they made lunch for everybody – pulled pork, ambrosia salad, fresh tomatoes. That’s what we call a spread down here.” But soon, 30 people showed
up to join them. “I counted 10 states on license plates,” she said. “Ken, from D.C. walked us all through the phases so we could experience it to the fullest.” Dostal learned to watch for the “shadow waves” – quick, undulating shadows that start as the eclipse reaches totality – the “diamond ring” and then the Baily’s Beads, the last part of the sun to show before the totality. “Once we saw that, we knew we could take off our glasses and look at the corona,” she said. “I have never seen anything like it. Everyone cheered, and then we got quiet and settled into the moment.”
“All the birds stopped singing,” said Rachel Rissberger, Oneonta, who viewed the eclipse from St. Louis, Mo. with her husband, Third Ward Council Member David Rissberger and their kids, Julia and Gabriel. “The sky took on this greenish hue as it got darker and the temperature dropped significantly,” she said. “Then this confused bunny hopped out of the woods and came right up to us like it was looking for help.” Locally, at 2:40 p.m., people came out of shops and homes to take a peek at the eclipse, which peaked at around 70 percent. Though eclipse glasses were sold out in the county,
people shared their glasses or used pinhole projectors – even colanders – to view. At Oneonta’s Huntington Library, 30 pairs were passed around among 250 people, and Hartwick College professors Dr. Kevin Schultz and Dr. Lawrence Nienart brought projectors and telescopes. All along Main Street, Cooperstown, baseball tourists and Dreams Park families donned eclipse glasses as 2:40 p.m. approached and could be seen staring at the sky. Outside the New York, Susquehanna & Southern on Railroad Avenue, Ed Gwilt and Phil Fazio were experimenting with a shadow box to capture the eclipse’s shadow. On a dock on Otsego Lake’s eastern shore, May-Britt Joyce
attempted the same with perforated paper, while friends Story Ducey, Domenica Galati and Francesa Vanesco gathered. And at Bassett Hospital, four babies were born the day of the eclipse, with Lincoln David Monroe, Salisbury Center, born closest to the actual event, at 1:56 p.m. “We knew he was due that day and I went in at 7 a.m., but there were two other emergency c-sections before me, so he ended up being born during the eclipse!” said his mother, Katherine. “But he’s healthy, 7 pounds, 7 ounces, 20 inches.” For Iversen and Dostal, the totality lasted just over two and a half minutes. “It went by so quickly,” said Iversen. “But I was able to see these enormous arcs of plasma.”
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“We saw a solar flare,” said Dostal. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, and someone got a picture on the telescope to confirm that’s what it was. And when we saw Baily’s Beads again, we knew we had to put our glasses back on.” “We could see the moon in front of the sun,” said Rissberger. “We were in darkness for just over a minute.” Although Iversen had brought a homemade Camera Obscura, he found that it didn’t work for his purposes. “I ended up going back and forth between the telescope and my camera,” he said. “It’s good practice for the next eclipse.” He’ll be waiting until April 8, 2024. The good news: He can watch it as near to home as Buffalo and Rochester.
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he “I ♥ Otsego” ietta. The cause of better dustup, with Repubgovernment in Otsego lican Tim Walker County may need it. locking up the ballot line As regional directhat county Rep. Andrew tor of the state Council Marietta, D-Cooperstown/ of Non-Profits, he has Town of Otsego, used in guided strategic-planwinning election in 2015, ning at dozens of local shows the intensity of organizations, from the that contest in the at-play Greater Oneonta HistoriThe Freeman’s Journal District 8. cal Society to Foothills County Rep. Jim Powers’ On Tuesday, Aug. 15, to the successful merger retirement and a split in the first day to submit of the Cooperstown Art Republican ranks in his petitions to run on an Association and Smithy Butternuts Valley district is independent line in the Pioneer Gallery. creating an opportunity for Democrat Michele Farwell. Tuesday, Nov. 8, local Since his election elections, Marietta arin 2015, he has been which in the past decade rived at the county Board of seeking to apply the same has swung from Democrat Elections in the afternoon to process to county governNancy Iversen to Republidiscover his opponent had ment: In effect, identifying can Jim Johnson to Democlaimed the “I ♥ Otsego” top priorities, then pursuing crat John Kosmer to Repubname that morning. them. lican Rick Hulse to, now, Since Marietta carried Thus, he’s a key player Marietta. over “I ♥ Otsego” to his in a bi-partisan Reform The current majority website and Facebook page, Caucus that has emerged on certainly wants that seat. it might present something the county Board of RepWhat’s more, the majority of a marketing challenge. resentatives that includes may need it to survive. It’s a bit of mischief that Republicans Len Carson • raises Tim Walker’s name of Oneonta, David Bliss No doubt Cooperstown’s recognition, no doubt. But of Cooperstown/Town of energetic Democratic orgait underscores the battleMiddlefield, and Peter nization plans a get-out-theground status of the district, Oberacker of Schenevus, vote effort on behalf of Mar-
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iscussions raised by the Reform Caucus are already having an impact. ►On the Ethics Board. At the Aug. 2 county board meeting, Rep. David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, who has been seeking candidates for an Ethics Board, created in the 1990s but never activated, proposed Jack Henson, retiring county Veterans Affairs director, as the first of three members. It’s going to happen. ►On a nepotism policy. The need was dramatized when a disciplinary issue surrounding sheriff’s son, a correctional officer working under his father, arose in January. Close family ties are said to exist in at least eight situations. Also Aug. 2, the Administration Committee reported a nepotism policy is under development. The cavalry’s on the way. County voters simply need to affirm the course. and Democrats Andrew Stammel, Town of Oneonta, and Gary Koutnik and Kay Stuligross, City of Oneonta. This group is one seat
short of a working majority, but still has been able to rally the board as a whole to implement its strategic plan, a $40,000 undertaking that
was headed for the shelf, and to begin serious discussions about the need for a county manager. • If the Reform Caucus can survive the Nov. 8 election intact, all it needs is a single new adherent to give it a majority. Look at the arithmetic. Right now, the Reform Caucus controls 2,887 weighted votes (an archaic system, itself is a prime target of reform). County board Chair Kathy Clark’s current majority controls 3,341 votes. That’s a 454 weightedvote gap. That means if 228 weighted votes shift, the majority changes. Every county rep controls more than that; the smallest district, Kay Stuligross’ District 14 in Oneonta, is assigned 339 votes. So if Clark loses a single ally, she’s out. If the Reform Caucus gains a single Please See EDITORIAL, A5
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Caught In History’s Crucible, Robert E. Lee Deserves Study, Not Statues To the Editor: I would view Robert E. Lee as an educated, highly intelligent and, perhaps like all such persons, highly conflicted man concerned with honor and caught in the crucible of history. He deserves to be remarked upon and reflected about. This process has little to do with erecting statues which emphasize only the dimension of his military actions as leader of the Army of Northern Virginia, a post arrived at after much internal debate as he rejected previous offers of command. He could not but be influenced by the received loyalties of the time, which made it impossible for him to turn against his own state and region. But his denunciation of slavery and his decision to free his own slaves predated his allegiance in the Civil War, and that in turn was post-dated by his role in actively furthering the education of black
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persons. He was complex, powerful, and imperfect. The latter quality I believe is inevitable, a part of the human condition and its susceptibility to the cultural influences of the time and place in which one
finds oneself historically. That is not to embrace his imperfections or to defend their content, but to try to put them in context. It is deeply saddening that such a person has been reduced to the
frozen martial poses which ignore and distort the depth of his thinking and the morality of his behavior as he considered it. His statues have become the flash points for all the latent resentments and pseudo-justifications for racism,
intolerance, and pent-up ignorance and violence. As such, I think they should come down. Lee deserves better than such reductionism: The lessons that could be learned from his life are really worthwhile. But they cannot be learned from selling little tokens of a symbol which has become a code for white supremacy and racial injustice. It is utterly lacking in decency and the capacity to think beyond stupid slogans, to wave around little Confederate flags and claim that as a matter of “free speech” or whatever else gets claimed in its name. It is malignant, and it should not be offered or defended as anything other than what it is: the opportunity to show off a little ignorant rebelliousness, matched with the opportunity to make a buck. MARY ANNE WHELAN Cooperstown
