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New CCS Super’s Goal: ‘Continuous Improvement’ Over Summer, Administrators, Teachers Map What Education Means By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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rage in the 1990s, sparking, among other things, TQM, the total quality management movement among the Fortune 500. This summer, Cooperstown
Threering binders abound with detailed plans for CCS teachers.
Central School’s principals and teachers have had an immersion experience in the kaizen pool. Dr. Bill Crankshaw, CCS’ new superintendent of schools as of Jan. 1, spent the spring semester “establishing relaPlease See KAIZEN, B7
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The two man combo (and retired pharmacists) Ed Badgley (clarinet) and George Ehrmann were going strong Tuesday, Aug. 29, in Pioneer Park, as the Music in the Park is wrapping up for this summer.
Village Hall Ballroom In Final Stretch
SHORT-TERM PAIN, LONG-TERM GAIN By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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wo $10,000 gifts from the Friends of the Library and of 22 Main will allow the second-floor ballroom at 22 Main to be “functional,” Trustee Lou Allstadt reported to the Village Board this week. The money will allow installation of AV equipment, plus the purchase of new seats and dimmable track lighting, he said. Plans are to finish the work in time to accommodate two screenings during Glimmerglass Film Days, Nov. 9-13. To schedule the space, call 547-2411. TOP LION DUE: Janet LaFrance, the Lions Club’s district governor, will discuss the “power of we” in the club’s motto, “We Serve,” when she addresses the Coopertown club at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Tunnicliff Inn. APP FOR OPT: Oneonta Public Transit is offering a free app to allow riders to track buses online. Called “Cooperstown-Oneonta HUB,” it can be downloaded at GooglePlay or AppStore. More info at www.oneontahub.com, or call 267-4193.
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s the 2014 Winter Carnival began, a pipe leading into Mickey’s Place burst, forcing the village crew to scramble in the middle of a snowstorm. “There were crews plowing and crews trying to fix the break,” said Trustree Cindy Falk. “These pipes are over 100 years old. We’re living on borrowed time.” “To me, that just underscores the emergency need for the project,” said Mayor Jeff Katz. A $1.2 million, 90-day reconstruction of Pioneer from Lake to Church and replacement of sewer, water and storm-drainage lines is due to begin Tuesday, Sept. 5. Crews will be racing to beat the snowfall. “We have a lot of tourism and a lot of foot traffic,” said Travis Smigel of Delaware Engineering, which is overseeing the work. “That means we’ve got a compressed construction window and multiple Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal crews working so we can get it done in 90 Village Waste-Water Superintendent John Cankar, right, assisted by Scott Folts, begins days.” mapping sewer lines Tuesday, Aug. 29, preparing for the reconstruction of Pioneer Street Though the roads will be finished, final between Lake and Church, due to begin the Tuesday after Labor Day. Please See PIONEER, B7
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Rector’s Poetry Inspired Svahn Book W.W. Lord’s Words On Indian Burial Ground By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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in 1899 on the “mysterious mound” at the corner of Main Street and Estli Avenue. Dr. David Svahn, who provides the fullest chronicle to date of Christ Episcopal Church’s onetime rector in his just-published second book, “Conflict & Genius,” was drawn to his subject Please See SVAHN, A7
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LOCALS Clark Sports Center Seeks ’17 Fetterman Nominees
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he Clark Sports Center is seeking nominations for the annual Fetterman Award. Nominees must be involved with local youth atheltics, teach good sportsmanship, have direct contact with children through fundraising, coaching, refereeing or organizing youth and leads by example. This award is given in memory of Patrick C. Fetterman, long time associate direc-
tor of the ACC Gymnasium/Clark Sports Center. Recipients are honored for their dedication to serving local youth, especially in the area of athletics. Last year’s winner was Mike Perrino. Nominations must be submitted by Friday, Sept. 8 and may be sent to Brenda Wedderspoon-Gray, Clark Sports Center, P.O. Box 850, Cooperstown, NY 13326.
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Zoë Vandermeulen Named New Rotary District Governor
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Zoë Vandermeulen at Cooperstown Rotary Tuesday, Aug. 29.
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oë Vandermeulen, Unadilla, vice president/communications of Unalam, the manufacturer of glulam beams made from laminated layers of wood, is the new governor of Rotary International’s District 7170, which stretches from Otsego County past Binghamton into the Southern Tier. Installed at the District 7170 conference in May, she visited the Cooperstown Rotary Tuesday, Aug. 29, in her tour of the district. She is the first district governor from Otsego County in a decade, when Oneonta’s Sam Koury served. A member of the Cooperstown club, the late Catherine Black, was the first female District 7170 governor.
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Afghanistan Strategy? Burn Poppies, Save Otsego Lives
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just off I-88’s Exit 18 would be developed for a distribution center. The other day, however, Oberacker was perturbed to receive an email from Devin Morgan, chairman of sadly reduced Otsego Now, saying the project is being delayed by the discovery of wetlands on the property. A call to Mary Beth Bianconi, the Delaware Engineering partner leading the effort, brought a contrasting picture: Yes, state GIS maps identify 1.7 acres in the midThe Freeman’s Journal dle of the 140-acre parcel, County Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, at the but, she said, it doesn’t rule out development; it just has packed Feb. 20 meeting at the American Legion, where Sandy Mathes outlined prospects for a dis- to be worked around. tribution center at I-88’s Exit 18. He is dismayed The real obstacle is that the project seems to be losing momentum. Otsego Now hasn’t signed a contract with Delaware tally, it’s the largest building most of them proximate to Engineering on work origi(and tax-generating strucflat, open spaces. nally scheduled to start on ture) in Schoharie County. • April 1. Bianconi’s firm These essential facilities Thus, there was huge – Amazon alone plans to fill enthusiasm around economi- was to do SEQR, the state environmental review. Elan 100,000 “fulfillment center” cally battered Schenevus Planning, Saratoga Springs, jobs this year through midwhen county Rep. Peter was supposed to update the 2018 – create opportunities Oberacker, in alliance with community master plan, but for jobs and tax revenues in Otsego Now then-president there’s no contract there places like Otsego County. Sandy Mathes, revealed in Please See EDITORIAL, A5 We have seven I-88 exits, February that a 140-acre site
olks with scanners A better idea, easily heard the other eveimplemented with positive ning that a “young results assured, would be to woman” was being spirited simply burn the poppy fields off a sidewalk at Chestnut in Helmand Province, source and Beaver in Cooperstown of 90 percent of the world’s to Bassett’s ER, a suspected heroin, every acre. heroin overdose. That one step Our obituary colwould drive up umns, in print and heroin’s price on online, continue to Otsego County’s reflect unexpected street corners deaths of our neighand across our bors’ children in nation. And the their 20s and 30s, higher the price, DEA photo the better – highalthough the cause is usually unstated. The opium er and higher, out poppy, beautiful Nationally, of the reach of – and deadly. the latest figures every American showed 50,000 teenager. Americans died of heroin Recent news reports say overdoses in 2015, (about the Taliban has taken control 60 locally). That indeed is of heroin production, as well terror. The same year, only as protecting poppy fields, 11 GIs died in combat in so our foe’s finances would Afghanistan. also receive a body blow. • • In his address to the President Trump ran, nation on Afghanistan the saying he would champion other night, President Trump average American families. seemed determine to take This is it, sir: Listen to your us back into the Mideast generals, or listen to grievquagmire, (not to be coning families in every comfused with the mid-Atlantic munity, large and small, in swamp). our stricken nation. It sounds like more of the If we can’t save Afghanisame: More troops, and who stan, at least we can save expects a different outcome? Americans.
