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MURDER, HE SAID D.A. Muehl’s 21 Witnesses Bring Cold Case To Boil

Suspect Casey Callahan is escorted from courthouse by sheriff’s Deputy Donald Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal Virtell.

Democratic County Chairman Richard D. Abbate, Cooperstown, welcomes a record crowd to the party’s annual dinner Friday, Sept.

8, at Foothills. Mayor Jeff Katz was the guest of honor.

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he week of Sept. 18, the Pioneer Street reconstruction will focus on the Main and Pioneer intersection, at the flagpole.

Main will remain open, with traffic directed around the work. Parking near the intersection will be reduced to allow for better traffic follow.

Drivers should access north Pioneer from Lake, and south Pioneer from Church or Elm, according to Streets Committee chair Cindy Falk.

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A bruise on her thigh.

The exact description of “the perfect crime” four months before Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, 34, Goodyear Lake, was killed Jan. 19, 2000, at a truck stop just over Parker Fish/The Freeman’s Journal the Pennsylvania border in

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what was then ruled a tragic accident after her husband’s rig rolled over her.

S T. MARY’S CELEBRATES 150TH

For 1/4 Century, Jackie’s Serves Rt. 28 Corridor

By LIBBY CUDMORE Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

Top photo, St. Mary’s Pastor John P. Rosson blesses the gifts brought forward by, from left, Joe Potrikus, Gerald Wendler and Art Boden. In left photo, Rudy Bohm, right, and other young parishioners blow bubbles over recessing parishioners/MORE PHOTOS, A3

DON’T FORGET ‘THE PIONEERS’

As Always, Manikas Goal: Help People

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ust after Melissa Manikas opened her State Farm Insurance Agency at 29 Pioneer St.,

a client called about a car accident. “The most important thing is that you’re not hurt,” she assured her client. “We’ll take good care of you.”

Now, with Pioneer Street under reconstruction for the Please See PIONEER, B7

But District Attorney John Muehl believes these things prove that Elizabeth’s death was no accident, and Monday, Sept. 11, Casey Callahan found himself on the dock in Otsego County Court, accused of murder in a 17-yearold death.

“I can kill someone and get away with it,” Muehl said in his opening remarks on Monday, Sept. 11. “I’d take somebody for a ride, stop at the Dandy Mart just off Route Please See TRIAL, A7

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GOAL, $30 MILLION: The National Baseball Hall of Fame in recent days announced a drive to create a $30 million endowment, led off with a $10 million gift from MLB. In the public phase, $8 million remains to be raised.

DREAMERS’ PANEL: A panel discussion, “The Immigrant Crisis In Our Communities,” is planned at Noon, Sunday, Sept. 17, at First Presbyterian Church.

Lawyers will be available to advise attendees on related issues.

1ST MURDER TRIAL SINCE ‘05 or noon and 5 p.m. updates on the Casey Callahan murder trial, check D.A. Muehl

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Melissa Manikas operates the State Farm agency at 29 Pioneer St. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

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s a food-service student at BOCES, Jackie Folts was assigned to design a restaurant Jackie Folts menu.

She called the imaginary establishment “Jack’s.” It offered a slice of pie for 75 cents, coffee for 35 cents and home fries for $1.

Graduating, “I worked at different diners, the Short Stop, the Hartwick Diner, but I Please See JACKIE’S, B7

WALKER BESTS MARIETTA ON ‘I LOVE OTSEGO’ LABEL, BUT MUST USE TINY TYPE

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state Supreme Court judge has given Republican county board candidate Tim Walker the “I Love Otsego” label on the Nov. 7 ballot, but he can use it only minimally.

According to Democratic Elections Commissioner Mike Henrici, Walker is already on the Republican and Conservative lines, and must add “I Love Otsego” to one of those lines, but only in very small type.

After a hearing last week, Judge Eugene D. Faughnan of Binghamton ruled Monday, Sept. 11, that county Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, did not have an ongoing right to the “I Love Otsego” line he used in 2015, and that Walker satisfied the requirements of first-come, first serve.

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ZAKREVSKY NEW OTSEGO NOW CEO, ARMAO, KENNEDY NEW DIRECTORS

Mae Loewenguth, Cooperstown, left, presented “My Year in France� at the Cooperstown Rotary on Tuesday, Sept. 12. With her are this year’s incoming exchange students, Dori Csendes, Hungary, Noey Laorujiralai, Thailand, and Bhavyaa Mittal, India.

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New Rotarian Wins Big In Awesome Baseball Raffle

everend Dane Boston, rector of Christ Church and one of the newest Rotarians, won 15 items with 16 Baseball Hall of Famer autographs as the first prize in the Cooperstown Rotary Foundation’s Awesome Baseball Raffle at the meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

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by District Governor Zoe Vandermeulen, netted Bos-

ton autographed cards, photos and baseballs donated by local merchants.

The second prize winner was Owen Ellsworth, Warwick, who received six autographed baseball items.

The third prize winner was J. Fitzgerald of Sleepy Hollow, who received three signed, baseball collectibles.

The raffle benefited the Cooperstown Rotary Foundation.

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r. Jena Nichols Curtis will receive an Oustanding Achievement in Service award from SUNY Cortland for her “exemplary leadership� as chair of the College’s Institutional Review Board. Provost Mark Prus also praised her student advocacy, mentoring and empowerment, as well as initiatives to preventing sexual assault.� She is the daughter of Hank and Joan Nicols, Cooperstown.

New directors Tom Armao of Country Club Motors and Springbrook President Patricia Kennedy joined the Otsego Now board Thursday, Sept. 7, to cast their first vote for new CEO Jody Zakrevsky, recruited away from the Amsterdam IDA. Posing for a board photo after the vote are, front row, from left, Armao, board Vice Chair Rick Hulse, a business consultant; attorney and board Chair Devin Morgan, Zakrevsky, and Cheryl Robinson, NYCM vice president. Second row, from left, entrepreneur and county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, Community Bank VP Jeff Lord, Kennedy, and board counsel Curt Schulte. Sarah Harvey, a LeChase Construction project manager, was absent. He officially begins the $100,000 job on Sept. 25.

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ohn Santello, activities director at the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home, was honored as one of 18 Leading Age New York 2017 Long Term Care Employee of Distinction by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. “John Santello’s commitment and compassion are among the reasons that the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home is a leader in nursing home care,� said Seward. “In his role as activities director, John works closely with all of the residents and staff members and his energetic, supportive approach to the job does not go unnoticed.�

Leading Age created the award with the state Senate to honor those “who deal with the staffing crisis in long-term care on a daily basis, while successfully facing the challenge of providing quality care.�

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Owen Kennedy kneels on the Elm Street sidewalk as the consecration of the host nears.

“We pray to the Lord,” the congregation responds to Sally Trossett’s reading.

Allan Dangca and daughter Rosa, 10, reflect on the lessons of the day.

people of st. mary’s celebrate 150 years of cooperstown catholicism

REJOICE & BE GLAD

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At the consecration of the Host during the 150th anniversary mass Sunday, Sept. 10, on the church’s Elm Street lawn, St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church’s confirmation class gathered around Father John P. Rosson, pastor the past 17 years. From left are Giacamo Gentles, Ryan Lansing, Shane Smith, Alex Woeppel, Kate Donnelly, Brianna Bischof (behind Father Rosson), Fiona McGoldrick, Anya McGoldrick and Confirmation Coordinator Carolyn Lewis. Seated in the front row (profiles visible) are former Confirmation Coordinators Mary Dirr and Dotty Dabrowski. Most Rev. Edward B. Scharfenberger, bishop of the Albany Diocese, will be in Cooperstown in two weeks to confirm the class. A luncheon and celebration followed Sunday’s mass.

Edna Chase (in red jacket) welcomes the 250 attendees to the luncheon and festivities that followed the 11 a.m.

Sunday mass.

Couple worshipping together includes Giles and Jane Russell, above, and Russell Ahrens and Maria Ajello, at right.

State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, was on hand to read a Senate proclamation honoring the parish’s accomplishment. Mayor Jeff Katz read a village proclamation.

Cecilia McDonald, 3, listens among hundreds of flags, commemorating 911, placed by Cathy Raddatz on Cooperstown church lawns to commemorated her brother, George Morrell, who died in the Twin Towers.

Bill Weldon unveils new St. Mary’s T-shirts in the parish’s new colors, blue – for St. Mary – and gold for the trim on the church.