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was the acknowledgement of the reality that that same flag was not just a “battle flag.” It flew over the capital of the Confederacy symbolizing secession from the country and the endangerment of its very core, in large measure, because of the South’s strong support of slavery as an institution. Furthermore, that same flag was carried by Ku Klux Klan members as
they burned crosses in front of the homes of blacks, featured at rallies accompanying the lynchings of innocent black people, and displayed in front of buildings where justice for black people was, instead, a mockery of human dignity. Those who watched that show did so naively and ignorantly, just like those of us in Cherry Valley in the Plesae See WEBB, A6
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of monumental proportions. You state that the plots in the show The Dukes of Hazzard sound “harmless enough” with the fun Bo and Duke were having with their cousin Daisy, all white, being set against the backdrop of a South frothily represented by the Confederate flag displayed on the roof of their car. Conveniently, and most likely intentionally, left out
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t its next Community Evening program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, Woodside Hall will present a musical concert featuring Suzanne Rudy on the harp. She will perform music from Broadway as well as classical pieces on her beautiful 5-foot tall pedal harp for the residents of Woodside Hall and members of the public. Suzanne is an accomplished harpist and had a career teaching music in New
York City schools before retiring to Cooperstown to run the Baseball Bed & Breakfast CATHERINE with her LAKE husband ELLSWORTH John. Following the performance refreshments will be served. For
more information contact Karen Cadwalader, LCSW at 607-547-0600, extension 101. • Not long ago we received an email from one Kimberly More which informed us that our invoice for $1,621.09 was due by August 14, 2017. There was a link upon which we could click to get more information about the bill. Not only The Freeman’s Journal do we have no idea who Please See COLUMN, A5 Book explores poet of Indian Burial Ground.
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August in Saratoga and Saratoga Springs – There is at this moment the largest collection of “Visitants” at this place and Saratoga Springs, perhaps ever witnessed at either, and probably no place in the United States or Europe, at this moment, presents so gay and brilliant an assemblage as does the Sans Souci of this place. The company, assembled from all the principal boarding houses in the place, particularly the ladies were as richly and as gaily dressed as taste or fashion could require. The season of their tarrying is short, to be sure, but they really appear to enjoy much in that season, and there can be no doubt but that this place and Saratoga Springs will continue to be the fashionable resort of the United States for many years, and this, while it so continues, will of course be a source of wealth not only to the two places, but to the agricultural interests of the surrounding country. Permit me to make this additional remark – That probably the pleasures and luxury of wealth, in no other place give employment and pecuniary reward to industry, without their frequent concomitant evils, in so great a degree as at these celebrated watering places. During four summers that I have resided here, and have been a spectator, I have never seen a single instance of bacchanalian riot, or of midnight reveling. August 28, 1817
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next year or two in the different asylums of the State, and then the county plan of keeping the pauper insane in poor houses will be entirely dispensed with. The system of State care of the insane is working admirably.” August 25, 1892
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In Our Town: The band concert held at the lake front Wednesday evening was by far the most pleasing of the season. A large number of people occupied the many benches while a long line of automobiles were parked at the foot of Pioneer Street. The Boy Scouts from the Susan Fenimore Cooper Foundation went on a six-mile hike Wednesday led by Scout Master B. P. Lester to Three Mile Point and returned, having had dinner at the Point. August 29, 1917
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“War is like an epidemic of disease or like a forest fire – it can spread,” declared Liu Liang-Mo, one of the heroic associates of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, speaking Sunday before an audience of 1,700 people at the fourth Cooperstown Victory Sing at the Otesaga Hotel. Mr. Liu is the man who introduced mass singing into the Chinese Army. He declared that a “singing Army can never be defeated.” August 26, 1942
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A word or two of and about our self: This is the fifty-second number of Vol. 34 of this paper, making 34 years since we domiciled in Otsego County and rolled up our shirtsleeves and went to work as a caterer of the news of the day. It has been our purpose to publish a paper of a useful character to the mass of citizens, and we have the gratification to know, judging from its circulation, that it has been and is so esteemed for it numbers more on its subscription list (about 2,000) than any political journal printed in the interior of the state, and many of them have been constant readers, year in and year out, from its first commencement. As a reward for our industry, a decent and respectable living has been secured added to which is the public trust reposed in us, which was faithfully discharged to the best of our humble ability. August 29, 1842
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Between five and six o’clock Sunday last, the startling rumor spread through the village that a woman serving as a domestic in the family of Edward Clark, Esq. had been accidentally killed by a young German, also in his employ. The name of the woman was Alice Carrew; that of the boy who is 18 years old Edward Hanitzsch. Coroner Blodgett immediately summoned a jury. A shotgun had been kept loaded in the barn and occasionally used by the gardener to shoot skunks. Eight days previous this boy had fired off the gun, and put it back without re-loading it. Finding it in that
New Book Revives Poet, Rector COLUMN/From A4 Kimberly More might be, we are reasonably certain we do not owe anyone $1,621.09. Thus we chose to delete the email without hesitation. Nonetheless, the fact that we would have received such an email makes us think that such scams are not limited to telephone calls but have also taken to using email to lure in unsuspecting victims. As a general rule, we always delete any suspicious email that we might receive. We are of the opinion that if we inadvertently delete a legitimate email, the sender will no doubt resend it. And thus far, with all the emails we have deleted, that has never happened. • We note that we have read yet another book written by a retired physician at Bassett. Earlier in the summer, we greatly enjoyed reading “Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York: 200 Years of Health Care in Rural America,” by John Davis, MD. And now we have added to our enjoyment by reading “Conflict and Genius: A Brief Introduction to a Complex Man –19th Century Scholar, Poet & Priest,” researched and written by David S. Svahn, MD. The gentleman about which Dr. Svahn has written is William Wilberforce Lord, 1819-1907, who was the ninth rector of Christ Church in Cooperstown. But, as is pointed out in the book, “Locally Lord is perhaps best known for a few moving words that honor the Native Americans whose bones had been disinterred and reburied in the Fernleigh ground near the headwaters of the Susquehanna River...” However, having read the book, there is no doubt that Lord’s nearly 30 years in Cooperstown, where he stayed after his retirement in 1882, were but a part of
a very complex, as well as most interesting, life. It seems that Lord was torn between being a priest, a professor or a poet. And while he ultimately chose the priesthood, he was not one to give up his love of academics or poetry. Thus, his life was seemingly a most unusual one. We must say that we found of particular interest Lord’s experiences in the south during the Civil War, where he strongly supported the rebel cause despite his northern roots. We found the book to be a very interesting read, made all the more interesting given its Cooperstown connection. As we understand it, the book is available from the author, who can be contacted by email at dsvahn65@gmail.com. Copies may also be purchased at the Christ Church Parish House office, located at 69 Fair Street in Cooperstown, as well as at The Freeman’s Journal office located at 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown. • In closing, while doing research for a book upon which we are currently working, we came across the following item from “Where Nature Smiles” in July of 1996, which we have chosen to share this week for whatever it might be worth: “Not too long ago, one life-long resident of the village went next door to greet a new neighbor. In the course of the conversation, the newcomers learned that the Cooperstonian had lived in the village about all of her life and that she and her husband had lived in the same home for more than 40 years. Both of these things seemed to flabbergast the newly arrived residents, causing one of them to exclaim, ‘Goodness, how many more like you are there?’ Indeed, how many?”