SEEKING NATTY BUMPPO David Shipman Descendant Finds Evidence Convincing, Deserving State Marker Editor’s Note: Bruce Shipman, a relative of David Shipman, has been seeking a New York State Historical Marker for The Hawkeye’s grave, between Fly Creek and Toddsville. By BRUCE SHIPMAN
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t’s amazing to me why with of all the historical markers on our local highways, we don’t see one for the first American internationally known author’s inspiration for The Leatherstocking Tales. Written by a local author, James Fenimore Cooper, about a local person, David Shipman, in our local area, Cooperstown, Otsego Lake: In opinion, this should be known and understood by local people. The Cooperstown High School teams are now known as the Hawkeyes. I wonder if players know the name’s origin. Many
Leatherstocking Tales” was our own local frontiersman David Shipman. He is buried in Adam Cemetery between Fly Creek and Toddsville. I will try to explain why I came to my conclusion like many others. I will tell who agrees with me and the end of this article. I am not alone. In Cooper’s novel, “The Pioneers,” the first of the “Leatherstocking Tales,” there is a fictitious village of Templeton with a fictitious character, Judge Daniel Day Lewis as Bumppo in the most Templeton. Cooper would recent “Last of the never admit that anything Mohicans” movie. (1992) he wrote about came from real-life people or places probably think Hawkeye was just a name from a story or things. But even in his lifetime, a popular parlor or a movie, “the Last of the The Freeman’s Journal game in Cooperstown was Mohicans.” Do they know Bruce Shipman, kinsman to the “Leatherstocking of the region,” reviews that a real person from their trying to identify the people family records at his home in the Town of Columbia in 2013. in his books. There was local area was the inspirainspiration. Family Bible is in the complete agreement that the daughter, Sophia, daughter tion for Hawkeye, Natty of David’s son Samuel, I searched for hours for NYSHA library in main characters that Judge Bumppo, The Deerslayer, married Lewis Nash. Lewis the identity of Hawkeye, Cooperstown. David Temple was Judge Cooper The Pathfinder, hero of Nash put the question Natty Bumppo and other Shipman is the name in and Leatherstocking was Cooper’s “Leatherstocking directly to James Fenimore names for Leatherstocking. that Bible. David Shipman. Tales”? Cooper: Who was his inspiIt would take several pages • Alan Taylor, PulitzerQuestion: Who would The inspiration for “The ration for the hero of “The to put all that information in Prize-winning author of know better than the people Leatherstocking Tales”? this newspaper, but here are “William Cooper’s Town,” who knew Cooper and Cooper answered, confidena few facts I discovered. believes that David ShipUNDE FO Shipman? D R tially, that David was his • The Leatherstocking Please See SHIPMAN, B7 David Shipman’s grandJU
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s summer draws to a close, we are always sorry to see it go. Of course, there seems to be little doubt that the weather this summer has been somewhat un-summer like. In fact, we think we are still waiting for those hot lazy, hazy days of summer that we tend to associate with August. And given that this is the last day of August, it doesn’t really seem at all that likely that we will actually get them this year. And it seems that this summer has been only one of many things we have found to be puzzling of late. For example, it is our understand-
ing that students will return school having done what was explained to us as their summer homework. We must say we had never before heard of summer homework. And CATHERINE while we don’t LAKE really know what ELLSWORTH it might be, it sounds somewhat more ominous than the summer reading lists of our day. In fact, we found it so bemusing that we actually asked
what would happen if one did not do one’s summer homework. Unfortunately, our source, who we believe was planning to do her summer homework, had no idea. And, unlike what we think our reaction to summer homework might well have been, she was not at all inclined to find out just what would happen if she didn’t do it. • And then, as is often the case, we have to wonder about our seemingly incredible lack of timing. Last week we placed an online order with Staples for a number of ink cartridges for our Please See COLUMN, A5
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by TOM HEITZ with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library
200 YEARS AGO
Burglary! On Tuesday night last, the grocery store of Eli F. Benjamin, in this village, was broken open and robbed of a bag containing between twenty and twenty-five dollars in specie. Another Bubble Burst! No little commotion was excited yesterday by the failure of a private banking institution in this vicinity, the bills of which have had general currency in this and many of the western counties for one or two years. Judgments were yesterday morning entered against the banker for $106,000 dollars! Experience is the school of wisdom. The lessons which we have had upon private banking the last year, it is devoutly hoped, will produce a sensation upon the public mind, sufficient to induce the Legislature to restrain their further operations. September 4, 1817
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75 YEARS AGO
At a special meeting of the village Board of Trustees, plans were approved for the immediate removal from Chestnut Street and portions of Grove Street of the 75 to 100 tons of steel rails concealed in the pavement since their abandonment by the Southern New York railway. Work will get underway as soon as a steam shovel and operator can be secured. By this action the village is answering a patriotic appeal for steel salvage recently made by the War Production Board. Each sixty-foot rail is estimated to weigh about 1,600 pounds. There is sixth tenths of a mile of pavement from the railroad crossing on lower Chestnut to the former September 2, 1992 trolley station on Main Street. September 2, 1942
175 YEARS AGO
Stealing – A woman, respectably clad, named Mary Paul, was recently arrested, charged with stealing a hat and a bonnet from the entryway of a house. The woman said she was from near Albany and had committed the theft to save herself from starvation. She was affected by tears during her examination, and such a fact as she stated, made evident by the voracious manner in which she devoured some food, purchased for her by the officer, was certainly enough to make justice turn the sword aside. The magistrate, however, had no alternative, and the wretched woman was committed. September 5, 1842
150 YEARS AGO
Base Ball – A very exciting game took place last Saturday afternoon between the Mechanics of Fly Creek and the Walrussians of Cooperstown, at the grounds of the latter. The game lasted four hours, and was witnessed by a large number of spectators, of whom ladies constituted a large proportion. But, being mostly from Cooperstown, their sympathies, as expressed, were with the Walrussians, and they cheered every good fortune of that Club. The Mechanics came off finely, winning the game by a score of 67 to 35 – the Walrussians giving up the contest at the 8th inning. There was some fine playing, W. Cheeny making 10 runs and only one out; G.H. Gross 11 runs, no outs; both of the Fly Creek Club. The best playing of the Cooperstown boys was Chedell of Auburn, 6 runs and 1 out; Milburn, 5 runs, 1 out. The fine playing done by the Mechanics shows they have been well drilled since their former contest with the same Club. It is said considerable money was won by those who bet on the winning Club. This I think all wrong.