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EDITORIAL

While Helping The Suffering, Let’s Not Let Heroin Scourge Define Us

RECOVERY FRIENDLY? SURE, BUT ONLY TO A POINT Editor’s Note: Here are the action points in the “Recovery Friendly Community” resolution Mayor Herzig pulled from the Sept. 5 agenda:

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ESOLVES, that the City shall strive to become a place where: ►It is easy to for community members to tell their doctor or someone important to them that they are in recovery, and they get a supportive response when they mention it ►Families concerned about a loved one’s drug or alcohol use know where to turn for help and will not have to worry about “what people will think” when they reach out ►City Government is supportive of the planning of large venue activities that are alcohol free ►City government, the legal system and the health care system regard

‘Recovery Friendly Community’? Let’s Stick With ‘City Of The Hills’

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neonta Mayor Gary Herzig pulled a resolution from the last Common Council meeting agenda seeking to establish Otsego County’s commercial hub as a “Recovery Friendly Community,” the first of its kind in the state and perhaps the nation.

In doing so, he cited blowback from the public, and credited the fuss to a Hometown Oneonta headline, “Oneonta May Be First Recovery Community,” which dropped the word “friendly.”

We’re flattered the mayor believes a single word in our newspapers can so affect a policy initiative. Better, Herzig is right: Council should fully digest this initiative before acting.

First, it should be stipulated that the motivations of community leaders pushing for the designation – LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal, Otsego County Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan, OPD Chief Doug Brenner and Council member Melissa Nicosia – couldn’t be

more pure: To salvage local lives derailed by addiction.

All of the action steps contained in the pulled resolution – see accompanying box – are commendable, aimed at assisting our stricken neighbors who want to close the door on addiction but need support to do so.

The testimonies by four leading Oneonta citizens that appear on this page are certainly thought-provoking and, to some degree, convincing. LEAF ExPlease See EDITORIAL, A5

prevention, treatment and recovery as the best responses to drug- and alcohol-related community problems ►Community coalitions and work groups are encouraged to include members of the recovery community ►Signage or banners are placed to identify Oneonta as a Recovery Friendly City. ►Businesses welcome members of the recovery community to purchase goods and services ►Be a place where there are supportive interactions with addicted and recovering persons ►Efforts are made to work with business leaders and social services to increase access to affordable housing, transportation and employment opportunities

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ommon Council Tuesday, Sept. 5, heard pleas to declare Oneonta a ‘Recovery Friendly Community’ from LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal, Police Chief Doug Brenner, Otsego County Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan and Council member Melissa Nicosia. Here are their statements:

DOSTAL: ‘I Am In Longterm Recovery ... Embrace People Like Me’

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e are in the midst of one of the largest public health crises that we have ever faced. Last year, 60,000 people died of drug overdose. That is more than in the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal We, as a community, have an Julie Dostal at Common Council Tuesday, Sept. 5. opportunity to make a small but significant statement that we have the opportunity to say that want better for our neighbors. We we support people who desire to

BRENNER: ‘Days Of Arresting All Our Problems Away...Gone’

recover from the epidemic that has killed so many. Oneonta has a long tradition of welcoming and uplifting historically disenfranchised people. We have stood up for diversity. We have stood up for inclusion. We have demonstrated empathy and affinity for those who were shunned by a larger population. This is who we are.

Being recovery friendly is not about giving anything to anyone.

It is about making the road a bit smoother for people who want to

HEEGAN: ‘Businesses Welcome People Who Want To Better Lives’

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By BARBARA ANN problems that can have a HEEGAN snowball effect on all its he City of Oneonta citizens and society. One is Police Department the person struggling with llicit drugs and alcohol stands in favor of addiction recovery. abuse can be an expenthe “Recovery If the role of sive problem for busiFriendly Comlaw enforcemunity” resoment is to end at lution. In law the arrest stage, enforcement, the what happens to days of arresting the person after all our problems they have been away are to court? After long gone. sentencing, jail, In the larger fines? Are they picture, a police forgotten by law department that Oneonta Police enforcement is involved in its Chief Doug Brenner until they are in community and trouble again? concerned with I propose that the wellbeing and health of law enforcement must step its citizens must take adin before trouble comes, ditional steps to protect and before the crime is commitserve above that of which ted, before a desire due to was traditional arrest and addiction can cause a loss or Otsego County Chamforget. harm to others or the person ber President Barbara Today’s modern society Please See BRENNER, A6 Ann Heegan.

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nesses, with issues ranging from lost productivity, absenteeism, injuries, fatalities, low employee morale, increased healthcare costs, legal liabilities and workers’ compensation costs.

The Small Business Administration has found that “substance abusers are 33 percent less productive and cost their employers $7,000 annually.”

There are businesses in our community that welcome people in recovery, as they see them as people who want to help themselves and better their lives while having a positive impact on this community. Businesses have shared the positives of persons in recovery working for them.

The employees are: • Highly motivated to work because employment Please See HEEGAN, A6

life we lost … although we are human, you are unlikely to have to call the police on us, pick up our empties, or worry about property damage. Recovery friendly is about the inclusive value system of Oneonta. It is about making it easy to get better and stay better.

We can begin to create an environment that rejects the stigma of addiction and welcomes the celebration of those who become an active, contributing, tax paying, healthy member of our community

NICOSIA: ‘Many Friends...We Hold Dear...Are In Recovery’

By MELISSA NICOSIA

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hen I was first asked to sit on (Common Council’s “Recovery Friendly Community”) task force, I thought it was formed to come up with ways to help alleviate the opiate crisis in our community.

When I found out that the purpose was to research and investigate how Oneonta could be a recovery friendly community, I felt unsure of being part of that.

I did not understand it and was concerned that it would Council member Melissa Nicosia attract elements into our community that might not and need support, and their be favorable, just as many recovery and/or addiction of you feel. What we tend to may be invisible to you forget is that there are many because people understandfriends and neighbors you ably tend to hide those hold dear who are in recovaspects of life. ery or dealing with addiction Please See NICOSIA A6

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get better. It is about opening a door that says, there is a way to a healthier life and I’m willing to walk through it with you. And if I can’t walk through it with you, I will certainly not stand in your way.

I am a woman in long-term recovery. I desperately hope that this city is willing to embrace people like me who are your neighbors and your friends.

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he next program for Woodside Hall’s “The Gathering Place” will be the “Story of Tanner Hill Herb Farm” which will be presented at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19. Guest speaker Kathryn Mollach points out that “The place where I now call home has been in our family since 1945, when my dad and his brother, Milton, and their wives first purchased a Pierstown property known as the Gilchrist Farm.”

Her presentation will include why her family moved from their roots in Delaware County to continue farming, particularly cauliflower growing, here in Otsego County. She will also include a brief history of the farm up

to the present day. Following the presentation refreshments will be served.

For more information contact Karen Cadwalader, LCSW at 607-547-0600, CATHERINE Ext 101.

LAKE • ELLSWORTH From the reports that we have received, we gather that CCS is off to fine start for the school year.

And we can also report that, while we did not like it, the school tax bill did

not send us into a complete tizzy. In fact, the actual school tax bill is up exactly 2.8 percent, the very amount that the school had said the increase in the tax levy would be.

Of course, the actual increase in the taxes is not the same as the increase in the amount we pay given the regulations of the Enhanced STAR program which limits any increase to a flat 2 percent.

Thus, this year we will be paying almost 3 percent, or $129.54, more in school taxes than we did last year.

And while it is not a huge amount of money, it nonetheless does add up over time.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

200 YEARS AGO

The Cure of Rachel Baker – Dear Sir, it will no doubt give you much pleasure to learn that Miss Rachel Baker has been cured of her Devotional Somnium. The cure of this extraordinary disease was performed last autumn, by Doctors Sears and Baker, of Norway (Herkimer County, New York) by dashing cold water upon her, as proposed by you in your lectures in our college. They, however, improved upon your suggestions, by desiring her to change the hour of her devotion – then giving her a large dose of opium in the afternoon – and, in the moment the convulsions began to appear, they dashed cold water upon her, which entirely interrupted the paroxysm, and prevented her preaching.

During the first night, however, the convulsive paroxysm returned, but was carried off by a second dash of cold water.

This plan was pursued for about a week or ten days, when the disease manifested no farther disposition to return. She has now recovered her usual health and vigor, after having labored under the disease for five years.

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50 YEARS AGO

Young Martin Tillapaugh, son of George Tillapaugh, was the victim of thieves who stole the family’s 1965 Pontiac station wagon along with Martin’s 14-foot Check-Mate pleasure boat with a 50 horse power motor mounted on it from a Marriott Motor Hotel parking area as Martin was preparing to compete in the Hudson River Marathon race on September 10. Along with items and equipment left in the car, the loss is estimated at $5,000. Garfield, New York police later reported recovering the vehicle parked along the river. But the boat, named “The Merry Mortician,” is still missing.