25 YEARS AGO August 23, 1967 condition, the gardener loaded it again. The boy says he did not think the gun was loaded, and he pointed it at the girl he killed and another female domestic with her at the time for the purpose of frightening them, and the reason he fired at Alice was because she was frightened. The jury found a verdict to the effect that “the discharge of the gun by Hanitzsch was accidental and not done with the intention of causing the girl’s death, but was an act of gross carelessness on his part.” August 23, 1867
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New York State’s Care for The Insane – Governor Flower has visited all of the State Asylums and issues this statement: “I find them in splendid condition, and the insane ably treated. The asylums, so far as I have visited them, are well managed and conducted. None of them is so commodious as the Ogdensburg group of buildings. You will remember that the legislature appropriated $326,000 with the view of accommodating 400 more patients, making the capacity of this hospital 1,000. In Monroe County, they also provided for 150, giving that institution a capacity of 550 patients. About 1,000 more will have to be provided for within the
Thanksgiving Home Notes by Mrs. Eleanor Atkinson – Rachel Fleming from England is spending some time with Mrs. Paul Donnelly and family. She is a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Carol Afourtit is getting prepared to start daughter Tara at the SUNY Morrisville. Son Jason is returning to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. We were all moved out to the terrace the evening of August 19 when our fire alarm sounded. The Cooperstown Fire Department responded with their emergency vehicle and crew. It was a fire drill and very enlightening. Vern Baldwin was delighted to have Mr. and Mrs. Wilson McGown spend some time talking over old times before the McGowns go back to their home in Arizona. August 1992
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Absent cloud cover, a total lunar eclipse will be visible over Otsego County Tuesday, Aug. 28. SUNY Oneonta will open the college observatory at 4 am and remain open to the public as long as it is ongoing. The Earth’s shadow will begin crossing the moon at 4:51 a.m. and will be completely covered by 5:52. At 7:22, the eclipse will end. August 24, 2007
EDITORIAL: One Seat Will Make All The Difference EDITORIAL/From A4 seat, it’s in. An interesting for-instance is developing in Rep. Jim Powers’ District 2 seat along Unadilla Creek. He is retiring, (although he’s running for one of two seats in a four-way race for Butternuts Town Board). Two Republicans emerged to succeed him, James Hoffman and William Hunt, and a GOP primary was expected in September. However, the county Democratic Committee challenge their petitions, Hunt’s were found wanting, and he lost
the Republican line, even though he was preferred by the local GOP establishment. So in November, Hoffman, on the GOP ballot line, and Hunt, who ended up with the Conservative and independent ballot lines, stand to split the Republican vote. That opens the way to victory for the sole Democrat, Michele Farwell, who has good local political credentials, having served as deputy supervisor on the Morris Town Board. Powers seat carries 503
votes. A Farwell win would drop the current majority from 3,341 to 2,838, and raise the Reform Caucus from 2,887 to 3,390. • It doesn’t have to be Farwell. It could be Adrienne Martini, a Democrat challenging Rep. Craig Gelbsman, a Republican in a majorityDemocratic seat in the City of Oneonta. Missing two out of the last three county board meetings, Gelbsman seems to be looking toward the next chapter anyhow.
It could be Cathy Nardi vs. incumbent Clark in Otego, or Tom Spychalski vs. incumbent Ed Frazier in Unadilla, or Pat Ryan vs. incumbent Meg Kennedy in the Hartwick-Milford district, or Nicole Dillingham vs. incumbent Keith McCarty in East Springfield. A shift in any one of those districts could set the stage for a much-needed era of reform on the Otsego County Board of Elections. One shift; that’s all. Yes, it’s going to be an interesting campaign season.
LETTERS: Problem Not Medicaid, Federal Reimbursements To the Editor: If county Rep. Ed Frazier is serious about correcting the perceived injustice of New York counties sharing in the cost of Medicaid, he should be lobbying the federal, not the state government. Currently New York State is penalized by receiving the lowest possible federal reimbursement for Medicaid spending, at 50 percent, (the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, or FMAP). “Average” states receive 57 percent. (Up to 82 percent is permissible.) Although median income is one determinant of the FMAP, other more qualitative and potentially political criteria are involved as well.
If the FMAP for New York State were to be increased to a fairer 54 percent, the resulting $2.3 billion federal dollars would erase the need for county support for Medicaid entirely. Democrats in Congress, recognizing this problem, are sponsoring the Empire State Equity Act (HR 2088) which proposes this adjustment. Too bad John Faso isn’t a co-sponsor. He should be. Meanwhile, Frazier continues to champion legislation such as the FasoCollins amendment, which does not solve any problems for New York State taxpayers, and threatens to destabilize the local economy, which is heavily dependent on Medicaid dollars (see this newspaper’s coverage, Aug. 10, 2017).