That Sneaky Spectrum COLUMN/From A4 printer. And as our luck would have it, we received a coupon the next day in the mail from Staples which was good for 15 percent off our next order of ink cartridges. Of course, the coupon expires long before we will have to order more ink cartridges. Nonetheless, we must point out that when our order arrived, it included a $30 gift card for hellofresh. com, which we gather offers healthier cooking in three easy steps, as well as a $100 wine voucher from nakedwines.com., neither one of which interests us in the least. However, we would gladly pass them on, as well as the Staples coupon, to anyone who would be interested in them. • And then there is this rather bemusing experience. Back in the spring, we changed our Spectrum television/Internet/telephone service which resulted in a savings of about $40 per month. At the time, we were assured that this was not an introductory price and that the cost for our Spectrum package would not go up in the future. And while that certainly did sound nice, we must say we were somewhat dubious about the claim. As it turns out, we were right to be dubious. Our last Spectrum bill showed an increase of 2.3 percent. Granted, the basic costs of the three services we have did not change. But, the cost of the TV receiver and associated fees went up. The surcharge for broadcast TV also went up. And, the bundle discount for the Internet was reduced. Thus, even though the basic cost did not change, the bill went up anyway, leaving us to wonder how long it will be before we will be paying substantially more for our television/Internet/ telephone services. • We are also wondering about a new service, “Informed Delivery,” which we signed up for with the United States Postal Service. Each day for which there is mail delivery, we receive an email which contains images of the letter-sized mail that will be arriving soon in our mailbox. Exactly why we need to know this is a bit of a mystery to us. But so far, each email has indeed shown the images of the mail we received that day. Of course, the email also informs us that we can “Look for opportunities to interact with your mail where mailer provided content is available!” We have absolutely no idea what that might mean, but we tend to think that the only interaction we intend to have with our mail is to open it and deal with it as necessary. • In fact, we are of the opinion that there is so much going on in the world around us, that we really have little time to do anything other than ponder all the various events of the day. It seems to have become a somewhat overwhelming task. PLEASE NOTE: Comments regarding this column may be made by mail to 105 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, NY 13326, by telephone at 607-5478124 or by email at cellsworth1@stny.rr.com. For more thoughts about the comings and goings of Cooperstown, visit tcooperstowntoday.com.
We can see the trenches not far off. At night we can hear the guns very plainly. I am in a tent with five fellows, one from Denver, one from Indiana, one from St. Louis and two from Louisiana. They are all a good bunch of fellows. We are a part of the French Cavalry and now we have a French Lieutenant over us.” September 5, 1917
Ball playing is a good and exciting game; but betting or gambling should not be mixed up with it. (Ed. Note: The site of the game in the Village of Cooperstown was the Old Fairgrounds where the Bassett Health Center parking area is located along Fair and River streets and Atwell.) September 6, 1867
125 YEARS AGO
The large barge now nearly completed at Gazley’s boat yard in this village, has been named “The Cyclone.” It will go into commission this fall as a freighter; the steamer Gem will move the craft. There is considerable business to be done in that line. Next summer, this boat will appear as a full-fledged steamer, with double decks, and capable of carrying, it is said, 300 people safely. The boat will be run in connection with Cooper’s boat livery, as a companion to the Gem. September 1, 1892
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(Excerpts from a letter written by Robert D. Caney at a training camp in France to his mother, Mrs. Irving Caney, in Cooperstown) “Dear Mother: We arrived at camp Tuesday at two p.m. It is a fine old place turned over to the Americans. It is a large chateau very much like Fenimore farm. We have our tents pitched in the back of the house in the garden. This place was once held by the Germans.