September 13, 1967

175 YEARS AGO

News Items – The organ of Millerism claims that there are at this moment “seven hundred clergymen” engaged in preaching the principle of Miller, and the number of persons who profess to believe, that Christ will make his Second Coming next year, is estimated to be not less than one million.

Over two million acres of land will be sold in Michigan this month for unpaid taxes.

The people of Iowa have determined by a majority of 1,000 to 1,500 not to have a convention for the formation of a State Constitution at present.

The agent of the U.S. Abolition Society announces that arrangements have been made for delivering upwards of 600 Abolition Lectures in the State of New York, previous to the election in November.

September 12, 1842

150 YEARS AGO

Postage between Great Britain and the United States – After the first of October next the rates of postage will be as follows: For newspapers and unsealed circulars, two cents each. For pamphlets, periodicals, maps, engravings, music, and all that class of mail matter over two ounces in weight, excepting books, four cents for every four ounces or fraction thereof. For books, six cents per four ounces or fraction thereof. For patterns and samples, eight cents per four ounces, or fraction thereof.

September 13, 1867

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Set Hop-Picking Prices – Monday afternoon a meeting of the hop growers of Madison was called to agree upon some

Like ‘Cathe’? Let Catherine Know COLUMN/From A4 However, while the school taxes were expected, we must admit that we were stunned to read that should the United States Postal Service receive permission to increase the price of stamps more than the rate of inflation, the cost of a first-class stamp could increase to 60 cents. And while we have gotten used to stamps hovering near the 50-cent range, the thought of paying 60 cents really gave us pause.

In fact, in addition to only including one picture of our granddaughters given the cost of ink cartridges, this year we are very much tempted to ask everyone to whom we send a card, to please send us their email address as 2018 will see us sending our Christmas greetings electronically.

If nothing else, we would be able to put our savings on postage toward our school tax bill.

• Interesting enough, as we were musing about the cost of postage, we discovered in one of our many boxes of books a paperback entitled “The Canary Murder Case,” written by S. S. Van Dine.

Originally published in 1927, the paperback copy we have was printed in 1944. And on the back of the book it says “Send this book to a boy in the armed forces anywhere in the U.S... only 3 cents postage.”

We must say we have never before encountered this offer of sending a book to someone in the military.

We have to wonder if it was something which was routinely done during World War II. Does anyone know?

• As we have been going through old “Where Nature Smiles” columns, we came across this interesting, to us at least, item:

“In closing, the parents in Michigan recently sent us the hospital bill for our (the she-we’s) arrival in December of 1947. We hope they do not expect us to reimburse them, although we do think we were a real bargain. The entire bill came to $57.85.” Interestingly enough at the bottom of the bill is the statement: “This is your bill as it now appears on our books. If there are any additional charges a bill will be sent you.” Some things, it seems, never change.”

• We hasten to add that upon our arrival, we were named Catherine Elizabeth Lake. For all of our life, our family has called us “Catherine.” Of course, in our youth, when we started college, we decided it would be ever so cool to adopt the nickname “Cathe.” And, while we have used the nickname both orally and in casual communication, we have always used our legal name, “Catherine Lake Ellsworth,” in print.

But now that we are about to enter another decade of our life, we find ourselves regretting that change we made those many years ago.

And while we are tempted to drop the “Cathe” and go back to “Catherine,” something we would have no trouble doing, we fear others might find it a more difficult transition.

Ah...it seems the follies of our youth have come back to haunt us.

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gifts. The group also inducted one ordained minister, the Rev. Walter A. Miller, pastor of the Middlefield, Roseboom and Westville Baptist churches. He chose to become a “buck” private rather than take a commission as a Chaplain.

Coffee and doughnuts were served as the men departed on two buses. They also received generous supplies of candy, cigarettes, New Testaments, and postcards.

September 16, 1942

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The new owners of Great American presented plans to the Cooperstown Planning Board for a $2 million expansion and renovation of the Chestnut Street supermarket.

Great American has dedicated itself to improving stores in the area according to Robert Levine, Great American’s director of corporate development. “The 9,258-square-foot expansion represents a complete upgrade of the existing September 15, 1892 facility in Cooperstown,” Levine said. “Our intention is that Great American will take an active role in the communities set price per box for picking. There were thirteen growers present. W.W. Edgarton of Bouckville was elected Chairman; we have stores in,” Levine added. The addition will be built onto the front of the current store and the interior of the M.G. Fuess Secretary. The following schedule bushel for store will be completely remodeled. The façade will be rethis year was adopted by a unanimous vote: Home pickers of seven bushel boxes, 65 cents; over seven bushel boxes, 75 built and the exterior will be done in brick. “We have taken into consideration the architecture of Cooperstown and tried cents; foreign pickers, 40 cents a box and board; The matter of Italian pickers was taken up but as only a few growers this to create a pleasing environment for shoppers. year employ them it was decided to let those growers manage September 16, 1992 it this year themselves. This was the first meeting of this kind ever held. There were thirteen men present and there are not over eighteen growers in the town now.

Tied with Don Brigham entering the final round, September 12, 1917 and fighting through a pulled muscle in his lower back, Cooperstown native Scott Spence shot a four-under par 68 to win the 25th annual Otesaga Hotel Seniors Open.

Five veterans of World War I were included in the Selec- Spence, who now lives in Portsmouth, R.I. took the firsttive Service contingent of forty-four men who departed for prize purse of $20,000. In the three-day, $100,000 tournaCamp Upton. All had passed physical examinations two ment, Spence shot individual rounds of 65-73-68 to finish weeks previously at Utica. There veterans were George 10-under par (206). His first round 65 was the low round of L. Deakin, Ralph E. Finch, Steven Beach Cooke, Henry the tournament. “My parents’ ashes are out on the 18th tee J. Miller, all of Cooperstown, and William K. Moss, more box,” Spence said. “We grew up here. We were raised here. recently of Schenectady. The first four are members of It’s a big place in my heart.

Clark F. Simmons Post, No. 579, American Legion, which September 14, 2007 entertained in their honor Tuesday evening and presented

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LETTERS

If You Represent Us, Please Look At Us To the Editor: We who live in Otsego County were pleased to learn recently that videos of our county Board of Representatives monthly meetings are now available on YouTube. Those among us who are either employed full-time, elderly or disabled and unable to attend the Wednesday morning meetings of the board can at last witness their representatives at work!

However, what is painfully illustrated when comparing photos of the meetings of the Oneonta Common Council and the Board of Representatives (as published on page A-7 of your last edition) is the apparent lack of regard for the public evidenced by the seating arrangement of the county’s elected officials.

Members of this board continue to present their backs to their constituents,

ignoring repeated requests by citizens that board members re-position themselves to face their audience so that they can be both seen and heard.

In addition, some residents are of the opinion that the large desks dominating the county board meeting room appear to be arranged throughout room in order to limit the size of the space available to the public.

Added to such blatant disregard for the voices of their constituents are recent reports in local print and online media that would suggest, perhaps, that certain members of our current board of representatives need a reminder that they were elected to serve “The People” and not the vagaries of partisan politics.

MAUREEN DILL Morris

Join The Nation?

Some Join Army To the Editor: My great-grandfather was one of the immigrant “Dreamers” of his day. He was Irish and he became a U.S. citizen the old-fashioned way – he joined the Army in 1870. He was posted to the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas, which is not a bit like County Kerry, even on an rainy day.

The Army still offers such an expedited path to citizenship for eligible immigrants, and about 1,000 DACA-eligible young men and women currently serve in the Armed Forces, ever hopeful of becoming U.S. citizens – just like my great grandfather.

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EDITORIAL: Humaneness, Fine. Flinty Determination, Too

See EDITORIAL, A5 ecutive Director Julie Dostal’s is particularly heartfelt and evocative. We would like to embrace all of her sentiments and arguments whole-heartedly.

But to erect signage and hang banners throughout our fair “City of the Hills” trumpeting Oneonta as a “Recovery Friendly City” – ouch. Do we really want to define ourselves by a negative, particularly that one? Is helping our local addicts to a successful, sober life – praiseworthy as it is – really our highest aspiration?

Was the state’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative money intended to create a “Recovery Friendly” city? No way.

• A priority goal, here and in small towns across the country, is to cast heroin from our midst, period; to become, once again, a “Mom & Apple Pie Community.”

Remember, until a decade ago – District Attorney John D. Muehl was astonished when the first heroin case crossed his desk in 2007 – heroin was unknown around here.

Friends, it doesn’t have to be.