This is despite the informed and sensible testimony of more than 20 constituents against this concept at last month’s county board meeting. Even if the burden of paying for Medicaid were simply transferred to Albany, there’s no guarantee at all that the counties would stop collecting property taxes. You can bet some other use would be found for that money. But more importantly, the Medicaid bill must be paid by somebody, and that will still be you and me. If and when we see a new surcharge on our New York State income tax to cover Medicaid, we’ll call it the FrazierFaso-Collins Tax. ANTOINETTE KUZMINSKI, MD Fly Creek
Cutting Back Medicaid Would Do Many Of Our Neighbors Harm To the Editor: Our county Board of Representatives has been asked by Vice Chairman Ed Frazier to adopt a resolution supporting a federal law that would bar federal Medicaid reimbursements to New York State for charges raised from local governments. These are important federal reimbursements, which if stopped could seriously hurt the state and Medicaid spending for our citizens. This newspaper was right in advocating caution regard-
ing Mr. Frazier’s efforts to support federal bill H.R. 1871. First, the wisdom of Ed’s proposed resolution will be impacted by final action on the American Health Care Act, which is now stalled. Caution dictates that we wait until we know what any changes to Medicaid may be enacted before tampering with existing Medicaid funding. Second, it is not clear how prohibiting federal reimbursements for Medic-
aid payments to New York will help our county. New York State might just choose to keep the present system in place, which requires a local contribution, without federal reimbursements and raise other taxes to make up the difference. Our property taxes may not go down! Most importantly, the proposed resolution is misleading. Medicaid costs paid by our county are 90 percent of property taxes, but are only 10 percent of the full county budget, which includes bed
taxes, sales taxes, and state and federal reimbursements. Ten per cent of the county budget may be an appropriate Medicaid expense for a county with our demographics. This fact is not discussed by Mr. Frazier. Before we act we should know more about how this will impact our county, our state, and those who rely on Medicaid. NICOLE DILLINGHAM Candidate for County Representative, District 9 (Richfield/Springfield)
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Ignorance, Fear, Hatred, Evil Part Of Lives Here WEBB/From A4 late ’50s when the school’s faculty and administrators, students, and even community members alike, staged minstrel shows to the delight of all who attended them. Fortunately, more attention has been paid to these matters in the last 30 years so that the Duke boys’ frolic and the antics of whites in black face can no longer appear so fun-filled today making nostalgic recollection of those times offensive . . . and, dare I say, ignorant. Your claim that you “don’t run into much of either (evil or hatred) day-to-day around here” must be due to the fact that you indeed “aren’t running in the right circles.” All you have to do is read the “Sound Off” section or Chuck Pinkey’s column in The Daily Star, overhear criticisms leveled at poor people who supposedly “take more than they’re entitled to from the Food Pantry” or who eat at soup kitchens just so they don’t have to pay for their own food, or viciously negative comments about undocumented immigrants who, in many cases, are actually neighbors or children in the local schools or people who have cared for our local sick. More conveniently yet, read some of the comments in the Facebook debate that you published in the same issue as your editorial. None of this is rare around here, so yes, ignorance, fear, evil and hatred are very much a part of daily life in our area. Lastly, your reference to and picture of the pro-Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden in 1934 is totally baffling. Yes, the Nazis were defeated in World War II under the flags of multiple nations, one being the Stars and Stripes. But then you go on to state that “. . . flags are just pieces of colored cloth,” and you advise us to “not get distracted by pretty, fluttering colors.” It’s true that the swastikabearing banner is “pieces of colored cloth,” but it flew as the emblem of those who perpetrated hateful and horrific crimes against humanity that defy imagination except for those who suffered, were imprisoned or died under it. Recent events show that it is still very present today such that, were it to be paraded down the Main Street of Cooperstown, some might possibly cheer as they did in Charlottesville. However, one cannot discount what the pieces of cloth mean to those whose family members experienced the horrors that it represented OR the ignorance and hatred that they still represent in a nation that is supposed to be the world’s beacon of justice for all. Likewise,
When Closing Surfaced, Marietta DID Communicate
To the Editor: timing was not great and just three weeks’ announcement, and flyers distributed at County Representative Andy Marietta notice was very short. He explained that the transfer station, which all conveyed a sent us a text at 12:14 a.m. on Aug. 1 residents could take bagged trash and consistent message about the closure. when the Confederate flag alerting us to the fact that the Northern recyclables to Richfield or Cherry Valley. The three of us have served in local is flown in front of people’s Transfer Station would be closed from Since that time Exeter has been added as government for years, and have never had homes and displayed in venAug. 21 through Sept. 30 for a significant an additional site. as much constructive, honest communicadors’ booths, or if it were to be amount of work, including replacing the While we appreciated the quick commu- tion from our county rep as we have had paraded down Cooperstown’s scales, complete reconstruction of the nication to elected officials on this matter, since Andy Marietta won his seat in 2015. Main Street, one cannot ignore road and pavement and more. He had it was more important that this news was MEG KIERNAN or discount the truth that Afri- only just found about the closure himself, spread throughout our district. Marietta Otsego town supervisor can-Americans as a group were along with the rest of the county board and did this on his Facebook page and had CINDY FALK forever traumatized by people county staff. done so the evening of July 31 in advance Cooperstown village trustee for whom that flag has been an Our county rep went on to note that of his text. This online presence compleJEFF KATZ emblem. while the work is needed (we agree!), the mented the county’s press releases, website Mayor of Cooperstown That other assemblage of pieces of colored cloth that you refer to is the one we lower when valued members To the Editor: We informed the town that property. due to the first round of flood of our communities and our On Dec. 1, 2016, I informed our septic leach field was On May 25, 2017, we filed damage caused by the town, nation die. It is in front of the Town of Otsego that the severely damaged and that a Notice of Claim and advised and due to the town’s refusal to those pieces of colored cloth culvert exiting our property the culvert remained clogged, the town that we are suing the open the clogged culvert, does that we stand, some with hand was clogged and required the which was maintaining a hightown. not function at all. across the heart, some simply highway superintendent’s ater water level on our property. On July 31, 2017, I again We are now faced with inin respectful silence, when tention to reopen as required There was no response from informed the town that the curring another significant exwe acknowledge those fallen under his responsibilities conthe town. culvert still remained clogged. pense as a result of the town’s to preserve our democracy or On March 31, 2017, I again There was no response from continued insistence to abuse when we contemplate what we tained in state Highway Law 140. That request was ignored. notified the town that the the town. our property, as a new septic stand for as a nation. On Feb. 25 and 26, 2017, clogged culvert was in danger On Aug.4, I received our field has to be installed on a They are hardly just pieces I repeatedly requested that of flooding the road. There was engineer’s recommendation different part of the property, of cloth sewn together like the no response from the town. for repairing our septic field. I at a much greater cost than others. Yet you urge us to “not the highway superintendent unclog the culvert to alleviate On April 3, 2017, I notified was informed that the existing replacing the existing field. Or get distracted by pretty, flutthe flooding on our property. the town that the heavy rain field was no longer operative we can live with a non-functering colors,” as if they were, My repeated requests went was exceeding the capacity of due to the much higher water tioning septic. in essence, all the same. That unanswered. our property to retain the water level presented by the clogged By not requiring the highelevates the sickle and hammer, On March 8, 2017, at the that should have been moving culvert, which was exacerbated way superintendent to open the swastika, and the symbol every time it rained, as the the culvert, the town board is of the Confederacy to the same March town board meeting, we through the clogged property showed a video of the flooding and flooding the road. higher water level and continucausing a health issue in our level as the Stars and Stripes or On April 12, 2017, at the ous flooding caused our field home. By not opening the lowers the Stars and Stripes to that was caused by the town installing seven culverts: They town board meeting, Town to fail, and the retained water culvert, John Schallert is not in the level of emblems of ignohad no legal right to do and Attorney Michelle Kennedy made it impossible to pass a compliance with state Highway rance and hate. made it clear that the town PERC test. Law 140, which requires him We live in very difficult and the runoff water caused tens of thousands of dollars of damwould only address issues on This is the same field that to keep all culverts open. frightening times. If we are to ages. 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Concerns Keep Hartwick Out Of Program For Now students to make an impact on the world,” she said. “Requiring them to stay in New York might not be in their best interest.” Though the ETA program offers up to $6,000 towards a private school education, McGrath stresses that it is not in addition to TAP funding. “If a student is deemed eligible for ETA, then the ETA is a total of up to $6,000, which is inclusive of the TAP award,” said McGrath. “So, if a student has a TAP award of $4,000, then they would be eligible for up to $2,000 in ETA.” The ETA funding a student does receive is split between the college and the state, and although the colleges decide how much they want to invest in the program, it is the state that decides which students the awards are given. “We wanted to put our financial aid resources up front, rather than asking families to go through the motions for an extra $2,000,” she said. “That’s what I find troubling.”