50 YEARS AGO
The Rev. Robert E. Herst of Aurora assumed the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown and the Milford Presbyterian Church on September 1 and conducted his first worship services at the two churches on September 3. The Rev. and Mrs. Herst and family moved into the Presbyterian Manse on Church Street last week. The family includes James E. Hodges, 19, a foster son, a daughter Deborah, 15, and three sons, Martin, 11, Rickey, 9, and Calvin, 8. September 6, 1967
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Patrick J. Grossi, 70, a former probation consultant who became a blacksmith at The Farmers’ Museum on his retirement died Sunday, August 26, at Otsego Manor. The son of the late John and Maria DiLanni Grossi, he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1948. In retirement, Mr. Grossi pursued his lifelong involvement in blacksmithing, a trade he learned from his father who was the last blacksmith employed by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. In later years he was manager of the blacksmith shop at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown and also volunteered as a blacksmith at Hanford Mills Museum and at Hancock Shaker Village. August 31, 2007
EDITORIAL: Faltering Local Economy Has Human Victims EDITORIAL/From A4 either. The Otsego Now board, which had fallen behind on its minutes’ postings, is now up date, and they show the IDA was unable to obtain a state grant sufficient to pay for the SEQR. Finding money in Albany was one of Mathes’ particular strengths, but that’s gone. The original hope was for groundbreaking to occur in 2018. Now, the minutes say not to expect anything for five years. • At last week’s monthly meeting, the Otsego Now board also turned management of all its Oneonta projects over to City Hall – the $10 million DRI (downtown redevelopment initiative), redevelopment of the D&H yards, the Twelve Tribes acquisition, and a master-plan update being facilitated by Elan’s Lisa Nagle. The minutes also reflect a scaling back of Cooperstown’s plans for Doubleday Field (its centenary is 2019) and abandonment of an exciting Railroad Avenue redevelopment vision, at least for now. By all measures, Cooperstown is flourishing. Monday, Aug. 28, it launched a $1.2 million redo of Pioneer Street, paid for solely with local money from parking fees. Word is the inventory of homes under $300,000 is pretty much exhausted, meaning values will rise for the first time in a decade. In Oneonta, the SUNY and Hartwick
students provide an economic base, and – as Mayor Gary Herzig told the Otsego Now board is he determined to do – ambitious plans are in the offing. But outside those two major population centers, things are tough. Take Otego and Unadilla: Dairying, the mainstay for decades, continues in decline. The only manufacturer is evergrowing Unalam – its glulam beams are evident in the 21st-century Clark Sports Center, just expanded – but it’s doing most of its manufacturing in Sidney, Delaware County. The Unatego school district has closed Otego Elementary, (although a new bloc that favored its preservation was elected in May, and in turn elected Jim Salisbury – former Otsego Now veteran board member – as president). The reality is, only economic development can save Otego Elementary or, for that matter, Unatego, and make the “for sale” signs disappear from the communities’ charmingn streets. Otego and Unadilla have three I-88 exits. Perfect for distribution centers. But with a fiveyear window for Schenevus, what can be expected? • A thriving local economy is not just about dollars. It’s about lives. There have been three murders in Otsego County so far this year, committed (allegedly) by people with too much time on their hands. (It’s said the three men living in the New Lisbon woods had lost their homes in county tax sales.
If only…) Distribution centers provide, not just paychecks and tax revenues, but work ethic, steady habits, an alternative to mischief – i.e., productive citizens. Unemployment breeds poverty, hopelessness, vice. And we’ve seen shocking examples of that. Take a look at the Otsego Now minutes. They reflect insufficient energy. Of course, it’s an organization under duress, having lost all its staff after forcing Mathes out. Happily, the hiring of a new president is expected any day, and Otsego Now can begin to rebuild. If it does, great. But a stronger local economy is essential. Responding to Herzig the other day, Morgan assured the mayor Otsego Now stands ready to provide its traditional services – PILOTs and bonding to aid development. That’s fine, as far as it goes. But, clearly, some entity has to do more than that. If Otsego Now with its soon-to-be named president steps up, fine. If not, the county board might consider reviving its economic-development office – or a public-private alternative – and reducing the IDA to its traditional, more minimal role. The word is candidates will soon be proposed to fill Otsego Now board vacancies. It might make sense to wait until after the Nov. 8 election, to allow the county Board of Representatives to agree on the most fruitful path forward.
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Cuomo Administration Blocks Natural-Gas Benefits From Northeast Editor’s Note: These are excerpts from the lead editorial, “Cuomo’s Natural Gas Blockade,” in the Thursday, Aug. 24, edition of the Wall Street Journal.
(i.e., fracking), and now he’s blocking natural gas pumped in other states from reaching Northeast markets. The Empire State’s southern tier overlays the rich Marcellus and Utica Shale formations, among the most productive drilling regions in the country. Shale he U.S. shale boom has lowered fracking has been an economic energy prices and created TO READ boon for Appalachia – and could hundreds of thousands of have lifted Upstate New York. jobs across the country. But those full editorial, subSince 2010 natural gas production living in Upstate New York and has surged 520 percent in West VirNew England have been left in the scribe at WSJ.COM ginia, 920 percent in Pennsylvania cold by New York Gov. Andrew and 1,880 percent in Ohio. Cuomo, whose shale gas blockade …Last year the Governor compoundcould instigate an energy crisis in the ed the economic damage by blocking the Northeast. 120-mile Constitution pipeline transProgressives once hailed natural gas porting natural gas from Pennsylvania as a “transition fuel” to renewables to upstate New York and New England. like solar and wind, but now they are Although (FERC) approved the pipeline waging a campaign to “keep it in the ground.” New York is ground zero. First, in 2014, Mr. Cuomo’s Department of Environmental Conservation conducted Mr. Cuomo banned hydraulic fracturing
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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA LETTERS
Elected Executive Would Give County The Clout Of One Voice
To the Editor: Otsego County is currently run by its Board of Representatives through a system of committees by which board members supervise the various county departments. That process is widely recognized as slow, cumbersome and inefficient. Some people have suggested that a county manager appointed by the board might provide some focus and expertise, and relieve the board of some of its stress. Others have suggested instead an elected county executive. I think an elected county executive is the much better choice. Otsego County, especially in these times, needs its own voice, something only an elected county executive can provide. He or she could speak for the county’s interests in Albany, Washington and beyond with an authority no county manager, nor the 14 separate county representatives, could ever have. Otsego County has had no advocate, no one to officially and exclusively promote and defend its interests to the powers that be beyond its borders. Our county has been a small part, at best, of the larger districts our legisla-
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ur political system is dysfunctional not because it’s too democratic, but because it’s not democratic enough.’ tors represent in Albany and Washington; our priorities are often not their priorities, and we’ve suffered the resulting neglect (unfunded mandates, infrastructure neglect, wide income disparities, regressive taxes, health care issues, lack of economic growth, etc.). A county executive, backed by popular electoral mandate, could take on these issues, as well as be the county’s chief administrator. We need to reaffirm our faith in democracy. Our political system is dysfunctional not because it’s too democratic, but because it’s not democratic enough. An elected county executive, directly accountable to the people, would be an important step in expanding local democratic accountability. He or she would have to come before the voters periodically to defend their
record and ask for reelection. Critics of the executive would have a timely opportunity to run for that office. This new elected office would offer a new and needed opportunity to develop local political talent. A county executive position, as the most important local public office, would help create a deeper bench of experienced local officials – another asset to our community – who might rise to higher things in the future. A county manager is really the opposite of democracy: it would substitute a bureaucratic solution for a political solution. By hiring a county manager, county representatives would no longer have to do the committee work, it is true. Unfortunately, once relieved of that duty, they risk losing their hands-on knowledge of county affairs, while still being responsible for them. A county manager would control most of the information going to the representatives and the to the public. It would be hard to contradict his or her recommendations, so the tail could easily wag the dog. It’s not easy to fire someone with the kind of power given to a manager. It’s how CEOs take over corporate boards.