Since, we’ve learned the medical community, which vowed to “do no harm,” over-prescribed opioids for

pain. While that’s true, it may be overdrawn. “90 percent of all addictions – no matter what the drug – start in the adolescent and young adult years,” Scientific American reported last year, saying teens lift them out of medicine cabinets.

“Typically, young people who misuse prescription opioids are heavy users of alcohol and other drugs. This type of drug use, not medical treatment with opioids, is by far the greatest risk factor for opioid addiction,” according to a University of Michigan study S-A quoted.

Is enough being done to communicate to young people how heroin can ruin their lives? To scare them stiff, if you will. No mention of that in the Common Council resolution.

• No doubt some of the people who raised concerns about the “Recovery Friendly” resolution to Mayor Herzig, Council member Melissa Nicosia and others may have felt, given the challenge, there is too much sweetness and light, not enough sinew.

And tracking back through www.

AllOTSEGO.com, there hasn’t been a significant heroin bust in Oneonta since May 26 – four months. Keeping up the pressure keeps – or takes

– dealers out and drives up the price of heroin on the street.

At base, helping addicts – while humane – is not Job One. Saving innocent future victims is. Curing our communities is – Oneonta, but Cooperstown, too, and Richfield Springs, and every county town.

It is hard to say this, but, whatever we do, some heroin users are lost to us. Remember that chilling Common Council meeting in May 2016, when Fox Hospital President Jeff Joyner reported on ER teams bringing back overdosing addicts with Narcan: “A lot of these patients, when revived, their first words are, ‘Why did you wreck my high?’ or ‘Do you know how much that cost me?’”

Scary. Sad. And fatal.

• Whether or not the mayor reintroduces the resolution and it passes – with the “signage and banners” provision, it should not – LEAF’s goal, to educate the community about addiction challenges, has been largely met.

Julie Dostal has effectively communicated there are things every one of us can do, if we wish, to help bring recovering addicts back into the community, and individuals and businesses will no doubt act on them. Well done.

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BRENNER: Positive Citizens Do Not Steal, Break Things, Abuse System BRENNER/From A4 themselves.

With an eye on prevention and a 10,000-foot view of the community, law enforcement can support a positive effort, a positive environment, a positive atmosphere which then leads to the best chance of a

positive outcome.

A Recovery Friendly Community, with support from law enforcement, social organizations, business communities, government entities and its people, will create a path for those struggling with addiction to regain themselves as

human beings, as people with something to give, as members of society in which they contribute and not take away.

Positive members who are accepted and grow and thrive, do not steal, break things, or abuse a system, they add to it. And in the long run, they prevent crime, they work with law enforcement, they add to

the wellbeing of the community and in the end, attain a goal of every law enforcement agency in the world, crime prevention and an improved quality of life.

The first step is a resolution, a recovery friendly resolution, a Recovery Friendly Community resolution.

HEEGAN: Chamber Can Advise NICOSIA: Resolution For Recovery, Not Halfway Houses

HEEGAN/From A4 grants the opportunity to get their lives back.

• Loyal and committed to the employer willing to give them a chance and help them achieve financial, social and personal stability.

• Less likely to take sick days. These employees won’t be partying on weeknights or binge drinking on the weekend, which may mean greater productivity at work and fewer “sick” days spent nursing a hangover or other problem.

(Heegan proposed these steps:) • Establish clear substance use policies and educate staff about them.

• Where appropriate, establish drug-testing procedures.

• Distribute basic information about opioids, their risks and resources for help to all employees.

• Provide an Employee Assistance Program as an employee benefit. If you already have one, publicize it to employees.

• Be supportive of employees who are in recovery themselves or have family members affected by addiction. Be flexible on work schedules if they need to attend health-related meetings for themselves or family members.

ON THE RECORD

Conversation, The Root Of All Understanding Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from “The Right Way to Have Difficult Conversations,” by Celeste Headlee in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal.

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n the 1960s, an AfricanAmerican woman named Xernona Clayton was appointed to oversee a neighborhood-improvement program in Atlanta. Ms. Clayton was a good friend of Coretta Scott King and had worked closely with Dr. King. When she took the job, she was warned that one of her neighborhood captains was a grand dragon in the Georgia Realm of the Ku Klux Klan. His name was Calvin Craig.

Despite his devotion to white supremacy, Craig found that he enjoyed talking to the brilliant black woman from Muskegon, Okla. Over the course of the next year, he came to her office to chat almost every day. As she recalled in a 2011 article in Atlanta Magazine, Ms. Clayton asked him, “Why do you keep coming here? You and I don’t agree on anything.”

He told her she was just fun to talk with.

Those conversations between Ms. Clayton and Craig help to explain the stunning development that ensued: In April 1968, Craig held a press conference to

announce that he was leaving the KKK. He declared that he would now dedicate his life to building a nation in which “black men and white men can stand shoulder to shoulder in a united America.”

That is the power of conversation between people who are willing to listen to each other and learn.

NICOSIA/From A4 You might be surprised at who you know is in recovery that you would never suspect. Would you turn away from them when they needed you most, would this change how you feel about a friend?

This resolution shows those friends, neighbors and/or family members that we support them, we care about them and we want them to be successful in their continued recovery.

This is the city’s way of showing those in our community in recovery that we embrace a culture of acceptance, we value them and that there are established services in our community for instance LEAF and Friends of Recovery here to help them.

Serving on this committee has opened my eyes to what recovery friendly means and I would like to share that education with you.

In a recovery friendly community: • It’s easy to tell your doctor or someone important to you that you’re in recovery, and you get a supportive response when you mention it.

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• There are plenty of social alternatives for people in recovery.

That might include places where alcohol just isn’t available as well as places where there are alternative refreshments.

• Families concerned about a loved one’s drug or alcohol use know where to turn for help and don’t worry about “what people will think” when they reach out.

• There’s plenty of step fellowship and other support group options for recovering people and families, including open meetings and “introduction” meetings.

• Local government, the legal system and the health care system regard treatment as the first and best response to drug-and alcohol-related community problems.

Communities that support recovery resources reap a definite reward: If people are aware of the resources and have easy access, those resources are more likely to be used and those individuals will be more successful.

So, the intent of this resolution is to

show that Oneonta is supportive of community members that are in recovery to achieve and sustain long term recovery and be productive members of the community.

This resolution does not support halfway houses or recovery houses, this resolution is not a drain or a cost to taxpayers, this resolution’s main purpose again is to show that the city supports those in recovery and embraces those among us here that are in recovery and need support.

There are several businesses that are already working with those in recovery – what that means is that those businesses support time off for those in recovery to be able to go to AA meetings drug court and/or health care appointments during work hours without fear of judgment or negative consequences in the workplace and help them continue on their road in recovery.

We would like to thank those businesses who have opened their minds and their hearts already and this resolution is to the community at large to join in that effort.

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They’ve got a Mayberry police department. They’re understaffed. They wouldn’t investigate an accident.

That’s what they’d call it – an accident.”

Those were the exact words, Muehl alleged, that

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With 21 witnesses scheduled to testify, including family, investigators and witnesses to her death, Muehl hoped to persuade the jury to find Callahan guilty in her murder. “The only reason he came home that day was to take her to her death,” he argued.

“He had intent when he left here.”

But Callahan’s attorney, public defender Bruce Maxson, argued his client is the victim of a tragic accident and a vengeful family.

“This is a case about a man haunted by this accident,” he said. “The friends and family of Mrs. Callahan have been looking, for 16 years, to blame someone for her death.”

Maxson is being assisted by attorney William Schebaum, Oneonta.

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his wife, Joanne, to death at their East Springfield home.

Beckingham died in prison last year at age 61. ►“Her biggest habit when riding in the car was taking off her shoes.”

Truck driver George Borrowdale, the prosecution’s first witness, recalled seeing Elizabeth next to the cab of Callahan’s flatbed truck, bending down to tie her shoe.

“I thought to myself, ‘That’s a stupid place to tie a shoe,’” he recounted during his testimony on Monday.

Among the evidence presented was a crime scene photograph of the wife’s body, a foot with an untied shoe clearly visible.

But Elizabeth always took her shoes off in the car, her sister Marie Valentine testified later that afternoon.

“Her biggest habit when riding in the car was taking off her shoes.”

Borrowdale told the jury that he was 50 feet from the scene of the accident, refueling his own truck when he saw Elizabeth disappear under the rear tires of the truck, which he believed was moving “two or three miles per hour.”

Though Borrowdale said it was likely that someone could feel the tires going over “a hard object,” Callahan initially told Officer John Fedorchak, the 27-year veteran of the Athens Police Department who responded to the scene, that he didn’t know he had hit her until he saw her jacket in his rearview mirror.