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MLS#111010 $139,900 Family Compound! 27+ acres. Two 1-BR cabins. 2,500’ on Oaks Creek. Private and quiet. Fishing and hunting on your property. Near Cooperstown. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#108867 $369,000 Price Reduced! Canadarago Lake. 30 acres, 58’ lake frontage, amazing views. Hiking, boating, hunting, snowmobiling. This combination is a rare find! Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
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MLS#105929 $74,200 Hunter’s Dream 40 acres on Panther Mountain overlooking Canadarago Lake comes w/hunting cabin ready for your weekend getaway. Call now! Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#112278 $139,900 Country Charm This beautiful move-in condition home features 3+ BRs, 2 baths, large private lawn, garage, storage sheds, 10' privacy fence. Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#109577 $239,000 High-speed internet in the country! 3- or 4-BR, 2½-bath ranch, finished walk-out basement, private 10± acres, views, pond. Cooperstown schools! Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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The Oneonta Home You’ve Been Waiting For! Close to all there is to offer, yet feel like you are in the country. Massive lot just under an acre, detached garage, large front porch, large private backyard, new roof! Large LR w/hardwood floor, fireplace. Enclosed 3-season sun porch, family room, formal DR, kitchen, large updated full bath. Upstairs features large master BR w/immaculate hardwood floor, 3 additional BRs, second large updated full bath. This is one you don’t want to miss! MLS#112419 $174,900
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UNY Oneonta may be the home of the Red Dragons, but at the new Red Dragon Outfitters, it’s all about the green. “When we were looking to build the new building, we looked at all the sustainable features,” said Diane Williams, executive director, Oneonta Auxiliary Services. “We learned about green roofs, so we installed one!”
The Sedum Rooflite is a 6-inch deep soil system that, when installed on a rooftop, helps absorb rainwater, rather than sending it down the gutters and sidewalks, risking flood and water damage in heavy storms. “The water actually helps grow plant material on the roof,” said Tom Rathbone, associate VP for Facilities & Safety. “It’s the perfect place for it, a good height, with good sunlight.” Though Sedum offers rooftop gardens, complete with flowers, Please See SUNY, B3
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tanding in the Walmart parking lot, David Lubell looked toward Oyaron Hill. “I could see the new apartment complex all the way from Southside!” said Hartwick College’s media relations manager. “It really just pops.” Hartwick’s $7 million apartment complex, built on the site of the old pole barn, opens this week for returning students. With 72 student beds in two- and fourroom apartments, the building is the most advanced residence hall on campus. “It’s the first new housing we’ve built since the Oyaron and Hilltop in 1995,” said Lubell. “It’s been over 20 years since we had new housing, and this is the kind of housing students are looking for.” Each apartment has a common living area, a full kitchen and single-occupancy bedrooms. “For every two bedrooms, there’s a full bathroom, with the vanity and sink on the outside.” said Gregg Fort, vice president/college advancement. And though many of the dorms take advantage of Hartwick’s million-dollar view toward the Catskills, those who don’t have a window will have a little more space in their rooms to make up for it. Each apartment is also climate-controlled for individual comfort. And on the first floor, a multi-purpose
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by Patrice Downes Centore. Cooperstown Art Association. SUNNY MOMENTS EXHIBIT – 5-7 p.m. The closing reception of “Sunny Moments” exhibition. The Arc Otsego’s Main View Gallery & Studio, 73 Main St., Oneonta. BENEFIT CONCERT – 6 p.m. Linda Chesis and Sarah Cunningham on viola da gamba perform with Bradley Brookshire on harpsichord to support Hyde Hall and CSMF. Admission $35. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooperstown. Call (607)547-5098 DOGS OF SUMMER – 6-8 p.m. Come to the ‘Dog Day of Summer’ event featuring food, music, dog show
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO with adoptable dogs from Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Registration required. Origins Cafe, 558 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Call (607) 437-2862 GAME NIGHT – 6-8 p.m. Enjoy pizza, fun night of games with friends. Classics like Scrabble, chess, Legos available. Feel free to bring your own. Cooperstown Village Library. Call (607) 547-8344. COMMUNITY BALLGAME – 6:15-9:15 p.m. Enjoy a ballgame with your friends, see the bulldog base run, a dance-off, fireworks at 9 p.m. Damaschke Field, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call 607-4311455 or contact feliu.adina@ jobcorps.org. FAMILY FLOAT NIGHT – 6:45-8:30 p.m. Have fun with floats in the pool. Admission, $5 public, $18, family. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta.
STARSTRUCK – 7:30 p.m. Local teens perform classic broadway hits from plays like Annie, Wicked, Matilda, more in Starstruck Summer Cabaret. Tickets, $15. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call (607) 432-9392.