The representatives who hired a manager would depend on that person, and have a lot invested in protecting them. Moreover, a county manager would be chosen by and accountable only to whatever faction happened to have a majority on the board at the time. There’s no guarantee that such a manager would be non-partisan or otherwise objective. By contrast, with an elected executive in place, the county representatives would get what they want. They would be entirely free of the burdens of administrative management, as well as the responsibility for it. (That would be the new executive’s job.) Legislative and executive functions would be entirely separated, as they should be. board members would be able to devote themselves exclusively to the task of being legislators. That would greatly ease their workload while clarifying their responsibilities. Salaries might be reduced proportionately. County department heads would be serving one master, the county executive, not many, as they are now. The county executive and the county Board would be entirely independent of one another,
Stammel Thanks Signators, Outlines 2nd-Term Platform
To the Editor: Thank you to the hundreds of Oneonta Town residents (Democrats, Republicans, independents and others) who signed petitions for my reelection to the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Because of your hard work and support, our campaign has been endorsed by multiple parties and will be appearing on the ballot on the Democratic, independent, Working Families, and Women’s Equality lines. There are four broad goals that we have been focused on over my two years on the Town Board and two years on the County Board. 1. Encouraging 21st Century Smart Growth that builds and modernizes our local economy while also protecting our environment and residents’ quality of life; 2. Promoting Public Safety, including maintaining our Town’s professional fire protection and battling the opioid epidemic; 3. Reforming Government to ensure that it is effective, ethical, transparent and accountable, and represents our residents, not the parties, personal interests, or special interests; and 4. Managing Our Budget to avoid property tax increases and to reduce inefficiencies in operations. These have been my priorities and I hope we will also have a productive discussion over the next two months about the issues most important to you. There have been reports that some candidates around the County are already bombarding our homes with automated robo-calls. I pledge as a candidate to avoid these one-sided invasions of your home life. Over the fall I will endeavor to knock on the doors of all voters so we can have a reciprocal dialogue about what matters to you.
My law office on Chestnut Street will also be open for visits every Tuesday evening in September and October from 5:30 to 7 for conversations. Please visit, email, or call. Four years ago, I first ran for office because the Town Board was not representing our residents and I’ve
seen the same issue with the County. But change is in the air and progress is starting. As reported in last week’s paper, I am a member of the informal bi-partisan Reform Caucus that is starting to move County government beyond its stale status quo. It has been a privilege and honor serving our Town
but both would be directly accountable to the public. The distrust of politics – reflected in the preference for an appointed county manager – is a distrust of ourselves. Some say that we don’t have a choice, that local talent can’t be found to run our local government, that there wouldn’t be good candidates for county executive. That’s a sad commentary, almost an insult, to our community. In the recent successful struggle against fracking, it turned out that we had a large pool of local people with extensive business, financial, technical, and scientific experience who were able to defend local interests against unfriendly outside forces. There’s plenty of local talent if you go looking for it. We hear that a county manager would be a trained expert, neutral and objective, ideally someone recruited
from outside, where the talent is said to be. But an outsider, expert or not, is going to be ignorant of the special circumstances of the county, its history, and the key but elusive personal networks that influence events behind the scenes. His or her training is likely to be some standardized degree in administration (one size fits all), or some experience in a different kind of community, perhaps on the other side of the country, which may or may not be relevant to our needs. I’d rather take my chances with someone from the community who can gain the support of a majority of county voters. ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Fly Creek Adrian Kuzminski is moderator of Sustainable Otsego
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Presbyterian minPLAQUE ON BURIAL MOUND ister in Buffalo, but William, conhite Man, Greeting! trarily, followed We near whose bones you stand the High Church Were Iroquois. The wide land route. Which now is yours was ours. For instance, Friendly hands have given back named after the To us enough for a tomb. eminent British WILLIAM WILBERFORCE LORD abolitionist, he 1819-1907 nonetheless found himself supporting the Confederate cause as rector ity. Even as rector at Christ Church here, he was retired of the Episcopal Church in Vicksburg, Miss. Later, he was after just seven years after a schism blew up into a lawsuit. called back to Vicksburg from He continued to live here in rea pulpit in South Carolina to tirement for a total of 30 years. found a rival parish. Before any of this, William For instance, identified Wilberforce Lord experienced early as a potential bishop, his his greatest celebrity with the feuds and arguments within the 1845 publication of a volume church forestalled that possibilcalled simply “Poems.” That too became controversial. Minutes from Cooperstown • $299,000 From England, William Wordsworth praised Lord’s Broker Owned “high promise” for verse “full of deep emotion, and not wanting in vigorous and harmonious expression.” But Edgar Allen Poe, himself celebrated for “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee,” accused Lord of unoriginality in echoing Coleridge in This charming, vintage 3/2 country farmhouse and guest cottage his “Hymn to Niagara,” and with fireplace and gardens sits on 3 acres just minutes from
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tus, was on a full slate of speakers in the first annual Be Positive Festival Saturday, Aug. 26. Add public arts and music, and the festival drew more than 500 people to Pioneer Street. “It was so much of what I had envisioned,” said co-founder Lori Solenstein. The idea for the festival came out of the Positive Action Committee, formed Please See POSITIVE, B3
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POSITIVE/From B1 in the wake of Jeannie Webster’s attendance at the Women’s March on Washington in January and aimed at lifting the spirits of a beleaguered community in the wake of national malaise. “We had no agenda but creating positive feelings of kindness,â€? said Solenstein. “We wanted to get people together to feel good.â€? Opening the festival was a talk by the Leonard family, owners of Origins CafĂŠ and Carefree Gardens, to 200 people packed in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church. “We didn’t just create a place to grow flowers and make a living,â€? said mom Mary. “People come in when they’re having a bad day, they see friends, they enjoy the flowers. It’s a community gathering space.â€? “Forget politics,â€? said Kristin. “We all need to eat three times a day. We wanted to create a place for connections to form.â€? But the festival wasn’t just focused on improving the outlook of life in the county. “It’s about sharing economic resources, sharing love and being together,â€? said Faith Gay, who spoke on art and justice with her wife, Glimmerglass Festival Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello. “We think it’s possible to make this a blueprint for other areas.â€? “We’re bound by more than our geography,â€? said Jeanine Webster in opening remarks. She is co-founder