It was Fedorchak who investigated the death and ruled that no foul play had taken place. ► “He said, ‘I’ve always wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.’”

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District Attorney John Muehl, above, and Public Defender David Maxson, at left, deliver opening arguments.

A few months before Evans wasn’t satisfied with Elizabeth’s death, her that answer. brother, Patrick Welsh of “Company policy,” he Goodyear Lake, testified testified, “Was to refuel at Callahan told him how he Oswego headquarters, not would kill “someone.” on the road.” The punish“He said he would run ment for such a violation someone over with a truck,” was immediate termination.

Welsh said. He told the jury It is believed that the two that he found the remarks stopped at the truck stop so odd, but it wasn’t until that Elizabeth could use the after Elizabeth’s death that restroom. he found them “extremely ► “I didn’t like the way he concerning.” treated Lizzy.”

Callahan’s friend Joseph Near the end of testimony Keto, Oneonta, told how on Tuesday, Sept. 12, Elizthe suspect described the abeth’s niece, Amanda Tra“perfect crime” vis, testified that to him, saying, she saw bruises “All I have to do on her aunt’s is run them over thighs and, when in a small town.” she asked about Keto also them, Elizabeth testified Caltold her that they lahan said: “I’ve were from a fight always wanted with Callahan. to know what “I didn’t it felt like” to like the way he kill someone. treated Lizzy,” Callahan visshe said. Another ited him shortly time, she said, after Elizabeth’s Elizabeth condeath, Keto said, County Judge fided in her that John Lambert is but he kicked Callahan had presiding. him out of the kicked her in the house. stomach while ► “Company policy didn’t she was pregnant with their allow passengers.” son, Connor.

Terry Evans, who worked Her doctor, Dr. Joan in administrative offices Bachorik, testified that durof Metal Transportation ing an appointment the day Systems, Oswego, Callabefore her death, Elizabeth han’s employer, said he was in “severe emotional was skeptical of Callahan’s distress” over her relationclaim that Elizabeth’s death ship with Callahan. Bachorwas accidental. ik even offered to call the Callahan wasn’t allowed police. “But she refused,” to have passengers, said she said. “Out of fear that he Evans, so Elizabeth should would kill her.” have never been in the County Judge John F. truck. And though Callahan Lambert is presiding. Muehl had told him that Elizabeth anticipated that he will had been struck when he finish calling witnesses by pulled forward to refuel, Thursday morning.

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ay Anichini had only been home from the hospital for a few months when her son, Marco, got a call from her TO HELP, friend Bill Senif, register a team the Fly Creek for the Friends insurance agent.

Helping Friends “He asked if he golf tournament could come over, Saturday, Sept. and he told us about 23, at Colonial the Friends Helping Ridge by calling 607-547-5007 or Friends benefit,” Marco said. “It was 607-437-4263.

Foursome, $400 amazing to think that the community would come together for us, for my mom.”

Anichini, a 15-year Bassett Hospital employee, is one of three recipients of this year’s Friends Helping Friends golf tournament, planned Saturday, Sept. 23 at Colonial Ridge Golf Course.

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Oneonta’s Emily Travisano welcomed a guest into her Farmers’ Museum home at last year’s Harvest Festival, which returns this weekend.

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Son Marco Anichini is tending to his mom Kay after a car crash last year left her paralyzed from the waist down. The third annual Friends Helping Friends benefit golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 23, aims to make her Cherry Valley home fully handicapped accessible.

Girl Fighting Cancer, Snowmobile Crash Victim Also Benefit COOPERSTOWN

and Melissa Spencer and granddaughter of Ted Spencer, the Baseball Hall of Fame retired curator, is battling a Central Nervous System Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, a rare form of childhood cancer.

“Her parents took care of me when I was undergoing my treatment,” said Matt Hazzard, Friends Helping Friends

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4-year-old girl fighting a rare cancer and a young man paralyzed in a snowmobile accident will also benefit from the third annual Friends Helping Friends golf tournament.

Amelia Spencer, 4, daughter of Lucas

organizer. “I was in Rochester giving a speech at their Cancer Center benefit last year, and I heard Amelia had just undergone brain surgery. I visited her two days later, and she had the biggest smile on her face.

It’s quite the battle for a little girl.”

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Button, Button, Oneonta Couple’s Got The Buttons For Price Family, Fun Hobby Becomes Profitable Business

Dale and Lynn Price’s button collection is taking over their Elm Street home in Oneonta.

And as Buttons – Past to Present, the couple is trying ONEONTA to share these little artworks with as o most people, buttons many people as are what keep your shirt possible – as rings, together or your coat earrings, bracelets closed against a cold Otsego and more.

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“The best part is But to Lynn and Dale Price, that when young With a drop of they’re tiny works of art. people look at perfume, these “They reflect our history in them, we can talk buttons would such a beautiful way,” she said. shield ladies about the history,” “And buttons are inclusive. from unpleasant she said. “Buttons Everyone has them. People need to be shared aromas. collected them. Every kid had with everyone, not a button box. Women saved them just kept in a box.”

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elebrate the arrival of fall with The Farmers’ Museum’s annual Harvest Festival, including trade and craft demonstrations, dog and livestock shows, music, food and more.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, September 16-17. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

OPENING DAY: The Oneonta World of Learning opens their new museum in Fortin Park with science and nature demonstrations, a visit from Bob the Builder and more.11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, September 16. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta.

TIMBER!: Wightman’s Specialty Lumber’s annual Lumberfest features Timbersports competitions, demonstrations and a free woodworking project.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, September 16.

Wightman Specialty Woods, 146 Co. Rt. 35a, Portlandville.

ROW YOUR BOAT: The 50th Glimmerglass Regatta is a full day of races across Otsego Lake, followed by food, dancing and live music.10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, September 16.

Otsego Sailing Club, 5992 St. Rt. 80, Cooperstown.

PEOPLE & PLACES: The Arc Otsego hosts the “People and Places” exhibit of work from the artists in their classes. 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, The Arc Otsego, 73 Main St., Oneonta.

Call 607-432-1890.

SPRING IN FALL: Orpheus Theater presents the Tony Awardwinning musical “Spring Awakening” 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday Sept.

15-16, 2. p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17.

Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

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BLOOD DRIVE – 12:306:30 p.m. Bassett Hall Auditorium, 1 Atwell Rd., Cooperstown. Call 607-5473701.

ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m.

Opening the exhibit “People and Places.” Includes refreshments, opportunity to meet the artists and purchase art.

The Arc Otsego, 73 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1890.

MOVIE SCREENING – 6:30-9 p.m. Showing “Cars 3.” Tickets, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

CONCERT – 7-9 p.m. Award winning roots/folk singer/ songwriter Kiya Heartwood performs. Leah Echstein, local singer/songwriter, will open. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-4323491.

SQUARE DANCE – 7:30-10 p.m. First dance of the season with the Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Club of Cooperstown. Ray Taylor calls, Elma Taylor cues.

Admission, $5. Cooperstown Elementary School. Call 607264-8128.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

Orpheus Theater presents “Spring Awakening.” Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-432-9392.

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MOVIE SCREENING – 9-11:30 p.m. Showing “Cars 3.” Tickets, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

Saturday September 16

PANCAKE BREAKFAST – 7:30-11:30 a.m. Fly-in, all you can eat breakfast with pancakes, eggs, maple syrup, sausage, beverages. Cost $7.50, adults, $5, children 12 and under. Cooperstown/ Westville Airport, Rt. 166, Cooperstown.

SUICIDE PREVENTION – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Out of the Darkness Community walk.

Support suicide prevention.

Oneonta Moose Lodge, 87 W. Broadway St., Oneonta.

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LEGACY RUN – 9 a.m.

Enter 138 mile run to benefit children of post 9/11 fallen service members. Includes auction, raffle, meal. Oneonta

Veterans Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call (607) 432-0494.

LUMBERFEST – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. See timbersports, enjoy interactive woodworking demonstrations, learn about forestry, ride a train, more.

Free, open to public. Co. Rt. 35a, Portlandville. Call 607286-9201.

COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown.

ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Get free samples from the vendors for Customer Appreciation Day. Live music by Cathie Timian, 10 a.m.-Noon. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. E-mail oneontafarmersmarket607@gmail.com.

GLIMMERGLASS REGATTA – 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Celebrate 50th regatta with Otsego sailing club. See races followed by appetizers, beer, live music, dancing to 11 p.m.

Small boats arrive 10 a.m.

Otsego Sailing Club, 5992 St. Rt. 80, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9473.