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New On Campus? Red Dragon Outfitters, With Welcome Center, Library Redo Soon SUNY/From B1 Williams went with a low-maintenance grass variety, which will require periodic weeding, but not much else. Similar projects have been installed at the Nashville (Tenn.) Music City Center, the federal building at 50 U.N. Plaza in San Francisco, and the Target Center in Minneapolis. “It’s a prototype, but we’re very optimistic,” he said. “If this works out, we’re going to look at putting it on other buildings.” The Green Roof is one piece of the $7.9 million free-standing Red Dragon Outfitters, expanding the SUNY Oneonta bookstore out of the Hunt Union. The Outfitters had a soft opening earlier this summer, and in the bookstore, student workers spent the last week stocking the shelves in anticipation of the first week of classes. “We’re ready for showtime,” said Rathbone. And make sure to look up – the exposed beams are made by Unalam, the Unadilla-based Glulam fabricator with national reach. Food service Sodexo and the Auxiliary Services Department have offices on the second floor. “Expanding the bookstore was part of the facilities master plan,” said Rathbone. “We wanted to give retail their own building and free up the student union for experiential learning, internships and career development.” Though plans to move over those departments are not yet finalized, the former Red Dragon Outfitters in the union has been reutilized for this year as a student lounge. “While the work is being done in the Milne Library, we moved the furniture in here,” he said. “We’ll likely begin the construction in 2019.” Across the street, the new $5 million
Welcome Center is also giving rise. “The big idea is that candidates arrive and they start their journey with this million-dollar view,” he said. Built on a former parking lot, it overlooks modernistic Fitzell Hall. There will be a presentation area for future students to learn about all that SUNY Oneonta has to offer. “It’s the first impression for the student,” he said. “We consider the Welcome Center the storefront of SUNY Oneonta.” The Welcome Center is nearing completion, with ribbon-cutting planned for January, ready to welcome the Class of 2021. And the Milne Library is undergoing what Rathbone calls an $8 million “gut rehab,” with the first floor turned into a learning commons with computer access, better access to the circulation desk and Jazzman’s Coffeeshop now replaced by Argo’s Tea. CADE Tutoring will take over the second floor, and the third floor will be classroom space. And the books? Many of them will be relocated to the subbasement, where new compact shelving will allow for clean, dry storage – and when you need a book, a librarian will fetch it for you. “We can store a lot more books this way,” said Rathbone. “And this way, we’re not encumbered by a bunch of aisles.” The first floor will be open for the spring semester, the second and third by November 2018. And although Rathbone is retiring in October, he’s still looking ahead to new projects. “You have to be several years ahead in designing and planning,” he said. “In some cases, it’s 10 years from when you think about a project until you cut the ribbon.”
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NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $150,000.00 and interest, recorded on October 13, 2011, at Liber 2011-4690 Page , of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 127 STATE HIGHWAY 165 CHERRY VALLEY, NY 13320. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the 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: August 9, 2017 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY:DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalSept.7 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. 24/2016 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 228 LOCKWOOD RD MOUNT UPTON, NY 13809 Section: 328 Block: 1 Lot: 37 CIT BANK N.A., Plaintiff,
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vs. JAMES ROXBURY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; THEODORE J. ROXBURY, JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; DEBRA PATTERSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; KAREN JUCHA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ROXBURY; 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 the following designation, namely: the 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; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY; OTSEGO RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE, INC.; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE TAX COMPLIANCE DIVISION-C.O. -ATC, “JOHN DOE 1 to JOHN DOE 25”, said names being fictitious, the persons or parties intended being the persons, parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the abovenamed Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally deliv-
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ered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $123,000.00 and interest, recorded on November 19, 2007, in Book 1539 at Page 408, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 228 LOCKWOOD RD, MOUNT UPTON, NY 13809. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the 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: August 9, 2017 Westbury, New York RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalSept.8 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of COOPERSTOWN BEVERAGE COMPANY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed
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with the NY Secretary of State on July 20, 2017. The office af 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 hirn/her to: The LLC, P.O. Box 827, Oneonta, NY 13820. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalSept.14 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name of LLC: Royal Equities of Cooperstown LLC; Date of filing: 7/26/17; Office of the LLC: Otsego Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 5069 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalSept.14 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name of LLC: Royal Ford Motors of Cooperstown LLC; Date of filing: 7/26/17; Office of the LLC: Otsego Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 5069 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalSept.14 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 20160786 Date of Filing: July 13, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO JAMES B NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, -against- THOMAS D. LYNCH, JR. A/K/A THOMAS D. LYNCH, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through
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said THOMAS D. LYNCH, JR. A/ K/A THOMAS D. LYNCH, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. 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. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION
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OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Michael V. Coccoma of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on June 28, 2017, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by THOMAS D. LYNCH, JR. A/K/A THOMAS D. LYNCH, to JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY bearing date April 4, 2008 and recorded in the County of Otsego on April 25, 2008 in Book 1551 of Mortgages at Page 42. Said premises being known as and by 32 FAIR STREET, ONEONTA, NY 13820, which is more fully described in the attached Schedule “A.” Date: June 12, 2017 Batavia, New York Andrea Clattenburg, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state. ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. 4LegalAug.31 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Leatherstocking Trolley Company, LLC Filed 7/13/17 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated
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as agent for process & shall mail to: 328 County Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalSept.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: GOHDE ENTERPRISES RENTALS LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 26 July 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 PO Box 319, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalSept.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Focus & Connected LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/12/2017. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4038 Seton Ave, Bronx, NY 10466. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalAug.31 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of AMT Goods LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/12/2017. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4038 Seton Ave, Bronx, NY 10466. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalAug.31 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of 473 Main Street LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/12/17. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4038 Seton Ave, Bronx, NY 10466. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalAug.31
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GRANTS MANAGER The Oneonta Municipal Civil Service Commission announces an open-competitive exam for Grants Manager for the City of Oneonta on Oct 28. Application deadline is Sept 22. Applications and announcements are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main St., or for download at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel. EOE
Street Superintendent The Village of Cooperstown has an opening for the position of Street Superintendent. This is a full-time position with a salary of $40,000 annually and attractive benefits. Applicants must be a resident of Otsego County. Candidates must possess at least four years of satisfactory experience in the maintenance and repair of streets. Preference in appointment may be given to candidates with a valid Class A or B CDL. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The Village of Cooperstown is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For further information regarding the position and to obtain an application please contact the Village Administrator’s Office at 607-547-2411 or send your resumé and cover letter to: Teri L. Barown, RMC, Village Administrator, Village of Cooperstown, PO Box 346, Cooperstown, NY 13326.