with Solenstein and the Rev. Elsie Rhodes, First Presbyterian Church. “I hope today shows us we have no barriers.� “There are four parts of the heart,� said Malhotra. “The first is taking care of yourself. The second is taking care of your family. The third is taking care of your country and the fourth is taking care of the world. Most people stop at the first or second, but we all need to think about human needs.� In the Lounge of the First Presbyterian Church, artist Ashley Cooper led a workshop on painting cards for Otsego County soldiers stationed overseas, just as she did when her husband, Bassett surgeon Shelby Cooper, was serving in Afghanistan. “I know people who have done four tours overseas,� she said. “It’s important that they know how much we appreciate them.� Families of those serving can go to the county Department of Veterans’ Affairs and pick up some of the artwork created to mail to their loved ones, free of charge. “Shelby told me they get a lot of candy, but not much art,� she said. And Gay and Zambello spoke on the importance of arts in the community. “We see art as an instrument for social change,� said Zambello. “It becomes a bridge. The arts have often been perceived as elitist, so we’ve worked to set pricing that allows all people to come.� “When you’re sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with someone, and you’re sweat-
ing in the dark together, you can’t help but love that person, even if you have massive disagreements,� said Gay. At the Farmer’s Market, kids could participate in a scavenger hunt, searching for “10,000 Pails� (a label for the Pail Shop Vineyard) or a woman in a white bonnet. And artists of all ages could paint a positivity rock or write what they were joyful for on a honeycomb-shaped paper, to be delivered back to a walk-in beehive by a “pollinator� dressed up as a flower. At Templeton Hall, visitors could Be Involved by registering to vote with the League of Women Voters, learning about free healthcare at the Oneonta Community Heath Center or preserving nature with the Otsego Land Trust. And the day ended with a drumming circle and a dance party with music by Veronica Pokorny and Will Walker and belly dancing by Maureen Broeking. “We must have had 100 people there,� said Solenstein. “The dancing was open and engaging, and people just joined in. It wasn’t intimidating.� The group plans to offer the festival next year, and will meet in the coming weeks to look at what worked well and what can be improved. “Love is an active word,� said Webster. “We have a remarkable community, and we want to keep making this a place of hope.�
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cords 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, 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
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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 delivered 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
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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 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:
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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 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
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YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION 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
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Filed 7/13/17 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated 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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New Artisan Festival Seeks To Revive, Expand Old Tradition ART FEST/From B1
took it over, she would go out and paint scenes of the lake and the camp.” The Brush & Palette Club show was held for 47 years. At one point, downtown merchant complaints caused it to be moved out to the Clark Sports Center, leaving Main Street largely abandoned on Labor Day, when families with children have headed
home to get ready for school. In 2013, citing an aging membership, the Brush & Palette Show ended its tradition. But after 30 vendors had a successful trial run at last year’s Cooptoberfest, Hazzard is confident that he can bring a full-scale arts and craft show to downtown Cooperstown as the Artisan Festival, Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 2-3. “Fall is a huge part
of our local economy,” he said. “We want to make sure we’re bringing people back for Labor Day.” The festival will feature over 50 vendors – spaces are still available – selling handmade paintings, pottery, fabric goods and more, as well as live music and performances. “We have so many local residents who have such skill
and craftsmanship,” he said. “The locals really see us as an arts and culture town, and we want to welcome people into this community and show them that we do appreciate the arts.” Initially, the idea was to have the festival line Main Street. “We pitched this to the village, but (the village trustees) said the loss of paid parking was too significant,” he said. “They wanted us to pay a significant amount to cover every dollar they would lose in parking revenue.” The store owners had concerns too. “They expressed that they didn’t want Main Street shut down for two days,” he said. After speaking with the county board, they agreed to let him host the event on the lawn of the county building. “It’s perfect,” he said. “It’s a big public space, and they want to start using it as such.” The festival will follow the sidewalk at the county building, with vendors lining either side and part of the street closed off for parking. The event is free and open to the public. But to draw people downtown, Hazzard is placing the music in Pioneer Park and collaborating with the Cooperstown Art Association, which will be hosting its
annual Fine Arts on the Lawn show at 22 Main. “The Clark Sports Center is a great space, but people would come into the show and leave,” he said. “We want people to come into Cooperstown and spend the day here.” The money raised from $140 vendor fees will go into a mini-grant program to help businesses with small renovations. “It can get expensive to repaint a building or put up a new awning,” he said. “If we can bring people in from the outside, we can use that to give back to the people who are here year-round.” “We could even give some to businesses to buy a new sandwich board,” he added. In some places, similar events have grown to huge proportions. In State College, Pa., for instance, the Central Pennsylvania Arts Festival – C-PAF – founded in 1967, has grown into a five-day event, attracting 125,000 people each July. Hazzard hopes this weekend’s event will be the start of a long and growing tradition. “We’d love to see it double next year,” he said. “At its peak, the Brush & Palette club had 120 booths. We think we can do that in a couple of years if the community comes out and supports us.”
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OBITUARIES Bette Jane Konchar, 74; Served Bassett, Earned Bachelor’s At 61 COOPERSTOWN – Bette Jane Konchar, a lifelong learner who obtained a bachelor’s in chemistry at age 61, died peacefully Thursday morning, Aug. 24, 2017, at her home in Oneonta, following a valiant struggle with cancer. She was 74. Born Feb. 27, 1943, in Cooperstown, Jane was the daughter of Stanley L. and Albina (Cop) Konchar. A member of the Class of 1961 at Cooperstown Central School, Jane was ac-
tive in many extracurricular activities during her school years, including cross-country skiing and horseback riding, and was a very musical person who played the French horn, violin, accordion and organ. Inspired by the challenge of research and experimentation, Jane was an enthusiastic learner and as an adult began taking courses at Hartwick College. At age 61, she earned a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry. For 26 years, Jane was
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er, Albina; and her brother, Steven Alan Konchar. A Memorial Service was held Tuesday, Aug. 29 at Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Paul R. Messner, pastor officiating. She will be laid to rest with her parents and brother at a later date in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Index. Memorial donations may be directed to Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820. Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.