HARVEST FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Celebrate fall harvest with food, music, activities for all. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

EXHIBITION OPENING – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. “Our Strength Is Our People: The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine” consists of rare vintage prints covering themes of his 3 decade career: The immigrant experience, child labor, the American worker.

The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown.

OWL OPENING – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Bring the kids for Bob the Builder activities, nature walks, imagination trail, science demos. Opening ceremony 11:15 a.m. Concessions available. Fortin Park, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta.

Call 607-431-8543.

WRITERS GROUP – 1:303:30 p.m. Join other writers to hone your craft. Hosted by published author Jennifer Donohue. Registration preferred. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980.

COLLEGE SOCCER – 2-4 p.m. SUNY Oneonta Women’s Soccer “The Red Dragons” V. “Vassar.” Red Dragons Field, SUNY Oneonta.

MOVIE SCREENING – 6:309 p.m. Showing “Cars 3.” See Friday Listings.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Dance the night away with Cajun Soul band “Rubber Band.” Tickets, $15. The Star Theater, The Foundry, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley.

FILM SCREENING – 7 p.m.

Image Quilt Theater presents “Falsettos” live from Lincoln center. Tickets, $15. Unity Hall, 2nd Floor, 39 Mohawk St., Fort Plain. Call 917-3401624.

THEATER – 7:30 p.m.

Orpheus Theater presents “Spring Awakening.” Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-432-9392 MOVIE SCREENING – 911:30 p.m. Showing “Cars 3.”

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Sunday September 17

HARVEST FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Celebrate fall harvest with food, music, activities for all. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown.

YA BOOK CLUB – 10 a.m.Noon. First meeting of the Club. All welcome to discuss “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Call 607-433-8898 GLIMMERGLASS REGATTA – 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Celebrate the 50th regatta with Otsego

sailing club. See the races on Otsego Lake. Otsego Sailing Club, 5992 St. Rt. 80, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479473.

IMMIGRATION ROUNDTABLE – Noon. Come to the first roundtable, “The Immigrant Crisis in our Communities, exploring issues of economic justice.” Features panel of experts on immigration law focusing on candid analysis of the system, practical community responses. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-8401.

MINI-GOLF FUNDRAISER – Noon-3 p.m. Golf, food.

Benefit for Laurens Central School Class of 2021. All welcome. Cost, $6/adult, $5/ child. Oneonta Sports Park, 132 Co. Hwy. 47, Oneonta.

Call 607-432-2050.

SUNDAY SOUNDS – Noon4 p.m. Comic lyricist, impressionist Ody B. Goldy entertains the audience with humorous tributes to well known celebrities. Guess the song and you could win some cider. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. Call 607-547-9692.

MOVIE SCREENING – 13:30 p.m. Showing “Cars 3.”

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BUTTONS/From B1 A 1974 OHS graduate, But I’m happy to be back.”

HELP KAY/From B1 Lynn lived in Chicago for Marco had just graduwe raised over $20,000,” 30 years, operating antique ated from Cornell and was said Matt Hazzard, stores and working for the home to pack for a move Cooperstown Chamber of Hyatt Regency. She and Commerce executive direc- to California. He stayed.

Dale married in 1993. “We He was helped weeks by tor and, rebounding from both love all things old and his twin sister Maya, who non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma unusual,” she said. is now back in Bend, Ore. he was the tournament’s He added, “We used to “She arrived from Oregon first beneficiary, in 2015. come visit her dad and we the day after the accident,” “This year we partnered would go to Lettis Auction said Marco. “We were both with the Lions Club, who to buy buttons to take back by our mother’s side for introduced us to Kay.” with us.” the next four weeks in the In October, on a blind In 2010, the Prices moved corner on Route 33 near her ICU.” to Oneonta to help take Prior to the accident, Kay Cherry Valley home, Kay’s care of her father, former had worked as a Bassett ER car veered off the road and Hartwick College profesadmitting clerk, and had struck a utility pole. She sor David Barge, and began previously been a nurse was paralyzed from the making their button jewelry. and worked in the patient waist down.

Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life “I needed an excuse to keep assistance program and the Kay Anachini cuddles with Mickey in the “I don’t remember anybuying buttons,” Lynn said. basement of her Cherry Valley home that her outpatient pharmacy. thing about the accident,” “Then I thought, what if we twin children are striving to make completely “It was so reassuring, she said in an interview. “I removed the shank from the my co-workers would visit handicapped-accessible. was in a medically induced back and attach them to an me, make sure I had what coma in the ICU for four affordable base.”

Cherry Valley. But much will funds donated to two I needed,” said Kay. “They weeks, in different rehab Early prototypes occasionof the two-story house she crowd-funding campaigns, were so supportive.” centers for eight months, lives in is longer accessible one started by Kay’s former ally came loose, but soon After a long recovery, she to her, and Marco is conand came home June 23.

Dale developed a technique Bassett co-workers and was able to return home to for mounting them so verting the basement into a another by Marco’s boss, they wouldn’t fall off wheelchair-accessible living Melissa Manikas and coduring wear. space. worker Pamela Baxter at Among their collecThe bedroom has been the State Farm Insurance tion are reproductions of finished, and the doors agency in Cooperstown.

AMELIA, ALEX/From B1 punched brass “cricket have been equipped so that Matt is now caring for his be a beneficiary, following a Feb. 15 snowmobile accages,” which were used in she can open them with a mother full-time and is her cident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. “He China.

“Men and women remote control.

But her livpatient advocate.

“We saw will be going through a lot of rehab,” said Hazzard. would wear these and put ing space still does not have the problems in the system, “His situation was very public, he has deep roots in the a live cricket inside them,” a handicapped-accessible but we were lucky,” he said. community and he seemed like he would be a good fit said Dale.

“The cricket bathroom or kitchen, and “Everyone knew Kay here, for us.” would chirp and they’d be currently, Marco does not but when she got to rehab, And although Larry Gallup had been slated as a benable to have a handicapped-accesthere were a lot of struggles. eficiary, he passed away on April 21 at age 64, followlisten to the sound, like a sible vehicle.

You meet people who don’t ing a battle with T-Cell Lymphoma. “His family wanted Walkman!”

“Renovations are expenhave these advocates and to see the funds we would have raised for him donated They also have a large sive,” he said.

“They’re you wonder how they do it.” to others,” said Hazzard. “But we’re still going to honor stalled because we’re not in Both will be on hand at number of black Victorianhim during the tournament.” a position to finish things the tournament to visit with era glass buttons. “Everyone Matt Hazzard, stricken with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoright now.” golfers. wore black, but they wanted ma was the first Friends Helping Friends beneficiary.

But money from the golf “I’m in good hands with to make their outfits fancy,” Last year, two Cooperstown men fighting cancer, Art tournament will help with my son,” she said. “He’s a she said. “The buttons were Boden and David Sellover, were beneficiaries. construction, he said, as good nurse.” embossed, iridescent, and, if

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you were wealthy, made of jet,” compact velvet-black coal often used for jewelry.

“I have whole boxes of black glass buttons.”

During that time, women also wore small velvet buttons, often overlaid with punched brass, which they would douse with perfume.

“They’d wear them down the front or on their sleeves so that when other scents got offensive, they could smell lavender or something else pleasant.”

“Pretty important when you’re riding behind a horse,” added Dale.

And some even have an Oneonta connection. “We found a whole card of D&H Railroad uniform buttons in a pawn shop in Saratoga,” she said. “I love buttons from the clothes of people who worked. I’m obsessed with buttons from bib overalls. People were proud to wear a uniform with company buttons on it.”

They even have a few from the uniform of a White House policeman.

Also in their collection are buttons bought from a woman worked at Sanyo’s former coat factory in the Pony Farm Industrial Park.

“We’d love to find some buttons from Bresee’s,” said Lynn.

And those they can’t use, they sell or give to others.

“I sent a lot of buttons to a school for developmentally disabled students,” she said.

“It would help them learn; they could sort them, count them, just like we all did,” she said.

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THEATER – 2 p.m. Orpheus Theater presents “Spring Awakening.” Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-4329392.

PRESENTATION – 3-4:15 p.m. Shelly Callahan presents “Making a Home for Refugees in Utica.” Cooperstown Village Libary. Call 607-547-8344.

50’S DANCE – 5-9 p.m.

Roll up your jeans, bring your poodle skirts, saddle shoes, enjoy a fun 50s night. Includes Square, Round dancing, more.

Cost, $8 members, $9 nonmembers. Oneonta Moose Club, 87 W. Broadway St., Oneonta. Call 607-435-6871.