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‘RJ’ Mulligan, 90; Veteran, Contractor, Village Native Son COOPERSTOWN – Robert Joseph Mulligan, 90, a retired contractor and Cooperstown Native Son, passed away Aug. 12, 2017. RJ was born May 23, 1927, on the family farm in the Town of Warren, the fifth of six children to Hugh “Doad” and Mary Dunne Mulligan. RJ graduated from Richfield Springs Central School. He married Mary Faith St. John on Dec. 11, 1948, and then joined the Army, where he was stationed in Wisconsin, Japan and Germany. Upon returning from Germany with Mary,
they settled in Cooperstown and started their family and first business, Cooperstown Disposal. In 1971, he and Mary decided to sell the disposal company and start a new venture in general contracting. He took the summer off and traveled cross country, visiting 20 states, Mexico and Canada. Upon returning, RJ’s new business thrived. Digging ditches was right up his alley. RJ Mulligan General Contractor sponsored many Little League teams over the years. RJ loved hunting pheas-
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RJ was an usher at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church for many years. He was member of the Cooperstown VFW, Native Sons of Cooperstown, a long-time member of the Cooperstown Sportsman’s Association and a past member of the Cooperstown Sports Booster Club. He is survived by his widow, Helen; sons Michael and wife Suzy, of Herndon, Va., Shawn and wife Susan, Rob Mulligan of Cooperstown, and Bob Winne and wife Roz of North Andover, Mass., and daughters Kit Mulligan Byrd and husband Michael of Lampasas, Texas, Kay Pierro and husband Bob of Fly Creek, and Carol Butts and husband Tom of Hartwick. Also son-in-law
Joe Hilleary of Alexandria, Va., and daughters-in-law Joan Kane, Diana Mulligan and Robin Aufmuth and many grandchildren. He is also survived by numerous great-grandchildren, sisters and brothers in law, nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends that he would call family. RJ was predeceased by his parents and his siblings, Marion, Florence, William, Irene and Loretta, his first wife Mary, daughter Maureen, and several brothers and sisters in law. Calling hours will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 1, at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Elm Street, Cooperstown, with Father John P. Rosson, pastor, officiant. Committal will follow at the family plot in Lakewood Cemetery on East Lake Road. Friends and family are welcome to gather at The Mulligan House, 658 County Highway 59, following the burial service. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests, for those who so desire, that donations in his memory be made to Fly Creek First Responders, PO Box 218, Fly Creek, NY 13337 or Friends Helping Friends. Arrangements are under the guidance of Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.
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ants and having his dogs around. He liked to be outdoors camping and playRobert ing golf. Joseph He was Mulligan always a farmer at heart and having horses made it easy for him to continue baling hay and riding his tractor. After Mary died on June 7, 1992, RJ met and fell in love with Helen Winne, whom he married on Oct. 25, 1997. They had just celebrated RJ’s 90th birthday and were looking forward to celebrating their 20th anniversary.
FLY CREEK – Dorothy J. “Dot” Martin an integral and beloved part of the Fly Creek community, passed away Friday morning, Aug. 18, 2017, at the Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was 96. Born May 5, 1921, in Pittsfield, Dot was one of 10 children of Leslie Calvin Day Sr. and Agnes Alene née Daniels Day. After graduating from high school, she attended SUNY Oneonta, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in education and later a master’s. On July 25, 1946, she married Peter L. Martin in a ceremony at the Milford Methodist Church. In 1952, the Martins purchased a home from Howard Aufmuth, Sr. on the corner of Bailey Road and Goose Street in Fly Creek. They moved back to Otsego County in 1979. An avid historian, Dot was a long-time member of The Fly Creek Area Historical Society as well as the New York State Historical Association, the Connecticut Genealogical Society, and Fairbanks Family, Inc. Dot is survived by her husband of 71 years, Pete Martin of Fly Creek; their daughter-in-law, Judy Brown; two grandsons, Martin R. Osterhoudt and wife, Michelle, and Timothy L. Osterhoudt and wife, Meka, all of Oneonta; three great grandchildren,; many, many nieces and nephews, and her many friends in Fly Creek and beyond. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a foster son, Charles F. Oster-
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COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. FCAHS COMMUNITY DAY – 8:30 a.m. Meet the neighbors, pick up needed items, or find a bargain at the Community Yard Sale. Fly Creek. Call (607) 547-2501 ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. It’s Childrens day featuring free
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tastings, balloons, and a free children’s craft with Branch & Bloom. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. E-mail oneontafarmersmarket 607@gmail.com. BE POSITIVE FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-10 p.m. First annual festival for all ages. Activities include speakers, volunteer opportunities, workshops, art, music, food, dancing in locations in Downtown Cooperstown. Call (607) 638-5538 GARLIC CELEBRATION – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Celebrate the Garlic Harvest. Enjoy garlicky food samples, get growing tips, find seed stock. Follow Signs on Allen Lake Rd. to Ainslie Rd. Call (315) 858-0506. ENGINE SHOW – 10 a.m.4 p.m. Engine enthusiasts from across the state join together to display their prized antique cr engines from the 1900s. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Call (607) 547-9692. SPIRIT FEST – 10 a.m.4 p.m. Register for sessions with psychics, mediums, or find spiritual gifts. Institute for Spiritual Development, Lotus Center, 41-45 Dietz St., Oneonta. Call 607-433-2089. FARM FAMILY TOUR – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Discover family life in 1845. Includes hands-on activities on 19th century farm. Included with museum admission. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. OLT PICNIC – 11 a.m.2 p.m. Bring family, friends for food, games, auction, music, hikes, more to support conservation efforts of Otsego Land Trust. Tickets, $25 adult, $14 children 14 and under. Greenwoods Conservancy, 800 Zachow Rd., Burlington. Call Julie at (607) 547-2366. AUCTION – 11 a.m. Enter Chinese Auction with lottery board and 50/50 raffle. Support Eclipse Winterguard. Oneonta Moose Lodge, 87 West Broadway, Oneonta. Call (607) 282-2366 or e-mail Jodi Christian at Jodi.Lynn13@yahoo.com. SUNDAY SOUNDS – Noon4 p.m. Usually held Sunday, this fun event features comic lyricist and impressionist Ody B. Goldy entertaining the audience with humorous
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tributes to well known celebrities. Guess the song and you could win some cider. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Call (607) 5479692. 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. Also Sunday. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. WOMEN’S RIGHTS – 2 p.m. Vignettes by the Templeton Players portray what it means to be a woman in the 1800s. 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. POETRY SLAM – 5 p.m. The First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Call (607) 638-5538. DANCE – 7-10 p.m. All invited to multi-cultural, multi-generational dance capping off the Be Positive Festival with music by local bands. The Farmers Market, Cooperstown. Call (607)6385538 CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Simpler Times and guest artists present Evening of Indie Rock. The Star Theater, The Foundry, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley.
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ENGINE SHOW – 10 a.m.4 p.m. Engine enthusiasts from across the state join together to display their prized antique cr engines from the 1900s. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Call (607) 547-9692. SUMMER SUNDAY SERIES – 1-3 p.m. Learn about arti-
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facts found in the fields at the Swart-Wilcox house from the Revolutionary War. Swart-Wilcox Hosue Museum, Oneonta. Mediumship Workshop – 1-3 p.m. Connect with loved ones, bring questions. Darling Hill Farm Retreat, 404 Ed Herman Rd, Westford. RSVP Storyducey@gmail.com ANTI-RENT WAR VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. The Templeton players perform short vignettes portraying historical events, characters, and folklore. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. OPEN MIC – 3 p.m. The Barn welcomes public to share thier poetry with public at the Windfall Dutch Barn, 2009 Clinton Rd., Cherry Valley. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Performance of “Four Seasons: Vivaldi and Piazzolla” by violinist Joseph Lin. The Otesaga, Cooperstown.