Joseph Alan Theriault, 83; Summered in Cooperstown
COOPERSTOWN – Joseph Alan Theriault, 83, who summered in Cooperstown since the 1970s, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Born in 1934 to Angus and Anna (nÊe Bianca) Theriault, Joseph was the proprietor of Angus Theriault & Sons Roofing. He was the husband of the late Dolores (nÊe Miller) Theriault, who died June 26, 1999. He is survived by his long-time partner Dottie
Payne; children Allison Cacciola (Carl), Patricia Theriault and JoAnn O’Brien of Cooperstown; and was brother of Ruth DiGiacomo and the late Arthur Theriault. A graveside service will be offered at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at Lakewood Cemetery in Cooperstown, with Fr. John P. Rosson, pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake� Roman Catholic Church, officiating. Arrangementes are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.
Louis Nejaime, 46, Hartwick; Active In Community Bible Chapel HARTWICK – Louis G. Nejaime, 46, who worked at Scholet Furniture and the Baseball Hall of Fame, passed away Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, after battling longterm illness. Louis was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on Oct. 6, 1970, to Noel “Theresa� and the late George Rached Nejaime. A graduate of Hoosac Valley High School, he worked in the family business, G. Nejaime’s Cheshire Center store, for 25 years. He was also an EMT for the volunteer fire department. In 2011, Louis married his wife, Maria, and moved to Hartwick. He became a step-father to Katherine and William Reisen. He attended Community Bible Chapel in Toddsville.
Louis is survived by his mother; wife; five sisters and their families, Feriale Louis and Louis Nejaime Yan, Amale and Christopher Neary, Marie and Michael McCarron, Rima and Lloyd Georgeson and Nadia Nejaime; two step-children, Katherine and William; three nieces, and seven nephews. A Celebration of Life ceremony will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 9, at Community Bible Chapel 577 Greenough Road, Cooperstown.
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Remembering REAL Hawkeye SHIPMAN/From A1 man was the inspiration for Cooper’s hero in “The Leatherstocking Tales.” Taylor had all the writing of William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper available to him. That’s a pretty good source. • Cooper himself said, “I thought I invented an uncouth appellation that no one would claim. Six months did not go by before that very man lived within five miles from me, I named him Bumppo.” Certainly, Daniel Boone didn’t live within five miles from him. Fly Creek is where David Shipman lived. • Susan Cooper said she remembers Shipman visiting the family’s house many times wearing leather leggings. Shipman brought game that helped the family survive the first winter in the first year of Cooperstown. The Coopers knew him well. • In his “Chronicles of Cooperstown,” Cooper called Shipman “the Leatherstocking of the area” who could furnish a saddle of venison at any time. Who is David Shipman? David Shipman was born in Old Saybrook, Conn., in 1729. He died in a fever epidemic in Fly Creek in 1813. He was a Revolutionary War veteran, a wellknown hunter and fisherman from the Otsego County area. He was in the Cooperstown area before Cooper. I have a copy of the will of Joshua Uncas, the chief of the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut, giving 3,000 acres to an Edward Shipman. Edward was the first Shipman in America and helped Joshua Uncas, along with other settlers, fight off warring tribes. Who else believes that David is the inspiration for Hawkeye,
Natty Bumppo, The Deerslayer, The Pathfinder and the hero of the first “Leatherstocking Tales.” Here are a few. • Alan Taylor. • Gayle Clark, author of “Natty Bumppo: Trailing the Pathfinder,” “Mohican Musings …the beginning, and Tracking La Longue Carabine.” This can be found on the internet. Gayle Clark did research for the latest “The Last of The Mohicans” movie. • “Otsego Town: Early Settlers,” by Debbie Axtman and Holice Young. • “Cooper’s Otsego Heritage: The Sources of The Pioneers,” James H. Pickering • “James Fenimore Cooper: Cooperstown’s Literary Ghost,” by Victor A. Walsh. • David Shipman (Colonist) in Wikipedia. • “James Feninnore Cooper: The Early Years,” by Wayne Franklin. My name is Bruce Shipman. All my life I was told we were descended from Cooper’s Leatherstocking, David Shipman. I will confess that I am only a cousin as far as I can figure. David and I have a common grandfather. I tried to work with ancestry.com, but too many people draw conclusions that are not correct. I did have an uncle named Raymond Shipman who looked like the man on the pedestal. My cousin, on seeing the statute the first time gasped and said, “that looks like Dad.” There is a word in the Webster’s dictionary, “atavism,” taking on the resemblance of a remote ancestor. I don’t understand why not one sign has been made for the inspiration for Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales.” Fly Creek was his final home. Fly Creek is his final resting place.
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CCS Develops Unified Plan Of Education KAIZEN/From A1 tionships.” (As Fortune 500 managers are often advised: Don’t do anything for six months.) After graduation at the end of June, he – and Director of Curriculum Kristin Butler, Director of Athletics Jim Brophy (filling in for High School Principal Donna Lucy, who was on leave), Elementary Principal Ann Meccariello and all teachers – sprang into action. With the 2017-18 school year due to begin Wednesday, Sept. 6, Crankshaw and his team have achieved what he calls “a guaranteed and viable curriculum.” In a pre-opening-day interview, the new superintendent was at his desk in his office in the junior-senior high school building, reviewing three thick three-ring binders. There were many similar binders, he said, on desks around the elementary and junior-senior high school, being reviewed by teachers and administrators. Combined, these binders are instruction manuals for teachers – any teacher, at any level, in any curriculum, Crankshaw explained. The goal is, well, goals. If, say, CCS is sending products (college- or job-ready students) out into the world after 12 years of manufacturing (education), what should that product be? And how should that product be built – in Grade One, Grade Two, Grade Three and so on, through Grade 12. The superintendent spoke of “any teacher, any level, any curriculum.” And
“scope, sequence and pacing.” And “the units, the concepts, the skills – all mapped out,” he said. Under the Crankshaw Concept, teachers will know what to teach and when to teach it to each class. When Grade Crankshaw Seven students move into Grade Eight, the Grade Eight teacher should know what each of those students has learned, and what he or she is expected to learn before being sent on to Grade Nine. What’s being attempted at 39 Linden Ave., is unique, to hear Crankshaw tell it. “I don’t know any superintendent who can say, I know exactly what’s going on any given week in any given classroom,” said the educator, who arrived here from a three-year superintendency at Remsen Central School in the Adirondacks. Crankshaw was particularly excited by the fact that he and his administrators, alone, didn’t create the “guaranteed and viable curriculum” – they did it with the teachers, pretty much all the teachers: Every teacher, between the beginning of July and mid-August, worked five, six-hour days on his or her particular piece of the puzzle. This is called “curriculum mapping,” he said, “so we know where the gaps are, where the redundancies are,” and they can be addressed.