MOVIE SCREENING – 6:309 p.m. Showing “Cars 3.”

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MOVIE SCREENING – 911:30 p.m. Showing “Cars 3.”

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Monday September 18

HISTORY TRIP – Last day to sign up for the Bus trip to Seneca Falls with Oneonta History Center. Includes tours of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, wine tasting at Montezuma Winery.

Forms available online and at the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Call 432-1385.

WOMEN’S LUNCHEON – 11:30 a.m. Ecumenical lunch for all church going women.

Features Heifer International: Ending Hunger, Caring for the Earth. Cooperstown United Methodist church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9515.

LEGOS – 3-4 p.m. Play with the library’s lego collection.

Cooperstown Village Library.

Call 607-547-8344.

OPEN PLAY – 3:30-7:30 p.m. Tinker with 3-D printing.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980.

VARSITY SWIMMING – 5 p.m. Cooperstown Girls Varsity team v. Holland Patent Central. The Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-5472800.

YARN WORKSHOP – 5-7 p.m. Work with instructor Tori to create something for yourself or loved one. All skill

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Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to JEFF WILCOX 136 Tuscan Road, Apt A, Worcester, NY 12197 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JOHN & JEN’S DREAM LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/24/2017.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 55 Maple Street, Oneonta, New York 13820.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

levels welcome! Create mittens, hats, more. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

Call 607-267-4435 or e-mail kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 p.m. Non-instructional drawing with live model. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12 per class. The Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Call 607-435-8718.

PRESENTATION – 7-8:30 p.m. Latinx Heritage month kicks off with “The Impact of the War on Drugs on Latinas/ Chicanas and their Communities in the US and Latin America” by Dr. Juanita Diaz Cotto. CME Great Room, Lee Hall, SUNY Oneonta.

DRAWING GROUP – 7-9 p.m. Practice drawing with live model. $10 donation. To attend call the Cooperstown Art Association, 607-547-9777.

COMEDIAN – 9-10 p.m.

Lafayette Wright performs at Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta.

Tuesday September 19

KNITTING GROUP – 1:303:30 p.m. Cooperstown

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on October 05, 2017at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 WOLF RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 1CM, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www. bidx.com).

A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid.

NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/ doing-business/opportunities/constnotices Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are

Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

THE GATHERING PLACE – 2 p.m. Kathryn Mollach presents the History of Tanner Hill Herb Farm. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-0600 ext. 101.

VARSITY SOCCER – 4:30 p.m. Girls Varsity Vs. Westmoreland. Lambert Field, Cooperstown Central School.

Call 607-547-8181.

BOOK DISCUSSION – 7-8 p.m. Discuss “Hidden Figures” with a focus on teachers.

Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980.

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CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Stories and craft time. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St.., Cooperstown.

TRAP SHOOT – 1 p.m.

Practice your trap shooting with 25’s. Cost $3 per 25.

Crumhorn Rod & Gun Club, 574 Crumhorn Lake Rd., Maryland. Call Brian Cole 607-6389379.

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NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

Contact Robert Kitchen (518) 4572124.

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SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at: 53 Chestnut St, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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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.

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Happenin’ OTSEGO COUNTY

Wednesday September 20

DISCUSSION GROUP – 3-5 p.m. Discussion of current events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown.

SUPPORT GROUP – 4-5:30 p.m. Meet a peer led group for people dealing with cancer in themselves or others. Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta.

TRAP SHOOT – 6 p.m.

Practice your trap shooting with 5’s. Cost $1 per 5.

Crumhorn Rod & Gun Club, 574 Crumhorn Lake Rd., Maryland. Call Brian Cole 607-638-9379.

STRESSBUSTERS – 6-7:30 p.m. Class with Bonni Canavan, Jackie Madden. Presenting “Pathways to Selfcare.”

3rd Floor Community Room, Huntington Memorial Library,

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Call Bonni at 607-316-8341.

LIONS CLUB MEETING – 6:30 p.m. Tunnicliff Inn, 34 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

BOE MEETING – 7 p.m.

Library, Cooperstown High School. Call 607-547-8181.

CHESS NIGHT – 7-10 p.m.

Chess enthusiasts of all levels welcome to play. Hunt Union Cafeteria, SUNY Oneonta. Call

607-643-4940 SQUARE DANCE – 7:30 p.m. The Doubleday Dancers invite the community to a free introduction to Modern Western Square Dancing. Have fun, meet new people, exercise. Dress casual, wear comfortable shoes. Cooperstown Elementary School. Call 607264-8128, 607-547-8665, 607-264-3000.

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Call (607)547-8181 STRESS TALK – 6-8 p.m.

Learn emotional healing techniques with Bonnie and Jackie such as tapping to settle unexpected stress issues in our lives. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

YARN CLUB – 6-7:30 p.m.

Knitters, crocheters of all skill levels, accompanied youths work together, learn new skills with April from April’s Yarn Basket. In the Study, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Call 607-432-1980.

HONEY BEES – 6:30 p.m.

“Insight into the Life of the Honey Bee” by John and Diana Armstrong of Richfield Springs hosted by the Garden Club of Richfield Springs at Lighthouse Fellowship Center, Richfield springs Bible Church, 19 Church St., Richfield Springs. Call 607547-5648.

WRITERS SALON – 7:30-9 p.m. Present your works at the open-mic session. Then listen to featured artist Carol Ohmart Behan, author of “Answering Avalons Call.”

Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-

COMPUTER TRAINING – 10 a.m. Learn to download e-books and audiobooks to a reading/listening device from the 4cls database with Download Zone. Free, registration required. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-547-8344.

FLIPSTER TRAINIG – 11:30 a.m. Learn to download articles from 80 popular magazines available through the 4cls database. Free, registration required. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-5478344.

HISTORY CENTER – 4 p.m.

The community is invited to a special announcement about the center by Senator Jim Seward. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta.

Call 607-432-0960.

PORK DINNER – 4:30-7 p.m. Enjoy a diner of roast pork, salt potatoes, cole slaw, apple sauce, apple cake.

Proceeds benefit the Boy and Girl Scouts of Morris. Cost, $9.50/adult, $6 children under 8. Morris Fire Station, 117 E Main St, Morris. Call 607-316-8239.

COOKING CLASS – 5-7 p.m. Learn to make a variety of dishes, bring the kids to learn with you, eat what you’ve made. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta.

Call 607-267-4435 or e-mail kyle@friendsofrecoverydo.org OPEN HOUSE – 6-7 p.m.

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Friday, September 22

RUMMAGE/BOOK SALE – 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Buy a bag, see what you can fit in it. $2/ bag all day. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-4102.

ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m.

Opening the exhibit of paintings by former dairy farmer Maureen Meyerhoff featuring her animals and farm scenes.

The Shack Restaurant, 4918 NY Rt. 28, Cooperstown. Call 607-323-7973.

OPEN MIC NIGHT – 6-8 p.m. Present your music, stories, poetry. Bring your own original work or the work of an artist you admire. Or enjoy the show. Cooperstown Village Library. Call 607-5478344 CPR COURSE – 6-9:30 p.m.

Learn to perform adult, child, infant CPR with the American Red Cross. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Call 607-432-0010.

MOVIE SCREENING – 6:309 p.m. Showing “Despicable Me 3.” Tickets, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.

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Tickets available on line at http://www.cooperstownconcertseries.org/ Cooperstown Concert Series programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Other support provided by Sound Performance.

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OBITUARIES

Esther C. Brooks, 88, Dietician; Wife Of Former Clark Gym Director COOPERSTOWN – Esther C. Brooks, 88, former CCS cafeteria manager whose late husband was Clark Sports Center director, died early Sunday morning, Sept. 10, 2017, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego.

Born Esther Claire Kent on Aug. 24, 1929, in Lawrence, Mass., she was a daughter of Charles Francis Kent and Clara Mary née Balfour Kent.

After graduating from high school, Esther at-

tended Simmons College in Boston, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics. She then attended Russell Sage College in Troy, earning a master’s degree in Community Health Education.

On June 21, 1952, Esther married Malcolm Norris Brooks in the First Baptist Church of North Tewksbury, Mass.

When Mal was hired as director of the Alfred Corning Clark Gymnasium in July 1963, the Brooks’

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moved from Cohasset, Mass., to Cooperstown.

In 1971, Esther became school Esther lunch manBrooks ager for the Cooperstown Central School District, and served in that capacity until her retirement in 1980. She also was employed by LEAF as a dietician for several area nursing homes.