Monday August 28
PHOTOGRAPHY WALK – 6:30-8 a.m. View the sunrise over Otsego Lake with photographer Kevin Gray. He will give tips on composition, light and shadow, camera techniques. Bring a camera to capture the view of the sunrise on the lake. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call (607) 547-1510. CPR CLASS – 2-5 p.m. Get certified in CPR/AED with FORDO & the American Red Cross. Space limited, registration required. Fee, $25 due on registration. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Call (607) 267-4435. BLOOD DRIVE – 2:306:30 p.m. Donate blood, platelets. Richfield springs Community Center, Walnut St., Richfield Springs. Call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
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THURSDAY-Friday, AUGUST 24-25, 2017 Pastor Barrett and Trustee Lola Rathbone walk the Milford Manor Farms property where new church is planned.
Magic Mountain Music Farm Planning 25th Concerts For County Community KAPLAN/From A1 their key,” said Kaplan, who has been developing “the technique of selective inattention” here (for three decades) and in New York City (for more than a half-century). In that time, he estimates he’s helped launch the careers of some 1,500 musicians, from Scott Anderson, principal clarinetist at the Honolulu Symphony, to Adele O’Dwyer, principal cellist at the Irish Chamber Orchestra, who is at the farm right now. She is among a number of Magic Mountain alumni practicing together for the 25th anniversary of Summermusic, featuring Beethoven, Mozart and more this year at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, and Saturday, Sept. 2, at the First Presbyterian Church in nearby Gilbertsville. Free; public welcome. Every performer has a favorite piece, and the concerts are being built around each performer’s best, their director said. Kaplan, who’s turning 80 this year, roomed with future Franklin Stage founder Gene Marner at Columbia in the mid-1950s. A violinist, he then spent two years with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, returned to Juilliard in 1958 and in 1963 got a job teaching in the music department at Hastings High School in Westchester County. “That’s where it happened,” he recalled the other day, a warm breeze crossing the front porch that extends the length of the former farmhouse that is now his music camp. “I fell in love. I was compelled and intrigued.” He calls the approach he’s been developing ever since “totally nonjudgmental.” His goal is not to drill music into his students’ heads and hands, but to coax forth their talents. Studying with him, “people let their hair down,” he said. By 1969, he was chair of the string department at the Third Street Music School Settlement, the nation’s oldest community school of arts. In 1973, he joined the Manhattan School of Music, where he’s been ever since. The journey to Magic Mountain soon began, as he and wife Sally Ricketts rented a house in Red Hook to provide
Movement of the 1960s – that all of us have huge untapped potential; the role of education is to set it free – he began to earn a reputation: “If you’re stuck, then you come to me.” He built his sessions around the academic year: A week in October, two weeks in January, one in March, four sessions in the summer. Students practice alone, but – this is key – also perform for fellow students. Using a metronome, Kaplan slows the beat – tick, tick, tick – to a tempo the performer can control. At that pace, the resulting performances draw “the validation of the audience,” motivating students in their solitary practice sessions, “our chambers of silence.” “To me, it’s fascinating to watch someone put themselves at ease,” he said. “In five minutes, the person reveals their profile.” To a non-musician, this may seem a little obscure, but in the course of an hour-long interview, the Kaplan approach is revealed in flashes. “If you think, this is not good enough, it has to be better, then you are lost.” Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA And, “Live in the moment. Discard & The Freeman’s Journal the demands of the future. Replace it Adele O’Dwyer, cellist with with the demands of the present.” the Irish Chamber Orchestra And, “Understanding is doing. and a Magic Mountain Music Doing is understanding.” Farm alumna, practices for the And, “Better is perfect. Perfect 25th anniversary concerts is irrelevant.” upcoming Sept. 1-2, while It must be working. He has directed teacher and Music Farm the Empire State Youth Orchestra and founder Burton Kaplan listens. other orchestras in such venues as students with intensive training during Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, to summers. In 1985, the couple shifted praiseful reviews. summer operations to Danby, Vt. “Mr. Kaplan has fashioned the The Marners – he and wife Satrina orchestra into a disciplined, precisely are also movie producers – spent a year honed ensemble,” one New York Times in Europe on a shoot, and made their review put it, “one that plays with Franklin home available to the a crisp biting attack and an obvious Kaplans. It was during that year relish of making music in a vigorous Sally – a violist then, now a clinical extroverted manner.” psychologist, some remember her from So, 30 years later, he’s still at it, her residency at Bassett Hospital – working on his latest book: “The began scouting properties locally. Musical Path to Technique: Design of One day in 1987, she drove her the Heart.” husband down a long driveway, “The aim is to teach the ear to guide between two lines of maples, to the the body,” he explained. “Emotion is former Larsen farm on West Hill Road the glue that holds the pieces together.” here. He was sold. An adherent of the Human Potential
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Congregation From Gutted Church Buys Milford Manor Farms Building CHURCH/From A1 together a task force that included Lola Rathbone, the retired Catskill Area Hospice executive, and state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford – both members – to begin looking at sites for the new church. “The congregation agreed that we wanted to rebuild, but not on the site of the original church,” she said. “We wanted a new building that would be one level, handicapped accessible and have more parking.” The task force looked at “five or six” properties throughout the village, but wanted to stay close to the original site. “We asked Ollie Gonzalez if he would be willing to sell his property, and he agreed,” said Barrett. The congregation will be moving into the grocery building in mid-September and will worship there through the winter while finding an architect to draw up plans. “We hope to break ground on the sanctuary next spring,” said Rathbone. “This is 2,300 square feet, and we’ll add 4,000 square feet in the sanctuary, with this building being used as our fellowship hall.” “There’s a kitchen we can use, and we’ve already ordered chairs,” said Barrett. “We’ve got the altar, the pulpit and the communion table from the old church, so we’ll be able to put familiar things in an unfamiliar place.” In addition, the stained glass
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windows salvaged from the fire will be re-installed in the front of the new sanctuary. “We haven’t decided what we’re going to do with the bell yet,” said Rathbone. “We may put it out front, or hang it again.” The church still owns the former site, and discussions are still being held on how best to utilize it. “We’ve talked about making a prayer garden or an outdoor worship space to commemorate our forefathers,” said Barrett. Following the fire, the congregation moved the Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, a former Presbyterian church. The food pantry and clothing drive was moved to the former Legion Building, which Barrett has been turning into the West 1566 Community Center. “The community has really come together,” she said. “It’s a win-win for all of us.” The fire was later determined to be arson, and in July, police arrested Gerald E. Althiser Jr., 20, of Springfield Center and charged him with setting the fire. “After he was arrested, Susan Matt from the Otsego County Mental Health department asked if she could come make a presentation to the congregation,” she said. “She was looking for a place to starting a support group for people with mental illness, so I offered her space in the community center.” She added, “Good things can come out of sadness.”