This extra work was paid for with CCS’ $60,000 allocation of federal Title II funds, received by all public schools, and intended “to increase the number of highquality, effective teachers and principals,” according to pearsonschool.com. Pearson is the consultant the U.S. Department of Education has used to develop and implement various innovations. There’s a three-step process of implementation. One, teaching the “comprehensive instructional plan.” Two, if a student falls short of the goal, a “multi-tiered system of support” is applied to help the student learn. Three, if that fails, parts of a “special education plan” are brought into play, depending on what’s preventing the student from learning. In the past, Crankshaw said, he’s worked in poor school districts, teaching in Fort Plain, Johnstown and Canajoharie, then elementary principal back at Johnstown, and director of curriculum at Northville, before Remsen. In his first six months at the CCS helm, he concluded “students who are driven by families will do fine.” However, he is concerned what he saw among “economically disadvantaged” students: “Their scores were lower than they should be.” “We want more than passing,” he said. “We want mastery. My expectation is, if mastery is 80 percent out of 100, that’s what we should be achieving. Teachers and the school board agree with me,” he continued. “Our students can attain even more than they are.”
Pioneer Street Reconstruction Starts After Labor Day PIONEER/From A1 paving will take place in the spring. New curbing and roadway surface will also be installed. All the money for the project came from paid-parking revenue. “We earn about $400,000 annually,” said Falk. “We set
aside $200,000 of that for immediate projects and $200,000 for this. Otherwise, we would have had to raise taxes, raise water (fees) or go into debt.” But during a community meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 22, Pioneer Street merchants expressed concerns that the
Richfield Youth Sports Plans Fields At Former IDA Parcel PLAN/From A1 to include the parcel. Then, the state found Native American artifacts, putting a quarter of the property off-limits. Then there were wetlands. Lately, Otsego Now had been considering a solar farm there, but with this summer’s departure of its president, Sandy Mathes, those plans came to a standstill. Enter Richfield Youth Sports, a 501c3 non-profit whose volunteers have been providing opportunities for 250 youngsters annually to play baseball, soccer, football and other sports. Len Pickens, RYS president, accompanied by volunteer Cindy Klemm, architect Jim Jordan and attorney Doug Zamelis, appeared at Otsego Now’s monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 24, in Oneonta, asking the county IDA to turn the 50 acres over to them. Right now, Pickens explained, RYS leases the former Mercury field in Herkimer County and Diamond Dreams baseball fields in Warren, but it can’t fully develop property it doesn’t own. Diamond Dreams, for instance, was recently sold, he said. The IDA parcel would be ideal, as youngster could reach it safely via village sidewalks and a snowmobile trail that crosses the site. “We absolutely open to the plan,” said Devin Morgan, Otsego Now board chair. He asked that the RYS submit a proposal to the IDA’s Projects Committee for a full review. The next morning, Pickens, Klemm and Zamelis gave a tour of the site. Entering from Route 28, the snowmobile trail
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cuts through brush, but the terrain suddenly flattens to farmer Bobby Boss’ former hay fields, where two baseball diamonds would neatly fit. Full development of the plan would take time, but the RYS volunteers are used to taking matters into their own hands. “If we got the property now,” said Pickens, a contractor, “this would be bush-hogged and cleared in a week.” According to the prospectus, “Long-range plans include a recreation center/gymnasium to complement and enhance (school and community center) programming which involves music, arts and fitness.” On the south end, a Native American interpretive museum might be possible, as well as providing direct access from the village to nearby Canadarago Lake. The prospectus grew out of a town-village comprehensive master plan update developed during Mathes’ administration, which has been forwarded to the town and village boards for approval. The RYS missed this year’s deadline for state economic-development (CFA) funding, but an approved master plan would help chances for funding next year. The idea would be to seek $200,000 for the development, the maximum, said Zamelis.
roadwork would restrict parking and disrupt their business. “30 percent of my business is walk-in traffic,” added Patti Ashley, Ashley Connor Realty. “They just won’t come.” Some business owners asked the Village to suspend paid parking, but both Falk and Katz rejected the suggestion. “I can’t think of any organization that disconnects projects from revenue,” Katz said at this week’s August Village Board meeting. “The idea lifting paid parking is an absurd and nonsensical solution.” “It’s the revenue from these last few weeks of paid parking that will pay for this project,” said Falk. Village will, however, convert two free 15-minute spaces, and when parking isn’t available on Pioneer Street, Falk recommended that people park on Fish Road, behind the Lake Front Hotel, and walk. “When the roads are open, people can park on Pioneer,” she said. Passes lifting the two-hour
limits on Fish Road will be granted to Pioneer Street residents, business owners and employees who do not have access to their parking because of construction. “Construction is a slowmoving train,” said Smigel. “You’ll be able to see what’s coming, and if you need accommodations made so you can get out of your driveway, ask us. And someone will notify you the day before work is done in front of your home or business.” “Our heart goes out to you,” said John Brust, Delaware Engineering proprietor. “But at the end of the day, we’re digging up a road that really needs it.” Following the completion of the streets project – the village plans to start the proposed Transportation Enhancement Program, which will replace and upgrade sidewalks, on Pioneer as well as around the traffic light at Main and Chestnut.
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