A devoted and active member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1963, Esther served the church in many capacities. She especially enjoyed helping

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of Phrao; Chiang Mai, Thailand; and Mrs. Ruthanna Cherifi, and her husband, Said, of Silver Spring, Md.; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

She is further survived by her three sisters, Charlotte Sargent and Jane Cobleigh (Ray) of Tewksbury, Mass., and Evelyn Kent of Venice, Fla.; their families; and many cousins.

Esther was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Mal, who died unexpectedly May 30, 2006.

Friends may call at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St, Cooperstown, 4-6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16, when Esther’s family will be in attendance.

A Funeral Service will

be offered at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at the First Presbyterian Church, with The Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes, pastor, officiating.

The Service of Committal will be conducted at a later date at the Columbarium in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

As an alternative to flowers, memorial gifts may be made to to the Malcolm N. and Esther C. Brooks Memorial Scholarship Fund, 39 Linden Ave, Cooperstown, NY 13326. or to The First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown Deacons’ Fund, 25 Church St., Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

Jessica M. Gaston, 33; Edmeston Native Worked In Banking EDMESTON – Jessica M. Gaston, 33, of Utica, an athlete and accomplished singer while attending Edmeston Central School, passed away unexpectedly in Utica, where she was working for Bank of America.

Jessica was born on Jan. 1, 1984 in Norwich, the daughter of William L. and Tammy M. Martin Gaston Jr. Jessica was a 2002 graduate of Edmeston Central School, where she played soccer, basketball, and ran track. She was an accomplished singer, and musician playing the trumpet. In addition, she was recognized

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An ordained deacon in the Presbyterian Church, Esther, along with her husband, Mal, once served communion at a General Assembly held in Syracuse in the early 1990s, a memory they both held dear to their hearts.

Esther and Mal travelled together extensively, visiting many countries and states,. including Finland, England, Hawaii, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, and Alaska.

They also enjoyed square dancing, and since 1979 were members of the Doubleday Square Dancers.

Esther is survived by her three children, Charles M. (“Chuck”) Brooks and his wife, Maryellen, of East Durham; Wayne M. Brooks

by the NYSSMA for her musical talents, competing in All State.

Jessica attended SUNY Oneonta majoring in Music Industry, and was currently working for Bank of America in customer service while studying Forensic Science.

Her pride and joy was her Rottweiler, Shiva.

Often times Jessica would spend time with her dad watching movies, attending an SU game, or watching his jazz band perform.

She is survived by her parents William L. Jr and Tammy M. Martin Gaston of Edmeston, sister April Gaston of NJ, brother William L. Gaston III of Edmeston, nieces Saffiyah, Zainab, and Rose, nephews Mohammed, and Riley. Also surviving are many aunts uncles and cousins.

She was predeceased by grandparents William and Arlene Gaston Sr. and Ronald and Shirley Martin.

Funeral services were held Saturday Sept. 9 at the Burlington Flats Baptist Church with Pastor Jay Henderson officiating.

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They Are FA-mill-lee, And Have Made Jackie’s Prosper For A Quarter-Century JACKIE’S/From At wanted my own place,” she said. That dream did come true, and proved so enduring that, on Aug. 28, she and sisters Sue Sisson and Brenda Alton marked the 25th anniversary, then took a week off to celebrate.

“Our customers were a little thinner when we got back,” Sue observed after the trio reopened the restaurant on Route 28, halfway between Oneonta and Cooperstown, over the weekend.

These days, the home fries cost a little more ($2.30, with the seasoning available to take home) but the place, which caters to Dreams Park families over the summer, is still considered “Where the Locals Come to Eat.” Jackie’s was built in

1946, when Edwin Osborn, along with his son, Charles, opened a meat locker for families without refrigerators. In 1972-79, John Palmatier sold antiques there.

It was then vacant until 1988, when Tim Seeley opened it as Tim’s Bakery, which he ran until 1991.

“Brenda saw that this place was for sale, so we went to take a look,” said Jackie. “It needed work.

“I went home and thought about it. Brenda was in from the get-go.”

Jackie bought the restaurant, and on Aug. 28, 1992, she, with Brenda assisting, opened the doors for the first time. “People were waiting outside!” said Jackie. “We had a big ‘Coming Soon’ sign out front.”

Sue joined them four months later, and sister

Vicki worked there for a while, too.

Among the first customers were Harold Berry and Art Kiser, who are still breakfast regulars today.

“Harold’s dog will honk the car horn!” said Sue. “He waits out in the car, and every so often, you’ll hear it.”

The first menu was one page, front and back, offering specials like the “Jackie McMuffin” (one egg with meat and cheese on a toasted English muffin) for $2.55, three pancakes for $1.85 and, for 60 cents, an apple. For a time, there was a Friday night dinner special. “It got to be too much,” said the restaurateur Soon, Jackie’s was a local hotspot. “There wasn’t really anyplace else to eat in Milford,” said Sue. The sisters also quickly

State Farm Among Merchants Feeling Impact Of Street Work PIONEER/From A1 next three months, it’s time for loyal customers to take good care of the two dozen businesses between Lake and Church where access is temporarily limited.

Manikas, whose agency offers home, automotive and life insurance, is sure they will. “Our customers are our friends,” she said.

A Long Island native, the agency’s proprietor came north to attend Hartwick College and stayed. She worked at several local businesses, including Wilber Bank, Sunstone Publications and her own business, doing bookkeeping and other business support services.

She met her husband, Allan, who recently retired as Springfield Center postmaster and occasionally helps out at the office.

“There’s something about dealing with your friends and neighbors,” he said.

“You develop relationships.

Cooperstown is a special place, and if you need something, there’s always someone around to help you.”

Manikas had been a State Farm client for 22 years when a headhunter recruited her after seeing her resume online. “I asked my husband what he thought and he told me to call our State Farm agent, Dennis Moore,” she said. Moore told her, “Go for it,” she said, “and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.”

It helped that the Manikases were satisfied customers.

“I was on my parents’ insurance and I wanted to buy a Corvette, but my insurance said they’d drop me,” Allan remembered. “I went to State Farm, and it wasn’t a problem.”

“They helped us with a claim on our house,” his wife added. “And right now, every employee who makes a donation to Hurricane Harvey or Irma relief, they’ll match the donation. They take care of their people.”

Manikas took a training program to get herself licensed in life, property and casualty insurance, as well

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ith Pioneer Street torn up for the next 90 days, don’t forget “The Pioneers,” the merchants, businesspeople and professionals between Church and Lake streets who have been faithfully serving the greater Cooperstown community, in many cases for decades. During the reconstruction of the street, The Freeman’s Journal will be publishing weekly feature articles in the newspaper, and archiving them on www.AllOTSEGO.com, to help our fellow businesspeople over this temporary hurdle.

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as a mortgage license, before hanging out her shingle.

A friend had the Pioneer Street office, and Melissa knew she wanted to be in that neighborhood, so she was able to sublet, “I’m right by Stagecoach, we’ve got good parking and I love the community feel, the feel of the street.” she said.

And she soon became a helpful part of the community. “We had a woman come in and get a very small policy,” she said. “One of my agents worked with her and got her to leave a little more money to her family, and she died the next day.

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Triple trouble? No way. They may play an occasional practical joke, but the Folts girls – from left, Brenda Alton, Jackie Folts and Sue Sisson – are the winning combination have kept Jackie’s cooking for 25 years as “Where The Locals Go To Eat.”

got a reputation for being pranksters. “We used to have a plastic birthday cake that we’d cover with frosting and cookie crumbs,” said Jackie. “We’d take it out and sing ‘Happy Birthday.’ And then they’d go to take a bite and they couldn’t!”

After four years, Jackie began to burn out. “I had it on the market and I had an interested buyer,” she said.

“But they didn’t want to give me the price I wanted, so I took it off the market.”

Soon, a crisis made her realize how important she’d become to the community.

When the tornado hit Milford on May 31, 1998, Jackie’s was one of the few buildings that still had electricity. “I was at Pop’s Place with my mom when it hit,” she said. “I ran back to the restaurant and we opened to serve work crews until midnight.”

That type of reaction has come to be expected. As recently as March 12, the Jackie’s team were at the scene serving sandwiches and coffee to fire crews battling the blaze that destroyed the Milford United Methodist Church.

While the sisters aren’t aware of any national celebrities frequenting the

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“We’re good at making everyone feel at home here,” said Jackie.

“They’re our restaurant family,” said Brenda.

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“I don’t want to run into someone at the grocery store and have them be disgruntled. We want to live up to the values of Cooperstown.”

She also serves on several boards and community organizations, including Friends of Bassett, Cooperstown Rotary and the Relay for Life, where she helps out with the survivors’ dinner. “I give back wherever I can,” she said. “I love being a part of the community.”

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